Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 2, 1944 Page: 4 of 14
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l Mlwtealppl, who for mingled reasons
jfenge wishes to reipain. nameless, tells
_ ,, M to ■ little southern town who was udnilr-
in mounted on the. town square,
iit Ill’s ever been fired since the Civil War!" said
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Swndey, January 2,1944 *** *
“lOh yes, It’s been fired some,” admitted the native, who was
niiMfde a veteran of the war between the States. But he seemed
a liltli., reluctant to, tell just When. Pressed for an answer, however
he finally'explained;
“Ever* votin’ day," he said, “we fire off this cannon just to
let all the, niggers in this community know that we’re about to
conduct a. free, fair and strictly constitutional election.”
Action by the U. S. Senate in refusing to pass the Green-Lucas
bill Intended to give the soldiers and sailors a vote is just about
the equivalent of firing off a shot to be heard round the world, no-
tifying men and women in service that there’s going to be a na-
tional election, but that people in uniform aren’t wanted as vot-
ers. For an deamination of the absentee voting laws of the sepa-
rate states, made by the Congressional Legislative Reference Ser-
vice, shows that it will be practically Impossible for eight or nine
million of the service people to vote at all, particularly the several
million overseas. “Leaving it up to the states” won’t work because
the varying 4$ codes on absentee voting simply don’t cover the
present situation.
REGISTRATION REQl’iRKI)
Thirty-nine states require registration of soldiers before they
can vote. The Green-Lucas bill would have waived registration
requirements, but under the Rankin-Eastiand amendment, regis-
tration is made mandatory, so this throws the problem back on
existing state laws. Only Arkansas, Colorado. Illinois, Nevada, Ok-
lahoma, Oregon, Texas and some parts of Kansas and Minnesota
would thus permit voting without registration.
In most cases, registration requirements arc written in the
state constitutions, and only eight states have their state legisla-
tures In regular session during 10l I. Thus the other six would have
to call special sessions of their legislatures to remedy this situation,
even if it were possible to amend a constitution before election.
Eight southern states require payment of |«)ll taxes before vot-
ing, so this would mean payment of from $1 to $2 by money order
or payroll deduction or other cumbersome detail. In Mississippi
absentee voting is permitted for primaries only, and requires the
assistance of four disinterested witnesses.
FEW BALLOTS IN 12
The effectiveness of all these varying state laws in blocking
soldier voting is perhaps best shown by experience in the 1942
elections, when only 135,(580 men and women in service took the
trouble to apply for ballots, and of these, only 28,051 were counted
as effective ballots.
The greatest obstacle to soldier voting under -tale laws is ihe|
timp factor. There simply are not adequate air mail facilities to
the overseas theaters of operation t<< go through all the red tape
required under existing and conflicting election laws. At a mini-
mum. it is a six-step operation. First, the soldier must apply
for registration forms. Second, secretary of state sends forms to
soldier Third, soldier fills them in and returns them. Fourtii. sold-
ier applies for ballot. Fifth, secretary <>f state checks registration
and Sends ballot. Sixth, soldier sends ballot to secretary of state.
It takes six days, at a minimum, for air mail to reach a soldier
outside the U. S. but in North America. It’s 1C days to the Far East.
MuMpir those times by five trips required for the six operations
above and you have a lag of from a month to three months just
to complete the paperwork.
Yet In 27 stales, a voter can apply for a ballot only 30 days be-
fore election, in Wisconsin if.- 12 day.-, and in Oklahoma It’s io.
\ermont, Arkansas and West Virginia have other time limits.
The whole thing is hopeless.
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TRANSPORT-
winged transports will share
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well, that lie admitted many j Graduating from Goodman
Americans arc marrying the high ehnol l.t I-',-inner was cm
pretty South Pacific islanders, ployed in civilian lib- with the
A first pilot on a huge trails- Lone Star Gas Co . Abilene of-
port has its thrills. To the bat five, before volunteering for i
tie front goes jeeps, guns, eu- service lie luts a brother, (’pi.1
gines, rags, wire, food, and etc Clyde Fanner in (he sign'd
Dropping food to invasion for- corps, et-ving for two .veni-
res who are -o busy establish j in New Zealand. It was while
ing lieaeh heads that they have the lieutenant wa- mrrying tin-
little time for provisions, is mail that lie "found" hi ■•.brother,
another business of the traps -j They visited in the Sntiili Sea
port. When victory comes the I Another brother. Carrol, who1
stock farms near Anson, bits a
medical discharge from the ar-
my.
Tin- Farmer family manage
tile t reek ranch of Ed Bradford,
where they've liven for more
• ban a year. On bis return to
the Pacific coast In* will get ord-
er-. Hi a-signment might be in
the tatc and again he might
wing back to the Pacific. One
tiling certin, there i a deep
rooted affection for the traits-!
port ship that lias been his lion
for more than a year.
