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consider very unfair. W. have one
gin Brownsville and handling cot
ton for four other gins in this sec
ton. Our weights have been check
ing out very accurately at the COM
press twelve hun"red ten pounds
e. Harrington compress by bonded
vcigher there which certainly close
as could possibly be expected and
buyers claiming that all cotton re-
weighed Corpus Makes an addition
al loss. Scales at our gin have
never been tested this year by one
of your inspectors and we are in
formed that they have never tested
scales at any OF the other four gins.
In view of reflection cast by this ar
ticle we insist you have your inspec-
tor check our invoices against COM
press reT7eight sheets can hardly be-
lev that your policy 10 cast unfair
reflection on all gins and believe IN
justice TO VALLEY ginners YOU should
give Brownsville Herald correction
on this statement due to the fact
ver hundred gins in Valley and we
understand from his article only SO
been covered by your inspector.
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PRECIPITATION
CUT CONTINUES
Moody Whites More Than
Three Million From
Major Bills

AUSTIN, Aug. DISCRIMINATING
$3,016 .481 from the major appropri-
alton bills left with him by the
third session of the 41st legislature,
Gov. Dan Moody reduced the ag-
gregate total to S44,776,935, includ-
ing 5 100000 for rural aid.
The appropriations for the two
years beginning September /, are
slightly lower than the amount vot-
ed to support the government for
the two years drawing to a close.
The educational bill received the
sharpest cut, 81 sos. 1897. Elimina-
tions from the other measures in
Guided:
Departmental. S46S.083; eleemosy-
nary, 1898 $40: claims and accounts
$304. 30l. and judiciary. sl44. FAC.
Governor Moody estimated the
ad valorem tax levy could not be
lower than 81 cents by the state
automatic tax board Monday. The
rate for the past year was % cents.
Governor Moody said II was
probable the rate could be reduced
the second years Of the biennum,
since the bulk of the expenditures
would be made the first year.
The governor found most of his
whittlins in new buildins which the
legislature voted to schols and COL
legeS. He did not overlook any de-
partment o. state. In every one
he found something he decided
could be eliminated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-11
War Hero Wins Fight to Head
Institute Which He Founded

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Aug. lO.-R)
Sergeant Alvin York, the I'M
schooled Tennessee m~ountaineer
who gained fame by capturing 1872
Germans singlehanded and return
I'd home TO invest his prestige IN
| educating his people, after an eight
vear fight has been recognized for
his achievement by appointment 10
the presidency Of Alvin York Agri-
| cultural institute in FentreSs coun-
~.
Decision of the Tennessee state
hoard Of education yesterday TO
make him head of the institute
ended the bitter prolonged fight
during which his control has been
contested in factional political
wrangles and legislative maneuvers.
returning from France at the
close of the world war bearing the
decorations Of all the allied armies
SERGEANT York lodged his lie II
his slender re -ources TO emancipat-
| inc his home folk from illiteracy'
himself deprived Of education ad-
vantapes. he realized the hazard Of
inadequate schools to the youth OF
East Tennessee.
The strength Of his earnestness
IN his move for education was EVIL
denced by his turning down a 81
OO0 600 vaudeville contract N order
10 devote his time to lecturing ~ 2
campaign to raise funds for scnools
His speaking our carried MIN
practically to all sections OF the
United States where the story OF
his forcing a German officer &c
surrender his entire command drew
thousands of hearers. He always
followed his war story with a pic
ture OF the scant chances for school
ing afforded the boys and girls IN
the mountains of his home state
After Sergeant York had founded
the school donated by the state. the
institution soon became the object
of factional rolitics. In Fentre1s
county. one faction questioned hi'
control claiming the state appro-
priations committee placed the
school under state supervision
York. finding his hands tied, went
before the state legislature an6
threatened to establish an indepen-
dent school IL he was not made
head of the agriculture institute.
Finally 1t was decided the state
board of education had control and
the board appointed the World wal
hero and educational campaiI1er
president and manager Of the in
rtg4-r4er,
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Members of Cameron County Family Like
To Work on Farm-Their Records Show 1t

