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JPAGE FOUR
THE MATHIS NEWS, MATHIS, TEXAS, FRIDAY. JUNE 27, 1941
THE MATHIS NEWS
GEO. W. COLTMN, Editor.
Entered as second-class matter at the
Post-office at Mathis, Texas, Jan. 31,
1916.
Subscription Pr'.ce, $1.50 a Year
JOHNNY GOES MARCHING
What happens now? Why,
Johnny, who never got a whip-
ping at home |or at school, has
to go off to Army camp. He
is pretty well dazed at it all.
Off in a strapge world where
orders are orders, it sounds
like Judgment Day for him.
Well, it is Judgment Day.
It is good for' Johnny; it is
really the salvation of him.
And it is the salvation of Am-
erica.
You are going to see a new
America- This whimpering,
whining, defeated spirit is go-
ing to vanish. All this dodg-
ing of whatever is unpleasant
is going to stop. Even mar-
riages are likely to gain in
strength under the new strain.
Loyalties that have been dor-
mant will awake and liberties
which have become priceless
once more in our eyes. The
redemption of America has al-
ready begun. The compensat-
ing law of sacrifice is at work
anew. With new heartaches
ahead of us, the rainbow of a
SINTON NATIONAL FARM
LOAN 'ASSOCIATION HOLDS
22nd ANNUAL STOCKHOLD-
ERS MEETING JUNE 18
< With more than 275 present,
the Sinton National Farm Loan
Association held its 22nd an-
nual stockholders meeting
June 18, 1941 in the Sinton
High School Auditorium at
Sinton, Texas.
Leo Owen, Secretary-Treas-
urer, gave the annual report of
activities for the period begin-
ning June 1, 1940 and ending
May 31, 1941 and although it
is a non-profit co-operative or-
ganization, a net profit of
$142.64 was shown for the
period. He also revealed that
the association, founded in
1919, now has 342 loans for a
total of $1,809,465, in addi-
tion to 204 Commissioner
loans for $483,400.
Mr. F- B. Curlee pointed out
during the meeting that in the
twenty-two years of business
the association had made only
one foreclosure—a record that
probably no loan institution
can equal or better.
In the election of directors,
Mr. J. H. Morrow and Mr.
W. C. Mayfield were re-elect-
ed for a term of three years
and Mr- C. F. Powers was re-
elected for a term of two years.
Hold-over directors are Mr.
HANDOUT HARRY
new hope for humanity spans ! W. W. Jones and Mr. F.~ B
the prospect. After the storm,
America will stand, shaken, to
be sure, but washed clean with-
out and within.—Landrum.
A.F. of L. OFFICIAL URGES
CLEANSING OF SUB-
VERSIVE ELEMENTS
Union labor’s conservatives
gloomily face the prospect of
an inevitable crack-down on
all labor because of the un-
American activities of Com-
munists and Nazis in the CIO’s
ranks, George Googe, southern
representative of the American
Federation of Labor and per-
sonal emissary of President
William Green, said Friday
night before the Dallas Cen-
tral Labor Council.
“During this period of stress
and emergency, all unions,”, he
asserted, “must, in order to
live, expel every single Com-
munist, Fascist, Nazi and other
im- Americans from its ranks.
“If this is done, the confi-
dence of the public and the
employers of America will be
ours. Wise employers every-
where a^e realizing that it is
to their very ^reat advantage
to hqve at the very earliest
possible moment the strength
and the stability of an Ameri-
can Federation of Labor union.
“I pledge you that the Am-
erican Federation of Labor is
going to so supervise our un-
ions that they will continue to
merit the support and confi-
dence of the government, em-
ployers and the public?’
Googe wryly predicted that
there would be a great deal
Curlee.
Mr. J. H. Morrow, President
of the association, presided
at The meeting and introduced
the following guests: Mr. R. R.
