The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1940 Page: 2 of 4
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS THURSDAY, 'KlAY 16, ld40
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS,
Published Every Thursday
GEOKGK W. HAWKKK-, Editor and J'ublisber > •
.Entered ut the poatoffice at Flatonia, Texas, as second
class matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
lit: eft t:iA- pci'.' > ia i, rmnh
Advertising rutc.s on application, Cards of Thunks, etc. ure
classed as advertisements. .■
—TELEPITONE 57—
Any erroneous reflection upon tht* character, standing or
reputation of any person, firm or corporation that may appear
in.the columns of this paper will be gladly corrected if it is
brought to the attention of the publisher.
* We do not hold ourselves responsible for the views of
otir correspondents.
THE RULE OF MIGHT
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS the construction
of ffiK new TourT” fieri "of*
State highway 90 through
the < urporatc City Limits of
the City nf El at/oj ia is now
a reality, and
WHEltAS the Elatonia
y TnTcresfcd in .the con-
struction of same for various
and sundry reasons-, believing
that the location of the new
highway approximately a<
long its present route through
the .business district of the
City of ETutonia will be ad-
vantageous for said city and
likewise* mater.uiUy benefit
each and every individual
comprising—tint ——towmdup-f:-
" ‘ 'For mally years the wise men have tuld us tliat the worhl
should be ruled by peaceful negotiation and irgreement.
They talked of the parliament of man, Where representatives
of all nations should get together and decide fairly all dis-
putes. The League of Nations was a sincere effort to bring
about that idea.- .
The fundamental difficulty with this, plan wart that most
of the nations did not really believe in that theory. Most of
the 'governments joined the League of Nations, but when
the League did tilings they did not like, several powerful
governments severed their membership.
It would jreom that .about the only countries that reallg.
.believed iir (lie peaceful principles of the League were*
England and the United Slates. The United States declined
to-join the League, because it did not feel called on to set-
_tie Tha foolish rpiarrels of Europe. -Most of Hie countries
were dclcrmincfLto. liav.e their own way, and if- the League
interfered with them, they would have no use for the
League. No organization, whothc'c.ju private life or in world
affairs, can get anywhere if its members have no more sin-
cere attachment to its principles than that.
luuc nine ill. io ns principles man mat. •JF’ri'Oty. . ,
So most ut the people outside the American hemisphere “ IT IS * KtlRTflRR RE
have given up the idea that world’s quarrels .can he settled
by peaceful conference and debate, and they have gone
back to the idea of settling them by armed: might. T-he
present day J relieves that the world is ruled by armed force,
and that the only way to get your rights is to light for
them. As the fighting costs many limes, more than the
rights an* worth, the world has slipped backward many
years. It has gone back to the period of ' primitive savage
tribes, in which the tribe having the most powerful fighters
was the ruler. In due time the world will see what a mistake
it is making, and daop such utter fully.
and will either directly or
indirectly enhance the -pro/
prrity of 'both the «ty and
citizens, now therefore
ME IT RESOLVED Mint
the- Flatonia - Chamber of
Ubmmerce express to the
Honorable City Council of-
the (IityV*of Flntonhi; to"
< ounty Judge I'L A. Arnim,
Jr., To County Cninmissioncr
A. I/. Vrana arid’loathe Cham-,
her of Commerce I liginvu.v
( orntniilee coin posed nf the
Honorable F. L. Wotipka, If.
•L Decherd and O, L. Lee,
its siniHos-st appreciation for
their, unstinting efforts 'iTToTI-
tafning the rigtrbDf-way TToth
A'ithill the City limits of the
City of Flatonia'ami the out-
lying .districts, thereby mak-
ing Uie proposed route ' a
Reality.
‘SIDEWALKS”
(Taken . from Yorktown
News, Friday, May to, 1'Mo).
Yorktown has its Little
World’s Fair; Yoakum its
Tomato T;om Tom;- Cuero
% its famous Turkey Trot;
Florcsvilie its I’canut Festi-
val; Weimar' its Cucumber
Festival; Cotulln its Spinach
Festival^ Waco ./.its .Cotton
Exposition, - and ‘" Stockdalc
’ it»*'Watei iiieldn Carnival.-’, i
- Hilt, there is a little city
at the' edge pf 'Fayette
county thill has. one Of the
most unique anp.ua I events
in Texas. That Jinvn is Fla-
tonia- Every year former
residents of this 70-year-old
town gather for Decoration
"DitV to pay tribute to the
memory of those who have
passed on. /
It is more than /a day of
leverence. it is lif/time for a
get-together of all the peo-
• pie of Flatonia, living there
r.nd in near and far-off
points,: some as fur as Mis-
souri, ('ajifonvi;i .and.. Flori-
da. And lliey look .forward
to this annual event.-not only
as an occasion to pay tribute
to the memory of .their loved
ones, hut as an occasion to
renew old ties of friendship
and fellowships.
