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THE WHITEWRIGHT SUN, WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS
Thursday, December 28, 1933.
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POLITICAL CALENDAR
OF EVENTS FOR 1934
SURVEY OF RURAL
HOMES BEING MADE
INATTENTION AND SPEED
HEAD LIST OF REASONS
FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
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such meetings.
Campaign Expenses
Under the law, campaign expenses
of candidates are restricted to the
folloming amount:
Fox’ United States Senator, $10,-
000.00*.
For Governor, $10,000.00.
For all other officers to be chosen
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My pledge to you —
the people of the Southwest
Now, as the year 1933 is fast passing into history, I make
the following report and pledge, to which the people of
the Southwest are entitled.
1... The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines will meet its currently
maturing obligations without borrowing, either from the
people through their government or from any other source.
2. .. This whole organization, every man and woman of it,
is pledged to the devoted service of the people of the Southwest,
whose generous support has made the achievement possible.
Chairman of the Board of Directors and President
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines
Through 6 Depressions—Shoulder to Shoulder
The Southwest and Its Pioneer Railroad
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The Katy expresses its sincere thanks
To those old friends of the Katy who continued and in-
creased their support, we are grateful beyond measure;
To the newer patrons who were encouraged by our ap-
Charmed Life
“You say you served in France?”
said the restaurant manager, as he
sampled the new cook’s first soup.
“Yes, sir. Officer’s cook for two
years and wounded twice.”
“You’re lucky, man. It is a won-
der they didn’t kill you.”
peals to patronize us more extensively or possibly for the
first time, we express our sincere thanks. We are con-
vinced that having given our railroad a trial and come in
contact with that spirit of human service which marks all
Katy people, you will not need to be encouraged hence-
forth to regard the Katy as “your railroad”.
Shoulder to shoulder as of old, the people of the South-
west and the Katy march on into 1934, mutually confident
that the achievements of the past are but an indication of a
more glorious future than the most visionary citizen of
today can imagine.
INSURANCE
It is better to have it and not need
it than to need it and not have it!
O. L. (Pig) JONES
Pay Me a Visit—It May Pay You
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“If I were asked to pick the seven
deadly sins of traffic and list them
in the order of their importance,”
said a traffic expert, “I believe I
would put them down about as fol-
lows:
toring.
6. Driving When Physically Un-
fit.—When one is sick or sleepy the
mind is not able to think and the
body fails to react when emergency
demands action.
7. Failure to Keep Car in Safe
Condition. — Safety demands that
brakes be kept in good condition, that
headlights and steering gear be in-
spected- frequently and that tires be
changed when hard wear has made
them dangerous.
You can buy adding machine paper
at the Sun office.
TOURING Christmas week, 1872, the last spike was
A-x driven in the extension of the Katy Railroad that
connected Texas with the North and East. The event was
hailed enthusiastically as the formal opening of a great
new commercial and agricultural Empire. But not even
the most visionary settler of those days could have dream-
ed of the achievements of the next three-score years;
Together—we have
conquered many obstacles
The conversion of the Southwest from wilderness to civil-
ization in less than the span of a single lifetime would be
amazing enough had it been able to proceed without in-
terruption. Unfortunately, economic depressions of other
days penetrated even into this new land, to retard and
delay, but never discourage its resolute people. We of
today have concentrated our attention so closely on the
difficulties of the present that we are likely to forget that
this is the sixth depression which the Southwest and the
Katy have conquered together.
“Conquered” is the word, for each experience has been
a sustained struggle. Shoulder to shoulder, the people of
the Southwest and its pioneer railroad have fought re-
peatedly in patience and fortitude—displaying the unsung
heroism of prolonged and resourceful resistance.
Spring 1933
— Katy independence jeopardized
As recently as six months ago, this railroad was apparent-
ly approaching a crisis—its cherished Southwestern in-
dependence jeopardized. To appeal to the people of the
Southwest in the extremity was the natural course. On
behalf of this railroad which I have the honor to head, I
did Iso, freely and without restraint. I told simply what the
pioneering Katy has meant, in originally opening and
then contributing to the subsequent development of the
To C. W. Holmes (above) of
Joy, Mercer County, Ill., goes the
crown of International Corn King.
He won the world title with a crop
of Krug Utility corn, raised on his
farm in 1933.
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COLLEGE STATION.—A survey
of rural housing conditions in 25
Texas counties is under way for
completion in January as a prelim-
inary step in developing public
works program for improvement of
the farm home and its equipment, ac-
cording to Mrs. Bernice Claytor,
home improvement specialist in the
Texas A. & M. College Extension
Service. It is a Public Works Ad-
ministration project in which the U.
S. Bureau of Home Economics, the
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Engi-
neering, and the Extension Service
have been asked to cooperate.
Trained home economists have
been put in charge of the county sur-
veys which will employ an average
of 11 field workers per county in ad-
dition to clerks.
