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Mergers Hark Back
To Feudal system

NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-(Pl-The
growing tendency in business to-
ward consolidation with gigantic
corporations has inspired the sug-
geStion that modern business may
be moving toward a feudal system
Of its own.
The movement to gain security
under the protecting arm Of gigan-
tic super-houces has spread among
banks. industries. stores and COM
mercial and professional enterprises
Of all kinds.
Independent units dwindle in
number each year. They find it diff
ficult to meet the competition Of
centrally administered organiza-
tons which can operate on small
profit margins.
Electricians, plumbers, even shoe
repairmen and skilled workers Of
all kinds have come under the same
influence. Instead Of individuals
operating their shops on a personal
basis they have become employees o.
corporate organizations.
The professions Of law. medicine.
dentistry. science and engineering
have not escaped. Thousands az
graduates are finding that they
must hitch their wagons to some
central organization to make a liv-
ing.
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MERCEDES

Miss Owena Stone has returned
from Houston where she spent the
summer with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Carnes are
spending two weeks in Jacksonville
and Houston.
MS Serita Guilbert of San Be-
nito spent several days here during
the past week, a guest Of Miss Bet
tie Houze.
DR.. and Mrs. Lysle Talbot Of Fit.
Worth were guests here Of Miss
Mildred Bridges during the past
week.
Mrs. Perry Perkins. Mrs. Warnock
Mcclellan and children. and Mrs. IT,
w. Moon. who have spent the past
three weeks in the hills above Kerr
vile. have returned TO Mercedes
Mr.. Perkins went up this week ~
accompany them home.
Mrs. j. d. Lauderdale OF Nash
vile is visiting here in the home VI
her son, Henry Lauderdale and
FAMILY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Tolson and
son, Stanley, Mr.. and Mrs. Art Toll
son ana daughter. Effie Jean. Miss
Barbara HoyX Joe Brand and Harry
Tolson, all IF Mercedes, Miss john
son Of TT. Worth. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Thornton and two children,
Turner ard Ann Orrlaw. formed the
personnel Of a party which speE;
several days at Point Isabel during
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. McManus and
little daughter. Joan Of Abilene
are guests here in the home Of Mr..
McManus' parents, Mr.. and Mrs. WI
+. McManus.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Jack Hawkins were
entertained at bridge this week n
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lew
Rocks at Earlingen.
Mrs. Walter Fricke Of Harrington
a former Mercedes resident. was a
guest here this week in the home
Of Mrs. Florence Kalbfleisch.
Mrs. Cecil Robinson and Miss
Emma Reisterer have returned from
a two weeks vacation in the noun
tains around Kerrville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Franz and
daughter. Siyerna and o Paul
have recently moved TO Mercedes
from Joplin. Mo, to make Their
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Alter Of Ri1
Grande City were guests here dur
ing the past week in the home ci
Mr.. Ater's mother, Mrs. g. w
Elliff.
Doyle Perkins has returned from
Lasara where he visited IN TIM
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Shelves
He was accompanied home by Mrs
Shelves and son Ebert Baker.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
BUILDING LIST
TOTAL $4,000
$4,000 Home Heads Sur
vey OF Activities In
McAllen
Especial to The Heraldl


McAALLEN. Aug. ia survey
just completed shows that residen-
ces aggregating approximately $6O.-
600 are now under o~nstrution In M
Allen.
Heading the Its is the new $4,000
home being erected for Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Edelstein on North Fifteenth
street at blackberry aevnu by M.
r. Nelson. local contractor. A. H.
Woolridge is the architect. Spanish
style architecture Is employed. ana
the home will he two stores In
height and Of brick evneer construc-
ton.
K. ID. Mathis has the contract for
the construction OF the new $4,000
home for Mr.. and Mrs. L. f.. Weber
on North Fifteenth street at Ebony
avnue. This Is to he a one-story
home az brick veneer construction.
Work has lust begun on the mouse.
w. r. Crawford has contracts LOT
construction of four new homes mere
for n. w. Deans. two for Scott Ford
and one for Charles Moore. Inc re-
suectiev costs will be $500, So'oOo'
$1,000 and $500.
The e Fred WEIGH home on
the international highway south "a
the CITY. IS rapidly nearing coinpiS-
ton. This residence Is OF Engils'i
tvpe construction. and a very az
tTactiey face brick Is being used on
the exterior.
Local builders attribute the nres.
emf building activity to exceileh.
retl,rns from cotton crops, Wnic
are about half harvested.
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POSTALPLANS
FAST SERVICE
Small Packets Plan To Be
Instituted By InteFra-
tioaal Union

