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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
WESLACO

Mrs. Gilbert Ramsey was the host
ess "a q number Of friends AZ an at
tractive bridge luncheon riven at
her home Thursday. Req radiance
roses forming beautiful bouquets
were placed az advantageous points
throughout the rooms. High score
was awarded 70 Miss Pauline Herod
OF Collins. Okla. wao Is a house
guest Of Miss Barbara Hoyt Of Mer-
cedes. She received 4 bridge lunch
con set. The table prizes were cut
By Miss Joanna Pone and Miss Nell
Whitehead. these prizes being WOW
en- rand painted costume bags. Miss
irene Richardson. " honor guest.
received a pearl and silver necklace
The list Of guests included the
Misses Pauline Herod, Nennie
Haynes Of Mercedes. Elizabeth
Black Of Donna. Barbara Hovt. nellie
Whitehead. jeanne Pope and Mrs.
ID Brewster Of CoiieE. Station and
Mrs. Harvey Ratliff.
Miss Wilma Gound. 4 July bride.
was the honoree AZ the miscelisn-
eous shower and bridge party FRI
day evening. The nome az Miss
Gladys Gibson was the scene Of this
delightful occasion. the attractive
hostesses being Miss Gibson and
Miss Clara Brandon. The predom-
mating colors were green and white
and were deliberately used il the
decorations and refreshments. An
exquisite gift wa spresented to the
winners Of high score. Pretty white
rosebuds and fern we're placed on
the salad plates as tavors 20 the
thirty guests who enioyed this i'm
pressive affair. Miss GoEnd was
the recipient Of many beautiful
gifts.
Miss Cordelia Francis. = June
brlde-elect. was complimented with
q dinner bridge Wednesday evening
at the Casa de Palmas In McAllen.
Mr. and Mrs. F. 4. Rowland were
host and hostess al this delightful
affair.
Lovely floral decorations of as
tors. pink zinnias. and daisies were
used throughout the tea room.
Bridge formed the diversion for
the evening. DR.. and Mrs. Thomas
Lowe were awarded high score and
Mrs. Watts and Miss McClearv.
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party to be one Of the best Of the
season.
Campo Del Arrovo IS now open
inf in Rio Hondo for the Girl Re
serves and Y. w. 4. 4 members.
There will be many activities
such a. track meets. stunt nights.
water festivals. There will be jolly
times and heaps CT fun. Many Of
the Edcouch girls are interested.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gross and Mr..
and Mrs. Monte Adtins were dinner
guests Of Mrs. r. Roster Sunday.
Mr.. Peterson has moved into his
new home on Esther Place street.
Mr.. hemper Williamson and friend
Mr.. Elmo McDonel spent the week
end with the Souyres family.
Mrs. jean Burk spent Saturday
with j. ". Hunter and family.
Miss luella Bruggerman is max
ing a little visit N Edinburg with
her sister Mrs. A. X. NJ inningham.
Misses Margaret ana Louise Crow
der Of San Benito we're guests OF
the Misses Ethel and Stella Balm
ger Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss Ola Hunter spent Saturday
night at the Burk home.
Baron Conel. Don and Charles
Harding are Spending a little vaca-
ton on TIRE Raymonlvilie ranch
during shipping eason Of water
melons.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Bermon Of Meal
len were guests Of Mr.. and \ Rs. Vim.
noltf Saturday and sunday.
Mr.. and Ms. ". d. England Of San
Antonio who have bean spending the
week with Mrs. Fred Robinson re-
turned home.
The Misses B~allinrers were shop
ping in McAllen last Saturday.
Miss I. O. Brooks Vas the guest
Of Miss Mary Lakeland last We'd
nesday.
Mr. and rs. Z. Gross and Paul
Weight visited friends IN McAllen
Sunday.
Mrs. "A. r. W~inniurham spent sew
eral DAYS with Mrs. n. r. BruTger-
man. her mother. while Nr. Winning
ham attended the iiremer's convrn-
ton.
The Adkins brothers we're business
callers IN Weslaco THURSDAY morn
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Wolff visited in Nc
Allen "Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Carrol Of
Donna spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Client Petit.
Mrs. Don Comel and the Harding
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Those enjoying this hospitality were
Miss Cordelis Francis. Mr.. John
Graves. Mrs. II. W.. Francis, Messrs.
and Mesdames W. +. Powell. Brew
ster. Spence. Jones. Watts, Carroll.
G. /. Haven. DR.. and Mrs. Thomas
Lowe. DR.. Glass. Misses Mary and
Kathryn McCreary. Mrs. II. r. Mills,
Messrs. Douglas Moore and Luther
Hughes.
Mrs. Phil ID. Dixon and Mrs. ".
G. Thompson were the hcstesses At
a morning bridge shower and break
fast Wednesday. honoring Miss Corr
della Francis. a bride OF June. The
event took place al the l~atter's beau
tiful new home in the Highland adj
dition.
"A savory Southern style break
fast was served TO the guests. Aft
err several Of bridge were
played high score was awarded to
Mrs. j. w. Francis. Miss Francis re-
ceived the h~onorpguest prize.
C~ostumed as a messenger Miss We
We Mills carried in the NAM lovely
gifts. which we're received by the
honoree.
The personnel included Mesdames
Forest Powell. J. W. Francis. H. r.
Mills. G. Lester SkagRs. II. z. Lee
Of Mercedes. Spencer. Brewster. Ben
7. Sanders. Gilbert Ramsey. John
Richardson. VI. G. Thompson. Phil
ID. Dixon. Walter Baxter. Jr., Walter
Baxter. Sr.. John L. Compere. Jr.,
r. A. Rowland. R. E. Erwin. Misses
Wilma Gound. Nav md Kathryn Nc
Creary and Cordelia Francis.
The primary department OF the
Methodist Sunday school and their
teachers complimented Mrs. Clar-
nee Davis with a handkerchief
shower Friday evening at the home
Of Mrs. r. L. Childre. Mrs. Davis
will soon leave for Los Angeles. 10
join her husband. and where they
will make their home.
Mrs. Clarence Clark who has been
visiting relatives in 'Iav. Texas, re-
turned home Monday evening.
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Invite By Scouts
To - Coronation

