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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05
THE PALM DRIVE"
LOWER RIO GRANDE SHOULD
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT'S
PALMS TO MAKE THIS ONE OF
NATIONS BEAUTY SPOTS.

Editor Herald:
In line with the good road movement.
and probably land issue, | wish to adj
vocate the building of a palm drive, or
boulevard. from Mission and Edinburg
to Brownsville.
As an incentive to keep the main
county road between these points in
good condition, | believe no better plan
could be advocated.
The cost of the palms can be reduced
to a minimum by each county planting
five or ten acres of palm seed and grow
ing its own palms. 1t will probably be
two years before all the land bordering
on this road will be occupied by settlers
and by that time the palms will be
large enough to replant.
The cost of maintaining this beautiful
drive can be reduced into a minimum by
dividing il into sections and assign a
man to care for each section.
Where canals parallel the county
road, the watering of these palms would
not be expensive. At other points | pre-
sumo it would require a tank wagon.
In time | believe the Lower Rio
Grande Valley will become one of the
beauty spots Of the United States. The
climate is here to make it SO, but it re-
qulres the energy. labor and not Il very.
great expense to aid and complete it.
While California has a great many
natural beauties, yet those who have
visited that state and San Francisco
i'll particular, at intervals of twenty
years can well understand to what ex-
tent those beauties were added to by
systematic and well planned work.
This % mile palm drive would prob
ably be the longest palm drive in the
United States.
With a well graded road, well drained
and with both sides seeded down to Der
muda grass and kept green, with stately
palms on either side and neat homes
with shade trees and the beautiful flow
ers that grow so luXuriously i'm this eli
mate; all this would make such a beau
llful sight as would attract the best peo-
pie from all parts of the North to come
here and spend the winter. This would
aid greatly in settling up of the land
and add greater values to that land.
As these tourists are good spenders,
their influence would be felt i'm all
branches of business.
| certainly believe the palm drive
would be one of the best investments
your county can make.
1T would doubtless be an incentive to
~beautify the homes of these people who
live along this road.
From what | can learn. all the towns
along the drive are in favor of it-Let's
ave IL. Yours truly.
{. w. H5 (99...
San Juan. Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05

President Elliott is opposed to any dis
elimination against the japanese. liz
holds they should be accorded any priv
ilege allowed to the most favored nation
As to Japan, he says:
Her statesmen by no means desire
any extensive migrations of Japanese
people to other lands. On the con-
trary, they want japanese te%rritor-
les. The Japanese home industries
need all the labor that the popula-
ton can furnish.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05
INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS.

A bill recently introduced i'm the
Illinois Legislature will, through the
publicity which will be given it and
the discussion it is calculated to pro
woke, serve to call the attention of
the public more closely to the infu-
ence newspapers have on the minds
OF the people, to the power of the
press for either good or evil, and
this may serve to correct some false
impressions which seem to prevail i'll
some quarters.
The bill has been fathered by Lieu
tenant Governor O'Hara. and it pro
vldes for the appointment of a ON
mission to pass on the qualifications
of all persons engaged in any kind
OF editorial or reportorial work in
connection with the publication of
newspapers.-San Antonio Express.
The bill represents one of those absurd
ideas which now and then get into the
minds of fairly intelligent men. And vet
if the people who are responsible for the
absurdity would but give themselves
time to do a littl eahrd thinkign they
would soon perceive the inconsistency
and folly of their contention.
Because some newspapers sometimes
print things which were better left un-
printed, the members of the anti-vice
crusade conclude most illogicallv that
newspapers are puryeyors of vice.
Yet how did this crusade originate?
Who called their attention TO The horri-
bic conditions in the big cities and i'm the
little ones? Why just the newspapers.
The papers, perhaps. did not always the.
Orlze on the facts they printed: yet they
printed facts. Year after year the news
papers have Laid a harvest Of facts. hate
full, appalling facts before the gaze Of
the good people and the bad. Is it the
fault of the papers that the facts knocked
at the hearts of the good people. daily.
II Knocked in vain. If there had been
no newspapers there would have been no
anti-vice crusade, and no light of day
let in on the horrors of the white slave
traffic. The newspapers have stood daily
by the edge of the horrible secthing pits
of a~bOmination, and they have told what
they saw-as well as they might. The
good souls did not want to read it. They
protested against il. They ignored il.
until by some vivid lightning flash of
the truth if revealed itself to them.
I'm this great anti vice crusade. who
have been its most effective promoters?
Who have been its agents in giving its
findings, IFS conclusions, its urposc to
the public Who but the In
that vast underworld Of scoundreliSm
discovered by the anti-yice crusader. who
is most feared? The For
by no other channel can the story of their
nefarious lives reach the public. Ask
the average man in Texas what he knows
of the anti-vice crusade, of its purpose.
of its discoveries, of the remedies pro
posed for the deadly conditions discov-
ered-ask him, and all he can tell YOU is
what he has read in the newspapers. In
the matter of creating public sentiment
in the nation as to vice conditions dis
closed in the anti-vice crusade, the cru,
saders would be absolutely helpless with
out the newspapers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05

