San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1934 Page: 2 of 6
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SAN PATRICIO COUNTY NEWS, SINTON, TEXA8, JANUARY 4, 1934
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San Patricio County Nows
Published every Thursday at
Sinton, Texas
MARTIN A MARTIN
Publishers
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Entered as second class matter
March 26/1909, at the PoetoMce
at Sinton, (San Patricio County)
Texas, under the Act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
GREETINGS TO 1934
The' United States has come to
Bruce Gillette spent .Sunday af-
ternoon In Corpus Christ!.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Gaulden spent
the end of the most momentous I Christmas with Mr. Gaul den’s
years In Its history. It has been a
year In which vast and unprece-
dented experiments have been
tried. It has been a year in which
governmental problems and issues
have, to a greater degree than at
any time since the World War, en-
gaged the attention and interest of
the public, it has' been a year'of
astonishing change.
For the first" time since govern
mother, Mrs. I. B. Gaulderf of Vic-
toria, Texas. , ,
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Zimmerman
and son, Craig, of San Benito werdf
dinner guests of M^. and Mrs. W.
A. Baird and Miss Florene Friday
of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. 0. Bell, Misses
Grace and Ruth Bell and Tom Bell
Jr., of Sinton, were Christmas din-
Subocription Rates:
One Year, $2.00. ,
Six Months, $1.00.
* Three Months, 50 Cents. _
Payable Strictly In Advance.
'
ment was founded, there has been ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
sweeping legislation to, control the | Phillips jn Taft.
wages and hours of the entird work-1 *•
ing population, and the competitive | Mr. and Mrs. Ben Benson have
methods of'’virtually all industry.j- returned from-Monte Vista, Colors-
A dramatic and frankly experimen-j do, to spend Christmas with home
tal effort to solve the farmer's pro-j folks. Mr. Benson has been buy-
lilems lias ,become part of the law ing vegetables in the Colorado re-
el the land. The largest public! gion.
works program we have ever known
Thursday, January 4, 1934
, , , Mr. and Mrs". Buford Sanderfer
has been inaugurated. Everything.^ ]m]e d hter Marian B.
I, I,at the present leaders of govern- Christmas in Dublin, Texas,
1 ment "believed would spur recovery: .
WHAT A MAN SAYS WHO
KNOWS
. , . with Air. 'Sandefer’s parents, Mr.
has tK-en done. Advisors who. hadi ^ ^ w u, Sandefer and fam-
ed previous connection with poll-;.. >
lies have been called in—and their; ' .- .
idans have been adopted. Thej 7 ~~
whole prestige of the government,! “Anything new in two paper to
1! Classified Ads!
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Rate: 7e Per Line
CORD WOOD for sale—$1.50 per
cord. E. T. Carson.—adv. 51-2***
WANTED to rent pasture for cat-
tle. "2000 to 5000 acres or more.
Phone Garfield 8771 or write H. P.
,Lee, 1440 Milam Bldg., Ban An-
tonio.—adv. 50-3***
A colored porter In a hotel was
asked why rich men usually gave
him small tips, while poor men are **
more liberal.
Old Ullmann-Stern & Krausse build-
ing near Missouri Pacific Tracks for
sale or lease. Inquire at this office.
—Adv.” 45-tf
FOR SALE
Work mules, mares and horses
at warehouse pens, Beeville. O.
L. Shipp.—adv. 50-2***
Listen to these words of cheer
from Edwin R. StTigman, MeVicker
professor emeritus , of political eco
nomy ,at Columbia university, who
ia perhaps the . dearr of American
economists and who has Ho axis to
grind n*>r propaganda to put. for-
ward. Professor S’elignian says in
Printer's ink:
“l. The depression is ending."
land the immense power of the pub- day, George?"
lie treasury, have been used, whole- ..No> dear—-just the same old
hearted 1\ and .sometimes ruthless---happening to different peo-
ly to bring us stability and pros;- .p1( ••
!•*/ity. ' *| *' ' --—LLmS.
Just received a shipment of
Crosley radios with short wave and
distance controls. Also sets for
Deicos. See me before you buy.
A. R. .LEE, Odem, Texas
—adv. 49-4***
NOTICE
All work will be strictly cash
after January 1st, 1934.
M. S. ‘CISLER, Odem, Texas?
—,adv. 51-3
!
Weil, sub. boss, Ah don’t know, j ; Gulf Coast Rapid Transit
’cept the rich man don’ want no-
body t’know he’s rich and the po’
man don’ want nobody to know he’s
poV‘
BUS SCHEDULE
Reduced Bus Fares—Only
2 Cents Per Mile
Sinton to Houston: $3.85
Sinton to Victoria: $1.40
Sinton to Dallas: $7.85
(Via Houston)
MOSS HOTEL
Company
Try a News Classified Ad.
