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"In proporttoa •• th structure
l a govern man' give* (ore* to
public opinion, it Is essential that
public opinion should be enlght
•nod."—George Waahiagt*
Editorial Page of Mexia Weekly Herald
•'! wholly disapprove of whit
joj sy hut will defend to the
death your right to * y it."
—Voltaire
Mexia, Texas.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1941.
The Mexia Weekly Herald
PUBLISHEDTY
THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY
A. M. (Gus) STEWART, Managing Editor
Entered at. the Postoffice at Mexia, Texas
as second class mail matter under Act of
March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year (in State) $1.00
One Year (Out of Stale) $1.50
20 Years Ago
IN MEXIA
From the Files of
The Mexia Evening News
Sheep in Cotton Clothing1
You've heard, of course, about the wolf
in sheep's clothing. Rut a Lamarie, Wyo.,
ranch has done something more about
sheep's clothing than let. the wolf borrow
it. To keep the wolf away from the ranch-
house door, in fact, they havp rigged out
several hundred of the ranch's sheep in cot-
ton clothing.
It's all part of a test being made by
the Department of Agriculture and a cotton
research laboratory. When ewes are thus
clothed, the theory runs, they keep warmer,
need less supplementary feed, and produce
better wool.
Thus by using more cotton to produce
morp wool, both industries get a break, to
anything of the sheep themselves.
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Cave Men of 1941
Back in the dim past, people who study
there things tell us, primitive men lived in
caves. Unable to build habitations above
ground which would be safe from wild
beasts, they chose natural caves as their
homes, and lived in them as the beasts.
Untold thousands of years have passed,
and today the people of one of the most pro-
gressive countries in the world are forced
to live in manner that is all too much like
that. Stories from England, horrible stor-
ies, tell of children in provincial cities who
have not emerged-from their air-raid shel-
ters i na month; one shelter was found in
which aged and infirm people have remain-
ed for four months.
Write that down, too, historians of
mankind, when you come to tell later gen-
erations about 1941!
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A Knickknack a Week
The propounding of advice on how to
be happily married must be one of the maj-
or industries of the country, ranking, no
doubt, just below steel-making, farming,
and war-experting.
Latest such tidbit of advice comes from
Daniel Eisenberg of New York, whose job
consists largely of tracking down husbands
who have tried to fly the domestic coop.
Says experienced Eisenberg, "Variety is the
spouse of life. Make it a point to add some
new knickknack to the house once a week."
H'm! We'd like a good look inside the
Eisenberg home. There must be many men
loose on the world who are fugitives from
knickknack-filled homes. And; lest Eisen-
berg's panacea be taken too seriously by
.hopeful wives, let us launch a counter-cru-
p*de under the slogan. "A knickknack a
j^eeTc nTaftes the matrimonial boat leak."
GEMS OF THOUGHT
FRIENDSHIP
Complete unity of aim is t.he traditional
condition of genuine and sincere friendship.
—Cicero.
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship
plays
The pleasing game of interchanging praise.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Pure humanity, friendship, home, the
interchange of love, bring to earth a fore-
taste of heaven.—Mary Baker Eddy.
In love one has need of being believed,
in friendship of being understood.—Abel
Bonnard.
Life has no blessing like a prudent
friend.—Euripides.
A friendship that makes the least noise
is very often the most useful, for which
*res*on I should prefer a prudent friend to
a zealous one.—Addison.
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The federal government has an obliga-
tion to provide school facilities for children
of personnel connected with the defense
program.—U. S. Office of Education mem-
orandum.
The split between rights and duties is
democracy's greatest weakness; if you
please, its worst enemy.—Dr. Kmball
Young. Queens College.
No one. has the right to call the Crea-
tor his Father if he refuses to be brother
to all God's other children.—Premier Benes
h{ Czechoslovakia.
The hardest thing for a public official
to learn is how to say "no." Once you learn
that, everything is easy.—Mayor La Guar-
dia of New York.
One of the greatest elements of
strength in our national life is the fact that
no one can buy an American newspaper-
man.—William C. Bullitt, former ambassa-
dor to France.
