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a deep, dark secret. That even-! ed relatives in Garland before
ing1 two of their friends, a Mr.' returning home.
Creevy and his Avife, called, and -o-
after dinner, when the ladies had Renew Your Subscription Today.
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Me GREG OR MIRROR, MeGREGOR. TEXAS
FRIDAY AUGUST 1, 1941
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oded field, and invited his read-
ers to take part in a “You Write
the Story” contest. Here is -the
prize winning letter, written by
an Indian.
Both pictures show white man
crazy. Make big teepee. Plow hill
Water wash: wind blow soil.
Grass gone, land gone, door gone,
window gone; whole place gone
to h_______ Buck gone. Squaw gone,
too. Papoose gone. No pig, no
corn, no cow, no hay, no pony.
Indian no plow land. Keep
grass. Bnffolo eat, Indian eat buf-
falo. Hide make teepee, make moc-
casin. Indian no make terrace, no
build dam, no give d— All time
eat. No hunt job. no hitchhike,
no ask relief. No shoot pig. Great
Spirit make grass. Indian no
waste anything. Indian no work.
White man heap loco. Ain’t civi-
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DISHONEST AUTO SERVICE
It is shocking revelation and a
serious indictment of garages
and repair stations, all over the
nation, that is revealed in a re-
cent article -in the Reader’s Di-
gest,
A twelve-cylinder used car was
purchased and thoroughly over-
hauled. A 14,500 mile trip, back
and forth across the nation, led
to 347 places that held out- help
of the motorist in trouble.
The procedure was simple. Just-
before -reaching a garage the car
was stopped and a small wire dis-
connected. The man got out, let-1 " 0
ting his woman secretary limp have YOU EVER NOTICED?
up %s the station with a sick car, men fte other fellow aets
wliieli needed notlmig at all but;^ v.av he is ..ugly.” wiH.„ you
the reconnecting oi the small dQ it>g Rnerves>”
wire which was in pi am 'view, yyhen the other fellow is set
when the hood was lifted. i jn his way, lie”s “obstinate;”
Honest repair men saw wliat m 'it is just “firm-
was wrong at once fixed the con"|uess ”
nection and eithei made noj ^lien the other fellow doesn’t
charge or a small one. i ot so, y0Ur friend, he’s “preju-
withdrawn, Sheridan confided to
Creevy that they had just come
into a fortune.
“Mrs. Sheridan and I,” he ex-
plained, “made a solemn vow to
each other to mention it to no
one.”
“Then why are yon telling
me?” asked the puzzled friend.
“Only one circumstance would
induce me to confide in you,” re-
plied Sheridan, “and that is the
absolute conviction that Mrs.
Sheridan is at this very moment
confiding it to Mrs. Creevy up-
stairs.”
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among
laxatives
however, with the majon y o re- (jp.ej, > > w]ien yoll cion’t like his
pair men who found sometmg j yOU are simpiy showing you are
wrong, from a dirty cai lire tor a g00C| judge of, human nature,
to a ruined clutch plate.
Of the 347 places tested, only
129 gave the lady driver a square
deal. Nearly two-thirds charged
for work they did not do, found
unnecessary things to fix or
charged for unneeded parts
which they sometimes did not
furnish.
Interesting is the report that
“in general small towns and
small garages proved more hon-
est than larger ones.”
This is a deplorable commen-
tary upon the honesty of men in
business and reflects discredit
upon those who victimized the
motorist. The story proves once
more the importance of dealing
with honest men, when you have
need of service which requires
you to place yourself at the mer-
cy of the man employed.
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TWO OF A KIND
One day Richard Brinsley
Sheridan brought to his wife the
joyful news that they had inher-
ited some money. After discuss-
ing their good fortune for a while
they decided to keep the bequest
When the othe^ fellow tries to
treat some one especially well,
lie’s “toadying;” when yon try
the same game, you are using
“tact.”
When the other fellow takes
time to do things, he is dead
sow;” when you do it, yon are
“deliberate.”
