The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1942 Page: 2 of 8
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Commissioners Court
(Continued From Page 1)
The Butchers report of B & M Store
this day examined and approved.
It is ordered by the Court that an
order heretofore made in the 14th day
of Jan. 1941 granting Robert Rhea
assistance in the amount of $10.00, be
and the same is hereby rescinded, and
the County Clerk is ordered to cease
issuing him scrip for such amount
from and after this date.
On this 9th day of March, A. D.
1942 came on to be considered by the
Court a request of the State Highway
Commission of the State of Texas
that Edwards County furnish the State
of Texas and said State Highway
Commission 2.65 acres of land, more
or less, as right-of-way for the re-
location of a portion of State Highway
No. 55, from Rocksprings South,
same being the right-of-way 100 feet
in width over and across what is
known as the G. W. Taylor property,
being 50 feet on each side of the cen-
ter line of State Highway No. 55 as
relocated by the Resident Engineer of
the Texas Highway Department and
as indicated on the official right-of-way
map of the said highway; and for the
further purpose of acquiring timber,
earth, stone, gravel and other mater-
ial .necessary and convenient in connec-
tion with the construction, reconstruc-
tion, straightening location and relo-
cation of a portion of said highway.
Beginning at a point in the present
original State Highway No. 55, the
said point of beginning being Station
87-19.7 on the relocated centerline of
the said Highway No. 55.
The point of beginning further be-
ing West 700 feet, S. 3 deg. 45’ E.
1061 feet. S. 67 deg. W. 2850.4 feet,
S. 13 deg. W. 583.9 feet from the
Northeast corner of Survey 45 S. P.
Railroad. The point of beginning is
also the beginning of a 5 degree curve
to the right that bears in a Northeast-
erly direction;
Thence with the said 5 degree curve
to the right through a central angle
of 54 degrees a distance of 1080 feet
to the end of the curve; Thence N.
67 deg. E. a distance of 58.8 feet to a
point on the G. W. Taylor—A. P. Alli-
son property line; the said point being
Station 98-58.5 on the centerline of the
said relocated State Highway 55.
Containing in all 2.61 acres, more
or less, all of which si within Survey
45 S. P. Railroad, Certificate 17|385.
And it appearing to the Court that
all efforts to acquire said right-of-way
by purchase have failed, and that same
cannot be obtained in any other man-
ner than by condemnation, and it ap-
pearing to the Court, and the Court
being of the opinion that such im-
provement and relocation of said high-
way is necessary, and will be of bene-
fit to Edwards County, and that same
should be procured as requested by the
State Highway Commission, it is there-
fore ordered that said above described
right of way be acquired by condemna-
tion, and that suit be instituted and
such necessary steps be taken to ac-
quire said right of way for the State
Highway Commission of Texas.
In connection with the above and
foregoing order authorizing condem-
nation of certain lands and premises*
for right-of-way ad other purposes, and
the Court having discussed and cort-
such proposed action with the
Honorable C. H. Gilmer, a practicing
attorney of Rocksprings, Texas, it is
ordered that he, the said C. H. Gil-
mer be, and he is hereby employed to
institute and prosecute to final order
and judgment a suit for the purpose of
condemning and acquiring title for
right-of-way and other privileges for
the State Highway Commission, and
the State of Texas in the above de-
scribed .property, all as provided and
authorized by law.
On this 9th day of March, A. D. 1942
there came on to be considered by the
Court the petition of B. D. Sherrill and
129 other resident citizens of Ed-
wards County praying the Court to
discontinue County participation in
W. P. A. practices and benefits, and
the Court having fully considered and
discussed the same is of the opinion
that such petition should be granted,
and the Court having further decided
that such participation, however,
should be continued until the supplies
and provisions now on hand are distri-
buted, and having considered that such
supply will substatiallv last until about
April 15th, next, it is therefore or-
dered that County participation in and
payment upon freight of and for W. P.
A. commodities be and the same is
discontinued as of this date; that
from and after April 15, 1942, the
County do not pay further rent for
storage and distribution of such W. P.
A. commodities, and from and after
April 15, 1942 Edwards County dis-
continue the present monthly payment
upon the salary of the W. P. A. case-
worker, that is, discontinue the pre-
sent monthly payment of $25.00 upon
such salary and effective on said 15th
day of April, 1942, Edwards County
discontinue further monthly payments
of $25.00 now being paid or contri-
buted to or upon the hot lunch serv-
ed under W. P. A. supervision and
direction at the Barksdale school, in
the Barksdale Independent School
District. It is contemplated that in the
event the commodities and supplies
now on hand are not substantially ex-
hausted at the regular April, 1942 term
of this Court, which will convene
shortly in advance of April 15th, next,
then and in such event the practices
and payments herein discontinued may
be continued by order entered at such
Court until same have been used, and
no longer.
It is ordered by the Court that the
sum of $500.00 be advanced to E. S.
Young, Tax Assessor of Edwards
County, Texas, for assessing taxes for
the year 1942, and the Clerk is hereby
authorized to issue him Scrip for said
amount out of the Jury Fund of the
County.
On this 12th day of March, 1942
came on for consideration by the
Court the application of Jax Cowden,
Jr., et als for a third class, or neigh-
borhood road from a point the South-
west corner of Survey No. 21, Abstract
No. 1222, in Edwards County belong-
ing to one of such petitioners, Mrs.
Homer J. Cowden. Thence in a South-
westerly direction to intersect the
State Highway No. 55, such prospec-
tive road being over and across inter-
vening lands belonging to one E. C.
