The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1938 Page: 1 of 6
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THE
OP AND FOR STONEWALL COUNTY
VOLUME 40
ASPERMONT TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1938
Stonewall County's Biggest Show
Behind the Scenes
in
American Business
— By John Craddock —
BEHIND THE SCENES IIV
AMERICAN BUSINESS
Football Totia?
HORNETS TO INVADE
PAINT CREEK TODAY
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BUSINESS
NEW YORK, Oct 24
cond A'—o ,
—Baromteic reading of business
conditions continue to show "clear
weather dhead", with; consumer pur-
chasing power maintaining its steady
gain. Smart merchants, watching
trends to determine which section of
the public are getting biggest share
of this new buying money, notice 1he
following: steel and auto factory em-
ployes will have more to spend, as
activity in their industries climbs
upward; paper manuiiacturertel are
dealing out larger payrolls vecause
they are now using 83 per cent of
the industry's plant capacity, highest
rate since early 1937; railroad yards
towns find money flowing faster,
because each successive week freight
car loadings rise to' new 1938 peaks.
WASHINGTON — Thousands of
American workers are due for pay
increases under the Wages and Hours
Law taking effect this week. Admin-
istrator Elmer F. Andrews estimates
that 11,000,000 employes come under
the regulations and that 750,000, or
7 per cent, have been earning less
the 25 cents an hour stipulated by
Congress. Government loaders are
Sollowisg with interest the attempt
to enforce his legislation, since it
marks the New Deal's second at-
tempt to put a floor under wages and
a ceiling over hours. Prosperity and
the general elections are the other
two popular conversational topics on
Capitol Hill these days. Bureau heads
are busy putting themselves on re-
cord that the upturn is at hand, and
political soothsayers are revising
earlier predictions on the voting
with bets baing placed that Demo-
crats will not drop more than 20 seats
in the House.
The Hornets of Aspermont High
leave town tihjs Friday to invade the
Gridiron at Paint Cree^ in another
conference battle.
The team is confident of an easy
victory over the Paint Creek eleven.
Announcement was made this
week of a change in the Aspermont
schedule. Instead of playing Mattson
November 11 they play Rule at Rule
as a part of the American Ijcg'ion
Post of Rule Armistice Day Celebra-
tion.
Bean* McCasland Hits
His Natural Stride
' AFTER HOUSTON — In the
sound and fury of the A. F. of L. con-
vention at Houston one of the most
significant developments was largely
entrance in the fight against punitive
and discriminatory taxation. The con
vention unanimously adopted a reso-
lution authorising the appointment
of an A. F. of L. committee to "study
nad take appropriate action concern-
ing the crucial problem of eguitable
distribution of the tax burden, with
especial reference to discriminatory
and punitive taxes". The conven-
tion also approver a report of the
Legislative Committee classifying the
proposed Patman anti-chain store
Bill as such a measure, and sondemn-
ing it as "in 'direct opposition to the
entire trend of modern industrial de-
velopment and of established policy
on the part of the public and organ-
ized labor." Informed observer;; in-
terpret this dual action as indicative
of organized labor's swing toward
closer cooperation with industry, and
predicted that labor will keep a sharp
eye trained on taxing pans consider-
ed by Congress and state legislatures
next year. They also say that Pat-
man's plan to tax chain stores into
oblivion rec'ieved a blow at Houston
which no other Congressional mesure
has ever survived—labors militant
opposition.
Abilene, October 26 — Suffering
numerous leg bruises before the
game time, Beans McCasland, elon-
gated McMurry center, forgot his
aches and pains for 60 minutes of
football warfare here Saturday after-
noon and turned in a performance
sufficient to warrant all-conference
consideration from skeptics looking
on.
Negotiating tackles all over the
field, McCasland nailed the ball car-
rier eight times alone was in on se-
ver;!' other pileups. His-brilliant de-
fensive work was in a large measure
responsible for the Indian's holdin :
the highly favored Howard Payne
Yellow Jackets to a 7 to 0 victory.
A two year letterman, the former
Aspermont high school end been,
hampered by injuries all season.
However, his play Saturday indicates
that he is about ready to make his
senior year a banner affair on the
football field.
CARD OF THANKS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
BUILDING NEW WAREHOUSE
Construction started this week on
a new warehouse for the State
Highway Department. The new build
ing is directly west of the present
warehouse. Some thirty men are em-
ployed in the construction of thi-t
building.
