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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-13
. TENAS COTTON.

Tweatv five per cent Of the worlds
cotton crop is produced in Texas.
saws the Brownsville Herald. What
ut IT? One hundred per cent Of the
sweat spilled oyar that cotton crop
Is Texas sweat. but the good L-rd
knows that far less than loo Der
cent Of the profit from that csup
goes In the men and women and
children who proluce the cutton and
sweat. Until conditions change
slightly We suggest merciful silence
from the eternal Dragging about that
cotton crop important ~ il is Ia the
state md The world. Austin states.
man.
No. III - mo- an error 10 mention IL,
glorious fact If the wonderful proIur
tivenc ~ Texas soil and climate. me-,
an error Ia call attention TO the thrift
u industry Of the people who culkyat.
that soil. Let NJ beware. however. les
IN stating an important fact W. con
found II with some other fact MOI r.,
lated To IL az all or only related ,o !,
HitN VIII VT hin rntDt
is something wrong with the Distribute,
of the fruits of the soil and Of the farm
srs industry. This does not alter the fact
OF productiscness nor the Importance N
the fact To the world. III the Statesman
viii takc up tho question Of di.trilm
lion and help IL sct II right. ID viii Ia
the better able 10 do so. perhaps. if Il
can show how much cotton j. actual,
produced and how small a share of 4
to reward the sweat exIcsded in the
production ~ il.
No; il Texas produces - per cent of
the worlds cotton il docs not hurt he
Texas people Ia Knew their own r..
sources ano the resources of soil ,na
climate; AZ 10 Dragging. il might BE- Der.
Ter to put np a few prayers Of thank
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-13

WHAT THE WORLD Il DOIeI;;

There ~ a wonderful news y+la
. To- tie advertising in n live IL -
; paper like The Herald.
. Every line voices the WosAr
. Work.
Ii il the message of indusI
: the story Of the wheels going rchn,L
To he up % date one must ~
. reader Of the advertisements. Scr
: they tell the story Of what il .sfsra
: on that is told nowhere else.
Advertisements are the buss-.r.
: news of the day.
Start reading them with this @sil,
. and see how Interesting they -irg
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-13

done pretty weai by VI, but we rave a
notion that somewhere this side Of
heaven there are a few screws Loose here
and there
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-13
WITH THE EDITORS

With Johnston Of the Houston Post
and Ousley of the Fort Worth Record
lined up for Ball. ID appears that the
white winaS of peace are beginning To
hover over political Texas. New let the
factions all unite and work for the in
dustrial interests of our great State
Petty Enterprise.
Whether Toe Bailey i for Ball or Fer
gussai for Governor should make no diff
ference with IN mans vrc. Mr.. Bailey
IL now Just IA plain citizen like other
people and il out of politics. lie has
the same right Ia be- for Ball or Fergu-
son hat amy other citizen has and no
one should try 10 dncy him this priv
lcgc. MIR. Bailey still has his citizenship
in Gainesville. but unless he changes his
mind he won't be- home Ia vote i'm the
primaries. The Bailey question il sot
and should not he in this campaign for
Governor.-Gainesvillc Signal.
IL looks from present developments as
II The largest oil field in III. world will
he developed in the republic of Mexico
located particularly between Tampico
ami Vera Cruz. For years past the Mex.
lean Petroleum company. a California
concern. has furnished the National
railways with ANA barrels of crude oil
per day. the oil coming from what j.
known as the Ebano fields thirty four
miles west of Tampico. In the past year
various other wells have been dcyclopcd
between Ebano and Tampico. aud in the
Last six months wells If immense capac.
lily have been brought i'm south of Tam.
pico. Tn Huastcca Petroleum oman
has "A well about sixty miles south OF
Tampico which has been flowing nearly
-o,'Im barrels a day for some time. There
i an cighl-inch pipe from this we'll To-
Tampico. running Ia full capacity daily.
An English company. i'm December. 1910
br,-lght in a well about ~~ixty-fiys mile.
south of Tampico which j. producing IA
AZ least ~ wn barrels a day. Last yoar
the same company brought in 4 we'll
which obtained = worldwide reputation.
IL was known a the DOS Bncas.- and
Immediately caught fire and burned for
three months. the daily flow III oil being
estimated al between 60.u00 and 15.0oc
barrels. New York Post.
A jail is a place where people 60 when |
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-13