Gibb, County Agent; Miss
Elizabeth Brooks, County
Home Demonstration Agent;
Leatriee Fincher, Home Super-
visor for the Farm Security
Administration, who spoke
briefly on diversified farming;
Mr. H. W-: Gist, Vocational Ag-
riculture Advisor; Mr. B. S-
Byrnes, Secretary-Treasurer of
the Costal Bend Production
Credit Association, who spoke
on the advantages of co-oper-
ative credit and Mr. Joe Breed,
Area Manager for the Federal
Land Bank, who spoke on the
history of the Federal Land
Banks and the necessity of putt
ing the house in order by pay
ing all delinquencies because
of the uncertainty that lies in
the future for all of us.
Mr. George Chopelas, a
stockbroker from Mathis, sug-
gested that the next annual
meeting be held at Mathis.
However,r this matter was left
up to the Board of Directors.
% Free barbecue lunch was
served; during noon at Park
Welder to .all stockholders and
thier families/and friends.
In the .; directors meeting
which was . held immediately
after lunch, the. following of-
ficers were re-elected to serve
the association for the coming
year .v Mr- J.H. Morrow, presi-
dent; Mr. C.W. Mayfield, vice
president; Leo Owen, secretary
treasurer; and Miss Ellen
Thompson, acting Secretary-
Treasurers Mr. J.H. Morrow,
Mr. W.W. Jones, Mr. C.F. Pow
ers, and Mr Lloyd Neumann to
serve as alternate members of
the loan committee.
The attendence at the an-
The larger portion of the
new deal is tied in with some-
body’s getting money or ser-
vices for which he has not ren-
dered any adequate return.
Farmers are paid for crops not
raised, boondogglers are pai^d
for leaves raked or for fiddling
or crooning or whatever may
come to mind. Communities
get built for them first one
thing and then another, with
no obligation to pay for it in
full and with mighty little jus-
tification for it at all.
We have all been Handout
Harrys for the last eight or ten
years and nobody has felt that
he would have to sweat out his
own problem and take the con-
sequences if he quit sweating.
Everybody has been out for
some sort of relief or subsidy.
The names for the handout are
legion—but the handout is
a handout still.
Dependence, instead of in-
dependence, is the rule. To
turn a phrase, the Deelaration
of Independence was written
by the fathers of our country;
the Declaration of Dependence
was written by the new deal.
—Landrum.
VACATION
C L O S ES
BIBLE SCHOOL
NEW RESIGTRANTS FOR
SELECTIVE SERVICE ARE
ALLOWED TO CHOOSE
BOARD OF JURISDICTION
A selective service registrant
who, on the registration day of
July 1, has more than one place
of residence may choose the
one which he wants recorded
on his registration card as his
place of residence to determine
the local board that will al-
ways have jurisdiction over
him, General J. Watt Page,
State Selective Service Direc-
tor, said today.
On the first registration day
October 16, 1940, such regis-
trants were often confused as
to which place to list, General
Page pointed out. This was
especially true in instances
where men had legal residence
in one community but had a
temporary dwelling place in.
another. As the residence
listed on the registration card
determines what local board
has permanent jurisdiction
over the registrant, some of the
men later wished to change the
address they had given, but
were denied the privilege be-
cause Selective Service Regul-
ations prohibit such changes.
In the second registration
on July 1, General Page said,
HOZOJI CAMPFIRE GIRLS
MEET
On June 12 the Hozoji Camp-
fire Girls met at the school
building with Rotary officers
and the Scoutmaster present.
Jack Barnes offered a course
in knot tying to be taught by
a boy scout and the girls were
invited to give a Campfire pro-
gram for the Rotary Club.
On June 19 the Hozoji group
hiked to the Chas. Brown home
for a lawn picnic and business
meeting. At that meeting the
charter was received and mem-
bership cards distributed-
On Saturday, June 28, the
Hozoji group will have a cake
and cookie sale at Winsauer’s
store.
SANDIA NEWS
By Inez Gorbet.
AMERICAN DISCIPLINE
When American school-teach
ers quit whipping unruly young
sters in their charge, some-
thing happened to America.
