The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1941 Page: 2 of 8
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THE PANOLA WATCHMAN,
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TEXASOUT-O
PLANT MINNOWS AND
BULLFROGS
AUSTIN, Texas.—Not only will the
Tex a a Gan*. Piah and Oyster Com-
mission restock lakes and streams
of the state with millions of fish
this summer, but food in the form
of tai poles, crawfish and minnows,
which are also being raised in the
ten hatcheries of the Department,
will be planted in rivers and lakes
to provide additional food for mem-
bers of the finny tribe.
All three species of food are highly
desirable to many types of fish. It
has been found that all three species
can be raised in large numbers In
hatchery ponds without slowing down
the production of fish. When the
bass, rrappie. bream and other types
of ftngerling fish are taken from the
hatchery ponds for restocking, the
minows, crawfish and tadpoles which
•re in the ponds will also be taken
along.
’ Since lack of food and improper
habitat, along with over-flshlng and
too long an open season, are the main
contributing factors in the scarcity
of fish, it is believed by the execu-
tive secretary and the chief aquatic
biologist of the Game Department
that the food supply being planted
krill aid In producing more of those
btg’una for anglers to catch.
1 Present indications are that the
Game Department will increase Its
production of fish in the ten hatch-
eries by 5,000.000 this year. Last
season there was an increase In pro-
duction of more than a million and
• half. A total of 7,444,942 fish were
distributed. Barring ill luck, the crop
J** bad^wrmg* shelter from thej Friend* HoDOT MUs Kirkley
BIRO KILLS 43-INCH SNAKE
this year probably will exceod 12,000,
000. New methods of fish production,
many of them worked out by the
Texas Department’s aquatic biologist,
are responsible for the vast Increase,
FISH ATE PEANUTS
In these days of advancement in
the use of peanuts for many differ-
ent foods and other products, the
sportsmen might add to the con-
sumption of the goober, believes Al-
fred Habe, s concessionaire on Medina
Lake, Mr. Habe reported to the
Game Department biologists that he!
recently caught n pound and n half
catfish which had an eatrn big
stomach. Upon cutting open the
fish Mr. Habe discovered It had swal-
lowed n half sack of salted peanuts.
Mi. Habe wondered If fish would
bite peanuts on a hook and finally
succeeded in baiting hooka by tying
halves of peanuts around the shanks
of hooks. It worked only fair, one
fish being caught on a half dosen
hooks the first night.
The Medina Lake concessionaire
is one of the true conservationists in
Texas. A bass spawned on the steps
of his dock this spring and until the
eggs hatched and the little bass
swam away he would not allow any
kind of fishing off that section of
his dock.
LIGHTNING KILLED 199 BIRDS
A big oak tree was a treacherous
shelter during the height of a cloud-
burst In Austin recently. A total of
198 sparrows and one blackbird were
found dead under the tree after It
had been struck by lightning. Tka
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A OLD TIME ban player dropped
A ia t’ see me last week an’ he
gat an het up *bout th’ modern ball
players bein’ sich softies an’ not
bein’ able t’ talk it. He pulled up hia
pants an’ showed scars all over his
legs maid by sharp spikes t’ help
prove his p-int.
iwr -17 oooo — •
“T’day,” he sed, “if a player gits
a inch gash in his leg they’ll talk
him outta th’ gaim an’ call a doctor
an’ th’ reporters maik a big fuss
’bout it in th’ papers. In th* ole days
he’d have t*. break a leg t’ git two
or three daya rest.”
jr'TJIkfcij^ —00000—
We asked th' ole timer what wu»
th’ reason fer most modern hall
players bein' raft. He allowed they
was gittin* ball players frum col-
leges insted o* farm boys frum th’
small towns. I Agger he mought
have sumthin’ there.
— ooooo-
A farm boy jist natchilly gits tuf-
fe.ied up durin’ his boyhood mire’n
city boys. They walk more, wurk
harder an’ eat better grub. Them
blackeyed peas an’ sow belly with
buttermilk an’ corn dodgers puts on
a dern site more mussel than ham-
burgers, fancy steaks an’ salcds.
— o o o o o —
You’ll notis t'day where most o’
our best football players cum frum.
