Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-21
in OUR
VALLEY
; BY CHARLES HALL

KEEP YOUR foot off the gas an
not to heavy on the brake" should
De the slogan for Brownsville and
valley drivers during misty weather
hucn as today cat sed drivers 20
wind their way over slippery streets.
Ihere Is not a roadway pike in
the state which carries the traffic
That passes daily over that of the
main avenue up the Valley.
What can happen from driving IN
rain, or snow, Is only too forcIbly
brought home In the deplorable ac-
cident at Dallas. Five young wO-
men had their lives snuiEed out too
quickly To give their names to
friends, who would lend their re-
Atives aid. A negro driver Is also
in danger Of suddenly passing into
the beyond as a result Of the crash.
Warnings against careless or fast
driving cannot too often be sound
ed. With the many publicity cam
palgns over the country continu-
ally sounding warnings, the death
list continues 70 grow. Why should
one threaten his own life?
WHILE SAVING your own life
the next best step Is to make your
surroundings on this earth as beau
tiful as possible. Long ago 1t was
said that "A thing oI beauty Is q
JOY forever"
The Brownsville Civic League has
stepped forward with the suggeS-
ton that to make the Valley more
beautiful more palms should be
planted.
One of the most striking sights
to a stranger on entering the VAL
ley is found in the long rows Of
sentinel-like palms. They give an
effect probably little realized by
those who have been accustomed to
seeing them. But take them away
and millions would willingly be ex-
pended TO replace them
To forward this work the league
in question has adopted a slogan
Of Plant that Palm" 1t takes a
very little while TO do 1t and at a
very small cost. Than you not only
help yourself, but future genera
tons.
IN yESTERDAY'S Herald a head
line read: "Cobolini holds all war
rants issued are legal"
Mr. Cobolini called on the en-
gineer Of this column yesterday af-
ternoon to say that he did not hold
ali the warrants legal, but said that
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fore the city commission are illegal
many others issued are illegal.
While MIR. Cobolini did not re-
quest this correction, 1t is not the
intention of the Herald to present
any ones position wrong. so this
correction is voluntarily made.
IT TAKES brave man to die as
press reports show Deputy Sheriff
Tom Jones died following pistol
wounds from the hand of Marshall
Ratliff. mobbed at Eastland.
1t was said that he was conscious
until the end. and called in his fel-
low workers to shake their hands
and bid them good bye. That Is the
way men should be prepared to die.
out SO few Est to make that last
last hand shake. Then 1t is just
about as hard on the close friends
as on the dying man. The dying
man il facing an adventure. which
makes all other things seem small,
and merely wishes 70 extend good
wishes.
Not long ago. in Georgia. we be-
lieve IL was a banker found that he
had swallowed a mercury poison by
mistake. He was told that he had
about three or four days TO live, but
that he would surely die
This banker arranged large ban
quet and sent out invitations 10 his
frien1s. A large crowd gathered
around the death feStal board, an6
the banker made them a farewell
speech. Not all the stoics lived in
Greece.
WHETHER ONE be of Republi-
can or Democratic persuasion. and
whatever may be their feeling to-
ward President Hoover. there Is one
thing that can be said for him.
lie is certainly taking steps III an
attempt to carry out campaign pro-
misses. whether he ever actually &C
complishes a single purpose.
Chances are that he will accomp-
1ish much. Hard work toward an end
never goes entirely unrewarded Mr..
Hoover may never be able 70 direc-
tlv aid business. but BY calling those
meetings to study the situation he
can start n ripple Of optlsm rolling