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MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1937
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HT. PLEASANT DAILY TIMES
Published dail
ed daily except
Review Publishini
Times
213 West Third Street, Mt
Saturday
iK Company,
.. Pleasant, Tex
JUST HUMANS
By GENE CARR
G. W. CROSS, Editor
HUGH C. CROSS, Assistant Editor
Entered as second class mail matte
the Post Office at Mt. Pleasant, Texas
t of C(
■nder the Act of Congress, March 8, 1879
Any erroneous reflection upoi
i of this paper will be
the char-
tolumns of this paper will be cladly cor-
acter, standing or reputation of any per-
son or concern whiefy may appear in the
rected when brought to the attention of
the publisher.
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lanks will be ch
tegular advertising rates.
•ards of
chnrge
and
By Mail $2.50 per /car
By Carrier 40s per month
Five Arrested
At Pittsburg on
Robbery Charge
Pittsburg Gasette
Five arrests were made at
Pittsburg this week, four of
which were made by Sheriff
Barrett, pending investigation
for safeblowing and thefts in
North Texas. Deputy Sheriff
Jack Reeves of Paris was also
here and carried the men to
Paris where three of them are
held for federal investigation. In-
vestigation will also be held for
violations of state laws. The
five were placed in iail at Paris,
but one was brought to Pitts-
burg and jailed, where he is
said to have confessed to some
of the charges.
Those being held are Joe
Evans, Joe McGinthy, Shack
Gomn/on federal and state charg-
es, Elmer Gunn and wife and
Morris Narramore and wife for
state investigation.
Also being held for investi-
gation are four negroes from
- the Faker community, a few miles
each of' Pitsburg, where about
$100 worth of dry goods was re-
covered by Sheriff Barrett Tues-
day night.
Acdbfdlng to newspaper r6-
■ ports,-a Safe, was blown on March
28th at Cunningham, Lamar
county, et the Musgrave general
•tore. Loot included $500 cash
and $500 in merchandise. At
Avery, the post office, the Tex-
as & Pacific railway station and
a drug store suffered safe blast-
ings. Twenty suits of men’s
clothing were also taken from
a Mt. Vernon store, the officers
Texas:
importance will immediately effective. It has been ratified in ,-c, Kentucky and Kansas. The
arise, and Congress will be call- Arizona, Arkansas, California, amendment was defeated tliis
Property of Aged Not Taken By
State Upon Death
say.
One of the five had an ounce
of nitroglycerin on his person
when arrested, Sheriff Barrett
said.
Much of the stolen goods is
said to have been shipped to
other states. A Paris dispatch
says a green truck used in the
Cunningham robbery was the clue
that led to the arrests.
The goods taken from the
pegroes at Faker included dress
shirts, sox, ladies’ underwear
and other articles of merchan-
dise.
A marked piece of currency
of the old fashioned size came
into the possession of Sheriff
Barrett and upon investigation
it was found to have come from
one of the places robbed in La-
mar county. This piece of mon-
ey led finally to the arrest of
the entire gang.
“I Thought You Were AH for Peace, Then You Throw a Brick
at Casey?”
“That’s Why I Threw th’ Brick!”
Factites a Disease Worrying
Many People During These Days
BY MAURICE MERRYFIELD
International Illustrated News Writer
NEW YORK—Helping the un-
“I’ve been thinkin’ that if I
could have played more when
I was a kid and had some fur
devprivileged youth of Ameri- * wouldn’t be checkin’ out to-
CORONATION BOUND
BUENOS AIRES, April 7 (INS)
.—The Argentine battleships Ri-
vadia and Moreno have been or-
dered to England to take part
Id the - coronation ceremonies it
'was announced here recently.
They are leaving in the second
half of April with a special mis-
•ion on board.
THIS DATE IN
NEWS of PAST
Compiled by Clark Kinnaird: Copyright
By International News Service
J*
.Friday, April 9
20 Y«rs Ago Today—Battle
of ArraAone of the greatest in
World ^r, began on western
front.
1681—-Etdinand La Salle took
possessioill Mississippi Valley in
name of 1% of France.
1865—G\Robert E. Lee sur-
ca through their formative years
to become respectable citizens of
the country is the aim of
the Catholic Youth organization,
one of the largest of its kind iri
the United States.
