The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1942 Page: 4 of 6
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THE COTULLA RECORD
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT
COTULLA, TEXAS
MANLY & MANLY, Publishers
Subscription $1.50 Per Annum
Outside State $2.00 per Annum
No refunds given on subscriptions.
Entered the Post Office at Cotulla, Texas, as second class mail
matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1897.
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By Stuart Cloete
Why should anyone buy War Bonds ? There is no compulsion to
buy them. There is no winter relief . . . no SS man standing
outside the door saying, “Buy, or else". Nothing is at stake but the
future of the country . . . perhaps the world.
That then is a stamp or bond but a vote of confidence in oursel--
ves? In our capacity to drive on, to break all opposition an 1 then
to reconstruct upon a new and better design, a world that will be
different. A worl’i of surplus instead of security. But a bond is
more than this. It is an investment. It is something of a miracle
that freedom can be bought and that in addition it should pay a
dividend of almost 3 percent. And this is not all. bonds stand be-
tween us and the spiral of inflation which could engulf us more eas-
ily than any enemy outside our gates. For the first time in many
years, demand backed by money exceeds supply, which normally e-
quals demand, and even stimulates it by advertising and credit pur-
chase plans. Are we to save money against the time when we
may need it. or bid for the few consumer goods that are left against
ourselves ?
There is one more reason for buying bonds. The Presilent, who
is also the commander in chief, has asked us to do so.
Meanwhile . . . while we hesitate . . while we complain of
nominal hardship . . men die . . not only fighting men, but
women and small children also. They die for a good cause. A
good reason . . for freedom. But we who are not dying must pay
in time and money, or we shall find ourselves dishonored. The time
is short. It passes . . and having passed, is forever lost.
Men in France, in Poland, in Norway . . men all over Europe
are regretting time . . are saying: “If only we had known.’’
But we do know. The writing is on the wall. Corregidor, Pearl
Harbor, Singapore, Dunkirk, are not dreams. They are evil things
that have happened, and now this evil approaches us. It lies in wait
off our coasts.
Time is money . . but money cannot buy time, nor bring dead
men to life, nor purchase freedom once it is lost.
That is why we must buy war bonds now . . today, and tonior.
row, and the day after. Buy bonds until this thing is destroyed ut-
terly . . because time is not subject to manipulation . . be-
cause the world cannot live half free and half slave. Nor we, the
free, allow the mortgage upon our freedom to be foreclosed. Fail-
ing now, we fail forever. Never before could so much be bought for
so little. Never so much lost for lack of that little.
.FIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
HOW WILL YOU VOTE ?
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On November 3, voters of Texas will vote on five Constitutional
Amen ime; ts. Because many persons will be confused as to how
best they should vote, The Record wiil, between now and election
time, try to give some explanation of the measures to be voted upon.
The first amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas, re-
quiring appropriation bill passed by the Legislature to be presented
to and certified by the Comptroller of Public Accounts as ,o available
fur Is for payment thereof, limiting appropriations to the total of
such available funds, providing for issuance of bonds to pay off State
obligations outstanding September 1, 1943, and fixing the duties of
the Legislature and Comptroller of Public Accounts with reference
thereto”.
By reason of its scope and method of tightening up the expel fjiture
of public money, and the fact that the deficit in the General Revenue
Fund is now costing more than the bond issue would cost, strips the
amendment of the objections that can be urged against the ordinary
bond issue, and places the amendment squarely before the taxpayers
as a “money saving method” instead of a "spending money method
The following provisions will bring that fact to the attention of all:
i Is . After January 1, 1945, save in the case of an emergency
when the Legislature is cor.si lering appropriation bills, such bills
shall not be considered as passed until the Comptroller endorses
his certificate on the bill showing the amount to be appropriated is
within the amount to be estimated available in the effected fund.
2r. J. When the Comptroller finds an appropriation exceeds the
estimated income, he shall indorse such finding on the bill, and re-
turn it to the House in which it originated, and the Legislature shall
take the necessary steps to bring the appropriation wihtin the reve-
nue, or mabe provisions for additional taxes.
1 No appropriation that exceeds the Comptroller s estimate
shall be valid unless it receives a four-fifths vote of the Total mem-
bership of each house.
This amendment is important, as regards the fiscal affairs, of the
State, and should be passed.
It is the first amendment appearing on the ballot, and should be
voted “For”.
We’ll discuss the remaining amendments in succeeding issues.
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... or extra tank, or extra gun, or extra ship
completed tomorrow may, tn a few months,
turn the tide on some distant battlefield; it may
make tht difference between life and death for
some of our fighting men."
—President Roosevelt,
February 23, 1942.
Would you be the one who failed to help buy that
plane, tank, or ship—by failing to buy your share of
Bonds? Could you sleep nights knowing that Ameri-
can boys were being killed because you and others
“put off” doing your part?
Remember, they are OUR boys now—from your
State, your town, perhaps your very home. 1 hey’re
out there risking their lives—giving their lives—so
that America, your free America, can live. And just
as you are counting upon them to give everything
they’ve got, so they are counting upon you to give
everything you’ve got—by working harder than
you ever have before and by investing in Bonds to the
very limit of your powers!
Can they count on you? Make your answer ring clear
and true—let our boys know that every man, woman,
and child in America is behind them 100%! Go to
your local post office, bank, savings and loan associa-
tion, or other official sales agency today. Pledge
yourself to buy all the Bonds you can—regularly,
every pay day until this war is won! The more Bonds
you buy, the more planes will fly.
