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Texas Making Good
Texas counties are unanimous in their demand that
the special session of the legislature which convenes
September 13 immediately pass such legislations as
may be necessary to validate the road bond issues.
This is clearly indicated by the fact that every
county wherein the 549 road districts are located has
published the notices' as required by law and there
will be no legal obstruction to prompt action by the
legislature.
The United States supreme court decision which
affected millions of dollars worth of Texas bonds has
resulted in a tendency on the part of those who do
not understand the situation to criticize Texas. It is
the same criticism the general public applies to an
individual who has attained the reputation of being
“poor pay” and that individual’s credit is never re-
stored until all debts are paid in full.
The fact that Texas bonds became a drug on the
market was no fault of T*\as or Texans. They voted
the bonds in good faith; and they were not responsible
for the technicalities upon which the court based its
findings. However there are thousands of bondholders
throughout the North and Fast who are not thoroughly
eonversant with the facts; whose only knowledge «f
the situation is that the bonds they are holding are
not in active demand. The one way to correct this
situation is by legislative enactment and Texas has
already waited too long in taking the necessary action.
Governor Ferguson had the power to call a sess’on
of the legislature immediately after receiving notice
of the supreme court decision. It was a matter which
fully justified the calling of a special session. The
honor and credit of Texas was at stake and these
are things which demand prompt action.
’ * However there is nothing to he gained now in
bewailing what was not donp. The one thing for Texas
to do Is to pass the necessary legislation and consid-
eration of all other matters should be laid aside by
the special session until that legislation has been dis-
posed of. Investigations and political broils are sub-
Je-ta to be disposed of at leisure. The first thing is
to restore the state* credit upon* the high pl»ne it
occupied prior to the supreme eourt decision.
The School Apportionment
The announcement that the State Board of educa-
tion has been compelled to reduce the scholastic ap-
propriation to $11.50 for eai\ of the 1252.500 eligible
|school children indicates there will be additional work
for the special session of the legislature called to con-
vene next month.
The allowance is the lowest in several years and
it comes at a time when an increase would have been
iti order. Of course the State Board of Education is
not responsible. The board had a certain sum avail-
able and the apportionment was merely a problem in
division. The fault lies chiefly in the failure of the
legislature to make an appropriation sufficient to meet
the emergency—and it will be within the power of the
legislature to correct this at the special session.
Various means of raising the revenue have been
discussed including a three-rent per gallon tax on
gasoline and an increase in the gross production tax
.on oil. Either of these sources would produce the
revenue required with some to spare.
Unless the scholastic apportionment is increased to
at least $15 rural schools in many counties will be
compelled to reduce their terms to five or six months
and in some the terms would be shorter than specified
in the compulsory attendance law. To deprive the
seholastics of those districts of the full term to which
they are entitled would he a distinct injustice and
Texas could not afford to permit the shortening of
the term.
It would indeed be a strange anomaly if Texas
which in the past fpw years has attained the reputation
of being the most progressive state of the South.
«. should permit such a condition to exist. Texans pride
* “ 5 themselves upon their wonderful highways prosperous
towns cities and farms; the state's million of produc-
tive acres. Surely a state with such unlimited re-
sources can at least afford to provide full term facili-
ties for it* children. Aside from the multitude of
other considerations state pride alone should be suf-
ficient to induce the state legislature to correct this
condition by providing the funds necessary to give
every scholastic the advantage of a full term. Gov-
ernor Ferguson has intimated she will call upon the
special session to pass measures designed to raise the
fund. The special session will he composed of prac-
tically the same representatives and senators who
passed the 1P25 appropriations and it is manifestly
their duty to correct a condition which is directly the
result of misplaced economy.
If religions and science quarrel it is because wc
have neither religion enough nor science enough.—Bur-
lington Hawk-Eye.
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^ If you're still undecided about what are weed* and
what are flowers in your garden watch the chickens.—
Arkansas Gazette.
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Oftkeir Fap®irs
COTTON STAPLE STANDARD STILL IN DISPUTE
(Dallas News)
The world has not got together ar yet regarding
Standards by which cotton staple is determined. The
meeting called in London the other day for the discus-
sion of the matter adjourned with no agreement. It is
counted however a good owen that there was no hard
feeling aroused. The generul idea seemed to be that
it would be best to postpone action for a while. The
Ainerican representatives considered this so much
ground gained. They had almost feared open opposl-
t tion to even the suggestion of talking it over.
