The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, September 7, 1951 Page: 2 of 8
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Editorial Comment
MATHIS NEEDS. . . .
Mathis needs, among other things, Pride of City.
In short, the City of Mathis needs self-respect.
Is there anyone within the -city limits of Mathis,
or elsewhere, who posseses an imagination so fanciful
that he can imagine a person coming to Mathis to live
and to make his home in this city because he thinks
of it as a clean, beautiful, well managed municipality?
Of course, you can’t. And neither can we.
However, this does not mean that in the future
Mathis will not be a community in which people will
want to come to live and raise their children. Mathis
has all the possibilities that any other attractive, well
managed city in the nation and when someone, or some
group, went to work to make their city “a thing of
beauty.” In fact, Mathis has a lot more of the elements
that go into the making of a pleasant, desirable com-
munity than most ideal communities had when they
started to make themselves what they are today.
In an effort to start some action in the right
direction a cleanup campaign was instituted — as you
all know, it failed miserably.
Thinking over the failure of the cleanup campaign
the last week, we thought of something else that can
help this city, if it works. The last time the city started
to clean up from the inside out. This time let’s begin
from the other end, from the outside, in.
It sounds silly when you first think about it, doesn’
it?
Example of what we mean: As one enters the City
of Mathis, from either end of the main highway around
it, one is confronted with a sign, one can see, if one
gets close enough, used to tell of the living conditions
that await a prospective visitor. Now the signs are
barely readable, they have been allowed to fall into
such a state of disrepair.
New signs, to replace these old ones, or recondi-
tioning of the ones that presently stand as a symbol
of what one will find inside the city, is an excellent
place to begin cleanup up the city from “the outside,
in.” * f
Now, for the third time, is there anyone who cares
enough about the future of Mathis to get the ball
rolling? nt?
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Economic Blights
Access the ^d
George West Gin
Starts Closing Down
After this week, Jones Gin will
operate on a three-day week un-
til all the cotton crop has been
ginned. It will be open Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday of
each week.
— Live Oak County News
Bishop Faculty
Now Complete
The faculty of the Bishop
Schools is complete and all is in
readiness for the beginning of
the school year, Floyd Parsons,
superintendent of local schools,
announced yesterday.
— Bishop News
Contract Awarded
On Rockport Bonds
The City Commission last
Thursday opened bids on con-
struction on approximately 35,000
feet of sewer lines to serve the
northeast and northwest sections
of the city, and Monday evening
awarded the contract to W. L.
Rea Construction Company of
Corpus Christi on his low bid of
$30,648.70.
— Rockport Pilot
Beeville Schools Buy
32 Acre Tract
A deal is being consummated
Needed: More Like Indiana
Indiana’s 85th General Assembly recently sent
a remarkable message to the Congress of the United
States. It said, in part, “We have decided that there
is no such thing as ‘Federal Aid.’ We know there is no
wealth to tax that is not already within the boundaries
of the 48 states. So we propose henceforth to tax our-
selves and take care of ourselves.
“The people of Indiana resent the encroachment
of the federal government into the fields of education,
highways, employment, agriculture, medicene, banking,
welfare and civic projects. They hold that these activi-
ties are the responsibilities of the state, the local com-
munities, or private individuals, and that Federal par-
ticipation in these fields, both financial and managerial,
should be abandoned throughout this nation of ours.”
That message comes like a breath of fresh moun-
tain air in an era when most of the chambers of com-
merce and other such civic organizations seem to be
primarily involved in trying to get more and more
money out of the federal treasury, or more appropriate-
ly, the taxpayers’ pocket. Moreover, it is a message
which is based squarely on what we used to consider
fundamental American ideals and principles. Yet a
whole generation has grown up which never lived un-
der anything except the system of federal grants and
doles which began with the depression and has contin-
ued, at an ever accelerating pitch, ever since.
This is the system which has destroyed states’
rights and undermined the independence of the people.
It is the system which has taxed us to the point of con-
fiscation, and has made the tax bill one of the largest
items in every family budget. It is the system which has
created huge government deficits, even in times when
business was booming and tax revenues were at record
peaks. It is the system which will run us if continued.
The splendid message of Indiana’s General Assem-
bly hould be echoed in every state.
2 — THE MATHIS NEWS — Mathis, Texas, Friday, Sept. 7, 1951
THE MATHIS NEWS
Published every Friday in Mathis, Texas
PUBLISHED BY THE GUTHRIE PUBLISHING CO.