BjttSamplwb
Candidate For
County Sheriff
W. L. (Bill) Sample this
week authorized the Sweetwa-
ter Reporter to announce his
candidacy for the office of
Sheriff of Nolan county, sub-
ject to the action of the demo-
cratic primary in July.
Mr. Sample, a resident of No-
lan county for 24 years and of
Sweetwater for seven, served
Nolan county as deputy sheriff
for five years from Jan. 1, 1937
to Dec. 31, 1941. For the last
l i months he has served on
‘.lie Avenger Field jwliee force.
He needs no introduction to
lie voters of Nolan county. In
iddition to his services as a dep-
uty sheriff and on the Avenger
Field force, he made the race
for sheriff in 1912 and lacked
only 32 votes of winning the of-
fice in the runoff. In the pri-
mary he led the ticket, on which
there were nine candidates for
the office, by 251 votes.
This large majority of votes,
plus the close race in the run-
off encouraged Mr. Sample to
again seek the office in the for-
thcoming election.
The record he made as a dep-
uty sheriff speaks for Itself.
Mr. Sample wa.- one of the hard-
est working, most conscientiou.
peace officers ever to serve tin;
county, lie dealt fairly and im-
partially with all persons with
whom he came in contact. He
performed Ids duties as deputy
as he felt Ids oath required,
that common sense dictated, and
is he believed the citizens of
die county expected him to per-
form them.
Because of mileage rationing,
it will lie impossible for him to
make a county-wide drive to
see llie voters. But it is Ids pur-
pose to contact every voter, one
way or another before the—July
Free Lecture
Christian Science
To Be Given
Again it is thd privilege of
the Christian Science Society of
Sweetwater to give a free lec-
ture on Christian Science.
The lecturer will lie Earl Me-
primary. Meanwhile, -he invites
his friends to use their influence
In Ids behalf. Mr. Sample will,
as he always has, appreciate
anything that, friends and vot-
ers do in Ids behalf.
cloud, C; s. B. of San Antonio;
Texas, a member of the Hoards
of Lectureship of The Mbniefl*
Church, Tlie First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston,
Mass.
The title of the lecture Is
Christian Science: The Religloiw
of Joyous Attainment. The"
time Is Friday night at eight
plqce is trie
he
auditor-
o’clock and the
Newman high school
ium. The purpose is to help ev-
eryone to understand more#
clearly how to apply the teach-
ings of Jesus so that the sick
may be heeled as well as the sin-
ning.
A cordial welcome awaits all
who attend. %
NOTICE!
Interest on customers* de-
posits is payable January 1,
1944. For the convenience
of our customers, unless
payment in cash is requested,
all interest amounting to 30c
or more will be credited on
January electric
service bills.
TEXAS ELECTRIC
SERVICE COMPART
War Necessity
Certificates Now
Valid For 1944
John W. Rf-ed, district manag-
er, Office of Defense Tran.-|Kirta-
tlon, said today that despite th<
previous new -paper publicity ad-
vising njx-ratnr of eoinmercial
vehicle that the ODT would not
issue new certificate of war
necessity for the year, of lull,
his offit e wa - being flooded u lilt
letups from o|* ratni - of com
morelal vehicle- reqtie-ting a
new certificate of war nece it \
for the year 1911.
The certificate- of war non
sity that are now in the hands
of operators of commercial ve- j
hides are definitely valid for
19ii anti such operators need
only contact their appropriate
I M at Price and Rationing Board
1 w)m will issue clteir first quar-
ter allotment of transport ra-
tion- in the amount- that have
been certified to the Rationing
Board by the. Office of Defense
: rt.iti«.n Mr Reed fur-
ther tated that the ODT does
not actually issue the Urn-port
ration <-oti|xins but merely cer-1
fifi*- tin amount of trail-port
rat Inti.- t■ - the appropriate War
Price and Batimtitig Board who |
ha juri-iiir tlon over the county
In which the otH-rninr n domi-
ciled.
WESTERN STATE
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27 Short-napped 13 Within (abbr.)
fabric 14 Railroad 37 Deaden
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lonely 4 briefm*« Kse. There In a
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nssen qslrkly oaf of the room.
The bvrldffer* enler fo aerte bln
evening meal.
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CHAPTER If
TTHTHOUT any show of hurry
” or noise, or any show of her-
self ever., she was o calm nnd
quiet, Milly set the dishes she bad
brought upon the table.
“What is that the old man has
in bis arms?" asked Mr. Redlaw,
as he aat down to his solitary
meal.
"Holly, Sir,” replied the quiet
voice of Milly.
“Another Christmas come, an-
other year gone!" murmured the
chemist, with a gloomy sigh.
