The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
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BY J. J. SEDLMEYER
FLATONIA, TEXAS THURSDAY JAN. 7, 1932
VOL. 57 NO. 1
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It Seems To Me
VIRGIL VICKREY
mmm__ * • •
That almost invariably the
man or woman who makes
good in some field has labored
under a very serious handi-
cap.
If we have no physical hind-
erances or are otherwise handi-
capped we are usually content
to drift and dream and watch
our dreams fade into empty
air.
Those so afflicted do not
succeed because of their aflic-
tions but in spite of them.
I spent a very pleasant two
hours Saturday night drifting
along the main stem and drop-
ping into the Cafe always
haunted by 0. O. McIntyre on
his Houston visit for a cup of
coffee.
Drifting by two men on a
prominent corner imagine my
cocky strut and mysterious
peerings into parked cars when
I heard one whisper to the
other. “There goes an under-
cover man for the police dep-
artment.”
The Christmas shoppers have
just about cured me of the
old habit of going bareheaded.
Meandering through Kresses
on Christmas Eve without my
hat 14 people asked me where
various trinkets could be
found.
Finally I screamed back at a
bossy old lady that I didn’t
tooth brush but that my wife
could tell her if she was with
me.
She squelched me with the
retort that if she had looked
at”me close she could have
told that I didn't have intell-
igence enough to be working
there.
I sometimes wonder if my
wife doesn’t get tired of having
to be polite and laugh at my
same old jokes year after
year.
If you could have seen all
the big hotels and night clubs
packed with people on New
Years Eve who paid five to
ten dollars cover charge for
the privilege of watching the
New Year come in among the
crowd you would never have
guessed that there is a dep-res-
ion. My calibre was a two bit
midnight show and a peanut
sack full of confetti.
The confetti was donated by
the management.
Acknowledging receipt of a
big hunk of fruit cake from
Duffs and Baileys and boy if
you sunk your teeth in one ol
their cakes you aint been no
where and ain’t seen nothin’.
My wife remarked before
company the other night that
our boy looks like me and a
man whom I had supposed to
be my friend told her not to
worry that he might outgrow
it.
Stealing four lines from
Greys Elegy I pass it on to you
who wonder why your abilit-
ies are not recognized.
“Full many a gem of purest
ray serene
I’he dark unphatomed caves of
ocean bear,
Full many a flower is born
unseen
And waste its sweetness o.i the
desert air.”
“TIPS”
JAMES R. HUFF
All Around Town
By the Editor
Dear Boys and Girls:
Tips For Salesmen, with this
number, is exactly twenty-three
years old. It is ancient enough
to know better and to be better
but—"can a leopard change
his spots?” "Tips” claims to be
friendly. It does not claim to
have one bit of literary merit.
Some of its readers say they
like it—some swear at it and j leggers.
over and through it.
The Old Sorrel Top who is
to blame for most of what been
in the past numbers means
well. He has very little hair,
very few brains and lacks a
lot of being as religious as he
might be. Why he is not a well
night perfect man he does not
know because no man has ever
had better people around him
all the days of his life.
When a lad has had handed
him, through the blood line of
generations, a big gob of Irish
humor, mixed with large hunks
of cussedness and red hair, it’s
hard for him to be duly sanct-
imonius. Life, to him, has lots
of funny spots which bob up
at the wrong time. A debt-dod-
ging prayer meeting leader or
Sunday School worker, a dry
voter who is a wet drinker1, a
hyprocrite wearing a long-
tailed coat, a preacher with
keen eyeg for the sisters, have
ever been as amusing to him as
a circus, Christmas, birthday
and hog-killing all rolled to-
gether.
An old Scotch mother was
noted for having something
good to say about everybody,
(and that ticket will come
pretty near being a pass thru
the Pearly Gates). She was
asked her opinion of the devil
and her reply was "Well, he
has plenty of energy.” It is
our humble hunch that the ave-
rage man has more good in
him than bad—regardless of
what the long-haired reform-
ers have to yodel.
If we had sense to advise
Bishops we would say—walk
two miles with a man if he
1932 is here! So are inumer-
able bills.
*****
After taking stock, charging
off losses and running up the
totals of statements rendered,
what do we see STARS!
*****
Everybody is praying for a
properous 1932. Even the boot-
1931 may-have been a bad
year but it rattled our carcass
and brought us back to our
senses and that's something to
be thankful for.
* * * * *
We’re picking chips where
the woodpile .was.
* * * * *
Nobody gets a kick out of a
hard-luck story.
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Today’s the time, when a
silver dime, looks as big ac a
silver mine.
♦ * * * *
Allright fellows let’s see
where we can make a new
silver dollar. Get going, buy-
sell-swap! You’ll get my nick-
els when I get his.
*****
Calico, cotton socks and
britches will do much to the
success of the new-born year.
If you think you’re out of luck
take a good look at the string
of hobos on every freight titein.
*****
You should get back to work
with a song in your heart.
*****
So 1932 will be what we
make it. A little more faith in
your neighbor, town and com-
munity; fair play and active
support in civic affairs will do
much toward better times.
