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III. A. MATHIS
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1O8 East Pine St.
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FRIDAY

FRIDAY
"THE GREAT DIAMOND MYS-
Terry" featuring SHIRLEY MASON:
Serial BATTLING BREWSTER" "
SATURDAY -.
Western feature ''RAR1N' 10 90.
Serials, "GREEN ARCHER and
CAGE OF SPADES"
Fox Comedp, "THE SCIENTIFIC
HUSBAND"
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
ga WOMAN OF PARIS" starring
EDNA PURVIANCE. Story written
and directed by Charles Chaplin. A
drama of fate which pictures in sharp,
stirring realism how the little things
of everyday life among everyday peo--
pie bring tragedy to some, JOY and
great happiness to others. Mr.. Chap
lin does not appear in the picture, but
the story is his own, was written by
himself, and he directed the picture.
FOX NEWS and COMEDY.
Ten and twenty cents.
WEDNESDAY
"RTC ADDED ATTRACTION, THE
MORRIS-HENSON MALE QUAR-
TETTE with Mr.. Barnett OF the ia
nous vaughn Singers and Mr.. u. i.
Royal. This is Atlanta's best quar-
totJe and are often heard from the
Atlanta Journals station WSB. Pic
turc, IDLE TONGUES" with Doris
Kenyon and Percy Marmont..
Two shows only, at 100 and goo
%. m. Prices, adults 35c, children
Is cents.
THURSDAY
THE DIXIE HANDICAP" with
Claire Windsor, Frank keenan, and
Lloyd Hughes. A race track romance.
FOX NEWS and COMEDY.
Ten and twenty cents.
V4@nFxvssaNfARaa AaasaRs q NV
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SPOTLIGHTS
ON
PEOPLE =
ELDERS ~

something about the drink eVil
through her work with the Salvation
Army, both before and since the en-
actment of the Volstead amendment:
She has herself lived in the Sums ana
been too often injured by drunk peo-
pie not to know something by her
contact, besides her organization haV-
ing fought the saloon for 70 years
and now knowing the advantages or
it's Punishment. She says: Enemies
of the Volstead law waste their time
when they try to tell the Salvador,
Army that national prohibition VIII
not work. To undo it's work would
strike a blow at every industry, every
fireside in this country. Why tell the
Salvation Army that park benches are
crowded with drunken men as they
were before prohibition when we used
to gather them in and fight to salvage
them? They are gone. Why try to
tell us that workingmen spend their
wages before their families have food
or that men beat their wives and chill
dren as in the old days? 1t is simply
not the case. If the idle rich persist
in making a sport of the prohibition
law the sober and progressive work.
ing classes may automatically become
the aristocrats, and society, so-called,
will be turned upside down in its sys-
tenn of organization"
Originated Flag Day
The woman who originated Flag
Day, Miss Sarah Hinson of Buffalo,
N. Y, has just died at the age of S5.
She undertook in her own school some
sixty years ago to instill greater pa
triotism in her pupils by the use of
the flag salute and oath Of allegiance
at each morning opening. Later a
special day was selected in this school
for flag observance and then the GUS
tom spread until it is now nation
wide.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25
Music Clinics

Music Clinics
achievement tests in NUS Y *
ress by grades in the schools of New
York have been held in sevcra! ckt:es.
The object is to acquaint school SUI
perintendents as well as supervis ors
Of school music with actual resLC IS
from the graded courses of mu@1c
that are a part Of the school curric'u-
lum. These findings will be- filed
with the measurements department OFT
the education bureau of the state. In
some places every teacher must meet,
certain requirements that qualify her
to teach music in her special grade.
In other localities the school boards
furnish regular music teacher for
all grades, better plan, of course,
as this study requires special apti-
tude and training. A piano teacher
as provided by the Fitzgerald schools
and all the other schools of the same
rank does not in any degree fill the
place Of the grade music teacher be-
cause piano lessons are privately
given for price the same as for any
other instrument, and few towns lack
proficient piano teachers. The same
Can not be said for violin teachers,
however, nor voice teachers. 1t
would serve our schools generally
much better were either of the two
latter supplied by the school boards
as d school orchestra could be trained
nv the violin teacher or glee club
directed by the vocal teacher discov-
ering and developing talent outside
the range of the piano teacher whose
work is limited to those who pay for
lessons. District contests might just
as we'll include the talent displayed
by voice or or the violin as that of
playing the piano, Which ever at
taiDment displays talent and cultiva-
ton. and inspires ambition is worth
consideration.
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Competent Witness

