The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, October 11, 1935 Page: 2 of 8
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McGregor mirror, McGregor, texas
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1935
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THE McGREGOR MIRROR
Published by
THE MIRROR PRINTING CO.
CHA8. B. HALL------OWNER
Published Every Friday Morning
Entered at the Postoffice in McGregor,
Texas, as second class mail matter.
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subscriptions are renewed, names of
subscribers will be dropped.
KEEPING RECORD STRAIGHT
In a recent issue of Liberty
one of its Twenty Questions ask-
ed: “What Governor of a state
in the United States of America
resigned and became president
of an independent Republic?”
And its answer read: “Sam Hou-
ston was governor of Tennessee,
from which office he resigned. He
later became the first and only
President of the Republic of Tex-
as.”
With Texans patriotically im-
mersed in their Centennial period
and brushing up on past history,
we imagine Liberty heard from
that one. Sam Houston, of course
was neither the first nor the only
president of the Republic of Tex-
as. David G. Burnet served as
president and interim until Hou-
ston was elected, and later both
Mirabeau B. Lamar and Anson
Jones served regular terms with
distinction until Texas became a
state in 1845.
This simple misstatement of
historical fact is of course not a
serious error. There will be
more important question pro-
pounded to, and answered by, the
Texas Centennial next year than
that concerning the number of
Houston served and who preced-
ed and followed him in office. We
merely correct Liberty’s error to
keep the record straight. Sam
Houston was the one and only in
many respects, but he was not
the one and only leader who
guided Texas during its years of
proud sovereignty.—Dale Miller
in the Texas Weekly.
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STARTS TWENTY-SECOND
YEAR OF RECORD
Hillsboro. — Miss Lillian All-
red of Hillsboro will start Sun-
day on her twenty-second year
of perfect attendance at the First
Methodist Sunday school.
Last Sunday morning she was
given recognition for her twenty-
one years of perfect attendance.
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BROWNWOOD LIGHT PLANT
INJUNCTION IS REFUSED
Brownwood. — District Judge
E. F. Miller refused Saturday an
application of the Texas Power &
Light company for a temporary
injunction to restrain R. P.> Mat-
hews from constructing a new
light plant here.
Mathews obtained a franchise
from the city sometime ago.
A hearing on the application
for a permanent injunction has
been set for early next month.
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New mattress shops come and
go. That’s naturally so. But I
am Still here to do your mattress
work. McGregor Mattress Shop.
J. H. Cox. tf
Ivill the plant entirely by set-
ting a plow shallow and turning
out the stalks, or by some equally
effective means. Merely chop-
ping or clipping the stalks will
not answer, for the stumps will
throw out new growth ideal for
weevil food.
Do not burn crop refuse on the
fields. Texas farms need this
material returned to the soil in
the form of humus.
Your clean-up will help your
neighbor just as his clean-up will
help you. And you can’t succeed
without your neighbor. Profitable
control demands community wide
cooperation.-
CLEAN-UP WEEK NAMED,
ALSO COLUMBUS DAY
Austin.—Gov. James V. Allred
Saturday proclaimed October 12
as Columbus Day and October 21
to 26 as clean-up week.
The Governor said every effort
should be directed toward the
cleaning up of all rubbish and
other things that mar the appear-
ance of highways along with Cen-
tennial visitors will gather their
first impressions of Texas.
“G-MEN” OF HEATING
WAGE WAR ON COLDS
America’s Public Health en^
my Number One, the common
cold, is about to be put on the
spot. The heat is to be turned
on and this rampaging foe of
all diseases, is finally to be “ta-
ken for a ride” by none other
than the G-men, in this case the
gas men.
Starting in today’s issue of this
paper, the gas company is launch-
ing one of the most intensive
campaigns ever devised to teach
people how to properly heat;
their homes in order to protect j
their health. They have declared
Avar against the disease germs
that lurk in cold hallways and
unheated rooms. Backed by
medical authorities they state the
family Avhich huddles in one room
o\Ter an open flame heater with
the windoAvs tightly closed is in-
viting disaster. An even heat
throughout the entire house is
said to be one of the best protec-
tions against colds, AAdiile to pass
from a hot room into a cold hall-
way is an invitation for the dead-
ly cold and pneumonia germs to
strike.
