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THE TRIBUNE — FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1938
Already Clearly Defined
lfi we keep in mind the final and real aim of the
Farmers’ League now spreading from parish to parish, we
will find all we need to know, as to its organization and
program, in the Archbishop’s Pastoral Letter.
You will find a complete * guide in the Archbishop’s
Pastoral Letter, l)oth as to the aim and the organization
"The aims of the Farmers’ League art*:
“To unite our farmers under the leadership of the
Catholic hierarchy;
“To foster <ooptrative movements;
“To obtain more just and equitable laws for the
farmers:
“Finally to protect our Christian institutions against
the menace of Communism.'
Nothing more is to be added to these* aims of the
farmers’ unity, as defined by the Archbishop.
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These aims are to be reached through organization.
“Any farmer 21 years old living within the parish
is eligible to membership.
“The entry fee will be as low as possible: twenty-
live cents a year. Of tnis, fifteen cents will remain in
the local treasury while ten cents will go to the Executive
Committee.
“The officers of each Parish Unit will be a President,
a Vice-President and a Secretary-Treasurer, elected at the
same meeting in which the Parish Units will be organized.
This concerns the beginning of the farmers unity—
the local units.
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When this has been accomplished, you proceed with
l he other steps.
“The presidents of the various Parish Units will form
a District Committee.
“The presidents of the District Committees will' form
a Diocesan Committee.
“The heads of the Diocesan Committees will form
the State Executive Committee.
Thus your organization within the state has been
completed for the purpose of carrying out the activity
and its aims.
“All officers are expected to give their services free
to the cause; only the secretary-treasurer will receive
a nominal pay for his work.”
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Further concerning the Farmers’ league leadership:
“An Advisory Board, consisting of five members ap-
pointed by the Ordinary of the Diocese will carefully study
and consider any and all Farm-legislation and report as
to the course of action to be taken on each proposal.”
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The interest in the Farmers’ league purposes will
be kept alive by meetings.
“District meetings are to be held quarterly; Diocesan
meetings annually, with an appropriate program.”
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Here you have the whole outline of the Farmers’
League as to its organization and aims.
What is the principal, practical objective ?
Better laws for the farmers.
How will that be accomplished?
By having capable representatives at Washington, the
same as business and labor have, there to watch over
your interests.
To influence oui legislation, to see that justice is
done to “forgotten men”, is the final and real objective
of this movement.
To accomplish that purpose you farmers will furnish
the power—in unity, and the means—your annual fees.
There is no other way to accomplish that purpose.
It will not be accomplished at once, but it will be ac-
complished.
For unity will give you the power you never had
before. _
DOUBTS CLEARED
Q. — What is flu* origin
and meaning of the Stations
of the Cross?
A. — The Stations of the
Cross are a series of pictures
or tables, placed on the walls
of churches, or in the open
air as in the Colosseum at
Rome, representing scenes
in the Passion of our Lord
They may be said privately
or publicly.
Q. — Why do Catholics
make tin* sign of tlie Cross?
A. — Catholics begin their
prayers and sanctify their ac
lions by the sign of the
Cross, because it is the sym-
bol of our Redemption by
Jesus Christ. Catholics have
used the sacred sign from
the earliest times.
Q. — Is it not idolatry to
“adore the Cross," as Catho-
lics do on Good Friday?
A. — If Catholics adored
the mere wood of the cross
in itself, they would be guil-
ty of idolatry. They do not.
They give a reverence to the
Cross representing something
else, Jesus Christ the Lord.
They adore Him who died
upon it for our salvation.
Q. — Why do you bless
palms in your Church the
Sunday before Easter?
This ceremony recalls the
triumphal entrance of Christ
into Jerusalem on the first
I‘aim Sunday.
Q. — If a person lielieves
in Jesus Christ and says his
prayers daily,is it not enough
even if he does not attend
Church?
A. —It is not enough. If
we believe in Jesus Christ,
we ought to obey Him. He
established a Church, with
an official public worship in
which we are bound to par-
ticipate. Nobody who be-
lieves this and refuses to
live up to it can be saved.
Q. — If a Catholic woman
marries a twice-divorced
man before the justice of the
peace after a priest refused
to witness the marriage, does
the Church deny the children
of this marriage the right
to receive Baptism and to
be reared in the Catholic
faith?
A. — No, the Church in-
sists that the children be
baptized and reared in the
Catholic faith.
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Superstition Costly
Racket in America
Cincinnati. — There is a
popular belief that supersti-
tion went out of style with
the end of the Middle Ages,
but Father Severin Lamp-
ing, O.F.M., proves in the
current “St. Anthony Mes-
senger” not only that su-
perstition today is alive,
but that it is a healthy rac-
ket in America and else-
where. Americans spend
$1,250,000 annually with
fortunetellers who offer a
peek at the future for a
price. Chicago has 2.000
spiritistic mediums making
a good living off the stupi-
dity of their fellow-citizens.
