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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Tomato Car On
Way From Valley

LA FERIA. May 10.-The first
straight car load Of tomatoes rolled
put Of the Valley Wednesday morning
for an eastern destination. The car
containing 500 Tugs, was shipped by
White, Lawler and Traholts of this
city.
better than five cents per pound as
il is being handled on a contract
basis, IL is said. The firm has more
than 500 acres under contract, accord
ing to a member.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
LOACL TALENT
TO GET TRIAL
Second National Audi
ton Tryouts VIII
Be Held Here

brownsville non-professional sing
- between the ages of Is and %
inclusive are to get tryouts for the
second national radio addition before
' local committee appointed by the
ovutnefn Texas state COMMITTEES. ac-
eording TO adv:ces from the At
water Kent Foundation. sponsors OF
she addition.
One youth and one miss from
BROWNSVILLE will be sent to Houston
~ tompete in the South Texas audi
ION which will be broadcast from
station kPRC next autumn.
state addition winners will receive
s,iver medals and compete with
champions Of Colorado. New Mexico.
ano Kansas, Arkansas and
north Texas. The victors of this
alstriet addition will 20 into the
t,,hai competition 1T New York for
the national awards Of s17.500 in
e1sn, gold decorations and free con
~seryatory scholarships.
mrs. y. G.. GODDARD, SAIL Austin
atreet, Houston, head Of the junior
~ Juvenile department of the
ieXas Federation of Music Clubs,
mas been appointed chairman OF the
sponsorship committee of South Tex
~. This committee will make the
sudltlon opportunities, including
slisoOO IN cash and musical conserva-
.ory scholarships, available to young
sosalists Of South Texas.
Charles c. Macs. general manager
PI the Houston Post Dispatch, will
Ferve with Mrs. GODDARD as state man
fger Ter this arena. e.. Z. thinner
inan' thief supervisor of radio sta
ion KPRC, Houston, will be asso-
iate state manager.
All non-professional singers, be-
tween the ages Of Is and 25 inclu-
I've, are eligible TO participate in
us singing competition for which
e Atwater Kent Foundation of
Philadelphia has offered more than
rewards. Southern Texas last
ar entered in the Addition Libero
gchelletti, Galveston baritone, who
~adjudged the finest amateur
hie singer in the Southwest states
pa presented in New York with one
the 10 highest awards.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10

made a start which bids fair 70 sur
pass the April figure. Several good
contracts are to be let before the
close Of the month, according to re
ports.
Contract is to be let during the
week on the Brooks block to be To-
Gated 1T Tenth street. When this
contract is let contract for the re-
modelling Of the present brick struc-
ture fronting on Lomita boulevard
ut Tenth also Is TO be signed.
Mrs. Harriet Boyd has started work
On her bungalow and in building a
double garage. A handsome duplex
mas Just been completed for her.
Decker and Tanner are contractors
on q $1,000 home being built on Fran
cisco avenue for Vernon Hill.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Mission Granted
Key Rate PAIRING

MISSION. May 10.-The fire insur-
ance key rate here has been given
another s~lashing by the State Fire
Insurance commission. the reduction
bringing the total down to 20 cents.
and the lowest in the Valley with the
exception Of Brownsville.
The rates. based on a recent clean
up campaign and other fire proven
ton measures. including the retention
Of another full time fireman. are eff
fective on all policies issued after
May 1, IL is said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10

Dickey's Old Reliable Eye wates
relieves sun and wind burned eyes.
Doesn't hurt- All druRgists.-Adv. Cd
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Presbyterian In
San Benito Plan
Picnic at Olmito

SAN BENITO. May 10.-Women Of
the San Benito Presbyterian church
will be entertained by the men of
the church at a picnic outing in OIL
mito, May "a, according 70 announce
mcnt here by w. d. Cochran. presi-
dent Of the mems organization.
The picnic will &c a combination
weiner roast and Mexican supper
with everything attended to BY the
men. J. Z. Bell is chairman Of the
committee in charge OF arrange
ments. members Of the committee
being w. B. FOULS, {. L. Miner, A.
ID. Bowie. and T. J. Treadway.
Rev. Francis NJ. Davis is pastor
Of the church. Plans for the enter
tainment are being worked out now.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Work To Be Started
On San Benito Home

