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The Weather"
Temperature. hl*h Wednesday. 94; low
Thursday rnorntoig, 59; barometer. 30 10,
rising slightly Scattered clouds, unset-
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SWEETWATER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1951
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Ranchers Ask
Drouth Rate
Upon Feeds
Railroads Claim
Trucks Ought To
Be Included Too
AUSTIN, Sept. 13 (UP) —
Drouth-stricken Texas ranchers
demanded today that railroad
freight rates on livestock feed
be cut one-third and the tariff
on hay be chopped in half.
The railroads countered with
a charge that the demands were
discriminatory and urged that
the Texas Railroad Commission
hearing be directed against
trucks as well as rail lines.
An estimated 400 ranchers
and stockmen representing
about 175 drouth-dry counties
jammed the hearing. The drouth
area included in the petition for
freight rate reductions roughly
covers the southern two-thirds
of the state.
Testimony backing the plea
for an emergency reduction in
freight rates was being heard
by the full membershin of the
railroad commission -Ernest O.
Thompson, Olin Culberson and
W. J. Murray Jr.
J. G. Fender of Houston, rep-
resenting the railroads, objected
to any decrease and called upon
the commission to include truck
lines if any reduction in rates
was ordered.
He denounced the demands as
"discriminatory" and urged that
the hearing be directed against
truck lines as well as railroads.
Walter L. Scott of Nacogdoch-
es, district agriculture agent for
the Texas A. & M.. Extension
Service, testified that for more
than a year this area had been
receiving less than normal rain-
fall.
"We've had practically no hay
this year. Grains," he said, "are
much below normal and pas-
tures are in verv bad condition."
As a result, he said, farmers
have been required to ship feed
into the area in summer as they
would normally do in the dead
of winter.
Shipments of feed, he testi-
fied, would have to continue for
at least the balance of the fall
and winter.
Even with ample rains
throughout the winter, Scott
said it would be "around May"
before ranchers have good grass
and pasture conditions.
The emergency conditions, he
added, have forced farmers to
sell cattle, in some cases their
breeding stock. As a result of
the drouth, cattle have lost
weight.
Organizations joining in the
petition for a freight rate reduc-
tion included the Livestock
Traffic Assn.; the Texas and
Southwestern Cattle Raisers
Assn., Inc.; the Texas Sheep and
Goat Raisers Assn., Inc.; the
Coastal Cattle Assn., and some
25 farm bureaus.
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Missing Witness
Back In Custody
NEW YORK, Sept. 13 (UP) —
Harry Gross, king-pin book-
maker alleged to have dished
out graft to police officials of
Mayor William O'Dwyer's ad-
ministration at the rate of $1,-
000,000 a year, was back in cus-
tody and back in Brooklyn today
—to the vast relief of authori-
ties threatened with a city-
shaking scandal.
Guarded even more careful-
ly than is the mint, the pudsy-
care-free gambler was taken be-
fore U. S. Commissioner Martin
C. Epstein who dismissed a fed-
eral fugitive warrant and form-
ally turned him over to District
Attorney Miles McDonald.
Smiling happily, McDonald
announced that his star "stool-
ie" against 18 former and pres-
ent policemen, who are on trial
for graft-taking, "will be kept
under heavy guard in a secret
place." Gross smirked for cam-
eramen and seemed not to real-
ize what his French leave from
his two detective guards had
meant.
Gross merely had felt like
seeing some horse races. He had
driven to Atlantic City, put up
at a top hotel, and was arrested
at the race track there late yes-
terday afternoon.
NEW OIL TEST
Union Oil Co. has started a
new wildcat oil test five miles
west of Blackwell, about a half
mile south of the Coke County
line. It is No. 1-B Whiteside es-
tate, half mile east of No. 1-A re-
cently abandoned. Location Is
990 feet from the east and 2310
from the north line of 208-1 A-
H&TC.
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RESIGNATION ACCEPTED—President Truman has accept-
ed the resignation of Defense Secretary George C. Marshall,
right. Secretary Marshall will be succeeded by Deputy De-
fense Secretary Robert A. Lovett, left. The two men. arc
pictured at a previous meeting in Washington. (NEA Tele-
photo).
Three Year Suspended
Term Given McMillan
G. M. McMillan, Sweetwater grocer, was found guilty
of murder in the death of Leon Esparza here on May 4,
by a jury in 32nd District Court Tuesday night, and was
assessed a three year sentence in the state penitentiary.
