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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12
RAISING FUND
FOR BIG FETE

Approximately $4,000 was being
raised IN a one-day drive Tuesday 10
be used in defraying expenses IN
connection with the celebration and
international bridge opening program
70 be held in this city July a.
Six committees. picked at a meet
ing q the general finance committee
Monday night in the chamber of
commerce building, were working the
city Tuesday in m effort to raise
the amount IN n dawn to dusk drive.
Committees working on the raising
o. the fund were composed of the
following: Committee No. bob
Ernst. Ike Bollsck and Albert Brown;
No. Sam Perl. John McClery and
Gilbert Philan; No. 3-Frank Lopez.
}. 4. Canales and Roy Ruff; No. q
Holland Wood. William Craig and n
q Morris; No. 5-Henry Bell, n. M.
Harper and II. D. Seago; No. 6-W.
=. Rasco, Isador Dorfman and Robin
Pate.
John Tanning is chairman OF the
general finance committee.
we are going to attempt TO raise
the necessary money in a one-day
drive" Fannin said. "but il IA pos
slble that some people who might
like TO contribute TO the fund will
be missed BY the committee. Those
who have not been called upon b.
the workers are asked to mail their
contributions to the finance commit
tee IN care Of the chamber of com
merce."
The water fiesta committee NJ the
celebration also made tentative
plans for the water pageant AZ a
meeting held nc the chamber az com
merce Monday evening.
Plans call for the pageant 20 be
held or the Fort Brown resaca. The
floats will be representative Of va
rIous nations and will pass in re-
view" the night or the Fourth AZ the
time of the fire works display which
IS 70 form a background for the
pageant.
The water fiesta committee is com
posed of Jimmy Holmes. chairman:
Mrs. Frank Cav. y. NJ. Van Law and
G. c. Richardson.
VI. G.. bennett ia general chair
man for the celebration.
II is planned to have the bridge
formally dedicated hv Gov. Moody az
Texas and Gov. Portss Gil Of Tam
aulipss, Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12
TEXAS UTILITY
ACTS PROBED
Publicity Man Tells of
Expenditures to
Aid Cause

WASHINGTON, June 12.-tR-
William q. Grant. director Of the
Texas Public Service information bu-
reau, testified here today before the
federal trade commission that be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 annually
was contributed by Texas utility
corporations to the maintenance OF
his organization at Dallas and that
the money was used 20 prepare aid
send out newspapers and magazine
articles. 70 entertain newspaper
men and To assist the utilities gen.
orally.
Robert Healy. counsel for the trade
commission. asked Grant IL IL was
not true that in addition to his
utilities duties he was employed hy
The Associated Press.
II have been employed BY The
Associated Press rs n relief editor
Grant said. land am still on the nav
roll for work on Saturday nights al
Dallas"
In that capacity have you writ
ten for The Associated Press service
news stories? ?" Healey asked.
II have offered The Associated
Press news stories many Of which
they have asked for and most 81
which they have used" Grant re.
Piled.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12
HARDIN OPENS
HIS CAMPAIGN
Assails Garner Record
In Address AT
McAllen

