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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19

playing baseball, and carousing dur
ing spare time, to take up the cudgel
for Christianity.
All of the men who played with
him on the team are now dead, the
noted evangelist said.
The meeting was in charge of Rev.
Bachelor, pastor Of the Methodist
church here. Rev. M. 0. Ewing of
the Christian church of Harlingen
gave a short prayer, and Rev. w. w.
Lee, Baptist pastor, delivered a short
sermon.
The congregation then sang
America" and Billy Sunday was
introduced by Rev. Bachelor.
Evangelist Shows Age
Rev. Bachelor explained that Rev.
Sunday is very nervous and tired,
from a strenuous revival at Corpus
Christi, and asked that no one
move around during the sermon.
Several times during the sermon
Rev. Sunday stopped, interrupted by
crying babies, persons coughing, and
once by persons crowding down the
aisle.
At one point he sat down, and re-
fused to go on with the sermon pc
cause a group Of persons crowded
down the aisle.
The years have imprinted their
mark on the evangelist, and, al
though he still effervesces, with en-
thusiasm and fire, much OF the old
physical demonstration is gone. Sew
eral times he climbed onto his CHAIR,
at particularly emphatic passages.
and once he placed a foot on top OF
the pulpit, as he stood in the chair.
He did not remove his coat during
the sermon.
Rev. Sunday gave a short sermon
before a crowd which packed the
high school auditorium at McAllen
Yesterday afternoon, the meeting
being arranged by the Lions club OF
that city, before which the famous
evangelist appeared.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19

5, o44o CAp4d1llCQ
the necessity of hope, the thou
sands sat in windows, stood in the
aisles, stood outside the auditorium.
and sat in every other place around
the huge hall, SO great was the
crowd.
Billy Sunday was scheduled to
start his sermon at 7:30, and long
before that time the auditorium was
filled beyond its normal seating a
pacity of 5000. The crowd, however,
continued to stream in, until every
aisle, and every other foot of avail
able space was taken. The windows
were raised, so that many could sit
in them. The large stage, seating
approximately 800, was cleared SO
that all space could be utilized.
| Hope is Theme
Rev. Sunday spoke principally on
the necessity Of hope. He explained
that in every line of endeavor, in
business, in education, in anything
that man does, hope is necessary to
success in every way. He talked of
the rewards on this earth and those
to follow, and told of his own eX-
periences, mentioning the time SO
years ago when he gave up a life of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19

"I couldn't lie on my right side
and this kept me from getting
sound and reStful sleep. I was ter
ribly nervous all the time. 1 had
also suffered with indigestion and
was bilious and conStipated. I had
been unable to find an effective
treatment or medicine.
Friends told me of the wonder
full accomplishments of Sargon and
/ tried it. Before I finished the
first bottle I waS stronger and felt
better than for a long time. Now.
j have a splendid appetite and all
and get up fully refreshed. My ner-
vousnesS is gone, too. I am full Of
new energy and can hardly realize
that I was ever in the condition I
had been in.
"Sargon Soft Mass Pills are the
best laxative I ever took. My liver
is active and the b%iliousness and
headaches have disappeared. I
hope this statement will be the
means of helping other sufferers
back to health"
The above statement was made
recently by Mrs. William F. Had
dock, 3107 Glendale St. Houston.
Sargon may be obtained from
Cisneros Drug Store; in La Feria
from Malone Pharmacy; in San
Benito from Palace Pharmacy; in
Los Fresnos from Butler Drug Co;
and in Rio Hondo from Rio Hondo
Drug Store.-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19
Forty And Eight To
Plan New Work With
Meet At San Benito
ESPECIAL to The Herald)

SAN BENITO, March ia For
ty and Eight reorganization meet
ing. the first gathering Of this or
ganization this year, is to be held
at the memorial Legion hall here
Thursday night, according to an
nouncement from James Howe of
Mercedes, head Of the Valley Vol
tur.e.
Plans to make the organization
more active in the Valley, in view
of the fact that three Valley men
are members Of the state Forty &
Eight, are to be worked out at the
meeting. N. G. Chatelle, E. N.
Brown, and Bert Epstein Of this
city are all state officers in the or
g~anization.
Date for another meeting, at
which new officers of the Valley Vol
ture will be selected, probably will
be set at the meeting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19
ASK REBELS TO
LAYDOWNARM
Mexican Government Planes
Drop Pamphlet Appeals
To Revolutionaries