An extensive and systematic
program is being carried on by
C. Y. O. is the new Manhattan
manner that thousands of boys
and girls in crowded metropoli-
tan centers have had benefits
which never would have been
possible otherwise.
The organization directs its
efforts to providing youth with
practical guidance in use of their
leisure time. Fair play, courage,
honesty and the principles of
good citizenship are taught the
citizens of tomorrow. This is
accomplished through vocation-
al activities and constructive
recreation.
One of the model units of the
C. Y. A. is the new Manhattan
Center which recently opened.
Here are found the children of
a host of nationalities mingling
in a spirit of comradeship and
understanding which promises a
greater kinship and co-cpera-
tive feeling among thejn in later
years.
Started 25 Years Ago
The casual visitor may observe
them busily engaged in paint-
ing pictures, reading, building
model airplanes, engaging in
various sports and taking part)
in numerous vocational activi-
ties.
Each youngster is* encouraged
to do that in which he or she
is most interested. There is no
atmosphere of compulsion or dis-
cipline about the program, but
the spirit de corps and the en-
thusiasm characteristic of the
project is evidence of its suc-
cess.
By thus interesting them in
constructive pursuits, the chil-
dren are kept ’off" the streets,
away from harmful influences,
and their minds are instilled
withwith forthright habits of
living*.
if" was 25 years ago that a
young priest, the Rev. Bernard
Sheil, now bishop of the arch-
diocese of Chicago, in a Cook
county cell sat with a boy about
to be hung, and heard him say:
night.” The tragic story of thir
lad who had never had a chance
led the Rev. Sheil to organise
the C. Y. O. and the idea soor
spread to other cities in the
United States.
More than 1,000,000 boys and
girls in the country now belong
to the organization and its acti-
vities and influence are constant-
ly expanding. Each unit is
headed by a director, assisted by
his associates and the program
includes competition and assoc-
iation with the youngsters of
other units as well as intramural
activities.
One of the factors contributing
to the success of the C. Y. O.
has been the success of the or-
ganization in interesting the
parents of the children, as well
as other adults in what the
youngsters are doing. This has
tended to further understanding
between the children and their
fathers and mothers and has
stimulated the financial and mor-
al backing of their elders.
14,030 DWELLING ARE CON-
DEMNED IN PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA (INS). — Long
famous as “the city of homes,”
Philadelphia now has 14,000
dwellings that are “unfit for oc-
cupancy,” according to a survey
by housing experts. In its re-
| port on the demolition of fam-
| ily houses and other buildings
during 1936, the Philadelphia
Housing Association criticizes
the owners for renting dwellings
and the city for failing to fur-
nish enough inspectors to check
up on unsafe conditions.
CITY GETS NICKELS
SEATTLE, Wash., April 7 (INS)
—The city treasurer benefitted
by $1,800 in nickles when two
husky trustees, directed by
Chief of Police William H. Sears,
broke up 25 slot machines seized
for violating gambling laws. The
money came from the delayed
jack-pots of the devices. When
the ordeal by sledge hammers
ended, there was nothing but
scrap metal left of the machines,
which originally cost $90 to
$135 each.
A statement is circulated to the |
effect that when a recipient of j
old age assistance in Texas dies.;
that the state will foi’eclose a ■
lien on his property for the pur- j
pose of repaying the state the
rmount that has been paid such I
recipient of old age assistance!
during his lifetime. This is an
erroneous impression. The Texas j
law contains no such provision, j
although such provision is con- j
tained in similar laws in other
states.
ed upon to pass laws carrying it
into effect. Notice the word “re-
gulate”. Congress has no con-
trol over this proposed amend-
ment at this time. It is up to
the legislatures of the several
states. The Supreme Court, how-
ever, has held that such an amen-
ment must be ratified within a
reasonable time in order to be
Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Maine, Nevada, Michigan,
Minhesota, Montana, New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn-
sylvania, Utah, Washington, West
Virgina, Wisconsin, Kansas, Wy-
oming, New Mexico and Ken-
tucky. Of these, four ratified
this year; Nevada, New Mexi-
year in North Carolina, South
Dakota, Texas, Connecticut, New
York, Massachusetts and Nebras-
ka. r
It is my opinion that this
amendment will not be ratified
by 36 states this year, and if not,
does 13 years constitute a reason-
able time according to the Su-
preme Court’s ruling’
Leisure to Repent
_ Ay QJash&z T^WlOtt ___
Permanent C. C . C.