AAft@AnA ~ Inc nEIdiul
McALLEN, June 12.-Assailing
John n. Garner rs the Congressman
at large" from the forty-elght states
OF the Union, and attacking the vet
ersn eongressnan's record on the
tariff and Osaer farm relief meas
uress sid L. Hardin az Mission
launched his campaign for congress
here last night in an address deliv-
cred at the city park.
He attacked the growing power Of
bureaucracy, and the tendency TO cur
tail the powers OF the people for the
recall and referendum, granted in the
constitution.
Hardin based his platform primar-
lily on these issues, stressing legisla-
ton to favor the farmer, and men,
tioning among other things his sup
port for gravity irrigation in the
Valley in case he is elected.
He attacked Garner On the basis
OF Gamers record on farm relief
legislation, declaring that Garner
voted against an emergency tariff
IN 1921, when the farmer needed
everything he could get 10 save him.
he called Garner the congressman at
large from the forty-eight states Of
the Union" declaring that Garner is
too busy being a great statesman 10
pay any attention 20 the people of
his district. "The farmers of this
district would have been better off
with no representation. than with
Garner" he declared.
In discussing charges that influ-
entail outside interests are financing
his campaign, Hardin declared that
many influential outside interests
are supporting Garner. and said that
all Of the wealthy men in this dis
trict are opposing me- He declared
that he is not appealing 10 the "silR
stocking aristocracy." but 10 the
plain people" and denied the state
ment that he had an expensive office.
and a force Of stenographcrs.
Hardin also questioned the enthusi-
asm of the Garner-For-Congress
meetings, declaring that there were
only 81 present at the meeting in
Brownsville, and II present at the
meeting in Hidalgo county. one Of
whom was a friend Of Hardin's who
went 10 watch the proceedings.
He also came out against repeal
of inheritance tax. which has been
one of the major bones Of contention
IN the race. CsCiaflng tnaL on this
question, II am with the Garner
club"
He next launched into an attack
on g. II. Pease, who has beeH pub
fishing several articles in favor Of
the candidacy Of Garner. declaring
that "Pease has promised 10 deliver
the farmer vote TO Garner. and now
he is getting worried shout his abil-
ity to do III"
The speaker closed his address
with a plea fer the people TO vote on
the basis of issues. and not person
a~lities. declaring that he is in favor
of gravity irrigation. n tariff TO stem
the tide or foreign produce competing
with produce from this section. and
more fairness in governmental rep
r~esentation for the people.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12
Odd Fellows Hold
Meet at Harrington

HARLINGEN, June l2.-odd Fell
lows from all parts Of the Valley
gathered here this morning for the
annual Valley convention. the various
lodges being represented by over
800 delegates. wi. A. Darling OF
Brownsville, president Of the Valley
Odd Fellow organization. presided.
Rev. vi. NJ. Lee. Baptist minister
at Harlingen. pronounced the invo-
cation. and Myron r. Ward. secre-
tary Of the Harrington Chamber Of
Commerce. welcomed the delegates
70 the city. Dr. G. A. Mcbride re-
sponded On behalf Of the delegates.
The morning session was devoted
principally tn business affairs. and
the election NJ officers for the en-
suing year will be held in the after
noon. Officers ar the organization
stated that the attendance broke All
records for the Valley.
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CAUGHT With
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ton that a cargo Of liquor would be
crossed at the Tonlates bend, and the
quartet proposed TO intercept il.
They were concealed in a ditch be-
side the road and a. the two snug
glerS approached n of the officers
stepped out and ordered them 10
halt. They dropped their sacks of
liquor. drew their revolverS and
opened fire, then turned and ran
down the road. The officers, all
armed with pistols, returned the fire
Immediately and gave chase 10 the
fugitiveS, the latter firing back a.
they ran. The smugglers reached
the brush and disappeared. The hat
Of n Of the smugglers, riddled with
bullets, was picked up near the point
where the gun battle started.
M officers continued their search
through the brush but wre unable
70 locate the smugglers who are
believed to have escaped to the south
side of the Rio Grande.
The night was intensely dark. The
officers could merely see indistinct
outlines of the smugglers as they ap-
preached the ambush, and after the
fight started they could be located
only by the flashes Of their pistols.
The smugglers fired a parting shot
as they dashed into the brush. and
the officers could hear them crash
ing through the underground. They
combed the brush with bullets and
then started IN pursuit but found no
trace of the men.
The Tomates bend Is one Of the
~favorite crossing points for the
liquor smugglers, officers state. Last
week Customs Officers Campbell and
Champion captured a large consign-
ment that had been crossed AT some
point in the bend. and arrested the
s~muEgler. who offered no resistance.
This Is the second gun battle
fought with smugglers in Cameron
county in three days, Deputy Sheriff
Horace Johnson of Harrington having
been slain in a battle neal La Feris
in which he killed the smuggler.
Information received BY officers
indicates that the smugglers operat-
ing on this section Of the border are
now organized under one head. In
recent weeks large consignments OF
liquor have been seized BY federal
and civil officers, and il IL hlieved
the order has gone out from the
headquarters Of the smugglers' ring
to open fire on the officers when
ever halted. and then endeavor "a es.
cape 70 the south side Of the river
Practically every b%ootleEger or snug.
gler captured recently has been
heavily armed. officers state. indi-
eating that they are prepared To re.
sist arrest.
Border patrol and customs mer
have been armed with shotgunE
which will be more generally used
in night excursions in search OF
smugglers and bootleEgers. officer,
state.
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Continued from page ore)
erates selected by the districts se
ed preference 20 the c~onventio
picked delegation headed by Creage
"A scramble for tickets az admi
sion to the convention kept Majo
Leonard Wilmington, secretary Of
the delegation. busy and almost des-
perate yesterday. Texas was allot-
ted only 6S guest tickets. Two tick
cts went 10 each delegate for use az
home district visitors, With only
10 left to be apportioned among nu-
merous visitors from larger cities.
Some applicants had to be turned
down.
The Texas seats are ~ the ear ~
the hall. Only one other state, Mis-
sissippi. Is further from the plat
form.
Deciding TO organize yesterday.
despite the pending seating contest.
the Texans renominated their repre-
%sentatives on the national executive
committee with little discussion. On
motion Of u. q. Harris OF San An
gelo, Mr.. Creager after his renomi-
nation was asked 70 choose his as
s%ociate. Re immediately asked for
retention Of Mrs. Florence Grswold
of San Antonio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12
Fire Damages
Edcouch Store

