The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 228, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1925 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DAILY NEWS-TELEGRAM
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ERIC BAGWELL, Business Mgr,
PHONE 4-8-1
Howdy, Greenville; howdy, Paris,
and howdy Longview. Giad to sec
you today. You art* always welcome
on big days when Ringling Brothers
comes to town.
Attorney General Elmer Tecr
says the reason he got no premiums
i nthe Hopkins County Agricultural
Fair is that he was ruled out be-
cause he was a town fnrmer.
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HERE’S ANOTHER WEEK FOR
YOU TO OBSERVE
The Stale Fire Marshal of Tcxa
writes this paper that all over the
land from October 4 to 10 there
will be a great movement in behalf
of fire prevention, and asking the
co-operation of this publication in
proclaiming the news; The president
of the United States, the governors
of the different slates and mayors
;>f towns and cities are and have
proclaimed the dates and are urging
the folks to consider the subject.
Some of the data furnished by
the fire marshal may arouse inter-
est in the movement, Statistics show
that there is a fire somewhere ev-
ery minute, and that one dwelling
burns every four minutes; one
farm building every seven minutes,
four warehouses every day, five
churches every day, fifteen hotels
every day, and forty human lives
every day.
Some of the causes of fire are
matches and smoking, electricity,
stove furnaces, boilers and their
pipes, defective chimneys and flues,
spontaneous Combust ion, lightning,,
sparks on roof, sparks front ma-
chinery, petroleum and its products.
Fire Prevention: Over 75 percent
of all fires are preventable und
carelessness can save this loss. Keep
all premises clean; guard the
matches; watch the careless smok-
er; see that your electric wiring is
in good condition with no fuses
bridged; keep your heating devices
in good repair and properly pro-
tected; be careful in . the use of
kerosene and gasoline, and keep
hand fire extinguishers on fcll pre-
mises. Build your chimneys, flues,
etc., correctly, make electric, wiring
safe, avoid hallow walls and the use
of wooden shingles.
In this work the marshal says the
churches have always responded
most liberally. Members of the
city government, the P*re ,^hicf,
city fire marshal, the press, worn
en’s ciubs, fire insurance agents, the
chamber of commerce, boy scouts,
school officials and teachers, the
ministerial association, civic organ-
izations and others are deeply con-
cerned about the welfare of the
community.—Wills Point Chronicle.
LOTTERY LAWS
IN REGARD TO
NEWSPAPERS
Much misunderstanding exists
atnong people as to what newspnpers
may and may not print in regard to
lotteries of any kind. Often people
come to Sulphur Springs and do
not understand the law in regard to
same and think the local newspapers
and the postoffice authorities arc
rigid in observing the laws. We are
afraid not to obey Uncle Sam, and
the officials at the local postofficc
are only trying to follow instruc-
tions of the government in permit-
ting articles to be printed and go
through the mails.
• The following article is easily
understood:
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RAINS CHANGE , ,
SOUTH TEXAS
CONTENTMENT
Oh, where does sweet contentment
abide
In all the. wide-world over,
Where shall one go a-seeking it
Throughout the earth a rover?
It dwells where kinship is and kind
And where the hearth flame
brightens,
And Where the moonbeam from aloft
The dreaming doorstep lightens.
Contentment waits in quiet ways,
Where faith finds sanctuary,
Where eyes look into other eyes
And soul communion c.arry.
—Maude DeVerse Newton.
Do you ever throw away your
bread, writes a friend of The Com-
panion, or even toss aside a crust?
Ill .Spain it is against the law to do
so, 1 am told by a newcomer from
(hat country. There'is an ancient
belief that bicad is one of the first
foods God gave His children, and
therefore it is a sacred food. To il-
lustrate just what happens, if you
are careless enough to throw bread
away, let me tell you an actual in-
cident that occurred in Barcelona.
A little Spanish boy left his
house, eating a slice of bread, but
he Soon tired of it, and, without
thinking, threw it upon the side-
walk. Hardly had he done so when
a hand grasped his elbow and he
looked up into the face of a police-
man.
‘ You cannot throw bread away
like that,” the man told him. “You
arc breaking the law. Pick it up and
come with me.’'
The boy, startled, picked up the
bread, and the man drew him along
down a side street until they came
to a sheltered corner between two
buildings.