rons BY German airmcn by opposing ~
acronautical forces Of Sylt. l~Ielignls t
Cuxhaycn. Emden and Cologne Wa
forces moi less in number or quality
New York Times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-13

they are to poor To ~ bail Or hire the
right kind ~ lawyer. The object ~ the
Jail is 10 protect society from amateur
criminals until they have been in Jail
long enough Ia become incurablc. They
are then let loo>t. i'm order hat the news
papers may he able To print enough in
formation about their activities Ia keep
up their circulation. Jaiis are usually
made ont of stone aud iron. The stone.
which is purposely cut thick. j. used to
keep out the rain and To protect the
prisoners from sunshine and fresh air.
The iron il used 10 enter their souls
with. Some jails are models If luxury
and are provided with real bath tubs.
where coal and other bric-a.brac can be-
conveniently stored.-Lifc.
The government in on tho trail Of the
income tax dodgers and there l. no g..
cape. Men with incomes large enough
to bring them within the provisions ~
this law can we'll afford L. pay their
tax. and any Of them thar attempt L.
evade or dodge their taxes ought Ia he
handled without gloves. However. there
are men whose patriotism and good citi-
zcnship does not extend far enough 10
include the payment of their just proper
ton of taxcs.-Laporte dispatch.
When the young husband reached home
from the office he found his wife i'm
tears.
"Ob. John she sobbed on his should.
er, Il had baked a lovely cake and | put
II out ON the back porch for the f~rosting
To dryand and the dog ate il"
We'll. don't cry about il. sweetheart
he c"nsolcd. pa,ting the pretty flushed
check. II know "a man whc will give rs
another dog.-Chicago News.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of
Gratiot. In the Circuit Court for
the County of Gratiot: In Chan
Gerry.
Thomas p. Bartlett, Complainant, VS..
William B. Nelson, or his unknown
heirs, legatees, devisees or assigns,
Defendants.
At a regular session of said Court
held in the Court House, in the vii
lage of Ithaca, in said county, on the
9th day Of August, A. ID. 1914;
Present The Hon. Kelly S. Scarf,
Circuit Judge.
Thomas p. Bartlett, the above-nam-
ed Complainant, having filed in said
cause a Bill of Complaint against Will
liam B. Nelson, or his unknown heirs,
legatees, devisees or assigns, to quiet
and remove clouds from the title to
the north half of the south half Of
the southeast quarter of section thir-
ty in township ten north of range one
west, Michigan, and the said Bill of
Complaint having been duly verified
by the said Complainant, and
1t satisfactorily appearing to the
court from said Bill of Complaint and
from affidavit on file in said cause that
diligent search and inquiry have been
made to ascertain the present resi-
dence or whereabouts of the above
named and unascertained defendants,
and that it is not known and cannot
be ascertained whether the said Will
liam B. Nelson is living or dead or
where he may reside, if living, or
whether the apparent title, interest,
claim or possible right in or to said
land has been by him assigned to any
person or persons, or, if dead, whether
he has personal representatives. or
heirs living, or where they or some of
them may reside, if living, or whether
such apparent title, interest, claim or
possible right has been disposed of by
will and if by will, who were his heirs,
legatees, devisees or assigns, and that
it is not known and cannot be ascer-
tanned who were the heirs, legatees,
devisees or assigns of William B. Mel
son.
Therefore, On motion of o. G. Tut
tie, Solicitor for said Complainant, it
is ordered that the unknown heirs,
legatees, devisees or assigns of Will
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
FIND PATENT HERE
FOR ODD WAR SHELL
EmitS Gases and Spreads Death
Where II Strikes.

