The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1933 Page: 2 of 8
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UNDER SIX FLAG8
THE DR1SKIL
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Austin’s Newest and Largest Hotel
300 Rooms of Solid Comfort
W. L. STARK, Manager
contact with foreign
hostile neighbors.
at hi the early part of
many women and children to Amer- HALF OF TEAK’S GAS BILLS
ica. If they wanted a home they had IN FOUR MONTHS OF YEAR^
to marry native women, and this they _
often did, producing a mixed breed. Now that the house heating season
half Indian and French or Spanish, as is over, a survey by the gas company
the case might be. But the English' reveals that customers pay more than
steadfastly refused to mix with na- half of their entire year's gas bill in
tives. They brought thier wives and | only four months of the year. The
children and scorned the Indian wives \ survey of gas customers’ accounts in
and their half-breed children. The this vicinity, according to R. H. Grayr
English, you recall, sent home for division
-5 . --.V-'-*'* *
Phone 87
Clifton, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hinton, Sunday
were Misses Lorene and Adeline
Standefer of Fort Worth, Mr. and
Mrs. Haggard Jaynes and children of
McGregor, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Small-
wood and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Weir and
son of Valley Mills.
Mrs. Wm. Corbel! and daughter,
Mrs. Jessie Cooper of the Oeee com-
munity were here Monday on busi-
nese.
Mrs. Harry Brauer and little
daughter, Martha, of Stephenville ar-
rived here Tuesday to visit a few
days with her mother, Mrs. J. C. Jar-
rett.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ashley and
little daughter of Dallas and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Nichols and two sons of
Waco and their mother, Mrs. Nichols
were all hero Sunday visiting in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Nichols.
Mias Vera Hinton, daughter of Mr.
end Mrs. J. H. Hinton, arrived here
Thursday night to spend the summer
months with her parents after having
closed mother term of school at Cop-
peras Cove.
Mrs. Frank Powell and two chil-
dren, Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Standefer
manager of the Community
ome tfc* Natural Gas Co., further shows that
Virginia, between 60 and 80 per cent of the
price of customers use so little gas during the
™,- 1 was P*id in tobacco, long hot period that they fail to pay
settlement,} tbe Product of the hoe, and not of the ‘ for the cost of service rendered dur-
i This much should be clear. Texas The average amount received bjr
jwas a border region, occupied first by.the company in 1932 was $46.63 per
j the Spanish, for a time by the French, customer for a year’s service, or less
and at length permanently taken over than 13 cents a day per customer.,
by the United States. It was in the This is arrived at by dividing the to-
scene of a conflict among nations, and tal revenue by the total number of
in the background of that conflict ev- customers. This average bill for each
er lurked the savage Indian with bow month in the year is as follows: Jan-
and arrow, horse and gun ready to'uary $6.73; February *6.09; March
plunder, scalp and burn, and spread $6.63; April $4.26; May $2.64; June*
terror throughout the land. $2.15; July $1.94; August $1.88; Sep*
With such a setting and such a sit- tember $1.98; October $2.66; Novem-
uation Texas history must be inter- ber $4.38; December $6.38.
esting, filled ui it is with heroism, “It can be seen from the above fig-
PathOK AYUi trn a Hrwma a# no. iifoa flint- fOi QQ aL l.ia-
FROM VALLEY MILLS
(Valley Mills Tribune)
you will see fiying a flag bearing a people who also staked out claims in is significant that the
one white star. This was the flag of the New World. They selected the At- j transportation
the Republic of Texas, which dis- J lantic coast, a seaboard j
placed that of Mexico. Over it, or by j with the Spaniards to the south and,
t, flies the Stars and Stripes. But the French to the north and west of j
within the public buildings, in glass them.
cases, lie other flag*, some of them These were the three nations of
bloodstained, and all faded—these are Europe whose colonies bid for Texas,
the Stars and Bars of the Confeder- Of the first two nothing is left in
ate States of America which flaunted Texas but ruined forts and missions,
their colon daring the war between * few geographic names for towns,
the North and South. Here are the counties and riven, and the lisping
six flags of Texas, which ^.within accent on the lips of some of the in-
themselves an mute evidence that the habitants. The English language is
State has had a varied and sometimes spoken everywhere, and English law
tngic history; yea, something of an and institutions prevail These facts
adventuress among the nations be- *how that in the long contest the
fon she settled down to a quiet life English race won the prize, though
among the sisterhood of States in the England herself lost it.
American Union. The purpose of this Why did the English win? There
sketch is to tell the story of the life are many reasons, but they need not
of Texas under six flags. detain us. However, back of them all'
Miss Thelma Hinton who has been
m )\ ill for the past several days is im-
proving nicely.
Misa Lorene Standefer of Fort
Worth spent last week-end with Mr.
S|§ and Mrs. Guy Weir and son.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Tweedy were
recent visitor* to Hillsboro, the guent*
of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. West.
