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A NEWSPAPER, "OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE"
Yol. 52.
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MINEOLA, WOOD COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH, 17, 1927
NUMBER 1.
SPECK TATER
It'g most nearly dogwood
blossoming time. To the
bid East Texans who have
gone from these parts who
read this, it will bring recol-
lections of the prettiest sea-
son of the year. It's worth
a trip back home to witness
again those nightly ghosts,
j, , - ♦ * * * # . _ .. a
"LET GEORGE DO IT"
In the coming School elec_
tion to be held on April 12 there
will be three of the present
board to go out of oifiee. In
selecting successors to these
trustees who have no doubt
given their earnest efforts to
the work, it should be the duty
of every citizen to take an in-
terest in the choosing of them.
If the voting is done in the
same manner as in the last
school election, there will be
35 votes cast.
As has been the custom here
On the election day several
■citizens get together and agree
to g0 to the polls and vote
for so and so and when the
votes are summed the results
are that the ones previously
picked are selected and no one
seemingly cares.
This condition is a result of
the present general spirit a_
broad of "Let George '
and further that the present
Aboard is doing all right, so let
it be as it is.
Without passing judgment
upon the present members who
step out of office, other than
to say that as far as can be
ia&eertsm-iJ. tneir records are
good, and faithful, it would be
to the geneiai farood of school
Management to change school
•officials at intervals and to
place new talent in the ranks
of the trustees. ;New stimuli
are needed in every line of
"business and the same holds
trc^e even in school boards.
Let all the citizens feel 'it
-very necessary to have a part
in this coming election.
♦ # # *
Confidentially this is how
the Sditcr of The Monitor
looked on the first of this
month. Save him this em-
barrassment by coming in
promptly and paying your
subscriptions and accounts
with him. I'll draw another
picture of him showing how
lie looks after you make your
payments next month.
HAWKINS DRUG MAN FOUND WITH BULLET HOLE IN HEAD
Mrs. Lacy Eddins
Former Minolan
Succumbs Tuesday
News reached Mineola Tues-
day evening of the death of
Mrs. Lacy Eddins, formerly
Ttliss Maydee Bruce, daughter
of Mrs. Mitt Bruce. Mrs. Ed-
dins died at 5 o'clock after be-
ing ill for several months,' how_
ever, she had not, been con-
fined during all this time.
Mrs. Eddins is survived by
her daughter, Florene Eddins.
Funeral services were held
this morning at 10:30 at the
cemetery in Longview.
Hearing two reports from a pistol, about seven o'clock
Wednesday morning, Mrs. J F. Parrish rushed into the
oath room of her home andj found her husband with two
serious wounds through the top portion of his nead- The
wounds were inflicted by a 38 special revolver which lay
near the body.
Aid was quickly summoned and medical attention was
given the wounded man- Physicians from Mineola also
responded in addition to one in Hawkins. Nothing could
be done to save his life and he died a short time after
eight o'clock Wednesday morning.
There were no eye witnesses
and n0 one could attribute euy
itason for the act, The cor-
oner, Justice of the Peace
Siuith of Hawkins, re .^oreu
a verdict of suicide.
Mr. Parrish had been in the
drug business in Hawkins for a
number of years and had estab-
lished himself well in his com-
munity.
He is survived by his wife,
and tw0 children, John Har-
win, aged 11, and Billy Verg,
Besides he has two brothers,
W. R. Parrish who lives in
Hawkins, and R. M. Parrish of
Stinnet, Texas, and a sister
Mrs. Juden Shipp of Golden.
Burial will be held Thursday
in the cemetery at Big Sandy.
Another Donation
To I. G. Bromberg ■,
Memorial Library
i
■
'4 Little things amount to a
lot of things" said B. L. Gh«
pell a, local dry goods dSS
of Mineola, a member of the
local school board, as he dis-
cussed the donation of fifty
dollars from E. (Buddy; Mayer
an old time Mineola citizen who
now resides in Dallas, to the
Bromberg Memorial Library of
the Mineola School system. You
see it is like this.
"Recently it became known
that the late I. G. Bromberg
had given to the Mineola
Schools $200 for the purchase
of suitable books for the lib.
rary. One fourth was to go
to the Grammar School, one
fourth to the Negr0 School
and one half to the High School.
These books have been purchas-
ed and will be placed in the
various libraries. ■' ~' *
"Here is a check from Bud-
dy Mayer for $50 to buy books
for this Memorial Library. It
came as a rembrance of the
birth of the late I. G. Brom-
berg which came on the- 16th
C. C. Sisler Store
Erected AWmg
A beautiful new awning has
been erected on th south en_
trance to the ne\tf* Sisler Store
frtwt has-imprwed the-appear-
ance of the building, besides
serving as a protection from
the hot summer's sun. The
awning covers practically the
whole side walk and reaches
the width of the front. "Civic
pride as well as comfort" said
J. M. Ashworth the manager
of Sisler Ts.
decided after reading your arti
cle on "Living at Home" that
you "live at at home," froia
a paper sack just like the i est
of the "town tarnters ' If
all the farmers were to take
your advice you could fill the
rear of your car wi;h "liv«
at home" stuff for two bits and
buy a nice sow and pigs for
five dollars and the surplus
would rot on the farms as it
did last year.
There is an old saying that
' turn about is fair play." I
believe the saying is true. You
"town farmers" have been giv-
ing the dirt farmers nothing I of March."
NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
A bill passed both houses to
require cars to be register-
ed in the county of the resid-
ence of the owner.
