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THE WHITEWRIGHT SUN, WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS
Thursday, May 5, 1938L
PAGE FOUR
The Whitewright Sun
HUMPTY DUMPTY
J. H. Waggoner . Publisher
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By Julian Capers Jr.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
24c
21c
17c
JOHN WESLEY’S MOTHER
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children
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Glen Earnheart
Burial Association
Insuring Persons
1 Day to 70 Years of Age
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$100.00 to $300.00
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DRESSES
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MANGRUM
Dollar!
Glen Earnheart Burial Association
H. L. GORDON
Grocery an< Market
Phone 15 — Whitewright, Texas
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AAA Leaders Say
Demands on Corn
Endanger Incomes
NOBODY’S
BUSINESS
JUST RECEIVED
ANOTHER SHIPMENT
Stamp Taxes in
Texas Average
$1.11 Per Person
Subscription Price, $1.50 Per Year,
Payable in Advance.
Geese as well as aviators can lose
their bearings in a fog, judging by re-
ports of geese seen in Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.
TO MY MOTHER ON
MOTHER’S DAY
THE OLD MASON-
DIXON LINE
Lockhart reported today.
Liquor brought in $278,569, wines
$16,970, beer $142,578, notes $31,045.
and cigarets $556,492.
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25c
SMITH’S
CASH GROCERY
20c
20c
17c
This is a home operated Association, managed by
men you know, and endorsed by the business men of
Whitewright.
Entered at the Whitewright, Texas,
postoffice as 2nd class mail matter.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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Borden’s Cottage Cheese ....
FANCY CORNFED STEAK,
It is Tender! Ib.
Fancy Cornfed Beef Rosat, lb.
SLICED BACON,
Good for Seasoning, lb.
Sliced Smoked Bacon, lb..
ARMOUR’S STAR CURED HAM,
A Flavor All Its Own, lb.
Bologna (Pure Meat) . .
Bulgarian Buttermilk, qt.
Sweet Cream for whipping, pt.
18c
2 pkgs. 25c
...2 pkgs. 25c
. .4 for 25c
27c
... .2 lbs. 25c
SPECIAL
The American Institute of Public
Opinion, headed by Dr. George Gal-
lup, has recently put the question,
’“Are you better off today than you
were a year ago?” to a group of vot-
ers. The result of the poll as pub-
lished in the Dallas News shows a
majority voting- “no,” which anybody
could have foreseen. There is a re-
cession, and naturally not many per-
sons are better off than' they were a
year ago. The poll was' taken and the
results published, obviously, to em-
barrass the new deal, since the pub-
lished report was headed: “New deal
query, ‘Are you better off?’ Seen as
boomerang.” What the Institute
should have asked, in fairness to the
new deal, is: “Are you better off to-
day than you were five years ago?”
That is when the new deal took over,
and it would be hard to find many
persons who are not better off today
than they were five years ago. The
American Institute of Public Opin-
ion is the outfit that published poll
after poll in 1936 showing Landon in
favor with the voters, along with the
Literary Digest, until the handwrit-
ing on the wall became so plain that
the-Institute had to switch its find-
ings to favor Roosevelt. This same
Institute has been conducting these
secret ballotings for some years, but
to date nobody in Whitewright has
been asked to vote in one of them,
insofar as The Sun has been able to
learn. We, therefore, wonder where
the Institute gets its votes.
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A RIGHT OF THE
PEOPLE
I feel awfully sorry for the boy or
girl that doesn’t have a mother,
Or even a mother that isn’t as true as
she should be.
But you, dear mother, you are kind,
brave and true.
My choice of any
would be you.
You hair is awfully pretty,
Your eyes are most divine,
You lips are sweet as. the dew,
There isn’t any mother half so good
as mine.
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31.
Freedom of the press is not some-
thing that belongs to newspapers. It
is a right possessed by all American
citizens, conferred on them directly
by the Constitution. It so happens,
however, that the daily newspapers
have been the most outspoken de-
fenders of this right of citizenship.
