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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
COTTON OPENS
DOWN 6 POINTS
I.osse3 Attributed To Lower
Cables and Dry Wea.
ther Map

NEW ORLEANS, April 15.-P)-
First trades on the cotton market
here showed losses Of 6 to z points
attributed to lower cables than due
and q dry weather map.
A slight rally set in, but was
wiped out on prospects for continued
good weather, July dropping to
$19.38S19.54, October to $19.38 and
December to $19.E5, or 8 to 8 points
under yesterdays close.
Trading was fairly active and SELL
ing liberal.
NEW YORK, April 18.-tP-Cot-
ton opened steady at a decline OF
five to II points under liquidation
coupled with selling on favorable
weather news and easy cables.
Some trade buying was reported
on the decline, but demand other
wise was attributed chiefly to COW
ering. The market was under con-
siderable pressure with prices show
ing net declines Of about 10 to 10
points at the end of the first half
hour.
Selling sent prices eff to 1886 for
July and 1851 for December, or
about 10 to II points below yeSter-
DAYS close. Offerings then tapered
off and the market was quiet later.
with the tone steadier on some trade
buying Of near months and cover
ing. At midday prices showed raj
lies of a few points from the lowest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18

BIRMINGHAM, Eng.-Rev. john
.por crawford committed suicide at
wellington by taking poison
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POULTRY

CHICAGO, April 18.-(P)-Poultry
alive, easy; receipts II trucks;
prices unchanged.
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TROOPS NEAR
PULPlTO PASS
Real Battle Expected Here
AS Federals Try March
Through Mountains

Aqua PRIETA, Sonora, Mexico
April rebel
forces continued on the moye in
Sonora today. One group moved
from south of Naco into Nogales,
another left here to reinforce the
army of Generals Fausto Topete
and Jose G. Escobar on the we5
coast, and a third departed for
Pulpito Pass to harass the Oncom-
ing federals from Chihuahua.
More than 1000 rebel soldiers left
Aqua Prieta yesterday for the west,
while 800 cavalrymen departed on
the 80-mile journey east to REIN
force 600 rebels reported lying in
wait for federals in the mountains.
Strengthening Of Notifications at
Nogales. Sonora, held by rebels,
continued.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-lPH
A meeting of agricultural authori-
ties has been called here April %
to consider the situation created by
the discovery of the Mediterranean
fruit fly in certain fruit growing
sections Of Florida. Officials Of the
department have been sent to Flor
ida to inspect the infected area, and
the ~departmnt> gnrally is watching
the situation closely.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
Faulty Distribution

Farmers of the Lower Rio Grande valley are al q
loss to understand why cabbage should be quoted out
at a nrice which means S6 to SO to the grower, pota-
foes at So per hundred, spinach at very little more
than the cost of the hamper. while consumers IN the
large centers of population are paying eXtortlonate
prices for those commodities.
It Is interesting to note that three months ago
when the growers of the Valley were receiving S45 per
ron for their cabbage, that commodity was retailing
m the New York markets at s cents per pound. To-
sav the growers are receiving IS per ton for cabbage,
and the retail price in New York. as quoted IN the
Times of March % was 8 cents per pound. The price
RI the grower had decreased from 2h cents per pound
70 2 mills per pound, but the consumer is paying the
same old price.
The New York Herald Tribune Of March %, IN Its
retail market report says: Spinach was seen yester-
dav at 10 cents a pound and also at 3 pounds for 70
cents and fancy beans are 20 and Is cents. Brocoll
should be plentiful now, as are most other greens,
nmt nr;ces in some markets are high-from so cents
q b,,nch to IS cents. Endiye still is so cents a pound
and egg plant is high"
It is quotations such as these that give the grower
the impression that there are several loose cogs IN
our system of distribution. Those quotations would
,,gnifv that. the growers of the Valley as well as all.
other winter truck producing areas are losing count
,ess millions of dollars through their failure to or
canize and gain at least some control over distrlpu-
ton.
All the farm relief measures or tariff bills that
eonpress can pass will not relieve this condition They
VIC result in some small addition to the margin the
rrouer If nerishables received from his production,
h,t II Is snparent that real relief lies in reducing this
tremendo1Is spread between the producer and the
consumr.
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Speaking Of Shoppers

