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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-27

REAL BARGAINs-Two 5-aere tracts
on Boca Chica highway: 6.6S acres
near II Jardin community house No
j; Is acres Resaca land near 18th st.
For prices and terms call s. c. Ora
ham a. Co, phone l7s. Brownsville.
Texas.
A REAL BARGAINl-Thirty-three and
one-third acres. Eleven acres bearing
trees. Ten thousand dollars worth OF
improvements. On pavement; lights,
telephone. Two miles from Harlingen.
p. o. Box 657. Harrington. Z2i6
20 ACRES best soil in Valley az I-3
value. Box 1883. San Benito. z223
BAR0AIN-For immediate cash sale,
$50 acres, choice farming land. IL
miles north Mercedes: $50 cleared.
Can be watered. Owner, Fred Il. John
ston. 205 Georgia Ave. Mercedes. Tex
as. Z229
FOR 6ALE-By owner. 8 ia acres
choice citrus land set 70 trees by March
18th with 3 ear care and expenses
paid by good land company at ID its
regular price. Must sell. Address or
call room 40. Hotel Del-Walt. Browns
Vile. Texas. Z233
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

Taking Of medicine has become
such a III ID III Brazil that more
than 500 establishments there are
making proprietary medicines.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

ing these savings with the public. No written
description can do justice TO the extra value and
quality provided in this new car. Visit your Chew
rolet dealer-see this carbide In it-and Judge for
yourself the sensational value it represents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
INVENTORIES
In FULL SWAY
Seasonal Sales Keep Shop
Frequenters Alert
For Buyers

The season OF sales. inventories
and upheavals has hit Brownsville
stores. Winter goods are being
cleared out. last minute items are
being added to spring orders. sup
plies Of staples replenished. and
old stocks thoroughly checked.
Merchants are highly optimistic
over prospects for the new year,
while most of them say that bust
ness during 1929 was as good or
better than preceding years. Con-
illusions as to business are so far
based on estimate. rather than
book figures. as most Of the stores
are just closing Their books for the
past year. while others continue
their fiscal year to the end of Feb
ruary.
Stock-taking Is occupying the
personnel OF most stores. and shop
pers usually find breathless clerks
hurrying about the store with one
eye on the customer and the other
on items Of stock being checked for
inventory.
Managers find opportunity to
deliver lectures on craftsmanship.
Every once in so often the custom
er crashes into a circle Of clerks
in the well-known attitude ( lis
tening to the boss and taking in
every word with breathless inter-
est while he expounds that
Our 90 cent crepe de Cline IS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

MEXICO CITY, Jan. a The
horse that resisted for a longer
time in Mexico the invasion of the
automobile and TO which even to
a brief two years ago. the well-to-
do element Of Mexico City chung
with a persistent tenacity, Succum-
bed completely Sd far as the Mex
lean capital was concerned during
1929 TO the invasion OF the motor
ear A horse drawn vehicle during
1929 was a "a sight on the
streets Of Mexico City than Ii Is
now in the principal American
cities.
The year 1880 opens with auto
motive transportation in Mexico
firmly rooted 10 stay. and while
such statistical figures as are avail
able do not differ greatly from
those Of 1923. the upward trend
OF the automobile business in Mex
leo. which is represented by more
that 80 per cent American makes
is obvious and the automobile be-
gan 10 be employed in Mexico on
a far wider scale than in previous
years. both commercially and for
pleasure purposes.
Trucks Used
Heavy hauling that large wheel
ed wooden carts. horse or mule
drawn. still performed in 1928. is
now almost entirely done by trucks
that originate from the principal
motor-dray markets in the United
States. There are now fewer amin
al drawn vehicles used in Mexico
City. which far Surpasses in num-
Der the percentage OF automobiles
used as compared with the rest of
the country than car be seen on
the New York water front. The
motorcycle has not yet replaced the
horse as 4 diversion on the city's
boulevards. but as a motive means
for four wheeled vehicles the horse
remains only as the mechanical de-
signation Of the strength OF the
motors used.
The year just passed may not
have recorded a notable increase
in the actual number of ears used
in Mexico. but a far greater mile
age was covered b. them il larger
e than eve before. Travel be-
tween Mexico City and such near
by towns and cities as Pachucs.
largest silver mining camp in the
world. an hour and a half to two
hours ride: Pueblo. third city in
the country, necessitating about
three hours at legal speed limit TO
reach, and Cuernavaca, the capt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
HORSE SUCCUMBS COMPLETELY
BEFORE MACHINES ONSLAUGHT