TV big colleges bring ’em in frum
high schools in smaller towns. Jist
check over th’ stars in our South-
west Conference fer th’ past fue
veers. Ninety per cint o’ ’em cum
frum high schools in small Texas
towns.
— oooo. —
While sports t’day require more
brains an’ fast thinkin’ then in th’
ole days, mussel an’ stamina count
th’ most in th’ long run. A boy
what keeps his body in good shape
will have a much better chance o’
bein’ a sports star then th’ one
with brains alone.
— o o o o o —
An’, regardless •’ what tb' radio
ananaaws say, smokein* ain't ever
daw a athlete inay good. I can’t
thlak a* a single one right now
what was a cigarette Send. Still I
know dosem what chawed tobaccie.
Chawin’ tobaccie don’t git In yer
lungs an’ taik away yer wind.
—ooooo—
Th’ ole timer asked me how long
had it bin since I seen a pitcher
twirl a dubble hedder ball gaim. I
had t’ admit it had bin several
yeers. I ’member it wusn’t innv-
tjhing unusual like e'ven twinty
yeers ago fer a pitcher t’ win one
gaim, then rest fer a half hour an’
cum back an’ win another. An’ they
wus nine inning ball gaims t’ boot.
• L v •——
Shucks, it used t* not be inny-
thing fer a pitcher t* pitch at least
four gaims a week. If he cudn't
pitch three gaims they Aggered he
wusn’t earnin' his salt.
— ooooo —
I used t’. umpire semi-pro gaims
in small towns whin Texas Lean
pitchers wud slip away an’ pitch
fer th’ semi-pro teams under false
naims. ! ’member one time Jim
Sewell, Dallas pitcher, pitched ev-
ery day fer six days. Four o’ th’
days he pitched fer Kaufman, Fer-
ris, Crandall an’ I think it wus Sul-
phur Springs under th’ naim o’ Ben.
Smith.
— ooooo —
One Monday he pitched a two-hit
gaim fer Dallas agin Wichita Falls
an* th* next afternbon pitched a no-
hitter fer Kaufman agin Kemp. Th’
third day he cum back an’ wtin a 2
to 1 gaim fer Dallas agin Fort
Wurth.
— ooooo —
In them days they wus sum
moughty hot semi-pro gaims. I um-
pired one at Kaufman once an’ they
wus more then 315.000 wurth o’ cot-
ton an’ money bet on th’ contest.
They brought me down frum Dallas
an’ paid me 3100 t’ umpire th' gaim.
It wus a tuff one, but I Anally got
through with it.
— oo.oo —
I never wus railed as miny fancy
naims in my life. But, after th'
gaim I rode back in a auto t’ Dallas
on friendly terms with three •' th’
players what called me th’ went
naima durin’ th’ gaim.
—ooooo—
We found sum moughty said
home brew jist this side o~ Crandall.
Ws got so friendly like ws cum dsrn
neer kissin’ each other Tors ws gat
back t’ Dallas.
See us for a good deal on a set of National Silent
Safety Tires.
B. B. Pippen
Phone 9518
Details of tbs efficient manner in
which road runners, or chaparrals go
about killing snakes, was oontained
la a report of a cams warden to tbs
Game Department recently The war-
den got In on tbs start at the fight
and remained until tbs close, exactly
an hour and XI minutes later.
The roadrunner was Jogging down
a small path through the brush when
It stopped suddenly and started ctr-
hllng a bunch of cord crass. The war-
den approached to within twonty
yards of the bird and remained
there while the chapparral proceeded
to (rim a 41-Inch rattlesnake down to
Ita site and then to dispatch It.
Darting In and out, the road runner
dug viciously et the rattler time and
again and each time managed to
evade the fangs of the six-button
reptile. After 81 mlnutea the rattler
was lifeless. The chaparral took two
more vlcloua stabs at It. cocked his
eye at the warden and nonchalantly
■trolled off hito the brush.
' Upon examining the reptile, th#
warden found a hole completely
through the center of Ita head, three
lacerations on Its belly and the
rattler was missing both Its eyea.
i Golden
Anniversary Of Service At College
Cardinals To
Open Tryout Camp
In Henderson
HENDERSON. Tex.—The St. Louis
Cardinal organisation will conduct a
baseball tryout camp here starting
July 21 which will give local boys
land boys of surrounding territory an
opportunity to determine whether
they have the ability to play profes-
sional baseball.
