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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-06
BROWNSVILLE OIL MILL
WILL BREAK RECORD IN
PRODUCTION THIS YEAR

While the Trowi svilc district il pro-
bumper cotton crop in the Valley this
year, the city j. bcncfitiing to "a great
extent ~ the general prosperity the
crop has brought the Valley as n whole.
One Brow sville institution which j.
bcnefitting 10 a great extent is the cot
ton seed oil mill which this year will
break all records made in the ten years
il has been in operation IN Brownsville.
:. q. Tucker. proprietor Of the mill.
states that this year the mill will ham
die approximately 1000 tons N cotton
seed. Almost 1000 tons are now IN
storage in the huge warehouse nf the
mill. The warehouse is practically full,
aid enough cars are now on track or
IN transit Ia completely fill every avail
able foot Of storage space. The mill
~ running 10 caparity. disposing ~ m
average nf fifty tons per day and will
this season make the ~. gcSt run on
record. closing down some time in De
ccmbrr.
Tie bulk of the cotton seed IL COM
AiNiH ~" az Etits '''HffV. sNf't
Benito and liarl. gen. hut large shin
mcnts are also being received from Hi
dalgo r,unty. IL is stated that thu
mill will pay out approximately $l5O.nOO
for cotton seed. and n they are handl-
ing about - IT, 20 per cent of the Val
ley output il is stated that Valley
farmers viii this year receive aroul.d
a half million dollars for their cotton
seed. Daily shipments to the mill hnve
been averaging from a. % 100 tons ev-
or since The ginning season opened.
arh the price paid has averaged So
rcr ton.
Well Equipped Pant
Tn" Brownsville oil mill is one 1T
the best equipped plants fin the south.
having the most modern machinery OBJ
tainabe and handling the cotton seed
with n minimum of waste. It's equip
melt includes six expellers and twelve
linters. driven by 350-h. y. engine.
fnll electrical equipment. and all the
other devices demanded in modern
plant. Fifty men are employed in the
plant and il j. expected to keep this
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-06
UNION PICKET SHOT
In RAILWAY SHOPS
fly The Associated Press,

ATLANTA, Ga. Aug. 5. r. A. Smith.
union shop picket. was shot and wound
cd in an encounter at Georgia railroad
shops here late today with number Of
negro employees. According TO police
who arrested five negroes. one negro N
said 10 have been shot in the leg hy a
stray bullet and another badly beaten.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-06
CIV The Associated Press,

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Aug. 5. From 80
to 40 persons were killed and 60 in
jurcd when the Missouri Pacific fast pas
sengcr train No. crashed into local
passenger train at Sulphur Springs, Mo-.
20 milss south Of here ut 7:i7 tonight.
announcement OF which was bullctincd
here shortly before midnight.
Four coaches OF the local passenger.
known as No. 81. were telcscopcd. the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-06
HARDING INVITES HEADS
OF RAIL BROTHERH00DS
TO CONFER ON STRIKE
tBy The Associated Prcss)

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. .I.--Ilcads
~ the four railroad unions not on strike
were invited TO participate in Golfer
cncc to be arranged with President
Hardng to protest against the use oi
armed guards in railroad shops ana
Yards. 7. tclcgrams sent ont tonight
by T.. III. Fitzgerald, president ~ the
brotherhood of railway and steamship
clerks, freight handlers and station and
express employees. The five organi.
zations represent approxinai five
hundred thousand men, hc said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-06
G. 0. P. NOMINATES
NEGRO in MISSOURI
tBy The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS. No. Aug. 3. 49, Crittcndcn
Clark. negro lawyer won the republican
nomination for one Of the justice Of the
peace Offices in the primary Tuesday.
official count completed today showed.
In the event Of his election. he would
be the first negro to hold judicial Of
flee in Missouri.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-06
INDICTED FOR RAIDS.