One astrological couple in
Boston had 165,000 clients.
So-called religious chainlel-
ters and chain prayers are
called a silly fad by the
Franciscan writer.
Philadelphia, April 1. —A
generation of nervous women
—striving “in futile race to
compete "itli younger sist-
ers on the basis of sex ap-
peal” — has resulted from
unemployment which has
kept thousands of men from
marrying, a Philadelphia phy-
sician said to-day.
Speaking to a local medi-
cal society, Dr. Russell L.
Boles, of the Philadelphia
Ceneral hospital, said:
“This country has much to
EAST BERNARD
School Elections
April 5- — There were 191
votes cast at the trustees’ el-
ection last Saturday. The re-
sults were as follows: J. A.
Koym received 173 votes, F.
V. Urbish 134. Frank J. War-
ning, Walter Hensley 75 and
A. F. Urbanec 69. Koym,
Urbish and Warning were re-
elected for a term of three
years. In the Bernard Prai-
rie common district, R. F.
Hiavinka was 're-elected and
in the Muldoon common dis-
trict Chas. Keprta was elect-
ed replacing Frank Smaistr-
la, who was not a candidate.
Less Children
Census Enumerator John
I. Marik reports that the
white scholastic census for
the East Bernard Indepen-
dent school district shows a
decrease of 36. There is no
change in* the number of Ne-
gro children. The summary
answer for because a vast
multitude of young women
have been denied the God-
given right of marriage and
childrerf as the result of the
unemployment of 10,000,000
men.
“The unmarried, childless
woman of the “individualist
type can hardly hope to es-
cape functional derangements
somewhere in her system.
"She never abandons hope
for marriage and children.”
shows 146 white boys and
148 white girls, 22 negro
boys and 21 Negro girls.
Holy Cross
Church News
Next Sunday the early
Mass will start at 7:30 and
the late Mass at 9:00. Being
Palm Sunday, the ceremony
of blessing of the palms will
be preceding the 9:00 a.m.
Mass. The Knights of Co-
lumbus members will receive
Holy Communion in a body.
A prominent speaker will ad-
dress the membership at the
breakfast, which will take
place at the Hall after the
church services. During
the next week, the custo-
mary elaborate Holy Week
ceremonies will take place.
Personal
John Koudelka of Engle is
the new section foreman here
on the T. N. & O. Railroad
replacing James Wright who
was retired on a pension. The
Wright family has purchas-
ed a dwelling at Eagle Lake
where they will make their
future home. —Alphonse Da-
vid, K. C- Michulka and C.
J. Marik attended the K. of
C. initiation at Houston Sun-
day. — Mrs. S. V. Pazderny
of Wallis was an East Ber-
nard visitor on Monday. —
Mr. and Mrs J. F. Marik and
Frank Janis of Placedo spent
the week end with local re-
latives.
Next Meeting at
Rosenl>erg
At the St. Bernard Council
No. 2500, Knights of Colum-
bus, meeting held Tuesday
it was agreed to cooperate
with El Campo Council in
holding a first degree in the
near future. The member-
NERV0US WOMAN AGE
LAID TO DEPRESSION
uThe Eyes of Texas Are Upon You”
—LOUIS—
The eyes of Texas will be upon the gathering at
Hallettsville Sunday, April 10.
We all hope that it will prove to be a significant date
in the annals of the farming industry.
Indications are that there will be thousands of farm-
ers present. They are all waiting with hopeful expecta-
tions for this program to be launched.
We dare say, with reason, that the future success
of this movement depends upon the program outlined at
Hallettsville. The whole thing stands or falls according
to what will be done there. The leader^ have a gigantic
and difficult task on hand. There must be a definite
program outlined at that meeting. Something must be
given the farmers to take home with them. Mere speech
making and talking will not satisfy them. Unless the
leaders have prepared some definite course of action, some-
thing tangible, unpolished though it may be as to details,
the farmers will go away as though they were invited
to a banquet only to find nothing to eat.
Said His Excellency the Bishop of Galveston, when
he was recently asked what lie thought about the move-
ment:
COTTON LONG WAY FROM
PARITY PRICE, SLAUGHTER SAYS
College Station.—“When a
Texas farmer sjient the mo-
ney he received for a bale of
cotton sold during February
of this year, he came out of
the store with just half the
goods he would have gotten
hack in February of 1909—
1914 from the sale of a like
bale,” Geo. Slaughter, Whar-
ton, chairman of the Texas
Agricultural Conservation
Committee, pointed out in
the course of a recent ses-
sion of the committee at Tex-
as A. and M. College.