The answerability for that, of
course, belongs to the parents
and not to the teachers. But
the results come home to us
all.
We have grown a new psy-
chology to fit our distaste for
discipline of all sorts. Under
that . psychology
- - , «- -------,, v—v - prohibition
The Vacation Bible Seblll j I 1*7Under that psy-
of the Mathis Baptist-Church L0 ^is place "of resident YtVi L'"™ +P m?liiage ^as ^ecoFie
closed Fridav evenino- Tune 20 IK ? ^ fesmence- In , a matter of convenience so far
ciosea _ naay evennio June J, the event that he had more as concerns duration and sin-
bfAriTfTsTvionckPr0gram i th,an 0ne ?!ace he may Iist hi3 I Under that psycho"-
begmnmg at 8 o clock- J choice as his residence without1 ogy a whole generation of
There were 82 enrolled m interference nf rhVfntirm fr-r,™ i ' ® ; u
the school There were 9 wlio : ilueii.e!ence station from children have come to man-
ttie school ineie were J v.iio|a registrar, General Page ad- hood and womanhood without
! much notion of what it means
In addition, the registration j to do a hard thing without pay
carcl_ will have a space for re- or encouragement, simply be-
cording of a mail address. 1
same as the
attended' one day, making a
total of 91 who came to the
school.
This was the third success-, a n
ive school held here since Revv: This may ' be the
S.E. Harry has been pastor of j piaee of residence or it may be
the church, and from the stand | another address where the re-
point of attendance, interest,
and work done, was the most
successful school.
We Want to express our
gistrant would receive his mail
more readily.
Pointing out that the newr
Selective Service Regulations
^ of-n^s ~° e3ch teacher ailcM prescribed that there will be
oixmei in toe school lor the : two places for addresses on the
registration card, General
giving of thier time, and for!
thier faithful and loyal service
and for the fine work that they
did. We are grateful to the
Oleetha Wilson and Alathean
Sunday School classes for the
lunches provided for the chair-
man of refreshments for the
school picnic, also to every one
Page said.
This new procedure is
cause the hard thing is the
honest, decent, due thing to do.
Now comes the wartime sit-
uation to test out that psy-
chology and its fruits. We
shall see what we shall see.
—Landrum.
MR PRESIDENT, PLEASE
KEEP OUT!
ex~ Plainly, when our president
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pected to be a big improvement j is for a fellowT he is for him
^yer that followed in the first strongly; and also it i£ clear
registi atioii when only one from past experience that
space v as allowed on the regis when he gets it in for a man he
{ration card for an address be-
cause the description of the
i rue ClttCli Li cilCc x i j ] p ‘l it ,
moie organizing done by the j llua] meeting this year repres-
A. F. of L. in this territory dur- j ented a substantial increase
ng the next twelve months I oyer Hie previous years and of-
than there has been in the last wieers the pssecation hope
year.—Dallas News.
GETTING BACK TO EARTH interest in,his assocation.
that the attendence will grow
from year to year and that
each member will take a better
jSJs&s npjjS i iS; iifSSr S
pio itable time foi the ooys once ancj for ajj js never chang
and girls.
Mrs. S. E.
Harry, Teacher.
AMERICA’S PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM
ed, while the mailing address
is subject to change whenever
the registrant moves.”
The Regulations, he said
provide : “The* registrant shall
be permitted to determine
No; none of us has got to.heav
en yet; but sometimes we do
get into a sort of detached con-
dition, partly separated ideal-
istically from the realities of
life, and, too often with dis-
torted views because somehow
we “have got our feet off the
ground.”
Right here is where those
little camping' excursions, of
those fishing trips, or even
those dinners at the park some
iwhere, come in. They do keep
us in touch with nature, with
things unspoiled by man, with
elernentary needs and gratifi-
cations of life, and with each
other, to some extent. And one
can feel closer to the Creator
while he is nearest to nature;
which, after all, is just God’s
revelation of jaimself in parts.
