The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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Only Newspaper Published In Panda
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“SEVENTY YEARS OF SOLID SERVICE”
, Dedicated To The People's Interest
Seventieth Tear.
CAftTHAGE, PANOLA
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25. IMS.
Number SI.
Rambling
with
The Editor
THANKSGIVING—
’ Panola count ians and Americana
everywhere will not 1»e thinking as
much about something to get into
stomachs an this Thenheghrlng Day
as they will about something to put
In War Bonds la order that this ter-
rible war might he won and terminal
ed as soon as possible. Despite the
(act that the world Is torn asunder
with war we do hare many things
THREE COLORED
PEOPLE DIE IN
SUNDAY FIRE
Ernest Sanders, age about 41. his
wife. Precious, sge shout 2S, and
their two year old ton. John Banders
an died when (Ire destroyed their
home about eight miles southwest of
Csrthage In the Del-Bay community
early Sunday morning.
The house and land was owned by
Sly Osborne of Bethany. Louisiana.
Sheriff Corbett Akins was notified
Sunday and made an Investigation.
He was assisted by his deputy. I* M.
Beeves and Justice O. J. Todd held
an Inquest.. .....«ir‘. ________• ■ .' j
The body of Sanders 'was found In
to be thankful dor on this Thanks j what speared to be the kitchen or
giving Morn. We should be thank
fnl for what health wa Are enjoying
and for the victories that wa are
winning. We should be thnakfal
that wa have such military mm as
OBNBRALS MARSHALL. -CLARK.
EAGER, EISENHOWER, and the
greatest of them all. DOUGLAS MAC-
ART HUH We should be thankful
that the people of London, the landed
aristocracy and the limey will come
out of this war on equal tarmi as
men. We should be thankful for the
four power pact at Moscow. We
should be thankful that God has been
kind to the parents of Panola county,
for our casualties have been low
compared to the percentage of men
we have In the service. We should be
thankful for the wonderful fight the
Russians are .putting up. We should
be thankful that the British won the
Battle of England and give us time
to get ready to do the Job we are
doing in every theatre today. We
should be glad that we live in a na-
tion where* a man can say what he
honestly thinks. We should bp glad
that the enemy batalioas have not
",r ,o"
the present administration sponsored
a national “boondoggling” program
for eight years prior to Pearl Harbor
that American ingenuity, ability, and
inlntive roaa beyond the call of duty,
and heard the call of preservation
of world peace so strongly that we
are now on tbe victory path. On this
Thanksgiving Morning ws should be
thankful that ROOSEVELT. CHURC
lflUL. and STALIN are getting along
nicely and all enjoying good health.
We shonld be thankful that we live
la • country where yon can still rend
a country newspaper and praise the
publisher If he writes something
good about yon and enss the editor
if hie views lritate yon. We shonld be
thankful that we have men In our
little communities who speak tbe
truth, and call a spade a spade even
If It courts unpopularity to do so.
After all. what good did a Yen Man
ever accomplish In this life? It makes
no difference if ke Is yessing a com-
munity "big-shot” or the President
of the United States T What Amer-
ica is thankful for, or should be. Is
that we have people who sometimes
a«t. and by action, make some busy-
body. gossip-spreader, tale-carrier, or
snooping sniper work np a plot for
s two-sided drams tbat reeks with
the odor of nwlaclous crucifixion.
Aaywiy. we are thankful for all the
Blessings we are enjoying and this
time next year we hope to be
thankful that so many of onr fight-
ing boys went through World War
Two unhurt.
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INTEREST—
Strictly motivated by loyal team
Merest, last week. OORDO|N DAR-
NELL approached school authorities,
aad yonr correspondent. In regard to
raising a $350 guarantee to bring the
Orapcland-Carthage football game to
Urn local playing field. DARNELL
made a generous offer to start the
drive and after about two hours of
canvassing friends of the school and
of the team, yonr writer and MR.
DARNELL had succeeded In securing
nahrly 9400 in pledge money to get
tha championship tussell here. The
nltlmhte game site decided upon de-
feated both the ambitions of the
businessmen of Carthage and Grape-
land. A neutral point was selected.
Jacksonville will be the scene of the
battle. Thus a disinterested com
asnnlty gets the benefit of what the
tana of Carthgae and Orapetand have
bean working for throughout the sea-
son. The result of the conference In
Jacksonville Inst Tharsday night was
ns follows, according to a statement
given the writer by DR. P. B.