MEDFORD. Ore. Aug. :. ~ SIX John
son county men were ind ctcd here af-
ter the grandiury investigated recent
hangings and other activities Of right
riders.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-06

LONDON. Aug. 5. - JOSEPH O'Sullivan
and Reginald Dunn. under sentence Of
death for the assassination Of Field
Marshal Wilson. will be eianged ION
August 10. il was announced yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-06
CRv The Associated Press }

ST. LOUIS. Ang. >. Thirty persons
were reported killed and about fifty in.
inreh at Sulphur Springs. Mo. twenty
six miles south ~ here when the Mis-
souri, Iacific paSser ger train M.
nRs&L~'t@.ss rr-Srrr-r-+~r,ft-S NJ. ~ ~ WI
The same rond.
Train M. y was cnrotir from Iiuxir
Arkansas. to -. Louis and stopped al
Sulphur Springs 10 take on water. when
train No. ! enroutc from Fort Worth
Texas. tn -. Louis. crashed into IN,
rear end "f II. tclescoping six coaches
of th. first train.
Several ~ the coaches were pnShe.
back into the creek and passe; gers ar,
sail 10 have been drowned. 4 number
~ boy scouts of fIoxie were On III,
train. Engineer Nav Glenn. OF train
NJ. was killed istantly
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-06

force a work until tie clo~c &c the
season
The warehouse j. equipped with
complete conveying system by means Of
which the seed is rapidly conveyed from
The ears. and from the warehouse small
Ter cohveycrs fake steady stream of
cotton seed to the Enters. where the
lint j. detached and wound IN rolls.
From these IL is passed through the
watts into cxpcllcrs, where the oil II
pressed out al runs through conduct
crs a. the talks. and the oil cake il
carried by convcyors TO the storage
bins.
While there IL some difference in
the oil producing quality of cotton rails
cd upon irrigated land aud the dry land
cotton il is So slight as to bc almost
negligible in this section. Mr. Tucker
stated. The average ton of cotton seed
produces about 800 pounds Of cake.
the rest being lint and oil.
Oil Cake Demand Increasing
The demand for oil cake Is incrcas-
Ing rapidly ia the Valley. aS its superb
or qualities n feed for dairy cows
are being impressed upon the farmers
Thousands of tons of oil cake are now
being fed in the Valley every year. sev-
rral dairymrn using over "a hundred
tons each. The results obtained have
proven conclusvcly its superiority over
the Old system of fcditg cotton seed.
which contains such quantities IL oil
Ms 10 impair the quality II cream pro-
duced. With the extension of dairyiny
in the Valley the demand for oil cake
will increase even more rapidly. sup
pIyii z n good home market for all that
can be produced.
In this connection attention has been
, called ~ the value ~ the oil mill as
n means Of promoting the dairy iitlus-
try in the Valley. In many sections of
the state where dairying il firmly estab
lished large shipments Of oil cake are
received from distant points. adding a
heavy freight item to the dairyman's :
expense. But the Valley farmer would
not be compelled to bear so heavy an
expense upon this feed when he II able
to secure il either AZ the mill or within
Continued on Page Two.l
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WEATHER FORECAST

EAST TEXAS-Sunday and Monday,
par.lv clouav and unsettled
WEST TEXAS-Sunday and Monday
generally fair.
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We NeDer Jdngle the Bell

Nor disturb you other way-hc callers who call
you every day to tell you of the things you
buy in the shops, and at what priceThe Herald ad-
vertsements
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s. lLLED, so HURT IN WRECK
MISSOURI PACIFIC FAST TRAIN CRASHES
INTO LOCAL AT SULPHUR SPRINGS, mo.

bulletin announced, the wreck occurring
at the Su.paur Springs station where
the local train was taking water. En-
gineer Glynn on the fast train was in
stantly killed and his fireman, J. +.
Kinslcy. was badly injured.
Nest Of the dead and injured. IL was
stated. were Boy Scouts, who were re-
turning from a summer camp at Alton.
Mo-. about 100 miles south Of the scene
Of the disaster. The names Of the dead
are not known, and many are said to
have been so badly mangled that idcnti-
fication will be almost impossible.
Relief trains from here and from
Poplar Bluff, Mo-. were Immediately
sent to the scene Of the wreck. carry
ing all physicians available from the
towns and cities along the road. The
relief trains were manned by union men.
who are on strike. but who Immediately
offered their services as soon as the
report Of the disaster reached Poplar
Bluff.
As a result Of the confusion and the
huge amount Of debris the work Of re-
lief was greatly hndcrcd and only very
slowly could the injured be taken from
the debris and the bodies Of the dead
recovered. Among the first Of the dead
TO be taken from the demolished coaches
were Rev. ID. o. Henley of De Soto. Mo.
and Miss Irene Moon Of Feftus No.
One Of the coaches was thrown into
the creek which ran alongside the track
and was completely demolished and the
other coaches were almost reduced to a
mass Of debris.
Louis and the local from Poplar Bluff.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-18
GIRLS NERVE STOPS THEFT
Bookkeeper GrappIes With Thief and
Holds on Until Foreman Comes
to Assistance.