American Way... m Peck
Too many Americans believe
that the attack on our American
Capitalistic System, which for
no good reason we apologetically
have come to
call the Free
Enterprise Sys-
tem, is a threat
only to the
businessman.
It IS a threat
to the business-
GeorgePeck man — the ab-
olition of the American Capital-
istic System would destroy him
— but such annihilation would
also take away the cherished
liberties of every man, woman
and child in the nation, irrespec-
tive of creed, race or station in
life. The Bill of Rights would go
out the window and our heralded
Constitution would be but\ a big
scrap of paper.
The anti-business, anti-capital-
istic proponents decry the profit
motive. Some of them go so far
as to quote Scripture on the re-
lation of property ownership and
the common good,. and suggest
that if the profit motive were
removed, great masses of people
would benefit.
The Very Rev. Charles E. Mc-
Allister, Dean of the Cathedral
of St. John the Evangelist, Spo-
kane, Wash., takes sharp issue
with this. He states that social-
ism, the system that proposes to
do away with private profit, has
shown itself in many respects in-
consistent with Christian teach-
ings. During Lent of this year,
he delivered a sermon on the
subject, ^Christianity and the
“Thou shall love thy neighbor
as thyself” is forgotten. But in-
stead, we have “Love thyself, it
Profit Motive.” I pass on to you makes no difference what hap-
the closing words of that stirring | pens to thy neighbor.”
sermon. From here on, it is Dean
McAllister speaking.
There were two bands of pil-
grims who came to America,
both, as far as we can ascertain,
of equal character and ability.
One landed on a West Indies Is-
land, where everything was easy
and comfortable, and it was ne-
ver heard of afterwards, as far
Everyone of us is called to do
needful work. That work is re-
warded so that every honest
man who is not physically handi-
capped can pay his own way. Of
course, there are inequalities in
our economic system. There are
evils that need to be corrected.
Management, labor and govern-
ment are all guilty in varying
as exercising any influence on j degrees of these evils,
humanity was concerned. The j The profit motive exists in the
other landed on an inhospitable i spiritual realm. We live up to a
shore, was met by savage In- j certain moral code that there
dians, and was forced to obtain j may be a little heaven here on
sustenance from a none too fer- j earth as well as hereafter. Just
tile land. These latter furnished j because there has been abuse of
the sipirtual and economic foun- ! the exercise of the profit motive
dations of our nation and demo- j is not reason for us to sacrifice
cracy. They were Christians, j the freedom to work, to live, and
They were capable of sacrifice, to help others. Let us correct
They were workers. They be-
lieved in reward for honest toil
and they had no use for the
parasite who refused to work,
but wanted to live on the profits
of other men’s lat^or.
We can never inspire youth to
great endeavor if we encourage
them in the thought that life
consists of getting something for
nothing, by whatever means,
fair or foul.
It is certainly not social justice
to take away the earnings of the
industrious and the efficient, and
give them to the lazy and incom-
petent. It is certainly not Christ-
ian, for under such a system,
Tarleton State College’s New
$325,000 Agriculture Building
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Ready for occupancy when school opens Sept. 11 will be the new
$325,000 agriculture building at Tarleton State College. Stephenville.
Texas.
Two-Year Ag Course at Tarleton
Paying Dividends for Its Graduates
SUBSCRIPTION RATE .....................
SIX MONTHS ............................
Jim Maloney_______________________________________
Managing Editor
Entered as second-class mail matter, Jan. 21, 1945 at the post-
at Mathis, San Patricio County, Texas, under the Act of
j'ss on March 3. 1879. ,
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NOTE: Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or
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in The Mathis News will gladly be corrected as soon as it is brought
to our attention.
STEPHENVILLE, Texas —
Five or six boys who finished a
two-year practical agriculture
course at Tarleton State College
in June are now engaged in
profitable farming and ranching
with their fathers. These are the
first boys to graduate from the
terminal course started two years
ago.
Tarleton State College devised
the curriculum for farm boys
who do not want a degree but
who want to learn in 18-months
how to operate successfully a
farm or ranch. Enrollment has
tripled since the course was first
offered in September, 1949..
Students learn by doing. The
course teaches such specific skills
as how to build and operate a
hoof-cutting machine, how to run
and repair tractors and other
farm machinery, how to buy, sell
and care for dairy cattle, beef
cattle, sheep and pigs, how to
grade and crate eggs, how to
use the farm level in soil conser-
vation.
Usual academic subjects such
as chemistry have been elimin-
ated. English and mathematics
have been prunned to the es-
sentials. In English, the students
learn how to write mail-order
letters. In mathematics, they
learn to keep farm records and
work feed problems.