# has come to pass that the warden OF the federal
penitentiary at Atlanta has been ordered to vacate
his post and retire to private life by the Hoover ao-
r,inistration. Now this aforesaid warden would not
stand for shoppers. A snooper is an undercover
worker. an informer for hire. A mole worker ever
working under false pretenses. He is admitted as a
convict. He worms himself into the condolences OF
convicts and he keeps tab on guards and other en-
ployes of the penitentiary.
snooping was the invention of former Attorney
ceneral John Garribaldi Sargent, now Of Vermont.
This system had the backing of Mrs. Mabel Willie
brandt, an assistant attorney general OF the United
states. These informers for hire and mole workers
extraordinary were planted at the Atlanta Pen. They
turned in reports. The warden refused to stand for
tbe system. He denounced it. Now he will be with
out a Job on April l.
Senator william E. Borah of Idaho denounced the
xnooper system. He would not stand for it. He con-
demned it. He declared the system would have to 60
Now who has the longest and strongest pull-the SEN
stor from Idaho or the lady lawyer from California?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
Tick Eradication

The Parr senate bill, proposing cooperation be-
tween the state and the various counties to complete
cattle tick eradication in Texas, died on the calendar
OF the recent legislative session. Governor Moody has
lndlcatd the measure will be re-submitted at the Spe-
cial session, called for April IS, and proponents of the
bill assert it will pass without serious opposition If it
can be brought to a vote.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is vitality interested
IN this measure. The Parr bill provides that the state
finance the cost of inspection and dip, the counties
to provide the dipping watts. At present there are II
Texas counties under the state and federal quaran-
tine on account Of fever tick infestation. the Valley
counties being included in the inactive quarantine
list.
The state livestock sanitary commission has an
nounced it is prepared to inaugurate the eradication.
program as soon as the measure is voted, and that
the counties of Hidalgo and Cameron are included
among she "a in which the work will start as soon
as funds are available.
The Valley counties have an ambition to develop
the dairy industry, but it is apparent that 1t cannot
be developed upon an extensive scale unless the lever
tick Is eradicated. Dairymen will not attempt 10
bring high priced sires and dams into a region under
federal and state quarantine. They cannot afford the
hazard, and unless it Is eliminated the Valley coun-
ties cannot develop through the dairy industry a
profitable market for the immense tonnage OF feed
crops the fertile Valley soil can produce.
Northern dairymen who have made a survey OF
the Lower Rio Grande Valley and its possibilities IN
connection with the dairy industry, are practlcsiy
unanimous in pronouncing this the ideal dairy sec
ton of the United States. They point out that Gil
matte conditions are ideal; that forage and teeo
crops can be produced in maximum quantity at min
irnurn cost. and that the industry could be made one
of the most profitable in which Valley farmers could
engage. However, they would not consider attempt
ing to build UP large herds of dairy cattle SO long as
the Valley continues under the state and federal
quarantine, asserting that unless this section is placed
in the tick-free classification it would be folly TO IN
vest large amounts in the industry.
Passage of the Parr bill would be followed by al
most immediate action in graduating the fever tick
In the Valley counties, and every interest OF Valley
demands that there be no unnecessary delay in elm
mating this handicap to what should prove a highly
profitable industry for the entire lower border section.
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REMAINING
Washington Letter
BY B C. Nj

WASHINGTON, March 30.-"It's all very we'll to
blame the boss grumbled the agriculture depart
mentS official spokesman, in behalf of Secretary Ar
thur M. Hyde, for being the slowest of all the new
cabinet members to tell his troubles to the news
papers.
Il know the others threw their doors open to the
reporters the first thing, and he's stalled them off
for two weeks.
What" continued the spokesman, docs Secre-
tary Lanon answer, when the correspondents ask
him about HIS policies? Why, he says he's going to
carry on exactly like President Hoover, when he was
commerce secretary-and everybody1s satisfied.
COR Secretary Good, or Secretary Adams?-at the
war and navy departments. Oh, they intend to keep
on getting the soldiers and sailors up bright and early
every morning-their buttons polished, their shoes
shined, and all that.
"Or Postmaster General Brown? The mails will
be delivered regularly, as usual. The customary col
'lections will be made. Perhaps, if the new chief
wants to be sensational, he promises to improve the
quality of stickum on stamps"
But" quoth the spokesman, "1et a caller walk in
on Arthur M. Hyde and inquire, MI. Secretary, what's
your agricultural relief p%rogran?'
What in heck Is HI to say?"
Secretary Hyde has not found the correct solution
to this problem yet. He frankly confessed as much,
when finally he began letting the Washington chron-
.iclers in. Or. rather. as he expressed 1t, it would be
premature u 6ilbCI LllO d SCuocl il oil 1CllCk
now.
It was a fortnight, almost to an hour. following
formal announcement of his appointment, before the
first press representative was permitted to pass the
new secretary's official portals, in the main %agricul-
ture departmental building. at the foot Of Thirteenth
street. on the Mall.
Even then admission was predicated upon the un-
Outstanding that the subject Of farm relief was taboo.
1t must be owned that this stipulation made con-
versation with Secretary Hyde rather difficult. In
sect pests-to talk about-wil not be in season for
another month or two. The Missourian Is not a spe-
cialist on agronomy, like his predecessor, ex-Secretary
Jardine. He shied-almost as skittishly as if agri-
cultural, relief had been mentioned-away from a
question concerning the possible loss of certain farm
markets through the workings of the prohibition law.
The upshot was that the interview, as an inter-
view. fell pretty flat.
Not much remains but to tell how the new secre-
Itary of agriculture looks.
For one thing, he is the cabinet baby-only So
years old.
He is quite a tall, angular. rangy individual, clad,
on the occasion In question, in modest navy blue.
His hair is thinning. he wears glasses and his face
lis deeply l~ined-which was true of Secretary Jardine's
also. They two are not unlike. Secretary Hyde's
photographs look somewhat morose, but he is not at
all so in fact-on the contrary. as sociable as a man
can be expected to be who evidently fears each word
he utters may blow up and wreck all Washington
south of Pennsylvania avenue from the peace mon
'ument to the Lincoln memorial
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Charlie readjutsed the pack on his
back, and glanced at his compan-
ion.
"Well-what about it?" he quer-
led.
That's just what I'm wondering,
Charlie" responded Rupert, slowly.
What about it?"
Charles eyes grew ronuder.
Il say, my Lowell" he exclaimed.
"ou're not thinking-seriously-?"
Il happen to be thinking very Sc
riosuly," answered Rupert, while
Brown now joined in the staring.
If our friend here had gone back
to I''ndon, I might have wonQe'e1 4
bit about the seriousness of all this.
But he's not going back to Lon
don. He's going on-like a jolly old
~leech-right into the heart of the
adventure. And with about as thin
a chance of success as one could
possibly imagine. AS you eloquentIy
put 1t, Charlie-she must be some
grill"
The train Numbered into the sta
ton.
"Snowdon is good tramping coun-
try" said Rupert, but don't you
think Byford Moor-wherever 1t is
be eve better?"
Charlie blinked, then shrugged his
shoulders humorously.
"Snowdon-B yford Moor-the
Black Hole Of Calcutta-it's all the
same to me-" he replied, $50 long
as I get my fat down. You may
have noticed, MI. Whatever-your-
name-is," he added, turning to
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not notice the wink given by Char
lie at this information; but a frown
from Charles companion nipped
levity in the bud. You'll think that
queer. Well, of course, it is queer.
But I happened to get on to it that
she was in danger"
What sort of danger?" interposed
Rupert.
Brown paused for an instant be-
fore replying, and studied his inter-
rogator. He was quite alive to the
oddity of his story, and he was no
less alive to the oddity Of his own
part in 1t. Still, having gone so
far, and having come to the end of
his resources, his only course was
to solicit aid from others-or re-
linquish the whole thing altogether
Y. =.
YeS-of course, he could do that.
Perhaps, after all A sudden vi
sion of the girls face flashed be-
fore him, and of the ugly little brute
in the loud check suit.
THE worst sort of danger" he
gasped. You'll laugh, but it's true,
I tell you. I heard two men talk
ing. One told the other to go after
her-it was at Kings CrosS-and he
said that-that-wait a bit, and I'll
tell you the exact wordsl" Brown
closed his eyes while Charlie re-
garded him, curiously, and Rupert
regarded him seriously. ."Ah, I've
got it. After her. he said and
if she makes any trouble. don't you
be particular what you do to her
That's what he said. So 1t seemed
to me I ought to try and warn
her. So II got on the train, and
followed them. See?"
He paused. 1t sounded rather
lame, when you spoke about it
Brown felt quite sure, though, that
somebody else with more learning
could have put it better.
Talk about We knights of Older
exclaimed Charlie, his light-blue
eyes almost losing themselves in
the emotional contours of his
cheeks.
do be quiet, old son." said Rup-
ert. II want to hear the end Of
this!" He turned to the clerk. "As
Tar as / can make out, you seem tC
have been pretty sporting. Let's
hear the rest. What happened or
the train?"
We'll, nothing happened, exact.
ly," answered Brown. 1T was a lit.
tie Teller was after her-the othel
one-a big one-he stayed behind
I found the carriage where they
were-this little man, you know, anc
the girl-and I sat and watched
You'll call me a fool"
Anything but" interposed Rup'
ert. go on"
Brown found himself blushing.
We'll, there's not much more. AL
I can tell you is that the longer
I sat there the more certain I wa
that the little man would do some
thing to the girl the first time h,
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go her alone, only he couldn't, you
see, while I was there, and another
person. An old woman. When the
train stopped, I got an idea. I pre-
tended to fall out Of the train, and
pulled the little man out with me.
But-he hit me, and just managed
to climb back onto the train. And
that's all"
Il see," nodded Ruepert. "Yes-it
does sound a bit rotten. And what
do you think you'll do now? Give
it up and go back?"
Brown looked hard at Rupert, who
was looking rather hard at him.
Give it up?" he repeated. mo,
I'm not go'ng to give 1t up. I'm
going to ZEE the station master
p'r'aps he'll be able to phone some
message through"
But suppose he can't. After all
it's not likely. ed have nothing
definite to go on"
"Of course, he Wouldn't" ex-
claimed a voice behind them.
They turned and found it wa
the station master, himself. He had
helped originally to convey Brown
to the waiting room, and had then
departed to attend to a necessary
duty while others carried on. Now
he was back again, curious and
skeptical.
"You take my advice, young man."
he went on, addressing Brown rath-
er sternly, land get a hold On your
self. You've been dreaming, that's
what it is. I've been standing here
the last two minutes, and I've heard
your story. Just stay here till
you're quite yourself, and then go
on to wherever you've got to 60.
And take care you don't fall out
of any more carriage doors" He
turned to the others, and shook his
head, with a frown. His expression
was eloquent of what he thought
of Browns story. Drink. Or a lit
tie bit touched! That was more like
it! Anyway, life was too busy to
attend to such matters. You'll
have to hurry, sirs, if you're going
to catch your train. Shes just sig
nailed"
Hacing thus delivered himself and
restored the world to it's normal bal
cane, the station master disap-
peared.
Not much help from that quar-
ter" commented Rupert.
II fear it pulleth the lid on
sighed Charlie.
Brown said nothing, but took a
little bit of pasteboard from his
pocket.
well what's your next step?'
asked Rupert.
"Byford Moor" answered Brown
That's where she was going. And
that's where I'm going"
Some grill" murmured Charlie
by God, she is some grill" criec
Brown, with unexpected emotion
II seen herl"
The roar Of q train grew nearer
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CHAPTER III

