The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1941 Page: 2 of 4
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Aspermont Star
Published Every Thursday
W. L. GARNER, Publisher
SUBSRIPTION RATES
One Year in Advance, 1.50
Entered as second-class matter at the
postoffice at Aspermont, Texas un
dcr the act of March J, 187'^
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The dividing line between news and
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ates information for public interest
from information which is dissemin-
ated for profit.
What Happened in Aspermont
Taken from the files of the Aspermont Star
Taken from the files of the Asper
mont Star., of ..Thursday, ..January
27, 1921.
H. P. Grindstaff was county at-
torney of Stonewall county and had
an ad in the Sia. announcing that hi
would file complaints against all per-
sons who had not registered their
automobiles by January 31.
TWENTY YEARS AGO •
Mrs. Lee Gibson, who resided 12
miles northeast of Aspermont, dieu'
Jan. 23. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. E. B. Bowen at
the Aspermont cemetery. She was a
member of the Christian Church. ,
-TWENTY YEARS AfTO-
J. B. Pumphrey of Old Glory was
a business visitor at the court house
T uesday.
— TWENTY YEARS AGO
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I Give You
TEXAS
By Boyce House
Considerable publicity has been
s.tven to a proposed "delinquent tax
will." Fast due taxes amount to a
great deal and these should be collect
cd, wherever possible. It is freely
granted that the motives of the indi-
viduals urging the bill are sincere.
But the measure should be studied
carefully before any decision is reach-
id.
To begin with, it provides that the
delinquent tax list shall be advertised
by tacking one copy at the court house
door and one copy ;it some pubic:
.fsjpjicc in each taxing unit of the coun-
ty. Then all delinquents whose ad-
dresses are known are to be notified
bp registered fetter and, if they do not
pay up in 20 days, their homes and
farms can be sold at public outcry on
the court house steps. If the letter
. ..7*v<?r regies the property owner, or
if he is sick or dying, still there ar<-
Do exceptions in the proposed law.
There is to be a new bureau created
at Austin, headed by a State Delin
quent Tax Supervisor at $>6,000 pet
year—and traveling expenses. There
is to be a First Assistant at $4,800 a
year--and traveling expenses; and .1
Second .Assistant, also at $4,800 -i
. fftfrrr-and traveling expenses; and i
attorn^;^ $3,000 each—and travel
ing expensed-And 20 district m.mag
crs ar $3,000 eaqfc—and traveling ex-
penses ; There an*, also to he fiv-
The statement of the First Bank of
Swenson appeared in this issue of die
Star, as of the close of business on
December 31, 1920. Loans and dis-
counts were $133,932.53; Individual
deposits, $117,559.55, Capital Stock
and Undivided Profits, $38,600.00.
Win. Jordan was president, J. D.
Patterson vice president, R. S. Ward
cashier and 1.. J. Shoemaker assistant
cashier.
- — TWENTY YE «RS AGO
John W. Hoy of Swenson was
transacting business at the county
capifol Monday,
TWENTY V'EARS AGO—
J. L. Wileman of Stamford Was
here Monday demonstrating the new
Buiek automobile, and when it comes
to selling cars he is Johnny-On-The-
Spot.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Odor of
Munday were here Sunday visiting
relatives.
-TWENTY YEARS AGO-
Miss Edith Carr spent the week
end with relatives and friends In
Sagerton.
-TWENTY YEARS AGO
Joe Fletcher of the Shinnery Lake
community was here Monday trading
and subscribed for the Star.
TWENTY YEARS ACO
E, S. Williams, who resides south
of town, had business in Aspermont
Monday.
TWENTY YEARS ACO-
Mrs. W. J. Arrington of Paducali
was here last week visiting Mrs. W.
B. Bingham.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
D. I). Dun woody of Spur spent
Sunday with his brother, Will Dun-
woody.
-TWENTY YEARS AGO-
Clenient Guest, manager of the
Old Glory Store was in the county
seat Tuesday and ordered a nice sup-
ply of stationery.
TWENTY YEARS AGO-
C. F. Brannen was county and dis-
trict clerk and had several citation
notices in the Star;
-TWENTY YEARS AGO-
Volume 1, Number I of the Jaytots
Chronicle made its appearance this
week. The name of Howard Roach
was at its masthead. The first issue
was nicely .-•tanged and had a nice
lot of advertising, and we are sun-
tile Chronicle will continue to grow,
as the business men of Jayton have
been without a newspaper long
enough to realize its value.
stenographers.
But these are not all. It the State
Delinquent 'Fax Supervisor decide
; be needs more help, all he has to do
j i> hire more and he i-. allowed t >
-pend as much as 20 per cent of all
the delinquent taxes he collects.
Many believe that this would be
the first step in what could lead to a
taxation bureau with almost life and
c eath authority over the rank and
file of the people. And is the State
s delinquent Tax Supervisor, with al"
these tremendous powers, to be elect-
ed by the people, so he may be held
accountable at the ballot box? No; he
i.- to be appointed by two men—on<
of whom is elected to office by a few
thousand votes in one district; the
Speaker of the House; and the other
is the Lieutenant Governor.
