Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 13, 1936 Page: 2 of 8

                                
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ONE among the things that the
million or more of unemployed
folks do not have to worry about
is that of losing their jobs.
and1 others will pay indebtedness- present road, to which highway of-
against previous such purchases, ficials had been invited, we reach-
This would be the very best man-
ner in which to use their bonus
money, if it becomes necessary to
cash their bonds. Unscrupulous
concerns which hope to play the
veteran for a “sucker” might as
well fold their tents and steal away,
because the World War veterans
are, most of them, the active citi-
zens. of today, and not the young-
sters whom the older folks knew
when they went away to war.
THE young lady who is about to
laugh herself to death might be
returned to normal health if she
had1 a demonstration of how a
Texas WRA worker with a large
family was striving to make a liv-
ing on $24 per month.
AFTER putting up with the
Hauptman case for more than a
year, and now having to put up
with the Hoffman sid'e of it, we are
about to reach the conclusion that
it might be best to let Governor
Hoffman take the place of Haupt-
man, and call it “quits.”
POLITICAL prognosticators all
agree that Vice President Garner
will again be chosen to be the run-
ning mate of President Roosevelt.
Mr. Garner, a native Texan, is one
among the few vice presidents who
have been beard as well as seen
in Washington, and for there to be
no opposition to his renomination
is very unusual.
MILITARISM has again broken
out in Germany, and with Hitler in
command German soldiers Sat-
T again took up “the watch^on
Rhine,” having entered the
RKineland for the first time in 18
years. The German troops occu-
pied territory which they had been
forbidden to occupy since the
World War, and just what the re-
sults will be is not known. Com-
plete mobilization of the Rhine-
land was successfully carried on,
without counter attacks of any
character.
AGAIN we have cause to sym-
pathize with the poor married man.
All his married life he has made
every effort to clothe his wife as
well or better than his neighbor’s
wife, letting his own clothes go
threadbare, ragged and shining.
Now, if the poor husband does
have a decent looking outfit, he
lias to keep it hidden or else on his
back, to keep his wife from rip-
ping it up and making herself a
new spring coat suit. And we
imagine that if said husband thinks
that he might give his best suit of
clothes to his wife and save buying
her an outfit, thinking that he
could use the money to purchase
himself a new one, that he is again
all wet.
ed the center of oildom’s newest
sensation. We drove past the
Peveto “discovery” well, upon
which operations have been discon-
tinued for a month, because of
faulty abstracts. The derrick and
drilling outfit stood silent, with no
indication that it had brought lit-
erally thousands of people , to its
site and had caused the passing of
a million dollars between traders
of leases, land, etc., this figure
having been j authoritatively quot-
ed. Not a soul was around it; not
a car was parked, but yet it
EDITORIALLY
SPEAKING
ELECTRICAL utility concerns
in Texas have banded together and
will seek; to restrain the building
of hydro-electric projects of the
Lower Colorado River Authority
and the Brazes River Conservation
and Reclamation District, by a suit
filed in the District of Columbia
the latter part of last week. The
projects aS referred to are for the
stated purpose of generating elec-
trical current, and as at the same
time to act as flood control meas-
ures. W. H. Thompson of the
Texas Power & Light Co., one of
the companies joining in the suit,
stated recently that “the action
taken in Washington is to protect
the interests of our company, and
to try to preserve for the people of
within the confines of its steel
.casing, which was plugged, the
destiny of a community. It held
the secret of whether a million had
been lost or whether millions
would be made and a barren sec-
tion of Texas would be trans-
formed overnight into a typical
Texas oil field. No information
was available as to when the
“stopper would be pulled1,” but ru-
mors were to the effect that a deal
was on to sell the well and leases
to a major company for a cool mil-
lion dollars. (Rumors are always
prevalent in an oil field as well as
in wildcat territory.)
