The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1942 Page: 2 of 4
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Entered as second-class matter at the
postoffice at Aspermont, Texas und
er the act of March 3, 1879.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon the
oharacter, reputation or standing of
any firm, individual or corporation
will be gladly corrected upon being
called to the attention of the pub-
lishers.
The dividing line between news and
advertising is the line which separ-
ates informaton for public interest
from information which is dissemi-
nated for profit.
Any entertainment where admis-
sion is charged, or any other money-
making scheme, whose announcement
appears in the Star, will be classed as
advertising and charged for at the
regular rate.
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Vigorous writing that carries one
back to the days of old-time journ-
alism was dashed off by "Whitey"
Hicks, editor of the Glen Rose Re-
porter, recently:
We got bureaus to tell you how
aid a man is before he will quit look-
ing. We got bureaus to tell you
when an old maid will refuse to
awry the first pair of breeches that
proposes. We got bureaus to tell you
when it is time to get up and go to
bed. We got bueaus to tell you what
you are thinking about and what you
will be doing day after tomorrow.
We got bureaus who can tell you
•fcen a June bug will June. They
can teU you the size of an ant's nar-
d. But not one committee, bureau,
drawer or any other of the many
knowledge hounds knew i thing
about the facts of the size of the Jap
nary; how many tanks they have;
the size of their army, the number
of airplanes, bombers, etc. They
knew everything except what's worth
a d-
We are nor criticizing our great
leader and a few men who really
blew what it is all about. The Pres-
ident has been trying for yean to get
something done. Us common people
are backing him 100 per cent.
Don't yau shudder to think what
Mr. Hicks will write—when he gets
around to it—about this matter of
granting exemption from military
service to labor leaders simply be-
cause they are labor leaders? Ana
simiiar exemption to the movie stars?
At the last count, there were only
250 livery stables in the United
States, doing a business of $1,372,-
000 annually. But they're due for an
upswing. Incidentally, Governor Ste-
venson says if the tire shortage means
a horseback campaign, he can "take
it". In his youth, he operated a wag-
cn freight line and he still rides a
horse. (Of course, he probably would
rather not have any campaign at all)
Said the junior partner in a Beau-
mont law firm to his pretty stenog-
rapher, "Are you doing anything
Sunday evening?" She replied, hope-
fully, "No, not a thing." He said,
"Then try to be at the office earlier
Monday morning, will you?"
You are one of more than a mil-
lion persons who read this "column"
which appears in over 200 Texas ,
newspapers—nearly all of them are
weeklies in the small cities and tfae
towns. "I Give You Texas" started
four years *go and, as the average
length is 800 words, that means a
total of around 166,000 words, the
equivalent of two long novels. Not
a week has been missed though the
columnist might have been in Hoi-
1 vwood or New Orleans or Mexico
City.
Actual writing of one of these
"columns" takes about half an hour
—plus 45 years of having lived- It's
pounded out with two fingers oo aa
ancient typewriter bought.
Listen to
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ri:itflv enough, from a man who was
a member of the crew that drilled
the discovery well in Ranger field,
a subject on which this chronicler
has written one whole book and part
of another. The clatter of the old
typewriter is inspiring and the re-
sistance that the macnine puts up is
f.ood physical exercise. I want no
typewriter that is a pushover.
Nearly all the editors publishing
/he column send a copy of their paper
and so 200 are scanned each week—
(try that some time on your uke-
lele). In this way many unusual bits
ct human interest are run across and
passed on to you.
Chief fear at die start was of run-
ning out of material; Quite the re-
verse has happened for if not a new
town was visited or a person seen or
an emotion experienced or an impres-
sion received, the notes on hand
would provide sufficient "copy" for
f year. But enough of this subject-
except for the hope that you'll keep
on reading "I Give You Texas '"
Beautiful thought from a poet:
"Life, like a dome of many-colored
glass,
Stains the white radiance of eternity"
And this :
To cm tfae meanest flower that
blow* can give
Thoughts that do often lie ton deep
for tears."
Censure is tfae tax that a man pays
for being eminent
And experience is what you get
when you are looting for something
else.
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Beneath this stone, in hopes of Zion,
Is laid die landlord of the Lion.
Resigned unto tfae Heavenly Will,
His son keeps on the business still.
(On an Engish tombstone).
small bits'/That is just exactly what
happened to us last week. Under-
stand, we are not complaining, but
if some of you missed your paper, an
explanation is the least we can offer.
'1 he press on which the Star is
printed is a "Country Campbell" of
ancient vintage. Having been associa-
ted with newspapers for approxi-
mately fifty years, it sometimes acts
if it knows more about printing than
we do. The old press has its moods,
being as docile as a lamb some weeks,
and again acting the cantankerous
brute that makes you tear your hair
and condemn the fellow that invent-
ed it. And, furthermore, you don't
ever dare "cuss" it. If you do, that
is the last running it does until you
change moods for the better. It is,
indeed, almost a personality, and for
better worse, we are going to get
along with it.
If you will let us talk shop just a
little more, we will tell you a joke
that is probably the oldest in the
circles of the fourth estate, but is
st ill the favorite of many.
