The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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Complete News and
Advertising Coverage
for Atlanta and Cass
County Trade Area!
SIXTY-FIRST YEAR
The Citizens Journal
ATLANTA, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1940
Be Loyal to Atlanta\
« Trade at Home
• Sell at Home
• Buy at Home
NUMBER THREE
PLAN COMMUNITY FOREST
— BY US
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Secretary Hull's reciprocal trade
agreement has the old tariff wall
situation beat more ways than a
monkey. The American mode of
trading horses has never been out-
smarted and we are willing to leave
it to our secretary to swap our
surplus commodities to other na-
tions for what we need including
cash, instead of telling them to
chunk a high wall and get it. The
American people must work to be
happy.
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The Republicans Smoot-Howley
high tariff law may act as the
democrats snibber by telling these
countries we do not wish to do
business with them and to pay it
or stay out. The rest of the boys
can make a special trade with se-
cretary Hull and come on in. Thats
one way of skinning the rabbit
both ways. But this double face
and holier than thou business
will get you in deeper troubles for
two can play it. The Smoot-How-
ley bill served its purpose back in
81-33 when we went broke under it.
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You can make Atlanta pretty by
planting red bud and crepe myrtle
now.
Rotary Home-
Coming Enjoyed
The annual Rotary Home-Com-
ing program Thursday night, at
the Atlanta Hotel, was well at-
tended.
Andy Anderson, of Shreveport,
who has been everything that Ro-
tary has to offer in this section,
was the main speaker. His talk
contained the four vital poiftU of
"• try and pointed out tnat when
Dotarian lined up to the required
.its that he usually was a pretty
'od citizen for any country under
Ay cause.-
I Fred Flanagan, secretary, in-
•oduced the speaker, claiming to
wjave known him for so many years.
J. W. Hanner made a talk on
irhat Rotary meant to him.
Pat Ramsey made an interest-
ng talk.
The following charter members
the Atlanta club made short
Iks: Tom Richey, Edgar King,
Wjy Hughes, Henry R- King and
Abb Brabham.
Wade Aday and Talmadge Smith
spoke on "What Rotary was to
them."
Former members of the Atlanta
club present were:
Ab Brabham, Jewel Cash, Mor-
ris Battle, Dock Johnson, Wade
Aday, John Hanner, Guy Hughes,
Henry R. King, Edgar King, Gun-
ter England.
The cold weather prevented
others from coming.
Gunter England, of DeQueen,
Ark., former president of the At-
lanta Club, attended the Home-
coming program last Thursday
night and visited his sister at the
Baker hotel.
Jefferson Federal
Court, March 18
At the close of the federal court
of the eastern district of Texas,
Jefferson division, Judge T. Whit-
field Davidson of Dallas announced
to the jury panel that they would
be required to return to Jefferson
on March 18 for another term.
There is only one case set for the
March term, Verne Clements vs.
Mcfadden Publishing Co., Inc.
This case was tried in the last
November term and culminated in
a hung jury, and it has been refiled
with the clerk in Jefferson.
FARMER'S MEETING
AT QUEEN CITY
There will be a farmers meeting
at the Queen City school building
Thursday afternoon, January 24th.
Green wrap tomatoes will be the
subject for discussion.
J. K. Hileman For
Representative
First Dime Card to FDR
Honors Double Birthday
To the Citizens of Cass County:
In submitting my candidacy f'
State Representative it seems ri
per and fitting that I should inf*
duce myself. I was reared onJ
farm midway between Hughj
Springs and Avinger in the Turk'
Creek community. I attended t-
Turkey Creek rural school, ai
after completing the tenth graj
there, graduated from high schoj
in 1928. Being determined to g
a college education I secured a j<|
at Oklahoma Agriculture and M'
chanical College in 1934. Here, .
completed two and one half years
of college work. In 1936 I enroll-
ed at East Texas State Teachers'
College, at Commerce, Texas.
Here, in the summer of 1939 I ob-
tained my degree, majoring in
government. For the last four
years I have been teaching in the
Alamance School three and o «
half miu« Tsottth east of Atlanta.
If you honor me by electing me
your State Representative I will
champion, with all my energies,
the following legislation:
Pensions
The means of raising the revenue
to pay the pensions, to the aged
people of our State, was quite an
issue in our last session of the
legislature. It seems that no one
could agree on the source of the
revenue. May I say to the aged
fathers and mothers that I have
always been a champion of old age
assistance, and if you and those
that believe in your cause choose
to champion me I will use every
facility at my command in trying
to see that your pensions are paid,
and paid in full. I feel confident
that in the next session of the legis-
lature your pension problem will be
solved.
In seeking a way to raise the
revenue for old age assistance
may I quote these words that come
echoing out of the past, "Gold is
where you find it." It does not
make for san reasoning to suppose
that the revenue for pensions
should come from a group of people
who do not have money. Let us in
our seach for needed revenue look
to those who have plenty. The
time is now at hand when these
select, untaxed few should shoul-
der their part of the load that has
been borne so r.obly by the average
man and woman. There must be a
let up in the tax burden carried by
the average people. History has
proven in thousands of instances
that when governmental expendi-
tures become so heavy as to break
the backs of the poorer classes,
that a condition of decay and chaos
are inevitable. May I say that if
elected your Representative I will
champion with all my energies
legislation "that will induce those
that "have" to pay the bills. "Those
that have, have; those that have
not, have not." It is high time that
the exorbitant tax burden was
shifted from those who have not,
to those who have.
It is my humble opinion that
much money can be saved every
year in Texas by the abolition of
certain bodies whose functions are
unwarranted. In Texas we have
many enterprises with overlapping
duties.
Permit me to say in closing that
if you select me to be your Repre
at
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SSBBKa
•.uuay and mine," wrote Ginger Lucas when
she mailed the first birthday greeting card to President Roosevelt in
Texas' 1940 March of Dimes. Ginger, attending Hockaday Junior Col-
lege, in Dallas, will be 17 and the President will be 58 on Tuesday,
January 30, when nation-wide celebrations in his honor will wage battle
against infantile paralysis. The greeting cards, each to be filled with
ten dimes, are being distributed throughout the state. Fifty percent of
the contributions mailed to the White House will be returned to local
chapters for direct assistance to Texas children crippled by the disease,
with the balance *o« g for national research and preventive measures.
Atlanta Cannery
To Buy Tomatoes
And Beans for Cash
The Atlanta canning company
will operate this season on green
beans and red ripe tomatoes. The
factory will be in a position to han-
dle all the red tomatoes that they
can get.
The price will be ten dollars per
ton for tomatoes and thirty dc'.lars
per ton for beans at the factory.
We can handle all that can be
grown in this territory.
Make your arrangements to grow
a big acreage and get in touch with
the Atlanta canning company.
Jaycees To Meet
Monday Night
A meeting is called for next Mon
day night, January 29 for the At-
lanta Junior Chamber of Commerce
Plans will be made for the trades
day and several other important
projects will bo placed before the
body.
Lets see if we can't all take just
a little time off and attend the
meeting. We need you!
To City Water
Consumers
Notice to all water consumers
using water from the city of At-
lanta. Your water bill must be paid
by the 20th of each month or it will
be disconnected without further no-
tice.
Signed: G. H. CHAMBLEE, Mayor
Aldermen: M. H. Glass, T. J. Nel-
son, T. A. Howe, Boyd Johnson and
M. G. (Bill) Hughes. 3-2tc
Typewriter Ribbons for sale at
the Citizens Journal. Phone 178.
sentative for the next two years I
shall endeavor to carry out the
peoples' wishes.
Yours for better government,
J. K. (JAKE) HILEMAN r
Albert Derden
For Governor
Albert L. Derden of Marlin, Falls
county representative in the Legis-
lature and 34-year-old lawyer, has
announced his candidacy for Gov-
ernor at the next election.
Derden said he is opposed to any
form of sales tax and is a propon-
ent for higher taxes on natural re-
sources.
As a member of the Legislature,
he opposed Senate joint resolution
12, a constitutional amendment for
a sales tax, and is expected to ques-
tion the endorsement and personal
recommendations made by Gover-
nor Lee O'Daniel on that bill and
any other proposed sales tax meas-
ure of a statutory or constitutional
nature.
The oil pipe lines should be class-
ed in the group with the railroads
as common carriers, he believes,
and this control should be taken
from the oil companies.
Derden was born at Benhur, in
Limestone county in 1905, attended
high schools at Groesbeck and Mar-
lin, graduating in 1922. He was a
graduate from Baylor University
law school with AB and LLB de-
grees in 1928. He was elected Falls
county representative in 1936. He is
married and has two children.
Walter Scroggins
For Representative
Four years ago I ran for Repre-
sentative and you saw fit to elect
Hon. Abe Mays. He soon shall
have served his Democratic two
terms. I therefore have no apolo-
gy to make for again offering you
my services in that office and I do
so realizing the grave responsibili-
ty resting upon such official at this
time, and base my race on the fol-
lowing principles.
1.—Balance the budget.
2—Pay the States indebtedness.
3—Finance Social Security.
4—Pension the blind and pension
dependent children.
5—Match teachers retirement
funds with cash instead of pro-
mises.
6—Advocate home rule.
I do not promise good results
from all or any of these principles.
Realizing the fewer promises
made the fewer are broken, I only
promise to direct my efforts to-
wards accomplishing some good for
Cass county people and if it be-
comes necessary to sacrifice my
own personal views, I will try to
do the will of the people.
Hoping my ideas are consistent
with yours so we can pull together
I will greatly appreciate your sup-
port in the coming elections.
Yours respectfully,
WALTER SCROGGINS
Kildare Trounces
Plain Dealing
The Kildare girls basketball team
continued on the winning side of
basketball scores, having dropped
only one game in twenty, here Fri-
day and Saturday night, by twice
trouncing a Plain Dealing, La.,
team 65 to 20 Friday night and 45
to 19 Saturday night. High score
was little Dotson with 27 points;
Saturday night the score was about
even between the Dotson sisters,
Blue sisters and Brown.
Nex. Friday and Saturday nights
the Kildare girls will play the
Paris Junior College girfs In the
Kildare gym, the games starting at
7:30 o'clock.
All colore of Cardboard at the
Citizens Journal office.
Kildare Girls to
Play Jr. College
Friday and Saturday night, Janu-
ary 26-27, the famed Kildare girls
basketball team will play the Paris
Junior College girls team.
Paris Junior College is having
basketball for its first year and has
the cream of the high school teams
girls graduates of last year on
their squad. They have not lost
a game this year and is favorably
spoken of as being one of the great
girls teams in the southwest.
The famed Kildare High school
girls team needs no introduction
in the Ark-La-Tex area for the re-
cord they have made has been one
of history in girls basketball.
If you are a lover of the gam6
that is becoming the greatest sport
in the United States, be in Kildare
next Friday and Saturday night to
see these two great teams play.
Bloomburg Boys
Join U. S. Army
David Simmons, son of Mrs.
Mary M. Simmons and Kenneth S
Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmore
L. Brown of Bloomburg, were ac-
cepted through the Texarkana army
recruiting station and enlisted for
the field artillery school, Fort Sill,
Okla. F<yr further information on
enlisting in the army see Lt. Archie
Old in Atlanta.
Velpo Lyle Loses
Home In Fire
The four room home of Velpo
Lyle in the Harmony community
was destroyed by fire Monday nite.
The house and entire contents were
a total loss with no insurance. The
fire started from a stack chimney
in the center of the house in which
a fire had burned all day. No one
was at home at the time of the fire.
BOWLING LEAGUE
Team W * L Pet.
Red Star Furniture 5 1 .833
Rachel's Station ... 4 2 .666
Goodyear Tires 4 2 .666
Jeff's Cafe 3 3 .500
Gunter Lumber Co. 3 3 .500
Griffin Cleaners ... 2 4 .333
Outlaws 2 4 .333
Mays Store 1 5 .166
High three games for week: Red
Star Furniture Co., 2344.
Wedding announcements, print-
ed or engraved. Citizens Journal.
Jaycee Dance At
Armory Tonight
The Atlanta Junior Chamber of
Commerce Dance will be held in
the armory hall this Thursday nite
January 25, instead of Friday as
was first planned. Tickets have
been on sale since Monday. If you
don't have yours, please call or see
Myron Wewerka or any of the mem
bers of the committee.
Dale Hendrix and his big nine-
piece swing band will supply the
music. This band has played at the
Atlanta country club and is very
well liked in this section of the
country.
As you know, this dance is to cel-
ebrate the birthday of the United
States Junior Chamber of Com-
merce and the local Jaycees intend
to make it a gala affair. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Farmers Meeting
Saturday, Jan. 26
A meeting will be held Friday,
January 26, at 2 p.m., in the At-
lanta Canning Plant for the pur-
pose of discussing important Truck
Growing problems. Since secur-
ing good reliable seed for the grow
ing of Tomato plants is of very
great importance, this meeting will
be devoted largely to the securing
of seed and building, planting and
managing Hotbeds.
In a meeting on January 12, a
series of meetings was scheduled
to be held twice each month on Fri-
day at 2 p. m., in the local Canning
Plant. The many problems of
truck growing will be discussed
and every one interested is invited
to attend.
