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Editorial Page of Mexia Weekly Herald
Mexia, Texas.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 12, 1941.
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The Mexia Weekly Herald
' PUBLISH E7I~RY "
THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY
A. M. (Gus) STEWART, Managing Editor
Entered at the Postoffice at Mexia, Texas
as second class mail matter under Act of
March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year (in State) $1.00
One Year (Out of State) $1.50
By E. H. HUDSON
Coming to the Surface Again
TODAY'S THOUGHTS
By A. M. (Gus) STEWART
One of the flaws in the priorities sys-
tem of the national defense effort is the ef-
fect upon thousands of small factories,
machine shops and other industries all over
the nation.
In the nation-wide boom of defense
contruction, raw materials are insufficient
to supply all demands. If a Mexia farmer
needs a piece of steel to fix an implement
and the government needs the steel for ar-
maments, the farmer must do without. This
is necessary, and until things ran be ad-
justed to meet the everchanging conditions,
such inconveniences must continue. If we
get into the war, these incidents must be-
come more than mere inconveniences.
But what is the fate of the local mach-
ine shop that would l\ave the job of fixing
the farmer's implement if the steel were
available? The machine shop cannot obtain
the materials w;ith which it works. The
large industrial plants, to whom defense
contracts have been let, can get needed ma-
terials under the priorities laws, but the
small plants, scattered over the nation in
almost every town are really up aguinst it.
If something is not done soon, the lack of
materials will cause most of the small
plants to close their doors.
The solution to the problem lies in sub-
contracting as much of the big defense or-
ders as possible. A big industrial plant in
Dallas, for instances, could sub-contract en-
ough of its machine shop work to small
plants in the state to keep them going, and
keep the employees' jobs secure. There is a
definite move on foot now to urge that
those sub-contracts be let, and it is impor-
tant to every town where small plants are
located that this is done.
In Mexia are several machine shops,
welding shops, and small industries which
are faced with a crisis. They cannot obtain
the materials with which to carry on their
private work, and they are too small to se-
cure a direct defense contract. The Mexia
Textile Mill is able to carry on because of
the fact that it has some government con-
tracts. Most of the local industries are not
so fortunate.
* The Mexia Chamber of Commerce is
attempting to secure some sub-contract
work for these local shops. It is too early
to say what success the attempt will meet,
but certainly it is a problem that is impor-
tant to every citizen who makes his living
in Mexia.
The cause of soil conservation has had
a tough existence and has met with passive
resistance for several years. The govern-
ment, during the past few years, has urged
soil conservation, and has proved to farm-
ers that conservation practices pay in dol-
lars and cents. Farmers now are interested
in learning more about it, and trying it on
their farms.
On September 19, farmers of the Bi-
Stone Empire will witness a demonstration
of soil conservation practices in connection
with the Fall Fair and Agricultural Dis-
play. The demonstration is something new
for a fair of this kind, and it is expected
to attract hundreds of interested farmers.
Raymond Dillard coined a phrase at
the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morn-
ing when he described some of the direc-
tors as "windshield farmers." A windshield
farmer, he explained is one who drives his
car around over the farm and looks at the
crops without getting out.
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Striking news! About 5000 matches are
lighted every second in the U. S.
It would be a lot more fun walking for
*xercise if you could do it sitting down-
With school open, dad can swing back
into helping son get his arithmetic lessons
wrong.
WE TRAIN SOLDIERS TO KILL
MEN AT PUBLIC EXPENSE.
Why not train doctors to cure
men at public expense?
We are spending billiona train-
in? men for army and navy. Why
not furnish education and training
for volunteers in the ministry of
healing and fighting disease?
It costs a doctor six to ten thou-
sand dolLars to educate himself.
His mission in healing men is cer-
tainly no less important than the
mission of the soldier in destroy-
ing li|e. „
The government should furnish
free or cheaper medical education
and should supervise the work of
the medical profession in place-
ments, rank and pay, more than it
is doing.
The country doctor is passing.
Costs of sickness are increasing.
Poor people can no longer afford
to be sick or die.
Visits of the city doctor to coun-
try homes are high in cost. Self-
respecting people want to pay for
treatment but can't. The govern-
ment should build and equip hos-
pitals, should train and plac® doc"
tors at needed points and see that
all have the chance for health.
We train and pay men to fight.
We train and pay men to conserve
soil. We employ men to treat our
livestock. But we neglect the con-
servation of human health.
