The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1931 Page: 4 of 8
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THE PADUCAH POST
Thursday, May 14, 1931
DRIVE WITH
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The
Paducah Post
Published Each Thursday
E. A. Carlock____Editor-Owner
Entered as second-ela.-s mail
matter May 11. 1906, at
the Postoffiee at
Paducah. Texas
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year................$1 501 workers
sucking its thumb. Then an-
other department must keep
step with that one and prepare a
bulletin telling why the oyster
is in a shell, or why a hornet
will raise a bump on your
forehead when it stings you.
The government will not al-
low these departments to have
publicity men, but they get
'hem just the same under the
head of assistant managers, as-
sistant secretaries, research
nd such official
PLANKS AND PLATFORMS
Now, that Congress has ad-
journed, spring is here, and the
weather will soon be warm
enough to ripen beer, this would
be a fairly decent country in
which to eat turnips if so many
political parties were not holding
fence-corner confabs in an effort
to form an alibi to fool a lot of
folks at the next election.
The Democrats are rolling pol-
itical dice in an effort to decide
what promises they’ll make a
bunch of sore-shouldered citizens
in return for a pint of votes at
the next presidential vaudeville.
The Republicans are waiting ’til
the Democrats get through and
have sopped the grease off their
spoons. When the Dems have de-
cided what they will promise, the
G. O. P.’s will promise everything
the Democrats left off, and may-
be more. It seems that we mout
have a Third Party. All of us
guys who are paying alimony
know what this third party stuff
means, and we don’t want any
such Thomasfoolery if we can
get by without it.
All the parties seem to be in
favor of inserting a wet plank in
their platforms. Well, if you ask
me, I would say that the entire
platform of every party I know
anything about could stand a
brand new floor out and out. As
for the wet plank, it appeals to
me that the planks the boys al-
....... ___ready have in their little plat-
‘‘,j“ T i •» " ™forms have been about as sobby
the cc m- school of life has as the Atlantic Ocean for several
years. Maybe they want a weaker
wet plank in order that they
might get us out about the mid-
dle, let us fall in and drown in
some of this Volstead cholic rem-
Six Months...............75
Three Months...........50
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon ' the
imputation or standing < f any individ-
ual, firm or corporation that may ap-
pear in the columns of The Paducah
Post will be gladly corrected when
called to the attention of the editor.
The many different depart-
ments of our government seem
to have the opinion that the
taxpayers think they are being
let down too liirht. so they
have created "publicity” di-
visions for each department
that runs into the millions each
year. Each department must
have its publicity stunt, and
a high powered publicity man
to put it over. Billions arid bil-
lions of pieces of literature go
out from these departments
each year that cost millions
and millions of dollars. This
matter is sent to all the news-
papers, magazines and period-
icals of all kinds with the
hope that it will by tin-
managing
be published a- "free" news.
But instead of being publish-
ed it goes tne way of all frank-
ing matter—to the waste bas-
ket. Bulletins are sent out on
every subject in the world. One
department will use several
thousands of dollars in prepar-
ing and printing a bulletin tell-
ing how to keep the baby from
titles. But the results are just
the same. These employees
learn that their only duty is
to keep millions ol pieces of
publicity going out all the
time from that department.
And it must be covered up in
such a way that, it appears as
"pure reading matter” instead
of advertising. This ‘‘classic
literature” must stress the
fact that the department is
growing all the time and that
requests for its service are grow-
ing all the time. The final out-
come is that about one article
out of every hundred thousand
that is sent out is ever used by
any publication at all—a pure
waste of tax money. And thus
goes on and on the enormous
waste each year that must be
taken care of by the taxpayer.
