La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1925 Page: 4 of 8
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LAGRANGE JOURNAL
MAY 23, 1925
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was, they did not leave home at night
to meet up with such men and hear
them tell the etory of the early days,
the log houaea and the trundle bgda.
The hour thui spent with Callan was
worth more than a dollar.
and go to modern dances,,or a pic-
ture show or take a joy ride in an
auto. They were tired from the day’s
work and looked upon the little bed
with its mattress of com shucks, with
a great deal of pleasure, and found
rest just as Austin Callan did when
he placed his tired little body on the
mattress and his head as close to that
crack between the logs as he possibly
could, to get the fresh air and dream
until the next mom. There is not
need to envy such men, they have the
pleasure of old age, if it be a pleas-
ure, and they are perhaps this late in
Life getting as much out of life as the
youngsters do when they go galli
vating around in the present day of-
ferings. The only difftrence lies in
the fact that the pleasures of today
are more nerve-wrecking and more
forceful to the final crash than were
the pleasures of the past. We feel
like agreeing with them when they
state that they have just naturally
gotten too lazy to work any more.
They have earned a few years of rest
tout—and this has been proven—an
old wagon or auto left to stand idle,
crumbles very rapidly.
The next interesting figure was
that of Henry L. Qualls, aged ninety-
nine yars, who lives over in Gonzales
county ,and who on May the thirteenth
celebrated his ninety-ninth birthday,
as full of interest as he was twenty-
five years ago, and as happy as the
balance of the large number of peo-
ple who called on him to wish him
well. He was born on the thirteenth
of Mny 1826, and since 1862 has re-
sided in Gonzales. That thirteenth
day of May is what appeals to me.
I like to' know that this bugaboo of
thirteen has no terrors for some, and
this near centenarian is one of them.
Taking into consideration that his
presence after ninety-nine years, is
still sought after, that he is in full
possession of his mental faculties and
keeps abreast of the present times by
reading the papers, there is some
hope for me. The thirteenth day of
May is the natal day of mine; ninety-
nine years of age is still a long ways
off, you are apt to have me here long
after the boy-cotters are gone, long
after the down-and outers have cashed
in and long after the self-styled
saviours of the country have been
planted in the shade. The thirteenth
day of May, regarded as a jinx, has
a new charm, and ninety-nine years—
you can’t blame me.
Age has its charm; when men and
women who have weathered the storm
tar near a century, can still be firm
in their step, and keep their mind
clear, they enjoy a blessing that is
apportioned to a few indeed. We
point to these few and we wonder at
the reasori for their longevity. We
delve through the books of caution
and the teachings of the great scien-
tists, physiologists and chemists, and
learn that we must abstain from this
kind of pleasure, from that kind of
practice and those kinds of habits.
We must abate all these, if we don’t
the roll is soon called and the journey
is ended. Then we turn back the
pages of time and look into the face
at some youngster, note that he looks
just like some of us did when we were
young men, and cant see any reason
why the same long life should not be
ours. Wo go on and read a few pages
in the book of philosophy, prepared
by one who has studied man and his
habits, the influence of his habits on
his body, and the foods that are best
suited for each man, and the more we
study the more the idea of doing as
you please takes hold. There is a
man in Virginia today, with one hun-
dred and two years to his credit, who
takes his toddy regularly as he wants
it and smokes his pipe as he used to
do, and lives right on and enjoys his
Habits and life.
Sure, the habits will get him in
time, but that will be after he has
had his time. You remember, there
was a funeral back in one of the old
states, a man died at the age of sev-
enty-two ytars. The chief mourners
at his grave were his mother, aged
ninety and his aunt, aged eighty-
seven. His family of a wife and one
child had preceded him some years
prior to his going. As they were
slowly Ailing the grave, the aunt
leaned over to the mourning mother,
and in a voice that was not as clear
at tone as it was forty years prior,
said: “Thar, now, I told ye that if
ye wasn't careful you’d lose John, ye
wasn’t raising him right." Now that
may provoke a smile, yet it happened,
and if we take the time to study the
real virtue in this; we can see that
there was a mother who believed that
the old saying of “John is my son
until he gets him a wife" didn’t count,
he was still her son, and as dear to
her as he ever was. And so there
are others. It is always good to be
with some man who has seen the
silver lining, who has watched the
days of the past change from days of
struggle and toil to days of lesser
work and comfort It is always good
; Officers Doing Their Bworn
Duty—Let Them Alone
Mob violence has never been a fa-
vored method of reaping vengeance
against one who has committed a
crime, be the crime what it may.