tails sixty miles distant weekend
playground, IS nearly all done By
automobile instead Of by train as
previously. with all three roads
brought 10 a stage or perfection iii
1929 equal 70 most highways in the
United States. All present attrac~
tive scenic beauty, particularly the
Puebla and CuernavaCa highways
wind high over a mountain chain.
chain.
Important Road
The most ~tant road in the
southwestern section OF the coun-
try 10 draw automobile trade 20
open up is former isolation is the
continuation Of the Mexico City
Cuernavaca highway to the port OF
Acapulco OH the Pacific coast, pre-
viously reached by horse and mule
back, with the 1923 familiar pack
trains abolished almost entirely
during the past year. Buses and
trucks furnish the connection link
between Acapulco and reighboring
towns with the interior OF the coun-
try. Regular passenger and freight
schedule between Mexico City and
way points to Acapulco which Is
reached comfortable in two full
day stages. Is conducted daily. hav-
ing been inaugurated during 1929.
In the northern section of the
country the finished highway be-
tween Laredo and Monterrey has
been the main stimulus to auto
MODELLING in Mexico. Luxurious pull
man buses make schedule trips each
day between San Antonio and Mon
terrey. the industrial center OF the
country. with much freight hand
led by trucks and an ever increas-
ing number Of pleasure seeking
tourists making use OF the road.
The journey between Monterrey
and the American border takes
fnfY- hpfrrr
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
Veteran Retires

HOUSTON, Jan. 4-tP-Dr. n.
v. Knox. for % years chief surgeon
Of the Southern Pacific hospital
here, retired On Dec. 81 because OF
advancing age. He IS 10.
Or. Charles G. Green, now assist
ant chief surgeon ucce~dsd DR..
Knox. who has made m pms other
than To decide that he will remain
here TO take advantage or his new
leisure
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
lat greatly reduced prices!

During 1929, more than a million three hundred
thousand persons bought six-cylinder Chevrolets.
This enormous volume has made possible many
savings in the Chevrolet factories-and, In keeping
with its lone-establBhed policy, Chevrolet is shar-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
Body Forwarded To
Kansas for Burial

The body Of G. M. Bunton, about
rs, Kansas City. who died here
Friday. was sent 10 Kansas City
Saturday for burial.
Mr.. BuntCn came here in OCtob-
er to spend the winter. He lived at
9i2 Levee street.
Though III when ne came here.
Mr.. Bunton had regained his health.
apparently, and was sick only a
few days before his death. The
body was taken care Of By w. A.
Darling Mortuary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
SCHOOL HEADS
CITY GUESTS
Teachers of Valley Gather
Here Tuesday For
Fourth Meet

superintendent and principals
Of public schools / the alley will
be guests Of the Brownsville Of
ficials at their fourth me ting OF
the year at Y Tuesday In the
junior college auditoriurS. An at
tendance of IS Is expected.
"A program Of talks on various
subjects pertaining to the work Of
school offic.-ls has been a -anged.
K. A. Poteet. superintendent OF
schools III Mercedes. Is slated for q
talk Oh Child Accounting" Geo.
-. Baer. Donna superintendent, will
talk on c .ra-curricular activities.
while G. w. Gotke, superintendent
Of Evansville schools will address
the principals association on the
characteristics Of a successful prin-
cipal.
Preceding the program a dinner
Is 10 be served ~ ie school cafe
terra. by gi.ls in the domestic
sclence classes. under the direction
of Miss Myrtle jennings. head OF
the department.
This IS the fourth meeting OF the
association G: superintendent and
principals this year. Previous meet
ingS were held IN Edinburg, Har-
l.ngen, and McAllen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

Today, Chevrolet presents the Greatest
Chevrolet in Chevrolet History-a smoother,
faster, better Six-withbeautifu new6odies
by Fisher.
Basically, it is the same sturdy, substantial
Six which won such tremendous popularity
in 1929. But it is a greater car in every way
for there are scores of vital Improvements
which contribute to comfort, performance.
endurance and safety.
An improved six-cylinder valve-in-head
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

motor, with its capacity increased TO 50
horsepower; four Delco-Lovejoy hydraulic
expanding weathcr-proof brakes; a new
dash gasoline gauge; heavier and stronger
rear axle; Fisher non-glare windshield;
larger tires
these are typical of the many improve
ments found throughout the entire design.
But most impressive of all-this smoother,
faster, better Six Is available
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
Theater Organized