years, while he was doing All boys
club work under Henry Alsmeyer,
county agent. he handled the flock,
and saved enough money to pay his
expenses through college. Last year
he attended Texas A. g. M. College.
Isaac was on the poultry judging
team from Cameron county In 1923,
and won second in the state contest.
In the summer of 1929 he was Sc
lected as one of the two boys to rep
resent the State Of Texas at the ma
tional All Boys club meeting in
Washington. d. c.. the selection be-
ing based on his record In this
county.
Honored
AT the national contest young
Corns vas judged second on his
record.
He was honored there by being
selected to act as POSTMASTER az a
banquet OF the club boys and their
sponsors. and also was selected to
place a wreath at the foot Of WASH
ington's monument.
Both the father and son are ac-
tive in community affairs at Stuart
Place. Isaac only this week appear
ing before a community meeting
there, and reporting On his trip.
Mr.. Corns is a member Of the
Kiwanis club of Harrington, is active
in church work and community
work, his selection as a master farm
err of Texas being made partly on
this record.
A younger son. Robert. Is being
groomed as a prospective honor boy
club member.
Isaac Corns said that he expects
to remain on the farm. He is
studying agriculture and horticul-
ture at A. a. M. College. and will put
his knowledge into practice on tho
farm here.
II expect my father TO retire be-
fore long" he said. land I want x
be able to help handle the plac'
when he does"
He expressed the opinion that
farm life offers many attractions t.
a young man of initiative. Will
study land effort good returns car
be made on the investment. and tn
enjoyments of other occupation
can be secured without many o
their disadvantages.
Both Isaac and his father ar
more than six feet in height. ant
are athletic types.
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Potato Growers
Ask Inspection

Officers and members Of the Rio
Grande Potato Growers association
and other interested parties will
appear Monday before the COM
missioners court of Cameron county
and ask that body TO inaugurate in
spection service under a bill passed
b. the last legislature. Fred 3. La
than. president. said Saturday.
The bill provides that counties
at the option Of their commission
ers. may inaugurate an inspection
service and handle financing Of the
work.
Once the service Is inaugurated.
the bill requires that all potatoes
shipped out Of that county shall be
inspected and certificates Of grade
be issued.
The Valley association was in
strumental in having the bill
passed.
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GROUP STARTS
PRISON STUDY
Texas Commission on Tour
To 20 Pens For Study of
Other Systems

HOUSTON. Tex, Aug. 10.-tPC
Twelve members Of the Texas pris-
on Capitalization commission left
Houston tonight for New Orleans on
the first leg or their months tour
Of inspection of 20 penitentiaries in
the South, East and Middle West.
The commission was headed by
w. A. Paddock OF Houston. chair
man, and accompanied by Bob Bar
ker OF Fort Worth, executive secre-
tary, Senator r. j. Holbrook Of
Galveston. DR.. F. Z. Gieseck Of A.
and M. college. technical adviser,
and three newspaper me n
The party will stop over in New
Orleans tomorrow. Monday the
commissioners will make their first
official inspection at the Alabama
state penitentiary at Montgomery.
They expect to view the Florida
state ~penitentiary at Raiford We'd
nesday.
From Florida the party will 20
up the Atlantic coast. going to Buf-
felo. New York. It will return by
way Of Minneapolis and Kansas
City.
The commission, consisting OF
nine members Of the prison board
and the same number OF legislators,
was created by the legislature this
year. Besides the chairman and
vice chairman. members who made
the trip were Or. A. c. Scott. Tenn
pie, J.. b. III. Holderby. Fort Worth
Lee Simmons. Sherman. and Free
Horton, Greenville. OF the prison
board: Senators Nat Patton. o
Crockett. w. "A. Williamson Of Sar
Antonio. and E. E. Witt. Waco, anC
Representatives John +. Wallace
league. Coke r. Stevenson. juno
ton, and r. r. Murphy, Livingston
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Program Is Given
By Juarez Pupils

Pupils OF the Benito Juarez schoc'
were presented in q program b.
their teacher. Mrs. Luz Cullen. on
the east steps and lawn Of the
courthouse Saturday afternoon.
The Boy Scout troop went through
maneuvers on the courthouse lawn
under the direction Of Frank Mar
tinez. member Of the American Le-
gion drum and bugle corps. who as
sisted their teacher in drilling the
troop.
Silvestre Juan.s with n guitar
accompanied the group Of boys and
girls in songs. Lila Armendiaz.
dressed as q Spanish senorita. and
Antonio Armendiaz. as the torero.
were presented In a Spanish dance
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FRIENDS GIVE
y HOOVER PARTY
Presidents Wife and Mrs.
Lindbergh Arrange Small
Birthday Gathering

