The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1927 Page: 4 of 10
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Rockdale, Texas, Jane 23, 1027
No. 18
ALONG
OH for a'-million tongues to broad-
cast the following from the St^Louis
Globe-DombcratrJ '
“The man, woman, boy or girl who
of copy' must pass through several
hands before it is printed it is a. won-
der thoTe'are not more mistakes.
A preaehcrmmn-take a-W|Uek to pre-
'phre a sermon, and then he has been
known tp make mistakes and to,get
tilings\tangft)Cl up a bit. Heard one
calls for-a .friend and disturbs) ..an on- .
-tire m igldH»«4W-.4j»-Tbkrivii>g his horn sav in'.a speefaf sermon that there was-
ting without, end,-until He or she gets no salt in the dead sea. A lawyer gan
... soma .kind • of response; the driver
- who from the third or fourth-tier back
in a waiting phalanx of auOvwojbiles,
never fails to honk his lioyn raucously,
and" Insultingly the second -a traffic
Signal shows signs of cb;‘ilging: direc-
tions; dr the aivtoist i.<a quiet
neighborhood who syiund.-- bis. signal
without: reason, just to mak ■ a.noisi—
it is-thor.e who add unnecessarily .to;
. 'the. irritations of life. Selfishness is
- ent hr on cd- At -t he’ wheejj-^of- the,- c-ars
of which we complain. Considering
. the peace of mind oI,i;o..qne, riding
over the jangled nerves ofaTT wTthTn
hearing, trajmj.ding -the rights of the.
world at large, L-lmy - go through life
. denanrling rights they a-rg imve-nti-U-
- <>d to. Automobile hornsare placed on
the machines for purpose of avoiding
accident, not for telling tire worlds*
ivonfh to prepare”a brief in a
take ..
case, "and then, lose -hia case on sjorrnr
error, and have to try it all over. Even
rlo'cjors have hpeti known <fo make niTsr
takpK, as important as their work is.
Newspaper people work in a storm
while they are working. \ piece' of
neWs very. frequently breaks just "at
press time, but it is-too important lb
pas? by until the next "day; ‘A irpflrtcr
on the run, and maybe two or
ibive. -asid -the' totoph^w is pressed,
into service, apd every effort made to
from the facts
able .to
Get your scissors, brother, sister,.
cti~[rttTHrnut nTTfi prana-it- along?--«Wtte<r
has been
got together in just IV few Tmijtptrs;
If every Iayin-an-eouId have a woiilF
Times-] lerald.
-'firult it is to get tacts be would have
NEWSPAPER ERRORS
The Clarksville Times editor springs
‘this one:- ’“Fellow told ns the, other.
- -day he-ru-ukl always-find
half, dozen typographical errors in
everV nevwiapi«pg_U'‘hp pickod-up, and he
thought something ought to lie-done
about.' it. The next day we asked him
paper. „ „ . .
-About Town, has asked a thousand
people at different time's to give him
.the- names of six people who acted' as
pail-bearers -at a Time fa 1. He has
never found one who could name all -
■ • ’ t=r*=r.
How do;
about an automobile aceTdent he wit-
^ nessed and^be gave us the wrong name
Dollars to doughnuts you-can't. —
ATi but-Town -in Palestine Herald..''’’
WEAK KNEES
.... “-Women -are’’ too weak-kneed to try
to lie different,’; says a fashion writ-
•Which ■ -goes "to* show that that
FTT fre ilCU/ 1 *5
in quality end price, do not buy any ca
iTiinm
i.,r robbing A filling station with fir#
arms. I can't^ee why the-law-con-
sidev-s jt; a %oise crime to rob a man
than for a man to get off in' the
<hk*bte«hl make stuff, ilMt wjll send
:ot
ti ntM-crnri tntfrrxK* layers t#r tuttu t twv**~-w.—^ ----- »
but rarely does.the observant observer.moonshiners get off lighter
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♦ , By WILL H. MAYES
A *• t
obs^'ve a weak knee. The knock-infee
is-not meeess.arily 4>- weakt-ane-' Ueither
is "the knee that leansNiuTwaWyTfbfn-
•The weak knee is the oPe
with slow hinges, and practically ail
the knees the observer observes ar^ rnent- to boullcgsxrs that they do job.-
-•.iiiMik- and strong. Possibly the.iasit'' ‘beftg. It_.s.e,ems the courts^ arg only,
^Ujqdo-and strong. Possibly the fash-
ion writer quoted .by the Clarksville
contemporary was speaking metaphor-
ically, not physically.- Perhaps, his
reference was to the sheepy attitude
of the ladies, who follow, fashion .no.
nmUoL^ieviTan^ s^oke of them as
weak-kneed in the same sense we
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speak of "a Democrat as wfeak-kneed
whqi} he follows' his ^personal prefer-
ences instead of the party nominee... It
■than a«y other class of law breakers.