There was no laughing in the ranks
of the suffrage parade Saturday. Not a
gigele among the whole thirty thousand.
They wished the world to know their mis-
sion is no joke. SO the world is begin
ming to find ou~t-especially in that part
of it called England.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05
JURY DISCHARGED
Especial to Thc Ucro}d

INPFCt0T n TIC UcfnId.)
Springfield, Ohio. May 5.-Deliberat-
ing since five o'clock Saturday afternoon
III the jury case of DR.. Arthur B.. Smith
charged with poisoning his first wife.
Florence Cavilicre Smith, a prominent
society leader. reported a disagreement
ana this morning the jury was dis
charged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05

French members of the Olympic board
are rather sorry for Thorps, believe, in
fact, that there are many worse athletes.
but they will. nevertheless, but be con
strained to put him out as a matter Of
stern duty.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05

The government has finally recognized
the China republic. That little matter
being now out of the way, we can give Il
little more attention to the big flood on
the Mississippi.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05

Cleveland's experiment of municipal
dance halls, with official chaperones and
three-cent dances, will be watched with
interest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05

The tariff schedules of the WilSOn-Un-
derwood bill appears to represent the i'm
movable body. The irresistible force has
not yet developed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05

But then it's a far call from Mexico City
to Chihuahua.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05

Zapata says he favors Carranza. This
is not the fault of Carranza. He cannot
be blamed until he publicly declares he
is i. favor of Zapata.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-05
This Offer Is Evidence Of the Confidence
We Hove in The FREE Sewing
Machine
TERMS AS LOW AS 81 A WEE

We want all our customers and
ladies of this city TO know that we are
the exclusive agents of that phenom-
email master piece Of sewing machines.
The FREE recently invented by
VIM. c. Free of Chicago. We know
it is the best machine. bar none, and
it is yopr fortune to buy it on terms,
as low as 81 90 a week. After a tho
rough investigation Of all makes, we
are willing to back The FREE with
our unqualified endorsement. We
believe that when you know what we
know about sewing machines,
Evening journal., 1913-08-29
l@KSSStEASS5 TRENCH MRS SHOLLINS NeKINdT
lgSsng2sesRlel gsss25 81 s.,sz - - sNAMpERBll

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug 29-Society
had something to talk about when Al
fred G. Vanderbilt and his wife, Mrs
Margaret Emerson Smith Hollins Nc
Kim Vanderbilt, who recently returned
from abroad, came here for the tennis
matches. 1t had to decide whether to
receive the A. G. Vanderbilts with open
arms or give them the cold shoulder IN
favor of the former Mrs A. G. Wander
bilt, who was Elsie French. They say
that the society matrons whose nod
is law beamed upon $. Elsie French
Vanderbilt, while they gave the present
Mrs. Vanderbilt the CLASSY stare. Mrs.
Elsie French Vanderbilt is attractive
and popular with the women as well
Evening journal., 1913-08-29
STATE ". c. I. Q. MEETING.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
The thirty-fourth annual convention
Of the Delaware Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will be held in St.
Paul's M. p. Church, Wilmington, on
September "a. 25 and 26. Mrs. Addle
Parsels, Of Philadelphia, will make an
address on Wednesday afternoon
September "a. Clinton H. Howard. OF
Rochester, N. Y, will lecture on Wed.
nesday evening. On Thursday ]. 9
McWhorter. judge of the twelfth judi
cial circuit, Of West Virginia, vii
speak both afternoon and evening.
Evening journal., 1913-08-29

as with the men They say she won
out easily in the social war which was
declared between the past and present
Mrs. Vanderbilt. The society gossips
say Mr. Vanderbilt and his present wife
were not invited to the Fish ball or to
Mrs. Oelrioh's preceding affair
Evening journal., 1913-08-29

pers and transportation men, pointing
out the many defects and inadequate ac-
commodations afforded by the present
canal and asking for its enlargement in
Evening journal., 1913-08-29

