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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
THE NEW SCHOOL LAW.
To The Editor:

10 Inc Editor:
The present Legislature passer, OF
the regular session, an act permitting
Bexar and other populous counties OF
| Texas TO organize the entire county
| into one school district. This unified
| district would include the cities anc
towns as well as the rural commune
| ties.
The option TO have county unit
system is exercised by peritlor
signed by 600 or more voters and di
rected to the court asking an election
whereas a majority vote puts the
proposed system over the top.
The system has county schoo
board, appointing county school su
perintendent and trustees for TIT
local schools. An election ordered by
the county board determines the coun
ty school tax to be imposed, up to
81 on the 500 valuation.
The act is 'crudely and carelessly
drawn. Carrying the emergency
clause, the law was passed with nc
recorded vote; and, in consequence, II
! did not become effective till SO days
after the adjournment of the Legis-
| lature, although its own language
states it shall become effective from
and after its passage. Perhaps the
Leg ,ture was riding nightmare IL
| its t'.rch for Hull Youngblood when
it wrote and passed this county unit
| school bill.
The law allows the county board
pay for twenty days work in 4 year
at So per. The multitudinous duties
assigned to said board are more than
it could perform in 3G0 days III the
year.
The law as drawn retains the local
trustees but has them appointed by
the country board whose puppets
they become. The county board elects
| teachers but the local trustees may
protest. Local self-governmcnt goes
out of the window under this statute
However, the plan of a county unit
system is excellent. Il was advocated
when the 34th Legislature was in
session. In fact at that time law
was passed which gave each county q
ouasi-county board. Used in real
fashion in many other states. the
county unit system has proved Its
great value in administering school
affairs.
The unit system permits county
school tax. Under that plan, the pro-
gressive people can vote tag on the
non-progressive people of n county
and give all children allie in the same
county equal school opportunities AS
it is now. a child may be born on one
side of a barbed wire fence in Bexar
county and have access TO only seven
grades of school instruction while an
other child born on the other side CT
the same barbed wire feEca may have
access to the full eleven grades OF the
Texas school system. One district may
levy no local tax while the next one
levies the limit. The remedy for these
inequalities is the county unit sys-
TEN.
The most populous counties. like
Bexar. could-have-a brick school house
at every cross roads and pay no more
school tax in the aggregate than is
now paid by them. Sounds like a
mis-statement of fact: but let us
have patience to investigate the facts
in the case
Next year there is appropriated to
the backward schools of Texas in the
rural districts $1.500,000. Most Of it
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
HE WANTS HELP.

To The Editor:
Am writing asking a favor Of you
through your paper.
First. am now an inmate Of the
Texas state prison. Am on the East
HON state farm. Am serving n two
year sentence and this is my first
trouble of any nature. Am 90 years
old. My home is in Sanger, Texas, and
/ have decided to be an honest, up
right citizen when / am released. As j
have no outside help am asking you
to state my case through your paper,
asking any reader. who has anything
such as cigarettes, candy or other
sweets and magazines to spare. they
will be more than appreciated by an
unfortunate. Would also like to hear
from any interested party.
Hoping you can do this for me
through your paper, / remain, very
truly yours
AUBREY SCALLY,
Camp No. 1. Box 16 Weldon, Tex.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
To Sell Road Bonds.

Alice, Tex, Aug. 4.-The jim
Wells county commissioners court has
passed an order authorizing the sale
of the 100000 good roads bonds voted
in January. 1922. 1t is reported that
immediate sale will be made of 800
0G0 of the bonds. the amount to be
used to defray the cost of preliminary
surveys. etc. Actual construction worP
will probably not begin until after
the first of the year.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
Veterans to Meet.
Georgetown, Tex, Aug. At

Georgetown, Tex, Aug. 4.-The an
nual reunion of the Confederate vet
Grams of Williamson county will be
held at Jonah. eight miles east of
Georgetown, Thursday, August 0. On
this occasion the Magee-Brigham
Chapter, U. ID. c., will give a program
and Rev. W. c. Moffett of this city
will deliver an address. A picnic din
ner will be served on the grounds for
the veterans and their families.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
Hungarian to BE DepOrted.

