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THE CHRONICLE, TEAGUE, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 22, 1940
EN l*OX
1KFIELD
/AVINO MONET
Documents in
Evidence
] TRUTH
As grout a statesman as was
G$orge Washington, the tale of
thw famous cherry tree act:I1B -1°
j he the foremost rdUlldSf of bis
existence. This incident serves, in
man/ a classroom, ns a moral
. lesson for' youth, impressing upon
(hfcm the value of truth. So does
outstanding statesmanship, stew-
ardship and keen legislation give
, way to a cherry tree, an axe and
^-child whose 'truthfulness nudfr
f a moment in history. ..
Should we deal with the subject
| of truth as if it Was a rare
, qualification in the make-up of a
of truthfulness
The Teaffue Chronicle
- * Established in 1906
Published Every Thursday
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Teague. Texas 4,
the Late News
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By JANE SNOW
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In-fore wal
liild should J
*ves and til
I TRUSTED you. only to And that
' you had frittered yourself away
on other women—I, who had saved
my lips for my husband and had
lived like a nun—" ®
Althea was going good, Don Mor-
gan reflected.
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"Bad daddy! Make mudder kwy!”
Dortny puffed out his chest and
stamped his small feet.
Althea reached out, drew the In-
dignant little figure to her and said,
between sobs:
'TTaMlrig sciwt HeTO1 take cure of
mother, won’t he?”
"Of course, Althea," Don’s voice
carried a bored note, which gave
'such scenes
Entered at the pm£ office at
I in^media.telj
is laws pen
of eonta
n part, as f
Dns sufferinj
measles, wi]
, German ml
d to be bartl
'lit \ "ti'- d i y I
illness (at tl
|1 health offil
la I time as 1
kv; and maJ
prtitica'te Wj
man ? The sense
j](Wul4 World)
Tis dominate m t iiecTOTBWWnTfr1
i the average man in Teague. A
I sense of fairness leads one in
tivia^ path* Square shooting you
! may call it,-fair business practice
I industry may label it, fidelity
' suys* the moralist,' honesty quotes
the proverb, conscience lectures
the pulpit, hut however you name
it, the foundation is Truth,
There is always a discussion 0t
i just how far one can carry truth
; and lose friends and injure
people! There is a stage v,’hen the
art of diplomacy enters the pic-
ture. To be entirely candid TTfeans
a trouble house and the argument
for it little white lie is used as a
stop-gap for hurts and disfavor.
There is a way of managing to
speak truthfully with considera-
tion for another’s feelings. There
is a certainty that George Wash-
ington could not have cut the
figure he did in politics-without
the clever manipulation of diplo-
macy and the ability to handle a
situation stratigically. We are of
the opinion that it was also neces-
sary for the statesman Washing-
ton to use his axe at various
times during his administration!
through the mails at second-class
of postage, under the'’ Act
of ’ Congress ofv March 3, 1879.
Though tT took a good
GLAD GiLADIATOK --------- . ,
bit of swabbing to soothe his battered face,
Arturo Godoy, Chilean heavyweight, ldoksed at
the world through rose-colored-glasses, literal-
ly and figuratively, »after amazing performance
of going 15 rounds witii Champion Joe Louis
without getting knocked off his feet, even got-
her an inward wince,
always mean that you want some-
thing. This time. I suppose, it is
the new roadster, which I told you
I cannot aiTord. You will probably
win, because I’d go bankrupt to es-
cape this sort of melodrama, though
you have found it lucrative. But
you might at least keep the baby
out of it."
In his youth Don Morgan had been
too good looking and too Suscepti-
ble. First he had succumbed to
the appeal of Myrna Lewis, he be-
ing a handsome and romantic 18
and she a mysterious, alluring 32,
who needed a satellite pending a
divorce she was seeking.
No harm had been 'done, for
Myrna had other plans, and after
receiving Don’s attentions for sev-
eral months sailed away to a titled
marriage.
Later on he became engaged to
peppery Sally Will. But many of
the other fellows had done the same
thing. That affair ended, as most
of hers did, with about her third
tantrum.
When Althea came upon the scene
Mabel Parsons had him almost
landed—her stronghold was the se-
rious, blg-sister pose. But after he
laid eyes on Althea there were no
more affairs for Don, nor for Al-
thea, either.
They were happy, except that Ma-
bel Parsons took her spite out by
telling Althea about Don’s affairs
in an increasing ratio. Althea took
her spite by referring to these ex-
aggerations when she wanted to
manage Don.
This last scene, with three-year-
old Donny taking part, was too
much, Don told himself many times
during the five or more miles he
walked before he came back to his
own door.
