Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 24, 1937 Page: 4 of 6
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COURT CRISIS FURTHER
r , JOINING NEW UNDER SUN
The Old Testament sage who remarked sadly that there'
nothing new under the sun got off one of the enduring
truths of- the ages. There IS nothing new. Look around for (
the lnost purely 1987 phenomenon you can find, and you are i
likely to discover that it was old stiiff to yoilr grandfather. |
There is, for example, the matter of President
Roosevelt’s proposed change in the supreme court.
This proposal gently invites .i’ sttces of that high tri-
bunal to retire at the age of 70, of. m •gthem full pay and I
emoluments for so doing. In case any of them refuse t6
tdke the hint, it would empower the president to appoint
new justices to work along with them.
Entirely nef-, this, and quite without precedent?
Well, you’d certainly think so. But it' develops that Con-
gress debated exactly the same proposal, ’way back in
1869.
Editorials- SWEETWATER REPORTER
PAGE FOUR.
SWEETWATER, TEXAS.
Hey! Whoa! Wait A Minute!
Arthur Krock makes this interesting revelation in a re-
velation in a recent issue of the New York Times, digging
back into the history of the Grant administration to prove
that there really is nothing new under the sun after all.
It seems that when U. S. Grant became president
in 1869, a majority of the supreme court was suspected
of being out of harmony with the aims of the Repub-
lican party majority in the House and Senate. Lincoln
had appointed five judges, and it was believed that they
saw eye to eye with his policy of pacific reconciliation
with the southern states. The national legislature then
was dominated by the so-called “radicals,” whose an-
nounced purpose it was to treat the south as a con-
quered province.
There was then pending in Congress a bill to raise the
membership of the supreme court from seven to nine. A
substitute bill was brought up in the House which would
permit the retirement of all federal judges at 70 and the
appointment of new judges to supplement those who re-
fused to retire.
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Now that is precisely what the present Roosevelt
I proposal urges. The 1869 bill was thoroughly debated in
1 the House of Representatives, and the arguments pro
f and con have a strangely familiar ring.
We find Ben Butler, for instance, declaring that an “ef-
fective” judiciary was quite as necessary as an “independ-
■nt” one; answering him, we see Eldredge of Wisconsin de-
claring that Congress would bitterly regret it if it gave any
president “the authority to organize the supreme judiciary
UB a political court.”
j In the end, the bill passed the House and died in
- Senate—which may or may not be a forecast of the
fate of its 1937 reincarnation.
The exact nature of history’s lesson for us in all this
Pay be just shade obscure. But it is at least interesting to
>.ee how it bears out the ancient complaint that the sun looks
■ down on no new thing.
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The Stock Market as Affected
by Great Strikes
4—The Pullman Strike of 1894
DOLLARS
MR SHARE
Prices of Pullman Stock April-Oetobor, 1894
DOLLARS
PER SHARE
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1894 like |9J7 wt( t year of many strike* and a disastrous flood (Johnstown). The outstanding
l*>i-strike (Pullman) also suggests the present year because the striking organization stood for indus-^
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served notice that after June 26, American Railway Union members would handleno Icar. <»
any road. Union members who cut out Pullman cars and ran them on s.dmgs were 'red .This r«!J°d.
’ a strike against 42 railroads. Ensued violence .issuing by a federal judge of anJ^nejo"
federal troops to preserve order, jailing of Debs for contempt ancI the fnttenngout^of the> jtrje trt
I ■ lowing loss of his leadership. Pullman stock started downward as the stoke went mto effect. It went.
off sharpl! when violence developed In July and troops were called, and w,th profrts severely cut-
i recovered onlv sliahtly thereafter. ___ ,_ _i—-------—--
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Combing The —Do You Remember?
Capital
FIVE YEAR. I AGO
With
JIMMIE CLARK
By JIMMIE CLARK
FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL
As Seen By The Fence Rider
AUSTIN.—A certain high state
official still has a very red face
eft over from the visit of Secre-
ary of the Interior Harold Ickes to
\ustin last week. It seems that
his state official was trying to
rum up a little conversation with
Mr. Secretary and came out with
.his:
“You. know, Mr. Ickes, I am
heartily in accord with all of the
F resident's program except his
plan to change the supreme court "
Whereupon Mr. ickes calmly re-
torted ;
“Oh, I see, you mean you are in
favor With everything about the
pr, Ident's program except putting
it info effect.”
