Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1933 Page: 2 of 8
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WEEKLY TIES
Entered a* second class mat-
ter April 17, 1909, at the peat-
office at Timpson, Texas, under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
T. J. MOLLOY,.....Editor
S. WINFREY, - - Business Mgr.
THANKSGIVING DAY
We think it appropriate at
this time to print the first ac-
count of the origin of Thanks-
giving Day, as it was set down
in 1623 by William Bradford,
Governor of Plymouth Planta-
tion. The speliing and punc-
tuation are just as Governor
Bradford wrote it in his
Journal.
"Notwithstand all ttaei?
great paines ft Industrie, and
ye great hops of large cropp,
the Lord seemed to blast, ft
take away the same, and to
threaten further ft more sore
famine unto them, by a great
drought which continued from
ye 3. weeke in May, till about
ye middle of July, without any
raine and with great heat (for
ye most parte), insomuch as ye
corne begane to wither away,
though it waa set with fishe,
the moysture whereof helped
it much. Yet at length it be-
gane to languish sore, and
some of ye drier grounds were
partched' like withered hay,
part whereof was never recov-
ered. Upon which they set a
parte of solemne day of hu-
miliation, to seek ye Lord by
humble ft fervente orayer, in
this great distrese. And he
was pleased to give them
.gracious ft speedy answer,
both to their owne ft the Ir.-
deans admiration, that lived
amongest them. For all ye
morning, and greatest part of
the day. it was clear weather
ft very kotte, and not a cloud
or any signe of raine to be
seen, yet toward evening it be-
gan to overcast, and shortly
after to raine, with shucb
sweete and gentle showers, as
gave them cause of rejoyceing,
ft blessing God. It came, with-
out either wind, or thunder,
or any violence, and by de-
greese in yt abundance, as that
ye earth was thorowly — ete
and soked therewith. V inch
did so appertnly revive ft
quicken ye decayed corne ft
other fruits, as was wonderfull
to see. and made ye Indeans
astonished to behold; and af-
terwards the Lord sent them
such reasonable shov ;rs, with
enterchange of fail wanpe
weather, as, through his bless-
ing, caused a fruitfuli & lib-
erall harvest, to thr-ir no small
comfort and rejoycing. For
which mercie (in rime con-
veniente) they also sett aparte
a day of thanksgiving.”
We have kept the form of
Thanksgiving Day, but ought
we not also to keep it in the
spirit of those Pilgrim Fa
tbers?
Youth—A State of Mind
A well known writer has
said that—
Youth is not a time of life;
it is a state of mind. It is not
a matter of ripe cheeks, red
lips and supple knees; it is a
temper of the will, a quality of
the imagination, a vigor of the
emotions. It is the freshness
of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamen-
tal predominance of courage
over timidity, of the appetite
for adventure over the love of
ease. This often exists in a
mar. >f 50 more than a body of
20.
Nobody grows old by mere-
ly living a number of years.
People g ow old by deserting
their ideals. Years wrinkle
the skin; b >t to give up enthu-
siasm wrinkles the soul.
Worry, doiMt, self-distrust,
fear and despair—these are
the long, long years that bow
the heait and turn the green-
ing spirit back to dost.
Whether 60 or 16, there ia in
every human being’s heart the
lure of wonder, the sweet
amazement at the stars and at
star-like things and thoughts,
the undaunted, challenge of
events, the unfailing child-like
appetite for what*next, and
the joy of the game of living.
In Die central place of your
heart is the evergreen tree; its
name is Love. So long as it
flourishes you are young.
When it dies you are old. In
the central place of your heart
is a wireless station; so long
as it receives messages of
beauty, hope, cheer, grandeur,
courage and power from the
earth, from men and from the
Infinite, so long are yon yonng.
When the wires are down,
and all the central place of
your heart is covered with the
snow of cynicism, and the vice
of pessimism, then you are
grown old, even at 20. and
may God have mercy upon
you.—Exchange.
limpMi Young Man
Winner in Net Matches
at North Texas College
The following from the
Shorthorn, official publication
of the North Texas Agricul-
tural College, Arlington, will
be read with interest by many
in this city. The young man
—Sanford Pincham—is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Pincham,
and he is a graduate of the
Timpson high school.
“N. T. A. C. Betters once
more got under way this week
after a delay caused by rain,
cold and courts. Real compe-
tition is being shown now that
the quantity of players has
been reduced to the better
players.
"The match of the week was
between John B. Floyd and
Robert Laney. Both are good
players and consequently
plenty of competition was met
by the pair. Lsney finally
managed to top Floyd, but only
after a bitter struggle. Floyd
started the fireworks by tak-
ing the first set, 7-5. It ap-
peared that the second set
would go the same way, but
Laneytnanaged to stage a rally
and take Floyd, 7-5. Laney
took the last set and match at
6-2. Although this puts Floyd
out of the tournament he is
still expected to make the team
by challenging the one of the
members.
