The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1926 Page: 7 of 16
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■GES AND DUTIES
OUR CITIZENSHIP
THE BALLOT BOX A SACRED IN-
SITUAT10N OF OUR GOV’T.; BUT
NOT ALWAYS APPRECIATED
WHY POLITICS IS “ROTTEN”
Young Should Enter Politics; Study
Public Questions; Vote Intelligently
Thus Dignifying Citizenship
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This, is an election year—for state,
district and local officers. The kind
of officers chosen to serve in every of-
fice is determined by the citizens. At
the ballot box is the place where ev-
ery citizen may have the right to par-
ticipate in the affairs of Government.
In some countries of the world the citi-
zens are not granted the right to have
a voice or a part in their government,
except the part they perform as tax-
payers and as soldiers. But in Amer-
ica, in the United States, where the
rights and privileges of the people
as a whole are determined by a Fed-
"erttl Constitution; and in the States
which also have constitutions, which
we know as the Fundamental Law of
the Land, the people use the ballot
box to determine the policies of their
government.
This high privilege, therefore, car-
ries with it a very high and solemn ob-
ligationr—the obligation to vote intel-
ligently, and for the best interests of
all the people. But oftentimes polit-
ical ' conditions arise that leave the
voter in doubt as to the best meth-
ods, or policies, and the best men to
vote for. But it is unwise and un-
patriotic for a citizen who has the
rights and privileges of a voter not
to try to inform himself and then
make the best choices he can at the
ballot box. We often hear it said that
politics is rotten—and the least that
can be said of it is that sometimes po-
litical practices prevail which are not
best for the common good, and that
men often triumph in the race for
public office whose public records and
those whose conceptions of public of-
fice and its uses cause them to be less
fit for public trust than other men.
But that ought not to dismay the vo-
ter, the good citizen. Quite to the
contrary, it ought to stimulate him
to inform himself the better to do
more if possible to rid our politics
of these objectionable features. Even
with all these objectionable features
our common country and the states
.composing it always, or nearly always,
provide a more just government than
those countries in which the people
have no voice, or but limited voice,
in goverhmental affairs.
The ignorant voter and the indif-
ferent voter are only less dangerous
than the selfish and designing voter
who prostitutes the high calling of
his American citizenship to base and
evil purposes. The latter class of
voters are never happier than when
they perceive large indifference and
great disgust on the part of the aver-
age citizen. Such a state of mind on
the part of the average citizen always
gives to the selfish and corrupt citi-
zen who is always active in politics
his best chance to obtain power and
turn the forces of government to his
own private gain. You can always
count on having to fight with our bal-
lot for the triumps of virtue and de-
cency in government. It is but shirk-
ing your duty as a citizen, your duty
to your fellow citizens, if you fail to
exercise your rights ns a voter, grant-
ing that you exercise them with in-
telligence and high purpose.
Some people make the boast proud-
ly that they have nothing to do with
politics; asserting that politics is rot-
ten. That’s a shameful confession.
Citizens ought to inform themselves
as best they can on every major pub-
lic question which ultimately must be
decided by the ballot. A minister
was heard to say once to a class of
young men thnt they ought to eschew
politics asserting that no man could be
honest and have anything to do with
politics. But another speaker with
more sense advised the young men to
study politics, to acquire a general
understanding of our principles and
policies of government, and thus come
to a proper appreciation of the
large responsibilities which rest upon
the individual citizen. The latter was
right; the minister was wrong.
We like to Bee every citizen study
political matters. It is a fine thing
to see the young man or the young
woman about to cast his first vote
study every issue wth care. It is a
very fine thing to see a father ap-
proaching the ballot box with his own
son just arrived at voting age—not,
of course, for the purpose of prompt-
ing the son or dictating how he shall
vote, but rather to emphasize the dig-
nity and importance of the undertak-
ing in which the son is for the first
time to engage.
These observations are written in
hope that they will be helpful—and
helpful especially to the young men
and young women who will this year
cast their first vote. We have often
thought that there ought to be some
formal method of inducing our young
voters into the rank and dignity of
this phase of American citizenship
which is a right and privilege often
abused and perhaps rarely appreciated
as it should be. :
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voters of the district may appropriate-
ly consider this, all other factors being
equal. :
WOOD CO. CANDIDATE FOR
DIST. ATTY. ADDRESSES VOTERS
HON. WALTER RUSSELL OF
WOOD CO. ANNOUNCES CAN-
DIDACY FOR DIST. ATTY.
To the voters of the Seventh Judi-
cial District:
■lext after the office of Attorney
General that of District Attorney is
the most important of the law en-
forcement division. A lax enforce-
ment of the duties of this office re-
sults in damage to persons and prop-
eiTy, while strict enforcement is a de-
terrent crime. It follows that he who
aspires to this position of honor and
trust should be qualified for the posi-
tion and have the courage to do his
duty. He should be able to take office,
’ the event of selection, free of any
kind or character of influence which
might hinder or hamper his official
activities in giving all cases coming
within his jurisdiction a speedy trial
and vigorous prosecution. With a full
sense of the duties and responsibilities
of this place, I hereby announce for
District Attorney of the Seventh Ju-
dicial District, subject to the action
of the Democratic Party in its pri-
maries of 1926; and, as proof of
CALLING ON INVALIDS
A person who has just recently
emerged from a long siege of sickness
ends to a newspaper some timely sug-
gestions for those friendly individ-
uals who call upon invalids with good
intentions but bad judgment.
First, she says, talk about cheerful
things instead of illness and symp-
toms. Make calls short. Even
cheerful caller is too much excitement
for a very sick person, and a gloomy
one is a positive menace. Tell the
patient he looks better, if you must
comment on his appearance, but it is
preferable not to make the patient
self-conscious. It is little enough
pleasure to be seen while ill without
adding the misery of having one’s
looks discussed.
Lastly, the ex-invalid says, imagine
yourself in the patient’s position and
act accordingly. Anyone who has
ever been ill should know how to take
that suggestion.-—Beaumont Enter-
prise.
THERE WILL BE BIG MONEY IN
ORCHARDS FROM NOW ON—YOU
HAD BETTER ORDER TREES NOW
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T In another column of this issue ap-
pear a brief communication from Hon.
Walter Russell of Wood county in
which he announces his candidacy for
the office of district attorney of the
seventh Judicial District which is
composed of Smith, Wood and Upshur
counties. Mr. Russell in his address
to the voters, it will be observed,
makes no fulsome claims respecting
his capacities; and so this publication
is going to take the liberty of stat-
ing a few things respecting his life
and career in the hopes that it will
render a service to the voters whose
duty it will be to Select a public ser-
vant for the position to which Mr.
Russell aspires.
Mr. Russell is concluding his sec-
ond term as county attorney of Wood
county in which position he is reput-
ed among members of the bar of East
Texas to have made a very brilliant
record from the first. He is 35 years
of age, a graduate of North Texas
State Teachers College and of the
School of Law of the famous old Cum-
berland University situated at Leban-
on, Tennessee, from which school he
received his degree in Law in 1913.
Since his graduation thirteen years
ago he has been engaged in the pri-
vate practice of law excepting the four
years he has served in the official po-
sition he now holds, and excepting the
nearly two years he spent in the U.
S. Army during our late unpleasant-
ness with the Kaiser. He volunteered
for service in 1917, was accepted and
assigned to service in the States, a
portion of the time at Fort I^aven-
worth. His unit was on its way to the
front when the signing of the Armis-
tice “cut short their excursion to
France.”
Of course Mr. Russell makes his
candidacy subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries; and that is
naturally to be expected, because he
comes of a family of old line demo-
crats who rendered conspicuous
vice in the earlier history of
commonwealth. His father, we
told, ivas Capt. Jonathan Russell,
who, returning from the Mexican
War, established his homestead near
Winnsboro where he reared a fam-
ily, and, during the years following,
served his state and county both in
war and in peace. As one of the pio-
neers of Wood county, Capt. Russell
acte 1 as County Clerk pro tern, in
the Organization of the county when
it'embraced much of what is now the
7th Judicial District. He raised a
company with which, as its captain,
he served thruout the Civil War; and,
during reconstruction he served the
state both as Representative and
Senator in the Legislature; and in
1875 and ’76 served as a member of
the Constitutional Convention which
framed the Constitution under which
Texas now operates as a state.
Thus of a line that has wrought
well and fearlessly for our common-
wealth, Mr. Russell has not only his
ambition Tor higher services, to spur
him on, but also the precepts and tra-
ditions of a noble sire out of which
to fashion his ideals of public ser-
vice and his concepts of personal and
official integrity. It so happens that
Wood county has no representative in
the organization of the present Dis-
trict Court and while Mr. Russell
would refrain from mentioning this,
since it constitutes no part of the nec-
essary qualifications for the office
which he asks of the people, yet he
has many friends who do urge that
manes oi Juzo; ana as proot of my The peach and commercial fruit in-
ability to enforce and uphold the law, :<Justry in East Texas is coming back.
I point to my record as County At- Growers made good money this year.
torney of Wood County for two terms, 'They will con
and i espectfully suggest that during ! cause Science hi
my tenure of same, the affairs of that
office have been conducted without fa-
vor, and in a manner wholly ac-
ceptable to all who look with favor
upon the enforcement of the law.
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In taking this step, I feel I am go-
ing out among friends. I feel that I
am your kind of people and that you
are mine; that I know and understand
your history and traditions, and feel-
ing as I do, I consider myself eligi-
ble to this high office; and, if selected
to fill same by the people of this dis-
trict, I promise to give my best ef-
forts towards an efficient and honor-
able administration of the affairs of
the office. -*■
And while I consider myself among lIlc vurl
fr.ends I would not have you vote for i home and market.
me out of friendship, but . submit
my candidacy to you upon my qualifi-
cations for the office. I invite you 'to'
investigate my record
ficial and if
your investigation that I am favor-
ably disposed toward a full, fair and
impartial enforcement of the law;
that I have the ability and courage to
do my duty; that I am deserving of
your trust and confidence, then I ask
promotion at your hands, and want
you to raise me from County Attor-
ney of Wood County to be your Dis-
trict Attorney.
Ydurs truly,
WALTER RUSSELL.
Mineola, Texas, Jan. 6, 1926. :
ue to make it, be-
learned how to con-
i' trol the various pests whi i affect
i fruit trees. It is easy and simple and
(causes the fruit to be of better qual-
l ity and command a higher price.
'Orchard and 10-Year Farm Program
The 10-year Farm Program of
; Smith county, and similar programs
I of other counties recommend the
(setting of a good orchard to supply
both the home and the market. Now
; is the time to order your trees and
set them. Every year you put off
retting an orchard will mean a big
loss to you.
Ask for our Nursery Catalog to-
day—a postal card request will bring
it. It gives full informal ion regard-
ing the best varieties to plant for
and our prices
are so reasonable that the investment
Starts easily
Stopssa/ily
andtheSiack engine
s/ulipressui
lubricated
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Buick motor can ar« designed to ran
efficiently in every temperature, and
under every climatic condition.
Buick* itart quickly, even at zero. The
new, high speed starting motor ac-
complishes this most desirable result.
1 Buick Automatic Heat Control re-
duce* another cold-weather starting
annoyance—that of bucking, spitting,
misfiring engines. The exclusive
Buick feature heats the fuel supply,
and saves gasoline, automatically and
immediately.
In rain, snow or sleet Buick meclum-
icol^wheel brakes stop the car firmly,
in a straight Une. Neitherheatnorcold
affects the direct mechanical action of
these brakes. There is no liquid in l
them to expand, contract or leak away. — -“'few
The Buick engine is full-pressure lu-
bricated. Every part gets a flood of oil
as soon as the engine starts, everyday
in the year. An emergency feed tube
siphons oil to the pump, even though
the cold has congealed the oil around
die pump screen.
