The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1937 Page: 2 of 8
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THE DE LEON FREE PRESS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15. 1937.
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Established 1890.J
MRS. R. L. SCOTT, PUBLISHER
Published every Friday at De Leon, Comanche County, Texas.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at
under Act of Congress of “March 3, 1879.
De Leon, Texas,
Advertising Rates—Local readers, 10c per line, per issue; four or more
insertions at 7ftc per line, per issue. Minimum per issue* 25c.
Classified ads, 2c per word for first insertion; each additional insertion
at 1c per word, cash with order. Minimum per issue, 25c. Ads charged
only at the line rate, 10c per line first insertion; 5c per line each additional
Insertion. Display advertising rates on application. _
Notices of church entertainments where a charge of admission is made,
obituaries, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, and all matter not news
wil1 be charged for at the regular rates,_
Any erroneous reflection upon the character of any person or firm ap-
pearing in these columns will be gladly i'nd promptly corrected upon calling
attention of the management to the article in question.
SOCIAL SE( I'RITV
Ft >R MS UNNECESSARY
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-Do you pray for security ? Do you
want, more than anything else in
this life, to lie “safe” ?
Christmas it was good fortune in-
deed to talk with a friend of old
standing, a highly talented young
lady who in the past year or so has
held a comfortable position
music department of one of our in'
numerable Babbitt
connection with the college, she had
gamed some little renown and much
praise as a concert pianist. Some of
the praise fell from authorative lips,
Christmas* however, she startled
us. She had walked out. “It
doing somdthing to me,” she said. So
•—she walked out, with twenty-five
dollars in her pocket, her sole pecun-
iary possession.
She kept “walking" until she had
reached another city—and before
night she had another job, a place to
stay, and more than anything^ else, i
she was to start studying under a
pianist whom she greatly admired.
Not a single one of the contracts had
been arranged, or even sensed, before
her sudden determination she was
through.
She did not say, but she was happy
when she called it J quits, when she
felt the clean air blowing in her
face, an un-arranged and surprise-
packed tomorrow before her. The
purest joy was the knowledge that
that
any-
thing else under the sun, music.
Materialistic, prosaic (or is anyone
prosaic ) souls might quickly label
her a fool. Temperamental souls
glory in her spunk, but sigh for
“some people’s” lack of business
sense.
Well, what kind of security is that
for which you are looking? Indepen-
dent old age?
Ok 4reuld you rather have the se-
curity that comes of knowing you
are at peace with the world and with
something of vastly more importance
than a million worlds in glittering
galaxies, thah strange, unknown
something being your own soul ?
FAVORITES OF MfGlFFEY
OFFERED TO PUBLIC
now she could go forward in
p | : jvhich meant more to her than
I ALSma. «1«« i.n^Aa <tam mnoi
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Your mother and dad probably
learned to read from MeGuffey's
Readers. Our parents did, and have
heard them say many times that if
there were ever a schoolbook that
had left its lasting impression on
young minds it was McGuffey’s read-
ers. There were six of them. One
colleges. Before >stl,r-v m>’ -mother recalled quickly to
mind was that of the little boy who
offered his dog a hone. The boy, in-
stead of giving the dog the bone, hit
him. An old gentleman, upon seeing
this called the boy to him, offered
him a coin. When the bov came, the
[man didn’t give him the coin but
instead struck at his arm, asking,
“Now, how do you think your dog
likes the way you treat him?”
The first of McGuffey’s Readers
was published in 1836, a hundred
years ago. ’ They are highly......prized
by. those who , still own them, and
wanted by a great many of those who
don't. The Curator of the McGuffey
Museum, Dr. Harvey C. Mlnnich,
Dean Emeritus of Miami University,
has prepared two volumes pertaining
to the series; one, “William Holmes
McGuffeJ- and his Readers,”- and the
other, “Old Favorites.Jrom the Mc-
Guffey- Readers.” These should
prove extraordinarily interesting books
not only to those who haveraised them
in .school, but also to students of ed-
ucation and to everyone interested in
social development.
San Antonio, Jan. 2. — Partic-
ular forms for keeping wage records
of employes have not been prescribed
and will not be necessary for em-
ployers to install elaborate systems of
bookkeeping for emplojes covered by
the old age benefits provisions of
the Social Security Act, it was an-
nounced today by Oscar M. Powell,
regional director of the Social Secur-
ity Board.
.....Powell .said lie has., received num-
erous letters from employers, in
I.ouisana, Texas, and New Mexico re-
questing information on rec<*rd koep.-
ing.
“Treasury regulations require, em-
ployers who are liable for taxes ud-
der old age benefits prt visionLlir the
Social Security A.t to keep accurate
records, in any form convenient to
them, of all renumerafion paid to
employes after Dec. 31, 1936, fur ser-
vices performed after that date,”
Powell said.
“This information/hen will be sub-
mitted to the Collector of Internal
Revenue for the employer’s district
on forms designated by the Treasury
Dept, as SS-1, SS-2, SS-2a and
SS-3. These forms will be available '
at the office of Collectors of In-
ternal Revenue well in advance of
due dates. ,
“Form SS-1 is the monthly tax re- |
turn and must be filed '’for each
month, beginning with January, 1937.
Form SS-2 and SS-2a are informa- j
tion returns and must be filed ini
tially for a period of January I, 1937
to June 30. 1937. Thereafter, they
.are filed quarterly. These three
forms must he filed on or before the
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phone call.
“I am not the world’s greatest
salesman. I am second best. Th *
greatest salesman was the man who
loaded you up with these goods”.
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CIVIL JxERVIUE
EXAMS NOW OPEN
\
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces open competi-
I itive examinations for 'the positions
I of stenographer and typist, at sai-
I cries ranging from ¥1260 to ¥1620 a
[year. These examinations will be
; open to men only between the ages
of Is and 53. Application blanks may
j be had from the secretary of th-*
j Civil Service Board at the Post Ql-
lce. Do I.enhTTexas.'and must he
t filed with 'the U. S. Civil Service
| Com miss-on, New Orleans, I.ouisiat i
j not later than January 21, 1937.,
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' It politics wei‘e debunked, as At
Smith suggests, the residue would be
the same as that which would remain
if water were dehydrated. — Grand
Rapids Press.
BIG Bl I I. FINDS WINE ' '1 to« k twenty p. licemen armed with
( El.BAR INI) HI NS AM UUR I lassoes, swords and revolvers to over-
__ come the tipsy animal which at least
After i linking several casks of J had a good drink before its execution,
wine,- a tipsy bull broke about a hun-
dred windows, charged several police-
men, frightened women and children
and behaved in a “human way”, in
Austria.. .,
The bull, brought by its owner.-,
Karl Stefan, to the city market, seem-
ingly decided to follow the example
of, its master when the latter stop-
ped at an inn to drink a glass of wine.
SURRENDERING THE TITLE
’(The bull found its way to the- wine
last day of. the first month following ' cellar, broke one of the barrels, drank
the period for which they are made. frqm the new season’s wine, then
“Form S§;3.” Powell said, .“is ' the 1 opened several other barrels with its
informationretui n for
attain the age of Go or
.foiye reaching that age.”
TEXAS FARMERS
IV-U OFF
SETTLEMENT LOANS
employes who horns, until the uproar in the cellar
who <l:e be- brought tire innkeeper and the yeas-
[ ants to the scene. ,
--I The interference of the man made
the bull mad. It ran amuck, and it
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Philadelphia firm advertising
a salesman ree'eved a reply from
a man who saiu that he was the
greatest salesman in the world. They
engaged him and gave him three lines
of goods to sell anywhere in the West.
After he had been away a week
and -they had received no orders,
they were surprised to get a tel.1-
B. J. PITTMAN .
— INSURANCE — /
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Please accept my thanks for
the insurance you have given
me in the past and 1 will ever
be grateful for your business
:n the future.