' Th« samples prepared |or international n|« on potntf
of grade and color have by this time been accepted
and it is stated that the situation is no longer fraught
with European dissatisfaction as was the case for a
time. It is not altogether surprising that the foreign
purchaser of cotton should prefer to use his own
standards in determining- hoyv much he will puy for
American cotton and it is a high compliment to our
national Department of Agriculture that its experts
have been permitted to prepare master samples of
cotton to govern judging and classing cotton for grade
and color in foreign offices.
In 1927 there will be held y meeting of cotton men
from all over the world who will gather in Washington
to consult as to these master samples. It is anticipated
that the question of staple will be brought up at that
ime and if it is found possible then to agree upon a
uniform system of grading cotton in all points buyer
and seller will be in position for the first time in the
history of the trade to use the same terms in describing
the same cotton. That will be u great help. It is so
much in the direction of common sense and sound
business understanding that it is bound to come.
TIMELY VIEWS
“EUROPEAN CUSTOMS UNION MAY BE MEANS OF
AVERTING WAR” SAYS 1)R. STINNES
In a recent interview as to whether or not a uni-
fication of European customs relations regulations
were necessary and possible Dr. Edmund Stinnes eld
est son of Herr Hugo Stinnes said
“1 hold the ' construction of •
European customs union to be both
possible and imperative and that
of the United States of Europe as
desirable. Whether its realization
in the immediate future is possi-
ble probably depends upon what
form European particularly a
Franco-German customs union can
take.
“In the United States of America
the American individual citizen can
consume iar more commodities t--->
than the Europe. Why! B- tWhWOST.hl*.
cause in relation to the individual unit far more can
be produced. The means to this end are mass manu-
facture. modernization and standardization of indus-
trial processes intensification of agriculture and re-
duction of unproductive costs.
“A country’s productivity is burdened by everything
pertaining to the country's administration be it secur-
ity tax or customs organs. The number of these ad-
min strative organs is terrifying the small over-organ
ized economic units of Europe. In Austria the worst
exam) le of this there is that there is one official for
every five c-tizens. Austria exists indeed only
through the fear and jealousy of other countries.”
C’redi' More Certain
Further "dominating Anglo-Saxon nations certainly
have no conflict of economic interests.” *“
“Credits” Stinnes says “would be more certain;
they will not need to be burdened with 2 per cent
premium on the European disorder. Europe will pay
her debts to America England actually will get her
money hack which otherwise would be lost at least
as far as State debts are concerned like those of
France.
War l.ikcly
“Present day Europe is steering straight into a
new war. There is no use trying to dodge this fact.
Who the victor will be ami who the vanquished cannot
be forsecn since it is still unknown what the decisive
weapons will be. Judging by the textbooks of history
(.■ermany should win but the lasd between the Rhine
and Elbe would be turned into a desert like the once
blooming meadows of the Marne and the Somme. Air
bombs won’t leave much of the cities of Paris Vienna.
Beilin and Warsaw. The World War of 1914-1918
knows no real victor. The next war will produce only
ruins in which the later generations will carry out
archaeological aryl historical research as we do in the
Roman Forum. The greatest conceivable success is not
worth frightful loss entailed by the so-called victory.
“Politically what grounds could there be for a war
between a unified Europe and Anglo-Saxondom upon
which we arc financially dependent? In the naval
question Europe surely could make every concession
England wants. I see no motive for war on either
side."
WHO’S WHO
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HOWARD E. (OFFIN
President Coolidge is counting on the board which
he appointed recently to sift the aircraft situation to
the bottom. One of the members is Howard Earle
Coffin a consult ng engineer of
Detroit.
After studying engineering at
the University of Michigan Coffin
was connected with the U. S. civil
service from 1896- 1900. From
that time on he has been engaged
in the engineering field.' He has
been an engineer for several mo-
tor car companies namely Olds
Chalmers Hudson and Packard.