This has not been due to selfishness,
■either; newspapers have defended
this right because they realize it is
the foundation-stone of a free de-
mocracy. Tyranny’s first step is to
withdraw this right by imposing
strict censorship on newspapers,
denying the people the right to know
Reconciliation of Southern and
Northern Methodists, completed now
save for a few formalities, recalls to
mind the vanished Mason and Dixon
Line which once cut this country in-
to two sections so bitter against each
other as to resort to civil war.
That old invisible barrier between
the North and South persisted most
strongly in the minds of the people
so long as veterans of the Civil War
were influential in the country. Com-
mercial development through the in-
Real Values at a
We appreciate the whole-hearted approval given'
the Association by those who have applied for insur-
ance therein, and we invite all persons in this terri-
tory under 70 years of age, who are in good health,
to become members.
I have had hardships, little worries
of my own,
But you have always helped me out.
Yes, mother, you are true,
There isn’t anyone I love, half so
much as you.
(The above was written by an 11-
year-old Whitewright girl whose
mother brought it to The Sun with
request to print without using name.)
p-^you must mean\—2
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" THEIR FOOD AND /(
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To Retail for Only
$1.00
NOTICE: All notices of entertain-
ments, box suppers and other bene-
fits, where there is an admission fee
or other monetary consideration, will
be charged for at regular advertising
rates. Memorials, resolutions of re-
spect, etc., also will be charged for.
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation of
any person, firm or corporation that
may appear in the columns of The
Whitewright Sim will be gladly and
fully corrected upon being brought to
the attention of the publisher.
Typewriter paper, typewriter car-
bon, adding machine paper and type-
writer ribbons for sale by The Sun.
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DO youV-
^LIKE LIVING IN OURJ
CITY, ANNE^yZXT-
Since the announcement last week of the organiz-
ation under supervision of the State Insurance Com-
mission of the Glen Earnheart Burial Association, we
have had numerous inquiries about the Association,
and have received a large number of applications
for policies, although we have not yet put solicitors
in the field.
Pippen, of Dallas, a veteran former
judge of the Criminal District bench
there. . . Gerald C. Mann, former
Secretary of State, opened his cam-
paign for Attorney General before a
generous crowd at his birthplace,
Sulphur Springs. . . Bascom Giles,
opposing Land Commissioner Bill
McDonald for re-election, swung into
active campaign and organization
work, indicating he will vigorously
rtiake an issue of McDonald’s conduct
of the Land Office during the past
two years. . . . Coke Stevenson,
twice speaker, and candidate for Lt.
Governor, is conducting a unique
handshaking campaign, making few
speeches, but visiting many hundreds
of voters, while Sen. G. H. Nelson, his
chief opponent, is vigorously advo-
cating a unicameral legislature as an
issue.
—NEW STYLES
—NEW PATTERNS
Minimum Pay Bill
For Brazil Signed
RIO DE JANEIRO. — President
Vargas marked International Labor
Day yesterday by signing a decree
creating regional commissions
charged with establishing minimum
wages for all workers.
There will be a commission in each
of Brazil’s 20 states, the far west ter-
ritory of Acre and the Federal dis-
trict of Rio de Janeiro.
The decree, signed in a ceremony
at Gunabara Palace, defined a mini-
mum wage as the remuneration for
an adult worker of either sex for a
normal day’s service which would
permit at a given time in a given re-
gion “the satisfaction of normal
needs.”
The commissions will be made of
not less than five or more than 11
members. Chairmen will be chosen
by President Varges while labor and
employers each will choose half of
the rbody of each commission.
The decree is effective immediate-
ly but it was expected it would be
some time before each commission
could reach conclusions on the cost
of living in its region, something that
must be done before wages may be
fixed.
Zand i've alreadT/
/DISCOVERED THE MOST
\WONDERFUL GROCERY
LETTUCE, Crisp Heads ....
BULK COCOANUT,
Fresh and Very Fine, lb
CORN K.IX, a new cereal....