It .seems that the courts have decided
To put a stop to-hijacking an (T tlmX'-fr
r.’glUj^l^U't it t'Owld »l'op lllii'd r.ulUng
-f would gi I e XTk • jamo- lann'ith.
interested in enforcing the law from
the “dollars and cents” sh*.ndpoint, but
‘where tky- souls of the youth of' the
kmd mw invelvedvihere are fno, raftoy.
m 11 u u. i v r v '7 y
^cfmicatities to do anythtnjf-'With tna^
kind of laV breaker. .If a man were to
manufaijpir'e a
over the country that would kill cows,
horses', hogs, and dogs,- the entix’e
-country would take .up arms against
ences instead of the party nominee.., ir tounuy yvoum ut«.v- u,» «***« nrises A state-wide survey to show
i»not uneommiontwspeak ofe»^£ublc-1 that uvan~anil_he would be ip e ,p nl ^ therktrtfhJf.'ehterpmea,;tW abhttlci
jynted Democrat as weak-krfeed'whonTb'efore Saturday night; but then nobleM.;. MBuB- in- +v.»
jynieci Ufmucrcll V\l-an-nucv.u I ^ ---—.T —a -7 :
he ^tevs for an indfipeildent qr^declinej. boys_ahd girls, are not worth as muen-
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That- reference is not to
his leg "stTength, but to liis. lueiTlal.
his ' help.
■ wbak-kneed*
lassitude. Same With ihu wc^-~.^u . —
ladies who refrainirom .setfflntf - st'yleP; ’b+41''''*" ---™- ’■
of their own. ( Their weakness is not
int their und^pixining, ^but. .Jn ■ the i r j
slavishness to the mode.—-State Press,
ivi Dallas News.
COON creek philosophy
The-, Mmxnr Vorrgm- -Optic-He^k-.]
has a rural correspondent who dh'e.-:
'-communications- from
“Coon Creek.’’ and who is considerable
get.-facts. The rtiporler.<.muy call uii of- a philosopher, and ‘at times, wields
twept.y people and not get enough A wicked editorial pop, as wltness/th"
facts, to" base a story on,- but he must following-! —* .- ...,.i. si.
keep trying, and then ho must rush i-' is always strange • how many
baclt t-o--th“--ijfi-ce-aud wrila; the .story -men.' alwnys. .-riifi ..up...After, a
experience in helping-to’ make if^news-
■p»prr rtt-d -i-Hidel'-1and-4u>4—haw -*lif- think it perfectly absurd to allow such
SOREkcUMS
...... . smile again.
t*-4- y-.ni use LoLu a gy.orriiua HeWy<ly.
Ties' nVi-p-i’ !ti--n !« u«-<1 rttld wrnrii.merKl-
,1 l.g T< ailing il'-nUsts und. eannof fail to
..Oi-rH yo'iF Itririsisia return moi;'-y'tf
Q-iie.n?'s Drug S'
fail.-
Store.-
T^XAS AND TEXANS
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Texas Building Increases
. A ecu ruing to the monthly building
rev!e\v Of the F. W. Dodge corpora^
■rtnn, baddrtWf' and ortgiaaorlag
TTHTT,-IJUinilinr" ""H **wa**:««^ wir
in Texas during May amounted
r o 31 >58>j,906>" a»Tjncreake of 5 per
cent"" over April: 'The interesting’partT-pgtr^ut in taxesvEr®"h^
of this report is That of this sum for
building,'35 per cent was for residenc-
es, 28 pir1 cent for-public works and
utilities, 16 per cent for commercial
buildings and 9 per. cent-for industrial
pmjeete. While the amountr contract- - J^e J,one_§
ed for industrial enterprises was has purchased the gas
..... •- —" -* .....—...... owned by the Texas Comw
slightly in excess of the general avci*-
;the era - of ai ---------- .„
Texas' is-just now in need of a; con-
certed drive for small industrial enter-
be made ......-----
lions .of the "State should be'"helpful
in T.inhi 1 ating|industria 1 projects.’
