The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 31, No. 49, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 5, 1940 Page: 12
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TAGE TWO
Mtttt Read Bond Election Facts
A rond bond election designed to raise 100000 for construction
of highways in Swisher county and completion
of the paving of highway No 00 has been called for Dec 21
Road commissioners in favor of the bond Issue say the
state is expected to rccnact a bond assumption law which
provided that all road bonds issued prior to Jan 1 1940
would bo paid by the Texas State Board of County and
District Road Indebtedness Including both principal and interest
Tills board It was explained receives its money from
the gasoline tax which was passed in the Texas legislature
In 1D32 This tax provides for one cent of the fourcent
tax to be given this board so that it can fulfill the road
bond assumption law and help counties complete highways
throughout the state
Whether or not a county paves its roads or improves
4hem in any way each of its citizens pays one cent to the
road fund when he buys a gallon of gasoline For years
Swisher county citizens have been pouring thousands of
dollars Into this fund without receiving any benefit from
it
This bond assumption law which made its initial appearance
In 1932 and which has been recnacted to take care
of all road bond issues made prior to Jan 1 1040 will be
reenacted and will pay the principal and Interest on the
100000 worth of bonds which will be floated in this
county Road commissioners and the county judge have
jfgned and issued a notice that unless the Texas State
Board of County and Road Indebcdness assures them that
it will assume complete payment of the bonds issued In
this county that even if the bonds are endorsed by voters
Dee 21 no such bonds will be issued
However iftho board does signify and prove Its Intention
of handling the bonds after their issuance and the law
allowing such is reenactcd making the board assume payment
of all bonds prior to Jam 1 1941 the bond issue will
go through and 100000 will be raised to complete paving
of highway No 86 and improvement of other roads in the
county
Will the legislature repass this bill of road bonds assumption
regularly All but seven counties of Texas have
road bonds depending on this fund and it is reasonable to
believe that since 247 counties are using this means of paving
and improving roads the legislature will reenact the
bilL If they dont which is improbable Swisher will be one
f 147 other counties that will have to devise some other
means of paying interest on its bonds
Why doesnt the state highway department help In
Jine with a request from the federal government the state
highway department is devoting all its funds to construction
and maintenance of roads designated as military highways
This is in keeping with the defense program which
is to extend over a 5year period If the road policy is continued
until the defense rush is dropped then no Texas
county can expect aid from the state highway department
until 1945 Perhaps even then aid will not be given because
of militaristic developments that take place between now
and then
Hundreds of counties have taken advantage of the road
bonds assumption law and are using paved roads which
once were muddy lanes And few of these counties have
paid a penny toward the interest or principal on the bonds
All have been paid by the Texas State Board of County and
District Road Indebtedness
Since the road bond assumption law was first passed
payment of about 187000000 worth of bonds has been assumed
In eight years the Texas State Board of County and
District Road Indebtedness has paid the interest on this
i amount and retarded the principal by 42000000 And in
addition it has created a surplus of 0000000 of which
16000000 was distributed to the 254 Texas counties as a
ooedit to their Liter road account
IC we do not vote these bonds and take advantage of
The Tulia Herald
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Co at HI South Mings Tulia Swisher County Ttaas
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MRS F P ENGLEMAN
Pabllsker
R V MUXES
Business Manager
SID 8PEAE
News Editor
Teteshrae MS
Entered as Second Class mall matter at the postoffice
at Tulia Texas under the act of March 3 1879
SUBSCRIPTION RATBS
One Year in Swisher and Adjoining Counties 150
Outside Swishor and Adjoining Counties 200
The Heiald is entitled to reuse of all articles contributed
to this paper for publication
AT THE CHURCHES
FIRST METIIODIST
CHURCH
Church School 945 A M
Morning Worship 11 A
I
Evening Worship 730 P
M
Young Peoples Services
645 P M
Choir Practice Monday
night 8 P M
Womans Society of ChristIan
Service Monday 3 P M
Midweek service Wednesday
evening 8 P M
The Methodist Church bids
you welcome to its services
Uel D Crosby Pastor
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH U S A
Chuich School 945 A M
Morning Worship 1055
A M
Young Peoples Service
030 P M
k livening Worship 730 P
m
Choir Rehearsal Monday
night 730 P M
We strive to make tak
CENTRAL CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Sunday Bible school 10
a m
Worship Service 11 a m
Young Peoples Meeting
G45 p m
Worship services 730
p m
Wednesday prayer meeting
services 730 p m
Grady Pricer Minister
FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH
Sunday School 10 A M
Morning Services 11 A
M
B T U 030 P M
Evening Services 730 P
M
You are over welcome to
this house of God
W H Clark Minister
FIltST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
Sunday School 945 A
M
Morning and Evening Worship
11 A M and 7 P M
each first Sunday
Womans Missionary Society
second Monday afternoonsA hearty welcome Is extended
to all to worship with
usFark
Fark B Ward Jr Pastor
He s A Part Of Us
THE TVLIA HERALD TVUA TEXAS
Browsing Down
Memory Lane
TWENTY YEARS AGO
A large crowd of friends gathered last Saturday
night at the Valley View school house to enjoy the
pleasures of a box supper A prize for the best box was
awarded to J W Kiker Miss Hazel Specr won a
prize as the most popular young lady present The
Presbyterian Missionary society met Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs S B Dinwiddie Judge J E Swap
ston informs us tliat it is the desire of the commissioners
court of Swisher county that four days be set aside
for meetings for discussion of road work in the four
precincts
TEN YEARS AGO
Mr and Mrs George Jennings are entertaining
a baby boy wlio entered their home Saturday the
baby weighed nine pounds Mr and Mrs G W
Blair and children visited in the home of Mr and Mrs
W U Johnson near Petersburg Thanksgiving Mr
orjcJ Mrs J R Ward attended the football game at
Canyon between McMurray college and WTSTC Thursday
Mr and Mrs N E McCune and daughter Dorothy
Marie and Mr Jim Cleveland visited in the home
of Mrs Louisa Katnmbrcut over the weekend
ONE YEAR AGQi
Tulia will 6o host to Panhandles VFW Sunday
Miss Erou Gafford and S T Briggi will supervise
work in a night speech class hero Tulia will battle
Perryton for district honors this afternoon Mr
and Mrs W L Pearson entertained Rev Lee Perry in
their home Saturday night Thomas Littlejohn
who directs the Aggieland orchestra at AM college
spent Thanksgiving with his parents Mr and Mrs T M
Littlejohn He is working on his masters degree
the road bonds assumption law we probably cannot expect
any more paving in this county within the next five or 10
years We have been pouring thousands of dollars into this
fund for the past eight years so that other counties could
boast paved and improved roads In short we have been
content to help build roads in other counties while our own
went with muddy lanes and cheap caliche improved roads
Now is our chance to pave our roads without being out any
appreciable amount of money It is an opportunity to get
back some of the money we Jiavo been ignorantly tossing
into the coffers of the state fund for so long
Dont hesitate to investigate and by all means talk to
your precinct road commissioner Investigate all the particulars
and realize the value of voting such bonds Pull for
paved roads in Swisher county
HERE IS
Our Mail Bag
Editor
Tulia Herald
Franks giving or Thanksgiving
That is the question
to decide Which do we wish
to observe in the future
You know what surprised
me most was to see so few
merchants back of the American
Legion when we asked
them to display their flags
on the true Thanksgiving
Personally I am proud to
display Old Glory at anytime
for any reason
Anyway wo had four merchants
besides Briggs and
myself with us They were
Clennin Motoreompany An
dersons market Miller Auto
supply and The Tulia Herald
Thanks Buddies
We also had a good time
at the Legion luncheon and
dance which was free And
if you had never tasted any
venison chili you should
have been theretTJi4 piWOB
plenty left
This American Legion Post
is going to start a movement
tit the 18th district convention
at Happy Tuesday to
get our true Thanksgiving
back that our Forefathers
had
Somehow T h a nksgivlng
carries a lot of sentiment tome
Why should we commercialize
on everything
Moving Thanksgiving up a
week may put more dollars
in some merchants pockets
But our Forefathers didnt
start Thanksgiving to make
dollars They started it to
thank the good Lord for
what He had given them
the past year
The next thing we know
some one will be moving
Christmas up to Dec 31 so
that we will have another
week to make money in
I dont believe that many
of us realize how much we
have to be thankful for If
it were possible to send every
Are You Living
A Full Life
Check Yourself
BY FRANK DIXON
The other day the peaceful
quiet of the midwestern
village in which I live was
broken by the news that a
veteran merchant of the
community was suddenly
stricken dead with heart
failure as he sat over his
books at his desk in his
place of business on the public
square
For 52 years he had been
identified with the business
circles of the community
Beginning as a clerk a
young man just out of school
by constant application unwavering
loyally to the firms
by whom he was employed
by conscientious and Industrious
application to business
and the practice of
thrift and selfdenial he was
able at last to enter business
for himself
Reared Good Family
By the same careful application
and attention to business
he built one of the successful
business institution
of the community He owned
his business and the building
in which it was housed He
also owned a comfortable
home comparable in every
way to the better homes in
the community
In addition to this he
reared and educated a family
who at his death were
making places for themselves
In the world He drove a
good car and without slavish c
devotion to his business lived
wellAnd
And he found time to give
to his local church a liber
el share of service and financial
aid He was a member
of the board served for
years as treasurer directed
its choir and sang in the
church mole quartet for
25 years
Some Sacrifice
This man was in my cs
timation a success in the
truest sense pf the term
Starting in a modest way at
the very bottom of the ladder
as a clerk with no assistance
other than he was
able to earn he advanced to
the ownership of one of the
communitys leading mercantile
institutions He built a
business built a home reared
and educated a family
yet with it all found time to
make many friends and to
give to his church a generous
measure of service each
year as he went along
We have seen success so
called made by men who
sacrificed everything home
life and community life and
religious life In their effort
for achievement but this
man was not one of these
Ho gave to each its proper
place and to each a full
measure of his energy and
application Such a life is a
success in the truest mean
ing of the term It is a full
wellrounded wellbalanced
life Such a life brings not
only satisfaction to the one
who lives it but also to
those who are left to view
in retrospect its course
American to some place in
Europe for one year he
would come back greet the
statue of Liberty with outstretched
arms and would
never forget Thanksgiving
Signed
J W Kellogg Commander
Swisher County Post No 214
American Legion
Business Professional Directory
l g Mcdonald
REAL ESTATE INSURANCE
Farm and F II A Loans
Phono 201
First National B nk Building
J E Swepston
Abstract and Real Estate
Loans
TULIA TEXAS
New and Used Automobiles
and Pickups Financed Teu
minute scrv co
l g Mcdonald
First Natl Bank Bldg Tulia
Dr R L Massey
DENTIST
First National Bank Building
Phone 32 Tulia Texas
Ray G Jordan
INSURANCE
First National Bank Building
DR R F McCASLAND
DENTIST
Heurd Sc Jones Building
Tulia Texas
Plftinview Livestock Sale Co
EHRE8MAN BROS MORS SALE KVWtY TUESDAY
RHWE8T CASH PRICE FOR TOUR LIYRSTOCK
PHONES Off Sit Rea ilM rialarrtew Vtatt
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H R mc Aycock
Life Accident Hail Fire Auto
INSURANCE
and
F H A LOANS
PHONE U9
OYERNrGHT SERVICE
TO FORT WORTH AND
DALLAS
JWI Moaiek Com Agent
PbmmN
The more powerful type of
torpedoes are 21 inches in diameter
and about 20 feet long
They can travel at the rate of
30 to it mile an hour
T THURSDAY DECEMBER S 1940
SPEAR
Villon Loved
All Kind
Discriminate
Telephone
Runs Across Life Of Villon
Comments On Republican Talk
Makes The Main Drag
Drags Out His Joke Book
Browsing through the shelves of the library over at thc
courthouse I recently ran across the history of Francois
Villon French poet and lover of the 15th century Villon
at various times during his life was liar thief burglar
pimp and a few other rotten things
but he was always the poet in the highest
sense of the world His works were
strictly true even though he may have
filled to some one to obtain paper upon
which to compose his poems Villon
was forced into his precarious existence
by a drunken priest whom he accidentally
killed The law nabbed him and
after being freed with a record hf
went from bad to worst What puzzles
me Is this How can a man live such
a dirty slummy life and still retain the beauty and inspiration
that is found in Villons poetry
After hearing Ulane Zeecks speech at the Kiwania
program Friday night I almost askecj
her what Republican unit she wa
associated with but someone inform
me that she is a Democrat and frorrI
a strictly democratic family Howl
queer Nevertheless shes a very
good speaker an intelligent young
woman and her conception of eco
nomics and the present AmericanA Republican
crisis is marvelous
BE
Mm
And Audience
Making the main drag Roy Holtzclaw dining with
Jonsey Marie Adams worried over the preacher shes
to marry soon Could it be shes trying to back out
Eron Gafford meeting Gay Gayler at Center Plains
at the Kiwania Joyce Craven wearing a gauze bandage
not from contact with a door jamb but because
of a style Kirby Musick waiting
patiently Thursday for the Aggies to start
scoring against Texas hes still waiting
Alma Mater going down in de
feat before one of the weakest teams the
Red Raiders have played thfa year
J B Payne crying discrimination after
two phone calls to Brownfield one at
165 for five minutes the other at
120 for six minutes Buster Sad
ler wanting to go to Amarlllo to look over the damage by
rain and ice last week the scarlty of do nuts and donut
dunkers in Tulia Thomaslne Starnes selling the
rural schools on the idea of subscribing to the library books
for use in classes R V Miller fixing two flat tires
coming from Amarlllo
A traveler informed a nullman agent that he wanted a
pullman berth Upper or lower asked the agent
Whats the difference he asked
A difference of fifty cents replied the
agent The lower is higher than the upper
The higher price is paid for the lower If you
want it lower youll have to go higher Wc
sell the upper lower than the lower In other
words the higher the lower Most peoph
To Be Or Not
To Be Natural
mimm
dont like the upper although it is lower on For FainUnj
soon Im going to invent a new remedy of somo kind
JL
account of it being higher When you occupy Customers
an upper ypu have to get up to go to bed and
get down to get up You can have the lower if you pay
higher The upper is lower than the lower because it is
higher If you are willing to go higher it will be lower
The customer had fainted
To be or not to be That is the question And today
Im almost not to be I have one of
the worst colds Ive had in years and
ant figure Just exactly where I
got it Ive doped up with everything
I ever heard was good for a head
cold but have found little relief up
to now If something doesnt happen
Weekly Sermon
The Quitter
BY THOMAS HASTWELL
Since my childhood I have heard sermons by evange
lists and ministers preached on what
they termed the Unpardonable
Sin They must
not have impressed me very
much because I cannot now recall what it was that any one
of them singled out as mans unpardonable sin In my opin
ion the unpardonable sin is committed when a man quits
trying when he gives up effort and abandons hope There
is no one who does not have
many things to overcome
many failures many disappointments many griefs many
temptations It seems to be a part of the scheme of life
that man shall be tried often and shall be developed through
much trial Christ promises the spiritual reward only to
him that overcometh He makes no promises of reward
to the quitter The same rule applies to the material side
of life The man who gives up when the going gets tough
and settles down into the rut of indifference and defeatism
commits against himself the unpardonable sin He becomes
a quitter and nowhere is a reward of any kind promised
the quitter
HEADLINE NEWS
From Here And There
The Randolph Flying Field of Texas is known in army
circles as the West Point of the Air
It is estimated that u uog in good condition can exist
twenty days without food and water
The United States army has completed plans that will
eventually result in the United States having the largest air
force trained fliers and planes of any power in the world
The plans call for an air aramda of 5500 planes and 4600
trained pilots by 1941
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Cannibalism and head hunting still exists in Dutch New
Guinea despite all efforts of the Dutch Netherlands govern- <
ment to stamp it out While other meat abounds human
flesh is more highly regarded than any other
Flags accepted by the United States government must
be 19 times as long as they are wide made of cotton bunting
having 31 threads to the inch and weighing 45 ounces J
to the square yard Seams must be at least 316 Inches
wide with 12 stitches to the inch and must be made in
the United States
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Spear, Sid. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 31, No. 49, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 5, 1940, newspaper, December 5, 1940; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42577/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.