Beam, the said E. C. JBeam being pre-
sent and protesting such application,
and represented by attorney, and the
Court Tiaving fully considered such ap-
plication and protest, and having gone
over the ground and the surrounding
area, and having considered all of the
facts and circumstances on the ground,
and offered in evidence by the respec-
tive parties, and having determined that
such application is not necessary and
of public importance, and such as to
warrant the opening of a third class
or neighborhood road, as prayed for
and over and across the lands of the
said E. C. Beam, it is therefore order-
ed, adjudged and decreed that said
application be, and the same is hereby
denied.
The foregoing minutes having been
read in open court, pages 348 to 350,
inclusive, are herenow in all respects
ordered approved by the Court; No fur-
ther business appearing it is ordered
by the Court that it now adjourn. This
the 12th day of March, A. D. 1942.
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We Feel As This
Man Does
(Editor’s Note: Following is a let-
ter which was published as an editor-
ial on page one of a recent issue of the
Memphis (Term.) Commercial Ap-
peal. Inspired by the letter, a group
of prominent business men of Memphis
have begun circulating thousands of
reprints throughout the nation. The
letter follows:
The Commercial Appeal does not
permit anyone who is not a member of
the staff to write its editorials. There
are many reasons for this rule, rea-
sons too numerous to recount here.
Today we suspend the rule to present
as an editorial a letter from a member
of the Arkansas Bar who served with
the United States forces in the first
World War. Any effort to interpolate
or embellish would only serve to de-
tract from the elements of sheer force-
fulness that make it a document every
thinking citizen of these United States
should read and ponder. The letter fol-
lows: “To The Commercial Appeal:
“My only son was born while I was
in France during the first World War.
Today he is a member of the United
States Marine Corps. He sailed from
California the first of January, and we
have heard nothing from him since. We
know he is somewhere in the Pacific.
We are anxious about him. Thousands
of other parents are like us.
“The President says we do not have
enough ships to send supplies to our
troops, and that we must build ships
in a hurry. Even as he spoke several
hundred shipbu’lders refused to work
on Washington’s Birthday because
they "were not paid double time.
“How can fathers and mothers of
boys who are in the danger zone and
who are being called upon to sacrifice
their lives feel any ‘surge’ of unity
when the President and the Congress
permit a bunch of shipbuilders and
munitions workers to quit when they
get good and ready?
“Do our boys at the front get ‘over-
time’ and ‘double time’ in the fox holes
of the Philippines? Do our sons who
are giving the:r lives to protect the
jobs of these and others like them quit
on holidays? Like hell they do!
“One of my friends, who is a good
mechanic, with a family to support
went to get a job in a munitions plant.
Every day we hear on the radio and
read in the newspapers that such men
are needed to turn oue munitions for
our soldiers* sailors and marines. But
this man was refused a job until he
could get a union card. He could not
get a union card because he did not
have enough money to buy one.
“Is it the idea of our Government
that it is more important to preserve
labor unions than it is to preserve the
American Union? Why can’t a freeborn
American citizen get a job in a plant
where the Government needs workers
without having to pay tribute to a
high-powered labor leader?
“If our sons are to be drafted to give
their lives for their country, why
should not Labor and Capital be draf-
ted to supply them with munitions of
war? Why should Congress, which has
the power to make laws, be so tender
of the regard for laborers and man-
agement who work ana prosper in
safty while having an utter disregard
for the lives of the boys at the front?
“We don’t like it, and we don’t mind
saying so right out loud. Maybe it is
time we were electing some senators
and congressmen who will crack down
and compel Capital and Labor to get
into this war. And, come to think of it,
this is election year, and we might as
well get busy while v/e have the time
and opportunity.
“JOHN C. SHEFFIELD.”
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ELECTION NOTICE
PURSUANT TO AN ORDER is-
sued by the City Council, City of
Rocksprings, Texas, notice is heerby
given that an Election will be held on
•the 7th day of April, A. D. 1942, at
the City Hall, the same being the
place designated as the voting place of
City of Rocksprings on the date here-
inbefore mentioned, in City of Rock-
springs, County of Edwards Texas,
for the purpose of voting upon the fol-
lowing questions submitted to the
voters of the city, to-wit:
Election of TWO ALDERMEN.
Warren Hutt, Mayor, City
of Rocksprings, Texas.
SPECIAL SERVICE
A special service at the Baptist
Church next Sunday night, at 8:30 o’-
clock, is announced by the pastor, Rev.
Alvin Swindell.
It will be a service especially for
the girls—young girls, older girls, all
the girls—though everybody is invit-.
ed to come. Girls will furnish the mu-
sic, and the pastor will bring a mes-
sage in keeping with the occasion.
The pastor requests that if there are
any girls at your house, or at your
neighbor’s house, come and bring
them.
A warm welcome awaits all who
come.
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—We have just received a new ship-
ment of the latest style in ladies shoes.
—Owens & Whitworth.
MELBOURNE.—Gen. Douglas Mac-
Athur’s arrival to assume the United
Nations command in the Southwest
Pacific was hailed jubilantly by the
Australian press as the most impor-
tant and most welcome move yet by
the Allies for defense of this common-
wealth bastion.
-FRANCIS PHARMACY — Pres-
cription Druggists, Day-Night Service.
Greek officials said Sunday that be-
tween 150,000 and 200,000 Greeks
had .perished as a result of German
and Italian occupation—by execution,
massacre, starvation or malnutrition.
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Hutt, J. W. The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1942, newspaper, March 20, 1942; Rocksprings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1130287/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .