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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
Published Every Thursday
GEORGE W. HAWK EH, Editor ailTT^blishtr
Entered ut the poslofftee at Flatonia, T< xuh, us second
class matter^ under the Act of March 3, IK?1.).
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THE FLATONIA AKCUS 2 THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941
FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
FOR BAYLOR U. DIES
—TELEPHONE 57-
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or
reputation of any person, firm or corporation that ma> uppeur
in the columns of this paper will be Kindly corrected if it is
brouKht to the attention of thq publisher. .
We do not hold oui'kelves responsible for the views ol
our corrcg»Tfo<mlent».
MEMORIES OF PATRIOTS
Waco, Tex., May Hi.——
Death on Muy 14 of Baylor
University's oldest living
employee, Prof. Wade Hill
Pool, terminated a career
with* BavlnF (hat begun when
the North Carolina-born lad
entenuf old Waco University
in 1881. .
He Kraduuited^, fr*»m the
merKed Waco and Baylor
Urilversities in __1 887, took
graduate 'work in Harvard said that he came
On Muy 30, the’American people dre asked to suspend
- their daily work and pleasures, and spend a brief time, in
honoring the veterans who have served in the country’s wars.
Originally established as u Decoration day for the men of the
Grftnd Army of the Republic, Memorial flay has become the
• occasion when soldiers who served in all our wars are to be
honored. I
In. thousands of <pii(jf cemeteries lie the remains of these
men, who never more will hear-the-sound s>f the warrior’s
trumpet, the dash M’ steel on steel, or. the boom of cannon.
They-passed (liixtur |i Life'.- -mo t terrible -experience - and they
"did not <|unil. Without protest they left their peaceful homes,
their beloved families, and the occiipillions on which their
future iwelfare'depenjled, ami marched to the camp grounds
and prepared for the JVmlly business oT whir.
They had orr-per mtifil au'fino il\ avain'-t their, foes, hut
f«tt Ihey were called upon to support certain grand ideas for
‘ the herfhfitrof ttTeir country. Thousands of them sleep in.quiet
cemeteries in Europe, where they gave up their.lives, as they'
thought. In end Till wars. The results ba their sacrifice have
proved disappointing, jh wars' have not keen muled, but their
sacrifice was just as .noble. Those qtnet resting places should
be watched and tended and kept cveii.green, .Ajiv ravaging
war thnt lays its destructive hand on those graves should
forever meet the Vxeoration of mankind.
It is a pleasing and beautiful net to place loveTv flowers
‘—..OB the grave of any stu b veteran. The heart of the whole
community should go to these peaceful resting places. Thr-
veterans have passed to a-scene, where.,the is-ue^ of life are
not nettledIj.v .the’futile and ilesiructive hand of Avar, bid by
the justice of God. Let them ifeVCr he forgotten, lor they are
men who have helped our country reach a higher love1.
and Columbia. and returned
to Baylor'as head-master of
the academy in *4892.
The academy was discon-
tinued in 1923, and Professor
Pool became Latin professor
in the university. In 1931
President Pat M. Neff de-
signated him as field ropYe-
sen.lative which position he
held until his death. Tie was
82.; ■ :
,-Tributing Professor Pool,
President. Neff said: “For a
half a century-he wove into
the warp and-woof of'Baying
University, a fabric of 'tiro
finest texture.’’
Professor Pool’s death was
the third expiration of Bay-
lor leaders ‘on. the May 14
date, it was revealed. Dr.
Ruins C,~ Burleson, win*
serve)! ns president from 1831
to 1 Hi>,7, died on » May 14,
1901. I)r. Samuel Palmer
Brooko. —Baylor's-prr-ddnnt
from 1902 until his. death,.
died oiC May 14, 1931. jnter
esting also, all the year
ended in the figure one.
Use the Argus Classified
MAN DROWNS WHEN
HE FALLS FROM NEW
LAGRANGE BRIDGE
The second lataiity- during
construction Of the new C'olb-
rado river bridge here occur-
ed Wednesday afternoon’
about. 4 :30 when .1. B. ('anion,
21» year-old painter, fell from
tin* structure and drowned
in a whirlpool in the swollen
river.
Painters with whom the
young man was working
were unable to say what,had
caused ('anion to fall. They
UP. and
swum for unite—a distance,
yelled “Come and get meJ”
and disappeared from sight.