According to financial sta-
tistics every family in the
United States now owes a lit-
tle better than four hundred
dollars. The total amount owed
(mostly by installment plans'
is ten billion, five hundred
million. Prorated among the
number of families of this
country gives a little more
than four hundred dollars to
editor desk and family. This is more than
the entire amount of gold that
we have by a large amount. It
goes to prove that we, as a
people, are living on the credit
system. This amount has more
than doubled since the ‘‘dollar
down and dollar a week” plan
came into use. In other words
the installment plan has more
than doubled the indebtedness
of the citizenship of this coun-
try. It is a great thing for
any nation or an individual to
have a credit, but is the
amount we are using going to
be detrimental to us? It now
seems that it is. The average
family could not pay a debt of
four hundred dollars in four
years, for statistics show that
the average family only makes
enough each month to live on.
Evidently a halt must be call-
ed somewhere.
schools of the county that is boys and girls to do. It is not
had for the schools and the necessary that hard, manual H/vivno nA_„ II
business men alike. This is the labor be given them. Good L/CurllC L/OpC jj
practice of having scenic ar- reading, at certain times of J
tists come in and solicit ad- the day each week, is one way
vertising for curtains when to keep the mind alert, and at
they are needed at the schools, the same time afford useful
The business and professional pastime for the students. There
men are always glad to patron- is always enough house work
ize the schools, hut the makers, which the mother does alone
of the curtains usually get the while daughter is in the school
lion's share of such deals. It room, to keep both of them
would he far better for some busy during vacation without
of the patrons of the schools working a hardship on either,
to solicit the advertising for Another angle to this home
the curtains, then send it to,work idea for the girls. There
some scenie artist company are many young girls who ap-
and have the curtain made at | pear to have a distaste for
contract price. Thus would the; anything which resembles work
curtain he secured for about j around the home. They com-
one-fourth or a fifth the plain about being asked to do
amount that a scenic company the things their mother has
receives when they get the!been doing for years. By being
work themselves and leave a I gentle, hut firm in her deci-
lot of money for the school, sion along this line, the mother
which, under the ordinary way, give her daughter some
does not receive anything hut lessons in obedience and disci-
the curtain. The business men pline which will prove of last-
are glad to help the schools, ing benefit to her throughout
but they had much rather see life. There comes to all of us
the schools get all the money tasks which we must perform,
rather than to see the scenic no matter how we might dis-
artists get it. | like the doing of them. Life
- I does not consist of the things
China is a wonderful conn- we enjoy—altogether. Many
try l— to be developed. The' experiences come to us which,
discovered resources are un-;jf we could, we would skip
bounded, and there are parts over. But it in in the tackling
of this nation never seen by the and doing of these disagreeable
white man. Two tilings have things which build character
hindered this country from and make good citizens. The
taking its place in the com- school of life lias no sessions
mereial world—prejudice by —it is a permanent organiza-
the natives again-t all the rest tion.
of the world, and the watch-, ---
ing of other nations in every Accidents arc costly, and the
move made by any one of word causes horror to creep > ejy’_' Wouldn't thatbeahappy,
them to do something for this through the personality of us peaceful death?
backward place and its teem- all. One thing the majority of Whatever the boys decide on, I
ing millions of inhabitants. We people do, and which is a. detri- certainly pray, testify, etc., that
may have all the League of ment to the entire country. ev** ^"ters “o'ff a*™,Regarding
Nations. Hague- and every and that is think ot the oc- Farm Relief. Darned if I haven’t
other kind of contrivance eurrence of accidents as that suffered about all the farm re-
known to man to promote con- which happens on the streets, lief any average farmer can stand
ri.yn« ».»1 >"'j «r in -w. i>'«- » R-Jf
\\ hen it i* h m ittci '*t on< true tile most ot the Accidents weevils devour mv cotton, the
nation getting some kind of do happen there, but on the rabbits eat up my garden, and
commercial or business advant- other hand it is a deplorable the Tax Collector comes along
age over the other tilings are fact that carelessness in the and wllat. nh<L bUiP’
. rp, , i , ... ... wouldn t have. All the benefit I
different. The slightest advance homes is one of the most fre- have ever gotten out 0f the
of this kind is resented hv all quent causes of loss of life volumes of farm relief gas I
who are not in the work, with arR] property. It used to be have heard the past ninety-seven
a prospect of remuneration. ju the earlv da vs that the years is a gentle mule. My mule
The result is China today is starting of fires with the aid *£re *he «n bThlzmeLed wfth-
but little advanced over what 0f the kerosene can furnished out being lassoed, and I think if
it was a century ago. China s t]le most outsanding vehicle we have much more farm relief
religion, politics and general for pain and destruction. It and the price of cotton keeps
mode of living is entirely the was not because the coal oil, sliding, this mule of mine will
. soon be gentle enough for the
reverse of wnat we know as; was faulty, or that the can buzzards to have mule sandwiches
civilized countries. And d it -; leaked. It was because the practically all the summer,
ferent from the Japanese, the ,lser 0f the fluid failed to j Anyway, let ’em go ahead with
Chinamen do not want to know know there was no fire on tlie:*heir platforms and do as they
adopt the ways of the j wood or coal which he or she: ^^f^nr^'ahead'ld farm;
white folks. The\ aie perfect- jwas trying to ignite. Another be honest, and in the end try to
ly satisfied to live in the rut;cause 0f many deaths is the go to the place where there ain’t
of their forefathers, using su- carelessness in the medicine 1,0 politicians to build platforms
perstition for reality, and be-. ehests of the home. Here the (or t0 disturb my piece of mind,
ing content with dreams rath-! accidental taking of poisons deny ROYAL PAIR
er than accomplishment. The I instead of medicines which i ARE RECONCILED
Chinese are a fair example of SOothe and bring ease to pain-! -.
what any man or woman he-1 racked bodies, is the means of Bucharest, Rumania, May 11.
who „ devoid of ,„,bi- in„r,„in, ,W ,,-o,k of fhe
tion and cares nothing tor ad- dertaker. There is no better or tween Queen Helen and King
vaneement. The world around safer fuel known than gas, if Carol had taken place or was
us is not at a standstill. New use(j in a sane manner, but contemplated,
things are being done daily, when careless methods are em- Q^ee/XTen’s sudden
A decade now claims so many ployed in using tins fuel, there return Sunday from Belgrade.
changes that the man or worn- js 'no time iost in creating--
an. or nation which does not trouble. Paducah has been ex- BROOKSV1LLE HONOR ROLL
keep abreast of the times is ceptionally fortunate along FOR APR,L A
soon forgotten and drops en-, thjs line, for there have been Eighth grade—Horace Rhodes,
tirely out of the picture. Con- no reports of people being Clye Mayo, J. C. Evans, Steve
fidence is a wonderful thing.! seriously injured by gas ex- Evans, Tom Burton, Thelma Nix-
and would do wonders toward pl,,si0ns since this* city has on, Galloway Mayo,
making the world a better, | been usj„g this fuel. Another ■ pvpn ■ <rra -
safer and more pleasant place common • danger which is one
i;..„ ;♦ w of the best ]jttie aceident-pro-
GRADUATION
GIFTS
Graduation week is the great occasion in
the life of that daughter, sister or friend
when you especially desire to remember hw
in a fitting way.
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Makes ■ most appropriate gift for this
happy occasion.
They are made In a style for ha* wwy
need—and are moat moderately priced.
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Baker-Hanna Co.
PADUCAH, TEXAS
Mrs. Nexdore: “How much a
week do you pay your maid?”
Mrs. Hiram Offun: “Really, I
can’t say. I always pay them by
the hour. They never stay a
week.”
“Why, Snoots, how did you
come to get those holes in your
umbrella?”
“I made them myself, Auntie,
so I could see when it stopped
raining.”
A. N. Phillips of Dallas spent j Born on Sunday, May 10th, to
last week end with relatives here. Oscar J. Allen and wife, a son.
will $ekd you
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Unintentional Suicide
Many people are slowly poisoning
themselves just as surely as if they
drank iodine every momine for break-
fast. They are daily absorbing the
toxins, or poisons, created by accumu-
lated waste matter in their constipated
digestive systems. Sooner cr later
disease will conquer their weakened
bodies.
If you have headaches, coated
tongue, bad breath, no appetite,
bilious attacks, you are probably
suffering from self poisoning caused
by constipation. A relief lor till
condition is Herbine, the vegetaal
cathartic which acts in the nature
Way. Get a bottle today from
CRAVEN’S PHARMACY.
It is easy for anyone to be
critical, but there has been a
practice among nearly all the
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pay and a position with opportunities. “Proof of Posi-
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in which to live, were it hut
given an opportunity to func-
tion. but there are so many
people who care nothing for
genuine principle that like Jus-
tice, it suffers so many embar-
rassments land curtailments
that it has not the slightest
chance to perform the mission
it was created to perform.
ducers known is putting gaso
line in an open container and
then placing it in a room with
a burning stove. This has been
known to quickly and com-
pletely start things which were
not easily stopped. The papers
are always cautioning folks
about reckless driving of autos
and trucks, and about warning
School will soon he out for pedestrians as to being care-
this term. Several^ hundred chil- j f uj ;n street crossing and
things of that character. This
dren will then be free from
all active restraint and ex-
pected work. How will these
young dynamos spend their
abundance of surplus energy?
This is a real problem for the
is all right. But while the lead-
ers of safety movements are
dealing with the question of
accidents it is well they leave
the streets for a while and
Seventh grade—Edna Mayo, S.
E. Mayo, Galloway Mayo.
Sixth grade—Clifton Rhodes,
Lottie B. Goodgame, Ruth Gallo-
way, Roy Evans.
Fifth grade—Travis Jones, Ida
Rhodes, Hazel White.
Fourth grade—Martha Evans,
Dawson Nixon, Nina Goodgame.
Third grade—Glendon Burton.
Second grade—Ala Evans, Clif-
ford Evans, Owasso Eaton, Mil-
dred Goodgame.
First grade — Helen Burton,
Lena Mae Isbell.
FIRES ELEVEN MEN
parents to begin thinking over. I ]00r after tbe protection of
There is no doubt but that I the home and its inhabitants,
school students need and
should Lave a period of rest
and recreation. Their minds
The boy graduate would enjoy
a good ring or wrist watch. Or if
and their bodies need it. But I he has a watch maybe he would
there is as much harm in total Rice a new band for it. Come in
idleness. Three months of ab-
solute ‘‘do nothing” will go
far toward tearing down what
the children learned in the
nine-months’ period. The mind
is one of the most sensitive
creations known to science. In
order to keep functioning cor-
rectly it must be kept employ-
ed. And employed in the right
manner. It will be necessap1
that the parents of the chil-
dren who were so faithful in
their school work the past
term find something of a
worthwhile nature for their' Georgia marble.
and see our selection.-
Bradshaw, Jeweler.
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TEXAS GRANITE WANTED
Chicago, 111., May 11.—Mayor
Anton J. Cermak clipped $33,000
a year off the city pay roll Mon-
day by discharging eleven archi-
tects and draftsmen attached to
the school board staff.
“I have proof that they didn’t
work,” the Mayor said. “We can
hire several teachers with that
money.”
William Hale Thompson, whom
Mayor Cermak swept out of of-
fice last month, “was at the end
of his rope” when he retired, the
new Mayor said.
“He didn’t leave a thing,” May-
or Cermak said, “not even any
ink in the city hall pens to sign
checks.”
Austin, Texas, May 11.—The
House adopted a Senate concur-
rent resolution Monday to auth-
orize the State Bar Association to
place a monument on the grounds
of the Capitol in honor of the
first Supreme Court of the State,
but amended it to require that it
be made of Texas granite. The
fund is being raised by the bar
association and it was said an Harry Wright of Quanah was
agreement had been made to uaejin Paducah Tuesday afternoon,
It was customary for the con-
gregation to repeat the 23rd
Psalm in unison, but invariably
Mrs. Spielfast would keep about
a dozen words ahead all the rest
“Who,” asked a visitor of an old
church member one Sunday, “was
the lady who was already by the
still waters while the rest of us
were lying down in green pas-
tures?”
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1931, newspaper, May 14, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth723287/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.