We passed the Peveto well by,
without approaching closer than
the road, going southeast to the
salt-water spouting May Groves
No. 1, finding only a few folks
there, but among them Editor
Frank Dannelley and wife of the
Talco Times. Walking back with
us to the well, we found that the
salt water had been controlled,
insofar as it was flowing over dhe
derrick was' concerned, but found a
wearied drilling crew, desperately
trying to suppress the flow of salt
water by pumping a mixture of
cement, lime and water into the
well, to cement the flow of salt
water. The cement was being
mixed in a slush pool, two men
dumping sack after sack of cement
and lime into the pit, while two
others directed water under high
pressure into it. Two suction
4* What Other Newspapers 4*
•S*    Are Thinking    <5*
Deport Times:
A question as to the status of an
advertiser’s copy before publication
was raised by a Deport merchant
recently. He wondered if one firm’s
copy was ever used as a lever for
securing advertising from a com-
petitor. Every business has its
held code of ethics, and in none of them
is fair dealing to patrons more
clearly defined than in the pub-
lisher’s. Aside from the fact that
such practices as suggested are bad
for s u bstantial business, even
though they might add temporary
volume, the newspaper has the wel-
fare of all advertisers in mind.
No snooping around to see what is
on the menu for dinner is tolerated.
Celina Record:
People of prominence have their
troubles. We imagine that Japan’s
prime minister felt that way about
it while he was shut up in an iron
safe for two dlays to keep the
mutinous soldiers from getting at
him. He no doubt would have been
glad to trade his job for that of a
truck driver.
Stamford Leader:
The Democrats are in a terrible
whirligig about the coming election.
They—the leaders—do not fear
getting whipped it seems, but they
appear to rather be intent on mak- about, which
ing the majority larger than it was
when Roosevelt was placed in of -
fice before.
*    IN THE LONG AGO. *
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<• In Honey Grove and the State. ❖
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(The items printed below were
re-written or copied from items
printed in the Texas Citizen.)
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
(Texas Citizen of March 16, 1906.)
I. B. Erwin had purchased the
insurance business of Mrs. Lula
Leeman, who was preparing to
move to Dallas.
Prof, and1 Mrs. J. L. Gragg had
been the parents! of a young son
since Wednesday.
Mrs. J. J. Rhodes returned Mon-
day from a three weeks’ visit to
relatives in 'Hot Springs, Ark.
A good roads meeting was held
to make an effort to improve the
roads in Fannin county. A com-
mitee of five was appointed1, com-
posed of P. M. Price, S. L. Erwin,
N. B. Smith J. A. Underwood and
W. N. Sadler for the purpose of
effecting a permanent organiza-
tion.
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Texas the original plans of flood    7    .
control.” They contend1 that hydro-|
electric plants cannot also act
Iowa Park Herald:
That New Jersey governor likes
to wander in departments of state
other than the executive. He’s
takin’ over police an’ judicial duties*
He may become a parade leadei
before it’s all over. Let’s hope he
leads the way out.
as
flood control measures, stating
that qualified engineers declare
that dams built and operated to
develop hydro-electric power can-
not work efficiently for flood con-
trol because in order to provide
the steady flow of water called for
in the generation of power reser-
voirs must be kept at high levels.
Full reservoirs cannot check the
heavy floods of water which empty
into these rivers during the heavy
rainy seasons. Just what action
the 'Supreme Court will take in the
matter of the Texas Authorities
remain To be see
as long'in giving
matter as they have been on other
matters, the PWA and other gov-
ernmental agencies will be a thing
of the past, and no federal fundi
will be available, in the event the"
ment into the well, with the salt Cooper Review:
water pressure almost as great as President Roosevelt will bo
the pressure of the combined i roundly criticized for recommend-
pumps. About 2 o’clock drillers ing two-thirds of a billion dollar
reported that the water was about I tax on undivided earnings of cor-
under control. He also reported porations with which to help meet
that salt water, while usually a bad | the bonus and farm subsidy pay-
sign, was believed' to be a good ments. Raising taxes is unfor-
sign in this well, as a depth of only I tunate, but not as much as failure
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
(Texas Citizen of March 17, 1911.)
Miss Mary Floyd gave a social
last Friday evening for the benefit
of the cemetery fund, which was
quite a success finally as well as in
entertainment.
The 'Saylor Brothers had opened
up a confectionery and soda foun-
tain on the west side of the square.
Wess Reed had' just become the
proud owner of a new Brush run-
he purchased from
Will Dial.
