The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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BY JOHN E. DAVIS
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1933.
VOL. LI. No. 31
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| Making Friends
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While business is not based
on good will alone, it is a
valuable asset and this drug
store strives to serve its pa-
trons in such a way that
they find it pleasant as well
as satisfactory to buy from
us.
PORTER ft LYTAL
| DRUGGISTS |
Deadline Is Near
For Tax Paying
People who have not paid
their poll taxes have just a
few days left through which
to qualify themselves as vot-
ers, for next Tuesday, Janu-
ary 31, is the last day of grace.
People can pay their poll tax
after that date but it will not
carry with it the privilege of
voting unless paid in January.
Next Tuesday is also the
last day in which other taxes
can be paid and avoid penalty
and interest. It is also the
deadline for obtaining auto-
mobile license. Cars without
the 1933 license plates will
not be permitted on the high
way on and after January 31.
Tax Collector Fred Cullum
has announced that he will
have a representative at the
First National Bank building
in Mesquite the last four days
of this month, Friday, Satur-
day, Monday and Tuesday, for
the purpose of receiving poll
tax and automobile license
fees.
"Ma" Retains One
Sterling Employee
Austin, Texas, Jan. 23—All
the attaches of the governor >
office under Governor Sterling
departed from the Capitol
when Mrs. Ferguson took ov-
er the office of Governor, savv
and except Hugh Green, negro
clerk, who was retained by tne
new governor.
Green began his present joo
twenty-two years ago unde«-
the O. R. Colquitt administra-
tion and is said to know moie
about the records of the office
than any other person.
There are times when think-
ing is not worth much unless
you do it quickly.—Ex.
New Hope H. D.
Met On Jan. 19
Two Desks Now In
Governor's Ottice
According to dispatches
from Austin, there are now
two desks in the Governor's
office, but that would appear
to be the natural result of
Texas having "Two Govern-
or's for the price of one."
Mrs. Ferguson's desk occu-
pies the usual place in the in-
|ner or private office of the
governor, while Jim's des«
faces the door of the outer of-
fice.
When one has occasion to
see the governor, he or she en-
ters a reception room, where
they will find one of the as-
sistant secretaries to the gov-
ernor and it is through this
secretary that appointments to
see the governor must be
made. If and when the vis-
itor is admitted to the office
of the governor, lie must enter
the outer office of the govern-
or, through another small of-
fice, occupied by the principal
secretary to the governor, and
under the present arrange-
ment many people who go to
see the governor will get no
further than the outer office
occupied by her husband, for
in most cases Jim is the one
they will have to see anyway
and besides that he will be
there most of the time, while
the governor will have brief
office hours.
In addition to the three of
fiees mentioned, there is a
fourth office adjoining which
is occupied by two other as-
sistant secretaries to the Gov-
ernor and two or three stenog-
raphers.
While ordinary people go to
see the governor or her hus-
band they will have to sit in
the reception room and await
their turn, but the more prom-
inent people will be admitted
directly to the private office
of the governor from a door
opening on the corridor, which
door, however, is kept locked
except when visitors or the
governor herself enter or
leave.
The New Hope Home Dem-
onstration club met Thursday,
Jan. 19, at the home of Mrs.
Tom Conaway.
The committee that made
the by-laws, put them before
the club. We are going to
abide by these as nearly as
possible. The club will meet
again on Thursday, Feb. 2, at
the home of Mrs. Elmer Wray.
ONE SOLOMAN MISSED
"I like our new apartment,
but the neighbors can hear ev-
erything we say."
"Well, why don't you hang
a heavy tapestry on the
walls?"
"But then we couldn't hear
what the neighbors say."—
60 cents* of every
gas bill goes for
TAXES - * * >
•k
Thl« figur* compattd
from tly imount of ium
ptid Compared to tl>«
aVCT»ge number of bUI*
rendered ia • yea*.
JN the course of a single year» MOR£
THAN TWO AND THREE-
QUARTER MILLION gas bills are ren-
dered to customers of the Lone Star Gas
System. It requires 60c for each and
every one of these bills to pay the nu-
merous TAXES levied against the fuel
service of this dependable System for the
production, transportation and distribu-
tion of natural gas.
This money comes from the pockets of
the gas consumers, and adds to the cost
of gas service. The company acts as an
agency for the collection of this tax
money from its customers, and has no
control over this item of expense which
is a part of the rate you pay for natural
gM.
LONBSTAA
Popycock
(By John
Early during the present ses"
sion of the Legislature, the
Senate adopted a resolution to
reduce the pay of the members
of the Legislature, Senate and
House, from $8.00 to $10.00 a
day, but when the resolution
went to the House a majority
of the members of that body
voted to amend it so that the
Senators would receive $8.00
a day and the House members
$10.00 Voting against the orig-
inal resolution, Representa-
tive Young of DeWitt County
caused to be printed in the
House Journal his reasons for
voting against the resolution,
as follows:
"I voted against this
resolution. I refuse to
lower the efficiency and
dignity of thi- Body. Cut
them to mere expenses
and thereby law tempta-
tion of graft at their feet.
YOUNG.
This was pure popycock.