LONDON. Aug. 13.-tP-Buslness
houses doing an international man
order trade will profit from the Gre
aticn Of q new service by the inter-
national postal union, the nlntn
congress of which has just enoeu
here.
the international organization,
created s. years ago. has in5tltuteu
a new small packets service, winch
4 in effect a service Of srlau par
co.'s carried with the speed 81 lel-
terS II Il designed TO provide LOT
the carriage of merchandise. sent
either by traders or by private per-
sons IN 10 the weight Of two pounds
AZ a rate OF postage appreciaDiy
lower than that of the letter post.
These packets. whether the con-
tents are liable to customs DUTY or
not. will be marked with a simple
distinctive label indicating the con-
tents. The establishment Of inc
system will be optional In each
country. but there Is every reason
To believe that Il Will be widely
adopted. It will be introduced IL
Enqland when the London conven-
ton comes into force next year.
AT present the only methods a.
sending merchandise are by the
relatively slow parcel post or by
the letter post ~ fun rates. It Is
expected. therefore, that the new
service will meet a real need not
only in the case Of traders. but of
individuals. The rate viii be fixed
at a point intermediate between
those NJ the letter and sample posts
three cents for two ounces mi
with a minimum postage az IL
cents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
TESTS DOWN In
TWO COUNTIES
Shallow Production Field
Also Rumored I'm North
Starr County
Especial 70 The Heraldl

McALLEN. Aug. 13.-Reports re-
ceived in McAllen today indicate
much activity in well drilling foi
oil tests in northern Hidalgo and
southern Brooks counties.
While rumors from the sections
just south OF the Charco-R edondo
field Of shallow producing wells in
northern Starr county indicate the
possibility OF another shallow pro-
duction field there. II is said that
the Hidalgo and Brooks county
prospects haev an equal chance OF
becoming fulfilled.
Activity in the two latter coun-
ties apparently is centered about the
Jones ras well. which blew In In
April. 1926. about five miles north
If the Hidalgo-Brooks county line.
Milan Drilling company, whose
program calls for the drilling OF
eight l5O0-foot tests and three 5000
foot test wells. Is now at work on
its fourth hole. The company"s
lease includes approximately $4,000
acres and adjoins the Texas COM
nany's 18.GO0-acre tract. Portions OF
the lease are situated in both coun-
les. while the Gene Of drilling at
the present time is almost on the
county line.
Houston Oil Company OF Texas
is now drilling deeper after having
passed the 2700-foot mark. accord
ing To reports. This hole Is located
IL miles west Of Falfurrias. county
seat Of Brooks county. and is IS
miles north Of the Jones gaSser.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
FASCIST DEPUTY
GROUP MODEL
Writer Finds Italian House
strangest And Best
Behaved

