The Howe Messenger (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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JUST A COUNTRY BOY'S
Opinion of Politics
IN YOUR CAPITOL
By Red Christie
EDITOR'S NOTE—The opin-
ions expressed in this column are
(hose of the writer and do Apt
tecessarUy reflect the policy of
this publication.
SADLER SPEAKS
n
I attended the Jackson “Hickory
Shirt” dinner in Houston Satur-
day night. Some time for alt. Jer-
ly Sadler made
,«i fine talk. He
said a lot of
things, among
the most ■ impor-
tant being that
the governor’s
Office was in one
H-- of a mess
and that if he
j (Sadler) was not
:§ a candidate, he
H| was going to sup
» port some one for
governor of this state who . would
put the affairs of the state, .in
order. Seems as though S:adler
resents O’Daniel’s trying to side-
step the issue, which - is pay ing
the old age pensions, by coming
out on a liquor issue.
* * *
PEOPLE WISE
The Howe Messenger
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HOWE, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEH AS, FRIDAY, JJAN, 12, 1940
NUMBER 51
1940 Chevrolet to be Given Away
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Refrigerator and Radio Other
Prizes in Subscription Drive
CASH AWARDS PAID FOR
FOURTH. FIFTH AND
SIXTH PRIZES
20 Per Cent Commissions
CAMPAIGN OPENS MONDAY
CONTINUING UNTIL
MARCH 2
I believe the people are going
to be wise this time — that is
more so than in the past. They
are not going to be as easily mis-
led on the question of- paying
the old age pensions.
If I don’t miss my guess Sad-
ler is going to he a Candidate
for governor, or at least swing a
big stick in the cominp- election
He is young, but not too young
for the place. Since taking the
office of railroad commissioner
he has shown that he has" abili-
ty—that he is an executive. Look
out for the young man, he is
going plaices.
* * *
HARD SETTLING
The boys seem to be at a loss
for some one to run for railroad
commissioner against Lon Smith
Seems as though they just can’t
settle on anyone for sure. They
have thought several times they
had the man, but when they
dhekSk oxp (they find (that itjhere
are some very important things
missing. Don’t know a thing new
in this field. They may locate,
then they may not.
¥ * *
HINES GETS HAND
Harry Hines received a big
hand when introduced by the
toaistmaster.. lat the “Hickory
Shirt” dinner. No one knows the
strength of this quiet, unassum-
ing man. He is a successful busi-
ness man, who has made a good
record as highway commissioner
Fe is a high class Christian
gentleman and no doubt will en-
joy the support of church peo-
ple. They are going to be more
active in the coming election
than in the past.
« * *
LOOKING AHEAD
I cannot help but see in the
background >edther Jerry SJadler
or Harry Hines with ..Pierce
Brooks as a running mate. It is
a cinch O’Daniel and Stevenson
are going to he paired off, if for
no other reason than that they
have to run as a pair or they
will blow up.
Every politician knows and ad-
mits the strength of Brooks. No
question that Brooks with either
Sadler or Hines full ypve the
Governor and Lieutenant-Gover-
nor plenty of trouble.
Naturally Brooks would get
more pleasure out of defeating
Stevenson than being elected to
any other office. He would be
happy to bum around and defeat
the mlachine that beat him by a
Small count two years ago.
In other woirds, Wilbert and
Coke are going to have some
fun in 1940. Win, lose or draw,
they are going to have to go
places.
In order to extend the circu-
lation of The Russell W. Bryant
Publications in their respective
territories and surrounding com-
munities, men, women, boys and
girls in this community are of-
fered big pay every Saturday
might in exchange for their whole
or spare time during these n&xi
few weeks, with an added oppor-
tunity of wanning a brand new
1940 Chevrolet Town Sedan, val-
ued at $800.50.
Two Thousand five hundred dol-
lars in prizes and estimated com-
missions is offered by these pub-
lications to those who will help
increase the list of readers and
secure the renewals of present
subscribers. Details of the cam-
paign are outlined in a double
page announcement in- this week’s
issues.
Tw enty Percent Commissions Paid
It does not cost one cent now
or later to enter the campaign. Y ou
do not even have to be a sub-
scriber. Everyone wins! A cash
commission of 20 per cent will
be paid on every new or renewal
subscription. Everyone who en-
ters is (guaranteed a salary while
working toward winning one of
the big awards.
The first award in this contest
is that ever popular Chevrolet
Town Sedan, valued at $800.50.
Space does not permit enumera-
tion of the many fine qualities of
this standard autombile. It is
suggested that you drop into the
Underwood Chevrolet Co., show
room in MjcKjinney, where Mr.
Griffin wrill consider it a pleas-
ure to show you and explain all
the many outstanding features
of this luxurious Chevrolet Se-
dan.