For a period of eighty two
years, or until 1931, members
of the Legislature received
$5.00 per day. and having been
connected with the House for
twenty four years—six years
as an employee and eighteen
as a member—we feel safe in
saying that while some well
to do members or those having
large earning capacities did
serve at a sacrifice, the tnajoi
itv of the members made as
much or more as they made in
private life. It .should be un-
derstood that members draw
pay for seven days a week.
E. Davis.)
and $8.00 a day would have
meant $56.00 a week. "Mere
expenses!'' Bah! Excellent
board, including room and
three meals a day, can be had
in Austin at from $7.00 to
$10.00 a week. We venture
the opinion that a majority oi
the people represented by Mr.
Young and the other members
would be happy if they could
earn $8.00, not per day, but
per week. "Dignity," eh! Unit-
ed States Senator Tom Con-
nally, half the present mem-
bers of Congress, the late A.
W. Terrell and many other
outstanding citizens of Texas
served there at $5.00 a day
without "loss of dignity. "Lav
temptation of graft." Geewhil-
kens! If a man can not h-.*
honest on $8.00 a day will
$2.00 more make an honest
man of him?
The real truth is that Mr.
Young simply wanted the $70
a week, instead of $56.00. So
he voted for the $10.00 a day.
plus postoffice box rent an 1
three daily newspapers paid
for out of State funds, plus
$100 allowance per member
for stationery, postage, tele-
giaph and telephone expense,
plus 10 cents per mile each
way, mileage allowance, which
is fully twice what it costs to
travel in comfort.
The Legislature may prac-
tice economy on other State
officers and employees, but
not on themselves, though we
must give the Senate credit for
an effort to cut the pay of its
members 20 per cent.
C o m muni t vCH Natural Gas Co.
Job Hunters Told
To Leave Capitol
Austin, Texas, Jan. 23—
James E. Ferguson, husband
of Governor Miriam A. Fer-
guson, Saturday dramatically
scourged 'the job hunters out
of the Governor's office in the
Capitol.
Arriving for the fourth day
after the inauguration to
again find the outer office
packed with applicants for
State jobs, the former Govern-
or sharply told them they were
wasting their time, the Gover-
nor's time and that of legisla-
tors whom they induced to
come along and plead with
them.
"Yesterday we spent an
hour and a half on the State's
business and four hours and a
half listening to job seekers,"'
said Ferguson to the crowd,
which quickly begin to dwin-
dle. "If the State's service is
to be done, which we promised
and the legislators promised,
you must give us time to do it.
"You individually may not
think this means you, because
you have been our friend. I
tell you. the better friend you
are to us the more willing you
will be to quit manhandling us
and manhandling the legisla-
tors for a job. If the famn *
back at home can struggle
along, you can."
Ferguson added that many
of those now insistent for a
hearing were not seen during
the campaign.
There are no places to give
out, he announced. The Board
of Control, the Highway De-
partment, the Game Commis-
sion and Board of Health have
all been filled in advance of
the change of administration
and name their own employes,
he pointed out. The few places
available in the Governor's of-
fice, the Secretary of State's
office and the Adjutant Gen-
eral's office have been filled.
Job seekers, he added, wer.»
doubly wasting State time—
wasting that of the Governor
and that of the legislators
when both should be at work
on State problems.
Without books God is silent,
justice dormant, natural
•cience at a stand, philosophy
lame, letters dumb, and ail
things involved in darkness.—
Bartholin.
Two Are Freed Of
Murder Charge
Marvin (Ike) Amburn, who
lives about seven miles north
east of Mesquite, and John J.|
Jones of Dallas, were no-billed
by the grand jury in its repjit'
to Judge Grover Adams Mon-
day, in connection with th<
death of Clarence (Dick) Do-
Shazer, 13, who died Dec. 29,
after a drinking party at the
home of Amburn. Charges of
murder had been filed against
the two at the time of tho
death of young DeShaver.
At the same time, on recom-
mendation of the grand jury,
Am burn, Jones and Frank
Hicks were charged in Judge
Henry King's County Crim-
inal Court with contributing
to the delinquency of a minor.
The complaints were sworn
out by Special Investigator
Denver Seale and accepted by
Assistant District Attorney
Winter R. King. The com-
plaints allege that Amburn.
Jones and Hicks persuade 1
and aided DeShazer, who was
a minor, to get drunk. Jones
was DeShazer's uncle.
At the time of the DeShaz-
er boy's death, officers learned
that Clarence DeShazer and
his 15-vear-old brother, Luth.
er, hajl gone to the Amburn
farm in company with Jones,
their uncle. Arriving, they all
took a few drinks and began
work on an automobile, which
was out of commission. After
considerable drinking Clarence
DeShazer was placed in the
back seat of the car, where
presumably, he went to sleep.
When the group started
back to town they were unable
to awaken Clarence and thov
took him to his home on Cald-
well street. When they
reached there he was carried
into the house, where it was
discovered he was dead.
West Texas Editor
Seeks Federal Job
Fred R. Kreiger, editor of
the Hansford County News,
at Graver, was a brief but
pleasant visitor at the home
of the editor early Friday
night. He reached Mesquite
after the business hours and
so came on to the house.
