La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1935 Page: 4 of 8
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LAGRANGE JOURNAL
JULY 4, 1935
LAGRANGE JOURNAL
ESTABLISHED 1880
Published Every Thursday Moraine at
LaGrange, Texas
B. F. HAKIGEL-PROPRIETOR
THINGS IN GENERAL
Remarks by the Editor
Secretary of State Appeal**
To Texans To Be Careful.
Last week the Journal and several hun-
dred other weekly papers in Texas pub-
lished an article, in brief, relative to the
Texas Securities Law, and this week an-
other article will appear. The Journal en-
tertains the hope that these brief referen-
ces will be read by everybody, regardless
of whether they are regular subscribers, or
have access to the barber shop or neigh-
bor’s issue of the paper. For your benefit,
these articles are appearing, published in
the effort to aid the Secretary of State, in
giving the law as much publicity as pos-
sible, so that the unsuspecting and willing
buyers of securities may be, to a great ex-
tent, protected.
Protected, did we say? Exactly that.
Hundreds of trusting men and women have
found themselves robbed of their earnings
—saved by frugal practices—and their in-
surance inheritences, as the result of a
glib-tongued salesman who called and pro-
duced handsomely engraved securities,
bearing good percentage in interest, on the
face of the paper only, and selling them to
the widow especially, “in order that she
may reap some benefit of her money” by
annual interest payments. Hundreds have
been thus duped, because they bought.
This Texas Securities Law compels every
OUR WEEKLY POEM
alMMIMf
THE MAKING OF FRIENDS
If nobody smiled and nobody cheered,
And nobody helped us along,
If each and every man looked after himself,
And good things went to the strong,
If nobody thought about me,
And nobody thought about you,
And we stood all alone in the battle of life,
What a dreary old world this would.be.
If there were no such thing as a flag in
the sky,
A symbol of comradeship here,
If we lived as the animals live in the woods,
With nothing held sacred or dear,
If selfishness ruled us from birth to the end,
And never a neighbor had we,
And never we gave to another in need,
What a dreary old world this would be.
Oh, if we were rich as the richest on earth,
And strong as the strongest that lives,
Yet we know not all the delight and charms,
Of the smile which the other man gives,
If kindness were never a part of ourselves,
Though we owned all the land we could
see,
And friendship meant nothing at all to us
here—
What a dreary old world this would be!
—Author Unknown.
REAL TRAGEDY
(For The Journal by S.H.C.)
Editor Journal:—
Recently you asked those who care
to relieve their minds, to address an
article for the Journal. While I do
not wish to have my name mentioned,
I am seeking space to mention a little
incident that appeared in the daily
press last Friday. If you have al-
ready commented thereon, please con-
sign this to the ever-yawning recep-
tacle—the waste basket.
John (Jack) Joiner was released
from the state prison last Thursday
after having served nine years of a
99-year sentence. He was sent as a
penalty for having shot to death
another man; after nine years he is
released, and it has come to the notice
of the public that he did not fire the
shot that killed the other man, but
that his wife did the shooting. He
took the “rap” says the news dis-
patch, to clear his wife from any sus-
picion. She died three months after
his conviction, having taken poison.
Reading the news dispatch and the
sentiment that is contained therein,
one feels that Joiner should have been
released ere this. Either that, or the
Governor has been mislead. I am not
going into details. My desire is to
show the man. Knowing, and this is
according to what the dispatch said,
that his wife committed the crime,
this man took the “rap” and in the
same principle involved in many inci-
dents of history, Jie practically lead
down his life for another. Is this an
ennobling inspiration to those who
are ever willing to tear down others?
Or is it not an inspiration ? Many 'do
not care to confess their inefficiency
at pardon.
Shall it be said that this story was
concocted merely to persuade the
Governor to release a man from prison
because of his good record in prison?
Too flimsy to consider, intelligently.
Pardons have been dealt out with too
lavish a hand in the past because, so
believed, there was a price paid. Here
is a man who suffered in silence, tak-
ing the burden because of the love he
had for his companion.
How can he be compensated? His
pardon is a conditional pardon; that
will not destroy the good opinion the
people will form of him. If the facts
were known ere this, why did his par-
don come so late; if they were known
after the wife had taken poison, was
there no one interested in the convict
who was paying a penalty he did not
merit? To me it is but another tra-
gedy of life. Surely, if the public is
interested, here is an opportunity to
do some good. And I thought the day
of sacrifice was past.
(Your name will not be used; please
accept my thanks for your contribu-
tion. All we ask is that the article
submitted is signed, to insure its genu-
ineness. Initials are used only, un-
less otherwise instructed.—Journal
Editor.)
salesman of securities to register with the
State. True, they can carry on their con-
temptible practice of selling to the unsus-
pecting and willing buyer, who is not in-
terested in obtaining information from the
State, as to whether the salesman is regis-
tered or is not registered, and they prob-
ably will take the chance of deceiving the
willing buyers. Probably many buyers will
be found. The State will not endorse any
stock, bond or security but it will have the
name of the man who sells such, recorded,
unless that salesman practices what is
above outlined.
Protecting the willing-to-be defrauded
against themselves. Guard that little sav-
ings you have, that little inheritence money
that has come to you at the cost of the
death of a husband, a mother or a son.
Guard it against the smooth-talking swind-
ler, and he is nothing else but that, and
ascertain from the Secretary of State,
whether the seller interviewing you, is
registered. What a pity the law is not
more far-reaching so that it can fasten the
clutches of justice on those who roam
about the country organizing leagues,
promising all manner of tax exemption,
and what not.
• m m * m
Without Fools Kingdoms Would
Become Idle Chambers.
