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Minister, 20, Faces
Trial For Murder

MOUNT VERNON. May 1o=R-
The Rev. J. T. Smith. 10. Baptist
minitser OF the Rock Springs &C :.
munity. faced examining trial to-
day on murder charges In the
Staying OF w. g. Lannon's. 81.
Lannon's. his feliow-member on
the Rock Springs school districts
board Of trustees. died after being
struck on the head by q shotgun.
allegedly welded by Smith. Lam
mons neck was broken.
The elderly minister has been
married five times and was the
father Of "a children. He claimed
he learned snat neIghbors had been
talking about him In uncompli-
mentary terms.
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Do o DARE?

IT'S not an everyday occurrence.
acute indigestion. But when II
strikes In your home, watch out.
Be sensible and be ready for
this emergency rather than be
sorry afterward. Six BelI-ans.
Hot water. Sure Relief! Get
BelI-ans today and be on the
safe side. Ask your druggist for
the Csc. or 75c. size TODAY.
B !! A ::
FOR INDIGESTION - .. see Ssss
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COUNTY

NOUN11
American company TO Percie
Triplitt $500. o West 10 Of farm
tract $50. kest tract.
L. L. Hull. ct : 70 Scott Ford
$1,000 lot 6, block c. Cathay Courts
extension.
Mrs. Maria Schw4b. ct vir to J.
G. Cawiezel $1,000 S IL lot 7, block
40. Alamo Tract.
r.. j. Bentley to I. w. Doster,
$1,000 lot 5 block 20. McAllen.
r. c. Rhodes, ct al to Amelia e.
Garcia s653.O0 26.i4 acres out Of
Llano Grande grant.
Thomas 3. Sammonx. et TX to
Grace "A. May $1,000, lot Y, block
2ls, city Of Mission.
c. w. Ward. ct TX to L. II. Daw-
son $1,000 800 acres out O.. o. New
mans Subd.
Z. N. Rountree. ct ux to Leigh
w. Shaffer $1,000, lots Is, II, Is
and 10, blork 80. San Juan.
j. T. Blakely to T.. A. Blackburn,
et al 100000 s. 10 nc. lot 8, Sec.
$50, Tex. Mex.
American Company TO >. A. ana
A. Pass Ry. $1,000 part farm tract
2I88 north Capisalio.
F. G. Plat TO J. Fl Stewart $685.
so S. 7.98 &C. lot 80. M. Woods tract
No. 4.
Pablo Proneda TO Samuel Z.
Galvan $1,000. lot is. block 4, South
McAllen.
Thomas Faraklas 10 q. r. Wheel
berger. s1500.o0 lot 5, j. Fl. Beatty
Subd.
Delta Orchards 90. to Frank J..
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SEAWEED CAUSE
STILL UNKNOWN

we are unable to assign a def
mite cause for the excessive amount
Of seaweed on the Boca Chica
beaches" reports the photographic
office, Washington. d. O.. in a
letter to the local chamber Of
commerce Monday
There are some years when
the seaweed in the Caribbean sea
and the Gulf Of Mexico Is not
torn from It's bed in normal guam
titles due 20 light seas and few
storms" the letter states. while
the meteorological conditions which
have obtained recently are not re-
corded in the photographic Of
flee. but in tie U. s. Weather bu-
reau. 1t is thought probable that
the numerous 'northers' which have
been reported as prevailing in the
Gulf OF Mexico have torn loose a
considerable quantity OF seaweed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-20
LOCAL WOMAN
c OFC. HOSTESS
Mrs. Ralph A. Warden Has
Been Named Tourist
Entertainer