Since 1915 when he was a mem*
be of the naval consulting board
of the U. IS. Coffin has been active 1
in government engineering circles. MOWAttD F CDTPIlJ
From 1916-1918 he was a member of the advisory
committee of the council of national defense anti chair-
man of the aircraft board of the United States during
1917-1918. He is a member of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers and several engineering or-
ganizations.
Coffin wus born at West Milton Ohio September
6 1883.
Ston®s *
Tommy had been playing truant from school and
had spent a long beautiful day fishing. On his way
back he met one of his young cronies who accosted
him with the usual question “Catch anything?”
At this Tommy in all consciousness of guilt quick-
ly responded: “Ain’t been home yet."
A British actress spent the summer in a village in
America and during her holiday engaged a local
farmer to drive her about. Anxious to entertain her
the driver chatted “free and frequent" on local
gossip.
After suffering boredom for a time the actress
said somewhat sharply “I engaged* you to drive me
not to talk to me.”
The farmer collapsed. Subsequently he sent in his
hill one item of which puzzled the actress very much.
“Thet? Oh. that’s sass J don't often take it but
when 1 do I charge.” And she paid!
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The builder took a friend to see a row of houses
he had just erected. The friend took up his position
in one house while the builder went next door.
“Can you hear me. Bill?” he remarked through the
dividing wall.
“Yes" was the answering whisper.
“No" was the reply. •
“Thera’s wells #o» rtplifd the proud builder.
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' THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS-1926 I
FOrR-FOOT OR TWO-LEUS—
WHICH IS FHIENII?
The poor little Tusker tri*d his
best to do as Peter told him. Pick-
ing his way at every step testing
each foot of the ground to see if it
would bear his weight uji the hill
he scrambled up up up! “Fine!”
cried Peter. “Yes you're tnak mr
splendid headway little Tusker!
doomoa lowiuco mi% hkad ».**u <_nte
* Ceos* N*NNV • 60M BOTTsOiMC
THt SUBPliifCl; UTT16 TO-Vt-O
Just a hit farther and you’ll be over
the top!”
“Over the top indeed!” snorted
Dromda the Camel. "ID’ll never
reach this pass again if I can help
it! Let that young elephant but
poke his head over the edge and I'll
push him back again. This time I
shall make a good job of it. En-
courage hsm to come on up do!
There’s nothing that pleases me bet-
ter! The sooner he reaches the top
the sooner will he strike bottom!’*
Dromda the Camel leaned farther
over the brink.
“Courage little Tucker!** called
he. ”1 am waiting here to help you.
Dnce I see the whites of your eyes
your troubles will be over. Have no
fear for your safety young one. I
will take care of that for .you. My
hoof is at your service. Come along
now do!"
Jlow mocking was Drnmda’s voice!
I’eter who wishing with all his
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j heart had been wanting the young
elephant to climb to the pass now
' wanted nothing so much as that he
• shouldn't.
“Don’t believe him little Tusker!"
called Peter. “Promda is fooling
you. He is waiting for you. it is
true hut only that he may push you
i hack down into the dark ravine.
>l-df back little Tusker; slide back!
i«u will be safer down on the
J ledge!”
Promda the Camel's snort and
Peter's cries confused the poor little
I usker. Should he climb up or
should he hack down? Which should
he believe the Four Foot or the
Two-Legs ? After all. he had known
Promda the Camel all his life while
he had never set eyes oh the boy
before! ft hy should he pay any at-
tention to a perfect stranger?
I he little Tusker took one step
forward. Then the question was
ettled f< r him. <d'he earth beneath
his feet loosened gave way and slid
down the h.Uside carrying with it
the little Tu-ker and a tree against
which the poor little beast had been
leaning.
Next: “The Time the Place and
the Truth.”
McAllen Firemen
Start Fund Drive
McALLKN Texas. Aug. 20. Fire-
men of this city at a recent meeting
decided to launch a drive for fund
! to carry the organization for the
! next year.
In the past the firemen have so-
I licited funds from local merchants
when needed to buy uniforms or
’ equipment other than the city-owned
I fire apparatus.
They decided at the meeting to
raise funds sufficient to meet the
demands for a year and will start
the drive at once.
