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The Washington times., 1931-08-13
School Children Competing
For Employment

Competition Of school children with heads Of families for
employment Of the grave problems of existing conditions
in the nation and the Presidents Emergency Committee for
Employment is making nationwide appeals to authorities and
citizens intended to encourage continuance Of education of
young people.
is situation that requires extensive cooperation espec
ally the part of parents who able to keep their chill
dren school rather than permit them to enter the fight for
employment.
Under normal conditions it is healthy sign for boys and
begin earning money for themselves Large numbers of them
should be kept in schools colleges for their benefit In
after years they will appreciate the extra advantages they
have obtained.
In this period of surplus labor however is neither fair
to the unemployed the young that they should seek
positions unless family circumstances absolutely require it.
The opportunities for better education should be utilized
than at any other time in the nations history
In this city all children under 16 years of must be kept
in public private schools undesirable conditions that
prevail elsewhere do not apply to Washington Many of
children must work when they reach that but this
is fine time for parents make unusual sacrifices
tnue their boys and girls in class
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Baltimore's Water Supply
is Threatened
Washington Need Have No Fears About Water Shortage

Some years ago Washngtons water supplies were threat
ened during the hot days of when than the
usual quantities of used Frequent appeals had to
be conservation Our difficulty then the lack
Of aqueducts bring water to the city We got busy and
built great aqueduct insuring abundant water
supplies for many years unless the unexpected should
happen to the waters of the Potomac River.
Last year. due the drought the river got low and there
apprehension but engineers declared that nothing
less than the almost drying of the river would endanger
Washington's splendid water system.
Baltimore seriously threatened with water deficiency
and appeals being made water The mayor of the
city does not want to adopt rigid for conservation
unless necessary.
The daily consumption of water in that city is in Of
the Gunpowder Rivers ability to replace and showers while
helping, have not restored normal water supplies.
Following the unprecedented drought Of last year the
streams deep in the earth have not been increased Showers
far in this vicinity and also in Baltimore have been su
cient to keep crops good condition. they have not
restored the water supplies deep underground from which
rivers, streams, wells springs get their flow.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Discouraging Beginners in
Small Stores

Dr. julius Klein Assistant Secretary of Commerce. and
national expert economic questions sends out warning to
those people who have little money and strong desire to
open small stores. Too many make profound mistakes in
these ambitions ,..,...:
Dr. Klein points that successful retailing is to-day
SCIENCE requiring extensive knowledge understanding Of
mulfarous business problems keen insight and judgment
and special knowledge and skill. ','
The great corporations select site for
their after deliberate careful survey of its advantages
and actual of the number of people passing each day
living close by who may become patrons They do not
take chances as to competition.
The originator of small store usually gives scientific
consideration to these problems Of where his coming
from whether competition may smother him. He jumps
right n invests his money and trusts to good fortune plus
whatever knowledge he may have of the business frequently
little.
We do not read often of the who started
few hundred dollars of stock in store and worked his way
to be merchant king That sometimes happened the days
of unorganzd business but those days almost past The
big fish in the business stream swallow kill off the little
before they get old large enough know anything
The Washington times., 1931-08-13

We are approaching the
period when Democrats will be
exciting themselves over the
platform for next year; and, as
in the case of both parties,
every small group with an OBJ
session or some one plan will
knock at. the door of the
haraSsed platform committee
and demand a hearing.
In recent years (for almost
a generation) our parties have
gone upon the theory that they
must cover every conceivable
topic in their platforms. The
result has been resolutions Of
such hopeless length that COM
paratively few of the voters
ever read them.
Resolutions Brief
In Old Days
It was not always thus. In
the early days they were brief
and to the point on the issues
that would have a bearing on
the campaign; and the first
Democratic convention, which
renominated Andrew Jackson,
had no platform at all.
They merely passed a resolu-
tion putting the two-third rule
into operation for the nomina-
tion. The purpose then was
to serve a passing purpose.
. Van Buren, the Presidents
favorite, was a candidate for
The Washington times., 1931-08-13

success as any one can. But
Youth won't believe 1t. Youth
must discover that for itself.
Erich Maria Remarque has a
wise word on this subject in
his new novel THE ROAD
BACK. words which will
make most parents plenty mad.
Youth is sharp-sighted and
incorruptible. It hangs together
and presents an impenetrable
front against the grownups. It
is not sentimental; one may
approach it, but one cannot
enter it. Who has once been
evicted from that paradise can
never get back. There is a law
of the years. EducationaliSts
who think they can understand
the young are enthusiasts.
youth does not want to be
understood; it wants to be let
alone. It preserves itself i'm
mune against the inSidious ba-
cillus Of being understood. We
may feel with you, but youth
does not feel with us. That
is its salvation"
Set a Good Example
That is its salvation. It
cannot feel the fear that has
crept over our old courage, the
ignoble compromise that has
degraded our old hunger, the
deceit and evasions that have
darkened our old sense of
honor, the grief and remorSe
and indifference that have
dulled the sharp edge Of our
delight. Youth cannot feel
these things-thank God! And
so youth takes up the old fight,
as once we took it up-fearleSs,
hopeful, with no thought of
failure. And slowly but surely,
geneGation after generation, the
line advances.
Help that line advance!
Don't get in it's way with your
timidity, your selfishness and
egotism. Let youth have its
chance-don't try to hold it by
your side. Be admirable IN
yourself-set a good example.
That is actually the only SER
vice you can render youth. For
the rest-HANDS Off
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Democratic Platform Hint = By Claude G. Bowers

from the consent of the gov
erned."
That was written by the
father of the party; and it is
a challenge to the theory on
which we are governed now.
Reproduce the
Bill of Rights
Another plank could be a
mere reproduction of the Bill
of Rights on which Jefferson
insisted. for the protection of
the people against the abuse of
power.
The Constitutional fathers,
after all, were more concerned
over the establishment of
strong government and they
strangely overlooked the rights
of men. Hostile historians have
sought to convey the impress
sion that jefferson was not
pleased with the Constitution.
This is a dishonest misrepre-
Sentation of the facts. His let
ters to Washington and Madi-
son, written during the con-
vention, make his position per-
fectly clear.
He liked the Constitution
particularly the placing of the
power of taxation in the hands
of the lower house of Congress,
which is forced back upon the
people in the referendum of
the polls most frequently. But
he wanted something more, and
he wrote Madison about it:
"A Bill of Rights is what
any people is entitled to,
against any government, gen..
eral or particular, and which
no just government will deny
or rest on inference"
. He rallied his followers
around that platform, and,
though Mason was the real
father of the Bill of Rights, it
was James Madison, Father Of
the Constitution" and first lieu
tenant of jefferson, who Of
fered it as the first 10 amend
ments in the House Of Repre-
sentatives.
without this Bill of Rights the
Government created by the
Constitution as it came from
the convention could have been
converted by unScrupulouS men
into an instrumentality of op-
preston of the people.
y n
Fundamentals of the
, Early Party Faith
Here we have some tunda.
mentals of the early party
faith which have come to be
recognized as the fundamentals
of Americanism. Not a few of
the guaranteed rights Of the
citizen have been challenged in
practice within the last few
years. A few of the 10 amend
ments in the Bill of Rights are
not beneath the dignity Of even
a party platform. Thus, this
one would be worth while:
Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech or of the
press; or the right of the pe0-
pie peaceably to assemble and
petition for o redress Of griev'
anceS."
The Washington times., 1931-08-13

the solution of which these fun
damentals must be applied.
The Democrats could write
their platform from three docu-
ments, each one a perfect enun-
citation of the fundamental
faith on which their party was
founded by jefferson. One
plank could be this:
"We hold these truths to be
well evident: that all men are
created equal; that they are en-
dOwed by their Creator with
certain inalenabIe rights; that
among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness;
that to secure these rights gov
ernments are instituted among
men, deriving their just power
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Virginia Firemen Meet In
Annual Convention

ga State Fremens Association and the Cumberland Valley
Firemen Association and the hospitabe Virginia town put
ting its best foot forward in honor Of the visiting efighters
Washington knows something of these fine fellows for many
Of them here each year the remen day festivities of
the Washington fire department. and they invariably make
splendid showings
Femen the most devoted of public servants because
many Of hem volunteers work for compensation whatever
Paid emen deserve all the honors bestowed upon them They
take all sorts of chances property and human lives
often at the sacrifice of their Volunteers risk their lives
give their time night and day. for the sake Of others
These volunteer fremn work under immense disadvan
ges Their equipment not always what it should be- They
to support them they into their pockets for funds i'm
prove their equipment.
There is no honor good efghters volunteers
maid Communities that fail appreciate these servants
of value Of life and property and
good citizens
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
TIMES TEST

Mark each statement '"True or
False:
]. The passion for rare and
curious books is called
bibliomania.
2. Longfellow wrote:
Stone walls do not a
p prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage. ;"
3. The Boxer Uprising took
place in Mexico.
4. The Aeneid is an epic Of
Greek national life.
5. st. Andrews is a famous
golf course in Scotland.
Fill each blank:
6. The substance formed
from starch and used for
cumming stamps and en-
velupes' is called ----
Z. ConStantinople was once
called
8. 1Sobaric charts are COM
monty known as
9. is the name
given to the financial
year Of a business or gov.
eminent.
10. in golf
means a hole in one.
Match correctly:
IL. Bibliophile .
uncultured person
IL. Wiseacre
sneering pessimist
13. Philistine
lover of books
ID. Cynic
cowardly braggart
IS. Scaramouch
pretender to wisdom
ANSWERS on Magazine PaEel
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson.

