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WEST, TEXAS 'TTOU8T 6, 1937.
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THE WEST NEWS
MASONRY'S DARK DAYS
Viewing the present prosperity
Cechoslovak Publishing Company and popularity of Free M iscnry
Publishers _| it is difficult to realize that ir
about 100 years ago the
I America ____- -__„________
Published every Friday an 1 enter-, Qrder was alm05t annihilated
ed as second class mail matter at ^ st,Mlm(nt agaimt
the post office at West, McLennan:
countv Texas. , w
- --------The fierce opposition to Mason-
Subscription
One Year
Six Months
Three Months
-In Advar.ce ry in that day was caused by the
$1 -50 disappearance of one William
............90 j Morgan, who had published what
.......................50 purported to be a revelation of
Cards of thanks and notices of en- the Masonic secrets. Morgan was
tertainment, where admission is never heard from after being
charged, are published at the rate spirited away from Canandaigua,
of 10c a line.
Any erroneous matter that is a re-
flexion on the character or stand-
in* of any individual or firm, which
may appear in this paper will glad-
ly be corrected if brought to the
attention of the publishers
N Y. in September, 1826, persum
ably by overzealous Masons, with-
out authority or approval of the
more responsible members of the
order His real fate is unknown
Although the various grand and
subordinate lodges generally con-
demned Morgan's abduction and
offered rewards for the perpetra-
tors of the outrage, public senti-
ment was stirred against all Ma-
sons by politlcans who took ad-
Local Greyhound Region Winner
In National Safety Contest
A museum oddity of the future vantage of the situation for their
may be an old fellow who was Jwn benefit. Several Masons wen
never on the public payroll ; convicted of complicity in the ab-
* * duction of Morgan and served jail
Suggestion to readers who in- sentences, while others were acquit
herit a million dollars: Turn it ted.
over to the tax collector quirk. There was formed a strong anti-
* * Masonic movement which spread
A Senator says Unde Sam must, rapidly. Mass meetings were held
reduce expenses or increase taxes. and resolutions denouncing a 11
So get out the old wajlet again Masons were passed Churches re-
* * j quired pastors and members to
Ibis is the time of year when renounce Masonry under pain of
last June's bride checks up to expulsion, and every conceivable
decide what kind of a bargain she was employed to crush the
made order and nearly suceeded. a s
* * most of the Masons abandoned
TO attain success, pick out a ;bpir lodges to escape persecution
town where nearly everybody else, xhls antl-Masonic crusade eon-
is dumb There are plenty of such tinned for nearly 20 years, but
places left. gradually abated, and from 1845
* | on Masonry revived and again
An exchange says it is a sign of j began to spread rapidly. Since
|p ARM §
COTTON FARMERS WARNED
AGAINST LEAFWORM SPREAD
/
K. F. Freeman, district superintendent of this region of the South-
western Greyhound I ines. is shown at the left receiving the eight-
eenth National Greyhound Safety contest trophy from J. A. Knutson,
operating manager of Southwestern Greyhound Lines.
The locml region, comprised of the Dallas, Kl Paso, San Antonio nnd
Oklahoma City divisions, were the winners of the beautiful safety
trophy awarded in the Eighteenth National Greyhound Safety Con-
test.
The sixty drivers in the winning district each received a cash award
for their individual contributions in compiling the best safety record
of any division in the national Greyhound aysteai to win the national
safety contest.
o’d age when a fellow begins tell- then it has become one of the
in* hov\' far he used to walk to,most powerful and beneficent In-
ichooi through the snow ; fiuences in America, enjoying
practically universal respect and
We read of a New York hotel esteem
where the service is so bad that )0(_
the guests never noticed a three- rh; TULLY
day strike of bellboys. -
Big Jim Tully washed automo-
Senator Bilbo’s vote wnuld have biles and did other commonplace
elected his colleague, Pat Harri- j0bs around a garage In New York
ion, as Senate leader. But Bilbo | f0r several years before his death,
got more publicity by voting the wnich occured not long ago. He
Otaer way. i was not ambitious, and judged by
f»* TELL YOl’R*STOR¥ the world’s standards he did not
amount to much. But he had a
Dome sound advice to business; heart o{ «°>d Hc was 8 friend of
men, especially those charged with ; childhood.
the management of the larger en-; wee*t be drew 85 wages'
terpcL.es. was given recently by H. I of wh*ch he used $10 for his mod-
A. Batten, president of the coun- living expenses and saved the
Xrft biggest advertising agency, in rest When the opportunity came
an address before a national ad- de hired a traveling merry-go-
vertfeers association at a conveu- round man to set up in the netgh-
Uon at Hot Springs, Va. j borhood for as many days as the
We declared that the immediate iavin^ hand would permit and
and pressing need of American bu-1turned the outfit over t0 the P°°r
SMS is to get back <he lost friend - children In the vicinity for their
ship and confidence of the public . *ree enjoyment. This procedure
&jvagh advertising. was repeated many times.