Bounce, member of the school board.
Qaote: "Wa went Into the meeting
prepared t8 offer I860 for the game
slip—Grapelsnd wouldn't take It. We
than raised tbe offer In |IB end
(Oenttaaed on page 4)
a back room of the he
His wife
and son wore destroyed by tbe blase
while aleeplng In the front of the
hopse. Cause of the fire remains un-
determined. |
Bodies of the victims were removed
and fereuadit to Carthage. A fall in
vesttgatfem Is now In progress to de-
term In# whether tbe victims mot with
foal play before the fire.
Controlling Peach
Tree Borers
Farmers win hsve to ns# the old
PICS method for controlling peach
tree boren since ethylene dichlortde
has been restricted to war uses re-
ports the Vocational Agriculture
Classes. PDB Is a very effective con-
trol, and this restriction doesn’t Im-
pose a great Inconvenience on peach
producers they say.
In applying "PDB (parndicbloroben-
sene), the soil around the tree shonld
be smoothed with a hoe and the ma-
terial placed In this circle at the
and five yeer old truss aad pan
tor older trees.
The material shonld be applied
near the trunk, but not closer than
two inches, and should be covered
with a few shovels of dirt which Is
mounded about the base of the tree.
The dirt should be removed after two
or three weeks.
This treatment should be given Im-
mediately In order for It to be ef-
fective ns the PDB crystals will not
vaporise unless the soil Is warm. In
summer weather, however. It vapor-
ises too rapidly and will injure
young trees.
(Trees infested with the peach tree
borer have masses of gum-around (he
base of the trank where borers do
most of their work. This should be
scraped off clean before treatment.
The largae. which do the damage to
the tree, are about one Inch long,
milky white, with a hard brown head
Trees severly Infested may die. This
peat probably destroys more orchards
than any Insect other than the San
Jose Scale. The Vocational Agrlcul
tnre Department has some Bulletins
on the control of this pest, and will
be glad to furnish them to nay one
who cares for them.
RAV'MON ALEXANDER
Carthage F.P.A. Reporter
McCOYNEWS I
Mrs. Lela Brown and son of Car-
thage, visited (Mrs. Lois Brown Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. fl. L. Mima spent
(Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Kogans
Wllherson and family.
iprlvnte Clinton Davis of the U. S.
Army spent the week-end with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Blge Davis. .
Weldon Davis of the U SJm&w
is spending his furlough af kuJn'wRk
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Gas Davis.
Mrs. Dewnrd Milford of Port Arthur
Is spending a few days with her
mother. Mrs. Lois Brown.
iRev. R. R. Rogers spent Saturday
night, with Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Beasley.
Mr. and Mrs Edgar Miller had for
their guests Sunday. Mr. and Mrs
Howard Beasley and son. Doyett,
and Rev. R. E. Rogers.
The Thanksgiving Program started
Tpeaday night. Nov. 18. and will ruif
through Friday night. There will be
day and night services. Everyone la
Invited to attend.
CpI. Etvte Beasley, eon of Mr.
end Mrs. Howard Beasley bus been
transferred from Fort Banning, On.,
to Camp Rocker, Alabama.
Harold Mitchell, son of Mrs. Mounts
Mitchell of this city recently under-
went another major operation hi n
Shreveport hospital. His eohdttioa Is
reported os good os could be expect-
ed.
BULLDOGS DEFEAT DEADWOOD BOY
WOUNDED OVER
GERMANY
HUGHES SPRINGS
The Carthage Bulldogs roundly
trounced n visiting Hughes Springs
eleven here on Martin 'Field last
Friday night by a score of Si-4-
The Hughes Springs game was e
fill in affair to keep the local dab
members In tip-top shape Mr the
coming Important chemplonahlf clash
with Orapetand.
(The Bulldogs tried several new
plays end mode many of theta work
to perfection, ft was • one-eMed vic-
tory. but one pleasing to th# tons
who attended.
STORES TO CLOSE
THANKSGIVING
•f
An official list has not Mas pe-
culated In tbe city, but It Is the
general concensus of opinion that the
stores will all close up here Thanks-
giving Day.
If there ever was a time when
merchants ought to dose up and of-
fer thanks to God It la on
giving Day.
It Is to be hoped that all
chants observe the significance of
this day by closing op today, Thurs-
day. November 85th.
