The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 17, Ed. 1 Monday, January 20, 1958 Page: 4 of 14
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EDITORIAL PAGE THE 0RAN6! LEADER MONPAY. JANUARY 20, 1t3«
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§V 1. CULLEN BROWNING ,
Angus C. Wynne of Dallas, at-
torney for the Newton County Wa-
ter Supply District, is a member
o' a .vanishing breed of lawyers—
those who are skilled in t ' _
.advantage of human emotions in
questioning witnesses, and in using
tue harsh word to make a point.
.. Wynne demonstrated his capac-
ity tor toying with winesses' emit-,
lions last week during a court
hearing on a mandamus suit ___________
brought by Newton County tax- military hero and recognized
payers against the water supply leader. For years he was almost
d strict. , free of criticism. Now he's in-
lie goaded the opposition wit- creasingly being criticized and his
n “sses into temper flareups and leadership questioned. (
then tore into them with some- History may say the two worst
times embarrassing questions things that happened to Eisenhow-
while they were still under the in- ®r wrre his three ilnesses, which
fluence of his needling.
Wynne lost that round—probably
expected to, since some of he is-
sues involved in the casp are of
the type customarily decided by
higher courts.
Examples of his. ability to turn
a saily nhrase are contained in the,
brief filed with the court as hiss
original answer to the suit request-
ing an order requiring an elec-
tion of the question of abolishing
the water supply district.
Among the brief's opening state-
ments is an admission that the
district is a legally created agency,
and will proceed with its program
O’ conservation and reclamation,
“if Jt is not harassed and continu-
ously annoyed by the sniping of the
relators and others working. as
catspaws and under cover for
the great lumber companies who
own vast acreage in Newton Coun-
ty, Texas.”
Objecting to the abolition elec-
tion. Wynne referred to another
election several years ago in which
taxpaying voter&.of Newton County
approved a bond Issue for the wa-
ter supply district and said:
“Having already voted the bonds,
thev are not entitled to againvote
at the behest of some lumber com-
pany who is using them asja^fats-
paw, a dupe and a fronCTor their
undercover manipulation,” .•
After a knuckle-cracking buildup,
Wynne's attadfebn the lumber com-
panies goj/down to the meat of
the cogotinut: Here are some ex-
cerptif
/^Respondents (the water supply
district) aver that the sum of
$2,000 was paid by certain of the
lumber companies who own vast
s . rcaje in Newton County. Texas,
to endeavor to harrass and annoyp
the respondent because, wnen the
respondent was created and the
bonds were voted by the people
... the act which created the dis-
trict provided that taxes be col-
lected upon an ad valorem basis,
and these lumber compan.es , . .
threatened the destruction of the
district if any increase was made
in the taxable values of the lum-
ber company lands beyond the
outlandish and minimum figure as
f.xed by the taxing authorities of
the CotfntyTtif Ngwton.
-''rn furtherance of this-.threat to
ruin the district (the lumber'Cbm-,
panics) entered into a conspiracy
to endeavor to destroy the dis-
tr.ct in any way possible . . .
" rhe.se companies seek to hold
the people and Newton C unty in
economic slavery so that they can
deprive the children of all except*
a minimum of education, and de-
prive the county of all progress
and development ... by forming
an unholy conspiracy.”
8LONDIE
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COMES SARDES
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Moment of Meditation
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the
gates of the righteous. Proverbs 14:19.
BEETLE BAILEY
A Challenge and Ways To Meet It
Saturday’s unsuccessful rbad bond issue electiu
WELL, MADAM, THIS I tWlK YOU'
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unsuccessful road bond issue election left
the people of Orange County wfth a challenge that can
be met only by marshaling at least a large part of their
intellectual resources.
■'The Leader now accepts the fact that the road pro-
gram as it was presented in November and on Saturday
is not acceptable to the two-thirds majority of our tax-
paying voters required by law for county bond issue
propositions of that type.
Having accepted that fact, we leave this program
where it is without a backward glance and start looking
ahead. < ■
Next Sunday our annual Prograss and Development
Edition will demonstrate that Orange County has made
vast strides during the past year and has a huge poten-
tial for continuing social and economic gains.
However, the extent to which this potential will be
developed hinges in large measure on a major road pro-
gram. So we must, somehow, come up with a program
acceptable to the majority of taxpaying voters required
by law. V’' ,
THE JACKSON TWINS
THE FURNACE
I'M the plumbcqA WAS OFF OVER
ABE YOue PIPES ) THE WEEK END.'
FROZEN SCHOOL'S LIKE
TOTWE^
, * In undertaking this task, there are sev eral facts that
can and should^ be borne in mind.
One is that the new program isv going to requme''
months to develop. Meantime, the Texas H'ghwavL'dm-
mission very likely will give immediate consjtm anon
to the transfer to some other countv of almost a million
dollars it has been holding for us pending a final deci-
sion on the old road program.
That money can be saved forus'bnly if some way can
be found to raise quickly funds needed by the county
government.Jor its sharg/Jr-the right-of-way coats. /
...........-Only .eng means of raising these funds quickly is
known to us: lioTjLTnr eariy election on the question of
assessing a special 15-cent properly tax rate allowed by
the state constitution for road and bridge purposes.
If such a proposition were-approved by a simple ma-
jority of the taxpaying voters.warrants could be issued
• against future revenue from this source and the money
used for our share of right-of-way costs on project*-for
which the state has been holding its money.
In so doing, however, we would sacrifice for the time
needed to pay off such warrants oxir chances for using
the special road and bridge levy as a device for giving
the county's property owners a cut in state taxes.
segregation is unconstitutional but
backed away from saying whether |
he'd use troops it necessary to
back up the courts.