AttleborO. Mass.-Thanks TO the
courage and determination OF Mrs.
Amelia Mitchell. a bookkeeper. series
of petty breaks Is nj an end and Jo-
seph Morgera nineteen years old, is
back In Concord reformatory. serving
time for larceny.
Mrs. Mitchell is employed by the X.
-. Mc!>@H&!;. company. manufacturing
jewellers.
Young Morgera entered the office
and made respectful application for a
job. Mrs. Mitchell went 70 call a fore
man Returning sooner than she was
expected. she surprised the visitor TAX
ing possession Of 500 in an unlocked
safe.
She Immediately grappled with the
thief. young man much larger than
herself. Despite his desperate at
tempts To shake her off she chung 10
him until Irving Hodges. a foreman,
came 10 her aid and subdued young
Morgera.
According Ia the police the boy has
admitted stealing money from the
waiting room Of the Rhode Island hos
pital In Providence and 10 entering OF
attempting To- enter three office build.
ings here.
One of the offices was that of Judge
Ralph +. Estes. who tried him and
sent him 10 the refurmatOry.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-18
SAVES HER SEVEN CHILDREN
Mother Makes Four Trips Into Burn
ing House TO Rescue Boys and
Girls in Bed.

Buffalo. y. I.-MrS. Mary Holler
saved her seven children from suffoca-
tion by making four trips into her
burning home, She was barefooted,
and had To travel through three inches
of snow outside the house.
The woman was awakened by the
roaring of flames. She saved three OF
the children in the tirst trip. She took
them 10 Il barn and wrapped them in
blankets 10 keep them from freezing.
then went back ;.ad rescued the
others.
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Hanged Himself.

went alone or he did not go al all. be-
cause he knew that II he Went he
would be alone all evening or all after
noon No one would play with him
because he could not play; no one
would even talk 10 him.
one afternoon his brothers and sis
tiers Went OF to play gaines, crowds Of
other boys passed with their skates
and sleds on their way to skate and
coast.
Hears Last Taunts.
They didn't stop 10 ask him 10 go :;
even his own brothers did not ask him
He had nothing ro do but to read
and he had read So much that he hated
the sight of book. He wandered
about the house. and In the kitchen he
found half.inch rope. He took this
rope and went into the bathroom and
climbing on chair, he tied an end of
the rope about u water pipe and in
the other end he fashioned a moose
Then he put the moose about his neck
and kicked the chair from beneath
him. An hour later his brother John
came IN and found him but william
was dead.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-18

nal in The house and gave it some
milk To drink. Then ii stretched out
by the stove Ii did not remain there
long before it began to show signs
Of jag. which would have been the
delight Of an old topper. The hound
the next day acted as though il had
very bad headache.
Mr. Dunn thinks the dog located the
booze the day Of the fox chase and
kept ii to himself slipping back the
next day. He is watching him closely,
in the hope that he will lead him TO
the cache
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-18
Railroads Ask Re-
peal of Burden
some Law
SO-CALLED FULL CREW REG
ULATION is COSTLY TO
THE PUBLIC
TO THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY, OF MARYLAND:

