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THE KINGSVILLE RECORD
Kingsville Publishing Co., Publishers
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS
Tolephoue
One Y.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Months
Three Months
$2.00
$1.00
zena to shoot, but gave permission to only
79 non-residents. Kansas had 115,165 home-
grown hunters with only 92 companions from
other States. New York welcomed 5,339 vis-
itors, many of whom had combined fishing
and sporting licenses.
It seems as though the art of hunting
holds greater and greater lure as time goes
SENATOR SHEPPARD (JETS DRIER
Purchasers of bootleg liquor, including
many of “the best people” of the land, ex-
perienced a thrill of horror when a Federal
judge recently held a bootlegger’s customer
equally guilty of conspiring to transport
liquor in violation of the law. A higher
court reversed the decision and the good
folks who regard the rum runner as a mod-
ern Robin Hood, breathed a sigh of relief.
Now comes Morris Sheppard, senior Sen-
ator from our own State of Texas, as dry as
the skeleton of a camel on the Sahara, per-
sonally as well as politically, and proposes
to amend the Volstead Act in such a way as
to place the buyer and seller of prohibited
beverages and stimulants in the same ci im- J sojj tilling machine, which will
inal category.
Should such an amendment be written in-
to the prohibition law, the result would be
problematic. Would the fear of jail or
blackmail stay the thirst of our respectable i reaciy jn operation and proving sucessful. It
AN INTERESTING PREDICTION
C. R. F. Smith, agricultural engineer of
Iowa State College, makes an interesting
prediction. In fifty years from now, he says,
the American farmer will sit in an office be-
fore an electric switchboard and control au-
tomatic plows, cultivators and harvesters
which will produce his crops for him without
the aid of a single field laborer.
“The great revolution in agricultural meth-
ods of the last fifty years, says Mr. Smith,
will prove small in comparison with the revo-
lution that will take place in the next fifty-
yea rs.
“Automatic farm machinery which runs
without constant human supervision will be
widely used—the machines will be able to
run night and day if necessary—the greatest
aid to super-farming in the future, and one
whose realization is near at hand, will be a
move over
the field, mixing and pulverizing soil, organic
matter and plant food in a single operation.”
The forerunner of these new machines, it
may be pointed out to the skeptical, is al-
INTERVIEWING A JACKASS
A few days ago, while making
my regular rounds as a newspaper j
reporter I stopped near a pasture j
and rolled up my pants legs to j
catch a ilea. After the flea gut away j
and I started cn, 1 saw a jackass
(the four-legged kind) coming
across the pasture. That reminded j
mo of something, (No, not the;
guys who give out the cotton re- ;
ports at Washington). 1 recalled I have not been able to find an
that when I was a boy, a jackass account of a man who was entirely
could bo heard most any time of the intelligent, or of one who was en-
day rendering a bass solo and that tirely honest. The best example of
ASOKA, BARBARIAN
A SUGGESTION.
UNWISE NAPOLEON
footnote recording distinction no
other king, president or chief has.
I had not heard one of them make
a noise in several years.
Well, during my career as a re-
porter, 1 have interviewed a num-
ber of jackasses, but never one of
this particular variety. I knew
that I had dabbled in politics long
enough to understand the mule, so
I decided to interview the rascal.
When the donkey approached me
1 automatically lifted my hat and
he grinned, so I knew he was in
a mood for an interview. I re-
marked to the mule’s pape that 1
had not heard any of his tribe bray
for a number of years and asked
why they had abandoned the prac-
tice.
The good natured brute shifted
to reverse, backed up against a
tree, began to weep and said,
“Well, Bob, I am not supposed (o
give out any free information, but
you remind me so much of my poor
brother who died last year that I
cannot resist the temptation of
people? Or, do we have such a tremendous | is a manless plow used at Iowa State College! lh“ ins,do <lope °“ fhe
number of bootleg customers that they would ; which, after being steered across the field The donk shifted his cud to the
defy even the air-tight law that our Texas ; to make the first furrow, guides itself auto-j other jaw, wiped away a tear, and
matieally by a guide wheel, which follows
the last furrow plowed until the field is com-
pleted.
The history of Asoka is shadowy
and 1 somewhat distrust it, but it
at least persists and is a sugges-
tion a modern ruler might have
I made reality.