Eventually he had to use the
tropps, when Arkansas’ Governor
Faubus called out the National
Guard and kept Negro students
from the school. If Eisenhower
had taken a stand earlier on the
use of troops, Faubus might not
have tried what he did.
.THANK you. MISTER
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LAST CALL-. I'M SURE MV 7
M-MOMMY WON'T MIND IF I
LEAVE WITHOUT HER. SHE CAN
FOLLOW ME ON THE JY
NEAT FLAME / V
THAT'S MV
PLANE READY
TO TAKE OFF/
How Can I?
JOE PALOOKA
From the long range point of view, there are two
ways to go:
1. Development of another and perhaps more accept-
able countywide program.
2. A special road district made up of all or part of
Precincta 1, 2 and 3.
The first would be the more difficult* because it
would encounter the same hazards that defeated the old
program] f
The second has these advantages:
1. Up to 90 per cent of the county’s present taxable
valuations could be included within the district’s boun-
daries ,/and this percentage would be increased through
further industrial development in the Orange "area.
2. The county’s present' indebtedness would not be a
factor in determining the amount of road district bonds
that could be marketed. That means up to about 4Vi
million dollars worth of roads could be built immedi-
ately.
Going the road district route would require a special
tax levy set at a figure necessary to meet yearly pay-
ments on whatever amount of bonds is sold.
Depending on the amount of the bond issue, the rosd
district tax rate could be partly or wholly offset bv a
reduction in the present county road bond levy that has
to be made this year and by keeping down the assess-
hrept for drainage purposes to the level now being con-
templated.
A road district bond issue also would require a two-
thirds majdrity.
That's the picture, and it is our opinion the people of
Orange County should make an immediate choice be-
tween the alternates and push ahead full speed.
Our needs for road improvements are going to grow
every day until we have a prqgram in progress.
Investors League Bulletin characterizes*' the Tennes-
see Valley Authority as “. . . the greht^st mifking ma-
chine .. .” in our history. TVA, it adds, has milked the
taxpayers to the tune of more than $1,500,0907)00 over
the past 25 years. -C // X. f
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HEY RUSTY RiLlY/ |
ICT, BUS I 7 KM
COME BACK/
JKPERS, PATTY THE POLICE WONT
Even look at the Fi\o6ap»iN^s x
60r: T-ey THINK I'M FLAvm® 6AMES
LOOK, HAMLFT,
W6 RE SlTTlN1
. PRETTY.' /
The Leader * view* on the New- A It wil, often help them If one
ton County tax problem, stated sev. tPaspoonfu, of ,alt ig added t0
era! ttmes ■" the past, .re *mie- ea< h pu#rt o( water
what softer than Wynnes. q qnw cart f ni.ke pie crust
We have taken the position that nice and brown’
the situation there is part of a A. Add a teaspoonfu! of sugar to
much bigger tax problem involving the pie cruat. It will not be notice-
millions of acres of timberlands
stretching from Orange County to
Oklahoma.
Wa cannont accuse the lumber
companies or anyone else of de-
liberately attempting to hold any-
body in economic .alavery, but to
an extent their present approach
to the tax problem, in our opinion,
can nave that effect.
We don't believe it will. Months
ago we made the prediction that
unless, .the timberlands owners
change their tactics in this battle
with progress they are going to
get run over by progress.
The fight being put up by the
Newton County Water Supply Dis-
trict, its board of directors, peo-
ple supporting it. and its attorney
seems to support our point of view.
A Problem a Day
An outboard motorboat take,
two hours to travel eight mileej
downstream and four miles back
on a river which flows at rate ofj
two miles an hour. What is the
boat's rate in still water?
Answer
Six m ph. If X equals boat’s’
rate in still water, then X plus 2
is its rate downstream and Xi
minus 2 iia rate upstream; form!
equation: ( over (X minus 2)|
EREAT/ *Rf AT/
MS. MS, M4, Ma, MS
^ HA, ha HA HA, ^
equals > over (X plus 2). Solve!
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Pulp yield from the nation's for-
ests could be increased by 30 to 40
Livestock are processed end
packed in more than 380 meat
plants in Illinois.
per cent through whole-tree harv-
esting. according lo a study by
forest-products researchers.
tikiEtoteft True Life Adventures
ITS ME, DULY?
RIGHTEOUS WRATH
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A CROCODILE MOLMTS
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HIPPOPOTAMUS MAKE*
SHOfCT WORK OT° THB —1
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ARMOR PLATE )G NO MATCH -
FOR THE TREMENPOUtf TEETH
AND MONSTROUS MAW OF _
THH OUTRA«3Et? HlPPO.
THE WAVES WERE
LIKE AAOUNTAIN6...THE
CHIP TOSSED ABOUT LIKE
A CORK, rr KEPT
ROLLINS AND POUJNS .
. QUICK, CALL A 1
DOCTOR! aoamral
ASTER BLOOM HAS
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IT'S THE WORST
CASE OF SEASICKNESS
V I'VE EVER SEEN! .
XU. NEVER FORCET MV ADVENTURE
BACK IN <4J. WE WERE IN THE NORTH
ATLANTIC ANDABM3ANTIC BALE
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Joe Parsley
Mrs. Marv Alice Lakey
Bob Axelson J.;,.....
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L. R (Bob) McHugh ...
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Advertising Direefor
Circulation Manager
MR. ABERNATHY
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Entered Jan. X 1903, at Post Office. Orange, Tesaa, as second
e|»se matter under act « Congreea March I. 1171.
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 17, Ed. 1 Monday, January 20, 1958, newspaper, January 20, 1958; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth558651/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.