"So. Philip!" Breaking oil he ad-
dressed the old man, standing
apart with his glistening burden
in his arms, from which the quiet
Mrs. William took small branches
and decorated the room.
“My duty to you, Sir," returned
the old man. “Should have spoke
before. Sir, hut know your ways,
Mr Redlaw ornud to any and
wait tilt poken to! Merry ttlirot-
ma:, Sir, and Happy New Year,
and many of 'em. Have had a
pretty many of 'em myself—ha,
ha!—and may take the liberty of
wishing 'em. Pm 87!"
• • •
| J A VK you bad so many that
wen- merry nnd happy?"
naked the other.
"Ay, Sir. ever -o many,” re
turned tin- old man.
“I his memory impaired with
age’’ It i to be expected now,"
said Mr Redlaw, turning to Uie
son. and ■peaking lower.
"Not a inorti-l of it, Sir," replied
Mr William
The el i-mi t pushed hi plate
away, and, ri mg from the table,
walked acre • the room to where
the old man stood looking at a lit
lie -prig of holly In hi hand.
“It recalls the time when many
of those years v.-ere old and nrw,
then?” he said, observing him at-
tentively, and touching him on He-
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shoulder. "Dorij it?"
oil many, many!" said f’hilip,
half awaking from his reverie.
"I’m !t7!"
"Merry and happy!" mused the
other, bending Ids dark eye* upon
the stooping figure, with a smile
ol compassion.
“Dear!" sin e old man. bak-
ing hi* Ik at a he looked at
the holly. "ll:s mother—my son
William’s my youngest son—and
I have sat among ’em all. boys
and girls, little children and ba-
bies many a year, when the ber-
ries like these were not shining
half so bright all round us, as their
bright fares. Many of 'em are
gone; she's gone; and my son
George (our eldest, who was her
pride more than all the rest!) is
fallen very low; hut I ran see
them, when I look here, alive nnd
healthy, as thry used to lie in
those days; and I ran see him.
thank God. In hi* innorenre. It's
a blessed thing to me, at 87."
• • •
fpHE keen look that had lieen
f fl**d Upon him with »” nui'-h
•*rn»!tnBf- bed gradually sough*
the ground
“Wh«n ( Art* cams here »e b»
etutodlan,” said the eld man,
"—which wa# upward of 90 roars
itonted
nr, (Tift Hargata
fty Charles Dickens corvaiaHT, isu, nc* scrvicc. me.
"My fluty lo you, Sir," said the old man. "Merry Christ-
mas and Happy New Year, and many of ’em!"
“Have you had so many that were merry and happy?"
asked Mr. Redlaw. —
ago- whfif’- my .son William?
More than half a icntury ago.
William!”
“That's what I say, father," re
plied the on, as promptly and
dutifully ns before.
"It was quite a pleasure to know
that one of our founders," said the
old man. "left in his will, among
other bequests tic made us, so much
to buy holly, for garnishing the
walls and windows, rome Christ-
mas. There was something homely
and friendly in it. Being but
strange here, then, and coming at
Christmas time, We took a liking
for his very picture that hangs in
what used to be our great Dinner
Hall; a sedate gentleman in peaked
beard, with a rulT round his neck,
and a scroll below him. in Old
English letters, 'Lord! keep my
memory green!' You know all
about him, Mr. Redlaw?"
"I know the portrait hangs
there, Philip.”
"Yes, sure, It's the second fin
the rigid, above the panelling. I
Was going I" M.Y ly hr. helped
to keep m 0 lor nifjl V gtorn, | lhant
him, fot going around the build
trg ever y year, ««t m a doing now-,
and freshening up the hare rooms
with those branches and berries,
fro. hen up my haie old brain.
One .year brings back another,
nd that year another, and those
other numbers! AI last, it seems
lo me a; if llte birth-time of our
l.ord was the birth-time of all I
have ever had affection for, or
mourned for, or delighted in,—and
they're a pretty many, for I’m 87!"
’ “Merry and happy," murmured
Itefllaw to himself.
“So you see, Sir," pursued old
Philip, whose hale wintry cheek
had warmed into a ruddier glow,
and whose blue eyes had bright-
ened while he spoke, "I have
plenty to keep, when I keep this
present season. Now, where’s my
quiet Mouse?"
The quiet Mouse had brought
her calm face to his side, and si-
lently taken his arm, before ho
finished - peaking.
"Come away, tn.v dear,” said the
old man. "Mr. Itefllaw won’t set-
tle to his dinner, otherwise, till
it’s cold us the winter. T hope
you'll excuse me rambling on, Sir,
and I wiili you good liigW, and.
once again, a merry- "
"fay!" 'aid Mr Redlaw.
The room, begtm to darken
strangtly
(To Be Continued)
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 2, 1944, newspaper, January 2, 1944; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth710820/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.