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THE WHITEWRIGHT SUN, WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS
Thursday, August 26, 1937..
PAGE FOUR
The Whitewright Sun
J. H. Waggoner___________________Publisher
emergency
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
UNCLE SAM, M. D.
GIRL DRINKERS
HUNTING FIREBUGS
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Buy in Whitewright—save money!
NEW FOR FALL
Ladies’ new Silk Dresses. $2.98 to $4.45
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Buy a Car
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New Dress Materials.... 15c, 21c to 49c
New Cretons
12|c, 15c, 19c to 29c
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Bed Spreads, large. . 98c, $1.39 to $2.98
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A good Work Shirt for Men......49c
10c
Men’s Work Pants
98c
Men’s Dress Oxfords. . . 1.98, 2.95, 3.95
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Men’s Dress Shirts. .79c, 98c, 1.45, 1.95
Men’s new Ties.... . .25c, 50c and 1.00
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New or Used, it will
pay you to figure with
WICHITA TRAFFIC ‘CLINIC’ FINDS
MENTAL CAUSE OF ROAD MISHAPS
Conquest of Texas
Frontier Portrayed
In New Museum
Ready-made Cotton Sacks and A-Grade
Cotton Sack Duck
Complete
PRESCRIPTION
Entered at the Whitewright, Texas,
postoffice as 2nd class mail matter.
PINTO BEANS,
15 Lbs ...............
TEN IMPORTANT
HEALTH RULES
CROP LOANS AND
CROP CONTROL
MAN, 64, NEAR DEATH
AFTER DINNER TABLE
BATTLE WITH SON
PURE COFFEE,
Pound ................
SHORTENING,
8-lb. Carton ....
4-lb. Carton ....
One reason some impatient busi-
ness men weaken on their advertis-
ing budget is that they expect too
much of it.
They, expect advertising to be ex-
plosive like a firecracker—immedi-
ately effective.
Advertising is more like the prov-
erbial drop of water wearing away
the stone—more like water than fire.
Any merchant can put value into
his wares—advertise them repeated-
ly in his local, paper and increase his
turnovers.
Advertising is the proverbial drop
upon the stone.—-Clayton Rand.
steel
rock-
1 Table No. 2 size
CANNED GOODS.
of-
show
are
IRISH
Potatoes
PECK
26c
Tomatoes
No. 3 Cans — 3 For
98c
.....53c
SUGAR
10-POUND BAG FOR
SOc
PASCAL
FARLEY
The Economy Store
ARKANSAS
APPLES
Bushel
85c
Cole & Davis Co.
“OUR PRICES ARE LOWER”
J. A. Yeager
“Selling Fords”
Many prescriptions come
to us from Sherman, Bon-
ham and Dallas doctors.
Get Our Special Prices on
Flour and Chicken Feed!
The Measuring Cup.—Grease the
measuring cup before measuring
syrup or molasses and the ingredi-
ents will not stick to the cup.
We can fill prescriptions
written by any physician,
anywhere, because we’ve
a complete prescription
department.
1. Don’t eat too much—it lowers
your circulation and makes you lazy
and drowsy.
2. Don’t drink too much water with
your meals—it makes the acids of
your stomach too weak to function
properly.
3. Drink plenty of good,
ings at about 10,500,000 bales, prom-
ises to raise the American carryover
to 9,000,000 bales or nearly a year’s
supply. In the face of this situation,
should a government lend above the
market to producers to go out and
raise more cotton to compete with
and knock down the price of the cot-
ton it had virtually bought?
Crop control has its disadvantages
and objectionable features, particu-
larly if it should be administered on
a political instead of an economic
basis, as is always a tendency.' But
unless the farmer is willing to pro-
tect by some reasonable stabilization
of production, the security on which
he is asking an advance, there is lit-
tle reason for the Government to
make the loan. The same reasoning,
of course, applies to grain growers
as well as cotton growers.
It may not seem kind at the mo-
ment, but the only true kindness to
the farmer in the long run is to ad-
vise him to face the facts. These are
that he has the alternative of relying
on Government assistance, in which
case he must expect to take Govern-
ment advice, or of going it on his
own, in which case he must expect
to take the world price. And several
nations believe that if the United
States cannot raise cotton at 10 cents
a pound, they can.—Christian Science
Monitor. 1
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PROVIDENCE, R. I.—A father and
son pistol fight climaxing, police
said, an argument over a shortage of
:salt on the family dinner table, left
Leopoldi Roberti, 64, near death to-
day from three .bullet wounds.