The jury recommended that the sentence be suspended.
Judge A. S. Mauzey asked that
ago and lived in the house next
door.
He said his son-in-law, Will
Davis, "called to take me to the
ball game."
"Where did you get the pis-
tol?" "I bought it from Pappy
Rodgers."
He said he bought the gun
"for protection." He said that
Rodgers promised to teach him
to shoot the weapon but that he
never did.
McMillan related that while he
was talking to Davis on the
telephone, a Mexican man came
to the door.
"Had you ever seen the Mex-
ican before?" asked Nunn. "No,
I can't recall ever seeing him
before."
McMillan said that the Mexi-
can man wanted change for a $5
bill, but that he told him he
didn't have it. "He started curs-
ing me then," said McMillan. "I
told him to leave, but he kept
cursing."
"Do you remember calling the
police?" "I remember calling
once, but not twice." "Did you
curse the Mexican?" "No."
"Do you remember hitting at
him?" "I don't know exactly. I
thought I hit him with the gun.
I didn't know I shot him."
"Did you know he was partly
blind?" "No."
Killing Unintentional
"Did you intend to kill him?"
"No, I only wanted to stop him
from cussing on my front porch.
I'd rather it been me that got
shot. I would run before I'd do
it again."
Under cross-examination by
Mahon, McMillan said that he
didn't remember when he bought
the gun.
"Had you ever seen the man
before?" "No." "Had you ever
seen the boy that was with him
before?" "Yes, a number of
times."
"Did the Mexican man make
an effort to enter your house?"
"No."
"Did you curse at all?" "No."
"Did Latin-Americans in that
area use your phone occasional-
ly? "Yes, T charged them when
they used it."
"Where was the gun?" "In the
cedar chest in the bedroom."
"Did either the man or boy
have a weapon?" "No."
"Then why did you go get a
See McMILLAN—Page 8 .
the defendant and his counsel
stand and receive the sentence.
He read the jury's verdict and
recommendation. Under the law,
he said, it is mandatory to sus-
pend the sentence when recom-
mended by the Jury. He asked
the defendant to raise his hand
and take the obligation If he
wished to accept the sentence.
He has pledged to report to the
court twice each year; the sen-
tence suspension will be remov-
ed in case of violation of the
law. Mr. McMillan quietly rais-
ed his hand, accepted the sen-
tence and was a free man to go
his way.
Court Room Crowded
The court room was crowded
throughout the trial, during ar-
guments that began at 6:30 and
still at 10:07 when the verdict
was returned. Shortly before 10,
there was a knock on the inside
of the jury room. The judge was
called to answer a question. In
a few moments there was anoth-
er knock and the jury was ready
to report. Foreman O. R. Cook
handed the verdict to the judge.
In arguments County Attorney
Jim Pearson argued that testi-
mony showed that McMillan
struck Esparza with the pistol
and shot him. Defense Counsel
Chas. Nunn's argument stressed
that McMillan was not a normal
man, that he was upset by bur-
glary of his store the night be-
fore and by being cursed by a
man calling at his front door.
Defense Counsel Chas.'Griggs ar-
gued that the shot was fired ac-
cidentally as McMillan struck at
Esparza. District Attorney Eldon
Mahon summarized the case, say-
ing that because a man "curses
you does not give you a license
to shoot h'im." He charged that
the defense had a double-barrel
d-e f e n s e, claiming "unsound
mind" at times and claiming ac-
cidental discharge of the gun at
other times.
Jury Charged
The judge's charge went into
the law on murder and homicide
and explained how to apply it.
He said that if the jury found
that McMillan intended to strike
the man but not to kill him,
but did cause serious bodily
harm the case would be one of
aggravated assault.
The verdict found McMillan
guilty of murder, with no men-
tion of "malice" or degree as
this is required only in determ-
ining the amount of punishment.
The defendant, on the stand
in his own behalf said that he
put in his store on Alabama
Street three and one-half years
Biggerstaff Will Head
New Fair Association
At the noon-day luncheon of
the Board of City Development
Thursday at the Blue Bonnet Ho-
tel, Stan Biggerstaff was elected
president of the newly created
Sweetwater Area Fair Associa-
tion which is being sponsored by
the BCD.
Biggerstaff is chairman of the
agriculture committee of the
Board of City Development and
has done much work toward se-
curing this project for Sweetwa-
ter.
