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The Mexia Weekly Herald
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a« second class m;iil matter under
March 8, 1870
Fdltorial Page of Mexia Weekly Herald
"1 v: ol!y disapprove oi #h#l
yon say but will defend to lb'
death your right to say it.
Voltaire
NU'Xia, Texas.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1942.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year (in State).... $1.00
One Year (Out of State) $1.50
They Have Forgotten Pearl
Harbor
H HUD5W
V U i I
On the European Front
SECURE VOl'tv
KEKPING OUT 01-
DEBT.
One of the most common worries
Washington had his sunshine patriots o* llfo 18 personal debt.
, , . , . i rp_ I.,.. t A common cause of debt is the
and Lincoln his copperneads. Today we #14*11 4 *> • ^
(practice of Installment Buying, in-
have a new and equally obnoxious breed— j tl.oduced by World War No. I. *
false front patriots. They erect with loud | while the practice has its con-
talk and a great fan-fare of activity a mag- veniences, it has also its full
nificent structure of patriotism. But it falls ^nre of depression and misery.
flat with the first stiff breeze because it! / the war ahead
;of us, we should mako every effort
has a raise front. to stuy out of debt and to live
Specifically these big talkers and small j wjthin our incomes.
doers noisly buy defense bonds and stamps j We should buy less and pay as
we so.
We shall have high wages and
chances to save in many lines of
work.
Not only should we avoid debt
but we should conserve our sav-
ings in sound investments.
For those who pay as they go,
the one sound investment is in U.
S. defense bonds and stamps.
They are not negotiable.
They are paid for in cash.
The buyer has the cash value of
the bonds and security and at the
same time makes a contribution to
victory.
An investment in Defense Bonds
is both patriotic and Bound busi-
ness.
It is our most stable form in in-
vestment.
Curtail installment buying by
paying as you go.
Enlarge installment saving by
purchasing defense bonds and
stamps.
one day and very quietly cash them the
next. Obviously this sort of thing is about
as helpful to our war effort as is Hermann
Goering.
For instance, the Cleveland postoffice
reported defense stamp sales of $274,093
one week but it gave back $75,900 to per-
sons who did not wi3h to keep these stamps
or trade them in on defense bonds. This
was a net sell-out of Uncle Sam, General
MacArthur, Admiral Nimitz, the thousands
in front line fighting and the millions on
the home front of 27 per cent.
Reports of such redemptions, some
more and some less, come from other sec-
tions of the nation and piled up to a total
of $6,646,712 stamp redemptions in Decem-
ber. That's enough money to equip a fleet of
flying fortresses and slap the Japs with a
punch their honorable ancestors would hear.
Some of these stamps undoubtedly were
redeemed in bonds. Some persons were
forced to cash them because they lost their
jobs or suffered other financial jolts. Nev-
ertheless, the peicentage remains too high \ ag ^ calling and less as a pro-
if we are going to do much about Pearl fession, we will have better
m
ft) r?
1
A HIGH CALLING.
When teaching is looked
upon
Harbor other than throw out our chests and
predict dire things for the enemy.
Such fair weather patriots not only de-
feat the purpose of the stamp program—to
sharpen the ax for the axis—but they cost
the Treasury Department money because
stamps turned back must be canceled. Thus
a tremendous amount of printing and paper
goes down the river. Furthermore, the re-
deemers are tossing away the very best in-
vestment in the world.
Possibly the Treasury may do some-
thing about it. It would be a far better
thing, however, if we all would resolve tb
build and perpetuate our patriotism on
solid ground, and issue a sort of moral
building code outlawing false fronts.
V
* Say It Isn't So
ehools.
Many teachers look upon an
election to teach in a city school
at a higher salary as a promotion.
<3ur young teachers who make
good in the country schools are
sought and offered places in the
city schools.
Only the exceptional teachers
who regard their work as a calling
rather than a profession are abltf
to resist the temptation of such
promotion.
The country schools have to be
content with the younger and inex-
perienced teachers.
