Kingsville Record (Kingsville, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 30, 1932 Page: 4 of 8
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THE KINGSVILLE RECORD
Nov. 30, 1932
KINGSVILLE RECORD
Telephone
Kingsville Publishing Company
Publishers
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Kingsville,
Tedhs. under Act of Murrh 3, 1873.
PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY OF EACH WEEK
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year
32.00
BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS SEALS
It is impossible to estimate the value to the community at
large and to individuals of the work which the National As-
sociation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis has accomplish-
ed. and is still accomplishing, in combating the dreaded dis-
ease which is popularly khown as "the great white plague.”
There is no disease, doctors tell us, that is quite so univer-
sally prevalent as tuberculosis. Indeed, Dr. Logan Clenden-
ing, one of the foremost writers on medical topics, states in
one of his books that probably every human being has at one
time or another been infected with the tuberculosis bacillus.
Most people recover without help, but there is a very high
percentage who, unless the course of the disease is checked,
are certain to die at an early age.
The prevention and stamping out of tuberculosis is large-
ly a matter of education. We know a great deal more about
this disease than our parents did. Curing ity is not a matter
of climate so much as it is a matter of rest, -ijuiet rest, ample
nourishment and exposure to the sunshine. The cure of the
disease, if taken in its early stages, is said to be reasonably
assured. Its prevention is easy when everybody who may be
exposed to it understands the elementary principles of sani-
tation.
TJ^is education is the work of the Association for the Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis, which is supported by the pennies
paid by millions of Americans every year for the Christmas
seals with which to decorate Christmas letters and packages.
Anything from one cent up is an acceptable contribution.
There is no better evidence of the spirit of helpfulness than
to put these Christmas seals on the envelopes of all your
Christmas cards and packages.
graduate course he would never
forget. Cotne to Texas—for fish-
log.
TOMATOES AND ORANGES
For many years we have been
j taught to extol the value of the
l Juice of the orange aa a breakfast
.appetizer, and alao tor medicinal
purpose* when the family doctor
NERV ES OF STEEL ! advises a “diet.” Now cornea the
All of Jesus’ days were spent in the open air—this is the|t,,nia,° whl,h produces a juice
I third outstanding testimony to his strength. On the Sabbath wh,ch ha" threatened the rule of
he was in the synagogue because that was where the people!lhe orange ,M an alarming manner,
were gathered; but by far the greater part of his teaching of preBcribing_^ atHct diet
was done on the shores of his lake, or in the cool recesses of foodg doctorg have recoR.Ued th(,
the hills. He walked constantly from village to village; his yRin(> of tomato juice and are leav-
ing the selection, of fruit juices to
the patient. As ^ result orange
growers are looking with widening
eyes to the jump in production of
tomato Juice from 154,000 cases in
1029 to 016,000 cases in 1930, and
a possible 3,000,000 to 5,000.000
cases during the present year. And
Texas produces a lot more toma-
toes than oranges at the present
time, and will do so for a long
time to come. Use tomato juice.
PURPOSE OF A CONSTITUTION
This inquiry comes to us from Wharton: "If, as Mr.
Lincoln asserted in his Gettysburg address, ours is a govern-
ment of the people, by the people, and for the people, why
a written Constitution?”
The Constitution is the people’s law restraining the major-
ity in control of the government.
Magna Charta, the Petition of Right and the Bill of Rights,
were called by the Earl of Chatham the Bible of the English
Constitution.
In Magna Charta the rights of common men are as care-
fully provided for as those of the nobles—in other words, the
guarantee of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to
every man without interference on the part of the govern-
ment. '
The king of England was forced by the Petition of Right,
in 1628, to admit that his arbitrary course was wrong—a res-
triction on government.
The Bill of Rights was an assertion of the ancient rights
and liberties of the people of England as against the govern-
ing body.
