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WISDOM
A Want Ad wlil get results for you.
Measuring Time
Manager (in music store)—“How
long did you work in the last place?”
New Pianist—“From ‘Dardanella’
to ‘Red Sails in the Sunset’.”
Let me live in my house by the side
of the road,
It’s here the race of men go by.
They are good, they are bad, they are
weak, they are strong,
Wise, foolish—so am I;
Then why should I sit in the scorn-*
er’s seat
Or hurl the cynic’s ban,
Let me live in my house by the side
of the road
And be a friend to man.
THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD
When you have grown old,
And your work day is done,
And you sit and dream
In the heart-warming sun—
For the youth that you were
Thank your bright, lucky star
That his wisdom provided
For the old man you are!
—Wayne Spiller.
The Public Head
Sales Manager—“Did you do any
public speaking?”
Applicant for job — “Well, I pro-
posed to a farmer’s daughter *o ver a
party line once.”
strikes the hours and half hours.
That night he was awakened by the
striking of the clock. Something had
gone wrong with the mechanism and
the chimes, instead of stopping with
the usual 12, kept right on sounding.
The bewildered farmer counted them
up to 102, and then awakened his
wife.
“Mary,” he said, “for goodness’
sake get up! It’s later than I’ve ever
known it to be before!”
I know there are brook gladdened
meadows ahead
And mountains of
height,
That the road passes on through the
long afternoon
And stretches away to the night;
And still I rejoice when the travelers
rejoice
And weep with the strangers that
moan,
Nor live in my house by the side of
the road
Like a man who dwells alone.
In the Fashion
“My wife thinks of nothing but
motoring and golf. I’m getting tired
of it.”
“Well, at least she’s in the fash-
ion.”
“Yes, but she’s such a failure at it.
In golf she hits nothing, and in mo-
toring she hits everything.”
Typhographical Busts
Upsidee
Manning (Minn.) Chronicle: “Mrs.
Norris and her astronomy class en-
joyed a brief outdoor study period
Wednesday night at which time three
constellations were discussed at
length, the Great Bear, Little Bear,
and the Big Diaper.”
Forgot Umbrella, Likely
May wood (Calif.) Record—“Miss
Cora North, former Maywood girl,
dripped in on old friends Saturday
night and speht an enjoyable hour
between busses.”
Sir!
Minneapolis (Minn.) Tribune:
“Mrs. Bradford, who is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Rolfston of
Anika, was married to Mr. Radford
in 1927, and to this onion four chil-
dren were born.”
Schoolboy Howlers
“An artery is a place where paint-
ings are kept.”
“Chink is an expression signify-
ing Chinese money.”
“Climate lasts all the time,
weather only a few days.”
“Hypothesis is what you require to
develop snapshots.”
“The laity is a collective name for
a lot of hens.”
I see from my house by the side of
the road,
By the side of the highway of life*
The men who press with the ardour
of hope,
The men who are faint with the
strife;
But I turn not away from their
smiles nor their tears
Both parts of an infinite plan,
Let me live in a house by the side of
the road
And be a friend to man.
By Sam Walter Foss
There are hermit souls that live
withdrawn
In the place of their self-content*
There are souls like stars that dwell
apart
In the fellowless firmament;
There are pioneer souls that blaze
their paths
Where highways never ran,
But let me live by the side of the
road
And be a friend of man.
“Yes,
and
know
him-
who
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has
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a
The Original
Customer—“I notice you’re using
chicken in your chicken salads.”
Manager—“Yes, the price of pork
and veal has gone up.”
South
negro
some
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Naturally there is less discomfort
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COACH EXCURSIONS
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FROnTIER FIESTA
FORTWORTH
DALLAS
p fl n - a m e r i c a n
Baby Talk
“Is Sue married?”
“No; is ’oo?”
of soap
brakes!”
have you?”
asked the official as he began filling
out the application blank.
“Fo’, yassuh, I’se got fo’,”
darky replied.
“What are their names?” the offi-
cial continued.
“Baptis’, Mth’dis, Presbyterium an’
'Piscopalium,” the negro replied.
“Why, that’s a new idea,” said the
official. “Why did you give them
those names?”
“Well, suh, it’s dis way: Dat Bap-
tis’ mul he jes like to git in de creek
an’ wade ‘roun,’ but when he gits
out of de watah, he won’t do nothin’.
Dat Meth-dis mule, all he do is ter
holler and holler, an’ den he don’t do
nothin’. Dat Presbyterium mule, he’s
so sot in his ways he nevei- do nothin’
till he wants to anyway. An’ dat
’Piscopalium mule, he alius hoi’ his
haid an’ tail high, but he ain’t wurth
er durn.”