Washington.-The records of the
United States patent office give a de-
scription of a patented shell that Is
interesting. in view of news dispatch
from Malta. which says: There is
much talk here of a new German siege
gun which kills as much by poisonous
gases liberated from the shell as by
the solid contents"
There Is nothing in the specifications
on file at the patent Office TO show that
shell patented on behalf of the
Krupps, the German manufacturers
of war materials, is to be used for the
purpose of generating poisonous gases,
but the description corresponds to that
of the shell mentioned in the Malta
dispatch. and unofficial information Is
to the effect that it is intended for the
generation Of gases.
According to statements made here,
the manufacture Of this shell was OPP
posed by a daughter of the house Of
Krupp. who contended that the use Of
such a weapon in warfare was con-
trary to the dictates Of humanity.
Why the shell was patented In the
United States is n mystery. The speci-
fications are minute enough TO enable
any nation to manufacture the shells.
None of the dispatches from the war
zone. however. says that the shell de-
scribed in the Malta dispatch Is being
used by the Germans.
The application for the patent. which
is a matter of public record. was filed
on Oct 10. 1910. The patent was
granted on Sept IL. 1911. The patentee
was Karl Wieser. described as "a sub
ject of the emperor OF Germany and
resident of Bredeney. Germany"
He was the inventor of the shell. The
official records show that Wieser made
an assignment OF the American patent
rights to Fried. Krupp Aktien Gesell-
schaft Of Essen-on-the-Ruhr. Ger
many" The Malta news dispatch de-
scribed the invention as follows:
THE gun has relatively small bore
and is easily mounted on wheels. The
shell Is loaded at the mouth OF the gun.
but a metallic shaft. making a piece
with the shell. Is rammed tightly into
the gun. Shell and shaft are shot to-
gether. The shell Is detached In its
course. The shell when II explodes
emits poisonous gases which suffocate
those who escape death by the explo-
eive missiles"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that by reso-
luton of the city council of Alma,
Mich, adopted Sept. 8, 1914, it is pro-
posed TO construct portion of Bridge
avenue sanitary sewer, to-wit: Com
mencing at the intersection of Bridge
avenue and Pine River and extending
south to a point 300 feet south of the
south line of Michigan avenue on said
Bridge avenue, in said city, maps,
plans, specifications and estimates of
cost of which and of the entire Bridge
avenue sewer district, are now on file
in the Office of the city clerk for pub
lie inspection; also it is proposed that
a portion of the cost of said improve
ment be betrayed by special assess
ment on all lands not exempt by law
lying within such Bridge avenue sew
er district as shown by said map so
on file.
The city council will be in session in
the council rooms a THE city hall in
said city on the 9Th day of October,
A. ID. 1914, at 1880 o'clock in the af-
ternoon for the purpose of hearing and
considering any objections and sug-
gestions offered relative to said i'm
provement.
Dated, Alma, Mich, Sept. 10, 1914.
d. w. ADAMS, City CLERK.
1888
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
MAP SHOWS PLAN FOR
REDIVISION OF EUROPE.
II Purports to Represent kaiser's and
Allies Intentions In Case of Victory.

Says a London Daily Telegraph cor
respondent in dispatch from Rotter-
dam:
"a friend, just from Berlin, has
brought back n map which explains in
a popular manner what the Germans
mean Europe should be like In the fu-
ture and how the Germans believe the
allies intend Europe shall be changed.
at will be news to the people Of
Scotland and Ireland that their coun-
tries are apparently To be left alone
but England is to be pushed into Devon
and Cornwall. France is to become an
extended Alsace, and Lorraine disap-
pears, and Germany proper ends just
beyond ST. Petersburg.
Russia will consist OF some swamps
to the north. all the southern plains Of
the great empire OF the car being CIV
en- either to Austria or formed into a
united Poland under German protec-
ton"
Printed on the reverse side of this
imaginative map is fantastic outline
of what some Germans think are the
intentions of the allies. Englishmen
will be pleased to learn their country
intends to seize the northern provinces
Of Germany, including the Kiel canal,
that they think of handing over the
whole of Austria Hungary to Servia
and that after pushing westward Of
Russia and eastward of France, Ger
many is TO be left tiny little spot on
the map somewhere in the vicinity of
Nuremberg.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
The Samaritan's Sword

The sword of the silver sunlight In the
only one he Yields,
The sword OF the deeds Of mercy IN the
bloom OF the fragrant fields
song on his lips forever,
And the banner that DER him Springs
The green of the leafy pennant
On the boughs of a thousand springs
The sword of the silver sunhght-ah,
sweeter was never born!-
With its sapphire handle cleaning In the
dewy dream OF morn:
smile I'm his heart forever.
And wherever he goes a word,
As soft as the tender beauty
or the song OF tho woodland bird
The sword OF the silver sunlight that
flashes aboon the skies.
Catching the laughing twinkle OF the good
Samaritan's eyes:
A rose In his hand forever
As over the world he goes
To plant In the path OF the living.
The flower Of the deathiess rose.
The sword OF the silver sunlight. more
everlasting than steel,
And always drawn In the service OF love
that IL long and ieai:
A kiss on the brows that suffer.
smile for the hearts that ache.
And his sword on the wing forever
For the sake Of the whole worlds sake
-Folger McKinsey In Baltimore Sun.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01

