The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1932 Page: 4 of 8
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SIljp Albany Nruts
Published Every Friday Morning
CHAtv A. FKYAK ' Puhlishfr
Sotrrrd in Host Offics st Albany, T«-ni . s S >u Mall
Subscription Rate*. « Month* $100 One Yfar 12 00
Display AJiai «a— wt . 4 c par column lack *a*h insertion.
Local a«J Raadlni Noliiva 10c par >ia|W column Una
aacK iaaartina
Fee System Of j
State Called
Rig Racket!
i
Thr stntr for systorn of pajiinc
official* today «« ili'sfHM n* «
"raekct" in th<- fir*t announce-
ment of tV «- «<-natr for invrstipit
inR oonimitti'"' which for two year*
has invr«ti mt<'<l thr gyxtom. It has
drvrloprd into a racket in which
official*, attorney* and li>|fi!«lators
th«-m«i lvi v have a part. Ri'sponai
bility for abuses cannot he placed
aolcly on officers, as they are
merely a part of the system It '>
not thi hclief that this senate in-
vestigation iv fleets on our own
county, a* th«> case* are handled
apeedily, without thought of hold
l«ir tViem over in order to in< rva*o
fees h\ suhpoenainp aitni-^is anil
other mwins of incronsintr fees hy
delay- Our last ti nn of court last
ed only two or three days, and
county rourt wa- completed in one
half dav wi-ntlv.
Memhi < of tin committet *r<
.1 \V 1 . II l«e,k. ..f IV Kill.
Ch.'iirm:i' i •1 <' H «r<lin of St-
j to public official* mutt go. Like a
cancer®uj. growth, whittling at the
•nlgres may temporarily alleviate
| thi pain, but doe« not and cannot
rare the evil. I'nfortunately, the
fee system i* prcm-nbed by our
Stat.- Constitution, h« writer*
did not anticipate it dejrradation.
It will, therefore, r quire an
amendment to the conntitution to
aboli h the *)*tem, and that, in
turn, requires two year* fur final
action by tV people.
Meanwhile the Committee will
seek to stop wme of the larger
leaks in the State Treasury, pend-
ing the certain approval of the
amendment, by a series of n«*v
bills. They will he directed at those
evils best known to members of
the committee who have wrestled
nearly two years with the complex
ment, $I07,7'.M hai> been deducted problem.
from accounts. Ilurinp this samej Those bills are now being pre-
penod. fee officers voluntarily, of pared and will be offered, for the
their own free will for the most approval of the legislature and for
part, walked into the Comptroller'* th< protection of the taxpayers,
office and laid on hi desk wh< n the I.Htil leuwlatun" meet*.
— exce■ v collections' A collection \n«l Senate Joint Resolution No I
of #7,9"B *as made on a court will propose an amendment to the
judgment airainst a foe officer Constitution one, and forever
who* dofal* ation.- the Committee
di«eovi red, making a tangibli c *h
total of *633,0kJ.
In addition to thl* cash return,
fee officers ha\i hi'en hilled, but;
have not \et paid, ?l00,! ?f found
to have hi i n overcharges on their
accounts; suits have been filed toj
recover JJOO.OOO on foryed w it '
ness script; a Miit ha- been filed to
recover SI0,000 on a raised -tato
warrant; and an uncollected
judgement for $1.0-11 stands
against a defaulting officer If
these items are collected, the Com-
mittet will have returned
fi'i.S to the State Treasury.
Further evidence of the funda-
mental rottenness of the fe. -v-
torn as a ba-es of compi nsation to
public official* i* found in tin ert
minal prosecutions initiated liv thi
Cammittee. Nine sheriffs, and « x
sheriffs, and one
have he< n indict d,
for , xtortion. S.\ w
and conviet"d I \ l>
abolishing the pernicious fee sys-
tem of paying public officers in
Texas.
i-puty
I'
sheriff
pt one
.. . Uted
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Marv V Pulti ot Newark, \ I
iv the owner nf thi prcttu-t > mill m
America. in thr opinion .<t
d iip« u the photo-
• p.i-
v' oo •
of Hon
to 1-1 t ,
ri Chairman; Joe
\ ill< . Tom 1>. Herrv
George C. I'ni'i of
sponson-'
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on nnv
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a rut
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Conic in and see the
best collection of
Ciifts this store has
over shown. Beau-
tiful Lingerie, Lin-
ens. Towels, Towel
Sets, C.loves. Purses
and in a n y other
practical (lifts any-
one will deiiirht in
receiving.
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OF ALL
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Winter Coats k /1
Just at the time ^
they are needed Jr is
most. Originally
priced
CONGRESSMEN SEEN
AS HARD WORKERS
Banker Tellt of Labor Put
in by Member* of Congreta
on Man of Technical
Mramirei
NX inning Sntilc
Ol'TUININ'fl le*lslatlTe priwe-
il'ire, Robert V. Klemlng, Presi-
dent Kikk* National llaiik. \Va*h-
iDRtun, IV C.. gave the recent con-
vention of tha American Hanker*
Association a description of the did-
cul.ie* and prtihleM* ct nfrontlng
the law m kera. Mr. Fiemlii* said
In part
"The most import*'.' part of or
natiliatlou of tha two biaurhaa ot
connroas Is election of MnmliliK com-
nilttees There are 34 Handing com
mltteo* In the Senate and 41! In the
House. These are the workshops ot
Congress and the real work of law
making Is done In Committee.