THINGS TO WATCH FOR — Re-
turn of the hair-net, this time in gay
colors such as orchid, red, pink and
Copenhagen blue to match the new
fall dresses.-— New vitamin, K, major
use ofwhich will be to aid blood
coagulation after surgical operations.
—~Novel device for autos making it
possible to lock the entire hood of
the motor by turning a key on the
dashboard. — "Free finger" glove
with zipper fasteners onthe thumb
and forefinger which free these fin-
gers without removing the glove. —
Stirring device for chilling drink-
without dilution of your favorite
mix. — Higher shoe price.
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COfMFOHT QUOTIENT — Now
comes another instance of that ability
to combine commonplace raw matcr-
- lab into totally new and useful pro-
ducts, which has made American in-
dustry great. Several furniture com-
panies have announced this year a
new kind of furniture bringing into
the home a novel product develop-
: in the laboratories of a larger
rubber company in Akron, Ohio. The
i 'W feature of this furniture is not a
fluff of old fashioned feathers or
down, or a bit of wadding, but deck-
ing made of sterilised animal hairs
i dipped In liquid rubber. Woven in a
T. t LANDERS CELEBRATES
82nd BIRTHDAY THURSDAY
I'fr. To'mmic Landers celebrated his
eighty-second birthday, October 20th
by a dinner given ffim bv his neice,
Mrs. Jim Rash. Only relaitvcs and
close friends attended the dinner. He
is looking forward to another year
and to enjoy his next birthday even
more than this one. Of all of his nice
gifts, he thought more of his birthday
cake containing the eighty-two can-
dles.
figure eight pattern and vulcanized,
this material known as nukraft now
takes rank in importance with the
once revolutionary spiral spring, as
a contribution to furniture comfort
accordin^to interior deeoators. Mer-
chants in some 300 towns and cities
will display this new furniture short-
ly but before the debut was possi-
ble the manufacturers made hun-
dred;; of tests to prove that sterilized
animal hairs plus rubber could give
furniture industry an upholstery
which would prevent springs from
working through and revolutionize
wear standard. Nukraft is already
used in seals for trolleys, busies,
panes and theatres, it is reported.
HEADLINES IN NEW YORK —
Nation's airlines carried more pas -
engers in September than in any
previous month in history — Three
more companies report earnings
above 1937 National Biscuit, Corn
Products Refining and Bayuk Cigars
General Motors recalls 35,000 work
era and Chrysler Corporation an-
| nounces it has rehired 34,000 employ-
' os since August I — Beginning in
1939, when interest rates on insur-
ance policy loans drop from fi to 5
per cent, policy holders will save
$13,500,000 annually — World's
fourth largest d.uimond. the President
Vargas, discovered In Brazil — En-
gineering cOiintruciiun awards rise
for fourteenth consecutive week,
now 59 per cent above last year.
Terracing Proves
Help To "ariners
Now that the 1938 crops ute almost
completely harvested, it is time to be
.-in preparing the land for the 1:939
crop. If your land it not terraced,
you may fail to hold the water that
falls on it this winter and next
spring. If you arc interested in ter-
races, see your county agent and he
will do what he can to help you'get
Ihc lines run properly and the ter-
races constructed.
Those who have terraced their
land during the past three years,
have found that their production has
been materially increased. The act-
ual cost of torracing is small and in
most instances those who have ter-
raced their land have found that the
increased production the first, year
has more than paid the cost. Since
the government programs are re-
ducing the acreage to be planted to
cotton, it is even more necessary for
us to make those fewer acres pro-
duce more cotton. This can be done
by saving the water that falls on the
land for the use of the crop when the
dry hot winds set in. If your land
not terraced talk to your County
Agent about it.
COMMON SENSE HEALTH
TALK BY DR. GEO W. COX
Mny we take this method of ex-
pressing our sincere thanks and ap-
preciation to our many friends and ;
neighbors for their words of smy-;
pa hy and kind deeds rendered us
during the illness and death of our
cother and grandmother.
Mr. and Mrs. .T, W. Winn and
family
Austin, Texas, October ?.R, — One
would consider that the average
i 1'in.m bein-; lias sufficient real w:,r-
i ies without borrowing imaginary
oi es. Ye* tim e appears •<.> be a fair
proportion of persons who are not
.satisfied with the ordinary trials
and tribulations that life presents
but- must reach out for some of the
non-existent ones. Among thern are
the people who enjoy poor health, —
.".tales Dr. George W. Cox, state
heaHh officer.
