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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY, 41. JM7
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The SPECTATOR
Houston, Texas
January 31.
Making connection. Hotels
crowded. Fat Stock show. This
great town, great oil town. Oil der
ricks, oil tanks everywhere. Takes
more time to get through Houston
than New York, or so it seems. Big
buildings.
No movie gun-men riding about,
no shooting in street. All that con
fined to Atlanta. All small-boy
readers of Spectator will be disap
pointed to hear that no bad man
nas shot me yet. These men as
tame as Charleston politicians in
off-year.
The Rolling Plains of Tex.
Jan. 31, 1947
When you see a look of alarm or
dismay on a woman’s face, with a
slap as though killing a flea, the
cause of war is a tear in the hose,
or a run—or what-not. The noble
creature—man—is above and be
yond such follies.
Laredo, Texas
Feb. 1, «1947.
I am either in a new world or
back again to the old world. Here
is Laredo.,. The Mexican influence
is so great', (Spanish is heard more
often than English), that it seems
like going to Spain or to South
America.
I like the Spanish and I like these
young Americans who have come
from Mexican stock. British and
Americans do not usually mingle
with the Mexicans; they tend to go
together, the British and Ameri
cans, holding aloof from the others.
I boarded some dingy little local
buses and rode out into the poorer
suburbs. I was with the plain
people, of whom the Lord made so
many.
Kress, Sears-Roebuck and Mont
gomery Ward are here. I went to
Sears to exchange dollars for pesos,
centavos, etc., Mexican money. The
clerks speak Spanish; they are
young American-born sons and
daughters of Mexican immigrants.
The Spanish they speak may not be
the purest, but the English I us
ually hear in the United States isn’t
very pure.
These young Americans of copper
color or swarthy hue, with black
hair and liquid black eyes, are hap
py, smiling people, bubbling over
with the sheer poy of living;—and
with the Latin flair for merriment.
Kress has a great store here and
a fine restaurant I dropped in for
a cup of coffee. All the dishes
were named in Spanish and Eng
lish. Why in English? Everybody
i saw and heard was holding forth
in the liquid music of Spanish
words. I revelled in it and felt my
self back in South America, though
I must say that the young people
here appear to be happier than
those I saw in South America. Of
course I was never a fancy-free
tourist in South America, but a
hard-pressed official beset by all
the cares and difficulties of admini
stration. Surely these people are
happy here in Laredo. This is La
tin America transplanted to the
United States. I saw a little girl—
little girl, mind you—in a store and
asked if she were a Yankee cita
(little yankee girl) and she beamed
as she said “Si, Senor”. (Yes, sir.)
Riding on the outskirts of Laredo
I saw oranges and grape fruit on
the same tree. Moreover, the
oranges were both sour and sweet
In this hotel—quite a handsome
one—the clerks are Spanish—^Eng
lish, or Mexican-American, or sec
ond generation Americans, still
speaking Spanish more easily than
English; and naturally so because
Mexican-Spanish is spoken in the
homes.
I had an experience this morn
ing which reminded me of wrest
ling with the money of Europe and
South America. I never was at
ease with Dutch money, the guild
ers being an apple over my persim
mon. I tried to exchange dollars
for pesos in Sears, but had to go to
the Laredo National Bank. There
must have been a couple of hund
red Mexican-speaking men trying
to buy pesos. 1 finally got a hand
ful of pesos and half-pesos in paper.
We were a long line of money-ex
changers.
I haven’t seen any two-gun bad
men; nor have I seen any long-horn
Texas cattle. Brahmins are coming
in and Herfords abound.
At Gonzales, Texas, I saw chick
ens and sheep. That was a sad
blow. “And the blow almost killed
father”, as the old song said.
I just can’t imagine a big gun
man, swaggering in his chaps, or
dashing about on a msutang among
chickens. The days of the he-man
must be at one with Ninevah and
Tyre. Tom Waring didn’t tell me
about this.
Vast stretches of level land greet
you with endless monotony about
Gonzales, until you reach some
parts that might produce such fine
men as Frank Burgess—who grew
up in Stateburg; but mellowed in
wisdom and graciousness in old
Hot on the border? I shivered in
the morning cold on the bank of
the Rio Grande. There was snow
here in December.
South Carolina would be better
for cattle than the exposed plains
of Texas. Cattle freeze on the un
protected expanse of open land.
In a city bus in Monterray I read
this sign: “The Board of Health
forbids you to smoke in the bus”.
Well, they are ahead of us. Cross
ing the border on foot was easy—
5 cents—: but crossing in a car, or
even on a bus, is something else
again. You must go into the cus
toms and get a tourist permit. The
hubbub reminds me of France.
Then one must deal with Mexicans
on Mexican soil and with Mexican
money. I thought I was an old
hand with foreign money, but I
held a handful in preparation for
the payment of a few centovas.
About the cattle business: Many
cattle froze down in Texas. South
Carolina offers protected fields and
possibilities for abundant pastur
age-all the year.
The courtesous speech of the
Mexican may be understood by the
repeated request of a bus driver to
his milling-about passengers;
“Sientense por favor” meanning
“Seat yourselves as a favor to me”.
On the road to Monterray we
passed miles and miles of flat
country and then came rolling land
with the mountains in the distance,
rising majestically.
Monterray means “King’s moun
tain”. The lack of water means the
difference between wealth and pov
erty. Monterray is less impressive
to me than Laredo, Texas, though
it is a center of industry. The
people think that Monterray was a
dirty town of narrow streets. How
far from the truth. The newer
avenues have homes of beauty and
splendor that compel one’s admira
tion. With what money all this
was done—and is maintained—I do
not know. Probably the water sup
ply is bad, but we pay for water,
don’t we?