The object of the survey is to
“measure the potential demand fbr
improved home facilities, to deter-
mine the cost of providing such facil-
ities, to develop plans for installa-
tion of same with standard specifica-
tions adapted to needs of typical sec-
tions and to develop plans for fi-
nancing their provision, as a prelim-
inary step in developing a public
public works program for improve-
ment of the farm home and its equip-
ment.”
The survey is expected to tabulate
size of family; condition of house;
number and size of rooms; facilities
available such as sanitary toilets,
water supply, plumbing and electric
equipment; painting and repairs and
additions needed; whether families
will be willing to have any or all of
these facilities installed if provided
on liberal credit with amortization;
and the ownership status, liability to
foreclosure, and willingness of lien
holders to agree to refrain from fore-
closure.
From the tabulated data will be
figured out the most needed feasible
improvements by regions, and the
best ways of financing same.
Mrs. Claytor, state chairman of the
survey, calls attention to an earlier
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SCIENCE NIBBLES
A> gasoline pump now on the mar-
ket and in actual use, not only regis-
ters the amount of gasoline pumped
into the car but also the amount of
the bill on another dial.
Prof. Leonce Bert, of
claims to have discovered a gas more
deadly than any yet known. As it at-
tacks any exposed skin, preset gas
masks afford no protection from its
fumes.
A housemaid expends more energy,
measured in heat, in three minutes
of sweeping than does a college pro-
fessor in one hour of hard thinking,
according to Dr. Francis G. Bene-
dict.
C. C. C. workers will construct
ditches and canals in Delaware this
winter to wash away mosquito larvae.
Oil will be spread over pools that
cannot be drained.
A large shipment of white rats has
been sent to the Philippines to aid
the study of leprosy. Such rodents
for use in the laboratories there are
not available in that region.
A black rose, budded from the
original in Germany, is now being
produced in this country. It has a
petal that is a deep red at the stem,
becomes a deep purple as it widens,
out and is entirely black at and near
the tip.
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The following political calendar,
giving all the dates of important
events during the earning campaign
year and other information, was com-
piled by Congressman Wright Pat-
man, and is presented herewith for
the information it contains. A sim-
ilar calendar was published in The
Sun for the last campaign year, and
this newspaper had calls for papers
containing the calendar all through
the campaign which could not be
supplied. Persons interested in this
. calendar should clip it and preserve
it for future reference.
Events by Dates
Jan. 31—Last day to pay poll tax.
Feb. 12 — Election judges ap-
pointed by Commissioners’ Court.
April 1—On or before this date,
Tax Collectors furnish County Elec-
tion Boards with list of poll tax pay-
ers and exemptions.
June 4—On or before this date,
candidates fox' party nominations fox’
State and district offices shall file
applications for place on primary
ballot.
June 16—On or before this date,
candidates for party nominations
for offices to be filled by voters of a
single county or a portion thereof
and candidates foi’ County Chairmen
shall file legal applications with the
County Chairmen for places on bal-
lot.
June 18—County Executive Com-
mittees meet at county seat to deter-
mine by lot the order of names on
primary ballots, estimate the cost of
printing the official ballots and oth-
er expenses incident to the holding
of the election, and apportion the
cost among the various candidates
(except candidates for State offices); penses usually incident to holding
name a sub-committee of five mem-
bers to make up the ballot; decide
whether the nomination of county
officers shall be by majority or plu-
rality votes. If the Committee fails
to decide, then the nomination shall
be by a plurality of the votes cast.
' (Run-off for state or district offices
is mandatory if no candidate receives
a majority in the first primary.)
(Arts. 3108 and 3117 R. S.)
June 25—On or before this date,
candidates must pay ballot fees.
June 28—First day to file first
statement of campaign expenses.
July 3—Last day to file first state-
ment of campaign expenses.
July 8—First day for qualified
voters, who are away from county or
their residence, to make application
for absentee ballot.
July 9—Sub-committee appointed
June 18th shall meet and make up
official absentee ballot.
July 9—Sub-committee appointed
Junp#'18fh shall mfeet and make up
official ballot for primary.
July 16—First day tc file second
statement for campaign expenses.
July 18—Last day for qualified
voters, who are away from county
residence, to make request for offi-
cial ballot to vote absentee ballot.
July 18—First day any qualified
voter within county expected to be
absent election day may appear be-
fore County Clerk and vote an ab-
sentee ballot.
July 20—Last day to file second
statement of campaign expenses.
July 23—On or before this date,
Tax Collectors shall deliver to the
Charimen of the County Executive
Committees list of qualified voters
in each precinct in the county ar-
, ranged alphabetically and by pre-
cincts.
July 24—Last day for one within
county expecting to be absent elec-
■\ tion day to vote absentee ballot.
July 28—Primary Election day,
(Election open from 8 a. m. to 7 p.
m., except in counties over 150,000;
it is open from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.)
July 28—Third and final state-
ment of campaign expenses in first
primary may be filed. Last day al-
lowed August 7.
Aug. 1—Presiding Judges of Elec-
tion shall make returns of first pri-
mary on or before this date to Coun-
ty Chairmen.
