The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1931 Page: 2 of 8
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the McGregor mirror McGregor, texas Friday, august 7, 1931
THE MCGREGOR HR
Published by
THE MIRROR PRINTING CO.
CJHAS. B. HALL
.OWNER
Published Every Friday Morning
Watered at the Postoffice in McGregor,
Tsias, as second class mail matter.
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A BANKER’S PROPHECY
No one will accuse the Bank
of England of being favorable to
communism. Its reputation for
sound and conservative financing
has extended over a long period.
At the present time its head ii
Governor Montagu C. Norman,
an able and wise executive.
Within recent weeks the world
has' been thinking about a pre-
diction Governor Norman made
in a letter to the Governor of
the Bank of France.
Writing about the world’s sit-
uation several months ago Gover-
nor Norman said: “Unless drastic
measures are taken to save it,
the capitalistic system through-
out the civilized world will be
wrecked within a year. I should
like this prediction to be filed for
future reference.” Since this let-
ter was written Germany has al-
most collapsed in the greatest
economic crisis faced by any
country since the conclusion of
| the World War. Nor can there
[be any denial that “drastic mea-
sures” has already been taken
and more are necessary if the
present system in Germany is to
survive. If it falls, it may affect
other countries as well.
Thoughtful people realize that
the capitalistic system, as now
working, is becoming antiquated
and inadequate in the realization
of its defects. There is a con-
stant demand that the friuts of
the capitalistic system be more
widely distributed and that the
workers share more permanently
and securly in the profits of in-
dustry. Exactly how this can be
provided for, in the face of the
present financial structure of in-
dustry, presents the problem, but
unless it is solved, even with
some sacrifices by those who now
own the lion’s share, there is the
danger of just a collapse as Bank-
er Norman foresees.
WANTED!
The Mirror will pay 5c
per pound for 25 or 30 pounds
of clean cotton rags. (Smaller
bundles accepted). Hard
materials will not do, neither
can we use small strips or
small pieces. Remove but-
tons.
CORN MILL AT
CITY GARAGE
Grind your corn into meal or
chops, any day. We are also rar-
ing to do your auto repair work.
All kinds of welding, general
blacksmith work and horse shoe-
ing. Give us a trial. E. C. Yeager.
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COURTEOUS DRIVERS
Probably the greatest aid to
highway safety would be educa-
tion in higlrway courtesy.
* * *
There are very few courteous
drivers of automobiles and trucks.
It is difficult to explain, but it
is fact nevertheless. Psycholo-
gists should be studying the
problem, for lack of common, or-
dinary courtesy is unquestionably
the chief cause of all automobile
accidents.
* * •
A gentleman, who, under or-
dinary circumstances, would
step aside to give a lady elbow
room, when he sits behind the
wheel will crowd and even curse
the lady who drives another car.
And two gentleman behind steer-
ing wheels appear to be natural
enemies; the gentilities are gone;
there is just a mad rush to see
who gets there first, and the devil
take the hindmost. (He frequent-
ly does).
* * •
Automobile asocriations, schools
and newspapers should collabor-
ate in teaching the courtesies of
the highway. Drivers’ license
laws would do much to cut down
the appalling toll of life, as
might compulsory liability insur-
ance laws. But the chief factor
in highway safety is, and al-
ways will be, jnst common, ev-
ery-day courtesy.—The Digest.
Harris County commissioners
were presumptious enough to
have some ideas of their own as
to where and how highway No.
3 (the Old Spanish Trail) should
pass through the city of Houston.
It happens that these commis-
sioners stood pat for a routing
which had been designated by
Harris County citizens. But our
autocratic State Highway Com-
mission contended they knew
more about the matter than the
people of Harris County.
As a result of this disagree-
ment, the State Highway Com-
mission last week cancelled its
appropriations for construction
of this cardinal highway through
Harris County.
This is but the most recent of
a series of incidents in which a
small group of high-handed auto-
cratc have nullified the expressed
wishes of great groups of Texas
citizens. Accountable to no one
but the man who appointed them
and their God, these state offi-
cials are running rough-shod
over a sovereign people.
It is inconceivable that the peo-
ple should long tolerate the tac-
tics so high-handed and autocra-
tic. Governor Sterling put an end
to any immediate hope of the
people might have entertained for
correcting a bad situation when
he vetoed a bill which would
have compelled the Highway
Commission to consider the in-
terest of towns and cities located
on the original routing of card-
inal highways.
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months. I had hot
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denly get dizzy and
seem blind. I would
get faint and have no
strength.
My nerves were on
edge. I would not
sleep at night.
“Cardui did won-
ders for me. I rec-
ommend it to all
women who are pass-
ing through the criti-
cal period of change.
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medicine.”—Mrs. nettio
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FEW IMPREACHMENTS
Only eleven Federal officehold-
ers have been impreached since
the foundation of the United
States government. Of these
three were removed from office,
one was expelled from the Senate
and another resigned his judge-
ship. Those impreached were:
Senator William Blount of Ten-
nessee, charged with conspiracy,
expelled by the Senate in 1797
and impreachment dropped. He
later served as president of the
Tennessee state senate.
Judge John Pickering of New
Hampshire, removed from office
for drunkenness, 1804.
Supreme Court Justice Sam-
uel Chase, acquitted of miscon-. 1905.
duet, 1805. , Judge Alston G. Dayton of
Judge James Peck of Missouri, j West Virginia, impreached but
acquitted of mistreating counsel,
1831.
Judge West W. Humphreys pf
Ullage west w. Humphreys pr
Tennessee, removed for support- j ment, 1926.
ing the secession, 1862.
President Andrew Johnson, ac-
quitted of charges of high crimes
and misdemeanors, 1868. . The
vote, 35 guilty, 19 not guilty, was
less than the two-thirds necessary
to convict.