. The next morning Don left before
Donny and Althea were awake. He
did not phone during the day and at
night turned homeward with lagging
steps, for he knew the hostilities
would not end Until the roadster
question was settled. Dropping Into
a porch chair under the vine, he
opened his paper.
’‘Whoooo-oo!” It was the whistle
that went with the postman's* outfit
he had bought Donny the day be-
fore.
“Whoo-oooo! Mail, daddy!” ~i
“A-a-all right, sir! How many
letters today
“Four, fre^*!eben!” The man
held out his hand for them abstract-
edly. “Gotta hurryl Big hurryl
Lottsf letters, all down stweet!"
After a few minutes Don glanced
at the letters. The first one was
without an envelope and began,
"Althea, My Own Angel.”
A half-hour later Althea looked up
from her reading, an Injured aloof-
ness in her manner, to see a hus-
band whose mien was neither pla-
cating nor contrite, but rattfer that
of a stern judge.
“You told me last night, Althea,
between sobs, that you had saved
your Ups for your husband. Yet,,
before you knew me there was one
Mike Wickham who said that your
kiss was Uke wine to him!”
"Don, are you crazy!” she cried
wildly. The stern Judge went on.
“There was a poet, one Leon, who
Insisted that with his arms around
you and his lips on yours the sor-
rows of the world were blotted out.
He believed that you were going to
marry him. And there was a Bobby
James who went Into a football
game with your glove beneath his
sweater; next to his heart, and with
your kiss upon his brow. He called
it life’s accola 4&; so -his team must
have won."
"Are you trying to lie about my
character?" bluffed Althea, angrily.
He held up the mall Donny had
given him and announced sternly:
"Althea, you have taunted me
with my early foolishness for the
last time. Also, there will be no
more of the ’virgin mind,’ 'Inno-
cent girl* or ‘living like a nun’
stuff. So far as your past and mine
are concerned we will call It a
draw!"
"You have been spying upon me!”
biie snatched at the letters.
Donny, perspiring but happy,
burst Into the room, an empty mall-
pouch over his shoulder.
“Well, mudder,” he beamed, "I
was postman, and I d’livered all de
letters out of dat big box back in
your closet—’vybody got one. Didn’t
you like yours, daddy?"
“Mine were just what I needed,
son," replied Don, zestfully, while
Althea sobbed into her best satin
cushion.
ting vote of one judge.
Keeping the refrigerator clean
and orderly does not need to be
a task. Save your small Cotton
Sugar, Salt and Flour Bags and
use them for storing fruits and
vegetables in the refrigerator.
These Qotton Bags are- easy to:
keep clean and the fruits and veg-j
etable kept in them stay > fresh]
and crisp. A small hem at the top]
of the Bug is all the sewing reJ
quired, unless you would like al
motif to fit in with the color!
s:heme of your kitchen. This stitch-l
ing can be done in simple stitch-l
es. A drawstring can be added, if
desired. |
Other Cotton Bag Sewing ideas
are illustrated in a free booklet.!
Send to National Cotton Council,
Fox 18, Memphis, or Textile Bags,
100 N. LaSalle St., Chicago.
Any e mucous reflection upon
the chnract'. r, standing dr reputa-
tion of any iiirson, firm or.corpo-
ration wh' h may aj)pear in the
columns o'.' the Chronicle will he
cheerfully corrected upon being
brought to the attention of *the
recovery
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OHC,
SKI-DEVIL ... Not all
French soldiers are under-
ground in the Maginot Hr ,
as this shot of picturesque,
double-goateed member of
ski brigade of famed “Blue
Devils” on patrol duty in
snow - covered mountains
near German border indi-
cates.
bians are r<
local health
diseases ui
llders,
TRENCH COAT . . . Influ-
ence of white robings of
Europe’s snow soldiers is
being felt in U. S. women’s
fashions, with this white
gabardine trench coat,
modeled by film actress Isa
Miranda, as brilliant ex-
ample. White leather but-
tons, antelope gloves and
berqt, gauzy scarf complete
ensemble.
nurse
jre required
diseases oi
to be conti
sal th office
THURSDAY, KEB. 22, 1940.
UN-AMERICAN
TROUBLE-MAKERS
One by one the un-American
groups and organizations which
have made it their business to
stir up ■ racial prejudices and re-
ligious intolerance are being
smoked out and shown up in their
true colors.