. The alarm was sounded
and,..workmep* the fire de-
partment and others rushed
to the - 'jftjtcc in an effort to
locate the youth. Only after
almost two hours of dragging
the river, however, wgs the
boily found. . ’
The Koenig Funeral H»m**'s
pulmotog urns used for almost
an hour Tn an effort to revive
him but without success.
('anion appeared to be un-
injured by "TTSfi fall. which
■st a trbm the floor level of
tbi- bridge.—Fayette County
Rec'oWl.
■-o;-.:-
HAVE WE FORGOTTEN
FLANDERS SO SOON?
$1000 DAMAGES
AWARDED IN SUJT
A Fayette county district
court."jury Wednesday night
awarded* $T,0()0 damages In
•i. (:
•olunin for results."
R L (Bui,) Ailanyik, Schu-
lenburg cafe operator. "
R.iihbRi alleged in bis suit
that he-'wns struck on the
Jo :id -while in Adameik’s
place ol' 'business. The*' ease
was submitted 4o jpe jury
<m pecihL* issues.'
By Bond Davit
I'm ..just OL (lead soldier in
Flanders^4,
TEAR GAS TO
QUELL DISTURBANCE
Once again the bombardment']
is near,
And I wonder if any one liv-
ing
Can tell me just why J am
here. '*
I fought in the war ttr free
people,
And really I hated not one,
Like me, they were husbflrids
and sweethearts,
Until somfcQpe .gave them a
gun.
They marched you away
from your village,
And poisoned your , mind with pistol "" into
w’ar hate, . * .
Anti told you of glories, un-
ending,-
It’ a bullet should meet you,
by‘fate,
-You were figfctinjpf the fight
of the righteous,
Top were making the world
free for all. „
But I wondered just what
they were telling
The'boys in the ether trench
wall.
fjince the summer of '15 I’ve
.lain hepe;
While the poppies grew' over
my bier, —
And mothers and wives and
children, . «rv/
Watered our graves, with ■ a
tear. ___:__i--—
■ I’m just a dead soldier in,
Flanders,
The first practical use of
fachrimating or “tear gas” in
Wharton county wits put to
successful test in Wharton
Iasi Sunday morning * by
Sheriff “Buckshot” Lane.
A crowd of Li or 29 sol-
diers were engaged in a
brawl among themselves near
a downtow n cafe about 4:30
o’clock in the morning. They
failed to quiet and disperse
when warned by Sheriff Lane
and Deputy Clay Elliott. After
repeated warnings the sheriff
said some of the youths told
him he could not arrest them.
“I didn’t want to hurt them,
I just fired my “tear ga$
their midst”,
Sheriff Lane explained. “They
got out of there in a hurry
and so d*d me and Clay El-
liott”. * . _ -
the
Th (T'sneriff ordered
tear gas for the county about
two weeks ago iijul all of 'his
W*i
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to pi
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. came
,i> term.
Fv
Tmlay you can buy this G-E
, -tii the- (amc-4 ^leci-in-steel
General Electric Thrill Unit
—FOR ONLY-
$127.95
STS, 22! FLATONIA GAS CO.
easkms-,—El Cainpo News. | Phone 109 Flatonia, Texas
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Once again the cannon will
roar, •' -V, -,
And I wonder if someone can
tell me,
Ju-t what they -are fighting
for.
$
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their
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SINCE
1885
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MANY MORE LIKE HESS
If it he assumed that Rudolf lle-is. deputy fuehrer ,,f Ger-
many, fled*to England because he had quarreled with-Hitler,
many more Germans would \ike':1o do Ihe ante things II is
impossible to believe that all the intelligent people olVthnt
highly edugattMl country can approve of (lie.outrageous things
the Nazi government has doyo.i . <
Probably Iuj goyerniqipit io ancient-’or -modem time; ever
Suppressed hiunan speech so coni|»leU‘lv, In nitrienl latiils. the
truth had » wnv of leaking around from..month to mouth.
Probably dissentei-s from the government could 1.'41< among
sympathefir.-people with a fair amount of -nlYhv If a‘’modern
«i |1|,H|HW-I»xf>w”«'“< —w-irf and;-tH**"g«M’ernnrrrrt-
‘to his \vfle. the children might heai* it They have-been taught
to report disloyal talk l>\ their parjyits,. so thqt Father'might
Roon find himsyjf. in a couccntration ciHnp.