“Kiss the bread, hijo mio, and
lay it carefully down here on this
stone that the dogs may cat of it,
and it shall not be wasted,” com-
manded the policeman, and the boy
did as he was told.—Youth’s Com-
panion. I
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YOU WRECK 'EM--WE1L RRING THEM IN!
We are equipped with a new wrecker which will bring
them in for repairs no matter how bad they are torn up—
THEN WE GIVE YOU FIRST CLASS
REPAIR WORK, TOO!
% DON’T FORGET
PHONE DAY’576
NIGHT, 712
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HOLLINGSWORTH GARAGE
UNDER THE STANDPIPE
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Advertising Lotteries in Newspapers
The following abstract from the
provisions of Section 218 of the
Criminal Code (U. S.) is called
the attention of newspaper publish-
ers and the promoters of gift enter
prises who seek to use the mails in
advertising same.
“No newspaper, circular, pamph
let or publication of any kind con
taining any advertisement of any
lottery, gift enterprise or scheme of
any kind offering prizes dependent
in whole or in part upon lot
chance, or containing any list of the
prizes drawn or awarded by means
of any such lottery, gift enterprise
or scheme, whether such list con-
tains any part or all of such prizes,
shall be deposited in or carried by
the mails of the United States, or
be delivered by any postmaster or
letter carrier. Whoever shall know-
ingly' deposit or cause to be depos
ited, or shall knowingly send or
cause to be sent, anything to be
conveyed or delivered by mail in
violation of the provisions of thi-
section, shall be fined not more than
$1,000, or imprisoned not more
than two years, or both.”
United States District Attorney
Randolph Bryant of Sherman, says
in a letter to a newspaper said to
have recently violated thia law
“The above language is clear and
free from ambiguity and the mean-
ing requires no explanation from
this office, and 1 trust that in the
future you will not only use your
best efforts to observe the above
provisions of law, but will call the
same to the attention of other pa
pers within that section through the
columns of your paper.
“I am not disposed to take any
action by way of prosecution in
your case on account of past viola-
tions of the above provisions, trust-
ing that the same have been caused
by your misunderstanding of the
provisions of the above law and not
from any deliberate design to vio-
late the same.
“However, if publication of mat-
ter of this kind is persisted in by
you or any other paper, and the
same is carried by the mails, this
office is going to take ail necessary
steps looking to prosecution of such
violations.”
This paper has oy more than one
occasion called attention to repeat-
ed violations of this law, and most
of the newspapers of this section
have respected it, but some have
not. Feeling that it was unfair for
a few towns and newspapers to reap
a financial benefit from a class of
advertising that others were afraid
to handle, we requested the district
attorney to pass on the matter,
which he has done. We stated to
him that it was not our desire to
see any one prosecuted for past vio-
lations hut we Would like to sCe all
parties warned that they must ob-
serve the law ih the future, so that
no town nor newspaper might enjoy
any special privilege.
Notice Is afcrved now that if fur-
ther violations are observed they
will be called to the attention of the
district attornew and postal offi-
cials. It will be well to bear In
mind that it is just as much a vio-
lation of the law to say that a car
or a sum of money is to be given
away on a certain date “in the
same manner as before,” as to
come right out and say there is go-
ing to be a free drawing on a cer-
tain date, and tell how tickets may
be obtained. Indeed, it is likely that
a Federal judge would impose a
heavier fine when it wa* -obvious
that an attempt was being made to
evade the law, than for an open
and above-board statement. A fel-
low might wiggle out of the latter
on the plea of ignorance, but that
plea couldn’t well be made when it
was apparent that he was “whip-
ping the devil arouhd a stump.”—
Jacksonville Progress.
Houston, Oct. 2.—Rains which
recently broke the long drouth in
many sections of Texas, had a tre-
mendous moral effect, H. H.
Schutz, government statician here
said. The benefit to the late crops
and "soil also was great, but the
grfeater effect was in changing dis-
couragement and despair into hope
and activity, he said.
The late cotton crop was helped
and small bolls were given a chance
to develop, but leaf worms, boll
worms nnd weevils renewed their
activities, largely offsetting the ben-
efits. “The leaf worm outbreak
this season is the earliest and most
severe in 10 years, Mr. Schutz said.
Cdvcrlng agricultural and other
activities, Mr. Schutz’s recapitula-
tion said, “An increased‘acreage of
oats and whfeat is being sown,
largely to supply needed pastur
age. The cattle industry is feeling
the greatest activity since the 1920
disaster. The demand and price
good and stock is improving with
the greening of the range.