The latest of these subversive
groups, whose concealed purpose
has 'Just- been brought to light,
is the "Silver Shirts.” The leader
DINING DECOR EXPERT . . . Ingenuity in
designing dining table setting with golden
plate mirror glass plaque as focal point won
Mrs. M. B. Sampson of Swarthmore, Pa., first
prize in contest sponsored by magazine Made-
moiselle and check for $50 being presented
here by William Plummer, Jr, at Philadel-
[ealth office
po examine
disease easJ
B must be
n Pox is c
pox appeal
| by the sc|
ftnd nose, I
bees in talk!
ping, and orl
>ing cups, al
pox. It’s el
ist pox haJ
dren ridinJ
school havl
ty of giviJ
ie well chili
:he well ell
law and fl
of health
/M.l
County I h i
phia luncheon.
One self-made man in Teague
modestly insists he hasn’t com-
pleted the job yet.
A fellow in Teague never growj
too old to forget his first smoke.
TWO WAYS TO
DEFEAT WINTER
AILMENTS !
I .li•i)H!J,
ing its n al purpose under the of years. The outward appearance
doqk "f patriotism. b saddening as the fatigue, worry
So far as has. been disclosed, and weight of state affairs /alters
the Silver Shirts have not done the strong. This responsibility oi
anything except to fulminate in being president of so great » na-
print and by word of mouth; but tlon is a task that would try the
that Mr. Pulley should be able to strength and patience of ©very
muster a group of followers call- man in Teague. IT the president
ing themselves Americans, who goes through especially trying'
hail so little understanding of the | times he sits for a far different
fundamental basis of American- -photo as his term comes to a 1
ism. is a sorry commentary upon dose. A man who accepts hia
the intelligence and understanding burden with its full import will
of a considerable sector of the reflect the force of his position
American people. — in his photographs.
•IjEIL BUTCH’ . . . They
o ed to call this kind of
t.,,per-lip coloration aChar-
lt y Chaplin, but nowadays
U e odd little mustache of
.uteh,’’'pet cat of Mr and
:s. Chester Henley of
.ton is regarded more as
animated:caricature of
irer Hitler. >
xirink
ANNOUNi
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more ;
| milk!
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1 — MILK
2 — MEDICINE
Our Milk meets rigid
standards for Purity and
Wholesomeness.
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Phone 9038F4
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piion ehargd
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ternoon 3:()l
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' will be vel
pome and \1
hiember is I
land visitor!
Ee. are lookl
o see you I
forget, for it was evidently his
confirmed conception of heaven.
“When you niggers die" shouted
Henry, waving his aims and open-
ing his carvern-like mouth,
“you’s gwine to go to heaven and
have nuttin to do but sit under
de flapjack tree and puli off de
flapjacks from de limb, and de
’lasses will trickle down dem and
kiver dem up ’til you get enough
to eat. Den as you rest your poh
ole hack agin de tree, a roast
pig, wid knives an<f forks stuck
in his back, will walk up so dat
you can carve out jess as much
roas poakh as you wants and den
he will walk way and let you eat.”
“Hallelujah! Amen! Praise de
Lawd!” shouted the congregation
in unison, as Henry went into
further details of this sumptuous
celestial banquet.
although I seriously doubt if he
had any concrete idea of what he
believed.
Frequently he substituted for
Cornelius Stewart, the local color-
ed Baptist preacher. Neither of
these men could read or write and
had not attended any thedlogical
seminary. In .other words, their
•religion was of the home made
variety, through the webb and
woof of which ran a strain of
voodoism and. childlike simplicity,
I
m which humor of a rare type
was often apparent.
I frequently attended the ser-
vices, certain to be treated to
some new form of logic and al-
ways to enjoy a laugh. One Sun-
day night, returning from visiting
my patients, I heard the melo-
dious chanting of the congrega-
tion, in which the booming voice
of Henry Jackson was much in
evidence. I tied my horse to a
tree and entered, taking a back
seat in the church as Henry start-
ed his sermon, which I can nevei
The “Misery’’
As a young man I practiced
medicine in the country in Vir-
ginia. Most of my patients wfere
Negroes, many of whom had been
slaves. They were extremely sim-
ple,- kindly souls and inasmuch as
they had little money, for the
South suffered terribly financially
and otherwise after the Civil War,
I treated the gratuitously. Their
general complaint was a “misery
in de back” and bread pills always
relieved them, especially if they
were colored red.
Henry Jackson was a very tall
Negro, with a mouth big enough
for a hippopotamus, his bright
red gums being lined with perfect
teeth. He did odd jobs about the
village. Like all the Negros of his
day he was intensely religious,
TOO MANY FRILLS
With the problem of maintain-
ence of schools ever present in
most districts, comes a discussion
of the elimination -of what some
tc.Tn “frills” in education. Frills
are usually those subjects that
weren’t taught when they went to
school! The condemned are such
as drawing, music, domestic arts,
mechanical drawing as well as
kindergarten. Perhaps it is neces
sary to do some eliminating in
order to keep the school going but
it must be remembered that these
subjects are important in the
preparation of life and apprecia-
tion of it. Start cutting out the
"frills” and watch these folks
call the educational system back-
ward.