An interesting and significant
note in the general attitude of the
Mexican government towards the
rebellion is to be found in II Of
the "manifestos" or pamphlets, adj
dressed to the "Chiefs, officers and
troops of the army divisions which
the rebels Manzo, Escobar and
Caraveo pretend to take from un-
der obedience to the supreme gov
eminent"
A copy of the manifesto" which
is being distributed in large num-
berS throughout the revolving states,
was received in Brownsville Mori-
day.
The printed circular, a large one,
about 2 feet long by l IL feet wide.
is signed by j. Agustin Mora. gen.
eral of brigade and chief Of the
Mexico City garrison. 1t has the
approval of the Mexican govern
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19

BarOmetric pressure was mOder--
ately high over the far Northwest
and over the southeastern states
this morning, and relatively low
over the far Southwest and over
the upper Great Lakes. Consid-
cradle cloudiness prevailed over the
northern and eastern halves Of the
country and along the Gulf coast,
but precipitation was almost neg
ligible throughout the country dur
ing the last "a hours. Tempera-
lures continue near the seasonal
average practically throughout the
country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19
CHICKEN THIEF
X X
SURRENDERS FOR
* y
SAKE OF JUSTICE

PORT ARTHUR. Tex, March
18.-(P)-Because his conscience
would not permit him to see an
innocent man suffer for a crime
he had not committe. a young
man walked into the police sta
ton here and confessed to the
thief of a number Of chickens,
and took the same cell occupied
by the innocent man.
1.-TWO years might do me good,
anyhow" the man said when ask
ed If he knew the legislature had
passed a law recently making
chicken theft a felony.
The youth told police he had
stolen the car of the innocent
man with which to commit the
wrong. Feathers in the automo-
bile had been the clue on which
the owner had been arrested.
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he had received reliable informa-
ton" she had not been kidnapped.
Continuing arguments In support
Of the demurrer filed yesterday de-
tense attorneys were expected to
content Judge Hardy was motivat-
ed by friendship in aiding the evan
gelist, and he acted as a fellow
churchman and not as a Judge in
her behalf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19
Question Motive OF
Judge c. S. Hardy
In Aimee KIDNAPPING

SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 49,
P-The motives which impelled
Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy to
assist Aimee Semple Mcpherson,
evangelist, in defending her kidnap-
ing story were due for a discus
sion in the impeachment trial Of
the jurist before the state senate
today.
Hardy was brought to trial yes
terday. charged with miSdemeanor
in office in accepting $4,000 from
Mrs. Mcpherson while the Los An
geles district attorney was investi-
eating her story two years ago.
The jurist also is accused of OBJ
~structing justice by defending the
evangelist's kidnapping story after
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other than that of serving as a
bodyguard to cover the light to a
foreign country of those who de-
ceive you and led you to misery,
because they know that rebellion
engenders rebellion. Punish those
who have deceived you, return to
us and show the nation that trea-
son has never stained your military
career"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19
PLAN 2-CITY A

Especial to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, March 19.-The
suggestion that a twin city" advis-
DRY board composed of an equal
number of Harlingen and San Ben
ito men, to carry out plans for unit
ed development was suggested here
by James G. Bowie, who fathered
the first twin-city meeting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19
LOW PRICE

Imitation typewriter letters can
be turned out cheaply and satisfac-
torily on the mimeograph. Where
there is no "filling in" to be done this
type of letter answers very well and
has the advantage of being low
priced. Mimeographing is n Of the
lines of the Shirley Letter ShoH,
Room 315 Hidalgo Bank Building,
Phone 800, Mercedes.-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19
Eighteen Years
Of Suffering Is
Ended, Ehe Says

For eighteen years I had been
In very bad health and ten years
ago I had an operation which
failed to give me the expected re-
lief. I had a chronic pain in the
back Of my head and neck and in
my right side that was always
worse at night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19

