text: Z, 06 O-.k ik >k >k 06 01 ±ll \l ^.ll il ll: k JI \i/ j/ ^ u' ^ _i/ ^ w w ^ v*,< ^!k ^ j£ ^k ^ ik  brands, prices ranging from $1.00 to $5.00. We have also received a fine line of enamel ware in Coffee pots, Cups, Lunch Cans, Covered Buckets, Pans and Kettles. Also Cuspidores and Wash Sets. Drop in and prices will be known and suitable to purchaser. Juan H. Fernandez, Corner 12th and Adams Streets, Brownsville, Texas. Juan H. Fernandez, Juan H. Fernandez, Juan H. Fernandez. W. M. WHITE, City. I B Prompt Efficient Reliable Rio Grande Valley Abstract Co. Incorporated Abstractors of Land Titles H M- SKELTON. Manager- BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. Have y~ou Had Trouble With Your Gasoline? We can stop your trouble with AGNOLIA GASOLINE t NON-CARBONIZING, FREE FROM IMPURITIES If y*fur dealer will not supply you Call PHONE 363 MAtiNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. FIRE INSURANCE EDGAR L. HICKS Vivier Building Elisabeth Street Brownsville, Texas LOOK For the BIG GREEN CAR Nickle Trimmed IT IS AN OVERLAND * or ii rrifii 1 * model 6m 'JsflKKW--1 9. SPECIFICATIONS Wheel base 115 inches; body 5-passenger fore-door touring; horse power 45; transmission,selective, three speeds and reverse; clutch, cone; ignition, dual, Bosch magneto and batteries; rear axle, full float ing, Timken bearings; tires 34x4 inc h Q D; finish Brewster green, ivory stripe, all bright parts nickel plate d; price, $1,725 delivered; equip ment, three black and nickel oil la nips, two black and nickel gas lamps, with gas tank and horn, top with cov er, speedometer, windshield; tools, complete set, tire holders, bumper. We have this car in stock and w ill be pleased to demonstrate to yon. Call or write. Whittlesey Garage & Machine Co., tan Benit0 Everson Motor Car Co., Browns \il’< Land at Mission For Sale by Owner uYi^Tk wJfTi8awdiiL*nd’ 0ne.*"1® fom Mission. No better lsnd in the Valley. .Will sell any use tract either improved or wild to suit purchaser Absolutely perfect well water for drinking pm £*Th 1 JiLe °£v*Napw.£0Me *nd see ft “d 1 off«x Ion • ”^vb*Tf “l H, .,***•> “18«on, Tex“- Besidence one mile •oath and on® half Mil® east of d«D«t PUBLIC SCHOOL REVIEW VOL. 2. SATURDAY, M ARCH. 30, 1912. NO. 19. William Bray, Editor Assistant Editors Grace Harvey, XI Mamie Hanson, High IX Marion Hawkins, Low X Beatrix Kinlock, High X Eudora Hawkins, Low IX Lambert Cain, VIII EDITORIAL COMMENT. A splendid opportunity for competition has been offered the pupils of the high school by the Herald Medal contest which will be inaugurated this year. A gold medal will be given by the Herald to the pupil who in the opinion of the judges to be appointed writes the best theme on some specified subject. The subject will be selected and announced within the next few days. WANTED—Contributions for the Annual. A question that might well be agitated is the systematic supervision of athletics at this school, by a competent instructor. All educators agree on the fact that physical culture is as essential as mental development. Our literary societies have been organized, helped and advised by the faculty, but note the kind of helpful interest taken in our baseball teams by the school board. A girls’ basketball organization failed on account of 'The lack of proper grounds, and at present the baseball team is forced to play upon a field that defies description. Washington park, city property, containing 'two square blocks of level land, stands idle and vacant adjoining the school grounds. All articles for the Annual will be thankfully received. Mothers’ Club Luncheon. Friday noon, as it had been announced, the Mothers’ Club served a delicious luncheon on the public school grounds from their newly constructed booth. The proceeds will go towards paying the expense of serving soup daily to the children, as the rate of 1 cent a bowl is merely nominal. Sandwiches of various kinds, salad, coffee and wafers composed the menu. Hypatian Society Meeting. Friday afternoon the society was called to order at 2:30 p.m. by the new president, Mamie White. After the minutes of the last meeting had been read and approved, a recitation, “The Call in the Night,” was delivered in a very satisfactory manner by Clara McAleese. A school paper and a book review of the regulation pattern were then given by Albert Egly and Ruth Monsees. A reading by Sadie Bennett, was followed by a recitation “Mrs. Slashenhamer” very well delivered by Julian Martinez. “Questions,” by Josefina Cortés was the next number. A very well-prepared synopsis of Pope’s life followed, given by N. Cortés. Current events by Wame Hallmark and an essay, “The Life of Benito Juarez,” delivered in a very satisfactory manner by Daniel Saenz, completed the program. The last number was especially well prepared. Raymond Dickens was asked to recite, but he decided that he “didn’t want to say anything.” The meeting then adjourned to meet next Friday afternoon. Best Essay. The following was chosen by the The committee as the best given on Friday’s program: Life of Benito Juarez. Very seldom are such days presented in the histories of the people, as that inscribed in the Mexican calendar; the 21st day of March, 1806, marks the birthday of Benito Juarez, probably the greatest man ever produced by the Aztec race, born in Guadalajara, a small village in the state of Oaxaca. During his infancy both of his parents died, leaving him destitute and without an education. He was then compelled by necessity to work for a living. This he did by working as a shepherd on the plains of Oaxaca. But this boy was not destined to be a shepherd all his life. When he was a youth he was taken by a priest to be educated to the sacred office of the Catholic church, but not liking secluded life he made up his mind to study law. After he had finished studying law in Oaxaca, the captain of his native state, he gained a good reputation and proved his ability for public office during