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THE BROWNSVILLE EEB'ALD TUESDAY; JULY so, 1929' BANKSGAINON WHEAT HARVEST Grain Market Recovers And Debts Liquidated, Federal Report Shows DALLAS, July recovery of the wheat market coincident with harvesting Of one of the district's largest crops that cereal was an outstanding development during the past 30 days, said the monthly business review of the Dallas Federal Reserve bank, eleventh district, issued to- ciay. Throughout the wheat, belt there was liquidation of indebtedness, a sharp rise in bank deposits, and an active demand for commerce paper and bankers' acceptances. The district, as a whole, however, showed a further seasonal decline in deposits. The business mortality rate reflected a marked improvement, demand for merchandise, wholesale arid retail, was generally quiet, and construction activity evidently a further decline, the value of building permits at principal centers being 25 per cent less during June than in May and 15 per cent smaller than in June, 1928, the review said. "While the indicated yield of corn is considerably smaller than in 1923," the report continues, "it will be sufficient in most instances to 'take care of farmers' needs during the coming year.

Other feed crops promise satisfactory yields. "Weather conditions generally have been favorable for the growth and cultivation of cotton and late reports indicate that the crop is now in a good state of cultivation, It should be borne in mind, however, that the condition of the crop is very spotty as a large percentage Stewart Goes to Gastonia, N. to Get Story of Fifteen Strikers Fighting Threat of Death Chair (The first of a series of articles written from the scene of action in the Gastonia textile workers' murder trial By CHAKLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer GASTONIA, N. July so.

-While here digging up what information I can concerning the textile mill troubles which just now are arriving at a aimax in the prosecution--with the electric chair as its 15 labor organizers accused of responsibility for the recent killing of Gastonia's chief of police, O. F. Aderholt-Right while I was pushing this little inquiry of my own two members of Chief Aderholt's force were indicted, under circumstances that seemed to me highly significant in connection with the Aderholt tragedy, itself. The indictments were not returned at Gastonia, bu at the neighboring seat of Charlotte Charlotte is in Mecklenburg county; Gastonia in Gaston. The Catawba river, which marks the boundary between the two counties, is spanned by various bridges.

As the grand jury at Charlotte heard the story from several witnesses, Policemen Arthur J. Roach and W. Tom Gilbert of Gastonia crossed one of these bridges in "a state of drunkenness and disorder" on the afternoon of June 7, fell foul of Pedro Melton, a resident on the Mecklenburg side, him into the river and amused themselves by peppering him with pistol shots every time he stuck his head above the water. Presently Rural Policemen John Irvine and Henry Mosley of ci jr (j is much larger than usual and the i lenburg county arrived on tne 1 scene, and, according to the testi- stand of the older cotton was damaged somewhat in ridding the fields of grass caused by the May rains. While the hot, dry weather checked activity of boll weevils over a large portion of the district, their presence in large numbers, together with the large percentage of young cotton, renders the crop susceptible to the depredations of this insect, Furthermore, the persistence of showery weather since the first of July in south central and south Texas has increased weevil activity to some extent.

In other sections or the district, rain at this time be beneficial to the crop. Grazing Declines "Due to the absence of rains during the past month over most of the district's range territory, the condition of grazing ranges showed a marked decline, but livestock generally held up well. Rains which have fallen over a large area since July 1, however, have been very beneficial and in many areas grasses have begun to green again. Late reports indicate that pastures are drying out rapidly in portions of New Mexico and while some rain has fallen in southeastern Arizona more is needed to revive range grass. Cattle in southeastern Arizona and portions of western New Mexico are condition.

in poor to only fair "While sheep and goats have suffered more from dry weather tha'i cattle, their condition is fair to good. Calf, lamb and crops in roost sections are abovn the average andt he young animals are strong and healthy. "A further moderate increase was shown in of crude oil In the district in June. Total output amounted to 25,422,150 barrels, which was 120,300 barrels greater than in May and barrels above the output in June last year. J'ield work, us shown by the number of completed wells, declined in nil areas with but one 'exception; however, the search for pay sands was more successful than in the previous month.

