The Rocksprings Record and Edwards County Leader (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1929 Page: 3 of 8
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r 22nd, 1929
THE ROCKSPRINGS RECORD
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Socialists, 4n the last .election.
We do hot need to look far afield
fbr the answer. There are two out-
the increased .. production and ^ ^ high status q( Ara=rica„
labor with its increasing knowledge of
the inseparable economic relationship
between capital and labor.
The classic idea of capitalism pic-
tured a few wealthy men, acting as
rutless dictators controlling the peo-
ple of a nation and exploiting labor.
Today, in contrast, Capital, as ex-
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ffcly»'n^y the Oakland Motor Car
_y, a convention of two week’s
duration for traveling field represen-
tatives of the company is now under
way at the factory here.
~ Of a hundred general travelers in
attendance, fifty are new men wrho
.will augment the present field force d Qur industries, is
m the selling campaign that promises „ ........
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to make 1929 the greatest year in
Oakland-Pontiac history.
Ertry one of the 20 Oakland district
offices in the United States has one
; or more traveling representatives at
the convention which began on Febru-
ary 11th and extends to February
23rd.
W. H. London of the factory sales
deportment, who has charge of the
convention stated that the object was
to give every traveler a close insight
into factory methods and operations
that be may work more intelligently
in the field toward improved public
service.
Executive heads of every major de-
portment of the home office are to ad-
dress the travelers on the functions
-O&d workings of their offices, while
A. ,R. Glancy, president and general
manager, also $s scheduled to talk
to the men.
The convention schedule, according
to Mr, London, also provides for
trips through the Oaklond-Pontiac
plant, said to be the most modern in
the world, the Fisher body plant at
Pontiac and the General Motors prov-
ing ground.
While the convention was under
way here, a series of service schools
also was started by R. A. Armstrong,
service manager of the Oakland com-
pany. Three special service instruc-
tors are scheduled to hold approxi-
mately a hundred schools in as many
; dtflerent points throughout the Unit-
ed States during the next ten weeks.
^Service managers and service re-
p*ir men of the 5000 Oakland-Pontiac
dealer and associate dealer establish-
ments in all quarters of the country
'^01 hear the factory experts explain
everything of a mechanical nature
pertaining to the new Oakland All-
American Six and the new Pontiac
-Mr Six.
understood to represent the accumu-
lated savings of millions of investors,
rich and poor alike.
Labor exploitation, in any form, is
a thing of the past. Employers under-
stand that satisfied employes, earning
high wages, are the nation’s greatest
asset in home market buying powder.
Employe-ownership of stock, pioneer-
ed by the electric light and power
companies, and now generally adopt-
ed *by all industries, was the forerun-
ner and continuous incentive for the
idea of making the words “labor” and
“capital” synonymous.
The agitator today is hard put to
find an enthusiastic audience in in-
dustrial America. The Utopian dream
of friendliness and cooperation between
the worker and the financier seems to
have been realized in America, the
land of opportunity for the individual.
UNCLE SAM THE PRINTER
Abe, Mortiz and r:
His Muleship
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“Without Pride of Ancestry or Hope
of Posterity”
“Abe to Mortiz.”
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The Red Wing, Minnesota, Repub-
lican said editorially, November 12,
1928: “Uncle Sam’s Post Office De-
partment, which is estimated will have
a deficit of $100,000,000 during the
present fiscal year, will continue in
the business of competing with local
printers in the furnishing of printed
envelopes, having recently awarded a
contract involving more than $15,000,-
000 in this connection.
“This means that one concern will
have a monopoly of this amount of
gross business, a large portion of
which will be derived from country
publishers, who are practically the
only class of business men with whom
the government competes in this man-
ner.
“The injustice of this practice is all
the more marked because the print-
ing is done for an additional charge
of only a few cents, so small that it
covers only a fraction of the cost.
