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TO DEVELOP
EAST TEXAS RESOURCES
AND
FOSTER EDUCATION
The Tyler Journal
To “Sell” Smith County’s Better Farming Program to Our Own People and to Texas—and Tyler to Her Neighbors
VOL. 8. NO. 52
TYLER, TEXAS, FRIDAY. APRIL 28, 1933
Seventh Annual East Texas C. of C.
Convention Is Held In Jacksonville,
Texarkana Place Next Meeting
Congratulations to East Texas Chamber of Commerce;
Congratulations to East Texas and to Texas;
Congratulations to Hon. E. L. Kurth of Lufkin in his. elevation
to the presidency of this great community, sectional and state-build-
ing organization. It runs in the blood of the Kurths to exercise far
and constructive vision. It was so with the new president’s late
lamented father and his forbears more remote—and the-chief of the
regional organization has kept andwiTTcontinue to keep the com-
mendable traditions of the line.
Congratulations also to Tyler; for our own “Uncle Gus” (you
know him as plain, frank, ^traignt-thinkh\g, hard-working Gus F.
Taylor) closed his administration with the Chamber’s financial ob-
ligations wholly paid to date. And congratulations again to Tyler, in
that Tyler’s own peerless and indefatigable E. P. McKenna is again
retained on the board of directors.
Congratulations to everybody; for it is fine to reside in an area
that can, in the spirit of community neighborliness and co-operative
good will, do what East Texas Chamber of Commerce is doing —
fine to have such peerless community neighbors as Jacksonville and
the hundreds of cities and towns and the thousands of forward-
looking citizens who think and work and give of their means toward
the realization of the material and spiritual progress of so great
a people.
Opening with religious mass on
Sunday evening, April 23, at con-
vention headquarters in the First
Methodist church in Jacksonville
and closing Tuesday afternoon with
a final meeting of the new board of
directors, the 7th annual convention
of the East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce was pronounced a decided suc-
cess.
Though the convention officially
East and Central Texas.
Highlights of the convention Mon-
day evening were the East Texas
Press Association banquet in the
Williamson building at 6:30 with Joe
Taylor (State Press) of The Dallas
Morning News, rising to the peak of
his oratorical ability in telling of
“The Early. Settlers.’’ Garland Farm-
er, Henderson publisher, read the
resolutions adopted at the afternoon
A CONSTRUCTIVE
SERVICE FOR SMI
ADJOINING COUNTIES
HENRY EDWARDS & CO.. Pub*.
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TYLE8 NEWS BREVITIES
IS WORLD PEACE POSSIBLE?
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This year it is estimated that more
than $7,000,000.00 will be available-
for county road bond retiring pur-
poses.
Smith county, since the estab-
lishment of the State highway de
partment in 1917, has contributed
$675,000.00 toward the highway and
Thou shalt not kill.—Moses.
Thou shalt love the Lord with all thy heart, mind and soul—and thy
neighbor as thyself—Jesus and many other prophets and sages.
Do unto others as thou wouldst have others do unto thee—The Golden
Rule taught and practiced by good men of every age of man’s history.
Put up again thy sword into its place; for all they that take the sword
shall perish by the sword.—Jesus.
Congress is about to give to the President the power to forbid the sale
of arms and munitions to either or both nations that may be_ at war with
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bridge construction of designated' -eaeh other. Some congressmen are atraid that this broad power may, it
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MRS. CARL EDWARDS
Tyler, Texas
Mrs. Carl Edwards
Buys Mitchell Studio
State highways. This figure along
with money spent on the highway
prior to 1917 was furnished the state
department and it is expected that
an amount of more than $700,000.00
for Smith county will finally be ap-
proved. \
New Sewer Mains In
Two Localities
A new six-inch sewer main on
Fleishel avenue from Travis to
Idell streets, a distance of 800 feet,
is a recent result of local expendi-
tures of R. F. C. funds. Six hun-
dred feet of six-inch main has also
been placed in the same manner on
Lollar street in West Tyjler from
Ross avenue to Gaston avenue.
opened Sunday with the religious j session and Sam Harben, Texas
services the business sessions did Press Association secretary, explain-
not begin until Monday morning atjed<a number of the plans for the
’9:30 when convention Chairman Tom j State Press meet schedule for Hous-
E. Acker of Jacksonville, East Texas ton in June. A number of musical
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Ghaiyfber of Commerce director, call-
ed tpe meeting to order and wel-
fom/tl the visitors on behalf of the
convention city. Following the invo-
cation by Dr. Robert E. Joiner, pas-
tor of the Jacksonville Presbyterian
chureh, three addresses - with the
“New Deal” as their chief theme
consumed the morning session. First
came “The New Deal in American
Banking’’ by Fred F. Florence, Dal-
las banker. Next Mrs. Lee J. Roun-
tree, publisher of the Bryan Daily
Eagle, spoke on “The New Deal in
Community Life.” Closing the morn-
ing session Roy Miller, Houston to*
dustrialist, chose as his subject TnB
American Business.
selections and humorous “cracks” by
talented East Texans interspersed
the banquet program.
