La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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By B. F. Harigel 1
Democratic in Principle and a Worker For LaGr&nge and Fayette County
$2.00 Per Year
Volume 52
LaGrange, Fayette County, Texas, Thursday, March 12, 1931
Number 1 1
THINGS IN GENERAL
Remarks by the Editor
What might have been predicted—and
come to think of it, we believe it was—happened
at the democratic meeting at Washington last
week when the national democratic committee
met. And what has been the bone of contention
for so many years, was prevalent in debate when
they said something about prohibition; and the
big chap, Raskob intimated that the party may
be wet in the next campaign, which is to be
staged next year. What a comfort this news
from Washington must be to the opposition par-
ty of republican idea, when they learn that the
democrats, as was to be expected of them, came
near to a riot in demonstration because of a
muddled condition and because of a misunder-
standing. Seems to us that these big fellows
want to either destroy the party or they want
to make themselves as ridiculous as possible.
Attending this meeting was Alfred E.
Smith—A1 as the demos dubbed him in the last
campaign—Raskob, the big chief, and some of
the other bigger and lesser lights in the party.
When they listened to the presiding officer’s
remarks, and that officer was Raskob, there
were hisses and objections and declarations that
came near causing a stampede, which of course
would have caused a riot alarm to be sent to
the police headquarters. And, as we read of
these incidents a smile cannot be suppressed;
if there is nothing else for a bunch of democra-
tic leaders to do, they start a row among them-
selves, and being past masters at the art, they
get some good publicity and create quite a lot
of discord. After they almost tear out one an-
other’s eyes, they essay to hand out the olive
branch and tearfully put in their plea for har-
mony. If, judging from the incidents of the past,
the democratic leaders can tell us how they will
ever get harmony, we could all rest better.
Might have said, if the leaders will tell us
just what they mean when they mention
“harmony” we could better understand. We have
been advised in the past that the “big stick”
methods generally bring results, and have
proof, in past incidents, that this method was
a strong incentive to get things to moving along
nicely. Police officials * have been successful in
the use of the “big stick” methods, and have
secured confessions even from those who are
innocent, confessions made to escape further
torture. If this squabbling among the leaders of
the democratic party continues, as it has been
for the past several years, we suggest right
now, that a vaudeville or burlesque party -be
arranged in order to get rid of the tormentors,
As one intelligent public speaker recently said:
“Both parties are so rotten that the stench
rises to the high heavens”—which may not be
absorbed readily; there is something to the
whole suggestion that may be accepted.
Harmony—what a farce! When they
dragged that poor chap to the guillotine in
France in the past century, his last words were:
“Oh, Liberty! What crimes are committed in
thy name.” We might make the application in
the same manner about “harmony” when we
continue to read of the manner and mannerism
that the democrats are keeping active. And as
we drift into the sarcastic mood, we cannot re-
frain from becoming tainted with the notion to
say that all this talk about doing something for
the country, and giving the party a chance to
get into power and demonstrate through their
chosen leader, how the country can be saved,
and having an overplus of everything needed^
for life’s sustainenCe and yet thousands almost
starving, “we have to laugh.” Maybe, we do not
know, a third party could change things a little.
But—and there you are again-r-they will have
to make their plea/ in the form of a promise,
and that will of course end their pull right then
and there. There is absolutely nothing to a party
promise, it is all bunk.
Going back to that row at Washington;
there should not have been such a wide variance
of opinion merely because the big chief said
something about a modification of the eigh-
teenth amendment and that state option should
be granted, leading each state to determine
whether there shall or there shall not be per-
mitted, the sale of intoxicating liquors. Readers
of papers get angry at the editors of small pa-
pers, weekly papers, because the editors may
suggest such, but when a big chief makes the
suggestion it causes a riot. Listen, you leaders
and you who lay claim to be such goody-goody
OUR WEEKLY POEM
THE LOVE-KNOT
*
(Sent by a Journal Friend.)
Tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied her raven ringlets in;
But not alone in the silken snare
Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
For, tying her bonnet under her chin,.
She tied a young man’s heart within.
They were strolling together up the hill,
Where the wind comes blowing merry and chill;
And it blew the curls, a frolicsome race,
All over the happy, peach-colored face,
Till, scolding and laughing, she tied them in,
Under her beautiful dimpled chin.
And it blew a color, bright as the bloom
Of, the pinkest fuchsia’s tossing plume,
All over the cheeks of the prettiest girl
That ever imprisoned a romping curl,
Or, tying her bonnet under her chin,
Tied a young man’s heart within.
Steeper and steeper grew the hill;
Madder, merrier, chillier still
The western wind blew down, and played
The wildest tricks with the little maid,
As, tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied a young man’s heart within.
0 western wind, do you think it was fair
To play such tricks with her floating hair?
To gladly, gleefully, do your best
To blow her against the young man’s breast,
Where he as gladly folded her in,
And kissed her mouth and her dimpled chin?
Ah! Ellery Vane, you little thought,
An hour ago, when you baeought
This country lass to walk with you,
After the sgn had dried the dew,
What perilous danger you’d be in,
As she tied h*# bontet under lief chin!
—Noah Perry.
democrats, take this and digest it: Liquor is
going to be drunk as long as there is breath in
the human race; some will drink it for pleasure,
some for the effects it produces, and some be-
cause they like it and are good folks. If this
darned thing is going to continue to wreck the
democratic party, and every democratic leader
who makes a suggestion is going to cause a riot,
we suggest that the third party be started; it
may solidify the better of the two old political
parties.
Independent in all things, wearing no col-
lar, but ever selecting the man and placing him
above a pledge or party affiliation, this writer
gets some amusement out of the Washington
scraps. This writer realises—if he hasn’t as
much intelligence as some have—that what he
thinks and what he does not think will cut little
gashes in the screen whereon so much of the
democratic and the republican maneuvers are
cast, but he maintains, stolidly, that so long as
the leaders of a party continue to stage a mon-
key show, just so long will the office seekers
and the self-styled protectors of the party, bolt
and elect any man that has a good following.
Not necessary to rehash what happened in 1928,
that is still fresh in the memory of all. Men,
especially those who have a hankering that they
must get somewhere in the public ceremonies,
will always find something to grumble about;
in the choice of 1928, they selected an almost
stranger to American citizenship to preside over
the destinies at Washington^ and what have we
now annoying the minds of the people? Bah!
♦ * • * *
Another Unfortunate Appeals to Court
For Protection Against Drug.
Just another case of hundreds that do exist
and materialize in the daily annals; a young
white woman at Houston appealed to the dis-
trict judge last Thursday, through the prose-
cuting attorney, to be sent to prison. She asked
that she be sent to prison because she could not
refrain from using narcotics, that she was an
addict and despaired of the future. One year ago
she was found guilty of purchase, but sentence
was suspended. When asked by the judge if she
really wanted to go to prison she gulped, and
then came the shaking voice: “Yes, sir.” The
judge sentenced her for a year to the woman’s
penitentiary at Anderson, West Virginia.
Out of the many thousands of unfortunates
(Continued on page four)
TEXAS AND TEXANS
By Will H. Mayes, Austin, Texas
Getting Back to Prosperity.
No one at all acquainted with conditions
can doubt that the country, and especialjy Tex-
as, has entered a new era of prosperity. The
signs are too evident to be mistaken. They can
be seen all about us and are reflected in the con-
versation of the people as well as in their ac-
tions. Every chamber of commerce, every civic
club, every organization in which people meet
and talk together is now characterized by a
spirit of optimism that is entirely different from
that of a few months ago.
A rapid comeback to former conditions is
not to be expected—in fact it is not wanted. The
country was going at too great a rate; specula-
tion had precedence over business; a get-rich-
quick mania had seized the country, and with it
there was a disposition to spend beyond and
ahead of earnings. Prices were inflated beyond
reason, but that did not check the wild spend-
ing. When the inevitable deflation started the
country was not prepared for it, and unfortu-
nately it started at a time when vast sections
of the country were suffering from severe
drouth. This made the return to prosperity long-
er in starting than otherwise it would have been,
and is yet causing a slower though a surer re-
turn to normalcy. The valley of depression has
been crossed and the country is again headed
for another peak of prosperity.
♦ * * * *
The Bonus Loan.
The immediate operaticn of the Veteran’s
bonus loan bill'will put into circulation in Texas
at an early date more than $35,000,000, which
will be distributed among 142,855 World War
Certificate holders in the State, giving the use
of that much money at the low rate of 4 1-2
per cent interest. Thi# vast sum will go into
aevelopment amTYrade channels and will in-
crease the per capita circulation about $6.00.
The loan comes at a time to be of greatest help
to the entire country as well as to the veterans.
*****
Texas Building Allotment.
Not only will there be much activity in the
construction of postoffice and other Federal
buildings in Texas during the rest of 1931, but
the allotment for 1932 is especially favorable to
this State. As now apportioned and as it is most
likely to pass Congress this will include the fol-
lowing construction:
Abilene $345,000, Amarillo $35,000, Aran-
sas P^ss $90,000, Athens $85,000, Austin court-
house $625,000, Ballinger $80,000, Borger $100,-
000, Bowie $75,000, Br^dy $85,000, Childress
$100,000, Colorado $85,000, • Corpus Christi
$165,000, Dalhart $100,000, Dallas parcel post
$850,000, Eastland $85,000, Edinburg $95,000,
El Paso $1,250,000, Galveston postoffice $775,-
000, Graham $95,000, Henderson $80,000, Kerr-
ville $95,000, Kingsville $75,000, La Mesa $95,-
000, Laredo $285,000, Lockhart, $85,000, Long-
view $35,000, Lufkin $105,000, Luling $90,000,
Mercedes $85,000, Midland $100,000, Mission
$85,000, Nocona $85,000, Pecos $160,000, Port
Arthur $195,000, Quanah $85,000, Ranger $85,-
000, San Antonio $1,400,000, Shamrock $80,000,
Vernon $50,000, Waco $500,000, Wharton
.$80,000.