The common cold is costing the
American public hundreds of
millions of dollars yearly and
doctors have found that one of
the most fertile breeding groi.| ds
for this germ is the stuffy, cwer-
heated poorly A^entilated room. It
is for this reason that the gas-
company, according to its offi-
cials, is taking the lead in public
education to reduce the ravages
of colds, pneumonia and similar
diseases by instructing the public
in the proper methods of heating
their homes.
With neAvspaper advertisement,
booklets, and information of all
kinds, the bombardment is to
continue through the heating
season. Doctors, scientists, engi-
neers, A^entilating. experts, public
authorities, newspapers, and oth-
ers have been enlisted for the
Avar.
JOBLESS HUNGARIAN
GETS WORK AS EATER
Paul Toth, an unemployed Hun-
garian school teacher had a bright
idea and so he got a good job.
He published an ad in the papers
and offered to appear in circuses
and variety theaters as an “eat-
ing champion.”
He offers to eat practically un-
limited quantities of chicken with
paprika,” the favorite dish of
Hungarian gourmets.
In a private sIioav he ate three
chickens and one pound of cheese
and drank four litres of beer.
He has been promised jobs by
several music halls.
FALL WON’T ACCEPT
$1 PER YEAR RANCH
El Paso — Albert S. Fall, one-
time Secretary of the Interior, ex-
-pects to live in the rambling NeAV
Mexico ranch House which has
been his refuge for several years
but he will not be a tenant, Mrs.
Fall said Saturday.
“We don’t want to live on the
place unless Ave are legally entit-
led to it,” she said in comment-
ing on an offer of the new cnvners
of the ranch to let the house to
Fall for $1 a year.
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Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Routh of
Gatesville Avere Sunday guests in
the Jim Cass home. Mrs. Cass ac-
companied them to Waco Sunday
afternoon Avhere they attended
the funeral of their cousin.
c
pt.
always fresh
KTQ crispy fall season ever
1^1 afforded finer select
oysters than we are now re-
ceiving from Biloxi, Miss., fam-
ous oyster beds. We have med-
ium and extra large sizes for
frying, stewing or baking.
Fresh sea food of all kinds. Red
Snapper, Speckled Trout and
Shrimp.
Home Produce Co.
HERE ARE FACTS NEC-
ESSARY TO CONTROL
COTTON BOLL WEEVIL
Weevils that develop late in
the fall are most likely to live
until spring.
The weevil becomes inactive
about the time of the first kill-
ing frost.
While in the inactive Avinter
state the Aveevil can live for sev-
eral months without food.
Weevil infestation starts from
the feAV Aveevils that pass the Avin-
ter.
Boll Aveevils breed only in the
green squares and bolls.
Boll Aveevils eat green cotton
only.
Killing cotton grOAvth early,
removes the food of the AveeAul.
If the groAvth of cotton is entire-
ly killed as early as tAvo Aveeks
before frosts practically all Avee-
vils Avill starve before going into
Avinter quarters.
Killing cotton growth early al-
so prevents neAV Aveevils breeding,
thereby permitting only the old-
er ones to enter Avinter quarters.
Very feAV of these have enough
strength to live until spring,
as soon as picking is complete.
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Marching/
PUBLIC HEALTH ENEMY
NUMBER ONE *
Tune in each Thursday night
at 6:45,WFAA-WBAP,begin-
ning Oct. 17, for vital facts to
help you guard your family
against Public Health Enemy
1
Again America’s Public Health Enemy Number One, the common cold germt
marshals his forces. Your family may be the next to be stricken!
Leading doctors tell us that ffty per cent of all disabling diseases start with
a "common cold.” America’s Public Health Enemy Number One, the com-
mon cold germ, strikes with such viciousness that sixty per cent of the popu-
lation has three or more "colds” each year. Think of this startling total of
over two hundred million illnesses—many of which could be avoided!
The common cold germ shows no favor. Invisible but dangerous, this Num-
ber One Enemy of Public Health stalks like a bandit in the night ready to
rob you and your loved ones of health and energy. Cold germs find a fertile
field in inadequately ventilated and improperly heated homes during winter.
Strike at the root of fatal winter illnesses by the simple precaution of pro-
viding proper ventilation and adequate heat in every room in your home.
It’s good health insurance! COMMUNITY NATURAL GAS COMPANY.
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