, Wade Forester, local automo-
bile dealer, was elected vice
president and E. C. Bishop nam-
ed Secretary-Treasurer.
Members of the Board of City
Development will comprise the
board of directors of the associa-
tion.
Acheson May
Quit Cabinet
Rumors Say
Conditions Expected
To Shape Up Soon
To 'Face His Face'
By LYI-E C. WILSON
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UP)
—Secretary of State Dean Ach-
eson is the next likely cabinet
member to retire.
Some of the conditions neces-
sary to make his retirement pos-
sible have just been brought
about and others may be just
around the corner. The prime
condition Acheson himself has
put upon leaving the cabinet is
that the air first must be free
of dead cats. That was his own
phrase.
He meant that he would not
want to quit under blistering fire
which has been poured on him
so long, but would be agreeable
to resign at a moment of peak
achievement and some degree of
public acclaim. He'd like a dig-
nified exit, if any.
The Secretary's performance at
the San Francisco conference
last week earned him a gener-
ous round of public praise. He
even got a half-cheer from Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy, "R., Wis.,
who conceded that Acheson did
a good job of gavel whacking.
Acheson is in the midst of a
Big Three foreign ministers'
conference here right now. On
Saturday he will be off to Ot-
tawa for wider consultations.
His objective is a peace treaty
or contract of some kind with
Western Germany.
If Acheson brings it off or
makes solid progress his mom-
ent of peak achievement and
praise will have come. At no
other time since he took over
the State Department have those
conditions existed.
President Truman is on rec-
ord repeatedly that Acheson will
stay on. Perhaps he will. The
President is a loyal man. But he
■also is a prime politician. If he
is convinced that Acheson would
be a liability in the 1952 Pres-
idential campaign, Mr. Truman
is likely to take advantage of
a situation which would let his
friend and adviser leave the cab-
inet without embarrassment and,
even, with considerable applause.
Some other prime politicians in
the Democratic party are doing
their utmost to persuade Mr.
Truman to do just that. They
include some members of Con-
gress who believe their primary
and general election contests will
be easier next year if Acheson
is out of sight.
However much the public may
have whooped it up last week
when Acheson was knocking out
Russia's Andrei Gromyko at San
Francisco, the Secretary remains
accused of diplomatic fumbles.
And he was the State Depart-
ment chief when the United
States suffered some of its most
disastrous diplomatic reverses.
Acheson shared with Gen. Geo.
C. Marshall responsibility for
some major policies which bad-
ly backfired. Marshall resigned
yesterday as National Defense
Secretary. He was scarcely less
controversial as figure than Ach-
eson. And many believed he was
becomihg not much less a polit-
ical liability.
Biggerstaff will begin naming
various committees at an early
date.
The fair will be held in Sweet-
water in the Fall of next year.
S. Sgt. Isaacs
Back From Korea
Staff Sgt. Eddie R. Isaacs of
Sweetwater, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Isaacs of 1213 Beall, was
among a large number of Texans
who fended from Korea Thurs-
day morning at San Francisco,
aboard the USNS General Welgel.
He has been overseas for 33
months with the First Cavalry
Division, 14 months of that time
In Korea.
Allies Make Wide Gains
Boyle Defends
R. F. C. Actions
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 —
(UP) — Democratic National
Chairman William M. Boyle Jr.,
told Congress today he always
has tried to conduct himself the
way "my mother would want me
to."
Boyle, under fire for past le-
gal connections with a St. Louis
firm that got an RFC loan, de-
fended his conduct as party
chairman before the Senate El-
ections Subcommittee.
Boyle's past relations with the
American Lithofold Corp. of St.
Louis is being investigated by
the Senate's permanent investi-
gating subcommittee.
Controls—The AFL asked, but
had scant hope of getting, re-
peal of the "cost-plus" provision
adding all post-Korean costs to
prices. The plea was entered be-
fore a Senate Banking Subcom-
mittee even though the full com-
mittee only Monday rejected
repeal by an 8-to-5 vote. It is
considering a revision to allow
more leeway in adding on costs.
Successor—The Senate Arm-
ed Services Committee unani-
mously approved Robert A. Lov-
ett's appointment to be secre-
tary of defense succeeding Gen.
George C. Marshall.
