Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1924 Page: 4 of 8
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tf K A NS A ° PASS PROGRESS: MRS. ANNA WELLS WILLIAMS
(Published °very Friday) -
at Aransas Pass, Texas (San Patricio County News)
Progress Printing Company ju the death of Mrs. Anna Wells]
PUBLISHERS * ____Williams, which occurred suddenly in j
Entered at the Postoffice it Aransas | San Antonio, Thursday afternoon at:
pass, Texas, as second class matter.
W, E. ’7ARRICK
Editor and Manager
SUBSCRIPTION
line Year
$2.00!
i o'clock Saturday afternoon from the
! home of her sister, Mrs Hollingsworth
! Rev. J. E. Morgan of Aransas Pass,
assisted by Rev. H* E. Beseda, con-
j ducted the services. Interment follow-
ed in Sinton cemetery
Active pall bearers were Roy .Tack-
son- J. A. Matthews, M. K. Hunt, W.
E. Haisley. . R. Fincher, and T- E.
Ward.
Honorary pall bearers were R. E. L
FROM THE FARM
OUR RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS!
Cook, W. G. Mar-
M Stalcup, C. I Albertson, H.
Jackson and P». Merrill.
j 5 o'clock, July, 10, 1924, we realize the
loss of one of our sweetest and
noblest characters.
Mrs. Williams became a citizen of
our little city thirteen years ago- Al-, _ . .. _
.. . . . . . .. . ,. George, C. R. Park, Ray Franklin, B
though she hag not been able to live! ^
, . F. Touchstone, .T- G
m Sinton much of the time during i
_ the past few years on account of ill ; *’5n’ ""
On, o fil.e most impbrtnt ballots to j yet she so acted her part in , Mrtll „hleh rcstMl
he cast, on July 20th will be for our j the sphere of life m wind, she was ^ lspless ,„.east. was pUed
three ltailroad Commissioners. | »>*««>• *«* »>« ■»"»"* 1VI" *'vt'r ilicl, with' flowers of rarest beauty
The importance of this tribunal is as the savor of sweet incense — ql,lTel.ins leaf and drooping
Often lost sight of by the public for.111 :ls <'lf-v' " u< \ ls ie be el 1 °m. petal was germed with tears of those lations of a lifetime at forced sale
the very reason that should commend luM having lived in it. j who loved her living, and mourned merely to get into-the city where life
i- to the people of Texas more than She was born in De Sota Parish, : f-jeacy | seems so much easier is making a mis-
| A life so bravely, so worthily lived, take,
is at once an inspiration, a benedic-
Frequently we hear farmers of the
country say: “Pm going to sell out.
There’s nothing in farming but hard
work from daylight to dark with mark-
ets shot to pieces and gamblers taking
the profits from our labor. I'm going
to the city as soon as I can sell out.
I. too- am going to get my ten or
twelve do’lars a day for eight hours
work.”
We agree that the present condition
of our greatest industry, agriculture,
is deplorable, and we believe that the
farmer must be more prosperous be-
fore business conditions in towns will
soon the World is going to pay the
farmer somewhere near the income
he earns.
Anyway the farmer can never be as
bad. off as the worker in the city who
is left without a job.
ENERGY
“Inspiration is ninety-nine per cent
perspiratfon-’’
In this epigram, Thomas Edison, one
of the greatest scientists and inventors
of all times, has ‘sounded the keynote
of success. Energy, willingness to
work hard- and the ability to take
infinite pains are the characteristics
of genius. During the days when he
tion and a
priceless heritage.
—A Friend.
•any other thing. It functions so well ! Louisiana, November 7, 1869. Her ed-
that it gets little or no newspaper ucation was completed at Coleman
publicity. The »efficiency of this reg- College, Kachie, Louisiana, where she
Ida ting body is largely due to its specialized in music, later graduating
p-.-egent Chairman. Hon. Clarence E from Siegel Myers School of Music,
Gilmore. He enjoys r.he reputation Chicago, Illinois Mrs- Williams was the mother of J.
around the capitol building at Auslin [n February 1890 she was united in q Williams, Cashier of the First
-of being one of its hardest workers, marriage to Mr. J. D. Williams of De j gmte Bank and was for a short time
He enjoys the respect and friendship Sota Parish. Louisiana, who preceded j a resident of Aransas Pass, having-
-of the railroads and the oil companies her to eternal reward by several years j eome here to be with her son during
both of which he often rules against j passing away on July 2, 1920 j the summer and in that, short timte
in a hard and firm manner, but enjoys j Mrs. Williams was never so absorb-; maije many warm friends who will be
De reputation of being fair j ed in those concerns of life which j ^ievf^f to learn of her passing.