-DCoUCH. July l2.-Fire ~ IN
determined origin did approximately
$1,000 damage 70 the building rnd
stock Of the Edcouch Mercantile
company early Monday night.
The fire was discovered shortly
after 8 o'clock after II had gained
considerable Roadway and il was
with difficulty that the blaze was
extinRuished by the city's volunteer
fire department.
Although the building was saved
from complete destruction. the ma
jority Of the grocery and dry goods
stock was ruined ~ fire ard water.
This was the first alarm - be an
swered since the organization If the
fire department in December OF
1927.
The store was owned BY y. u.
Rockey and son. and insurance COW
cred about half the loss. IL is said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12
Terrific Hurricane
Sweeps Polish Town

WARSAW, Poland, June i2.-fP-
A terrific hurricane and cloudburst
struck the town Of Nowgrodcx and
vicinity today.
Many houses were ~unroofed, others
were struck By lightning and burned
and trees %uprooted. Telegraph and
telephone communication with War
saw was cut off.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12
OH LAND SUR DELAYED

AUSTIN. June i2--OP-Trial Of
the states suit for possession OF
more than 500 acres Of Hutchinson
ccunty's oil land, 5alued ut several
millions. was DELAYED again today in
district court here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12
OCEAN FLIGHT
IS UNDER way
Miss Boil Leaves Har.
Dor Grace on Hop
Across Atlantic

ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. Y. June
l2.-Pl-The ~monoplane Columbia.
with Miss Mabel Boil as q passenger
took off at 7.20 o'clock eastern day-
light time this morning for Harbor
Grace. \. f., on the first leg of a
transatlantic flight.
The plane. loaded vita about $50
gallons Of gasoline. made a perfect
takeoff from the famous transatlantic
runway after a run of about three
eighths Of a mile. Aboard the Col
umbia in addition 70 Miss Boil were
Captains Oliver le Boutillier and
Arthur Angles, the pilots. and An
drew Surbini, mechanic for Charles
A. Levine, owner OF the ship.
Levine said a late weather report
indicated good flying weather would
be enjoyed from there to Harbor
Grace. but that a 25-mile an hour
head wind would have been faced on
a flight across the Atlantic. He said
more favorable weather would be
awaited az Harbor Grace before the
Atlantic flight would be attempted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12

PARRSBORO, n. s. June l2.-tPl-
A plane believed TO be the trans
atlantic monoplane Columbia with
Miss Mabel Boil and three men
aboard passed over here at 1920
y. m. eastern standard time. II was
flying cast very fast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12
MEMORY LOST . YEARS

READING. Eng.-No way has yet
been found to identify a man found
here two years ago suffering from
lost memory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12

