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a year for the study OF the loco
weed and means for its eradication
Attempts To eradicate II were made
in the interest Of protecting live
stock from effect or eating II.
A common trade practice OF trav-
cling men is to carry about small
brcken-lot samples Of merchandise
70 le delivered direct to smrS
dealers when the dealers arc I'M
duced to stock the particular COM
modify .. Now a close question mas
arisen whether the new peddlers'
license bill will prohibit the travel
ing men from delivering the mer-
chandise without becoming subject
to the license tax for the town . {.
Some towns already. under local
laws. prohibit such delivery. The
peddlers' license bill says that N
shall not affect the travelling repre-
sentatives az firms. but leaves the
question Of actual delivery Of mer-
chandise unsettled.
A%pparertly the rule lof reason
would 10 that whenever IA man gives
his principal effort 10 selling and
delivering he would then become
subject 10 the peddlers' bill: but
that Az long Az the delivery was
occasional or incidental, he would
be exempt from ~.
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Retail Price Declines VS..
Wholesale Reduction

There is another paramount issue in the mercantile
world. 1t is charged by those interested. or rather en-
gagged in business, that retail price Of declines exceed
wholesale price reductions. Discussion was started
when the National Association Of Manufacturers
broadcast a statement urging that a more equitable
reduction Of prices to consumers, in proportion to the
drop in wholesale prices, be made. Retail merchants
feel that there could be no question in the minds Of
manufacturers as to the trend and extent Of retail
price changes for the reason that drastic reductions
In retail prices took place in 1880 and continued TO a
marked degree during the first five months Of the
current year. They say that in most lines OF goods re-
tail price reductions are obvious and even "the casual
shopper will readily tell you that better values at the
present time may be secured at greatly reduced prices
than at any other period during the past decade"
A survey conducted by the National Retail Dry
Goods Association demonstrated that on 300 repre-
sentative items Of merchandise retail prices dropped
20.46 per cent as against a drop in wholesale or cost
prices on ne same items Of 1914 per cent for the
same period. They remind the buyers that these price
declines during the first four months Of 1891 on i'm
portant stores Of the country are a continuance OF
the more drastic reductions Of retail prices which
occurred in 1890. In view OF the facts retailers feel
that Manufacturers Of nationally advertised goods have
not yet done their part in passing on lowered retail
prices TO the American public. This is the conclusion
Of the argument made by the Retail Dry Goods AS
ISOLATION Of America:
"Just AS soon As these manufacturers, who reserve
unto themselves the privilege Of setting retail prices,
realize their responsibility 10 the public in this period
Of price adjustment and drop their retail prices in
proportion 10 the decline in prices OF raw materials
and declines which have generally taken place in un-
branded lines Of merchandise THEN WILL II PRI-
MARY CAUSE Of CRITICISM OR RE-
FAIL PRICES BE REMOVED"
1t is for the buyer to ask himself why retail price
declines exceed wholesale price reductions and for
the wholesalers to face the issue and make an argu-
ment in his own defense. Publicity based on rock
bottom facts is the kind Of publicity that the consum-
ers OF the nation would lend willing ears in this re-
markable period Of American history.
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hM|INlfWNORK

NEW YORK-In Schubert Alley
they stood five deep waiting TO go,
one-by-one. Though the narrow
stage door.
At either end OF the alley two
canyon between a bus line depot
and the theater was almost airless
as summers first humidity wave
swept over the midtown belt.
leaving the broadway throngs
clammy and uncomfortable.
A strange sigkr-700 girls. each
praying to be one Of the two dozen
chosen for a chorusl Within half
an hour. the huge stage swarm and
buzzeS with girls. short girls, tall
girls. lovely girls. less lovely girls.
well dressed girls and super-smart
girls. blends. lEunets. red-heads
models and girls from other
shows. -. professionals and ANA
tours. :. girls from the Bronx. the
East Side and points vest to San
Francisco. -. girls who have never
been on the stage and
girls who have gone through the
dreary business Of casting" time
and again.
George Clarke, who draws those
swell, Side Chances" sits beside
me in a half-lit theater. It's cool
In there.
A couple Of weeks ago Flo zieg-
field was casting Now it's Earl
Carroll. But now there is a record
breaking crowd ont, for Carroll has
posted notice with the Equity that
his minimum salary will be 500,
depression or no depression. There
will be, however, a couple OF extra
matinees to play. A hundred berries
a week for a chorine!. lit brings
out the beauties and the near beau
ties and the never will-be-beauties.
Yes, it's a strange sight,
Where do they all come from7
And what are more than half OF
them doing there? At least 400 out
OF 500 couldn't make a %burlesque
chorus. But the other 200-or even
l0O-or even SOL How can the di-
rector eve make his selections.~
Oh well, he knows his business
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BEGIN HEItF: ID

BEGIN HEHfEs ID
BERYL BORDEN hopes hat N
radio career will help her FORGET
her hopele,s low for TOMMY
haIf-sister. IRENI. h goes
about with PREN1l = GAYLORD
until Irene learns that he In rich
and to " In him away
from BeryI. After n hnSty mar
T.sss .heS soS Sspar. 1ST GAs ssiDE.
heavily. loses his. job and Joins
evil companions. Be@l catches
cold while trying 90 End him 90
urge him 20 leave his u~nvthoie-
some associates. He r ron Nv nf-
fe-ted md her sta. ing days are
ended. when n OF nmy realizes
BeryI's sRcrince IDs reforms and
goes hack 10 collie gr.
Irene quarrelx With Prentiss
over nm affair with
MEADE and conleA home. h nt-
trmpts Is win back. Tommy's love.
Irene plans n secret meeting with
Derry but Prentiss hears Of " and
arrives mt the renIie Kvous Just ns
Derry denou7ces Irnie n N heart
less ~Eoid-diEEer. ~ Ie men hEht
and Irene tries TO \ ee In Derry's
chr. There ~ mn nee Dlent In which
she - injured
Meantime Tommy 60 wondering
~ w ENAAA NAhAAN -
escorts neryl home from a party
one night. A tcleEI1 nm arrives
NOW CO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
WHILE Gaylord waited at the
w hospital for the rloment when
doctors would know whether Irene
was TO live or not TIC r1my Wilson
sat slipping hot Oh &c olate In the
Everett living room.
There had been a. benefit party
at a neighborhood gathering place
and Beryl had attent led Il to repre-
sent the Everett fam lily. Her moth
er was still avoiding her friends as
much as possible and meant TO con.
tinue doing SO until she could an.
her husband In OakdAte. Mr.. Ever
EFT could never be ptESuaded to 90
TO such affairs.
Tommy had come ID take Berry
home at the sugges 4 ion OF Mrs
Everett who wished people TO asso-
ciate the two toge Their so they
would think less OF the attention
Tommy paid Irene,
Refreshments had been served
when Tommy arrived. 80 Berry
asked him 10 come ilito the house
when they reached Il ere and gave
him a pot OF chocu ate and some
fruit cake.
Tommy appeared to be preoccu
pied. How could BeryI guess thai
IL was calculus that occupied hi
mind? She assumed sa was think
ing OF Irene. He had asked about
her sister on the way home
Tommy had undergone a curious
experience. He had fog nd himself
unable to analyze his fee lings wheI
he learned that Irene had gone x
Oakdale and no one coILd tell hin
when she would return ar whether
she would ever come b-IclL.
On that last evening they haC
spent together the thought that IL
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a few weeks more she would no
longer DO Prentiss' wife had held
his attention and Il had stirred
him. Gaylord had never seemed 10
Tommy anything but a usurper.
THERE we're times. naturally.
= when he mulled over the pros
pect or telling Irene frankly that
he no longer cared for her. That
would be paying her on as she de-
served But then he had 70 ask
himself IL he could get away with
il. or IL he would regret 1t later.
And wasn't II discreditable for
him 70 think OF paying Irene of?
She was not responsible for what
had happened. How could he make
her believe he didn't care for her?
She'd laugh at him. No. Irene
wouldn't laugh. Beryl would laugh
il you told her anything she didn't
believe but Irene's blue eyes would
NIL with tears. Who'd believe there
we're girls like Irene in the world?
Maybe there wasn't another one.
He'd be sorry all the rest Of his life
If he hurt her now.
Irene seemed 10 realize now
what a muddle she'd made OF her
life. She couldn't even talk about
it without sobbing.
Tommy thought about the many
times Irene had said. I've learned
my lesson" or IN even sadder tones.
IL don't know how | could have
done such a thing. Oh. Tommy. !
must have been %crazy!"
Tommy felt that she was turning
10 him for comfort and understand
ing as she had SO often before. lie
was subtly fattered- IL was as
though che sensed this in every.
thing she said TO him) Irene con-
sidered herself far inferior 10 him
in faithfulness and loyalty. She
was a leaf In sthe wind She had
said that one stormy day when
they drove through a barren wood
and the dead leaves scurried over
the road. She was like that white
cloud fading away overhead; help
less against stronger forces
Gently. tenderly. wistfully. Irene
admitted her failings until her
meekness stirred pity in young
Tommy's breast.
There are boys who do not ne
lieve that girls should be told all
their thoughts and Tommy was one
Of them. Tommy held the image OF
a sanity mother In his heart
Amantha Wilson. dying. had taken
with her the chance OF destroying
her sons illusions about her as liy,
ing mothers may do. To Tommy
she was a sweet and fragrant mem.
/ DRY. No sex that claimed her could
ever fail entirely OF his respect
AND there was Beryl. Without
- knowing II Tommy based hlI
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Convicted of Bert
Ellison Killing Saved
By Temporary ReprieUe

at a labor camp tile following Sun
day afternoon by officers O'Niel.
jim Mccoy. Tom Heard and Henry
Johns. margarine vIas killed as ne
attempted to run away from the
officers, and Victor. who was wound
cd seriously. was sitssed by the Off
GERS.
Lopez "a arresth the following
wednesday in Nero ides.
Never during con iinement IN the
jail have the men shown signs az
lear. or even eXpr sSsed regret for
their actions after { heir confessions
according TO office p.
When the trio was taken 10 Hunts
vile. they left a Ilote to Victor.
wife. IL read "Adich. Adios. Adios
We are not afraid TO die" officers
said.
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TEXkAS
TOPICS
BY THE POLITICAL ANALYSED

OBY THE POLITICAL ANALYSED
AUSTIN. June 18.-Adj. Gen. w.
w. Sterling will appoint a state
service officer and two assistants.
effective Sept. /. to carry forward
the states cooperation with the II.
S. Veterans bureau in dealing with
claims Of disabled veterans for com
~penSation.
Branch offices will be placed IN
North Texas and in South Texas.
$. M. Hankins. present state SER
vice officer. will be succeeded by the
new division chief.
The American Legion. In asking
the original Cne-man division and
the present three-man staff, has in
sisted that the money will be well
spent in rendering a service 70
Texas veterans.
One ~ the items which Gov. Ross
s.. Sterling vCtOes out Of the eduCa-
tional appropriation bill was 81 900
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Brownsville Has:

l. A population In 1891 OF over $4,000.
2. A mean average temperature Of 70.
j. Bank deposits, SS,OOO.O oO.
T. Four railroads, seven paved highways.
5. international airport. five air lines.
. a s6.O00,000 deep water port financed
2. The best climate, soil In the world.
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opinion OF girls largely upon his
knowledge of BcryL. She. IL was.
who had taught him to respect
himself. But from many others be
had learned while he was with Pol
Larkin that the town folk did not
share that respect. lie was a
"ne'er-do-well." a 'loafer." a "no-
account" Though they did not still
call him these names the scars
which the scathing epithets had left
still remained. lie could not deny
that they we're justified 70 a great
extent but coming as they did when
he was frantic with tho vision OF
Irene I'm another mans arms tor
turing his mind, they had come
close 10 making a lasting outlaw
Of him.
The scars were growing fainter
now. While the lash az criticism
az this time would have burned
them raw they grew fainter with
praise.
Tommy's character was not yet
developed 20 the point where he
could stand alone. unmoved by the
attitude or his fcllowmen toward
him. Thus he found Irene's homage
both soothing and stimulating. He
did not know that while Ii is pos
sible 70 despise those who love us
we are prone to like those who
respect as. lie did know that he
enjoyed Irene's company She made
him feel important. as though he
would some day be a real figure In
the world.
When Irene dropped suddenly
out OF his life and he did not know
that he would ever see her again
he could not say how he was ar
fected.
lie had expected without ques-
tioning that his old companionship
with Irene would be restored.
Whether they would be sweethearts
he had not. for his part. decided.
II hadn't seemed necessary 10 come
10 a decision about IT,
But after she was gone he asked
himself what he'd been thinking OF.
anyway? Perhaps she might have
stayed N he'd asked her 10. And II
she came back would he urge ner
then not to 20 away a second time?
What was the matter with him!
Gaylord Prentiss was out there in
Oakdale. He ought 10 be burning
up with Jealousy. Why wasn't be
burning up? Was he SO sure OF
Irene. so sure she loved him and
would return 10 him?
TOMMY could get nOEhere with
= these perplexities and deliber-
ately turned 20 other thoughts.
Love had been everything 10 him
al one time-but that VAS over
now. "A man had other pursuits
He had TO think OF making good Ia
U fha uarlf Ipva I'm must laYa Luk
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The Once Over
BY II. /. PHILLIPS

II o OF N OR PEN
Bad advice has been mine to amazing degrees.
And I've had ample chance to regret 1t,
But the dreariest words. I consider. are these
You can put this away and forget It'll"
I've known foolish suggestions galore in my time.
Each one getting my goat, If I'd let it.
But the one tip I now know was neer worth a dime
Was this: Put it away and forget it,"
Bunk I've often heard fall from the lips of the wise
When the slightest horse-sense might upset 1t.
But this line I now name for the big BOBBY prize
You can put this away and forget III"
Sages often have uttered a judgment quite sad
And have lived to see facts badly wet it,
But oh, where was there ever advice quite as bad
AS Put this away and forget it?"
Silly counsel I've had and IL brought me despair
With the coolest charts to abet It
But I ask you, my friends. for a thing to compare
With Just put 1t away and forget it,
It's boloney like that that has cost me my dough
(And I now peddle apples to get io;
How I yearn for a sock at the big so-and-so,
Who said, Put this away and forget IT,"
WHEN III ultS II lis SOUL thtc liz oAipbCAs hAoNNf
am hoping II well worth a bet II
Won't take Satan so long to hand It to an aide
And say. Put this awav AND FORGET IT."
A JOB FOR A ENATO
Colonel Lindbergh is to take Mrs. Lindbergh on a
flight to the Orient. The baby will be left with Sena-
tor and Mrs. Morrow. This is one Of the occasions
when an airplane suddenly appeals To all fathers Of
one-year-old babies as a pretty swell possession.
Calvin Coolidge Is reported anxious to give I'D writ
ing his newspaper feature for n time. on the ground
that he finds 1t wearisome work. That will give vnu
a fair idea how life in the big cities softens up the
backwoods boy.
Horse racing and open betting openly arrived a.
has at last been localized in Florida. Racing and
betting were allowed there last winter. but II was all
done by mirrors. You walked right up to the par NUT
uel windows and bet money on a horse. But Won got
a certificate bearing an exclamation that what vo'
were doing was buying a share az stock In the horse
breeding business or something. II will be refreshing
to feel in Florida from now on that racing is rae
ing and that betting Is betting.
IT'S coon THEY DID TT
-Four Put in Jail IN Aviator's Suit'-headhne
Washington saws that the five cent cigar is COM
ing back. But appearances arc deceptive. It may be
only the ten cent cigar going out.
A wav has been found 70 operate p nilotless air
plane bv radio. But we'd hate 70 he $500 feet In the
air when the radio man was called away to answer
the telephone.
Copyright. 1881. By Tho Associated Nous~or"--'
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New Servic 2

RAYMONDVILLE. June in.
q. Parr local agent for the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad fES an
noSInced that the railroad would
begin delivery III all freight pack
ages within the city limits o. Ray
mondville soon.
This service has been giwn 20 A
large number VI cities throughout
the state and Raymondvile.
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A Modern City Within a City

And now the Rockefellers are tearing down a city
to build a city in the heart Of Manhattan. 1t is to
be known as the S250OO00O0 Radio City and will
be one Of the architectural wonders Of the world.
There is money in oil.
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The Zorastrians. on ancient re-
Hriplz order ni iire-worsh1nrs
still existing IN Persia, never bury
~ burn their dead. They place nc
bodies Of the dead In the ToNr
~ silence" where they are ely Lo
be devoured by huge v~oltures XnhtA
c~on,tantlv hover near by. /.
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INTENTIONS FILED

Paul Redmon and Ruby PalEer.
San Benito; Guadalupe EsCea vel
and Olivia Rucdas. Olmito. ~. IVY.
Wills and Grace Irene Jones. IA
Feria. Celso Gutierrez and AnHs "a
cia MARTINEZ. Rio Hondo.
Licrnses issued Cruz Wllalon,
Harrington. and Luz Villanuevai Id
coucs1: Chas. Voght and CeOr ma
Lurtin. san BcnitC. Eugene Lavis
and Azie Lee Moore. Harlingen-
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AND there was Beryl. Without
- knowing II Tommy based his
Evening star., 1931-04-24
BEGGARS' RETREAT
AIDS CANTON POOR
Chinese Crowd Workshops
for Institution to Earn
Own Living Outside.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CANTON, China. April 24,-Canton
has solved its bsggar problem with
special retreat for them where, with
beggars everywhere, there is not an out
stretched hand.
Here are to be found the cid familiar
faces and figures which once lined the
principal streets of the city and made
life miserable for tourists and foreign
residents, but old and young alike, thsy
have been set to work.
Their principal occupations now are
running sewing machines and working
In carpenter shops. Such tinge Of re-
spectability has been added to their lives
that many apparently have forgotten
that they were once beggars.
One of the most unusual institutions
Of its kind in China, the Canton Beg
gars' Retreat, was founded by Chinese
with the one idea Of Kidding the city's
streets of beggars. For time it was
necessary to use force in order to kesp
the beggars in the place; now they ere
cramred for room Although forced to
work, the beggars are provided with q
place TO sleep and food. and few who
get on the inside care to leave.
Last year the institution vas almost
self-supporting The handiwork of the
beggars has found a ready sale in the
city, especially among tourists. The
directors of the retreat say the estab-
lishment will more than pay its way this
year.
One Of the features Of the institution
Is that it not only provides its inmates
with a vocational knowledge but gives
them a smattering of book learning
They are taught to read. simple mathe-
mates and writing. When they obtain
sufficient knowledge and craftsmanship
to enable them to earn their own liv-
ings. jobs are obtained for them and
they are given their liberty.
Evening star., 1931-04-24
WIFE ASKS DISMISSAL
OF ANNULMENT SUIT
Mrs. Dorothea Mae Avaunt Denies
She Was Lawfully Married
to Another Man.

Dismissal Of the suit of her husband,
Thomas L. Avaunt, so, for the annul-
ment of their marriage and for the re-
turn of an automobile given to her as
a wedding present was asked yesterday
by Mrs. Dorothea Mae Avaunt. a minor,
through Lawrence Koenigsberger, guar
dian. She denies she was the lawful
wife of another man when she married
Avaunt, and asserts her marriage to the
first husband was illegal because he had
marriage.
Concerning the gift automobile. she
raised the legal point that a lawsuit
would be necessary to recover the car
and may not be joined in an equity
proceeding for an annulment Of mar
riage
Evening star., 1931-04-24
Bandits Blast Takes Toll of go.

CANTON, China, April "a (Py-Sixty
persons were killed today when bandits
blew up two cteam launches, owners Of
which had refused to pay the protec-
ton fee demanded.
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CONGER WINS MILE
EVENT IN BOSTON
Blake Takes 440 Classic in
Pr0ut GameS-WelIS Ties
Hurdles Mark.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ OSTON, January 31.-Ray Con-
X ger, national mile titleholder,
won his most important victory
of the current indoor track sea-
son, here tonight when he outfooted q
fast field in the K. of c. mile, feature
event of the tenth annual Prout Me-
mortal games at the Boston garden.
The Illinois A. c. star waited until
the last lap before cutting loose and
his smooth lift brought him to the
tape 10 yards in front of Gene Venzke
of the Swedish American A. c., New
York. The pacemaker, Bob Dalrymple
of the Boston A. A., was third Conger's
time was exceptionally fast for the
track, minutes 10 AS seconds.
Martin in Poor Shape.
DR.. Paul Martin, veteran Swiss cham
pion, who provided most of the meets
with the foreign flavor, was in poor
shape. He tired early and finished poor
fourth, few yards ahead of the other
starter, Frank Crowley, Pennsylvania
freshman.
Eddie Blake, Boston A. A. quarter
miller, won the Prout Memorial "440"
CLASSIC III impressive FASHION from
high-clasS, five-man field. He broke the
tape yards ahead of the pack in
81 AS seconds, good time for the track.
Max Wakely OF the Central Y. M. c. A.,
New York, placed second, and Eddie
Roll, Newark A. c., trailed him by
3 yards. Bernie McCafferty of Holy
Cross, shooting for his third consecutive
victory in this event, got OF to poor
start and placed fourth.
Monty Wells, former Dartmouth
hurdler, equalled the world record of
5 As seconds for the 45-yard high
hurdles and successfully defended his
New England A. A. u. championship.
Wells led Arthur mcdonnell, Holy
Cross, by a yard Third place went
to E. B. Cole of Harvard.
Art Watkins of Harvard won the So
yard dash with a few inches to spare,
with his teammate, Pescoselides, second,
and l.. M. Hautee of Boston University
third. The Crimson flyers winning
time was 3-5 seconds.
Russell Chapman of Bates. the inter-
collegiate hall mile champion, MADE his
first start OF the indoer season and
won the Bishop Cheverus Il ,000) in z
minutes IA 40 seconds. He wiped out
a 15-yard lead that Phil Edwards, COL
ored flyer, from Hamilton, Ontario, held
from the gun. Charley Thompson of
the New York Central Y. M. c.. A.,
placed third.