Featuring the Reliables:
Nesco Oil Stoves
Foster Beds
and Springs
Gold Seal Rugs
Wade Furniture Co.
Rhone 7 - Picture Framing
L. B. COOPER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
COTl’LLA — TEXAS
IT’S THE
La Salle
HOTEL
IN COTULLA
MRS. J. H. GILBERT, Prop.
buy u.s. savings Bonds 1 Stamps
Real Barber Service
SPECIALTY
SCHOOLCHILDRENS’
HAIRCUTTING
Boyd Rankin
This space is a contribution to
America’s All-Out War Effort by
LA SALLE COUNTY
From where I sit...
/>y Joe Marsh
ill
Happened to me only yesterday.
I step on the starter of my car.
Engine turns over O. K. but she
won’t start.
So I look under the hood just as
if I know what’s the matter. Tap
a few things with a wrench. While
I’m standin’ there, wondering
what to do next, a young soldier
stops alongside.
“Need some help?” he asks.
“Got her almost fixed,” I says.
“But still she won’t start.”
“Looks like your carburetor’s
flooded,” he says. “Got a screw
driver handy?”
That young soldier knew what
he was doin’ all right. Went to
work just like a professional.
“She’ll be O.K. now,” he says,
straightenin’ up and smilin’.
• • *
Boy’s face looked sort of famil-
iar. And darned if that soldier
wasn’t young Charlie Jenkins from
Elm Street. Used to be a round-
shouldered kid—one of those jitter
bugs you hear about. Say! You
wouldn’t know him after six
months in the Army. Fifteen
pounds heavier—straight and tan
and real sure of himself. The
Army’s done a lot for Charlie.
Made a man out of him—and I
guess that goes for lots of other
young fellows, too.
• * *
The other day I read how some
folks worry about the soldiers
havin’ a glass of beer now and
then. Well, after seein’ Charlie, 1
don’t think there’s much cause for
people so fret.
Just like Charlie says—“If you
can trust us with guns and sh'ps
and tanks, I guess you can trust
us with a glass of beer once in a
while, if we happen to want one."
And I know the beer industry
is co-operating with the Army and
the law-enforcement officers to see
that beer is sold in good, clean,
decent places.
From where I sit, this country's
never seen a finer, cleaner, better-
behaved lot of men than the ones
in uniform today... I’m not worry-
in’ about ’em!
No. 50 of a Series
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Copyright, 1942, Brewing Industry Foundation j
COLD WEATHER - -
will soon be here
The supplv of
STOVES
is strictly LIMITED
We can take care of you needs Now-
But don’t put this off, for the stock
will soon be exhausted.
Play Safe! See Us Today
It will pay you to see us first.
T. R. KECK & SONS
OUR WEEKLY SERMON
The Faith Way
By the Rev. John H. Cable. D. D.,
Member of Faculty Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago.
Text: “As ye have therefore re-
ceived Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk
ye in him.”—Colossians 2:6.
When we became children of God
we received Christ by faith. Now
“we walk by faith and not by sight." i
John Wesley said that the Christian
walks by faith and not by feelings.
First of all we should remember j
that the Christian life is a Walk.
To receive Christ is only a step, but
to “walk in him” is a lifetime journey.
To accept Christ is an act; to walk j
in Him is an attitude or life habit.
To become a Christian requires but
an instant; to be a Christian means
constant progress. The Christian is
a new creation, who should become
an adjusted creature.
Colossians 2:7 tells us that we
must be “rooted and built up in him,
and stablished in the faith. Rooting
means stability. Trees that have no
long, strong tap roots are easily
blown over by the wind. Now, some
Christians seem to have poor roots.
Winds of emotion sweep them this
way and that. Beloved, we should
have our roots of faith so wrapped
around the Rock of Ages that no
storm will blow us over.
Roots also provide life nourish-
ment. The psalmist pictures “the
blessed man” as he who is “like a
tree planted by the rivers of water”
j (Ps. 1:3). Such a one is ever fresh,
fruitful, and prosperous in whatever
he does.
“Built up” reminds us of how a
plant or tree grows occording to its
inner nature. And God gives us a
new nature when we are born from
above by faith in Christ as our Sav-
iour. We must not hamper that
growth by needless regulations or
artificial laws. Christ said. "Con-
sider the lilies, how they grow.” May
we so grow, and thus be established,
or confirmed, in faith, which will be-
come more and more a persuasion
and force in our lives.
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Let us sharpen your plow points.—
—Cotulla Machine Shop.
Magnolia Service
Station
J. T. POGUE, Propr.
U. S. ROYAL TIRES & TUBES
Willard Batteries Phone 54
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John W. Willson
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
COTULLA — TEXAS
Dr. J. N. Lightsey
office ever
GADDIS PHARMACY
Office Phoae 71. Em. M.
COTULLA, — TEXAS.
DR. J. A. COOK
General Practice
Office over Gaddis Pharmacy
Office Phone 65
Residence 101
Chas. D. Bates, Jr.
Attorney-At-Law
Notary Public
Record Office Building
COTULLA, TEXAS
Cotulla Tractor
Company
FORD TRACTORS
Ferguson System
COTULLA. TEXAS
Electrical Work
Plumbing
P. H. PRESTON
Phone 173
Cotulla, Texas
Tarver & Salmon
Funeral Directors
AND
Embalmers
Phone 82
Cotulla, Texas
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The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1942, newspaper, October 16, 1942; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1163346/m1/4/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.