KEMPTOWN, Colchester County,
n. S. June 12.-tPl-The transatlan-
tic monoplane Columbia passed over
here at 1855 p. m, eastern standard
time. on its way 20 HarboT Grace.
n. r. II vas flying very high and
fast.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
MONDAY, JANUARY I, 1929,
ROAD PETITION.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN That
thirty days after the first publication
hereof application will be made to the
Board of County Commissioners of
Garrett county for the appointment of
viewers to view and locate a proposed
new county road, beginning for the
same at the top of Long Stretch on
the National Highway and running
thence south with the present road for
a distance Of about one mile through
the lands Of Ada Carey, Florence
Murphy, Bruce Blocher, VIM. Wam-
pier and thence through the lands Of
Bruce Robinson, the Louis Mckenzie
farm and the farms of John A. Gar
litz, VIM. Garlitz, Clayton J. Garlitz,
John Minnick and Noah Mckenzie, a
total distance of three and one-half
miles, and intersecting with the new
county road near JohnsOn's.
JOHN A. GARLITZ,
JOHN J. CAREY,
BRUCE BLOCKER,
and 27 other Petitioners.
Published first time Dee. 6, 1928.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
NOTICE TO
DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, To
all delinquent taxpayers that if the
taxes now due and in arrear are not
paid on or before the LIST day of Jan
uary, 1929, this Office will proceed to
collect according to law. The law
makes it mandatory upon the Treas
urer to collect all taxes due and in ar
rear after January l.
You are respectfully referred to
Section so of Chapter 566, Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland, which
provides as follows:
SECTION so. The Treasurer shall
during the first week in December in
each and every year give notice to all
delinquent taxpayers of said county
by advertisement in two newspapers
published in said county and by hand
bills posted in five of the most pub
lie places in each Election district of
said county, and at the Court House
door, warning them that the pay
ment of all taxes then in arrear will
be enforced by advertisement and
sale unless the same be paid before
the first day of January next, follow
ing.
ALBERT L. LEE,
Treasurer of Garrett County
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
Underwood & Underwood

eating by side pipes with the various
dwellings,, enabling the members to
draw their supplies of gas and water
from a common source.
"In a similar manner, it is con-
, ceivable that cables of telephone wires
could be laid underground, or sus-
pended overhead, communicating by
branch wires with private dwellings,
country houses, shops, manufactures,
etc, etc, uniting them through the
main cable with a central office where
the wires could be connected as de-
sired, establishing direct communion
ton between any two places in the
city. Such a plan as this, though i'm
practicable at the present moment,
will, l firmly believe be the outcome
to the public. Not only so, but l
believe, in the future. wires will unite
the head Offices of telephone companies
in different cities and a man in one
part of the country may communicate
by word of mouth with another in a
distant place"
Nothing has done more to bring
about present-day telephone develop
ment than the use of cable. Using
this type of plant telephone companies
are able to serve large numbers OF
telephones by wires enclosed in
small space, the cables being strung
either on poles overhead or in con-
duit systems under the ground. Such
cables not only serve cities and towns,
but connect far distant communities,
north, south, east and west, all over
the country. Telephone cable has
been used since 1879. The first cable
was installed by a telephone company
in San Francisco. The first cable
used was homemade and consisted
Of insulated wires drawn into a lead
pipe. But in 1888 a cable was manu-
featured which contained 100 wires
covered by continuous lead sheath
ing very similar to the cable Of today,
except that modern day cables contain
thousands Of wires. The largest
cables manufactured and used by the
Bell Telephone System companies now
contain 1896 wires, each wire being
separate and distinct from the other
and all enclosed in continuous lead
sheathing which protects the wires
from the elements and assures con-
tinuous and practically uninterrupted
telephone service.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27

