Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1932 Page: 2 of 6
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Announcement
I have purchased the City Cleaners Tailor
Shop formerly operated by H. W. Bailey.
I guarantee satisfaction and will appreciate
a liberal portion of your good business.
Rayburn Knott, who has considerable ex-
perience in cleaning and tailoring, will be
with me.
My plant is modern in every respect and
improvements will be made from time to
time. We will endeavor to please you. For
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LE YELL AND, TEXAS
Be Retained—Bankers
Under the caption of “Cut the
Dead Wood,” the Home Magazine
in an article on reducing local
governmental expenses, says:
Cutting county goverment cost is
good business. It means lower tax-
es—and* lower taxes are what we
all want.
But there is no wisdom in reckless
chopping off heads. Nor can we
save money by cutting vital public
services or productive expenditures.
Above all, let’s not cut something
that is giving us more than our
money back in actual dollars and
cents.
Some counties have already abol-
ished their ’county agent. This is
false economy and poor judgment.
If your county agent is no good,
get a new one. If you have none
hire the best one to be found. Cer-
tainly this* is no time to dispense
with one of the few local employees
whose work increases the wealth
and income of the county. Cut
the power of the United States must tournament,
continue to reside In the Govern-, it is possible for a to lose
ment- | one game and then win the tourna-
If former soldiers could success-1 ment championship,
fully take possession of Washington' With two games scheduled each
city and intimidate the Government J afternoon, the first game will prob-
this year, dissatisfied farmers might ably start at 1:30 with the second
do the same next year, union labor
the next after, and the Nation
would be governed, not by the de-
cisions of the polls, but by the par-
ticular mass gatherings able to
exert the greatest pressure of in-
timidation.
game starting somewhere around
3:30.
money on the county agent is the for their country. ____________ ____ ____
one -Who doesn’t take advantage of! Veterans, however, will agree that' game eHminaHwiff will govern
his service. The others get their " * ** ----- * — *
money back—plus.
If you are* looking for county tax
economy, look over the whole list
of county employees berore swing-
ing the ax. How about highway
expenses. Look into the outlay for
institutions and useless social ser-
vices. How about combining Jobs
and eliminating part-time employ-
ees?.
Professor Charles E. Merriam of
the University of Chicago, an emi-
nent authority, makes a good sug-
gestion. He says that one third
of the cost of government could be
saved by eliminating the “spoils sys-
tem” of repaying political favors.
The “spoils system” is the graft
system.
Who are getting the county con-
tracts, and have they any con-
nections with officials? Examine
“specifications for bids” to see if
every contractor has had a fair
chance and the one who got the Baseball Tourney to Begin Monday
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SPEAKING OF
SPORTS
HV 1,018 H VEMTaJ
The Same Old Thing
job didn’t split with the county! An invitational baseball tourna-
official. These are the things that' ment will be the order of the day
are costiV.g us money—not the beginning Monday on the local base-
county agent who is doing his bit ball field. There will be about two
out dead wood, but don’t make thej for agriculture. j games a day; the morning games
mistake of pruning off the limbs | in these days we need all the that were announced several days
that bear fruit. | disciplined mind and organized in- ago in this paper will probably be
The American Bankers’ Associa- telligence which we can muster to-1 called off. Most of the prospective
tion, that hard-boiled body of men J gether in order to pull through.' customers to whom we have talked
with a sharp eye for the dollar,! This is no time to dispense With the to are not in favor of the morning
who are always in favor of wise! skilled aid of the county agent. He games. So that's that.
public economy, says: “Any 'at- is needed as never before and -
tempt to save taxes by dispensing j should be retained and encouraged To Get Permit From City
with or limiting the efficiency of j and used by every farmer who The tournament Committee will
a good county agent is a serious j needs help in solving his problems. ; get a permit from the city to build
step backward. Compare taxes and! _ 1 a wire fence around the baseball
ability to pay taxes in counties! . . j field, Mr. J. Warren Pearcy, secre-
Friend, Prexy Anderson At
Olympic Games
Our friend, Prexy Anderi|
Sports Editor of the Abilene
Reporter passed through Big Slj
Thursday on his way to Los
to attend the Olympics. We
this from Curtis Bishop,
Columnist of the Big Spring
aid.
This is the tenth Olympiad
it is the first time that it has been
held in the United States It will be
at least forty years before the Unit-
ed States will have it again. It
will be held sin Germany in 1938.
The dear old United States is
leading in the Olympics thus far.
The following is a list of track
and field events for men. The
points are as follows: United States,
58: Ireland, 20; Finland, 16; Cana-
da. 10: Poland and Germany 10.
P. South Plains Fair
with and without agents; the evl-« j New Officers Elected
dence is all in favor of the county j
agent. The county agent is an im- j
portant and indispensable factor j -
in the come-back of agriculture. If | Lubbock, Texas. Aug. 3.—W. G
we have a good county agent, let’s) McMillan, Lubbock contractor, has
uphold him and make it possible
for him to help lead us out of the
wilderness.”
Figure out what the county agent
costs per farm and you will see how
silly it is to chop his head off.
Eighty cents a year would be a fair
is from a papyrus handbill recently average—a cent and a half a week,
-- dug from the ruins of old Memphis, j or the tax on about half an acre.
