The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 51, Ed. 1, Friday, August 18, 1933 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BARTLETT TRIBUNE
Friday August 18 1933.
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THE BARTLETT TRIBUNE
AND NEWS
Published Every Friday in Bartlett Texas
By
FOX and FOX Publishers
W. VV. FOX Editor H. B. FOX Associate Editor
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter at the Postoffic? at
Bartlett Texas under the Act of March 4 1879
SUBSCRIPTIONS: $1.00 a year to residents of Bell Williamson and Milam
counties. All other: J1.G0 a year.
Friday Augusjl 18 1933.
EDUCATION
The Tribune holds to the view that the public
should be informed concerning some of the glaring
inequalities existing in our state educational sys-
tem and that the dissemination of correct informa-
tion along this line will lead eventually to a greater
measure of equality of educational opportunities
for the youth of the state.
At the present time thousands of hard earned
dollars of the taxpayers of Texas are being wasted
upon the so-called higher institutions of learning
in Texas while thousands of underprivileged chil-
dren in the small towns and rural communities of
the state are denied adequate educational oppor-
tunities. Our system of higher education constitutes one of
the biggest "rackets" in Texas today. Useless de-
partments are added to our colleges and universi-
ties to give employment to economic misfits and
for the unworthy purpose of increasing the size of
the college or university.
The influence which the "gang" of "higher edu-
cators" exerts over the legislature is so powerful
that it has become almost impossible to pass legis-
lation to curb their unreasonable demands.
Witness the failure of the last session of the legis-
lature to pass legislation which sought to reorganize
our colleges and universities along sound educa-j
tional lines and in the interest of economy and ef-
ficiency. The Tribune is glad to record that extravagance
and waste are not found in the management of our
local school system. The town and schools have
been fortunate in having men of business ability
and foresight on the s6hool board who have given
their best efforts to the task of maintaining the
efficiency of the school system and at the same time
reducing he operating expenses in order to relieve
the taxpayers of the community. The tenure of
the present school board of Bartlett has been during
one of the most trying periods the public schools
have had to face due to the decreased revenue for
the schools.
How well the board has succeeded in its efforts
to manage economically the local schools may be
judged by the fact that the total cost of operating
the schools was reduced from approximately $30-
043.00 for the 1 930-3 1 school year to $2 1 7 1 7.64
for the 1 932-33 school year. Due to wise economy
on the part of the board the amount actually spent
in the 1 932-33 school year was $2254.00 less than
the amount provided for in the budget of that year..
The budget adopted last Monday by the school
board provides for $23855.20 for the 1933-34
school year. Judged by the action of the school
board in the years past however the amount it
will spend will no doubt be considerably below
this mark.
The operation of the schools on a cash basis dur-
ing the coming year will depend however upon
the prompt payment of taxes. The large amount of
delinquent taxes are working. a hardship on the
schools and the appeal of the school board for the
payment of these past due taxes should meet with a
ready response from our citizenship.'
The public schools and churches should be the
ast to be made to feel the "pinch" of the depres-
sion in any community but unfortunately they
have in too many cases been made to suffer first.
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4 -.&. . A second DEFEAT
Proponents of the sales tax as a source of reve-
nue for the government are untiring in their efforts
to cram this tax down the throats of the already
overloaded masses.
An effort is now being made to have the ap-
proaching special session of the Texas Legislature
pass a general retail sales tax despite the failure to
secure the passage of such a tax measure during the
regular session.
The sales tax is unsound in theory and vicious
in practice and proponents of this tax deserve the
same rebuke in the approaching special session as
they received in the regular session.
ETHICAL
MOSQUITOES
A plague of flies gnats and
mosquitoes descended on Bart-
lett from' Bomewhere last Mon-
day and managed to torment the
town very successfully.
Grocery stores and cafes were
'hard-pressed to keep the pests
out. They swarmed around
screen doors so thick that in
some instances they were attack-
ed with burning newspapers used
as fire brands after the man-
ner of routing Yellow Jackets.
The scientific explanation of
such a phenomonon could not be
found. Flies gnats and mosqui-
toes are not supposed to travel
very far from their birthplace
and how so many could be born
so close together and so sudden-
ly was not understood.
