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AUSTIN, Tex. — Scandals, in-
vestigations, trials and political
upheaval kept Texas news lively
in 1955.
Most of the big ’55 stories are
expected to have even bigger se-
quels in ’56. In them may be
answers to now-tense questions,
solutions and attempted solutions
to a raft of state problems.
Some 1955 stories and topics for
their 1956 chapters include:
h. Veterans land frauds were
revealed, and former Land Comr.
Bdscom Giles was convicted. More
trials are pending, and scandals
are a likely summer campaign is-
sue.
2. U. S. Supreme Court decree
and follow-up action by Texas Su-
preme Court wiped out Texas’
school segregation laws. Desegre-
gation moves also begin in public
parks and transportation facilities.
But many Texans in areas with
large Negro populations formed
Citizens Councils that will still be
fighting in ’56.
3. In an earliest-ever start two
candidates, Reuben Senterfitt and
f'Sen. Jimmy Phillips, entered the
governor’s race. Some half-dozen
others jockeyed for position.
4. Wright Morrow was replaced
by 'LL Gov. Ben Ramsey as na-
tional Democratic committeeman.
How successful Ramsey is in unit-
ing the feuding factions of Tex-
as Democratic party will bear di-
rectly on these big ’56 questions:
What candidate will the Texas
delegation support at the national
Democratic convention? What par-
ty will carry Texas in the presi-
dential election?
5. Seven-million-dollar collapse of
U. S. Trust and Guaranty Com-
pany left thousands of depositors
and policy-holders with potentially
heavy losses. For ’56 it meant
more invesitgations, a hot new
campaign issue and possibly new
laws.
Auditox-’s Answers Awaited
Answers to two big questions
resulting from the bankruptcy of
U. S. Trust and Guaranty Com-
pany of Waco hang on the audit-
ing of the company’s tangled fi-
nancial accounts.
What the public wants to know
is: (1) What percentage of their
money will depositors get back?
(2) What did the company do with
all its money?
Estimates of depositor’s recover-
ies range from 15'to 100 cents on
the dollar. State Auditor C. H.
Cavness said he is hopeful inves-
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tors will recover 50 per cent or
more, but added “enough may not
be known for a month or two to
make a good guess.”
Cavness, at the request of the
Senate investigating committee, al-
so is trying to find out who got
the money from checks totaling
$25,000. They were issued by the
company payable to “cash” during
a period that coincided with the
last legislative session.
Liquidation proceedings are ex-
pected to take one to two years.
Garland Smith, chairman of the
Insurance Commission, said the
commission does not have enough
staff to carry on the receivership
work.
State Sen. Searcy Bracewell of
Houston has advocated a special
session if necessary to provide the
commission with more examiners
to enforce new laws passed last
session.
Depositors Map Strategy
A statewide meeting in Houston
sometime this month is planned
by depositors in the defunct U. S.
Trust and Guaranty Company.
At separate meetings last week
in Waco, Dallas and Houston seve-
ral hundred of the 5,600 holders
of “certified drafts” kicked off
their campaign to recoup losses.
They have hired legal counsel,
and enlisted the aid of state offi-
cials and, legislators.
Depositors’s chances for sub-
stantial recovery are based on
hopes that: (1) they will be made
“preferred creditors” and (2) as-
sets of subsidiary companies will
partially offset liabilities of the
parent firm.
Right to Work Laws
Atty. Gen. John Ben Shepperd
has taken steps to fight for Tex-
as “right to woi’k” law.
Shepperd petitioned the U. S.
Supreme Court last week for per-
mission to present oral argument
in a case involving a similar Ne-
braska law.
Pending the federal judges’ de-
cision, the Texas Supreme Court
has delayed action on a suit by
railway workers to prevent a clos-
ed shop agreement between Santa
Fe Railway and the unions.
A Texas law passed in 1947
provides that no person shall be
denied employment as a result of
membership or non-membership in
a union.
To invalidate this law, said Shep-
pard, would destroy individual con-
stitutional rights.
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Football Game Highlights
Two football bowl games in
Texas will be featured next week
on The Humble. Company’s TV
program, Texas in Review.
From Dallas will come films of
activities during Cotton Bowl week
and highlights of the football
game between TCU and Mississip-
pi.
The other feature will be films
of the colorful Sun Carnival in
El Paso along with highlights of
the Texas Tech-Wyoming game.
Other films on the same pro-
gram will show how the Houston
police department uses special
tickets and key-punch machines
for keeping records of traffic vio-
lations.
Laughlin Wins Suit
C. Woodrow Laughlin, South
Texas off-again, on-again district
judge, kept his right to stay on
after efforts to disbar him lost
out in court last week.
