The Smithville Times Transcript and Enterprise (Smithville, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1955 Page: 2 of 8
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Thornberry Reports
On Cotton Situation
A recent letter from Congress- I Introduced, the member* of the
nun Homer Thornberry lUtes Committee tell me that this la the
that a Sub-Committee of the best which can be obtained at
House Committee son Agriculture this time if we are to have prompt
recommended a bill to increase action before planting time. I am
the national cotton acreage allot- hopeful that the Congress will
meat by three per cent. It has take immediate action so that
vet to be approved by the Full some relief can be obtained at the
Committee. If this recommends- earliest moment.”
ithville Times
Herod OS second < lass matter January 1. 1«M, at the Feat Office at
gmSheffla. Texas, under the Act of Congress of March S, 1*71.
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Public School Week-1955
Strife CAIMTOI.
• Austin. Texas—Insurance bOls
have lagged. Water conservation
measures are embroiled in dis-
pute. And virtually no start has
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The Constitutioo of the Repub-
lic af Texas, adopted March 2nd,
IBM. declared. “It shall be the
duty of Conyrces. as soon as cir-
cumstances will permit, to pro-
vide by law, a general system of
education"
1H 1854 the School Law provid
ed for the Fust State School sys-
tem of Texas. The State Consti-
tution declares, “A general diffu-
sion of knowledge being essential
to the preservation of the liber-
ties of rights of the people, it shall
be the duty of the Legislature of
the State to establish and make
suitable provisions for the sup-
port and maintenance of an effi
cient system of public free
From this grew the public sys-
tem of Texas. Historians say:
"Education of the masses
through these schools which are
public schools has been the bul-
wark of the liberties of the people
and the national freedom of the
country.”
We must protect and nurture
the public schools system without
which Democracy will wither and
die, for it cannot live without
learning the knowledge by its
citizens.
The need for the Public School
never chan ges but times and con-
ditions may change or require to
be changed methods and practices
of public education. This is in-
herent with anything that grows,
for growth is the result of change.
Our Texas public schools were
created 101 years ago. In 1354
the first law passed established
the ptiblic schools It is a healthy
thing in our democratic way of
life to have an intelligent under-
standing of the true important
functions of our basic institutions.
This is especially true of the
schools. The initiative and re-
sourcefulness and the wisdom And
leadership that our schools are in-
culcating* in the youth of today
are the answers of the problems
of citizenship in the years ahead.
Yes. “bring me men to match my
mountains " That is the need of
our times and must come from the
public schools—schools that are
strong in the virtues required for
building strong men and w-om'en.
We can be assured of this and
do our part in understanding and
helping the public schools to ful
full their great obligation to our
times by being a participant in
the annual Public School Week.
March 7th through 12th Schools
will hold open house: accept their
hospitality, and you will enjoy
<he experience of going, back to
school- if but for a day.
Personal Mention
Mr. and Mrs Mel Ixiwenstein
and the latter * father, Mr. Zaps-
lac of Austin visited on Tuesday
with Mr. Zapalac s daughter, Mrs
J. R. Anderson
Mrs. Louis Mikulcnka was in
Freeport recently to visit with
her son, Edwin Mikulenka who
was in a- hospital following an
operation for appendicitis. She
also vkited with other relatives
Mrs W. L. Hendricks, Mrs
Jimmie Lee Christensen and Mr.
and Mrs Roscoe Harmon, all ol
Elgin, and Mrs. Billy Fleming
dinner guests of Mrs W. C.
Fleming oh Monday evening
Mr* W. C. McCarver is in
Wichita Falls visiting with her
son. A G McCarver, wife and
two children.
Mr. and Mrs Roy Holland and
ton, Johnny of Cedar Creek were
guests on Sunday ol Mrs Hol-
land's sister. Mrs. Edith Champion
and children.
Mrs E. W Hatch is spending
a week in Houston visiting with
her daughter's family, Mr. and
Mrs C. J. Blum and Bat*. The
latter took part in a program
which is an annual affair given
by the Masonic Shrine for the
benefit of crippled children.
ICOME TAX FACTS No. 3-
Ail Your Income Coes In Your Tax Form
terminal leave
Interest on state
bonds.
and muaidgel.