TO THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY, OF MARYLAND:
The undersigned Railroad Com
panies, all operating in the State
of Maryland, join in petition to
your honorable body to act favor
ably on Senate Bill No. "A intro
duced by Hon. Walter Mitchell
which repeats the so-called full
crew law enacted in 1908. This
burdensome and wholly unneces-
sary law requires railroads to
man all freight trains Of 80 or
more cars with crews Of six men;
viz: Engineer, Fireman, Con
ductor and Brakemen and
Flagman g Brakemen). This
crew comprises one more Brake
man than the railroads need.
The petitioners respectfully
urge the abolition of this extra
Brakeman
BECAUSE, the employment 81 this
useless Brakeman Is an unnecessar!
burden on the railroads. and there
fore. on the public. which after all
pays the bill" In 1919 the cost was
S3I4..Oi, In 1890 sf96,seO, IN 1921 10
year 81 business Il press on $3I,2S2,
to'al. during III past three years.
II $i,l1a.O16 During the last ten
years this law has eost the Railroads
oneratinR IN Maryland approximately
TWO AND ONE HALF MILLION
DOLLARS. without single cent in
return compensation.
BECAUSE the extra Brakeman Is
not needed IN the operation OF trains.
The Federal Government requires au
tomato coupleFs aud AFR brakes on all
ears and prohibits the use Of hand
brakes on trains Two brakemen are
sufficient Then why third Brake
man2
BECAUSE ehe railroads are vital
ly Interested In The safe and economic
operation 81 trains, and are fully
qualified 20 decid. upon the size OF
the crews
BECA%SE this law places an un
necessary burden on the railroads and
leads TO high passenger and freight
rates. IN witch the public is vitailS
interested. l. "Stry and trade must
be revived. wi.rh IL possible only by
removing unnecessary burdens and
lesseuing Of overhead charges. The
striugency Of the times Will he par
TALLY relieved by the repeal ~ this
INV nlN Tfpfui uhtt MOI iNtIN UihTe
unemployment II does mean the
transfer ~ men from useless To- useful
occupations in other departments.
where the money paid them VIII he
more probably expended In repair
ing locomotives. cars. tracks. etc
BECAtSE. Pennsylvania and other
states have repealed similar laws. The
West Virginia Legislature refused to
pass q Hill enacting such law. Viz
ginia and Delaware are without such
law. Therefore Maryland. alone in
this group 81 States. Ia hnmpered by
n full crew law.
We. therefore, appeal 10 your hon
orable body 10 repeal this burden.
some aud unnecessary law.
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO
RAILROAD co.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
COMPANY
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILWAY
COMPANY
r. W Schcer
General Manager.
baltimore and ohio Railroad Co,
Chairman.
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FOX HOUND GOES
ON BRANDY SPREE
Sneaks Out to Secret Cache ant.
Comes Home WITH Beauti-
full lag.

Charlottesville. Val. 4. Dunn. .
well-knoWn farmer and fox hunter u
this section. was Out on chase Satur
day. The next dag one of his value
hounds left ho,ne Of lis own accord
returning late Ia the evening
NJ. Dunn observed that the do
was actlng peculiarly He thought The
animal had been poisoned and exam
lned its eyes for symptoms. About thi'.
time he got vhin Of the dogs breath
and detected strong odor of appl"
brandy 90 IL. Mr. Dunn took the ani
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-18
Five Bullets. This Old
Actors Last Hand

New York. Once upon u time
there was n collie dog thar did
tricks N the circus. lie walked
on his hind legs and Oh his fore
paws for applause.
one day he got lost lie went
hungry and grew thin.
The other day he wandered
into schoolroom ut Jamaica
and. suddenly finding himself in
the presence of spectators. this
old trouper Immediately began
hopping on his hind legs and on
his fore paws, eXpecting-ap-
plauSe.
He got five bullets from po-
liccman's pistol. Somebody had
yelled Mad dog :"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-18
THIEF USES D0PED CIGARETTE
Makes Officer Unconscious and Steals
Finaerprints From Robbery
In Oklahoma.

oklahoma City. Okla.-A doped Gig
arctic was used Ia make an officer un-
conscious and permit man To steal
fingerprints that had been taken in
connection with the rohbing " train.
Physicians worked three hours 10 re
vive the officer
after lighting the cigarette he OF
fered me. talked n few minutes to
the man. said the policeman. Il last
remember seeing the stranger reach
Ing for the prints aud hearing him say
Well. got you that time
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-18
BAr
LIFE tvd Low
Notorious Mexican Desperate
Lured to His Death by
Native Beauty.
LAST OUTLAW CHIEF
Pedro Zamora, Whose Band Captured
Girls and Carried Them of, is
Slain, and Amour Holds
Secret Of Loot.

Mexico City.-Pedro Zamora, the
last Of the leading bandits In Mexico,
was lured 10 his death by woman
he had made captive, according 10 au.
thentic stories just received here.
Zamora was probably the most daring
ana picturesque bandit who ever raid
ed a town south Of the Rio Grande.
Zamora and his brother. Antonio.
we're originally vaqueros. or cowboys,
on one 81 the great ranches In the
state Of .Ialisco.
Several years ago a favorable offer
was made To any one who would run
turro and mule trains TO pack sup
plies into mining district In the
state. ana Pedro and his brother give
mp their ranch jobs and became pack
train freighters. They would have
prospcred hut for the many bandit
crews then harassing most Of Mexico.
They were held mp and robbed times
without number.
Became Bandit Himself
Finally Pedro became enraged and
decided to turn bandit himself He
gathered 40 or 30 reckless men about
him and started out on his career as
a bandit. His hand increased with
HIS success and soon he had 300 we'll
armed. well-mounted men at his com
nand
Like all bandits. from the time Of
Robin Hood on. Zamora's crew not
only robbed and killed. but II also
made bandit love TO the women Of the
territory through which II passed. Re
sultant wrangles and jealousies led
Zamora, in imitation Of more famous
outlaws. 10 decide on a bold plan.
Riding down one day toward the
beautiful little village of Autlan, he
said to his men:
Below us are the homes of many
beautiful women. You dogs who are
so amorous will take what women
seem good to you, but ! will have no
quarrels over them. For each man a
woman. II he wants 10 he burdened
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-18