Getting the Better of the Law
“Smith certainly is a foxy fellow.
He’s drawn up his will in such a way
that the lawyers can’t get more out
of it than his own heirs.”
“How’s that?”
“Why, he left half his fortune to
one of the best lawyers in the coun-
try, provided he saw to it that the
other half went to Smith’s children
intact.”
Economy
Husband—“How much did you pay
for the eggs?”
Wife—“I had to pay 30
dozen.”
Husband—“Well, we can’t afford
to eat eggs when they’re as high as
that. Put ’em down in the cellar and
keep ’em till eggs get cheaper.”
Late
An Ontario farmer bought a large
mantel clock, one of the kind that
Denominational Mules
A PCA official in lower
Carolina was visited by a
farmer who wished to borrow
money to make a crop.
“How many mules
No Animals
The artist who is painting a por-
trait of President Roosevelt has been
in the habit of entering the White
House by the front door of the execu-
tive offices, where the guards know
him. One day recently he decided on
a short cut through the side entrance.
A guard halted him. “What’s in that
package you’ve got?” he asked.
“Just an easel,” said the artist.
“Well, we don’t allow animals in
the White House,” snapped the
guard.
Sh-h!
“Bob Burns has established
self as a leading humorist by lying
about his kinfolks.”
“Yeah, and I know some
would even be funnier if they’d tell
the truth about theirs.”
Something to Wail About
Explorer — “Why, you shouldn’t
complain about handouts. When
was in the Arctic I used to live
candles and blubber.”
Hobo—“Well, if I had to eat can-
dles I guess I would too.”
Gentle Hint?
“Willie,” said the hostess at the
party, “you appear to be in deep
thought.”
“Yes’m,” replied Willie. “Mom
told me something to say if you
should ask me to have some cake or
ice cream or anything—and I’ve for-
gotten what it was!”
In the Family
For about an hour a man from
Denver had been boasting to. an
Irishman about the mightiness of the
Rocky Mountains.
“You seem mighty proud of them
mountains,” the Irishman observed.
“You bet I am,” replied the man
from Denver. “And I ought to be,
Scotch Celebration
At breakfast a Scot suddenly ex-
claimed in horror, “Jean, Jean! Can
I believe my own eyes? Sich extrav-
agance I never saw in a’ my life!”
“Hoots, Jock, what’s the matter?”
asked Jean.
“Two pinches of
Jamie’s porridge!”
“Well, never mind. Ha’e ye
gotten it’s his birthday?”
Met Halfway
“How much of youi’ salary do you
take home to your wife each pay
day?”
“None of it.”
“How’s that?”
“She meets me at the gate
takes it home herself.”
Inventors, Attention!
“The streamlined bathtub
made its appearance.”
“Yes, but what we need is a cake
equipped with hydraulic
He’d Like to Go Along
“Please, sir,” said the clerk, “I’d
like to have next week off if it is
convenient.”
“Oh, you would?” said his em-
ployer. “May I ask what for?”
“Well, my young lady is going on
her honeymoon, and I’d like to go
with her.”
since my ancestors built them.”
The Irishman thought this over for
a few moments and then asked: “Did
you ever happen to hear of the Dead
Sea in—in one of the old countries?”
indeed,” replied the man
from Denver. “I know all about the
Dead Sea.”
“Well, did you happen to
that me great-grandfather killed the
thing?”
Career Man
“It ain’t that I’m afraid to work,
ma’am, but there ain’t much doing in
my particular line.”
“Why, what are you?”
“I’m a windowxbox
ma’am.”
By JAMES V. ALLRED, Governor of Texas
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♦
COAL
*
Remember, you can’t buy genuine McAlester
coal from a truck peddler.
DRAWING $40 A WEEK
CHISELS $2,400 RELIEF
was
our
if a
our
find
that
Whitewright Lumber Co.
I “Neighborly Service”
KIRKPATRICK PHARMACY
GOMER MAY, Manager
"THE REST OF THE RECORD”
If you haven’t bought your coal you’d better see
to it, for it’s soon going to be time to sit around the
fire. And before you buy anywhere else, come down
and look at our coal and get our prices. We have the
kind of coal you want and our prices will please you.
We are coal headquarters for many families in this
community, and we’d like to be coal headquarters
for you.
of the National
them
was
QUALITY first . . . then SERVICE. We carry only
high-quality merchandise that we are not afraid to
guarantee. Next, we feature SERVICE. At all times
we have a sufficient sales force to give you the
prompt service you are entitled to, seven' days a
week. A registered pharmacist is on duty to fill your
prescriptions “Just like your doctor ordered.”
that State Superintendent of Educa-
tion L. A. Woods has been running
around over the State making
speeches condemning me for cutting
the ad valorem property tax rate to
lowest it has been in some twenty
years. I think this gentleman will
find out next summer that the pub-
lic won’t approve of his making po-
litical speeches on State traveling ex-
pense.