EAN sBEN1TO, May 10.-Construc.
tion work will be started the latter
part OF this week on a $1,000 resi-
denee for G. G. McClesky in Ebony
Heights here. according 10 VIM,
Scholes Of Scholes and Scholes, ar
shitects and contractors on the home,
The building is to be Of tile and
face brick, five rooms with bath, and
double garage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
PYTHIAN SISTERS ELECT

AUSTIN, Tex, MAY g.-tP-Mrs
r. Gordon Of Dallas was elected
grand chief of the Pythisn Sisters
OF Texas Wednesday at a business
session of the order. which is In
joint five-day convention here with
the grand lodge. Knights of Pythias,
which was to elect officers at the
Afternoon session and choose a 1925
convention city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Building Active
In Mission; More
Jobs Are In Sight

MISSION. May 1O.-Building per
mits in the sum of $44,355 issued
here in April brought the total for
tie year TO $S6.66s. still far short Of
the S295. 900 total attained IN 1927.
but far along the road 10 equaIling
that figure.
The April total was $40, over that
Of the preceding month and NAV has
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10

Chairman Of the ways and means
committee. Mrs. H. r. Triplett. OF
III Jardin PIT. A. has reported that
about $50 was cleared last Saturday
In n sale and program which was
held during the afternoon at the
schoolhouse.
About 800 people gathered in the
schools auditorium for n Commute
program consisting cf readings by
school children and presided over BY
Mrs. b. @. Hanna, president Of the
organization.
Mrs. Forest Street. Mrs. G.. L.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10

Hunter. and Mrs. Herman Loop we're
in charge Of playground activities
and Supt. J. =. Rzscoe led In the
group singing. Mrs. Triplett gave a
talk on "The Aims and Purposes Or
the PIT. a."
Miss Resell Thcrp, instructor I'm
the home economies department., held
the lucky number and received "A
quilt made by Pr. "A. members.
These numbers were given with each
purchase Mt the sale and little Jessie
Jean Hunter was chosen 10 draw the
number.
Dickey's Old Reliable Eye watss
Evening star., 1928-01-29

policemen have found exceeding difYi-
Guilty In winning their cases. first be-
cause of the fact that they have not had
the benefit of counsel, which is given
10 the policemen. and second because
Of the seeming disinclination on the
part of the board to take drastic action
against an officer of the law.
Washington Is blessed with an eXcep-
tionally capable police force. and oc-
casions are few when 1t is necessary
for q citizen to bring charges. Every
man is, of course, entitled to a fair
trial and the public will tolerate no rail.
reading of policemen OF the force by O
disgruntled citizen. But the public does
insist that after a fair trial guilty
policeman shall be adequately and
prolhptly punished. and 1t is to this end
that various suggestions have been ad-
vanced to bring about reform The
Commissioners and the Police Depart
ment should, therefore. give all plans
for improvement the consideration they
merit and take action to end a condi-
ton that has already existed too long.
Evening star., 1928-01-29

Should anything 60 wrong with the
plane innocent bystanders would prob
ably be killed or injured In the fall
Of the plane. But the penalties in
flicted for these two cases are as far
apart as the poles. There should be
a happy medium.
A jail sentence for Acosta Is undouht-
edly too severe a penalty, and the I'M
position of q still fine would have
served the purpose just as well. The
naval court, more familiar with flying
matters than the civil court In Connec-
ticut, meted out about the right penalty
for the offense. and in arriving at It's
decision undoubtedly took into account
the fact that no accident had occurred.
One of the surprising things about
the Acosta case is that an aviator OF his
international prominence and conserva-
tive judgment should participate in an
exhibition that he had been warned
would get him into trouble. He Is one
Of the pioneer airmen Of the United
otNSCS AAAa AAoo AA0WA NA IyPSo va FAsAAASo
many thousands of miles. He explained
to the Judge that he felt "exuberant"
at reaching home again and wanted to
give his friends thrill. Perhaps 1t was
confidence in himself and his plane that
made him take the chance of zooming
low over the city, but over-confidence
is bad thing. especially among avi-
ators.
Flyers will naturally feel tina. Acosta
received too severe a sentence, but there
will be few who will seek to emulate his
example Jail sentences are no joke
to any one and 1t is safe to say that
the Connecticut court by Its action with
Acosta has settled once and for all the
matter of low flying over cities in that
State.
Evening star., 1928-01-29
Potomac Park and Power Plans.