The written, or as Mr. Bryce calls it, the rigid Constitu-
tion, as part of the polity of a people, appears for the first
time in America, its framers putting as many obstacles as
they could contrive, as Lowell phrases it, “not in the way of
the people’s will, but of their whim." Or, as stated by Hos-
mer, "the people making themselves safe from themselves.”
It is competent for the people at any time by orderly pro-
cesses to change the organic law, which we call the Consti-
tution, but they do greatly err when they change the char-
acter of the instrument in such a way as to negative in the
slightest degree its primary purpose, towit, restraint of the
majority temporarily in control of the government.
A wrong principle in the Constitution—for example, chat-
tel slavery—is a festering sore on the body politic, and slav-
ery was given recognition by the framers of the American
Constitution because it was an existing institution.
Just as the seawall at Galveston restrains the waters of
the Gulf, so does the Constitution restrain the whims of the
people as expressed by majority vote.—Houston Post.
THE REVOLT AGAINST CHEAPNESS
Evidence is accumulating that American buyers are grow-
ing weary of cheap goods—goods made only to sell—and are
again seeking and demanding sound quality.
It is about time. Trade journals tell us that an entire indus-
try—of a mushroom type—has been created for the produc-
tion of shoddy goods. Cheaper fabrics are used, methods long
habitual with reliable manufacturers are short cut, labor is
poorly paid, and a cheap article thus placed on the market.
Needless to say such efforts would have been wasted prior
to 1930. But with the coming of the depression people every-
where felt the need of economy, while many firms were
thrown into bankruptcy, and the offering of really good
goods at ridiculously low prices continued.
But the end was bound to come, the time when the quality
of pre-depression manufacture would be exhausted. In the
meantime the buying public was accustomed to the very low
prices, so that when the time came for newly manufactured
goods to appear, a golden opportunity was presented for the
person or firm who could produce cheap articles regardless
of quality.
Millions of Americans, for the first time in years, have
been buying these cheap articles. But the worm has begun to
turn. Breakable buttons, stringy button-holes, shrinkable
and fadeable fabrics, shapeless shirts and suits and hats,
have just about driven Mr. Average American to the point
where he hates the word "cheap.” He has learned that where-
as he once paid $3.50 for a shirt and has recently paid $1, he
economizes more effectually and feels more decent in the
meantime by paying $2 to $2.50 for the type of shirt for
which he formerly paid $3.50. The better article, he finds,
lasts twice as long, not to mention the greater satisfaction
he gets out of it.
The return to economic sanity in such matters will be hail-
ed by all informed persons. The responsible and reliable
firms will benefit at the expense of the shady and irrespon-
sible. Fair dealing all along the line of production and dis-
tribution will be promoted.
Needless to say, newspapers have something more than an
academic interest in the matter. They believe the individual
buyer will be served and that business in general will be
served, but they know also their own interests will be served
—quite legitimately.
They know that firms which turn out shoddy goods, which
strive for today's penny without thought of the continuing
profits which may be built over the years on quality and
responsibility, are not the kind of firms to advertise. They
face was tanned by the sun and wind. Even at night he slept
outdoors, when he could—turning his back on the hot walls
of the city and slipping away into the healthful freshness of
the Mount of Olives. He was the type of outdoor man whom
our modern thought most admires; and the vigorous activi-
ties of his days gave his nerves the strength of steel.
He stepped into a sailboat with his disciples late one after-
noon, and, being very tired, lay down in the stern and was al-
most immediately asleep. The clouds grew thicker and the sur-
face of thei lake which had been quiet a few minutes before,
was broken into sudden waves. The little boat dived and toss-
ed, and still he slept. His disciples had grown up on the shores
of that lake; they were fishermen, accustomed to its moods
and not easily frightened. But they had never been out in such
a storm as this. It grew fiercer; water began to come in over
the side, every moment seemed to threaten destruction. At
last they could stand the strain no longer; they went to the
stern and woke him.
He rose without the slightest suggestion of hurray or
alarm. A quick glance was enough to give him a full under-
standing of the situation. He issued a few quiet orders and
presently the menaced boat swung into the smoother waters
of safety.