King Gustav Autographs a Stone
In tailoresque pose, King Gustav of Sweden is pictured seated on thi
ground as he autographed the memorial stone placed outside the Gothen
burg water works during the recent celebration of its one hundred ant
fiftieth anniversary.
Sherman, Texas, Aug. 2.—Farm-
ers In the rich Blackiand Belt of
Texas—frem Waco east to the
Louisiana border and north tp the
Red River Valley— were warned
over the week-end by Texas A ti
M College entomologists to watch
for the leafworm and bollworm
An attack by these pests—con-
sidered the most serious cotton
dangers at this time— can mater-
ially reduce what looks like, a bum-
per crop.
A letter from College Station to
Cuinty Agent B F Oray In Gray-
'•on County stated Monday: "We
have been watching the leafworm
situation rarefully and feel safe j
now In saying that severe damage
from this insect is immediately!
amending through the entire
Eastern part of Texas as far as
the Red River ard U>U Infestation)
Will spread as far as the Panhandle
bv Bept 1, probably by mid-Aug .
ust ”
Entomologists are warning farm-;
ts t.i examine their fields every
day and at the first sign of in j
festat’lon to begin rontrcl with
“slotum arsenate. It should be
dusted on cotton to the acre, or i
mixed for a spray, using three
rounds of poison to fifty gallons;
of water.
Bollworms are leaving corp to
attack cotton and have been dls- ■
covered in the Tom Bean com-
munity cf Grayson County. Poison
nsmrd above must be dusted to’
reaeb the bollworm, entomologist* ‘
worn. Dusting must be started
while the worm is young and be '
fore it has entered the boll. Best
t'me to dust is between 4 and 7j
o’rlork in the morning. (Dallas
Morning News !
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TKto column consists of SouthwaiBni pOBtry.
Contribution* wolcowod. Enclo— rwturn pao>
09*- Addiwh*. Wn. T. Tardy. pubAdlor. Uborty
HE IS A POET
(To Hilton Ross Greer (
And to be a poet is no simple
thing:
To look deep Into one’s own heart
and write
The music for Its surging words—
to sing
Them ever clear and true—to lift
the white
Flaming torch of passion that will
burn
Like some high beacon on a wnidy
hill
Long after the hand ha* failed,
when at some turn
The voice of the singer suddenly
grows dim
To be a poet is no easy thing
To speak authentirally that other*
may
Become aware that a hand has
reached to fling
Their hearts' door wide, and start-
led, each will say:
“I, too, am a poet I have known
for long
That burning flame—the substance
of the song!”
—Grace Noll Crowell. Dallas
Poet Laureate of Texas
EARTH COLORS
PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION
DALLAS.
"If. like the telephone company,"
When Big Jim died he did not
nif he. “you had told the people of leave eno,,gh money 10 pay hU
the Cnlted States all about your funeiul expenses, but his children
isic Doliev vour I ^ends, some now grown up, chip-
cowpany — your basic policy, your
stock structure, your operating
ped in and gave him a decent
methods, your employ* relation-'burial Fifteen hundred ragged
ship*, your services to the commu- ^ids *be East Side caused a
ntty - if, like the telephone com- lraffc Jam through their insistence
paay. you had done this from the on P^ing a lust tribute to their
beginning, year after year, so that I ld°l- Their little hearts were sad,
each upcoming generation would! and tears trickling down grimy
Messrs H M Casper and John Patroleman Rolan Splller, one of
T. Callaway, merchants of Tern- the most efficient officers of the
pie, spent Sunday with their) city of Waco, was seriously wound-
le»m about It in turn, then you
would not today be in the position
of having to approach the public as
cheeks bespoke their grief because
the friend they loved had gone.
To the world at large. Big Jim
a comparative stranger and to sue • Tully didn't amount to much, but
for Its confidence, for if you had he brought sunshine into the lives
done that you would already enjoy
that confidence as a friend.”
Many industries and utilities have
hem following the course Mr Bat-
ten aaggests for many years and
of many underprivileged boys und
girls, besides teaching <them a
practical lesson in benevolence.
How many of us have done more?
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father and mother, Rev. and Mrs.