—o—
A HOLIDAY DINNER
Resting is Rusting
A lot of people feel just
like the old Negro who came
to the crossroads and saw one
sign pointing to heaven and
another sign pointing to hell.
He shook his head and said to
himself, "Ef Ah goes to Heb-
ben, gotta fly all the while,
ef Ah goes to Hell gotta jump
all the while. Ah giss Ah’ll
jes’ set here an’ rest mahse f.
But resting is rusting. This
is true of dollars.
Com. Chest Activities Personal Mention
The committee of the Com-
munity Chest report that they
have so far fed about four
hundred people and furnished
night lodging to quite a ft w.
A number of local families
were helped with food, medic-
ine for the sick and clothes.
There are about tw'o months
,*,[of cold and probably unploas-
ant weather ahead of us and
the committee urgently request
that those who have not made
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kerr
entertained a few friends and
relatives during the Yuletide
w'ith one of the most sumptious
dinners the waiter ever enjoy-
ed. The immense fat gobbler
asks you to walk one but don't was prepared and served with
take him by the collar and the
seat of his pants and try to
make him vote your way. If
you do, the neighbors will talk
about you and the newspaper
will put your name in large
many other viands, in the most
approved manner. Mrs. Sallie
Manley was the acting hos-
tess.
The personnel of the invit-
ed guests were Mrs. W. H.
type and your meddling will Nash of Waelder Mrs. R. O.,
reflect on your church. LetjFaires and sister Mrs. Saund-
the funds you handle be the|ers, Messrs Owen and Killough
Lord’s money. Attending to
God’s business is your business
Don’t poke in politics.
Listen, girls, some of you are
mighty keen to find out all
about the other fellow’s bus-
iness when that is not your
business. If you do get an ear-
If those of us who have
money just leave it to rest—
the wheels of industry keep on
rusting. Wheat and cotton and
corn keep on piling up in ware
houses. Our neighbors keep on
hunting for jobs that don’t
exist.
Now, it’s wrong to spend our
dollars foolishly, just for the
sake of spending. But a lot of
us are saving dollars foolish-
ly—just for the sake of saving
—without realizing that the
dollar we save today has a
decreased earning power com-
pared with the dollar we sav-
ed in 1929. But the dollar we
spend today is worth $1.50 in
value received.
Most prices are way down—
further down than they were
in 1921. Eggs and butter and
flour and clothing and furnit-
ure are way down—and that
means values are way up. This
is the greatest buying time
we’U see again for many years.
Pretty soon, these prices are
going to start up-some pri-
ces are going to start up. When
they do, we’ll have to pay more
for the things we need right
now. We shall have lost the
chance to get that new suit
or dress or chair or bed or
radio lor automobile—at a
bargain!
—o—
COLONY NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hamon
were recent Gonzales visitors.
Mr. Randolph Kerr and chil-
dren of Houston were w*ith
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kerr the
past week.
Mr. ad Mrs. Alfred Kohm
of Columbus were recent visit-
ors of Mr. and Mrs. Hamon.
Mr. Jim Bell known to many
of our citizens passed away
Tuesday morning at his home
in Gonzales. He leaves a wife,
a contribution to the chest t:, two children, his mother, one
please make their payments sister Mrs. Ike York of Corpus
Faires, Messrs Harry and Ran-
dolph Kerr and Robert, Mar-
garet and little Billie Kerr all
of Houston.
Mr. Harry enjoyed drinking
his coffee from the same cup
a lovely Western pattern that
he has used since when at home.
ful of dope don’t Spread the, since he was a lad of thirteen
Gospel at your bridge parties, j summers, and a most reniark-
You may think you are per*! able part the handle is still
manently entertaining but you
■ire not. The average man det-
ests a gossip and the average
woman laughs at her—behind
her back. Talk about the new
hats and the children’s curls.
• i ll Hi, ,• Lcnlbled Jane what
? too I o b old r,'' C ' ankert Is
on this beautiful cup.
AGuest
—o—
AUXILIARY MEETING
The ladies Auxiliary of the
VnKricari Legion will mert at!
the Fire Station on Jan IT at
We are in a brand new year
we pray the Lord will propers
us as he sees our needs.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Epler
have returned from spending
their holiday in Gorman, Tex-
as.
We are having some mov-
ing El wood Young has moved
and Frank Brown has moved
in the Gray house. Som Brown
has moved to the Young house
in Colony and Jess Parker of
Ivy has moved in the house he
vacated.
Mrs, E. I). Hannegan is on
the sick list. It is hoped she
will soon feel better.
We are again made sad
over the death of Mr. Rillie
Johnson.
Miss Vivian Dan£orth is!
back in the school room after
and if there are those that
would like to add more to
what they have already given,
it will be greatly appreciated
This committee has beer
distributing alms out of the
chest money to the best ad-
vantage and have in every
case used discretion. There
has been some criticism about
their actions but it should be
remembered that this com-
mittee is working free of any
charge and due credit should
be given them for their work
and trouble. Much good has
been done to humanity with
this fund and let us therefore
co-operate in ^every way we
can.