ILL
The world went black. When it
returned to its normal color Brown
found himself in a dingy station
waiting room, stretched out on a
dingy station couch-hard, shiny
and convex. Above him loomed a
large, fat, boyish face, that stared
down with rather comical earnest
ness; but as Brown stared back the
face disappeared, and another face
looked quite lean by comparison
with its predecessor, although in
actual fact there was nothing cad
averous about it. 1t was firm and
strong, and the two brown eyes were
gravely inquiring.
Feeling better?" asked the own
er of the second face.
whats happened?" murmured
Brown.
The first face obtruded itself
again. The eyes in the first face
were very light blue.
Whats happened?-well, that's
good!" exclaimed the owner of the
first face. Its us who want to
know what's happened, isn't it,
Rupert?"
Shut up, Charlie!" replied Rup-
ert. He'll tell us as soon as he's
pulled around a bit" He added, as
Brown began to rear up and to pass
his hand across his brow. You
tumbled out of the train, you re-
member, but Your companion got
back"
Realization returned. Brown
jumped up, as though he had been
shot. gripped by impotent, incoher-
ent anger.
"Yes-he got back-and we must
stop himl" he cired. where's the
station master? We must stop
himi"
He dived towards the door, but a
firm though kindly hand detained
him.
"Whoal Steady up. old chapl'
exclaimed Rupert. I'VE can't stop
the train, you know. You'll have
to catch the next
THE next?' shouted Brown
struggling. The nextll be too late
He'll have got her-heu have killed
herl"
He stopped and gasped. What
was he saying? His knees gave way
beneath him, he sank down into q
chair and began to sob. Brown had
been through a rough time, and ar
emotional time. He was not used tc
it
Il SAYS 1t as serious as al
that?" asked Rupert. Rupert's voice
was oddly soothing. 1t was not un.
like the voice of Browns tennis ri
val, though more refined. 1t hac
a quality one could cling to. "Just
try and pull yourself together, ano
then tell us all about it," Rupert
went on evenly. "Oh, and I say
Charlie-how about slipping around
to the restaurant and bringing
something along?"
But Brown shook his head. He
didn't want anything to eat O.
drink. All he wanted was to fine
some means of continuing his brok'
en- Journey.
mo, I'm all right-don't WORRY
about me-" he gulped. tits a CIR
we've got to worry about. I wa.
following her" Luckily, Brown die
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READ THE FIRST:
By JEFFERSON FARJEoN