(This it one of • tenet of art tele* e* income let < hen get. The mutltt
err hated on information /trended by the American Inst,lute of Account-
ant t and the Texas Society of Certified Pultiic Accountant* )
Taxpayers make more mistakes In llatlng their Income than any other (
type of error, according to m survey made by the Internal Revenue
Berrire It Is important to know what to include and what NOT to
Include Look at this list aad see If you can tell which shoiml be listed,
as Income on your federal Income
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Dividends from an Insurance
, foMry |
Pay af armed forces enlisted men
while la combat or whifa hoa-
pl tallied from combat ear dee
Roc tel Recurtty beasBU
oifta. .....
Payments received under Work
OMO'a Composition/laws.
The oaawer ta that none of the
I tha listed as taxable
li There are other forma of
MM. too. which yoa will
la tha official tax la
Roms of them arc:
TW
> bo Used but aot the
thiy pay of
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■ The rental value of a psrsonaga
furnished to a minister of the goo-i
pel Is not taxable Income: the law
now adds that a rental allowance
paid to him for this purpose ta alau
exempt.
If you wou a prise watch thla tan
dtaUaction: tha prise to taxable if
yoa ware regulred to asert even tha
slightest effort to earn It: on tha
other band. If It was made la recog-
nition of Bdentl*c. Hteifcry or other,
achievement and you Were selected
without any action on your pud the
prtee to considered a gif! aad you
aru not taxed no M.
they an paid aa
ao
been nude^on-^a taxing program j appro-
must have more money, or face
the problem of halting its growth
or lowering standards.
Requested for two yean for its
main establishment, was $8,700,-
000. The governor's budget re-
commendation cut this by $2,400.-
000
University and college students
were to gather in protest of s
hill by Senator Ottis Lock. Hear-
ing was set for March 2. The bill
would authorize a compulsory $20
pel* semester student activities
fee
Fair and Calmer
Austin's weather bureau has
been in a tizzy answering the
many telephone calls from weath-
er-wary Austinites. To calm the
atmosphere in the tower at Muni-
cipal Airport, a mechanical tele-
phone answering device has been
installed.
Callers -enow are told, “Your
call is being answered automatic-
ally because the forecaster is
busy.” A complete weather report
follows.
New Highway Maps
Issued by the Highway Depart-
ment are 500,000 state highway
As a result, lawmakers are eye-
ing a possible special session.
Theoretical date for such a sea
sion is May 11. On that date the
legislators' pay for the regular
session stops.
It has been suggested that
Governor Shivers may have fore
seen a bog-down in the regular
session, and therefore has not
pushed his administrative pro-
gram. During a special session,
he would have full control of
subject matter which may be in-
troduced.
Tax Bill
Rep. Jerry Sadler of Percilla
introduced the biggest tax bill of
all
Promising a lot of controversy,
the bill would levy a one-cent per
gallon processing tax on all gaso-
line and distillates produced in
Texas. It Would: Raise an estimat-
ed $160,000,000 a year, repeal the
present four-cent gas sales tax,
and head off the administration's
two-cent gasoline tax increase.
Sadler said its effect would be
to reduce the price of gasoline to
Texans three cents a gallon. Sixty
per cent of the gasoline is ex-
ported, tax-free, he said.
Meantime, Rep. Charles Murphy
explained he hadn't yet asked for
committee hearing on the adminis-
tration's two-cent gas tax bill,
wanting sentiment to jell.
Some Fared Better
Passed by the House were bills
outlawing sale of lewd and de-
praved comic books: permitting
women to serve on juries; and
legulating leasing for uranium
and hard metals.
Amendments to the womeh’s
;ury service b«R narrowed con-
siderably, the list of those who
may be called to serve.
Furiously debated, the uranium
bill was attacked as a "give away.”
Rep. Walling " of Wichita Falls
added two amendments One will
limit each lease to 80 acres to
preyent one minor development
from freezing exploration on large
tracts. Another limits the primary
term of leases to five years.
Interest was heightened by re-
ports of a real uranium ore strike
in Karnes County.
Rep. Maury Maverick’s bill to
prohibit cross filing df candidates
by two political parties won a fa-
vorable report to the House.