Why should not a ruler acquire
fame with honesty rather than with
the roguery that has distinguished
his class almost without variance?
Napoleon was a rarely intelligent
. , , . . . , man. In the Russian campaign,
.. xr„ „„„ i " "i( l1 wrecked him, lie took a
chance that was surely unnecessa-
ry. He appreciated he could not
successfully invade England be-
ause of the channel separating Cal-
ias and Dover, but overlooked a
more serious handicap- winter in
invading Russia.
an honest and intelligent man was
possibly Asoka, a barbarian. It is
said of him that though he con-
quered in battle as easily as he
^ did Napoleon, lie grew to have a
horror of war, and would have no
I more of it
his credit in lull measure. No one
could say he was a coward, or that
he was not the best of commanders.
He was rich, and regal in splendor
of palaces, robes, jewels, and obedi-
ence from his subjects.
So the man chose to thereafter
court fame by becoming a just and
intelligent ruler, and this course
met with so much success that he
is at this distant day, best known
and respected of t lie notables of
his time. ,
Any page devoted to a summary
of a thousand years of history gives
brief mention of rulers much alike
so many victories, so many de-
feats, and through it all, about the
same thievery and oppression. But
instead of the usual line given an
ancient ruler in the necessary brief
summary of history, Asoka gets a
star in front of liis name, and a
Why was it impossible for Napo-
leon to he as wise as the barbarian
Asoka, who, after becoming satiat-
ed with victory and power, chose
to try for still greater glory as a
just and intelligent ruler? St. Hel-
ena. is a good story, but an unnec-
essary tragedy. I regret Napole-
on's history is not an inspiration to
all men that honesty is the best
policy. Had Napoleon adopted
Asoka's plan as late as Austerlita,
he would have not only his present
fame, but a great deal more, and of
a better kind.
to the eh •mauds of an airtigl
gage.
I am not a pessimist. Tf
neither pessimism nor politl
is religion-nothing else. Whel
throw away truth, we part with1
lmion. Can we afford to do thal
Not one-tenth of the car-owners
that 1 know are out of debt entire-
ly; and no man is either prosper-
ous or even well to do who is in
water over his head and can not
swim.
A municipality or state organiza-
tion that buries itself in bonded
indebtedness is signing away its
liberty in a dangerous fashion. The
borrower is servant to the lender—
another truth.
The individual or corporation
that lives beyond its means is not
far from the rocks ahead. The prac-
tice of running in debt may look
good on paper, and furnish alluring
statistics, but it is far from being
an indication of wealth. A flivver
is by no means indicative of pros-
perity or independent living.
Senator proposes.
Comments of Washington writers indicate
the Sheppard amendment will not pass.
Those on the ground observing the daily
lives of our Congressmen, seem to think
that, while the majority of them vote dry,
they do not take prohibition very seriously
—at least as it affects their personal conduct.
They will hardly cast their vote to place
themselves in the criminal class, even to
please the class of conscientious, practicing
prohibitionists among their folks back home.
Our preacher says it’s a poor religion that
can't survive a flat tire.
This can be said for the styles for women
-they are always interesting.
Folks used to worry about the missing
link. Nowadays the thing that frets is the
missing cylinder.
A man can fool all of the women part of
the time and even some of the women all of
the time, but you can’t fool the same woman,
the same way, all the time.
SOUTHERNERS IN COMMAND
Spanish war veterans a short time ago
elected a Georgian as their commander. The
American Legion—veterans of the World
War—last week elected a former Texan, Maj.
Bodenhamer—now a resident of Arkansas— | -
as their National commander. Thus the Statistics tell us that only 2 per cent of
heads of the two great organizations of ex- the men on earth can sing. The trouble with
service men who participated in foreign wars j statistics is that they do not tell the men
are Southerners. Could there be nobler evi- which men belong in the 2 per cent.