For no reason at all such per-
son- insist on super-heated indcor
air ;n winter time, they pick and
peck at fancy foods and to son's
extent give the lain, reliable and
needed provender the go-by. They i
ovi i load themselves with cloth'ng in
temperate and sometimes in warm
weather. And to top it all, they are!
on friendly terms with all sorts oi .
pills and other concoctions on the
misguided theory that doses of this!
and that arc far superior to fresh j
air, good food, exel'cise and healthy I
living in general.
Since we only live once it is a sad
commentary on human nature that
any person is so foolish as to mak;
a phychological invalid of himself in
this fashion. Obviously such unjusted
fancies deny them of the real de-
light of a vigorous, zestful and vital
existence to which they arc justly
entitled, — Dr. Cox added.
Misguided persons of this kind do
not realize that the enjoyment of
poor health" is a woeful substitute for
thai abundant and zestful vitality]
which can pe attained usually thru ;
the application of some common
sc-nse and a bit of dicipline.
Re.st and restraint oX course are in-
dicated in the presence of actual d.s-
.a.:,t\ and when advised by the phy-
sician in his treatment of illness.
Moreover, convalescence emphati-
cally calls for some physical restraint
and care. But that is a far cry from
the imaginary illnesses of which
more persons in varying degrees arc
victims than is generally suspected.
SPELLING CONTEST ENDS
THIS WEEK, SATURDAY
The spelling bee sponsored by ad-
vertisers on a syecial page of ad-
vertising in the Star ends with this
issue. Those who have not tried their
hand in this unique contest v
it interesting to get into the com-
etition. The winners of prizes of-
ferd last week were:
1st. — Mart Guest
2nd. — Marie Walker
3rd. Ora Shelton Brown
4th — Mrs. Wm. Springer
6th — C. H. Spruill Jr.
This well will be your last chance
to enter this spelling contest to win
a prize. It is very easy to enter and
doesn't require much time. Just
make a list of the mispelled words on
this page and bring it in to the Star
i it I ice. If you are a close observer
and a good speller you may win.
Piioeiiix Club
Presented Play
'i hursday night 7:30 o'clock in tue
ivuhodist ( hurch the opening pro-
m of the Phoenix Club was pi t-
-viiied in the form of a one act play.
Banners !• I.vin«* — The charact-
ers were well portrayed by Mrs. D.
C. VV v lie, Mrs. Clyde Bingham,
Miss Lila Marie Brannen and Mrs.
Raymond Evans, whase program it
was. it was a peace program sug-
,!;c. ted to the Federated Club women
of America by Eleanor Roosevelt, In
keeping with United States peace
policies. Music was furnished by
Mrs. T. E. Knight and the church
das artistically decorated with au-
tumn flowers.
HERE
AND
THERE
UNCLE PEVIMS
W. P. Hensley, of the Anson Wes-
tern Enterprise was a visitor in our
town Monday of this week and while
here we learned he is an old play-
mate of Judge T. E. Knight. If things
work just right we may be able to
draw down a little blackmail in a nice
legitimate way from both the Judge
and Mr. Hensley. Mr. Hensley being
a newspaper man ought to under
stand just what a littel undesireable
publicity could do and the judge be-
ing in politics certainly knows th3
power of the press so we look for-
ward eagerly in getting one or the
other to uet us in on some dope of the
past that we can use.
Friday afternoon at three o'clock
the Pheonix Club members met at
the club room in the first business
session of the year. The president
Mrs. Clyde Bingham presided and
all business transacted this summer
vjas discussed. Reports were- given
by officers and committees and two
olrieers were elected to fill vacan-
cies caused by the two members
who have movd from town. There
were eleven members present.
Mrs. Mart Guest states that if that
husband of hers is smart enough to
win the Star's spelling bee twice in a
row that, she thinks it will be a cinch
for her to win if she enters.
It certainly looks like the town if
Aspermont could interest some nat-
ural gas company in bringing gas to
our city. It. gets just as cod here as
it oes in any other of the towns near
by andd we feel sure just as much
gas would be consumed.
Events to come here: Melvin Lanc-
er's Food Store Anniversary Sale;
The Grammar grades of the Asper-
mont school carnival Friday night:
The Stonewall County Jubilee Nov-
ember 3, 4, and 5.
Stonewall County
JUBILEE
NUMBER 16
Aspermont, Texas, Oct. 26—H®
ports from the various committees
in charge of the Jubilee plans are to
the effect that everything is in readi-
ness for the big show. Decorators are
on the job putting up streamers all
over town. Everyone is talking and
anticipating the arrival of the large
crowds expected to attend the cele-
bration.
