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Sixty-first Year—Number 42
Mineola, Wood County, Texas, January 13, 1938
Eight Pages Today
Ay 003 CAJRRAWAV
Get Your Ticket Now—
r The political show in Texas
this summer promises to be a
headliner, a fact which the pub-
| 11c has already begun to sense.
the rush to pay poll
egins, close observers
capitol predict a new
poll tax payments.
1-time high for exemp-
almost certain with
problems bidding for
as a major campaign
^ck of a presidential
is the only thing to
from being one of the
iff6St political years since the
Btr. From the Governor on
>wn, practically every state
'"Sice. will be subject to re-
_r__Jient. The attorney gen-
. u*S .race is wide open with
ralready no less than a half-
dozen outstanding candidates
m the running. A new face will
sit in the lieutenant governor's
' lair in 1939; and other state
^offices such as those of state
superintendent, treasurer, and
railroad commissioner will see
contests. In this East Texas
district a new congressman is
nent. If Will Pace gets in
race for lieutenant gov-
r, East Texas will have a
t 'interest in that race.
I there are the usual num-
of local officers. In Wood
Ity the battle for the state
jiture bids fair to be an-
t top-notch affair, probably
exciting one before it's
(according to grapevine
any event, the 1938 politi-
___„t show will be one you will
Ep^^libt want to miss, so get that
I poll tax now. January 31 is the
last day to nav.
******
F-ctra Session Talk—
Practically dead and buried
special session jrumors wetre
somewhat revived around the
capitol this week with Repre-
sentative Alsup, blind legisla-
tor from Carthage, urging Gov-
ernor Allred, just back from
another trip out of the state,
to call another special session
within the next month or two
for the purpose of providing
for the blind needy and desti-
tute children. The governor's
recent efforts to keep him-
w self prominently to the politi-
cal forefront and the fact that
pension funds are due to play
out around April 1 have been
advanced as possible steps
eading to another session, for
rhich the governor said some-
ago he saw no need. How-
r, the odds aire still against
3their session, that is, from a
ly speculative standpoint,
reral members of the legis-
lature have resigned recently
the governor has said
it there would be no need of
Iding special elections to fil-
places since there would
be no session before 1938 elec-
tions.
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Odds And Ends—
Browsing about the capitol
one comes across many in-
teresting items, such as: Follow-
ing his recent trip to Washing-
ton, new rumors have Allred
slated not for Justice Suther-
land's Court bench but prob-
ably for the ambassadorship to
Mexico among other things . . .
W. E. Jones of Longview has
been solicited as a possible
opponent of Land Commissioner
McDonald. ... In the multi-
million dollar battle known as
the E. H. R. Green case, the
State of Massachusetts is
F. spending more money merely
for bringing three witnesses
from Europe that the State of
Texas is allowed to spend on
the whole case. Incidentally,
Attorney General Bill McOraw
has returned to New York,
hopeful and secretly confident,
to fight it out with the best in
the East . . . Texas netted
$47,895,217 in 1937 from gaso-
■ ^ine taxets, which was an in-
ofi $4,400,707 over 1936.
E. Q. Thompson and Gov-
jr Alfred, rumored political-
, made Jackson Day
in Oklahoma and
)ta, respectively, and
led to tell the same
incident associ-
ston and Jack-
Legion Will Hold
Rehabilitation
Meet in Quitman
Privileges Accruing
To Veterans, Their
Dependents, to be
Given Attention
The county court house at
Quitman will be the location
of the Luckett Cochran Post
No. 296, the American Legion,
meeting to be held Friday, Jan.
21, at 7:30 p. m., according to
R. E. McClendon, post com-
mander.
All disabled veterans and
their dependents are urged to
attend this meeting, and bring
any and all papers that they
may have in regard to any
claim that they may have
against the Veterans' Adminis-
tration.
