La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1929 Page: 4 of 8
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events yet to come we shall have the
proof of either contention. Texas
democracy has always been like Ja-
cob’s coat to us.
When the next election campaign
becomes a matter to contend with,
all these events of the past year are
going to bob up, mark that predic-
tion. Those who are wont to con-
demn Governor Moody, at this time,
for vetoing the Wirtz measure will
find {little consolation in so doing,
they will not be granted much oppor-
tunity to vent their spleen; if it be
government much aid was secured.
Franklin lived as he preached, hia
stomach was never teased with ale or
wine, and he ate only substantial
food. Washington entertained hia
friends liberally, so did Jefferson, and
i did Madison. Daniel Webster—
whose oration at the Bunker Hill
monument finds place in history—did
indulge frequently in the flowing
bowl practice. Patrick Henry—but
we need not go any further down the
line
Since the epoch of those stirring
days, we have witnessed fanatical
practices that, when inscribed in the
criminal code, vie with the religious
persecutions of the days in the New
England states, when a man could
not, without fear of arrest and a
a matter of “evening-up things” | place in the stocks, water his stock
later, well and good. We believe the or bring into his house, a few arm-
opportunity is coming, and that'those fuls of wood. And yet we see, under
who were so uncompromisingly op-
posed to Tom Love and his co-labor-
ers against the National ticket, will
the guise and protection of a free—
pursuit of liberty and happiness—
government, an effort to regulate the
have a real nice morsel to chew upon j taste and wishes of a people. An ef-
fort sponsored in public and violated
in private, and by men elected to
next year. Only be patient; Tom and
some of his next kin in politics are
“hankering” after some of the jobs;
they are claiming at this time to have
a larger following than the regulars,
and that they are going to “carry, the
state.” Yes we who voted for Smith
claimed Smith would carry Texas, but
he slipped.
These three states — Oklahoma,
Louisiana and Texas—may not have
much in common; they have, however,
much the same kind of politicians to
contend with. With that magnani-
mous thought of recognition, we
might say that Love and his crowd
are superior to the two deposed gov-
ernors, but that does not mean much.
In the lexicon of common thought, it
make our laws.
Will Rogers—never abusing but
ever presenting the ridiculous feature
—says the law is wrong. Instead of
placing the fine on these smugglers
of rum at $10,000 and five years in
prison, we should modify the Wool-
worth feature of the law, revise it
and make it read, $5,000 fine and ten
years in prison, making the board-
ing penalty cheaper for the miscre-
ant. Will’s humor will not meet with
much approval because the “powers
that be” cannot see beyond the rope
line of liberty. His humor however,
belittles a law because this law is up-
held, chiefly by those who violate its
STATE ELEEMOSYNARY
INSTITTION8
YOUNG C. J. GRANVILLE
ON COLLEGE HONOR ROLL
is plain to be seen that the purpose intent to make people better. In the
of each is strongly related, they all
want the power, and are willing to
take it, fair or otherwise. Let us
not fall out with one another, and by
means most fair—and yet very ef-
fective—meet the office-seeking bunch
that sought to sell for a profit, but
reckoned not with their buyers.
The Eternal Grind—Question
Seems Unlikely to Remain
Aground.
Judging from the continuous agita-
tion both in the press and in public,
the matter of prohibition enforce-
ment remains more prominent than
any other agitation in t^iis country.
When one reads—and Journal read-
ers will recall that we have frequent-
ly called attention to this in tl
—<rt»at senators are
into the limelight of disciW
cause of their hypocritical Actions
and contentions, it does not leave us
in a pleasing state of mind. What
right—if we may ask—has this gov-
ernment of ours, through its duly ac-
credited appointees, to examine a
Senator’s trunks when he
usual sarcasm, we find the “higher-
ups” much offended when their bag-
gage leaks and is taken in charge by
the enforcement officials, while the
small violator sucks the prison lock.
W'e wonder if all this hue and cry of
what this senatorial bunch of violat-
ors have done, is going to amount to
more than a shock fire. And no in-
tent whatever to compare the com-
pulsory service of a few months by
Sinclair for contempt. Sinclair is a
“big oil magnate” who offended the
higher court. These other offenders
merely wanted a little home inspira-
tion, such as Senator Heflin’s son ab-
sorbed on the ship, en route home
from Bermuda, and who, in his claud-
ed mind was seeking to form a plea
for utterance to find “A1 Smith.” A
picture “no artist will paint."
