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EDITORIAL COMMENT .... THE BARTLETT TRIBUNE
Friday April 25 1952
Your Opportunity To Have A Voice
In The Selection Of The President
Will it ibe Russell Kefauver Kerr or someone else who
will represent the Democratic party as a candidate for President
3n the General Election this year?
The only opportunity for residents of Bartlett to have any
say in the matter comes on Saturday May 3 at 2:00 oclock. That
is the date of the precinct conventions' to ibe held in Bartlett.
It is at these conventions that voters have their opportun-
ity to express a preference as to the party nominee and as to the
policies of the party. The delegates elected at the precinct con-
ventions will carry the desires of the precinct convention to the
HMUnty convention. Delegates from the county conventions go to
the state convention and delegates from the state convention go
to the national convention. Here the party nominee is finally
selected.
When the General Election comes in Novermber voters no
longer have a voice in selecting party nominees. They have only
1iho opportunity to select which party's candidate they will vote
for.
Scant interest has been taken in theseconventions in Bart-
lett in past years. Let's try to make this a different year with a
.majority of the qualified voters who profess to be Democrats
attending the conventions and making their voice heard in the
selection of the man who will represent the party this year.
NEXT WEEK IN BARTLETT
FRIDAY
Business Men's Luncheon Club meets at noon.
SATURDAR
Central Christian Ladies 'Food Sale
TUESDAY
Bulldogs meet Ft. Hood at Ft. Hood. '
THURSDAY v.
Volunteer Firemen meet.
COMING EVENTS--'
May 0 Democratic Party Precinct Conventions.
May G County Democratic Conventions
May 11 Mother's Day
May 27 State Democratic Convention
May 80 Memorial Day. Holiday in Bartlett
San Jacinto Day Meant Much
To Texas And To The Nation
Scant interest was taken in the observance of San Jacinto
Day Monday except at San Jacinto Battle Grounds and in the
City of Houston.
School children there observed the day as a holiday just
as it was observed' here when we were students.
Sometimes we think there are too many holidays when
ihey are observed by a halt in business activities so we are not
.regretting that the day was observed here only by the bank. What
the day means to Texas and to the nation wether other states rec-
ognize at or not however should never be forgotten.
The whole history of the state and the geography of the
nation might have been different had it not been for the great
"victory that was won at San Jacinto. Had Santa Anna not been
defeated on that memorable occasion Texas might still be a pai't
of Mexico rather than of the United States and our whole way of
life might be different from what it is today.
What Texas New Mexico Arizona and Southern Cal-
ifornia which were under Mexican influence at the time of the
Battle of San Jacinto have contributed to the building of the
United States might have been lost to the nation.
Let us never forget the heritage that the men who died at
Goliad and at the Alamo and the men who fought at San Jacinto
.gave us.
A QUARTER CENTURY AGO IN BARTLETT
From The Bartlett Tribune
April 22 1927
No Safeguard Against Power
Seize Left If President Right
President Truman stirred up the furor of the press last
Thursday when he was asked if he could seize the newspapers as
Jhe lias seized the steel industry and he answered that he could do
anything for the good of the country. Apparently the decision
as to whether or not it was good for the country would also be
3iis to make.
The assertion amounts to a contention that the decision
of the man who happens to be President takes precedence over
the Constitution of the United States which guarantees the free-
dom of the press along .with free speech and the right of assembly.
With a Supreme Court that seems to hold the same opinion as
ibe President he might make the contention stand up too.
If such power has been concentrated in the office of
President of the 'United States then it seems to us that our Senat-
ors and representatives have allowed our national government to
.get into a sorry state of affairs- and we have continued to send
Hem back to Washington to aid in leading us into a state of
dictatorship.
Under the "paramount rights" theory expressed by the
.Supreme Court in the tidelands seisure there is no safeguard for
property in the United States. If the court upholds the seizure
of the steel industry and it must do so. if it upholds its para-
mount rights theory then the property that the people of Bartlett
think they own- is really only held in trust until the government
decides that it is for the good of the nation that the government
operate it.
Under this theory if the government needs cotton your
farm could Ibe seized and you kicked off while the government
farmed the land and took the produce. If the President decided
that it would be for the good of the country for the government
to sell the groceries the dry goods the hardware the automobiles
oranything else then your property could be seized.
The only solution is a return to Constitutional government
and a repudiation of the autocratic "paramount rights" theory.
THE BARTLETT TRIBUNE
and NEWS
Published Every Friday In Bartlett Texas
ROBERT C. FORD Editor and JPuulMor
MRS. ROBERT C. FORD Associate Editor
Entered as Second-Class Hall Matter at the Post
Office In Bartlett Texas under thp Act of
March 4. lWo.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Jn BeU and WUUamqn Counties $1.60 per
year $1-00 for pis months; outside theso counties 1200 par yaar
$1.35 for six months.