Starting Monday, May 10, the
Brownsville Chamber Of Commerce
viii be the only such body in south
Texas with a year-round tourist
hostess, 1t was announced today.
Mrs. Ralph A Warden. sos Levee
street, has been assigned to the
post OF hostess Of the club at the
chamber Of commerce building, and
took over her duties Monday.
Mrs. Warden said Monday that
her policy wall be one Of treating
ell visitors with true southern
hospitality, and to make them re-
member Brownsville as a friendly,
home-like town.
We Ire building a city. and a
city Is composed Of people" she
said. we are going TO try to make
people like Brownsville so well
that they viii want TO live here"
Mrs. Warden moved here in 1919,
and has lived here Stree that date.
Her first visit here she said, was
In 1910. Her brother. Homer L.
FITCH, has heen a resident of the
city for many years.
she has had experience IN what
she calls Hospitality work" for
many years. having been in the
hotel business in Philadelphia,
Minnesota. and Montana.
7 believe. too, that hospitality
should begin at home, right here
In the Valley" she explained. I'VE
ought TO cre1te a better feeling be-
tween the Talley towns. and our
tourist club viii &C all it can TO
cid in this"
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
FURNISHED by Valley Abstract Coz
Cameron County
Clifford A. Macy ct ux to Valley
Baking Co.; block %. Survey ~.
Petersburg Syndicate Sub. $1,000.
II. j. and Mrs. II. j. O'Connel to
w. z. Jones: lots IL and II block
2, Marriott Addn. Harlingen $1,000.
w. z. and Mrs. w. Z. Jones to
II. j. O'Connell; 1888 acres: 0.i0
acres: 0.34 acres j =. Hathaway
800 acres tract League rs, Cam. Co.
School Lands $3.70C.c0
Arroyo Gardens Lev. Co. to Fred
A. Bird ct ux.: bloss n. cont. 14.09
acres, Sh. ? z. &. ct. Arroyo
Gardens Unit I, $4.285.15.
Arroyo Gardens Dew. co. to Alvin
J. Mengs ct ux.: block 81, Arroyo
Gardens Unit /. s4422.00 [.
Mrs. Nellie L. johnson to 3. Fl.
Dunlap; blocks IL. II. and south
8 acres block IS. Byrnes Sub. La
Feria Grant $1,000.
Edwards Fl. and Winnie II. Smith
TO p. S. Grartham; lot 7 block is,
Rio Hondo Park townsite s350.00.
James ick-Farm Mtge. Co. to
Jacob Meuli ct Tx: South 20 acres
farm block g.. share 60 Z. 8. CT. FL
Jardin Sub. $500 90.
Sara B. Fernandez to James
Guerra; front half OF lot II block
q, West Harrington s215.92.
Lamar L. Barwick, Jr. to Port
Isabel Co: lot 12-A block as. lot
IL block "a. Point Isabel $1,000.
Jose Besteiro TO Antonio Cis-
neros; lot 6 and north half lot 5
block Is. Brownsville $4,000.
Arthur w. Griffin TO Joseph j.
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Associated Press Photo

and drifted 1t to a position on the
beaches mentioned.
The photographic office explain
ed II knew 10 way 70 expeditiously
remove the weed f:oLI the beaches,
but advised drying and burning as
the only sure me- I'd
A letter was also received from
Armour and company in Fort Worth
which said that poatsh obtained
from burning seaweed was APP
proximately 20 per cent, and too
low 70 be Of any commercial value
to them. Swift and company re-
Gently wrote requesting two pounds
Of the ash for analysis.
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Water Study Fund
Is Made Available
Especial "a The Herald

t5peclaI 70 The Herald.)
SAN BENrTO. May 20.-CR-W
!. Anderson. San Benito engineer
and member OF the international
Water commission, returned this
morning from Washington, D. c.,
where he was called last week for
special conference on water dis
tribution.
He reports that congress has made
available the remaining SIC 900 Of
the original $4,000 appropriation
for work Of the commission, until
June 30, 1891.
Other members Of the commits
sion are General Lansing II. Beach
and DR.. Elwood Mead.
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BAD PICKER

JUDGE: You stole eggs from
this mans shop. Have you any
excuse?
ACCUSED: Yes, I took them by
mistake.
JUDGE: How Is that?
ACCUSED: I thought they were
fresh.-Lustige Blaetter, Berlin.
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Chss. II. Chase. Jr. ct TX $6750.00
.. 0 &C OF w. 1914 &C. lot A. Curry
No. 4.
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HE: You are the breath OF my
life.
SHE: Let's see you hold your
breath.-Answers.
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Cameron Courts

Ciz: north 5 acres lot Is. block 2,
Citrus Gardens Sub. Sr. 43, $1,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-01

N/OU must have noticed that I've
become a tar soap and yeast
enthusiast. but I've been do
ing 50 many marvellous things with
these two preparations that / simply
can't resist concentrating on their
many beauty uses.
For example. not long ago we dis
cussed the possibilities OF tar soap
for clearing the skin az blemishcs
and still more recently we expOunded
upon the benefits On compressed
yeast for this purpose. Further than
that I've been experimenting with a
combination of the two preparations
on the principle that IL one Is good
and the other is too. that we could
get along much faster BY working
out n treatment which permits us TO
take advantage OF both az the same
time. since the action In each prcpa-
ration Is different.
BY following the plan outlined be-
lcs. ! helped a friend clear ND a
pifnply condition on her back in a
week. after she had tried almost
everything everyone else told her
about.
What we did "a this. We scrubbed
the back with tar soap and a flesh
brush for two or three minutes. then
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Blemished Skin No Longer a Beauty Bug-a-Boo

best preparation for finishing of the
soap and yeast treatment for blem-
ishes on the skin.
Although ! stressed its use here
for clearing the back OF pimpies. il
Il equally effective for any part of
the body so disfigured and can be
used with the knowledge that only
benefit will result.
BY the end ~ a week every trace
or blemish had disappeared from my
friends back except a few red marks
left BY some or the larger blemishes
and we bleached those out with
peroxide.
it seems almost incredible that
such marvellous results We're gained
III so short a time. Even ! was sur
prised. but when one considers the
cleansing and antiseptic value OF tar
soap. the drawing and deep-pore
cleansing action OF yeast and the
healing and drying qualities OF the
bismuth powder such results really
We're 20 be expected
incidentally. although the general
treatment should be taken only once
each day, the bismuth powder may
be sprinkied over the skin several
times. This Is especially good to do
during this hot weather when per-
SEPARATION flows freely and 20 keeps
any blemiahes moist wheFf they
should be kept dry after remedial
treatments have been given.
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The Stars Say
For Tuesday, September 2
u cE<EyIEvE

NONFLICTING planetary influ-
ences prevail on this day. al
though the final issues de-
voive on personal stamina. resolu-
ton and s~elf-restraint. There is
promise OF advancement and recog-
milton in employment. good assist
ance for new undertakings. but also
here are tenacious obstacles and a
dangerous personal tendency toward
undue aggrts Siveness. impetuosity,
turbulence and Quarrels. Also a men
ace or fraud or treachery Is shown
A. connection with carelessly han
Med papers or writings. But the
\ hind will be keen. alert and shrewd.
- Those whose birthday 1t is may
have Il year in which the outcome
may lie largely determined by the
personal behavior ana ~self-control.
While advancement in employment
and assistance ia new projects are
roreseen. yet there may be stubborn
obstacles TO overcome. and the ten
dency 10 rash and tempestuous con-
duet subdued. Fraud. ~treachery. it,
igaticn and disputes may call for
ludicious handling.
A child born on this day may be
aggressive. ambitious. fiery and tenn
p~cst.ous. but efficient. enterprising
and Industrious. To succeed il
should have amiabiIity and self->on-
tUl lnsuued in early life.
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are. What q fine thing II wOule ~
I'D have "a violet a. bic ~ "a sum
flower
Would it, said the violet. getting
interested. And az YOU really thinks
lid grow that biz III 1 got more sun
llght2' The shadows nodded. Just
try it."
Although sim a bit doubtful. " de-
cided tO try III. NJ can ~ lust Nv
modest even though I arm az blg wv
a s~unfiower." it said. at which the
shadows all nodded again. Here tla
violet lifted up IT, head and tried 10
ret no the sunlight that was slant
ing down through the branches of
the tree. There wasn't very much
WI ID. and the blades w ETass. not be-
ing 30 modest. were taking most We
IN. However. the shadows pushed
them Gus or the way This was by
no Y easy They didn't want to
be pushed away and kept returning
70 their place Finally. Knarf had
the idea of rolling pebbles up against
their roots and this succeeded w
making them stay where they were
put.
An. it's nice to be ia the sun
light" the violet exclaimed when the
AN@AAA% WAY A@AA~ AEAA 4gWA 0A AEN GMH
last, bathing her In golden warmth.
I'm going 70 stay here for a long.
long time"
AT this moment there was the
sound of footsteps and mother and
the real-chiidren appeared.
"Oh mother. that violet isn't very
modest, I'M ltg" demanded Vans wv.
Gle mistress NAY.
"H-m.' said mother. Elnnrinr
with surprise at the little flower
standing al NY itself in the center
MO the patch of sunlight. "th1t's the
first time live ever seen = violet like
that" When the violet heard this IL
grew frightened ana tried 70 shrink
hack. Alas. the grass was too far
away low. Then en- little hand came
down and pluckcd X.
Yes. it would have been mich
better off III liz had remained "a modest
little violet" Hand said later 90 tho
other shadows. after X was carried
off in Flor's masters buttOnh0ls.
"-Or if In had only grown aH hll
a sunflower." added Yam. who
couldn't help thinking that sun
flowers were never carried orr in
hutt0nhclea.
1852. ~ Newspaper Fsatars Service. Inc.
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a Double EXPENSE

