Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-01

noSItfOn ny Nlriue ot the tact INA ne
.blulied all the other INTERMEDIATES oui'
lie was determined 10 run. whether by
himself or with u chorus ~ other as
niraniS. Tho other aSnlrantS politely,
If unwillinglv. stepped aside and let
him have the middle Of the road. III
bany News.
Again the a%nti-bosscS have called of
the INFLAMMATION convention. When
the bosses saw that there was n post
biliiv ror 4 clark horse entering the
race against their dummy. Ferguson.
they called off the convention for the
second time within two weeks ThnnS-
anis &c honest ants are getting INTO
the Tom Ball band wagon since Sparks
quit. We should worry about the ov-
ernor race when we can better put up
the time in working to build up the best
town in Tcxas-Rumge News.
The News doesn't claim ~ he n pro-
phr;. political or otherwise. but tw"
weeks ago il predicted that Jim Fer
pnsonsvould bc the choice of the anti
prohibition democrats. and that INST
what has happened. But they couldnt
helm themselves. 1t WAS Il case of beg
cars can't be chooscrs. Kyle News.
Farmer Jim Ferguson. declaring that
h. SpurnS the nomination of the anti
prnhibitionisis. II nevertheless pleading
rnr their VOTES by aSSailing such well
known pros as DIR. Gambrll. DIR. Rankin
and W. u. Lane. We have no objection
to his being an anti. bHt we la insist
that he fight in the open and Int above
the belt.-Waco News.
The constructive democrats failed ~
agree. ami as \ result called uif the
elimination mscting M Fort Worth az
ter it was discovered that only a few
had assembled and that these few were
hopcicSsiy divided on the proposition
of ceniering ON one man fer governor.
This was forcSrcu by many. The result
Will be an easy victory for Tom Ball
in the July primarirs-lirownwoud Bul-
ilriin.
Colonel Balls address has warmed
mp the State politically. The colonel
had no desire To begin his campaign too
early in the game. lie waited a few
weeks longer than his opponents. but
will hc actively engaged from now on
10 the end of the campaign late ~ July
l%Grcrnvillc Banner.
In New York an auto means comfort
and pleasure and advertisement. like a
fur-lincd overcoat with u Persian lamb
collar. l6ut i'm lIomebure IL means a lot
more. Ii keeps MS busy and happy and
full of conversation and debate. II pull.
our old. retired farmers out a their
shells and makes them yell for improve
mrntS. ID unhucklcS our tightwadS and
gives our mechanical young l%nafcrS
something 10 do. II helps town pride
and it keeps our money circulating ;"
fast that everyone has "a chance To grasp
a chunk as II goes by.
1t has made MS 50 independent nf
railroads that We feel now when buying
a ticket IA Chicago ~ II we were help
ing the ponr old line ont. Oar cream
cry has been collecting milk and ship
ping butter in an old roadster with a
NdEtU U'l lU'IHN lNi ~ war wv "
our rural routc mail carriers use small
machines. except IN wet weather. and
good roads societies in oar vicinity are
the latest fad. We raised one thousand
five hundred dollars last spring To- bring
the Cannon Ball Trail from Chicago ~
Kansas City through our town and our
hotcl-kecncr contributed one hundred
dollars Of IT,. lie SAYS " ell hc on the
gaSlinc tourist routc to the coast after
the trail has been marked and drained
and graded mp well.
but mostly the automobile means
freedom 10 us. We're no longer citizens
Of llomchurg. but If the congressional
district. We're ~nrighhorS a. towns we
hadn't heard of ten years ago. and the
horizon nowadays for most of ms u To-
Gated N the end of a fcn-gallon tank If
gasoline. Why. i'm the old DAYS You had
10 20 fifty miles east and double back
Ia get into the north part of our coun
.tv. and more of us had croSscd the ocean
than had been a. PallShurv in the north
tier of townships. Now our commercial
clubs meet together alternate months
snd shout seventeen babies in our town
have proud grandparents up there.
That ; part Of what the automobile
means ta MS. Can You blame me for
besng 81 Interested IN n new one Nav
be IL will have some contrivance for
soaring CONS cut of a narrow road. -
George Fitch Ia American Magazine.