L. N. Brode, I. M. Davis and Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Willson left Mom
day for Mineral Wells to attend a
W. 0. W. meeting.
The Civic League had just been
organized and the following offi-
cers' elected:    Mrs. J. A. Pierce,
president; Mrs. W. W. Wood, vice
j president; Mrs. T. F. Williamson,
’ secretary; and Mrs. T. B. Spelce,
treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Cabeen had
returned from Austin, where Mr.
Cabeen held a clerkship during the
session of the Legislature.
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A Texas and Pacific Ticket Costs No More But Texas and
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LOW FARES DAILY
EXAMPLES FROM HONEY GROVE
TO
ONE WAY
COACH FARES
ROUND TRIP
COACH FARES
ST. LOUIS.....
$11.85
$21.33
TEXARKANA ....
2.25
4.05
CLARKSVILLE ....
1.03
1.86
PARIS ......
.43
.78
SHERMAN.....
.86
1.55
DENTON.....
1.95
3.51
FORT WORTH . . .
2.65
4.77
EL PASO.....
14.96
26.93
FORMER P r esident ;Herbert
Hoover is making a desperate ef-
fort to get back into the good
graces of the Republican party, by
slinging mud at the Democratic
administration, and his latest shot
s that “the New Deal is a tax bur-
den.” We do not doubt all of his
statement, because we do realize
that the New Deal methods, which
have entailed the expenditure of
billions of dollars for public works,
will necessarily have to be paid
back in the form of taxes. But, if
the increased taxes ,can bring the
nation back to a normal condition,
who among us would regret the
cost? What seems to give Mr.
Hoover the stomach ache is the
fact that some of his Wall Street
friends and “big business” are hav-
ing to pay the taxes to which he
refers. It certainly makes a dif-
ference who makes the taxes.
should declare it constitutional. . ,,    „
It seems that Texas is adequately \    ll *
served with electrical energy pro-
ducing plants, and that the federal
government midht do better ta
spend) their millions on necessary
projects that Texas does not now
have instead of duplicating, expen-
sively, the things we do have.
1700 feet had been reached, and
that there was evidently a great
gas pressure below to force the
water to the surface. The drilling
was to be resumed as
cement had set. *
Going back into Talco, we found,
after eating lunch, that the street
had become lined with autombbiles,
and that the few business institu-
tions were crowded, and that it
was with difficulty that one could
get about because of the crowds,
an unusual number of people hav^
ing gathered there after the report
Milling
among the crowTd, we met a num-
ber of friends, and conversed with
a number of people who reside
there, learning of the high priced
to do
so when money has already
been spent, as in this case. If
taxes are to be increased, we don’t
know a class more able to stand it
soon as the than corporations that have large
earnings, and especially should it
be applied to corporations that
withhold dividends from stock-
holders to' aVoia paying federal
taxes. It is to be hoped that Con-
gress will exhibit the same speed
in enacting a revenue bill that it
did in enacting the bonus bill.
Polk County Enterprise:
Distance from market often
makes a difference in the price at
which a thing will sell. !For in-
stance fish worms in the garden
and grasshoppers in the field are
THE TALCO OIL FIELD (?).
THE announcement of Governor
Allred that he may call a special
session of the Texas Legislature
in early summer has brought hope
to members of the Legislature, and
also to those who are seeking an
early payment of the old age pen-
sions. . Governor Allred has receiv-
ed criticism both pro and con rela-
tive to a special session. Mr. All-
red explained that the seemingly
greater need for the calling of
session has been occasioned by the
increased number of persons who
have made applications for a pen-
sion. The number is far in excess
of the estimated number, and! there-
fore the matter of funds is becom-
ing more serious each day. Mr.
Allred is in rather a difficult posi-
tion concerning the session, and
finds that it will be just as embar-
rassing if he calls a session as it
would be if he did not.
IT IS rather interesting to note
the many concerns which are cater-
ing to ex-service men, in an effort
to have them spend their bonus
money with them, before the bonds
are really issued to them. Some
of these are legitimate concerns
and some are not, and we sincerely ing out
hope that the veterans who receive
their bonus will be careful how
they dispose of it. We believe that
the greater per cent of ex-service
men, most of whom are approach-
ing middle age, will use their bonus
money to a real advantage. Many
will buy homes, many will buy, tion
farms or
The writer has, since the an-
nouncement that there was a prob-
able discovery of oil at Talco, in
Titus county, been planning to visit
that section and see just what has'
been going on, but not until Sun-
day was the proposed trip nego-
tiated, when, in company with R.