Call it a miracle or not—the fact remains that it is one of
the finest examples of self-control in all human history. Napo-
leon said that he had met few men with courage of the “two
o’clock in the morning variety.” Many men can be brave in
the warmth of the sun and amid the heartening plaudits of
the crowd; but to be wakened suddenly out of sound sleep,
and then to exhibit instant mastery—that is a type of cour-
age which is rare indeed.
Jesus had that courage, and no man ever needed it more.
In the last year of his pubile work the forces of opposition
took on a form and coherency whose significance was per-
fectly clear. If he refused to retreat or to compromise, there
could be but one end to his career. He knew they w’ould kill
him, and he knew how they would kill him.
Mrs. Clarence Jewett, serred a
dainty refreshment course to the
; large assembly of members.
Miss Pat Tompson returned
Sunday evening to resume her
studies at A. and 1. after spending
i the Thanksgiving holidays at her
I home in Weslaco.
Mrs. Leila Stockton and daugh-
ters, Lida Ruth and Ardis, and
Hmali son, Jimmy, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Perry of Robs-
| town during the holidays.
Mrs. C. M. Jeffords returned
Thursday of last week from a vis-
it of a week in Nlwot, Colorado,
where accompanied by her moth-
er, Mrs. A. J. Darby of Houston,
they attended the funeral of their
uncle and brother, Mr. John L.
Bruning.
Miss Elizabeth Shandoin, A. and
1. student spent Thanksgiving at
her home in Harlingen.
Mrs. Wlllsie James of Corpus
Christ! spent Thanksgiving here
with her daughter, Miss Jimmie
James, who is convalescing in the
Kleberg County Hospital from ser-
ious injuries received recently in
an automobile accident.
have little to tell the public about their goods or their meth-
ods.
It is only the firms that expect to be here a long time, ex-
pect to be weighed through the years on their honesty and
responsibility and sound advice, which make good adver-
tisers.—Houston Chronicle.
BY THE WAY
By Fred M. Herndon
\
ART FOR BEANS
This column has before called
attention to trade and barter in
lieu for ready cash. And also to
regular “swap” days, in which
artists in New York traded their
finest works of art for articles
and food they could use. and where
farmers and producers traded pro-
ducts for other necessities. Now
conies Oklahoma City breaking in-
to the front pages with a story
whereby beans. Jams, canned
foods and even bird cages have
been traded for paintings by
Oklahoma artists. Which reminds
us, that the chauffeur of this col-
umn is willing to Join the ranks
and trade a yard or so of his writ-
ings for bacon and eggs, beans, or
—What have you. And, you don’t
need to he bashful.
YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE
You've heard this one, but It’s
true! The story about the bullet
that entered the barrel of the ban-
dit's gnn as It was fired thereby
saving the officer's life and result-
ing In the capture of the bandit?
It actually happened down In
Wharton county on September 15,
1917, when City Marshall W. Pitt-
man arrested n Mexican after a
gun battle in which a bullet from
Pitman’s gun lodged in the bandit's
gun, exploded the gun and paral-
yzed the bandit's gun hand, re-
sulting in his capture. The pistol Is
now in the Ripley "Believe It or
Not” Museum, and Pitman Is en-
joying a two week's visit to Cuba
as a result of a Ripley contest.
being found than in transporting
a person, or persons, from where
they are to where they wish to be.
One of the greatest services to he
rendered by the airplane, aside
from transporting mail and pass-
engers, is in locating forest fires
and summoning help, nnd also in
spreading the alarm before storms
and floods. The warning is spread
through means of a siren attached
to plans which fly over a threat-
ened section in time to give warn-
ing that will mean the slight mar-
gin between life and death and loss
of property. Not everyone has a
telephone or radio, but everyone
can hear a siren attached to an
airplane flying over his district
and will recognize the warning.
The plan is particularly valuable to
Texas where Gulf storms strike
quickly and where rivers rise
without, warning. More power to
the airplane.