GARYNEWS
Technical tSgt. Finis W. Colburn
son of Mr. and Mrs. 8. D. Colburn of
A] Logansport. route two, has been
slightly wonnded In action over
Gelsenkirchen Germany, according to
a telegram received by Mrs. Colburn
on November 80th.
Colburn has been overseas for
sometime. Ullo, (The Adjutant Gener-
al cent tbe following meekage to Mrs.
Colborn:
Washington. Dr C
Am pleased to Inform yon report
received states your son Technj£«l
Sergeant Finis W. Colburn was re-
leased from bosptal tenth November
after having been slightly wounded
in action fifth November over Gels-
enkirchen. Germany.
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JACKSONVILLE
GETS PLAY-OFF
The RMlstrlct football game to
be p|aye4 between Carthage end
Orapetand will be played in Jack
sonville, Texas according to informa-
tion released to the press this wsek.
The championship battle will be
staged In the Tomato Bowl in the
Cherokee county city. Jacksonville'
will burnish other items such no
power, the ball, etc.
Game time -will be announced Utef.
FUNERAL RITES
CONDUCTED FOR
C. L HAMILTON
I Jnnnie 8ue Downing, Mr. and Mrs
Cecil Ford and Lets May Smith from
Orange. Texas visited relatives over
the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Williams guest
Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Hilliard, and Mr. and Mrs. S. H
Reynolds of Tenaha.
Mrs. R. €. Beauchamps slater. Mrs.
Orma Redman from Hoqpton la here
for on extended visit.
William Ingram haa entert
Carthage Schools
To rake Two Days
For Thanksgiving
(The Carthage Public Schools will
observe today, Thanksgiving Day. and
also Friday, It was announced this
week by Superintendent Qnlntln M.
'Martin.
Classes were dismissed Wednesday
afternoon and will not be resutned
again until Monday morning, Novem-
ber 89th.
Mr*. R. E. Carswell
Gravely III_
Friends of Mrs. R. E. Carswell
had the Carswell family will regtet
to learn that she Is dangerously 111
in a Jacksonville. Texas hospital.
Mrs. Csrnwell has been In a ser-
ious condition tor several weeks, and
her condition- became acutely grave
last week-end.
Lieutenant Robert Carswell and
hts wife arrived from Winfield, Kan-
sas this week to be at her bedside
Mrs. Roy Woodyard
Book Club Hostess .
Mrs. Whit Graves from
visited relatives Saturday.
rralmadge (Nail of Carthage
hla mother Mrs. Martha Neil Sun-
day.
Mrs. Luther Smith went to Tyler
shopping Tuesday.
Hooker Hall spent the week-end
with hts family.
Mrs. Sam Graves had as her guest
the pest week,- her sister end two
brothers: Mrs. Emmlt Cox, Carthage;
Tom Hays, Dalian and Hardy Hays.
Longview.
Pfc. Burron Rislnger from Camp
Gruber. Okln. was home on six day
ioftVQ **
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Poss visited
Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Casslty Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie (Smith and
Mrs. Clyde Graves were In Shreve-
port Wednesday.
B. W. Graves and son Pinson from
Nacogdoches were Gary visitors Sat-
urday.
J. T. Latham, teacher in Tatum
school visited his wife over the week
end.
Rev. J. P. Jones from Jacksonville
was called aa pastor by the Baptist
church and he excepted. All mem-
bers are urged to attend all services.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
GOING UP AGAIN
Blackout restrictions have been
lifted In all major coastal shipping
points, according to Information given
tbe papers. Men returning from tor
elgn service have reported to ns Lint
the llghl^MIltatar Ml
in nSTywI.
ow that the war plct
ously changing for the
tie morale building on the
front couldn’t hurt much. Even eome
of onr soldier friends across the
seas have requested that the town
be painted np. lighted up. and put
in n nice holiday dresa for Christ-
mas. 'Many of onr hoys In the ser-
vice will get to return home for the
Xmas holidays. Why not lets put up
a few lights and try to make the
place aa near like the old home town
as we possibly can.
Surely, the fellows had rather feqjne
back to a little gaiety than a drab,
bleak city looking like a Western
Colorado ghost town.
Don’t worry about It not being pa-
triotic to fix up the house a little for
Christmas. Visit any nearby town
at Christmas time this year and you’ll
find that America Is gradually turn-
ing the lights on again, and It won’t
be long, maybe, until the blue birds
ere flying over the white difts of
Dover.