SENATOR JOSEPH W. BAILEY
DROPS DEAD AT TRIAL
Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey, sil-
ver-tongued orator of Texas, and a
storm center in politics, died of heart
returns ! ^a^ure *n the district court room at
from Bermuda with a supply of li-
quor which he intends to consume,
and with which he contemplates en-
tertaining his friends ? Does seem
Sherman Saturday, during a trial in
which he was participating. Senator
Bailey had just finished his argument
in the case, when his head dropped
A very beautiful wedding was cele-
brated Saturday evening. The con-
tracting parties being Miss Annie
Lee Mathews, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Mathews, of this city, and
Henry Louis Warren, of Rockridge,
Texas. The happy couple took their
place on the platform of the Baptist
church and the pastor, Rev. B. C.
Cook said the service that united
their lives for life.
Those present were: Rev. and Mrs.
B. C. Cook, Mrs. E. B. Hale, Mr. and
Mrs. G. M. Whitney, Dorothy, Ralph,
Ruth and Edward Cook.
The service took place at 9 p. m.
The couple will make their home in
this city. The best wishes of a host
of friends go with them for their fu-
ture happiness. ***
ridiculous, does it not? We find, in Ito hia chest- and a V^ci&n who was
the current dispatches, that it has immedlate‘y called Pronounced death
been discovered that senators are
prone to preach prohibition and drink
due to a blood clot in the heart.
Joseph Weldon Bailey, born in Mis-
the vile stuff that ha."been ostracised! aissippi on 0ctober 6- 1863’ served
Isolated cases, you say; probably so;
admitting for argument’s sake that
they are, why flaunt them before the
public ?
Wle read, in the week's news in
Texas, that a man of great prestige,
presumably—on our part—a man who
has proclaimed loudly his endorse-
ment of the Volstead act, was ar-
rested at the Rio Grande—this side
of course—and his handsome car con-
fiscated because it was carrying li-
quor. He denies the charge, certain-
ly, like the boy whose pockets are
filled with apples; why, the very idea I
of accusing that boy of entering1
Farmer Jones’ apple orchard! And
then we read, from tne pen of man
who neither favors the prohibition
law or drinks liquor, that we are
spending millions in trying to regu-1
late a free people’s appetite, and are
permitting crime to go unmolested.
Harsh, in a measure, because we re- j
view, in memory, the captivity of the 1
Texas in Congress from the 52nd to
56th session, inclusive, and gained a
seat in the upper house in 1901, re-
maining until 1912, when he resigned.
He was defeated for the Democratic
nomination for Governor of Texas in
1920, by Pat M. Neff; and after his
defeat retired from politics and re-
sumed the practice of law.
Although Senator Bailey had many
political enemies, state and national,
even those heads were bowed in grief
at his death, and the State of Texas
mourned the passing of its great ora-
tor, a statesman of the old school.
Funeral services were held at the
First Presbyterian Church in Dallas
on Monday morning at 10:30, and the
remains were taken to Gainesville,
his old home, for interment. The
case in which he was engaged was
postponed at his death.
RIGHT OF WAY FOR
DRAINAGE SECURED
Israelites, and their rescue by Moses, | Right of wav for the drainage sys-
who later on the mount wrote: “Thou tem of the city of LaGrange was se
shalt not!” Has human
nature cured ]ast week through a deal made
changed much since that pilgrimage by the city council. xhe drainaf?e will
transverse the Ehlers property" and
end at the river where considerable
across the red sea?