(Continued from page three)
predation for the splendid coop-
eration shown by the members in
putting over so creditable a pro-
gram of prominent speakers and
well known musicians. Mrs. J. V.
Chandler, as local program chair-
mun, serving in the office of State
Recording Secretary, very grac-
ious thanked each member and
every one for their part In making
the convention such an outstand-
ing success.
Mrs. J. It. Manning, program
leader for the afternoon, announ-
ced a substitution for the sched-
uled program, due to unavoidable
absences of those who planned to
appear on the program. Original
musical compositions by Mrs. Man-
ning and Mrs. Eubanks were
thoroughly enjoyed. Mrs. Manning
rendered, “Somebody’s Gurden”
and Mrs. Eubanks sang, “Moonlight
and Night Song." The selection by
Mrs. Eubanks was submitted last
year to the Manuscript Society.
Due to its outstanding merit it
was chosen witli four others by
the Society for final consideration
by the Judges. Although this num-
ber did not win first place it re-
ceived very favorable comment by
those giving final decision
Hostesses for the occasion, Mrs.
Nierman, Mrs. Milford Barr and
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LIVING ALONE
It's pretty hard to live all alone.
No one to care—-no one to be con-
cerned for your welfare, or your
loneliness. Those of us in content-
ed homos with loved ones around
us can scarcely realize the Import
and poignant longing behind the
words of a little tike in an orphan-
age a few days ago when he whis-
pered ta a' departing business man
who had shown hint marked atten-
tion — “Please come again soon—
'cause I don't get to hug any one
very often.” This orphanage is one
of the best equipped in point of
comfort, recreation and education
iu Texas, yet there is that one
something missing. The writer be-
lieves that the average busy busi-
ness man would get a greater
"kick" out of visiting and frater-
nizing with kiddles In the, orphan-
age than he will from helping ur-
chins who play in the street:, for
most of them have at least some-
one they can hug as often as they
desire.
ORIGIN OF GREENBACKS
Nowadays when our government
needs more ready cash it issues
more “bank notes.” in the old days
these were called "greenbacks,” or
treasury certificates. Abraham Lin-
coln, when he was president, is j
quoted ns giving credit to Col. Dick
Taylor for the idea of issuing these
treasury certificates. In December,
1K64, Lincoln is said to have given
this credit to Col. Taylor when the
government was faced with bank-
ruptcy and with its army to be
paid. Treasury notes were issued
which bore no interest and which
were declared legal tender. Maybe
the veterans’ bonus could be paid
in the same manner today? This
lias been suggested.
USING THE AIRPLANE
Greater uses for the airplane are
FINE ART OF FISHING
Florida, following the lead of
California, where everyone Is a
"booster” of his state. Is now
launching a school to teach the
fine art of fishing. Maybe we have
been poor sportsmen, as many old-
timer* aver we are. Maybe the
younger generation has been so
busy assimilating an education In
higher learning they have not had
time for the finer aits—including
fishing. Anyway, the new “fisher-
man's college” will Issue a "diplo-
ma” conferring a degree of "bach-
elor of fishing” to the student who
proves himself a "brave man when
tackling a big fish — who has both
hie thumbs burned on his reel, his
rod broken and h's bait torn from
the hook without showing any
signs of fear. He ALSO SPEAKS
THE TRUTH when telling of the
size, strength and ferocity of a
fish.” Nuff sed! A week-end fish-
ing trip to Aransas Pass, under
proper tutelage would give the
"graduate” of this school a post-
This
CHRISTMAS
you can supply every gift
order at the STORES
of
RECORD
ADVERTISERS
Watch the Record. Every issue from now till
Christmas will feature bargains in gifts —
gifts useful, beautiful, ornamental. Gifts for
Mother, Dad, Sister, Brother, Sweetheart.
Every KINGSVILLE MERCHANT,
Advertising in the RECORD IS
TELLING YOU ABOUT HiS goods
because he is proud of their quality
and knows his prices are right.
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