MADISON. Va. Aug. 1O.-tRl-
The president Of the United States
was gievn a surprise birthday party
tonight by members of his family
and the small group Of friends and
high government officials who are
spending the week end with him at
his fishing camp in the Virginia
mountains.
Just what took place at the party
or just what were the presents CIV
en- the fifty-five year old man who
holds the highest office in the ma
ton is something that. for the time
being at least. 10 a secret known only
ITO those in the little camp.
II vas learned. however. that the
fparty was arranged by Mrs. Hoover
and Mrs. Charles "A. Lindbergh, and
that they personally directed the
Marrying out Of plans.
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EXPERTS STUDY
FINCERPRINTS
Search Continues For Furth,
er Clues In Lumber Com
peny Safe Robbery

Fingerprnts Of employees of the
Eagle Pass Lumber company, tax
en- Friday afternoon after one or
more thieves had stolen approx
mately $4,000 in checks and cash
from the safe, were sent to San An
tonic Saturday for examination
there. :
Meanwhile, Lieut.. Of Police John
Armstrong and his staff were
searching the premises of the con-
cern located on Monroe between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets for
further clues.
Cash Box Found
The small tin cash box which
was taken from the safe was found
Friday afternoon behind kegs OF
nails stacked against the wall in the
rear Of the main building. 1t con-
tanned 1890 worth of checks. but
no money. The thief evidently had
taken time to remove all the small
change. which included more than
o hundred mic els and dimes.
E. w. Bounds, cashier. discovered
the theft when he returned to the
office after stepping out to get SOME
papers signed.
No Noise Heard
Althoug c. H. Daffan, San An
tonic salesman. was in the front
part of the office, which is divided
by a partition, he said he heard no
unusual noises in the adjoining
room.
w. Z. Heaner. assistant manager
In charge, Saturday expressed CON
fidence that the remainder Of the
loot will be recovered. He praised
the police department for their ef-
ficient handling of the case.
A late check-up Saturday reveal
ed that the actual cash loss viii
not be more than SIPS, plus $500 In
checks, which IN covered, Bounds
said.
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PRISON
APPEALS TO BRITON

NOTTINGHAM, Eng, Aug. 10
Rl-Some folks speculate in city
lots. Others prefer to play the stock
market. AS for Sir Albert Ball. bus
mess man and capitalist Of Noting
ham. he Is not avers to- taking
an occasional flyer in prisons.
The other day Sir Albert bought
an old one, the prison built at Der
By. back in 1926. at a cost Of ap-
proximately 81. 625 900. When peo-
pie expressed surprise. he said:
1T Is valuable property. With
very little alteration. the prison
could be made into a fine factory
or engineering works. / have
bought il Is a speculation, and will
be ready soon to consider offers for
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Valley Pioneer

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GAINESVILLE at the mouth Of the
river. Later. he was in the GUS
toms house here. For some 30
years he was manager OF the old
ferry here. quitting that business
some Is years ago. he since has
lived with Mrs. Rentfro. About
Is years ago he went to Monterrey
but has not been back into the
t,.erior Of Texas.
he has two sons. William E. G.
Russell. who lives IN Cuba. and
Franklin Russell. q world war
veteran. who lives IN Canada.
Tom Russell isn't ut all sure he
will like Kerrville. but he Is per-
fectiy contented in Brownsville.
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Especial to The HERALD