The big parade that will start the
activities of this three day funfeast
will form on the Hamlin Highway
near the edge of town and march
down the highway north to the
courthouse and back out the road to
the Jubilee grounds. Floats depicting
historical events in Stonewall Coun-
ty with floats advertising business
firms and organizations will be fea-
tured in the parade.
All contestants in the rodeo per-
formances, and all who have horses
to ride will be in this big parade..
Rodeo officials report everything
ready to start the performances and
the carnival with its rides, shows
and concessions are moving on loca*
tion.
Music for the dances each night of
the Jubilee has been secured and the
people of Aspermont report they are
ready to entertain the largest crowd
eve to assemble in Stonewall Coun-
ty-
Weather conditions at this time
look favorable so plan to spend this
three days, November 3, 4, and 5 in
being royally entertained.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Armour of Stam
ford were visiting in Aspermont
Tuesday of this week.
Everybody is planning on attending
the Stonewall County Jubilee so plan
:w to meet four friends here t;
three day fun feast.
Harry Holt, ace reporter of the
! Abilene Reporter News was in town
Tuesday looking for reader inter-
ests.
If you have missed getting the
Star the last three issues it is because
your subscription has expired. Come
in and renew at once.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brownlee Of
| Borger were here last week visiting
their daughter. Miss Bess Brownlee.
MRS. EMMA R. WINN
Those of you who believe that there
is nothing impossible, try getting
Uncle John Guest shave off his mus-
tache.
Born February 19, 1803, died Oct-
ober 20, 1938 at home of son J. W.
Winn of Aspermont. Was visiting
here with her son J. W. at the time
of her passing. Suffered a heart at-
tack. D. C. Wyhe attending physi-
cian. Her home was in Marquez,
Texas.
Survivors three sons: J. W. Winn
of Aspc-rmom, Elvin Winn of Plain-
view, and Bob Winn of Marquez,
Texas. Four daughters, Mrs. R. L.
Petty of Marquez, Mrs. C. E. Mc-
Cormick of Houston, Mrs. E. E. Run-
die of I\5erkel, Michigan, and Mrs,
Torn Gardner of Plalnview, Texas.
20 grandchildren and C great grand
children also survive.
Interment was in the Marques
cemetery of Marquez, Texas. The
body was carried overland from As-
permont to Marquez by a Kinney
Funeral coach of Stamford, Geo.
Kinney having charge of all burial
arrarigeiuenta.
Judge Knight, our esteemed Coun-
ty Attorney, says Doctors and Law-
yers ought to be made to tell the
truth. However, he stated that he did
not know whether they could or not.
Ray Anderson, Ross Smith, Myrtle
Smith and Harold Ward visited
friends in Lubbock over the week end
Harold Kenady states that he is
master at his home. (Paymaster.)
We understand there is a movement
to change the name of the Teachers
Retirement Pension to the Old Maids
Pension.
The members of the Pheonix Club
presented a one act play at the preach
ing hour Sunday night at the Method-
ist Church. The play was well pre-
sented and well received. The theme
of the play was World Peace.
Mrs. Brooks Ellison and son Joe
Dean returned Friday from Temple
where Joe Dean had been taking
medical treatments.
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Rowan visited
in San Angelo nd Abilene recently.
A. L. Baggett and Bill Kenady at-
tended an area meeting for vocation
al agricultural teachers in Brecken-
ridgc lust Thursday night.
Mr.-... Em Wright was shopping in
Abilene Tuesday of this week.
SC ANDALOUS JOHN
TO FAIR BY MAY
Hugo, Oklahoma, October 26 — AP
"Texas" Jack Hill climbed down from
ill ' broad back of "Scandalous John
today and opined he expected to reach
Uic New York world's fairgrounds
next May.
Scandalous John" is a 1,350 pound
hull, lllll and Scnr.dalo m John bean
their trip from Old CI r. , Stonewall
county, Texan, July, til.
Their trip In Intended to advertise
Texas at the fair.
lllll carries letters from Governor
Janes V. Altird. W. Lee O'Dantrl. de-
mocrat!* gubernatorial
•tat* afrteiak.
STAMFORD DISTRICT YOUNG
PEOPLE'S MEETING PROGKAM
The young people of the Stamford
District will meet in Westover, Tex-
as October 29-30, at a regular dis-
trict meeting of the Epworth Lea-
guers.
Theme — The Place of the Young
People in the Church.
Saturday — October 29th.