Every grave carries some
tribute of affect ioif. To
. honor, the memory of a de-
ceased‘war veteran, a flag
* symbolic of Uie war in which
he served is placed on the
mound. And there are Coir
foderato -volorattL Spanish-
American Wa* veterans.
World War veterans and
GARDEN CLUIL—SHOW
La Grange, May 1 3.—The
La 'Grange Garden Club’s
annual spring flower show
closed Sunday. Mrs. Mary
Craves,' Houston Chronicle
garden editor,* who served as
.fudge,* classed several Of the
exhibits as being the- best
he had ever seen. Miss.Myrta
Hermes carried off top
honors. The "next* three place
winnejs ’ were Mrs. F. . J.
Willmann, * Mrs . Leo Prude,
Sr.,'and Mrs. I*. A. Nikcl.
SQLVED that a copy of tfiis
resolution be mailed -.each
individual involved, • anil a
copy furnished the* Flatonia
Argus for publication.
Adopted this Uie y«M4.J.lumas- hxrnii;
da \ nr Man li. A. D. Inin
G. F. Me Whirl er.
President
Coljgrl Attest; George W
Hawkes, Secretary.
veterans of other wars.
If is. a touching scene,
and, following the usual
religious ceremony, Flatonia
folk gather in groups to re-
new acquaintances and
friendships.
And speaking of Flatonia
residents. Yorktown has a
number of Flatonia native
sons who hold “key posi-
tions,” so to speak, in our
little city.
Whether -it was the
atmosphere of the old rail-
road junction, thejr system
of education, their home life,
or whatnot, there is no get-
ting around the fact that
Flatonia has produced more
illustrious sons and outstand-
ing citizens than probably
any* town of its size in Tex-
TlTiere is ProT. R. M. Harri-
son. superintendent of our
schools, a Flatonia product.
There’s Postmaster Lou A.
Slonia, who first saw tin*
light of day. in that pioneer
Texas town. There’s Dr. G,
W. Allen, dean of Yorktown
physicians ’and surgeons,
who developed, the ambi-
tions that led him to a sues
•eessful career in _ Old Fla-
t nia. There’s the old.skfp'
per of this widely read
publication, , the Yorktown'
News, in tile person of G. R.
(Cap) IWkham, whose in-"
spirit ion for a newspaper
Career originated in the old.
Snp-S.P, Junction that once
was the metropolis of that
section. (We hope Cap lets
this go through). And there
are others here from Flntor
nina who, fired with ambi-
tion and enterprise., have
nm.de their presence felt in
old Yorktown.
Not to forget aid Lyt Al-
len, whose initiative and
vision made -possible the
building of our fine re-
creation center.- the—York-
town Country Club, of which
Tie was the guiding spirit
from its inception until |it
became one of the most
complete institutions of its
kind in South Texas.
Our hats are off to Flato-
nia,, her . sons arid her
daughters! Flatonia should
he proud of them. No wonder
that the memory of those
who have passed, on after a
fruitful and glorious career
is honored every year, and
provides the inspiration of
This grand get-together and
this revival of time-honored
traditions of Flatonia enter-
prise and progress. Although
reduced to a small town by
virtue of changing economic
and transportation condi-
tions. Flatonia will live on
in the memory of her sons
and daughters, scattered to
the far corners of the nation
3400 _ FA Y FTXF--CQ.— '
CITIZENS DEPEND ON
TRUCKS EOR LIVING
Austin, May 8. — “More
than 3,400. Fayette County
residents depend either
directly o* .indirectly upon
operation of the Texas motor'
transportation industry for
their five! i hood,” Lyjiu B.
Shaw, -general .'manager «>f
the Texas Motor lYansporift-
Tion association, reported to-
day. , •- ;■ .
‘ ”'Chis uuniher.” Shyw sai.d.
“docs not include allied in-
dustries.” ■
Shaw stated that (587 com-
mercial trucks and farm'
vehicles ‘/were « registered in
the county this year.
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JOIN THE CCC CAMPS
“GONE WITH WIND” -
FILM NETS TEXAS
$6S,700 IN TAXES
Am'T£bV teSim. Hay 8.-L
Tin- motion jmliire ’’Gone'
With The Wind” netted the
state 4$68,700 in taxes, Comp-
1 11— iitt£4Xtmrd:
eporled Wednesdii
FIRE RAZES YOAKUM
GRAND THEATRE
lr m dote’tiw wires, or the film “Gone With The'
tintches ig led by rats, Wind” was aved’.' ;Tho dam-
between the balcony and { age w ill run into several
J idi\'iala MrtSX J first; •noticed i
destroyed the Voaktun Grand
Theatre. «
The fire atari .‘.d. eit'
Laniigcr < h.rbade.