Mrs. Ben Roberts, president of
the City Federation of Women's
club:;, called a meeting of the body
to discuss Plans for' entertaining
women visitors at the annual con-
vention of the West Texas Cham-
ber ol' Commerce here in May.
, visited
j James
here with her sister, Mrs.
H. Beall, Jr.
There were 54 lodges represented
at the ceremonies to commemorate
tlu birthday of George Washing-
ton at the Masonic Temple. Ap-
proximately 3C0 visiting Masons
were here.
C. S. Perkins, local attorney, was
convalescing from an attack of in-
fluenza.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McCall were
entertaining as their house guest
T. B. Thorpe of Ranger, a former
mayor of Sweetwater.
Fire destroyed the J. H. Clark
home on Locust Street, Tire prop-
erty had recently been acquired by
A, s. Kendrick at a consideration
of $8.COO. The Clark family were
away at the time.
Dry weather, dust and sand-
storm: are beginning to worry
feeders and ranchmen in this area.
Peter Fox. of the Sweetwater Cot-
ton Oil Mill Cobmpany reveals that
his company has sold more feed the
last fe\ weeks than for the same
short period in a number of years.
Philadelphia is to have a “Temple of the Arts.” The
Temple of one art, we understand, is Shirley.
Truck loads of mixed feed have
been sent out to practically every
town in West Texas within the
mesqulte, cedar and prickly pears, the time the event was first inaug-
* * * ! urated. When the show opens
Dick Taylor, now employed by a j March 6 all box seat tickets will
machinery company, was brought |have lire11 sold. The opening day
up on a West Texas ranch. Taylor i last year found the grandstand,
relates how lie interested in father I bleachers and boxes overflowing,
in ridding one of their pastures of1 Hundreds or persons stood around
mesqulte growth and how. within 1 the arena fences watching the more
two years, the range improved 100 j than, two-hour program. Most of
Mrs. Lucian Faber, assisted by
her daughter. Mrs. Austin Altizer.
entertained with a luncheon to
honor Miss Modena Faber on her
birthday.
W. H. Jobe and T. T. McCord
visited in Abilene with their sons. |
Lewis Jobe and Blanton McCord. Congregations of the city met at
seniors of Hardin-Simmons Uni-) the Methodist church to compli-
verslty. Jobe gave the class oration 1 ment. the Rev. T. Y. Adams. Bap-
at the ceremony to commemorate! tlst minister, who was leaving for
Senior Day. j Han Antonio to live,
with only the steps to be added. I where they had visited a week.
TEN YEARS AGO
per cent.
them were satisfied even then.
last few days. West Texas is need-
ing rain and needing it badly, says
j Fox.
In New York hotel elevator operators are walking out.
And hotel patrons up.
“Scientists to study early man.” Their curiosity is
understood by the wife who has such a tough time waking
her spouse.
Ranchmen in Nolan County are
evincing considerable interest in
the range program. Many of them
are inquiring about the various
propositions, particularly regarding
the proposal to rid their range of
The benefit to be derived from
removal of the mesquite growth is
evident. There are a number of pas-
tures in this area that have had the
timber removed and the improve-
ment in grass is apparent even to
the ordinary layman.
Sweetwater is planning to send i Many arguments were used
a number of visitors to the annual nally get this resolution adopted
Divide products show Vriday and But Friday night Secretary Ickes
to the Fisher County Boys’ calf j knocked the props out from under
show Saturday. According to word j each of those arguments. If the
from T. H. Roensch, Fisher County | senators were not embarrassed by
agent and generalissimo of the [the Secretary's remarks it was be-
Roby show, much interest is being j cause they have very, very tough
manifested in the Roby event. , hides.
When Secretary Ickes turned
loose on the president’s supreme
court plans in his talk before the
Joint session of the Texas legisla-
ture Friday night lie gave the sen-
ate a first class spanking without
ever mentioning that august body, j , . . , .
It might be recalled that the sen-!, Announcement had be: n made
*> • —*• —* i * tsvrssi-
Texas delegation in congress to op-1 c' u" tmu e "
pose the president’s court plan.
to fi-
The new Sweetwater post office i Misses Ruby anti Emma Lee
building was nearing completion l Hcmby had returned from Dallas
Methodist
| Scott Barcus had been accepted.
Monte Owen, secretary of the
Colorado Chamber of Commerce, j';1,1
had been named for the position.
Continued From Page 3
Nazi Germany, we understand, is made up of just a lot l
of heils.
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The Fort Worth Fat Stock Show
boosters are due in Sweetwater at j
9:55 oclock Thursday morning.) “When is the Fisher County) Soil conservation questions will
Ine group is to be here for 301 show going to be held? When must i be decided in the house this week.
The New Deal
In Washington
minutes. During that time several
of the renowned artistLsts of the
rodeo arena are to entertain the
corwd.
BY I. S. KLEIN
Haven-For
Britains Fleet
The rodeo to be held in connec-
tion with the San Angelo fat stock
show has grown in popularity from
I bring my calf in; docs a pig have The Davis-Fuchs and the Trinity
to weigh under 260 pounds; who is watershed bills are up for commit-
going to be our judges; are we go- j tec consideration,
ing to have a parade; will my calf Much of the anticipated fire-
be a winner?—these, and many; works will likely be absent. Inside
other questions like them have been: sources have it that the Texas A.
fired at me within the last few j and M. grouo which has been behind
present at the home of Mrs.
Waltr Boothe. Mrs. A. C. William-
son of El Paso, a former circle
member, was a guest and assisted
Highway valuable deposits of _ _ , ,,
rock and gravel that he did not Mrs- Ben Roberts in^piesenting the
know existed when he bought his Icssan; Ml’', ani»,^!‘SC>J™C*
Nolan County ranch, was said to
bring Bob Campbell between $40,-
000 and $50,000 In the contract to
furnish the Orient railroad with,
rock for the roadbed. He had) 1 u™!’a
leased four and one-half sections ; as vice-chan man.
for that purpose.
a part on the program. Mrs. Rob-
erts presided during the business
period, since Mrs. Jim Butler, chair-
man. was absent on account of in-
Mrs. G. D. Flesher was
Red blossoms graced the living
room of the Boothe home and a,
The rig for the test well on the j Washington’s birthday motif was
Walter Boothe ranch south of) featured In the refreshment plate.
Sweetwater was completed. G. H. j Mrs. Vernon Cox is to be the next
Johnson, announced. Johnson was j hostess.
Continued On Page 6
BY RODNEY DUTCHER freedom of speech, that lawyers
NBA service staff forre.pomh.t had expanded in influence only as
waurt/stt a
era of good feeling which was thought their profession was very
popularly supposed to have set in powerfuli but the last presidential
ifter the election has been blown ejectjon had proved their power
................ of an .um“- didn't amount to so much. Fur-
This Curious World
By William
Ferguson
to what—for want
vented better word—might
called smithereens. 1
Papa Roosevelt, according to all
his pals writing for the weekly
magazines, was going to be con-
ciliatory toward the conservative
business element. But he has
turned a backward somersault by
plopping his message, proposing
to revamp the supreme court and
the rest of the federal judiciary,
right down at the feet of those
who thought he was anxious to
thermore, said Maverick, the su-
preme court wasn’t sacred.
Then the chairman, a Harvard
law school graduate who prac-
tices locally, arose, livid "with rage.
Inasmuch as Maverick had crit -
cized university men and sug-
gested they were prejudiced, the
chairman said, the usual period
for questions to and answers from
the speaker would be omitted.
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•ri
TYTAVERICK stood up and said
",J'he didn't care what the club
hiss and make up.
One of the first examples of thej did, but if he were going to be
renewed bitterness observed here: treated with discourtesy, he want-
f'ame when Congressman Maury ed everyone to understand that
Maverick of Texas, foremost he knew it.
southern liberal in Congress, made
;i speech to the exclusive Harvard
Club here the day after the presi-
dential message. Maverick, who
sat next to Frederick Delano,
Roosevelt’s uncle, took the topic:
College Men and Their Lack of
Education." The happenings of
the occasion have not been pre-
viously reported.
* » *
MAVERICK, himself a lawyer,
•”* aaicF’he had been in Washing-
ton two years and about all he had
heard about liberty had been said
by high-priced lawyers in appli-
cation to liberty for corporations.
He had heard practically nothing,
be strtd, tnr behalf of civil liberties
for individual citizens.
Mlverick said he was still wait-
ing to hear some graduate group
speak up for academic liberty or
The meeting then became a tur-
moil and the cry, “We want
Maverick,” was overwhelming.
Maverick made speeches, others
made speeches pro and con. The
secretary of the club apologized.
Delano and others got the chair-
man in a corner and made him
apologize, too.
Inaugurated for his second
term, Roosevelt had his choice of
repeating the oath word by word
after Chief Justice Hughes, or of
simply saying, “I do.” He chose
the former.
Otherw'ie, he whispered later
to a close friend, he m(ght have
had to feel he was making a prom-
ise to follow the oath as it was
conceived in the mind of Hughes—
whereas if he spoke the words
himself, he would know exactly
what he himself meant.
(Copyright. 1937, NBA Service. Inc.)
TVATURE, cons ago, built the
rocky inlets that have made
Malta, in the Mediterranean, a
convenient “dog-house” for the
British fleet. Half-way betwee
Italy and Africa, this haven is one
of the most crucial spots in the
Mediterranean today.
So important is it to Great
Britain that even the rocky head-
land overlooking Grand Harbor
are part of the British navy, com-
missioned as “His Majesty’s Ship
Egmont,’’ and in command of an
admiral. It js one of five fortresses
that guard this harbor.
The island of Malta is largest of
a group of five, two of which are
mere rocks used for target prac-
tice by the fleet. On Gozo, the
island next in size to Malta, is the
cave where Ulysses spent seven
years in an effort to escape the
siren. Calypso.
Malta itself has been the bat-
tle ground of rival races for cen-
turies back. Carthage, Rome,
France, Spain, and now England
left their impressions. Recently
the islands have become a ciown
colony of Great
Britain. Stamps
issued by Malta
! E"T)j rcven! its forti-
’ l l! fled harbor of
- - Vnletta. One is
shown here
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ruler is an exile on "dole” In
Germany? 24
AX
LITTLE.
COMPTON,
RHODE ISLAND,
A MONUMENT
WAS ERECTED
IN 1925,
COMMEMORATING
THE BIRTHPLACE
OF THE
RHODE ISIAHD
H.EO
BREED OF
FOWL.
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. the Davis-Fuchs bill has given up
) completely and gone home. How-
i ever, a substitute for tire DavLs-
Fuchs bill has been prepared and
j will be heard this week, if it hasn't
been heard before this column ap-
i pears.
A certain New York child labor
I leader was putting out the word
| around Austin last week for the i
representative of the Scurry Com-
pany.
E. H. Whitehead, publicity di-
rector of the west Texas Chamber
of Commerce, was in Sweetwater
to lead a membership drive. He
spoke to members of the Sweet-
water Club.
The marriage of Miss Emma
! benefit of the legislature that a vote J Ruth Aldredge of Plano and C. R.
j for the Oneal state child labor bill j Kendrick of Sweetwater, w a s
(L 1937 BY NCA SERVICC. INC.
WAS THERE ELVER A
YEAR. "Z£-/^0" ?
| would be considered a vote against
organized labor.
Labor Commissioner Fred Nich-
ols, a member of the railroad
brotherhoods, sent a letter to Sen-
ator Oneal in which he set forth
that such was not the case.
Labor has apparently given up
hope of getting child labor ratified
in this state and has no intention
of jeopardizing its chances for ef-
fective state legislation on other
matters by fighting the legislature
on the question.
