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Wednesday, Jan. 20,1999
The Clifton Record
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Beewilderment
I A casual conversation that
' started as a small buzz the other
evening took a turn for the worse
• as just ooe more
example of our
• government gone
; stray became
; crystal clear
; You’ve driven by
; them many times
I — those big
. bright blue bee
.' boxes (say that
t three times real
; fast while turning circles and pat
; ting yourself on the head' — but did
■ you ever give them a second
‘ thought’’
! Apparently, this is some kind of
; strange insectual welfare expen
; ment gone awry, and something
; need to be done
• First off, nobody ever built these
- little roadside homes for our native
I bees No, we had to wait until mil
{lions of the foreign vanety started
; invading our countryside illegally
• Instead of chasing them back
• across the border or at least mak
ing them get little green cards, we
built them community housing If
these bees are so tough to begin
with, can’t they build their own
hives’’
Someone made the remark, too,
j that no matter where you drive, you
can spot these things, but they're
always on the right side of the road
Sounds like a liberal left-wing con
spiracy to me Somebody is trying
to make it look like somebody else
is to blame for yet another subsidy
These little houses are not even
built well, either They are almost
always tilted toward one end or the
other, but upon closer examination
we found out why It seems, like any
social gathering, the guy bees all
congregate toward the living room
Slicks and Stones
By Joyce Niemeier.
Contributing Writer
Care Packages
It has been a tradition, for as long
ps I can remember, that our family
—I would send along
what we called
HI “care packages"
V with family mem
H bers after they had
visited with one
another.
|jpc When I was four.
^ we moved to the
Fbrt Worth area from the farm. Af
ter hog killing time, and the peanut
harvest, we would receive a pack
age filled with cracklins, peanuts,
and other goodies.
Mom would make cracklin’
combread, and, believe me, there
was nothing better than that hot
• combread and a big glass of ice cold
milk. It’s been years since I’ve had
any cracklin’ combread, but right
at this moment, as I’m typing this,
I’m tasting it in my memory
Mom would also make peanut
brittle with some of the peanuts, but
my dad and I enjoyed them much
better parched. We would put a big
bunch on a cookie sheet and pop
them in the oven, stir a few times,
and when they were done, take
them to the living room and eat
them while we listened to our
nightly programs on the radio
“Inner Sanctum,” “The Fat
Man," and the “Grand Old Opry"
kept us company while we cracked
shells and munched our way
through the bowl
When we went back to the farm
in Oklahoma, my grannie and Aunt
Lillie would always load us down
id
a* <
where football is usually on the big-
screen while the lady bees congre
gate in the kitchen toward the
center of the structure fixing
snacks and discussing their “sto
*nes ”
Another in the conversation sug
gested that the boxes are really
“traps" for the “mean" bees Once
again, socialism gone awry, as we
reward those with unacceptable be
havior and those who go about their
everyday life without causing a fuss
go unnoticed or unrewarded
The most amazing thing is.
though, that with the state looking
at $5 6 billion in excess funds this
year, some legislator, or at the very
least a circuit court judge, hasn t
suggested or even mandated that
the housing program be expanded
Next thing you know, we ll have to
be building Little ramps to the boxes
and giving them reserved parking
spaces
One good thing, though, is that
while the government is a master
at addressing the ridiculous, they
have not yet crossed over into the
realm of the sublime That comes
next year, when condominiums for
fire ants will begin to appear m a
block near you There goes the
neighborhood
Oh, well, there’s always one thing
we can look forward to and hope for
Maybe the Y2K bug will wipe out
the killer bees and fire ants, too We
can always hope Osmosis amoe
bas, and Onward thru the Ento
mology
Letters To
The Editor
To The Editor:
Dear Leon,
1 would like to thank you for the
excellent coverage your paper
gives to the Clifton Cubs The pho
tos, stats, and articles are a joy for
a parent to see and the schedules
are such a help to all the fans
The article David Anderson
wrote about our last home game
made you feel like you were there
all over again, and the photo Carol
Moulton took of Chris flying up for
a basket brought tears to my eyes
Win, lose, or draw, all the Clifton
athletes are rewarded by your car
ing coverage The Record is a big
part of what makes Bosque County
special1
Sincerely,
■ * " Utann Sondahl.
Clifton
Dear Editor
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This Week In Texas History
State Senator
Switches Sides
to
On Jan 21,1863, an infamous turn
coat Texan faced a
jury of his jilted
peers, Confederate
officers who did not
take kindly to one of
their own switching
sides in the middle
of the Civil War
Martin D Hart
was 12 years old.
when his family moved from Indiana
to provincial Texas in 1833 Three sum
mers later, the strapping youth shoul
dered a weapon in defense of the new
Republic as a member of Hart’s
Mounted Men organized by his father
Martin Hart made a name for him
self as well as a tidy fortune practicing
law in Hunt County Timing to politics
like countless attorneys before and
since, he served a single term in the
state house of representatives before
winning a seat in the senate
The stauqch Unionist used his high
office as a pulpit for preaching against
the evils of secession. After the Lone
Star pullout however. Hart seemingly
submitted to majority rule by enlisting
in the Confederate Army No one ques
tioned his motives because thousands
of like minded Texans did the same
rather than take up arms against their
friends and kinfolk.