Commenting on some of the recent es-
capades—and that is the only name that
we can apply to these wanton disregards
for the iives of others, the morals of self
and the freedom of everyone—an example,
a Texas newspaper, says: “What fools
these mortals be.” Commenting further
the weekly newspaper Bonham Favorite
says:
“A lovely woman dead on a lonely ranch
—dead because wealth and home and hus-
band and child had been a disappointment
to her. Another daughter of millions seek-
ing separation from her third husband be-
cause he no longer suited her fancy or gave
life the zest she craved. A husband for-
saking a beautiful wife and children be-
cause of infatuation for a nineteen year old
girl who hasn’t any more sense of honor
than he has. A wife forsaking her hus-
band in order to devote all her time and
strength to the work of her church. ‘What
fools these mortals be.’ ”
Many who read will agree with the Bon-
ham paper; many who read will ask: “Why
not include the other fools that infest every
rural section, every hamlet, every suburban
section of the large cities of the State,
Texas and other states?” Why not take
to task the creature who weakens at the
approach of an astute politician, and wil-
lingly pledges himself to solicit votes and
circulate campaign lies in order to get a
seat at a possible pie counter?
Why not include the feeble-minded crea-
ture who now “cusses” the successful poli-
tician who, in order to get the votes in a
certain community, left the impression
that, after he was elected he would secure
for them school aid, and other aid. and
place some of their boys on relief jobs?
There are a lot of fools, even unto those
who preach the sacred word of the Great
Messiah; there are some of these same
fools who essay to spread the bull in the
columns of their papers, and cower at the
approach of the creature who conveys the
news that competition will not develop if
the paper owner supports another candi-
date, the one the creature names. Fools
is a small word we would prefer some of
these fools, for entertainment purposes,
because they are worth more to the public
than the deceiving and lust-loving who
spread discontent.
Following In The Wake Of
Others Who Want Coin.
Several years ago, when the Annual Fair
was held at LaGrange, a couple, a man and
a woman, paid the admission price knd
made themselves “at home." After a short
meander about the grounds, they became
sellers of badges that bore the following:
“We are boosters for the Fair.” Many of
those on the grounds paid the woman 25c
for a badge. These two made a good kill-
ing, until the Directors stepped in.
What about it? Simply this: Lieuten-
ant-governor Walter Woodul, chairman of
the centennial commission on control has
made a discovery, and he is calling on the
public to be warned, that “commercial
agencies were attempting to sell novelties
on the basis of the coming centennial.”
Governor Woodul continues: “I would like
for the public to be warned to consider all
of these propositions carefully and not pur-
chase these novelties with the idea that
any of the proceeds go directly or indirectly
to the centennial.”
Surely, this chairman did not expect
these wise men who are after the dollar, to
sit idly by and let good pickings pass with-
out reaping a harvest. Every man and
every woman who has attended a celebra-
tion similar to the one to be staged in Tex-
as next year, has come in contact with the
cane peddler, the ribbon badge seller and
the souvenir seller on the grounds or near
to the grounds. Months before the event
is open to the public, these hustling agen-
cies are busy and strange to say, the buy-
ers are willing to buy.
The mere fact that it, this game we
mean, was worked at the County Fair, gives
support to the idea that it will be worked
on a larger scale before the centennial
opens next year. And what is more, those
who have been warned, and who have read
of the warnings, will be among the first to
buy. Money is something that must be
spent, the old contention that a “fool and
his money are soon parted” will have a
double-effect inspiration next year, the
warnings of the chairman to the contrary
notwithstanding.
HELP WANTED
The Journal is in receipt of the fol-
lowing from the State Auditor, and
publishes it verbatim; the editor
wants you to read the call for help
that the State Auditor is issuing to
every citizen in the State. If you can
be of service to the State Auditor, do
not hide behind the shadow of fear,
and do not attempt to help the State
Auditor unless you have something to
work upon. Read his call:
Editor LaGrange Journal:—
“Under Acts of the 43rd Legisla-
ture, 2nd C. S., ch. 15, sec. 13, the
State Auditor’s office is charged with
the duty of auditing relief expendi-
tures and making quarterly reports to
each member of the Legislature and
the press. However, adequate provis-
ion was not made for auditing expen-
ditures of the various county admin-
istrative offices, where most of the res-
lief funds are actually disbursed. The
co-operation of the public is sought in
this connection, and we would be
pleased to receive suggestions for im-
provement in the manner of expend-
ing relief funds by county organiza-
tions. Also, any criticism of past ex-
penditures will be carefully considered
when called to our attention.
“Yours very truly,
“GEO. B. SIMPSON.”
Should the above plea from the
State Auditor appeal to you, as it
should appeal to every citizen who has
a desire to witness fair play, then you
can be of service. Should it not have
that appeal, however, then it is best
that you refrain from telling anything
that “they say it is so and is it not
so.” Some of these Relief Boards
may need a severe shaking up, and
they will get that shaking up if you
who read the appeal of the State Au-
ditor have something based on fact,
to tell.
Not a personal matter with the
Journal, even if it has always drawn
an unfriendly opinion from those who
may have had something to do with
the relief bureaus, and little does the
Journal editor care. Should it develop
that political set-ups have enabled
politicians to advance and gain office,
then for the love of justice, if not for
yourselves, get in line and apply the
vice. Squeeze these vipers until they
yell for pity.
You can’t get to heaven by toadying
to a crooked minister, neither can you
get a life job by licking the seat of a
politician. If you could, you would
find the flavor nauseating, eventually.
Let those who may know, say some-
thing, or close up.
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La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1935, newspaper, July 4, 1935; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth997874/m1/4/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.