Laughlin was removed from the
79th district judgeship for official
misconduct by the State Supreme
Court in 1953. In 1954 he was
re-elected and took office in Jan-
uary, 1955.
Disbarment proceedings, based
on the Supreme Court findings,
were instituted by the State Bar
of Texas. Texas Fourth Court
of Civil Appeals ruled out the
Bar’s petition, said charges would
have to be proven before a jury.
Short Snorts
Something new has been added
in your capitol city. Six “Par-
kaidettes” now are patroling the
parking meters, replacing six po-
licemen, for more strenuous dut-
ies. Another short wheat crop in
Texas is predicted for 1956, by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
USDA estimates next year’s pro-
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duction at 19,602,000 bushels. That
is only about one-third of average,
but 46 per cent better than 1955.
Homer Garrison, Jr., head of the
Department of Public Safety, has
ordered highway patrolmen to
throw away warning ticket books
and make arrests in every moving
traffic violation. Reason for the
order: 2,500 deaths on Texas high-
ways in 1955. The State is facing
a suit by holders of some of the
$1,000,000 in bonds issued by Tex-
as as a Confederate state, in 1862.
State Auditor C. H. Cavness says
that inasmuch as the bonds ap-
parently were used to aid the re-
bellion the state would be bar-
red from paying any such debt
or obligation. Texas has been al-
located 71,307 additional shots of
Salk polio vaccine.
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Heart Association
Urges Check-Up
As Preventative
Good resolutions for T956 should
begin with a determination to let
facts — rather than worrisome
fears—govern your (attitude toward
the heart diseases, it has been
suggested by the Texas Heart As-
sociation.
“If you have any doubt about
the condition of your heart, con-
sult your doctor,” said 'the Asso-
ciation. “If he finds that there is
nother wrong with your heart and
circulation, needless anxiety can
be eliminated. If a disorder is
revealed, suitable treatment can
be undertaken immediately for the
patient’s benefit.”
As a prelude to the 1956 Heart
Fund campaign in February, to
be headed in Texas by Sen. Lyn-
don Johnson as state Heart Fund
chairman, the Association propos-
ed that all citizens placed these
resolus on their New Year’s list:
1. To learn the facts about the
heart and its diseases, and to
avoid needless fears and worry.
2. To shun self-diagnosis in fa-
vor of regular heart and health
checks by your own physician.
3. To guard against excess
weight, remembering that over-
weight overworks your heart.
4. To get the sleep and rest
you need, because rest lightens
the work your heart has to do.
5. To keep fit by exercising
moderately and regularly. But,
remember act your age and don’t
try to prove that you have the
physical stamina you had 10 or
20 years ago. Stenuous exercise
may not harm a healthy heart,
but the danger is real if your
heart and circulation are not in
good order.
6. To be alert to the dangers
of respiratory infections which are
more common during the winter
months, and may place an added
strain on the heart. Prompt medi-
cal treatment for such infections
is important, especially for “strep”
throat, which may be the fore-
runner of rheumatic fever and
rheumatic heart disease in chil-
dren.
The Association pointed out that
hope and optimism are increasing-
ly warranted by the dramatic ad-
vances in diagnosis, treatment,
prevention and care achieved in
recent years as the result of heart
research, and that where heart
disease was once regarded as a
sentence of death or life-long in-
validism, it is now recognized that
some forms of heart disease can
be prevented, a few can be cured,
and that almost all cases can be
helped by ’ proper treatment, es-
pecially after early diagnosis.
A final resolution proposed by
the Association is as follows:
“Resolved, that I will • do all
within my power to advance the
nation-wide fight against heart di-
sease by supporting the^ 1956 Heart
Fund.”
San Pat Women Plan
To Attend HD Convention
Among the Texas Home Demon-
stration Association leaders who
will be in Laredo on Thursday
Jan. 5 to attend the Dist. 12
THDA planning meeting will be
the following San Patricio County
HD women: Miss Leota White
home demonstration agent; Mrs.
F. J. Culbertson of Gregory, Coun-
ty HD Council chairman; and Mrs.
T. W. Dickens of Aransas Pass,
County THDA chairman.
The purpose of the meeting is
to make plans for the district
THDA meeting to be held in April.
Mrs. Stanley Williams of Willacy
Co., Dist. 12 THDA vice-presi-
dent, will preside at the Laredo
meeting.
LEDGERS & LEDGER SHEETS
BOOKKEEPING SUPPLIES
THE MATHIS NEWS
CROP ROTATION IS
BIG FACTOR IN
DISEASE CONTROL
COLLEGE STATION, DEC. —
Plant diseases .common to a
particular area are greatly re-
duced by growing different crop
varieties and using proper crop
rotation methods, says Harlan E.