Completions in June numbered 604 of which 315 were producers of oil, yielding 023 barrels of new production as compared to 760 completions In mony before the grand jury, disarmed Roach a Gilber, permitting Melton to land, unperforated, and would have arrested the Gastoni- ans had the Mecklenburger consented to prefer charges against them. This, for reason of his own, the latter did care to do, so Irvine and Mosely simply shooed the visitors back into their home county-And a few hours later--that same night--both policemen suffered serious gunshot wounds, ps followers of View of tent colony Of strikers at Gastonia; top, four leadinff labor organizers held in connection with death of Chief of Police O. F. Aderholt, upper right SHIPPROGRAM MAY BE INTACT Experts Believe Cruisers Will Be Built Despite Navy Cut Decision Chief Aderholt, during the clash at Even as an. accusation, and noth- Gastonia textile strike headquarters, in which the chief lost his life.

Of course, Roach and Gilbert were only indicted; not convicted. Also, after being driven, to Jump into the Catawba river, and then shot at--if that really was exactly what happened--Pedro Melton's dismissal of the incident as not worth an arrest, seems rather too forbearing to be natural, unless he, himself, had something to conceal. Nevertheless, it is hard to view the affair ac otherwise than- unusual, assuming that the. charge against the two Gastonia officers is to be regarded as anything but straight fiction. And it is more than pure gossip, having taken the definite shape of a formal indictment.

ing stronger, it raises the question whether Chief Aderholt's force was not, at least in part, hi an irresponsible raood and extraordinarily rock- less with firearms not much earlier than the tinje of its fatal visits to strike headquarters in the Gastonia suburb of LOray. At all events, it would appear that ness the fact that they were shot. The curious feature of the situation is that Gastonian anti-strike sentiment evidently regards the grand Jury's action as of no especial importance in its relation to the Loray tragedy. True, they do not dispute the indictment's justification. "But what of it anyway?" is their attitude.

those Gastonlans who feel the most "Aderholt was killed. There is no strongly against the accused 15 would think they had something decidedly material to the answer, in the Mecklenburg county grand indictment of two of their principal witnesses. Roach and Gilbert emphatically fall within that classification. They were in the thick of the encounter with the strikers, as wit- argument about that. "If Fred Seal and Vera Bush and Amy Schechter and Sophie Melvin- and the rest had not come here to st.ir up trouble in Gastonia's mills he would be alive today.

I "A communist conspiracy was responsible for his death. What do May of which 362 were successful with an initial flow of 184,547 barrels. OH Yield Increases "The daily average yield of Texas rose from 780,788 barrels in May to 811,140 in June, increases being shown in all fields except the Texas coastal region. Activity increased further in Gray county of north Texas, total output having doubled during the past five weeks. Production in Pecos county, central-west Texas, increased while the yield in Wlnkler county showed a recession.

A decline was noted in the output of Salt Flat field in southwest Texas from the high level which was reached the previous month. Output of oil in north Louisiana totalled 1,087,950 barrels, representing a decline of 9,450 barrels in total production, but an increase of 865 barrels in the daily average yield due to the shorter month." The review places the condition of the Texas rice crop at 82 percent of normal on July 1. compared to 90 per cent on that date a year ago. Estimated production is shown as 5,845.000 bushels compared to 7,308,000 bushels in 1928. Fruit crops in Texas promise a larger yield than a year ago, the report says.

Production of pine lumber declined from 93 per cent of normal in May to 75 per cent in June and shipments dropped from 85 per cent to 72 per cent. Veteran's Officer Will Visit Valley UAYMONDVILLE. July C. Chapman, regional manager of the United States Veterans' Bureau, will bn in Raymondville, Tuesday, August 6, for the purpose of meeting and assisting ex-service men of the Valley who are in need of hospital- izatlon or jnedica! treatment, or who have claims against the government. The bureau officer comes to Raymondville on his own will to assist ex-service men in every way possible, also the local post, which has sent eleven men to Veterans' Bureau hospital for treatment.

Cameron Courts Suits filed in the District Courts: No. 8632, Luciano Hlnojosa et al vs. Manuel Villareal, et al, to try title and for possession. No. 8663, Mabel Nations Garrett vs.

C. T. Garrett, divorce. Z8TH DISTRICT COURT Hon. A.

W. Cunningham, Jdnpe No orders. 103IO DISTRICT COURT Hon. A. M.

Kent, Judge No orders. COUNTY COURT Hon. Oscar Dancy, Judge Suits filed: None. COUNTY COURT AT LAW Hon. John Kleibcr, Judge In vacation.

Second Death Ends Endurance Attempt MINNEAPOLIS, July deaths have ended a sxth attempt here to set a new refueling endurance airplane flight. Owen Haugland, Buffalo, co-pilot of the monoplane. The Minnesota, died late yesterday at a REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS (Furnished by Valley Abstract Co.) Cameron County 0. P. Burchfiel to Ovclla Vickery, south 43.95 acres of blk.

73, P. Z. Bishop $10 etc. Geo. Chalker et ux to C.

A. Hass, lot 34, N. T. Masterson plat 5-14, si etc. J.

P. Walt et ux to Al Parker See. north 10.14 acres of blk. 33, Hooks Hodges subd. 1, plat 5-10, $10 etc.

J. F. Walden et ux to E. R. Templeton, lots 3, 4, blk, 2, Barton addn.

to Harlingen, lot 1, blk. 2, Nicholson place 1st filing, Harlingen, S10 etc, O. A. Nations et ux to E. R.

Templeton, all of town lots 22 and 23, blk. 2, townsite Combes, $10 etc. The Al Parker Sec. Co. to Boy S.

Schluchter et ux, south 9.81 acres of west 19.52 acres of blk. 90, Tex. Land and Irrig. La Peria grant, $10,000. J.

A. Douglas et ux to C. E. Carey, lots 31, 32, 33, 34, Palm subd. of blk.

4, F. Z. Bishop subd. Geo. W.

Clark et ux to Valley Lbr. Supply N. 50 feet Ito 4, blk. 3, Heywood San Benito, $10 etc. Hidalffo County H.

E. Bell to J. M. Wuchter, lot 53, Lehigh Plaza $2210. L.

J. Oshroan et ux to Marcus Stensbo et ux, blks. 1, 2, and N. 1-2 blks. 15 and 16, Alamo townsite $10,350.

Warren T. Peters to St. L. B. M.

By. 100 feet richt of way hospital the second victim of the I across Iarm 40 plane fail early yesterday morn- I 0757 ing. He did not regain conscious- out of blk. 10, Donna Fletcher $10,000. Geo.

White to American Land Co. of Texas, 5 acres blk. 10, Donna H. Fletcher $10 etc. C.

Lockett to Mrs. H. A. Coultas 20 ft. strip off E.

side of W. 20 acres farm tract 774, West Tract, $300. H. A. Coultas et ux to John 32.D7 acres blk.

103, Cam- paciias addn. $10 etc. Alice L. Brown to American Land Co. of Texas, W.

10 acres lot 6. sec. 255, $10 etc. American Land Co. of Texas to Elipha P.

Phehn, W. 10 acres lot sec. 265, $5500. Personals details matter?" ness. The other pilot, Capt.

P. L. Crichton of Minneapolis, died instantly when the plane fell at Wold Chamberlain airport here. Pipe Lines for DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION Let Gentry San Benito, Texas Design, Finance and Install Large Tracts Preferred TITLE INSUEANCE When yon borrow money on real estate, many loan companies re- nuire the title to be insured. The best test of whether a title la Uisurable, is to bare Jt insured.

Require a title Insurance policy fvhen you buy. VALLEY ABSTRACT COMPANY Prompt Title Service Brownsville Opposite Court House Pfiooe 1184 Edinbwi: E. Harrfman Blvd. Phone 93 Ella Cannon to St. L.

B. 100 feet right of way across farm tract 422, West Tract $1500. Progreso Dev. Co. to P.

C. Seideman, S. 5.04 acres N. 10.58 acres lot 57, Llano Grande $5500. Progreso Dev.

Co. to J. L. Grantham ct ux, S. 5.12 acres lot 48, Llano Grande 56400.

B. Batterton to L. T. Boyer et ux, W. 1-2 of W.

19.99 acres, S. 29,98 acres lot 15, Sec. 237, $2000. American Land Co. of Texas to Burton W.

Dain et ux, E. 5 acres lot 2, Caledonian Estates subd S4500. Eadrique H. Barrera to Conan T. Wood, part shares 247, 247, 249, lying south of highway No.

12 and all share 253 except acres out of the partition of shares 38, 39 and 40, $3158. J. G. Barrera et Ux to Fabrique H. Barrera, part shares 247, 248 and 249, south of highway and all share 253 except 14 acres out partition of shares 38, SB and 40, $3158.

