Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1937 Page: 2 of 6
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Texas Borderlands Newspaper Collection and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the UNT Libraries.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
PAGE TWO
FALFURRIAS FACTS
Friday. September 24, 1937
Fa l f u r r i a s Facts
Published Weekly by FALFURRIAS PRINTING COMPANY
Dan F. Smith-
________________Editor
Entered as second class matter, April 2, 1906 at tne Pustoffice at
Palfurrias, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 8. 1879.
vtfWN r t '■ \f '*• 'rv« Mf/a®i Af**] Ht'Mjw/fw ' V
Fa furrias Social Affairs
Subscription Price J2 00 per year Payable In Advance
•THAT HORRIBLE TAX
arid Club Meetings
v' iWBM*if;, n£
MRS. JAMES DAWSON honoring he: t o sons, and
IS HONORED i Frank, or. seventh and fourth
Mrs. Jimmy Dawson, a recent birthdays. Alter playing van-us
cride. was the honoree at a lovely games, refreshments of cake and
___ bridge party given by Mrs. C. F. pur.rh were served to about forty
Recently w, .ailed the attention of our readers to the fact Hopper Tuesd&y after.uxn. ta ■ Assorted candies wrapped
that the Sales Tax would open the flood gates of corruption, Yellow lall fIoWf rs were the ar. in individual cellophane packages
and lead to a reign of lawlessness that would ‘stink the very tistlc h0Uie ad0mmenta. were given to the children. After
angels in God’s heaven from the celestial choir’. And we are Playing bridge were Mesdames a lew more games favors were giv.
convinced that we wrote truthfully too. The very fact that Fred ‘ Prj„e o&odenough. Percy en to each guest. Those present
moat, all of the old line politicians favor such a tax convinces Hunler j R Scott, Jr., Marvin Noll were Tommie and Mary Nell Al-
us that the people should not waver one moment in their ene- Qariand Latter, Neil Rupp. Reu- lan. B bide, Margaret. J'ean and
mity oi such a system. > hen Schultz. Ben Wilson. Cliff Louise Rupp. Bobbie Stiles, John
Juat new, the friend* of Big Buainew are working over Bur,lette Us Cra,,bt Geo Ba^es B.. Floyd and Lloyd Bennett,
time to ‘educate’ the people to accept ‘that horrible tax’ the Raym, nd Kfeiar. Roy Bennett E 1 Francis Otken. Dick DuBose,
Sales Tax. No less an authority than President Franklin I). D \,„Intyre and Miss Inez For. j Jackie and Jon Ryan. Jean Water-
Roosevelt called the Sales Tax ‘that horrible tax’, and his de- syth High award was madP A.al] Mary Dean Harrison. Joe Fos-
linition is absolutely correct. Every hoi.sewife today is con- ^ Mrs Marvln NoU Mrs Dawson tcr. wilma Jo xtanoolph, Mary
scious of the fact that groceries and wearing apparel have consolatloni MlSS Forsythe low I Glenn M.ss. Miry Jane Pfieffer
advanced and no household escapes the ravages of such in- s F Dj,wson mother of the Beatrice. Charles and Rufus Spen-
creased cost of living. To further add the burden of support- l>r, (im ‘was a tea suest
ing the many activities of the State by assessing a Sales Tax is Th< honoree “was pre5ented a
little short of monstrous. zt
Take the case of a large department store with yearly sales " _
totalling over a $1,000,000.00 annually. A 2 per cent Sales *LATHEAN CLASS
Tax would bring their contribution to the States Treasury to V|EETS TUESDAY
$20,000.00 Some one who is a friend of the organization run-
ning the State’s affairs, 'would have to make that collection; I tist sunday School m..torecTout to Mrs* M. E Norris of Kingsville and
and such collector would be under an obligation to such or- .he pleasant C0Untry home of Mrs. Mrs. D M. Warner of Riviera.
ganization and his sponsors. What could prevent his saying Roy Callahan Tuesday where she _o--
to the manager of such a store: “We recognize that you are and Mrs Carroll were c0.hostess
rendering this city, this section and Texas « signal service m for the afternoon
making it possible for a hundred men and women to earn a The Jirst vice-president called "
living and if you will give me a check for $7,500.00 payable to the meet;ng t„ order for the leng- Wednesday at their luncheon
the State Treasury and another $2,500.00 in cash for the ‘or- thy business meeting that follow-! the Rotarians had the pleasure of
ganization’, I will make up a report that will satisfy the €i,‘ ! listening to Les Crabb explain the
authorities.
You answer the manager of the department store, would
resent such a suggestion. Well, a little pick-up of $10,000.00
cer. Frank Negri, Russell Sherlock
m<l the two honorees, Joe and
."rank. The mothers present were
Mrs. Allan. Mrs. Foster. Mrs. Spen-
der. Mrs. Moss and Mrs. Pfeiffer.
The oui of town guests were Mrs.