State Police . Lieutenant Ernest
Stenhouse said the son, Victor, 29z
admitted firing, three shots at his
father after he had been twice fired
upon by the elder man.
One bullet pierced the father’s
chest below the heart. Victor was.
not hurt.
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Dyer & Childress
Pharmacy
THE REXALL STORE
Subscription Price, $1.50 Per Year,
Payable in Advance.
NOTICE: All notices of entertain-
ments, box suppers and other bene-
fits, where there is an admission fee
or other monetary consideration, will
be charged for at regular advertising
rates. Memorials, resolutions of re-
spect, etc., also will be charged for.
WICHITA, Kan. — Correction of
the mental lapses that cause highway
accidents through a system of friend-
ly co-operation between the motorist
and the police has displaced the for-
mer police technique in this city of
howling down the traffic violator and
handing out tickets.
Since the adoption last February
of the so-called “clinic” system of
calling in violators for informal
chats concerning their failings, safe-
ty experts have found that of 200 of-
fenders examined only eight have
fallen into difficulties for the second
time. Many have expressed appre-
ciation to the police for their friend-
ly and courteous aid in helping them
to become more careful drivers.
According to the Wichita plan
evolved by the Harvard Bureau for
Traffic Research persons who re-
ceive their second warning for traf-
fic violation while driving (in dis-
tinction to parking) are called in for
personal examination at the city’s
traffic clinic.
“When he arrives, the offender is points out that
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation of
any person, firm or corporation that
may appear in the columns of The
Whitewright Sun will be gladly and
fully corrected upon being brought to
the attention of the publisher.
ALPINE.—The Big Bend Historical
Museum erected on the campus of
Sul Ross State Teachers’ College
here was dedicated in May as a store-
house for recording of the conquest
of America’s last great frontier re-
gion.
Two incidents shortly afterward
directed attention to the rugged Big
Bend area—so named for direction
taken by the Rio Grande coursing
through it. One was legislative ap-
proval of a $750,000 appropriation to
start state purchase of nearly a mil-
lion acres of land to be turned over
to the Federal Government for the
Big Bend National Park (vetoed by
Governor Allred). The other was a
16-mile exploration trip in
rowboats through perilous
studded Santa Helena Canyon of the
Rio Grande by Dr. Walter Prescott
Webb, consulting historian, National
Park Service, and three companions.
Advantages Cited
In dedicating the $75,000 museum,
former Gov. Pat M. Neff of Waco,
chairman of the State Park Board,
stressed the advantages of its loca-
tion between the new Davis Moun-
tain State Park and the nationally treated with the utmost deference be-
designated Big Bend Park, in an area
which, he predicted, will become a
playground for the nation.
The building was financed through
a $25,000 allotment from the 1936
Texas Centennial fund plus $50,000
WPA money. In accepting the struc-
ture, R. A. Stuart, Fort Worth, head
of the board of regents of state
teachers’ college, lauded the pro-
gram under which the Sul Ross proj-
ect and six similar museums at as
many teachers’ colleges seek to
broaden Texans’ education concern-
ing the history.and natural wonders
of their State.
12,000 Specimens Displayed
The Alpine museum, of native
stone construction, 173 by 90 feet in
area and containing 16 rooms, will
house, among othei’ things, the West
Texas Historical and Scientific So-
ciety’s collection of 12,000 speci-
mens. Three rooms are set aside for
laboratory work by natural scien-
tists who may visit the Big Bend
which has been described as a geolo-
gists’ paradise and quite as fascinat-
ing for biologists and other scien-
tists. Already relics excavated from
Big Bend caverns inhabited by the
so-called Basket Makers thousands
of years ago are featured in museums
at San Antonio and elsewhere.
The little Empire of the Big Bend
is rich in romances of long ago, in
Indian legends, in folklore, in cow-
boy songs, and thrilling stories of
border feuds; it is also blessed with
a wealth of rare and valuable ma-
terial in the field of science—geol-
ogy, zoology, botany, and anthro-
pology—and natural scientists from
all parts of the country are visiting
this treasure house annually for new
specimens and discoveries.
Ladies’ Wash Dresses, sizes 14 to 50,
priced .........98c and $1.95
Ladies new Slippers.....$1.98 to $3.45
to perform miracles in
situations.”