"There is a scarcity of gold. The Egypt. The handbill was dated 3068 In many counties it is less,
skilled craftsman is without work. b. C., and had to do with the de-! This certainly is a small fee to
The man who reaps the harvest ) pression of that year. Really, there! pay for the best information on
gets nothfhg for it and he who does J is not much new under the sun.—! almost any agricultural subject
the plowing secures none of the j not even in depressions. j I he low price today leaves us no
profit. The land is depleted. There j -1- : room for inefficiency or waste in
are more rulers than ever. The! To keep your secret is WiSdom, ! either production or marketing.
co^ry' turned upside down, is in) to expect others to keep it is: We need all the help we can get.
a bad way.” I foolishness. | And there are plenty of instances
Does thi above sound natural?! __
recently been elected president of
Panhandle South Plains Fair and
preliminary arrangements for hold-
ing of the nineteenth annual ex-
hibition, Sept. 26 to Oct. 1. are now
being completed.
The Wortham Shows, the largest
tary, of tournament announced here
a few days ago.
Wolfforth told Mr. Pearcy that
they would enter the tournament
here. Among the other teams that
will likely enter the tournament
here are: Ropesville, Meadow, Whit-
harral, Anton, Littlefield, Lubbock
and other strong teams.
The Levelland Bearcats will be in
the tournament strong from start to
finish. The Bearcat team will have
practically the same line-up as in
About Babe Didrikson
Mildred “Babe” Didrikson is one
Olympic star that sport fans in
these parts are really interestfljBbi.
Miss Didrikson calls Dallas 3ier _ ,
home. ,*
Right funny about Babe, as she
prefers to be called, she wanted to
participate in light track and -tfcM
events and anyone knows thathWs
tpo many events to train for. Her
manager has decided to let her
take part in three events.
Babe is a Dallas high school girl.
She plays basketball, baseball and
takes part in practically every form
of sport.
Personally, we would like to see
the Babe do big things in a big A
way at the Olympic Stadium inw
Los Angeles.
moving shows in the world, have former games.
been engaged for the entire six! Walter Evans, star right hander,
days of the fair. There will be Qf the Bearcat club has “signed a
plenty of other entertainment
and amusement features, McMil-
lan has announced.
Other new officers elected in-
clude: Geo. A. Simmons and S. E.
Cone, vice-presidents and Dr. Fred
W. Standefer tieasurer.
contract" to play with the Sunset
baseball team in the Dawson Coun-
ty tournament. The tournament
starts at Lamesa Sunday.
Seventeen teams entered the
tournament there last year.
! in every county where the agent has | is again to have management of j
The secret of happiness is not! helped a farmer to make enough j the fair.
A B. Davis, manager since 1924 Two-Game Eliminations to Govern
Tournament Here.
When a team loses two games in
If might be attributed to many a
newspaper in the year 1932 without! necessarily in doing what one likes,1 additional money to pay his taxes! “Directors of the fair are deter-j the tournament here, they will be
the editor noticing that there had biit, in liking what one does. James and more. j mined that there shall be no let-up j out 0f the “running” for tourna-
been a wrong credit. The quotation m. Banie. I The only farmer who loses any in an effort to not only equal, but
j—_j—----------_L_ . - j to excell all past fairs,” McMillan
I has announced. “The danger of •>
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— cit the active co-operation of all
EE ! Plains people to the end that this
I year's exposition may again be a
true show window of the plains in
== order that the fair may fulfill its
— pui pose, that of advertising to rros-
~ pective new settlers the advim-
— mg'-s and possibilities of the Pin .ns
~ of Texas and educating and en-
EE c uiaging of home folks that
~ stiiries of progress may be
set made."
Baseball Monday Afternoon
Don’t forget the baseball tourna-^
ment that will get underway here.J
Monday afternoon. The drawing
will be Monday morning as the time
has not yet been announced.
Remember ten cents pays the way
to two ball games each afternoon.
Two games for the price- pi one
on the Bearcat Field. locatecTlit’
the Morning Side Addition in the
east part of town.
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Putman Hurls Grave i
Charges After Rioting j
Congressman Wright Putman t
leader of the fight for rash payment j
of the veteran’s bonus, asked, “If |
the president has adopted a policy I j
of using the army to drive lobbyists j j
from Washington.” and suggested f
that if this were true, “President! j
Hoover use the army to dTive the j j
international banking lobby from thej i
capital city.”
T cannot understand why the! j
army was used to drive the men j
from Washington who were not in j j
government buildings, but in homes) j
they had built with their own J 1
hands," Fltman said. “It is true! l
| they are lobbyists, not only for! |
veteran legislation, but for the un- j j
j employment relief for all the people, j j
Working in Secret
j “Has the president adopted a
policy of using the army to drive
I lobbyists from Washington? If he
! has, I suggest that he use the army
j to drive the international banking
lobby from the capital city. This
lobby is working in secret, but the
president knows who they are and
what they are trying to do.
“Andrew W. Mellon has arrived in
Washington in time to witness the
killing of hungry men, and is the
chief of a gang of hijackers. He
and his brother made eight billion
dollars out of the World War and
the settlement with the government
after the war, and he was the gov-
ernment representative in making
the settlements.
“The blood of hungry men who die
in this panic is on the hands of
Mellon because the policies adopted
and executed while three presidents
were serving under him have caused
the misery and distress In a land of
plenty."
Arthur Bisbane, the greatest para-
grapher of the American press has
the following to say of the inci-
dent:
Washington news, describing the
American soldiers using force and I
tear gas tb drive the veterans of the
World War from the encampments
of the Capitol is disquieting.
No one will suggest that the coun-
try's laws should be ignored or set
asitj-i, even for men who have fought
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Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1932, newspaper, August 5, 1932; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1160684/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.