Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 246, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1933 Page: 3 of 4
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MT. PLEASANT DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, JANUAR Y20, 1933.
When in need of anything
in the grocery line call us
We deliver whether orders
are large or small
W.T. BLACK
" STAPLE u FANCY GROCERIES '-
QUO LI TV SERVICE # HONEST PMCES '
116 IV. SECOND ST. MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS PHONE 336 337
THEY DESERVE IT
A strange theory is propounded by j
Lincoln Steffens in his autobiography. | 5ft
Middle-age dreaders will recall that
Steffens was the leading muckraker
in the Rooseveltian days. He expos-
ed unbelievable graft and corruption
in every city and state he visited,
i After thinking it all over, Steffens
now concludes that corruption is an
inevitable accompaniment of the evo-
lution of our civilization from agri-
cultural to industrial. Our constitu-
tion, laws, and customs lag about a
century behind the immediate neces-
sities of business. Business can’t
wait to get the laws changed by hon-
est hut suspicious and unintelligent
i legislators. Therefore it must elect
and control lawmakers who will vote
"right” when the whip is cracked.
I Of course, under this scheme, bu. i-
siness obtains franchises, concession-
and nrivileges that are of great val-
ue, but since the people themselves
: don’t know what to do with the oi .
V^eopde are said to enjoy the sleep
of the just, but unfortunately the just
too often do their sleeping on elec
tion day. Then they wake up the
day after the voting, and spend many
weeks deploring the decline of the
American people, and their lack of
judgment.
* SPECIALS FOR
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
New low price on Palmolive, 2 for..... 13c
Super Suds, suds in a flash, 3 for 25c
Giant Crystal White Soap, 4 for 15c
S ounce Crystal White Chips 30c
40 oz. Crystal White Granulated 25c
Sea Foam Powder, 3 for____________________ 10c
Big Peet yellow laundry soapf 4 for 15c
S lb. cartons Lard 50c
Extra high patent flour_________ 75c
20 lbs. Pure Cane Sugar ____________________$1.00
24 lbs. Cream Meal_________________ 30c
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Ed Jones Grocery
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the means whereby a wilderness bad i a good thing for himself and
get our good roads, schools and cen- i sociates and all the stockholders, but
tral power stations. These develop- become a laml caPable of supporting j profitj he majntained, was in-
ments are later described as progress five million people and that it had j finitesinial compared to the billions
A great railroad operator confided been able to do this job only by ! 0f wealth which had been created and
to Steffens that he despised the dirty “owning” the government. j jn which the whole country shared.—
job of corrupting state legislatures The man did not deny that th-* I Imperial Magazine.
Smile
at the
Ache*
Ordinary pains— head-
ache and neuralgia, museum
lar pairs, functional pains,
the headache and congested
feeling of a cold in the
head—how quickly they
disappear when you take a
tablet or two of
DR.MILES*
OMr-TTUnt
Dr. Miles1 Aspir-Mint is the
new, stable, mint-flavored tablet
that is making people all over
the country “Smile at the Ache”
15c and 25c at your drug store
YOU LL GET RELI EF~
OR YO.UR MONEY BACK
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1706-1790 |timber- waterfalls and other natural
_ ) resources, it is perhaps just as wel
t, . . ,__I that they fall into the hands of men
Benjamin Franklin was too long j ^ j
regarded as one of the lesser lights j
of the American Revolution. In trutn, Through bribery and corruptions, a
he outshone any of his contemporar- , railroad is able to build a beautiful
ies, not excepting Washington, w terminal in the heart of a great city,
general all-around ability and intel- f ^nd when it is built everyone ack-
lect. His autobiography should be j nowledges that it is properly locate’ .... . .-rrr-.............. • - r
on the bookshelf, not of every library | ar‘d is a public convenience. Again, i,ut sa;j that his railroad had been railroad, with its privileges, had been
but of every home. As an example , through bribery and corruption, we fVio maaYtc. v,0,i!a good thing for himself and his as-
of courage, modesty and thrift it is
unparalleled.
Sentiment is turning toward pu
ting Franklin on the pedestal where
j properly he belongs. The bankers,
have seized upon his birthday, Jan-
uary 17, as an opportunity for an
annual thrift propaganda.
And a good thing, too. Thrift is
the one thing Americans have to
learn if they hope to keep up the
high standards of living. “A penny
saved is a penny earned,” was a say-
ing of Franklin’s that has become a
classic, and never was a truer one.
One should not overlook, however,
the mo»t inspiring things about this
printer’s apprentice who became
great. He walked wTith kings and
talked with nobles, and they did him
honor. He brought to America re-
spect in Europe at a time when more
volatile ambassador to France might
j have worked serious injury to the
! cause of the Revolution. Let us by
i all means honor Franklin. But mo:e
than that let us not forget Franklin
was great.—Contributed.
Hebrides is the name applied to
all the islands of the west coast of
Scotland, popularly known as the
Western Isles.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jenkins of Am-
arillo are visiting in the home of the
latter’s brother, A. J. Copellar.
One-fifth of the population of the
United States attends the movies
daily.
WHITE HYACINTHS
to feed the soul
A great department store, one of the largest in
the country, published a most unusual advertisement.
“Buy something you don’t need,” it read. And there
is a sound and worthy philosophy beneath that seem-
ingly cold and calloused plea ... a philosophy that has
endured for centuries.
“If I had two loaves,” wrote the Persian poet,
Sadi of Shiraz, “I would sell one, and buy white hya-
cinths, to feed my soul.” And throughout all history,
men have sold their loaves to buy white hyacinths.
We would modify the exhortation of the depart-
ment store. Buy something you could do without, but
something you very much want.... The antique chair
you’ve been promising yourself. The new carpeting
for the dining room. . . . The electric grandfather ’s
clock, or the sterling silver.
Values were never so great, for the amount ex-
peded, as now. You have only to turn to the adver-
tisements in this newspaper to be convinced. Here is
written a story too important for you to miss. And
very often you will find you may keep both loavee . . .
and have your hyacinths as well.
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mu i milium.
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 246, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1933, newspaper, January 20, 1933; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth784951/m1/3/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.