These same things may be said
of gardening, of raising flow-
ers, and of some other" things
that have an inherent value
that doesnot appear to all. It is
fine that one may at times
throw off his cares to some ex-
tent and enjoy true recreation,
even just for a little while. It
is a duty one owes to himself
and his neighbors.
BIG GUNS
: Out on. the Pacific Coast they
have been firing immense
guns that had not been shot
for years. The concussion broke
out windows and threw dishes
to the floor in many homes,
and government agents went
about assessing damages a-
gainst the government.
Over on Long Island is a
great gun firing a projectile
whifh P°JndS v, i ’Ailing. Its trend is toward a
turbiLe ,« : straig-ht _German materialistic
America is proud of her pub -----rrrr„.
lie school system. Our forefath i what place he desires to give
ers well knew that to maintain j as his residence when he is not
a democracy, or rather, a re-1 located in one place all of the
public, intelligence and train- time. The registrar shall make
ing would be required. So they j one effort to :dictate or inter-
set up our free school system, fore with this choice.”
Taking our great school sys-; There is no change in the
tern just where we find it in provision that permits a local
Texas, we have all the way board of original jurisdiction,
from the little one teacher I as determined by the place of
school down on the creek, now : rseidence given by the regis-
happily passing away, up to itrant, from transferring a
the State University in Austin, l ean’s papers to another locai
The weak point in it all is in board for the purpose of having
the lower common or grammar j that board classify, physically
school grade's- The three R’s,' examine or induct the regis-
with a fair knowledge of Eng- J traii.t, General Page stated. Re-
lish grammar, is where we are j emphasized that such trans-
the weakest. University facul-jfers do not disturb the juris-
ties well know this. Many lVIA’s diction of the original board.
BA’s just can’t spell much of | however,
use good English. And too
many of them can’t solve frac-
tions or write even fairly good
hands.
Up at the .top the danger
comes from infidelity. Deny it
you will; but the sad truth is
that most state colleges utterly
ignore ethical training, and too
often cultivate scepticism reli-
giously, and too many faculty
members are openly and boldly
atheistic, or if not atheistic, at
least un-Christian.
The above is said not care-
lessly, but with a fearful know-
ledge of its truth. The possibil-
ities of such conditions are ap-
hesitates not to rush him an-
tagonistically, as' in the George;
and Glass senatorial races of
the past.
Now the president is “root-
ing” for Lyndon Johnson for
Texas senator. It is, Dear Lyn-
don,” and dear chief, between
them. And with many this
would help a candidate won-
derfully.
But that is one reason we
shall vote for Gerlacl Mann, if
Sandia received another
good rain this week- With the
gcod rams we have nice tomat-
oes and ripe pepper and a’ few
watermelons are getting ripe
now.
Miss Juanita Castello of San
Antonio visited her father, Mr.
Jack Castello, over the week
end.
Miss Mary Hubbert of Kings
ville visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Hubbert, this
week end.
Mrs. Harold Turner and
baby of Alfred spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. Lee Crisp
and family.
Mr, and Mrs. S.L- Cowden of
Victoria spent Sunday with
thier relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Gorbet
Jr- of Corpus Christi spent the
week end with his parents, Mr.
and Mr-s. D.E. Gorbet.
Mrs. E.O. Berry was treated
in the Mathis Hospital Monday
for a spider bite-
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spurlin
of Aransas Pass spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J.H. Hubbert.
Rev. Ben Ferguson held ser-
vices Sunday morning and
night at the Simmons Baptist
Church.
Rev. and Mrs. Wesley Sumer
lin of Callallen were honored
Tuesday night with a kitchen
shower and social by the San-
dia Baptist Church. The guests
and honoree both enjoyed the
evening very much.
A study course started Mon-
day night at the Baptist
Church which will last a week.
Those attending the auction
sale in Alice Friday were Mr.
V.C. Walker, Z-H. Gorbet,
John Hubbert, and Ellis Gor-
bet.
Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Fletcher
are on their vacation. Mr. Joe
Burk is carrying the mail while
they are gone.
we get to vote. He uses his
head, and he isn’t Dear Gerald
and never will be because he
will never blindly follow any
man, even the president.
BUYER MEETS
CPI I CD IN OUR AD
OPLJUi.IV COLUMNS ...
(Traffic Accidents Hit
Peak During Weekends
turbance as does the California
gun. This is a 16 inch monster;
and both these guns have ran-
ges of over twenty miles- But
the cost and damage of firing
is so great, and the actual dam
age to the guns themselves is
such, that doubtless the prac-
tice will be very much restrict
ed.
BANK HOLIDAY SATURDAY
Our patrons are hereby noti-
fied that the First State Bank
of fMa-this will .be - closed all
day Sat-uSday, June' 28, it be-
ing election day.—J. W. Nel-
son, Cashier.
and rationalistic civilization,
and utterly away from the
Christian ideals of the colonists
of Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Maryland, Virginia, Georgia,
and else where-
May we not see to it that
fundamental, simple education
shall be made substantial and
useable; and that higher educ-
ation shall not make us a nat-
ion of infidels? Why should
the people pay taxes to support
any institution anywhere that
tends to tear down the sacred
institutions of American life, up
on which our permanent value
to the world and to ourselves
depends?
CRUSADER SPIRIT
The “Crusades” of history
appear to have been of fanat-
ical origin, and not to be car-
ried on rationally; but the ar-
dent, sacrificing spirit of the
crusaders is a thing to study
The fires of zeal in a good
cause ate up selfishness, they
consumed lethargy, they
brought scorn of hardships,
they brooked no denial, and
they laughed at persecution.
Deep conviction seized hold of
their souls, life had but one
great object, and nothing else
was worth whle.
Granting that much of this
was extreme, in this time of in-
sincerity, selfshness, and shal-
low profession, if America had
100 million people with more
of the soul-fires of the cru-
saders we would be better off.
SMART MONEY
MOWS
WHERE TO ,i
GO AFTER [
HEADING
THE ADS „ m
IN THIS ///Av»
NEWSPAPER,
Beware of Sunday! It is an un-
holy day, a day of sinister hap-
penings, a day when Death reaps
its heaviest harvest, according to
“Here Today—,” eleventh annual
booklet published by The Travel-
ers Insurance Company in the in-
terests of street and highway
safety.
From an analysis of America’s
highway accident record for 1940
can be drawn the following con-
clusions: Saturday and Sunday
vie for dishonor as the most dan-
gerous days for automobile driv-
ers. Of 35,000 people who met
their death in traffic accidents,
13,860 or nearly 40 per cent were
killed on weekends. When the
days were divided into hours, it
was discovered that the evening
hours from six to midnight ac-
counted for 14,180 or 40.5 per
cent of those who died in auto-
mobile accidents last year.
Thus the booklet reveals to the
layman unacquainted with acci-
dent facts that the worst driving
hours and the most dangerous
driving days are the very hours
and days he most frequently
chooses for pleasure trips.
Sunday has long been consid-
ered the most dangerous day of
the week, but last year Saturday
crept up until the two are run-
ning almost neck and neck as
to fatalities. Most dangerous sin-
DAILY DISTRIBUTION
OF FATAL ACCIDENTS
. '""■lPVT ' ■■ III ,4 . II
HOURLY DISTRIBUTION
OF FATAL ACCIDENTS \
gle hour of the 24 is between
7 and 8 p.m., according to the
booklet. Fewest accident* oc-
curred on Tuesday last year, al-
though the year before (1939)
Wednesday was statistically saf-
er. Unexplainable is the fact that
although there are more persons
killed on Sundays, there are
more persons injured on Satur-
days.
Fatal accidents rise steadily all
afternoon, reaching a peak be-,
tween 7 and 8 p.m., then taper
off, only to jump sharply about
midnight—the hour whea parties
break up. .
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