TOKYO.-(R-The Union Of Boy
Scouts in Tokyo is planning 10 in
vite ~ representatives Of Boy Scout
organizations from the eastern part
Of the United States to visit Japan at
the time of the coronation Of the
emperor at Kyoto next November. II
is expected that the expenses of the
visitors will be betrayed BY the
Japan-American association.
The program of entertainment for
the American Boy Scouts includes
several days stay in Tokyo, and Wis.
its to Nikko, Kamakura, Hakone
Nara and other famous sight seeing
spots Of Japan. in addition to attend
ing the enforcement ceremonies
The japanese Boy Scouts also hope
20 take their young American friends
on several camping trips.
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building here for Felix Gay, on
North Sam Houston boulevard. was
awarded by the owner % Morrow 4
Mcmillan. local contractors.
The bid OF the successful con
tractors was $l2.O 900.
Plans for the building were drawn
BY r. W. Mulhausen a Co.. HarIin-
zen architects, and construction work
Is to be started az once.
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Burns. we're told TO Rotariana at
their luncheon here Thursday by
James G. Bowie. member OF the club
and who lived in Scotland until he
"a years or age.
At the conclusion Of the meeting.
OF which Mr.. Bcwie'E talk was the
principal feature. the club members
sang annie Laurie"
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Rotarian- Hear of
Famous SCOTCH 1en

Especial 20 The Herald
SAN BENIT0. June 23.-Many in
teresting facts concerning two Of the
most beloved characters In Scotch
history. Robert Bruce. and Robert
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24

family spent Sunday on Mrs. Comel's
ranch which is located next TO the
Wells ranch near Monte Cristo.
Mr.. Charles Swansv and Travis
Powell Of Weslaco were guests of
Misses Stella Ballsnacr md Florence
Burgess Tuesday evening.
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EDCOUCH
MISS kECk AND Mr..
HONORFD

Miss Sadie and Edith Lester gave
a watermelon feast IN honor Of their
guest. Miss Ada KecE. and Mr..
Thornton Bradley. The guest gath
cred AZ the Lester home. then went
10 the Engleman ranch where ev-
eryone enjoyed a watermelon and
ca%ntaloupe feast. Miss MattiIee
Squyres took her randolin and
played several selections for the
party. Everyone expressed having
an enjoyable time and saying the
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RIO HONDO
Mss YoEMAN ENTERTAINs