First figure lowest temperature
last night; second. highest tempera-
ture yesterday; third. wind velocity
at 8 a. m; fourth, rainfall past "a
hours.
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Billy Sunday Heard
By Crowd of 5000
Especial to The Herald)

HAhLlNGEN, March ia record crowd of approximately 1000
aney people crowded into and around the Valley Fair Park Auditorium
mere iastn night to hear the most famous of evangeists. Billy Sunday. in
IN on!y "Trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley Of Texas.
Whle the aged evangelist fayed the devil, held out the hop of re-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19
\ MOnE \
HSlDEllGHHSE

III Inv
"Plastered in Paris" the Fox
comedy featuring Sammy Cohen, is
n Of the funniest seen here this
season. 1t is being shown at the
Dittmann theater for the last time
today.
Cohen, remembered as the anus
ing little Hebrew doughboy of
What Price Glory?" and 1.-THE GAY
Retreat" is again seen in the role
Of a soldier, but only for a few
moments, as most of the film is
taken up with his adventures in
Paris, along with a war buddy,
where they go in search of a cure
for Sammy's kleptomania Cthe re-
suit of being shell-shocked) and a
cute little French girl that he had
left behind. Jack Pennick plays
the buddy and gets every bit of
humor possible out Of his role.
Prominent parts are also well
taken by Lola Salvi, Ivan Linow,
Albert Cont and Marion Byron.
"Plastered in Paris" is ideal
screen fare for those who wish to
scare away the blues. Don't miss
it,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-21
NOT A CHANCE

1t makes little difference to the government wheth-
|er the person Is operating q small hand press on q
meager salary or is a superintendent Of a division on
g handsome salary-if a SO bill Is short on a check.
then the one on whom the responsibility is fixed must
pay.
And The face value OF the shortage must be paid,
be 1t large or small. This applies to every sheet Of
paper. whether 1t Is blank or printed. One would
stand a much better chance to get money II he were
to stage a daylight hcld-up on a downtown bank than
he would to try and get away with a bank note from
the bureau or engraving and printing.
For through a system Of reports the movement Of
this paper money from one division to another Is
fixed as soon as the transfer has been accomplished.
A group Of auditors from one branch Of the treasury
department not connected with the bureau Is at work
constantly verifying the balances as recorded In the
accounting division. Actual securities are on hand In
the several divisions to determine that securities have
not been removed maliciously without detection.
Everything must be accounted for in each division
before any employee Of that division is permitted to
leave the building at the close OF work. This means
that 5000 persons have gone through the most careful
tests and checks before they are told that they may
go for the day.
These employees are not even permitted to leave
the building during the noon lunch period or at any
other time during the day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-21
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising REPRESENTATIVE
Mail Takes Wings and Flies

within five years all mail In the United States
viii be carried by airplanes."
This is the forecast of federal authorities engaged
In the development OF airmail service.
The prediction was made in Houston last week by
William f.. Centner, federal expert, speaking TO the
Texas League Of Municipalities. He also said air
transport and air passenger business would undergo
y marvellous development during that period. He
made the statements in connection with the adoption
by the league Of a resolution asking the legislature to
enact laws TO regulate municipal air ports and fixing
liabilities OF airport operators.
Men who are in close touch with the development
OF air mail are more alive TO its possibilities and ad-
~vantages than the general public and more able to
foresee future demands for the service.
But air mail is becoming so common all over the
country that almost daily It's accomplishment are
brought forcibly to the attention OF the man Of the
street. For instance, letters are being sent across the
continent In one or two days when a week would be
required for the trip by train.
Two examples Of quick service occurred in The
Herald office last week.
The terrible explosion and fire in a Cleveland hos
pitsl which killed more than 125 persons. happened a
few minutes before noon Wednesday. On Friday pic
lures OF the disaster appeared in The Herald.
A prominent actor was married In the West. He
endorsed a cigaret. Advertising plates carrying his
testimonial were made in New York and distributed
throughout the country by air mail. The advertise
ment appeared almost simultaneously with the news
OF his wedding.
The pictures of the Cleveland disaster were sent
by teiephoto to Chicago Wednesday within an hour
or two after the disaster. Engravings OF the pictures
were made In the plant Of the Associated Press that
afternoon and matrices to supply subscribers OF the
picture service were made. These matrices left Chi
cago by airmal that night. They reached Houston
by plane Thursday and were brought on to Browns
vile by train Friday morning. With airplane con-
nections at Houston. which viii be in operation within
a few months, the pictures would have reached The
Herald In time for publication Thursday afternoon,
only about 80 hours after the disaster.
As airmail service develops it will spread into Mex
leo. Central and South America. Then the real i'm
portance Of the municipal airport here will become
apparent Planes will be leaving and arriving almost
hourly throughout the day. Thousands Of passengers
viii be arriving and leaving monthly by air: hundreds
OF thousands o. pounds OF airmail win be handled and
an enormous air express business will be developed.
Then several hundred families in Brownsville will be
receiving their livelihood from various activities In
connection with the airport.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-21
By Ripley.