D. Whitt
COMPTOMETER
COURSE FREE!
thanks
to try in
many friei
krful thin(
my family
I and goin
jsband and
Mrs. J. R
■ and Child]
As a Christmas bonus
for registration on any
diploma course. We must
have more graduates to
fill positions offered us.
Only a few months in-
tensive training neces-
sary to qualify you for
a good position. Write us
Today.
Shoud that 84-year old man be-
ing sued for alienation of affec-
tions, be socially embarrassed or
publicly flattered ?
TRAILER TRAVEL
After the close of the national
conventions of the trailer tourists
we will learn of innovations in
the appearance of these wheeled
dwellings. The trailer subject is
important due to its popularity
and taxes it brings the state. No
longer can it be termed a “tin
can” with its electric refrigera-
tion, septic tanks, showers, oil
"burners, air conditioning etc.
Many changes have been wrought
in these portable homes.
Trailer life today interests
many retired and professional
people, pensioned government
workers and northern farmers.
The homes they carry are attrac-
tive land afford them luxury and
comfort. The subject of the city
trailer camp, especially in those
districts not of resort climate, is
a sore one to many a tax payer.
Whether to tax the roaming res-
idence as a house or vehicle, what
to do about sanitary conditions
and fire prevention has caused
many a headache to the city fath-
ers. The trailer is not the problem
of A few year ago for legislation
has solved the isswfe for the high-
•w»y and most towns have handled
the camp situation to suit them-
selves. No longer is the trailerite
an oddity, for today he may be a
cousin, a bosom friend or maybe
.your next door neighbor.
SERIOUSLY SPEAKING
An inventive mind has produced
a doughnut with a handle and this
should be a boon to anyone who
takes his dunking seriously. The
shape of the doughnut is triangu-
lar and a twist is given the upper
comer to form the handle part.
This unique turn affords the dunk-
er comfort without soiling his
fingers or burning them. They
tell us of a millionaire a genera-
tion ago who asked his butler( to
leave the dining room so he
wouldn’t see his employer dip his
bread in the gravy. The bakers
of the nation plead for those vi-
tamins in the juices that remain
on the plate. Sopping is the way
to get them up! Families may not
condone this sopping and dunking
act but few are the households in
Teague that doesn’t have one at
the dining table.
THE HOUSE OF HAZARDS
By MAC ARTHUR
Irs. N. W.
Owens spi
dll, D£AR- IT3 THAME THE
WAY A HOUJE Wife HAf TO
Y SLAVE- FOR BET*.
FAMILY. _
and rdr /uch
A 7WANKLEJJ
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BYRNE COMMERCIAL
COLLEGE
1708 x/i Commerce
Dallas,
Texai
J. L. GUTHRIE
PALMER CHIROPRACTOR
Electrical Treatments
Infra-Red-Ray
Office:
Between 9th and 10th Avenue
on Main Street
Phone 114
IF DOPEY HERE WOULD MT
SAY ONE NICE WORD ABOUT THE
/ (CLEAN HOUSE--IT WOULD MEAN SO
Much /
-1 SLAVE AU-X
DAY CLEANING
AND Tt)U DON'T
EVEN MENTION.
A
WHY-ER-AW—I’D HAVE TO 1
♦MENDON A word" every-
day-*'CUZ OUR HOM£ _
cent I
es and
[Size.
P* Install
for ali
>aiiing.
IS ALWAYJT SPOTLESS?
A 6UY SURE
lHAST' THINK.
FAST- .
Overheard a Teague man say
the sky makes a mighty pretty
roof only it leaks!
Residence Phone 258 City Heal
Office Phone 258 Officer
DR. J. F. BAKER,
B. S. and D. O.
Osteopath and Medicine
Portable Short Wave 0
thermy, Violet Ray, Very Eff«
live in Painful Conditions, botl
Acute and Chronic.
AIR CONDITIONED
Calls Answered Day or Nigl
It s funny the way a person
without a sense of humor laughs
the longest at the other fellow’s
jokes.
VREC
ard
East of
™ Highwt
Rio’s Consistent Climate
Both the temperature and rain-
fall ot Rio de Janeiro average about
the same from month to month the
year round.
The big questions of the min-
ute don’t bother us as much as
the big answers of the moment.
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