The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1932 Page: 2 of 8
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WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS
We do cleaning of all kinds and no job is too difficult for
us to handle with safety and satisfaction to you.
We please others—Let us please you.
CLIFTON TAILORS
S. M RINGNESS.
Telephone 235
Proprl«tor
5
Clifton, Texas j
C HIEF JUSTICE BARS
HIMSELF FROM CASES!
be o. k. with him should 1 decide to J
discontinue my articles on education
and write about something else, or
|of doles I have been impressed with | better. not write at all. J got him
i . c *. i_ ! told thimlv: “Ft
IX)EES FOR THE DISTENT;FISHED
Throughout the current discussion
During the holidays, while stroll-
ing frantically up arid down the
streets, interviewing different par-
ties, f ran into several new faces of
the old boys who had come back to
the old stamping grounds with Christ
mas dinner a forethought; and to vis-
it relatives and friends.
One of these birds, who I had al-
ways thought my friend, told me he
had been reading my stuff in the Rec-
ord, referring to my articles as pu-
trid. As luck would have it, I didn't
have my dictionary with me at the
time so he got away.
poenas, and habeas corpuses, all to
no avail. He objected to our efforts
on the grounds that we were inter-
fering with his bill of rights or some-
thing. So much for George.
CHAPTER IIE I
Nothing worth mentioning hap-1
pened during this chapter.
CHAPTER IV.
When I was called on to deliver my i
Friday afternoon piece, it was the
same horse of a different color. I
marched to the center of the stage
with the eagerness of a hungry boy
coming to the dinner table. After
getting my finger out of my mouth,
I would nonchalantly grasp the cor-
ners of my coat for moral support
Another mug informed me it would! , , ,
land proceed to tell them what Mary'.
little I?.mb had done—and HOW. The
people came from far and wide all
around Harmony—to get an ear-full
of my devastating eloquence. My
j masterly style knocked ’em fur a row
,, . . , I of single-trees,
the people educated, v. ' . , . ,
-Not only at school, but during va-
Then one day, who should bob upi™1'®" 1 W0U,d at times hurst f"rth
1907 ........................... . 1932
My Business Is To Take Care of Your Business
Let Me Do the Worrying!
INSURANCE IN ALL FORMS
l
H. W. HERING
THE PIONEER AGENCY
told thusly: “It is my intention to)
continue to exclaim the evils of edu-
cation till I get
even if it takes all winter
Austin, Texas, Jan. IK. - Chief Jus- the unreality of much of the anti-dole
lice C. M. Cureton of the Supreme contention.
Court has certified his disqualifica- j 1 quite agree that, it is not good
tion to Gov. Ross Sterling in two* for the soul- of men to be supplied I
cases, one that of Gus S. Wortham j with a support for which they are ! .....—■> • ....................... ,.
«t al. vs. J. S. Walker. I .and Com-! not obliged to pay the price of I m-v old friend, George Anderson, . .. erT1!H raneous speeches while
miasioner, et al., involving title to ;JK,- sweat and effort. 'who is now Asst. Dist. Attorney at|». '’.‘T cu Dvatoi down the row-.
000 acres recovered from Oklahoma j Hut I am forced to smile a bit t ^ ic-hita Falls. Meeting old school Lads ‘ ■ orses wou st,’p, turn their
'chums naturally brings back memor- "
f. j of the not-so-long ago when we
F. I played, studied, fought and chewed | undivided
But I am foreed to smile a
along the eastern boundary of the; when I hear vigorous preachment of!
Panhandle, and the other First Na-jthe devastating effect of a pittance
tiomil Bank in Dallas vs. Buck VV. dole on the workman when the
Brown et al. Governor Sterling will j preachment is delivered by some one
appoint special Chief Justices in j who has himself been the beneficiary
both cases. of an inheritance dole that has fal-
Judge Cureton was a member of Men into his lap from the fertile la-
the Attorney General’s staff when the [hors of a great-grandfather.
Oklahoma boundary case originated j Iri the December issue of The Sur-
and helped represent Texas in that vey this interesting tale is told:
litigation.
through various schools, colleges and
universities for several years there-
after.
Now, since a few more' years have j
passed, take a look at us. When [
someone calls on me to say some- *
thing, where there are more than j
three people congregated, 1 feel an
almost irrestible urge to adopt his :
schooldays method of evasion. I *
seem to hear the under side
AVACO woman teees
her EXPERIENCES
"I Truthfully Say That Argotane
Has Helped Me More Than Any-
thing I've Ever Taken,’’
She Says.
cedar-wax together up at Harmony.