Mrs, n I Baijev If Decorak- Ill.
Mrs. Malcolm Pridgein o. Cordela.
Visitors out of the city have been
Miss 2haa Wise IN Atlanta. 8li3e Ids
GEeNav in Evansville 3Iiss Rose
Reakse aud Hiss Erin FEarprove in AZ
lanta Miss Ids Hnn2ler ard Mss
Lucy Sell King IN Macon, NJ and.
Mrs Wiley Williams, MES Ar5',uT
Williams and Dir. Wa Eawuas in
Macon.
4 DELIGHTFUL social affair with Rap
tiSt PitEthess erteTc2ir7a- ls l7
scas wes aeld sr HIP haU T
Ida pauiE is D3r
3ora 1sIi.C ulyis1 -lsic
she evsair Assisting i5s Pack n
servine fT.es.--- we're
G,G.le aiiss
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25
SpOTJICHTS-
yI~ocfi~ial INSPECTORS

yIrofi~ial Inspectors
Lady Cynthia Mosely and her hus-
band. Oswald Nosley of England.
who spent ten weeks in this country
Investigating labor conditions were
nothing if not thorough in their
quest. The daily press pictured them
in m""v surprising and involuntary
poses before the camera, as they WIS.,
i'cd r',jnes. factories and public wash
rnor-e :nd eating places. Lady
Cv~' HE Moselv was the more inter-
esting figure to Americans because
of her origin, the granddaughter OF
old Levi Letter of Chicago, who left
S50000,000 to his family and her
mother. like the other Leietr girls,
marrying English men of title. Lady
Cynthia became more of public per-
sopage in England by espousing the
labor or socialist cause so enthusiae
tically though belonging by wealth
and title to the aristocracv. In these
principles she is staunchly backing
her husband who was former labor
member of Parliament. On leaving
this country at the end of their visit
her comments are interesting as ro-
cards the Ford plant in Detroit which
Lady Cynthia pronounced 'the great
est triumph for industry she had seen
in America. and the Sears-Robuck es
enlistment as the most perfect piece
Of socialistic machinery in the world. !"
y
Competent Witness
That stra-v ballot shows there is Q
stout wind blowing hp+ not necessar-
lily the wrong way as enemies of the
prohibition law would like to demon
strate. Evang line Booth knows
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FOR RENT-Four rooms, will be va
cant April 18th. SOB W. AltamaT
ha. Phone 265.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25

Be a Booster. Join the Chamber
of Commerce.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25
Poll Tax for Women

Replying to inquiries from the
board of registration in Atlanta
which is much concerned over the
legality of their coming bond election
the attorney general, George NJ,
Napier has announced some rulings
that apply throughout the state. "A
woman who votes must pay poll tax
lust like men to exercise the elective
franchise" is his pinion. 'If wom--
an has been registered for several
years and exercising the franchise,
she is liable for the back taxes from
the time she registe red and must do
so before she can cast a ballot. Also
a woman desiring to- escape the tax
can do so by making personal re-
that her name be taken, from the vot-
ing" If the woman's Name has been
removed from thhe registration list
by the board Of registration for the
failure to pay her taxes. it is not
equivalent to her own request to have
her name removed. In Other words
a woman's status as voter IS OPP
tional on her voluntary Registration
which will include the poll TAX. She
may by choice remain the rhpn-entlty
she was in citizenship before tIlo sui
4rage for women was enactedA
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-03-25
-anazrslzn Eza1snsasz'
Church Dividends

The benefits of church membership
are usually computed by the value OF
the influence outwardly and inward
ly, by the associations, the spiritual
uplift and other ethical advantages,
but negro BAPTIST church in Arkan-
sas has material inducements as well
to offer to the members. Being a
country church it owns a tract OF
land 1876 by $50 feet long and there
recently developed two oil wells with
in it's boundaries. At an official
meeting there were dividends OF
S34.76 distributed to the members.
1t will be easy to(get up big revival
in that church.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
FLYERS AGAIN
START FLIGHT
Leave >Tampico This
Morning on Way
To Vera Cruz