March « 1921
City Secretary announced yes-
I terday evening at the Chamber of
j Commerce meeting- that the plans
of the City Commission at pres-
ent had in mind the remodeling to
] a rertain extent the city hall build-
injr in order to permit an increased
membership of the fire depart-
! ment and to provide sleeping quar-
j ters for four or five men at the
station every night.
Mr. and Mrs. William Evans
Richards have announced the ap-
proaching marriage of their daugh-
ter, Annie Kay, to Mr. Raymond
Bernisg Bennett of Mexia, the
wedding to take place in April.
The following pupils have at-
tended their respective Sunday
schools for the fourth report clos-
ing February 26:
Eighth grade: Charles Alder-
man, Loy Cox, Revis Finch, Mach-
on Forrest, Johnnie Harper, Her-
man Hitt, Hugh Higgins, Robert
Storey. Violet Anderson, Miriam
Bass, Elise Gibson, Georgia Hoo-
ver, Love McDonald, Velma Wal-
lace, Marie Boyd, Noama Thomp-
son, Jameg Riddle.
Ninth grade: Janie Berry, Myr-
tle DeLong, Alda Maude Eubanks,
Eliiabeth Kamer, Eugenia Klotz,
Hazel Laird, Dorothy Moore,
Christell Mullins, Melba Petty,
Jim Smith and Nannie Lou Tin-
non.
Tenth grade: C. R.Best, Henry
Desenberg, Josie Lee Maddox,
Hope Stephens.
Eleventh grade: Cecil Bamett,
Clay Berry, Clara Becker, Doyle
Hines, Leland Phillips, Estalena
Peyton.
British Plane
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March 10, 1921
Mrs, J. M. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Comfort of Corsicana spent
the past week with Mr. and Mrs.
One Lewis at. Honest Ridge, re-
turning horn* yestreday afternoon.
This afternoon the Mexia High
School h <t its final elimination
contests among the boys for the
interscholistic league debate. The
subject was "Resolved that the
movement for an open shop in
Texas subserves the best interest
in the state and should be support-
ed by public opinion," and was
represented on the affirmative by
Doyle Hines and Rufus Little and
on the negative by Clay Berry and
Leland Phillips. The negative side
won the decision of the judges and
Berry and Phillips will be the
school's representatives to take
part in the county and district
meets.
Herman Stoke? of Tyler cam*
home about a week ago on account
of illn-ess. Reports this morning
state that he is some better.
Miss Kate Pickett of Personville
spent last week end in the home of
Misses Ollie and Elsie Young of
Shiloh.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Buckner
and son Paul, end James Calver-
ley made an auto trip to Waco
Monday. Mrs. Buckner and son re-
mained over for a week's visit
with friends.
0. D. Williams, of Houston,
formerly located here, ig spending
the week-end in Mexia.
March 11. 192t
A shower of rain, amounting
only to sufficient moistuie to set-
tle the dust, fell in Mexia this
morning. The weather is still
threatening, however, and mote
precipitation is expected.
Mm. R. H. Keeling, of Dallas,
who has been visiting friends in
Groesbeck for several days past,
arrived today for a visit in Mexia
with Mrs. Mattic Smith and others.
Mrs H, L. Kidd and two little
sons, H*rrv, Jr., and Edward, of
Lebanon, Va. are guests in the
home of Dr. and Mrs. W; Duke
Pittman this week.
W. E. Ross, druggist of Flynn,
Texas, spent yesterday and today
in Mexio an business.
Mrs. W. O. Fife, who has been
ill for several days past, is report-
ed to be somewhat improved.
Tom Cain, of Groesbeck, Is in
Mexia assisting local business men
and others in making out their in-
come t*x returns.
The Rogers well created some
excitement thia afternoon when it
wag reported around town that it
wa« making one head right after
another. Officials of the company
explained that due to work being
done on the well, no swabbing had
be®n done in several days, hence
the several strong flows made dur-
ing the afternoon were not unex-
pected. A board fence has been
built around the well to keep tres-
pasters away.