Aug. 1—-Not more than 30 days nor
less than 25 days before second pri-
mary, first statement of campaign
expenses must be filed. This is the ■
last day for that statement.
Aug. 5—Qualified voters outside
the county of their residence expect-
ing to be absent on election day shall
arrange to vote absentee ballot in the
same manner as required in first pri-
mary under date of July 8.
Aug. 7—Final statement of cam-
paign expenses in the first primary
\election must be filed on or before
this date.
\Aug. 15—First day for absentee
balloting by those within county of
B residence, but expect to be away on
B (Jay of erection.
■ Aug. 21—Last day to vote ab-
B sentee ballot by those within county
r Black-Draught
Clears Up Sluggish Feeling
“I have used Thedford’s Black-
Draught for constipation for a
long time,” writes Mrs. Frank Cham-
pion, of Wynne, Ark.
“If I get up in the morning feeling
dull and sluggish, a dose of Black-
Draught taken three times a day will
cause the feeling to pass away, and
in a day or two I feel like a new
person. After many years of use we
would not exchange Black-Draught
for any medicine.”
P. S. — If you have Children, give
them the new, pleasant-taating
SYRUP of Thedford’s Black-Draught.
of residence, but expecting to be ab-
sent election day.
Aug. 25—Second Primary election
day (run-off), also district conven-
tion day.
Aug. 28—On or before this date
presiding Judges shall make returns
to County Chairmen.
Sept. 1—County Executive Com-
mittees meet and canvass returns of
second primary election.
Sept. 4—On ox’ before this date,
final reports of campaign expenses
must be filed. State Convention Day
to announce platforms of principals
and nominations.
.What Money May Be
Spent For
In a primary campaign, no person
shall expend money or give anything
of value to further or oppose the
candidacy of any person fox’ any nom-
ination except for the following pur-
poses only, to-wit:
1. For the traveling expenses of
the candidate, ox* of his campaign
managex’ ox- assistant campaign man-
ager as defined by this chapter, or of
a secretary fox’ such candidate.
2. The payment of fees or charges
for placing the name of the candi-
date upon the primary ballot, and
fox* holding and making returns of
the election.
3. The hire of clerks and stenogr
raphers and the cost of clerical and
stenographic work and of addressing,
preparing and mailing campaign lit-
erature.
4. Telegraph and telephone tolls, 1. Inattention.—When the mind
postage, freight and expense charges, wanders the Old Man Accident is
5. Printing and stationery. likely to take hold of the steering
6. Procuring and formulating lists
of voters.
7. Headquarters ox* office rent.
8. Newspapei’ and other advertis-
ing and publicity.
9. Renting of halls ox- providing
places for public meetings and all ex-
penses of advertising and other ex-
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Southwest. I spoke with particular emphasis on the record
made by the Katy since 1929, summing up as the basis of
our plea for your support, these four “planks” in the
“Katy platform”.
1.. . The Katy has sought no loan of the people’s money,
through any governmental agency.
2. ..The Katy has unflinchingly paid taxes, interest and all
other bills.
3.. . The Katy has retained its individual Southwestern
identity, free from mergers and outside domination that
would destroy its singleness of purpose and service.
H... The Katy has actually improved its service, facilities
and equipment through the darkest days of this depression,
confident of the future of our country—and the future of the
great Southwest in particular.
by voters of the entire State, includ-
ing Judges of Courts of Last Resort,
district members of Congress, and
members of Congress at large, $2,-
500.00
For member of the State Senate,
$1,000.00.
For member of the House of Rep-
resentatives (State), $300.00.
For county officers in counties
having a population of 50,000 or
more, $750.00.
For county officers in counties
having a population of 30,000 or
more, and less than 50,000, $500.00.
For county officers in counties
having a population of less than 30,-
000, $300.00.
(Federal census of 1930 to deter-
mine the population of a county.)
For any othei’ position which the
law may provide shall be chosen in
primary election, $100.00.
Four-fifths of the sum stipulated
may be expended in the campaign
preceding the first primary and the
remainder in the second campaign.
rural home survey made in 1926 by
the Department of the American-
Home of a national women’s organi-
zation, under direction of Mrs. Mag-
gie W. Barry, specialist in organiza-
tion in the Extension Service. This
survey revealed that 75% or more of
the 714 farm home makers in 91
Texas counties had no water piped
into their homes, were without sani-
tary bath tubs or sewerage, had no
lights but oil lamps, no labor saving-
devices, and that more than seven-
eighths of the homes were not
screened.
wheel.
2. Excessive Speed. — Common
sense beats the speedometer in tell-
ing us what speed is safe. When we
exceed the well-defined limit we flirt
with danger.
3. Violation of Traffic Regula-
tions.—Every motorist has a right to
depend on others for strict observ-
ance of signs, signals and traffic reg-
ulations.
4. Intoxication.—Scan the traffic
court records of any city and you will
quickly learn the part booze plays in
automobile accidents.
5. Hogging the Road.—A most
dangerous practice which also cer-
tainly reflects bad manners in mo-
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