OPPOHH SCHOOL "SHORTS"
FORT WORTH, Sept. 13 (UP)
The chairman of a minister's
group, which seeks to ban all
types of dancing and shorts
wearing in Fort Worth public
schools, said today support
would be asked of all past i
in the city.
Sweeping Cold Front Brings
Rains To Many Texas Towns
Moisture Up To
Three Inches In
Sections Of State
By United Press
A mammoth cold front cutting
midway across the nation today
belted temperatures downward,
giving drouth and heat-stricken
Texas its first positivte relief
while setting off turbulent
storms in several sections of the
country.
The cold front extended from
the Canadian border almost to
the Gulf of Mexico. In Texas, it
stretched on a line south of Tex-
arkana through the Lufkin area,
the San Antonio - Austin areas
and westward into Mexico, just
south of Laredo.
Rains ranging to more than
three inches occurred over Tex-
as with swift passage of the
front, and in its Wake tempera-
tures hit true autumn levels—
as low as 45 degrees at Dalhart
and 49 at Amarlllo this morning.
Rains fell in south Texas along
the frontal line today and more
scattered thundershowers were
in store for the south and ex-
treme west portions of east Tex-
as before end of the day.
The front touched off a torna-
do in Wisconsin and thunder-
storms in Indiana which ground-
ed planes.
Good Rains
Moisture-wise, the front meant
the heaviest rainfall since start
of. the summer heat wave and
drouth. Sample falls during the
past 24 hours: Austin 2.27 inch-
es, Dallas 2.46, Houston 1.59, Wa-
co 1.92, San Antonio 1.59, Beau-
mont 1.67, Palestine 1.66, Galves-
ton 3.15, Laredo 2.09, Victoria
1.67, Texarkana 1.55. College Sta-
t'jn 1.79, Palacios 1.91, McKin-
i ey 1.45, Rockwall 2.35, Trinidad
2.60, Sherman 1.00, Fort Worth
.46, Alice .26, San Angelo .92,
Saiina 1.09. Lesser amounts were
reported from a dozen other sta-
tions.
Passage of the front produced
these wool-shirt readings early
today — 45 at Dalhart, 49 at
Amarillo, 56 at Wichita Falls, 56
at Lubbock, 66 at San Angelo,
67 at El Paso, 64 at Dallas, and
72's at Houston and San Anton-
io.
Not a "Norther"
Sturdy winds accompanied
most of the rains, but weather-
men refused to describe the blow
as a norther. A norther, they
said, must occur in the winter
and knock the temperatures to
around 25 degrees.
At Hillsboro, in the heart of
central Texas, a 1.52-inch rain
fell with very strong winds. But
early today, there were no re-
ports of The tempera-
ture fell morning, low-
est in the arti^sT nee early June.
Three Inductees
From This Area
The Sweetwater Selective Ser-
vice board inducted three young
men into military service Thurs-
day on the September call.
These were Mobada Shaff De-
Gaish and James Eugene (Jim-
mie) Miller of Sweetwater and
Alton Melvin Green of Roscoe.
The board serving Nolan,
Fisher and Scurry County has a
call for 13 men to be inducted
Oct. 10 and 4 to be inducted Nov.
7, Mrs. Patsy M. Mayfield, clerk
said. The October call was in-
creased from 8 to 13, in line with
a state increase.
BIG THREE OPEN NEGOTIATIONS—French Foreign Min-
ister Robert Schuman, left, IT. S. Secretary of State Dean
Acheson, center, and British Foreign Minister Herbert Mor-
rison, The Big Three, open formal negotiations in Washing-
ton on a "peace contract" with western Germany and on
proposals to revise the Italian peace treaty. (NEA Tele-
photo).
Pilotless
Bomber To
Be Tested
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UP)
—The Air Force disclosed today
that it is putting into operation
a tactical guided missile.
The Air Force said it will es-
tablish Its first pilotless light
bomber squadron at the missile
test center, Cocoa, Fla., on Oct.
1, to be trained in use of the
missile
The guk ed missile — one of
the new fantastic weapons being
developed by American Armed
Forces — is the B-61 "Matador"
pilotless bomber being produced
by the Glenn L. Martin Co. of
Baltimore, Md.
Air Force officials withheld
for security reasons most de-
tails of the missile's performance,
size and capabilities.
The "Matador" — so far as
has been announced — is the
first U. S. guided missile put in-
to production for possible com-
bat use.