READ THE FIRST:
The plott concerns weird noises
that nc one can fathom. They are
underground sounds beneath a
house people say is haunted. While
eating in a Kings Cross restaurant,
Brown, a romantic young clerk, ov-
erhears a rough-looking man say:
after heri And-if she's trouble
some-don't be particular what you
do to her!" Brown sees the girl
leaving, and from the brief look de-
cides she is the most beautiful girl
he has ever seen. He follows the
girl and the little man who is on
her trail. They board a train.
Brown obtains a seat in the same
compartment with the girl and the
little man. When the train slows
up for a station Brown grabs the
man and they roll out on the sta
ton platform. Brown is stunned
and the little man jumps back on
the train.
NoW go on with the story
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Brown, that I'm fat"
It is to be recorded to the credit
Of Brown that the decision Of his
new allies was a wholly welcome
one. A lesser man would have pre-
ferred to adventure alone.
What! You're really coming on
with me?" he cried.
Eyes, If you'll have U.s." nodded
Rupert. How does one get to BY
ford Moor?"
"Newcastlel" exclaimed Brown,
and dived for a time table on the
wall. A moment later he gave an
exclamation of despair. -Four
hours" he groaned. -Four hours to
wait"
"Why?' asked Rupert. Whats
wrong with hiring a motor carp"
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-31
BY RICHARD G. MAssOCK

BY RICHARD G. MASSOCK
Whoever loves because he loves,
Although he knows he'll never
gain
The object Of his mad desire.
Knows love that burns the soul
like fire -.
But hasn't loved In vain.
GYPSY Song.
NEW York; March 2s.-once a
week a Columbia university profess
sor dons a shirt of scarlet silk and
sets out to find in the shadows of
the Second avenue Il" his friends
the gypsies, who love because they
love.
They are, literally, his friends,
for the Romany people have strong
prejudices against non-gypsies. 1t
took Irving Brown, professor of ro-
nance languages, many months Of
wandering on three continents be-
fore he impressed them with his
sympathy and understanding. He
started out II years ago. Now they
regard him as a cousin wherever no
goes, in A~ndalasia, Illinois Or New
York City.