The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1933 Page: 6 of 8
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THE LLANO NEWS, LLANO. TEXAS
THURSDAY, JULY 27. 1933.
Intimate Glimpse of Sugarland Prison Farm
Given By Editor; Real Service to the State
(E! (/amp-
"stHge flight" in these fellows just
as you always see in ‘'home talent
productions.” They w*ere just sis anx-
ious to pain applause from these
———• newspaper men and women as any
who cannot stand prosperity are giv- ordinary group of actors. They also
(d such treatment as their case re- realized, no doubt, that newspaper
quires. jmen are likely to be a critical audi-
Lee Simmons. :n talking with some ence, hut in this case all of them
Simmons in a visit to'the new can- cf us. said: "Only about three or j seemed to he glad to encourage the
ning factory and packing plant on lour per cent of these men fail to inmates.
the prison farm at Sugarland on Sat-J respond to good treatment w ith a I The orchestra was led by Bob Sil-
uiday afternoon. They were shown, like consideration for their guards,
through this new plant and saw the j and 1 made up my mind that those
PcLial process used :n canning ail three or four per cent were not going
<,f the vegetables for the state in si - to run this penitentiary."
tut < n and inspecting the new meat The result is that they treat every
The Ttxas Press Association me in
be:rs were the invited guests of Lee
packing plant recently built aid put
in operation by the Lioates of the
Ter as State Penitentiary.
The canning plant was in operation
at the t:mc of the vis.t and w< were
shown the exact processes cf ctang
ing .e fresh picked green b»an into
the canned product
The News editor was among those
who *)£ui this privilege and it was a
real privilege as well as a pleasure
to see that a sane and a humane sys
lorn of handling cur convicts is be-
ing worked out and put into practice
by these who are in charge of our
penal institutions.
The packing plant was not in op-
eiaticn at the time of our vu-A nerc-
hut we saw great Quantities cf fresh
and ured meat axd it was handled
any packing company could handle it.
in as . Jean and sanitary a manner as
Every inmate who works at this
unit, where fete, .s prepared > g ven
a rigid physical examination before
TrTug transferred to the canning or
any food department and i b kept in
Hist ;.ass physical condition.
■who murdered and robbed a theatre
ver, a young max from Fort Worth,
owner, made a dramatic escape* and
was later condemned to the chair.
His sentence was commuted to life
imprisonment.
Warden Dade and Bob conceived
the idea of getting up an orchestra,
and they have a very creditable bunch
who play all of the latest music as
well as those you bear on the out-
side.
So many asked, “which is Bob Sil-
ver ” that the warden asked him to
This new unit at Sugarland is not
completed yet, but it is mighty fine
and the prison board and Lee Sim- !
mons, with all the others who have
co-operated, are due much commen-
dation for their effort to make these
ruen and women more useful citizens, i
when they are released from the in- j
stitution.
Granting that the prison officials j
"nut their best foot forward” on this j
occasion, the very fact that they have i
so good a "foot" to put forward, is j
conclusive proof that they are mak- |
ing a strong effort to render a real seat opposite roe. A husky gob is
service to the state, by making bet-j doing in the seat next to hers.
MILES BUTTERY
UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER
llano rexAs
HIMBBK LLANO OHAUBBH OF COMMBKCM
SERVICE AND SUCCESS
man just as well as he will let them,
and the ones who are incorrigible are
segregated and given such treatment
as their case de,mands.
The newspaper men and their wiv-
es were permitted to talk with the
prisoners 0n duty and we found them
as accommodating and cheerful as
i ny .ether class of workmen you would
meet and unquestionably delighted ,- tand up .which he did, with all the
to "talk to somebody from the out- bland assurance of any orchestra
side.” leader. He is a good looking young
A very fine dinner was given to the mail of possibly 28 0r JO years, with
visitors and the young men who wait- a million dollar smile,
ed m the tables were clean, gentle- Bob Silver, of course, is a "noted
manly fellows and appeared to have prisoner,” and he and all the other
somewhat better manners than the performers were brought from inside
average waiter. There was none of the walls at Huntsville for this per-
the smart aleck” in their conduct, formance. Warden Dade said that
and these boys and young men should he. took these men right off their reg
tome out of this place better equip- piar jobs, the negroes being on the
ped than many who have never learn- wood chopping force and coming
cd the value of obedience. > right out of the woods.