Smith, extension plant pathologist.
While one variety in a community
is desirable from certain market-
ing viewpoints, it usually sets up
ideal conditions for dvelopment
and increase of disease..
Farmers growing principally one
field crop variety are apt to find
severe. By interspersing varie-
ties in a community, such wide-
spread diseases are likely to be
checked. Varieties often differ in
susceptibility and resistance to di-
sease, thus disease producing
spores from one variety may not
easily infect another.
A community having one varie-
ty of cotton is not likely to have
the disease damage that may be
found in a one-variety communi-
ty of oats, wheat, barley, rye,
corn, sorghum, or rice. This de-
pends upon whether the proper
crop-rotation practices have been
followed.
One variety of cotton grown con-
tinuously on one field, however,
increases soil-borne disease organ-
isms, as well as those carried
through the air. Therefore, there
is the possibility of greater dis-
ease damage. This may be les-
sened by growing first one varie-
ty of cotton and then another on
the land, or by the use of other
preventive measures. This prin-
ciple applies equally to most
crops, but is is not as effective
as a disease control measure as
crop rotation.
Some of the many diseases made
worse by one-variety communities
are leaf rust, and smuts on oats,
leaf spot diseases on rice and
covered kernel smut sorghum. If
crop rotations are not used in
cotton, angular leaf spot, boll rots
and seedling blight disease are
more severe.
Public Records
District Court
New Filings:
Ruby Pruitt vs Sidney Pruitt.
Suit for divorce.
W. L. Dinn et al vs Grant Van
Sant, Jr. et al. Suit for declara-
tory judgment.
Jewell Burgess Vickers et vir vs
The City of Taft. Suit for dam-
ages and injunction.
Richard Reyna vs Alicia Ochoa
Reyna. Suit dovorce.
County Court
New Filings:
State vs Jas. L. Glazener. DWT.
State vs L. C. Green DWI
State vs Walter F Hess DWI
State vs E. G. Gerslenberger.
Trespassing.
State vs Benjamin Keller, Ken-
neth L. Williams, Lewis Decker
and James’ Decker. Theft under
$50.
State vs Avalos Alcahio. Ag-
gravated assault.
State vs Arnaldo Garcia. Ag-
gravated assault.
Monroe W. Huseman vs George
Reid et ux. Suit for damages.
Friday, Jan. 6, 1956, Mathis, Tex. — THE MATHIS NEWS — Page 5
Junior G.A.’s Hold
Program On Tithing
The Junior G.A.s met from 3:45
to 5:00 Tuesday evening at the
home of Mrs. T. G. Dorris for
a program entitled, “Tithing.”
Presenting the program were Kar-
en Dorris, Carol Edmondson, Kay
Gilbert, and Beverly Henderson.
Present at the meeting besides
those above were Martha Rouse,
Patricia Buffington, Wanda Jo
Lynn, Mary McMillan, Debra Par-
rish, and Judith Pullin.
Refreshments were served at the
close of the meeting.
Mr. And Mrs. Frank Henze
Celebrate Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin C. Henze
celebrated their wedding anniver-
sary Thursday, Dec. 29th, at a
dinner and dance given at the
home of Mrs. Henze’s aunt, Mrs.
T. D. Ryan, in Ottine. There were
18 guests present.
Study Club Meeting
Held Wednesday Evening
The Mathis Study Club met Wed-
nesday at the home of Mrs. T.
R. Steelhammer with Mrs. L. T.
Porter as co-hostess. Mrs. J R
McGuffin presided over the busi-
ness meeting. Dr. W. A. Guynes
was the guest speaker on “New
Drugs and Mental Health.”
There were 19 members pres-
ent. The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. George Ram-
sower.
SOCIETY
Altar Society Women
To Attend Meeting
The Altar Society of the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church met Tues-
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Albert Gregorcyk with Mrs. Alvin
Flury presiding over the meeting.
Dues were collected and plans
were started for the new year.
Sister Bernadette had the lesson
on the “Life of St. Lawrence.”
Mrs. Ben Maikotter and Mrs.
Flury will attend the National
Council of Catholic Women dean-
ery meeting to be held in Bene-
vides Jan. 12.
Members present were Mrs. Leo
Hennig, Mrs. Wayne Koepsel,
Mrs. C. E. Caddel, Mrs. S. J.
Psencik, Mrs. Hugo Winsauer,
Mrs. Maikotter, Mrs. Flury, Mrs.
Otto Tiemann, Mrs. Gregorcyk
Sister Bernadette, Sister Alberta
and Rev. Engelbert Bartosch.