HARLINGEN, Aug. 10.-A master
farmer Of Texas. and the second
ranking All club boy out Of the
TOO 900 in the United States-this Is
the record of the I. B. Corns fam
lily near here.
The father, I. B. CornS. is n OF
the ten master farmers, or best
farmers judged from an all around
score, in Texas.
His son. Isaac. has had a number
Of honors bestowed on him for club
work. and only recently was selected
at Washington. where he went as
one of the two representatives OF
Texas high All club boy in the
United States.
The Corns family have made
these honors chiefly because their
principal interests r in the i'm
provement of their farm and home,
and they spend their time working,
studying and playing OF their farm.
Most of the members of the
family, including an older son who
is now in college in California, and
a young son, Robert, who lives at
home here. are so well satisfied with
their life on the farm that they ex-
pect to spend the remainder Of their
lives on the farm.
The Corns family doesn't mind
working.
When they were interviewed re-
Gently. they were all found at work
around the place. Young CornS was
driving a tractor out in a young
citrus orchard, while hts father was
working at some other task on the
farm.
Citrus Orchard
The Corns farm consists of a 40
acre tract about a mile north Of the
main highway from Stuart Place
A large citrus orchard. covering five
acres, has proved a great benefit
as a steady revenue producer, and
about half the entire farm Is now In
| citrus, most OF 1t being young. The
old orchard is Duncan fruit. and Ia:
brought a good return most years.
The remainder Of the farm 1!
planted In truck and feed crops.
Modern farm methods are used
in the management Of the farm
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AFGHAN EXILE is
JUMPY ON DRIVE

MARSEILLES. Aug. 10.-R-
Amanuliah. who lost the throne CT
Afghanistan and finally came here
got the fright Of his life as his
first experience in exile.
AS he was being driven from the
boat to his hotel. a large object
came through the air and landed
at his feet. He had lodged 1t sue
cesSfully but as it hit the floor the
former king braced himself for an
explosion
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Tn Our Valley
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know what is going on down here.
But let him tell II:
I'VE feel we are learning r.ore
from your paper than from any
other source we could find regard
ing conditions down there in which
we are interested.
we are more interested every
day in what Is going on down in
that country and know you are GER
tainly boosters" he writes.
For all of which The Herald
makes a deep bow and says. Thank
you"
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VISITS

HARLINGFN. Aug. 10.-P. A.
Clark. manager of the Montgom-
ery-Ward & Co. store here. has re-
turned from an automobile trip t
Missouri. He was accompanied BY
Mrs. Clark.
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FIGHTS FOR

WILLESDEN. Eng.-Mrs. Esther
Martin has refused to heed a court
order TO surrender a baby deserted
at her door.
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DATE SET FOR
POSTAL MEET
Valley Workers To Hfld
Banquet mt Harrington
September
fSpecial 10 The Herald0

~ MMM
HARLINGEN. Aug. "a general
conference Of postal workers OF the
Lower Rio Grande Valley will be
held here September Y. according 70
announcement by Postmaster J. +.
Rogers OF this city.
The meeting will be opened with
a banquet, and will be followed by
a general session, to be held either
at the banquet hall. or the Valley
Fair park auditorium. The exact
location Of the banquet has not
been decided.
Prizes are 70 be awarded for best
answers 10 questions on service, and
other features will be worked out
for the meeting. "A representative
Of the postal department headquar-
tiers will be present.
A committee on arrangements
consisting OF ~. j. Lear. Harlinger,
chairman: l.. ID. Gildersleeve. Mer-
cedes. and r. j. Armour, Donna,
has been appointed.
WOLF AND DOG CHUMS
LONDON.-A baby wolf and n
puppy are inseparable chums at the
-11f1r4raT uawIn~n
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-13
GREATER INTEREST
IN WORLD SERIES
Fans Show Eagerness for
Ducats at Higher Prices.
fRy cHAs. H. cRoWELL.l

(By CHAS. II. CROWELL-)
Interest in baseball is more intense
this year than it has been for some
time, as is evidenced by the fans
eagerness for ducats for the world
series. Tickets are being sold at a
good premium and those fans who
have their seats reserved are in big
luck. Scalpers are taking advantage
of the situation to reap harvest, and
although both stands have been en-
larged as much as possible, the de-
voices are going to find it difficult
to get seat.
Predictions were made early In the
season that the people attending this
years world series would be small be-
cause so many sport lovers had gone
over to golf, tennis, track, field and
other games. However, late corners
are going to experience the same
trouble in obtaining seating accom-
modations that they have in previous
years.
The usual arguments, pro and con,
as to the relative merits of the various
players are being INDUCED in and
betting is about as usual, with opinion
evenly divided. In some quarters Of
the East the Athletics rule as slight
favorites, on account Of their pitchers.
This is the second time the Cubs
and Athletics have FLASHED, the two
teams coming together first in 1910
when the Athletics won games to 1.
The Athletics won two other series,
one In 1911 from the Giants and again
In 1913, also from the Giants.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-13