Well Equipped
To say thaf- these efforts havd Porter: '"D? man in room seven
been entire sueei's^es • is to close , has d<JBe: hang hisself!"
nur eyes p/facts. To say lhat Clerk: “Hanged himself! Di<fyou:
they luivo failed is Id he unjust, j (,U| j,[m d(mn?"
Ihey have fallen ' between these'.;'- por(er: "No sah! He ain’t dead
extremes* Men liav hceii put to.-; j j.
-. For, the .first time in history,! Wl>rk. tiv ,|j(. imlj,iic-ds of thousands' r
recovery from thp# bottom of ail in-| mf,n j,o had hud little or no
dastrial cy< le is being speeded con | ^ork )0I tU(, n,,,,, years, and
FOR SALE—Good sound cord-
wood, ST.50 per cprd in quantity
lots. E. H. Lane, Odem, Texas,
—adv. 50-8***
hciously and off-tc lively.
had been forced to sutler Hie
Fear ol line oiitroiled jnilaiion v 0f („y,iniz-d i liarily it: or-
has litile tjasis in fact.
“4. We are not on rlie way to
bolshevism., fascism or any other
form of" autocracy.
We are in the midst of so-
li ;J r> volution- within the frame-
work of capitalism, which promifcs. (
lasting benefit to ‘everyone/
These are tim words spoken by
a man whet has a breadth of out-
look ami of experience second to
iter p) kee p tlieir fartittbs nt)d tin m
solve;; friitn .Iitl'-r pnvaiion. Waves
in,ve been appreciably r.iiM-d and
tins s'" c at shop. emouraKed by the
dopri ion, ha liei'n cCiruimtled.
t’iiild labor i- on the The.'
C. (’. camps. Whatever lheir
! ho: if i-miiir . hale sf-rved 10 pro
vide iliousainl of yomig men with
usefii! work under army pay ani.l
FOR RENT
400 acres of farm land’in Refugio
County, 2 miles^gast of--Woodsboro.
All fenced in between the Mission
River and Sour Creek with houses,
windmill, etc. -Suitable for dairy
and, raising various crops for a
'money consideration. For particu-
; lars. apply to M. L. Oppsnbeimer,
'31(5 King William St., San Antonio,
: Texas, the owner.
-ad i. ' 52-2
Over 18 years on one corner, with
a good stock of merchandise and
plenty of tools ought to be some
inducement to start the New Year
off right by doing business
----WITH----
Dodson's Garage
Agent For No Car-Partial To None |
Phone 72 Sinton, Tex. Est.
1915
discipline, and1 Itave ' kept iIn in
no man. and w ho speaks from the ] ilWily inmi ..............................
.standpoint pi belief only and not ' zjrlL, infi,If.n( ,—-
"> dUs.pag;„Hl:.. j ' An(, jn j,,.. Admin- ‘
*'. , iistration lias much oti which .it;
■STUDY THE Fl££ DEPARTMENT honestly pride jlselj |i has
— j started a" program whereby the
During Fire 1 'i eg, ntinn Wei.T the. tiansiio.rtaflon ijiffk-ultj'ok/ of (lie
AmenVa'ii public ik-instructed con-.l country man eventually be solved,
corning ihe hazards of. fire,, and i It has done" a good job of solid-i-
nl.eans <1! ;in.n entirig them. There
is (.nether phase of the firepro-
It'^ tetter to prevent a fire than
boom years and even after,'
• to put one out. But we will neVerihajb created machinery seeking to
tying and safeguarding the hanking
structure. It has attempted to pro-
blem which should he studied al feet the public against stock swlnd-
Ihe Vine time- iij-t- control aridjlrrs and lly by niglit. promoters,
extinguishing. j.whd heaped so fine n harvest in
the boom Years and even after: it
reach a hundred per cent 'success! encourage borne financing and pri
in tlqing ihat. ’i'he magnitude of. vate construction,
ou annua! tiro: loss is due largely! j„ summing up, the American
to e-.r own failure to prepare tojpH:>ple have the.best, of reasons forV
tieiit fire. Departments are under- looking to the future with con.fi
manned, poorly, (rained, and often 1 a,.,,,.,,. The country is still here,
work w:|flr Insufficient or. inferior" -pile land is no iess”fertfle than, it’;
apparatus. ■ Suoli londitinns cost i, a, ||S industries ar“ no less
u- n.illiuiis a yeat, They are re cr,.r-| Its individual spirit is no
fleeted m lire insurance. costs, in U;SS potent. Its -intellectual eupa-'
taxes, in business conditions, in'" ,.jty is no smaller. Factories, utili-■
commuity development. Kxery fire'y,,,.' ,aili(fgds, insurance com-'
no matter how small, is the *n«fa>yipanics; mines, hanks, farms—they:
e« Progress; every fire represents are st|n her(. an(i they writ be. do-'
ol the yjij, business as usual when new
lorces, new changes, of which we
a burden on every eitixyn
communi.tv. . .......