TAYLOR, Jan. 4.-(R1-A child
renS' theatre. somewhat similar TO
the Little Theater, has been organ
lied here by Miss Beth Beck. The
movement is rather new 10 the
south.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

southland development Company
o4aS nv G. II. Swallow OF NC.
Allen pioneer real estate dealer q !
ths VALLEY, is developing more tnan
e en acres of choice orchards near
sIeuo and this is the largest de-
xsionnent project in the Pharr-San
Y-ap district. The company nas
i,,st completed erection OF a s2o'OOO
clubhouse for its visitors.
M +, woods Co. Inc. OF McAiien'
g. rar,dly competing the develop
ment of q 2000-acre CITRUS p io
north of San Juan. a peau.i
new clubhouse OF Spanish oeslkm
has lust been completed whicn VII,
be used fo- the entertainment OF
visitors brought to the Valley py the
company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

every bit as good as that ne sells
for $l.49, and he sells oft after
bolt. while we have II left OH our
hands. Now what's the reas0n?"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

When Pussyfoot Johnson recent
" arrived at Calcutta, India to
conduct & prohibition campaign. he
was given an ovation and decor.
ated with flower garlandS
The Washington times., 1930-11-03

machine gun. The Gorio mob,
for the instant forgetting what
hung above them and God,
turned toward their leader,
their spokesman in this tragic
crisis-turned in astonished
curiosity.
"You? You'll phone?" in
credulously yelled Gleason.
"You?"
Under Fire
Monk marched out of the
line. Everyone stood rigid. A
dozen guns were trained on
him by the time he had ira
versed half the room: Gleason
stood with his artillery cover
ing the others. Monk strobe
on. He reached the desk and
picked up the telephone. NOT
another sound broke the thick
stiffness as he called a number.
Every man in the room made
a mental note of it. It was so
quiet that the operators repeat
doomed then the birr of
a bell somewhere on the other
end then a click and a
voice-a woman's-then Monk:
"It's me, honey-Monk-good-
bye, mamma-goodbye, darling
they got me an the rest O.
the boys-all but Goldie-phone
Goldie-tell him to lam-tell
him to stay away from"
"Get that crazy rat!" bel
lowed Gleason.
Four men fell on Monk and
tore the instrument from his
hand. They dragged him back
into the line and threw him
against the wall. He was cuts
and bruises and blood all over
now.
80" hiSsed Gleason, "a dou-
ble-dealin' fink to the last. You
amt got a decent blow-off COM
ing to you. But I'll give youse
all O. youse-time to pray"
"Go to hell" answered Moon
Face. VINO wants 1aVOrS from
you? Shoot!"
"Shut up, you lefthanded bo-
hunk" Snarled Gleason. Down
on your knees an pray-pray
forgiveness for all your dirty,
rotten sins for I don't
want the sin on my head of
KILN youse all without givin'
youse a chance to pray-to call
on high for mercy-yeah, call
on high for mercy youse
sure won't get no more Of it..
here!"
Ito Be COntinued)
ECopVF1Ght le1a by xing Features
GVAGAsoo@ 3AAl
The Washington times., 1930-11-03
Advice to LOvelOrn
BY Beatrice Fairfax

any older than the group you
go with, it's a great mistake
to keep insisting that you're
80 when the rest are five or
six years younger. When q
girl does that, she unconscious
ly conferS upon herself the
ancient and honorable order of
spinisterhood. Forget you're any
older than the others and
let them forget it, too. When
one group Of friends takes you
too much for granted-that is,
agrees you're congeniaL jolly,
good at sports and will con-
tinue to be all those things till
the end Of the chapter-it's,
not a bad idea to try to make
some new friends. I don't
mean to drop your old pals,
but try to add a few new ones
to whom all your attractions
and accomplishments are not
such an old story.
There is a tried and true
recipe for a girl who is perhaps
too deeply rooted in her en-
vironment to go away to an.
other city for visit-haven't
you some sisters, cousins, or
aunts that you could visit
being careful to leave that leg
end Of 80 at home.
The Washington times., 1930-11-03
THE BEAUTY
BOX