Secretary of War William W.
Belknap, acquitted of bribery
charges, 1876. j
Judge Charles Swayne of Flo- j
rida, acquitted of misconduct,'4-.—,
proceedings abandoned, 1915.
Judge George W. English of
Illinois, resigned under impreach-
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TRUTHFUL
TIRE ADVERTISING
w„
WINS!
HEN we advertised the fact that Fire-
stone was furnishing us complete lines of
Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires that not only
met the price but beat the quality and con-
struction of every grade of special brand
tires sold by mail order houses and others,
the mail order houses made vigorous pro-
tests to Better Business Bureaus and made
demands upon newspapers not to accept
Firestone or our advertising.
We cannot blame them for they did not
want car owners to know that they could get,
at no more cost, a better tire made by a lead-
ing manufacturer, bearing his name and
guarantee plus our guarantee and our service.
When car owners awakened to this fact,
they came to us, compared the sections we
had cut from Firestone Tires and special
brand mail order tires, and were astounded
at the Extra Values we were giving.
As a result, our business and that of other
Firestone Dealers throughout the country,
increased so fast that it has been necessary
for Firestone to run their factories twenty-
four hours a day and Firestone sold more
tires in April, May and June than in any like
period in the history of the company.
In our advertising we do not make com-
parisons involving laboratory tests which
you cannot verify except in a laboratory—
neither do we make comparisons of con-
struction or price based on misleading classi-
fications such as first line tire, second line
tire or third line tire*—we do not make com-
parisons to confuse and mislead you as to
actual values and service—we only make
statements and comparisons that you can
verify for yourself in our store before you
purchase the tire.
Come in today and get the greater safety,
extra quality and extra values found only in
Firestone Tires,
COMPARE
PRICES
Fire-
^Special
Fire-
stone
Brand
stone
Oldfield
Oldfield
Size
Type
Order
Type
Cash
Tire
Cash
Price
Price
Price
Each
Each
Per Pr.
4.40-21 ........
$4.98
$4.98
$9-60
4.50-21 ........
5.69
5.69
11.10
4.75-19 ........
6.65
6.65
13.90
5.25-21 ........
6.00-19H.D.
8.57
8.57
16.70
(8 piles unde?
the tread)
£1.40
11.40
33.10
TRUCK 0 BUS TYPE
30x5-(10 Piles
under the tread)
*7-95
$17.95
34.90
6.00-20 (8 piles
under the tread)
1535
15.35
39-80
*When the National
Better Business Bu-
reau realized that their
Bulletin No. 634 was be-
ing taken advantage of
by some advertisers they
issued a Bulletin dated
July 10th as follows:
“In our Bulletin No.
634 entitled ‘Defini-
tions of Terms Used in
the Tire Industry’ we
pubished definitions of
First Line — Second
Line — Third Line —
Heavy Duty and Super
Heavy Duty Tires.
“Our definitions
pointed out, ‘Although
each manufacturer’s or
distributor’s fi»st line
tire may represent his
best standard size 4 or 6
ply tire, there is not nec-
essarily any equality of
competitive first line
tires as to materials,
workmanship or price.*
This interpretation also
applies to all lines of
tires.
“We therefore recom-
mend that advertising to
the consumer shall avoid
the use of these terms
for the purpose of com-
paringcompetitive prod-
ucts.”
COMPARE
PRICES
Size
Firestone
Sentinel
Type
Cash
Price
Eaeh
-^Special
Brand
Mall
Order
Tire
Price
Each
Firestone
Sentinel
Type
Cash
Price
Per Pair
4.40-21
$435
$4.35
88.50
4.50-20
4.78
4.78
946
4.50-21
4.85
4.83
9.40
4.75-19
5.68
5.68
11.14
4.75-20
5.75
5:75
11.36
5.00-19
599
5.99
11.66
5.00-20
6.10
6.10
11.90
5.00-21
6.30
6.30
13.40
5.25-21
737
7.37
14.53
COMPARE
PRICES
Size
Firestono
Anchor
Type
Super
Heavy
Duty
Cash Price
Each
^.Special
Brand
Order
Tire
Price
Each
Firestone
Anchor
Typo
Super
Heavy
Duty
Cash Price
Per Pair
4.50-20
§3.55
$8.70
$16.70
4.50-21
8.75
8.85
16.96
4.75-19
9.70
9.75
1S.90
5.25-21
13.95
13.05
3530
5.50-19
1335
13.35
35.90
6.00-19
14.90
14.95
39.00
6.00-20
15.30
15.35
39.50
6.50-191 16.65
16.65
3330
-fcA“Spec5al Brand”
Tire is made by a man-
ufacturer for distribu-
tors such as Mail Order
houses, oil companies
and others, under aname
that doesnot identify the
tire manufacturer to the
public, usually because
he builds his “best qual-
ity” tires under his own
name. Firestone puts his
name on every tire he
makes. '
Bauble Guarantee
—Every tire manufac-
tured by Firestone bears
the name Firestone and
carries Firestone’s un-
limited guarantee and
ours. You are doubly
protected.
COMPARE
PRICES
Size
Firestone
Courier
Type
Cash
Price
Each
^Special
Brand
Order
Tire
Price
Each
Firestone
Courier
Type
Cash
Price
Per Pair
30x31 Cl
$3.75
$3.75
8730
4.40-21
3.89
3.89
7.58
4.50-21
4.45
4.43
8.68
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J. D. POSS SERVICE SEATION
TEXACO STATION NO. I, SOUTH MAIN AT WACO ROAD. PRONE 190.
Rood Service on Tire Calls. Gasoline Delivery.
—COME TO SEE US— —J. D. POSS and LOUIS BISCHOFF—
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