Pharr Gin and Warehouse Co. to Geo. W. Thomas et ux, in acres lot 67, Kelly Pharr subdivision, $600. Progreso Dev.

Co. to Lioyd C. Daly, et ux, lot 30, bLk. 3, Progreso Townsite, $500. William W.

Crockett to Mrs. Vera Crockett, frac. lot 1, blk. 66, Capisallo, containing 2.65 acres, etc. American Land Co.

of Texas to Charles T. Raynor et vx, 5-acres! C. A. Skiles. traveling freight agent for the M.

K. T. lines, was in the city Monday looking after business. E. Johnson of Dallas arrived Monday, and is registered at the Travelers.

D. of St. Louis, came in Monday. H. Gazin, of New Orleans, is here on business.

Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Burck, of Woodsboro, and Mr.

and Mrs. C. E. Williams, of Palestine, are visiting the Valley, and are guests at the Travelers. R.

L. Reach is here from San Antonio, as is U. E. Rogers. Mr.

and Mrs. G. G. White and Royal White are guests at ths Travelers. A.

B. Goldberg is here from San Antonio looking after business. Mr. and Mrs. S.

P. Wilson are visitors in the city. E. E. Clark is heie from Mineral Wells.

E. J. Luhn, of Taylor, is in town. Walter Gerron is here from Austin. John Gard.

of Las Corr.as, spent the week-end in town. L. W. McCulIouch, of Point Isabel, was in town Sunday. R.

E. Beck, of San Antonio, is a guest at the El Jardin. P. L. Corey is here from Orange.

Judge and Mrs. C. L. Bell are here from San Antonio on business. L.

S. Hill of San Antonio nrrlvca Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E.

H. Harris of Houston are guests at the El Jardin. J. W. iCrofton arrived from Houston Monday.

T. F. Koran is here from Oneonta, N. and is a guest at the El Jardin. O.

M. Longnecker is here from Houston on E. R. Biggers and S. W.

Biggers, both of Wewoka, caine in Sunday, and are staying at the El Jardin. Mr. and Mrs. p. c.

Ladd Kelly. P. Bradley and Ross C. Burns make up a party from San Antonio spending the week-end. Mid-August Senate Depends on Tariff WASHINGTON.

July of roundinj up a quorum of the senate in 'mid-August for resuming the extra session are beginning to appear remote. If the finance committee has completed its rewriting of the house tariff measure by that time, the membership will be on hand. Otherwise it won't. The republican members of the finance committee who have undertaken the rewriting of the house tariff bill arc tolling away long hours each day in the torrid heat of Washington, but the work Is proving a bit more se-ere than expected. September 1 seems to bp a better guess than August 19 as the day when the bill will be ready for thn senate.

The long hours and hot weather arc having their effect on the re- nublicen committeemen. Writing a tariff bill is bad enoucfh, but wrlt- inar it in the withering heat of a Washington cummer is worse, especially for the nerves. Reports coma from the committee room of some sharp words as the members over "ie various duties. Nevertheless, all Icive smilintr ns' the doors are opened at 5 o'clock in 1 the eveninz. mov not be the "end of a perfect dnv," but at least it's the end of a day.

WASHINGTON, July The final outcome of the na limitation discussions now advancing into a highly technical phase in London, is expected by American experts to leave at least two-thirds of the 15-cruiser program intact. As they see it, at least ten of the contemplated vessels will have to be built under any arrangements which may be reached in carrying out the agreement between the 'nited States and Great'Bri- tain on the principle of absolute equality in the fighting strength of their navies with all kinds of craft considered. In postponing the laying of the keels of three -uisers which were to have been put down in navy yards next fall, it is recalled, President Hoover himself that "generally sp. -king, the British cruiser strength considerably exceeds American strength at the present time a-v' the actual construction of these three cruisers not be likely themselves to produce ineouality in the final results." Constructon of ten of the 15 cruisers, it is reasoned, give the United omy the 18 of this class regarded by high naval officers as essential to a balanced fighting fleet necessary to provide adequate defense and protect American trade lanes.and prestige. The States then would have in the cruiser category, besides the vessels, 'en of the 7,500 tons classed as first line ships and 19 of varying tonnage in the second line, many of which, if present navy department studies incucate the desirability of such action, probably will be sold or otherwise disposed of.