Nothing equals the daily bath
as a beauty aid. Freshly
scrubbed skin surface and clean
undies impart a sense of self
respect. No reason these days
why undergarentS and stock
ings should not be changed
daily; they can be laundered In
the wash bowl and worn with
out ironing. The skin is an
eliminating system, throwing
out vaporS: II the vapors ore
not bathed away the skin liquids
are picked up by the fTock,
giving fabrics an unpleasant
odor which dry-cleaningt will
not remove.
To some topnots the marcel
or water wave is not becoming,
giving a too settled, middle
aged look. Certain faces de-
mand the fluffier colf fure
which forms a more bouffant
frame. There is an inclina-
ton toward coiffures that are
less like varnished surfaces ana
more NkO human tut u its
more nAtwTal form
The Washington times., 1930-11-03

of the study opened. Immedi-
ately following, the footsteps
beat upon the gravel walk and
quickly died into silence.
It was another minute or two
before Martha Grood acted. Un-
broken stiffness had again Set
tied down upon the great house.
When she finally moved she did
not go toward the study! With
hurried steps she went in the
direction opposite to the narrow
paSageway. This led to the
quarters of the servants.
Martha Grood opened a door,
The room beyond was empty.
When she opened a second door
and looked into the room she
saw Eta Billing, the maid,
seated in a. rocker, reading. Eta
looked up, but before she could
speak Martha Grood had shut
the door from the outside and
was gone.
The cook hurried through the
kitchen again and to the door of
the study. Twice she knocked
and when there was no answer
she opened the door and gazed
upon the tragedy.
Emory Wells was slumped
across the desk, arms gro
tesquely outStretched. There
was a bullet hole in the side of
his head from which a wide
Swath of blood spread across his
face. The horrible fascination
of the thing drew Martha step
by step closer to the corpse.
There, on the desk, the Sec
ond shock awaited her. Directly
under the lifeless head were
strewn a mass Of precious
stones! They were, Martha real
lied at a glance, the famous
Wells diamond collection. But
the grim, frightful fact was the
blood which had flowed over
and covered them-the life
blood Of Emory Wells -- which
caused their sparkling bright
ness to become a cleaning scar
let!
Martha Grood made no move
to touch the body. For an inter
minable moment she stood
transfixed by the terrible sight.
Suddenly the terrible thing
swept to her senses, and she
stumbled wildly to the door,
Shrieking aloud a call for help!
Two other separate, strange
actions had taken place from
The Washington times., 1930-11-03
Blood and Diamonds = By Arthur Ho

the time Martha heard the shot
until her franzied voice was
uplifted in the cry of warning.
The first took place within
the house. Shortly after the
shot was fired a door on the
upper floor opened and a man
came out. He hastily shut the
door, looked about furtively and
hurried to the stairs. It led
directly into the living room
below. The man was Warren
Slade, the personal attorney Of
Emory Wells.
Slade paced nervously back
and forth before the series Of
French windows which led also
to a veranda on the side OF
the house opposite the study.
He lit a cigarette and stubbed
it out and then quickly nV
another.
The second happening took
place outside the Wells house,
which was set amid huge
grounds on the outskirts of
Great Neck, a fashionable sub
urb of New York.
Three persons were concerned
with this occurrence. Shortly
after the shot was fired a man
made his way to a roadster
parked opposite the Wells
grounds. The man was David
Wells. the estranged son of
Emory. In the car beautiful
young lady was waiting. AS he
took his place behind the wheel
She spoke one sentence. There
was eagerness. hope, pleading
in her voice.
did he agree?" she asked.
mo Grace. and it's worse
than tI-t5t" David replied.
Grace 'Varney sank back
against the cushions of the car.
Her hands came up and covered
her face as she sobbed. He
spoke no word but comforted
her by placing an arm about
her and drawing her close to
him.
AS they sat there a police
officer strolled down the street.
Rarely did anything happen on
the beat of Daniel Myles, but
here seemed to be a couple of
PETERS parked in violation of
the city's ordinance. He stop
ped at the car and peered into
the faces Of David and Grace.
Get movin'," officer Myles
The Washington times., 1930-11-03
CHAPTER I.