TAMPICO. Mexico. Dec. 30.--iPl-
The United States Pan-Amcrican
fliers. delayed here several days be-
cause of engine difficulties. today
res umed the 10000 mile goodwill
journey. hopping off for their next
stop, Vera Cruz. at II o'clock
The motors Of the four planes
hummed perfectly as the filters. head
ed by Major Herbert A. Dargue.
flight commander. sped over the city
where great crowds craned their
necks to catch a glimpse Of the arr
COSY Of the air. There was every
indication that the aviators would
be successful in their 1856 mile hop
to Vera Cruz.
The four planes leaving Tampico
today were 70 join the fifth machine
Of the 10000 mile good will flying
expedition Mt Vera Cruz They had
been delayed at Tampico by the
burning of motor og the St Louis
The San Francisco made the flight
from Tampico to Vera Cruz on De-
cember 28.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
FLOODSFORCE
THOUSANDS TO
LEAVE HOMES
Over ESQ Blocks In
Nashville Lowlands
Inundated; River Is
Still Rising

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Dec. 30-tFl-
Two hundred and fifty city blocks.
where 5000 persons have been
housed. were deserted today as a re-
suit Of the torrents of the Cumbcr-
land river sweeping through the
streets Of Nashvilie's lowlands.
The flood-stricken populacc, has
withdrawn 70 whatav homes II
could find. Churches and private
homes have been thrown open 70 the
sufferers. Horses iand motor drayS
are carrying salvaTcd furniture 10
makeshift places of storage. No loss
Of life has been reported. -
The Cumberland continues u rise
after breaking the 1892 high water
mark record of 55.3 feet. Today adj
ditiOnal families were preparing to
abandon their homes
Soup kitchens hayg been opened
for refugees and charity orgnniza-
.ions are busy. North Nashville is
section and South Nashville bot
toms. Water menaced thc Richland
creek section near the state peniten-
tiary.
Train service throughout Tennes-
see. Mississippi and Kentucky
showed only slight improvement in
the flood areas today. While many
OF the smaller streams have reached
heir flood crest, the Cumberland,
Tennessee. Ohio and smaller rivers
cont insr % rsEc.
Columbus. Miss. II in the clutches
OF the worst flood known in many
wears and the adjutant general Of
the state has dispatched a plane 10
that city To aid in rescue work. The
plane pilot reported that one entire
county in the district appeared 10
be inundated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
ARREST TAMPICO
CUSTOMS OFFICERS
(By Trens Agency

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 3O.--GuiIe-
baldo Elias, chief Of the Bureau Of
Customs, has ordered the arrest Of
several customs inspectors ut Tam
pico for dishonesty in connection
with their work. II is charged that
those inspectors had regular pay
ments which were made to them by
importers al the port for special
work. overtime or other reasons,
while in reality they were allowing
shipments to pass through the GUS
toms without the regulation pay
ments "a the Government
A circular has been sent to all
custoEs inspectors 'in the service
warming them that they are forbid
den to receive any recompense from
outside nartics for their work no
matter what the reason given for this
NAV be. Those who break the rule
will be discharged and also tried and
punished.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
STORE ROBBED
AT HARLINCEN
Wholesale Firm Loses
Cigarette Stock
To Thieves
I Special to The Herald.)

HARLiNGEN. Tex, Dec. 30
Thieves. who apparently made q
speciality Of tobaccos last night. en-
tered the wholesale establishment Of
Ullman, Stern & Krause here and
robbed il of several hundred dollars
worth Of cigarettes and other ar
ticles.
Most Of the loss sustained by this
company was in cigarettes, the
thieves taking very little else in
their raid.
Officers are attempting to link up
the theft with the disappearance Of
two automobiles from the city. re-
ported to police by the owners this
morning. The theft is believed to
have occurred about o'clock this
morning, persons living near the
building reported that they heard
automobiles backing about in the
vicinity at that time.
The thief or thieves had access to
the entire store but they took only
the tobacco and q few other articles
They evidently sought certain
size Of cartridge, for several hun
opened but left behind. Bob John
SON. city marshal. said that it APP
reared the thief had a foreign or
obscure gun for al standard size
ammunition was carried in stock by
the Wholesale firm.
Entry was secured by means Of a
brace and bit. Holes were bored in
the floor~ef the, building and then
the squares kicked in. This square
hole was big enough to allow the
comfortable passage Of a man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
May LmpHcate
Prominent Man
I'm Kidnapping

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Bee. 30.-tFJ
Prediction that a prominent San
Antonio professional man would bs
implicated in the conspiracy To kid
nap Dan Sullivan. wealthy San An
tonic banker, was made BY Sheriff
Stevens today when one OF the
prisoners sent word to the sheriff
that he was willing 10 ten the -i in
side story" Of the affair. The man
was Immediately called TO the sher-
ifs office for questioning.
Four men were arrested over the
weekend in connection with an al
legged plot to capture the aged bank
er Christmas day and hold him for
ransom. One of the men was re-
leased whcr he became states evil
dence. but the other thTac. CLYDE
Jennings. Tom Stanley and William
Kemp. were arraigned yesterday on
charges Of conspiracy 10 kidnap and
hold for ransom.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
BAN is LIFTED ON
TEXASCOTTON SEED

