Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-22

II don't believe in men waiting I
unlli tney are ready to die before !
esing any OF their money for !
neipful purposes"
George Eastman, I
Ell Kodak manufacturer. !
The long skirts are Just fine I
tney give the teacher dignity in !
me classroom, and you won't con- !
tuse her with the pupils"
e. Ruth Pyrtie, I
III educator.
II FROM Columbus. Ohio. today comes
|i Il OF the ghastliest accounts
OF carnage flashed c news
49, wires IN many, many years.
j eeis OF the burning to death Of
prisoners, and the serious injury
otler men trapped like rats
IN o~vercrowded prison.
III Some men went mad and acted
hsanely. Others exhibited their
fsentment against society by cut
ing the fire hose and hurting stones
\ heroic rescuers.
Today with smoke curling over
he ruins of that p~enitentiary. and
ne smell Of burning flesh sickening
ne nostrils Of weary tired men still
work, our prison problems OF
~Eercrowding rise in a terrible form
b challenge the duty of a nation.
MEANWHILE here in Brownsville,
the report OF the grand jury,
~ Just adjourned, and the report
a Brownsville Herald reporter
slhow the prisoners stacked in the
HCameron county jail in a ratio
bmetning like three 10 Of the
maximum capacity for which it was
INSTRUCTED.
And, furthermore, Il Is said this
the case with a fund set aside
II ONE time ago for that very pur-
oSe.
4 Youths and aged persons, some
elieved to be dying. all occupy the
anne cell, with insane persons some
LINES thrown in for a greater over
provided measure
The time to prevent an occurrence
a similar incident TO that at
fEolumbus is now. And the how to
10 IL is too evident 10 insult the
Intelligence of the reader BY setting
lk forth.
And whether such a tragedy should
1 Iver occur here, what about the
Humane issue now2 Is there none?
let's get busy. The engineer OF this
Iolumn is blaming none, just calling
In all.
MhTHERWISE. we have in the Val
lev the high chiefs of the Wes-
IL tern Union Telegraph company.
kfhey slipped into Brownsville and
hid nothing. but special dispatches
/ Iut of Cincinnati declare they are
loing to spread out in the service
Iffered the Valley.
It is said that the chief cause Of
iFlhis Is the future OF the Valley fore
,leen by these big business men.
1Fhe Postal Telegraph company evil
entity thinks the same thing, and
III moving in new offices. which will
con be opened for business.
ia u account Of the expectation Of
Irwin Cobb. noted writer. to visit
south Texas appeared in yester-
. laws Herald. If MIR. Cobb eve
ZONES to Houston every citizen and
Ihamber az commerce in the Valley
hould ioin forces with Captain
\. Ei1 Sterling in getting him down
n lere.
II cobb will probably crack many
Joke about IL all when he goes
Iack east, but some Of the best ad-
Eertising the Ford car ever had
III Eas the horde OF Jokes about It,
Ehich spread over the nation like
ii lid fire.
xrARM DAYS for bathing. with
kM blankets piled up at night. II
Il All a mistake about this win
H. resort business. The Valley Is
Aim A winter and spring resort.
port bill has been reported
N the house. and a vote on i
nv Z now expected Friday, instead
wednesday. II still looks like
|3iilv for the work 70 start.
j nuF river is spreading opt like a
Gigantic adder: another rain is
heinr promised by the weather
#l-urnst. potatoes and tomatoes are
III .e.rsno with beans sprinkled IN be-
Ter. oil Is to be sought near Rey-
49,. Looks like TO us that II signs
|7If good times were any netter We
3ist could not stand g Is al
FOUND on THE WIRES
49, philadelphia orchestra dis
srreed with the director, Leo
stokowski, as 10 Nhe merits OF
and he will abide by their
ppaas IN A curtain speech. he said
-sE~,annine was disturbing and an
shsrstance perhaps from the dark
- Then he sent a questionnalre
III 1000 subscribers and 'OO
.ur&RENcE. italy D. P. Ray
y<rIinr professor OF India who
aNnine around the world. On
pc. he left Lahore. where he IS
ian. of the faculty Of Samay
E me and since then has been
EonesS countries. He expects TO
Inn elsn ~ United States in the fall.
rTw YORK Here is a prize
NJ definition: art IS that
1nnn which the imagination has
}eau.y and which awakes in the
n Ereaeee an emotion of pleasure
n EDseLsse e. that Of the creator Mrs
EmiIal ~er wife Of the president OF
pm sn,stv of independent artists,
Ess awarded 500 for It,