Farms Over-Taxed _
rf’bnK"r,-irins of ~fhe ■ country are
lrreet.lv overtaxed is shown by a re-
cent report of the National .......
trial Conference. iJo;u;d. During the
past three years, says' this- report,
■\ c r> mi byre paid 33.1 per, cent of its
times the proporWpaid^Tw three ’
excessive, taxation
ract, quoting the :
ixes collected
report,
21 taxes cd.______ xxu.nia
. ------wa3
provement in the a
coils 1(
77.7 per cent nf the n
Since then the burden
hg-hte r from' year to
year
until
; ) Gaa ______
The Lone Stare, Sad
its servicc so that each* communT*
will , have plenty "of gilS for indusS
purposes as well as for homP ki
'sumption. The cities and towJ°DJ
Abliene, Moran, Clyde, Baird, Putn °
25() miles
year
or- two until practical^* --
progressivo Toxas-eomm^
Tc-?tils * na t mil u tftc rati
arevkopt reasonable fer the
Panhandle Wh cii C H ar vest
hgM- ranging ironv ton to twen“-
fivy bushels to -theTa'grs^^
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CENTRAL CITY,
COMMERCIAL COLLEfiK
Catalogue Upon Request — (Familiarly Known as ••Four C”)
WfA CO, TEXAS
great calamity has come-oh a country
and c-an tell yoprirow easily that could
1;-.i vTTTiliiiii-ZiftH-cntcdT talked with tt
man not long ago- who' Seemed to
a thing as the gryat,Mississippi* flomi.
more tolerant "attitude toward the 11 asked him how it would be- prevent-.
ed,- anil he said to dig great canals
from the river across the country to
the Atlantic Ocean a.nd drain it out
that wfty, and he
wAs -sInnere -in his
judgment but it won’t get hrmwery far
if he don't change the1 quality of it.
(Of cgticsg -".CUng icaia4 b -gidng. to. rear
Uvp pfprl' rnnt-e fh-ir. old river wish it
and iniffnTs 'of i.ra<dT. participant, mi
ed the.hour of th« aetddont f-oTty^five
minutes,Vfhe type of Par and'tht’ di
rcction the ca'r was traveling when the
.^accident occurred.” '
•No denying that a Jot of errors- do
^ creep into newspatiers, awl sometimes
The .story is ant as'correct as It should : t‘....... --•••• r -yf"
..But whcn-W
newspaper has to 1^. mai.lo in-.-just a-| •
Tew .sb'ort jEburs,.^p.d that each" pRco
.Can you toll'wbn.t theiT’r"ts cn'the side .had behaved itself but as to controll-
f the stroct'.hctween where vou-live p|1tr the situation L had- just as soon
awl downtown section1?- ' .________j i i--k Pop Williams and. Newt Reader
T’orrect, entirely. tWeak-kneed wo-
wit-h the job ns to risk Congress.with-
,rt. —If I vvef-e W air out any of my
views'on the subject T-would suggest^
that they bottle up the-surplus and
ship it . to Maui- Tcxaz to t.lis..itoautlx
stricken area or send Jim Ferguson
xLown there and let him ne.'.den it and
tell it' to do it again "Tvhelf -it gets
ready.—-' ' 11 k ---“ ■,*-kf
- Jn Wiebiw Fall? a few davs ago a
eep yoqr
Tuan got nfnet.v-niiTe year?’ in' the pet
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§ jiiliog te^ftesk even during the ino^.
Your bank account can be an impressive factor in build-
zing you financially. That is the wise way to use it. By
' -maintaining it at a figure that represents-your worth
sible advantage. Let it be a constructive factor for you.
A substantial bank balance is ne.cessary to keep you
from worrying—and.it enables the bank tb handle you^—:
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We welcome your account.
Safety, Service and Dependability at-
-^seyere^^ drought --Ahd^aur Garden HoseLl
■* ' ■ * *"■*'’ r": wil| make
watering the garden a simple, clean plea-
sure for anyone.. —>■ ■. l
"^A.^ond garden and a pr<^yda^U
.the beauty of your home. It’s easy
haveAhese if you get supplies-fronLtllis.
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Bakes,* — Hoes Spades
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Conn R. Isaacs, Cashier
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Cooke, John Esten. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1927, newspaper, June 23, 1927; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth742345/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.