TWO FXECI'TEP
OSSINNING N. Y„ Aug 20.—i^t
Pavid Remaio 33 of -New Nochelle
and W illiam Hoyor. New York City
negro were electrocuted in Sing
Sing prison eailv today. Dcmaio
was convicted of plotting a robbery
in which two men were killed and
Hoyer of killing his wife and
daughter
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MERCEDES ORDERS
NEW FIRE PLUGS
MFRfEOES Texas. Aug. 20.—Five
additional fir* plugs were authorized
for this city at a recent meeting of
the council and the additional con-
nection* w II be put in at once. A
reduction of the key rate is expected
to be the result.
It was also decided at the meet-
ing that the mayor and council
should in the future draw five dol*
lar* for each regular meeting of the
council they attend.
The council accepted the bid of the
hirst National Bank of Mercedes aa
1 the city depository with the proviso
that the bank extend the city credit
privileges to the extent of fftOiKj.
EDINBURG WILL
GET NEW THEATRE
EDINBURG. Texas Aug. 20. This
city will soon have one of the most
attractive theater building* in Hi-
dalgo county plans being drawn at
the present time for a $30000 build-
I ing for Max Tvass. local man.
A. H. Wool ridge of McAllen is
drawing plans for the building
which is to be* of brick and rein-
forced concrete with face brick on
the front and art stone trim.
The building will be 50 by 134
feet und will have seating accommo-
dations for "50 persons. It will be
two stories and in addition to the
theater space will have space for
several small stores.
Auxiliary Will Raise
Salvation Army Fund
MERCEDES Aug. 20.- The Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary of the city has
start* d active work to raise a fund
of $300 for the local Salvation army
work it was announced following a
meeting of workers of the two or-
ganizations.
At the meeting a new advisory
board was selected consisting of
Mrs. W. M. McClelen. president;
Mr* A. C. 'Payne vice president;
and Ralph Buell secretary and
! treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Herman
1 Sugg. Mrs. R. R Talbot. Mrs R. L.
' Buell. James J. Howze. Mr. and Mrs.
* A. F. Prince John Herndon and H.
T. Tidmore compose the new board.
POWER IN SELF RECOGNITION
Ancient thought found its form in
a serie* of feudal civilizations rest- ;
ing upon a denial of man by the
multitudes themselves who sought
cohesion in mutual fear of life and
out of culture of fear they created
their tyrants. Their unsafe anchor-
age lay in the idea of force in its
convincing outward show of domina-
tion splendor and glory.
But now the gravitation of world
thought and dream is shifting. Out
' of the serial collapses of age-long
feudalism is arising a new view.
This new view is crystallized in
“The Autobiography of an Idea.’* by
the lata Louis H. Sullivan famous
architect who transformed the un-
gainly skyscraper int;. a th;ng of
beauty as well as utility. It is a
volume for the thinking man's li-
brary.
In the history of mankind there
are recorded two great Inversions
he observes. The first set forth by
the Nu?.arene to the effect that love
! is a greater power and more real
than vengeance. The second pro-
claimed the eaith to be a sphere re-
volving around the sun.
“These aff.rmations were made in
the face of all evidence sacred to
the ^ntrary. Who could feel the
earth revolving? Who could fail to
\ see the sun rise and set? What but
| blood could satisfy or an eye for
an eye T’
Now. in reactive consequence of
age-long self-repression and self-be-
guilement the world of mankind is
preparing its way for a Third Inver-
sion. Sullivan foresees.
^ “The world of heart and head is
becoming dimly sentient that man in
his power is free spirit-Creator. The
long dream of inverted self is near-
ing its end. Emerging from the
heritage of mystical self-conscioua-
sess and phantasy the world of
mankind is stirring. Man’s deeds
are about to become conscious deeds
in the open. The beauty the pas-
sion. the glory of the past shall
merge into a new beauty a new pas-
sion a new glory as man approaches
man. and recognising him. rejoices
in him and with him as born to
power. . . .
“For man’s powers in certitude
approach the infinite. They are be-
wildering a in aging in diveraity.
They unfold their intimate cigples-
ity to our view as an equally arnat-
j ing solidarity as we hold steadfast
I to the realistic concept of man as
free spirit—as creator—even as the
vast complexity in the outworking
of the feudal thought simp! fie- into
a basic concept of self-delusion* and
self-fear.”