Not enough of us interest o.ur-'.|;now nothing now have usurped
selves in the loc al lire department.; ,he (.(.nter ol the stage.
We consider it purely in the pro- S(, gratings to 1934.
vince of local gow-inrnent. And ________
Ihat is a serious erreir. Progress 6tVE MINING ITS CHANCE
is always the result of. popular de-
ni..nd; change must he brought After years .-pent in the deepest:
atioui by the c oncerted action ol ; -j,rt (,| doldrums, the metal mining t
thi tax paying residents of -the. industry - of the West is beginning
community. t() fP(..-| ,])(, ?urgP 0f iife once more.;
Leam something about lire, de pHcPvS tor metals, in most IS;
partments. kind out the difference] stances, have, shown substantial
between standard and non-standard riSos. Bett(>r yeti they have main-
Safety. ..the most important
factor in the consideration ol
Your Life Insurance
apparatus—between engines, that
can be trusted efficiently all the
(itime, under the most adverse con-
ditions, and those which may fail.
It will mean mjmey in your,pocket
if you and your .neighbors do that
and act cm your findings. *
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Son—Dm!; wheat is meant by the
average man"? v
Dad Ar. average .man, .my son,
is one who isn't as good as his wife
thinks before she marries him, and;
not as had
afterwards.
as She thinks' he is
-v
tained the higher levels. Demand
long lethargic, is better.
This is a good tiin’e to point out
to the people- of the mining' states
that the future of (he industry is
going to be vitally affected by le-
gislative policies. Even present
higher prices permit, if little or no,
profits. Oveivstringent regulatory*
laws, and especially heavy and op-
pressive taxes, can easily wipe out
any gains. * A
The mines give,bread and but-
You buy life insurance for a lifetime. Through good years and bad, your life insurance contract must be safe, a
stable investment for your future, an infallible protection for your family. Sound assets... able management...
steady growth... arc cSsenriafin a life insurance company, and make for safety to policyholders. These character-
istics are typical of Southland Life as it completes a quarter-century of service to Texas and the South wlest.
fer to hundreds of thousands.
Treat them fairly. ,
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F E N C E
Jqst received, a Car of Barbed
Wire and Poultry Fencing, at
very attractive prices.
Southland Life begins 1934
with $1,000,000 in Cash YOUR POLICY
Your Southland life Policy rep-
Southland Life’s Total Ass
M
are more than $20,000,000
A million dollars in ready cash
to meet obligations'and fulfill
contracts is listed in our De-
cember 31, 1933, statement as
an important asset. A strong
cash position is essential to
/.T ‘TAS
safety in a life insurance company, but cash is only
a small part of the total assets which assure the
safety of Southland Life policies.
If"
Southland Life has loaned more
than $9,000,000 toTexas Citizens
resents safety lot yotor future, your
family, and for the funds you have
invested in premiums. You who
have seen other values shrink and
fade during the late depression
can feel doubly thankful in the
possession of your policy. It is
worth the same, either in dollars
or protection, as the day you
signed your contract. We congrat-
ulate you, and the other holders of
In twenty-five years of steady,
consistent growth, Southland
Life has become one of the
largest and strongest of the
Texas insurance companies.
Southland Life policyholders
may well feel proud of this record, and gratified in
the contemplation of more than twenty million
dollars in total assets as an assurance of safety..
J
Estimated Surplus to Policy-
holders is now $900,000
. { Mortgages and real estate
amounting to more than nine
Southland Life policies.
million dollars comprise an im- * SSkAini*.’ I. »*##**«.
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portant group of Southland
Life assets, Farm homes, city
dwellings, and other real estate
form the security back of these mortgages. Thus
Southland Life has provided funds to assist in the
P. N. ThivSNST . TiwPrn. tni SureUr,
P. V. Montgomery . Via-Vm. imiActuir,
HAtM L. SlAT,)(. , . . Truuurf-
Da. JNO. s. TotNia . . Metocit Doctor
Da. J. T. MoNTGOMaal . Mtiictl DUtclitr
SaAV, Seat, Malone A Lipscomb . .
Central C<
This surplus represents added
safety and protection <o South-
land Life policyholders, and is
in'addition to the Legal Re-
serve. We will be most happy
to outline in more detail any
other phase of the company’s affairs to any policy-
holder at any time. Thi* is your company, and the,,
policyholders’ interests are paramount:
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San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1934, newspaper, January 4, 1934; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth717344/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.