Through bis untiring efforts, the ap- la ted to her own interests, taht she j _
plication of the American Railway lost, sight of the obligation to serve1 A SERVICE
others This w&s Idemorfetra tort in
be right. But we also believe that j began to climb to the greatest notor-
the farmer who sells out the aceurnu-j j«ty in his tory, Napoleon worked from
eighteen to twenty hours a day with
his secretaries fainting at his side
from sheer exhaustion.
Lord Bacon, one of the greatest in-
tellectual figures of (early England,
worked incessantly from the begin-
BIG MEN IN SMALL TOWNS
Once advertising was regarded as an
her early residence in Sin ion. -luring opportunity to knock a competitor’s
which time she took an active interest produ(.t- But those days have gone
iii its affairs and especially in those forever .along with other features of
Express Co. three years ago for an
increase in Texas rates of 13 1-2 per
dent was denied, although the Inter-
state Commerce Commission granted
the company an increase on interstate of the Methodist church, of which she etlie pei.j0(i 0f cut-throat competition,
ghiments. The Express Company was a devoted member Many friends
claims that this increase would have and former pupils will remember the
•amounted to more than three million joy and inspiration received through
dollars at the present time. In other her beautiful music, both vocal -amt
•words, Mr. Gilmore saved the people instrumental.
of Tex,as this sum of money in ex- - Since the death of her devoted bus-
press rates, and very little has ewer band who meant so much to this frail,
been said about it. i delicate little woman, life has been a
Today advertising is regarded as a
service to the buyer. It serves as an
agency for broadcasting information
on the things we use in our daily
lives. It tells us where we can get
what we have been looking for. It
informs us on how to taket care of
what we have—how to renew old ar-
There are seven other men in the struggle Although with the same tides—how to get the maximum ser-
race, two of whom are present in- calm courage with which she bore ,-dce out of the car or piece of ma-
cumbents. same being Mr. Nabors and her sorrow, she heard the summons diinery we buy.
Dr. Splawn- Just recently, however of the resistless messenger who called j Think of what it means to the busy
D". Splawn has been appointed Pres- her hence. He came not as an enemy ’ housewife to be able to compare val-
ident of the University of Texas- and to be dreaded, but as a friend who ues and prices merely by looking
while his name will probably remain was to bring her relief from suffer- j through the pages of a newspaper,
•on the ticket, even though he is nom- mg. Sustained and soothed by an , pause and think for a moment upon
inated he wll resign the commissioner unaltering trust in the unfailing prom-; the tremendous saving to seller and
Thousands have left the farms and
moved to the cities during the past
few years, and most oi^ those who have
joined this exodus find that life in
the metropolis is not all a bed of
roses. They have spent most of their
lives in learning to become good farm-
ers, but in the city they must join the
ranks of common labor. Periods of
unemployment come along. Naturally
the men who have not been working
i the factory for years, or who are
not especially trained for some line of
skilled work are the first to be laid
off-
Ho we find that many of the former
prosperous farmers have become mere
jot> hunters in the big cities. They
have0 discovered that big wages can!
ail be taken up in huge rents, high1
living costs, and the thousand and one
temptations the city offers to spend j
money. The surplus money received j
from the sale of the farm- its livestock I
and equipment is rapidly used up to j
keep the family going until jobs be-
come more plentiful.
ning to the end of 'his life. At one
time he was too sick for strenuous
mental activity, so he wrote a book of
humor that became very popular dur-
ing his life.
Frederick, the Great, with all the
armies of Europe beating down upon
him, had time to read, to study the
campaigns of Napoleon, and to write
philosophically in imitation of Vol-
taire.
Beethoven, the great German com-
poser, worked for years on the fifth
symphony, the most stupendous cre-
ation in rnusicr and during these years
he was unable to hear a sound.
Alexander Dumas, French romantic
author, with the help of scribes, wrote
I almost 1,000 volumes during his life.
Most of them are worthless, but a few
lived to carry his fame down through
the ages. „
George Washington fought two great
wars, founded the finest government
on the face of the earth, and still had
time to do more work than we ordi-
nary mortals can imagine as the ac-
ship immediately after the election
and his unexpired term will he filled
by appointment.