“A good mohair and Wool clip is
being made and sheep and goats
will enter the winter in satisfactory
condition. Improvement in the hog
situation is delayed by shortage of
feed. Thousands of car loads of
hay and corn are being shipped in
to Texas and more will be needed
when spring work begins. The
flow of milk has been cut severely
hy lack of green feed, while sales
of canned milk shows a correspond-
ing increase, particularly in those
sections which formerly raised lit-
tle sorghums or hay.
“At least one good result has
come from the drouth in the awak-
ening of the people to the benefits
and possibilities of irrigation. The
immediate consequence has been
great demand for pumps and en-
gines. A significant development
is the purchase of large quantities
of power machinery for cetton
farming. It is fraught with untold
possibilities.
Turning to the state of business,
Mr. Schutz found building materi-
al is enjoying a good volume.
Country yards are buying and cx
ports continue active.
Wholesale dealers report net sales
below those of last month and
year ago. Sale of fall goods is slow,
particularly in South Central coun-
ties. In a number of lines collec-
tions are slow with Jess discounting
of bills but bank deposits arc show-
ing a steady increase with early
marketing of cotton.
AUTOMOBILE HOBOES
PRESENT NEW SOCIAL
PROBLEM IN COUNTRY
Virginia, nine-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mm M. E. McKinney
of Como, is doing nicely since un-
dergoing an operation in the Long
hospital Friday.
TRY OUR WANT ADS.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 2.—The
Weary Willie,” a unique figure in
American life a decade or more ago,
rapidly vanishing from the land-
scape and is being replaced by a
product of the age of the automobile
the "flivver hobo”—or rather ho-
boes, for the new type seldom
travels alone, according to officials
of Little Rock social agencies.
The “flivver hoboes” are always
without money and in most instances
accompanied by large families.
They enter a city from unknown
places and without unknown destin-
ations nnd apply to community
funds and social agencies for aid,
sickness being the most common
plea.
The usual requests are for money,
gasoline and oil or for repairs to
their automobiles, officials say.
They usually claim that they left
home because of labor conditions and
are going to some distant place to
seek employment, asking aid in get
ting to their destinations,
Proposals to aid them by selling
the automobile are always rejected
by the “tourists/’ records of Little
Rock agencies show. Out of a large
number of “standard tourists” who
have applied for aid here not one
would consider parting with the au-
tomobile. Tickets to their homes or
to the stated destination are also
not desired,
“Most of the ‘flivver tourists’ that
apply for aid are frauds and we do
not propose to give them money or
gasoline so as to pass them on to
some other city,” says C. H. Wickard,
of the Little Rock Social Service
Exchange.
“The Social Service Exchange will
aid distressed tourists and will fur-
nish them food and buy medicines
when there is sickness, but will not
encourage fraud by purchasing gas-
oline or paying for repairs.
“The ‘fllver hobo’ is a serious
problem that is natkm-wide in its
scope. These nopiad*, who are
modern tramps, wanded aimlessly
about the country applying for
charity and with no destination or
purpose. They arc perpetrating
fraud on social agencies a'nd com-
munity funds in many . Cities. Cor-
respondence of this office shows
that these nomads are applying at
many cities in the middle west and
that most of them are ‘headed
west.’
“The greatest tragedy in connee-
neetion with the modern hobo is the
neglected and under-nourished chil-
dren who are compelled to follow.
They have no opportunity for school-
ing and their health is in most in-
stances impaired by unnecessary ex-
posure and lack of wholesome food.
The compulsory school law does not
affect (he ‘fliver hobo’ because they
arc never stationary and arc not
registered in any city.
“There seems to be no cure for
the evil. When they apply for aid
we must help the children or the
mothers who are ill or in need of
food. This has been done on nu-
merous occasions but in each in-
stance we have refused to buy gas-
oline and oil or to give money. This
would simply pass the rcsponsiiblity
to another city.”
ETHRID6E-RANDALL
Miss Zola Ilandail of Cumby,
formerly of this city, and Mr. Will
Ethridge of Cumby were married ih
Greenville, Saturday, September 26,
1925.
The bride is the beautiful and
accomplished daughter of Mr. O. W.
Randall. She was reared and edu-
cated in Sulphur Springs, and hus
taught several successful schools in
this county. She is a most deserv-
ing young lady, and has a host of
friends who wish for her every
happiness.