dence that this is a re-united country? The ; --—
fathers and grandfathers of these former The Jews and Moslems have concluded that
soldiers of the United States may have | the Christians can not have all the fun of
fought each other for principles each believ-
ed to be right, but the sons and grandsons
of the veterans of the blue and the gray
know only one flag, one allegiance, and are
citizens of a common country. When the
veterans of the A. E. F. and of the Spanish
campaigns turn in the same year to the
South for leadership, the spirit of sectional-
ism is dealt a death blow. It does not exist
at all among these fighting men. And with
Southerners as commanders-in-chief of both
these great ex-service men’s organizations—
elected by their comrades in arms—does not
the action of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lic in rejecting a proposal for a joint reunion
with Confederate veterans on the ground
that they were wrong in 1861, appear the
more out of tune with the spirit of the
America of today?—Aouston Post-Dispatch.
continued
“Licenses, taxes and permits have
greatly changed tilings during the
past few years, my hoy, and we
jackasses decided to cut out our
favorite pastime of braying be-
cause we were afraid that if we
continued to make the noise we
would he called on to buy a license
for broadcasting."
At this point the donkey broke
down and asked that I call on him
some other time.
Well, folks, that interview put. me
to thinking. (A thing I seldom
ever do). 1 went home and began
to look over the licenses and per-
mits 1 had been forced to pur-
chase for the year. I found that I
had a permit last January to have
a boll on the hack of my neck
lanced; another permit to have a
tooth pulled; two permits to take
a hath: eleven permits to purchase
as many pints of liquor for colds,
and other permits too numerous
to mention.
After 1 had read permits until I
| was dizzier than usual, 1 decided to j
j put in a weejc or so looking over J
j my stock of licenses. Among thou- i
sands of others. I found a license |
for my lawn mower, sausage mill, |
yo vo and bottle capper. 1 found j
that the madam (who is my wife j
by marriage) had purchased a li-
cense for her vanity case, nail file,
and. after the twins were horn, she
had purchased a truck license for
the double buggy and had paid ex-
cess taxes on two nursing bottles
and an extra amount of safety
pins.
I looked further down the stack
and found my marriage license pin-
ned to a picture of the Statue of
Liberty, and, as the two stood for
entirely different things, I burned
my marriage license and mailed the
picture of Liberty to Pancho
Villa's folks down in Mexico. I j
found my fishing license, which j
gave me authority to catch any I
kind of fish not found in the j
streams in this section of the ;
country. 1 found that I had pur- j
chased my hunting license just as
the season closed, and that I didn’t
have any gun to hunt with, any-
. | wav
Most any man can sit patiently and 1 iston ; i decided that I'd destroy all the
to two women brag on their children, but | Ii(,,'nses and permits or least im-
portance and tack the balance on
Gaines
ONLY A VIEWPOINT
We used to hear the quotation,
“All the world loves a lover.” We
do not hear it so much in these
years, it is not true, anyway. The
only perfectt lover the world has
ever known, met. an ignominious
death on the cross.
It might better he said that, all
the world loves the optimist; at
least he commands the respect of
as to the great wealth of our coun-
try; look at the automobile sales.’’
Tlnm lie proceeded to give a row of
nine or ten figures in proof of Ills
assertion.
Therefore, every man that owns
a gasoline vehicle is a well to do
and prosperous man! It seems to
me a long leap to that conclusion.
Even within my somewhat narrow
his audience, and, draws< a good I field of observation, J know dozens
of cheap cars bought on payments,
ami often well worn out before the
final payment. Often the bottom
of the flour bin is scraped, that the
salary. It is so easy for one in com-
fortable circumstances to be an
optimist!
A very esteemed contemporary
recently said: "There is no doubt
payments may be made in response i.y.
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
By Senior Class
More or less epidemic of colds
has been among our students since
the cool nights have been prevail-
ing. Not so much as to cause sick-
ness and absence, however.
The school board met in regular
session last Friday afternoon. The
meeting, we are sure, was agree-
able, and every matter of business
worked off pleasantly.
Miss Lilly met her class in club
work as was appointed.
Miss Walker, of the Mexican
ward school, informs us that she
is going to give a hot. tamale sup-
per Friday night, Oct. 25th, for the
benefit of her school library. She
invites all friends and patrons to
come and make a successful event
of it. Miss Walker is taking much
interest in her school work and we
hope to see her succeed.
Our home talent (adults) under
the direction of Miss Parker, Eng-
lish-Spanish teacher, is contemplat-
ing the giving of a play a little
later on, some time about the first
week in November, for the benefit
of the high school.
