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Page 4 - Friday, July 20, 2001 Brady Standard-Herald
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Worth more dead than alive
he English, led by King ,
■ Harold, stood at Beachy
— Head, Pevensey, in their
Outdoor
Outpost
With
KENDAL HEMPHILL
homespun clothes, braced against the
biting October wind, watching
William’s knights prepare for their
first charge. They were farmers,
smiths, fullers, tanners, bakers, for-
esters, ranging in age from fourteen to
sixty.
They faced mounted knights in
armor, men in their twenties and thir- private citizens shooting military
ties who had trained and practiced rifles. We were not fools to set foot in
from childhood for war. The Normans such quicksand."
carried lances, swords, maces. It would seem- that some things
halberds, pikes. The English were never change.
armed with pitchforks, clubs, axes, John Bolton, U.S. undersecretary
• scythes, hammers, rocks. of state for arms control and interna-
This battle would later be called tional security affairs, recently, told
Senlac, a river of blood. No battle in the U.N. that the United States op-
history was more lopsided, and few poses any attempt to impose broad
involving so many men were over worldwide controls on the sale of
quicker. The English fought as best legal firearms. At a major interna-
they could, but William ran them over tional arms conference, Bolton said,
in less than six hours. The Battle of “We do not supportrmeasures that
Hastings gave England to William would constrain legal trade and legal
the Conquerer. manufacturing of small arms and light
: Four years later, at York, William weapons.” Good news, as far as it
finally defeated the last organized goes, but it’s hard to believe that is the
English resistance, and only then be- official stance of America, when our
cause of the duplicity of an English citizens are systematically being dis-
Earl. Four years of fighting, after win- armed, one type of gun at a time,
ning the war shortly after arriving in The CNN article about the confer-
ence, written by Ronni Berke, said
that the United Nations estimates there
are at least 500 million small arms
and light weapons in circulation - one
for every twelve people on earth.
Most are in the hands of police
forces, national armies and lawful
pri vate gun owners, according to U.N.
Deputy Secretary-GeneraI Louise
Frechette, “But that does not dimin-
ish the problem.” He says that, “Even
in societies not torn by conflict, the
proliferation of small arms has con-
tributed to a culture of violence and
crime.” And here you’ve been think-
ing that people were pulling those
triggers, when all along the guns have
been shooting themselves.
This is exactly the kind of guy
Thomas Jefferson was talking about
when he said, “No man shall ever be
debarred the use of arms. The stron-
gest reason for the people to retain the -
right to keep and bear arms is, as a last
resort, to protect themselves against
tyranny in government.” The Second
Amendment is not there to guarantee
that we will be allowed to go duck
hunting, it’s there to allow us to pro-
tect all our other rights from anyone
who wants to take them away, even
our own government.
And I would like to go on record as
the country.
The reason it took William so long
to subdue the English was because of
the archers. William’s knights soon
learned to ride well clear of any for-
ested area or place of concealment.
All too often one would forget, and by
the time he heard the whistling of the
arrow it was too late.
The English ‘cloth-yard’ arrow,
cut the length of the archer’s arm, was
most typically fletched with grey
goose feathers, and they had learned
to tip them with bodkin points, which
would penetrate the Normans’ armor.
After the Battle of Hastings, the only
thing the Normans feared in England
were the archers, which they called
‘les grises plumes,' the greyfeathers.
William saw the problem right
away, and decreed that any English-
man caught in possession of a
bowstave was subject to summary
execution on the spot. The trouble
was that few Englishmen had sworn
to obey William’s laws. They swore
at him, and quite well, but not to him.
William had it figured out, though.
It’s a lot of trouble to take people’s
land and possessions away from them
when they can fight back. It’s a lot
easier if you disarm them first. No
bowstaves, no greyfeathers.
Skip to 1960, aboard the USS Con- saying that Mr. Frechette is full of
stellation. My friend, Charles Elbel beans. The guns are not causing the
sent me an account of a meeting which crime. If you want to stop crime,
took place there between United States punish the offenders. If Frechette were
Navy personnel and their Japanese kicked by a horse he would probably
Defense Force counterparts. Most of
those present were veterans of World
War II, and had fought against each
other at sea.
Someone at the table asked a Japa-
nese admiral why his country had not
’ Ep ASCHER
want to outlaw horseshoes.
Hanging on the wall of the Com-
mercial Bank in Mason, Texas, is a
reproduction of an actual poster dis-
tributed to member banks of the Texas
Bankers Association, beginning Janu-
ary 15,1933. It is an offer of a reward
of up to $5000 for anyone who killed
a bank robber who was in the process
of robbing a bank which belonged, to
the association.
The poster specifically states “The
Association will not give one cent for
live bank robbers. They are rarely
identified, more rarely convicted, and
most rarely stay in the penitentiary
when sent there ... all of which
operations are troublesome, burden-
some and costly to our government.”
Sounds like a plan to me ...
Kendal Hemphill is an outdoor
humor columnist and public speaker
who shoots both guns and bows. Write
to him at PO Box 564, Mason, Tx
76856 or hemphill@iowa.org
SEEDS 1
FROM
THE
SOWER
Michael A. Guido
Metter, Georgia
Last week ( noticed some boys
and girls walking home from
school. They were having a happy
time.
But something happened. 1m- 1
mediately they formed sides and 1
started throwing mud at each
other.
They were poor shots. They
missed their mark. But their hands
got dirty.
What a lesson I learned.
Don’t throw mud. You may miss
your mark. But you will dirty your
hands whether you hit or miss.