The second award is a beauti-
ful Ncwv Philco Conservador Re-
frigerator, valued at $249.95. The
following will give you a very7
limited idea of the many conven-
iences of this high quality re-
frigerator: Dual purpose meat
storage compartment for articles
to be kept near freezing point.
Self sealing vegetable crisper . .
Sliding fruit or dairy basket . .
Non refrigerated storage bin . . .
Sliding shelf . . Split shelf to ac-
commodate extra large articles . .
Thermometer, visible without open-
ing main food eompartnjjents.,
Simplified temperature control
with illuminated dial . . Sus-
tained cold defrosting . . . Inte-
rior light . . . Exterior finish of
durable dulux insures permanent
whiteness . . Interior of acid-
resisting porcelain including Con-
servador. These are just a few
of the many fine qualities to be
found in this reliable Philco Con-
eervador and- if you will drop n
and talk to B. R. Moran, Tom
Bean, even though he is a busy
man, he will be happy to explain
every feature of this perfect re-
figeration unit. To see it is to
want it.
Of course there has to be a nice
third prize, and while this was
more money than was intended to
he spent, the publisher could not
resist the appeal of this gorgeous
Zenith Radio
The United States Federal pris-
el, which has standard broadcasts,
police calls, static control, and
many other features too numerous
t0 mention. This will be a piece
of furniture to be enjoyed by
every member of the family, and
it will be a joy to own.
Fourty prize will be 33 1-3 per
cent of contestants total earnings.
Fifth prize will be 25 per cent
of contestants total earnings.
Sixth prize will be 15 per cent
of contestants total earnings.
(Continued On Page Seven)
LENA FAYE MALONE
ON HONOR ROLL
Siephenville—A mong the hun-
dred and thirty-five students on
the eighty1 honor Fqll at John
Tarleton college for the second
preliminary is Lena jYiye Ma-
lone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Malone1 of Howe.
Run-off for Pappy
Held Certain
POLITICAL ANALYSTS SEE
TOUGH GOING EVEN IN
SECOND PRIMARY
FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE
ON DAVIS FARM
A tenant house on the L. M.
Davis farm east of town was de-
stroyed by fire early Tuesday
night. The house was occupied
by the Snider family who lost
all of their belongings with the
■exception of the ei^thinjr (they1
By Gordon K. Shearer
Uriited Press Staff Correspondent WGr® weann«* a radio and
Amarillo Sets High
Goal for 1940
TWO TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN
1939; SEEK PERFECT
RECORD IN 1940
Austin—(UP) — The “Profes-
sional Politicians” are after “Pap-
py” O’Daniel as election year op-
ens in Texas. They do not concede
that the man who cinched the
governorship in the first primary
election of 1938 on a promise of
$30-for-all-over-65, is assured of
reflection. The wave of populari-
ty that sent W. Lee O'Daniel :n-
td the governor’s office is now
being dissected and analyzed by
those who direct campaigns.
To begin with, they conclude
that O’Daniel has no chance to be
made the Democratic nominee in
the first primary of 1940. “He
received only 52 per cent of the
vote in the first primary of 1938,”
ohe of the men closely connected
with the race of a strong candi-
date last time points out, and ar-
small amount of bed clothing.
The family was in one room of
the house when they heard a
noise in the kitchen. Going to
investigate, the entire kitchen
was ablaze and the roof fell
within a few minutes after the
fire was discovered. The fire is
thought to! have started from a
'defective flue.
Charlie S. Wilkins, dean of
students, in (complimenting the i ^ues ^at O Daniel certainly has
group pointed out that it was a ■ 'osd many ^mes two per cent of
distinguished honor to rank so
high in a body of 1300.
SMALL GIRL SAYS PRAYER
WITH PUNCH
the people who supported him be-
cause of pension promises.
O’Daniel’s vote was. 573,160.
The vote of his nearest competi-
tor, Col. Ernest O. Thompson, was
231,630 and the combined vote of
12 opponents was 541.719.
Second Term Not Certainty
Against the loss of votes from
Anya rill o—(UP)—Mayor Ross
D. Rogers is getting a kick these
days out of telling a story of a
small girl, a resident of New Mex- 'disappointed advocates of bigger
ico visiting here, who put a punch
line on the end of her prayer.
The child returned thanks at a
dinner. She asked that all those
present be made thankful ‘for
these and all other blessings.’ In
conclusion, she said:
‘And Dear God, please help the
Finns whip hell out of the' Rus-
sians.”
Mrs. Russell W. Bryant visit-
ed relatives in Dallas Friday.
pensions for more people, the
“Professional Polilticilans” con-
cede that there is a certain
strength gained by any governor
running for a second term that
he did not have in his first race.