The groom is a prominent busi-
ness man of Cumby, Texas. He is
well known in Hopkins and Hunt
counties, having owned and operat-
ed gins in both places.
The many friends of these two
popular people wish for them the
brightest of life's pathway, and may
a long and happy life be their's.
They will make their home in
Cumby.
REPORTED.
NICKNAMES
Nicknames originate usually in a
feeling either of contempt or of af-
fection. Family nicknames arc of
course always an expression of af-
fectionate humor.
Even if they seem to poke fun at
persons who mthey designate, they
do it in a good-natured spirit and
without any intention of giving of-
fense. The appellations bestowed on
persons outside the family circle do
not so universally denote a loving re-
gard. The perception of this fnct
often causes a mother a be resent-
ful of whatever nicknames are be-
stowed upon her son by his school-
mates. They may bo “inspired hy af-
fection and admiration but she can-
not help being suspicious of the
meaning that underlives them. She
likes to have her own pet name for
her boy, but she wishes other peo-
ple would call him as his Christian
name.
Sometimes nicknames arc fastened
on persons as a result of some
whim or chance occurrence that has
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on special significance. A hoy born
in the South brought to a Northern
school some expressions unfamiliar
to the ears of his new companions.
Pointing at a beetle one day, ho
said, “Look at the Doodle bug!"
Thenceforth he was known as
Doodle. He is now a man of wide
acquaintance and of importance in
the community and the state in
w’hieh he lives. It if safe to say
that more people address him by the
appellation “Doodlee” than by his
given name.
Occasionally a nickname contempt-
uously bestowed undergoes a trans-
formation and becomes a title proud-
ly worn. The word Yankee, for ex-
ample was in its origin as much a
term of opprobrium as the modern
“scab” or the still more recent
“scofflaw.” But now the only re-
sentment over the use of the word is
felt by those of old New England
stock who regard themselves as the
real Yankees and object to have
their inheritance made the common
property of ail Americans.
One nickname which it may confi-
dently be predicted will never do-
meste itself thus pleasantly among
those to whom it was applied is the
word "Boche.” That, we suspect, will
always be, in Germany, a “fighting
word."—Youth’s Companion.
WORLD CATASTROPHE
NEAR SAYS SIR
CONAN DOYL
Everyone is warned by the spirit
world through the medium of Sjr
Conan Doyle that a great catastro-
phe hangs over the world.
Sir Arthur says he has been re-
ceiving messages from the spirit
world for the last three years to this
effect and that lately they have be-
come so pressing he feels it neces-
sary to make them public. He as-
serts that the suffering and de-
struction which will result arc to
be taken as a chastening for the
evils of today. Only through this
manner can the world be saved.
The nature of the impending ca-
tastrophe is so vague that Sir Ar-
thur is unable to specify'it, but.he
says it will last three years.
“The world has grown far too
material,” Sir Arthur warns. “Wa
are to be taught that life has a
spiritual and not a material pur-
pose.”
Sir Arthur declares that England
will escape from the catastrophe
more lightly than docs any other
nation. Why, he does not say.—Ex.
LAST EXCLUSIVE PHOTO OF SHENANDOAH ONE HOUR BEFORE FLIGHT
While on its way from Lakehurst, N. J., to St. Louia, the Shenandoah collapsed over the small town it
Pleasant City, Ohio, half of the ship crashing down into a cornfield and the rest drifting off in an easterly di-
rection. Fourteen men were killed nnd many injured. Among the officers Killed wore the commander, Lieut.
Commander Zachary Lansdowne, Lieut. Cotp. Louis Hancock, Executive Officers; Lieut, J. B. Laurence of St.
Paul, Senior Watch Officer; Lieut. A. R. Houghton, Allstott, Mass., Watch Officer; Lieut. E. W. Sheppard df
Washington, D. C., Engineer Officer. /’
This ia an exclusive photo of the "ShensBidphW’ taken one hour beforevit left Lakehurat, N. J., for-its ilbfatad
voyage with St. Louia as Its prpoaed terminus. The giant ship is here shown tied to, the Lakehurst mooring
shaft at 8 p. m., all ready for the >tartg.«f \fip_one hour later (4:02 p. m.). This is the last picture of
the airship. In the upper left hand corner can be seen a free balloon, also belonging to the Lakehurst I
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Bagwell, J. S. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 228, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1925, newspaper, October 2, 1925; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth812104/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.