Buick is a better Motor Car 'In Every J^nd of Weather
When Better Automobiles
Built Buick
Build
is trifling compared with the profits.
y.ou to (Your home, whether in town or in
.• , ) K1 °*‘ country, needs fruit trees, roses and
you are satisfied ^ f rom shrubbery. We have them all.
SOUTHLAND NURSERY CO.,
27tf Tyler, Texas. -
FIFTEEN BALES RAISED ON 4.55
ACRE BY EAST TEXAS FARMER
Palestine, Jan. 2—John W. McFar-
lane set up a new high record in cot-
ton production in the statewide con-
test that officially closed Thursday.
He brought fame to Anderson county
last year and won first prize by grow-
ing 10 bales of 500 pounds each on
five acres. He has just produced ,
15 bales on less than five acres, to be
exact, 4.55 acres. After the crop was
well on its way it was discovered that
an error had been made in measuring ;
off the acreage. McFarlane’s produc- \
tion would have gone above 16 bales
if it had not been for this error.
The exact production, as given in
the official report, was 7,484.5 pounds
of lint cotton. This is about fifteen
pounds short of 15 bales.
So far as known this is the larg-
est amount of cotton per acre ever
grown in Texar. or anywhere else. It
an average of three bales to the
re. In Texas last year it took an
average of about eight acres to pro-
duce a bale of cotton. In is announc-
ed that the awards in this contest will
be stated Jan. 17.
IRVING
Machine Co.
We Have Some Good Used
BUICKS
Gaston & Gibbs
DEALERS
Tyler, Texas
Phone.....1090
TYLER
P. I.
HOGAN. 78, DIED
EARLY THURS. MORNING
P. I. Hogan, 78 years old, died \
early Thursday morning at the home (
of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Dick-
son near Troup. He was buried at the ,
Myrtle Springs cemetery, funeral ser- |
vices being conducted by Rev. I. E.
Tackett of Troup. Surviving are six I
daughters and one son. The (laugh- |
ters are Mrs. Mollie Dickson of Troup, j
Mrs. Nettie Wallace of Alto, Mrs. Le- i
la Cox of Weatherford, Mrs. Jesse
Compton of Ponta, Mrs. Effie Lively j
of Lone Star and Mrs. Nina Dickson
of Troup. The son is Oscar Hogan '
of Jourdanton. '• i
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Official Condensed Report of the Condition of the
Citizens National Bank
of TYLER, TEXAS
December, 31, 1925
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts ................$1,600,002.11
Banking House and
other Real Estate ............ 353,987.79
Bonds and Securities:
Panama Canal Bonds
to secure circulation 184,000.00
City of Tyler Public
School Imp, Bonds, 107,000.00
House Bonds
Southern Ice and
9,000.00
Utilities Co. Bonds . 27,000.00
347,900.00
15,000.00
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Liberty Loan Bonds 47.900.00
Stock in Fed. Reserve Bank ...
Stock in Fed. Interna-
tional Banking Co..................r- 675.00
Cash and Exchange .................. 1,189,329.11
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LIABILITIES
Capital Stock .............................$ 250,000.00
Surplus ...................................... 250,000.00
Undivided Profits (net) .......... 200,004.17
Dividends Unpaid ...................... 3,165.00
National Bank Notes
Outstanding .................... 184,000.00
Reserved for Taxes .............. 35,000.00
DEPOSITS ..............................2,611,724.84
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We are now located at 214 North Spring Street in Mrs. D.
W. Parish Building, the first door north of Langston’s
Furniture Store.
Special
to get you to visit our store and see the many
going to g
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9TH
FIVE POUNDS PURE GRANULATED SUGAR OR SIX BARS CRYSTAL WHITE SOAP
with each $2.50 purchase made from us on that date
OUR STOCK OF DRY GOODS, SHOES, DRESSES, HATS, ETC. FOR MEN, WOMEN,
AND CHILDREN IS COMPLETE, AND OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST.
EVERY ARTICLE MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES
Remember the Sugar or Soap it absolutely Free
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Edwards, Henry. The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1926, newspaper, January 8, 1926; Tyler, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth619856/m1/7/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith County Historical Society.