It seems that a traveling salesman
in his travels about the country, vis-
ited a print shop located in the hills
of a neighboring state. Seated on a
high stool was a long, lanky boy of
some eighteen years of age, his legs
wrapped around a barrel that was
almost full of loose type. Holding
a type stick in one hand, he would
pick up a letter, look at it, and if it
v-asnt the letter he was looking for,
lie would drop it back into the bar-
rel and pick up another. After sev-
eral minutes the salesman's curios-
ity got the better of him and he
asked the purpose in having the type
.n a barrel instead of segregated in
cases. "It looks to me", said the sales-
man, "as if that is a slow way of
setting type." The boy looked up at
the visitor, turned and spat into a
nearby box and said, "Wal, I reckon
it is a little slow settin' it this way,
but I sure give it b on distribu-
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A great many misin
think that this particular secrion of
tne country, and stonewall county
in particular, was just made to hold
Fort Worth and Lubbock together,
it is our contention that this is not
the case. In Stonewall County can be
found some of the best farming-land
in West Texas and cattle from this
section are always in demand. We
admit that there is better range in
a few places, but the majority of
those places have a mineral deficiency
which about puts them on an equal
with us. And, if one would take a
few minutes to look around, (now
that Guthrie is dry) the northern
part of the county offers scenery to
compare with many highly advertis-
ed parks, preserves, etc. Double
Mountain is known the country over
and is the scene of many an interest-
happening in the history of the west.
Stonewall County also has the most
modern and comfortable hotel in
this area and affords a hospitality
typical of the west many years ago.
It is one of the last frontiers of the
cattleman, where levis and boots are
worn for something besides show.
In other words, we have in this
county anything that is needed to
conform to the American standard
of living. Let's tell people about our
County and do our best to hasten
its progress in every possible way.
The most irksome thing that we
can think of, being prone to growl
just a little about something, is the
little jingle, or jingles that some
radio advertisers use on the radio to
further the interests of their products.
We don't mind them the first time
we hear them, but it soon grows old.
So far, they haven't induced us to
buy any of their product because we
generally buy that which the merit
of is explained. And, a childish treble
or a steamship whistle goes over and
over in our mind until we are very
near demented at times. Maybe all
the time, we're not bragging. Any
way, we like our advertising sans
jingle^ Maybe we will start a one
man boycott.
W. L. Martin,
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Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. W. H. Gibson
Mrs. W. H. Gibson, age 82, died
at her home in Sagerton, February
27, at 5:30 after an illness of two
weeks. She was born Katherine Lu-
cenda Price September 6, 1859, in
Anderson County, Texas. When only
a small child she became a member
of the Methodist Church. In 1879,
Mrs. Gibson was married, and het
husband preceded her in death in
1909, and since 1885, when they left
Henderson County* they had been
residents of Stonewall and Haskell
Counties.
Funeral services were held at the
Sagerton Methodist Church, Febru-
ary 28, at 3:00 P. M. by Rev. Lloyd
Hamilton, pastor of the- Sagerton
Methodist Church. Interment was
in the Fairview Cemetery at Sager-
ton with Kinney Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Gibson is survived by five
tons, Oscar, of Sagerton; C. L., ot
Aspermont; Bruce, of Sagerton; F.
J. of Hale Center; one daughter,
Mrs. J. W. Christopher, of Marfa;
21 grand children and 13 great grand
children. One son, Lee, died in Dec.
of last year.
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Two Regular Meetings
Since the last report made the
Reading Circle has had two regular
meetings. February 19 the club met
in the home of Mrs. Joe Matthews.
The book "Captain Paul", by Com-
mander Edward Ellsburg was re-
viewed by Mrs. Mart Guest.
Members present were Mrs. Em
Wright, Mrs. Ola Walston, Mrs.
Ora Brown, lln. Nadine Kight,
Mrs. H. C. Walker, and die hostess.
The last meeting of the dub was
held in the home of Mrs. Ola Wal-
ston, March 2, Mrs. Ora Brown re-
viewed "Mr. and Mrs. Cugot" by
Isabel Scott Rarick.
Members present at this meeting
were Edith Reid, Hazel Lyles, Mis.
H. C Walker, Mrs. Nadine Kight,
Mrs. Hykon Hudspeth, Mrs. M. N.
Guest, Mrs. Joe Matthews, Mrs.
Archie Acker. Visitors included Mrs-
Dee Green, Mrs. Ray Hahn and
Mrs. L. D. McAfee.
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Mrs. Conch Hostess To
Centennial Club
The Centennial Bridge Club was
entertained in the home of Mia> A.
P. Couch last Friday afternoon. Aft-
er several games of bridge, diinty re-
freshments were servd to Mrs. Irvin
Pearson, Mrs. H. V. Link, Mrs.
Charles F. Gibson, Mrs. A. A. An-
na, Mrs. Will Flowers, Mrs L. D.
McAfee, Mrs. Pete Blacksbear, Mrs
Mary Martin, Mrs. Mart Guest,
Mrs. R. Lyles, Mrs. Em Wright,
and Mis. W. B. Bingham.
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Drunken Driving Fines
Increase 500 Per Cent
Drunken driver convictions have
increased 500 per cent since the en-
actment of the new Driving While
Intoxicated Law, according to a re-
port issued by J. B. Draper, chief of
the Driver's License Division of the
Department of Public Safety.
"This marked increase is entirely
due to the cooperation of die en
forcement officers and courts of this
State. Any new law—no matter how
good the law may be—cannot be of
any value to the people unless it is
enforced and the violatourr convict-
ed," said Chief Draper in the fore-
word of the Safety Department's
first monthly bulletin of 1942.
There are some 1500 names on die
list of persons whose driver's licens-
es have been cancelled, revoked, or
suspended for a specified Mini Of
time or indefinitely. The total con-
victions under the near DIW law
1941 ate 1237 to 280.
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Moore, L. B. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1942, newspaper, March 5, 1942; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127089/m1/2/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.