And the defacement of self is
despairing as well as degrading.
Love and mud-throwing don’t go
together. Love never throws mud -
even at enemies. For the Bible
says, “Love your enemies."
Letters to the Editor
invaded the west coast of the U.S., .
after devastating our Pacific fleet. Dear Editor, .government's way of conducting some
They had to have known our state of This letter is in reference to a internal city government business,
unreadiness, at home and abroad. couple of aricles 1 saw in the San Therefore, I asked myself: What is
The Japanese admiral grinned as Angelo Standard- Times dated Sun- the real reason why those hearing
he said “You are ri eht We did i ndeed day, June 24 which talks about BradY 5 requests have been denied?
know much about your preparedness, high utility bills and the honesty of And I asked myself and the gov- ‘
Weknewthatprobablyeverysecond our city government. - ernmental body: If the city govern-
home in your country contained fire- Also, the paper talked about sev- ment and the cjty council along with
arms. We knew that your country eral local business owners citicizing the mayor and the city manager don't
actually had state championships for BradV 5 high utility bills and some have anything to hide, then why don't
person "questioning the accuracy they want to comply with those peti-
and the legality of some of the city’s tions for a noncompliance hearing
business being conducted improp- and clarify everythingto us, the regu-
In that edition it also spoke of laror, average citizens?
some petitions from several hundred „ Is our city government body hid- '
voting citizens for a noncompliance ing something from us. I say: let us
hearing, which for one reason or an- hear and know the truth. Won t y all? !
other has been denied; therefore, I Sincerely, .
thought to myself: Why? A utilities and taxpayer of the City
There are also some other people of Brady, %
critizing Mrs. Gay la Bowen forques- GILBERTO DE LA CRUZ
tioning some issues about our city Brady
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Nurse .
Shoridse
I had my first beer at a barn dance at age 11
rowing up during the
I w Depression years, McCul-
loch County was dry—no al-
any but saw some. They said it was
ready when you took the lid off and it
would pop and blue smoke would go
cohol and very few ready rolled ciga- Way Back When . up. 4
rettes.. . u For cigarettes we would smoke
The first beer lever saw was at a by Tootsie Mitchell cedar bark, grape vines and Duke’s
barn dance on Perry Sneed's place mixture. I never could roll one, but in"
when they opened their new barn. ==----------------- high school I got a cigarette roller and
I was about 11 years old, and they used Kite tobacco. *
had beer in a wash tub. I sneaked one not to any of us who were under 21. We would find an empty cigarette' 1
out and drank it. Kind of liked it, too. One time we had 18 bottles of package and carry them in it. During' ’
As a teenager, we would go to beer, and we bet a-dollar that G.W. high school the A&M Cafe would 3
Eden to Joe Stukey s or J.R. Hill's Young could drink nine of the bottles sell us a cigarette for a penny. At the' '
place. One of the older guys would before someone could pour nine time they were about 20€ a pack,
buy the beer, and we thought we were bottles out on the ground. Then in the Air Force they were 10€. 2
nine-feet tall. G. W. won, but he lost in that he a pack. .
Then we found a bootlegger in couldn't walk home. Since I can't drink anything any- ,
east Brady. He was Charlie Bum- We tried anything our parents said . more J have thought about putting a -
drink in my stomach tube. At least no
one would smell it on my breath, oms
On some of these hot afternoons a
mug of cold beer and a cigar still b
sounds mighty good. A
Way Back When
by Tootsie Mitchell
We tried anything our parents said .
gardner's father. He sold us wine for don’t do. This included things like
75€ a quart. . smoking or drinking alcohol.
After the second time, I Was so Mother wouldn’t let any alcohol in
sick I never wanted wine again, our home. Some of the oldtimershere
Johnny Farris also sold alcohol but would make home brew. I never had
REPORT OF CONDITION
Consolidated domestic subsidiaries of The Commercial National B of Brady
in the state of TX, at the close of business on June 30,2001.
ASSETS
Cash & balances due: Noninterest-bearing balances
Cash & balances due: Interest-bearing balances.....
Securities: Held-to-Maturity securities..........
Securities: Available-for-sale securities ......
Federal funds sold, .......................................................
Loans and leases held for sale ........................................
Loans and leases, net of unearned income ......................
Less: allowance for loan and lease losses.......................
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance
Trading assets...........................................................
Premises and fixed assets ............................................
Other real estate owned .................................2.1.....
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries...........
Customers’ liability on acceptances outstanding ..............
Intangible assets: Goodwill.................. dha.t.........
Intangible assets: Other intangible assets........................
Other assets..............................................................
Total assets
LIABILITIES
Deposits: In domestic offices...............................
Deposits: In domestic offices, noninterest-bearing...
Deposits: In domestic offices, interest-bearing........
Federal funds purchased and securities sold...........
Trading liabilities ................................................
Other borrowed money...........................................
Bank’s liability on acceptances ...............................
Subordinated notes and debentures ...
Other liabilities.....................................................
Total liabilities
EQUITY CAPITAL 1
Perpetual preferred stock..........................................
Common Stock.......................................................
Surplus.....................:...............................................
Retained earnings........-...........................................
. Accumulated other comprehensive income
Other equity capital components ..........................
Total equity capital .......................................
Total Liabilities, minority interests, and equity capital
We, the undersigned directors, attest to
the correctness of this statement of resources end
liabilities. We declare that it has been exemined
by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief,
hes Men prepored in conformance with the
instructions and la true and correct.
(X)Robert M. Barnhill'
(Imam L.Jones_
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