This week demonstrated again the
wisdom of taking the unrestrained
power of pardon out of the hands of
the Governor and placing it in the
liands of a non-political board.
Upon my return from Mexico I
found four men condemned to die in
the electric chair. Under the old sys-
tem the Governor, with all his other
cares and responsibilities, would
have had to pass on these cases. It
simply wasn’t fair to compel him to
submit to the tearful appeals of
wives, mothers, relatives and friends.
Although he might have a Legisla-
ture on his hands, although he might
have sickness in his home or several
other trying ordeals, he was placed
in the position of weighing the life of
a man and almost standing outside
the death chamber watching the con-
'demned man pace back and forth
waiting for the deadly hour of
twelve o’clock and the last walk to
the little green chamber. I don’t
think I ever slept a wink on the night
any man was compelled to pay the
penalty.
Now it’s different. Before the
Governor can commute a death pen-
alty, or grant any other kind of
clemency, it has to be recommended
by the Board of Pardons. The Gov-
ernor can refuse to follow the board
if it recommends clemency, but can-
not grant any whatever unless the
board recommends it.
There are three members of the
board. One is appointed by the Gov-
ernor, and the others by the Su-
preme Court and Court of Criminal
Appeals. The members of the board
have several investigators and, of
course, no other responsibilities than
looking into clemency cases. In this
manner both the convict and the
public get a better deal than under
the old system where the Governor
was charged with all the responsibil-
ity in addition to his other duties.
I am proud of this great reform.
We are not having any complaints
about wholesale abuses of the par-
don power. It is all based now on
merit, and unquestionably everyone
is much better satisfied.
* * * *
Naturally I have been quite busy
catching up with my correspondence
after a two weeks vacation. How-
ever, on Friday of last week I flew
down to Palacios on the Gulf Coast
to review the 36th Division of the
Texas National Guard in camp there.
Texans generally probably do not
realize what a wonderful organiza-
tion of fine young men this is. Un-
questionably we have one of the best
National Guard units in the nation.
Nearly 8,000 men train intensively at
Palacios each summer for two weeks.
This is in addition to their regular
drills and parades back home. They
are well equipped, well officered,
and as fine soldiers as any I saw dur-
ing the World War.
The total cost for military defense
in Texas which is borne by the Fed-
eral Government approximates more
than a million dollars annually. The
National Guard has in its possession
more than four and a half million
NEW YORK. — Frenzied finance,
said Alexander Worontsoff, 39, car-
penter, impelled him to chisel $2,-
400 relief in the last five and a half
years while he was drawing $40 a
week from a private employer.
Unimpressed by the carpenter’s
bleating over his money troubles,
Justice of the Peace Norman Lent in
Oceanside, L. I., fined him $50 and
suspended a six months sentence.
Worontsoff promptly paid.
The carpenter, owner of a $6,000
home in Oceanside—on which relief
authorities paid $15.56 a month mort-
gage interest—admitted he held a
job in Manhattan.
dollars of Federal property, guns,
uniforms and equipments. Its pay-
roll, including both men and officers
from the highest to the lowest mili-
tary grade while large in aggregate,
averages only $83.50 per capita per
year. Their time is given free as a
patriotic duty.
In addition to the 36th Division,
we have what is known as the 56th
Cavalry Brigade, about 1,100 in
number who train for two weeks
each yeai' at Mineral Wells. As Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Texas militia
I always visit these two camps. It
was a great joy to me upon my re-
cent visit to Mineral Wells to heai-
one of the Federal army officers
praise the cavalry brigade. He said
that we had as good, if not the best,
in the nation.
Of course, we don’t want war, and
I pray God we may always be spared
what is going on in Europe. It has
been the policy of the State, how-
ever, to maintain a regular militia
from the beginning. The wisdom of
this was demonstrated in the World
War when our National Guard
the first nucleus around which
defense was built.
It is heartening to know that
war emergency should arise,
guard is manned, officered, equip-
ped, trained and ready for immediate
service.
Of course, as most everyone knows,
soldiers don’t have much use for a
sailor. I was in the Navy during the
World War and I had quite a bit of
fun out of some
Guard officers by reminding
that their Commander-in-Chief
once a sailor!
* * * *
I wasn’t greatly surprised to
upon my return from Mexico
the politicians have been “buzzing”
quite a bit. It is my understanding
’Thursday, August 26, 1937.
THE WHITEWRIGHT SUN, WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS
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