Those considerations undoubtedly will enter into the new phase of the London discussions which, having passed the point of agreement on general British-American naval parity, were turned today to the problem of determining- exactly how that is to be attained. This was the reason for the return to London of Hugh S. Gibson, American ambassador to Belgium, who, as head of this government's delegation to the League of Nations preparatory disarmament commission, proposed in April that the powers formulate a new "yardstick" for measuring the comparative strength of navies as a whole. Company Will Open New Air Route Soon The Corporacion Aeronautics da Transportes- line, which now operates on a daily schedule between 'here and Mazatlan, Mexico, on the Pacific coast, expects to open serv- ive over additional concessions in the near future. The company holds rights to open lines from Mexico City to El Paso.

Monterrey to Tampico. and Chihuahua, to Naples. The Mexico City-El Paso route would connect with the Brownsville-Mazatlan route at Torrcon. McALLEN MAN SPEAKS TO MISSION ROTARIANS (Special to The Herald) MISSION, July C. Paxton of McAUen was the main speaker at the local Rotary luncheon Monday, "Communication" being the subject of his address.

He spoke mainly, on the telephone as an invention, from its inception and discovery by Bell, to the present time, making particular mention of the "by-products" as he called them, namely, television, radio, all of which, according to the speaker, are a part of telephony. Jack Lehman talked on telegraphy, explaining the new system inaugurated in the transmission of telegrams. Visitors present were: Elvin D. Garrett of Kansas City; Jim Jaxton, Duck Webber and Charles Bartliff of McAllen, and Emmett P. Day of Brownsville, also A.

B. Ewing, new secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce. BARBER SHOP SOLD AT RAYMONDVILLE (Special to The 1 Herald) RAYMONDVTLLE, July Nash, proprietor of the Palace Barber shop, in the new Johnson building on South Seventh street, announces that he has sold bis business to C. Sanders of Shawnee, who will be here- next Saturday to take charge. Mr.

Nash expects to remain here for some time and assist Mr. Sanders. TRAFFIC LAW DR1VESTARTS Police Department i I Special Effort to Enforce A rigid drive to enforce all traffic regulations the city has beer, instituted by the police department. Traffic accidents from the 'mijor portion of the cases coming before Corporation Judge A. A.

Browne. "There are very few traffic accidents "in which someone has not violated the law," John lieut. of police states. "By keeping the drivers strictly to the spirit of the law many of the wrecks that now occur would not happen." Ofifcer J. Collins has been to traffic duties.

He will sumV Bions all violators of the law.in effort to cut down the number of accidents. Special attention will be paid to speeders, double-parkers -and auto- Jsts who run past red lights. CARD OP THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kind words of sym- yathy and beautiful floral offerings In the loss of our beloved mother. Mr. and Mrs.

N. R. Qufon, Miss May Cooper. A Group of Business Advisers We want you to consider The Merchants' National not simply as a bank to do your business with, but as a group of business counsellors, who are sincerely interested in your success and at all times ready to assist in the solution of your financial problems. You will find particularly helpful and the experience in' varied lines of industry possessed by our officers and directors.

We are able to give to your problems an extra measure of individual attention. Capital Originally paid in. $100,000.00 Increased from Earnings 150,000.00 $250,000.00 Surplus fund earned 250,000.00 $500,000.00 MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK R.O VIUL.C, A Two Divorces Are Granted By Kent Judge A-. M. Kent granted two! divorce decrees in the only cases considered in' Cameron county district court Monday morning, as follows: Atratiia Mattke vs.

Fred Mattke, decree of divorce granted plaintiff as prayed and restoration of maiden name. Sarah Davis Sumners vs. J. L. Sumners, decree of divorce granted plaintiff as prayed, awarding separate property to plaintiff and restoration of maiden name.

RAILROAD DELEGATES TO MAKE VALLEY TOUR (Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN, July Menls for an automobile tour oT A Uc kef. F'S folly to suffer long from neti- agents members who will visit the Valley on a side tour October 18, are being made. The side trip will be from the convention which open in New Orleans October 14 for two days. The ticket agents arrive at Edln- burg on the Southern Pacific and probably will leave cut of Brownsville on the Missouri Pacific, Ward said. County And Probate Courts on Vacation The county court at law and probate court both were in vacation this week, the latter having been adjourned Saturday.

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