—o-—
HEAVY RAINS HERE
One of the heaviest seasons
of rain for a long time fell here
for three days. Sunday more
than half inch was recorded
while Monday two and half in-
ches fell and Monday night a
little more than one inch. This
totals four and one-tenth inches
for the three days. All creeks
around here were overflowing.
Five mile and Peach creeks
were over the highway Mon-
day and traffic was tied up
Christi; two brothers Henry of
Ft. Arthur and Kern of Aus-
tin. The funeral was held yes-
terday and burial made in the
Moulton cemetery at 4 o’clock.
Mr. Bell had been tax collector
of Gonzales County for several
years.
Miss Elizabeth Price visited
San Antonio friends last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Berger,
Misses Ella, Lucy Floy Lee and
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Berger
spent New Year with Mr. and
Mrs. Ed. Templin in Yoakum.
Miss Margaret Kell has re-
turned from a visit with her
sister in Seguin.
Miss Willie Morgan of Mul-
doon is visiting friends here.
Misses Pearl and Ruby Frier
son of Muldoon were recent
guests of Mrs. O. L. Lee.
Mr. O. L. Lee was a business
visitor in San Antonio this
week.
We are sorry to report the
death of Mr. Ed. Berger’s only
sister Mrs. Annie Menth at
her home in Rosanky Jan. 2nd.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ruegg
and Harry Meyer of Houston;
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ahrens
and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mey-
er and family of San Antonio;
, . , ... , I Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Meyer, J.
for several hours. All bottom T ^
. , ,, . . „ , W. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
lands are flooded. Farms alongi in* „ ,
five mile south of the track
were as much as ten feet under
water. Sandy Fork creek, bet-
ween Waelder and Gonzales
was at a record height and
highway traffic was held up
from Monday afternoon until
late Tuesday night. All tanks
are full of water and one lieu-
tank has attracted considerable
attention, being one recently
Ahrens; Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Jaenichen, D. A. Cordes of
Schulenburg; Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Willman and family of La
Grange; Mrs. Will Meyer and
children of Goliad and Mrs. E.
A. Fairfield of Salt Lake City,
Utah were holiday visitors at
the F. J. Meyer home.
Mrs. E. A. Fairfield of Salt
Lake City, Utah and Miss
, _ , tI „r ,_______ Laura Meyer visaed in La
built by Mr. Henry Wehmeyer* / 1
.. .. j...___ Grange, Corpus Christi, Robs-
town and San Antonio the
Christmas holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Massey
and Mr. A. T. Michel of San
Antonio were visiting at {the
Ed. Mueller home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Scheer
visited R. A. Scheer and fam-
ily this week-end.
spending the holidays
her parents at Delhi.
We have plenty of
now, tanks and creeks
Gardens are growing nicely.
Corr.
doing in Jraighterpng little 3:90 p. rn in business rrec»on.
Willie’s teeth but keep silentj-AII members are urgently re
about your neighbor’s personall'inested to be present.
and private affairs.
We would say to the aver-
age Run of Mine preachers that
(eotninued on last page)
Mr Frant Daphne, left Tur
d m for r m Antonio uffering
\yith a ta.e of appcudviH.
Friends may find him at the
Santa Rosa Infirmary,
on his farm south of town. He
built a large dam some time
ago and now it is full of water
covering several acres.
The weather has been out of
the ordinary the past few days.
Heavy South winds were blow-
ing a gale all day Monday, tin*
clouds were heavy and thund '
er and lightening flashed con- Mr. Vernon Fernau and Theo
tinuously Monday night. : Tate visited the valley last
—o— j week. They report general
Tomato Acreage Growing conditions improving every-
- I where.
Mr. N. W. Chambers reports Mr. C. N. Cockrill of Smith-
water! 97 acres of tomatoes definitely • ville spent Xmas at the home
in sight for this year and the! of E. E. Cockrill.
general outlook much brighter! Mr. Dulaney Chalk left Sat-
than a few weeks ago. Farm-! •••’day for San Antonio for a
. , . brief visit with Mr. and Mrs
Tin
(In
tth {
full.
have
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Mrs, C. E. N’esrsta and chil-
dren • Sin Anlotiio weiv :/
recent guests ol' Mrs. F. J.J 'lays
Murocic. home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Stricklin
of Snn Antonio sp*'nt the hott-
at the E, E.
ers are
added a'.11 ic* c
| will be planted
'bid; at once, ,\o
ready planted,
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Mrs.
Dewitt Niiwlun; of Shiner upent
W. N. Hillery enroute back to
Ti\.r Univi rc.ity where he is
a student.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoiry Tauch
Sr., Henry Tauch Jr., Miss
Mary Palmer and Mr. George
^ . . j m I Roper of Galveston spent Sun-
I day at the home of Paul Tauch
1 Mv W C Milter and son
Jack of Sinifhvillo spent Sat-
urday at the E. A. Arnim hom$
Cockrill'Saturday with Mrs. Win. Stein
1 and Mrs. W. O. Garbade.
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Sedlmeyer, J. J. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1932, newspaper, January 7, 1932; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1113191/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.