While there is a total of eight men beloved.
ises of her Master, as gently as the buyer in sending out information by
night wind dies at dawn, she passed ^ way of advertising instead of by sales-
into that, rest which God gives to His men and agents.
Then you will agree that adevrtising
Finally many of them want to get
hack to the farm—to the special ! oompUshment of a single lifetime
of work for whic hthey are trained—1
but there is no money left with which
to get hack into farming. So they go
along living from hand to mouth.
Many will say this is overdrawn,
but after investigation a big farm pa-
per editor finds that this is usually
Geniuses may be born. Ability may
be a gift of nature- But without hard
work and energy no great career has
ever been achieved.
The muscles of the human jaw x-
ert a force of 534 pounds The amaz-
the misfortune that pursues the farm- j ing thing is how some choice steaks
er who goes to the city in search of resist that force,
high wages and short hours of work
on the ticket, and three to be elected,
what the Progress calls particular at
Surviving Mrs. .William* are four truly has become a great service, and
sons: Manton and Prescott Williams you will understand why it has also
tention to. is that there is one man of this city: Clifford Williams of Taft,become such a great force in modern
that is in a class by himself, and that Oswald [Williams of Aransas Paste; business .
is the present. Chairman. Hon C. E. her father and mother. Mr and Mrs. '•__._
Gilmore who' has shown his friendship J- M. Weljs of Rockport: two sisters, i
to Aransas Pass on more than one Mrs. Benna Hollingsworth of this city If your little boy has an over-
occasion in making rate adjustments and Mrs. A. G. Hammett of Shreve- elastic imagination it may he merely
favorable to the port here and this rort. La.: one brother. Clyde Wells of that he is going to grow up to draw
should not be forgotten by the voters Frostburg, Md. pictures for the fronts of seed pack-
of Aransas Pass on .July 26th. funeral services were held at 5 ages.
The farmer’s lot is hard. We do not
believe that he is getting quite a
square deal in the present order of
things. But no matter howr bad con-
ditions may become, he always has
a living, aeomfortable home, and
friends and neighbors wrho are exper-
iencing the same misfortunes. Con-
ditions are bound to improve in the
future, for the World needs the food
the American farmer produces—and
The advantage of living in a great
city is that one can hear grand opera,
if there are e nough music lovers to
support it.
(Another objection to post office ser-
vice is that the ink provided at the
public desk clogs up your fountain
pen.
The men and women who do more
for their neighbors, their community,
and their profession than the “profes-
sional uplifters” are the ones who
tend to their own business; believe
that honesty pays; and mix brains
with brawn-
This will be your conclusion, too,
when you hear that Charles J. Blume,
living near Galveston- Texas, has done
during the past twelve years.
Thirteen years ago Blume was a
druggist, but he was disatisfied. He
wanted to get out in the open, and he
had an idea. It was just a" distant
vision then, but during twelve years
of hard work he has transformed it
into a reality.
The country where he is now en-
gaged in the fig business was then
prairie devoted only to the raising of
long-horn cattle. He looked the land
over, and decided it would grow figs.
So he bought a piece of the land, and
set out a fig orchard. The venture .
did not pay well at the start—or for
many years. There was little scien-
tific knowledge on fig culture, and so
lie had to experiment and learn for
himself.
During those days when the income
was small, he went into poultry and
dairying on a small scale- This kept
the family larder full, and enabled
him to stick to his idea. Others were
impresed and flocked into the territory
But the hard work and limited means
quickly drove them out.
P»ut Blume kept at it, and continued
to learn more and more about fig cul-
ture. He also went into the raising of
citrus fruits of various kinds, but the
fig business has proved to he his
specialty.
Now he has reduced it to an exact
science. The first year a fig orchard
produces from .$50 to $75 an acre-
and continues to double this produc-
tion each year for the next ten years
Some of his old orchards have produc-
ed returns of more than $800 an acre.
With seventy acres devoted to* fig
culture producing at this rate, he has
proved that he had the right idea
when he started out.
His success has brought others in-
to the district who are now determined
to see the fig business through to suc-
cess. And as a result the prairie
area once only a range for cattle has
become a garden spot.
Blume didn’t set out to transform
the wilderness into orchards. He
didn’t tell about how he was going to-
help his neighbors become more pros-
perous and more happy, but. never-
theless- the transformation of this dis
trict comes largely as a result of his
courage and persistence
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RAYMOND MULLEN
For County Judge, San Patricio County
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Warrick, W. E. Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1924, newspaper, July 18, 1924; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth991314/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.