As to history of class members of
1926-27, will say that Mr. Henry
Broderhausen is farming with his
father in Ricardo. Miss Mary Ford
who was with the Magnolia Com-
pany in its Houston officers, is now
visiting in Mississippi. Miss Jua-
nita Trant having clone quite a bit
of college work since finishing here
is now principal of San Patricio
school. We are happy to see our
old seniors succeed.
CITY AND FARM PROPERTY—
FOR SALE Choice 5-acre tracts
of land, cheap. I am giving one
buy. See owner, W. J. Bass, 1 1-2
46-tf-np
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fighting. YVe had it figured out long ago
that the Jews were just common folks like
the rest of us.
The condition of a lot of fellows who blat-
antly announce that no one can tell them
how to run their business indicates pretty
clearly that it would be better if some one
could tell them a few things.
Mrs. Willebrandt has a scheme for prohi-
bition enforcement, but it is nothing new—
that is the idea is not new. But it would be
a new way to enforce prohibition.
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The Ohio State Journal reports that it has
in mind several truck and bus drivers that
it intends to do something to the very first-
day after the meek inherit the earth.
Repentance never follows fair dealing! Our
policy of conducting a thoroughly reliable
establishment is bringing business to this
“The Shop of Smiling Service.”
If you ask the average tourist about the
country he has traveled through, he will be-
gin to tell you how many miles he can make I when they turn their attention to their hus-
on a gallon and how many miles he makes j bands and begin to brag on them he begins ( Heen hy (hr income tax collectors
a day. lie does not know much about the I h)()l< for a chance to fade out of the pict-| and the roasting ear Inspectors,
country he has traveled through.
ure.
HUNTING POPULAR
For the season 1927-28 in the United
States, including Alaska, more than 6,150,-
OOOhunting licenses were issued and brought
revenues amounting to $9,300,000 to the
States. The fees differ widely. For instance:
New York issued 675,780 licenses for $699,-
873. while Pennsylvania collected $1,006,159
for 517,729 licenses.
Records hung up by geniuses are being
broken every day by pluggers. The plugger
isn’t much force when it comes to putting on
an exhibition number, but he can be counted
on for steady performance and real accom-
plishment.
The Youth’s Companion which has been
! in existence over a hundred years, has been
| discontinued. It appears strange that with
ta,-h year the number of hunters licenses | a„ thc ciamol. for wholesome reading for the
and consequently the revenue front them, young that a magazine as good as the Youth’s
has increased. In 1924-25 there were 4,904,- Companion would not receive sufficient sup-
740 hunters, paying $6,190,863; in 1925-26 port to justify continuance.
hunting licenses to the number of 5,168,353 ----i_
were issued, bringing a revenue of $6,872,- j Some expert somewhere reports that the
812 to the States; and in 1926-27 there were | average modern girl wears but eight ounces
5,987,505 licenses issued for $8,155,535.
In 1927-28, Delaware stood at the bottom
of the list in total number of licenses issued.
with 1,970 to residents and 344 to non-resi-
dents. Kentucky licensed 108,202 of its citi-
Well. I bought several bushels of
carpet tacks, borrowed a hatchet
from a neighbor’s wife and began
to tack the things up. Before I had
started well the building inspector
stopped me and made me get a
permit for the Job, made me join
the Carpenter’s Union and buy a(
carpenter’s license. After the legal
requirements were all complied
with, 1 put in several days tacking
up the receipts. About the time I
got them all tacked up, my wife
returned from a trip and made me
take them all down. She said the
place resembled the inside of a
Chinese laundry with all those
things tacked on the wall.
When 1 finally got them all off
the wall and the tacks all pulled,
the whole inside of the house look-
ed like an old tree after, a wood-
pecker convention. Now, 1 am try-
ing to persuade the wife to give me
a permit to return home for the
children's sake.
The jackass was right. Things i
CANDIES
Always kept fresh in our
Automatic Refrigerator
Take a box home, it will
please her
of clothing. Frank Dixon advocates the
same custom among men. What puzzles us
is how a man who wears a number 9 shoe is have changed, and it cost- like hell
ever going lo come under the 8-ounce limit
unless he goes barefoot.
Harrel Drug Company
to live here in the Land of the
Free where a man has to have a
license or permit to live or die.
Free Delivery
Phone 121
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