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. Dec. aO.
-tHi-The state board az agricul-
ture today lifted a ban on the impor-
tation Of Texas seed cotton that has
not been sterilized 10 kill the pink
boil worm.
The quarantine had been In effect
for four years.
I- WIS raised temporarily BY the
agricultural board upon the advice of
the attorney general who interpreted
a decision Of the state supreme
court handed down last March and
n joint act passed by congress in
April. IL was said hy WI. y. Lackey,
seed analyst for the state depart
ment.
The attorney general held that
the state could not maintain pest
quarantine in n given area already
covered by regulations or the >ied-
cral government.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
TO ELIMINATE
POISON LIQUOR
Government Not Justi-
fled In Poisoning
Citizens, Mellon

WASHINGTON. ID. XII. sDec. 30
DPl-SA. the theory that more cffec-
tive prohibition enforcement is
bound 10 drive drinkers I'D the use
Of industrial alcohol. Secretary Mel
Ion announced determination to-
day to eliminate the US NJ poisons
a. denaturants. -
The Secretary's attitude. made
konwn today AZ the treasury s that
he does not conceive IL NJ duty of
the government to permit poisoning
of citizens in order 70 enforce the
law.
He expects government experts
soon will hc able 10 dcnaturc alcohol
20 that IL will be too distastaful to
drink rather than too poisonous.
When the new government dena-
turing formula goes into effect Jan
uarv j. certain poisonous substances
previously included IN X will bc
eliminated.
The four per cent or wood alcohol
provided for In the formula will re-
main. however. as Mr. Mellon does
not think that percentage injurious.
Under the old formula. two per cent
Of wood alcohol in used.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
STATES
mrs SIELAFF
IS TURNCOAT
Charges Accuser Had
Offere d to Sell
Newspaper Entirely
New Story Of Affair

Los ANGELES. CAL, Dec. 20.-tP)
The states conspiracy case against
Mrs. Aimee Semple Mcpherson has
Collapsed with the announcement
from the office Of District Attorney
Asa Keyes that conviction Of the
noted woman evangelist Is "alAost
impossible" because Mrs. Lorraine
Wiseman-Sielaff, her principal ac-
cuser. is a "turncoat" and "per-
jurer."
Dismissal of the charge against
Mrs. Mcpherson and others involved
in the case is declared to be immi.
nent.
Coincident with the announcement
from the district attorneys office
came n cable TO the Times from sgd
ney, Australia, quoting Mrs. Ruth
Peters Ormiston, estranged wife Of
Kenneth G. Ormiston, former radio
operator for Mrs. Mcpherson. as say
ing she had received "most imper-
'tinent" letter from the woman evan
gelist.
The dispatch said the letter had
been mailed to Mrs. Ormiston May
lS. last, the date of Mrs. McPher-
sons disappearance while bathing at
Ocean Park. near here. Mrs. Nc
Pherson was absent for SO days, a
part Of which. the state charges, she
spent in cottage at Carmel. Calf
ornia. with 0rmiston. The conspir-
acy case is based on a story she told
the grand jury here, after her re-
appearance. that she had been kid
naped and taken into the Mexican
desert. escaping later.
While refusing TO disclose the con-
tents Of the letter. Mrs. Ormiston is
said to have announced her intention
of using il when she returns to Los
Angeles in the early part of next year
Continue on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
ALLEN TO
VOTEFRIDAY
First of Valley Cities
To Vote on New
Charter
{ Special to The HeralU