Jos. P Callaway. They made the
trip by auto attending church
here at 11 o'clock.
od Wednesday night while on duty
iiy being shot through the back
with an automatic shotgun. Wes-
ley CVlppen, a white man, surren-
dered and was locked up.
Sam Latimore and family left,
the first of the weel^ for Elgin
where they will visit for the week,
after which they will go to West
Virginia, where they will make
their future home.
Summer M
the Hillsboro
Ramsey, editor of
Mirror, has r e
Dallas, August, 6 — New variety
and comedy acts being fitted into
the colorful and melodious back-
ground of the Oa.4no Revue are
sustaining high interest in that out-
standing attraction of the Pan
American Exposition Newest of the
sparkling array of offerings for the
fast paced revue Is Vic Hyde, reign-
ing sensation of the entertainment
world Hyde. Nile's Michang's One
Man Swing Band opens Saturday
night, August 7, plays three trum-
pets at once and employs 27 regular
orchestra instruments in his work
In addition he Hm scored remark-
able success with his line of droll
chatter and a burst of tap dancing
Hyde already Is under contract to
make pictures In Hollywood and
will go there following his Dallas,
engagement.
Florence and Alvarez, world fam- j
ous dancers, will take over the lead-
ing Casino dancing roles August
21 Miss Florence Is the daughter of
an American diplomat, now serving
as minister to South Africa. Alva-
rez Is a native of Mexico City who
won fame In the Casino de Paris re- *
vue in Paris
Art Jarrett, who has become Tex-1
as’ favorite singing personality,
with his rendition of “El Gaucho"
with the Gaucho chorus and "The
Blue Bonnet Song” resumes the
I cannot wear Thy colors. Lord.
Here on the earth.
But there awaits extravagance
With never dearth
Of changing c .lor hung for me,
Ir rd. in Thy house
No drab, nor dun of mole,
No gray of mouse.
But apple green and morning pink.
Sea blue, sun red.
The smoky purple of the hills,
Oold of bee-bread.
In ranks and rows! No paradise
It were, unless
Thou give Thy children color for
Their dally dress!
—Sunshine Dickinson Rvman,
Houston, author of Moon Conjure
ECSTASY
The flowering peach tree bears no
fruit;
It only has a flower;
But, oh! what joy to give the
world
Such beauty for an hour!
-Minnie Roberts Dreesen, Dallas
Author of Green Dusk
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THIS TELL TALK RADIO
signed his position t oaccept a desk stn«inR °f "D?n ‘-. You iKnow °r
Don't You care this week.
on the editorial staff of The Hous-
ton Post. Mr Ramsey Is a suc-
cessful newspaper man and carries
the best wishes of his many friends
to his new position. E. C. Wede-
the desk
have profited thereby But many PAINTING USED ON NEW STAMP
neglect to tell their story untU they -
are attacked often by political de-! Washington. — A reproduction of
maffigue-. and thus placed on the the painting 'Signing of the Con-
defenaice The public wants to be j stitutlon” will be used on the 3-cent
fair, but in order to do so It must j constitution commemorative stamp,
have all the facts. ! 'he postoffice department an-
Whst^S New? The stamp wll be placed on first-
; day sale at Philadelphia on Septem-
ber 17, 150 years to the day after
Don't worry too much about
what is to become of your boy
Your father worried about you.lmeyer of Temple takes
and it did you precious little gcx^l. vacated by Mr Ramsey,
Let the, boy do some of the worry- *
ing for himself; he’ll have tol Method Pazdral and L D Web-
later on anyhow i ster spent Wednesday in the
flourishing little city of Lorena,
Phil Harris’ ever popolar band
continues to draw big crowds and
will continue until September S
when Benny Goodman comes to
1 the Casino with his celebrated
swing band.
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LOAFERS IN COLLEGE.
A hydro-electric power plant,
built entirely under water, is the
unusual accomplishment of the
t.wn of Rcstin, in Pomerania.
Ruaala has a new compass equi-
ps* with electric bells that an-
nounce the slightest deviation of
a ship's course
By lighting and heating a bee-
hive w.th electricity, the output
of honey has been increased by as
much as 17 pounds.
A Mmtterproof glass that can be
tooled like wood or metal has been
o rrleped In German/. It dissol-
ve in benzol, chloroform or alco-
the constitution was adopted In
that city.
The painting selected for the cen-
tral design is the work of Juius
Brutus Steams, and is now in a
privitfr collection in New York city.
Seventy-five million of the stamps
have been ordered.
The department also has ordered
20.000 of the 5-cent Virginia Dare
postage stamps, which will be plac-
ed on first-date sale at Mateo, N
C.. on August 18.