DOME Aug. l3.-tRl-OI lhe
,nreo lover houses of parliament
nat this writer has been prlVlleseu
- cover in the course of i years
newspape work, the present ltallan
chamber OF deputies. the al-iaScts1
..c~ornorative chamber IS oth tiie
s-tranpest and the best behaved.
strangest because there are nc
NO. gronps or parties. strictly
sneaking. although every member !
snpposed to represent some corpor-
alive or guild interest. Strangest
zoo because it holds only night ses-
sions. and Is patient during thein'
Strancest OF all, finally. because u
IS so thoroughly under the oomln-
alton of one personalty-Deputy
Renito Mussolini. There ; no neck
ling d batting ne premier IN the
naIace of Montecittorio, where the
chamber sits.
II IS a we'll behaved body. 1t may
be presumed. largely because II was
hand picked. The fascist grand
council. in making up its nation
wide list OF 90 candidates. so trl-
umphantly elected on March "a, ev-
i6entIy took extreme care 10 exclude
trouble makers. There Is not in
the entire house a mischief provok-
er Of the stamp OF Leon Daudet,
French royalist deputy from 1919 tt
1924. nor is there one with anything
approaching he acknowledgements
Of a captain turbulent gentleman
from Texas who formerly sat in the
house of representatives.
This agglomeration Of good
boys" then. makes the task OF
President Giruiati extremely simple
Not once durir the most recent
session did he have to ring his bell
put on his s%tovepipe hat and sus-
pend the sitting, as the writer has
seen any number of French pre-
siding officers oblired to do. and
catcalls C'cries or animals" as the
Partisan parliamentary reporters SC
euphemistically put it,. epithets ano
often f~isticuffs. He has not even
had to utter the Italian equivalent
Of The house will be in order!''
which Frederick Gillett of Massa-
chusetts used to enunciate with such
Puritan rigor in the days when hc
was speaker of the house.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
Chain Stores Show
Increased Profits

CHICAGO. Aug. l3.- OPl An
analysis Of the investment POSSIBLE
ties CT chain stores, prepared by F.
A. Brewer and company, reveals
that almost every branch of retail
trade Is represented BY systems OF
chain stores.
Chains selling groceries lead by
a wide margin in the number 81
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13.-jP.
An aerial robot. designed to make
airplanes fool proof. has been in
vented by Lieut.. A. Willett. air corps
officer. assisted by Col. G.. Brandt.
commanding officers of Crissy field
here.
The device. its inventor says, will
prevent steep nose dives. tail spins
and other violent maneuvers. 1t
may be placed in a plane in such a
way as to- make it impossible for a
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their former home near Houston.
Delbers Moran of Sebastian was
a visitor here Wednesday.
j. r. Sprouse and son. Arthur,
motored to George West, where
they will visit relatives for a few
days.
Z. p. Fitzgerald Of Raymondville
vas a business visitor here Friday.
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number of Los FrenoS people join
ing in the picnic for the day. Those
making the trip were Misses jose
phine and Margaret Kretz. Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Kretz. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dale Stevens Of San Benito. Miss
Ruby Peterson of Lourelis and Ed
ward Kretz.
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pilot to execute maneuvers which
might endanger the lives of passen-