B. J. Pittman.
— PHONE 53 —
SOUTH WAKES UP TO NEED
OF AID BY TENANT FARM I RS
ADVERTISING SELLS GROCERIES
A new item in Saturday’s Dallas
Morning News from Marshall tells
of a purchase by the United States
Government of a tract of land con-
taining 3, 744,588 acres to be used in
(he government’s resettlement pro-
ject. This piece of land, ten miles
south of Marshall on the Sabine Riv-
The grocery merchant of today,
who hopes tt> maintain a fair volume
of business, knows that he must
spend a reasonable sum each month
for' newspaper advertising. House-
wives have been educated to watch
the papers for exceptional values,
and take quick advantage of 4hem.
Ah instance of what a well plann-
ed advertising program can do is the
success of the campaign instituted
last fall whereby the grocery indus-
try urged the giving of groceries for
Christm;re gifts. The baskets were
sold literally by the thousands, and
as a consequence many concerns were
able ^6 build, up a greater volume of
sales during the holidays.
The small town merchant who con-
tinues to complain about the loss of
business to the larger trading cen-
ters can well afford to take a lessor,
from his city competitor by using
consistent advertising and in every
other way adopting modern methods.
The day has long passed when any
DALLAS, Jan. 14— Hard-pressed
farmers of Texas who borrowed $9,-
370,454 from the Resettlement Ad-
ministration Jast spripg have already
repaid approximately 26 per cent of
that amount it was shown in figures
made public todgy by D. P. Trent,
regional director. The loans were
made to be repaid in from one to five
years, those on consumable goods
for only a year, while those fog teams
ana equipment were usually for long-
er. periods..
Trento said that in a few counties
loans have been repaid 100 per cent.. 1
These were in sections where crops-[
had yielded normal returns. In some j
fifty counties of the state, Trent said,
repayment had been delayed because |
flood damage had been heavy, and j
in seventy counties , there hai been i
severe drought.
Loans were made only to those
farmers who presented evidence that
they were unable to obtain from any
other source the finances necessary.
for farm operation, or the purchase!
of teams and equipment. ,
“These farmers are being assisted
towards independence, whereas they!
If You Appreciate Good
Barber Work, Visit —
The Sanitary
Barber Shop
Shorty Freeman
Roy Butler
Vernon Bell
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: Plant Fruit Trees Now
£ Take advantage of winter growing season-, an-! save watering
i and loss next spring.-' Every home in town or coutry should hare-
£ fruit trees—Peaches, Plums, Pears, Apples, Figs,' Berries, Pecans,
j and others. For Beauty. Value, and Satisfaction plant Evergreens,
Flowering Shrubs, Roses, Shade Trees, Bulbs.
Our trees are extra fine this year, and prices reasonable. For
61 years we have supplied Texas with the best trees and plants that
could be grown, bucked by guarantees that have always been main-
tained. WRITE FOR FREE CATALOGUE, Which gives much in-
formation as to proper varieties for every section, planting, prun-
ing, and general care.
Ramsey’s Austin Nursery
AUSTIN, TEXAS
l
er islo be cut into smalt"Tracts to be
sold to farmers on a long-time pay- j merchant fools the women—and who
rnent plan. This is a forward stepps there (o deny that the women are
in Harrison county to eliminate fSfm
tenancy, long the pressing social and
economic problem of the certton
Southland one which in recent years
has spread’alarmingly to the Middle
West. The situation has been acute
in the South, for this region has fifty
per cent of the farmers in the United
States, and sixty per cent "of all
Southern farmers are tenants. The
There are a large number of press-
ing issues facing the Seventy-fifth
Congress of the United States which
worst form of tenancy, share-cropping! convened Tuesday. Some of these are
not making the greater part of
purchases for the family?
PRESSING ISSUES
FACE CONGRESS IN
CURRENT SESSION
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clpe for a Comfort-
able Night’s Sleep
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were threatened with being a perpet
ual burden upon the public,” Trent;
said. Repayment on last year’s loan j
now totals $2,324,314.23, he said.