The Alathean class of the Bap. R A. Yelton. Mrs. Carl Taylor and
Rotary Notes
ed. listening to Les Crabb explain
The nominating committee sub-! Electric p- wer industry, which is
mitted the following names for his classification. Starting his re-
the respective officers of the class marks with an explanation of how
in cold hard cash for an ambitious man who has demonstrat- and was approved by the class electricity is generated at their
• duced to 2.200 and then further
reduced to 220 and when finally
run Into cur .icmes u is but 110
(Olts. Mr. Crat.b made a very In-
teresting tain. From electricity, he
took the ice manufacturing busi-
nes and acquainted his hearers
with tne processes that were used
t<> give us the ice we have been so
to Many angles to
that industry were explained and
to a number of questions asked Mr.
Crabb returned answers ihat were
enlightening. When It Is remem-
bered that in the lifetime of many
now living, the information that
I ice in the summer time had been
I manufactured, burst upon a ques-
tioning world, and today we cant’
imagine going thru a day without
it, we rub our eyes in wonder at
the progress of the race. And the
lame thing is true of electricity
and its many uses. Small wonder
that Mr. Crabb found his subject
one each of his listeners were in-
terested in. That Mr. Crabb knows
J the business he is engaged in
everyone was convinced of and his
talk was appreciated.
The Falfurrias Club hung up for
August a 100% attendance record
and expect to repeat again the
same performance this month.
Next Wednesday will lie Rotary
Ann night and the meeting will be
called promptly at 7:30 p. m. at
the McIntyre’s Cafe.
-o-
Progressive?
“Is your new boy friend progres-
j sive?”
“It’es hard to say. He wears last
| years clothes, drives this year’s
car .and lives on next year’s sal-
i ary.”
“Eureka” Radiator* and “Tat.
hill” Springs at S. ft S. Auto
Store.
J
FAULTY VISION
often cause chi>*.rrn ?r be
backward in 6r..: .
and Play
Be Sure Your Child's Eyes
Are Richt
DR. F. C "TAMM
Op.emeirist
623 Mesquite St.
Corpus Chricti, Texas
DRINK
MORE
GOOD MILK
Served at
McIntyre’s Cafe
Dandy Cafe
Retailed by
Falfurrias
Mercantile Co.
Delivered by
KLUMPP’S DAIRY
ed that he knows how to handle a business for other people,
jniglu even tempt him. Who knows? Again even if he refused
President. Mrs. Fitzhenry; First 1C. P. & L. plants in Southwest
. , , , . , , , . . Vice-Pres.. Mrs. Frank Ryan; Texas and then turned into their
to swell his own bank balance, it weuid look mighty fine add- Pecoricl vice-Prcs. Mrs Ernie highlines, from whence it Is tak-
ed to the yearly profits of the store! Listen, it isn’t true that M ,ur. Third Vice-Prcs Mrs Xor-
every man has his price, but it is true, and men in business re- T|an' Fvj'kenburg* Personal’ Ser
cognize the fact that money buys everything in this world vice ch;trman Mrs. Hays: Sponsor
but the love and devotion of parents, faithful wives and little for the clasg ^ s and
children. . the class. Mrs. Staggs; Sec. and
Of course you reply that men of such character would Trea5 Mrs McM„1]en, other of_
not be selected to handle the collections. Wen, in -electing
our county official.- we are frankly rno*-e concerned in know-
ing that they are absolutely honest than we are in selecting
our State officials. We have elected to the Governorship it- Ind aspVmtions'pTrtomir
self people that we wo ild not vote lor as our county judges
or collectors. And even o. mn-t every county in Texas has in
its ‘closet’, ‘skeletons’ of former county officials that couldn’t
tell their own money from the county’s.
-o-
ficers are appointive and will be
announced later.
Each officer made a talk on her
to her office f. r the next fiscal
year, and through it all ran a note
of willingness to press forward to
I achievement.
en into substations or reducing
plants and a v. ltage of 22,000 re-
X « R A Y
Kirk’ Russell, M. O.
Physic! n & fu gfrn
The time of our meetings will
PATROLING THE MEDITERRANEAN now be at 2:30 instead of three
The nine-power decision to police the Mediterranean with 11.‘’clock, from now on.
a pooled war fleet calls the Italian bluff. The showdokvn must The class has been fortunate in-
wait on the first sinking of a submarine and may not come at deed to have Mrs. Scaggs a an
ail. The acts of piracy in the troubled waters of the continent- ever ready helper, booster and
locked sea are reasonably certain to cease while the demon- friend and i>ecause of their love
stration in force goes on. France's war vessels may not be in and appreciation of her many
reality Italian but it is certain that they are at least Italian Christian graces the Alathean
manned and their personnel take their orders from Rome. II class preeented her with a beauti-
I)uce will take no chances with his fleet and in all probability ful Cameo pin.
activities will cease ‘while the combined fleet of the powers Some spirited games were play-
rules the Mediterranean.