CAMP FUNSTON. Kas. (U.R)—
Hundreds of workers unqualified
for the jobs they seek, are drawn
here by the prospect of profitable
wages on the extensive defense
contracts. One job se.eker carried
his tnols—two ssw«. * hsr«tr> r and
• nils—In an eld violin easa.
I GIVE
YOU TEXAS
BY BOYCE HOUSE
The top av the mornin' to yez—
and how about a joke or two in the
St. Patrick's Day spirit?
This is one about two Irishmen
who were named Mike and Pat, in-
stead of Pat and Mike, for a
change. Mike fell into a gulch and
Pat yelled, "Are ye killed If ye
are speak to me." Mike replied, "I
ain't killed but I'm speechless."
A variant:
After Mike had fallen, his friend
asked, 'Are ye killed?" to which
Mike replied, "That I am." Pat
said, "You're such a liar I don't
know whether to believe ye or not."
And Mike rejoined, "That proves
I'm dead because, if I wuz alive,
ye wouldn't dare call me a liar!"
The Irishman speaks in amazing
contradictions as shown by his re-
mark about the flea: "When ye
put yer finger on him, he ain't
there" or his description of a frog,
"When he walks, he jumps, and
when he stands up, he sits down."
Thomas Jefferson once remark-
ed that no system will work of it-
self—that its efficiency depends
upon the individuals who adminis-
ter it. With this observation of the
founder of the Democratic Party
in mind, an oil man comments on
the proposal for a separate oil and
gas commission: "How could you
expect to get three appointive
commissioners better qualified by
experience than the three members
of the State Railroad Commission?
Leaders of the move do not deny
that Col. Ernest O. Thompson is
one of the best-informed men on
oil in the world nor can they deny
that Jerry Sadler learned the in-
dustry 'the hard way,' as a worker
on the derrick floor, in laying pipe-
OUT OUR WAY
lines and as a refinery worker be-
fore becoming a successful inde-
pendent operator. And Judge Olin
Culberson, admittedly an authority
on gas, Is also fully conversant
with oil. So here you have three
men, who know the oil industry up
one gide and down the other, and
they are working in harmony for
the good of Texas. It's an old base-
ball maxim, Don't break up a win-
ning team."
An Irish philosopher said, "Sin-
gle misfortunes never come alone,
and the greatest of all possible
misfortunes is generally followed
by a greater." A salesman said, of
some window sashes: "These sash-
es will last you forever; and after
that, if you have no further use for
them, you can sell them as old
iron." A lover said, "It's a great
comfort to be alone, especially
when yer sweetheart is wid ye." A
debater, upholding ancient archi-
tecture as compared with the mod-
ern, demanded, "Show me a single
modern building that has lasted as
long as the ancient ones."
Then there was the Irishman
who enlisted in the 33rd regiment
because he wanted to be near his
brother, who was in the 34th. And
there was the inlander who visited
a port and stood for hours looking
at a ship's anchor because "I want
to see the feller who swings that
pick." And there was an Irishman
who saw a hunter shoot a duck
high overhead and the bird spun
over and plunged to the ground,
whereupon Pat said, "Ye wasted
yer powder; the fall would have
killed it." And an Irish jury
brought in this verdict, "We find
that the man who stole the mare is
not guilty." Hearing that a man
had bought a marble coffin, Mike
exclaimed, "Shore and a marble
coffin would last a man a lifetime."
Some son of the Emerald Isle
summed it up with, "Not more
than half the lies they tell about
the Irish are true."
Here and there:
In a brilliant speech recently,
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas
pointed out that the United States
has become "the great arsenal of
democracy" and that the lend-lease
bill "enables us to gain the time
necessary for the development of
our own defensive armament. The
struggling democracies need aid;
we need time. Under it, Congress
retains the power, of the purse."
One witness at a recent hearing
in Austin on the scientific load
limit bill pounded the desk and yell-
ed that the trucks don't belong on
the roads, according to press re-
ports. The United States Postal
Service uses 14,000 trucks; should
they be put off the highway and
the farmer receive his mail twice a
week by horse-and-buggy ? The
railroads themselves have 63,000
trucks and the Railway Express
(controlled by the railroads) has
10,000 trucks. Units of government
—state, county, city and school—
have 208,000 trucks. Probably one-
half the pupils in the school sys-
tem of which the witness is the
head are brought to school each
morning in buses, which are just a
form of trucks.
Windfall of Sea Crabs
BRIELLE, N. J. (U.R) "It's an ill
wind that blows no good." High
winds caused thousands of blue-
clawed sea crabs to be washed
ashore in this arwn. Res'dents lost
no time gathering and preparing
them for meals.
Cherokee* Try Democracy
CHEROKEE, N. C. (U.R)— The
Cherokee Indians of western North
Oarolina have pow-wows with a
purpose. Representatives from
various towns throughout the res-
ervation meet and elect a chief and
vice chief in best democratic tra-
dition.
Mrs. W. M. Peyton spent Sun-
day in Houston.
By Williams
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APPLIED ENTHUSIASM.
Hfat is useful only when applied
at the right spot.
Our gas range at home failed to
bake the biscuit properly.
We took th burner out and
cleaned it. We regulated the flam#
until it looked all right. We were
told the gas was pure and the
pressure normal. Finally the stove
man was called in. He discovered
that there were holes in he sidfs
and top of the oven where the heat
was escaping. The remedy for the
trouble was to stop the Soaks and
apply the heat to the oven.
Enthusiasm is a good deal like
that, Applied properly It is a pow-
er that gets things done. Dissipat-
ed or diffused too widely, It ac-
complishes nothing. Folks who are
enthusiastic about everything sel-
dom accomplish one grest thing.
By all means be enthusiastic,
but let your zeal be controlled and
applied.
Be not busy about many things.
Concentrate on the one important
thing.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO
BACK UP TO GET OUT.
My neighbor's auto was stuck in
the mud. The wheels began to spin.
He couldn't move forward an inch.
Finally he reversed, backed out
and proceeded to go round the mud
hole.
It is so 1n life. Y'ielding a foot
may often gain a yard. Backing
out may be the only means of go-
ing forward.
Many of us have' billy-goat
minds and try to butt our way
forward all the time. We have ri-
val neighbors, stores, cities and na-
tions. This rivalry should never
become hate. Competition must
never become antagonism. The
competitive spirit must never hin-
der the community spirit.
The time to win a controversy
with a competitor is before it be-
comes an antagonism so bitter that
neither party will yield an inch.
Backing up a little would save
many a quarrel and prevent many
a battle. Try to think of your an-
tagonist or competitor as being
just as good as you are instead of
insisting that you are just as good
as he is. That habit ef mind would
save trouble and would make for
progress and peace.
AMERIC AIN THE WAR.
The lease-lend bill is passed;"
This column cannot see behind
the scenes at Washington, and is
not qualified to dogmatize on the
question as to whether the major-
ity or the minority is right.
One thing seems evident. The
signing of this bill will be equiva-
lent to a "declaration of war. And
whether we know it or not, wheth-
er we want it or not, we will be at
war within 60 days. No matter
who has made mistakes in pushing
the nation to war, we shall have to
meet the crisis and do our best.
We hope that another bill may
be speedily introduced and passed.
We would call it the "BS" or Big
Stick bill. It would be aimed at the
suppreasien of all enemies within
our nation. It would curb all un-
fairness and greed on the part of
capital. And it would curb all
greed and abuse of power on the
part of labor.
We can't fight Hitler with one
hand and pet the CIO with the
other hand. Every striker should
be put in uniform or in jail .
MACHINES, MINDS AND MO-
RALS.
These three form a three rail
track of human progress.
Our nation followed the single-
track mind of Wilaon and failed
to rcach his objective of peace.
We arc now following the nwn.V
track mind of Roosevelt and its
end we know not.
Minds, morals and machines are
all essential to progress.
At ditferent times men have em-
phasized1 one of there elements and
neglected the others.