liam b. Nelson, and each of them,
cause their appearance TO be entered
i'm this cause on OF before the 28th
day of January, A. ID. 1915, and in
case of their appearance they cause
their answer or answers to Complain
ants Bill of Complaint to be filed in
this cause and a copy thereof TO be
served on Compliments solicitor
within twenty days after service on
them of a copy or copies of said Bill
of Complaint and notice of this order,
and in default thereof said Bill of
Complaint be taken as confessed by
said Defendants or so many of them
as shall be in default.
And it is further ordered that with
in twenty days after the date of this
order the Complainant cause a copy
thereof to be published in the Alma
Record, a newspaper printed, pub
lished and circulating in said county,
and that such publication be contin-
ued therein at least once each week
for six successive weeks, or that a
copy of this order be personally serv-
ed on each of the said Defendants at
least twenty days before the time pre-
scribed herein for their appearance.
KELLY S. SEARL,
Circuit Judge.
r. E. HUGHES,
Register in Chancery.
This suit is brought to quiet and re-
move clouds from the title to land de-
scribed in said Bill Of Complaint as
| follows:
The north half of the south half of
the southeast quarter Of section thirty
in township ten north of range one
west, Michigan.
o. G. FUTILE,
Solicitor for Complainant. Business
Address, Ithaca, Michigan.
1917
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01

posed elemental manifestations-of the
spirit of our globe. one seeking only
evil, injustice, tyranny suffering. while
the other strives for liberty, right, ra-
dance. JOY. These two powers stand
once again face to face.
'Our opportunity is to annihilate the
one that comes from below. Let us
know how to be pitiless that we may
have no more need for pity. 1t is the
measure of organic defense; it is essen
tial that the modern world should
stamp out Prussian militarism as 1t
would stamp out a poisonous fungus
that for half a century had poisoned
its days. The health Of our planet Is
the question.
Tomorrow the United States and Eu-
rope will have to take measures for
the convalescence of the earth"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
7,,:7;77,7at BIG WAR, INCIDENTS OUT Of THE Ordinary
Europe's Batlefelds Side Lights
~ Great Struggle Found in the News

society recently sent a vessel carrying
surgeons and nurses besides a COM
plete hospital equipment to minister 10
the wounded in the great armed con-
fiict irrespective OF nation. The money
necessary to perform this great service
to humanity was forthcoming from
public subscription.
The idea which has been proposed
to Increase this fund is TO sell TO man
ufacturers In the United States Red
Cross stamps bearing a red cross and
the popular trade slogan, MADE In
America" these stamps to be affixed
TO all American made retail merchan-
disc shipped by mail or parcel post or
sold over the counter to the purchaser,
who carries the goods home.
AS has been pointed out to Mr.. De
Forest, such movement If inaugu-
rated and made nation wide in scope,
is certain to meet with enthusiastic
response. 1t would serve a twofold
purpose. First, it would give merchan-
disc of American make wide advertis-
ing, and, second, ii would yield large
revenue to the Red Cross fund used
for the humane purpose of keeping
down the awful toll death levies from
wounds sustained on the battlefield.
The success of the Red Cross Christ
mas stamps is proof of what can be
done in this direction, and Mr.. De For
est has evinced much interest In the
proposal that the same idea be employ
ed, but along the lines suggested-to
serve those of all nations who fall on
the firing line
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
MAETERLINCK ON WAR.
Blames Spirit Of German People Fer
the Struggle Now In Progress.

BIames Spirit OF German People Fer
the Struggle Now In Progress.
London.-Maurice Maeterlinck, the
noted playwright. is strong sympa.
thizer for the cause OF the allies. but
does not blame the kaiser entirely for
the present struggle; rather. he asserts
in a recent article. the spirit of the
German people is responsible for the
war. He says:
Let there come a thousand years OF
civilization. thousand years of peace.
with all possible rehnemcnts. art and
education. the German spirit. which is
its underlying element. will remain alb
solutely the same as today and would
declare itself when the opportunity
came under the same aspect.
Through the whole course of history
two distinct will powers have been no
ticed that would seem to be the OPP
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
Oddities In the War News.