as the guest of Gould and Fisk. Dur
ing the trip Gould led the converse
ton to the subjects Of gold and crops
and sought to convince the President
that the government should favor a
higher price for gold since it would
give the farmers a better price for
their crops, thus making better bust
ness for the railroads and the country
as whole.
Believing that he had won Grant
over to his views, Gould embarked
upon his campaign and on September
2 began to buy gold in Wall street.
On that day he bought million and a
half dollars worth for Corbin and an
other million and a half for General
Butterfield and Gen. Horace Porter
(both of whom later repudiated the
purchase as having been made without
their knowledge). Within two days
gold went up two points and with
each point rise Corbin made $4,000.
Soon afterwards Gould invited Fisk
into the scheme, assuring him that
Butterield Tin charge of the SUBJ
treasury in New York; and the Presi-
dent were ''fixed all right" So Fisk
began to buy heavily. Immediately
gold began to climb and by Wednes-
day, September %, it stood at 1401a.
At this point Grant, becoming dis
turbed by Corbin's part in the manipu-
lations on the exchange, sent word
through his sister to close out his
speculations as quickly as possible.
Gould tried to bride Corbin into disre-
garding the Presidents instructions
but Corbin refused. Then Gould, see
ing his scheme about to collapse, de-
termined to double-cross his own asso-
ciates. He gave secret orders to his
brokers' to begin to sell gold. Fisk
kept faith with Gould and continued
to buy. When the market closed on
Thursday, September %, gold had
reached the high mark of 145.
But worse was to come the next day
Friday, destined TO be known as
"Rlack Friday" The next morning
Fisk entered the gold room and loudly
gave orders to Albert Speyers, his
broker, to buy all the gold available
up to 145. Next he sent orders to
put it up to $50. By noon it was up
to 160 and Speyers, who had bought
60 millions, now had in his name for
Fisk's account half of all the gold in
the country. OF what followed Fuller
writes:
1t seems absurd that the orders CIV
en- by Jim in Heath's back room and
executed by that jumping-jack, Spey-
ers, should have paralyzed business, as
they did, from Boston to San Fran
cisco. Wall Streets >bedlam was only
a sample. Thousands of men in ev-
cry city were reading the astounding
figures that came out of the ticker
tape-figures that told that they were
ruined The fluctuations in the price
of gold were so rapid that it was i'm
possible to keep up with them. No
speculator outside the gold room had
a chance to protect himself. He gave
his order TO buy or sell, and after that
he was in the hands of blind fortune.
He might as well have gone fishing as
to have tried to follow what was GO
ing on in that densely packed, suffo-
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NDIAMuNDN
NPIEK-uPSN

Rogers Hornsby holds the National
league home run record of AZ in one
season.
Ty Cobb hasn't seen big league
ball game all year. That's retiring
with a vengeance.
Richmond, Norfolk and Syracuse
are the biggest cities in the country
without baseball clubs.
Kid Gleason says the Athletics are
the greatest team of all time-as far
back as be has seen it.
New York baseball writer's state that
Bob Meusel is almost certain to leave
the Yankees before next season.
Infielder Leonard Dondero of the
st. Louis Browns has been sent to the
Tulsa team of the Western league on
an option.
Grover Cleveland Alexander brought
in thirty or more victories a season
in three successive years for the Phil
lies. winning thirty-one games in
1915. thirty-three in 1916 and thirty
in 1917.
Pueblo has purchased Ray Volk-
man, young catcher, from Portland
(Coast) for $500. Vie Zsezgfeld,
third-string receiver. was let out.
The Rochester Red Wings are now
rolling up a new record for a sea-
sons double plays. The old mark was
162 and was passed several weeks ago.
Norbert Luken, sixteen-year-0ld
Helena tArk.) pitching sensation, won
his fifth consecutive victory in the
American Junior league by turning In
no-hif. no-run game.