Senator Allan Shivers, child la-
bor ratification champion, voted
for the Oneal bill after fighting It
vigorously. He said he was sincere-
ly interested in seeing some type
of child, labor legislation and would
take the Oneal bill if the ratifica-
tion of the national constitutional
amendment failed.
solemnized at the home of the
bride. Mrs. Kendrick frequently
SEVERAL-
HUNDRED YEARS
AGO, CERTAIN
CH RONOLOGERS
TRJED TO REFORM
THE! METHOD OF
RECKONING TIME
BY INSERTING A
YEAR A.D. O.
BETWEEN THE
YEAR. 1 B.C. AND
THE YEAR A. D. 1,
BUT NOTHING EVER
CAME OF IT.
a high oil tax would be a slap at
home town industry.
However, this leaves sulphur, gas
and carbon black In a very dan-
gerous. way. There aren’t many rep-
resentatives who have those resour-
ces in their districts. By single
shots the two houses can get. over
revenue bills. By an omnibus tax
bill the natural resources leaders
would be banded together for a
solid front.
That Is the reason the house re-
jected the committee recommenda-
tion to pass the bill which called
for liberal pensions and a combi-
nation. of taxes all in one meas-
ure.
Ilulli Circle
Members of the Ruth Circle as-
sembled at the First Methodist
church for the usual business and
study. Mrs. J. C Morris, Jr., pres-
ided. while it was voted to continue
the improvements in the ‘primary
department of the Sunday school,
a project which the circle has been
interested in this year. Mrs. Joe
Lisman taught the Bible lesson
from the 16th chapter of John.
There were 14 members present
and three visitors. Mines, Jackson,
Covington and J. C. Pace, Jr.
Mm. Swim Is Leader
Of Missionary Meet
ROSCOE.
ary Society
i Spl.) —The Mission-
met at the church
Monday, at which time Mrs. W. B.
Swim lead the lesson in the study
of Congo Crosses, which Is again
to be studied at the next meeting.
Tlie Methodist Missionary Soc-
iety has placed a barrel in the
Roscoe Furniture Store and an-
other in the basement of the Me-
thodist church. These barrels are
to receive donations of clothing to
be given to the needy.
IN 1900, there was considerable discussion ns to whether that
year was the last of the 19th century, or the beginning of the 20lh.
However, since there was no intervening year “zero” between
A. D. 1 and 1 B. (\, it follows that the first century ended with
the completion of the year A. D. 100, and the 10th century ended
with the completion of 1900.
The legislature la getting itself
right back Into the position it was
in the last special session on the
pension problem. The house is
voting for liberal pensions but kill-
ing revenue bills. This process, of
course, is accomplishing nothing
except fixing up the records of the
representatives.
If liberal pensions fail the boys
can always tell the oid folks It
wasn’t their fault. They can say
they voted for high pensions but the
legislature wouldn't pass revenue
measures.
There Ls a very good reason why
there won’t be a high oil tax to
support pensions. There are at least
110 oil producing counties in Toxus
and a majority of the members
represent these counties. A vote for
Hollywood Film Gossip
By JOHN DUNLAP
United Press Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD. <U.R>—Keep your
eye close to the ground. Listen to
the speech of the average man.
Don’t try to make up something
fancy.
That's the key to successful
writing of film songs as explained
by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel,
tcp-fllghi tunesmiths on the 20th
Century-Fox lot.
"We get our best Ideas for songs
from the common phrases used in
everyday speech," Gordon said.
Wherever we happen to be, we
listen intently to people in all walks
I of life, waiting for some phrase
that will start a popular song on
its way."
To illustrate their point, that
well-worn sayings are much better
song fodder than the unusual or
tricky sentence, Gordon and Revel
cited these phrases from everyday
talk: “May I?" "Head Over Heels
ill Love," “You’ve Got to Eat Your
Spinach, Baby," "You're Such a
Comfort to Me," “It Takes Two
to Make a Bargain, You Hit the
Spot," "Straight From the Should-
er,” "One Never Knows, Does One?"
"Without a Word of Warning," and
I Fish I Had an Aladdin’s Lamp."
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