1--WE must demand our rights We
must not be chucked aside by the
Western man.
"The coast line of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Bay is over $4,000
miles. Into these two bays flow over
500 streams. We have an opportunity
to develop the commerce of these
bays. More tonnage will come through
Evening journal., 1913-08-29

Boost her by buying 60c White Umbrella an
We have lull line Of same at 60c each
The sun., 1913-10-19

The change in attitude Is in part due
to the announcement girls got from
pastors who saw no Reason why girls
should not enjoy this healthy outdoor
sport as well as men instead OF playing
the role Of mere spectators and rooters.
Near Philadelphia the sigh, was seen
recently of two uniformed mines of girls
belonging 10 church Bible classes com
peting ON the diamond. one was the
nine of the Fairhill Methodist Epis.
copal Church and the other the rcgu-
lar nine Of the Drcxel- Biddlc Bible class
movement, which was originally started
to encourage Bible study among men
nut which now numbers several
thousand girl members
From the viewpoint ~ the profess
The sun., 1913-10-19

sional baseball player the game between
these two girl teams was not startlingly
well played. Pictures OF the game show
that some Of the girls have to correct
an unfortunate habit Of shutting their
eyes as they swing at the ball. IA fault
not calculated to increase the batting
average.
But II is apparent that the girls are
learning fast They no longer throw a
ball In the old muscle bound fashion
that excited the ridiculc Of the small
brother. The pitchers in the game
threw with the regulation delivery, and
one could even put curve on the ball
Every girl was thoroughly in earnest,
and the amusement the players got out
Of the game showed that 1t was destined
To become immensely popular with the
h""mcrcd players.
The sun., 1913-10-19

any medicine for my lbs Ny doctor
NaS delighted
am going back L. the city To- work
again soon after THANKSGIVING and shall
work till Arril and then mo for the
farm again. wouldn't miss it for
anything and can stand four months
Of nerve racklng city work when can
have eight months of invigoratinr farm
work 10 strengthen me.
| have great schemes for next Ncai.
am going to raise ducks and squalls. T.
well as a lot more vegetables. am got
ting t. be an expert farmer and Mrs
belmont is quite right IN her theories
thar Working girls W'uli l., glad to h,.-
com" farmers. There's money in Il and
"" shall probably have any number ~
women farmhands
| read recently in Il newspaper that
the want of farm help was acute. that
the farmers Mere in despair. hut when II
is considered a fin" thing for women t.
do farm work the situation will lee re
l."N"d. bf C"lrs" one does not want IT,.
-" women doing such hard work as tn.
peasant women If Europe do. bat a. for
lEht work such ~ painting seeds ana
tending peas, beans. Sc. wedding onions.
Nc, any Woman can gain health 10y pur-
suing such tasks
Al first she should be careful and not
do too much. She should 20 easy at
first and gradually aCCuStom herself t.
NOR" ana more work. found that
changing the tasks was a great help
For example, | would weed onions til a
little crainpod. then would hoe a while
then tend tn" hens. then saw wood ana
so on. ] kept up continuous change.
never Keeping up a sustained strain ou
any one set Of muscles and by night
The sun., 1913-10-19

NTIL recently the sight Of
girls playing baseball was one
calculated to make the spec
tator grin. Usually it was
recognized that the game played by
girls could only be classcd as "A farce,
and 1t was so played, girls competing
with boys and the latter wearing skirts
ment OF the audience.
But some OF the more athlclically in
clined girls were encouraged by the
success they made in the national game
to try to improve, with the result that
the feminine element may in future be
II much recognized in baseball as 1t is
n tennis or golf
The sun., 1913-10-19
Knife Grinder Up t. II.,e