unfortunate moment IL had occurred
To him that he might find some spot
at the top OF the hin where he could
hide, or-better still-where he could
decoy his pursuers. and then double
back.
IN any case, wise or not, there was
not returning once he had begun to
ascend the hill. He had a good lead.
but his pursuers made up in tenacity
what they lacked In speed. They
were confident that before long their
hare would tire. and his choice Of
the old mine hill was very much to
their liking.
For they knew. which Brown did
not. that on the farther side the hill
dropped sheerly and that , unless
Brown stayed ut the top and tried TO
outwit them there. II should be a
simple matt. TO cut off his retreat
A few moments later Brown also
became aware Of his mistake. He
saw the big dip beyond. and noted
the ineffective protection OF the
obsolete machinery itself. What a
fool he had beenl Why hadn't he
stayed in the lanes. and gone on
into the Moors? He might have
shaken them Off there. But here Ii
was an impossibility.
well, anyhow. I'll make a fight
for It," he thought. I'll give EN- a
bit to think about. see IL I don'tl'
He truned now. and watched them
approach. They held their revolvers
ready, and were climbir n the slone
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-21

Land Commr. J. Il. Robson Is on the rack. A
legislative investigating committee has turned In a
singing report as to his transactions as a public OF.
ficial; that the manner In which Robson handled the
One Cent Per Acre fund. collected from purchasers
OF state land TO defray expenses OF administering the
re-appraisement act Of 1925 was "inexcusable. unwar-
ranted and unjustified: that the same involves an
sound public policy and should not be countenanced
ny any public official in the discharge OF the duties
OF his office"
Land Commr. J. T.. Robson should resign.
Important recommendations are made to the law
makers by the committee. First. that the land laws
should be rewritten and safeguards thrown around the
sale and leasing Of public lands "as will fully protect
the public school funds and university funds in the
future." Second, the passage Of a law creating the
office or state auditor. whose duty ii would be to
make Investigations and audit the accounts of all the
departments. institutions, boards and bureaus Of the
government"
Yes, the land commissioner should resign. the two
recommendations made BY the committee should be
crystalized into laws in order that the school lands
and school funds should be fully protected at all times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-21
The Once Over


