Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-24
WITH THE EDITORS

IL developed ~ the Gulf Coast Press
association meeting IA San eBnito re
Gently that the average man
never gets through spending his money
for office equipment. lie works like III
dickens "a Get 4 little nest cgg in the
bank only 10 find that b. needs a new
piece of machinery and like a good pro
~arcs<ive man goes and buys il and then
goes after another nest egg To do the
same thing over again. That il one Of
the reasons a newspaper man never has
moncy-it all goes back into the plant
Ia improve his paper 81 as lea better
serve his community-Aransas Pass
Progress.
The second coming Of Mrs. Maud Bal
%lingten Book Ia Waco tomorrow il an
event well calculated to arouSe the earn
est interest Of the representative men
and women of this city. Mrs. Booth was
here in February Of last year. and the
impression she made then was lasting
and all to her credit. Ii could hardly
Pbc otherwise. IN view ~ the altruiSlic
nature Of her work. Her aspirations a.
put hope in The lives OF the down and
out eleIneni-thoSe whom society has pat
under ban and bar aS lawbrcakers AMI
criminals. She believes that measurably
crime is u malady: that the v~iolator of
law has some claims or The eonsideratino
Of society. that prison life should con
fslpnIufa t.fnrnt - ux.ll ~ tnnsSh..nf
To this work she has consecratel her
life and she works unsclfishly. That
her work is appreciated is evidenced by
the fact that she commands the cordial
cstysm Of I'LL the best mel and One
in all the places she viSits-from Maine
"a California. She will have Il hearty
welcome 10 Waco again and her address
II the First Baptist church tomorrow
night will prove anew that our people
~ take interest in such movements and
are Sen rapport with the true humane
spirit Of the age. God bless The Little
Mothers" Waco Tribune.
Malarial mosquitoes are in league
with the boil weevil. saws the United
States Department of Agri ulturc. We
don't doubt il. and are quite ready Ia he
lieve the flies anil mosquitoes are in
league with the devil and all the other
Icwers for evil that bring woe and
misery Ia mankind. The moral is. clean
up. drain. screen. The first step toward
happiness Is health. and good health
among flies and mosquitoes il quite i'm
possible Progressive Farmer.
In times If real trouble ones friends
become apparent; likewise those who
wish N well. Ii may BE- a coincidence.
hut IL 80 a singular one. that the Lon
don newspapers. almost without exccp
-tion. exhibit warm friendship and sam
paihy for the United States in the pres
ent period Of travail. while those Of Der.
I'm aud Paris. if not lukewarm i'm their
attitude come out in rabid criticism of
President WILSON'S decentralization
Tribune.
There is considerable optimism re-.
g%arling the prospects for a crop in the
kingsvillr section this year. While the
season has been unusually late. aud cot.
ton j. backward. the warm weather and
good season promises much. Farmers
and business men predict this Ia be the
banner wear. This means ma~h for Kle.
county. For the past -four or five
years the section has gradually been
filling up with a rural population. but
- rapidly a. might have been. The
skePiicism throughout the east aud
north regarding this part II Texas has
an effect in diseouraginr immigra-
The idea has prevailed. among a
per cent Of strangers to the lower
Gulf Coast. that this was but a cattle