with her on the road" Pedro Zamora
woman with him. lie considered them
as beneath his dignity ms a bandit
chieftain. The ZamOra hand rode out
of Autlan at shutdown with % women
captives and on that first journey Pc
dro caught sight Of Conchita Lopez,
interchangeable girl Of unusual
beauty.
Killed Her captor.
The attraction was mutual and tina
night Conchita stabbed and killed hei
captor that she might he with Pedro.
From then on they were inseparabl
and when the federal troops began I
close In on them. Pedro. after huryin,
much of his loot escaped with Con
chita. taking 10000 in gold with him
The pair finally agreed to surrende
on condition that they be sent
Durango and that they retain theii
loot. And then Conchita disappeared
Zamora learned she was In Mexico
City with plenty Of money, his $4,000
and that she was living like queen
He broke his parole and went 10 n
capital 10 see for himself. was arres
ed. and assassinated In his &c
There are many who believe that c.
chiia knows where Pedro's loot
buried and that she win go tho
recover II. ZamOra, the las
Mexican bandits, was scarcel,
seven years old when he wa
And Conchlta Lopez. under
name, Is now the toast Of
City.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-18
AVALANCHE B0BS GIRLS
School Teacher IN Newfol q
csswls From Train Wreck
Minus Locks.

ST. Johns. n. Flung ;
through window when an
Of snow swept coaches
Newfoundland railway
from the rails at RI
Margaret Matthews.
crawled out OF
bobbed hair ir
She haS only
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Sentenced fOr crueIty o +ous.

Duluih MINI. Because They denied
,d or water To- their here! at hogs
last autumn and allowed - Of the AM.
mails 10 starvc or be deyoured by their
COMPANIONS. John Morgan has been
sentenced 70 30 days hard labor. and
his wife fined SlO0.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-02-18
HANGS SELF TO
ESCAPE TAUNTS
16-year-0Id Boy, ParaIyzed
From Babyhood, Hears
Last Gibe.
L0NGED FOR SPORTS
William smkowitz Hangs Himself in
Bathroom With Rope Fastened 10
Water PiDe-Mates We're
Cruel to Him.

New York. William Simkowit2, the
sixteen. ycar.old son Of John Simkow
liz Of 81 Washington place. Passaic.
y. j.. hanged himself in the bathroom
of his home because he could 10 longer
endure the taunts and gibes of his
paymaies. He was cripple and they
had been cruel to him. aughing ~ him
when he could not run and play with
them. and they made run Of him be
cause he was not able to - coasting
and try out their new slets. So hr
couldn't stand it any longer.
Young Slmkowitz had been cripple
since he was n hahy, when h. suffered
an attack Of infantile paralysis that
affected almost his whole right side
but particularly his right leg and foot.
The disease left him with limp which
he could hot hide, although all his llle
he had been trying To walk without II.
But he couldn't. lie couldn't be- Ike
the other boys If they played baseball
hc had 10 keep score for them. "r Ii,
had Ia watch them: If they played
football he even had to keep away
back from the ~idclineS. because he
could not get out of their way.
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Advertise in The Messenger
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the trade clouds are low. Help to
roll the clouds back.
Advertise NOW! Advertise RIGHT!
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MlmIeked BIZ sehooIboys.

He fcli his allc,ion terribly 1t
hurt him all his life, this knowledge
that he could not play and that he had
to walk with limp. II might no,
have been 81 bad If the other boys ane
girls had sympathized with him and
helped him but they didn't They
laughed nj him and made fun Of him
The boys at school mimlcked him and
paradcd before him with an eXagger-
ated limp. and the girls wouldn't 60
anywhere with him because he was II
cripple So when his schoolmates had a
party or anything of that sort he either