W. S. C. S. Program Held
Tuesday At Church
The Women’s Society of Chris-
tian Service met Tuesday evening
for a program on “Changless
Gospel, A Revolutionary Age” led-
by Mrs. F. Van Wagner. Parts
on the program were presented:
by Mrs. Bill Henderson, Mrs. Es-
telle Montgomery, and Mrs. Chas.
Brown.
The Spiritual Life Committee
served refreshments after the pro-
gram to the 18 members and two
guests who were present.
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IT’S THE LAW
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A public service Mature
W the Stats Bor at Texas
SOCIAL SECURITY
BRIEFS
Do you employ a domestic work-
er in your home? If you do, you
should know that you are requir-
ed to pay social security taxes on
her wrages if you pay her as
much as $50 in wages during a
calendar quarter. You may get
further information from the So-
cial Administration, 530 South Wa-
ter Street, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Many people have the impres-
sion that a lawyer can tell them
with finality what the law is in
any and every fact situation.
Few realize that in many instan-
ces the lawyer, like the doctor,
can only give his expert opinion
on the state of the law as ap-
plied to a particular set of facts.
There are some fact situations,
which arise repeatedly, where the
law is well settled, and the law-
yer can take with considerable
conviction the exact rule of law
applicable.
However, in many situations,
the lawyer, after studying the sta-
tutes and the court decisions that
ar.e applicable, can only give his
best judgment as to what a court
would hold the law to be as ap-
plied to the particular set of facts
presented to him.
How does a lawyer learn how
to advise clients on legal ques-
tions? First, he must have had
six or seven years of academic
education. In Texas this means
at least three years of college
work and three years in a recog-
nized law school. Because the
'feommunity at large has an in-
terest in the qualifications and
conduct of members of the bar,
these minimum educational re-
quirements must be met before
examination for admission to the
bar may be taken.
During the three years of for-
mal legal education, the law stu-
dent attempts to read, digest, re-
concile and understand from 10,-
000 to 20,000 separate cases, sta-
tutes, and monographs. He must
draw from these an understand-
ing of basic-legal principles, of
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processes of legal reasoning, of
methods of fact and legal investi-
gation, and of court procedures
which bring relief to clients.
In both counselling and litiga-
tion, a lawyer must draw upon a
wealth of precedent which he has
attempted to store in his memo-
ry in order to apply one or more
principles of law to the fact sit-
uation presented by his client.
Ordinarily, many legal principles
and rules of statute or decision
are involved in even the simplest
situation. Too, the problems rais-
ed by various clients, like finger-
prints, are never exactly the same.
After searching his memory,
the lawyer will usually check the
pertinent rules and precedents.
These are found in an ever-in-
creasing volume of statutes with
which modern legislation seeks to
regulate many aspects of our life,
and in the decisions of the courts,
boards and bureaus.
Almost every problem presents,
ed to a lawyer requires research
in the statutes and law {boQks,
before a proper answer can be
given.
Therefore, you will not receive
an immediate answer to your pro-
blem from your lawyer, unless it
is of the most elemental type.
Your lawyer should, and you
should give him time to, form his
opinions from the authoritative
statutes and decisions. You should
also understand that, due to the
constant fluctuations in our lavvs,
he will sometimes be able to give
you only an informed opinion, ra-
ther than an absolute statement
of the law applicable to your
situation.
(This column, based on Texas
law, is written to inform — not
to advise. No person should ever
apply or interpret any law with-
out the aid of an attorney who
knows the facts because the facts
may change the application of
the law.)
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Quail Population
Shows Increase
All Over Texas
AUSTIN, Jan. — All but one of
192 quail producing counties cov-1
ered in a statewide survey .show-
ed a population increase compar-
ed to last year, according to the
Director of Wildlife Restoration
for the Game and Fish Commis-
sion.
' “Texas quail, hard hit by-
drought from three to six years,,
this fall have continued the popu-
lation revival begun in modera- .
tion last season,” said the Direct-
tor. “Of the 192 quail producing,
counties where population trends.
were determined and reported by
Commission wildlife technicians,
and wardens, only one showed a
decrease as compared to last yeav.
“A total of 158 of the 192 coun-
ties showed increases in quail pop-
ulation, while 33 remained about
the same as last year.
“The Panhandle promises the
best hunting since the phenomenal
season of 1951-52. Substantial in-
creases- also were reported east-
ward along the Red River, then
south through Central East Texas.
Other areas with substantial rises
were in the Trans-Pecos, in the
west-central section of South Tex-
as, and along the coast and in-
land between Galveston and Cor-
pus Christi.
“Populations remained about the
same in Central Texas and in the
extreme southern and southeastern
portions of the state.
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