They nave a fine school system in- The newspaper group were at least
stalled and everyone of these fellows half ladies, and a veritable groan of
i» ioreed to learn to read and write, sympathy arose from them when they
A very large proportion of the men learned which one was Silver. We
iionvicted and sent to prison are tot- heard many of them say, "Why he
Among other things they take a'. lly illiterate and very few of them can't be a hardened criminal.” Frank-
batb and put on , lean clothes ween have progressed beyond tbe fourth jy, we shall not be surprised to see a
they go to work in the morning and grade
again when they go tc work at noon ^ --------- ------ - j
The whole place is kept scoured qp- ignorance and crime go hand in hand, chance to give all of the ladles a
til it fairly shines j The fact that they are ignorant also --.mile, we'd be faced with a revolu-
Mosl of the men are young and full makes them easier to catch and con- ^ion in a week, if he were not turned
c' life. We saw them turned out -v ict, while the better educated crim- out.
when the six o’clock whistle blew, o&ls would be more likely to escape! The mere incident that he was cor-
and they came out jumping and seal- punishment. victed for killing and robbing a man
fimg with earn other nice a hunch cf The prisoners gave the visitors a and forced another man and woman
school boys at the close cf school. show—a regular vaudeville—with to carry him nearly across the Slate
The old idea of the “lock step” and singing, dancing and a two act play-| of T«-xa«. will have no weight when
rigid discipline was nowhere ,n evi- let It was a good one and those fel- .the ladies see him smile. They know
rience. The men are allowed all the lows showed a lot of talent in their j by "woman's intuition,” or something
ter men and women in every way, of
those who are under their supervis-
ion.
BUMPIN' ALONG IN A BUS
By Pearle Seal Butler
No wonder such people as O. O.
McIntyre. Will Rogers. Robert Davis
and Arthur Brisbane (with due apol-
ogies to the toursome) can write
"Will it bother you if 1 smoke?"
she inquires, solicitously of the gob.
By BRUCE BARTON
Here is the advertisements of an
who has carressed many a soapy deck ;.utomoWI(1 colnpanv, one of the frfat.
for Uncle Sam.
< st in the world. And
The bus grows intolerably oppres- tTeate>t? 0n whM dof>(,
sive. I struggle in vain to lift my )aj|D f
window, which is closely related to
why is it
it base its
leadership? On its huge
, , fi’my of workmen or its high salaried
, . executives? you might read its ad-
installs in his cars. The man seated
b-side me makes no move to assist,
j He sits as stoic as an Indian chief,
fince they do not paint. It is lncon-ieves fixed on the driver, the western
ceivable, that on- could travel con-1 horizon, or something beyond the
stantly and see such interesting. , range of his fellow passenger's vis-
-musing, or wretched people, such , ion. Presently he takes out a pipe
varied, beautiful, or sordid scenes , strong enough to do hand springs and
as they without striving to convey fires it up.
bis impressions tn others. Surely he What woman said she did not .are
will long to become an artist or a for chivalry in men? She is only Ud-
vvriter. Of course, ne might aspire ding herself. Women adore men with
to being an engaging conversational- charming manners, and their dlsput-
ist, but wtc would have time to li«-[ing the fact Is simpl'- another pose s put at >°ur feet and give
they have assumed since climbing v°u every,hi"S th»' <«n possibly
down from their pedistals and up the demand.” Manufacturers of bund-
hill of independence. Of course it Jl ^ equipment, of clothes, of food
would be unbecoming for women
vertisemrnts for years without sus-
pecting that it had either. "We are
great because of our service,” the ad
|vertiementn cry. "We will crawl un-
der your car oftener and get our
i l acks dirtier than any of our com-
petitors. Drive up to our service
, stations and ask for anything at all
J—-it will be granted cheerfully. We
serve; therefore, we grow.
A manufacturer of shoes makes
the same boost in other terms. “We
ten to him?
These thoughts are flitting thru
my mind as I travel westward in
Texas on ; luxurious bus. Mv win-
dow affords magnificent kaleldoscop- demand equality and deference at
treat “sob squad" organized to get
These and other facts prove that Bob Silver pardoned If he had a
ic views.