5:00 — 6:00 Registration
<i:00 — 7:00 — Supper.
7:00 - 7:45 — Recreation
7:45 — 0:00 Special Numbers, Con-
tributed by each Union "Hours of
Destiny Pastor of First Methodist
Church Vernon, Texas.
9:00 9:30 — Cabinet Meeting
(Union Officers) Sing-song-Group.
Sunday, October 30th.
'Good morning'
7:00 8:00 Breakfast.
8:30 — 8:45 Youth Crusade Mrs. E.
B. Bowen of Stamford,
8:45 9:45 Committee Meetings.
Worship Everitt Westbrook, Di-
i(.tor of Vernon District.
Social Service - Vernie Newman,
McMurry College.
Secretaries —■ Dorothy Perry, Con-
ference Secretary Missions.
9:45 10:00 Recess
10:00 11:00 Business Meeting
11:00 12:00 Communion and
Consecration Service
Rev. Don Davidson, Pastor of
Westover Church.
12:00 — 1 00 Basket Lunch — West
over Women.
Registration Fee la 25c.
We are undecided as to whether the
four powqj^ peace conference at Mue-
nich prevented war or postponed it
for a couple of months so as to give
them more time to prepare for war.
If you do not believe Em Wright
would make a good dentist ask Boo
Robertson.
The little norther that blew down
the first, of this week caused quite a
slramble in the rustling of putting
up stoves.
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You may not. believe It but one of
the healthiest looking citizens of As-
permont and whose work is to keep
others fit always feels terrible.
This new wage hour law may put
several to work here in Aspermont
since the wage scale is to be raised
the employers may see to It that their
employees really work for a change.
James Bearden says he Just docsnt
feel like he can work that many
hours a week.
Peck Springer and Pee-Wee Flowers
are 1he town's best, pool players, If
you do not believe it ask them.
Those attending the reunion of , gh
school class mates at the Harold Ken-
ady home last Thursday night were:
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kenady, Mr. and
Mr- H. Cobb Wade and Miss Mildred
West of Asp( rmont.: Mr Wilson Gar-
rett of Kansas City, Kansas: Roy Ear-
nest of Lubbock, Jufcge J. B. Earnest
and wife of Clairemont, Mr. and Mrs.
Fldon Wade of Jayton, MfSs Sybil
Hazel of Spur, Miss Ruth Grimes of
F loydada, and R. L. Wade of Turkey.
Charlie Strauss of the Strauss Dry
Goods Co. in Stamford was a busi-
ness visitor in Aspermont Tuesday
of this week.
Lee Armour and wife of Stamford
were visiting friends here Tuesday
of this week.
The Aspermont Home Demonstra-
tion Club met Thursday afternoon
October 13, 1938 in the home of Mrs.
Payne.
The next meeting will be in the
li-'inc of Mrs. C. G Viertei. October
2~ih 1933 She will give a >>.inon-
suat'o.n on killing and dress jig poul-
try.
M< Tiber, present were Mrs, W.
R. Scott. Mrs. W. H. Davis Mrs. J.
S Harvey, Mrs. C, G. Viertei, M&s.
CU'.uCfr I-iudson, and Mrs. Sam Payne.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Wade visited
friends and relatives in Jayton last
week end.
The Aspermont chapter met In
the Home Economics Department
Monday October 24 to enjoy hearing
a broadcast from Station WBAP on
the Farm and Home Program spon-
sored by the Home Making Train-
ing of the State represented by the
Heme Chapter. Six girls of the Her-
ri e Chapter participated in this pro-*
gram which consisted of the State
plans for the clubs this year. Tbcgr
put special rtress on the Scrap BOOK
year Book: and Club Libraries tor
the Clubs. As the time for the PPO-
gram was very short, a detail out-
lined plan of the State wa not
implied however they did bring out
very important plans of the
Frank Moore of Stamford was a
business visitor In Aspermont Tues-
day.
SPECIAL JUBILEE EDITION
Advertising patrons of the Aaper-
mont Star are asked to bear in mind
that we are going to come out with
the paper a day early next week. It
is our intention of putting out aevaf
a) hundred extra copies of a little
Jubilee Special. The paper will be #>
tributed on the streets of Asper-
nwnt Thursday morning, the
day of the Jubilee and trill
through the mails to our
readers. Other than the
in the form of grsetinga to
vieitore, a complete fragrant
three-day fan feet tffl be nut
Bo wm that your copy la in eaiiy.
Thank* a lot -W&*
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