S. SETTLING
1 FARMS WICHITA
FALLS
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is concentrated in the South, and as
a result, rural standards of living are
lower , in this section than any other.
TTie problem of farm tenancy wilLjAirged by president
receive
more attention in the new
Congress than in the last, according
to statements made by Southern Sen-
ators and administration leaders. The
Congressional bill desighed to assist
tenants to buy farms and spread the
Bankhead-Jones plan would enable
payments over a period of forty years
at 3 per cent will be up before the
now Congress, and if it ta passed, an
appropriation for the purpose will be
The tife makers are discovering
that there are more miles in their
MrM than they ever claimed.
, ! The prediction that we will
have another national election
not
, for
yean to come hag been made by an
economist, but, even so, it is pleasant
to dwell on.—Williamsport Sun.
as follows:
Legislation for shortening working
hours and fixing minimum Wages,
Roosevelt. Some
Administration leaders want a con-
stitutional amendment on this issue.
Neutrality legislation, including
emergency action to block arms ship-
| merits to Spain, and permanent laws
to replace the present act which ex-
pires on May 1st.
Farm tenancy laws to put. more
laSriQ under the ownership of the
farmer# who till it
Relief appropriations to tide the
Nation’s unemployed through the re-
mainder of this fiscal year and all
during the nexfc year.
Monetary legislation extending
the President’s power, which expires
Jahuary 30—to reduce the dollar’s
fcold content.
Tariff legislation extending' the
President’s power to negotiate recip
rocal trade .agreements
12th day of May.
after the
WICHITA FALLS, Jan. 14—Farm-
ers from counties around Wichita
Falls have been invited to make ap-
plication for purchase of the 93 farms 1
which are being developed near this 1
city by the Resettlement Administra- !
tion. Construction is well under!
way op building for thirty of these !
farms, and will be occupied as soon I
as work is completed.
G. C. McGowan, project manager,
and Ben S. Harrison,- family select- |
ion specialist, are looking through
the targe number of applications)
which are coming in daily. Selections!
will be made from tenant farmers'
who are not able to obtain financing j
from any other source. This will in- I
dude the best qualified * of those I
farmers who have received rehabili-1
tation loans and those who have been !
receiving work from WPA. The list j
of eligibles, however, is not limited j
to .these rehabilitation and WPA 1
clients.'
The farms will be around 45 to 50
acres, and are located in a group on
irrigated land of the Wichita River
Valley on a good highway a few miles
west of here. The houses are being
wired for electricity and will have
•modern plumbing The layout will
provide facilities for two cows, one
brood sow and poultry. One or two
acres will be laid out for truck, and
the cropping schedule will be diver-
sified, including cotton, corn and
alfalfa among the main items.
The farmers row being selected
years under lease, this providing pro-
bationary period during which if will
be determined whether or not they
will receive sales contract. Whpn
sales contracts are finally made, they
will be given forty years for paying
out the farm with 3 per cent interest.
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Electric Heating Pad
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Place an electric Keating pad between the
sheets at the foot of the bed apd the safe, cozy
warmth will enable you to sleep soundly all
night. If you wish, you can throw off the un-
comfortably Heavy bed covers that leave you
tiyed and chilled, and instead, have a warm,
restful night's sleep under light covering. I
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A Christmas card mailed by a
soldier in England, in 1918, has been
received in Noblesville, Ind., by Mrs.
D. H. Horner.
PENNY WISE SAYS:
“If you don’t like to crawl
between cold sheets, let
your heating pad take out
the chill in a few minutes
while you ire getting
ready for bed.”
Electric Heating
Pads are Priced
From $2.95 up
These pads have positive heat
control through a handy and
simple switch which gives three
degrees of heat—low, medium
and high.
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Within the boundaries of
there is an 8<50-acre desert.
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Texas EiectrioSekvice Company.
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Scott, Mrs. R. L. The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1937, newspaper, January 15, 1937; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1143072/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.