With several applications pending
before the Federal Power Commission
for The privilege Of developing the Po-
tomac power above Washington. and
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission. charged by Congress
with the duty of laying of compre-
hensive system of parks in and ad-
jacent 70 Washington. in opposition to
any project that will prevent the park
treatment Of the Potomac gorge, 1t is
now proposed to seek a compromise
which will permit both park and power
development. Maj. Somervell. the
Army engineer in charge of this area,
IS with the aid of . committee of ex-
perts to make a further study OF the
field 70 determine whether such a COM
poSite plan is feasible. This survey and
study will take several months and the
report on 1t viii be presented later to
the power commission.
While 1t is desirable that decision
should be rendered as soon as possible
In order that work may be started upon
the development OF the Potomac gorge
park if the decision Of the power COM
mission Is adverse to the applications
now pending for power development.
the delay of q few months may be
profitable. For 1t is possible that q
way may be found to utilize the Poto-
mac power without destroying the
scenic value Of the gorge. Should such
q medium project be devised there
would remain the question Of its eco
nomic value. to be determined by the
power commission In the n-ht Of all
the facts obtainable.
The National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission has gone definitely
on record against the grant Of power
permit to any private corporation,
holding that IL there Is to be a power
development 1t should be wholly by q
governmental agency and not by COM
pany formed for the purpose OF selling
electric current to consumers. II this
view should govern, the chances Of q
compromise park and power plan be-
ing devised are increased. For presum-
ably . Government power plant below
Great Falls would be primarily II not
solely for the purpose Of furnishing
current for the use Of the Federal es-
adjustments 1t the Capital and prob
ably the municipal needs IS well 1t
would not be q commercial enterprise,
dependent for its profit upon the sale
Of power to private consumers. In that
case Q plant Of much less capacity
than any that has been thus far pro-
posed would sufhce. involving smaller
degree OF tnundation in the gorge and
permitting the park treatment OF the
area at the same time.
The primary consideration should be
70 preserve the scenic beauties Of the
Potomac gorge. II when that Is done
there remains the possible develop
Hent Of water power. . project 10 that
effect which will not encroaeh upon
the park scheme may be acceptable.
Evening star., 1928-01-29
CHASING THE COLD BUG
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

50,000-that is, your druggist may
not have all those cold-cures in stock,
but 1t Is said that there Is that num-
Der on the market, and hence he has
them potentially available to you.
Three -fifths of the half billion dollar
drug bill goes for patent medicines
and more than half those patent medi-
cines are for colds Add to the medi-
cine bill what is paid physicians for
attendance and prescriptionS-say. a
total of $4,000. .000--and 1t Is found
that the first item in the cost of colds
amounts TO more than $500. 900 900 q
year.
The second item is the economic loss
resulting from colds. Insurance and
industrial experts have figured 1t out
that colds disable 4 out of every 10
men and out OF every 10 women
every year, which. they say. is the
equivalent OF a loss In time OF IA
days for every man and 81 days for
every woman. What this means in
an aggregate loss In wages or earn
ings can only be estimated, but ii
must approximate at least half a bill
lion dollars annually. The loss In pro-
duction also can only be estimated,
but manifestly II must exceed the loss
in wages and earnings. Then there Is
the loss in production due TO the I'M
paired efficiency of workers who do
not lay off when they are suffering
from colds. but undertake 10 carry on
and wear out the cold. That cannot
even be estimated. but 1t must amount
to an appreciable sum.
The third item-and one. too. that
cannot be estimated--iS the loss OF
human lives. Only recently a talented
young woman artist whose work has
appeared In newspapers throughout the
country caught bad cold and died
within eight days OF double pneu-
monia. and there is not community
that does not have case similar To
that all too frequently. How often the
newspapers tell the story Of man
or woman who did something or other
and caught cold with ensuing compli-
cations that resulted In death!
And practically all such deaths are
an economic loss TO the Nation.
Evening star., 1928-01-29
Publicity's Cross.

Publicity, which has done SO mucf
for the people OF the United States, has
its cross, as we'll as its triumph.
Out of honesty to itself, publicity. as
represented by the press, must bring
to the people day by day the details
of the trial OF the young scoundrel who
committed an atrocious crime and who
now plays with cool effrontery at the
game of tempering justice with law.
yers.
The deed done in anger, whether
justified or unjuStified. may have 1t:
apologists, but the unnecessary and
needlessly cruel deed done by this brute
offends mankind.
There Is no doubt in the mind OF q
living man of the guilt Of the young
villain who so impudently calls him.
self the Fox" thereby slandering a
species Of animal as pure as snow by
comparison.
Yet this country is treated to the
spectacle OF a trial in which every ef-
fort that would be brought forward to
protect a man about whose crime there
was doubt is being used to becloud the
atmosphere.
Human nature. publicity and lawyers
have conspired. although unwittingly
to make Of this trial, not q solemn legal
proceeding. but a drama. a sideshow,
spectacle.
The chief villains in this comedy,
aside from the archvillain who occu-
pies the center of the stage, are human
nature and certain tendencies Of the
legal profession.
The press, the genius of publicity
must do Its duty by chronicIing this
ugly play as 1t Is presented, while the
world sits, In the attitude of the angels
in Poe's poem. "begirt and drowned in
tears"
Publicity has Its work to do, however
disagreeable the task. 1t has its cross
to bear. Its concern Is that 1t shall be
well borne.
Evening star., 1928-01-29
A Contrast In Penaltiea.

A striking contrast In penalties for
low w-fiying aViatorE II furnished by =
Connecticut court In sentencing Bert
AeoEts, pioneer flyer and member ~
Comdr. Eyrd's transatlantic aiTplsne ex-
pedition. " fiye days In jail. and naval
eourt-msTtisis action IN the ease Of
Lieut. williamson tor aerobatics over
Northwest Washington some time ago,
which resulted IN the naval Eyer fseeiy-
Ing only the loss Of few numbers for
promotion Aeosts. through The eiyil
court. goss W jail for nying low over
hsugstucE. Cam, while williamson
through The naval tribunal. escaped
with q small penalty for The same Of
tense over Washington
Low nyIng aver cities IL moi IN be
e0ndoned. IL il q sefious onshss
Evening star., 1928-01-29
Unique Testimony.

Motorists brought into court for
speeding have offered all sorts OF novel
excuses and have put forward witnesses
TO give testimony that they were well
within the limits. But driver arrested
in New York recently has broken all
records for unique testimony In his own
behalf Hailed before the Judge he
turned the witness chair over 70 q blind
friend who was riding with him at the
time Of the arrest And the blind man
gave testimony that his friend was not
eriying TOO fast. The Judge. however.
placed no eredence In the ability Of the
sightless man 10 Judge automobile speed
and the defendant was fined SIS.
II might eaziiy be possible for q sight
less person 70 determine within q few
miles the speed Of a machine. but as an
accurate checker. for Legal purposes At
least. It is not conceded that he would
be reliable. Perhaps the defendant
thought that the unexpectedneks OF his
friends testimony would serve 70 free
MIN. But he should have realized tina.
the eoQrtE ffown On speeding and that
even motorists wfth x1tnesses in pozsks-
slon Of all their senses have not been
abAs 70 eyEds the penalty.
Evening star., 1928-01-29
Tert: (which OF you, intending
to build, sittcth not dotun first and
counteth the cost?" tSt. Luke, Tiv20.