Miss Frances Perkins, commission-
er of labor in New York, was in
England last summer studying the
m wonderment and walk off
again. Especially would they come to
a complete halt and give me their
attention when in the
We had quite a chat, discussing un- ^ Tn,'
important matters. Later, it occurred P™1 th“l ,lke ‘‘Wh"a ”
to me that a short sketch of our L 1 u '! i \ °ra'
„ i j- lit ! tion.s of mine couldn t huve been nre-
a-™.', f,„. the
ity.
CHAPTER V.
“I simply cannot find words to ex-
press my appreciation for the bene-
of my. fits 1 have derived from Argotane."
interest story for the readers. Here.*
I decided, is my chance to vindicate,
once and for all, my reputation as a
biographer, by giving the public the
story' of our
sion is concluding its freight rate in - I
vestigation. Recently "Part b" on
livestock rates was completed Its
testimony, briefs and illustrations
comprised 24.000 pages--the sahiV*
number as in the Encyclopedia Bri-
tannica. which covers
subject in th<* world.
She asked a very wise old civil
servant whether the dole was de-
moralizing the British people.
"Well, if it went through one gen-
eration, said the old civil servant.
Soon after conquering fourth read-
er. our teacher handed us a' new book
and a very
details of our|*iterary aroma- with the name "Al-
c h i Id hood and school days. So here j Kebra” imprmted thereon, in gold. 1
I we are-in person. George with his ' Vas vtry pi0U,J of'my new book—till
white hair and chapped hand__Me 9 °!,cnt<l '*• Hut a11 that “X plus Y
said Mrs. R. E. Cissell, residing at
car calling—the brakes need adjust
ing. or something. But in my reclin- 1 DID South 17th. street, Waco, Texa-
mg years, I am giving my time and! Continuing, Mrs. Cissell said, “M ,
energy to a useful purpose. To-wit: j entire system seemed to become dis-
Giving the people, through the press, | organized, and 1 started down-hil!
the correct formula for bringing (and there wasn’t a day that I felt
like myself. On top of my many oth-
er ailments I suffered front dizzy
headaehes that were very disagree-
able. My condition kept getting
worse until 1 was all run-down from
my head to my heels, and no ntedi-
jvine seemed to do me a single bit of
v11 * ually e ver v I
quizzically scanning Miss Perk
INDIGESTION
"My work Is confining,
and often I cat hurriedly,
causing me to h;;ve indi-
gestion. Gas will form
and I will smother and
have palms in my chest.
"I had to be careful
what I ate, but after
someone had recom-
mended Black-Draught
and I found a small
pinch after meals was so
helpful, I soon was eat-
ing anything I wanted.
“Now when I feel the
least smothering or un-
comfortable bloating, I
take a pinch of Black-
Draught and get relief.”
—Clyde Vaughn, 10 Sblppy St.,
Greenville, S C.
Sold in 25e packages.
■ in
face, '
1 don’t.
think we'd notice it.
* I-i.r two generatii
*ns I don't buliyvt*
I’ll W i
.ri y. Th ret
• - thurt* I’m not
-lire
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riiy t-i 1-K.k at the
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ubi -
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ifultilging in a
hit.
■'f Bnt i-h humor,
inn hi
fla-li
of i
1: u mor " a - ■!! i.jnn-
nat me.
Thw
e ; a -<■,
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* “iiiut n iiiL' in un- ;
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A nd
Du- p-n
Mil)
i - jw-1 ,i< \G-F!U-
11 atmg
if the
tied
♦ i' $ 1,000.000 a
with my freckles' and cow-lick.
CHAPTER I.
We were horn on different pi
itrs, h couple of miles apart,
not different species of* Andersens,
'"ice mir names arc somewhat
lor, 1 am often asked the qu<-
Are j-i'j any km to George ?
1 understand that one of the
questions he u;e a.-ked when im
to V*. iehif.i Falls was whether j,<-
related to me. When we an
these embarrassing quest)
; nta -
■ f a
bn'
i n 11 -
' mil.
A nd
I business looked like a lot of boloney
Do me. iu I sold out, lock, stock and
barrel -oratory and all. To the coni-
; plete satisfaction of my teacher, I
didn t show up at school any more______
the call of the wild. 1 didn't stoi
long enough to find out how George
get along with ids Algebra.