E. Eversole, we “took in” what is
destined! to be one of the greatest
oil fields in East Texas, if we are
to believe reports, even though no
oil has yet been brought to the sur-
face. Leaving Honey Grove shortly
before 10 o’clock, our first stop
was at Deport, where, naturally,
the writer visited his very warm
friend, Sam Holloway, publisher of
the Deport Times, former presi-
dent of the Texas Press' Associa-
tion, winner of the trophy for the
best weekly newspaper published
in Texas, and now publisher of
Texas’ newest oil field newspaper,
“The Talco Times.” Upon arriv-
ing in Deport we inquired of a
friendly drug \ store proprietor as
to where we might find 'Sam, won-
dering whether or not he was at-
tending church service. We were
quickly informed that we would
find Sam’s wife at church, but that
more than likely Sam was at home.
A telephone call by the druggist
revealed this fact, and we drove to
his always hospitable home. Sam
had just been informed by the ed-
itor of his paper at Talco that the
May Groves Well No. 1 at Talco,
which had started drilling two
(fays previously, had struck salt
water, and was *sp outing over the
derrick. After a friendly visit Sam
accepted an invitation to accom-
pany us to Talco, regardless of the
fact that his wife had an excellent
dinner prepared for him and the
further fact that he had a golf
engagement in Paris for 2 o’clock.
After an interesting drive to
Talco, with Editor Holloway point-
many interesting condi-
tions, and passing over several
leases that had been sold, and also not worth anything, but around the
learned upon first-class informa-
tion that a lease had been closed
the day previous on one-half of a
two acre tract for $1000. All va-
cent buildings have been leased,
some as high as $200 per month,
but the leasers are awaiting real
oil before placing stocks of mer-
chandise in them. Several new
business institutions are being
opened, and work on several places
was under way during Sunday.
If Talco is the scene of a great
oil field it will be great for the in-
habitants and the land owners, but
if it is not, they will still have
profited immensely because of the
hundreds of thousands of dollars
left there by those who invested in
leases.
Why Get Up Nights?
THIS 25c BLADDER LAXATIVE
FREE
If it fails to flush out impurities
and excess acids which cause the
irregularity that wakes you up.
Get buchu, juniper oil, etc., in lit-
tle green tablets called Bukets, the
bladder laxative. Works on the
bladder similar to castor oil on the
bowels. Poorlv acting bladder can
cause scanty flow, frequent desire,
burning or backache. In four days
if not pleased any druggist will re
fund your 25c.—Clayton Drug
Store.
At a fashionable dinner party in
Chicago a young girl, noted for
her cleverness in repartee, sat- next
to a bishop. The girl provoked
much laughter from her venerable
partner during the meal.
During the fish course the
bishop spilled1 some ] salt. Gracer
fully he took a pinch of it and
tossed it over his shoulder with
some joking remark. Unfortu-
nately some of the salt slipped
down the girl’s back.
“Ah, Bishop,” she smiled, “you
can’t catch me that way!”
fishing resorts they are worth ten
cents a dozen.
Bonham Favorite:
Dallas has collected $15,000 in
taxes on licensed marble boards,
and expects' to collect half as much
more. All of which means that the
marble boards are taking a heavy
toll of nickles of Dallas citizens.
Marble board operators don’t con-
duct a business for the fun of it.
Pittsburg Gazette:
Cities' and counties that flew into
debt so fast that it made the tax*
payers’ heads dizzy, now find1 their
little governmental machines have
made a nose-dive into a despairing
abyss of financial dilemma.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
(From Citizen of March 17, 1916.)
Gustav Fladger had returned
from a visit to Royce City.
Miss Katherine Allen was visit-
ing friends in Stamford.
Henry / Logan Ballew of Dallas
had been visiting home folks here.
Mrs. Pebyl Wood had! returned
from an extended visit in Dallas
and Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Erwin and
little son were here from West
Texas‘ to visit Mrs. Erwin’s pa1>
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Crowson.
Jack Nichols', who was a grad-
uate of the Honey Grove High
School, had! just received an ap-
pointment to West Point.