BTOWnSvI1t, TN, mug. 7'-JUsVs
Lukacs. a Hungarian national, was
arrested by immigration officers near
San Benito. and is now held in the
Cameron county Jail awaiting deporta-
ton. Lukacs admitted that he had
surreptitously crossed the Rio Grande
near San Benito. and was endeavoring
to make his way to Detroit, Mich
where he has relatives.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
POstoffice Is Moved.

Georgetown, Tex, Aug. 4.-TLc
Georgetown postoffice was moved this
week from the Robertson building on
the north side of the public square TO
the Guarantee State bank building on
Brushy street. The office is equipped
with all new furniture of steel cor
struction in its new quarters.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
Letters to The Light

All letters to this that intended for publication must be
signed BY the writer Name the will published unless
desired No attention will be paid communications
Typewriter
Publication policy outlined
is endorsed by The Light
Evening star., 1923-05-15
COAST LINE VOTES
CASH DIVIDEND
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND. Va, May ia 31a per
cent cash dividend on the common
stock. payable July 10 to stockholders
on record Of June IS. was declared
by tho board of directors of tho At
lantic Coast Line railroad at a meet
ing here today. The action followed
the annual meeting of tho stockholders
Of the road, at which . resolution
was adopted authorizing the direc.
tors to negotiate for the lease of
the Carolina. Cinchneld and Ohio
railroad for q period Of 999 years.
Evening star., 1923-05-15
CALL MONEY STEADY.

NEW YORK. May 15-Call money
steady; high. AZ: low. AZ: ruling
rate. AZ; closing bid. AZ; offered at
AZ: last loan. An; call loans against
accsptances. 4: time loans easier;
mixed collateral, sixty to ninety days,
5a5A: four to six months. 5a5A
prime commercial paper. s.
Evening star., 1923-05-15
RAIL EQUIPMENT
BUYING RESUMED
MANY Orders PIaced-Erie to
Cut Coal BiIE-RaiIroad
Earnings Increase.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Fress.
NEW YORK, May 15.-The Railway
Age. reports that the American Loco
motive Company has received orders
for forty Mikado engines from the
Missouri Pacific and for twenty Pa
ciffc type, ten from the Lehigh Valley
and, ten from the Seaboard Air Line.
Baldwin orders reported were Ave
$50 switching type engines from
the Utah Copper Company: two six
Wheel switching type from Perro Car
7riless De Norte De Cuba and two Mi
EKado type from Louisiana and Ar
Kansas.
H. K. Porter Company has received
orders for two Mogul type from the
The Canadian National has ordered
fifty steel sleeping cars from the Ca
madam Car and Foundry Company
Erie to Save S2,OOOOOO.
Tho Erie railroad is expected to
effect a reduction of more than
s2,o00,oo0 in the coal bill this year. as
contracts made at the lowest rate
since tho existing mine scale was es-
tablished- Last years coal bill was
estimated at $14.000.000. In 1912, the
Erie paid $1.68 q ton for coal. In 1921
tho price was $4.27 q ton.
Strong Buying by Banks.
The strong buying support forth
coming for certain shares in recent
bear raids has given rise to reports
that the buying orders were coming
from banking sources. United States
Steel. Baldwin and American Can
were mentioned in this connection.
Railroad Earnings Increase.
March railroad earnings of $50
class one roads and fifteen switch
ing and terminal companies showed
a total net operating income of $S3.-
b6S,473, an increase of $S5,370 over
the same month last year. Net OPP
Grating income of the same roads for
the first quarter of the year totaled
$1S3,124,S65, or nearly $22, 100000 over
the corresponding period last year.
Evening star., 1923-05-15
PRICES OF COTTON
IN MARKET TODAY
Renewed Firmness Shown in Early
Dealings-Much Cot
ton Damaged.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Pfess.
NEW YORK. May 15.-The cotton
market showed renewed firmness at
the opening today. first prices being
IL to 40 points net higher on over
night buying orders. further cover
ing and a scattering demand promot-
ed by higher Liverpool cables. more
encouraging reports from Manchester
and continued crop complaints from
to 1915 and October to 1925 during
the first few minutes while July sold
up to 25.40. but these advances met
a good deal of realizing. and there
pectations Of gradually clearing
weather in the belt
NEW ORLEANS. May i5.cotton
opened steady: May. 26.l3; July.
January, 22.1s. High winds and heavy
rains in the belt. together with IA
vorable Liverpool, put the price OF
cotton higher on the opening OF the
OF the session the gains amounted %
and October to 22.74. Some sections
Of Arkansas and Texas. where rains
were exceptionally heavy, wired
brokers here that much young cotton
had been beaten to the ground and
would have to be replanted.
NEW YORK, May 15.-Cotton fu-
lures, 11:45 am bids--Steady. May.
1915: July. 24.S2: October. 22.9S:
December, 22.65; January. 22.34.
NEW ORLEANS. May 15.-Cotton
futures, IL am. bids-Steady. May.
cember, 22.3S: January. 22.2s.
NEW YORK, May 15.-Cotton spot
quiet; May. 25.99: July, 24.9s; Oc-
tober. 23.0S; December, 2269; Janu-
ary, 1882.
NEW ORLEANS, May 15.-Spot cot
ton quiet, % points higher; sales on
the spot, 10 bales: to arrive, 200
bales. Low middling, 25.25; mid
ding, $500; good middling, $3.50.
Receipts, 2,029 bales; stock, 104,91S
bales
Evening star., 1923-05-15
BY WILLIAM r, HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK, May 15.-Trading on
tho curb exchange WAS smaller today
with much irregularity in Individual
price movements.
Professional operators were no,
particularly anxious to renew their
efforts on tho short side. There waa
little fresh buying. however. 70 sup
port attempts to get prices up. In
general it was to be said that the
market was steady during the fore
noon and inclined to sag of later.
Gulf OIL Of Pennsylvania was q
feature Of the independent oils, cross
ing so for q gain of points. The
sudden renewal OF activity here re-
hected reports from we'll informed
quarters that the deal to take over
this company by Standard Of Indiana
Evening star., 1923-05-15
EXPLAIN MERGER
PLANS IOI. C. C.
Van Sweringen Railroad Interests
Seek sos, 500, 900 Issue of
New Stock.