Freeman-McCarty
A wedding of interest to many
Bartlett citizens and friends of
the contracting parties two of
Bartlett's most popular people
occurred Sunday in Kansas City
Mo. when Mrs." M. McCarty and
Mr. A. T. Freeman both of this
city were united in marriage.
They arrived here Tuesday af-
ternoon on the Texas Special and
received congratulations from
many friends some perhaps
surprised a bit but none seem-
ingly shocked at the happy
transaction.
The bride is one of Bartlett's
products having been born and
reared here and a daughter of
.Postmaster J. D. Bell. For some
time she held a position in the
First National bank here but
auring xne last lew montns nas
made her home in Kansas City.
The groom is the ever-accom-odating
and popular local agent
of the GMKT Railroad Company
which position he has held for
several years with great credit.
Denson School Vicinity Si ruck
By Cyclone One Killed
Monday night about 9 o'clock
a cyclone struck in the Denson
community 8 miles southwest
if Bartlett completely wrecking
the home of Fay Conn on the
Will Messer farm killing Miss
Mamie McCutcheon aged 80 and
seriously injuring her sister
Mrs. Smith aged 65 and injur-
ing five other occupants of the
home.
Mrs. John Jurecka and child-
ren of Granger were Bartlett
visitors (Sunday.
Mrs. W. L. Stokes is visiting
her sister Mrs. Joe H'illis in
El Dorado Kansas.
A. Gersbach Jr. attended the
Shriner ceremonies at George
town Sunday.
Sam Whitlow and Will Baine
of Baylor University were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dimitt
Whitlow Saturday night.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Hillis of El Darado Kans. April
11 a daughter named Joe Ann.
Mrs. Hillis will be remembered
in Bartlett as Miss Margaret
Daniel.
Letters (m Readers
To The Tribune:
Some few weeks ago you ran
on your editorial page why we
have so few voters attend pre-
cinct conventions. I agree with
you that more voters should at-
tend. I can remember when we
had quite a crowd. In one wo
had 10)3 on the Bell County side.
I know the old timers remem-
ber when Joe Bailey and Cone
Johnson ran for delegate-at-large.
Bailey won.
Of course we were all Demo-
crats and settled everything be-
fore we left the hall. Everybody
was willing to support the nom-
inee had no strays on the left
side of the fence that crawled
under the fence when they want-
ed to run for office to get on
the Democratic ticket. If I was
going to do a thing of that kind:
I would wait until after dark and
make my crawl and then not tell
anyone how I voted in the elec-
tion. Look what our little Governor
is doing running on the Demo-
cratic ticket but not willing to
pledge himself to support the
nominee. We need real men for
our great state of Texas not for
the oil kings. We want a Demo-
crat for President.
Thanks a lot
J. E. (Baldy) Montgomery.
Guests' of Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Oldham for the past week-end
were: Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Zachry and1 daughter and Mr.
and 'Mrs. D. Myers and sons of
Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy White of
Pasadena were week-end visit-
ors here with relatives.
SELECTIVE SERVICE
REGISTRATION
Young men required to
register under Selective
Service may do so at the
Bartlett Tribune office.
Selective Service laws re-
quire that men register
within five days of their
ISth birthday.
FORD FORUM
OF FACTS AND FUN
Bp Nora Robert and Son
From all of the compliments
made by the flower show judges
out of town guests and local
people who attended the Cornelia
Wilson Garden Club flower show
here last Friday we feel that the.
organization presented an unus-
ual show. The beautiful arrange-
ments and horticulture speci-
mens show talent in Bartlett. Of
course there were other things
connected with the show or it
never would have made this col-
umn. 'Margaret Kuler called the
Overby home early on the morn-
ing of the show and asked if
Archie show chairman was
there and got this answer from
hubby Cecil: "No but she has
been here."
Arthur Guenzel took advan-
tage of the opportunity for some
free advertising at the show by
using a Gulf oil can as container
for his arrangement. He got a
lot of ribbing and the ladies
charcred him double when he
came to visit the show.
Someone remarked about
(Mamie Jo EtfcCarver as she
promenaded at the show.
"Mamie Jo sure looks smart to-
day." "Yes" answered Cricket
Lange "You would never guess
her feet are killing her."
While placing her flower ar-
rangement before the opening of
the show Margaret Kuler was
heard to remark: "Oh I forgot
about there being a men's divis
ion this year. I've got to hurry
home and fix one for Grover."
Cecil Overby told Cricket
Lange at the show that she ap
peared to be losing weight. Oscar
immediately moved his chair
closer to his wife and remarked:
"I don't know what to think
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Ford, Robert C. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 25, Ed. 1, Friday, April 25, 1952, newspaper, April 25, 1952; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth77026/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.