This meeting will be devoted
entirely to ai consideration of
veteran rehabilitation. A com-
plete survey will be made of
the privileges accruing to vet-
erans, and any questions on
the subject will be discussed
and explained by Willis G. Jer-
nigan, post service officer as-
sisted by Hill Robbins, assist-
ant service officer.
]. R. Douglas Asks
For Reelection To
Office Of Sheriff
Sheriff J. R. (Rabon) Douglas
has authorized the announce-
ment of his candidacy for re-
election to the office of which
he is the present encumbent.
Having faithfully served the
county of Wood as sheriff and
as deputy sheriff, Mr. Douglas
believes that the experience thus
gained in the enforcement of
the law will enable him to
more capably serve as sheriff
if reelected.
Douglas has made an excel-
lent record during his adminis-
tration as sheriff, in handling
the business of his office with
dispatch and appitude. Cour-
teous, considerate, and always
fair in his actions and attitude,
he has likewise been firm and
fearless in the exercise of his
duties when the occasion de-
manded.
Etex Chiropractors „
Elect Officers At
Meeting Held Here
At ai meeting of the East
Texas Chiropractic Association
held in the Trainmen's Hall
here Sunday officers were elect-
ed as follows:
Dr. E. P. Bunn, Mineola,
president; Dr. Whitten, Tyler,
vice-president; Dr. H. H. Ken-
nedy, Longview, secretary and
treasurer.
A large number of chiroprac-
tors attended the meeting, ana
plans were made for the coming
year.
The next meeting of the as-
sociation will be held in Tylei
at the Blackstone hotel in
March, and will be held jointly
with the district association.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Fowler
of Port Sulphur, La., arrived
Friday for a visit with Mlrs.
Fowler's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Delta Bruner. Mr. Fowler re-
turned Monday. Mrs. Fowler
will remain for an extended
visit.
is Your Subscription Paid Up?
VISITS MINEOLA
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W. E. JAMES
Candidate State
Superintendent
Mineola Visitor
Hits Jackpot—
Frank Adams of Dixon, III.
needs no gun to hunt. He
took his axe and his dog to
the woods, intending to fell
a tree. At the first axe blow,
a muskrat leaped from the
base of the tree. The dog
killed the muskrat. The sec-
ond time his axe bit into the
tree, an oppossum jumped
out. The dog killed the opos-
sum. The third blow chased
out a squirrel—but it got
away as the dog captured a
red fox in a thicket.
W. E. .Tames of Austin was
in Mineola Monday visiting
his sister, Mrs. Clyde Epps, and
in active support of his candi-
dacy for state superintendent
of public instruction.
In discussing his campaign
for the position, Mr. James
named the following objectives:
A nine months' term for
every free school in the state;
the best quality instruction ob-
tainable for elementary as well
as high school pupils; impartial
practical, systematized grouping
of rural school pupils; substitu-
tion of unselfish professional
service for petty politics in all
public school affairs; classifica-
tion and accrediting of local
systems more on the basis of
pupil interests and needs.
The importance of vocational
training can hardly be over-
looked, Mr. James believes. It
is his opinion that the voca-
tional education program should
be enlarged.
A state per capita apportion-
ment, commensurate with the
needs of Texas schools, should
be supplemented by an equaliza-
tion fund, economically and im-
partially administered, Mr.
James suggests.
Mr. James holds that teachers,
whether in 'high school or
elementary schools, should re-
ceive equal pay for equal quali-
fications.
He proposes that the daily toll
of human lives caused by pre-
ventable accidents should be
reduced by safety education,
consisting of a vitalized course
in accident prevention and good
citizenship, taught in the pub-
lic schools.
Mr. James was born and
reared in Van Zandt county and
attended the public schools of
that county. He is a graduate
of North Texas State Teachers
College and holds a B. A. de-
gree from Baylor university and
the M. A. degree from the Uni-
versity of Texas.
His teaching experience has
been in the public schools and
in each of the institutions of
which he is a graduate. He has
served as county superintendent
of Williamson county and has
eight years of experience as
rural aid supervisor and first
assistant state "superintendent
in the state department of edu-
cation.