We have the law with its regular
course and we have men, sworn to
do their duty, to protect the prisoners
under their care and to disperse the
crowds whenever such crowds mani-
fest a spirit of mobbery. We have
the latest to come to us from Dallas
where a mob sought to storm the
jail and secure therefrom two negroes
charged with brutal crimes. The of-
ficers stood their ground and were
forced to etigage in a gun battle with
some of the aryused citizens. The
sequel: one of the young men in the
crowd was shot and fatally wounded.
He died later at a hospital
The inevitable ever. The sheriff
and his officers were essaying to up-
hold ' the law, the mob was violating
the law, seeking to take the prisoners
from their regular charge, and do
with them as mobs generally want
to do. Thus, instead of accomplish-
ing their purpose they committed a
crime, and have caused to be added
to the rapidly growing list of dead,
another who may have given promise
of becoming a leading citizen. Na-
turally the question: “What has
been accomplished?’’ We condone
the hot headedness that is so often
shown, but we deplore the necessity
for such, and believe that when an
officer has secured his men oi^nan
after diligent search and efforts, he
should not be harassed, he should be
commended and left to take care of
the criminals until the law has taken
its course And this in the face of
the many unnecessary delays and
court procedures.
The death of the young man has
sobered the mob, but, like the morn-
ing after the night before, when
soberness followed, regrets had little
effect. The matter should have been
gone over carefully, and the officers
left alone.
Man’s Usefulness Generally
•Recognized '
Dr. Wm. Bizzell, head of the Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical College
has been tendered the presidency of
the college of same class in Oslaho-
ma, being considered, according to
published reports, by Judge McDonald
of the Oklahoma University, as one
of the foremost scholars of the South-
west.
This should be recognized by the
young man who has striven to climb
up the ladder and make something of
himself. It should appeal especially
to the young man from the rural dis-
trict who has attended the public
schools of his section and endeavored
to obtain an education. Dr. Bizzell
was once a lad upon the farm, he
craved for more knowledge and
studied hard to get it. He possessed
the grit, the determination and the
happy faculty of imparting what he
learned, to others. And as he climbed
upward he continued to learn. Now
his services are in demand.
Whether Texas shall lose him, or
whether he will stay, changes the
argument very little. It is the fact
that Dr. Bizzel is the scholarly gen-
tleman ho is referred to as being,
that counts, and what he has done,
others can do. It requires only the
resolve and then the stickability or
whatever you may see fit to call it.
What has been done by others, can
be done by you, young man!
CARD OF THANKS
Friends and neighbors, when the
heavy hand of sorrow fell upon us
you manifested towards us that great
Christian spirit at sympathetic in-
terest, and in every manner at your
command you came forward and of-
fered to help us bridge across this
deep chasm. We feel that we cannot
find the words that would fittingly
thank you, but in employing this
means we desire to let you know that
we appreciate all that you have done.
We thank truly and sincerely, Rev.
Heise for his words of comfort, the
0. D. H. S., and S. P. J. S. T. lodge
members for their kindness and all
of you who placed such beautiful
floral offerings about the bier of our
dear husband, son and brother.
Please accept our heartfelt thanks.
MRS. MARTHA .WITT AND
CHILDREN
MOTHER AND BROTHERS
REMOVED TO LAGRANGE
Werner Bollmeyer, in charge of the
: Magnolia Filling station at the corner
effective next Monday, June 1. A. F.
Presun, until recently located at
Houston, will assume charge. Mr.
and Mrs. Presun arrived here Wed-
nesday, in their car, and will make
LaGrange their home in the future.
CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 32
Bargains in Used Cars
We have many different makes of USED CARS at
prices to suit almost any pocket book. See us beforff you
buy a CAR, new or old
TIETJEN BROTHERS
Chevrolet Dealers
Rutersville, ’Phone 18G LaGrange, ’Phone 342
Garage open at Rutersville on Sundays until 12:00 o’clock noon. ]
((£) by Western Newspaper Union.)
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51— Alone
52— Negative
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ble top
82— Papplee
SO—Neater
8T—A eenaaallnt
BA—African antelope
40—Mohammedan eacred writing*
42—More recent
48—Hoe
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5— Bora
6— Cavalry a word
7— Tlrraome peraoa
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10— Melted rock
11— Direction uaed In proofreadlnB
14—Curtl Inter
10—To Invert
18—A dictum
20—Adolescence
20—Treeless plain of arctlo North
America
27—To nrouee
20—Kapresslon of heart? nssent
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81—Atfraeta
88—Made a nilstuke
84—Hick aoil
80—Sickly
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Illation will appear In next Issue.