SALTED TRISCUIT, a New Wafer,
Very Good
Jello, any flavor
CHASE & SANBORN COFFEE, Dated, OKn
Now in Stock, lb Cub
4-lb. Pail Texan Coffee 69c
1-lb. Pkg. Texan Coffee with spoon. . . . 15c
COOKIES—Bluebonnet—Fig Bars— |
Ginger Snaps—Pound 1 Uu
1- lb. Folger’s Coffee 29c
2- lb. Folger’s Coffee
TNT YELLOW SOAP,
6 Large Bars for
50-oz. K. C. Baking Powder 30c
Phillips Pork & Beans, No. 2| can 10c
SHOESTRING POTATOES,
Tall Can
filtration of Northern capital and
people into the South dimmed the
line more than any other influence.
The World War symbolized a re-
united nation.
The “Solid South,” a product of the
sentiment that made significant the
old Mason and Dixon Line, persists
only in politics. The Democratic
ascendency in the South showed
symptoms of weakness in the shift to
Hoover in 1928. There are many
facts, other than the Methodist re-
conciliation, which point the suspi-
cion that the Democratic tradition in
the South is a shell which may
crumble at the proper moment.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
PHONE 34 OR 35 EARLY FOR A NICE SELECTION OF FRESH
VEGETABLES AND U. S. INSPECTED MEATS!
Applications are being received at the Glen Earn-
heart Funeral Parlor in Whitewright.
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FAMOUS EDITOR VISITOR
Texas was honored at the week-
end by the visit of Barry Faris, edi-
tor-in-chief of International News
Service, whose job in New York is to
keep his finger on the pulse of immi-
nent news events in a hundred na-
tions of the world, and direct a staff
of several hundred foreign and do-
mestic correspondents. “News serv-
ices of the world have been working
on a war time basis for five years,
since Hitler invaded the Ruhr basin,
and tore up the Versailles treaty,” he
said. “Hourly, we have been expect-
ing the match that would set off the
tinder-box of another world war. It
will come whenever the democracies
of the world are ready to demand a
showdown with the.dictators, and it
is inevitable.” Faris flew from New
York to Dallas to address South-
western members of Sigma Delta Chi,
professional journalism fraternity,
and to renew old acquaintances with
Texas newsmen. He got some of his
early training in this State.
Sigma Delta Chi conferred the
honor of initiation upon four jour-
nalists, including this correspondent.
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SMOKE COST HIGH
Texans smoked $35,551,644 worth
of cigarets, or about $6 worth per
capita, during the last year, accord-
ing to estimates of the state treasurer,
based on taxes collected. They also
drank 20,911,026 cases of beer and
nearly 4,000,000 gallons of hard
liquor, and paid in State stamp taxes
a total of $6,635,334 during the year,
the estimates showed.
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4'Charles for Oxford.
She lived close to God and led her
19 children to the same source of
strength.
John Wesley is justly called the
founder of Methodism, but his moth-
er was the architect in God’s hands
to shape his life.
When Napoleon was asked what
the world most needed, his reply was
mothers.—Sue Stephens.
A careful study of both sacred and
profane history will reveal the fact
that all epoch-making men have as a
background a long life of earnest de-
votion to what they conceive to be
right. In other words, God prepares
his workmen. Moses, Samuel, Paul,
St. Frances, Luther, and John Wesley
are examples.
The prime factor back of this
trained life is God’s masterpiece, the
mother.
We have studied John Wesley from '
every angle of life with a bare men- ■
tion of Susanna Wesley. Susanna !
Wesley was the twenty-fifth child of :
the third generation, remarkable for
learning, piety, poetry, and music. I
She was the mother of 19 children, |
the wife of a poor minister. Just two
practices of her life will locate the
mother of John Wesley. She gave.to
each of her children an hour each
week at which time she talked pri-
vately to the child concerning his
eternal welfare.
She gathered the poor
around her each Sabbath afternoon
with her own family, and read a ser-
mon or other religious subjects.
Robert Rakes has the distinction of
establishing the first Sunday school,
and during his life 1,200 Sunday
schools.
He was born the year John Wesley
came to Georgia. Susanna Wesley
had been practicing the same princi-
ple for years. She prepared John and
what is going on in their government.