AS prophet, Alexander Graham
was in a class by himself And one
of his prophecies not only came true,
but he lived to see it developed to an
extraordinary degree. In 1878, just
two years after he had spoken the
first words over the telephone he
wrote letter to a group of British
capitalists setting forth the advan-
tages of the telephone as a means Of
person-toperson communication
Evidently the proposition outlined
in DR.. Bells letter did not appeal to
the Britishers, who, it seemed could
not vision the possibility of the tele-
phone as being necessary in their
scheme of things. But in the United
States people were quick to recognize
the usefulness of this new commune
cation service and proceeded to put
1t to a practicable use and it is in
this country that the telephone has
attained its highest degree of perfec-
tion. Today there are about 100000
telephone stations in operation in the
United States from which more than
100000 calls result daily, officials
of the company say.
DR.. Bell, in his prophetic letter
which predicted the use of telephone
cable overhead and underground, said
in part:
"The telephone may be briefly de-
scribed as an electric contrivance for
reproducing in distant places the
tones and articulations of a speakers
voice, so that a conversation can be
carried on by word of mouth between
persons in different rooms, in diff
ferent streets, or in different towns.
1.-The great advantage it possesses
over every other form of electrical
apparatus consists in the fact that it
requires no skill to operate the instru-
ment. All other Geographic machines
produce signals which require to be
translated by experts, and such instru-
ments are therefore extremely limited
in their application, but the telephone
actually speaks, and for this reason
it can be utilized for nearly every
purpose for which speech is en-
ployed.
AT the present time we have
perfect network of gas pipes through
out our large cities. We have main
pipes laid under the streets communi-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
S A 7 U r ID AY,
The 18th Day Of January, 1929,

at the hour Of two o'clock P. NJ, in
front CT The Court House in the Town
of Oakland, Maryland. all of that part
Of tract of land called THE Clean
ings Of Negro Mountain" containing
the quantity Of 100 acres, situate in
District No. II Of Garrett County.
and being the same property which
was conveyed unto Andrew Snyder,
deceased, by deed from Mary Sny-
der, also now deceased, bearing date
June rs, 1897, and recorded in Liber
e. q. T., No. AZ, folio 573, one of the
Land Records of Garrett County, Ma
ryland, said land being the same of
which the said Andrew Snyder died
seized and possessed.
This parcel of land is situate about
2l2 miles North Of Bittinger, small
portion is cleared but the greater por-
ton is covered by very fine growth
Cf rad and white oak, sugar, beech,
chestnut and locust timber, the same
being said to be one Of the best tracts
Of timber in that part of Garrett
County This land is also underlaid
with coal, one vein Of which has been
opened.
The coal will first be offered sep
arately from the surface and timber,
and then if no sufficient bid is received
the whole property will be offered as
a unit.
TERMS OF SALE-One-thir cash
on day Of sale, ole-third in six months
and one-third in twelve months, or all
cash, at the option Of the purchaser,
credit portions to bear interest and to
be secured to the satisfaction of the
trustees.
ERNEST RAY JONES,
JULIUS c. RENNINGER,
4A-4t Trustees
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BlTTlNCER.


II II we nave loved them al
; 10 . III. .''les, gLea9 ana smai'
Ihea we NAV sI,trjy f@el 80
The Ch.4.mas Spirit zeal
ANA sh"-c IN all MS Cheer
A ycrv larre bird with the arpaar-
erce and all 1ha cha7.ert or;e+i.- e .
crow. was shot apd killed nv @ u
Broadwa,ar, a farmer rezf6;,-o reo,.
This VILLAGE, one dav last week Will
nc Wa hunting in q forest ra9-1v
Inc bid was let black in color and
measured ffly-two inches frm tin
Of wing TO tin Of wing and wa;a7,ed
five pounds. All who saw tca bird
agreed that if a crow il is Of 2 diTer-
out So, les from the common crow af
his regiyn. The sresinrcr is row in
the hand OF tayiderDlist for mours-
my and NAY later be seen at the farm
Of M. B.oadwater.
Mclcnoir Hctrick and son Oscar mo-
torcd to Philippi. West Va. one dav
last week where they were cnoaoed
on matter Of business.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. ETithorp were
shopping in Oakland one dav recepfIv
Delbert DERRICK is spending the mol
iday season visiting friends near Win
chester, Va.
f, We extend our sincere wishes for .
bright and merry Christmas and a
wondrously happy and prosnarous
New Year to the editor and all the
readers of The Republican.
During the past week. MANY truck
loads of Christmas trees have been
taken from the forests in this neigh
borhood, to decorate the homes in
nearby towns and cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Buckle were
shopping in Cumberland last week.
Henry B. WILEY and son Guv. who
spent several DAYS with friends and
relatives here. returned to their home