The envelopes alone are priced high-
er than necessary in order to cover
a portion of the loss on the printing,
but the customer thinks he is getting
a qubSffoW ^ jugghng
“Having been victims of this unfair
competition for half a ceptury, it is
little wonder that country editors are
practically a unit in opposition to gov-
ernment operation of business enter-
prises. All fair-minded business men
should assist the National Editorial
Association in its efforts to eliminate
this Socialistic and un-American prac-
tice.
“There would be as much justifica-
tion for the operation of reprinted en-
velopes in competition with local
printers.”
[OKING OUT THE ARSONIST
Cooperation by all the state in ad-
opting uniform legislation would re-
tattjleatE
somsts now cause
The Fire Marshals’ Association of
Nprth America has prepared a model
anon law to serve as a guide to leg-
a in amending and strengthen-
lsiws defining arson and other
of malicious burning. - „
The present laws defining arson in
the various states are based on the
old common law version; namely, that
it is an offense against the habitation
of another. Today there arc very few
cases of. arson because the laws are
inadequate and most cases of burn-
ing with which the authorities come
in contact, are fires for insurance.
Fifteen states have now adopted
practically all of the provisions of the
model arson law and arson is not
only becoming less profitable but it
is becoming decidedly more unpopu-
lar as a prison sentence becomes more
of a certainty.
The Fire Marshals’ Association of
North America in cooperation with
the National Fire Protection Associa-
tion, United States Chamber of Com-
merce and National Board of Fire
Underwriters. 85 John Street, New
York, are -advocating the Model Ar-
son Law. -i
THE DECLINE OF RADICALISM
Recently an internationally known
liberal made a statement to the effect
that radicalism, of all sorts, in Ameri-
ca was at its lowest point in many
generations. This statement was borne
Newsom Daify
Zeb Newsom,
Pure dairy^roducts,
Handled clean
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PHONE 218-2
As promised, Mortiz, I am writing
you more about the mule, since last
week I told you only a little bit more
of a lot of fine qualities that ani-
mal has, no matter what your opinion
should be.
Taking what the Agricultural De-
partment, U. S. A. has to say about
the mule, Mortiz I find that he is an
animal with more eccentricities and un-
deniable virtues than any other do-
mestic animal. Having partnershipped
with you, Mortiz 1 will not admit
that statement without controversy,
because if a mule could have more
eccentricities than my partner nobody
should get along with a mule. So far
as your virtues are concerned I am
sure the mule has the best of you. I
admit that without controversy, Mor-
tiz. The bullet in my hand, which I
have from the same U. S. A. depart-
ment says about the mule: “One would
naturally expect from his heritage a
rather unusual temperament requir-
ing the most thoughtful treatment.”
There you are, Mortiz! In that respect
you have “mule’’ written, all over you.
You have more temperament than all
the grand opera stars and mules put
together. But as the bullet goes on to
say, the mule’s mother was a lady, but
his father was a jackass. I don’t know
you mother, Mortiz, hut I will al-
ways speak well of the ladies and the
dead, so I will admit that she was
like the mule’s mother, a perfect lady.
But 3*pur father, Mortiz that is a
horse of another color, as you will see
when I read to you what the bullet
in my hand says. “The difficulty is to
know how- to handle the mule in
order to keep the desirable qualities
of his maternal ancestry in the fore-
ground and to keep subservient the
lately donkey characteristics. If that
ain’t the very trouble I have had with
you, Mortiz, I am a sucker. Every
time I have seen things going lovely,
and the goose hanging high, and I
supposed you were standing in your
stall like a good horse, what you are
on your mama’s side, as I am willing
to admit for decency's sake, all of a
sudden over the fence I would hear
your voice, and it was the voice of
your papa, which like the mules’ is
the donkey in you.
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P. S. Mortiz, if I don’t get sick of
this mule, as I have five thousand
times of you as my partner, next I
shall tell you how you shold treat'
such a conglomeration as there is in
a mule. Also tell you how the mule
is- like George Washington, first in
war, second in peace, and third in the
hearts of his countrymen.