Ordinarily southern newspa-
pers attribute all such plagues
co a Republican administration
but since last March most un-
pleasantries have been consider-
ed baffling;
If these swarms of flies gnats
and mosquitoes continue to make
Bartlett their home some code
of ethics and fair practice should
be promulgated e. g.:
Code of Ethics for Mosquitoes
Whereas the cut-throat and
unfair practices among mosqui-
toes have brought about a state
of chaos wherein an honest mos-
quito can hardly get more than
a pint'of blood a day ; and
Whereas the recent increase
in fine-mesh screens and fly
swatters has made a mosquito's
life dangerous and bloodless ; and
Whereas a mosquito without
a code is unthinkable;
Be it resolved that all mosqui-
toes whether malarial or not
abide by the following code for
the first few days after it's pro-
mulgated at least:
1. No .mOsquito shall bite
twice in the same spot within the
same hour.
2. No mosquito shall have ex-
clusive rights to any one person.
3. No mosquito shall bite
without first sounding a warn-
ing provided the object of at-
tack is sound asleep.
4. No mosquito shall come to
Bartlett when there are such
towns as Belton and Temple
nearby.
5. Any mosquito caught sting-
ing his fellow mosquito shall
be branded as human.
6. Any mosquito violating any
of this code more than twenty-
five times in as many seconds
shall have his license revoked.
News From
Various Spots
10.
Okla-
Abduction Racket
Spreads to Animals.
DURANT Okla. Aug.
The kidnaping racket in
homa is spreading to animals.
Grieved at the loss of her only
pup a dog owned by Elmo Duck-
worth kidnaped six kittens from
the mother cat and spirited them
away to the dog house.
The kittens tried to go back
until they apparently became
convinced the doghouse was the
right environment after numer-
ous deductions. The mother cat
finally moved into the doghouse.
Now the dog and cat feed the
kittens on a 50-50 basis.
Home Burns When Man
Uses Gasoline to Rid
His Cabin of Bedbugs.
CODY Wyo. Aug. 11. Al-
bert Trask sprinkled gasoline on
a mattress. He was showing a
friend how he exterminated bed-
bugs. "It works 100 per cent"
he boasted.
"Sometimes" he added strik-
ing a match for illumination
"you have to look 'way back in
for 'em."
There was a puff of flame. Al-
bert Trask and friend raced for
the door. At a safe distance
they watched Trask's log cabin
burn to the ground.
"It works 100 .per cent all
right" admitted the friend.
In Hospital 18 Years
Unable to Tell Name
Wisconsin Man Dies.
KENOSHA Wis. Aug 11. A
mysterious patient who has lain
paralyzed on a hospital cot here
for eighteen years unable to i-
dentify himself died Friday.
His lips too paralyzed for
speech and his arms so immobile
he could not write the wan has.
suffered in silence at the Ken-
osha Hospital since January 19-
14 when he was found lying in
MAIN STREET
COMMENTS
E. M. (Doc) Wilson shakes
hands with friends on the .street
Wednesday afternoon.
It is reported that H. I. Clark
is in the sheep and goat business.
Otto Speigclhauer drives
through town Wednesday after-
noon pulling a bale of cotton in a
wagon tied to his Federal truck.
Stanton Allen smokes his pipe
in front of the George Hempel
Jewelry store Tuesday afternoon.
a street outside the city. The
city has cared for him through
the years.
So complete was his paralysis
that his only sign of recognition
was a flash of an eye or lifting
of a lid.
The man was about 40 years
old. Ho was known to hospital
attendants as Old Man Lubin.
The name was given him shortly
after the war when a veteran
who was a patient at the hospital
thought he recognized the man
as a former bartender whom he
had known in Kenosha. The i-
dentity collapsed later however
when the real Lubin was found.
NRA Urged By
Gov. AViller To
Economize More
CHEYENNE Wyo. Aug. 12.
Gov. L. A. Wilier a Democrat
wants the NRA to economize.
Wilier doesn't think the re-
covery administration needs to
send .him a 664-word telegram
about a hearing on the New Or-
leans milk code or another of
1388 words concerning the
Knoxville Tenn. milk situation.
Nearly every day the gover-
nor said his office has received
telegraphic notice of code hear-
ings on cotton textiles or simi-
lar maters in which Wyoming
has only remote interest.