A VISIT THROUGH THE LARGEST
BUSINESS TRAINING SCHOOL
IN THE UNITED STATES
It is indeed an interesting sight to
visit the Tyler Commercial College,
at Tyler, Texas, and see the work of
its students.
As you enter their halls, you behold
hundreds of young men and women
intensely interested in their account-
ing work. Some have just entered
and are, of course, being given the
simple rudiments of their work by
painstaking and competent instruct-
ors. Others, being further advanced,
are busily engaged in various trans-
actions with the different miniature
business houses, where wholesale and
retail merchandising is done, where
real estate is bought and sold, whfere
goods are being shipped. All kinds
of bank transactions are made. To
make it more interesting and practi-
cal, there are Telegraphy stations in
all* parts of the building where stu-
dents may send messages, ordering
goods, making inquiry of goods
shipped, transferring money by tele-
graphy. All these stations are in
charge of the advanced students of
their General Railway and General
Western Union Departments. This
gives both the Business course stu-
dents and the telegraphy students a
wonderful opportunity to make their
work mutually profitable by adding
this practical touch to it.
Then there are the mere advanced
Accounting students, who have about
completed their course, intent in the
desire to thoroughly master their
courses. One can almost create a dis-
turbance in this department and they
will never lift their eyes from the
studies—so concentrated are they in
the work.
Solution
I of Travis and Jefferson streets, has
tendered his resignation to become
On the third floor of the large and
commodious building, a still more in-
teresting sight greets you. Over
three hundred typewriters of differ-
ent makes are being used to the full
capacity all through the day. Here,
the touch method is taught. Just to
the right is another room where
typewriting is taught by music.
Next, is the Shorthand Department
where hundreds are taking dictation
from their instructors. It is said
that the Byrne Simplified System is
the easiest system to learn in use
today. They control the copyright
of this famous system.
The Literary Department is in
charge of competent instructors.
Each student is giVen a review in
their literary subjects.
The Cotton Classing Department is
a revelation to anyone. More than a
hundred young men and women are
as busy as bees, pulling, sampling and
stapling actual cotton samples—
learning to distinguish the different
grades, staples, colors and fibre. The
instructors are as busy as the stu-
dents. They also have the Govern-
ment standards for ready reference.
The Telegraphy Department of this
great school is a veritable Railway
Telegraph Dispatchers’ office. There
are messages flying in all directions,
giving train orders, sending and re-
ceiving commercial telegrams, mak-
ing out Railway and Western Union
reports—doing everything that is
done by Railway or Western Union
offices. The Cotton Belt Railway
Company has a Telegraph line going
through this department. Students
receive real messages. The Western
Union Company advises their students
through the manager at Tyler.
The large auditoriutn, with a seat-
ing capacity of fifteen hundred, i3
used for their morning exercise. Stu-
dents hear many valuable talks of
interest by professional and business
men.
More than thirty courses and com-
bination of courses are given. Their
faculty consists of more than thirty
competent teachers.
It is well worth the time of anyone
and an opportunity never to be re-
gretted to visit this great institution.
A large interesting book describing
their work will be mailed to you for
the asking. Just fill out the coupon
below and they will send you the free
book ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN
BUSINESS.
(We have no branch schools any-
where—we set the standard.)
TYLER COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
Tyler,. Texas.
Name
Address ________________________
See editor of the Journal for a
scholarship.
(Advertisement)
<U)OD ATTENDANCE AT FARM
BUREAU MEETING
A meeting of the Farm Bureau was
held in the courthouse at LaGrange
last Saturday, May 23, with a goyd
attendance. W. A. Smith and son,
fieldmen for the county, reported a
good sign-up on the new contract
over the county as far as he has been,
the old members are coming in right
along and a number of new ones have
also signed.
The next meeting will be a county-
wide meeting for the purpose of elect-
ing officers for the coming year, the
date has been set for June 27; all
members are urged to come and elect
good men to the different offices.
The subject of buying feed and
supplies in quantity co-operatively
was discussed, and should the drouth
cut the supply of home grown feed
short, the Bureau will ask for bids
on such supplies as the members are
in need of.
M. F. GIESECKE, Sec’y.
Get the benefit of tfto advertising
published in this issue.
SHEET ROCK
THE FIRE-PROOF
WALL BOARD
MADE FROM ROCK, WILL NOT WARP; RESISTS
HEAT, COLD AND SOUND. SAWS AND NAILS
LIKE LUMBER. MAKES A SMOOTH, SOLID.
PERMANENT WALL. TAKES ANY DECORA-
TION—PAPER, PAINT OR PANELS.