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fcol V* H on your ttaotaami
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"It you want to live in the kind of ,i
town
Like the kind of a town that yon
like,
Vou needn't slip vour clothes in a
grip
And start on a long, long hike.
You'll only find what you've left
behind,
For there's nothing that's really
new;
It's a knock at yourself when you
knock your town.
If isn't the town—it's YOU!
Real towns are not made by one
afraid
Lest somebody else get ahead,
When everyone works and nobody
shirks
You can raise a town from the
dead.
And if, while you make your
personal stake
Your neighbor can make one, too.
Your town will be what you want to
see.
IT ISN'T THE TOWN— IT'S
YOU!
(Quoted by Bill Quinn in the Van
Banner.)
After you've parked your car for
the night in front of Motel Llano, an
attendant from a nearby garage
cleans the windshield, checks the
fires and leaves a little note of we!
come to Liana •, .
C. A. (Neal) Pickett, one of the
youngest mayors in the United States
(he was elected in Houston by an
overwhelming majority) is the brothei
in law of Judge Ralph Yarborough
of Austin ...
Governor O'Daniel enrolled hfs
name m tlie annals of buffalo hunters
killing one a few days ago so that
ty of the thousands of Texans at-
t ling his inauguration might fattt
oil mmcum
was in i firm hiiiwiiih ii Kill
F. Morgan, notwf KerrrWe' r
who with his brother, Thomas P.
Morgan and John L. Sullivan, owns
some of the finest thoroughbred
horses in the Southwest, including the
lamous stallions, Hygro and Liberty
limited ior which latter $75,000 is
reported to have been refused . . .
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pi-r.e Winning Pester in the "Stop Hitler No.v Contest" Designed by
Ed-win Georg! c' Nnrwalk. Conn., for the National Woman's Division ef
tha 'to- to Defend Amcrica by Aiding the Allies.
PEACOCK NEWS
A bellboy in a Houston hotel was
asked what his name was arid he re-
plied "Ford." Asked what his first
name was, he answered. "Henry."
1 he guest said, "Henry Ford—that's
a rather well known name." The
young fellow replied, "Well, it ought
to be; I've been bell-hopping here for
three years."':
Although the patron of a Dallas
night spot on New Year's Eve had a
whole pint_pf whiskey when he fell to
the floor, he never spilled a drop-
he didn't open his mouth!
When a newcomer in Austin a>.k-
•d a former senator about the prices
at a cafe, he answered, "1 think they're
very unreasonable; 1 ate breakfast
•here this morning and got two fried
eggs, bacon, toast, jelly, coffee and an
overcoat for 30 cents."
OLD GLORY NEWS
Mrs. C. A. Agnew entertained the
V ariety Club Wednesday at her
home. Mrs. T. E. Beil was elected
as president, Mrs. Clyde C rice vie?
president and Mrs. W. H. Flowei
secretary treasurer. Delicious refresh-
ments were served to the following
members: Mesdames Pugh, Herttcn-
berger, Flowers, Williams, Beil.
Elms, Wienke, Grice, Hudspeth,
Letst, Hunt, Rinn, Trice, Davis, Ah
ernathv, arid Miss Ha/el Trice.
Mrs. Rex Flowers has been absent
front her job as school teacher he-
cause of illness.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kennedy are
moving to the Ward Ranch near
Swenson.
Guests in the home of Mr. an I
Mrs. W. H. Flowers Sunday were
Mr, and M rs.. Hilton Hudspeth and
son Dan, and Mr. and Mrs, Joe
Hudspeth and L. G
Mr. and Mrs. Lynu Mowers visit*
ed relatives at Crosby ton Sunday.
The Boy Scouts am! their S our-
master, Sam Appleton, enjoyed an
outing at the Old Glory Lake Samr-
day night.
Guests in the W. W. Trice home
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. W
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Davis
and son Dauglos, all of Rule, and
Lois Trice, of Old Glory,
Mr. and Mr, O. B. McNeeiy of
kmfen' C. M.
Marvin P. Bryan, feed and seed
loan man from Haskell, was in Pea-
cock Monday.
Mrs. T. J. Rash visited her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McGougli
in Hamlin Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Williamson
siient last week end in Haskell and
Rule.
The Peacock Community Club
met Tuesday with only five members
present, and no business was trans-
acted.
The basketball boys went to Roby
last week end to a tournament and
came out second, losing to Swenson
in the final game. The girls' team
went to Roby just the week be fori
and carried off top honors in the
girls' invitation tournament.
Bro. Johnson, presiding elder Iron:
Stamford, preached at the Methodist
church Sunday morning , and after-
noon. The quarterly conference was
held in the afternoon also. Dinnei
was served at the church and a large
crowd attended, including several
from Aspermont, Swenson and Gobi
en Pond.