A total of 11,909 young men
and war veterans are being se-
lected for replacement enrollment
in the Civilian Conservation
Corps. It is contended that
about eighty existing camps will
be abandoned and the enrolled i
:erscnnel reduced to the per-
manent 350,000 000 as directed by
President Rooseevlt. Congress •
is favorable to this work and j
will supporj it. to the limit.
Junior enrollees will be selec- |
fed by the Department of |
" abor. through State directors, j
and the war veterans will bej
enlisted through the Veterans j
Administration through regional i
offices. A comparatively small
number of men who will be de- I
signated “ Local Experienced
Men” will be selected from the
vicinity of camps where vacan-;
cies appear.
Ohio, with 8,044, will lead all
states. New York will be second
with a total replacement enroll-
ment of 6,584. Texas will have
5,725 and 130 “L. E. M..”
CHAPTER XXVII
The late August sunlight shone
on the downs, on the sea, through »
succession of days that went swiftly
past from the day of Keith’s arrival
until the time of Gilbert’s return
grew near.
In the sunshine, in the clear light
air, Felicia, Keith and Denise spent
their days together, as though un-
willing to leave one another’s sight.
In the long evenings, when the moon
rose and shone over the garden, over
the terrace where they sat until very
late, they talked together of inconse-
quential things—while a kind of be-
wilderment grew on the old faces of
Michael and Sara Rendale, watch-
ing them.
Through the sunlit days, the
moonlit evenings, Felicia walked
proudly, her red-gold head high as
ever. She would not hurry him, not
now or ever. He must put an end to
this comtdie d trois, in nis
GoveYnment Ownership of
Federal Reserve Banks
Dempcratic members of the
House have organized an uh-
ficial steering committee to work
for the passage of a law that wil1
cause the government to own and
operate the twelve Federal Re-
serve banks. The group has
one-third of the Democratic mem-
bership of 331, and has consider-
able support from other political
parties and from Democratic
members who have not affiliated
The writer was elected President
of the group and the Hon. Charles
G. Bindderup of Nebraska was
elected Secretary.
Public''Debt Compared
In his speech in the Senate
the Honorable Elmer Thomas of
Oklahoma denied that the public
debt had increased in the time
President Roosevelt had been in
office, provided the debt was
meaured in commodities. He told
the Senate that the debt was now
actually $1,000,000,000 less
measured in grains of gold, than
it was in 1933; measured in wheat.
50,000,000,000 bushels less; in
cotton, 341,000,000 bales less; in
oil, 58,000,000,000 barrels less,
and in corn, 70.000,000,000 bushels
less.
Child Labor Amendment
The Child Labor Amendment
was proposed to the legislatures
of the several states by Congress
in 1924. It would grant to Con-
gress very broad powers. The
text of the Amendment is:
“Section 1—The Congress shall
have power to limit, regulate,
and prohibit the labor of per-
sons under eighteen years of age.
Section 2—The power of the
several states is unimpaired by
this article except that the op-
eration of State lawtf shall be
suspended to- the extent necessary
give effect to legislation enact-
by the Congress.’*
If this amendment is adopted,
problems of grave and serious
iis own fash-
ion. But if he chose not? Asking
herself that, she sometimes shivered
in the warm sunshine.
On his first evening with them,
they had some minutes alone in the
garden after dinner.
Keith -said: “Well, Felicia, will
you divorce Eustace and marry
me?”
The same question he had asked
in Virginia in the springtime. Had
his.voice sounded more eager then?
She could not remember. All the
things that had happened since in-
tervened between her and remem-
brance.
"Probably, Keith. Let's talk of it
again, when we’ve got used to each
other’s company—after so long
without.”
Then, surprisingly, Denise came
out into the garden—as if she were
looking for them! Yet surely she
must know that they wanted to be
alone.
, She settled herself on a garden
bench, her shoulders gleamingwhite
\ above that black lace dress. Felicia
•thought: “She’s grown very seduc-
tive, Denise has.