This second term courtesy, how
ever, was barely able to save so
popular a governor as James V
Allred from having a run-off with
Tom F. Hunter in 1936. The sec-
ond term slogan failed also to
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HITCH HIKERS USE
MARKERS TO TALK OF TEXAS
El Paso—(UP)—State and Fed-
eral highway signs guide more
than motorists along West Texas
roads—they’re also directional in-
dicators and information posts to
hitch hikers watting for rides.
C. W. Lyons, division mechanic <
for the Texas Highway Depart-
ment, who takes the “hitch hik-
er’s mailboxes” into his shop for
repair, reads the messages that
wandering knights of the road
write between waves of the thumb
—then paints them out.
Some of the hitch hikers mere-
ly write their names. Others add
their addresses and ask those who
change to see the message to cor-
respond. Then there are those
who while away the waiting hours
with bits of doggerel verse, philos-
ophy or aspersions directed against
West Texas hospitality. They don’t
like it—too hard to get a ride in
this part of the state, Lyons said
their messages show,
Two girls heading for Oklaho-
ma wrote a tale of loneliness on
•the front of a Highway 80 sign.
“Dora Lee Arnold from L. A.
to Tulsa, Okla., on March 27,
’39—Miy home town is Denting, N.
M., and I’m only 18, curly headed,
brown eyes, height 5 ft, 2 1-2
inches and I am, lonesome for pen
pas. Please write. My address now
valued at $109.00. | is. Henry etta, Okla., gen. deliv-
The Zenith needs no second intro-
duction to the music lovers of the
country, but as there are many
types and models, it will be neces-
sary for you to drop into the
on system is the largest unified j store of A. T. Leake and Son,
correctional plan in the world—| Princeton, and have one of the
with 20,000 prisoners in 25 federal
penal institutions
quarters.
and detention
most pleasant visits you have h£d
in a long while. Mr. Leaike will
show you this lovely cabinet mod-
ery.
this
To which Eva Scott added
postscript:
“We are hitch hiking it to Tul-
sa, Okla., to visit friends and rela-
tives. Age 21. Please write.” t
Apparently men hitch hikers
have more trouble getting rides
> ^ '-'f ° ‘
than do their female counterparts;
Lyons said. Most of their sign
scribblings were devoted to what
they don’t like about West Texas
hospitality.
Wrote erne “Rusty” on a U. S.
80 sign: “Western hospitality is all
baloney.”
Another: “Sunday, May 14,
Mothers’ Day, Luck had, been
here five hours and no ride yet.”
Add a third: “Sat here six
hours and haven’t caught a ride
This is a hell of a state!”
And a man who called himself
an Iowa “Hoosier” put it in writ-
ing that “beautiful Texas is ugly
as h-
Texas wasn’t the only pet hate
■which found vent in the scriblings
of the wanderers who make their
way across the continent by
“highwaying it.” Somebody was
glad to get out of Califoamia.
“Kick you California,” he wrote;
“I'm through you at last.”
There are signatures of people
from California to Maine and
those of a lot of philosophers of
the road, Lyons said.
He picked up a highway marker
from among the hundreds shacked
in the yard outside (the shop,
waiting to foe repaired.
On it was written this inscrip-
tion:
“Here’s to those who do as I do
Here’s to those who try
To h- with those who don’t
; But say they do as I.”
: '*■ Not all of Lyon’s work is paint-
ing over the messages left on the
“hitch hiker’s mailboxes.” He re-
pairs signs ruined foy persons tak-
ipg pot shots at the markers with
fjifles, pistols and stones, and re-
places the gouged-out reflectors
which make the signs visible at
night. .
RAILROADS WANT TICKET
WOMAN WON’T SELL
Durant, Okla.—(UP)—Mrs. Len
A. Cook has a ride coming to her
free of charge on the railroad be-
tween Smithville, Texas and Den-
ison, Tex. But Mrs. Cook doesn’t
want the ride, in fact won’t be paid
to take it.
The trip is good in exchange for
a ticket her mother, Mrs. Nellie
Bracken, was issued for a trip
over the route 60 years ago. The
ticket was purchased at St. Louis.
Mo., by Mrs. Bracken, who was
going to Denison,, Tex.
Mrs. Bracken got off the train
at Shermian, Texas, and didn'b use
the rest of the ticket.
The three railroads in which the
ticket was good, the St. Louis &
Iron Mountain, the Houston and
Texas Central and the Southern,
ill have asked Mrs. Cook to name
her own price for the ticket stub
but she has refused every offer.