The Austrians report that Russians
have done great execution with ma
chine guns mounted in trees, which Is
a novelty In the style of mounting
guns.
Two Americans arrived at Ostend
battered and haggard, but wherever
they met Germans the waving of the
big American passport secured them
politeness, they declared.
At Sottegehem they came upon some
German officers in a wayside tavern.
A lieutenant called for a song in Eng
fish. One OF the Americans obliged
with "You Made Me Love You.
Didn't Want to Do It"
The lieutenant then said, eff you
come from Brussels you must be hun
cry"
The officer disappeared and return
ed with arms laden with ten pounds
Of butter and a hundred eggs.
The United States diplomatic service,
now sort of handy man for all ma
lions in Europe, has been asked by a
circus agency to find Teddy Bobs,"
a Briton, I'm Germany. If the fact he
Is eight feet tall and lame In the left
leg does not aid In finding him, 1t Is
expected his appetite will, for he Is
one of the most prodigious eaters In
Europe, and If not found will ard his
country by reducing Germany's food
supply.
Germans Sob; French Stoics.
There is one marked difference, who'll
ly psychological, between the German
and the French wounded, who are CON
stantly arriving at Bordeaux, writes
correspondent
Physically there Is little difference
between the German wounded soldier
being carried by and his wounded
French antagonist In nearby cot-the
bullet or shrapnel has torn the Ger
mans flesh no more cruelty than II has
torn the Frenchman.
But almost all the German prisoners
are suffering extremely from nervous
exhaustion Therefore the popular
opinion OF the outlander Of the charac-
teristics Of the two is wholly reversed
The French wounded, instead OF
showing signs of nervous excitement,
are comparatively calm. whereas the
wounded among the Germans. despite
their reputed stoicism. spend the great
er part Of their waking hours sobbing
DiteOusly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
BOX PARTY AT BATTLE.
Eight Americans Paid $500 to See the
Enhancement at Mons


James A. Wakefield of Pittsburgh,
who arrived from Europe, said that he
and seven other Americans, ambitious
to see battle, persuaded a Captain
AFFORD of the French commissariat TO
take them within three miles of the
rear of the engagement at Mons. They
paid the obliging captain 800 each and
went In spring wagons. arriving In the
evening as near as they were permitted
to go TO the field.
He said they could see little Of actual
destruction, but the air was SCARED
with exploding shells, farmhouses were
burning and the noise was fearsome.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
HUMPHREYS

These remedies are scientifically and
carefully prepared prescriptions; used for
many years by DR.. Humphreys in his private
practice, and for nearly sixty years by the
people with satisfaction.
Medical Book mailed free.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01
RED CROSS WAR STAMPS.
Proposed For American Made Goods b
Aid Fund For Wounded.

Acknowledging the receipt of a sug-
gestion TO swell the Red Cross fund
for the wars wounded, made by an
editor OF the American Press Assocfa-
ton. Robert w. DE Forest, vice presi-
dent OF the American Red Cross so
ciety, says the plan proposed has been
submitted to Miss Mabel T. I'oardman,
chairman Of the executive bmmittee
of the fganization- IT Med Cross
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01

a paragraph In the war
YNvs from abroad is n story
=. itself, telling Of dauntless
courage In battle, and many a
yrous incident relieves the grim
Yture of the awful conflict.
THE most romantic, dramatic and
piquant episode that modern war can
show" says naval lieutenant In de-
scribing an episode in the Helgoland
fight. His letter reads as follows:
1.-The Defender. having sunk an enc
my, lowered a whaler TO pick up her
swimming survivors. Before the whal-
err got back an enemy's cruiser came
up and chased the Defender, and thus
she abandoned Der whaler.
? "Imagine their feelings-alone in an
open boat without food, twenty-five
miles from the nearest land and that
land the enemy's fortress, with moth
ing but fog and foes around theml
Suddenly a swirl alongside and up,
If you please, pops his Britannia maj
esty's submarine E-4. opens his con-
ming tower, takes them all on board,
shuts up again, dives and brings them
home $50 milesr'
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01

Best Nickel Cigar in the city. The
John Hull. Try it. 1912
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-10-01

Smoke John Hull Scent Cigar.
Tastes different. 1872