STINGINESS NOT ALWAYS A
VICE.
It may be counted among tllje
virtues.
"Tight fistedness" may be li
ed on with a frown. But so may
"open-ha ndedness."
The stingy man may be a better
risk than a free spender. He may
be more honest and may pay his
bills more promptly. He may bear
a hard name, but he seldom goes
to jail.
Liberality may become prodigal-
ity and may lead to wastefulness
end to poverty.
Free spending and high living
lead to debts and make dead beats
of men and of nations.
States, counties, school districts,
cities have suffered for lack of
common stinginess.
The "Open hand across the seas,"
the open door and the All-Out Aid
policies of our nation may prove
disastrous.
The Shylock may sometimes be
condemned less than the bankrupt.
HAVING TOO MUCH DE-
STROYS ENJOYMENT OF
WHAT WE HAVE.
Many people are suffering from
a sort of indigestion of luxuries.
The American pasple have so
much that they have forgotten
how to enjoy the simple and essen-
tial things of life.
Many lives are filled beyond
their capacities. It is not neces-
sary to hove much to enjoy what
we have. Give a child too much
candy or too many pops and it
will be as cross and dissatisfied as
if it had too little. Give a man too
many Btocks and automobiles end
houses and he will lose joy in any
of them.
Many miss the joys of life by
trying to make it s sort of contin-
uous Christmas tree.
Having too much we may find
little delight in what we have.
Many who dwell in humble cot-
tages find more joy in living than
kings on thrones and lords in
castles.
NO RESERVED SEATS IN
HEAVEN.
God is no respecter of persons.
In Heaven there will be no spe-
cial reservations. There will be no
tiers of boxes in the diamond
horseshoe.
The elect of Heaven do not
necessarily indicate the elite of
earth. The bdnker may find him-
self in the same pew with the jan-
itor. The boss of the Auxiliary or
the choir may sit with the washer
woman.
Humility, unselfishness, sincer-
ity, the common human virtues
will count most when we are as-
signed places in the celestial man-
sion.
If we expect to be divine in Hea-
ven, we should try to be human
here.
County Teachers
to Meet Saturday
At Groesbeck
The Russians' scorched earth policy is
far-reaching. It's burning up the Germans.
You never know what you can't do un-'
til you don't try.
As s man thinks, so he is—if he can
persuade his wife to agree with him.
FRANKLIN, Ind. <U.R>—Poison-
ivy victims have beat a path to the
local blacksmith shop here to dip
their itching srms and legs in the
smithy's cooling tub.
The tub, in which red-hot irons
from the forge are cooled, contains
iron nxide, which old-tim«rs say is
an excellent poiosn ivy remedy.
The first teachers' meeting of
the 1941-42 school year will be
held in the 77th district court room
at Groesbeck Saturday morning,
September 13, at 9:30 o'clock,
Mrs. Gladys Kay, county school
supervisor, announced Wednesday.
Dr. Lorena B. Streich of Bay-
lor University in Waco, will
make the principal address. State
deputy superintendent A. M. Tate
will be present to explain the 12-
graue program and other import-
ant matters.
All teachers are expected to be
present aridenCer"IrftotKe various
discussions, Mrs. Kay said. Trust-
ees and patrons will be welcome
to all meetings of the year.
The meetings scheduled for this
year, and the general programs,
will be as follows:
September 13
Leader: L. L. Bennett. Violin
music: Mary Earl Gregory. Piano
accompaniment: Starsyl McBay
and Mrs. Merion Reynolds. Discus-
sions: the 12-grade program, in-
terscholastic league and local T.
S. T. A. organization, materials
for teachers and activities for the
year.
October 2
Teachers' get-acquainted social
at Fort Parker State Park.
October 11
Professional meeting at court-
house. Topic: "Democracy in our
Schools." Leader: R. E Lyon, with
panel discussion from Prairie Hill
school. Address: W. E. Lowry.
November 8
Subject: "Science in the Grades."
Leader: Shepperd Gibson. Discus-
sions and exhibits: Miss Georgia
Hayes and Mrs. Gladys Smith.
Place: courthouse.
December 11
"Visiting Day." Schools to be
visited: Groesbeck, Box Church,
Beauiah, Fairoaks.
January 9
Subject: "Music Appreciation."
Leader: Mrs. Christelle Leach.
Discussions and demonstrations:
Miss Atwood Massey and Mrs.
Inez Boyd. Address: visiting
speaker. Place: courthouse.
February 7
Subject: "Schoolroom and
School ground Beautification."
Leader: Guy M. Washington.
Schoolgrounds: Edgar Baumar.n
and H- L. Brice. Schoolrooms: Mrs.
Inez Franklin and Mrs. S. R. Part-
low.
March 7
Subjects: "Art Crafts." Lead-
er: Milton Ferguson. Primary and
intermediate grade discussions.
Mrs. Brown Glass, Mrs. Bettie
Priddy, Mrs. Lavilla Owens. Pup-
pet show: Mrs. Johnnell Martin.
Place: courthouse.
April 3
"Rhythm Band Day." Ben Hur
school auditorium at 1:30 p. m.
April 17
Limestone County Teachers
Banquet, 8 p. m., Fort Parker State
Park club house.
May 8
County-wide Seventh Grade
Commencement, 8 p. m., Groesbeck
high school auditorium.
May 9
Teachers' business meeting, 9:30
a. m„ courthouse. County organ-
ization.
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Mrs. Fred W. Horn of Wortham
was a Mexia visitor Wednesday.
Several Cases
Set for Trial
September 15
The followng cases have been
set for trial Monday. September
15, in Judge Fountain Kirby's 77th
district Court at Groesbeck, ac-
cording to County Attorney L. L.
Geren:
T. J. Thompson, colored, bur-
glary (four counts).
Ed Wooton, hog theft.
P. G. Osborne, swindling by hot
check.
Howard Lee Lucas, colored, bur-
glary.
Walter Lloyd, forgery.
John E. Harvey, burglary.
William Owens, colored, bur-
glary.
Red Paris, turkey theft.
Ernest Hammond, Jr., colored,
assault to murder.
Four cases also are set for trial
in county court Monday, Geren
said. They are as follows:
D. Kennedy, selling liquor in
dry area.
Atwood Cobb, possession of
liquor for purpose of sale.
J. V. Webb, possession of liquor
for purpose of sale.
Ford Jennings, colored, posses-
sion of unstamped liquor.
Miniature Railway Precise
BANGOR, Me. <U.R> — After a
year's work, Ceylon Archer and
Dick Guston have built a rail-
road. The railway system in minia-
ture includes 250 feet of track,
tunnels, sidings, a mountain, loco-
motives and freight cars all built
on the scale of a quarter-inch to
the foot.
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Marcel Gitten, former commun-
ist deputy turned collaborationist,
who was shot, probably fatally, in
Paris. Three other members of
German occupation forces were al-
so shot by alleged "Communist
terrorists'". (NEA Telephoto)
Dillard Named
Red Cross Roll
Call Chairman
Raymond L. Dillard was elected
chairman of the Limestone county
Roll Call committee for the Amer-
ican Red Cross Tuesday night at
a meeting of the county organiza-
tion held in the W. M. Peyton
lodge. Dillard takes the place of
J. H. Nussbaum, who resigned
after serving in that capacity for
the past five years.
George Baughman of St. Louis,
Mo., field representative of the
national Red Cross organization,
met with representatives of the
county chapter, and took part in
the discussion of all activities of
the Red Cross. Particular empha-
sis was given the roll call drive
which will begin November 11, and
continue until Thanksgiving Day.
The services of • the Red Cross
are needed in the present emer-
gency more than ever before, it
was pointed out. The organization
is working hand-in-hand with the
United States army and navy, and
has an important "part in the re-
lease of men from service under
the recently enacted law. Local
Red Cross chapters are charged
with the responsibility of making
investigators of dependency and
need when a man in military ser-
vice applies for release before his
time is up, it was explained at the
meeting.
Howard Wooton, as chairman of
the home service committee of the
local Red Cross chapter, will be
called upon to make many auch in-
vestigations in the months to
come.
The Limestone county Red Cross
chapter is carrying on a full sched-
ule of work, including a war re-
lief sewing room.
Enrollment in
Mexia Schools
Shows Gains
Enrollment in Mexia Public
Shcools is gradually gaining, Su-
perintendent Frank L. Williams
said today, and more students are
expected to register within tho
next few days. Monday morning,
18 additional students enrolled,
bringing the total enrollment in
the white schools to 1149 students,
and 285 in the colored schools.
Monday's registration figures were
as follows:
High school 369, Junior high
school, 335, W. M. White gram-
mar school 455. In the colored
schools, Dunbar had 214 students
and Douglas had 71.
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U. S. 0. Drive
Ends Saturday
The United Service Organiza-
tions drive in Limestone County
will end Saturday, J, H. Nussbaum,
chairman, announced today. He
urged all persons wishing to con-
tribute to this cause to make their
donations before Saturday.
*
Billie Binnion returned to his
home in Fort Worth Tuesday af-
ter a few days visit here with his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Lyeil.
"1 wholly disapprove of what
you *ay but will defend to th*
death your right to say it."
—VolUir*
An Old Dream Becomes a
Nightmare
It would be easy to greet the One-Big-
Nation-for-All-Europe plan of Hitler an*
Mussolini with a loud horse-laugh- Too efcsy.
The wild-sounding plan announced in
Mussolini's private newspaper will not be
dismissed with a single loud snort.
It can never come true, but that is not
quite a good enough reason for dismissing
it utterly. Back of it lies an age-old longing
of Europe for some kind of order to take
the place of the weary generations of eco-
nomic and political anarchy which have
racked that tired continent again and again.
Thousands, both in Europe and here,
will be tempted to say, "There's sometihng
in that!" That's the insidious part of it,
there IS something in it.
Europe is never going to be made into
a single "state" in the sense Hitler and
Mussolini mean. That is, it is never going
to submit to domination of all its peoples
from Berlin where a self-appointed "master
race" sits in a rigid saddle, wielding a cruel
whip over "lesser peoples" whose role
in the "unified state" is meted out to them
at the end of a lash.
It will never work. There are too many
millions of people in Europe still who love
freedom for there to be the slightest chance
of the Hitler plan succeeding.
But it won't do to dismiss it, for all
that. For a hundred years, Europe has
cried for deliverance from its fatal Balkan-
ization. To restore their freedom to peoples
robbed of it is a necessary first aim. But
it is only a beginning. There is no hope for
the world in returning to a condition of in-
ternational anarchy in which the pig-headed
ruler of any local Ruritania can juggle the
peace of Europe; a condition in which every
small country is a pawn on a chessboard,
moved about or captured at will by the big
players at the edge of the board.
The axis partners hold up before the
world a picture that is a nightmare version
of an old European dream. The insidious
part of it is that it bears just enough faint
resemblance to the dream that some may
be unthinkingly drawn toward it. It has,
further, the virtue of concreteness; the
forces of freedom have not yet drawn their
dream of a free Europe in sufficiently def-
inite lines.
The Nazi proposal cannot be laughed
off; it must be studied, first to reveal the
naked horror of its cold impudence; sec-
ond, to bring home the stark necessity of
something better.
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Cafelite—More Wolf Soup
The old story of the fellow who got
tired of seeing the wolf at his door, went
out, whacked him, and made wolf soup out
of him, is one that has an ever-recurring
moral.
Brazil is the latest country to turn a
disadvantage into an advantage. For years
it has been plagued by a coffee surplus; the
smoke of burning coffee has drifted across
the state of Sao Paulo each season, coffee
burned to be rid of surpluses.
Now a young North American has de-
vised a process of making a new plastic—
appropriately named cafelite—out of cof-
fee beans. Brazil is going into the produc-
tion of cafelite from its surplus coffee, thus
at one time reducing its surplus and mak-
ing one of the world's cheapest plastics.
Cafelite will undoubtedly compete with
North American plastics of various kinds.
If it comes up to its advance notices, it is
one more example of the changes that must
be expected in the post-war world.
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An Army to Be Proud Of
The summer maneuvers of the various
American army units give every reason for
Americans to be proud of their army.
Some of the conditions of the problems
worked out have come about as close to ac-
tual warfare as that can be done in time
of peace, and some of the hardships under-
gone have approximated those of an actual
war. War Secretary Stimson is probably
right when he said that troops participat-
ing in in the maneuvers are far, far ahead
of the divisions sent to France during
World War I. Yet those divisions, thrown in
against crack German divisions with four
years of experience back of them, did very
well indeed. They broke the German lines,
at a cost greater than they would have had
to pay had their experience been greater,
but they broke them.
So today. There is no reason to be dis-
couraged. The armies in training today are
good soldiers, and, given a little more spe-
cialized training for the specialized war-
fare of today, they will be quite capable of
meeting any emergency the country may
have to meet.
Don t, put too much faith in moonshine
just because it's aged in the woods.
Small eastern town has a new water
works. Let's hope it doesn't soak the pub-
lic.
Many a house is haunted because th«
rent's overdue
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