TIRES OF SCENERY;LOOKS
FOR WIFE; SHE’S GONE
El Paso—(UP)—If Alton Arm-
strong, Pomona, California tourist,
hadn’t got tired of looking at West
Texas scenery, he still might .be
minus a wife.
Enroute to Pomona from a visit
in the East, Armstrong stopped
his automobile at a service station
here. His wife was asleep in the
back seat. Armstrong got out
while attendants serviced the car.
Later he jumped in and drove off
asuming his wife still was aslelp.
Fifty miles out of El Paso,
Armstrong tired of looking at the
scenery and turned tq wake his
wife. iSfoe wasn’t in the car.
He had to return to El Paso
to locate- her at the police sta-
tion, where she had gone after
getting “left” when she awoke
and went into a station rest room
during the time Armstrong was
out of the car.
Amarillo—(UP)—Amarillo Citi-
zens set a goal of “No Traffic
Fatalities During 1940” after help-
ing establish one of the nation’s
best safety records during 1939- -
only two deaths, both pedestrians.
The number killed in traffic in
this city of 50,000 population dur-
ing 1939 was the lowest in 25
years. A negro woman died after
being hit by a taxicab March 26.
1939, in stormy weather, and a
•'little girl was injured fatally Ju-
ly 14, when she was struck by an
automobile while crossing a street
Eight persons were killed in Am
arillo traffic in 1938, but 1939’s
low mark stood even through the
year-end holidays when ice and
snow made driving dangerous and
50 were killed in other parts of
the state. Potaer county, in which
Amarillo is situated, likewise en-
joyed a law-fatality year. Five
died in traffic in the whole coun-
ty, compared with 11 in 1938.
Highway patrolmen, despite a
decreased force caused by an econ-
omy appropriation by the legisla-
ture, said that drivers in the
whole Panhandle area had become
more safety-conscious.
Captain Sid Harper of the Am-
arillo police department’s traffic
squad credited educatiin as being
the chief factor in the reduction
of traffic accidents. Schools and
clubs were most active in the pro-
gram.
“There was a great espouse to
the educational campaign;” Cafi-
tain Harper said. “We still have
wild drivers, but we have noticed
a big increase in careful driving.”
Amfarillo— (UP)—Death, held to
two traffic victim? in 1939, struck
early this Year. claimin|g 12-
year-old Bob Hales on the second
day of the month.
Only two .persons died of traf-
fic accident injuries in Amarillo
during all of last year, giving this
Panhandle City the safest driving
record in Texas.
Young Hales was fatally injur-
ed the night of Jan. 2, when his
new Christmas bicycle slipped onb
an icy street and threw''1 bpn in
front df an autombile. His «fo$h
was Amarillo’s first from traffic'''
Accidents in 171 days.
\
Rev. Leon Chumbley 0f Waco
spent the week end jwijth Rev.
and Mrs. C. Chumbley.
RABBIT’S FOOT AIDS SPEL-
LERS ’TILL TEACHER SEES
EL PASO, ;_(UP)— It was a
spelling match in Morehead gram-
mar school’s fifth grade and
Archie Showell and Jimmie Wal-
lace were standing to the last
Each time instructor Paul Prichard
gave them a word, they fidgeted
and put their hands behind their
backs. Suspicious, he investigated
and caught them passing—a rab-
bit’s foot.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bearden
and children C^rafdrd .spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Bearden.
Martha Louise Barnett, student
at Baylor university, Waco, spent
the week end with her mother
Mrs. C. A. Barnett.
Mrs. Cannon George and son
visited her mother, Mrs. J. W
Johnson, in Tom Bean this week
Forrest iStout of Dallas visit-
relatives and friends here Fri-
day,
Mrs. Cannon George and sop,
Cannon Jr., of Howe, visited he_
mother, Mrs. J. W. Johnson this
week. ,
Know Your
Neighbor
By Manie Roberts
If 1 knew you and you knew me—
If both could clear! v *ee.
And with an inner sight divine
The meaning of yaar heart and mine
I’m »ure we would differ le«s.
And cImp onr hands in friendliness
W. B. WHEELER
W/ B. WHEELER is our su-
▼ T • perintendent of schools.
Three and one-half years ago
he was unknown in Howe, today,
he is one of our best-loved citi-
zens.
To know him is to know a qui-
et, unassuming, pleasant man. He
never seems to hurry, nor to get
impatient, nor discouraged about
anything. His calm, composed
/manner is his> (mojpt impressive
quality.
The student body finds in him
a real friend and helper. He is
never too busy to listen to the
little, or big problems that daily
confront him.
He is considerate of every one
with whom he somes in contact,
and spreads cheer by -being
cheerful.
He is a busy man outside of
school. He teaches a men’s bible
class, and supports every worth-
while organization for the benefit
of the town. _ _ ''
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