Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1940 Page: 2 of 6
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FACE TWO
FALFURRIAS FACTS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER «, 194Q
iFalf urruiB iFarts
Established In ltN
lack of deaire and determination to serve for
the good of all concerned These negative ele-
ments will bring any form of government to
ruin.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
At Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas
HOWARD BEIIRENT
Entered as second class matter. April 2, 1906 at
the Postoffice at Falfurrias. Texas, under the Act
of Congress of March 8, 1879.
J Whatever teaches self-denial, control, obe-
dience to law and order under the influence
MGR. EDITOR Christian idealism, certainly conduces to a
good end An army under proper leadership
works with this in view, and therefore seves
the purpose of government of the people. This
army should be recruited and supported in the
most effectual manner and means, even to
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LOYALTY COMES FIRST
people
MEMBER SOUTH TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
lODAY the American
mood to countenance disloyalty
are in no
of any
kind—no matter where it may be. Loyalty
must be unqualified from those in high places
AWARDS
Pabst Engraving Company cup for first as paper i , . .
with best front page in South Texas Press Conven- and ,n low'
tion contests of 1940. j A short time ago one of the nation’s lead-
South°TexasCpress Ccmv^ton^onte^jT^r^lwo6 '"j1'"* newspapers investigated the business ac-
Third place as best all-around newspaper m South Itivities of a commercial agent of the German
Texas Press Convention contests of 1940. .government in this country. This agent had |
‘ —'--— rented a local home under an assumed name
VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT NOT ENOUGH to negotiate deals of all kinds with some
TODAY, SAYS READER American business men. Great secrecy
--— rounded the transactions. Much of what ac-
This newspaper is not responsible for state- tually occurred is still shrouded in mystery,
ments or opinions in letters from its readers, but enough has been disclosed to shock the
- country. A few business men apparently
To The Falfurrias Facts: worked on the principle that nothing counted
A LETTER published in a Northern paper jsave profits. This is on a par with labor lead-
A states that “Compulsory military training eW who would call a strike to further their
has no place in a democracy ” This statement
analyzed in the light of logic appears incon-
sistent.
Under the present order of society due of
course, to its partial development along
Christian precepts there are two phases in-
volving unavoidable requirements: taxes and
military service- No nation know-s enough to
dispense with taxes; neither is any people so
virtuous and spiritually-conscious as to be a-
ble to demonstrate protection against IhieYes
and robbers in a Christ-like way. Therefore,
nations are obliged to meet the situation from
the standpoint of what is nearest right or
practicable under the circumstances.
It requires but feeble imagination to see
what would be the outcome of a system of
taxation based on voluntary payment. Of
course, there would be some patriotic citizen
who would voluntarily pay their taxes. For
own ends, regardless of its effect on our de- ]
fense program. . „
One of the business men involved has been
discharged from his position by his company
It is time for both government and industry
to work together to disclose any other ma- j
chinations of this kind that may exist. The i
overwhelming majority of American business (
men are true patriots but there are a few who a^?tant, wrLBY HU'
DEK and LLOYD GOFF and no
are for sale—even as there are a small num
This Is the time of year dur-
ing which the ladles linger be-
fore shop windows to admire
that fur coat and It is also the
time of year when the local
townspeople take time off to
lo< k over and talk over the new
crop of teachers. With classroom
activities underway this week,
the teachers, both new and old.
probably will be too busy to do
much more than instruct John-
ny and Mary In the rudiments of
reading, 'riting and ’rithmetic—
<>r do they teach the three Rs
these days? The Falfurrias
schools this year boast quite a
few new instructors—and am t
there lots of men teachers this
year? Looks like the escort pro-
blem shows signs of simplifica-
tion. Some of the newcomers
should be able to give us South
Texans a new slant on what goes
<-n in other parts of the country
because they come from such
places as Minnesota and Ne-
braska which to many of us
heretofore have been only
blotches of color on our geo-
graphy maps. One thing about a
new school term—Its activities,
etc. certainly helps to relieve the
sur- | monotony of long summer
months . . . and then there’s al-
ways junior who needs help with
his lessons . . .
The big shot in the elementary
schools again is E R W I N S.
BRAND (and we do mean big)
while Supt. H. L. CLIFTON and
Principal F. N. MILLER are the
No. 1 and No. 2 men in the high
school . . .
We all remember WESLEY
(Mister) MARTIN who this year
is charged with Dulling a foot-
ball team out of his hat . . . We
want to be the first to admit
that he came by the title of
“Mister” honestly since he now is
the man of the house and no
longer eats at boarding houses.
Jersey gridsters already have
had an oportunity to feel out the
ber of labor leaders and govenment officials
who are for sale—and the country must be rid
of them.
For some years the government has pur-
sued a policy of fighting business. It has at- i
tempted to destroy private power comanies,
which are most vital to defense which have j
done much to serve the people, and which are j
the same reason that a nation cannot depend .
on a system of voluntary payment of taxes it d°in£ the finest kind of a job in meeting the
cannot rationally depend on voluntary enlist- present emergency. Wouldn’t it be wiser now ;
ment to recruit its military in a warlike world, for government to work with, not against in- |
A citizen, whether or not he appreciates dustries of that kind—and, at the same time, j
the value of his state, is compelled to pay heip rid all industry of the Judases it- con-
taxes or lose hi, property He should likewise , That is the on)y kind of policy that can
be obliged to render military* service, and at , , . . .
the least expense to the people. This should secure total defense for Amenca*
be performed under competent leadership, by " ■
men imbued with the ideals of perfection,
who yet appreciate the necessity of emerging
degree by degree from good to better.
Democracy is an ideal of attainment, and
when a people proves unequal to demonstrate
it in the ordinary phases, they fall back into Resent oil-well drilling equipment is designed
the corporate state as expressed in the ideal- to penetrate the eart hto 17,000 feet, or near-
ogies rampant in Europe today. Democracy ly 3 Vi miles,
fails to work, not of itself, but, because the
Texas farmers and ranchers receive 30 cents
n oil lease and royalty payments for each dol-
lar they get for farm crops and livestock.
people concerned are too degenerate to make
it work. This applies to any other sound idea.
.Some of the contributing factors to govern-
ment downfall are selfishness greed, hate,
fear, corrupt politics, waste of wealth, and
Value of Texas crude oil at the wells in
1938 exceeded the value of all Texas farm
crops and livestock, including government
payments, by more than $127,000,000.
THESE ARE MY JEWELS
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,!f jplm,
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doubt there’s many a sore mus-
cle .. .
Others with a specific role to
play in the Falfurrias schools are
ROBERT FORD who takes over
where FRANK HOFFMAN left
off with the Green Shirt Band
and LILLIAN GARREN whose
job it will lie to make better
homemakers of high school girls.
This columnist is glad to re-
port that ROY FLACK is on the
r adi to recovery after a serious
brain concussion . . .
While men of the active
branches of the U. S. armed for-
ces are serving their country in
uniform. Col. J. E McDONALD
is not content to remain idle.. .
Until he is called, he figures he
can best serve his country by
preparing and presenting lec-
tures on the democratic form < f
government before colleges and
other organized bodies . . .
Mr. and Mrs. CLYDE RUPP
announce a new addition to their
family in the person of a son
b-m Tuesday and CLYDE does
the honors with a round of ci-
gars . . .
The Falfurrias Rotarians sing
at every opportunity but appar-
ently they caught WALT
BARNEs off guard when they
broke out with “Happy Birth-
day” Wednesday because he went
suddenly and completely shy ...
Mr. and Mrs. J. A OLIVER of
Atlanta, Ga.. are almost “old-
FOR SALE
At a bargain, twen-
ty-acre farm, well
improved and well
located near Pre-
mont.
J. C. Thomas
REAL ESTATE LOANS
(W 5,
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KillaWorm
SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK
September 2
Hogs, estimated salable receipts
500. total 800 Market active and
mostly 25c higher than late last
week. T- p $7 00. paid for good and
choice 175 to 280-lbs Best 140 to
175-lbs $«.0o to $7 00. Packing sows
mostly $5 75 down, odd head above.
Feeder Digs around $4.75 down,
few $5.00.
Cattle, estimates ‘-alab ** and to-
tal receipt 500. Cn'ves, 1.0j) Trad-
ing active and steady to strong on
most all classes, most medium to
good calves and fat cows strong to
25c higher than late last week,
instances higher on other classes
erd grades Receipts of most cUss-
es rather llghr Tradi"g was snap-
py on most stocker calves.
About four loads of medium
grass steers $7.50, Including rail
lots scaling 1.091 and 1,123-llis. and
| two truck lots averaging l,10c-lbs.
Yearling were scarce, common and
; medium kinds mostly $6.00 to $8.00
good offerings in light supply, odd
head around $8 50. Some thin light
weight yearlings, usually Jerseys,
{ as low as $5.25. Canner and cutter
cows mostly $3.25 to $4.50, odd
.head below.
timers” now that they are on
their fourth visit to Falfurrias...
The OLIVERS, regular subscrib-
ers to Facts since 192k, drop in
to renew their subscription . . .
CLYDE KITCHEN enjoys a
few days' visit by his brother-in-
law, BILL CLIFTON, and fam-
ily. and by his mother, MRS.
MOLLIE KITCHEN, a charming,
gray-haired lady of Gonzales. . .
Mrs. WALTER DOUNINO.
lieauteous daughter of Mrs. J. C.
KNOWLES, and her husband,
who live in F<>rt Worth, here for
a surprise visit with home folks
Monday and Tuesday. . .
J. W. SPENCER will be glad to
explain to any interested
party about the “ TIME CAN-
DLES” which he says are ex-
Among out-of-town guests at-
tending the Legrand-Wells wed-
ding Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
Francis I. Gandy and son. Francis
Irving, of Corpus Christi; Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Heubner of Bryan; Mr.
and Mrs. M. R Herring and chil-
dren, Russell Dan and Eileen, of
Raymondville. They were guests In
the J. D. Wells home. Mrs. Gandy
Is a niece of Mrs Wells, Mrs. Heub-
ner, the mother <>f William Henry
Legrand, and Mrs. Herring, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wells.
• • • *
Mrs. L. A Dickey of Hebbronvtlle
spent Tuesday here.
* 0 * 0
E. K. Fort Is visiting In Houston.
• t • •
Frank Hopper left Wednesday
Tor Kerrville wnere he wll! enroll
at Shreiner Institute.
* * * 0
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Downing
of Fort Worth were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Knowles this week.
0 0 0 0
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Pipkin spent
several days In Mission this week.
tremely popular in West Texas,
but haven’t yet been used this
far South . . .
E. W. McKEAG and nephew,
Freddie, are just back from a
30-day trip with relatives In
their did home town of Sturgis.
Ky. and other points In that
state. Mr. MAC says the old
“Land of Heart’s Delight” feels
mighty good after penetrating
as far into the chilly regions as
Evansville, Indiana. . .
GOODHUE WEATHERLY flies
to Chicago recently on some le-
gal business . . .
HILLIARD BERNARD new
Falfurrias teacher busy Tuesday
renting a house and preparing it
for the “Missus” and family
soon to arrive from Galveston...
And that’s “30” for this week.
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We hope your summer has been pleasant and
you return full of vim and vigor—ready to tackle
that big job of training oair boys and our girls.
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