Texarkana Wins
Another Monday evening feature
was the spirited battle for the 1934
•convention jvith Texarkana ultimate-
ly winning over Longview, Paris and
several other towns which earlier in
the day had made strong bids.
E: L. Kurth of Lufkin, president
of the Angelina County Lumber
Company, and associated with other
business enterprises of East Texas,
was chosen to head the East Texas
Chfthlber of Commerce as president
rot’ the coming year. The choice, of
Mrs. Carl Edwards, who for some
time has been connected with the
Mitchell Studios on the 6th floor of
the Citizens National Bank Build-
ing, has recently purchased the bus-
iness and will continue its operation
under its present firm name at the
same location.
Mrs, Edwards has had eight
years experience in photography and
art work. For six years she was
connected with the A. Nicks Studio
in this city, later entering business
for herself, maintaining an art stu-
dio. Adding to her experience she
has completed a course in portrait
painting at the Marshall School of
Art in Dallas.
She will specialize in fine portrait
work and in portraits ' taken in
homes, along with kodak finishing
;and enlarging.
' Cecil C. Zinn, photographer, will
be associated with Mrs. Edwards.
Mr. Zinn for ten years operated his
own studio in West Virginia and for
a year was with A. Nicks Studio
here. He is skilled at retouching ami
will also make a specialty of baby
photography.
New Deal in Amencan m rkurth came Tuesday afternoon fol-
Included in the morning program ___
Pythian Meeting
sevTra\hCmuT^aTnLmPberT“by’j Well Attended
Between 600 and 750 loyal Pythi-
ans were visitors in Tyler Saturday
and Saturday night, attending the
third of three sectional Pythian
rallies recently held in Texas. The
Tyler meeting took place in the au-
i!l : *L« TToof Tovoa F&1T
Miss Joy Lindsey of Greenville, Mrs.
Elizabeth Woldert Walsh and the
South Texas Trio.
Free From Debt
Shortly after the luncheon
the organization. Kurth, a 1932 vice-
president of the regional body, was
also convention chairman of the 1932
convention in Lufkin-,'and the suc-
cess of that convention under his
"ou£! leadership was a sti'ong factor in his
Monday, President Gus F. Taylor of | ejection to the presidency this year.
Tyler delivered the president’s an-, others mentioned early in the con-
nual report, and .especially of note in j ventjon to head the body were E. L.
the report is the fact that the East j Ashcroft of Sulphur Springs and T.
Texas Chamber of Commerce is j K Acker, Mayor of Jacksonville,
starting its new year free from j am] ofis year’s convention chairman,
debt. During the past fear more j jn addition to resolutions com-
than $12,000 indebtedness has been
retired. This, according to Mr. Tay:
lor, was accomplished through the
co-operation and loyalty of the many
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
members and workers. "
By noon Monday Jacksonville
was literally jammed with a color-
ful crowd of visitors with hundreds
pouring in throughout the afternoon.
The largest single delegation, thac
of Dallas numbering some 85, arriv-
ing there at 5:30 Monday, remained
in that city fof the night before con-
tinuing on its “good-will” tour of
‘Baby Land’ at Jean Shoppe
Delight Te All Mothers
The shop of Babyland, an attrac-
tive addition of the Jean Shoppe on
mending President Roosevelt for his
numerous recent emergency actions
the organization in business session
went on record as opposed to any
new form of taxation. Those, togeth-
er with a progressive program for
the coming year rounded out a de-
cidedly successful year and conven-
tion.
Hubert Harrison was again select-
ed by the new directors of the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce as sec-
retary-manager of the organization
for the new year.
Etex Knights of Pythias
Are Entertained in Tyler
Tyler Lodge No. 27 Knights of
Pythias was hostess Saturday to the
- .. • +Vid snuare. is again largest convention of the “Brother-
the north si t - ^ department, j hood of Friendship, Charity and Be-
-opon for bu. - ■ • { thi popu- J neVolence” that perhaps has ever as-
a newly adfkdJ;^nUanv attendcd by , sembled in this section of the State,
lar store, is personally attended y, ^ ^ ^ ^
MDue to the 'recent damage by fire, tions present, most of the lodges
whfcK necessitates the remodelhmr withm a ^ of .00 nt.l.s ha=
the old stock was dis-
ditorium at the East Texas
grounds.
Saturday evening,......James Dunn,
Jr., Supreme Chancellor of The
Knights of Pythias of the United
States, delivered the keynote address
of the day on “Fraternalism.” Mr.
Dunn also attended the other two
state rallies at Houston and Waco
and he said that the meeting here
was by far the most largely attend-
ed of the three.
Supreme Chancellor Dunn, a resi-
dent of Cleveland, Ohio, is at pres-
ent making a tour of the Southern
States in the interest of the fra-
ternity he heads.
Captain Royal G. Phillips of Ty
ler Past Grand Chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias -of Texas, was
master of ceremonies, fop the meet-
ing here. Fred Meeks, also of Tyler,
district Deputy Grand Chancellor,
delivered, the welcome address.
Many Pythian officials of note
from over this section and through-
out Texas were in attendance here,
including Theodore Yarbrough grand
keeper of records and seals of Texas
Pythians.
closed
erf the store,
nosed of and the store was
for several weeks. Upon the com-
pletion of the construction work, an
entire new stock was placed at the
disposal of the customers, following
his policy of giving the best at mod-
erate prices to patrons of the store,
Sol Katz, proprietor of the Jean
Shoppe, said. .... .
The Baby Shop, in the balcony at
the rear of the store, is a delight
to the most fastidious. Little tots of
that most difficult age for ready-
made clothes, especially the little
“Yhung America’s” from 1 to 3
______ of ngt>, can_be—outfitted—in.
suits as becomingly as little sister.
Attractive dresses for the very
and of t.he same, style and
maKe leatured by Macy's of New
York City," can be obtained in the
Baby Shop at quite a saving to the
purchaser. A unique and unusual
array of novelties adds much to the
stock.
representatives present. Supreme
Chancellor Ja'fheS Dunn, Jr., of
Cleveland, Ohio, who was formerly a
U. S. Senator from that state, was
present and made the principal ad-
dress. Past Grand Chancellors of
the Grand Domain of Texas, P. O.
Beard of Marshall, W. M. Futch of
Henderson and Ellii? House of Dal-
las, were in attendance, as were also
the present Grand Officers of the Do-
main whose general headquarters
are at Weatherford. Children com-
posing musical, literary and cultur-
al clubs of the Pythian Home and
School of Weatherford were also
present and contributed to the pleas-
uro of the program of the
Gasoline consumption in Texas
compared to 826,107,000 gallons in
1931—a decrease of 9.3 per cent.
Read the want ads.
session.
The large and loyal
evening
membership
w ., > ,:i(l uilrimR-
ting in their covdiality and in those
acts of fraternal courtesy that
manifestly caused the visiting fra-
temalists to regard the meeting as
a high mark in the forward move-
ment of Pythianism in East Texas. -
-Texas’ 229,OCO acres planted in
.eanuts 1n 1982 yielded 125,950,000
pounds valued at $2,141,150 compar-
ed to 201,000 acres yielding 106,’-
530,000 pounds valued at $2,131,000
in 1931. V ',
Gladewater Etex
C. of C. Visitors in Tyler
The Gladewater- delegation, in-
cluding its 30-piece high school band.
viRited a short time in Tyler Mon-
day enroute to the East Texa.
Chamber of Commerce Convention in
Jacksonville. The band rendered a
short concert from the bandstand on
the court house lawn.
The sizable and jubilant aggrega-
on of Gladewaterites were wel-
come visitors here. A group of Ty-
ler Chamber of Commerce members
who were not in attendance at the
Jacksonville meeting welcomed the
delegation here.
Refunding To Save
Taxpayers $700,000
A recent estimate released by the
Terns Good Roads Association states
that Smith county taxpayers wm
save in, the neighborhood of $700,-
000.00 on their outstanding road
bond through the refunding act
passed by the Texas Legislature
Inst year during Sterling’s term as
Governor.
A portion of the State gasoline
tax ’revenue is being set aside to re-
tire - -the outstanding fond bonds of
all the counties of the State; in fact
one-fourth which is one cent on ench
gallon of gasoline retailed is being
placed in' this refunding allotment.
Foundry Avenue Is
Changed To Grand Ave.
Following the presentation of a
petition to the City Commission by
residents of Foundry avenue the
name of that street has been chang-
ed to Grand Avetnue as requested
by the property owners. ^ "
Last Half City Tax
Due Before May 31
Tyler taxpayers are asked to re-
member,that the second half of their
city property tax must be paid be-
fore May 31, according to cards be-
ing mailed out from the offices of
the City Tax Assessor and Collec-
tor. About $100,000.00 will be due
the city for city property tax on
this last half payment.
Taxpayers should remember in
the event they fail to pay said taxes
on or before May 31. that a 10%
penalty is added along with 6% in-
terest dating back to January 1.
Rose Festival Directorate
Is Now Complete
With the board of directors com-
pleted and the officers elected the
East Texas Rose Festival Associa-
tion is beginning to actually put
into motion plans for the staging
of the first Rose Festival, tentative-
ly planned to be held in Tyler dur-
ing the second week in October,
this year.
Officers elected are: T. B. Ramey,
Jr., as president'; W. S. Hanley, vice
president; Mrs. L. A. Kayser, sec-
retary; Russell S. Rhodes, treasur-
er. The directory will include E. P.
McKenna, representing Tyler Cham-
ber of Commerce; J. C. Hale,’ D. R.
Richardson and Dr. S. S. McKenney.
Rotary club; Dewey Lawrence, R.
J. Joyner, Charles Cofer, Lions club;
E. A. Nelson, S. B. Burk, C. O. Gi-
rard, Kiwanis club; Mesdames Er-
nest S. Goens, T. M. Doyle, T. M.
Hayner, Woman’s Forum; Mesdames
M. R. Wilcox, E. P. McKenna, A. F.
Sledge' and H. M. Eagle, Garden
club.
Two Weeks Session
Of Federal Court
May 8 to May 20 will see a two
weeks session of Federal court in
Tyler, according to Judge J. R.
Blades, Deputy District Clerk. Judge
Randolph Bryant of Sherman will
preside. A number of equity and law
cases in wjiich special setting# have
already been made will be the only
matters to be heard during the May
8-2C session.
Dixie Baseball Circuit
Opened Thursday
Today officially ushers in the
Dixie League baseball season in
Tyler with the initial game being
played on the local diamond be-
tween the Tyler Governors and
the Waco Club. The Dixie League
season proper began yesteday, April
27, with Tyler playing Waco at
Waco, with the two teams journey-
ing here for today’s game.
Manager Wray Query has begun
the-season with what he thinks is
a well balanced club. He states,
however, in the event the team does
not click, he will lose no time in
making every effort to shift the
players or . bring in new, material of.
sufficient strength to give Tyler a
club that will be near the top of the
Hnva
the Dixie LeagueN season- Query has
years of baseball experience and
with the proper co-operation from
Tylerites should have a winning
club.
Tyler is one of eight towns which
recently formed the Dixie League.
Other cities in the Class C loop are:
Auto tourists to Canada last year
declined by about 400,000.
exercised at any time by the President, be provocative of war upon our
own Nation, especially if our arms and munitions manufacturers should
be allowed to sell war materials to one nation at war and forbidden to sell
in like manner to the other nation at war.
It’s a tremendous power and responsibility with which to invest a Pres*
ident, even tho he be at the head of a great and powerful nation. Thi*
Nation professes to be a lover of peace, and often to essay the role of
peacemaker among nations and peoples. But can our professions of devo-
tion to the cause of peace and our professions of hostility tulwar as an
agency by which to settle differences between and among nations be recon-
ciled with our acts so long as we traffic in war materials and supply our
fellowmen, for gold or other material things, the means to shed the blood
of human beings?
Some manufacturers of arm and munitions hold that their business to
a legitimate and necessary industry — and they fortify that position by
saying “if we do not supply these means of shedding human blood, some
other nation will supply them and we will lose our ’legitimate' profits—’
and American labor will be thrown out of employment.” That is a grue-
some, ghastly, ghoulish attitude to take. ..There may be extenuating dr*
cumstances, as when a war-like and powerful nation seeks by mere force
of arms and superior brute strength to impose Its will upon a weaker na-
tion and rob a helpless, defenseless people of thjeir rights and liberties.
This Nation always sympathizes with the weaker peoples whose rights and
liberties are jeopardized by their stronger, and selfish neighbors; and at
times in herhistory this Nation has takei\ up arms in defense of such
helpless people.
Other extenuating circumstances are manifestly—and maybe justly —
when this Nation would have_to wage war in defense of its own rights and
liberties. In such circumstances most of us would go to war in defense of
our cdiintry. We would impute to everyone who would not enter such a
contest willingly that he is a slacker—or a traitor.
So thinking, we must conclude that the “war to end war” mast be con-
tinued—and that it must be not a war of carnal weapons but a war of the
finer spiritual powers of mankind. Titat “war,” the war to adjust and settle
international differences without resort to bloodshed and carnage and al-
ways by penceful means, must .be renewed and continued within and by
the chaiicellories of the powerful nations of the earth—and that objective
and how to attain it are so challenging that they ought to have the most
serious attention of all the high and mighty who may assemble to settle
the world’s problems of economics, tariffs, monetary standards and the in-
tricacies of international trade. ■ * _ j__
It may be thought that Woodrow Wilson failed ingloriously in his
dreams of a world that should know war no more—but the vision he saw
will in time stand out more clearly and appealingly in the minds and
hearts of those in whose power and decisions rests the making of war and
the concluding of peace. And that vision will, in time, stand out clearer in
the mind of the humbler man—and its realization be brought nearer by*’
the prayers of those who suffer, and who have suffered io"helplessly thru
the ages, as the victims of war. This we know, because in final human
experience thruout .all the ages there have been no exceptions: That the •
teachings of holy men, priests and prophets of every people and every age,
can not be disregarded with impunity—and that God’s command, ‘Thou
shalt not kill,’ can not be violated without incurring grievous penalties.
God s eternal laws shall stand as they have ever stood — and they
apply to nations with, the same force and consequences as to individuals.
If the world desired and prayed for peace with that same zeal with which
the world plans for war, the vision of Woodrow Wilson would be realized
—and the Peace of Christ, which passeth all understanding, would abide
in the eaith as it abides in the hearts of His sincerest followers. _____ _____- :
HENRY EDWARDS. ;
Fort Worth C. of C.
Luncheon Guests Of
Tyler Lions Club
Thirty-five Fort Worth business
men and Chamber of Commerce
members were noonday guests of
the Tyler Lions Club at their regu-
lar luncheon Tuesday. The visiting
gentlemen were enroute fr to Fort
Worth following a sojourn at * the
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
convention which was in session the
first of the week in Jacksonville.
On both the trip to and front
Jacksonville the Fort Worthians
made a number of good-will,visits in
the towns along the route.
Marriage License Issues
From April 17 to 22
Marriage licenses were issued in
Smith county to the following six
couples during the week ending
April 22: Alfred Pate and Erie
Lawson, John Evans Timberlake and
Gertrude Miers, Leo. Griffin and
Della Smith, Bennie Johnson and
Irene Cox, Tommie Ford and Cordia
Mae Browning, Sherman Jackson
nd Lillian Taylor.
am
ayo Bros. Radio
Dental Health Talks
Dr. Thomas Murry, manager of the
local Mayo Bros. Dental Clinic, a
-branch of- the Mayo Bros., offleaa in
Dallas and Fort Worth, is at pres-
ent delivering three dental health
KGKB at 5:30 on Mondays, Wednefc-
days and Fridays, The hours of his
•broadcast will be changed to morn-
ings next week.
Mayo Bros, recently opened offices
in Tyler in the building over Wool-
worth’s. The Tyler office was opened,
according to Dr. Murry, in order to
opening here last week many new
and old Mayo patrons have visited
the office. ~-
Tyler Opens Station For
Forest Service Recruits
The early part of this week saw
the opening in Tyler of a recruit-
ing station for U. S. Forest Service.
Men are being enlisted for duty in
President Roosevelt’s reforestation
army. The local U. S. army recruit-
ing officer, Sergt. Frank Maglione,
will have charge of the enlistments.
Tyler is a part of the Dallas dis-
trict from which about 850 men will
be sent to the reforestation camps.
Applications for entrance to the
reforestation service is first made to
a local board and if the examination
is successfully passed then the ap-
plicants are passed on to Sergt.
Maglione and the -regular army ex-
amination is made, and if this ex-
amination is passed then the individ-
ual is sent to Dallas and from there
the men will be placed in various
camps throughout the nation.
Texas’ allotment for reforestation
duty calls for the enlistment of 11,-
750 jobless men. The pay of this
service will be $1 per day with food,
clothing and shelter furnished, and
with regular army discipline to pre-
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$ tiwi
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R. F. C. Relief Funds
Expected This Week
The April' and May allotment of
R. F. C. unemployment relief funds
has been held up due to the reor-
ganization of unemployment relief
Uthr0ugh-0^the autfc -H0Wt
ever, it is expected that the allot-
ments will be made this month and
that ^Smith county will receivi
county will receive ap-
$12,ww.
k in the way of perma-
trty , __________ _
ditional work in the way of perma-
nent civic improvements will go for-
ward.
Under the new set-up the manner
of county allotments has been aban-
doned, the new allotment policy be-
in* in, proportion to the number of
accepted applications for work, the
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