MAN’S TREASURES GONF.
h
The war goes on day Ijy day. reducing to ruins some of the
-nobleat products of man’s genius <»v«y the centuries. It ferns
like some terrific whirlwind that sweeps through the pro-
ducts of man’s toil and sacrifice mid -power, and reduces
them nil to ordinary rubbish,
►... A fdwr nights.,ago the. ruthless N;lzi raiders swept, over
London, planting their bombs o n such noble products of man’s
aspiration of the houses of parliament and Westminister Ab-
bey. Under the latter roof Is perhaps the world’s finest col-
lection of memorials of great piem Terrific damage was done
to such Structures as, If-they were of no move account than
rickety and worthless shacks in someone’s Ihavk > .1141.
The human race goes slowlv and toilsomely along, »re-
ating objects of nobilitv to testify to its spiritual longings, and
expressing the marvellous skill and rich imagination with,
which the Creator has gifted human beings. Then brutal v ar
comes raging into the.midst of these products of inspir it) > i,
representing the noblest’ achievement of the human spirit,
and sweeps them into thy dust heap and the dump.
It is something as if a hahv was turned loose in a museum
full of creations of beauty, and should take a sharp knife of
which tt~h7Ut: joined possession, and should cut and slash
famous pictures which have inspired the world, and should
turn them into mossy strips of worthless canvass.
. Such actions are childish. They are like the' doings of in-
fants who haVo not vet gained any conception of .iudgnieift
and right conduct. Such loss of treasures, with the dreadful
loss of life thnt wont with it. could have been averted, if the'
man or merf responsible for this war had been willing to set-
tle disputed issues in a spirit of reason and kindness and toler-
ance.
solved,
of son
gradua
beautii
be soei
a high
Ther
the” gr
being
year t
will be
the Co
will hi
-doors.
) to hav
of all.
doing,
our pai
for the
tell ou
need tl
its stb(
to ttlh
schools
sary t b
have 1
t* needs )
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1
pnovei
The
year j
they i
good
of this
come
a rul s
class
diplon
* school
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The Gulf South
IS ENTITLED TO THE BEST . . . AND GETS IT!
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^ No other regitm if) the world has any’better Nat-
ural Gas service than the Gulf South where hundred*
of e*ties and towns are served at the city •'ales by (his •
Company and assoeiated Companies.
eepted standards of good ronsTruetion, to provide
the most reliable means of delivering this service
to Gulf South communities.
The Seni
By IlaU.it
Ed'war
in Palac
1923. Ht
flier. Wh
listens t
his favo
Fried ch
his favor
rather h
in any <>
goes hun
ride in a
when he
always lo
ing beeai
subject,
undertake
wish him
EIDSON CONFIRMED BY
SENATE AS TEACHERS
COLLEGE DIRECTOR
l-« v.
The State Senate confirm-
ed the appointment of D*r M.
C. Eidson of Luling. as a mem-
ber of the board of directors
of the State Teachers College.
Also confirmed were U. L.
Thomas of Dallas and Oveta
Culp Hobby of Houston. Dr.
Eidson is pastor of the First
Baptist CbtiFCh here. ’
At the -same time the.
senate refused comfirina-
tion of Jeff Davis, dry lead-
er of Texas, to be chairman
of the State Liquor Control
Board. He was third nomina-
tion by O’Danie! for this
position.—Luling Signal.
DRUGSTORE LIQUOR
BILL ALMOST LAW
Only the signature of Gov-
ernor W. Lee O’Daniel was
lacking, this week to make
effective a law which pro-
poses- to virtually stop drug
store sales of liquor in dry
counties.
Both I.t.-Gov. Coke Steven-
son and Speaker Homer Leo-
nard had signed the bill and
the bill lin'd gpne’'to*the Gov-
ernor’s office for his signa-
ture at the weekend.
The bill, authored bv R(*p.
Dallas Btankenship of Dallas,
proposes restrictions on dry
count v drug stores which
would virtually stop .their
sujes of DreacriDtkm whiskey.
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Plioiie 57—tell your news.
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miles of main transmission and gathering lines,
compressor tftations, gasoline plants, ami other
★ Even more important is the trained, experienced
organization of more than 3,000 loyal employes
who keep this dependable service’going—nothing
has been spared.
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★ These employes believe firmly that the Gulf South
egjiupuu'ut arc built and maintained.ou sound, uc- is entitled to tho-best; anil gi^s it!
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Chatter
By Nell
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mean, be
But, befo
dread of
students,
Lp do soi
then, thei
parting
the Senio
our sorroi
our long
vacation,
swimming,
riding, bo
million otl
J natural"
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Hawkes, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1941, newspaper, May 22, 1941; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth990028/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.