* t * * •
Millions in Citrus Fruits.
About $10,000,000 is being spent in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley in the development of
citrus industry, including the clearing of thous
ands of acres, the construction of irrigation sys-
tems, the building of roads, the planting and
cultivation of young trees and the construction
of necessary buildings. Two tracts comprising
21,000 acres between San Benito and Browns-
ville are among the huge development projects,
the canal and irrigation system for which alone
will cost $2,000,000. Great things are under way
in Texas.
Connecting Great Lakes.
The Hamilton Dam lake, now under con-
struction, will be the largest inland body of wa-
ter in the Southwest. Six million dollars is to
be spent in the development of the lake and the
great power project. The lake lies some' 60 miles
Northwest of Austin in Burnet and Llano coun-
ties. It will be stocked with fish and will have
a shore line of 40 miles unsurpassed for natural
beauty.
Another great lake now being built lies
along Pecan Bayou and Jim Ned Creek some
seven or eight miles Northwest of Brownwood.
HISTORICAL SPOTS
Making Texas History More Forceful
While the delegations from the towns along
Highway 71 were in session at Columbus last
Thursday night, there was made a motion to
appoint an historical committee, to whom the
duty is assigned to find the historical spots along
the route, and prepare a small historical article
about each spot and after having them care-
fully edited, printed in pamphlet form and used
to aid in the keeping alive the legends, inci-
dents and as a whole, the interest in Texas his-
tory. While this is not a new movement, in fact
it is old in other states, we ever find it new and
interesting; and the best we can add to the
motion, which unanimously prevailed, is that
the committee become not lethargic and the
public as well, and present something that will
be read with interest by every man, woman
and child who is proud of the history this grand
old state has made.
Mentioning this as a news-editorial, the
writer wishes to impress upon the reader, that
when we refer to history, we are meaning to
convey the idea that only such historical facts
as bear upon the early days and struggles for
Texas independence, are to be sought after.
Political arid other disturbances, will have no
part in that little pamphlet. Congressman Mans-
field, in attendance upon the meeting of last
Thursday night, heartily endorsed the move-
ment, and incidentally mentioned just be-
low Ellinger, General Sam Houston crossed .the
Colorado river, while another delegate in at-
tendance stated that just below Coldmbua the
road was crossed by Santa ^nna, on nis way to
San Jacinto to meet his Waterloo. Such inefr
dents, if we call them incidents, and other littk)
.bits of history, is what this commit^, will seek
to get together. As soon;
Which gives force to the _
out of small things large things grqjp,^;the mere
mention of a man’s name and what he had done
for the country, or for Texas for thkt matter,
created a response. Highway No. 71, from Aus-
tin down to Palacious is a thorough route that
passes along much of the country that the
average citizen knows nothing abput—-in so far
as early history is concerned. Placing markers
at such points naturally excites interest; it may
be astonishing to know that the out-of-state
travelers, men and women who are from other
states, know much more about the historic spots
of our state, than do many of our native and
adopted sons and daughters. And the reason is,
these outsiders, 'in conversing with some well-
informed citizen, make both a mental and writ-
ten note, and gather more of such information
as they travel on. Then, in gatherings of in-
tellectual they feel at home, and frequently em-
barrasses the man who says he “is a Texan and
proud of it.”
We hope this committee will function well,
and be successful in gathering together such
historical facts as would warrant the placing of
markers along the route, and the issuing of the
pamphlet for general distribution. The highway
traverses some of the most fertile section of the
state, and as these sections are rich in history,
it can be readily seen that some interest will
follow. What is done in other states should be,
done in Texas; Highway No. 71, cannot be
classed as an exception.
The investment in this will be about $1,500,000,
the water to be used for supplying Brownwood
and for irrigating some 12,000 acres of land.
Its shore line, equaling that of Hamilton Lake
in scenic beauty, along both streams will be 100
miles. This lake will also be stocked with fish
and its shores will also be a tourist resort.
It is now proposed to connect these two
lakes with a modern road running directly
through San Saba and connecting with direct
roadways to Austin, Houston and San Antonio.
The only part that will have to be newly built
will be that between Brownwood and Hamilton
Lake. “Great things are under way in Texas.”
*****
Texas Sulphur Supply.
The world supply of sulphur is variously
estimated at from 56,000,000 to 121,000,000
metric or long tons, of which the Texas reserve,
not including recent discoveries in West Texas,
is estimated at 40,000,000 long tons. Present an-
nual production of sulphur in Texas is about
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La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1931, newspaper, March 12, 1931; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth998178/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.