Police Listen to Suggestions
The police officers find many ways
of correcting these mistaken atti-
tudes. One of them is to show the
offenders the traffic accident spot
map of the city and interest them in.
the problem of safety, at the same
time pointing out to them their indi-
vidual shortcomings and suggesting:
corrections. When violators turn the
tables and suggest to the police de-
partment improvements they should
make in traffic regulation, the police
listen respectfully and consider their
proposals. Occasionally some good
ones are offered, said Chief Wilson.
Evanston, ill., which preceded
Wichita in establishing safety clinics,,
gives such examination only to those.-
drivers who have more than two vio-
lations against them, relying on its:
safety school for general “re-educa-
tion.”
The National Safety Council warm-
ly commends the clinic method, but
' ” such examinations:
take time and that large cities may-
find it necessary to use group meth-
ods also to take care of their greater
numbers of violators. But its staff.
believes the educational approach is
the right one in handling most traf-
fic violators.
been
tried. Under one of them, money
was lent to farmers to pay doctor
bills, and a corporation was created
that entered into an arrangement
with doctors whereby they cut their
fees one-third. This has been done
widely in North Dakota.
The other is socialized medicine,
pure and simple. Resettlement sets
up medical co-operatives, each mem-
ber paying a certain sum, and the
doctors receive a fixed income.
How the system works is illus-
trated by the case of an RA commu-
nity in Mississippi. There are
386 families in this colony, of whom
246 are members of the medical co-
operative. Each family pays $2 a
month—$1 for the dactor and $1 for
medicine. At the end of the month,
the secretary of the co-operatice
pays off the doctors and the druggists
by dividing up the money in hand.
In Arkansas, a co-op has been set
up on terms of $30 a year per family.
This takes care of home and office
calls. For hospitalization, rates are
cut 50 per cent.—Drew Pearson and
R. S. Allen in Merry-Go-Round.
similar demands for subsidies
corn, wheat and other crops.
What if the present price is, as one
resolution complains, “below the cost
of production to the farmer?” The
prices of coal, cotton textiles and the
products of many another over-ex-
tended industry are below the costs
of many of the less efficient pro-
ducers. Is the Government to sub-
sidize al^ of them to go on producing
goods that aren’t wanted at prices
above the market? Or shall those
producers learn to supply something
else that is wanted?
The present cotton crop, predicted
There are more than 8,000 arson
fires every year, and because of
them you pay higher insurance
premiums on your own home. Some
authorities say one fire in five is in-
cendiary.
One man, deciding he would burn
his own establishment and collect
some $60,000 insurance, made de-
tailed plans for the conflagration, re-
hearsing many times every step ex-
cept the actual blaze. When every-
thing was ready, he left town and
crossed the continent from Los An-
geles to New York to build up an
alibi.
From the Pennsylvania Hotel in
New York City one night he put in a
telephone call for his fur store in a
downtown Los Angeles building,
checked off the seconds on his watch
until he was sure the bell had rung
fourteen times, replaced the receiver
on the hook and sat down to await
results. Three hours later he was
handed a telegram reading, “Fire of
unknown origin completely destroy-
ed fur stock this morning. Loss six-
ty thousand. Hurry home.”
Little did he suspect, on reaching
California, that firemen had found
evidence which soon was to send him
to prison. He was permitted to go
ahead and file claim for insurance.
But the trump card which was soon
to start him to prison had not yet
been played.
One day two police officers walked
into his office.
“We have come to tell you about
an interesting mechanical develop-
ment,” they told him. “It consists of
a sliver of bamboo notched to fit
over the telephone clapper. At the
other end of the sliver is a razor
blade. When the telephone rings
fourteen times, the blade, which is
attached to a spring, which, when re-
leased, scratches a cluster of matches
on the concrete floor and dumps
them in a pile of papers. Do you fol-
low us?”
“You’ve got me, boys,” he replied,
his face blanching.
Uncle Sam’s fire bill surpasses
that of any other nation. Slowly the
fire-bug hunters are winning. In
one city, fire insurance premiums
have dropped from $18,000,000 to $9,-
000,000 in two years—partly because
of the war on arson.—Andrew Boone
in Popular Science.
In the last two years, young wom-
en have increased their drinking
more than have young men, but they
still drink less regularly and in
smaller amounts than their male
escorts.
These facts were made public last
week after an eight-months survey
among 2,379 college students, white
collar workers and settlement house
youths from 18 to 25 years of age.
The survey conducted throughout
New York under direction of Dr.
