Honey Grove Signal (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1922 Page: 4 of 14
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Honey Grove Signal
I. H. LOWRY - - EDITOR
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commission allowed agents.
The woman who seeks to win
an argument by saying “there’s
no use talking” always goes right
on and does the useless thing.
but Wanamaker’s fame rests not
upon his great stores. John
Wanamaker was a good man.
Deeply pious, he put his religion
nto practice. Others had trou-
ble with their employes, but the
people who worked for John
Wanamaker loved him, because
ne was kind and helpful. Others
made great fortunes, but Wana-
maker gave nearly all his earn-
ings to charity. It’s great to
ive well.
It’s a mistake to say that no
law can be rigidly enforced. We 1
can name a law that's enforced
to a dot every day in the year—
the law of gravity.
About the finest team this old
world ever saw is a man who
Our neighbor city, Paris, is
now interested in a cotton mill.
Committees have visited North
Carolina towns, where hundreds
of mills are in operation, and
as recommended that Paris
people get busy and build a cot-
ton mill. The day is not distant
when Texans will see the folly
of shipping their cotton away
earns bread and a woman who cjaw for 0ur grand old common-
makes good bread dwelling to- wealth,
gether in a neat bungalow.
* When a man marries all his
hidden secrets are brought to
light. Even a man’s middle
name becomes known when his
wife has her visiting
printed.
A bootleggers’ strike is on in
New York and threatens to ruin
the New Yorkers’ Christmas.
It’s just as President Harding
says. We must have legislation
to prevent strikes.
As a rule a man gets paid
fairly well for what he knows,
but in the end he has nothing
left. He has to pay like the
dickens for what he doesn’t
know, and goes broke.
There are some very large
cities in the world, but a larger
one is needed. There isn’t a city
so large but what some woman
wants to go to a larger one to get
a pair of shoes that will fit her.
Some men are bald-headed,
and some men wear whiskers,
but the two classes are not to be
condemned alike. No man can
make hair grow on his head, but people
any man can cut off his whiskers.
It’s possible for one to hold his
job .forever, if he is good enough
and does his work well enough.
Mr. Santa Claus has had his job
two thorsand years and will hole
it until the world rolls up as
scroll.
There’s more talk of Henrc-
Ford for President. Now think
what would happen to the other
candidates ?f- Henry should get
into the race with a promise to
reduce the price of flivvers to
$100, if elected.
A Kansas man comes forwarc
With a wonderful invention. It’s
a rubber cigar holder that can be
used in emergencies as a nipple
for a baby’s bottle. We rejoice
over the invention but have some
fears that it may get the baby
into the bad habit of crying for
a smoke instead of for the lacteal
fluid.
And then a brighter day will
tion as she ought, but the figures
show that she is spending most
of what she receives. And we
might add that many of the chil-
dren are not using wisely and
faithfully the money the state is
spending to store their craniums
with useful knowledge.
No matter what the dietitians
suggest, or the physicians pre-
scribe, man has remedies of his
own that he believes will afford
ouicker relief. With all you^
learning you can’t convince the
man who has the stomach ache
that it won’t help him to kick the
cat or slam the door.
And here is another peculiar
suit for damages. A woman is
suing the Chicago & Alton rail-
road on account of injuries which
she claims caused her to get too
and then buying it back in fabric, fat. The woman says she was in
The days long wished for have
come. With the change in the
weather from warmth to crispy
coolness the summons of an un-
relenting fate came to scores of
cards fat porkers. The aroma of sau-
sages, back bones, spare ribs and
crackling bread now fills the land
and these gustatory delights are
now seen on tables throughout
the country. There are many
choice edibles in this old world,
many substantials and delicacies
to tempt and satisfy the appetite
of man, but the festal board is
never more attractive than in
hog-killing time, and there is no
other eating season to compare
with the great heyday of sau-
sages, back bones and spare ribs.
a railway crash, and that one of
ner glands was injured. She be-
gan to get fat immediately and
has continued to take on flesh
until now she weighs 850 pounds.
And for this big increase in
avoirdupois she wants the rail-
road company to pay her $50,000.
The Texas Legislature will
meet in a few weeks. The law-
makers and other officials were
elected on “economy” platforms.
We heard a great deal during the
campaign about abolishing use-
ess employes and reducing
taxes. We do not like to pose as
prophet of evil, but mark this
prediction: The coming session
of the Legislature will not do
away with any official positions,
out will add a few. And the Leg-
islature will not make a reduction
of taxes possible. Next year’s
tax rate will be as high as the
The leading question for the rate of the present year. And
next session of the Legislature for this the Legislature will not
to solve is whether Texas shall
have a new Constitution. Advo-
cates of a new Constitution have
been busy for some time and will
endeavor to push the matter
through the session of the Legis-
lature soon to convene. No
doubt the old Constitution is out
of date in many respects, but the
dread a new one like a
man with tender feet dreads a
new pair of shoes. Many have
the idea that the principal object
of the movers for a new Const!
tution is to make it possible to
increase taxes. We have gone to
the limit of taxation under the
old Constitution, and if the new
one is to give us higher taxation,
let’s keep the old garment.
A jury to try the murderers of
forty non-union miners at Her-
rin, 111., has finally been ob-
tained. It took five weeks to get
a jury, and wil probably take a
longer time to try the murder-
ers. And the worst feature of it
is that all of us know in advance
that the assassins will never be
punished for their awful crime.
The poor Irish! Who can i
fuse the stricken land a sympa-
thizing tear. They have what
they have so long hoped for and
sighed for—home rule, but it
isn’t the kind of home rule some
of them wanted, and so they are
killing each other and burning
each other’s possessions. Each
day’s dispatches tell of Irishmen
being executed by court decree,
and of Irishmen being waylaid
and shot. Brightest in wit,
sweetest in song and keenest in
humor the Irish are poorest in
foresight and self-control. They
will go on killing and burning
and raising hades generally, un-
til Great Britain will be forced to
go back, take charge and restore
order. And so will end Ireland’s
dream of home rule.
The Arkansas side
kana has as guardians of the
peace one woman and three
preachers, each of whom wears a
star and carries a pistol. A
triple alliance of the law, the gos-
pel and woman ought to do won-
ders, and yet we are told that
wickedness is a little thicker and
a little more arrogant in Texar-
kana than anywhere between the
Mississippi river and the Pacific
ocean.
The Governor of Mississippi
has been declared not guilty of a
charge of seduction brought
against him by a young woman.
The Governor of Illinois was
freed from a charge of embezzle-
ment some time since, but the
charge of bribery against the
Governor of Oklahoma is yet to
be tried. The Governors have
virtually monopolized the time
of the criminal courts this year,
and have given the ordinary
criminal little chance for trial.
John Wanamaker died at his
home in Philadelphia Monday,
and the people of the United
States are now mourning the
passing of a man who was both
great and good. Wanamake-
built up stoies in New York and
Philadelphia that were for years
marvels in the business world,
oe entirely to blame. The people
who are crying for lower taxes
will urge the law-makers to
create more positions and make
larger appropriations.
TONS OF MERCHANDISE HAS
BEEN SOLD.
TONS OF MERCHANDISE REMAIN
TO BE SOLD.
Never before has anyone offered good, clean, seasonable and want-
ed merchandise at such ridiculously low prices. We have shut our
eyes to profits, we have closed our eyes to cost—everything must go
regardless of COST.
Below we quote a few of the many bargains picked at random
from our stock.
Men's “Union Made" Over-
alls and Jumpers to match.
Regular $1.35 grade. Dur-
ing this sale only
-95c-
Men's Cotton Union Suits,
gray only. Good grade.
Worth $1.25. During this
sale only
-95c-
Men's Madras Shirts, with
collars attached. Many dif-
ferent shades/ Worth $1.50.
During this sale only
-98c-
Men's and Ladies' Cotton
Sox and Stockings. 15-cent
grade. During this sale only
-9c-
One lot of Ladies' Coats.
Many different colors.