The C. C. Book Club met with
Mrs. Roy Woodyard Nov. 12, 1*48.
The living room was decorated wlrtt
several varieties of chrysanthemum!,
and the dining room with bowht of
rosAnds. ’
MrB. A. L. Davis, the president
conducted a short business. Mrs. JH
T. Long the leader for the meeting
gave n most Interesting talk on
Paraguay and the marriage cd«1onu
of Latin American countries.^
Twenty memebrs were present and
the club was happy to welcome Mrs.
Gordon Alexander as a member.
surd served n
Russell Nelson of Beaumont visited
bis mother and other relatives and
friends here over the week-end.
CEILING PRICES DEPEND UPON
THE GRADE OF MEATS BOUGHT
#ts
were plate farors.
Well Known Citinom
Ptatad Away Saturday
Funeral rites were held in Carth-
age Mqnday afternoon. November
82nd. at four-thirty p.ra. at the First
Methodist Church for Mr. C. L.
Hamilton, age 75. who expired Satur-
day night at nine o'clock In n Shreve-
port sanitarium.
Rev. L. A. McKinney, pastor of the
Central Baptist Church, and friend
of the deceased delivered the fun-
eral sermon. Rev. Gordon Alexander,
new Methodist minister assisted. Mrs.
C. A. Woqdynrd eweeriy and feeling-
ly sang "Wfetaperlng Hope,” with
Mrs. Bessie Chadwick Jd the piano
and Mrp. Edna • Martin playing the
Jest Arrangements were under the
direction of Hawthorn, and .pall bear-
ers Included: J. B. Moore, Mtnujee
Hooker. O. J. Hanezen. Hollis Uw>
relfee, Austin Fyke and R. B. Blair.
Mr. Hamilton was born In Staun-
ton, Virginia and was united in mar-
riage to Miss Sally Hanna, and to
this union three children were bora.
A daughter. Jill, proceeded her
father In dqatb twenty-one months to
the date; Sto having met death hi
the most tragic accideht In the his-
tory of our county. The deceased ta
survived by hts wfto and two daugh-
ters. Bill -and J&4 Hamilton two
■=££ “Saw-fa
The Office of Price Admlnlstra- sells for the same ceiling price,
tlon. In establishing celling prices onj To get tbe Impression that Iden-
meants. left n wide range In the tlcnl ceilings apply on all ents would
price scale. tbe to defeat the entire program of
Several people have the Idea that tha OPA and also there would be no
all round aleak should be retailed for guarantee aa to quality of the meat
a certain celling price, and that a bought.
roast la a rump roast and the j Every meat market In the city Wl n*F*
g price should remain station- county has been supplied with an of-
These are honest thoughts In the tidal OPA chart. When yon desire
minds of many buyers. But such Is to see It you may do so simply by
asking for the chart. Then, yon can
purchase yonr meat accordingly.
It Is the opinion of the newspaper
that there la not a meat market In
town that Is deliberately trying to
not the case.
At the request of some of onr local
meat retailers we have decided to
offer the following Information on tha
meat situation In Carthage.
On Porterhouse steak there exists (.vo|d the opA rHllng*. Some stores,
exactly five different celling prices. I ang |t |a certainly the majority case
IThe same Is true of sirloin, T-bone,
or round steak. There Is a difference
In round steak where the bone Is
left in and where It has been re-
moved too.
Choice or AA grade T-Bone has n
celling of It cents per pound In Cue
(huge; the A grade, which Is good,
has a calling of .47 cants; the B,
which Is commercial sells for .40;
the <C grade retails for .34 and Is
knowiTaa utility; and the D grade,
cotters and canners. retails at a .80
cent celling. Tha same holds toes ns
to prise range In tha entire Imef line
—not n single cat excepted. Bo It
must necessarily he Incorrect to ae-
snme that all veaad. T-bone, or sir-
loin stank, rump, chack, or rib roast
In this county, are trying to buy the
best grades of beef. Therefore, the
celling prices mast necessarily re-
main constant with the quCTlty of
the ent bought.
It le unfair to make a statement
that n certain nmat retailer violated
the ceiling without positive proof.