The tryonfts. which will continue
for a week, will be held at Fair Park.
The tryouts will be directed by
Robert L. Finch, vice president of
Cardinal Minor League clubs.
Finch announced that all boys be-
tween the ages of 17 and 23 who be-
lieve they Have the ability to pay
professional baseball will be wel-
come at the tryouts.
A number of dardlnal organization
scouts. Finch said, will be assigned
to the tryouts to pass judgment on
players. Boys showing sufficient
promise, he said, will be offered con-
tracts with minor league clubs In
the Cardinal organisation. The scout-
ing personnel will be, announced
shortly. Finch added.
The Cardinal organisation has been
toonducting camps such as this for
several years. Several Cardinal stars
gained their starts in tryout camps.
Boys wishing tryouts have only ,to
present themselves at Fair Park at
9 o'clock the morning of Monday,
July 21, bringing their shoes, gloves
and uniforms. No. fee is charged.
The only requirements are that out-
of-town boys mhst finance their trips
to Henderson and living expenses
while here. A stay In Henderson of
three or four days is sufficient for
out-of-town boys to receive a thorough
trial, Finch said. Out-of-town boys
signed to contracts will be refunded
expenses incident to attending the
tryouts.
NAVY QUOTA SET
FOR THIS DISTRICT
Because of the days we can never
flMvat,” • lr°*P of intimate friends
paid tribute on June 4 to Miss Bertha
Kirkley, who has just completed 50
years service at Sam Houston State
Teachers college. A four-hoar ban-
quet in the Raven Cafe wu marked
by toasts and tributes to tha honors#
and came to a climax with presenta-
tion of a gold pin by Dr. James G.
Gee.
• Miss Kirkley beamed aad enjoyed
herself, especially when referred to
as “the first woman from Panola
county to diatinguisk herself,” and
•poke several times during the din-
ner In response to praise of her
work by those present.
Miss Kirkley rams to Huntsville In
1887 and joined the faculty In 1891.
Until
and history, sometimes to several
generations of tbe same family. Since
her retirement she has worked In the
extension division of the college and
is now engaged at Sam Houston
tmusium.
When she came here hi her early
twenties. Miss Kirkley recalled that
the college had a student body of
about 300 and a faculty of seven.
An active member of the Presbyter-
ian church of Huntsville, she taught
Sunday school class of college stud-
ents. and sponsored a club for young
ladies. Entre Nous, about the turn
of the century.
Tbe dinner Wednesday night was
given by Dr. Horace Taylor of the
economics department of Columbia
University, her nephew, and Mrs.
Ben H. • Powell of Austin was toast-
mistress.
.Following an invocation by the
Rev. E. C. Boynton, pastor emeritus
of the First Christian church, tbe
guests sang “Here’s to Miss Kirkley.’’
Afterward, Dr. J. L. Clark, pro-
fessor of history, talked about "Miss
Kirkley. the Teacher.” He praised
“Miss Kirkley's mastery of subject
matter, her Interest in the students
and her ability to modernise history
lessons for the benefit of tbe stud-
ents of today.”
He said that even after retiring
from active teaching, "she is now
engaged at Sam Houston museum
and the tiny but spry teacher Is still
intent upon improvements.”
He noted that her latest contri-
bution was a collection of red, blue
and pink lace she planned to attach
to shlrttails of college students when
worn outside the pants—to make
them look prettier.”
"Hie superlative Auntie” was Dr.
Taylor's toast, in which he stated
that she was a “menace--a menace
to iasy thinking and careless work.”
Between the toeats and tributes,
special music was presented by Vic-
tor Handel, sccompenled by Miss
Louise Powell.
Miss Kirkley herself contirbuted
much in the spirit of remtnhirem-
by reading tbe prologue which in
1907 she had given at a performance
put on by the Entre Nons Club at
the old Henry Opera house.
All Joined in the singing of some
of the songs made up for that oc-
casion and rat to music popular at
^ that time, one of them being “Oh. Mr.
IMt'aTtaii*t seetaTst^tos Tilly” (the popular conductor of the
Huntsvllle-Pheipe tap line! to the
tune of “Oh. Mr. Dooley.”
Mias Kirkley also told of her ex-
periences during her fifty years
teaching and working at Sam Hous-
| ton, and of her loyalty and interest
to the college.