The sharp report Of the shot
which killed Emory Wells was
heard by only one person. That
person was Martha Grood, the
cook. She was in the kitchen
completing her late duties when
the early-evening stiffness which
had fallen upon the house was
shattered by that single, start
ling report.
It came, without question,
from the small private study Of
Emory Wells, master of the
house. The study opened upon
a narrow pasageway which led
from kitchen to dining room.
Not more than IS minutes ear
lier David, estranged son of the
master, had been ushered into
the study by Boggs, the butler.
Marth. Grood stood spell
bound for an incalculable space
of time, in reality not more
than 80 seconds, when she
heard the patter Of swift foot
steps upon the open veranda
upon which the French windows
The Washington times., 1930-11-03

A correspondent from New
York requests instructions to
gain weight. He asks: "Are not
we thin ones just as important
as the fat ones?"
I should say you were more
important. You do so much Of
the worlds work. which Is al
ways a pleasant spectacle to a
contemplative and sedentary
nature like mine. I am a lit
tie on the heavy side my self,
and I watch enviously the slen-
der people industriously carry
ing out the reforms'and battling
the battles which continue to
seem to be so necessary.
AS to what to do about the
thtnneSs, it is much like the
question Of low blood pressure
I discussed a few weeks ago.
When high blood pressure be-
came popular, number Of peo-
pie found that they did not
haye a high but a low blood
pressure. When they ask what
to do for it, I quote my old doc
tor friend who used to tell
them: If you have no organic
disease, get down on your knees
and thank God for It,"
The same advice applies to
u n d erweightS. Before doing
anything else about gaining
weight the thin person should
have a complete physical exam
ination to see that there is no
organic disorder pr eve nting
weight gain.
The commoneSt organic dis
ease responsible for underweight
is tuberculosis. Life insurance
statistics show that the death
rate from tuberculosis In under
weights is much higher than
in those Of normal weight.
Rapid loss Of weight also Sug-
seSts diabetes or active goiter.
With the possibility Of these
three dis e a es-tuberculosis,
diabetes and goiter- eliminated,
the thin person can go ahead
and try to gain weight If he
can.
If he can" Is right. So far
as my experience goes, it is
The Washington times., 1930-11-03
What's Wrong With Her?
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

What's Wrong With Her?
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
What's wrong with me? I
am considered good looking,
tall and SLIM, good taste in
clothes, and wear them well.
Have pretty brown hair which
I always keep marcelled, have
nice white hands which I keep
manicured and am as neat IS
possible, and the crowd I go
with woul rather postpone a
party than give it without me.
I am not one of your usual
17-year-olC girls. I am 80 but
still yorng. I travel with a
jolly, but not fast crowd, be-
tween the ages Of ~ and a
and am never considered any
older. than they are. No one
will believe me when I tell
them how old I am. The real
trouble is I can't get a boy
friend. Now what's wrong?
I can do anything at any
time, and am considered a
good sport. I hunt and fish
with my uncle, have been EN-.
ployed for five years, and now
keep house for my mother
and just love it. dance, play
cards, don't smoke because I
don't like it, take q drink
when I feel like it. and neck
sometimes, but not often. 7
am good in outdoor games
like golf and tennis-Still I'm
only popular with the bunch
collectively. When it comes
to paying me individual at.
tention-there isn't any going.
I was engaged twice, before
I vas %, but broke off be-
cause my parents objected
now I'm sorry because all
want is some one to love and
a home of my own.
LONESOME BABS.
In the first place, my dear
Babs, if you don't look or feel
The Washington times., 1930-11-03
When Manners Are Correct
BY Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman.

An Awkward Hour for Wedding
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
/. We were invited to a five
thirty wedding and to the re-
ception at 8 o'clock at a hotel.
What is appropriate for my es-
cort and me to wear? Is 1t
formal?
2. When should we send our
wedding gift?
8. What is the correct way
to answer the invitation, aS it
says, please reSpond2"
BILL AND ALICE.
/. Frankly. I don't know what
you would be expected to wear
under these circumstances.
There is r"thing so terrible to
plan for in the realm of time
as the wedding that is get lor
five-thirty or six or even six
thirty. always advise against
it, as you know from my col
umn. OF course, five-thirty and
six and six.thirty are still day
hours. and In day hours on0
The Washington times., 1930-11-03

should wear daytime clothes.
But a reception at 8 o'clock
calls for evening clothes, Of
course.
The only thing that can be
done is to consult with the
bride and ask her what she ex-
poets her guests to wear, when
she sets this hour for her wed.
ding. One certainly looks queer
wearing evening clothes at five
thirtyl And one certainly feels
queer wearing day clothes at
an eight o'clock reception. The
bride should take these things
into consideration when she
sets this awkward hour for her
wedding.
2. About two weeks before
the date for the wedding.
3. This depends on the kind
OF invitation it is. If it is in
the customary formal manner,
you answer it formally. in the
third person. Write it on the
first page Of doubles sheeted let
ter paper. i