..I IANE YOU noticed a.. ' -
nation tAat has tOi.. T.
IL IN" m"thod~ ,N..
TN" grinders Of scissors uua
inquired man who nu'...
things. About "A decade a..
grinder came around he u.,l
bell as he walked and ~ Slu.
sharpcncd, scissors. shirp'n.3
Some Of the grinders al..r
AK" Wishing To hr more up r..
aside tn" bell ana equipped
with huplrs. Then when
came amhling down the sire,
srindstonc and stand sian.
shoulder the customers
moncd by his huplc calls
"Not long ago "A crusad" y-
necessary noises placed TN"
hugl"S If the grinders. Nuv n
never hears that familiar a..
seldom notices Il knife GrH.
streets. The pedestrian g'
vanished; they have h"rU re-
something more up to date.
The modern grinder tla'.
wagon drawn by a horse, II.
built specially ! his us,
an up to date outfit. TIE
are operated by a motor
The power grinder goes
to house soliciting trade.
lies have a set date oil
grinder calls every month ~
the cutlery in condition,
The sun., 1913-10-19
Spacing tie Gerden

tr"d tr make Sl.uuu nest ~.iit.
made 800 as a beginner.
Just what to do and can go
do it too. and won't hc 4,at
ii after | have had a WINTER
work
My advice tu girls is L. g,' e..
farm and work. fut ON %
dig did everything in p
found Il far easier than W.
skirt, ana had "A pair of uN,'..
in the wash. besides a few n,
shirts. In the early sprius
mans blue jean jumper coat.
The sun., 1913-10-19
IF arm Work for a Tired Out Stenographer
Summer of Cultivating
Vegetables, Looking
After Hens and Saving
Wood Proved to Be
the Cure for a Case of
Nervous ProstratiOn

r AM going to tell you the story OF
my farming experience because
when anybody does anything un-
The sun., 1913-10-19

,.T IANE YOU noticed a., .- ''
nation 'aat ha~ r.. ,."'
III Ihn mni hnN. .-L---
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-09-18
Nolan Shipping Apples.

J. C. Nolan is buying and ship
ping cider apples, as is his usual
custom during the fall months.
The farmers who are hauling
apples and loading them into
cars, are: Messrs. Garfield, Con-
nelly, Jones, Lutheran Sanitari-
um, Pettigrew, David, Ruther-
ford, Bowls Bros, Schiller,
Black, Orton, Lingrain, CARRIER,
Grauly Claxton, O. K. Hally,
Terrence White, Snyder, Heath,
Bradley, Walton, Felch.
Mr.. Nolan is shipping to Jones
Bros. vinegar factory. He has
shipped two carloads and expects
to ship fifteen or twenty, Jas cider
apples seem to be very plentiful.
He is paying 30c a hundred.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-09-18
School
Convention Sunday

Last Sunday, about forty lead
ers and workers of the Northern
Jefferson County Sunday School
Association met in the M. +.
Church to hold their first annual
convention. Although there was
not many present, considerable
enthusiasm was shown.
Rev. Benight gave some very
valuable helps in regard the boy
problem, dealing with the teen
age boy Rev. Cooper gave some
very Interesting and helpful re-
marks in regard to the organized
adult classes. He gave this as
one thing to prevent the great
exit of teen-agc children from
the Sunday school, saying that if
the parents come to Sunday
school, the child will come too.
w. r. James spoke of the oppor-
tunities by building up the S. S.
by the aid of good music. He
also advised the forming of choirs
in the S. S. wherever possible,
ID. c. Campbell gave many of
the teachers and workers, bet
ter understanding Of the Teach
ers training class, whereby they
can better themselves and their
teaching. Rev. Beavis spoke of
the Religions Influences in the s.
S., dealing with the opening ex-
erclses and prayer; spoke Of the
organized Home Department.
Altogether the meeting was fine
and should have been more large
ly attend.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-09-18
Arvada Gets a Goose Egg.