gers. II also will aid a pilot in
keeping his plane on an even keel
In rough weather. Willet claims.
Willett will offer no explanation
Of the mechanical features of the
robot, as he has not yet obtained
patents. Colonel Brandt has OBJ
tanned the cooperation of the air
corps engineering section in expert
menting with the device.
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have been guests Of Mrs. Butler
dicks sister. Mrs. James Downey,
have returned to their home in st.
Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Hinkley and
children left by automobile Mon
day for Houston and other Texas
points.
A. d. Greer OF Fort Worth is Wis
iting with his brother and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Greer.
Bruce Day is spending a short
vacation in Kerrville.
Mrs. S. E. Barr. j. T. Casey and
Lorraine Countz returned Sunday
morning from College Station,
where they attended the twentieth
annual short course.
MIR. and Mrs. Edd Withenell left
Monday for their former home at
Edgley. North Dakota. where they
will visit. They viii return by the
way of oregon where a daughter
resides.
MI. and Mrs. w. r. MaComb had
as their guests on Sunday evening
MFR. and Mrs. c. A. Stanford and
family. Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Pat
terson and son. Wayne. and Mr..
and Mrs. Grover c. Page and
daughter. Verdelle.
Mrs. o. u. Jennings and daugh-
tiers. Hall Palmer. and Mrs. w. B.
Palmer returned Monday from st.
Louis where they have been visit
ing.
p. G. Peterson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Oren Peterson and daughters. Ruby
Jean and 10 Ann. spent Sunday af-
ternoon in Point Isabel.
Miss Ruth DeBusk and father. c..
II. DeBusk. and brother. Elmer. re-
turned Wednesday morning from
Newton. Kansas. where they spent
the past three weeks visiting with
Mr.. DeBusk's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Moreland
and twin DAUGHTERS were called to
Oklahoma Friday after being adj
vised BY telegraph of the serious
illness OF Mr.. Moreland's father.
DR.. j. E. Butler of Dallas is visit
ing at the home Of his s:n, J. z.
Butler. Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs N. G. Chatelle have
as their guests Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
ord Micey Of San Antonio and Mr..
and Mrs. j.. r. Spencer IF S'monton.
Texas. Mr.. and Mrs. Chatelle and
their guests and Mr. and Mrs. r. E.
Ogden Of San Benito spent Tues
day nisht at the Yacht CLUB IN
Point Isabel.
PERSONALS
Mr.. and Mrs. Zen Eckelkamp have
arrived here from Electra 70 make
their future home. They will occupy
the place recently purchased from
J. l.. Briscoe, while Mr.. Briscoe and
family have gone to Electra 10 re-
side in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. McCullers
have gone to Rush Springs. Okla
bona. for an extended visit to rela-
tives and friends. and state they
mav locate there permanently.
F. G. McDuffee of whitman was
a business and social visitor In La
sara. his former home. one day OF
Ibis week. -,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Spurger LETT
they will visit relatives p olo
friends.
]. G.. McMulline. prominent busi-
ness man Of Orange. Texas, is here
for a brief visit to his wife's par
onts. Mr.. and Mrs. p. w. Johnson.
The Johnson's will accompany MT.
McMull,n home for a visit TO their
DAUGHTER and family. after which
the whole party viii tour Florida.
returning by wav OF New Orleans TO
attend the wedding Of a near reia-
tive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