“If cotton were sellilng at
16.2 cents a pound now, a
bale of cotton would buy just
about what it would have
back in 1909—1914,” Slaugh-
ter said. “This is what is
meant by parity price. The
spot price of cotton in Feb-
ruary was around 8.1 cents
a pound.”
Parity cotton payments, or
cotton price adjustment pay-
ments of 3 cents a pound,
which farmers who cooperate
with the AAA program will
receive on their 1937 crop,
will narrow the spread be-
tween the price they actual-
ly sold their cotton for and
parity price of 16.2 cents.
Huge Crop
Responsible
In February of 1937, the
money for a bale of cotton
bought three-fourths the a-
mount of goods from a
store that a like bale sold in
1909 to 1914 brought. The
huge cotton crop of 193V
quickly reduced the things
that a bale of cotton would
buy at the present price
level.
The new farm act continu-
es the provisions for parity
payments to narrow the gap
between what a farmer
should be able to buy when
he sells a bale of cotton and
what he can buy, Slaughter
said. That provision, how-
ever. depends upon the funds
to be provided by Congress.
Whether this money will be
provided through processing
taxes on manufactured cot-
ton goods or otherwise is be-
in'.* discussed at present by
congressional committees.
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“We are for it, we are waiting to see what will
lie done at Hallettsville. His Excellency Archbishop
Drossaerts started this movement, it would be out
of order for us to do anything until lie points the
way. He leads, we follow. Something like this should
have been started long ago.”
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Our last article entitled "Danger Ini Our Present At-
titude” evoked a stream of commendations and also some
condemnations. We wish to reiterate that it was put up
as a bit of constructive criticism whidh we believe is al-
ways good in any kind of an undertaking of great mo-
ment. Better to speak ones mind and criticize at the
start then to throw a wrench into the works after things
are already going.
We know from history and personal experience that
any worthwhile undertaking will meet with much criti-
cism and even opposition. This seems to be natural. If
a thing is worthwhile there is no surer sign of its good-
ness than cirticism and opposition on the part of many.
We could not cite a better example in this line than the
Catholic church itself. Criticism and opposition is a
crucible through which every new undertaking must pass.
If it survives than it is good, if it is evil it will perish
sooner or later. If our criticism is the worst which this
undertaking is to suffer then the task ahead is com-
paratively easy.
It was our desire to see this thing go through that
prompted us to warn in time of what we thought were
dangers ahead. This is not an apology for what we have
written. We don’t apologize for our honest convictions.
We change our convictions when we have been) proven to
be wrong. We are always o|ien to argument and! to new
convictions.
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Let us all put our shoulders to the wheel, let us
torget selfish and personal issues for the common good
of our farmers, for, after all, in benefiting the farmer
we will only be doing good to ourselves no matter what
our business may be.
If our Archbishop and all our priests could see the
hopeful and expectant light in the eyes of the many
farmers that we have talked to and interviewed about
this movement, we are sure that it would serve as the
greatest stimulus that we know of in making us all put
forth our best efforts in making this undertaking ai suc-
cess which it certainly must be if we make the effort
and Almighty God blesses us.
ship went on record to use
their efforts to have the busi
ness places close on Good
Friday from 12 to 3 p.m.
Grand Knight C.J. Marik and
Past Grand Knight Jerry F.
Sliva were selected as dele-
gates to the State Conven-
tion to be held at Laredo
next month. John H. Spoeda
and Joe I. Motl are the
alternates- It was decided
to hold the next regular
meeting at Rosenberg for the
benefit of the members of
that vicinity. It was also
proposed that Council assist
the Rosenberg members in
forming a new Council in
that thriving city.
Fifteen Years Ago
March 15. 1923. — Peter
Michulka has returned from
a nine-month stay at San
Angelo. —Wm. Schattell and
F. V. Urbish were Houston
visitors. —Mar. 16, Rev. Fr.
Pospisil has started a series
of sermons at the KJT. Hall-
—The Agricultural vocatio-
nal class motored to Pierce
to look over the fine stock
on the Pierce Estate ranch.
—March 17, Joe Sims, a stu-
dent at the State College at
Huntsville is spending a few
days at home with his par-
ents. —Mar, 18, Ezra Shel-
ton, Julius Wallace and C. O.
Pietzsch of West Columbia
spent, the Sunday with home
folks. — Mr. and Mrs- R. R.
Schramm of Glen Flora visi-
ted the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Schattell. —Mar.
21. Mrs. Frank Janik, Sr., is
seriously ill at a Galveston
hospital- — Mrs. Louis To-
bola of the Brooksville com-
munity died this afternoon.
— B* *on Hobyzal left for
Kelly Field San Antonio. —
Father Skocek held services
at H. C. Church. —Mar. 22,
T. A. Wessendorf of Rich-
mond died at 11 a.m. —Mar.