"The task of legislating Tor l!tt,
ooii.ooo people l* a tremendous one
ttf recent year* approximately to,-
000 hill* are Introduced hiiiiuMlly lu
the two Houses Only a small per-
centage become law, but they must
be weighed In committed, adopted
or rejected, peiliar- . niemliil, re
ported out, and then conaidaretl on
the floor.
"1 JIM making Involves !«Utt 9!<%
of hard and uuapectacular w.irk and
alioiit r ofoiu'ory | w tasks ap-
pear so easv and are • o dlfllcult as
en,'ii tniotit of sotird i id satisfactory
len slat Ion. Kew Initiv 'Imils In any
line of activity work harder or
longer hours than the chairmen of
the lm|M>rtant committees during a
session I have great sympathy for
lie members of Congress whose con-
stituents expect undivided atten-
tion to everv piece of legislation III
which they may he Interested.
From my personal ole-> nation, they
earncstl\ and con- iintlously en-
deavor to do all ' ai is po ihlo.
Public He.vmgs
"When a loll Is ii : nlm ed. re-
ferred tn eionvit.. iinl prlntinl,
the next step, if ii i ,i measure ot
considerable in';;or:.nif >, Is to con-
dilci a pnhll. ' . i The committee
makes an effort • listen to anyone
who cares to hi ' .nil either for or
against a m .i • • . iilthough wit
'! . , • ll> limited lis to
time. M "tu' •: i'hi it ill not and
oil: r • .ils I. the ailmtnlstrn
Again Corn King
Tw< mblejs—Wall, I"*
two of them.
Simpkin*—Whiek tw«t
Twomblejr—Th# twt t
SCHSCPIHK
It ANY NI
ram
Ale
eh
vent but : <r troxen ,i : an : popu-
lar timidity. Gradually the closed
'. inks are c.•ming out from under
and d j. e ;tor> In oven h.i 1 cases
will gei at h ist o0 |. r i ■ 'it of tln ir
sa ings That's ; . ..i of f.. : . . no-
half of « hat they
id sac
' ody likes ! 1
had scrimpi I
saved. Put v,
th - roll i t hi)
under i matt
con
i ti 1
I vvt
t h Troyer of l. Fontaine. Ind..
ha* been crowned Corn King of
America for the third time He won
the KJ.' award at the International
Liw Stock Show, Chicago, with an
exhibit o( yellow dent corn.
THE
ALBANY NATIONAL
RANK
of Albany, Texas.
Shareholders' Meeting
special meeting of the shareholders | Simpkin*—Yw aqr
of The First National Bank of books?
Albany, Teaas, will he held at Ita
hanking house in the City of A1-,
hany. State of Teaas, on Tuesday,
January 17th. 1! SS, at 10:80
o'clock, a.m., for the purpose of
coneidcring and determining hy
vote whether an agreement to con-
solidate the said bank and The Al-
bany National Hank of Albany, lo-
cated in the City of Albany, State |
of Te*as, under the provisions of j
the laws of the I'nited State*, shall,
be ratified and confirmed, and for j
the purpose of voting upon any i
other matters incidental to the j
proposed consolidation of the two'
bank*. A copy of the aforesaid1
agreement executed by a majority HammOF F««d Mill- —'
of the directors of each of the two
hank*, providing for the consoli-
dation, is on file at the bank and
tony be inspected during business
hours.
A. W. Reynolds, Vice-President.
11-St.
I
Notice is hereby given thRt pur-
suant to call of it* directors a
special meeting of the sharehold-
ers of The Albany National Hank
of Albany, Texas, will he held at
its banking house in the City of
Albany, State of Texas, on Tues-
day. January 17th, 1999 at 1:80
o'clock, p.m., for the purpose of
considering nnd determining by
vote whether nn agreement to con-
solidate the .snid hank and The
First National Hank of Albany, lo-
cated in the City of Albany, State
of Texas, under the provisions of
the laws of the United States, shall
he ratified and confirmed, and for
the purpose of voting upon any
other matters incidental to the
proposed consolidation of the two
hanks. A copy of the aforesaid
agreement executed hy a majority
of the directors of each of t'ne two
Irink , providing for the consolida-
tion. is on file at the hank and
may he inspected during hu.sinesR
hours.
Jin \ Clarke, Cashier.
o -
THF. I IRST NATIONAL
RANK
of Albany, Texas.
Shareholders' Meeting
Not in he' hy >ri\• n that pu>--
uant to call of its director* a
Goforth- -How do you divide
two cars between your seven child-
ren, yourself and your wife?
Comeback- Oh, three ride in
one and four in the other and I
walk and my wife uaivs a taxi.
CHEAPER
IMPLEMENTS
grinds fodder, hay,
grain and all feeds.
Low First Cost—
LIBERAL TERMS
Buie-CrawfoH Co.
Stamford, Texas
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Red Circle, lb pkg. 25c
Bokar, lb. can... 29c
DelMonte Peaches, 2 No 1 cans 17c
2 Large Cans 27c
DelMonte
Bsrtlett Pears, large can 19c
Corn, 3 No. 1 cans 14c
3 No. 2 Cans 19c
DUNHAM'S SHREDDED COCONUT
1 t lb. pkg. 8c
SPARKLE GELATIN DESSERT
3 5 oz. pkgs. „..13c
Nice Mixed Xmas Candy, lb... .10c
Endish Walnuts or Almonds lb 15c
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Reg. Loaf 6c
Pan Rolls, doz. 5c
Raisin Bread 8c
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FRUIT CAKE
35c
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The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1932, newspaper, December 16, 1932; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402447/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.