MISS Jewel Moses Was honored
with a swimming party at Lake
Olmito Monday evening. the occa-
sion being her birthday anniversary.
After the swim a picnic refresh
ment course was served to Misses
Emma Moses. Eula Brooks. Aline
Coates. Annetta Schneider ard Neil
Karstetter. Louie Moses. Frank
Gibson. Theodore Barr. Clarence
Schneider. Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley
MosesJr.. and the honoree.
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separate stores. The largest COM
pany has 1900 stores. and some
Of the other grocery concerns have
branches ranging in number from
1896 TO several hundred.
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BRIDGE

Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. BoWles enter
tanned members OF the Neighbour
hood Bridge club and their guests at
their home on Saturday evening. At
the close of the games Mrs. Ruff
held high score while Charles Co
bar held the low score.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
SWIM " PICNIC

Interesting among the events ar
ranged in honor Of Alice. Maxine,
and Jack White OF Minneapolis was
a swimming party at Lake Olmito
on Wednesday evening. After a dip
in the lake the young people en-
joyed a delicious picnic lunch.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
PERSONALS

Miss Gladys Watkins has return
ed to her home in Los Fresnos af-
ter spending an extended vacation
in Rec Heights. South Dakota.
where she attended the wedding OF
her sister. Irma. or july Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elvin Peterson and
daughter. Doris Marie. and son. FL
vim Fancy. have gone to Oklahoma
TO visit with Mrs. Pederson's father,
N. NJ. Trimble.
Mrs. r. II. Cilley has as her guest
Mrs. p. j. White and daughter. Alice
and Maxine. and son. Jack of Min
nesota.
Miss Gwendolvn Zumwalt. Philip
Brady Of San Benito. Miss Mar
guerite Lupton and Glare Chase
spent SUNDAY in Point Isabel.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Jordan ar
rived Saturday night from Dover.
Ark. where they have been visit
ing with Mr. Jordan's parents. and
Mrs. Jordan's sister. Mrs. KAY Ma
Comb. They we're accompanied on
the return trip by Melvin Jordan.
WIN is a brother Of Mr.. Jordan.
Mrs. George L. Coates and daueh-
ter. Bohbve Jene. were callers ar the
II. S. Petigo home on Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. S. S~appenfield
have gone To Corpus Christi where
thew will spend a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Dav Of East
land are visiting with Mrs. Days
sister. Mrs. J. y. Butle-. .Jr.
Miss Nav Fvelvn Whit was a
@irner guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. t.
Gallant in Son BenitN Surdav.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". z. Builadiick who
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SERVICE CLUB

An outdoor meeting Of the Wo-
mans Service club was held at Lake
Olmito on Thursday afternoon. The
time was spent in swimming. after
which a delicious picnic lunch was
enjoyed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
LOS FRESNOS

A group Of Los Fresnos residents
enjoyed a picnic supper and surf
bathing at Boca Chica beach on
Sd&nday evening. Included among
the guests were Mr.. and Mrs. w. C.
Oliver. Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Greer,
Miss Geneva Palmer. A. D. Greer.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Nolan Taylor and
children.
Mrs. Joseph Kretz entertained
members OF the Catholic Ladies Pro-
motion Society at her home on Fri
day afternoon. A lengthy business
session was held in which plans
were completed for a bake sale on
Saturday following the meeting.
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FISHING PARTY

A group Of Los Fresnos men mo-
tored to Point Isabel Saturday
where they enjoyed fishing in the
bak They are DR.. J. z. Butler. Chas.
ERglar. Pat Butler. Jesse Dick. Ike
Butler. Ernest Barr and Clarence
Schneider.
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HONORS VISITORS

Miss Emily Jane Gobar was hos
tess at a delightful affair at the
home Of her parents on Tuesday
evening when she entertained in
honor OF Misses Alice and Maxine
White and Jack White of Minneap-
oils.
The game Of five hundred gave
diversion throughout the entire
evening. George Ogden was award
ed first prize and Miss Dallas Crit
chell received the consolation gift.
Refreshments were served to Misses
Julia Bowles, Dallas Critchett, Helen
Tandy and Howard and Floyd
Smith. II. J. Tandy. George Ogden
Of San Benito. Bernard Gobar and
the three honor guests.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13

NEVER wait to see il a headache
~ will wear off, Why suffer
when there's Bayer Aspirin? The
millions of men and women who
use it in increasing quantities every
year prove that it does relieve such
pain. The medical profession pro-
nounces it without effect on the
heart, so use it as often as it can
spare you any pain. Every druggist
always has genuine Bsyer Aspiril
for the prompt relief of a headache,
colds, neuralgia, lumbago. etc. "a
niliarize yourself with the proven
directions in every package
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MISS KRETZ E

MISS Dwight Day OF San BenEo
entertained a group Of her friends
on Sunday evening with a picnic
supper and swimming party at Rio
Hondo. Included among the guests
was Miss Josephine Kretz Of Los
FreSnos.
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BIRTHDAY II

Miss Dallas Critchett was compli-
mented on FRIDAY evening at the
home Of Miss Julia Bowles with a
five hundred party. the occasion be-
ing Miss Critchett's seventeenth
birthday anniversary.
At the close Of the games the prize
for high score was awarded to II.
j. Tandy. while Miss Maxine White
received the BOBBY prize. Delicious
punch and cake were served at the
close of the evening to Misses En-
iIv Jane Gobar. Alice and Maxine
White. Helen Tandy. Mary Court
ney and Howard and Flovd Smith.
Fl. ]. Tandy. Bernard Gobar and
Aha h0r0roa
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VISIT IN ROMA

An enjoyable trip for the week
end was made to Roma Sunday. {
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