Laws do not make men and women
better; in the days of our colonists, nloney will be U3ed in building a con-
prior to the revolution, there existed crete spillway. The consideration for
many laws classed as tyrannical. We the lnnd concerned was |2000.
know all about the “Boston Tea Par- j on thig project wil) 9tart in
ty we advocate no return of the the immediate future. Bonds #or this
spirit of revolt. We find in taxing purpoge Were voted some two years
our memory, that abstainer, lived in pnst) but du<> to n Understanding
those days, they were men \who be- the bonds we„ only rccent]y dispos.
lieved in temperance, but not in pro- ed 0f
hibition. As we recall our readings _-r
of those men who made the history POST OFFICE WILL
now taught to our children, we find j BE DISCONTINUED
that, the most brilliant combined j -
tetotalers, intemperate—in a way— Acording to a dispatch in the state
and temperate men. In referring to [ papers of April 9, the post office at
A letter from R. B. Walthall, chair-
man of the State Board of Control,
Austin, bearing the date of April 10,
was received at the editor’s desk this
week and is published below:
“The 41st Legislature will convene
in Austin on April 22nd. It would
be a fine thing if the people all over
Texas would go to the trouble to get
in touch with the state senators and
representatives before they leave
home for the purpose of urging them
to make sufficient appropriation for
the next two years to take care of
the eleemosynary institutions of this
State and to enlarge them to such an
extent as to do away with the cus-
tomary long waiting list for admit-
tance into the Tuberculosis Sanator-
ium, the feebleminded institution, the
epileptic hospital, orphan homes, and
State Hospitals for the Insane. It
would not require very much addi-
tional money to do this. How mem-
bers of the legislature can find it in
their hearts to deny the actual needs
of the suffering unfortunates is more
than I have ever been able to under-
stand.
“I don’t believe the people of Tex-
as want their representatives to cut
end slash the Board of Control’s bud-
get for the seventeen eleemosynary
institutions, because, as prepared, it
is entirely inadequate for actual need.
“I wish to especially urge church
organizations and the good women of
Texas to become interested in these
wards of the State. The business in-
terests have plenty of influence to
lake care of them; whereas, the un-
fortunates must depend solely on the
mercy of the citizens of Texas. As a
rule, we don’t like the word ‘lobby’.
However, lobbying of this character
would result in relieving a great deal
of suffering and privation. Say to
your representatives that if, in their
judgment, the ad valorem tax rate
should be kept below the 35c maxim-
um, then to do the- necessary pro-
rating in making appropriations for
the schools, courts, departments, etc.”
According to word received by M.
F. Granville, manager of the La-
Grange Cotton Oil Manufacturing
Company, his son, Charles James, has
received high honors at Baylor Uni-
versity, Waco, where he is a student.
Baylor University has laid much
stress upon scholarship, promoting it
in every possible way, and y*oung
Granville is one of the 16.23 per cent
on the entire enrollment who received
the distinction of being placed on the
honor roll in this connection, h i s
grades being A, B plus, A, A, A, in
his five subjects.
In a letter from Dean W. S. Al-
len of the college to Charles James,
he stated in part: “You are to be con-
gratulated, and you are indeed an
honor to the college.”
Charles James is well known i n
LaGrange, where he is very popular
with the younger set. He graduated
from the city high school in May of
last year, with honors.
BADLY BURNED IN USE
OF KEROSENE OIL
the can ignited and in turn ignited
her clothing. Mr. Rausl who was
near immediately extinguished the
flames and called a physician. The
wounds were treated and reports
state that, although she was pain-
fully burned, the wounds are not se-
rious. Mrs. Rausl’s stockings were
completely burned away.
LAGRANGE BOY SELECTED FOR
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Phlete August Hoch has just been
notified of his selection for membei-
ship in the League of Curtis Sales-
men, an honor organization maintain-
ed by the Curtis Publishing Co. for
proud to show his badge of member-
ship and is now looking forward to
advancement to the next higher de-
gree in the organization.
EVERY LITTLE HELPS
Last Thursday and Friday, by proc*
lamation of Mayor H. W. Speckels,
were “olean up days” in LaGrange.
And on the first day of this cam-
paign, while not on the program, a
truck load of boys from the Schulen-
burg school were in LaGrange gath-
ering up all the old paper available.
Although it worked in right nicely,
this act of the boys was not schedul-
ed by the mayor and the city dads.
boys who sell its publications. Ad-1A religious organization of Schulen-
mittance to this organization depends
upon regular school attendance and a
record of efficient service to custom-
ers. This training gives boys a sense
of responsibility and as Phlete Au-
gust’s friends know, he is developing
a sense of self confidence and an abil-
ity to make decisions quickly. He is
burg received an order for a car load
of old paper, and we understand that
the children of the schools there were
offered an induce—the room gather-
ing up the most old papers to receive
a holiday; hence the presence of out
of town boys gathering the old paper
in LaGrange.