STRAW HAT
Customer: I would Ike to see your straw nass. :,
C.ark- Something that doesn't become yous Oh
course.
Customer: Absolutely
clerk: I'm sure we can take care Of you
Customers: Last year ! swore I would never come
here again for a hat.
Clerk: Why was that?
customer: You sold me a bat that looked fairly de-
cent on me.
Clerk: Are you sure 1t was hereR
Customer: Positive.
Clerk: I've been with this firm ID years ana yours
,s the first complaint we ever sold any customer u
hat that looked at all good on him. I'm sure you're
mistaken. -.
customer. What makes me remember It Is that
The hat fitted me. ! had never had such an expert
ence before and 7 couldn't easily forget IL.
Clerk: Why did you take It?
customer: well, I didn't realize what kind OF q
hat It was until I had worn Il q few days and nopooy
laughed at me. Then I got suspicious ana asked y
few intimate friends to tell me how 1t looked. .Iney
said it was a perfect fit and very becoming. It'made
me sore as the devil.
Clerk: don't blame you. I know how q man feels
these DAYS when he leaves a hat store and discovers
he has bought a hat that looks well on him. IL
makes him feel that the clerk who sold him the hat
didn't give him much personal attention IL sur
prises me that you got a good looking hat here, as the
boss is very fussy on that point. He fires any sales
man who lets q customer leave with a hat that doesn't
look ridiculous on him. He regards it as unethicai.
Customer: I'm quite certain you are the very clerk
who sold 1t to me
Clerk: I think not. but If ! did I'm awfully sorry.
/ don't ever remember selling a man a straw hat that
wasn't either too big or too small for him. II I did
il in your case ! must have been in O hurry. Was 1t
around noontime?
Customer: I think it was.
Clerk: Well, 7 was probably anxious to get out to
lunch and didn't have time to take sufficient pains 20
see that you weren't fitted. Now just try this hat.
please.
Customer Ctrying it on): No. that's terrible.
Clerk: What's wrong with it?
Customer: It doesn't set on the very top Of my head
nor come down over my ears.
Clerk: 1t comes part way down over your ears.
Customer: I know. but I've never been sold a
straw hat yet that didn't cover the ears completely.
Clerk: Try this one.
Customer: That would be good. only the brim
isn't narrow enough to be funny.
Clerk: Try this.
Customer: The crown is toe low. / want a crown
people will really laugh at.
Clerk giving him a hat three sizes too large: How
about this one?
Customer Crying on hat, which is so big it falls
over his face. hiding everything but his chin) That's
the ideal why can't you straw hat statesmen misfit
a customer in the first place?
SOME WOULD USE A NIBLICK
d Robert 4. Moore plans to tee off in Paris and
hole out in Berlin. playing a golf ball across two coun-
tries. Poohl That's only a No. 4 iron shot. anyway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-21
FINISH OF MONEY

A good example Of the eternal vigilance ~practiced
in handling Of this paper money Is to be had in how
the old issue Of currency viii be disposed Of after
July I.
AS the old bills come into the treasury they viii
Ibe carefully collected and recorded. bundled into bales
and carted to the steel money masceratcrs-
There are three keys TO one Of the mascerators.
One each l. held by the secretary OF the treasury. the
Of the United States and the comptroller OF
currency. and on each mascerator there are three
locks.
These three officials or their representatives. I'm
company with 4 fourth representative OF the people
and banks. win each day personally unlock the mas
|~cerators and place In them the old currency. The lids
viii then be locked water poured III the msscnrstors
and 80 knives win reduce the bills 10 pulp.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-21
Health and Right Living

considered very nutritious. yrn ia
q more balanced diet would hn bet
ter under thm circumstances Tnmgu
r cases where such IA dirt IN ~
advantage- Your doctor should he
the Judge.
. A. G. o-Do diseased fnnmi,n
tend to make VIVA person nrrTuuHP
Ayes
Thank yuu- G--Ta there IN cure
for cancer7
A--Early and well mppllnd traM#
ment holds bright prospect uf cure.
IT, IT, Qs-Whmt should mn Earl
weigh who iE IB years rld ard n
feet tall7
A-For her mEn ard hrAKhf a.
should weigh about III prunnM
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-21

New York builders have locked out $1,000 union
wage workers. These wage workers had been granted
lheir demands. They ordered q sympathy strike to en-
force the demands Of the electrical engineers Now,
now far will a sympathy strike get in New York or
elsewhere2 Contractors say that there is TO be a
showdown. Labor troubles are coming very early in
che reign Of Herbert Hoover a. president Of the United
states. They came very early in the reign Of Benja-
min Harrison as president and In the last analysis
thev cost the republican party control Of the govern
snenk .44
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-21

Oscar 3. Colquitt is on the job. He Is a qualified
member Of the United States board Of mediation. He
WIN take down a salary OF $4,000 a year and expenses.
Pat Morris Neff Is p~racticing law. He viii not take
down q fixed salary and expenses. Colquitt led the
snti-prohibition forces Is years Neff led the prohibi-
ton forces for many years. Coluuitt was given the
turkey; Neff the feathers. Now what viii happen IN
the senatorial row in the year 1902 How many faces
win be In the senatorial picture In the primary cleo
lion contest?