The dark horse of the tourna-
ment has turned out to be San-
ford Pincham, better known
as the Timpson Terror. Pin-
cham stepped out this week by
successively trouncing Joe
Moody, Fred Lincoln, and Jack
Cabaniss, all highly rated
players. It was a big upset as
these men were expected to go
far in the tournament. This
places Pincham along with
Laney in the quarter finals.
Since the courts are in top
shape, this week is expected
to bring forth some exciting
and interesting matches. The
oncoming match between Sid-
ney Marks and Joe O’Connor
is expected to draw interest.
"It is hoped that all quarter
final brackets will be filled by
next week so that the real play
for the selection of a team may
start."
man
Feared the Worst
“He said you were what?”
“Laconic.”
"What does that mean?”
“Dunno. But I gave him one
on the nose to be on the safe
side.”—Gazzettino Illustrate.
First Aid
Chauffeur: “This, madame,
ia the hand brake—it’s put on
very quickly, in case of an em-
ergency.”
Madame: “I see—something
- kimono.”—Patton’s
like a
Monthly.
Washington, Nov. 20^-The
Administration is beginning to
get a bit peeved with some of
the fanners. Not so much
with the real farmers, perhaps,
as with farm "leaders” who
are opposing the Government’s
efforts to do something real
for agriculture and are foment-
ing “fanners strikes” and oth-
er uprisings against the Feder-
al program.
The feeling in Administra-
tion circles is that the relief
of farm conditions, through
the raising of farm prices and
the distribution of huge cash
sums to farmers as payment
for crop reduction, is the big-
gest thing that has been un-
dertaken since last March.
There is keen recognition of
the fact that unta the fanner
is made prosperous again, the
rest of the country will still
feel the depression. And it
makes some of the earnest
men, who have been trying to
do everything possible to make
agricultural conditions better,
feel somewhat sore to be ac-
cused of working for every in-
terest except that of the farm-
er.
» • *
Peek Explains Relief
More praise has reached
Washington for the work of
George N. Peek, Administra-
tor of the Agricultural Ad-
justment Act, than for that of
any other executive here, in-
cluding General Johnson.
There is a rooted belief that
he, with the backing of Secre-
tary Wallace, is doing a good
job. Mr. Peek thinks so him-
self, and took the trouble the
other day to go into the whole
farm relief program and tell
what has actually been done.
He thinks that most of the op-
position, where it does not
arise from self-seeking motives
on the part of so-called “lead-
ers,” is due to the fact that
the public does not quite un-
derstand the whole program.
In the matter of wheat, for
instance, more than 550,000
growers have signed up for a
reduction of their wheat acre-
age for 1934 and 1935, for
which they will receive 28
cents a bushel for the estimat-
ed amount of wheat they con-
tribute to the domestic mar-
ket, over and above the price
they actually receive for the
wheat. Mr. Peek made the
point here that this is real
money, derived from the 80-
cent processing tax levied on
the millere, and that distribu-
tion of this money has already
begun. There will be above
8100.000. 000 in all, of which
870.000. 000 will go out within
a very few weeks, nearly $25,-
000.000 into Kansas, almost
$15,000,000 into North Dakota
and so on through the wheat-
growing states.
“The farmers who are bene-
ficiaries of this plan are not
resorting to violence to get jus-
tice,” said Mr. Peek.
* • •
The Corn-Hog Program
The corn-hog program is to
work in the same way. Be-
fore New Year’s every corn
grower and hog feeder will
have had hi3 chanee to sign up
for similar cash benefits. Those
who come in will be able to get
immediate cash loans on their
stored eorn, as well as bonus
payments for reduction of pro-
duction next year and there-
after. '
The emgency purchase of
200,000 sows and 6,200.000
pigs last Summer at a price
well above the market has al-
ready started new money
flowing in the com-hog farm-
ers’ pockets, said Mr. Peek,
and the bonus plan now about
to be, offered will distribute
more than $350,000,000 be-
fore February, 1935, to the
same class of farmers.
As soon as the wheat-grow-
ers’ checks begin to get into
circulation,—some of them
have already been made out—
Mr. Peek anticipates there
will be a rush of corn-hog
men to get in on the new deal,
and that there will spread a
feeling of confidence that
what Washington is doing is
not merely talk.
• * •
Cotton and Tobacco
The cotton program has al-
ready shown important re-
sults in the South. This year’s
crop has been reduced from an
estimated 17,000,000 bales to
about 13,000,000. This has
kept the price of cotton from
collapsing, and in the mean-
time the bonus money earned
by cotton growers cooperating
in the program has been dis-
tributed to the extent of $110,-
000,000 actually handed out
by Uncle Sam. Moreover,
there will accrue, to many cot-
ton growers a bonus of about
$43,000,000 on cotton option-
ed to the Government, and
those who are holding over
any of the 1933 crop can bor-
row on it up to 10 cents a
pound, or $50 a bale, from the
new Commodity Credit Corpo-
ration, so they will not have
to sell at a loss if the market
drops.