As a token of the love and appre-
ciation of those present for the
honoree, a beautiful antique gold pin.
made over 100 years ago in England,
was presented to her by Dr. Gee. The
toast mistress Indicated that the rose
oa the pin was appropriate aa a
bttl of courage and stability.
The program closal with the grow?
singing “Auid Lang 8yne.“
OoM and white flowers and deco-
rations of red. white and blue farmed
pert of the background for the eo-
caslou. and the years 1891 MBS 1941
were featured In the place corda aad
engraved on the back of the gda P*a-
sented to Miss Kirkley. Pta«a «er
the banquet were made by Mlau Mary
E still.
Telegrams and letters of congrat-
ulation weree read from many former
■tudeuts and friends, among whom
were 8 B. Burk of Tyler, president
of the Ex-Students association; Or-
ville Rullington of Wichita Falla; IN.
X. B. Buie of Marlin. Mist Margie
Neal of 8an Antonio. M. E. (Made)
Foster of Houston and Mrs. Anas
Baldwin Tradenlck of Meriden, Goan.
— Among those who did homage to
'Miss Kirkley were Miss Augusta
Lawrence, Mm. W. H. Matthews; Dr.
C. O. Stewart, Dr. Harry F. 1st ill,
Mrs. J. B. McFarland of Honaton,
and Dr. Taylor__
Mr. and Mrs. Lenard Fleming aad
son. Jerry of Jonesboro, La., are vis-
iting Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Reed of
Clayton and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mar-
shall of Gary.
READ THE ADS
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We will buy your Pine Logs at our mill
in Carthage. Logs must be delivered to
us. Top prices paid.
CASTLE LUMBER
INDUSTRIES
HUDSON’S GROCERY -& MARKET
PHONE 80
North Texas and the state of Ok-
lahoma is expected to furnish 625
apprentice seamen and 25 colored
men for mesa attendants for the reg-
ular Navy and Naval Reserve this
month. Navy recruiting officers at
Longview, Texas said today. AH en-
listments are voluntary but men in
Class 1-A may enlist before drafted
for Army ervlce.
The July quota of *550 is the largest
peace-time Navy enlistment quota
ever assigned this district which had
358 first enlistments and 19 re-en-
listments during the month of June.
Knlistmeut ages for the regular
Navy are form 17 to 31, and in the
Naval Reserve form 17 to 36. ex-
cept that men to 50 years of age who
ure skilled hi trades or professions
may be enlisted in the Naval Re-
serve with petty officer ratings.
‘Naval Reservists are obliged to
active duty only during perioi of
National Emergency. They are offer-
ed a wide selection of trade training
and while ou active duty have same
pay and promotional opportunities as
moil in the regular Navy.
ITCH-O-CIDE
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Fries 80s. Mosey back if not antla
Red. BeM by Meeker Drug Osmpney
Fred Whitaker
Attorney-At-Law
First National Bank
Bldg.
Carthage, Texas
Spotless Flour
SSEs?
Guaranteed t o
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Beat.
48 Lb.
24 Lba.
$155
83c
l/4 Lb. Par Tea, 2 for
7k
10 Lbs. Pure Cane Sugar, f1).
Cloth Bag
No. 2 CANS—--——-
$225
No. 3 CANS $3.05
Qt. Fruit Jars ..
63c
Pt. Fruit Jafs
57c
Zinc Jar Lids
17c
Gal. Cooking Oil SI #13
Matches, 6 Boxes
17c
14 Oz. Catsup .............
10c
Paper Plates, 2 Doz. for
15c
2—10c Napkins
01P
1 10c Wax Paper
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Ivory Soap, Med. 3 for
17c
Crustene, 8 Lb. Crt. _
Crustene, 4 Lb. Crt.
Carotene Milk, 3 Lge.
Shredded Wheat
Marshmallows, 1 lb.
$1.12
59c
32 Oz. Clabber Girl
Baking Powder
19c
14 Oz. Tomato Juice
be
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19c
25c
With Jug
16 Lb. Pail Hormel
Pure Lard
$215
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Friers Dressed
Hens Dressed
Hamburger Meat
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Applegate, Clabe. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1941, newspaper, July 10, 1941; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth896564/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.