Changing built-in furniture is an
expense. And a double expense. IN.
after making a change. there's Il
feeling hal perhaps after all. ID was
perfect in its original placing. IL is.
therefore. the better part OF econ
only to live with large pieces for a
few weeks before they arc built in.
Tables OF large size that look well
on a drawing may not fit into com.
fort in the actual form. Symmetry
or design doesn't necessarily guar
antee convenience of use. And it's
a good plan TO encourage changing
furniture about as one feels the
need. until II eventually arrives IN
the spot and he arrangement that
gives maximum comfort.
Even built-in closets NAV have
some preliminary try-out. That TT
tie odd corner In the hall NAV look
as though IL needed a closet. but
before going to the expense Of hav-
ing one built in. a try-out with a
couple OF shelves or hooks. etc. will
disclose whether IL is. after all. worth
worth the expense. Is il near
enough TO the point OF use? VIII Il
be used naturally as a clothes closet.
considering its distance from bed
rooms and outdoors? Or would it
be a better place for storage OF I'M
Issued clothes?
Sometimes a test In arranging
furniture in advance will disclose
the natural groupings and sug-
gest right additional pieces. The
table IN a certain spot will indicate
what kind Of a chair belongs nearby
or what additional low tables are
needed in other parts Of the room.
Theatrical designers make small
models in advance Of a stage set
ting. though II may be used for only
a brief period. Surely The furniture
for a permanent home deserves as
much In the way Of preliminary care
and caution.
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Helpful Advice to Girls
BY NANCY LEE


nEAR NANCY LEE:
~ i am "a very young girl. fIf-
teen years old; mother lets me 40
to shows and parties with young
friends whom she knows and ap-
proves OF.
The young friends / know seem
to be the "necking' type. and l
don't believe in ID.
/ met az elderly fellow. "a while
ago. who was very gentlemanly
acting.
Mother and /. who did not know
whether ! should 20 Nith a per-
son Al least SIX years older than
myself. thought that wa would ask
your opinion Of this.
! don't want you 70 think that
/ am a foolish young girl" who
thinks she IL In love.
- YOUNG INQUIRER"
A YOUNG INQUIRER: AT your
age. my dear little friend. you
should not think Of going ont with
any mar or men. Your letter de-
notes intelligence and Y ~ " your
mentality ! arm appealing when
ask you 10 think about things in "a
dispasSionate way. and ! think that
you viii agree with me. that YOU
are still "A child. and. ~ such. should
be enjoying healthy companionships
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has had her longed-for party undis-
turbed yOu Can risk an encounter
with him"
n must have IT," NoeTs breath
guickened. 1T Is unthinkable that
/ should % 0n this way. And II he
gUads me too far he viii have only
himself 10 blame III -
His voice trailed away into silence.
but ] noticed that his hands were
clenched and his eyes held the smOld.
cring wrath Cf a gentle soul reused
hv gross injustice ] surmised that
his hreat meant no physical vio-
lnuca toward his father. but rather
tho determination 10 use the weapon
which the great producer himself
had pur into his hand-the cruel.
threatening letter. with its inbound
60 accusations against Mary which
Philip Neritzen would not have reach
the public fer any money.
] did not repeat the question about
luncheon. He undoubtedly would
say that he wished none. i slipped.
away. leaving him staring into
space. and knocking lightly on
Mary door took her away without
his noticing our departure. Once IN
the dining room / selected from the
luncheon dishes the ones which i
knew Noel liked and ordered the
meal sent up 10 him.
Harry Underwood came into the
dining room before we were finished.
Have you seen anything or Lip"
nv asked. "Or are she and her friend
still engaged in searching for eve
ming frocks for their da~uEhters?"
Didn't they come back 70 Mrs.
BrixtUn's apartment before the rid
ing party r~eturned?' / asked,
amazed.
Nary q come back" he answered.
reaching for the menu card. But
Mrs. Erixtor's maid ~ a dour look
ing person. capable. I fancy, Of chap
eroning house parties far more So
phisticated and unruly than those
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i should be sorry 20 miss him
and lose my faith in prophecy.
And as for little Bright Eyes, the
Indian Maiden. isn't u just too cute
the way she knows all about stocks
and bonds and speculations and mar
kets and Observation-Disclosures 10 YOU
suppose she learned it7
In her fathers wiEwam2 In the
wild west where the sun sinks INTO
the prairie. and all the gophers and
prairie dogs rise ut the first streak
Of dawn and make their simple de-
votions without aid. comfort. or sup
Fort from any mere human being2
And there's the Belle Bayah. She
that was the Sultan's fav0rite u half
p century ago. and had emeralds a.
big az q hens egg. and diamonds
like the headlights or a new motor
car She died by way or the bow
string. poor chiid-and when she met
the Sultan IN the World Of the Shades
ne was sorry about the bowstring-
but n smiled and told him never
mind.
Now how did Belle Bayah learn so
much about American politics? she
told us just who was goine ~ IVY
elected Governor-of course. some
malignant star might interfere al
the last minute and iR that case
but putting the Star aside she knew
all about the next election and OH.
what a lot she knew about who stole
the Will IN Fort Wayne. Indiana.
when I'm Indiana asked her
about it,
And just think she never knew
1irre was such u place As Indiana.
And a. for Fort Wayne! When the
bowstring got in It's fatal work she
would have thought you were say
Ing the name or some nev divinity.
as n charm-if she had heard YOU
murmur those WI syllables so sweet
to Hoosier ears.
But now-it really must Be very
broadening. that little step that
bridges the two worlds.
It's all ! can do 70 understand the
difference between a stock and a
b0nd-and MS for dividends and
''melons'-thev are 20 my dull ears
merely a babble OF meaningless
sound.
Perhaps when I have been dust
long enough shall know all about
them.
Glorious thought.
Copyright. 1889. by Newspaper Feature Service. Inc
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have the vigor to serve weIl-vhat
better career al be had by any ogS
OF us? No matter how humble tae
station. vigorous health will mas
you happy in IL.
] often thiEk OF the roveryy-
stricken multitudes in this great
world. II takes the edge off haEfi-
ness to think Of their miser2- Yet
the slums OF great cities attract Els
In every part Of the world ! haze
visited them. il makes me sntFer
10 recall some OF the sights ] have
witnessed.
But. after all. II Is not tlc h1-anr-
ness of the sunless quarters =
not the filth and dirt: il is not sha
scant supply OF food-it is not these
things that send the dagger OF pity
into the heart OF the visitor. IL Is
the effect OF these conditic upon
the health OF the unfortunate victims
OF poverty and unemployment-that
is what makes slum life so dread9IT
No matter how many Of the iuz-
uries you are denied. II you can get
the essential food and sleep IN the
fresh air you "a snap your fingers
at fate. Fortune cannot long resist
red blood and glorious health,
The first step toward good
luck" as il Is called. IL ~ have
health. with the vigor and good tn
ture that 20 with II. IL Is a pass
port to everything worthwhile in
life.
William conquered England. but
at the last lost everything nc lonwed
to possess. You may have what the
Conqueror missed.
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fortune telleTS
can never tell their own fortunes
And why ~ il that the lady who
looks into your teacup and tells
you 10 beware of "a dark woman
carrying q suitcase-never knows
enough herself 70 beware on q blonde
woman carrying . bird cage?
The Star Gazer has been warning
us all about the hard times-IW say
thar for her.
Why only last week she told me
that I would have to look out for U
financial crisis. and didn't the plumb
err charge me eleven dollars and
seventy-five cents. when ! thought
he would run down the hin trilling
8 gay song OF i0v IL | handed him a
modest five dollar bill?
She told me that some unexpected
disaster was going To cause me hui
initiation and 1 hadn't been away
from her for five minutes before I
had a run in my stocking.
Venus. she said. was In the ascend
ant. and ! must turn my eyes WA
from the first good blocking mar who
spoke kindly 10 me
I've been looking for the good-lCok-
ing man ever since-I don't know az
] shall look away from him when ]
see him-our poor human hearts are
50 frail especially when we get past
the first flush or youth - but I'm
looking for him just the same
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be, you can have peace Of mind,
the respect of your neighbors and
the innocent sleep of a
child. Your mind will operate
normally if it is enthroned in a
well-nourished brain. You will have
good nature and a friendly DISPOSE
ton IL your digestion is what II
should be. You viii sleep like a
babe II your body and mind are nor
mai.
After all. il IL not n crown. jewels
o. palaces THAI bring contentment.
To serve your fellow men and 70