Man shall find his power in self-
recognition. Such is Sullivan s con-
I elusion.
The Rim of the Limelight
CHICAGO Aug. 20.—It has hap-
’ pened. It was inevitable. Now that
the polar regions have been opened
up for general traffic parties of
••trippers” are headed that way.
Naturally enough a group of hardy
artist* heads the list. Under the di-
rection of Dudley ( rafts Watson art
teacher of Chicago and M.lwaukee
who has taken groups in\o many
countries thirty-eight artists leave
here early in June to penetrate as
i far as possible into the northland
1 above Scandinavia to paint and
sketch in the land of—to coin a
phrase—eternal snows. . . After
' the polar session the group will go
to Paris to thaw out.
ROME. Italy. American tourist.*
to the contrary notwithstanding
this city u*e» more water per capita
every day than any other city in the
world. The reason as you may have
heard is not a matter of excessive
use of water for drinking or cleans-
ing purposes but is due to the fact
1 that within the limits of Rome there
are 430 public founta ns. They are
in action most of the time. . New
York only uses 85 gallons of water
I per capita every day whereas Rome’s
average is 111). All this is justifica-
tion of the old story about Europe’s
notion that water's sole use is for
running under bridges and through
| fountains.
ttlCKSVILLE N. Y In spite of
more or less exclusive advices pub-
lished here a few days ago that this
town was in no mood longer-to bear
up under the much kidded name of
Hicksville the old timers the fire
iadd es and the Ancient Order of
Old Guards got together at the last
minute and stampeded the tow*n.
Change the nume of our glorious !
community—^ *ver. The firemen put
on a carnival; there were things to
eat and in the election the unfeel- I
ing modernists the chaps who want-
ed to change the name to Ellsworth
or Whitman or Bryon Manor were
completely snowed under. Hicks-
ville and forever more shall be so.
LONDGfc—The English govern-
ment whether or not acting in re-
prisal to the Saklatvala case has re-
fused admission to Charles E. Rus-
sell because of his political affilia-
tions. Russell it will be recalled
was twice the Socialist candidate
for governor in New York and is to-
day recognized as one of America's
leaders in Socialistic theory and
practice. Mr. Russell was denied
permission to land at Plymouth when
the liner on which he had crossed
the Atlantic the “Theodore Roose*
| velt’’ called there. It is understood
Mr. Russell will go to France for a
period and there appeul from tha
decision of the British authorities.
Sam May Get to
See World Series
DALLAS Texas Aug. 20—Sam
Hughston district agent for tlu
Southland Life Insurance Co. has a
1 chance to attend the world’s senesJ
: this fall according to the standind
ir. the August contest for Southland
Life Agents. I
The company offered a trip to the!
series for the largest number od
j home runs cracked out by an agenfl
luring August an application for J
$-1000 life insurance policy countl^l
j as a home run. Hughston has
i home runs to date and stands tl^H
j on the list. He also stands -
! in "hits." which would entitle hi#
to a trip.
Incidentally the contest is sh wl#j>
that the Valley is unusually rg^B
' perous taking life insurance as
barometer for conditions. #
Amarillo Ready
For Legion Me#
Brown wood. Aug. 2t». State Adjfll
taut Hankins of the American
has issued a statement to the ■ fftfl;
that Amarillo is aide to take arO^HI
all comers and is well prepared
so at the state convention of
American legion to be held in
city September 8-10. jH
RIO GRANDE CITY I
Mrs. C. O. Thomas who spent t|fl
past month in San Antonio returnS
to Fort Ringgold Monday. jfl
Major and Mrs. Fletcher C.ardafl
who have been summering in ( loUn|
croft. New Mexico returnd to F«B
Ringgold Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edge rt on of Hugol
Oklahoma were the guests Iasi
week of I)r. Maryq Deadly Edgerton
and children. I
Mrs. Flores Miss Ernestine Markl
and Miss Erniestin Laborde who h*v|
been in San Antonio for several
weeks returned Saturday. Thel
were accompanied home by Miss Bel
atrice < happa who will be their guesl
at the Laborde Hotel. fl
DIVORtf: AFTER 31 YEARS I
HANWELL Eng.—Alfred H. Poylfl
ter got a divorce from his wife ll
years after she deserted him. ?■
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