Methodist Young
Peoples Rally
The Young People of the entire
Texarkana District will hold their
second annual Youth Crusade Ral-
ly in Atlanta, Texas, on Friday,
January 26, in the Methodist church
at 7 p. m. This is the second demon
stration for a period to last five
years. Speakers for this occasion
will be Harold fc'axan, President of
Bowie County Union, Rev. Ld
Mathison, Dekalb and Rev. B. A.
Watson, of Mt Pleasant. Also Lon
Morris trio will render several
numbers. Holy Communion will be
served to what is expected to be an
overflowing congregation.
Kildare Boys Win
McLeod Tourney
This past week-end the high-fly-
ing Kildare boys basketball team
won the third tournament of the
season and their 18 out of 20 games
played this season.
A beautiful trophy was awarded
to the Kildare boys by the McLeod
officials for winning the final
game from McLeod by the score
of 24-11. The hardest game of the
tournament was played between
Kildare and Bossier City, La. The
Eagles nosing out the Bossier City
Bear Cats by a margin of 4 points.
Coach Ozie A. Wray and boys
of the Kildare Team wish to take
this method to thank Mr. Red Rus-
sel, his boys and patrons for the
fine sportsmanship and the royal
reception given to all the visiting
teams while in the fine little town
of McLeod.
j Assistant Forester
Discusses Forests
Here Wednesday
The possibilities of a community
forest for Atlanta were discussed
with local citizens here Wednesday
i in contacts made by Paul W. Schoen
assistant forester of the Texas For-
est Service, at A. & M. College.
Schoen met and talked with R. S.
Allday, D. T. Smith, M. P. Tom-
berlain, O. A. Kelly, Bill Hughes,
Myron Wewerka, E. W. Grumbles,
Mayor G. H. Chamblee and Lee
Baucum.
While it was only possible to in-
terview a few of those interested, it
was indicated that further help
would be given if such a forest
should be developed here. Schoen
said that the Texas Forest Service
was working on the community for-
est program in East Texas and that
Director E. O. Siecke had authoriz-
ed him to offer the help of the Ser-
vice to any town or county inter-
ested in developing such a project.
Community forests are new to
Texas although such forests have
operated in Europe for centuries
and in parts of this country since
Revolutionary times. A community
forest, often known locally as a
town, municipal or county forest, is
an area of forest land properly man
aged under the best forestry prac-
tices to profitably ;row timber as a
crop for the purpose of supplemVat-
ing the tax income or lending to
the support of some local enterprise
In addition to the direct returns
from forest products, a publicly
owned timberland offers the town
or county other advantages that
may be as important as the incon
from the harvested timber. Some
of these features are: possibilities
for local employment, maintenance
and development of local forest in-
dustries, watersheds and erosion
protection, recreational opportuni-
ties, assistance to wildlife develop-
ment, and demonstration of good
forestry practices.
The demonstration value alone
will often many times repay any in-
vestment made in a community for-
est. Atlanta is the service center
for over 2,000 farms, most of which
.ire partly timbered. These farm
forest tracts, wisely cut and man-
aged, offer opportunities for in-
creasing the income of many farm-
ers. The practices Conducted on a
local ccurm unit • a, ned forest
would help show the small timber-
land owner better ways to grow
his timber as a crop. If the income
from each farm woodland could be
increased $50.00 a year, the results
would be the same as establishing
a new industry here with an annual
payroll of $100,000.00.
A community forest project is
one that is certainly worthy of the
full consideration of every citizen
of Atlanta and Cass county and the
further development of the local
work will be of general interest.
R. S. Allday, president of th- At
lanta Junior Chamber of Commerce
was appointed chairman of the
meeting and he appointed E. W.
Grumbles, O. A. Kelly, Bill Hughes,
Mayor Chamblee and M. P. Tom-
berlain to serve as a group to lay
out a future meeting and to in-
struct all civic clubs to have at least j
two members at the meeting.
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Pay Your City
Poll Tax Today
All citizens of Atlanta are urged
to pay your city poll tax so you
will be eligible to vote in the com-
ing city, county and state elections.
A new state law makes it manda-
tory that you pay the city poll tax
before being eligible to vote in the
county elections. January 31st is
the deadline for paying poll taxes.
Pay yours today!
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Harrell, J. W. The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1940, newspaper, January 25, 1940; Atlanta, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth336119/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.