First graduates of the course
include Ronald Harris, who helps
his father run a Grade A dairy
near Moran; James Koonce, who
assists his father on a 216-acre
peanut and livestock farm north
of De Leon; Don Compton, in
partners with his father on a
the abuses, but at the same time,
we might well remember the
words of Studdert Kennedy when
he said) “We must be careful not
to throw the baby out along with
the bathwater.”
Revised Social
Security Law
Brings Changes
The first year of operations
under the revised Social Secur-
ity Act has brought many chang-
es in the work of the Corpus
Christi office of the Social Se-
curity Administration. It has also
meant a great deal to the people
of South Texas in terms of dol-
lars and cents, according to H;
M. Cleveland, manager of the
office.
Far-reaching amendments to
the law, passed by Congress late
in August last year, made a
number of important changes in
the old-age and survivors in-
surance program. Among the
more significant of these chang-
es were broadening of the pro-
gram to include several million
more people, lowering of eligi-
bility requirements for payment,
and drastic increase in the size
of payments.
The most noticeable effect of
the changes, Cleveland said, is in
the heavy increase in the number
of claims for payment. Applica-
tions from the seven-county area
served by the Corpus Christi of-
fice now average about fifty a
week, in contrast to a weekly
average of about twenty before
the amendments were passed last
year. During the twelve months
since the first changes became
effective, the Corpus Christi of-
fice has processed a total of more
than 2,500 claims for payment.
Approximately half of these ap-
plications came from retired
workers past the age of 65,
with the rest from their families
or from survivors of workers
who have died.
For the entire Corpus Christi
area, Cleveland said that about
4,800 persons are* now receiving
regular payments totaling about
$135,000 each month.
this week which will give the
Beeville Independent School Dis-
trict a 32-acre tract of land on
which to build a modern high
school, auditorium and stadium,
Ralph Jackson, president of the
board of education, announced
this morning.
— Bee Picyuane
Jet Trainee Crashes
Near Premont
A TO-1 jet training plane from
Kingsville Naval Air Station Jet
Training Base crash-landed on a
small knoll on the Driscoll ranch
about 15 miles northwest of Ben-
avides about 8 a. m. Monday
morning.
— Jim Wells County Beacon
San Marcos School
Ready for Pupils
Everything, including the kit-
chen sink is included in the new
ultra-modern San Marcos High
School building, which is located
at the historic site of the old
Coronal Institute on W. Hutchi-
son St.
— San Marcos Record
Jim Wells Ag
Meeting Planned
On Friday, Sept. 7th at 2:00
p. m. in the county courtroom
the Jim Wells County Agricul-
tural Mobilization Committee
will conduct a county-wide meet-
ing for all people interested in
the the USDA agricultural pro-
grams, according to Willie Brand,
County chairman.
The purpose of the meeting' is
to express grass-roots opinions
and recommendations for chang-
es, deletions, or additions to pres-
ent agricultural programs with
a view to the needs of a family
farm.
— The Alice News
35 Prospects Report
At Aransas Pass
Thirty-five prospective Pan-
thers reported Monday morning
as practice for the approaching
season got underway. Coach M.
B. Nelson and assistants, Jackie
McElhannon and Bennie Liska,
have been pacing the boys
through two drill sessions daily
this week as. they prepare for
their opening game with Ray-
mondville here September 7.
Seven lettermen from last
year’s eleven are again back in
the purple and gold. Around
these stalwarts, Coach Nelson
hopes to build this year’s team.
— Aransas Pass
Goliad Football
Outlook Glum
Coach Johnny Peacock wasn’t
too optimistic after three drill
sessions of his 1951 Tiger grid
squad this week. Only about 26
lads were reporting for the
twice-daily practices, which have
been scheduled prior to the open-,
ing of school.
With the first game staring
them in the face in the same
busy week that classes begin, the
Tigers have their work cut out
for them. They open the sched-
ule at Ingleside against the Mus-
tangs on Sept. 7.
— Goliad Advance-Guard
School Bonds Sold
At Rockport
The Central Investment Com-
pany, of San Antonio and the
Rauschner, Pierce and Company,
of Dallas, purchased the $325,000
bond of the Aransas County In-
dependent School District at a
recent board meeting.
The firms combined to head an
average rate of interest of 2.0318
per cent. The lowest rate of 8
bids presented. The bonds will
carry an option to call before
maturity at the end of 5 years.
Read the News
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Maloney, Jim. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, September 7, 1951, newspaper, September 7, 1951; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1045121/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mathis Public Library.