While in Washington this
week in connection with a hear-
ing on the Casner-Alcova nwi-
ject Wilier protested to govern
ment officials. The governor
said J. C. OiMahoney first as-
sistant postmaster general
promised to convey the protest
to a cabinet meeting.
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Blind Negro-Pastor
Postpones Wedding
While He's In Jail.
A blind negro preacher
forced to leave his fiancee de-
serted on the date set for their
wedding because of being held in
jail on burglary charges for for-
cing entrance into the church
of which he is pastor testimony
showed in Justice E. John Bald-
win's court.
The preacher and four of his
deacons were arrested on the
charges which were filed by a-
nother negro who holds a mort-
gage against the church. After
conducting an examing trial
Justice Baldwin ordered the de-
fendants released on their own
recognizance with instructions
to report to the grand jury next
week. Exchange.
A picture painted by Mrs. :Su-
la K. Mewhinney prominent
Texas artist of Holland is sig-
nally honored at the Century of
Progress Exposition.
The picture her largest cactus
picture is the center otthe Tex-
as exhibit at the world's fair.
It was included in the Texas
Fine Arts association circulation
exhibit. Temple Telegram.
It cost 75 farm women an aver-
age of $26.42 to dress appro-
priately last year in Parker
county the home demonstration
council reports after a study of
clothing accounts kept by these
women in cooperation with the
home demonstration agent. The
low cost was made possible by
watching sales .making clothing
budgets and by making clothes
at home.
It cost William Deck of Ocil-
tree county one gallon of gas per
acre to terrace one of his wheat
fields last year not counting use
of machinery or labor. His
wheat made 3 to 5 bushels more
on terraced land the county a-
gent reports.
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THE CHURCHES
It was impossible for The
Tribune to report a Sunday
evening sermon this week.
This feature will be contin-
ucd next week.
Irish potatoes grown on ferti-
lized land doubled the yield of
unfertilized potatoes for W. V
Ellis Ola Community Kaufman
county. He produced 95 bush-
els on less than two-thirds of an
acre. The No. 1 potatoes brought
$85 says the county agent in
reporting the demonstration.
Ninety cottpn street drosses
rauorea ior correct street wear
were made at costs ranging f r'omd
six cents to S2 by Childres
county home demonstration clul
women and shown in their anf
nual dress contest this summer.
Sings at Fair
Helen Ornstein contralto of
tho Chicago Civic .Opera Com-7(
pany who will appear In coa- f
cert on tho Floating Theater at
A Century of Progress tiwj 'i
Chicago'a World's Fair on tho '
evening of July 27 from 8:30
to 9:30 p. m. ii
Within The Next Two Months ...
With each of its subscribers The Tribune has contract-
ed to furnish the news of this community at the rather
small rate of a dollar a year.
Publishing a newspaper is a business and must be run
on business principles if the paper is to be successful and
worthwhile.
Permitting subscriptions to become delinquent which
amounts to giving the paper away for nothing is a fault
for which only newspaper men themselves are to blame.
The Tribune expects eventually to run its subscription
department on a paid-in-advance basis. It is the only
satisfactory way in which either a daily or a weekly can
be run.
The publishers will not undertake to send you to
Europe or buy you even a second-hand automobile if you
pay up your subscription any more than a merchant will
send you to Europe or buy you a car if you pay up your
grocery bill.
However it takes time to effect a new policy and The
Tribune has plenty of patience. The figure stamped after
your address on this issue of your paper indicates your sub-
scription standing. If the subscription is delinquent you
will save the publishers a great deal of time and expense
if you will drop by the office and make a settlement. If
there is any error and there may be due to policies over
which the present publishers had no control it can be
easily straightened out by calling by the office.
Within the next two months the publishers expect to
see each of The Tribune's subscribers and arrange for a
settlement for past-due subscriptions. At present they
will not stop any one's subscription unless specifically
ordered to. If you do not order your paper stopped the
publishers will assume that you wish it to keep coming and
that you expect to pay for it when seen within the next
two (months.
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Fox, W. W. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 51, Ed. 1, Friday, August 18, 1933, newspaper, August 18, 1933; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76293/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.