In my ignorance I was ready to
think that “no good thing could
come out of Mexico”. Ignorant
man that I am!! Years ago I read
better statutes in South America
than we have; now I see in Mexico
—Mexico, mind you—many prac
tices. we might well adopt. The
Apostle Paul admitted his debt to
the learned and unieared. Well,
so may we.
Nuevo Lareo, Mexico.
This is Mexico, Mexico itself, all
Mexico, as planned and built by the
Mexicans. Laredo is on the Texas
bank of the Rio Grande River—an
American town but so full of Mexi
can descendants that Spanish is
heard everywhere. Very little
English is heard here. But I like
these eager-faced young Americans
of the mellifluous tongue of Spain.
Nuevo Laredo is a town of some
size. It cannot be compared with
CALLING ALL . . .
CAMPAIGN WORKERS
Harvey D. Gibson, national
chairman of the 1947 Red Cross
Fund, this week called upon all
campaign workers to unite in their
efforts to achieve the $60,000,000
goal.
“If an opportunity to give is ex
tended the entire citizenry, I am
fully confident our goal will be
achieved,” he said. “The campaign
objective of $60,000,000 represents
the absolute minimum required to
continue those services for which
the Red Cross is responsible.”
Mr. Gibson, widely known New
York finicier and philanthropist,
has served the Red Cross in many
important capacities since 1917.
Laredo, Texas.
Although Laredo is atuned to
Spanish words and enlivened by
the flash of dark eyes, accompanied
by the ryhthmic cadences of old
Mexico, the town was built by
Americans. It is American. Nuevo
Laredo is a sprawling place, but
with an imposing Palacio del Gob-
ierne (Palace of the Government)
and a commodious park—the Plaza.
The Plaza, a great square, has
stone along the sidewalks, those
benches being given by citizens
with an inscription like this: “Ob-
sequiado por (Given by ).
Quite an idea, eh?
No wonder these coppor-colored
young Americans seem happy. We
Americans ought to be a happy
people; and we ought to throttle
all the isms which would change
the land of our inheritance. The
greatest threat to the security of
our great America is the Labor
despotism. We did much to crush
business monopolies but we have
made a vicious Labor despotism
and enthroned it. We ought to give
every man his rights, but no man’s
rights can be founded on injustice
to others, or to any form of menace
to public peace and national peace.
Whoever named the Rio Grande
river must have been bom and
reared in a desert, for only such a
man could regard this river as The
Great River, as the name says. It
is hardly any greater than the Pee
Dee; and not even Bob Hanna
would call that The Great River.
All the pueblo (town) of Nuevo
Laredo swarms with Muchachos
(boys) wanting to shine your shoes:
or with bazeers offering trinkets of
some sort.
The more I see of other coun
tries, the more I love America, the
America of our people. And I think
we narrowly escaped being Rus
sianized by theorists and planners.
You can’t plan another man’s life;
he himself must grow and develop
by his own work. Most of our
Government bureaucracy ought to
be thrown overboard as dangerous
to the real America.
Debonaire Doeskin, a Winthrop fabric, falls
generously to accent the slender grace of the Junior
figure. Every detail delights the eye, from the fine shoulder-
line to the hroa'd leather belt with its great metal buckle,
and the clever wrist-clips on the smartest of sleeves. The
shades are flatterers all—
Carpenter’s
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NEWBERRY. S. C.
Manning.
Newberry Will
Held Tournament
The upper state class C high
school basketball tournament will
be reeled off in the Newberry Col
lege gymnasium February 27, 28
and March first, Newberry Athle
tic Director W. L. Laval announc
ed today. The tournament which
will see some 18 boys and girls
teams from throughout the upper
half of the state entered, will be
conducted under the supervision of
Coach Laval.
Last year’s class C tourney at
tracted large crowds from over the
Piedmont section. Officials of the
high school loop expressed a desire
to return to the Newberry campus
for the play-offs again this season.
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SILVERSTREET CHURCH
The “World Day of Prayer” pro
gram will be observed in the Sil-
veretreet Lutheran church on Fri
day, February 23rd at three p. m.
with Mrs. R. C. Neel, Jr., as leader.
The public is invited.
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(pfanAon ZitenAum. S&wice
1. PLAN THE FARM to make the best use of land, labor and equipment, and to meet changing
conditions.
2. SOILS: Improve soils through proper fertilization, liming, and adequate soil conservation and
soil building practices.
3. EQUIPMENT: Extend the efficient use of improved farm machinery and farm and home equip
ment, and rural electrification.
4. FOOD: Continue to improve home food production and conservation for better nutrition.
5. FEED: Increase acreage of improved permanent pastures and annual grazing crops. Produce
higher yields per acre of corn, oats, hay, silage and other feed crops.
6. LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY: Continue to develop a larger permanent income from hogs,
beef cattle, dairy products, chickens and turkeys through better breeding stock, closer culling, and im
proved feeding and marketing.
7. COTTON: To meet competition from other areas and other fibers, produce higher yields pel
acre at lower cost per pound. Improve staple length and quality. Improve ginning. Expand grade and
staple service in marketing.
8. TOBACCO: Increase yields per acre of high quality tobacco at lower cost per pound. Improve
curing and grading practices.
9. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: Improve methods of production and marketing of peaches,
sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, and other fruit and tduck crops.
10. FORESTRY: Take care of the farm woodlands, and do a better job in marketing the prod
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including certified seed, for additional income and to aid in efficient crop production.
12. DISEASES AND INSECTS: Use up-to-date methods in fighting crop and livestock insects,
diseases and parasites; household insects, rats and other pests.
13. FARM BUILDINGS: Plan and improve farm home and other buildings for health and
efficiency.
14. FARM BOYS AND GIRLS: Further develop 4-H club work to train South Carolina farm boys
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