The bus is speeding past a tour-
ist camp nestled beside a flowing
cieek at tbe bss** of «. cbalk hill. A
caravan of Gypsies has occupied the done. too.
entire camp. As if by the wave of a !
fairy’s wand their creaky, delapidat-
eci vans of yore have been changed
into shiny, graceful motor cars.
Their clothes are quaintly, colorfully
beautiful The women moving about
under trees make gay patches of
the same time. But many an old
scamp has sold himself to the lady
of his heart by exhibiting Sir Walter
Raleigh stuff And it'« still being
J0 all of them tell the same story. "Ser-
jvice is fhat we are here for.” they
claim. They call ft the "spirit cf
modem business;” they suppose,
of them, that it is something very
new But Jesus preached it more
than nineteen hundred years ago.
One afternoon in a Pullman car
the late George W. Perkins was talk-
ng about the reasons why men suc-
ceed and fall.
I "I am amazed by some of the young
reasons why America men who asked me to uae my hnGu
THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEW
FRONTIER
One of the
w'ways came eut of its 19th century > nee to get them better positions or
purple and yellow and re d against the ,* ♦‘Pi’eesfons *o completely was That increases in salary," he said. "Such
it always had a frontier awaiting de-
velopment. When industrial stagna-
latitude that the:
-e but thc.se werk. We noted some evidence of -hat be can't be a hardened criminal
<m»rald grass of early spring
A buxom miss is arising at
bus. An elderly woman seated next 0°n in the East had reached a cer-
to the aisles steps out to let the* t:in point, the country could turn
young woman by She comes tc ward West, roll up its sleeves and proceed
the- ba-K cf the bus, sits down in t
Texas and the New Deal
f I0 TAKE THE SEW DEAL out of the realm of criticism and bring its full import
I to hear upon the practical maners of life is a duty and a privilege peculiarly
JL incumbent upon Texans. The new, National Policies are so comprehensive that
they affect the aspirations, the feelings and the faiths of all. But more particularly do
they affect our livings.
Wc cannot ali at once absorb and digest the potencies and ramifications of the changed
conditions, but we of Texas need not doubt that our State, foremost of all, stands to gain
a new prospe rity out of the new departures We produce the primary materials from which
art manufactured the comforts and necessities of civilized living the world over. Our State
stands far out in front of all the other exporting grand divisions, having last year surpassed
New York in the value of commodities and merchandise shipped out oi our ports. It
behooves Texas to continue to knock at the door of commerce and trade in the world
markets. We send our cotton, our wool, our livestock our hides, our green vegetables, our
c ured meats, our sulphur, our petroleum, our vegetable oil. our grain, our lumber to all the
other States and to fifty foreign countries. We art gaining in the volume oi our finished
goods, and in producing and distributing our saleable values we are giving employment
and wages to an industrious and capable working population We are gathering new
strength after an unwonted period of weakness.
It is gratifying to the millions of loyal Texans that Texas is to have an adequate exhibit
at the Century of Progress Exposition at Chicago. The statistical position of Texas is
beyond the questioning of the querulous. But statistics are and things, often skipped by
the casual reader. At the Century of Progress Exposition, with the autumn months ye? to send
and many thousands wi!! oe visually assured that what Texas claims is what Texas proves.
The full measure of results to be gathered from recent far-reaching legislation cannot
be taken all at once. But there is a new expectation, a new courage, a new hope in the
American people, and more consideration for the durable virtues of brotherly love and sin-
cerity. Texas offers fair and just rewards to all those who wish to live fairly and deal justly.
While many of us are unable fully to comprehend the effects and results of the far-
reaching legislation which has been enacted, we never- _
theless, as good citizens, should co-operate to the
best of our ability with our governmental agencies. C/ *
° Preudrut mud Or nr < at M<i
TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
through it discovered that the deprei
fob was gone.
No one needs tc
the old froniier
TEXANS, LET’S
I
an attitude on their part show* an
ihsolute failure to understand the
fundamentals of success. In all the
vears that I was in business 1 never
once asked what my salary was to
’o pull another sec tion cf the fron- le, or nay title, None (,f us who made
tier into the fold, and before it got that Company ever wasted time over
such questions. We had a vision cf
extending the Company’s service thru
out the world.”
That sounds sensible—good busi-
ness sense. But how does this sound?
''ll you're forever thinking about
saving your life,” Jesus said, "you’ll
lose it, but the man who loses hits life
shall find it.”
Because H* said it and He was a
tcligious teacher, because it's print
ed Bible, tbe world has dismissed it
.is high minded ethics but not hard
headed sense. But look again? Wha*
old Perkins mean if it wasn't that
ne and his friend- buried themselv
i h in their great undertaking, liter
illy lost their lives in it? And when
’key found their lives again, they
wt re all of them bigger and richer
than they had ever supposed they
would be Would such success have
i ome to them if they had been care
*ul about themselves?
We musn’t overdo this thing. ’
they might have said. "This is a
good company and deserves to grow,
hut every man must look out for his
own interests. Just what ts there go-
.np to be in it for us?" With such
n attitude they might have moved
vp to well-paid positions; but never
M outstanding success'
........o---
NEWSPAPER VALUES
Mi ■ ufaeturers and wholesalers gen
• tally appreciate the value of news-
)>u.per advertising above all other
forms. Witness the following, which
*vas taken from a circular sent to
re’ail merchants by a large whole-
sale house:
The value of your local news-
paper -to the success of your business
cannot be overestimated. It’s worth
.-Acaaw,.XP-i-J -A' i‘*n ii.'H.
can give it, for the newspaper is a
mirror reflecting the life of the com-
munity in which you and your storp
have an important part. Your ad-
vertisement is the reflection of your
store in this mirror. Everybody sees
it there. If it is not there, the mir-
ror is dark where your store should
he. You are there but you cannot
he seen. Your store is open for bus-
iness as usual, but "out of sight, out
of mind!" To keep in step with the
progress of your community: to get
veur share of business you must ad-
vertise regularly. Take your news-
paper publisher into your confidence.
He can give you invaluable assist-
ance. Establish an advertising bud-
get. Plan a regular schedule for your
advertisements. It’s a policy that is
followed by the most successful stor-
es: it’s an idea that will be profitable
for you.”—Brownwood Bulletin.
be told today that
I--*- is no more. We
! I aren't any vast undeveloped spaces
.'■long !h< *< stern horizon any long-
er; none, at least, that we can usc
j just now But we have a new fron-
t er theei days, if we only stop to
j tecognize it. and if c an serve us to-
day precisely as the old Western
| frontier served us a generation or
two ago.
Our frontier is less tangible than
the old ones, and you won't find it on
(i«y map. It includes practically all
el industry and nearly all of agricul-
ture. The pioneer- who are attack-
ing it are the workers, the farmers
end the business men of tbe United
States; their map—still a bit rough
iud uncertain, in spots—is the com-
bined industrial recovery and farm
n lief program.
it isn’t just a figure of speech to
sny that all of this stands as a new
frontier.
The old, physical frontier repre-
sented an obstacle to be conquered,
new path-* to be found. Jobs to he
filled, daring decisions to be made —
with a new space in which men and
women could < stablish homes, bring
i (i <hi
is the
Th*1*
actly t
It is
sn and hunt for happ;
•» frontier represents
same thing.
hallenge, just as the c,l<]
ir daring, our ingenuity
irciiKT Beyond it t
lies nothing less than a new t
order of living waiting to b*
exploited. The possibilities are as
unlimited as any that an early pkm- i
ec r saw when b»- climbed an unex-!
plored mountain peak and looked off
—^ , to, toto ■< to-to to to. to to.to to
The present * moment'' Ts the” end ofj
d depression, but it is also something ,
more important;; it is the beginning
of a new era. The future can be fin-1
er than anything in our past has j
been, if we just recognize our Dew \
frontier and tackle it as a frontier I
should be tackled.—Del Rio Evening *
News. I
POST NOTICE
All lands rcrmerly owned by J. C.
Stribling and Sons and now owned
and controlled by tbe undersigned are
hereby posted according to law. AH
former permits revoked.
FITZSIMONS LAND A CATTLE CO.
4-tf-c By Damon Smith, Mgr.
TO TARDE—Flock of sheep for i
goats. See me at John Smith former 1
home. Mrs. R H. Maxwell l?-p
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The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1933, newspaper, July 27, 1933; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth816555/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.