The Hebrew people exalted mo-
rals.
The middle ages enthroned mind.
Modern times emphasibes ma-
chines.
The three should he corelatcd.
Material, discovery, invention,
marhinea are not. enough.
Intellectual discovery and in-
crease of knowledge is not enough.
Moral force, heart power, re-
ligion must b.> added.
The pregent problem is how to
put morals into machines and
hearts into men.
We jhall advance in peace and
prosperity and happiness as we
learn to coordinate properly the
minds, morals and machines of
men.
on THE
LEVEL
BY
P. J. BOUNDS Jr.
Well, anyway, in a little while we'll all
know who was right—Senator Wheeler or
the Administration leaders.
To begin with an interesting letter
from Limestone's representative in Austin,
Dan Dove:
"Dear Homefolks:
"After one of the most turbulent see*
sions in the history of the Texas Legisla-
ture, the House passed the Omnibus Tax
Bill at one o'clock Tuesday morning.
"Debate broke out on the floor of the
House soon after ten o'clock Monday and
continued without recess throughout the
day Monday and until after midnight when
the final vote was taken on the passage of
the biggest Tax Bill in the history of Texas.
"It is impossible in the short space of
this letter to review the entire proceedings
but briefly I will list the two main points
leading up to the uproarous debate of the
past twenty-four hours.
"It is well known that the organization;
of the House of Representatives was in the
hands of the old members. That was inevi.
table. It is not possible for the new menv-
bers to organize themselves before coming
to Austin, the appointment of these com-
mittees, the selection of the key leaders?
was largely in the hands of the older mem-
bership who remained in the Legislature
from other sessions. The new members had
very little to do with shaping or the bring'
ing out the tax. measures and as they ap-
proached the middle of the session they felt
that it was time they asserted their leader-
ship and influence on the matter of Social
Security legislation. Monday offered their
first chance to gain control and they lost no
time in the reshaping of this session's tax
bill.
"There are two schools of thought in
the Legislature. 1. The group led by the
old guard who were determined that no tax-
es or only a small tax bill should be passed.
2. The group determined to first set the
amount needed and draw a tax bill to fit
the amount. I joined with the latter group
feeling that my promise to the people obli-
gated me to support every move that would
lead to stabilizing the Social Security pro-
gram. That was my promise to the people
and I joined and cooperated with the lead-
ership of this House who were sincerely de-
termined to solve this number one program.
We were unable to overcome entirely the
opposition to first set the amount needed
to work and raise the money.
"When debate broke out on the tax bill,
I joined with others in the passage of a-
mendments that more than doubled the
amount of the original bill. The bill, as pre-
sented, would have given but a pittance to
Old Age Assistance. It was the first time
that the new members had a chance to take
control and their cooperation was quiet and
effective. The bill is not all we had desired,
but it represents the work of a sincere group
in the face of hard-fought opposition. It
goes now to the Senate and I feel certain
that our Senator Vick will fight hard to see
that it retains enouprh tax levies to make
good the promise of the stabilization of
Social Security. With best wishes,
DAN DOVE. 1 .
This and That: Earl Wright of
North McKinney street brought "Siamese"
peanuts into this office Wednesday. The
stem of one had grown directly through the
other and the peanuts looked like twins . . .
According to G. M. Young of the Shiloh
community when things start happening*
they happen fast. Young said he gained a
son-in-law and his row had twin calves th<^i
same day. His daughter, Hazel Younjr. be-
came the bride of Ganior Lindsey, Friday
night. Lindsey is a soldier in the 143rd in-
fantry at Camp Bowie, Brownwood . . Hie
boxing banquet, at Westminster college Fri-
day night was a top-notch affair. Over 50
persons attending marveled at the decora-
tions and table settings . . . After listening
to Jud«e Carl Cannon's address at the Lions
club Tuesday just about all his hearers are
ready to install the unit system in Lime-
stone county immediately. More of it later,
however.
1 thank God and America for the ritrlit
to live and rai.se my family under the flag
of tolerance, democracy and freedom.-*
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