McALLEN, Tex, Dec 30.-Friday,
Dec. 81. McAllen people will cast
their ballot on the question Of taking
McAllen out Of the class OF small
cities operating under the state
laws. and giving the city home rule
under charter Of its own.
In spite Of many delays in the
charter matter, McAIlen is the first
have been working on such charters
for almost a year, to bring the mat
ter before the voters.
Harlingen would have submitted
her charter to the voters first. the
date having been set for December
IA. had not an error caused post
ponement of the election.
Wcslaco. the other Valley city, is
now planning to adopt such char
ter, will probably not complete all
the sections before the latter part
of January. and will probably submit
il at the April elections, as Harlin-
gen plans to do.
iMcAllen's charter will give the
city commission power to carry out
many matters for the progress and
development Of the city. 1t will pro-
vide for building lines and zones, for
taking in new territory, and will
have clause providing for a city
tax for the maintenance of cham
Der OF. commerce and other munich
pal institutions. including band
and library.
No opposition has developed to the
charter. so far as is known, and it is
expected TO pass by comfortable
majority.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
Pipe Organ Music
Features Oratorio

san BENITO. Tex. Dec. 30.-Pipc
organ music will be mn especial fed
ture of this years rendition or the
" Messiah" hy the Harmony Club
when Walter Dunhan will comr
from San Antonio % give the pipe
organ accpy ylpanimcnt The fifth an.
nual ry .ition or the oratorio will
be madr at the new Rivoli Theatre
IN San Benito on Jan. ~
Mr.. Durham IL one OF the best
known and most accomplished pipe
organ musicians in the state. His
-ecitalS given IN the organ at the
Scottish Rite Cathedral. San An
tonic, have attracted audiences from
many section.
Reserved seats for the Messiah
are on sale at the RivDli Theatre.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
Council Will
Elect Officers

evening at O'Clock at the high
school auditorium in Ell Jardin, says
c. l.. Hunter, president of the Coun-
Gil.
At that time there will be an elec-
tion Of officers for the coming year.
according to Mr.. Hunter. This meet
ing was postponed from two weeks
ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
llcP Phers0m Case I1mmi,1em
Fort Worth Manager Wants
Finish Fight With Simpson

FORT WORTH. Texas. Dee 30.
--tHt-O. r. Carr. city manager Of
Fort Worth, who fought with Mar
win Simpson. attorney for Rev. Dr.
J. Frank Norris at the conclusion
Of AZ deposition hearing Tuesday
in the damage suit against the
pastor for killing ID. IL ChIpps.
today challenged Simpson 70
finish fight with gloves on and
overcoats off.
Carr. who had his oyercaat on
when Simpson struck him and
started the fight. said the pro-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
TRUCK SHIPMENTS

Vegetables loaded from the Lower
Rio Grande alley Tuesday and for
warded from Harlingcn Wednesday
by freight. according 10 report pre-
pared BY the Gulf Coast Lines:
La Feria q. Mercedes 4, Weslaco \.
Donna i. San Benito 4. Beets and
carrots-La Feria 1, Mercedes 3.
Weslaco 4, Donna 4. Beets-Weslnco
a. Cabbage--Harlingen 5. La Feria
3. Mercedes q. Weslaco 2. Donna 8,
Alamo 1. SaR Benito ., Rio Hondo 4.
Spiderweb railway points r.
Onion5--Weslaco 4. Spinach-San
Benito 4. Potatoss--San Benito O.
Fruit-HarlinFen- Il, Sharyland q. To-
tai TO date--571 vegetable and 420
fruit for grand total of 99l. Total
10 date last year $50 vegetable. 215
'ruit for grand total Of 6D4.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
LIEUT.-COL. EBY
ARRIVES in CITY

Lieut.-Col. G. McH. Eby. the latest
addition to the official staff Mt Fort
Brcwn, arrived in Brownsville on
tho morning train today and will be
y ationed here.
Lieut-Col Eby formerly was In
he quartermaster Corps but trans
ferred TO the cavalry. He took a re-
fresher course at Fort Riley, the
Cavalry School. and also has been on
leave. He was assigned to the
Twelfth Cavalry at Fort Brown last
spring.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
TEXASCO. SERVICE
STATION TO OPEN

The Texas Company's Service Sta
-tion No. 1, located at 11th and Madi-
son streets, opposite the county
court house. will be opened Friday.
December 81. Announcement Of the
opening was made today by Nail &
Dennis, managers
I'm order to acquaint customers
with the facilities of the new sta
ton, half gallon of Texaco lubri-
eating oil will be given with every
five gallons Of gasoline sold during
the day.
The new station is well located
and is supplied with all the latest
facilities for promptly supplying the
wants Of customers. 1t will handle
the complete line Of Texas Com
pany products. -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-30
Dyiveyless Cars, Running
Ammck, Lmjure Tw0 Mes

DALLAS, Texas, De- 30.-Rb-
Two driverless automobiles in
jured two men and crashed into q
wagon and another automobile
here yesterday.
r. u. Wood, 50. vegetable ped
dler. was throws from his wagon
when a parked automobile slipped
from its brakes and rolled down n