MISS YOEMAN ENTERTAINS
Miss Josephine Yoeman entertain
ed a few of her friends Tuesday
night. June 10 at her home The
evening was spent in outdoor games.
Late hour refreshments Of cake and
punch was served n the following:
Misses Frances McCabe. Lucille
Jones. Edna Grace Graham. Lucille
Rushing. Viola Hudson. Melrose Hud-
son. Lucille Ehlers. Ieona Dack,
Wann Woodbridge. Freda Evans.
Joyce Beene. Matte Grantham,
Maude Grantham. Irene Willrick.
Grace Alpeters. Mary Ray. Messrs.
arthur kipfer. Erscil Evans. Samuel
Mize. Kenneth Dack. Robert Null. Les
lie Bulls. Rodney Mize. GIendon
Harmon. Paul Alfolter. J. ID. Ne
Murty. Chester Grantham. Elvin
Grantham. and Thurman Grantham.
SILVER WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wurich cele-
nrate6 their silver wedding anniver-
sary with a public party June IS.
After a mock wedding cake and ice
cream was served 70 about 200
guests went TO Rio Hondo and
danced.
FAREWELL PARTY GIVEN
A farewell party was given in hon
or Of Mr.. and Mrs. alters, Mr.. and
Mrs. Aipeters and family Tuesday
night at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfolter. Mr.. and lis. Alters and
Mr.. and Mrs. Alpeters and family ex-
pect 70 leave Sunday for Ohio. The
evening was spent in games and re-
freshments Of cake and ice cream
was served 10 about IS guests.
BROWNE TRACT CLUB MEETS
The Browne Tract club met at the
home of Mrs. William Lang We'd
nesday afternoon. After business
meeting a short program was given.
Cake and punch was served to the
following: Mesdames Wiisey, Hor-
ace Johnson. Morris H~oughtlnT,
John Ehlers, Hartman. Ted Holland,
Holiday. +. r. Wooster. Reed Lang.
Carpenter. Cox. "A. il. WEBB. vii
liams, Heath. and the hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Pooert Whitfill
dlned al Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Skrine's Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Ms. Paul Boone. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ehlers and daughter visited at
Point Isabel Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. hudson called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitfill Monday aft
ernoon.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20
Negro History

Were the sessions Of the Negro
Labor Congress well attended?-B.
l.. X.
They were very well attended.
The writer was present at several
sessions and answers from personal
knowledge.
Which is considered TO be the
greatest of Dumas novels?-B. w.
''The Count of Monte Cristo.'
I have read that a Creole is one
born in America of French or Span
ish parents and not of Negro blood.
Is this correct?-H. II. J.
This Is the Americans fayorite
Hefjnition to avoid the truth. Among
the~creoles of New Orleans, who
shouft~lnow, a Creole is one OF
French N-Spanish blood along with
some degre~of African.
Is 1t true Rat a man .of dark
blood founded x.present Swedish
dynasty?-N NJ. K.
Yes. He was BernsHatte. man
of Moorish extraction. 2u-yas one
of the Marshalls of NapoISSa. and
succeeded to the Swedish hrone
under the name of Charles VI
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20
Learn to Do Something

The recent economic depression
that has affected almost the entire
country and especially a large num-
Der of Negro workers has revealed
some very pertinent facts on the sub
.ect of labor. II is very true that
work has been scarce. Factories and
ether industries that have employed
number of people have been forced
D cut down their forces and the en-
Jloyes released have not been able to
.acure other wrk. At the same time
Ire demand for skilled and semi-kil-
ed workers has been almost normal
although wage scales have been some
what lower. Men and women who
are trained to do a piece of work
ave not found great difficulty in
getting work while unframed work
ars have been up against it to get
Jobs. Unfortunately many colored
workers fall in the class of unframed
workers and consequently they have
suffered. This being the case it APP
pears thpt one of the many prob
lens confronting Negroes is that of
'1earning to do something"
Sixty-two persons registered at
. the City Employment office during
"A given period and in stating the kind
.6& work they desired, fifty of them
safa 'most anything" Three men
gayeztheir occupations as cooks; two
were carpenters; two were walters
and five. women registered as expe-
rienced Apks. After some question
ing the others stated they had worked
rs porters, Npitors, dish-washers. la
borers and Ssneral house-workers
None of these Epbs require a great
deal of trainingN md experience and
can easily be fiAea. This condition
can be observed inSlnanv cOmmuni.
ties and especially shNSs Negroes are
not prepared to fit FNs the present
economic scheme of th'ags and con
seouently must accept inferior jobs
and inferior wages. ET&y Negro
mother and father should tbrk about
this when they permit their &ildrer
to discontinue their education.N They
should realize that an untraiued in
dividual is handicapped to 5srt
with. NEGROES for the most pa
have very little to offer except then
labor and the better trained they arr
the more they can demand for thel
work. Every Negro should learn t
do something and make his service
indispensable on every job he gets
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20