This stamp, commemorating the
birth of the first white child on this
continent, will be printed on flat
The growing Idea that a large!
percentage of young men now In
The following from West at-1 Lorena is a live little town They (Wile** would be better off ex-
tended the Old Settler’s Picnic at have goed roads, well kept streets. where was rmphiLMzed by no leas
Waco Saturday: Jim Park. Jim)civic pride, prosperous business a" auth_ori‘y ,han Chief Justice
7 7S Tf,, “TJT1 T““r 7 ^
Bennett, D C Cobb and wife. J sive citizenship ,
. _ —j_ . ,: . was graduated in 1881
A. Nichols, W D Edwards and ! .. ^
others Ore of our cash subscribers at I,p round y criticized the many
«__jToki) asks if some of the Yaquis modern college actvlties which;
. . „ ,have nothing to do with education.,
of Mexico are not good Indians ^ whlch attract the mental loaf
Oh. yes; Certainly Now and then
Dr St .wers had as his guest
Sunday Mr H N. Morehead from
Plate numbers of the 10-cent sou-
venir sheets, to be first placed on
sale August 28 at AiheviUe, N. C.,
are 21.8B5 and 21,898. An order for
2080 of them sheets has been plac-
ed at the bureau of engraving and
ptK W<Th’“ old Kcnt,urky frlend you find a real good one. You will
whom he had not seen for 45 years. ,
He was accompanied by his sons, recognize him by the recumbent
Chester and Joe, Mrs. Earl Arnold positl n and the bullet perfora-
and Miss Leslie Easley ' ttons in Ids body_
Mrs C. H. Nesbitt of Detroit
filed suit for divorce, charging her
husband with cruelty because he
made her walk home from auto-
luooiie rides.
BOYS FATTEN ON STOLEN
COOKIES, GET IN A JAM
Bridgeport. Neb—Three young-
sters, 7. 8, and 11 years old, trap-
• > i ped in a “cookie raid” on a gro-
The shoes of J. H. Anderson eery, told Judge J. C. Conover they
of Charleston, S. C., were stolen (broke in through a back window.
off tils feet while he was taking
a nap in a railroad
Augusta, Ga.
T. M. Zina of LeMars. Ia., left
his $100,008 estate for a Library
which mast contain no books by
women, and to
are to be
ate their fill of cookies and then
station in j couldn’t get out. The judge iectur-
jed them severely and sent them
home.
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While chasing a thief, Police-
man James Casey of Chicago fired
a bullet that went
pair* of
era whose only ambition is to get'
by and obtain a diploma. Referring
to such a student Mr Hugres said::
“I should take him out at once and
tell him to make his own way. Thoae
who are not disposed to make good
use of their college years would be
better off elsewhere ”
Neither Mr. Hughes nor any other
sensible person would disparage the
value of a college education, but
the fact is that our colleges are en-
cumbered with many students who
have neither the capacity, the en-
ergy nor the ambition to profit by
college training.
They might as well quit school
and engage at once in soda-jerking
or in whatever simple tasks their
mentality happens to fit.
M.
may
We will all be living In the pro-
verbial "glass house". If the scien-
tists keep on discovering new means
of checking us up With dictographs
and truth serum* and a new device
said to be capable of making moving
pictures of what goes on in a room,
without the knowledge of its occu-
pant. they are getting things dowa
pretty fine.
Besides these schemes for the in-
vasion of privacy, of which evil-
doers might be warned. Fred M.
Taylor of Kansas City would prob-
ably caution them to keep off the
air — for the radio proved to be his
undoing
Some months after deserting a
wife In Illinois, Fred married a
young society woman In the Mis-
souri city, the wedding being a
swell affair, with the ceremony per-
formed by a bishop To make the
occasion strictly up-to-date, the
proceedings were broadcasted over
the church radio
Wife No 1 happened to be listen-
ing in at her Illinois home, and as
Fred had neglected the minor de-
tail of getting a divorce or rhanging |
his name, bis duplicity was e*-
posed. The deserted wife Journeyed
westwsrd
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When the judge asked the two
Mrs Taylors to suggest a suitable
punishment for their Joint spouse,
they agreed that five years would
be about right, but bis honor
thought that two years In Jeffer-
son City would satisfy the demands
of the glind goddess, and so de-
creed
There Fred will have ample op-
portunity to reflect on the wonder*
of science, particularly the radio.
-lot-
■ *23*®,
James a Hodge of
was grunted u "love
when be
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The Rev. Kenneth Arnold of Ad-
dison. N. Y , recently built a set of
chimes tor his church out of
discarded automobile brake drums.
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