James G. Stahlman, president of
the American Newspaper Publishers’
Association, told the annual conven-
tion in New York that he had “been
astounded at the unconcern
pressed by many publishers
smaller newspapers toward
croachments which are being made
on a free press.” A free press, he
pointed out, is something that be-
longs to the people and not to the
newspapers.
It has been preserved in this coun-
try all these years solely because
there were men willing to fight for
it, not because politicians haven’t
tried repeatedly to make it inopera-
tive.—Abilene Reporter-News.
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AUSTIN.—The political pinwheel,
set off by the Governor’s race,
whirled merrily on in Texas, and the
week-end found these newsworthy
developments: Meetings of Ferguson
supporters, demanding full payment
of $15 pensions to everybody in Tex-
as over 65, regardless of need, care-
fully staged in San Antonio and Dal-
las, had caused several hundred let-
ters and telegrams to be sent “Ma,”
seeking to draft her, but spokesman
Jim repeated she “is not a candi-
date”. . . Best guessers here be-
lieved the build-up was to place Jim
in position to throw his support ad-
vantageously to some other candi-
date, and did not think the Fergusons
would switch their decision not to
enter “Ma”. . . . Gov. Allred told
reporters he wouldn’t get in, even if
the Fergusons did, and said he would
be enjoying Gulf breezes at Galves-
ton during the summer while other
candidates were perspiring and bela-
boring each other. . . . Tom Hunter
had not yet produced his promised
platform. . . . Karl Crowley, the
Washington candidate, is not being
supported by the national Democratic
party organizations in his race for
Governor of Texas, cacording to a
telegram which Bob Barker, secre-
tary of the Senate, sent Jim Farley,
asking the direct question, which
Farley promptly answered in the
negative. . . . Ernest Thompson was
out of the State to attend an inter-
state oil compact commission meeting
at Wichita, Kansas. . . . Welly Hop-
kins, former Senator from Gonzales,
and lately a special assistant U. S.
Attorney General in Washington, re-
signed to accept appointment as first
assistant attorney general, under Bill
McCraw, succeeding Scott Gaines,
who becomes Texas University’s le-
gal representative.
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ALL INCUMBENTS
OPPOSED
Every State official seeking re-
election, with the possible exception
of some of the higher court judges,
will have opposition, according to an-
nouncements which may, or may not
be backed up with filing fees, when
the time comes to put up the money.
Judge Harry Graves of Court of
Criminal Appeals, whose eligibility
has been questioned in a lawsuit dis-
missed by the court, filed for re-elec-
tion, and will be opposed by C. A.
WASHINGTON.—Agricultural ad-
justment administration officials con-
tended today an expansion of corn
acreage allotments as demanded by
many corn belt farmers would en-
danger their incomes.
They said large allotments, with
average or better crop weather,
would result in greater production
which would mean lower corn prices
and eventually lower hog and cattle
prices.
They noted, as evidence that a
large corn crop was not needed this
year, large stocks of corn on farms
and the comparatively small numbers
of live stock for which these stocks
would supply feed.
The AAA’s has started an “educa-
tional campaign” to place corn belt
support behind the new farm pro-
gram. Numerous farmers protested
they were being asked to make too
great a reduction in corn acreage.
Admiration Coffee,
1-lb. bags
Bright & Early
Coffee, 1-lb. bags....
Bright & Early Coffee, 3-
pound bags (with Clip
bowl free) UUu
Potatoes,
10 lbs. for
50-oz. K. C.
Baking Powder
Tomatoes, No. 2 O£p
cans ...4 for uUu
AUSTIN.—Stamp taxes of various
sorts in 1937 averaged $1.11 for ev-
ery man, woman and child in Texas,
according to a compilation made to-
day by Jesse James, chief clerk in
the State Treasurer’s office.
From stamps on cigarets, beer,
liquor, wine and notes, the Treasurer
collected $6,665,334 last year, James
said, adding that the average cost to
the State for collection was 1/6 of 1
per cent of the amount collected.
He estimated this meant the sale of
$35,551,644 worth of cigarets, 20,911,-
026 cases of beer and 3,962,021 gal-
lons of liquor.
Stamp tax collections in April
amounted to $1,025,655, Treasurer
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