The, Merritts can't under
stand what has come over
young Ross. Particularly Dad
Merritt:
For years Dad Merritt has
gone around boasting about
how he'd made a pal of his son
and advising other fathers to
do likewise. According to him,
he knew every thought that
went through the boys head.
Ross wouldn't dream of doing
a thing without consulting him.
More like tw, brothers than
a father and son, they were.
Have trouble like other fathers
did? Not he! He and his boy
were chumS!
Enters High
Then last fall Ross entered
High and now Dad Merritt is
up against it himself up
against that mysterious, almost
hostile strangeneSs which rises
between parents and adolescent
youngsters. And he, doesn't
know what to make of it.
What has come over the boy?
Why has he shut up like a
clam? Why should he want to
go off by himself or with other
half-baked young sprouts? Why
should ne throw a fit of sulks
if Dad tries to question him
or advise him? .
What HAS come over the
boy?, ..,
Nothing abnormal. Some
thing most natural and In
evitable. Life has come over
the boy. His OWN life. lie
is working out Of his fathers
life and his mothers life into
. his own life. He is no longer
leaning on, their experience
he is seeking his own.
But I've had all the expert
ences he'll have" protests Dad
Merritt, "and I can guide him."
Youth Won't Believe It
Try and tell that to Youth!
Youth don't want your expert
ence, doesn't trust it. Maybe
you think you have made a
glorious success of your life but
Youth has its doubts. Maybe.
too, you've made as much of a
The Washington times., 1931-08-13

the Vice Presidency, and it
was charged by others who
were ambitious that he was
being forced through by the
pressure of Jackson.
The two-thirds rule was to
make the claim seem ridiculous.
AS a matter of record, on the
first ballot Van Buren received
208- votes, to IS cast for two
other candidates.
X X II
Written by the Father
Of the Party
Conditions have brought us
back to the fundamentals as
never before since the early
days Of the Republic; and there
are a multitude of problems to
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Respectfully Submitted
Without Comment

Here is a little item from the New York papers:
Jaes Hughes 4S 128th st. had tramped the streets
looking for work ahed At Southampton Blvd and
collapsed To pedestrians who rushed to his side he
gasped that his efforts to find job had LEFT him exhausted He
which written his face. He
died before medical aid arrived:
Respectfully submitted to the Hoover nationwide
ganzation considering methods Of relieving unempl2y
ment distress NEXT WINTER" without comment
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
THE MECCA
GAS Elizabeth Street

as follows. to-wit: Suit on a prom
issory note executed by Zoe p.
Wells and G. l.. Bell. jointly. in the
sum of Three Thousand (S3,000.00)
Dollars. dated July 10th, 1880. due
four months after date. payable TO
the Texas Bank a. Trust Company
Of Brownsville. Texas. said note
bearing interest at the rate Of ten
per cent per annum from maturity
until paid. and containing the
usual attorneys fees clause. Plain
tiff prays for its debt. principal.
interest and attorneys fees. for
costs Of suit and for
such other relief as it may show it
self entitled TO receive.
Herein fail not, but have you be-
fore said Court on the said first
day Of next term thereof this writ
with your return thereon. showing
how you have executed the same.
Given under my, hand and seal
Of said Court. at office in the City
Of Brownsville. Texas. this the 18th
day of August. A. D. 1891.
Seal. Witness. j. j. Bishop.
Clerk OF District Court in and
for Cameron County. Texas.
BY A. N. Vela. Deputy.
8-l3-20-27-3-4t-4I28
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CITATION BY PUBLICATION

No. lO275, Texas Bank and Trust
Company of Brownsville, Texas, VS..
Zoe p. Wells, ct al. in the l03rd
District Court. Cameron County,
Texas.
The State Of Texas to the Sheriff
or any Constable Of Cameron
County-GREETING:
You arc hereby commanded, that
by making publication Of this Cl-
tation in some newspaper publish
ed in the County Of Cameron once
In each week for four consecutive
weeks previous 10 the return day
hereof. you summon Zoe p. Wells
a feme sole. who is alleged TO be a
nonresident Of the State OF Texas,
to be and appear al the next reg
ular term OF the l03rd District
Court OF Cameron County. to be
holden at the Court House thereof,
in the City OF Brownsville, Texas.
on the third Monday in Septem-
Der, "A. ID. 1881, the same being the
2lst day of September. A. ID. 1881.
then and there to answer a petit
ton filed in said Court on the Enc
day or April A. ID. 1881. in a suit.
numbered on the Docket Of said
Court, No. 10275, wherein Texas
Bank a. Trust Company Of
Brownsville. Texas. is plaintiff, and
Zoe p. Wells and c. l.. Bell are
defendants; the nature Of plain
tiffS demand being substantially.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

In the District Court Of the Unit
ed States for the Southern Dis
trict of Texas Brownsville Division.
In the Matter Of Johnson-Kelley
Hardware Company Bankrupt: No.
387, in bankruptcy.
To the creditors Of said bank
rupt: Notice is hereby given that
on the 18th day Of August, 1881,
Johnson-Kelley Hardware Com
pany of Pharr, Hidalgo County.
Texas. was adjudged a bankrupt
and the first meeting OF its credi-
tors will be held in the Kiwsnis
Club Rooms, Pharr. Texas, on the
oath day Of August, 1881. at ten
thirty Cl0:30) a.. m. at which time
and place the creditors Of the said
Johnson-Kelley Hardware Com
pany. bankrupt. may appear.
prove their claims, elect a trustee,
examine the bankrupt and trans
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WASHINGTON SAYS
Is u


WASHINGTON. Aug. i3-tPl-
Opening OF gambling houses in
Mexican towns across the Rio
Grande from Texas cities has
caused the treasury department TO
order closed from 9 at nigh until
9 the next morning all bridges
across the Rio Grande, effective
next Saturday.
Petitions Received
Acting Secretary Lowman said
today the action had been takeE
after the customs bureau had re-
ceived petitions from Texas judges.
district attorneys, police chiefs,
Catholic priests. protestant min
listers. newspaper editors. United
States senators and representatives.
and prominent citizens along the
border.
The petitioners said a deplorable
Ncondition had arisen since the
longer opening OF bridges was put
into effect last March.
Shortly afterward, Lowman said.
gambling casinos were opened In
Mexican towns which catered only
to American tourists and residents
from along the border. Mexican
soldiers stationed at the entrance
or the gambling houses, he said.
prevented Mexican citizens from
entering.
The acting secretary said that
under the longer opening II was
found American citizens. especially
the younger element. would spend
the night on the Mexican side
patronizing the gambling houses.
After an investigation the
treasury decided that it would se
best for public convenience and
necessity to close the bridges be-
tween nine at night and eight the
next morning" Lowman said.
The customs bureau was asked
In the petitions to close the bridges
at seven o'clock. but IL felt that
public convenience and necessity
required that the bridges be kept
open until nine o'clock at night"
The bridges were opened for
longer periods last March after
officials had been assured by Mex
lean authorities that no gambling
houses would be opened along the
border.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13

NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK. Aug. -. (APl-Led by a
rise in the oil shares. stocks developed
rallying tendencies today. Absence OF
pressure against the rails was con
structive factor.
Resumption OF posted prices in east
Texas by a prominent petroleum pro-
' ducer az an advance OF 10 cents a
Narrel from recent average levels turn
"a speculative attention TO the oil
issues and there were gains OF a point
or more in Seaboard formerly Mexi-
can seaboard.l Atlantic Refining and
Standards OF New Jersey and California,
u. s. Steel. American Telephone. Case.
Du Pont. and Alaska Juneau and Drug
rose I to / i-2.
New York Central made UP most OF
a decline of 2 3-S and Atchison rallied
more than J points. Brunswick terminal
railroad was active. up nearly 2.
Call money renewed at / IL per cent,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
Business Opportunities

CASH AND CARRY grocery and
meat market located in heart or
Rio Grande Valley or will sell
grocery without market. For more
information write Box lis Donna.
Texas. RAT
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Livestock & Poultry

BIRD DOGS trained or unframed.
Will trade for equal value stock
saddle. typewriter, guns. auto. paint
job. What have you? w. A. Napier.
San Juan, Tex, Box 1874. R88
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

act such other business as may
properly come before such meeting.
Dated August Il. 1881.
Ira Webster,
Referee in Bankruptcy
8-l3-1t-4129
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CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Aug. Is. (APl-Grain prices
tended downward early today. Liver
pool reported large shipments OF wheat
from Black Sea ports. 1850. 900 bushels
for the week. compared with $3.50. 900
last week and 1874. 900 n year ago. In
creased figures on the big domestic
carryover OF wheat also attracted notice.
Opening at a shade 20 SD cent off.
wheat later continued to sag. Corn
started unchanged to So cent lower
hand afterward showed setbacks all
round