Along about this time, nr a pluy-
giound diversion wo wen,* pretty
bus\ manufacturing bows and ,tr-j
American business back to a prosper-
ous basis; showing them how to uti-
lize our natural resources to the best
advantage, etc. For my services in
rebuilding our crippled industries, 1
am getting the fatuous salary of No
Dollars and No Cents per month.
George has become a prominent I good
lawyer and a fluent speaker, but j "Honestly, since I have been tah-
spends his time prosecuting boot-leg-j ing Argotane 1 feel like a d iff even •
gers; thus seeking to undermine our I person. All that weak, run-down con-
only remaining healthy, prosperous j dition is gone, and I actually fetd
industry—and getting paid for it. I that I have been made all over
Moral: 1 thought up a good moral ' again. My dizzy headaches have been
for this story but it escapes me for] relieved and i sleep well every nig1"
the moment maybe 1 will think of [and always feel fresh and flnc'nn go-’
]tmg up in the morning, and when
i f’U come to think of it, just one b-e-
f Argotane has done all this f
it lat
er as ever.
A nony iimusly.
'.lex S. An Jem
P\Y THAI' POI.I
Abilene Reporter: Nine
T \ \
tie
me
! (
i-
year, coining through the channel of
inheritance, as if the dole is £1 a a
1 "eck, coming through the channel <,f
a government subsidy.
All this j. vaid, not. in defense <>f
■ f the prominence of our famdie
Keaied as we were, in an atmos-
phere i.t wealth and affluence, **•■. '
two will
lew*, low s ot cedar limbs and lead- Gren
headed dogwood arrows. With tiiese I from
‘rude implement' we all but ruined I elect*
the scliord house and rendered tiaflie I Statv
mi the nearby public road hazardou-. j f|,ur und six years.
. a few district and
It IS t he gfl ate " II
-f
us. not t tie half measure-
subsidies and doles, but to tin
task
1 fundamental
of
v. cm.
e v a-
I'keii
l|s, we
tactfully steer the conversation into
more pleasant channels or) ,n , oun‘
At'er school that year. George plant-)
ed some watermelons. That summei
he invitid mi to accompany him on
goodw ill tour to his watermelon I unt‘* HF'di
patch. Reaching the place where hi- The
allots this cir- ripe melons were supposed to be, we v<)ters
**»•*> vnr li /.iii* »>->., J,. t U :____ < i t ) | '
...... been stealing his ntel- Th
'ther children of the emmun- .ons. We agreed that it must be either
, ■ ""'f' l,,ss fortunate in this Indians or Norwegians, but
nr mp oy nu n | j espeet. Our favor.te pastimes were dismissed
chunking wasp nests,
rabbit-, -eiiine nre To re.. n,,wrOK,.,-..' ......t , ,
uggested to George
gl ea t
' i!i J 'end
loin,
E\
A I; I
. bod-,
" m .A i tiotarn
t bet 'a: pentei Bros.
■'•■'11. Texas.
may be
Drug
ebtai;
Stori ■
we ae invitid mi to accompany him on H'-G and v. ;U i
. sf.ent the greater fart of our child- a
hood lolling in the lapse of luxury
j However, we didn’t
•eumstnnce to interfere with our made the important discovery that
i. i ,, f . , playing and frolicking about, much as i someone had
the dole, for 1 do not believe in the; the
1 'loie, but i- said to enforce the fact lit v
1. 0,11..,,,.,. US. ...... J ui.O. ;.. ”... ' ""- C .......... lh'- «•» I'M' it CUlJ b*.
^hnntin*r at i the latter. Here a bright idea
Netting fire to the neighbors' j tered my mind. I
Ue'
mi-table P re- idel; t I!,u-t ill
except a f, v. State and Fiji. I
senators whose 'erns run f •
re-peetiv i iy , ; !
appelate judge-
• J'oii'icai year since
it. be equalled again
en-
administer-
. . i • ...........“kh'^irq tu vienrfcje
! ing out economic order that ,t- nor- i iT^t'h T ,iay*!that a',*,l-v *kiU in archery to
, i ... . , i * <o-ld catih peteh or seme mm- piactical use bv going to the h,n
mal '"(KVS>“'S w,!l p,|v'' “wu-lnows in Harmony Branch or tribu
nty. adequate leisure and sustaining ] taries thereof without
self-respect to the masse- of men ; some silly game law. In ail our out-1 merits
Frank “""" H t'V‘‘rVwi(Henn , door activities we were at all times
Ion an equal footing. He caught as
opportunity it offers •
should he inducement
twit pod tax.