The Mediterranean move is a hopeful sign that the
peacefully inclined world is waking to the commonsense reali-
zation that international comity cannot be based on the lip-
service of national bullies who do not hesitate to violate trea-
ties and blackjack helpless countries. The League of Nations
can formulate and obtain agreements. The solte reason that it
has lapsed into powerlessness is that it has lacked power. An
international army and navy—a League of Nations police
force—could have prevented Japanese aggression in Asia,
Italian seizure of Ethiopia, and assured the peace of the
world.
The international police force is a long distance in the
future perhaps. Rut into the Mediterranean now steam the
fleets of nine powers that do not/want war, but do want their
peaceful shipping unmolested. They are taking the only pos-
sible means to enforce the safety and freedom of the sea. In a 'games, Mrs. J. R. Scott Jr. was
sense at least, this is a League of Nations fleet. It does not awarded high score, Mrs. Marvin
ed during the social hour and all
enjoyed the fun and fellowship cf
the afternoon.
An attractive plate of cookies
and punch was served by Mes-
dames Carwell and Callahan as-
sisted by Nancy Lee Callahan to
he fourteen in attendance.
ENTERTAINS FOR
SISTER
A delightful afternoon was spent
in i he home of Mrs. John Bennett
last Saturday when she entertain-
ed her sister, Mrs. Jewel Middleton
of Beaumont.
After a series of interesting
want trouble. Rut if anybody does want trouble, they can get
it.—The Dallas Morning News.
WILFUL WASTE MAKES WOEFUL WANT
There is a cultivated disposition to blame the National
Government, for being wasteful and extravagant but in one
instance such an indictment doesn’t >qem hardly justifiable,
we refer to the Postal Departments method of Rural Mail
Delivery. Patrons on rural routes, if they desire that service
must put up a box on the route the carrier makes, rather than
forcing him to open gates and drive up to the hou*e to make
delivery. While the saving in every instance isn’t a great
amount, when the total of miles are r/ckoned up it certainly
justifies itself.
We believe that our dairymen could find in the example
of the Postal Department, a method that, would make the
co.J of picking up their cream less expensive if they would
pi mo .same on the road the cream truck makes. After all is
sab! (he fact remains that any additional expense the cream
buyers are put-to is charged against the prices paid for
cream. It is an expense of time and gasoline to open gates and
etc, end it makes it impossible for the cream trucks to co\ior
as milch territory as otherwise they could. Wc believe all will
Hp.ioo that just at this time every possible economy should be
pi hi tic eel that tends towards increasing the net return to the
d iiymen. We realize in tendering the above suggestion, that
our observation may not take into account all the conditions.
P-rfsibly the dairymen feel that in leaving their cream on the
load a distance from their house that there is a possibility of
it being molested. However, the fact we would like to stress
m Ihat, true co-operation extends from the producer to the
processor, the distributor and the retailer, and any saving in
4he co.st any where along the line makes for better returns
4,0 Ihe dairymen.
Noll 2nd., Mrs. Roy Bennett cut
high, Mrs. Middleton was present-
ed a guest favor. Others playing
v/ere Mesdames C. F. Hopper, Geo.
Barnes, L. L. Crabb, C. C. Teas,
Dick Cage, Raymond Kellar, Percy
Hunter and L- L. Simons.
An iced course was served.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mrs. J. O. Norris entertained with
\ double birthday party last Satur-
day afternoon at Pleasure Park
IKJAL.l'Sl
KINGSVILLE
“The Hcusd cf Ifit.%”
Thurs-Fri Sept. 23-24
A HALL ROAD SHOW
Loretta Youi.& and
Warner Baxter in
Wife Doctor Nurse
Saturday Only Sept. 25
RICHARD ARLEN and
VIRGINIA GREY in
Secret Valley
MID.NITE MATINEE
Every Saturday at 11:30
RALPH BELLAMY and
IDA LUPINO in
L-et’s Get Married
Sun-Mon Sept. 26-27
JACK BENNY and
GAIL PATRICK in
Artists And Models
FOR SALE
40 ACRES
ALL IMPROVED
750 Bearing Orange Trees
$1800 Well and Lar^e Tank
FIVE-ROOM HOUSE. WITH TWO
SCREENED PORCHES
A RIG BARG AIN WITH TERMS
Call At Facts Office
Tues-Wed Sept. 28-29
CONSTANCE BENNETT
and GARY GRANT in
Topper
from TINKER
to EVERS0
to CHANCE
Farres Auto Co.
Phone.......122
CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH
Sales & Service
Plymouth Ruilds Groat Cars
Close cooperation between the members of
a famous infield made that phrase possible—
the sort of cooperation that exists between
the different departments of the Humble Com-
pany. But it's not a double play Humble de-
partments are seeking; it's a way to improve
Humble products, to better Humble service.
They all work to that end—production men,
pipeliners, refiners, technicians, station men
and dealers. Because they do, more and
more Texas motorists each year acquire the
Humble* habit—more and more make .it a
regular practice to stop for service where
they see the Humble sign!
i 1,
"»my toy* t»v
vn i-a
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Smith, Dan F. Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1937, newspaper, September 24, 1937; Falfurrias, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth870010/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .