The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1940 Page: 4 of 10
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• ?I1 that w» needed but !h* man
i nv«r wn« at! right, and it encour-
a^r** the country to believe that thl*
nation has not reached a period ot
+ -adenca Ti'.e training came at a I
rime when Congrro t* having a big ;
• rgument over whether to adopt the I
selective draft in building up an ar- I
m.v quick!} Whatever method may 1
finally be adopted, it become! clear
that some sort of self sacrifice I* go-
ing to be needed If this country builds
elf up to stop Hitler. And the boys
in Louisiana did not a’rk for an easy
time
I ircument has been made that
conscription would blindly take man
o c r ‘hat could be u*ed to better ad-
vantage In the peaceful walks of life
and in our industrial set up In a
The event of the week, nationally. \*ny this l< true, but perhaps not
the acceptance speech Saturday enough so to condemn the selective
Wlllkie Republican draft It Is argued that If pay in
was
of Wendell L,
nominee for president. He was said the army were increased, then plenty
to have ben heard by 250 000 people material would volunteer That I
who gathered from everywhere at might be true, too, and still that kind
the boyhood home of the nominee to of an army might not be for the best
do honor to a man who came up in the World war our army was a *
from the ranks to a place that might strictly democratic one. and It was i
make of him the nation's chief ex- the best gang of fighter* In the world
eeutive The sire of the crowd was Armies have been hired in the past. |
lignifieant: and in addition to that but usually they have not been the
there were hundreds of thousands best kind, and they never truly re-
who heard the speech over the radio, present the country they are fight-
An Impressive start of that kind Is lr»g for. Whenever a fellow defends
going to make Witlkie a formidable hla country with his own flesh and j
candidate in the November elections, blood, then he loves that country, j
The chances still seem good for the Whenever his only concern is to live ,
re-electton of Mr Roosevelt, but it ion the fat of his land, then he be- j |
will be no w alk over, and he might j comes a fat slob, devoid of patriotism
not make It. Much will depend onj .....
Texas Theatre
WEEK AUG. 22
SHOW STARTS AT 7 30
Sunday Nile Show at 8 45
Thursday and Friday
VIRGINIA BRUCE and
DENNIS MORGAN in
“Flight Angels”
Airline Casanova*, romancing
stewardesses, real aviation.
Saturday Matinee and Night
WARNER BAXTER and
ANDREA LEEDS in
“Earthbound”
A fanciful (ale of a spirit doom-
ed to slay on this earth.
Hal 8. Latllmore
Quite a number of hi* friend* In j
his section are boosting the eandi-
,. of H r. Hoi 8 Lattlmore of Fort
'V *h * r the office of Chief Justice
i the Supreme Court Mr Lattlmore,
although receiving hi* education in
; Central Texas, has of late been more
mimarlly interested in West Texas.
• ha. many staunch supporter*
n this .ection
Mr. Lattlmore is the better known
rea.ton of being the *>n of the
'**'• Judge O S Lattlmore. one of
he most prominent Jurist* the state
s i The son 1* following In the
'or "*Vp» of hi* father, and with his
> ■! earlier training and superb
luall’ici of character, he should sur-
pass his father in accomplishment*.
Mr. Lattimore is middle aged, and
n excellent health He has had the
training and experience that quail-
lies him for this place, and his char-
acter Is beyond reproach. He has
SURELY WAS A GRAND RAIN!
K\ looks fine, except that atringy hair. No rermnn
fur Jooking like n wiping willow vvlicit « permanent wave
i - all you need to put you in circulation again. Try a Kalor
Mark index,s tor really truly xalixfudion. You'd better lot
our expert operators look your hair over and toll you what
xuit* it, and hoy. t) hoy (witit apologies to Mollie O'D.)
won't yon fed and look pretty when they gel through
with you. PHONE 453.
IDEAL BEAUTY SHOP
Phone 453
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
, ,,,, ,; of ma ion tv ,rf the rr>rn Bid' will oe received and opened
tl •?£'* by Baylor County at the.Court louse
happenings between now and Nov , ... _ , ,,
^ Attorney General Gerald Mann I*
taut* length* of 'time Tht map^f the do!"« hl* a"d bis own cause
world has been made over several a valued service In making a tour
times in the past year, and the pres-j^ lhe Principal p aces and speaking
ent map may be sadly out of date 0 »f ma"y Z*°»le a» hc, can **'
by the time for a new president to ? th‘* way, h* U ma*in*
,' himself better known to those whom
he ii serving, and getting into closer
touch and sympathy with them He
Volume* have been written In op- Is giving an accounting of his stew-
praisai of Mr. Wlllkie'.* speech, and ardship. and it is an accounting that
on acute analysis will not be under- can be given without apology, and
taken here Referring to a previous one that gives satisfaction to those
question of ours, it may be worth whose votes placed Jerry in office
noting that the nominee did declare Texas is fortunate in her attorney!
Jn favor of conscription, and he did; general, and if ail offices should be
come out for a strong foreign policy, a* faithfully taken care of as this
and he did approve of many things one. then the future of this country
that the Democratic administration would be secure. Mr. Mann has
has been doing. And instead of this never failed to render a decision on
weakening his cause, it will be a its merits, and his rulings have never
power of strength for him. Had he been made with regard to how they
condemned everything as of the pres- might affect his personal fortunes. J
would have been a dangerous man— The attorney general made a signif-
ent to be utterly wrong, then WillkJe! leant statement In his address here
and a pure politician and demagogue.' yesterday afternoon He stated that
Moreover, he has proved himself to / he went into office with no political
be a patriot, and has presented to debts pledged to any man; and he
Hitler & Co. this country as a united
people, and ready to stand up against
aggression in the Western hemls-
publlcan* be successful, we will still seeking to climb these heights
have a 100 per cent American in the j _
White House.
Sunday and Monday
MERLE OBKRON and
GEORGE BRENT In
“Til We Meet
Again”
Doomed to die In four week*—
they have that long to love.
Tuesday and Wednesday
KING CROSBY and
GLORIA JEAN In
“If I Had My Way”
Adopting an orphan soon leads
a young rnan to succea*.
At The RITZ
Tues.—Wed.—Thurs.
HENRY WILCOXON In
“Mystery Sea
Raider”
A thrilling story of mystery
and adventure.
who ran against him in the first
primary A letter has been received
by The Banner from Hon Jefferson
I G. Smith of Austin, a former Baylor
1 canty citizen, strongly commending
! Judge Lattlmore for the place.
People of Seymour and the com-
at Seymour, Texas, until 10 o'clock
a m , on Aug 31st, 1040, for the pur-
chase of one crawler type tractor.
50 H P or more, and a Model "K'
Allls-Chalmors Tractor to bo taken
as part payment, and notice Is given
that warrants will be Issued In the
maximum sum of $2,500 00, payable
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rn.i-ii.. r have a pleasant memory of j serially, last maturity not later than
Judge Lattimore when he came here
ore year and delivered the address
before our chamber of commerce ban-
j fljuet. The speaker made an impres-
sion upon his audience that will not
be effaced
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would hold his office by no other
means except the faithful discharge
of its duties. Gerald Mantj looks like
phere In fact, that speech from El- good timber for offices higher up.
wood. Ind., can be a strong re-assur- and he is showing good Judgment ,
— - ™. ...ion Should the awaiting further maturity before ^g.^***.SO.
is that 80 per cent of the entire
business of the Colorado St Southern,
The rejection of its sales tax law the Denver Lines and the Wichita
- by the state of Louisiana is com- Valley is originated in Texas. The
A* to the speech itself, and to the menU-d upon by the Wichita Times whole procedure looks Lae the old
man who made it. there could be That state will discard Its sales tax anomaly of the tall wagging the dog
found fault*, and even grounds for next Jan 1 and will Join seven And with ill will created in Texas,
confidence on the part of Democrat* other states that have repealed their the railroad system would lose more
Willkie is not the speaker that Mr laws after passing them. And since than it could hope to gain by the
Roosevelt is; nor i* he the trained 1036 only one new state has adopted change. The Interstate Commerce
statesman On untried ground he will the sales tax All this would seem Commission has made a fetish of the
be at a disadvantage, and In many to Indicate that the sales tax is not consolidation idea, and can’t think
way* he will not bring in the inde- a cure for all ills, Many people profit of anything else. Besides that, the
pendent vote Some of hi# arguments by the experience of others, while Commission has on it a bunch of
were not well founded, and state- many more have to learn for them- pedantic fellows who have never be-
ments in some tnetances expressed; selves at heavy cost. Texas ts for- come acquainted with what is known
approval and disapproval all in the tunate in not having adopted the
same breath When everything has sale tax until it has had opportunity
been said on both sides It will be t0 be tried out elsewhere. The sales
found that there is not *o much dif- tax has only one virtue, and that is
ference between the men. But what- j ;> doubtful one. If the people of this
ever difference there i« may be ai*tate could be assured that a tax
basic one Mr Willkie is not for a of this kind would not become a
paternalistic national government He
not for constricted production, and a good mean* to get the general fund
he would favor making more wealth ut of the red * The only defense for
in Texas as plain common sense.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H Bu.sbee of Dal-
las came in Wednesday noon for a
visit of a couple of ’days with the
latter’s mother. Mr* J. C. Bellows.
; nut r.iju "wy;. “ZT'i'1117' ul! On their return they will be ac-
ermanent burden, then it might be ________ . ... „ L.___. ... .
instead of dividing up our poverty.
When the truth is known he may
be in favor of financing more of
our governmental operation* as we
go along instead of a borrowing fin-
ance. This attitude will conf irm to
that of a large portion of our people,
and it will make this Republican a
good horse in this race.
• uch i tax is that it might take care
of an emergency that would not be
likely to occur again.
A re-hearing is being demanded by
interests before the entire In-
companled by Mr*. Busbee’s sister,
Mrs. Martha Finn of Washington. D
C and her daughter. Miss Mary
Martha, who have been here for a
month's stay in the home of Mrs.
Bellows They will visit a short
time in Dallas before returning home.
It has been a happy time for these
visitors and those whom they have
visited It has been the first trip
to Seymour for Miss Mary Martha,
t tate Commerce Commission on
the subject of a lease by the Colo-
rado A: Southern of the Fort Worth j and there are a good many people
and Denver and Wichita Valley lines j around here who are mighty sorry
The National Guard ha* completed This j«ase provides for removal of j *hat she cannot get down this way
a period of training in Louisiana that main offices from Fort Worth and ; more often. Mrs. Finn comes seldom
has been made to simulate actual ghops from Childress. Many cogent; enough, and it is hoped her visits
battle conditions as much as possible, reasons are being offered for a re- j may be more frequent in the future
and the fellows gave good account Versal of the Commission’* or^ier, and j ___________
of themselves Their equipment was if the request should be refused it
Mike B. Watson
Candidate for
Representative
113th. District
Your vote and influence will be appreciated.
If elected I will—
Co-Operate
and do all in my power to help to enact all
needed legislation, and especially that per-
taining to Old Age Assistance and Social
Security.
Sincerely,
MikeB. Watson
A J LaGarde received the *a<l
new# last week that his father, J. P.
LaGarde of New Orleans, had passed
away on Wednesday morning Mr.
| arid Mrs. LaGarde left immediately
1 for that place, attending the funeral
; services in New Orleans Thursday
afternoon and the burial at Thibo-
daux, where the elder LaGarde was
born and reared. Mr, LaGarde was
W years of age. and is survived by
his widow, to whom he had been
married 56 years. Mr. LaGarde ha*
the *incere sympathy of Seymourites
■ in his loss.
Mrs Aubrey Cox and baby of Lam-
esa are visiting her parents. Mr and
Mrs J P Hill Little Marylyn May
is five weeks old and is the second
grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Hill; so
•hey are especially enjoying her visit.
Dr and Mrs .1 W Foy and Jimmie
and a niece. Miss June Whtte. of
Bowie, resumed Monday from a most
enjoyabie trip of two weeks to Cali-
torn ia and other western points The
vaca'ion Journey took them to the
San Francisco fair. Hollywood Col-
orado Springs, and many other point!
of interest in the great West This
wa- the first real vacation
that Dr
Foy ha* taken since coming to
Sey-
mour. and it was greatly «
■njoy
ed.
Mr* W E Harrs#on and
dau,
>ter.
Flo, are visiting the former’
her.
Mrs J J Roddy in Burl
this
week
Mr# Era Cline recently
fllN4
daughter Mr* Gerald R
ia Victoria
Mi and Mrs. W S Clough were up
at Plalnviev. for a short visit last
week with the former’s mother. She
' getting old, and Mr. Clough want*
to sec her a* often as he can
April 15th, 1M6, bearing interest at
the rate of 4': per annum, interest
payable semi-annually.
The right is reserved to reject all
bids O McDANIEL. County Judge.
Baylor County. Texas 30
J W. Hammers is on a vacation of
two week* from his work with the
Haskell Telephone Company, arid lie
and wife are spending the time vis-
iting in Fort Worth and Dallas.
Mi--<e* Modena Hewitt ana Dora!
Deli Hardin, who are in school at
Denton, spent the week end with
their parents Miss Hardin receives
her degree this term.
A. E Drake, general agent for the
Fort Worth Sc Denver Ry. Co., was
here this week and was accompanied
by the general freight agent, Mr.
Juge.
T J. {looser returned last week
from n little vacation in Colorado,
and was accompanied by his wife
and their daughter, Miss Pauline, The
latter had really intended staying un-
til the first of September, but when
they heard about the rain and tin*
cooler weather here they were glad
enough to come back and enjoy home.
Shortening
Swift's 81b. cr’t 69c
Jretl 41b. cr’t. 35c
Salar" white
Dressing swan
Qt. Jars 25c
Spuds 25c
Bewleys Best
Fresh Car
Flour
TOMATOES No. 2 cans, 4 for25c
12 lb. Bag
24 lb. Bag
- - 390
- - 690
1 lb. Fk’g.
MARSHMALLOWS 1 lb. bag 150
Pork & Beans 16 <£„ 50
Grapefruit Juice
No. 2 Cans — 2 for
ISc
Pineapple S^TSl 3 ,„r 250
Tomato JuiceSwi,ls 3 *£■ 190
MEW-HIGH-TEST
I Revolutionary!'! /llflfftJfcI Med. - - 0C
, Gets Clothe, up I IIW W IJlJl Larg0 . 19c
| to 13% whiter! |
Giant
55e
MAXWELL rnrrPF 1 n>. Can 25c
HOUSE tUrrEiE 2 lb. Can 47c
Jello sp£tr 3 P„g! 140
Nancy Lee Arkansas Pack
SPINACH 2 -ii 150
Pinto BeanscRc 101b. 490
Liptons TEA
es
Sugar
Vi lb. Pkg, - 23c
Vt N>- Pkg. - 44c
With Glasses
POWDERED
2 Pkg.. 150
LOG CABIN
SYRUP
Small
Medium
Large
l»c
35c
65c
90 Day Fed Beef In Our Market
RoaSt NO 7 or CHOCK
Steak
Sausage
Pork ChopsL.a„ ^ 170
Pork Ham - - - 200
LOIN or T BONE
PURE PORK
170
240
2 a 250
!b.
lb.
Jowls DRY SALT 2 lb 150
Bacon dry salt 120
Ham Hocks & Butts 2.b 250
Dressed Fryers, price right
FRESH SHRIMP—BAR-B-Q
ll'lffin HOME 8LICED 01*4
DalUll SUGAR CURED Li\i \b
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1940, newspaper, August 22, 1940; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth505720/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Baylor County Free Library.