Also favorably reported was
Rep. Tom Joseph s bill to bring
trust companies under supervision
>f the State Banking Department.
Not Faring So Wvll
Stymied in a House committee
was a bill to increase (he filing
fee of candidates for the Legisla-
ture to $300.
Killed by a Senate committee
was Sen. Crawford C Martin’s
omnibus water conservation MUT
It embraced nine subjects carried
in the scries of administration
tills offered by Chairman D. B.
Hardeman of the water resources
committee.
Martin warned that unless the
Senate reconsidered and kept his
bill alive, all others would be sub-
ject to being knocked out on a
constitutional point of order.
Grand Juries Taks Over
Meanwhile, three Grand Juries
have stepped in on the veterans’
lard investigations.
Bexar County's grand jury was
quickest on the draw, with two
felony indict menu Then the
DeWilt Co. grand jury at Cuere
fired a double-barrel broadside ol
195 indictments *gainst six per
sons. DeWitt County Attorney
Wiley Cheatham started the whole
land inquiry.
Travis County grand jury, with
\cnue in every veterans' land
transaction, had piles of ammuni-
tion and District Attorney Los
Proctor had his thumb on the
hammer.
Grand Juries in 10 other coun-
ties have had some contact with
the question.
Work by the Senate investigat-
ing committee'hod dribbled down
to a schedule of sessions only
every other Thursday.
In intensive hearings eeeh weak
and. the house eeounittae ap-
tbe question of
m and opfotloM hi fl
Office aad Veterans Lai
maps for 1856, with a new and
simpler fold.
D. C. Greer, State Highway En-
gineer, pointed put that the old
wheeze about needing another
map as a guide for refolding' an
opened travel map, is no longer
true.
Auto license purchasers can ob-
tain a special card for use in re-
questing a copy of the new map.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Haynie *of
Austin were weekend guests of
their grandmother and uncle,
Mra. H. C. Haynie and Mr. D. W.
Haynie.
Mrs. R. O. Callaway spent sev-
eral days in Austin last week
with her son’s family, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Callaway and Penny and
Diane.
PERSONALS
Sunday guests of Mrs. G. G.
Tansey and sister. Miss Anna
Hxwlowets were Mr. and Mrs. U.
P. Summers and children, Jimmy
and Bonnie Sue.
Mrs. G. B. Powell and mother,
Mrs. Caroline Doak and Mrs. Ford
Itogers were in Temple on Thurs-
day of last week.
Mrs. G. G. Tansey and sister,
Miss Anna Hawlowetz were called
to San Antonio on Tuesday on ac-
count fo the death of their niece,
Mrs. M. W. Winkler.
Mrs. Bill Fryar and son, Albert
Fryar of Fort Davis were weekend
visitors of their uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Tippen.
A recent letter from Congress-
man Homer Thornberry states
that a Sub-Committee of the
House Committee von Agriculture
recommended a bill to increase
the national cotton acreage allot-
ment by three per cent It has
vet to be approved by the Full
Committee If this recommenda-
tion is carried out, it means that
the S per cent Increase will go
to all the states.
“On the basis of the best In-
formation available to roe today,”
said Thornberry, “this means that
Texas will receive an Increase of
method of allocation recommend-
ed by the Sub-Committee la aa
follows:
A. Thq State ASC Committee
must first provide enough acres
to bring every farm, receiving
less than 5 acres In 1955, up to
five acres or to its highest plant-
ing over the last three years,
whichever is the smaller.
It is estimated .that this will
take around 20,000 acres in Texas;
however, there are no definite
“figures available.
B. The remainder (approximate-
ly 200,000 acres jn Texas) must be
allocated to the counties on the
same basis as the present acreage
was allocated to the counties.
The County Committee must
then distribute to the farmers
within the county as follows:
(1* To those hardship cases
where the farmer received less
than 40 per cent of his 1954 al-
lotment;
(2) The remainder, if any, then
goes to the County Reserve to he
distributed by the County Com-
mittee under the present general
law.
“While this is not the proposal
Mrs. B. F. Sellers of Bolton
was a weekend guest of her sister,
Mrs. J. F. Parka.
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