Any doubt about the convert's corn
mitment to the southern cause was dis
pelled in July 1862 by his formation of
the Greenville Guards The company
of hometown cavalrymen chose the
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always found a way into the car
My mother continued this tradi-
tion when I moved away. Either left
overs from one of her big family
dinners or some of dad's garden
produce would follow us home.
When we moved to the farm we
continued the tradition of those
early “care packages.” I would send
the end results of our garden home
with my parents and brother, and
of course mom would bring down a
special cake or pie to us.
Now that I have grandkids,
nieces, and a nephew, I am continu-
ing the tradition. My nephew loves
my pumpkin cake, so a few days af-
ter Christmas, when we went to see
mom and the rest of the bunch, the
pumpkin cake was one of our trav-
eling companions, as was fresh
eggs ahd several packages of the
hog we had butchered.
My grandkids also benefit from
this tradition, too, for they seldom
go home without some goodie from
the form. My daughter is also con-
tinuing the tradition, for the chick-
ens are hers and she makes sure
the kids or her uncle has fresh eggs
if her hens are laying.
Traditions are very important. I
think it is one of the things that hold
families together. I know my daugh-
ter will continue this tradition and
hopefully, so will my grandkids af-
ter they are grown and have fami-
lies of their own.
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founder as their captain.
A year later. Hart and his hand
picked men were sent to Arkansas to
reinforce hard pressed Rebel forces
Taking advantage of this ideal oppor
tunity to defect, the northern svmpa
thizers reported to Union
headquarters in Springfield, Missouri
and swore allegiance to the United
States.
Hart was given a captain’s commis
sion and orders to recruit a regiment
in North Texas, where the vote in eight
counties had gone against secession.
While backtracking through Arkansas,
he was to harass the enemy and to
eliminate several civilian supporters of
the Confederacy
Meanwhile, another northern bom
Tfexan assumed command of the south
em contingent in western Arkansas
and the Indian Territory Brig. Gen
William Steele soon alerted his supe
nor to the fact that the renegade Hart
was wreaking havoc in the countryside
#toith a bloodthirsty band of Unionists
‘ and deserters.
In her account of an encounter with
the Federal bushwhackers," Sophia
Kannady described the notorious cap
tain as a perfect gentleman "Hart
lifted me off mv horse He was a fine
looking man, and while he nibbed us of
our team, provisions, and everything
else, he did not cause me to be
searched nor did he take my horse "
Noncombatants on Hart's hit list
were not accorded such courtesy The
ragtag irregulars beat Edward Rich
ardson to a pulp before pumping him
full of lead, and Lt. J.W Hays shot Col
DeRosy Carroll to death on his front
porch
By this time, Steele believed the
rampage was the prelude to a major
offensive T am satisfied that commu
nication is being kept up between Hart
' and Abolition sympathizers in North
em Texas, and he may attempt to push
his raid into that section ”
The 1st Texas Partisan Rangers left
Fbrt Smith on Jan. 20.1863, in search
of Hart Lt. Col R.P Crump instructed
Capt A V Reiff to go on ahead in the
hope of picking up the traitors' trail
The resourceful subordinate did bet
ter than that Posing as a northern of
ficer anxious to link up with Hart so “we
can together give the Rebs a good
fight '' Reiff persuaded a gullible lad to
show him the way to his hideout.
The Texas troops silently sur
rounded the mill and blacksmith shop,
where the guerrillas evidently were
sound asleep Nine Arkansans inside
the mill immediately gave up, but the
Greenville gang refused to budge from
the second structure until acceptable
terms were negotiated.
“We surrender as prisoners of war1 ”
hollered Hart.
“No!” Lt. Col. Crump shouted back.
“Unconditional surrender within five
minutes, or I shall fill the shop full of
holes!"
Their bluff called, eight turncoats
filed out of the flimsy fortress A ninth
forfeited his life in a short, suicidal
stand
Hart and his right hand henchman
were tried bv court martial the very
next day at Fbrt Smith. Convicted on
two counts of murder, they were sen
tenced to swing the following morning
When the noose was slipped over his
head. Hays began to bawl and to beg
for mercy. In sharp contrast to his
cringing comrade. Hart earned the
grudging respect of the executioners
with his calm demeanor and insistence
that he alone was to blame for the
crime wave. A moment later, the mo
bile gallows lurched forward, and the
condemned dropped into oblivion.
Martin Hart could have avoided his
grisly fate by casting his lot with the
Union in the first place. But once the
bullet began to fly, a change of heart
was bound to be fatal.
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HIGHLIGHTS
■_
By Ed Sterling Association
AUSTIN — Families and friends of
lawmakers swarmed to Austin last
week for the opening of the 76th
Texas Legislature on Jan 12, kicking
off the 140-day regular session
On the minds of most legislators
and lobbyists this session is how to
spend a projected state budget sur
plus of $5 6 billion
Retiring Democratic Lt Gov Bob
Bullock slammed the Senate gavel to
open the session, before bidding the
Legislature farewell after his more
than 40 years of public service
Bullock's Republican successor.
Rick Perry, will play a powerful role
in deciding which bills live or die and
how the budget surplus will be spent
Bullock continued to preside over
the Senate until Perry's official
swearing in this week Regarding his
ascendancy to the office of lieutenant
governor, former agriculture com
missioner Perry said, “It's not easy
following a legend"
After Bullock turned over the gavel
to new Senate president pro tempore.
Teel Bivins <R Amarillo), Bivins
hailed Bullock. Lyndon Johnson, and
Sam Rayburn as “the three giants of
Texas politics in the 20th century"
Meanwhile, Rep James E "Pete"
Laney (D Hale Center), was unani
mouslv re-elected to a fourth term as
speaker of the House Laney already
is busy picking House committee
chairmen and vice chairmen and as
signing other members to commit
tees
And, Gov George W Bush, whose
Jan 19 inauguration does nothing to
dampen speculation about his presi
dential aspirations, repeated his
pledge that he will remain focused on
the legislative session until his
agenda is passed
Kvlander Recommends Budget
New Texas Comptroller Carole
Keeton Rylander recommended
adopting a “family-style" budget
as she delivered her first official
revenue estimate to the Texas
Legislature on Jan 8
"Texas is a big, extended fam
ily,” she said "Like any good fam
ilv, we need to spend wisely, invest
wisely and save some for a rainy
day. this revenue estimate lets
the state do that"
Rylander estimated $471 million
will be transferred to the Eco
nomic Stabilization Fund or “rainy
day” fund, and she forecasted the
following:
• $94 billion in earnings from all
sources in fiscal 2000 2001.
• $4 4 billion on hand in unspent
funds from the current biennium,
including $1.1 billion from the
state's tobacco lawsuit settle
ment.
• $58 billion available for gen
eral purpose spending.
• $40 billion to be collected from
sources including federal funds,
tax proceeds and assorted fees
AG To Probe
Tobacco Litigation
Attorney General John Cornyn
last week said he intends to inves-
tigate Texas' tobacco industry liti
gation to see whether civil or
criminal wrongdoing has been
committed
Cornyn said he would not give
the five “hired gun" lawyers who
represented the state in its anti
tobacco lawsuit a release on be
half of the state “for any legal or
unethical conduct that they may
have engaged in while represent-
ing the state."
Other Highlights
• General Land Office survey-
ors last month measured the
height of the state Capitol at
302.64 feet tall, from the Oval Walk
at the south entrance to the tip of
the star in the hand of the God
dess of Liberty The height of the
U S Capitol is 288 feet, from the
East Walk to the top of the dome's
Statue of Freedom
• Gov Bush has appointed Daisy A
Stiner as executive director of the Texas
Department of Housing and Community
Affairs. She served as acting director of
the agency following the August resigna
bon of Larry Paul Manley
• The Texas Board of Health last
week gave initial approval to rules
that would require a warning label
for most prod’ jts containing ephe
drine, an ingredient in many
weight loss and energy boosting di
etary supplements.
• Elton Bomer. former Texas in
surance commissioner, was sworn
in Jan 11 as secretary of state, re
placing A1 Gonzales, who has been
appointed by Gov. Bush to replace
former Justice Raul Gonzalez on
the Texas Supreme Court.
• Gov. Bush last week appointed
Austin businessman Robert J.
Huston to a four-year term as chair-
man of the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission.
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Nazarene. at 1105 North Brazos in
Whitney
There continues to be a critically low
blood supply across Central Texas and
the nation
"This is one of the worst shortages
we've seen." said Diane Jenkins senior
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can Red Cross Red Cross typically
operates on a three day supply of blood
but lately it has been operating on a
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AH types are needed, but type O
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Jenkms urges all area residents to step
forward and bring a friend Tb donate
persons must be at least 17 years of age
weigh at least 110 pounds, and be in good
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day and Tuesday. Eeb 8 and 9. from
1 to 4 pm. at the Clifton Civic Cen
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The cost will be $8 per person
There must be at least 20, but no
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Completion of the class will give
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 20, 1999, newspaper, January 20, 1999; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth790914/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.