The missile, described as
"something like a smaller edi-
tion" of the B-51 medium bomb-
er being built by Martin, has
swept back wings and a single
jet engine.
It has passed flight tests both
at Cocoa, Fla., and Holoman Air
Base at Alamogordo, N. M.
It was designed from the
ground up as a combat weapon.
Pilotless drones used for targets
or in missile experiments usua-
lly are conversions of conven-
tional planes.
The B-61 has no provision for
a pilot even in emergencies.
Unlike some missiles that are
carried part of the way to the
target by a larger bomber, it
is launched from the ground and
flies under its own power.
Sam Both we 11 III
TYLER, Sept. 13 (UP) — Sam
Bothwell, Tyler radio station ex-
ecutive and former city manager
of Fort Worth, was confined to
his home today by a heart ail-
ment.
Bothwell, General Manager of
Radio Station KTBB, was report-
ed "resting" after a recent heart
attack.
Big 3 Agree
To Unified
Armed Force
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UP)
The big three foreign ministers
gave Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow-
er the go-ahead today to create
a unified European army that
would include German forces.
They agreed at a special meet-
ing last night, that It is the best
plan for enlisting Germany in
Europe's defense and at the
same time it will still continental
fears that Germany might again
emerge as an aggressor.
The decision cleared the way
for action today on a "peace con-
tract" that in a matter of weeks
may give the west German fed-
eral republic its independence in
return for full cooperation in the
free world's defense effort.
The ministers — Secretary of
State Dean Acheson, British For-
eign Secretary Herbert Morrison,
and French Foreign Minister
Robert Schuman—hoped to wind
up their crucial four-day confer-
ence today.
The three, along with the U.
S., British and French foreign
office experts, met today for the
fourth time in two days.
They planned to finish work on
the German contract and then
discuss liberation of Italy's peace
treaty, action to free Associated
Press Correspondent William N.
Oatis from a Czech prison, and
the U. S. bid for bases in Spain.
Acheson and Morrison had
been cool to the European Army
idea when it was first proposed
by France. But they shifted
gears recently when Eisenhower
gave it his unqualified support.
Last night when Schuman
gave them a personal report on
the preliminary plans taking
shape in Paris they announced
their support.
Under the plan, France, Italy,
Belgium, Luxembourg, the Neth-
erlands, and west Germany
would form a unified force that
would cut across national lines
and work closely with other
members of the North Atlantic
Pact.
Early Day Mayor Tells How
City- Borrowed Fire Horses
Sam D. Myres, mayor of Sweet-
water from 1908 to 1910 and now
world-famous as a picturesque,
typical westerner wno actually
looks like his old friend, "Buf-
falo Bill" Cody, spent Wednesday
and Thursday in Sweetwater vis-
iting intimate friends of long
ago.
He lived here/ from 1897 to
1920, operated the S. D. Myres
Saddle Co. which made saddles
for ranchers, wild west shows
and during World War I, 3500
saddles for the military forces.
His shop on the west side of the
square nere employed 15 to 20
men and turned out the fabulous
$10,000 Jeweled saddle of Col. Joe
Miller of 101 Ranch.
His eyes dimmed here as h*
renewed old acquaintances and
talked of early times in Sweet-
water. "The finest, most courage-
ous people God ever permitted to
function laid the foundations for
j Sweetwater," he said. "Sweetwa-
ter used to be a little town but
its people worked together
igeously and unselfishly."
_ praised especially the late
Tom Trammell and said Judge
R. C. Crane was "chief counsel,
adviser and did all of the secre-
tarial work free."
Myres told of the first paving
in West Texas here, building
the city hall, and of how the
mayor and city council served
free.
'We had a fire wagon but not
horses. When there was a fire
we borrowed some horses and
hitched them up. G. E. Ramsey,
gney
to the bank, borrowed the
Communists Face
Heavy Slaughter
As Attack Moves
On 135-Mile Line
8TH ARMY HEADQUART-
ERS, Korea, Friday, Sept. 14—•
(UP)—United Nations infantry-
men slaughtered Chinese and
North Korean Communists yes-
terday, and made gains of up to
five miles, in some of the blood-
iest fighting of the Korean war.
United States Marines. Amer-
ican infantrymen. South Ko-
reans and other Allied troops
were in blazing action through
today in wide sectors across the
entire 135-mile front.
Marines and South Koreans
burned and blasted Red soldiers
from their deep entrenchments
and bunkers on the eastern
front.
The "killer" drive was sup-
ported by a war-long record
number of night plane sorties by
the American 5th Air Force.
In the Central Front fighting.
UN troops captured four hills
and closed in on an important
Communist supply base.
The capture of the four hills
brought the UN troops close
to a strong enemy concentra-
tion guarding the main Com-
munist supply routes from sup-
ply areas to the front. There was
no estimate of Red strength in
the mountain area controlling
routes south from the enemy
supply bases of Pyonggang and
Kumsong.
Perfect weather brought the
war's greatest night air assault,
ending at dawn today, and the
Reds threw their Russian-made
jets against UN fighters again
for the sixth consecutive day. A
propellor-driven UN P-51 Mus-
tang was shot down by three
Communist jets in Thursday's
first air combat. The air force
said there was rfa chance the
pilot survived.
In Wednesday's air battle,
three Communist jets were dam-
aged and one American F-84
Thunderjet was shot down—but
the pilot was saved.
Night fighters and bombers
made 119 sorties through the
night—four more than the pre-
vious record—and boosted the
air arm's 18-day toll of Red sup-
ply vehicles to 8,853 destroyed
or damaged.
The Reds threw more than 75
jets into the air Wednesday. In
the main skirmish over Sunan,
above Pyongyang, 30 U. S.
Thunderjets and 35 MIG-15s
fought for a half hour at alti-
tudes ranging from near ground
level to 30,000 feet. The U. S.
pilot who parachuted from his
plane was promptly picked up by
a rescue plane.
Thirty F-86 Sabrejets sweep-
ing MIG Alley intercepted 30
MIGs trying to streak south
from their Manchurian sanctu-
ary. The Reds turned and fled
back across the Yalu to avoid
See ALLIES—Page 8
Circling the square
W. F. McGaugnev and I went
to the bank, borrowed the
money personally, and bought
the town two fire horses to keep
at the fire station."
D. A. Clark and other close
friends drove Mr Myres about
town to show him the changes
that have come with the passing
years.
Man Fined For
Interfering In
Officer's.Duty
A Sweetwater man learned
Wednesday that it's best not to
interfere with other people's bus-
iness.
The man was fined $38 by Jus-
tice of the Peace M. C. Manroe
for "interfering with a peace of-
ficer carrying out his official
duties."
Highway Patrolmen T. T. Bra-
dy and Jesse Reed reported they
stopped a car for having a de-
fective muffler.
The officers filed a charge
against the driver. A passenger
in the car, who owned the ve-
hicle, protested so vehementl yto
the officers that Patrolman Bra-
dy f iled the "interference"
charge against him.
Judge Manroe said it was only
the second such charge that had
ever been filed In his court.
The driver of the car was fin-
ed $14 for the defective muff-
ler.
Also in the court Wednesday,
a man was fined $23 for no op-
erator's license. Sheriff's officers
made the arnwt
Dog poisoners are at it again
. . . recently in the East Ridge
addition, one dog was killed and
several almost died from poison-
ing. Joe Allen, who lives at 1905
Chester Street, said a member of
his family found bait, apparent-
ly containing poison, near his
home.
The lady with the "up-sweep"
hair-do at the Texas Bank and
Trust Company number two tel-
ler cage is Fern liee. The young
lady was recentiy promoted to
her present |vosltlon and, from
all indications, she is doing a
grand job.
If raising castor beans is prof-
itable, and apparently It Is, it
would be an excellent Idea to
get the product started In this
area where there Is plenty of
good sandy land. Demp Kearney,
A. C. Bishop and Walter Bau-
cum inspected a Castor Bean In-
dustrial plant at Brownwood
Wednesday and are sold on the
Idea getting the product started
here.
Ham 1>. Myres, former mayor
and now world famous Western
character, said while visiting
old friends here Wednesday
that foundation# of Sweetwa-
ter were laid by the most cour-
ageous, unselfish men <Jod ever
let function anywhere. People
eoojM'rated and worked toprth-
er at great sacrifices". When
asked if everybody always co-
operated like that In his time,
he replied, "Son, we didn't count
skunks".
MyreB said in early days here
he recalled cowboys would come
In and tell of killing 10 to 60
rattlesnakes a piece. He said the
■ prairie dogs almost took the
I town at times.
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Baker, Allen. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 216, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1951, newspaper, September 13, 1951; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth310532/m1/1/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.