Proposals of o. p and NJ. ]. Van
Sweringen Of Cleveland to consoli-
date the New York. Chicago and st.
louis railroad with the Toledo, St.
Louis cand Western, ths Lake Erie
and Western and other railroads
which they now control were pre-
senteds today to the Interstate Com
msreev Commission for approval and
for sthe issuance Of a certificate al
fow ffas: the roads to operate in their
merged form.
DIV. N. Colston. vice president and
General counsel Of the Nickel Plate
System, explained that the Nickel
PYHteeoompany proposed to issue $105,-
5eUioB0k in new capital stock. part
OF which would be exchanged for the
eutstandinE securities of the other
raNeoads which it was proposed to
take into the merger.
i: Engineering witnesses were called
to- q xpiain the contention of the Van
Hwer4nRen group that the values of
pFoperty. I'm the systems which the
Nickel Plate proposes to acquire are
in excess OF the new stock issues
whtchs will be involved in the trans
acttonesoE4
Evening star., 1923-05-15
COMMODITY NEWS
7WRED STAR FROM
Tm7 : ENTIRE COUNTRY

SAN FRANCISCO. May 15-Mexico
and Central America are becoming
heavy purchasers Of American lard
and tallow. More than 1.000.o0o
pounds Of these commodities have
been shipped from this port since
January /. Shipments in the last
week to Mexico. Nicaragua, Guate-
mala and Colombia exceeded 200,0
pounds.
ATLANTA. May 15.-Unfavorable
weather conditions have again de-
iayed the cotton crop in the northern
belt, which already was eleven days
late. Many plants have been killed
, outright.
DENVER, May 15.-Tha largest
beet sugar companies here announced
today that they had signed up the
following acreages of sugar heets in
this section: Great Western. 2l5,000
acres; Holly, $4,000 acrss. and Amer.
lcan, 1900 acres
Evening star., 1923-05-15
IMPORT TOTAL NOW
EXCEEDS EXPORTS
U. S. Trade Balance Turns
for First Time in Past
Two Years.

Imports into the United States dur
ing March amounted to 3402. 600. 900.
compared with $303.412,826 in Febru-
ary and 3256.l77,7s6 in March, 1922
The total OF imports during March
was greater than for any preceding
month since August, 1920 and for the
first time in two years the import
total for the month exceeded the ex-
ports from the United States during
the same period.
The balance Of trade during the
first four months of 1929 was shown
to be against the United States. The
situation in international trade, It
was said ut the Commerce Depart
ment had resulted in accordance with
departmental forecasts made last fall
Evening star., 1923-05-15
ToDAY's METAL MARKET

NEW YORK, May 15.-Copper easy.
Electrolytic, spot and futures. 15ha
15%. Tin easy. Spot and futures.
42.12. Iron steady; prices unchanged.
Lead easy. Spot, 7.ooa7.25. Zinc steady.
East st. Louis spot and nearby de-
livery, $50. Anthony. spot, $50.
Evening star., 1923-05-15

NEW YORK. May 15.-Following is
an official list OF oonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb Mar
ket today:
Evening star., 1923-05-15
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received BY Priv.ts Wire Direct to The Star Once.

had been practically consummated.
although omciAl confirmation was
lacking. The general belief 10 that
tho basis Of exchange will be one
share Of Standard Of Indiana for each
share of Gulf Oil. Standard OF Indi-
ana sold most of the time about q
point under Gulf Oil.
Another feature of the oil group
was the overnight jump of almost q
point in Carib Syndicate. Revival
Of interest in this stock was at
tributed to reports that the Texas
company was about to exercise Its
option to take over 81 per cent OF
tn" capital stock Of Garth.
Reports that Mammoth Oil COM
pany had brought III u gusher In the
Teapot Dome with an estimated flow
of 10000 barrels per day failed TO
effect tho stock. The market for
Standard Oil shares was dull. with
the prices irregular.
There was little feature to the
dealings in the industrial section.
Evening star., 1923-05-15
Money to Loan

Prevailing interest md commission.
Joseph I. Weller taS Sls.'' W'ssi oh L I ~" ~.
Evening star., 1923-05-15
10,979 NEW CARS PUT
INTO SERVICE IN APRIL
293 New Locomotives Also Set
to Work-Big Orders
Awaiting Delivery.
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK. May 15.-The car
service division of the American rail-
way Association reported yesterday
that 10.979 new freight cars and 293
new locomotives were placed in serv-
Ice during April. bringing the total
since January l to 50,15l cars and
1.22S locomotives The railroads also
placed orders for the delivery Of s.
900 new freight cars, which brought
the total number OF freight cars on
order on May ! up to 1875 cars.
The number of locomotives on order
pared with 1874 on April !!
Evening star., 1923-05-15
ASKS I. C. C. APPROVAL.

The Kentucky and Indiana Ter
minal Company asked the Interstate
Commerce Commission today to ap-
prove an Issue of sterling bonds, val
ued at approximately $714.000. to pay
for new equipm.nt and to reimburse
the roads treasury, for expenditures
for betterments
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-22
Might Counts for Little.

President Wilson sent expedition into
Mexico to get Pancho Villa, the bandit That
was because Columbus, N. M, had been
raided and a number of American citizens
robbed and butchered. The American expedi
ton was dispatched to punish the bandits.
The announced purpose was to capture the
whole gang, Villa, of course, included The
incident provided great excitement at the
time, with threatened complications arising
over possible clashes with the Mexican gov
eminent Then, all at once, the expedition
was recalled and Villa remained in Mexico,
where he is today, having been pardoned by
the Mexican government and endowed with
rich lands, on which he lives as an autocrat,
although the world knows him merely
retired robber and murderer.
In the present Chinese situation American
citizens have suffered hardships and indigni-
ties at the hands of bandits as bad as those
led by Pancho Villa comparison Of the
two incidents emphasizes the extreme diff
Guilty of American action in China. Mexico
was right next door, accessible to American
forces in. unlimited numbers; China is many
thousands of miles away and American sol
diers available near the scene number about
$500. 1t would seem that, using the eX-
pressive vernacular, the American govern
nent and the American bandit prisoners are
up against it. What could be done to force
relief for the American citizens is something
to puzzle diplomats and government officials.
Possibly the most direct avenue of ap-
proach already has been chosen, namely: the
representation to the Chinese government
that it must accept responsibility OF rescuing
the prisoners. Thus American moral force
comes into play because physical force is at
the moment impossible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-22
The Oil Lure.