/ entered the guardroom and pre-
sented my enlistment papers to the
Sergeant in charge, little French
man with fierce upturned moustach-
es. Noticing in my papers, nation
atty American" he remarked,
There is another here. Call Phil
lips"
Down the stairs came a big black
boy.
white folks" he exclaimed, "has
you Joined up? Come along and
I'll fix you up"
Whereupon Phillips, whose first
name is Charles, took me up to the
sleeping quarters and got me a bunk.
For the next two or three days he
saw | got enough to eat, and he
was my official interpreter l knew
no French. picked it up as | went
along. | never learned much about
Phillips. He hailed from California.
| believe, and then had served about
four years and half in the legion,
in which he was acting as railway
station guard.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20
Black or White

What Negro youth needs now is
a definite and workable formula I'M
der which, aside from his or her
personal and individual aspirations,
he or she may contribute something
to fixed racial destiny
They do not want any sidestep-
ping or equivocation. They want to
know definitely whether they are to
work toward a race consciousness
or amalgamation. The young bust
ness aspirant wants to know wheth-
er he should have a racial attitude
toward business, or whether he
should seek TO find places in white
business. Future mothers d
fathers want to know shall they use
the biological factors and make to
lessen darker or lighter pigmenta-
ton. Young men aspiring to states
manship want to know shall we
train our forces toward a final and
decisive color conflict in the world,
or shall the American Negro lose
his, identity in the American melting
pot.
These, of course, are questions
that few leaders have the courage
to meet in practical answers, BUT,
UNTIL THEY ARE SET DOWN
APPROXIMATELY FOR T II e
GUIDANCE OF YOUTH, THEY
WILL BE DRIFTING ON AN UN-
CHARTERED SEA AND WITH
OUT COMPASS.
At present we are extremely di-
vided in aims. At the very top there
is small group of men and women
who believe that the group should
fade out of the colored race into
the white as il obtains cultural and
economic autonomy; at the bot
tom are those of the Garvey per-
suasion who see salvation only in
eleyating the prestige and cement
ing the interest of the colored race
on a national basis with Africa as a
background. Between these are all
gradations of those who look to
some future time when a satisfac-
tory racial relation can be worked
out here in America without either
race losing it's identity.
AT any rate, il is about time that
we decide just what we want his
tory to set down as our ultimate ra-
cial destiny.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20
Bottled Phosphorus
Light

Surprise your friends with bottled
light. This is not trick, but just
little experiment that will prove
lots of fun as well as a good light.
You simply put piece of phos-
phorous about the size of pea into
a large clear bottle. Then heat some
olive oil to the boiling point and pour
the hot oil over the phosphorus, fill
ling the bottle about one-third full.
To avoid breaking the bottle with
the hot oil be sure to thoroughly
warm it by setting it in a pan of hot
water. Cork the bottle tightly inn
mediately after pouring in the oil
and leave it until you need light.
Simply opening the bottle for a few
minutes, allowing the fresh air to
rush in, will fill the unoccupied
space in the bottle with a continuous
clear luminous light. Now recork
the bottle tightly and you will have
a clear light for several days. When
the light begins to dim let in more
fresh air and recork as before.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20
Bull Fighting
versus Lynching

Some tender-hearted Americans,
Mortified that Lindbergh, while in
Mexico recently. might be invited to
see a bull fight, wired him to stay
away from this brutal spectacle.
Lindbergh, with that good sense
which has characterized his every
action, wired them back, in effect,
to mind their own business"
This tendency to see the
mote in a neighbor's eye while
ignoring the beam in your own
is as old as time.
Why any American should worry
about bull fighting in Spain or Mex
leo, when he has that famous and
peculiarly American outdoor sport
of LYNCHING in his own country is
a mystery.
What other civilized nation in
the world is there that would
take human being alive, chain
him to a tree, throw oil on him,
and have the whole community
take a holiday to watch him
burn, with men, women and chill
dren trampling on each other to
get a charred bone as a relic?
Americans who try 10 correct
abuses in foreign lands always have
n hard time explaining lynching at
home.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20
Nicaragua Middle

The Ncent outbreak of hostilities
in NicaragSQ, involving the rushing of
troops, FShips and bomb planes,
indicates thatNnother practically de-
fenseless peopiA fighting for what
they believe to bepational homer, are
to be wiped off theEace of the earth.
II may be claimeA that General
SANDING and his troopS. are outlaws
because they refused toaccept the
Stimson settlement and nay down
their arms. Just how CIR why. foreign
invaders have a right to brand them
as outlaws is a debatable ouestion.
Might does not constitute right.-
The situation is exceedingly en-
barrassing to the administration and
the War Department who feel that
they cannot now turn back without
sacrificing their dignity and aban-
dcning their original purposes. AT
the same time it puts Uncle Sam,
with all his boosted chivalry and
sympathy for the right of national
self-determination. in a position that
will inevitably react among other
South American republics.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20
Another Bugaboo