When the other fellow spends
a lot, he is a “spendthrift;”
when you do, you are “gener-
ous. ’ ’
When the other fellow picks
flaws in things, he’s “ cranky; ’ ’
when you do, you are “discrim-
inating. ’ ’
When the other fellow is mild
in his manner, he is a “mush of
concession.;” when yon are, it is
being “gracious.”
When the other fellow gets de-
structive, it is ‘toughness;”
when you do, it is “forcefulness.”
Miss Dorothy Cook has enroll-
ed in Metropolitan Business
Shool in Dallas, having begun
, her studies there last week. Her
j parents, Mr. and Mrs. AY. T. Cook
; took her to Dallas and also visit-
■ ed relatives in Gafland before
More than 10,000 fanners have
attended and taken part in the 25
■cotton insect control meetings and
idusting demonstrations held during
past three seasons in Texas, with
which the East Texas Chamber of
■Commerce has cooperated.
The educational phases of the
■cotton insect meets were under the
■direction of the Texas A. & M. Col-
lege Extension Service. Noon day
‘barbecue luncheons and programs
were sponsored by local chambers
!©f commerce and insecticidal firms.
The dusting machines in operation
iwere shown with the East Texas
[Chamber in charge. Latest meth-
ods of increasing cotton yield
[through proper effective control
[measures for boll weevil, flea hop-
iper, leaf worm, and boll worm were
[described and demonstrated.
| In the pictures: 1. Elmore R.
Torn, agricultural manager of East
Texas Chamber, with a bunch of
TexM Agricultural Experiment
Station cotton insect control bul-
letins No. 92 consults with Dr. F.
Thomas and Dr. J. C. Gaines of
ent * Station, who are dis-
ii»g Dr. Thomas’ weekly cotton
[insect situation news release. 2.
Catron Siddall, entomologist for
« M. Extension Service,‘left
uw&ri
year’s meetings with District Agent
George W. Johnson, in whose dis-
trict six meetings were held during
past two years, and who is schedul-
ing four in northeast Texas for
1942. 3. Left, inset, T. C. Rich-
ardson, Farm & Ranch, a staunch
supporter of cotton pest control. In
center of field showing difference
in production between dusted and
undusted cotton is W. H. Meeom,
entomologist for Freeport Sulphur
Company, the man who first sug-
gested holding the series of meet-
ings described. The Freeport Sul-
phur Company supported the pro
gram during entire three years.
4. The meetings averaged from
100 to 700-in atendance, except the
Temple meetings at Blackland Ex-
periment Station, chairmaned bv
C. L. Walker, Jr., which drew a
crowd of 2,000 farmers in 1941. 5.
Machines shown in operation rang-
ed from one row hand guns to six
row tractor attachment pictured
here boiling the poison on top and
bottom side of cotton plants. 6.
Dusting machine manufacturers or
exhibitors were given opportunity
to thoroughly explain their mach-
ines before taking them into field.
7. One of the meetings held this
year was at Cooper. One of four
machines present is seen operating.
Other manufacturers were so busy
building machines to fill orders'
they could not come. Some did not
have any unsold machines to show.'
8. The first meeting of the three
year cotton pest control campaign
was held in Brenham on June 26,
1939. Part of the crowd attending
is seen in this field shot.
9. County agricultural agents
presided over the meetings held in
their respective counties and also
assisted Siddall, and entomologists
of Waco cotton field station of Bu-.
reau of Entomology and Plant
Quarantine and of the Experiment
Station and cotton oil mills, with
insect counts, identifications, and
other educational features.
10. County Agent, W. H. Jones
of Delta County demonstrates
method of making flea hopper
count, which insect is controlled by
application of sulphur. 11. The
idea behind the meetings was to en-
courage per acre yield increases of
quality cotton, which could easily
be wrapped in cotton bagging. 12.
And these meetings under sponsor-
ship of the Regional Chambers of
cotton insect control committee,
headed by Alston Clapp, Sr., in co-
operation with State-wide Cotton
Committee of Texas, attracted
many junior farmers, as evidenced
by this Van Zandt County group.
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