In the tobacco market simi-
lar results have been achieved,
Mr. Peek said. Ninety-five
per cent of the growers of flue-
cured tobacco have signed
agreements for the reduction
of next year’s crop. The A. A.
A. in the meantime negotiated
an agreement with the tobac-
co companies, whereby they
pay 17 cents a pound for this
year’s crop, plus a processing
tax of 4.2 cents a pound. This
has resulted, this year in giv-
ing the tobacco growers about
$100,000,000 for their crops,
as against $43,000,000 for the
1932 crop, and in addition
about $10,000,000 of bonu3
money ont of the processing
tax is being distributed.
In the cigar tobacco, Barley
and other tobacco districts,
similar benefits to the growers
are working out.
• • *
Milk Agreements Next
Probably the most diffieuit
problem to solve is that of
milk, but Mr. Peek is confident
that the Government’s effort
so far have been soundly based
and that in every “milk-shed”
agreements similar to those al-
ready in effect in the Chicago
milk-shed will be worked out.
In the meantime the Dairy
Marketing Corporation is al-
ready taking all the surplus
butter off the market, stabiliz-
ing the price effectively.
In rice, apples, nuts, small
fruits ar.d some other lines,
Mr. Peek is satisfied that the
progress made has already
benefitted the farmer. , Rice
growers, he said, have got
$30,000,000 for their 1933
crop, instead of the $20,090,-
000 they would have had with-
out Government aid.
In the face of these achieve-
ments, Mr. Peek and every-
body else in the Administra-
tion think that there ia little
ground for complaint on the
part of any considerable body
of farmers; certainly less than
there has been for many years
past.
He Had One at Home
Charley: "Ever see one of
them machines that can tell
when a person is lying?”
Jim: “Seen one? Good Lord,
I married one.”—Patton's
Monthly.
He who follows another is
always behind — Sunshine
Monthly.
YOU be the
JUDGE
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store, we solicit your business upon the trial
basis for we believe we can please you in ev-
ery respect. We are willing for you to be the
judge as to our statement that it will pay you
to buy your groceries here—considering qual-
ity, service and the expense of operating your
car to and from the grocery store.
Let us deliver your groceries—no waiting
—no delays.
All you have to do is call us over the tele-
phone, just like a large number of satisfied
customers are doing—and we will have your
order right over.
During the winter months you will espe-
cially be pleased with our free delivery service.
Canned goods, package goods, flour, lard,
sugar, coffee, meat, fresh fruits', fresh vege-
tables—all as near as your telephone.
This is a Home-owned Grocery Store.
Phone 28
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Washington, Nov. 20.—
Merchants and manufacturers
in all parts of the country
have voluntarily sent to the
National Recovery Adminis-
tration statements showing
steadily increased business as
a result of widespread re-
employment. Some sent du-
plicate copies of* reports re-
quired under provisions of
codes. Many were accompa-
nied by letters which attri-
buted improved conditions en-
tirely to the operation of NBA
and occasionally contained
militant declarations in urging
universal support. Nearly all
covered the period ending Oc-
tober 31.
“I think it is about time
those who have lived closely to
the NRA and seen the tremen-
dous benefits it has conferred
upon a large cross section of
American life and business
should give their views on
this subject,” wrote one north-
eastern manufacturer. “We
closed our fiscal year October
31 with the best showing since
1929. Speaking selfishly, we
have great- admiration for
what NRA has accomplished.
It is impossible for people to
be depressed In factories
where an atmosphere of bust-
ling activity prevails."
Expressing the conviction
that NRA has “started the
whole country on the upward
trend,” the proprietor of one
of the largest department
stores in the South wrote:
"Let me give you a few fig-
ures on our business. Our pay
roll for August and September
1933 was $9,955 greater than
the corresponding period of
1932, but our business im-
proved more than enough to
take care of that; in fact, it
was better than it has been
since 1929. I have lost hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars
since 1929, and up to the time
NRA went into effect prospects
for the future were far from
bright. But I feel the new
spirit, the new hope, the re-
newed courage our President
has instilled into the American
people makes the future as-
sured, provided we buckle
down and go to work. But for
NRA there would have been
thousands of merchants out of
business now and suffering
from loss not only of then-
money but their courage and
faith, whieh is worse.
“I cater to all classes, and
my experience shows that peo-
ple do not mind paying the
price when they are making
money. I believe the big in-
dustries should realize this.
The only possible way the en-
tire cycle can he started—and
it baa been—is through the
working man.”
Many other merchants have
written in that tone.
Pool Manufacturing Co.,
Sherman, has increased its
payroll about $75,000 a year
by adding a number of em-
ployee to Its plants.
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1933, newspaper, November 24, 1933; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth765059/m1/2/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Timpson Public Library.