The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 28, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 21, 1928 Page: 4 of 8
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MOB FOUR
. ME SHAMROCK TEXAN
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN
Published Wednesday and Sunday By
BONES & BONES
PERCY W. BONES, Editor
ALBERT COOPER, Advertising Manager
___aa Second Clam Mail Matter at the Poetoffice at Shamrock,
Tens, Under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription Rates: In Trade Territory, $2.00; Outside Trade
Territory, $3.00.
ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION
SHALL TEXAS TAX THRIFT
THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME
Report has it that Hon. W. T. Williams of Austin, mem-
ber of the State Legislature, will present to that body at
Its next regular term a bill proposing a state income tax
Similar to that collected annually by the Federal govern-
ment. It seems strange that any man of sufficient intelli-
gence to be selected as a lawmaker by a group of his fel-
lows should be possessed of so little judgment as to concoct
and present a measure of this kind, but such appears to be
the fact. And there will, no doubt, be found some few in
the legislative body to support it.
To this newspaper the whole idea of the income tax
appears wrong. In the last analysis, it is a tax upon a
man’s ability to earn and thrift in taking care of what he
earns. A peculiar basis for a tax, when you think about it.
No man should be allowed to exploit his fellows for gain,
what he is able honestly to accumulate, either by profes-
sional skill or business ability, he should be allowed to
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It is not likely that Mr. Williams’ measure will get
very far, but there is the possibility of enough support to
make it uncomfortable, just as other measures equally as
foolish have been passed. The people of Texas should make
it their business to see that it is never even presented.
Tbey should rise up in their wrath and squelch such ob-
streperous solons as Mr. Williams before they have time
to give expression to their half-baked ideas.
WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN?
He Yorkshire Evening News has asked its readers to
reply to the above question. Here are some of the defini-
tions sent in: , , ,. ,
The finest soldier in the ranks of chivalry.
One who can be gentle,remain a man, and never be con-
scious that he is being either. ,
A gentleman is a courteous nobleman in any station of
.X gentleman is a man who is a man and never frogets
it.
A man with a heart bigger than his banking account.
One who respects on the surface the pretensions of
Others—while reserving private judgment.
One who is straight, fearless for the right, true to
himself, honourable. One who regards and treat with kind-
ness old people and children, and, what is more difficult, is
considerate for old frumps.
He boasts not of his kindly deeds.
And thoughtful is of other’s needs.
He the weaker sex respects,
And overlooks his friends’ defects.
' His motto is, through life’s short span,
To "Play the game and be a man.” 1
A gentleman is a man who honors all women; is courte-
ous to everyone, irrespective of rank; and, being conscious
of his own short-comings, studiously refrains from mention-
ing his observance of the same failings in others.
A man who is in the van during the fight for right and
in the rear when it comes to sharing the spoils.
' A gentleman is a person who prefers to be called a man.
A gentleman is a man who does a kind action and for-
gets it; if he receives one he always remembers it.
One who could be pointed out with the remark: "That
man is not what I am, but what I ought to be.”
“He is one from whom one may receive a favor without
being made to repent it.”—Sir Walter Scott.
He is at ease with everybody and makes everybody at
ease with him.
Every honest man is a gentleman of nature.
The Royalist League of America, an association to
promote a monarchy in the United States, met in Dallas
recently. Wonder where the fool-killer was while that
was going on.
Some peculiar terms creep into the American language.
To designate some of our current lawgivers “solons” is
enough to make the great Greek lawgiver turn over in his
grave.
From a monetary standpoint we would have nothing
to fear from a state income tax, but if it would mean an-
other of those forms to fill out, we’re agin it. We never
were good at working puzzles. _
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Sur
“Yeah” Is Handiest Word
In Language, Writer Say
A NO DtfX Ib’SUfc.
SPRIGS OF
SHAMROCK
By P. W. B.
No discredit reflects on the
Shamrock Irishmen in losing Fri-
day’s game to Memphis. The
hoys fought to the last and were
glorious in defeat. Opposed to a
heavier line and a formidable back-
field, they missed victory by only
the narrowest of margins.
Some of the boys were cry-
ing as they left the field and,
to tell the truth, I felt like
shedding a few tears myself.
I sure did want to see Sham-
rock win that game. But the
Irishmen could not have lost
to a better bunch of sports-
men. The huskies of the Cy-
clone were hard fighters, but
clean players.
The girls of the Memphis pep
squad certainly went wild when
Captain May kicked goal for the
single point that won the game,
and I don’t blame them. To see
your team trail through three
quarters with the little end of the
score and then snatch victory at
the last moment is a grand and
glorious feeling.
Anyway, the Memphis boys
knew they had been in a foot-
ball game when it was over.
I rather think that after see-
ing the Shamrock-Childress
game, they suspected they
were going to have a pretty
easy win. Surprise register-
ed on their faces at the whirl-
wind rush with which the Irish
greeted them in the first
quarter and, judging from the
way they played, they didn’t
fully recover their wits until
the second period.
Having disposed of Shamrock,
the Cyclone is pretty sure of dis-
trict honors now and has a splen-
did chance for the bi-district
crown. Power to them! I under-
stand Memphis rooted for the
Irish after they defeated the Cy-
clone last season. I believe Sham-
rock players and people are as
good sports as those from Mem-
phis.
The Kansas City Star tells
of a farm home near Linds-
borg where electricity is de-
veloped by means of a wind-
mill and sees in the experi-
ment the beginning of practi-
cal means for harnessing the
wind for that purpose.
If that prophecy proves true,
farm folks in the Panhandle will
not lack for electrical current in
the future. The winds in this sec-
tion will develop plenty of voltage,
without a doubt. I’ve always
thought these Panhandle zephyrs
were good for something but I
didn’t know what.
When spring comes, we are glad
to see warm weather and when
summer wanes, we thrill to the
crisp chill of the autumn air.
After all there are few more
pleasant times than tbe busy har-
vest season.
With Mr. St. John Ervine, our
new dramatic critic, who objects
to “yep” and “yeah” in the Amer-
ican speech, we deeply sympathize.
When things like that get on our
nerves they get on our nerves,
and that is all there is to it. But
though we sympathize we do not
join in his campaign to abolish
these two wards, for to us they
are very precious. Or at least
“yeah” is precious. “Yep” we
don’t care much about, for as a
matter of fact it is not, save in
a few sections of the country a
part of American speech: It is
one of those things, like
“wa-a-H” and “cal’late” and “jeemy
crickets," which Americans are
supposed to say but don’t. But
“yeah” is a part of us, and one
of the finest words we have ever
evolved. The trouble with Mr.
Ervine is that he naively sup-
poses, as he betrays in his article,
that it means “yes”. Actually it
does not, or does very seldom. Of
course it is derived from “yes”.
But its meanings have long since
departed from its derivation, as
is the habit of most words. When
an American merely says yes, as
when the man in the next office
asks whether he is ready to go
to lunch, he does not say “yep,”
“year” or “yes”. He says “sure”.
But when he means something that
would take many words to state
explicitly and thus needs a subtle
word of flexible connotation to
express his meaning briefly he
uses “yeah”. For example:
“Well, I seen a horse jump over
the Woolworth building today.”
"Yeah?”
Now this, of course, doesn't
mean “yes". It means, “You’re
One thing I’ve always miss-
ed about fall in the Panhandle
is seeing the vari-colored
leaves float down from the
trees. But there are compen-
sations. It takes only one
good Panhandle norther to
kill all the flies.
Did You Ever Stop
To Think
Windmills have always been
extensively used in the Pan-
handle-l’lains country for
pumping water. I do not see
why it would not be practical
to use them to run a dynamo.
It is a wonderful thought.
. Electricity is about the only
thing needed to make the farm
home as comfortable and con-
venient as the city home.
The inherent love of changqjn
the human race makes us greet
each new season with pleasure.
By Edson R. Waite
Shawnee, Oklahoma
That right now every merchant
should pay particular attention to
his advertising.
That business is picking up and
now is the time to go after it.
That every sensible merchant
believes in newspaper advertising.
That some merchants are not
sensible—they lose.
That advertising catches the
eye, brings customers to a store
and causes sales,
That ads arc a simple means
of getting the seller and the buy-
er together.
That advertising is conveying to
the public an idea as to what your
product is, what it will do and
how well it will do it.
That you will find it always
costs least to buy the best, be-
cause it lasts longer and gives
satisfaction.
The best goods are always ad-
vertised and sold by merchants
who stand behind them.
TOBEY AND TYKE
BY REDNER
CLIPPED COMMENT
More job printing leaves the home town because of a
desire for quality than to secure a cheap price. The “good
enough” kind of printing is hard to sell at any price.—
Publishers Auxiliary.
Houston reports a flivver with A1 Smith stickers on
windshield and “For Hoover” on rear window. Look out
for the back-seat driver vote.—Dallas News.
We have heard a lot about the sidewalks of New York
and thoroughly believe that some of our own deserve a
little more attention than they get.—Columbia Missourian.
Headline: “Smith Goes South With Derby.” Yes, we’ve
heard that the derby is popular in Kentucky.—Columbia
Missourian.
It has been discovered many times that women who
marry to become pets, usually lead a dog’s life.—Spearman
Reporter.
New $10,000-bills will bear the picture of Salmon P.
Chase. That’s one way to attain obscurity.—Pampa News.
30T THERE \S SOUTHING
ElS6-S0tffc'rHIN& U6*Y
USEFUL-THINK HARD-*
Tobey~cpn'T You Tell
the mss what Alaska
FRObOWS’-l’U HELP
You—IT'S SOMETHING
That is on almost au|
ANlfllALS’ BACKS—
a liar, but let’s hear the rest
it, anyhow.”
Again: “Buddy, you bump
fender once more and sec w
happens to you.”
“Yeah?”
This means “The hell you si
Again:
“Now, I tell you, we got to
that kid. We got to get ri
him. He ain’t no more
around here than a one-arm
trying to play a trap-drum.”
“Yeah. Yeah.”
This means “You’re rig!
course, but I’ll find some »
wriggle out of it." Again
“Well, now you’ll admi
Mr, Hoover done a lot ft
Belgians, won’t you?”
“Yeah. O yeah.”
This means “God knows ( what
you’re talking about, but anything'
to make you stop.” /,
The glossary could be extendht
indefinitely. But the point to Jat
noted is that if an American wdrr
deprived of "yeah” he would be
very miserable. He could no
carry on conversations one-tentL
with the persons he is talking jto
the other nine-tenths with himself
In that respect he would be'ir'
the same plight as an English mar
deprived of that expression whicl
sounds to Americans like “haw’?
It means nothing, apparently; ye'
it means everything.
One thing Mr. Ervine has do
however. He has coined the w>
“yepper”. This strikes us as
excellent substitute for “yes mlan'
which was always a little jflat
Therefore we nominate “yepper
to designate the fellow who al
ways agrees with the boss1 am
laughs at the boss’ jokes.—Nev
York World.
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>Know Texas-:
Manufacture of Carbon Black
from natural gas is a growing
industry in Texas and now em-
ploys about 1,500 people.
Texas has moved into second
place in production of natural gas,
registering a 43 per cent increase
last year.
The Southwestern Bell Te.
phone Company forecasts th
Texas will have 1,270,000
phone by 1950. It now has afl
635,000.
Of the 14,000,000 acres of th
original pine forest area in. Texa
only about 1,100,000 acres ijemai
in virgin timber.
The farm population of
is now 2,199,173.
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Bones, Percy W. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 28, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 21, 1928, newspaper, October 21, 1928; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528916/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.