There are two remedies for this
condition. One is for teachers to
remain in the smaller more neg-
lected schools because they love
teaching and love children and do-
sire to render them the greatest
service; and because they are will-
ing to meet the challenge of a wid-
er opportunity and dedicate them-
selves to service where it is moat
needed.
Another remedy will be found in
a more just balance of our school
funds so as to give country and
Just as though we didn't have enough
worries, along comes a bad blow at the sol-
ar plexus of our morale. We object. We pro-
test. We cry out for relief. In fact, we are
yelling our heads off about this:
Frankie Baker, of the famed "Frankie
and Johnny" team, testifying in a St. Louis ] cityschool equal "advantages"
court that she shot her unfaithful lover [ Our theory of equal rights and
with a "small caliber pistol," not the .44 of (privileges breaks down to some ex-
gong S tent in the public school system,
x* i ,, u, . ... cu Out- country teachers should live
Next they will be telling us that Steve th(. distri(/s in whi(.h they teuch
Brodie didn't jump off Brooklyn Bridge, |and shollld spcnd Week-ends and
that Mrs. O'Leary'- cow didn't start the I most holidays there.
Chicago fire, and that Adolf Schicklgruber They should know the people
wasn't Vienna's greatest paperhanger. ,'"tor mto their !lves' shn,rP
y their Interests and labor for the
te TvrtiiKlfa m,,rHl nml spilitual *00d of the
I community.
Better schools will come when
Men wondered why they were
so slow.
The reason was this:
Russian specifications required
that all projectiles be nickle-plat-
ed.
Now nickle was expensive and
scarce.
So the Germans advanced and
held Russia back while she sought
nickle to plate her shells and bul-
lets.
Russia learned lier lesson and
in the present war has driven the
Germans back.
This war is not to be a nickle-
plated war.
And in our years ahead we are
not going to have any more nic-
kle-plated living; such as we have
enjoyed hitherto.
We are down to bed rock; we
are in a scrap iron war.
We are going to learn to be
content with simple things and
a minimum of necessities.
Glamour, glitter, adornment,
show will be put aside.
We will get back to plain liv-
ing and hard living.
And the experience will no doubt
be good for us.
Judge Cannon Makes Report on
County's Bonded Indebtedness
Limestone county Judge Carl
Cannon today issued the following
statement of the condition of the
county's bonded indebtedness.
Last week I furnished all tha
newspapers of the county with a
financial statement of the cur-
rent funds and am glad to state
that said report showed that we
had decreased the county scrip in-
debtedness more than $86,000.00.
I give you below a statement in
regard to the bonded indebtedness
of Limestone County, Texas.
Road District No. Four, known
us the Mexia Road District, on
January 1, 1939, being the date my
administration took over the fi-
nancial affairs of the county, had
outstanding in bonds $856,500.00.
On January 1, 1942, Road Dis-
trict No. Four had outstanding in
bonds $692,000.00. This Road Dis-
trict, on January 1, 1912, had $52,-
056.40 cash in the bank. These
more teachers dedicate thcmselviis
to teaching as a hi;rh calling.
WAR TIME RELIGION.
The war years will cut some of |
c frills and barnacles from re- 1
it will be reduced to the simplest
mon denominator.
It v^ill put off robes and put on
It
More Trouble for Benito
' Remember way back when the bright-
est war news came laughing in from Greece
and Albania? Most of u.; got a bijr haw-
haw about Big Bad Benito's Invincible# .set-
ting all sorts of hs~ty retreat records be-
fore the Greeks bearing 'in wt icon*. <.• gifts.
Well, Benito better hole up ui :r one
of the seven hills of Rome b Ale:;is
Leonidas (take it easy now) Pap; a4: • i -
fiiliopoulus of Chicopee Ma-- * go .• i ■
to the U. S. Army.
V
Employer's Strike
Is it necessary to point out that ar «rm-
ployer who peevishly keeps men from their
war jobs is just a-, unpatriotic a- are de-
fense strikers?
In Cleveland a C. I. O. union went on a
short strike against an aluminum company.