Consult Your
Banker First
Your banker may not have progres-
sive ideas concerning some phase of
agricluture. Some of them haven't be-
cause they have been trained to be con-
servative to the nth degree, But, there
is one thing you can generally rely
upon, and that is good advice when
it comes to making investments in in-
dustrial stocks and bonds.
Net long ago a Texas lady came in-
to possession of quite a fortune in
gilt-edge securities. Dividends came
with regularity. Some crooked bond
dealers heard of her good fortune and
cultivated her acquaintance. After es-
tablishing themselves as good friends
they induced her to trade her securi-
ties for others which they promised
would pay twice as much. She lat'er
found that her alleged friends had
moved to other parts and that she
was out her fortune. Had she con-
sulted any hanker she would have
learned that the securities offered her
were worthless.
The crooks always read the mortu-
ary columns. Widows are their vic-
tims. After a few days have elapsed
and she had time to collect insurance
of her husband, they descend upon
her with flattering offers of invest-
ment. They are smooth-tongued artists
Many of them stay just within the
letter of the law and keep out of jail,
but they are succeeding in swindling
widows out of millions of dollars an-
nually. A telephone message or a per-
sonal visit to some good hanker would
save them from an investment mis-
take. Why take risks when good ad-
vice from reliable business men can
he had tor the asking?—Farm and
Ranch.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of Edwards.
To those indebted to, or
claims against the Estate o
Thurman, Deceased.
The undersigned having^been duly
appointed administrator the estate
of Wm. Thurman, debased, late of
Edwards County, Texdf, by C. H. Gil-
mer, judge of the /ounty court of
said county on the 2pt day of January
A. D. 1929, during a regular term
thereof, hereby nodfies all persons in-
;aid eslxte to come forward
settlement, and those hav-
agaii/st said estate to pre-
to /nim at his residence
south-east of Rocksprings,
debted to
and make
ing claims
sent them
seven mil
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Edwards jCopnty, Texas, where he
receives mail, this 2nd day of
February, '\A. D. 1929.
9-4t ? W A. CHAPMAN
Administrator of the estate of Wm.
Thurman, deceased.
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trespa«^n9tice
I have posj^ qiy ranches, known as
the Buff Qratk and Lolwer Ranches,
against anl frespassina^f any nature
and wil/prqfeecute violations with
out fear oruavor
41-tf c. O. L. McNEALY
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Appreciation Reflected in Price
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Schreiner Wool & Mohair Coi
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TO GET BESTRESULTS
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H. L. Wade
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Edwards County Abstract
ANNIE TAYLOR, Abstractor
to Loan
Local RepresentativeUf LIFE
Liberal Appndsements. Call and See Us
Office at the Ealentine Hotel
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We invite your attention to the stat<
low, the result of sound, conservative
policies.
First State
Capital, $50j
Rocksprings, T
Surplus and undr
profits, $27,000.00
W. J. Greer, Ifres. M. O. Groo^ii^ashier
W. B. Singleton, A^ai^Cashier
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Edwards County Wool & Mohaa
Warehouse Company
Capital, $24,000.00. Surplus and Undividi
Profits, $20,670
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W J. Greer, Pres. M. O. Grooms, Manager
\Y. B. Singleton, Secretary
Edwards County Livestock Loan
Capital $30,000.00. Surplus and Undivided
Profits, $4,000.00
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Ed Custer. President. M. O. Grooms, T.Tanaj
W. B. Singleton, Secretary
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DIRECTORS
Ed Custer J. E. Thurman W. F. Jei
Tom Dragoo T JEj
W. J. Greer o. L. M<
J. L. Greer F. A.
Interest Rate on All Bank Loans 8 Per Cent.!
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Hutt, J. W. The Rocksprings Record and Edwards County Leader (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1929, newspaper, February 22, 1929; Rocksprings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1096167/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .