The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1945 Page: 2 of 5
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
By the month
By the Year ................
One Year in Advance
'Months in Advance
Outside County add 25c each six months
A FAT STATUTE BOOK THE
SIGN OF DECAY
From advtance information gained
through declarations of several of the
newly-elected members of the Texas Leg
islature, not to mention those who repeat
themselves as members of that body, even
though there be a world war on, there
will be a super-abundance of new bills
submitted.
According to statements handed over
to the press of the state by the publicity
hunters who form the membership, they
seem to have grabbed onto most anything
in order to get a few lines of publicity as
to what they intend to do when they get
to Austin.
Some of the proposed legislation is
about as highly advisable as passing a law
to place tail lights on baby carriages, but
that does not seem to matter to the pub-
licity hounds who give the impression to
most newspaper men and severa: others
that they are opportunist rathelr than
statesmen.
There will be something good come
out of the legislature if they will take
permanent steps tov&rd cutting down its
size, and spreading it more equally over
the various districts as to (representation.
Also if the state funds were removed from
the province of so many bureaus and
placed in a more central source, it would
be more in line with, good business. As
^jj^rlit is the Legislature gets the blame for
spending and still has the least to say
about where the money shall go and when
it shaJl be spent and how much, than the
numerous bureaus which have charge of
x"months 10° ^ °Wn fUnds and which the tax P^yer
pays.
The trouble with the Legislator who
thinks he is duty bound to go to Austin to
pass a bill, is that he measures his serv-
ice to the people by the number of bills
he can tyrag he was a “co-author” in
passing. Being a co-author on a bill has
its chief asset, therefore, providing ground
for the bragging of such a concept of
what it takes to be a Legislator.
Texas has entirely too many laws
low and of making more there seems to
■>e no end. The least governed people are
the best-lived people and to multiply stat-
utes is to indicate weakness rather than
strength.
We need more of the type of men
in the Legislature who accept the job as
a mission to reduce the need for laws
and who try and cultivate the type of
people who live above the law. That bor-
ders onto statesmanship rathe,r than the
cheap claims of being a sponsor to this or
that law.
A long time back a certain states-
man said that “a fat statute book is the
sign of national decay.”
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BOYCB
^ HOUSE
Corsicana has two citizens
whose names are among the
most famous in the Unitea
States: Oliver ,Wendell Holmes,
manager of the Navarro Hotel,
and John C. Calhoun, the
mayor.
Incidentally, when the mayor serve in one if he lose«
was a very young man, he was in the race for another to hokl
employed an a warehouse in a clllb over the heads of many
■Dallas Whoever wanted .to | concerns and ^viduals and
use the freight elevator acted aS|compel campaign contributions,
the operator. Calhoun started gucb tactics are repugnant to the
subject in all ithe years that
the State Constitution has said
it shall be illegal to levy, usuri-
ous and extortionate interest.
It is rumored that the loan
sharks, eager to bleed their
victims for 400 and 500 per
cent, will try to get the
Moore-Morse injunction bill re-
pealed, but this law should re-
main on the books.
Another meritorious piece of
legislation passedby the last
session was the law providing
that a inan holding a four-year
tern) of office cannot run for
another office in the middle of
his term unless he first re-
signs. That “heads I win, tails
you lose" kind of situation hus
made it possible for a public
official, with two more years to
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1&45
MOTOR—<Hor*e and a half
motor, in good condition. Want
$35 for it as is. Press office.
KODAfcK—For sale, a new
Pickwick camera, will taka $3.00
as is. Never been used. Preee
office.
GQLJ) STAMPED printing on
your leather hand bag, purse,
bill fold or book. Call at 206
Main Street, Anderson h Sons
Printery.
WANTED
Ladies and (Mens’ clothing
We pay t&ve highest prices
THE THRIFT SHOP
209 W. Main
down from (the top floor and
the elevator began running
away. He pulled all the levers
to no avail.
Doing some swift thinking, he
gathered himself for a leap and
sprang through the opening at
the first floor, landing without
injury. Two or three seconds
later, the elevator crashed in
the basement
Thoughts on the eve of a new
session, of the Legislature:
A constitutional amendment
should be submitted to the peo-
ple, providing that a Texas
citizen who puts on the uniform
to fight for his country in titm
of war is still a Texas citizen
with all the rights pertaining
thereto, including the right to
iviote in a primary or election—
and without the payment of a
poll tax.
The last session passed the
first legislation enacted on the
Texas sense of fair play. The
people are overwhelmingly
against any effort to tamper
with law.
A newcomer in a, Texas town
asked, “Do people around here
die often?” A native said
“No—only once."
A while back, this column
contained a “brain teaser.’
Here’s another: If you tell
something that is untrue and
then say, “I lie," you do not
lie but tell the truth.
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Dnly one woman out of ten
has a normally proportioned
figure.
J. E. WILLIAMS
Subscriptions taken for All
Kinds of Magazines.
Act Today Before Circulation
Is '.Restricted
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BABCOCK BATTERIES
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BABOLENE
WHAT
OTHER EDS
ARE THINKING
We Need Discipline
(The El Paso (Texas) Times)
Can America wage and win a
war of this magnitude while her
citizens continue to indulge ir
what is commonly called “the
American way of life?"
By “the American way of
life" is meant practically unre-
stricted freedom in all tnings—
freedom to strike, freedom t
<)uit a job, freedom not t<
work, freedom to gouge th
public, etc. (f
While American boys are be-
ing shot down or driven back by
thp Germans, other Americans
on the home front are conduct
ing themselves in a disgraceful
manner. Black markets are
growing every day. Many
Americans are heard to boast
that they can buy gasoline, juicy
steaks, etc., without paying any
attention to rationing.
Violation of the rent control
regulations is common—even in
El Paso. Payments “on tip
Ride” in cash are being mad^
made right along.
Men have left their jobs in
plants whose output was essen-
tial to the war effort. Tip
have tied up production upon
the slightest excuse, such as a
jurisdictional dispute between
unions
Workers are leaving war pro-
duction centers in large num-
bers. Others stay away from
work if they have a slight
headache.
Can we tolerate such things
and still win the war?
— -—.-------
State Health Department Give.
Warning (A* to Whooping Cough
Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State |
Health Officer, released a state-
ment this week urging that ]
strenuous efforts be made to]
control the spread of this de-
bilitating childhood disease.
“Whooping cough can only]
be contracted by direct expos- |
ure to the disease, and isolation
of eases must be universally),
practiced if the incidence is toll
be controlled.” Dr. Cox stated.
The first sign of this disease
is usually a dry cough, which I
persists day and night and tends [
to become increasingly severe.
The disease is fully developed
when vomiting of food and:
whooping accompany the par-:
oxysm of cough. Dr. Cox]
stressed the fact that children ||
who have whooping cough
should not attend school or j
come in contact with other1
children until three weeks after'
the appearance of typical signs ]|
of the disease-
Statement of the Gondition
of the
State National Bank
DENISON* TEXAS
AT THE CLOSE OF Dl S1NESS DEC. »0, 1944
Resources
Loans and Discounts___________
Commodity Loans
Federal Reserve Bank Stock_____
Other Stocks __________________
Other Real Estate______________
Other Assets__________________
Bank Building_________________
Furniture and Fixtures__________
Municipal Bonds and Warrants___
U. S. Government Securities—
Maturing Within Two Years.
Maturing After Two Years..
Investment Bonds______________
Cash and Due From Banks______
The name Nebraska is of
Indian origin and signifies
“.'hallow water.’’
TOTAL
$ 1,824,590.89
289,009.92
9,000.00
2 u0
1.00
1.00
20,000.00
1.00
1.230.366.50
1.054.637.51
1,746,371.38
545,036.12
3,657,379.71
$10,377,003.09
VW, . «W,
COMING SUNDAY, JAN. 14
REVIVAL
Central Baptist Churh
205(4 W. JVIAIN STREET
8 P. M. Every Night
for Two Weeks
PREACHING with tower will BE SUCH
MEN AS
Rev. Roy McFarland
(Pastor)
Rev. Bruce Hibbit
(Pastor Mt. Pleasant Baptist)
Rev. M. M. Griggs
(Pastor Central Baptist, Sherman)
—FEATURING—
REV. GEO. NORRIS
Acclaimed the world’s greatest) young preacher
of thfs age
PASTOR OF THE iARGEST BAPTIST CHURCH
IN THE WORLD AT FT. WORTH
Everybody Welcome
Liabilities
Capital _______________________________
Surplus _____________________________
Undivided Profits —_______________________” T I
Reserve for Contingencies____________________ _ ~ , j
Reserve for Quarterly Dividend Payable January 1st, 1945_____ nj
Reserve for Federal Taxes____________________ _ r
Dividend Checks Outstanding___ _ ___ *
DEPOSITS___________ ,
$
TOTAL
1
150.000. 00
150.000. 00
50,000.00
255.000. 00
6,000.00
28,563.10
1,722.00
9,735,717.99
$10,377,003.09
ACTIVE OFFICERS
W. L. PETERSON, President
LEO MURPHY, Vice-President
E. L. HOPKINS1, Vice-President
*R. A. PORTER, Vice-President
J. H. HUTT, Vice-President
H. 5>. WATKINS, Cashier
*T. L. WILSON, Ass’t Cashier
W. D. GREEN, Ass’t Cashier
C. A. JACKSON, Ass’t Cashier
-HOMER WILSON, Ass’t Cashier
(*>On leave of absence with the Armed Forces)
directors
J- W. MADDEN, Chairman of the Board
MRS. G. L. BLACKFORD
INVESTMENTS
NORMAN W. BRILLHART
INDEPENDENT Oil, OPERATOR
M A DIED, OKLAHOMA
LEO MURPHY
VICE-PRESIDENT
w. L. PETERSON
PRESIDENT
P- w. PLATTER
INVESTMENTS
J. T, SUGGS
GENERAL COUNSEL
THE TEXAS & PACIFIC
RAILWAY COMPANY
C. IW. WILSON
LINGO-LEEPER CO.
Member rerierai Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Anderson, LeRoy. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1945, newspaper, January 12, 1945; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth527939/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.