Paul Stuenski, professor of econom-
ice at New York University, revealed
that:
Women usually prefer their drinks
mixed, while men are more inclined
to take liquor straight.
Only New York City college girls
from 18 to 21 had no objection to
women drinking unaccompanied at
bars.
Half of the 2,378 questioned did
not like the taste of hard liquor.
The 200 white collar workers ques-
tioned showed a greater taste for
hard liquor than did the 300 settle-
ment house youths, most of whom
said they preferred beer and wine.
Asked to give their reasons for
drinking, the most frequent answer
was that “drinking makes one gayer
and more interesting.”—Pathfinder.
ing urged to talk freely about his
violations, the circumstances under
which they occurred, and indeed, any
other matter he may choose to dis-
cuss,” writes Chief Wilson in ' the
current issue of Public Safety, organ
of the National Safety Council.
“Only in this way is it possible to
help the driver unravel his twisted
misunderstandings and prejudices
and to attain the primary objective
of the clinic, which is to afford the
driver an insight into his responsi-
bility in the traffic pattern of his
city.”
Solicitous officials ask the
fender questions designed to
him the cause of his errors. Here
some typical ones: .
“Were you alone in your car at the
time?”
“Were you in a hurry?”
“Were you driving the car you or-
dinarily drive?”
' “Were you aware . that you were
committing a violation?”
“Were you worried about a home,
family, or financial problem?”
From the answers given the Wich-
ita police chief has found that Traf-
fic offenders get into trouble not
only from defective vision and simi-
There was considerable excitement
when Senator Jim “Ham” Lewis pro-
posed a plan for federalized medi-
cine to the American Medical Asso-
ciation. There would have been
much less if it had been realized that
Uncle Sam, with his doctor’s bag in
his hand, already has a thriving prac-
tice.
This latest development of the New
Deal was conceived by the Resettle-
ment Administration. It was done
not for the sake of revolutionizing
medical practice, but for the sake of
saving Resettlement investments.
RA has made thousands of loans to
farmers. A sick farmer can’t raise
a crop to pay back a loan. So RA
considered it good business to keep
the farmer well.
Two different plans have
them,
pay
VS
In his refusal to sanction crop
loans on a high-price basis without
some effective measure of crop con-
trol, President Roosevelt is absolute-
ly right.
The demand by Senator Bilbo of
Mississippi and other members
Congress that the Government lend
planters 12 cents a pound on their
cotton when the same cotton is sell-
ing in the open market for around 10
cents is a request not for a loan but
for a gift. It would be followed by
on
lar physical difficulties,, but from a
variety of wrong mental attitudes.
He has classified a number of
“cases” as follows:
“Those who are glaringly
confident.
“T h o se who have inadequate
knowledge of the motor vehicle ordi-
nances.
“Those who know the ordinances
but have insufficient comprehension
of the reasons behind them.
“Those who believe that the ordi-
nances do not apply . to experienced
drivers.
“Those who are inattentive to the
business of driving because of dis-
tractions.
“Those who delude, themselves
with the idea that the police are con-
centrating an attack on them.
“Those who take the other fel-
low’s driving too much for granted.
“Those who believe that a personal
necessity, such as hurrying to make
an appointment, is of more impor-
tance than the ordinances.
“Those who fail to adjust them-
selves from open road speeds to city
speeds.
“Those who expect their vehicles
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some water — at least two quarts | at 14,500,000 bales with normal tak-
daily. Two glasses the first thing in
the morning.
4. Take a bath once a day—it rests
and quiets your nerves and refreshes
you.
5. Get eight hours sleep if possible.
Too much isn't good, but not enough
is worse. Too much makes you dull
—not enough kills you.
6. Take plenty of good, wholesome
exercises—especially for your trunk
muscles. This keeps your circulation
adjusted, and your organs function-
ing properly.
7. Get plenty of fresh air — sleep
with all windows open and breathe
deeply. Take outings as much as
possible.
8. Practice regularity and consist-
ency in caring for your body—when
this model wears out, you can’t trade
it in on a new one.
9. Adjust your diet. Don’t eat
meat to the exclusion of vegetables.
Don’t eat too much heavy or sweet
food, or too much food at any one
time.
10. Keep .your mind on your health
at all times. Watch your carriage,
your environment, your location,
your association, your reading.
Take good care of your body—
there are no new models.
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The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1937, newspaper, August 26, 1937; Whitewright, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1231050/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Whitewright Public Library.