'o’l r i,i will have
n tht
■m ugl
NOTICE
T?U‘ U'-cord will bv .uiad to <vn<\ .
lencwal* or m*\v subsi*» iptions f j
I ho Loi t Wortli Stai -Ti‘k'Lrram, I)a!
'as Xcws, Houston Chronicle*t Wa
\cw: -Tribuno or Waco Timcs-Herald
for anyniic who dosiios this sorv: ••
i iu* Record is agent for all the-
'laily papers and makes a small c<•:> ^
mi>siim on all business sent in. S
ithis bcinj: true, we shall appreciat
* r: 5j- oi(l(-r for any of these papers.
The Clifton Record.
ular Iennan holiday. 1 here \s iil }»(* ■
men and measures hr desiies to! ____
swat, t hei e will be men and nitoi-- f 11 i
Hori leultunsts l»elieve that
ures ne ^lesites lo appro\e. lit
sJfi edfordSi
BLACK-
DRAUGHT
WOMEN who nre run-down, ner-
vou», or nuffer every month, ahould
take i',ir!i.l fast for over 50 year*
and declaring war on the Indians. He
violating j agreed that my idea had certain
so we pulled out to the
j mountains with a complete stock of
! „ — j bows and arrows,
many fish as I did; and I could send* PHaptpp v/i
SCHOOL TAXES DEE la squirrel scurrying back to its nest! r, u
Your taxes for the Clifton Inde- ! without using up anv more ammu- ! T* the c»PP^r-colored deni-
pendent School District are due and In it ion than he required to get the ! flT the un,ll‘rbrush real'ze the
payable at the Farmers State Bankl*c«nie result | e a "as ,n s^ore ^or as
jwe trudged along, sleeping in the
< HAPTER II. ;open and snatching meals now and
we find ourselves at school. tflen at tb'‘ numberless hot -dog stands
| Our recreation or intermission periods ' ' '
................ ..V...... I,mi seter,-^
p,n tific intei ferem e w ith the process ,
robbing (lowers of theii
State Bank! mote result,
in Clifton. You are invited to call I
at the bank and get your receipt at !
your earliest
tfc
convenience.
The, School Board
Now
I Sharks retain life even after a long
I period out of water.
jwere spent shooting marbles, hunt-
ing black haws, playing townball and
i indulging in tht- various other ac-
tivities that usually occupy a school
j boy's time.
—•> Changing the scene a bit. we now j
that dotted the cedar brakes. Days
passed but we were still in the pink
of condition for battle. Then, one
morning we saw smoke across a
glade. (The plot thickens.) Stealth-
ily. we slip through the bushes. Now
neither approve or disapprove unless natlm, ,
he antes up that one dollar and sev- ! p[,rfunu,
enty-five cents for a poll tax. Con-1._
sidering the fun he will have as a|
qualified voter, the $1.75 represents'
one of the greatest bargains of this L,,. ..
age of bargains > ” ’ liquid or tablets used internally
Voters do not' have manv days to)8"*1 f® Sah° ex,erna,,>’ mak<* a
qualify themselves. The longer’ that L.'** and Active treatment for
( olds.
666
poll tax payment is put off the long-
er th, voter will have to stand in line
at th collector';- office.
Texas should <|uaLiy more than a
million voters in 19.32
$5,000 in Cash Prizes
Ask Your Druggist for Particulars
CITY TAXES NOW DI E
A our city taxes are due and pay-
able at the City Secretary’s office at
the C ity Hall in C lifton. Those desir- j
ing to know the amount of their taxes
may telephone or write City Score-
AGAIN!
| The Waco-Times Herald
• Makes That Sensational Offer
A FULL YEAR
[ask you. gentle reader, to enter thc-lmac Gee and ambushing ourselves
j school room unnoticed, to see what ! am"nK its dense foliage, w e sized
of complete newspaper
service, both daily and
Sunday. (EXCEPT MONDAY)
$2.95
I j takes place. Our teacher, Mr. Hart,
j took care of sixty of us for six years,
| [and lived to tell the story. George
j .and I entered into a neutral gentle-
j ’ nian's agreement w hereby we decided
j we col|ld best serve humanity in later
; years by making orators, out of our-
I !selves.