If yon are of the opinion that yon
have been overcharged for a cat of
beef yon hove yonr recourse of ask-
ing for n receipt or a signed slip-
If yon don’t know AA grade steak
from D grade tken tbe beet thing
yon can do Is to take It home and
cook It. The next time yon’ll know.
In the meantime, give yonr butcher
the benefit of the doubt.
A War Thanksgiving
In many American homes this will
be the happiest Thanksgiving in five
years because people will be giv-
ing thanks for the hope of certain
victory.
Bnt In other homes it will be the
saddest since the Inst World War.
There will be many vacant chairs
around the Thanksgiving dinner
tables all over the nation. And
many more boya will not return to
fill their vacant places.
la our only consolation as we pear
through tha smokefllled -war clouds
to be just a hope of certain victory?
Have we nothing else to be thank-
ful for?
Indeed <we have, tor our nation Is
still the land of the free and the
home of the brave. We are at peace
with our neighbor countries of this
Hemisphere. No enemy soldiers have
yet set foot on onr soil and no bombs
have destroyed our cl tic- We are
still gathering -bountiful harvests of
every crop. Our soldiers are the best
fed and best equipped in (he-world.
Our nation Is still the best fed, best
clothed and best housed country on
the earth today. Unemployment has
diminished. There has been a defln
crease in the volume .of bust
3 / ' li/hr
Our schools are still free so
to the public. In spite of rationing
our great transportation system is
working with war time efflcency.
The submarine menace has been re-
duced and ns a natoln we are rapidly
becoming masters of the sea and air.
Every day we receive more cheer-
ing news from the battle fronts. The
enemy natlona are being pushed back
and our civilisation will be saved
for posterity. Our munition factories
are running full speed, night and day.
manned by willing patriotic workers,
and not by depraved alave labor. We
still have freedom of the press and
free radio communication.
We hold aloYt the torch of liberty.
We are engaged In combat not for
personal gain but to free mankind
from the degradation of slavery.
Our United War Relief le relieving
distress in all of the conquered na-
tions. Tha American Rad Croaa la
and open
brother, -Hillard Hamilton. Staunton,
Vaand a host of friends.
Mr. Hamilton was active until •
few days before his death. Last week-
end he was carried to Shreveport
tor treatment and the end came Sat-
urday evening. Many admiring frlendn
from Carthage were present with thq
family when this good man answered
the last summons.
Rev. McKinney praised the char-
acter of C. L Hamilton la his sermon
as being loyal, sterling, aad con-
stantly full of devotion to hla fninlly
and his frlendB. He mentioned tha
long and enduring friendship he had
enjoyed with the deceased aad point-
ed to bis deep lore for his fellow
man. and how beautifully he carried
the unselfish devotion to his family
eternally with him. *
Since tbe tragic passing of one of
hts twin daughters more than twenty
months ago. Mr. Hamilton had been
visibly burdened with grief and so#
row. He never got over her untimely
demise and consideration tor his de-
parted daughter was so deep It did
not die with her funeral, but con-
tinned on and on. The kindly father
visited her grave dally and tenderly
placed a bouquet of fresh flowers
there, from time to time.
The editor knew 'Mr. Hamilton for
many years. It was our very un-
pleasant assignment to convey to
him the news of his late daughter’s
death on the night of the accident.
There in the house alone with this
good man we watched a father In the
grip of grief. We were there to bear
his words of love for his family: and
we don’t think we ever knew a finer
person than C. L. Hamilton. He was]
friendly, unselfish, big ht
ful and appreciative,
loyal. Ilia kind of characters wtir’nl*
ways be remembered when others of
less influence are forgotten.
IIIIVH. vs tom
hearted, grata*
Snd blinJy
nr tern will Al*
Paul Bleakley
Leases Warehouse
In City Limits
Pan! J. Bleakley. well known busi-
nessman. and prominent civic figure
has tossed the warehouse la Carthage
belonging to Fred Kyle.
The warehouse has better than ten
thousand square feet of floor space
and Is located adjacent to the prop-
erty owned by the Santa Fe Railway
In this city.
Mr. Bleakley has announced im-
provement plans for the building aad
in n few days he hopee to move hla
ministering to the sick and wounded j machinery units, such ns graders.
In every battle none. And the groat- bulldozers, etc.. In the spacious build
aet blessing of all, wa give thanks' lag. Tha building will ha wired and
for the right to worship as wa | lighted and a complete mechanical
| choose.
I shop Installed.
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