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Ruling Is Made
Tax Exemptions
Not Necessary
It will not be necessary for
persons becoming 21 years of
age since January 1, 1937, and
before any election to be held
in 1938, to obtain exemption
certificates in order to be eli-
gible to vote, according to in-
formation furnished Tax Col-
lector W. D. Williams by Coun-
ty Attorney Hubert T. Faulk.
Mr. Williams advises that this
information has been requested
of his office so many times that
for the benefit of the general
public he asks that it be pub-
lished.
First National
Keeps Directors,
Elects Officers
C. C. Sims Advanced
To Vice-President;
L. B. Willis Promo-
ted to Cashier
fit a meeting of the officers
and directors of the First Na-
tional Bank of Mineola Tues-
day S. R. Cooper wes re-elect-
ed to serve as president of thait
institution and C. C. Sims was
advanced from the position of
assistant cashier to that of
vicc-president while L. B. Willis
an assistant cashier was ad-
vanced to the position of cash-
ier.
Directors of the past year,
including, S. R. Cooper, J. W.
Cage, H. Watts, C. C. Aaron,
and H. W. Meredith, were re-
elected to serve during the
coming year.
Other business of the meet-
ing included a reading of the
bank's statement of condition,
which revealed a healthy and
vigorous position having beer,
maintained by the bank dur-
ing the past year. The bank
has issued the usual annual
diidvend while increasing the
surplus account.
Funeral Services
Held Here For
Mrs. Geo. Doty
Funeral services were held
for Mrs. George Dotv, 37, Thurs-
day afternoon at the home of
her brother, Sam F. Hannon
The Rev. Perry F. Evans, 'pastor
of the First Baptist church,
conducted the services. Inter-
ment was in the City cemetery
Also surviving are her hus-
band, and two daughters.
Hit by a trailer Saturday
afternoon when crossing a city
street in Odessa, where she was
living at the time, Mrs. Doty
died Monday afternoon.
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Advertising Pays, ...
Says McKinney Man
Advertising pays in satisfac-
tion and peace in the family,
if not in actual financial re-
sults, and also it is efficient.
That's the testimony of J. D.
Griffin, Mckinney, Texas auto-
mobile dealer and father of
a boy who owns a dog.
The dog showed up missing
several days ago. Griffin had a
hunch. He inserted an ad that
read:
"Whoever has my boy's screw-
tail Boston, please let him out.
He'll come home."
"Whoever"- did—so did the
dog, and everybody's happy.
o
Messrs Ocie Fair, Curtis
Owens, and Harvey Waggoner
of the Fair Dry Goods Store,
were visitors in Fort Worth Sun-
day attending the style show.
The Other Fellow
(By Clay Taylor)
Who is it, like a rank Traf-
fool,
Speeds up to fifty past a
school;
Who fractures every safety
rule?
The Other fellow.
Who cuts in front of us on
turns
So that, with many damns
and derns,
We set her down 'till rubber
burns.
The other fellow.
Who races madly past my
door
With raucous honk and
screech and roar,
And does it o'er and o'er and
o'er?
The other fellow.
Yet who is it, when there's
a wreck,
Sustains a broken spine or
neck
And sees Death handing him
the check—
The other fellow?
Not so. It's folks like you
and me
Who wind up draped around
1 a tree;
That wanton, reckless fool
goes free—
The other fellow.
—From Texas Parade
Alba Defeated
In Conference
Basketball Here
Minecla won her first con-
ference game of the season
here Wednesday night by de-
feating the Alba Eagles, 28-21.
The second game was between
the B teams of the two schools
and also resulted in a Mineola
victory, 23-20.
The second game of the con-
ference is scheduled for Friday
night in the local gym against
Winnsboro.
Mrs. W. E. Graham and
daughter, Irene, Mr. and Mrs.
Eldridge Stevens and son, Eld-
ridge, Jr., visited in Jackson-
ville Sunday with Mrs. Graham's
daughter, Mrs. N. P. Huggins
o-
E. P. Davis is confined to
his home due 'to illness.
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T. A. Collins is in St. Louis
on business.
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Virginia Ann Gordon was a
week-end visitor in Grand
Saline.
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SING SUNDAY AT WEST
MINEOLA WARD SCHOOL
The regular third Sunday
community singing will be held
in the West Mineola Ward
School ouilding Sunday after-
noon at 2:30.
All singers and all who enjoy
good singing are invited to be
present and bring someone with
you.
Building Industry Revival Seen
As Key To Nation's Prosperity
The building industry is facing
an opportunity to lead the
nation into am era of increas-
ingly good business and resum-
ed recovery in the opinion of
J.K W. Lambert of the Lyon-
Gray Lumber Company, who has
just returned from a building
"clinic" in Dallas attended by
more than 150 building ma-
terial dealers from this section.
As a result of his observa-
tions at the conference, which
was sponsored by Johns-Mans-
ville, Lambert believes that the
present recession in business
activity is temporary and that
there are sufficient construc-
tion economic factors to assure
a resumption of recovery for
at least the next two or three
years.
He declared, however, that
the stimulation of home build-
ing particularly, would result in
a general upswing of all phases
of industry and business.
One of the main reasons for
the current slackening-off in
business is due to the decline
in home building, Mr. Lambert
believes.
"This isn't logical, however,
as the cost of building and
owning a home today is still
much less than it was in the
1925-1929 period," he stated.
The house of today is much
superior to anything that
could be built then because of
great improvements in materi-
als and methods while long-
term, single mortgage financing
makes owning cheaper than
renting.
"Of course," he continued,
"home building costs have risen
from the panic lows of the de-
pression but so has practically
everything else. People should
not be blinded to the real facts
by false and misleading propa-
ganda about unduly high con-
struction costs."
Mr. Lambert pointed out that
data presented at the meeting
he attended showed convincing-
ly thatj today a home is the
best investment the American
public (pan make.
Federal Judge Atwell
To Speak at Hawkins
Basketball Team
Announces Full
Play Schedule
High School Teams
Begin Conference
Games This Week
For County Crown
The complete schedule for
the basketball round-robbin
contest has been announced
by Coach Paul Snow of the
Mineola Yellow Jackets. The
first game of the season will
be Jan. 11, when Quitman plays
at Golden. Mineola's first en-
counter will be here on Jan.
12 with Alba. Then Winnsboro
plays here Jan. 14; Quitman
plays in Alba Jan. 13, and
Golden in Alba Jan. 18. Also
playing on Jan 18 is Winnsboro
at Quitman. On Jan. 20 Quit-
man plays at Mineola and
Golden at Winnsboro. Playing
Jan. 21 are Mineola at Golden
and Alba at Winnsboro.
In the second round, Golden
plays at Quitman and Mineola
at Alba on Jan. 25. Jan. 27
will find Mineola at Winnsboro
and Alba at Quitman. Alba
plays at Golden and Quitman
at Winnsboro on Jan. 28. Mine-
ola at Quitman and Winnsboro
at Golden is the schedule for
Fed 1. On Feb. 3 Winnsboro
plays at Golden and Golden
plays at Mineola on Feb. 4,
completing the schedule.
The winner of this contest will
then meet the winner of the
rural schools to determine the
championship of Wood county.
B. A. Holbrook
Announces For
County Clerk
B. A. Holbrook, commissioner
precinct two, has this week
authorized his announcement
for office of County Clerk. As
commissioner of this precinct
and in other public activities in
which he has engaged, Hol-
brook believes that he has ac-
quired experience and knowl-
edge of the affairs of the
county government which will
enable him to capably and ef-
ficiently transact the duties of
County Clerk, and desires to
assure the voters that he will
heartily appreciate such ad-
vancement in public office.
Interested in the welfare of
the citizenship and in the
progress of the county as Hol-
brook is, he should be in a
position to serve the people in
a satisfactory manner.
The affairs of Wood county
coming under the jurisdiction
of the county clerk's office
could not be placed in more
conscientious hands. Courteous,
capable, energetic and enter-
prising, Mr. Holbrook is com-
mended to the voters of Wood
county for their consideration
in the July primary.
ATTEND STYLE SHOW
F. E. Adams and Tom Carroll
of the Adams Department Store
attended a style show in Fort
Worth Sunday.
BLUE BONNETS, DEAREST
These blue bonnets, dearest,
I have picked for you,
'Cause they come the nearest
To your eyes of blue, '
From the fragrant prairies,
Texas broad and fair,
Come these floral fairies,
With their grace so rare.
Kissed by gentle breezes,
Tinted by the skies,
Ev'ry blossom seizes,
Beauty for your eyes,
Bathed in air the clearest,
Jewled with the dew,
These blue bonnets, Dearest,
I have brought to you.
•—Clifford Beckham.
Fifth Sunday Men's
Bible Class Will Be
Addressed By Wm.
H. Atwell
Meeting at Hawkins, Sunday
January 30, at 2:30, the Wood
County Fifth Sunday Men's Bi-
bile class will be addressed by
Federal Judge Wm. H. Atwell,
of Dallas, according to "Buck"
Callaway, secretary of the
class. Judge Atwell is recog-
nized as one of the most emi-
nent jurists in the Southwest.
Practical, human, and individ-
ual in his attitude, he always
has a message of interest cal-
culated to grip the emotions
and stir the soul.
Callaway anticipates the lar-
gest gathering yet held at the
Hawkins meeting. He also an-
nounced that former mayor
Sheppard of Wichita Falls will
be present to lead in the sing-
ing.
Local Members
Of Lions Club
Meet Thursday
Members of the local Lions
club met Thursday at noon in \
the dining room of the Henry "
hotel where a luncheon was
served to the following club
members:
Joe Smith, president; H. O.
Rogers, secretary; E. A. Reeves,
Joe Lambert, Ocie Fair, Sam.
Weita, Ben A. Copass, Dr. S.
C. Noble, Rev. John Donaho,
Taylor Greer, Dewey Minick
and Thomas Williams.
Following the luncheon the
members held an open forum
at which time vairious mem-
bers of the organization voiced
their opinions for the club ac-
tivities during the coming year.
Various plans of contemplat-
ed action were discussed and
the president took all the sug-
gestions under advisement. One
of the features that will soon
be held as an activity of the
Lions will be a Ladies Night to
be enjoyed on same future
date not yet decided upon.
Working At Sand
Springs Cemetery
To Be Announced
J. L. Ballard, secretary of the
Sand Springs cemetery com-
mittee, has issued the follow-
ing statement in regard to
a meeting to be announced for
working the cemetery:
"The committee has decided
to call a meeting of all who are
interested in the up-keep of
the cemetery when the ceme-
tery will be cleaned off .At that
time we hope to arrive at an
understanding of how the work
,1s to be done in the future.
"We have talked with many
who are interested, and all
seem very anxious to see the
good work go on, but the
trouble seems to be, no under-
standing as to how it will be
done.
The date of the meeting wiE
be published later in our cour-
ty papers, and we hope to have
a large attendance."
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Winnsboro Bank
Selects Officers
The First National Bank of
Winnsboro, Texas, elected the
following directors for the en-
suing year: John B. Fowler,
Geoa-ge D. Hurdle, R. M. McCrary
G. W. Miller, Alf Mbrris and T.
A. Wright.
Officers elected were: Alf
Morris, president; T. A. Wright^
vice-president and cashier; Mrs.
Pearl James, J. G. Majors, R.
A. Butler, assistant cashiers.
Quick assets of the bank total
$653,782.06 and deposits $608,-
393.38. A dividend of 10 per \
cent for the year was declared.
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