. <
While starting a fire for washing
in the yard of her home last Wed-
nesday afternoon, Mrs. L. Rausle re-
ceived burns to her lower limbs which
were very painful. Mrs. Rausl was
using kerosene to start the fire, when
OPEN DOOR TO OPPORTUNITY
Profits
I Call and
Deliver.
Phone or
Write Me
40%
Not One Penny Invested—Pay After
The Goods Are Sold.
WARREN-MATHEWS
Purina Chick Startena, at
Ehlers Grain Co.
OLD-TIME
DANCE
AT •
Oldenburg Hall
Saturday, April 20
MUSIC FURNISHED BY
Baca’s Old-Time
Orchestra
EVERYBODY INVITED!
R. W. VOELKEL
Benjamin Franklin, the greatest self- Upton, six miles west of Smithville,
instructor of the entire list, a printer has been ordered discontinued by the
who applied himself to a study of government, the order to take ef-
French and other tongues—did mas- feet May 1. Patrons of the Upton
ter the French language and through 1 post office will in
his services to the colonials and their, mail through the
the future receive
Smithville office.
KC
Baking
Powder
M. and L.
ASSORTMENTS
Many merchants ana oiners are pay-
ing their rent and overhead expenses
from profits derived from these as-
sortments—such as—
Salesboards, Grip Gauges, Stamp,
Match and Gum Venders, Target
Practice, Peanut Machines, Gypsy
Fortune Tellers, and our best the ex-
citement it is sweeping the country.
We have assortments that have no
restricted territory—can be sold any-
where.
ALEX MICHELI
Agent
Warda, Texas Fayette County.
MEINEN’S
A BARGAIN
Do you want a new RCA 41 Radio
Receiving Set in Walnut Cabinet with
dynamic loud speaker?
We will allow you $50.00 on your
present Radio on a trade.
RCA 41 complete.... $244.25
Trade allowance.....$ 50.00
Complete, installed . .$194.25
LaGrange Kelvinator Co.
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NEW GROCERY STORE
AND
COLD DRINKS
WARRENTON, TEXAS
We carry a full line of Fresh, Staple
and Fancy Groceries at reasonable
prices.
We buy for cash all Country Products.
Bring us your Eggs, Poultry, Bacon,
Lard, etc. Highest market prices
paid.
We invite you to inspect our stock
and prices and ask for part of your
trade.
F. H. MEINEN, Prop.
DOUBLE ACTION
First—In the doagh
Then In the even
Same Price
for over 38 years
25 ounce, lor 25^
Use less than of
high priced brands
MILLION, or POUND. USED
BT OUE GOVERNMENT
RENT
this
Electric
floor
POLISHER
for
$2 QO
BASEBALL
GAME
Waco vs. Houston
Houston, April 21
$2
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i Trip via
Tickets on sale for trains leaving LaGrange A. M. April
21st. Return limit April 21st.
SEE YOUR LOCAL “KATY” AGENT
tlTITH It you can easily and quick-
VV Jy beautify ALL your floors—
wood, linoleum, tile or composition.
It matters not how they are finished—
whether with varnish, shellac, wax or
paint. It takes only a few minutes—
there is no stooping—no messy rags and
pails. It doesn’t even soil your hands I
JOHNSONS WAX
Cleetric floor ‘Polisher
This marvelous new labor-saver bur-
nishes wax on floors to a brilliant lustre
that is hard to mar and easy to dean.
Ten times faster and better than hand
methods. Runs itself— you just guide it.
Phone and reserve a Johnson Electric
Floor Polisher for any day you wish.
Hermes’ Drug Store
PHONE 34
FIESTA SAN JACINTO
and
BATTLE OF FLOWERS
San Antonio
April 22—27
SS.90
Round
Trip
Tickets on sale April 19th to
24th incl. Return limit to reach
starting point prior to midnight
April 29th.
$3.35
Round
Trip
Tickets on sale April 25th and
26th. Return limit to reach
starting point prior to midnight
April 29th.
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La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1929, newspaper, April 18, 1929; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth999002/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.