With the nation on the defensive and Presi- <
dent Roosevelt demanding uninterrupted' that Father's wisdom and guid
production, the strike was indefensible. |antt'-
Then at a night meeting the men voted ; 13 0 f,u" ,lkVfK'°" ,t0 a
. . ._ . , ,, , ,, delight to do the will ot a father
to return to work. When they appeared the who ran only vvil. goo<].
next moi ning rneti in the most essential dts* in these war years the study of
partments were barred while less essential,
non-striking, less experienced workers were
admitted.
Company officials- claimed the plant
MAN IS MORE THAN *
CREATURE.
We are not only workers but
called to be co-workers with God,
the creator.
Man's supremacy over all other
| creatures lies in his ability to work
! and to create.
j Opportunities to work and a do-
jmand for creative genius confront
i's today as never before.
The times challenge every A-
| nierican to do his utmost.
Are we all ready to meet the
challenge ?
Choose a hard work that will tax
your highest powers.
Choose a work that best serves
! your country's need.
Don't look for the soft jobs;
i don't shirk.
j Do good, honest work when poor
j work might pass as well.
Give a full measure of service
' for all you take.
Add more to the world's wealth
than you consume.
Be fair to your employer and
loypl to fellow workers.
Tut sound quality into every
product of your labor.
We never lose by doing a little
more than we are paid for.
The best work is done for the
work's sake, not for pay.
bonds bear interest at the rate of
five and one half per cent.
Road District No. Nine, known
as the Kosse Road District, on
anuury 1. 1939, had outstanding
$69,000.00 in bonds. On January 1,
*942, Road District No. Nine had
outstanding in bonds $58,000.00
This Road District, on January I,
1942, had $2,350.92 cash in the
bank. These bonds bear interest
at the rate of four and one-half
per cent.
Road District No. Thirteen,
known as the Willow Springs Road
District, on January 1, 1939, had
outstanding in bonds $16,000. On
Janoary 1, 1942, Road District 13,
had outstanding in bonds $13, 500.
This Road District, on Jan. 1, 1942,
had $1,914.69 cash in the bank.
These bonds bear interest at the
rate of five and one-half per cent
Road District No. Fourteen,
known as the Thornton Road Dis-
trict, on January 1, 1939, had out-
standing in bonds $92,000.00. On
January 1, 1942, Road District 14
| had outstanding in bonds $67,000.
I This Road District, on January 1,
j 3912, had $5,921.70 cash in bank.
These bonds bear interest at the
rate of five and one-half per cent.
Road District No. Fifteen,
known as the Groesbeck Road Dis-
trict. on January 1, 1989. had out
standing in bonds $93,000.00. Oil
January 1, 1942, Roa<l District 15
had outstanding in bonds $65,-
000.00. This road District, on Jan-
I uary 1, J 9-12, had $12,648.25 cash in
the bank. These bonds bear inter-
est at the rate of five and one-half
per cent.
Road District No. Eighteen,
known as the lien Hur Road Dis-
triet, on January 1, 1939, had out-
standing in bonds $51,000.00. On
January 1, 1942, the State of Tex-
as had assumed the payment of
these bonds. This Road District
on January 1, 1942, had $5,873.10
cash in the bank. In connection
with this Road District may I state
that after two years of work, we
were able to get the state to as-
sume these bonds which were bear-
ing five and one-half per cent in-
terest and the last bond matures
in 1962. We also recovered from
the State for this Road District
approximately $22,000.00 in cash,
or in other words all the taxes
that had been paid in that Road
District since the year 1933. We
have been able to save for the tax-
payers of Road District 18 in
bonds assumed by the state, and
the interest and cash recovered,
approximately $116,000.00.
The Road and Bridge Funding
Fund, on January 1, 1939 had out-
standing in bonds $342,000.00. On
January 1, 1942, the Road &
Bridge Funding Fund had out-
standing in bonds $328,000.00. This
Fund on January 1, 1942, had $16,-
763.02 cash in the bank. These
bonds bear interest at the rate
of four per cent.
The Permanent Improvement
Fund, on January 1, 1939, had out-
standing in bonds $165,000.00. On
January 1, 1942, the Permanent
Improvement Fund had outstand-
ing In bonds $135,000.00. This
Fund, on January 1, 1942, had
$20,624.40 cash in the bank. These
bonds bear interest at the rate of
six per cent.
In conection with the above,
taking into consideration the cash
in the bank, you can see that we
have reduced the bonded indebted-
ness of the county $445,152.48 The
interest on all bonds has been
paid as it matured and we do not
have any delinquent interest or
delinquent bonds.
In my report last week, I stated
that I would give you a statement
in regard to the amount of money
spent by the State Highway De-
partment on State Highways '"n
Limestone County during my ad-
ministration. Thi State Highway
Department has spent approxi-
mately One Million Five Hundred
Fourteen Thousand Dollars in
Limestone County during the past
three years. I am proud 'of the
work that the Highway Depart-
ment has done for the people of
my county and I can assure you
that my Court has cooperated in
every way with the Highway De-
partment and this is partially re-
sponsible for the great amount of
money being spent In our county
by the Highway Department.
We have built the following all-
weather home-to-market roads in
the past three years: From State
Highway 7 to Delia; from State
Highway 7 to Callina; From
Groesbeck to the top of Red Hill;
from the Reunion Ground road to
State Highway 7; from State
Highway 14 to Big Hill to the
Commissioners Precinct line; from
Thornton east on the Oletha Road
one mile; from Thornton east on
the Cobb Cemetery road one mile.
We have under construction at
this time a road from Big Hill
to Ben Hur to Highway 164, also
from the city limits of Mexia on
the old Mexia-Groesbeck road, to
Springfield. WPA has contributed
on these roads aproximately $300,-
000.00.
Respectifully submitted,
CARL CANNON, County
Judge. Limestone County.
O'Shea, Prochaska, Kaz & Co.
That Is the name of an American firm
that until recently was doing business in
the islands of Wake and Guam. A colorful
and picturesque combination—O'Shea, Pro-
chaska and Kaz!
The company is out of commission for
the time being, while the Japs extend their
thrust southward throughout the Pacific,
overcoming resistance by force of over-
whelming numbers. But you'll hear these
names, or names very much like them be-
fore long, for there are thousands oi
O'Sheas, Prochaskaa and Kaz's all over fyhe
United States.
O'Shea, Prochaska and Kaz are three
names selected at random from the list of
gallant soldiers taken prisoner by the co-
horts of the Son of Heaven. Somehow the
trio suggest a Notre Dame backfield of
"Fighting Irish." Or, they might be mem-
bers of a prosperous law firm.
But to us the important thing they
suggest is America. These men are symbols
of the land they are defending with their
blood because it is a country where it makes
no difference whether a man's name be Kaz
or Cohen or Montmorency Caswell Blythe-
Whittington as far as the essentials are
concerned.
O'Shea, Prochaska and Kaz are not
Mayflower names, but they speak of many
ships from every realm under the sun.
These boys' grandfathers and grandmothers
pinched and saved their pennies looking a-
head to the golden day when they might
embark in a crowded steei ^ge and sail to
the land of promise.
Here in America their forefathers
found what they dreamed about in a nar-
row, prejudiced Europe—freedom that ex-
ceeded even their deepest longings. So sweet
was their e cape from repression and tyr-
anny that they were willing to fight to de-
fend for their children the new liberty, and
in turn their children are ready to resist
with their lives the dangers that now men-
ace America.
The roster of prisoners taken at Wake
and Guam speaks more eloquently than a
congressman's labored words of what the
Star-Spangled Banner really means. In our
far Pacific outposts Diederich fought beside
Terfansky and Zarlonga and Bendenski and
Zivko. Japan's Son of Heaven and Ger-
many's Son of Hell look just alike to men
such as these.
O'Shea, Prochaska and Kaz carry no
banner of racial superiority and hatred.
They are the children of freedom fighting
for themselves and for the free generations
that will be born long after the names of
Hitler and Hirohito have reverted to the
dust.
OUT OUR WAY
By Williams
iii deal less with angels and
A'ittn «treeis and more with men.
E<-li^k n is more and less than
•r*.. j ' ical conformity.
Is • more and lass than tlieolog-
nl cogma.
It is more arid less than credal
gtsiarity.