The statement by postofice department Of
fcials that more than $100,000,000 had been
lost in worthless oil stocks in the state of
Texas alone during the last FIVE years shows
how impossible it is to protect the people
from the blue sky promoter. The most care
fully drawn and the most rigidly enforced
laws are ineffective. Exposure Of the stock
swindlers and widespread publication of facts
go UNDECIDED. Preaching falls upon deaf ears.
In spite of all warning the fake promoters
and the stock swinders continue to reap their
harvest. 1t would seem that the bitter expert
erces of recent years, during which so
many thousands of people have been swim
died in a variety of ways, would operate to
make people cautious, but new crop of
suckers seems to spring up over night. The
desire to get rich quick, from which few
men are free breaks down all barriers erect
ed to restrain it.
Therefore, people are losing their enthu-
siasm for blue sky laws. When this form of
legislation was first enacted it was hoped
and believed that law could protect the I'M
wise investor from the consequences of his
folly. Now it is seen that it cannot be done.
The man who is determined to invest his
money in a project that promises him sud
den riches will find way to make the in
vestment, law or no law Likewise the swim
dler will find way of access to the sucker,
III spite of law. Attempts have been made
to Increase the stringency of the laws reg
ulating the sale of securities, but it is seen
that there is danger, in that direction of
sitting Legitimate business.
The record discloses that most of the suck
ers are poor sportsmen and hard losers. To
lose in gamble and then be yellow about
it does not impel respect If you feel that
you must take chance in the oil stock game
make up your mind to pocket your losses
with a smile and not with whine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-22
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
EVOLUTION.

In find in all of Adams brood in all the
human brotherhood lurking longing to be
good. Beneath our selfishness and pride IS
something never satisfied. O long ago, an
con space there swan in some warm oozy
place the parent of the human race He lived
within mudho1e smelly, he had no bones,
his flesh was Jelly. But something in that
bit of goo kept urging There's chance for
you" SO life flowed down through countless
ages in many types and many stages, still
pressing on to bridge the Chasm 'twiXt man
and one-celled protoplasm, until those chunks
OF jify jelum had cerebrum and cerebellum,
At first their brains we're but smear, but
they increased from year to year, till in the
funess of the times came Shakespeare and
these rural rhymes. Suppose that lazy or
afraid, the old primeval germ had stayed
within the mud where he was made we'd
have no workers and no scrappers, no charm
ing Hannahs and no fappers. While gazing
on some men | know it seems we still have
far to go. But that amocha stout of heart
has given us right good start. o let us
burst each narrow prison and serve our time
as he served hisn. SO shall we keep right on
advancing, not only mind but soul enhanc-
ing, with courage, faith and wise decision
toward some far off but hopeful vision of
higher life that some day lodges such forms
as Hearsts and Cabot Lodges.
BOB ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-22
The Senate.

Jim Nevin, in his Current Events" in the
Atlanta Georgian, notes that some states
man of an ultra-modern sort has introduced
in the legislature of Florida bill to abolish
the senate thereof" and adds: without I'M
dertaking to express an opinion one way or
another as to the merits of this particular
measure. this writer thinks many citizens will
hail with joy anything looking in the direc-
ton of reducing the number of busy law
makers in this country and the great amount
of new laws they promugate annually"
The late lamented Joe Hill Hall, of Bib,
whom every one loved and admired but Of
ten disagreed with, always contended that
the senate was a useless appendage in our
scheme of government, and said that it should
be abolished. He failed however, to impress
any of the lawmakers with that view.
There are those in Florida, it is said who
think not only should the bill pass, but will