24, Virgil Thomas made a
talk at the Farm Bureau
meeting.
Rosenberg, Texas
V' ,*» ,*• ,*• »,7
The KJZT. Society N. 77,
met here Tuesday evening
for their regular meeting at
the New Lodge Hall.
Discussion at the meeting
centered around proposed
plans for the 40th jubilee for
the union which is to be held
on May 15. On that date,
170 new members of the Holy
Rosary Parish will be initia-
ted to this union.
On April 10, the members
will sponsor an Easter egg
hunt for their children.
Following adjournment of
the business portion of the
Society’s meeting, the junior
girls gave a musical pro-
gram and refreshments were
served to the group. The
menu consisted of chicken
sandwiches, pickles, potato
chips, cake, and coffee.
SCHULENBURG
Martha Mayes.
Church News
Masses on Sundays at 7:30
and 9:30 a.m. Lenten servi-
ces every Wednesday and
Friday night at 7:30.
Passion Play
Next week Wednesday at
8 p.m. a passion play will be
staged by the Lutheran Sun-
day School teachers at the
St. Rose School auditorium.
Every one is urged to see
this play, as it is very ap-
propriate for the lenten sea-
son.
Meetings
Last Sunday after the
High Mass the St. Augus-
tine Society held its regular
monthly meeting.—The mem-
bers of the KJZT, lodge will
meet Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 at the St. Rose
School auditorium.
Funeral
The funeral services of lit-
tle Gertrude Wynell Ivy the
seven-year-old daughter of
Mr- and Mrs. Leon Ivy of
Duncan, Okla., were conduc-
ted from the residence of
her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Meyer of our
city Monday afternoon at 3
p.m. The child who had
a bad case of measles, con-
tracted pneumonia and al-
though every care was giv-
en and everything that was
in medical power, she passed
away quietly at a hospital at
Duncan, Okla., early Satur-
day, answering the summons
of her Creator, to share in
His glory. To the grief stric-
ken parents heartfelt sym-
pathy is extended.
Sick List
Mrs. Frank Tilicek was
rushed to La Grange Mon-
day evening, where she un-
derwent an appendix opera-
tion. At this writing she
is resting as well as can be
expected. — Mr. Raymond
Tengler was reported to be
ill the first part of the week.
Born
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Sch-
roeder are the happy par-
ents of a fine baby son born
to them Friday, April 1st.—
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mikesh
'are also very happy at the
arrival of a baby boy bom
Sunday, April 3rd.
Election of School
Trustees
Mr. Ed. Kyle and J. E-
(Pete) Hoppeus were elect-
ed school trustees at an el-
ection held Friday.
Alderman Election
At the election of Aider-
man and City Marshal the
following were re-elected for
aldermen: E. H. Pratka, O.
H. Wolters. and Alnhonse
H e r z i k. For City Marshal
Charles Prilop.
j Personal
Miss Martha Beneker left
Tuesday on a two-month va-
cation to Kansas City, Mo.,
and other points. —Mr. and
Mrs. Darilek and Miss Do-
rothy Tehrncamp of Moulton
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Darilek of our city
Sunday. —Mr. and Mrs. An-
ton Schindler and Miss Mo-
zelle of Smithville were vis-
itors in our city Sunday. —
Mesdames R. J. Watzlqvick
and Rud. Seydler, were visi-
tors in Yoakum Tuesday. —
Rev. Leo Goertz attended the
Forty-Hours Devotion at
Koerth Sunday night. —Mr.
Gus Watzlavick of Weimar
was a visitor in our city Sun-
day. —Mr. and Mrs. Laddie
Smejkal were in Victoria
Sunday.
EIJFKIN FARMERS
PROTEST ALLOTMENTS
Lufkin, April 5. — Ange-
lina county’s cotton quota of
17,818 acres for 1938 was
declared too low by the coun-
ty acreage adjustment com-
mittee, and a letter of pro-
test has been sent to the
state allotment board at Col-
lege Station. The protest
contained an application for
increase in the cotton acre-
age allotment to 25,000 acres, 4 *
according to C. C. Trevathan,
county chairman. The cham-
ber of commerce agriculture
committee sent a similar
protest to College Station.
BIG ACREAGE
OF PEANUTS
Gonzales, Mar. 31. —Gon-
zales county will boast an
acreage of nearly 3,000 acres
of peanuts this year. More
than a thousand acres will
be planted in the communi-
ties of Dilworth, Cost and
Slayden.
THE TRIBUNE
Published every Tuesday
and Friday by the Malec
Bros. Publishing Co., 108
Texana St., Hallettsville, Tex.
Editor — Walter Malec
Entered as second class mail
matter January 7. 1932, at
the Post Office at Halletts-
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