Tert: (which OF you, intending
to build, sittcth not down first and
counteth the cost?" tSt. Luke, riv.2S).
Safe Reckoning"
Plans spoiled for lack of proper cal
culation-lhis might be written under
many of the things that miscarry In
life. from youth to old age we are ever
building. From those early days when
we entered the classroom down
| through our whole scholastic life ana
well on into our later career, we are
making plans and specifications and
setting up schemes upon which we
, base our fondest hopes. Nothing that
we do In life Is more common than
this. Sometimes they are only dreams,
castles In the air." we call them.
Sometimes they are buildings that we
design to be of more substantial
character, more mundane and SEEM
, ingly more durable. The average
youth sets out upon the voyage OF life
with very definite conviction as to
what he wants to be. With serious
reckoning he sets down and counts
the cost. He knows that to accomplish
,, his object will entail long hours Of
study, long days Of painful, Self-dis-
cipline. With all this duly considered,
he sets out upon his course. There
seems to be every promise that he will
attain the great objective that he seeks.
Presently something happens, and the
design SO carefully made comes to grief
and has a disastrous termination.
Something was wrong in his calcula-
tions. He failed to reckon with ca
PRECIOUS and vacillating will. The
plans were fairly made, the computa-
tons seemingly accurate, some factors
he overlooked; they were not In the
| reckoning.
When Jesus uttered these words. He
was speaking to the multitude that was
following Him. There is something
stern, If not repellent, in His utter
ance. He was seeking TO show that the
life He was prescribing was by no
means an easy life. To follow Him
meant exacting self-discipline. It
might involve sacrifice It might even
involve the deepest concerns Of life
itself. He had dared to say, Whose
ever doth not bear his cross and come
after Me- cannot be My disciple" Be-
fore undertaking the very serious tasks
that He would lay upon them. He
would have those who sought to fol-
low Him understand that what He
had to give was so precious that moth
ing should stand in the way of the ac-
complishment of its great end. He
Evening star., 1928-01-29
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D.. LII. D..
Bishop of Washington
Bishop of Washington

would hold out no false hopes to those
who would be His disciples. He would
give no assurance that life's highest
objective would be accomplished
without discomfort, without sacrifice
and exacting service. He made no
appeal to that viii ! was sou
In mans nature. He did appeal 10
that which was heroic and noble: one
reason why the Christian religion so
frequently fails of its appeal, especially
with the youth, Is that 1t Is presented
In terms of self-ease and self-IAtisiac-
ton. 1t is too colorless an anemic
There is too much accent upon a
comfortable gospel" and by COM
Portable gospel we generally mean one
that entails nothing Of self-discipline.
self-control and the exercise OF tnose
finer qualities that inhere IN human
nature.
What Thomas Hughes called the
"manliness OF Jesus" Is not presented
with all the charm and fascination tnat
inheres In it. The sheer heroism OF
Christ. His utter daring In dealing WIN
the charlatan and the hypocrite OF
His day, Is not as persiStently presented
as 1t should be- Even some OF the
hymns we sing to His praise are botn
insipid and inane. filled with mawkisn
sentimentality. wholly variant with HIS
own habit and practice OF life. II
more men and women who are con-
templating the Christian life were COM
PEELED at the very outset to sit down
and reckon the cost, there might be
fewer Christians. but certainly better
ones II the precepts He gave men
were presented In their naked ~orth
rather than garnished and adorned
with our man-made conceits concern
ing them, they might be less appeal
ing to the anemic and the morally
fiabby. but they would certainly win the
adherence of those who believe that
life is real and life Is earnest. II there
Is no royal road TO learning certainly
there is no royal road to the high at
tainment of the things of character.
Jesus submits to men a definite plan
for living life here and attaining life
hereafter He asks that 1t be given
deep and serious consideration, that
be compared with the other plans that
have been given to mankind through
the long ages. He shows conclusively
its infinite superiority over other plans.
1t Is a specification for life. 1t calls
for and demands unfailing adherence
TO Its prescription and its precise terms
1t Is both workable and practicable.
Before We undertake to build our lives
according to 1t, He asks us that we
shall soberly and seriously consider the
cost.
Evening star., 1928-01-29
A Concrete Trial. Board Suggestion.

4 special subcommittee OF the public
otdsf committee Of the Washington
EosEd of Trade has recommended
dfsstie changes in ths method u pro.
eeouFs snS the personnel u the Police
Trial Board After sn Intensive study
III TINS important bocy Of the District
soysrnnsnt the committees urges that
the board should consist % 3 police
ofnoer. an Army of.cer and civilian
INSTEAD Of two police ofncsTs and The
assistant coTpoTation counsel as nj pres.
snt Civilians appearing before the
oosrd " make charges agsinst police
,s-, would have the Egbt W b. repre-"
ssnka by eognEsi under rhs eonI0ittet
plan and the Commissioners wouid be
without power W modify ths bosro''
1ndInEE
Whether or not this plan IL the soin'
sson Of vexing problem. some ehsggs
should he made In the procedure and
personnel Of ths hoard. The public u
not SATISFIED with u ~ IL is now func'
tionlng. Civilians VINO have appeared
sei0fe II W prosecute Charges sEsinSl