j George as a school-boy speaker
was—well, to be as charitable as pos-
sible. we shall only say that he
(wasn’t no Henry Clay or a Joe Bai
jley. In other words, he was a total,
.dismal failure. \N hett his name was
....... * v ~. .MIW *' ............- mm: CHj Ot*
"e see them. Climbing a large Su-|tar>’ W- c- Hurst and the desired in-
niojr‘ f"'"■ J 1 * formation will be given. tfc
up the situation for awhile. There
they were; about a dozen of them,
in a couple of huddles on the south
side of their igloo, playing bridge
and reading True Confession Mag-
azines. We let go a volley of arrows.
To their complete surprise, they
"ere annihilated before they real-
ized what was taking place. After
burying them with simple rites jn a
nearby .cliff, we-returned t" the!
scene of the massacre, where with ’ !
j score cards lying about and all, we j j
: found stark, prima facial ev„i,
that
A fine food shop in New York,!
which imports choice viands from
nearly every country on earth, sells—
among other delicacies—kangaroo-
tail soup, shark’s-fin soup, rum but-
ter and snails in shells.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO ABOUT YOUR EYES?
Don’t cheat yourself—see the
optometrist who is equipped to
give a complete examination.
Those minor troubles neglected
often lead to more serious trou-
ble.
DR. W. A. JOHNSON
(Opt. D.)
OPTOMETRIST
Clifton, Texas
HOURS: !) to 4 ON TUESDAY.
THURSDAY ttnd SATURDAY.
CUSTOM HATCHING AND BROODING
BY MAIL
Every family van enjoy daily newspaper service at this
rate. Much less than a vent a day. and remember that this i
price includes our Sunday paper with eight full pages of the
best comics. ! j
called during the Friday afternoon!
'Peaking tournament, he fell to * - ame had been in
vnged whatever souvenirs we fan-,
cied, among them being a Model Tj
Ford, a prized relic I still possess. I
(This Indian episode is a secret we!
have both guarded carefully all these j
years on account of it not being*
open season on Red Skins at the*
The Waco News-Tribune, the morning paper, both daily
I and Sunday, .with all the interesting features that go to » ......:.........“s e*
M make up a big daily, for only $4.GO, seven days in the week • f | ^opelcss'’ hw :Mmpl-v ,eft
H «r 18.75 for the daily Without Sundav. ‘ ' | !**»' standing wherever it
progress. We sal- I
i pieces hopelessly, and by the time he v»tree! whatever u»n»i» ..... e. : I
reached the stage—usually before he
i left his seat—he broke down com-
pletely. However, he would. <>n rare
ocrasit.ns reach the stage, clench his
fists and proceed: "The boy stood
| I on—but had we depended on him . _____ .. ..
[for our information, we never would time. But now it can be told, since1
' have known whether the boy stood ta party of young archaeologists up!
| on a burning deck or a hay stack, jin that community became inquisi-i
Convinced that, the proposition was!tive a few weeks ago and dug up the I
(hopeless, he simply left the poor (fossil remains of the boys we bur-
w-as he ied.) j
* stark, prima facial evidence'! •-» .
i.“rr.,rs!
Leghorn, Brown Leghorn
If you hatch chicks you want to be sure they .
are hatched right, under absolutely sanitary !
conditions. Don’t be misled; bring your eggs j
ere. e hatch them right. Bring us good eg<?e |
and you are sure to get a hatch !
When in town call around. You are always !
welcome.
r
I Those desiring to take advantage of these specially low
I rates for a daily newspaper will please call or mail in their
1 orders to the'Clifton Record, Clifton. Texas, and get a re-
ceipt for same.
r -'Sf
■ ■ •—j. ’
i stood, while he himself made a dive
lout the front door and to safety un-
jderneath his buggy. After securing
! himself by wrapping his arms and
jlegs mound the spokes of his buggy
(wheels, no power could move him.
ii tried extra edition papers,- sub-
Anyway, we washed out the last of'
the Indians, but the funny part of it!
was, George still kept losing his
watermelons.
I kept telling George then, that
education was ail hooey, but he was
stubborn; continuing his studies
'
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Clifton
CLIFTON HATCHERY
P. L. Elder, Mgr.
Texas
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