Fritz Messerer had purchased
the building on the southeast cor-
ner of the square.
A small daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Smith was badly burned
last Friday. The child’ was play-
ing about a fire in the yard when
her dress caught fire and before
the flames could be extinguished
the child was badly burned! about
the face and body.
W i 1 liam Logan Buchman of
Petty and Miss Emma Almedia
Pirtle were married Wednesday
evening at the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Pirtle.
The ceremony was performed' by
Rev. J. H. Ezell.
Among the candidates was (Frank
Young, who was running for
THESE RATES ARE GOOD in COACEIES and CHAIR CARS
. . . Slightly Higher Rates Good in Sleeping Cars
FAMOUS TRAINS
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FAST • FINE
Superintendent
tion.
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of Public ‘Instruc-
All water bills are payable on
or before the tenth of each month,
and customers not paying by that
time will have water service dis-
continued.
tf Honey Grove Water Works.
THE FIRST DEMOCRAT.
was the first Demo-
Q. “Who
crat?”
A. “Christopher Columbus.”
Q. “How come?”
A. “When he left Spain his trip
was government financed, was it
not?”
Q. “Whait else?”
A. “When he left Spain he didn’t
know where he was going, did he?”
Q. “What else?”
SAFE • COMFORTABLE
A. When he got to America, he
aidh’t know where he was, did he?”
Q. So what ?”
A. When he got home he could
not tell where he had been, could
he ?”
We do not understand it, and be-
ing mere man probably never will
—why do women pay two dollars
for a pair of stockings that give
the impression that they are not
wearing any?
IBS
SALVE
for
COLDS
Liquid - Tablets    price
Salve-Nose Drops 5c, 10c, 25g
Scurry County Times:
For more than half a century
that famous, slogan “Stop, Look,
Listen,” has appeared at millions
of railroad! crossings and flashed
its warning to billions of Ameri-
cans. Yet the coiner of it, Frank
R. Upton, with his wife, recently
was killed in a traffic accident near
Seattle. However, his car collided
with a truck, not a train.
Farmersville Times:
Japanese revolutionists have a
neat way of saving their honor by
stepping out of the picture by the
suicide route. Thus they become
national 'heroes—yet, if they had
continued to live, they would have
been disgraced. Peculiar people,
these Japs.
Long Distance Rates
REDUCED
Sixth Time
m
5fc
All water bills are payable on
or before the tenth of each month
and customers not paying by tha*
time will have water service dis-
continued.
tf Honey Grove Water Works
Condition
Action
Needs Double
Treatment
“^people1rf thttecommumUkpowi
as “Holloway’s Monument,” and1
which was built by the State High-
wav Department after Mr. 'Hollo-
way had engineered an ”ind gna-
homes, many will buy tion meeting” of the people of
other business interests, | three counties, upon the site of the \
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testinal stimulation that relieves temporary
constipation, quick, soothing results are cer-
***»- Herbine, a combination of herbs, com-
bines BOTH actions and so those dieey,
headachy, indigestions, gas, rundown feelings
get relieved when both liver and bowels re-
turn to normal action. Get yOnr bottle of
Herbine froin druggists.
THE PHARMACY
An Englishman spending Christ-
mas Day in China, and knowing
nothing of the language, went to a
restaurant for his Christmas din-
ner. He selected his meal by point-
ing to the various items on the
menu. One dish pleased him very
much, and he took it to be some
very tastefuly prepared duck.
When the waiter came to change
his plate he elevated his eyebrows
and said:    “Q "aek, quack?”
“Not quack quack,” said the
waiter in v«ry good English, “just
puss, puss.”
1.    AFTER 7 EVERY NIGHT
person-to-person long distance charges are now lower, except
on some shorter calls.
2.    ALL DAY SUNDAY......
long distance rates are reduced on both person-to-person and
station-to-station calls.
%
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These reductions apply on calls
to points more than 100 miles
distant, and to many shorter
calls. In the past the only reduc-
tions were those after 7 at night
on station-to-station calls.
This is the sixth time in 10 years
that the telephone company
has lowered long distance
charges. Other reductions were
made in 1926,1927,1929,1930,
and 1935.
Ask Long Distance for the new
rates to any point.
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