Phone 57—tell yfuir news.
reported Wednesday
Sheppard said the theater
admission tax of one cent for
each 10 cents admission ap-
plied only on admission cost-
ing 51 cents or more and
•that the tax usually brought
in only a few hundred dol-
lars monthly from occasional
road allows.. • s
Three-fourths of the tax
i< nllocated to iiM -j^»e ben-
sions and the rest ro public
schools. -..* . , _•**
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FAYETTE COUNTY SEEKS
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING
La range, Texas; May if.
\cting indirectly on peti-
tions signed by rtoarK 1800
I' ayetle ('omity. reahlei|tSi
com missjoners court has
aiithoi'izeil i^ngagt niem of an
architect to survey,, the coun-
ty’- needs for office space ami
.make reCunimeiHiations.- - *
The petitions asked that
the county obtain a fedcraL
■project To erect nil agrieul-
tnral buildtrig'to house vari-
ous federal government agen-
cies.
MATTRESS ORDERS
-La Granger May 1 !T. —•
Order for cotton and ticking
for 900 mattre.-meu ip the
Fayette County mattress
demonstration program was
placed by Miss Vnda Pearl
agent. Two hundred more
applications arc on, fife. As
soon as the material arrives
the first renter wilL.be open-*
ed a't Flatonia
JSLAVY HECRU4T4N&-MAN.
TO BE IN SECTION
A representative of the U.
S. Navy Recruiting Service
will be at the Post Office
.building’ in Gonzales from
IlyTO'tb 4 :00 6’c
20th; and in
8 :t)0 - a.m. to 4-:
MayJ!3rd.
SEE -
Tj W. (Pat) Patterson
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that are .’interested in* joining
the (tamps, should re-
gistej a I the l-’aret.te. (.‘ounty
Welfare Agency' located ,at
La Grange, Texas , on any
Friday during the month.
AJI new applicanls should
cmnV with the head of their
rospec live families' To - make*
application. The boys must
be between the ages of 17
and 24.
* —PRAHA— i_
I^For Your BuriaTContract
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Fernau Funeral
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PLAfONlA, TEXAS ‘
HEAR
TH* Hhjlk 9«toel
Bond CoMpMHjonf.itnl
! WO AI
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as.
Let’s look at former resi-j and carrying with them the
dents of Flritonia holUingl spirit of industry and em-
positions of trust ami re-1 pires of their illustrious fore-
aponsibiiity in old. Yorktown. fathers.
Get Quality Instruments
at NO COST!
Savm lh* Coupon, that com, wilk lib,rtf Mill* Uadlng
Ooure—and ai»» ih«m to your local schools. Each coupon
has a doll ni to corhkcato value on tho purchase ol new,
quality band instruments.
Cerhheatee lake the place oi cash! No moaoy Is rsquired!
This Is a community oSorlln which every lamily ©an do its
chare. Enjoy the#© superior Sours and start saving cou-
pons today!
• mk> KstsuMDfr coutom cottisasp tt rouowwo auce
HEARTS ,$/ DELIGHT
LIBERTY BELL ROSE OF TEXAS
ROSEBUD ifrinte) |*UTITY FINEST
PERFECTION tPrint*.
LIBERTV^Mlf;.'
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 111 I LLw
fOR GAS ECONOMY!
The 85 h.p. Ford gave best gas
mileage of >/// standa;rd-drive cars
at-its price in the annual, officially
supervited CiiImOre-Yosemite
roacl test!* ' *-., ,, , v #*
FOR PERFORMANCE!
Ford cars took the first four places
in the 3700-mile'Argentine Grand
Prize road race, setting new speed
records /or this.classit event! ._
FOR SMOOTHNESS!
Die only 8-cylinder ■engine in any
car at low price!
FOR BRAKING POWER!
The biggest hydraulic brakes ever
used on a low-price car!
FOR KNEE-ROOM!
Rear-seat
knee-room
at the price! r ,
CHCCK EQUIPMENT!...See how much
mote you get m a Ford at no
FOR FINE RIDE! -
A soft, steady, sure-footed big-cur
riding quality.that’s one of the
T most talked-ahout developments
- of 1SH0!
FOR MECHANICAL QUALITY!
The -only semi-cehtrifugal clufch,
giving lower pedal pressure at
shifting speeds, the only hardened
“Valve seat insert^ for ull engine '
' frin-anyenrat l<5w price!
Your Ford Dealer
your deal... See
him today!
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Hawkes, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1940, newspaper, May 16, 1940; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth985605/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.