KEPT IN STOCK BY THE
FARMERS LUMBER CO
Admiration
TEN YEARS IN THE “HOME
TOWN” NEWSPAPERS
United States Rubber Company
Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
of a Pioneering Adver-
tising Program
In 1915 there were 2,445,666 auto-
mobiles in this country.
It seemed a tremendous number.
Some people were already talking
about “the saturation point’’ being
not far ahead.
But if there were some men who
couldn’t set the woods for the trees,
there were others whose faith never
faltered.
It took a lot of vision for them to
see that the true market for the auto-
mobile had hardly been touched.
It took a lot of courage for them
to bank on the ultimate success of
the automobile in that market.
They had both.
Back in 1915, the United States
Rubber Company said “The real fu-
ture of the automobile is not in the
big cities but away from them.”
It is not in short runs on city
streets, but in mile after mile on
country roads.”
So back in 1915 the United States
Rubber Company began to prepare
for this movement—and to help it.
In 1915—ten year ago—the first
U. S. Tire advertising began to ap-
pear in the “home town” papers.
Few people saw these papers in
their true dimension.
Few realized the influence they had
on what the people thought and did
and wore and bought. Because few
peoplt realized the place they filled in
the minds and lives of their readers.
The United States Rubber Com-
pany saw.
As clearly as it saw that the devel-
opment of the automobile would be in
‘the smaller communities, it saw that
the people in these communities
would have to have tires to measure
up to the service and tire merchants
to sell them.
And it saw that in the “home town”
newspapers it had, ready to hand, the
medium to help it put tire merchan*
dising where it would have to be in
the new era of the automobile.
So ten years ago people began to
read the first U. S. Tire Advertising
in their “home town” paper—over the
name of their “home town” dealer.
They have been reading it ever
since.
They have seen these home dealers
develop their little “side line of tires”
into real business—always with the
support of “U. S.” Advertising in
these local papers.
Co-incident with the tenth anniver-
sary of “home town” advertising by
the United States Rubber Company,
this company announces another long
step forward in tl|e perfection of au-
tomobile tires—the greatest since the
introduction of the cord itself—in its
perfected Latex treated—Web Cord
Royal Baloon Tire with the flat low
pressure tread.
Today there are 16,000,000 automo-
biles in this country.
Eighty per cent of them are owned
by men and women on the farms and
in the smaller communities.
Baker Boy Bread
“ONLY A LOAF”
That is what one young wo-
man customer said, but she con-
tinued, “Yet what that loaf can
| accomplish. I know I’m mighty
particular, but it is your bakery
that has pleased me. Friends
in the neighborhood, too, can-
not speak' other than highly of
your bread.”
It does not surprise us that
jur bread satisfies. Every loaf
of bread from our oven repre-
sents the best of materials, and
a lengthy experience. If you
are not one of our customers
you haven’t tried our loaf.
Tiemann’s
Sanitary Bakery
THE OWL * ■
CONFECTIONERY
Headquarters For
FRUITS
BOX CANDIES
YOU CAN’T BLAME GRANDPA
After you have raised a nice, large
family of children, and they are of
age, some have gone from home and
entered upon the cares and duties of
family responsibility, and you look
upon them with a feeling of pride, no
one can blame you for feeling happy.
No one can blame you if you are
grandpa and yiour son writes and
tells you that his little baby girl won
first prize at the baby show. That is
what happened to John F. Taylor of
near LaGrange. John received a let-
ter fijpm his son Lee at Houston, in-
forming him that at the baby show
held at Christ’s church at Houston,
his little baby girl was awarded the
blue ribbon and a silver baby spoon.
It was too much for the old man, he
just strutted about town and some of
the boys had to take hold and check
him.
That is the way with some grand-*
pas. John has several grandsons, fine
little chaps, but somehow or other,
this little granddaughter, having won
the first prize in which many babies
were pitted, just has an extra hold on
him. And you can’t blame him. We
all know that grandpas are generally
wild about the grandchildren.
NOTICE!
The recent rains have filled empty
cans and vessels and provided pools
of water in ditches, culverts and oth-
er low places, which will soon be
visited by mosquitoes which will de-
Where there was one U. S. tire P°*lt eggs in them and hatching
dealer in the small towns then there started. I would urge all the citizens
are hundreds today—real merchants. to take the proper precautions to help
What was only a vision in 1916 has kil1 the mosquitoes. Would also urge
come true in 1926.
The Journal and the Dallas Semi-
Weekly Farm News, $2 60 per year.
all property owners to place oil in
their cisterns and cleam out their
roof gutters.
GEO. L. HAIDUSEK, Mayor.
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