It is a childlike recognition of
Heavenly Father.
It is a loving, confident trust in
doctrines will be supplemented by
their practice.
The church must and will de-
vise means of extending its cour-
r.ge to the battle lines and its hope
toulii not be made ready. But competent, |_„ tj,e hospitals on the war fronts
neutral observers believed the company
rould have put the entire force back to work
at once—if it had been willing to swallow
Its irritation.
rt'id its light to all people who
walk in darkness.
NICKLE-PLATED LIVING.
, . . . . „ , , In World War No. 1 Russia was
Uninterrupted production! Those ring- |expectcrf to come to the aid of the
ing words were meant for employers too. 'AHie^
WE'LL LEAVE "THESE
AT YOUR PLACE SO
MV MA WON'T KNOW
I USED TH' GO-CART/
THIS IS ABOUT 6N0USH
FER THIS LOAD-PUT
THAT IN A PILE/
SHE DON'T LIKE
JUNK MEN STOPPIN'
AT OUR HOUSE VERY
MUCH, BUT I'LL
00 A LITTLE TALKIN'/
IBlllfi
born thirty years too soon
E. B. Terry, Jr., Goes
to Training School
E. B. Terry, Jr., of Corpus
Christi, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Terry of Mexia, hsa enlisted in the
United States Navy and is now
stationed in the United States 1
Navy Training School in San f
Diego, California.
Terry, who has been employed
by a Glass Manufacturing Com-
pany in Corpus Christi for the
past ye r, was a graduate of the
Mexia High School in 1939, and
later attended Sam Houston State
Teacher's College at lluntsville.
He was a member of the band at
both schools.
—
Mexiaite Narrowly
Escaped Injury
, R. L. Maddox narrowly escaped
serious injury Saturday afternoon
when his automobile skidded on
an icy stretch of road near Hub-
bard and overturned. The car
stopped on it* side and passing
motorists helped Maddox extri-
cate himself. Except for minor
bruisps, he was unhurt.
Reservoirs on Wheels
RANDOLPH, Vt. (U.R>—Firemen
now carry their own water to bat
tie blares in Isolated regions
around here. The Randolph de
partment now owns three trucks,
each of which carries 700 gallon;
of water.
I<).A D 1HE iLASSrffiKL) AlH
Yale Shows the Way
Tradition has it that early-day students
at Yale University chopped wood, cleared
brush and worked in the fields around New
Haven to meet expenses and make the place
every bit as attactive as, say, that school at
Cambridge, MaSs.
Well, the sons of Eli will soon be doing
it again. President Seymour of that vener-
able institution! reveals Yale will require
all students to take physical training to
equip them for service in the armed forces.
Of course there will be baseball, swimming,
tennis and other familiar sports, but after
working up a good nweat at such "sissy"
pastimes these fellows will be put to chop-
ping wood, digging ditches, sawing wood
and other "quick-Henry-the-arnica" activi-
ties.
Sure, we're soft, mentally and physi-
cally, so it's good to see Yale, lead out in a
campaign to make flabby muscles as un-
patriotic as warbling the "Horst Wessell"
song at a defense bond rally.
Stop the Stoppage!
An American aviator in Java was quot-
ed by the press associations as saying the
United Nations would win the battle for the
Dutch East Indies "if we only had 200
planes." Maybe they will j<et them, but if
they don't that is one of the saddest stories
of the war.
The allies have been too late with too
litte too many times. Of course, many fac-
tors—some valid, some stupid—cause this,
but nobody can get around the fact that
"too little" means the war implements just
weren't produced. One reason they are not
being produced is that in January—the
month after Pearl Harbor and Wake Inland
—43 strikes in war-production plants tied
up 15,512 workers for a loss of r 61,^fi
man-hours, or enough to build four 170-
foot submarine chasers.
Maybe those four sub chMers wouldn't
win the war. And maybe they would. Th*
important thing is ther<> will be nc> strikes
or even worker.! if we lose the r r. There
will be nothing but alavoe of the New Or-
der.
Washington doctor f!nd« that slow
>ving people live th« longwit. Comforting
item for plumber*
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