Then she noticed Keith’s face. So
did he not smile at herself! That
was the first time she shivered a
little, there in the warm dark;
“What shall we all do tomorrow?’’
Denise asked. “I suppose you can’t
Denise asked. “I suppose you can’1
walk, well yet, Keith? It’s a pity.
There are some gorgeous walks
across the downs.”
“I manage fairly well; and I want
to do - as much as possible to
strengthen my muscles. My arm
Bib'-----------!— ------■ - -
was slower recovering than my leg.”
Felicia started to speak, but
Denise spoke more quickly.
“Did you bring painting things?
There’s a view I’m mad to nave you
paint.”
Re chuckled. “Father insisted I
bring canvases. My dear parent has
been most enormously encouraging
about my art, ever since I told him
it was of no importance. It’s a trifle
perverse of him, but he has some no-
tion he must encourage my ego. It’s
a startling change from his former
attitude.” He sounded as if he liked
the change.
“How is your father, Keith?
like him so much,” said Felicia, who
knew Denise had never happened to
meet him.
“Well. He’s in London. I meant
to tell you we sailed together. He’s
going to Paris, where he has
'riends.”
“But you must bring him down
first,” Felicia said.
Denise merely looked at her. Yes,
it twi Denise’s nouse.
“He says he’s looking forward to
seeing you, Felicia, that we must
dine with him in two or three weeks,
when he gets back from France.”
His tone was reassuring then. So
she knew she would have no dif-
ficulties with Keith Sheldie the
elder. One obstacle past. Her heart
gave a little jump.
Denise said, as if all that was of
not the least importance: “Tomor-
row I’ll show you that view.”
Keith said: “I’d love to paint you,
Denise, in that black dress.’’
“Oh, Keith, would you?” Denise
sounded completely delighted.
“Would you begin soon?” 9
“Tomorrow, if you like.”
Felicia vtas suddenly tense. Why,
Denise was being malicious. A small
pulse beat in her white throat.
Keith did not, after that evening,
remind Felicia ’.hat she had said:
“Well talk about it later.” But he
reminded Denise of the portrait the
next morning.
And from that time on, an inner important to either of them than
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rage beset Felicia, flaming up and
dwindling Denise laughed at
Keith’s jokes, or fell silent some-
times, seeming preoccupied more
with her own thoughts than with
him.
Through the sunlit days, the frag-
rant evenings, Denise moved with a
kind of breathlessness. AH very well
staircase, saw Keith smiling up at
her, that what she wanted was
Keith’s arms round her. and the
whole year blotted out. But--his
handsome face was scarred and
would be always; Felicia’s bright
beauty was dimmed, grown less
young. Keith Sheldie had gone
from Denise to her sister. Denise
Rendale had gone from Keith to her
husband. Perhaps, even with his
arms round her, they could not long
pretend that they were as they used
to be, as young, care-free, newly in
love.
She made no gesture of love to
him, nor he to her. In the morn-
ings, he painted her portrait, with
Felicia a rather bored audience to
the painting. In the afternoons
they three walked or swam, or went
for long drives, or lay on the sand
and chattered politely, like well-be-
haved guests on a long house-party.
Once Felicia said to her: “You’re
very generous to us with your com-
pany, Denise.”
She
e answered: “I thought you
wanted to be thoroughly chaper-
oned, for a change.”
She was sorry for that sharp
speech, but when she turned to tell
Felicia she was sorry, Felicia was
sorry,
gone.
Denise had a cable from Gilbert,
saying that he was on his way to
New York, and would sail on the
it. But
first fast ship he could get
what would she say to him?
Some days after that cable, she
came back from driving her mother
to the London train for a day’s
shopping, to find Felicia in the hall
waiting for her.
“They telephoned another cable
ey were to each other.
Well, when Gilbert came, they
should see!
Mr. and Mrs. Rendale left for
London shortly after * reakfast
“We’ll be home on the ten o’clock
train tonight, Denise,” her mother
said. “But don’t wait up for us un-
less you want. You’ll have to make
such an early start tomorrow to
meet dear Gilbert.”
“Yes,” Denise said. Then they
were gone, and she and Keith had
one day left to spend together.