Arvada baseball team got shut
out entirely in Sundays game
with Leyden. 1t was a pitchers
battle with good support on both
sides. When the game was ov-
er it was considered a most re-
markable one in view of the fact
that Arvada got seven hits and
one walk off of Newmeyer
against three hits off of Nichols.
The pitchers tied on strikeouts,
but Nichols was famed out
three times by his opponent and
only got one back.
There were three errors on a
side, which indicates a good
clean game. Only once did Ar
vada have look-in and then At
wood failed to get in from second
on a two dagger from C. Miller.
There were two down and the
run was killed while Atwood
was sliding into the home plate.
1t was anybody's game until
the visitors scored twice in the
sixth and once in the seventh,
giving them victory of three to
nothing.
The grandstand was we'll filled
with a good looking, well dress
ed crowd of Leyden fans, who
behaved in a gentlemanly and
lady-like manner. The boys
took their defeat goodnaturedly.
They feel that they were up
against a fast team, and know
ing that some are semi-profess-
ionals they think they quilted
themselves with credit.
The home fans admit that they
played a strong game, and that
their opponents were a little bit
stronger than those they have
got to combat in the three re-
naming league games.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-09-18
Miss Sundstrom Wears Pin.

Miss Sundstrom, the obliging
chief operator at the local tele-
phone exchange now proudly
wears a neat, gold mounted pin
which bears the insignia of the
Courtesy club. This club, we
are informed, is an organization
formed among the great army of
telephone employees in the oper-
ating department with the object
of promoting courtesy. The re-
quisites to membership in this
club are to be caught in the act
of being courteous. The test is
usually a trying one and always
is sprung on the operator when
least expected. The Enterprise
expresses the sentiments of a
host of patrons Of the local ex-
change when it publicly extends
congratulations both to Miss
Sundstrom and the club. We
will go still further and say that
two or three more pins might be
dispensed to operators on this
exchange with perfect propriety.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-09-18
To School Patrons.

The Cherry and White" will
be issued Monday, and be full
interesting school news and is
also well patronized by the local
merchants. The school pratrons
should not overlook this fact
when they are in need Of wares
that the local merchant can sup
ply. Their advertisement is in
the school paper because they are
interested in the school, which
means that your children will
have better educational advant-
ages. The paper advertises the
school, which in turn advertises
Arvada as a desirable place for
people to come and rear and ed
ucate their children. This is the
spirit that keeps communities
alive, and you should join in
and help to promote that spirit
by doing your trading at home.
| Mrs. VIM. d. Rusk and daugh,
ter, who have been occupying
Mrs, Wideman's house on tn,
south side Of the c. g. S. tracks
on Grandveiw Avenue, will move
the 24th into the MagiIl house
near the High School building.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-09-18
A Pleasant Surprise.

Mrs. M. A. Southworth was
pleasantly surprised by a party
of friends and neighbors on last
Monday evening, her birthday
anniversary.
After some time spent in play
ing games the party resolved it
seft into a musicale, Mr.. South
worth played several selections
on the violin and several on the
guitar; the Misses Margaret and
Marion Southworth's numbers
on the program consisted of
duets on the guitar and mandolin,
and Miss Edna Southworth con-
tributed a number of vocal solos
and dramatic readings as her
part Of the entertainment.
After refreshments had been
served, the time was spent in
singing the latest popular songs
until a late hour, when the party
dispersed.
Mrs. Southworth's guests on
this occasion were: Mesdames
Jeffreys, w. Strickland, Swan
son, Olson, Foster, and Mr..
Southworth, and Misses Phoebe
Callicote, Marie Foster, Marion,
Edna, and Margaret Southworth,
Miss Ether Olson and Master
Jay Southworth.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-09-18
He Said it Was a Cousin.

1t was Tuesday night. The
scene was enacted in a car at the
loop-He was handsome, tall and
fair. She had frousy locks and
dove-like eyes. He bowed low
and whispered something soft
and tender" in her ear as he
held her hand at parting. A
shade of pink flushed her fair
young cheek as he said he must
say goodnight and catch the Ar
vada car. He gave one long,
lingering look and the car had
turned the corner. She was
gone. He turned to join a group
of brother Masons. who's the
fairy"' Inquired the group in
concert. "Oh, why that was a
cousin O. mine, " quoth the hand
some, tall and fair young man.
Everybody began reading the
advertisements. The c. & S.
trains were on time as usual
Wednesday.