Roy Pool and Chestnutt Nowlin
wore transacting business in Dallas
MMr*and Mrs. Roily Vaughn of
Blum, Texas, were here Monday and
Tuesday visiting relative*.
Roo* Brown and Frank Burr of the
Oeee community were here Monday
and two daughter*, Lorene and Ade-
It was a contest of gold, fur and
farms. The Spaniards in the New
World sought gold; the French sought
furs; and the English, farms. Gold-
line, all of Fort Worth spent a short part. The Spaniards made gi
to time Saturday afternoon with Mrs claim to most of South Am
ait Guy Weir. They remained over until all of Central America and
ih- Sunday afternoon with relatives. ico, and for more than three i
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. McNeill and maintained some control ov<
it- daughter, Mrs. J. L. Standefer of and the region west to the
en Clifton drove to McGregor Monday to
is-1 see Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walker
| Mr. and Mrs. Walker and their son-
if- in-law and daughter, Rev. and Mrs
th: Hines spent Wednesday here in the
ay.McNeill home.
i A party of fourteen, including the
of senior class, Mrs. Howard Fall and
— Professor Nutt, went to Waco last
Saturday to spend the day at Baylor
seeking and fur-hunting are tasks for China to such an extent that, during ,y’ 14 would be easier to see that the
men and men only. But farming re- 1932 in the modem city of Shanghai cost of dePendable Kas service is only 'Uf
quires the efforts of an entire fam-j alone, an average of 92 bodies of in- a 4ew cen*8 a daY-
ily, and furnishes a home. Neither the fants were found daily in the streets,' -——
Spaniards nor the French brought | alleys and creeks.
Trade with Record advertisers.
The modern kitchen is an ^ALL-GAS kitchen
University where they enjoyed the
many features especially arranged
for the senior classes from McLen-
nan and Bosque counties who hac
been invited there for that day.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Jarrett and two
sons of Bruni, Texas, arrived here
Wednesday morning to visit his
mother, Mrs. J. C. Jarrett and other
relatives.
Mias Gladys Glass and Miss La
Verne Glass were here Sunday visit-
ing Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Pool.
Harvey Otulaw of Dallas is here
this week visiting relatives and
friends.
J. N. Boykin and L. B. Morris re-
turned home Tuesday from Fairfield,
Texas, where they have been at work
for the past several weeks.
The Valley Mills High school base-
ball team went to Cayote last Friday
afternoon and lost a hard-fought ball
game by a score of 8 |o 6.
Q^u/O -you,
cu tlixill!
AUTOMATIC
GAS SERVANTS
Conoco Bronze hat
greatly improved anti-
knock quality.. always
the full-throated purr of
rhythmic power.. seem-
ingly effortless in its
quiet performance, |§^
It has also instant
starting lightning pick-
up, grater mileage and
power. Try a tank full
and be convinced.
p your kitchen missing the new gas inventions?
The modern gas range has a new control ih broil-
ing steak, for instance. The porcelain broiler
g-l-i-d-e-s, and adjusts automatically by lever.
Inspect the new improvements in automatic gas
Water Heaters, for thrifty operation . ... they turn-
out steaming water for 14 morning shaves on a
penny’s worth cf gas.
Investigate! Inspect these improved gas appliances,,
priced to fit your own budget.
GUTENBERG’S GUN
Dallas Dispatch: Years ago when
Europe’s guns were thundering to
win victories for selfish dictators and
unjust princes, James Russell Lowell,
the poet, remarked that:
“Gutenberg’s gun has the longer
range.” '-’f-1
That gun fires no poison gas or
shrapnel hut it rules the world. The
weapon forged when Gutenberg in-
vented modern printing still is the
most powerful on earth.
Japan may win temporary victories'
against China—but China has Guten-
berg’s gun on her side.
America’s financial oligarchy may
drumfire its dollars against National
progress—but Gutenberg's gun has a
longer range.
Scoundrels may plunge a Nation in-
to misery, but a Roosevelt, backed by
Gutenberg’s gun will rout them in the
end. * .
Has confidence supplanted fear?
Theh it waa the voice of the gun that
accomplished the miracle.
The printing press still is the
greatest weapon in the world.
* *.........j,........it,. "W
How little does your
gas service cost?
Tha price of a cigarette
will buy enough gas service
to cook a good dinner for
three people.
This spotless heat has never
been high-priced. n
..It has STAYED
LOW ever since V
we piped the first V a
natural gat to a /
: OLI N E
TO HUSBANDS:
She sets the dial for the CORRECT heat to bake your
blackberry pie, if she has a modern Gas Range. No guess-
work; no burning. Is your kitchen up-to-the-minute
with an automatic Gas Range? If not, invite your wife
to go shopping with you. Show her the new insulated
models that keep the heat out of the kitchen.
Then buy one for her!
your home.
Commu
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1933, newspaper, May 19, 1933; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth776277/m1/2/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.