This week we received the report
from the Bureau of Accidents of
Baltimore, Md. which shows five
suicides who slashed themselves to
death with razors. Four of them
were white and one colored. This
fact does not fit so well with the gen.
orally accepted idea as to who makes
most deadly use of the trusty blade.
Like the eating of watermelons, the
running from ghosts, the fear of hoo
docs, the laziness of husbands, the
promiscuity of the "all coons look
alike" idea, this affinity between raz-
or and race has always gotten a set
back when the bare facts are anal
wed. Some of these days lot of
folk in this country are going to
wake up from dream, wipe the mist
from their eyes and look into an
amazingly new white and eolored
world.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20
Don't Lose Faith

We are human beings and are heirs
to human failure and success as other
groups of the human family and the
failure of our banks and ether bus
mess concerns should neither discour-
age us nor stunt our economic growth
any more than it does other peoples
growth and success.
Wherever there is human effort
to succeed you'll find human failures
inevitable. We lose faith in our own
possibilities to sustain ourselves and
confess race inferiority, when we
give IN in despair, and say we are
not going to put any more money in
Negro banks, because one fails. or |
am not going to patronize Negro
merchants or other businesses be-
cause they do not carry standard
goods like white folks.
The safety of banks and the sound
ness of business in no sense depend
upon race or the color Of the skin
but upon the wisdom, integrity and
Scharaeter Of the men and women who
0ot4uct the bank or business.
~, white people of this country
have Drslen more banks and de-
s ono CO. Ih.s businesses than the IA
VVV'vOU Negfsrs. in America will
ever nave, II the'--liye thousand
yenrs-but the rank~snd file of Ire
white people have neves-Iost conf
dence in the ability and iffr<.-ritv If
their race, because Of the rasSalitv
of an ignorant and criminal MINORS
They have never sung out, al am
through with white banks" or won't
trade with white concerns any more
because a white bank or business
failed.
Then why should the black man
lose faith in his race because a few
rascals or ignorant business men de.
fault. break bank or DESTROY a bus
mess? If we would succeed like 9th
or people we may expect failure,
like other people. end don't give NJ
in despair-but have confidence il
our own personal and race pcssibili
ties. II takes a long time for a race
to establish a literature. build a com
merce and to permanently ESTABLISH
itself in the social. economic and DO
litical life of the world.
We must not confess ourselves on
of the running because a Negro banl
or business fails occasionally. Ne
groes have lost more money in whit
banks than Negro banks have had
or will have in hundred years:
Business failures are not alvey
traceable to dishonesty or incompe
tencv. but often to bad investments
bad business seasons and failure T.
realize ready money to meet pressin
obligations.
Let US not forget that we are hu
man beings. possessed of the sam
possibilities and capabilities in CON
mon with other pecDle. and that SUI,
cess or failure within our group grow
out Of the same causes that brin
about financial catastrophies in OIL
err groups.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20
CLARENCE II. ANDERSON
AttOrney-at-Law
$40 Pacific Block
Seattle, Wash,


IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State of Washington, for King
County.--In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate OF Rosa
Tate, also known as Rosie Jones,
Deceased No 4S4S1. Notice to Credi-
tors
Notice is hereby given, that the I'M
dersigned has been appointed and has
qualified as Administrator of the es-
tate of Rosa Tate, also known as
Rosie Jones, Deceased that all per-
sons having claims against said de-
ceased are hereby required to serve
the same, duly verified on said Harry
Tate or his attorney of record at the
address below stated and file the
same with the Clerk of said Court,
together with proof of such service
within six months after the date of
first publication of this notice, or the
same will be barred.
Date of first publication January G,
1928
HARRY TATE,
Administrator of said Estate.
Address: 316 Pacific Block.
CLARENCE II. ANDERSON. Attorney
for Estate, Sl6 Pacific Block, Seat
tie. Wash
First publication Jan. G, 192S; last,
Jan 20
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20
The Ford Psalm

The Ford is my master. | shall
not live in peace with it. 1t maketh
me to lie down in mud and dust. 1t
leadeth me in the path of grease. 1t
restoreth my license when due. 1t
leadeth me in the paths of shame
and disgrace for its namesake, the
Ford. Yea, though l go through the
dark shadows of the night, it is with
me. The jolting of the springs ma
keith me to have pains all over. 1t
prepares string of bills for me in
the presence of my creditors. 1t an
ointeth my head with oil when am
under it and runneth over me. Sure
ly, if these things keep following me
all the days of my life will dwell in
the house for the insane forever.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-01-20

Don't Fail To Register