(On the road to Southampton,
Felicia was thinking: “Today’s all
the time they have. That itself will
bring to a crisis whatever—oh,
whatever I perhaps stupidl. im-
agine.” Yet she could not have im-
agined that special glance they ex-
changed, whenever they thought she
was not noticing, or the excitement
in their voices----She hated them
both!)
To Keith, these weeks of an Eng-
lish summer held the curious quality
of a dream. Nothing settled between
himself and Felicia. But all that
had to be, could be settled now in a
moment. . . . He did nul hurry the
moment, because—because from the
hour he first saw Denise, he knew he
loved her more than in the year
before.
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He meant to speak no word to
her. He told himself furiously that
he did not mean to be doubly a cadi
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ley telephoned another a
Gilbert. He’s sailing, on
larrie. I copied it dowii
from
Normarrie,
ybu.”
“Odd,” said Denise; “he, likes
English ships best, hsually.”
“I suppose this was the most con-
venient sailing.”
Denise was reading the scribbled
message: “Sailing Normarrie ar-
rive Southampton Thursday all
love
So in six days he would arrive!
Felicia quoted: “‘So make the
most of what ye yet may spend—’ ’’
Denise looked at her. Something
scornful in Felicia’s white face!
There were six days, five days,
four days, three days left; and noth-
ing was resolved in Denise’s heart.
Two days before the Normarrie was
scheduled to dock, Felicia said at
breakfast: “Think I’ll go to London
tomorrow, and leave Keith and Den-
ise to amuse each other.”
“I’m going up with your mother,”
her father said. “We’ll all take the
same train.”
“No, if you don’t mind, Father.
I’d like to start at sunrise and drive.
It would be fun to see the country.”
"Such a long drivel” Sara Ren-
dale protested.
“Well, I may stay in town over-
night.”
“But then you may not be here for
Gilbert’s arrival.”
“He’s not coming to see me,” Fe-
licia said dryly.
On Wednesday morning she did
start a little before sunrise, but for
Southampton. True that the Nor-
marrie docked Thursday, but Gil-
bert was aboard the Merntaria. She
had changed the message on a sud-
den angry impulse when she copied
it down. Denise had been too in-
terfering! She would get even by
interfering a little herself.
Occasionally during tho interval
between changing that message, and
waiting for the Merritaria’e arrival,
what she had done troubled her.
Perhaps Gilbert would wireless as
he neared England. But she could
just say she’d mistaken the original
cable, and no harm dons. But he did
not happen to wireless.
Keith finished Denise’s portrait
that week. It waa a charming thing.
They both seemed very pleased
about it—and Felicia’s determina-
tion hardened, watching them. They
made it plain enough she was less
ue uiu noi mean co De doubly
He had loved her, behaved bad
her, and so lost her as he dese,
But had he, had he lost her?
dark blue eyes regarded him; her
Smile was gay, tender.
Keith said tq himself over and
over: “I am crazy to think she’*:
more than just courteous. Her hu
band will be home soon; she wm
have time for me then. She’a jl
—like the darling she is—trying to
reassure me.”
. The days that remained for them
dwindled. He thought: “Aa soon aa
Gilbert comes, I’ll talk to Felidae
There’ll be nothing to wait for
then. But surely there was nothing
to wait fqr now! Except to cherish .
wh_hdur of Denise’s company that
remained, sin<* it was scarcely like,
ly that their lives again would brisi’ i
them many hours together.
Denise’s unsuspecting parents,1-
who so thoroughly disliked him afcd r
so politely endeavored to conceal
that,—seemed glad that she wpa* /
chaperoning her sister. Sometimes' '.
their utter .lack of suspicion mad* •
him ashamed. But tho time grew>so
short that nothing mattered except. /
the little time that was’
left. Blessedly, they were to hsvt<
their last day alunc.
Well, he did not mean to mar that
d®y by any exigent word—until
when they came back from swim-
ming, went to have tea in the gar*-'
den, and he realized that day too
was almost finished. He sat watch-
ing her, conscious of the warm, fra-
grant air, of the far-off tinkle of a
fountain at the far end of the gar*
Then he remembered I The tinkla
of a fountain in the breathless,
scented air of a New York city
garden. The precise look of Eus-
tace Dayne’s controlled, unhappy
face, his voice: “You do mean to
take care of Felicia.” In his mindt.
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