Loose backs and some with
belts. All nice styles. Values
to $20.00. During this sale
only
-$9.85--
Ladies' High Heel Shoes go-
ing at a song. Many as high
as $12.50. During this sale
only
-$1.95-
Georges Clemenceau, the great
Frenchman, has completed his
speaking tour of America and
sailed for his home. Clemenceau,
he said, came to win American
sympathy for France. He did
not ask for money, or for sol-
diers, but did ask that the Unit-
ed States let Germany know that
this country stood behind France
and against German aggression.
Clemenceau believes Germany is
already preparing for another
war. He may be wrong, but we
must credit him with great fore-
sight, for he has never yet
proved a false prophet. It was a
plain, blunt speech that Clemen-
ceau made to Americans, and
notwithstanding the attacks
and newspapers, we believe the
venerable Frenchman accom-
plishd the work he came to
America to do.
Lack of space prohibits further prices. All we ask of you is to
come in and get our prices and be convinced that we are saving the
public countless dollars on their purchases.
Do your Christmas shopping now, and save money.
ZIDELL’
dren should perform some work.
In our opinion more children are
injured by keeping them away
from work than by overwork.
A child that is not trained in
some useful branch of labor and
made upon him by a few senators impressed with the obligation to
render useful service to the
world is denied useful lessons
that every child should be
taught.
Governor Neff announces that
he has selected a man to take
Earl Mayfield’s place as Railroac
Commissioner, when Earle re-
signs to don the senatorial toga,
of Texar- The Governor does not tell us the
'name of the man he has selected,
and none of us should contract
services ahead until further no-
tice. Any of us may be callec
by the Governor to do service of
4 he railway commission. The
Governor says he has selected
“good man,” and this makes all
of us a little suspicious of our-
selves. When the Governor
made this announcement he had
127 applications for the ]ob on
file, and applications were still
coming in at the rate of ten a
day. The ‘filing space was rap
idly filling and a halt had to be
called. It’s encouraging, how-
ever, to know that so many of us
are willing to work, if given the
job we want.
When the thirty-eighth ses-
sion of the Texas Legislature
convenes in January it will be
faced with one of the hardest
programs of constructive legisla-
tion that has confronted a Texas
Legislature for many years.
Such matters as a constitutional
convention and a new constitu-
tion, bills providing for changes
in the penitentiary system, for
reforestation, water conserva-
tion, flood prevention, highway
building and a better taxing sys-
tem should receive careful atten-
tion. There is an opportunity
for the law-makers to render a
great service to the state, but it
is feared that instead of meeting
these problems without partisan-
ship or bias, the law-makers will
devote much of their time to
such matters as the Ku Klux
Klan, or other issues that will
engender strife and accomplish
nothing. Let us hope the legis-
lators will leave their little preju-
dices at home and approach the
needed legislation in a states-
manlike way.
In his message to Congress
last week President Harding
urged an amendment to the con-
stitution prohibiting child labor.
A federal child labor law was en-
acted a few years ago, but as it
contravened the rights of the
states it was declared invalid by
the Supreme Court. All the
states save two or three have
child labor laws and it would
seem that they ought to enact
such a law and make an amend-
ment to the federal constitution
unnecessary, but they seem very
slow to move in the matter. A
law to prevent the abuse of chil-
dren by work, and give them a
chance for a common school edu-
cation is badly needed wherevei
no such law is in force, but it is
For the year ending August
31, 1922, there came into the
state treasury from all sources
$28,453,149. Out of this money
the state paid for higher educa-
tion—that * is, institutions not
classed as a part of the common
school system—$6,104,185. Dur-
ing this same year the state paid
cut for the operating expenses of
our public free school system
$18,643,529. If we had 1,300,-
000 students, the state spent last
year approximately $15 per child easy to run amuck on the matter
for education. Perhaps Texas is
not spending as much for educa-
of child labor. We are old fogy
enough to believe that all chil-
The State Tax Commissioner
says the percentage of value at
which property is assessed in
Texas ranges from 15 to 50 per
cent. The unfairness of such a
system ought to be apparent to
every citizen, and is. Why
should any person pay more or
less than his proportionate share
in meeting the expenses of*the
state. Many have tried to give
us an equable taxing system, but
so far all efforts have failed.
When Tom Campbell ran for
Governor he had as the principal
plank in his platform a full ren-
dition of all property for taxa-
tion. It was a beautiful theory,
and it landed Mr. Campbell in the
Governor’s chair. Campbell kept
his campaign promise, and a full-
rendition law was passed. The
measure which was so beautiful
in theory was awful when an at-
tempt was made to put it into
practice, and came near beating
Campbell for a second term. The
measure did nothing more than
raise the taxes on land, stock and
ether property that assessors
could see and know the value of.
It did not bring to the assessor’s
rolls property that had so long
escaped taxation. That full ren-
dition law is still on the statutes,
but, like the prohibition law, it is
poorly enforced. To enforce it
would but increase the burden
upon those who are paying more
than their share of the taxes
already. In theory a full rendi-
tion law is correct, but to be fair
and just it must have eyes to
find the cash, and notes, and
stocks of the tax evaders.
less, sentiment in favor of imme-
diate punishment being too
strong. Most of us have preach-
ed much against mob law, but
such preaching does little good
when a white woman is assault-
ed. Possibly the people would
wait for legal trial if provision
were made for immediate trial,
but they will not stand for the
slow proceedure of courts under
the present system. Perhaps it
would be well for the Legislature
to provide for immediate trial in
such cases. Until it does the
halter and the stake will dispose
of rapists.
A Chicago man is suing a
fellow who kissed his wife for
$50,000. The value of kisses
fluctuate, according to who does
the kissing. The man who is
suing wouldn’t give a dime to
kiss his wife a dozen times; in
fact we suspect he would be slow
to accept a free kiss, yet the
scoundrel believes one kiss ought
to cost the other fellow $50,000.
If woman takes a notion to do^
the bifurcated garment, then all
the powers of earth and hades
can’t keep pants off of her. But
somehow we always feel deep
pity for the woman who takes up
with the idea that she looks be4:
ter in pants than in skirts.
It has been figured out that
when the state’s fiscal year ends
Texas will lack $1,730,000 of hav-
ing enough money to meet our
bills. This is about 85 cents for
each Texan, and when you add
85 cents to what most of us
already owe, you have a consid-
erable sum on the wrong side of
the ledger.
Another negro has been
lynched in Texas. This time the
lynching was in Freestone coun-
ty. It’s the same old story; a
negro criminally assaulted a
The statistics show that Uncle
Sam now has nearly 600,000 civil
service employes on the rolls,
about 123,000 more than he had
before the war. We are rapidly
approaching that grand glorious,
golden era when every man will
have a good government job.
Keep being patriotic, brother
Democrats; Utopia is in sight.
You can’t down a woman.
When Miss Lola Gardner was de-
feated for circuit clerk of Green
county she got the office any-
way. And not only did she get
the office but she got the man
who won it away from her. She
and James C. Hale, the success-
ful candidate, were married the
other day at Springfield where
both bride and bridegroom live.
Some of the Texas University
girls are wearing Valentino
trousers, and their male attire is
creating quite a commotion in
the school. Some of the teachers
and male students are acting the
very foolish role of trying To
prevent this kind of wear for
women. If ever there was an
example of throwing away time
Proud Ancestry.
For about an hour a gentle-
man from Denver had been
boasting about the magnificence
of the Rockies to an Irish New
Yorker.
“You seem to be mighty proud
of thim mountains,” said the-
Irishman.
“You bet I am,”’ the West-
erner replied. “And I ought to
be, since my ancestors built
them.”
The Irishman thought this
over for a few minutes and then
asked: “Did you ever happen to
hear of the Dead Sea in—in one
av the ould countries ?”
“Yes, indeed,” replied the gen-
tleman from Denver, “I know all
about the Dead Sea.”
“Well, do you happen to know
that me great grandfather killed
the thing?”
white woman. The officers did it is when some fellow under-
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takes to tell a girl or woman
criminal, but they were power- what she may or may not wear.
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Lowry, J. H. Honey Grove Signal (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1922, newspaper, December 15, 1922; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth637554/m1/4/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.