The County 1 nterscholastic meet
is scheduled to be held in Peacock
this year and Stipf. Cook is still look-
ing for a place to hold the track and
field meet. He says all the land hen
is either too hard or too soft to ruii
on.
The Double Mountain school
house is scheduled to be moved into
town, and work will start in a very
few days on the moving job.
A party will be held in the high
school gym Thursday night to cele-
brate the President's birthday. Games
of all kinds will be played and a
small charge will be assessed. The
public is invited.
Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Thomas
and girls went to Locket near Ver-
non, Sunday, and Rev. Thomas held
church services.
P. L. Collom of Swenson; and six
grandchildren: Mrs. Oma Gilmore,
Mrs. Mittie Morris and Mrs. Doro-
thy Mae Austin, all of Lubbock, G.
B. Petty of Swenson, Miss Norene
Collom of Borger and Owen Collom
of Brownwood. He is also survived
by three great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were C. E. Brannen,
Roy (I. Anderson, A. G. Jones, Fred
Stockdale, Roy Mullins, Dan Hill,
Curtis G. Winn and Tom Matthews.
blower bearers were Mrs. Duke
Parsons, Mrs. Oma Gilmore, Mrs.
Mittie Morris, Mrs. Dorothy Mae
Austin, Lorenc Pinson arid Norene
Collom.
THREE PARTNERS
The defense program will furnish
the acid test of our government, our
industries and our workers. There
can be no alibis for failure. There can
lie no excuse for waste of time and ef-
fort. 'Fliis year, which is perhaps the
most critical year in our history as a
democracy, may fell whether free in-
dividual enterprise is to survive, or
whether it is to be replaced by an-
other system, in which government is
re dominant factor in all our lives.
In the problem our nation faces,
there are three partners. Each has
vast responsibilities, for failure of
either could destroy the others. One
partner is industry, to which we turn
for the means of defense and the im-
plements of peace—the factories the
farms, the mines, the power plants
which motivate the machines, the
transportation systems which haul the
raw materials and the finished goods
—these are the backbone of America.
Private industry must do a greatei
job than it ever did before to demon
strate its production and service
superiority as its reasons for existence.
The second partner is labor—the
men who operate the machines and
build the weapons of defense and the
Quality Shoe Rebuilding
ASPERMONT - - - TEXAS
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SERVICE STATION
MAGNOLIA PRODUCTS
Buyers of Cream and Produce
Also Feed and Seed*
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TRI-COUNTY FUNERAL
HOME Vl-
Courteous Dignified Service
Ambulance on Call at All Hourt
Peacock Swenson
Office 99 PHONE Res.
DR. A. R. MANCILLE
Physician and Surgeon
Officc at Star Drug Store
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FUNERAL HOME
Funeral Directors
and
Ambulance Service
Phone 80 and 105
ASPERMONT, TEXAS
necessities and luxuries of peace. The
responsibility of labor, is crystal clear.
It must work harder, and produce
more. It must outlaw strikes and set-
tle grievances between it and industry
over the arbitration table. It must
put aside petty jealousies and internal
differences for the duration of tf>c
emergency, if it wishes to bold public
sympathy and good will.
The third partner is government.
Its financial strength depends upon
taxes taken from the earnings of pri-
vate industry. -The duty of govern-
ment now is to adopt a policy ol
cooperation with industry, arid thus
help it meet the extraordinarily diffi-
cult problems it face in order to sup-
ply the emergency needs of govern-
ment.
■ So it's up to the three partners
now. Walter Lippinan recently wrote
"American industry will not fail in
the test . . . The world will see this
year the proof that this young confl-
uent possesses the energy which,
throttled down in these ten years of
depression and confusion, will pou
forth to astound the world."
BASCOM G. COLLOM
(Contributed)
Funeral was held Saturday, Jan.
18, at the F'irst Baptist church here
for Mr. Bascom G. Collom, 66 who
died Friday morning, Jan. 17, ot
acute indigestion. Mr, Collom had
lived in Stonewall county since 189*>
and was serving as janitor at the
court house at the time of his death.
Rev. Byron Bryant, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Aspermont,
conducted the services with the help
of Rev. E. B. Featherston. Buna)
vvas in the Aspermont cemetery under
direction of the Kinney Funeral
Home of StamtiTrd.
Mr, Collom was born January 30.
1874, in Bastrop county. He moved
to Stonewall county from Stephens
county.
He was married in April, 1923, to
Mrs. Annie Orr of Seymotir. He had
been a member of the Baptist church
since 1890.
He if survived by fiis wife and four
ffw, Melvin Ralph, joy, Delano
*m EMe, «f Aspermont, and Tim of
Brownwood; four daughters: Loreni
June Collom of Aspermont, Mrs.
Winnie Ffcftv of Swemon, and Miss
Ruby Orr of Gutfirie; one brother,
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The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1941, newspaper, January 30, 1941; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127031/m1/2/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.