Mr. Kreiger was at one
time editor of the paper al
Seagoville and he later pub
lished the Grand Prairie Tex-
an. He is now an applicant for
appointment to the position of
United States Marshal for the
Western district of Texas
during the administration ot
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who
will become President of the
United States on March 4.
Mr. Kreiger is strongly suo-
ported by his Congressman
Marvin Jones of Amarillo and
he likewise has the indorse
ment of many other promin
ent citizens and newspaper
men throughout the state. W.
were glad to add our indorse-
ment and we will be very
much gratified if he receives
appointment..
Model Town Found
In North Carolina
Banner Elk, N. C., Jan. 22-•
The model town, the perfect
town, has been located at last.
It is Banner Elk—a commun-
ity that takes the banner for
near perfection in almost ev-
erything.
Last year a Banner Elk did
not:
Spend a single cent for re-
lief work:
See a business house fail, or
a foreclosure:
See any person arrested for
any misdemeanor or crime.
In fact, it was the fourth
year the policeman failed toj
make an arrest.
Neither has a business failed
nor a foreclosure been made in
four years.
The town finished the year
with no indebtedness, had a
surplus in the treasury and
saw the city council lower tax-
es from 40c to 10c. Taxes arc
Banner Elk's sole public rev-
enue.
Banner Elk is the home oi
Lees-McRae Junior College,
has an orphanage and a hos-
pital. a bank, a high school
with 300 pupils and two
churches. Last year two new
dwellings were erected and a
third is going up.
J. C. Shell, Mayor, elaborat-
ed on a statement of possible
crime.
"I didn't say there; are no
bootleggers here," he said. "I
said he hadn't caught any.
"Balance in treastirv? About
$3."
12,418,310 Bales Ot
1932 Cotton Crop
Washington, D. C., Jan. 23
—12,418,310 running bales of
1932 cotton, including 666,003
round bales, counted as halt
bales, and 7,402 bales of Amer-
ican Egyptian cotton wer.-
ginned prior to January 16, i
was reported today by tb:*
Census Bureau.
Ginnings to Jan. 16 a year
ago totaled 15,996,382 bales,
including 589,483 round bales
and 10,868 bales of American
Egyptian.
Ginnings this year to Jan.
16 a year ago totaled 15,996.-
382 bales, including 589,48.-.
round bales and 10,868 bales
of American-Egyptian.
Ginnings this year to Ian.
16 by states were:
Alabama 927.80'. Arizona
60,219, Arkansas 1,253,549.
California 119.667, Florida 15.
423, Georgia 853,348, Louis-
iana 598,018, Mississippi 1,-
149,014, Missouri 289,783, New
Mexico 63,963, North Carolina
668,157, Oklahoma 1,050,679.
South Carolina 707,666, Ten-
nessee 451,542, Texas 4.166.
715, Virginia 29.974, all otlie-
states 12,784.
TAX NOTICE
mm.'*****
No penalty or interest will
be added to delinquent taxes,
if paid on or before January
31st The 1932 taxes will be-
come delinquent on that date
and penalty will be added. 1
will be in the office Wednes-
day's and Saturday's except
the last week in Janupry. will
be there every dry
C. D. KIM BELL,
City Tax Cdiector.
Lost: A wagom by a young
man with a hickory tongue.—
Exchange.
Good Federal Job
For W. A. Thomas
Word came from Washing-
ton the first of this week that
United 'States Senators, Mor-
ris Sheppard and Tom Con-
nallv. had agreed on W. A.
Thomas of Dallas for the posi-
tion of Internal Revenue fr r
the Northern District of Te:;-
as, with headquarters in Dal-
las, and Alex S. Walker ji
Austin for the Southern Dis-
trict with headquarters in
Austin. It therefore expect-
ed that the appointment of Mr.
Thomas and Mr. Walker will
be among the first made by
President Roosevelt, after his;
inauguration on March 4. Mr.
Thomas will succeed Georgu
C. Hopkins of Dallas, while
Mr. Walker will replace
James V. BaSs of Austin, both
of the men to be replaced are
Republicans and have held of-
fice for the past twelve year*.
Mr. Walker held the same of-
fice during the administrations
of President Woodrow Wil-
son.
Mr. Thomas was born in
Red River County, but reared
principally at Bonham, in
Fannin County. He taught
school for five years ani
served as County Clerk of
Fannin County from 1906 to
1910. At the completion of his
term in office he moved to
Dallas and has since made
•that city his home. He made
an unsuccessful race for the
Legislature soon after moving
to Dallas. Since that time he
has not been a candidate but
has been active in political af-
fairs and as a party leader.
A NEW HOME
AT SMALL COST |
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Perhaps you would like to have
a new home but fear that it will
be a long time before you can
build.
You can, however, make your old
home new at a surprisingly low cost,
especially now that prices are down.
If you are planning to either build or
modernize your home, we will be glad
to help you with the plans, and can
of course supply all the materials.
JHO. E. QUMLES CO.
W. L.Wilkinson, Mgr. Phone 15
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1933, newspaper, January 27, 1933; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth414215/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.