his terms as governor, senator, and representative. When he had faithfully served his country for awhile he was elected to the place of the highest magistrate of the Republic—that of president. At the time he was inaugurated the country was in a very critical condition. A great civil war was going on between those who wanted the progress of the country and those who were opposed to it. Besides this, the governments of France, England, and Spain, seeing a chance of intervening and headed by Napoleon III determined to send Maximilian of Austria as Emperor of a proposed empire of Mexico; besides French troops who were to sustain him in the new throne. . But Juarez and his people were determined not to tolerate an empire according to the dreams of Napoleon. Amidst this crisis, he united his people as a single man to fight the daring invaders. The government of the United States having finished their civil war, offered aid to Juarez but he was too proud and self-confident to accept, replying thus: “Mexico will be triumphant alone or will be destroyed alone.” With such men as Ocampo, Doblado, and Serdo de Tejada in his cabinet, and Zaragoza, González, Ortega, Diaz, and Escobado on the battlefield, he repulsed the foreigners, thus teaching the powers of Europe that it is not easy to establish a throne within the boundaries of Mexico. The sea had cast him a crown but he returns to the sea the crown together with the head of its owner. But this was not all his great work. He saw that unless the state was separated from the church of Rome it would lead it back to the same conditions as before, but to this church he opposed his laws of reformation, thus granting his people their “Carta Magna,” giving them rights to think for themselves, which rights they did not have before this reformation. Somebody has said that the heroism of Lincoln has been great; that of Juarez was not less. He could have repeated the sentence of Lucana, “Victorix causa diis, sed victoria.” (The cause of victory is pleasing to the gods, but that of the conquered to Cato.) Heroism in pro Sperity is wonderful, but in adversity it is sublime. Left abandoned by all America; condemned by a democracy who wanted to preserve his possessions; with the sword of a great empire extended before his face; surrounded by a large army, and chief of a people without hope, Juarez does not surrender to the wishes of destiny, but rises in the midst of ruins as the personification of the Republic and of his country. To be great in a great country like Washington is very easy, but to be great where everything is small, can only be obtained by perseverance amidst disappointment. Probably a republican of antiquity or a man of Plutarch would not have understood this greatness. Brutus, the last of the Romans, during the republican age, in the memorable night of Philippi after the battle which decided the fate of the liberal laws was fought, when surrounded by the soldiers of the Triumphant pleads his death at the feet of a slave; but Juarez a man of the Nineteenth century, confident in liberty and the laws of progress, held until the last the flag of his republic, because he knew even in his misfortunes that tyrants perish and liberty cannot be extinguished since God is directing the movements of history. —Written by Daniel Saenz. Grade Notes. Miss McCaughan gave us an examination in Modern History Tuesday. Grace Harvey made 96, the highest grade. We had a physics test on magnetism, the highest grades were 99, made by Nicolas Cortez and William Bray. We are now studying electricity. It is very interesting and rather difficult for the girls. We are considering The samples of inviations that have been sent to us. LAND FROM $85 to $125 PER ACRE, With Water Rights From $150 to $200 when You Can Buy as Good Land, Under as Good a Canal, Within One-Half to One Mile From DONNA for About Half That Much? This Land Has Good Title, and Is As Good as Any Land In the Valley. WATER IS BROUGHT TO THE LAND AND WATER RIGHTS INCLUDED. These Prices Are Only to Developers Not to Speculators. Buy Direct From the Owners and SAVE FROM $50 to $100 PER ACRE. You Will Be Putting Money in the Bank When the Other Fellow Is Still Paying For His Land. No Further What Anyone Tells You. I Guarantee That Statements as Correct or I Will Pay All Your Expenses to DONNA. DONNA HAS ARRESTED $15,000 Brick House Building, Telephone Exchange, 2 Banks, 2 Cotton Gins, 2 Lumber Yards, $15,000 Brick Houses, 3 Churches, good newspaper, etc., and a good town in which to live, make money and educate your children. CALL ON OR ADDRESS F. E. SCOBEY, SALES MANAGER DONNA DOUGLAS TEXAS. THE AUTO SPRAY M Consists of a reservoir of 4 gallons capacity, of brass or galvanized steel. As ordered, after the pressure is generated, the operator has nothing to do but direct the spray. A few strokes of the plunger will compress enough air to operate the machine several minutes. Can be furnished with an elbow attachment for spraying the underside of melons, cucumbers, etc. The lever, opens or closes the valve, and cleans the nozzle automatically. Auto Spray No. 1—A brass .tank with stop cock, $6.50; galvanized tank, $5.00. Auto Spray with ■ Auto Pop, $6.50 ;galvanized tank; brass ‘ank, $7.50 F. T. PHILLIPS. SAN BENITO, TEX. jH __— BEAMS. CHANNcLS. —^y|| -- ANGLES.TEES,PLATES, IhARTWPLL IRON WORKS STEEL & CAST LINTLES, IHaKIWCi.1. ^ STEEL a CAST COLUMNS, I HOUSTON, TEy^_. ^ TRUSSES.GIRDERS.ECI. -- _______-—1 • PROMPT^ SMIPMENTS.' ' - :■■ <4 _ _ 1 / I_ T. Crixell, Sole Dealer, Brownsville We have not yet decided on the exact wording. Our class secretary has sent for the class pins and we are expecting them to arrive every day. Miss L*e invited l^fcgenior class and Miss MrCaughun^^Bk* dinner 7 Pr LA-1-m on the grounds Friday. Delicious sandwaches, salad and crackers were served by the Mothers' Club. Then ice cream followed and was very much enjoyed by all. Miss McCaughan and the class join In (Contluu. 