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Governor Moody Wednesday
signed the gasoline tax bill
w;hich will assess three cents
a gallon until September 18:53
and after that time a tax of
two cents per gallon.
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Another bill passed requir-
ing the State Board of Pardon
Advisers to give notice to res-
pective local officers before con
sidering or actng upon ap-
plication for pardon.
* * * * *
Three sensational holdups of
payrolls occured near Pitts-
burg, Pa., recently in which
the bandits escaped with $104,
000 were cleared up Wednesday
when Joe Jawerski made a
complete confession of the af-
fairs.
*****
The Senate reconsidered and
r finally passed the Williamson
House Bill providing that no
fee shall be paid an officer
making an arrest for highway
violations of the law. Motor
cops lying in wait or trapping
ders are also prevented
making arrests.
Peff Ashworth, 20 year old
farmer who lives near Faquay
N. C., was rescued Wednesday
night after being buried alive
for thirteen hours in an old
well. He became locked in a
chamber of the well's walls
shortly after he descended in
the well Tuesday morning at
11 o'clock. He was resting
easily except for the results
from the long exposure.
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Dallas Woman Claims
To Have Been Choked
And Robbed Today
News reached relatives in Alba of the sudden death of
fC- B- Belk, undertaker of Alba, who was killed by a gas
explosion in Shamrock, Texas, Wednesday. .Particulars
of the death were not stated. Some of his relatives left
immediately for that place and will acompany the remains:
home, via Mineola, reaching here on number 6 of the
Texas and Pasific Thursday-
Mr Belk was about SO years old. He has a large numb-
er of relatives and friends in Alba. It was stated that
his burial would be in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery-
As the Monitor goes t0 press,
it has been learned that four
men were killed and one per-
haps fatally injured in the ex-
plosion at the gasoline ab-
sorbtion plant of the Columbian
Gasoline Corporation near Sham
rock. Besides C. B. Belk there
were Jack Todd, P. W. Melton
and Lason Chance. Bob Grif-
fin was injured. All the bod-
ies Were carried to Shamrock.
This gasoline plant was und-
er construction. Two men were
inside one of the units and two
were on ladders outside. The
units suddenly burst into
flames, the men on the ladder
were hurled over fifty feet
while the two inside the untis
were killed instantly at the "bot-
tom of the gas chamber. Mr.
Belk was burned beyond all
recognition.
Oil Interest Here
Takes A Leap With
New Announcement
Claiming to have been click-
ed and robbed by a straggler
whom she had picke.l up when
he requested a ride, a Dallas
woman who refused to make
public her name reported tlie
action to Deputy Sheriff Ed
Cole of Terrell Thursday aft-
ernoon.
The woman was traveling a-
lone in a high powered car
toward Mineola when the tramp
asked her for a ride, three miles
east of Terrell where the over
head bridge crosses the Texas
and Pacific tracks, according to
her report. She slowed down
and permitted him the ride.
After going a short distance,
she claimed the attack was
made and something over $40
was obtained. In the struggle
for the money, the woman
claimed that she was severely
beaten and choked.
The officers of Kaufman
County made an investigation
but found no clue to the identi-
ty of the assailant.
Parent-Teachers
To Elect Officers
two new Oil Companies are'S«r
curing leases not far from
Mineola and will be ready to
begin drilling within the next
few weeks.
One location will be south
of Mineola just across the
Smith County line while the
other will be made to the west
of town approximately three
or four miles. As soon ag the
leases are all executed the Joca_
T. tion will be announced. Sev_
who is interested in Uis a«so_ eraj ]ocaj men are assisting in
ciation be present and t&Ke pai t. securing these leases and state
in the election of these olii-^at work is going on at
cers. * a fast rate. •
Besides this business meet, ^ well t0 be Grille! thfe
ing a special program of un_ > west of Minefti* ]>0
- . , . „ . otandaic Slli !? ?
by the girls after the voi.ng j There will be no ehargc fo. Ms formation of oil is encountered
fw Uhw viil brWlfc^e of
An important meeting of the
Pa; e its-Teachers Association
will be held Tuesday afternoon
March 22 at the High School
building at 3:30 o'clock. This
meeting is called to elect of-
ficers for the coming year. It
is desired that every parent
With the belief that oil is
in Wood County, and that in
paying quantities, despite the-
fact that dry holes have been
found in distant places from
MineoU .within County,
How two 16 year old Louisi-
ana girls who lived near Delhi
were kidnapped on February
26 by three young men and
taken to Amarill0 and kept
prisoners by the tro. was told
Wednesday to Amari.iio officers usual interest wilt be g'veh. with a Ctaudaul jm
by the girls after the voi.ng i There will be no ehargc for this - - - -
men had deserteu Ths!Entertainment. <
girls were histerical when they
told their story to the author-
ities. The parents of the &irls
are going after the?/i today.
Mr. and Mrs. Ice returned
the first of the week from, a
visit to New Orleans.
but advice for the last fifty
years, now it is time for you
to keep quiet awhile and let
us dirt farmers tell you how to
ru'n your stores, factories,
banks newspapers, etc. We
have as much common horse
sense as you have and are as
capable of giving you advice
as you are of advising us. If
you will not allow us to advise
and dictate to*you, please keep
"mum" for we are getting —
-tired of the army of butin.
* * * * *
Dear Mr. Speck Tater:
—I have read your column in
The Mineola Monitor and have
skys.
In the meantime, you town
farmers will continue to have
your peas, beans, groceries,
potatoes, onions, etc., shipped
in without even trying to help
your neighbor farmer "live at
home," by purchasing from
him.
Yours for farmers,
Medi Ttater.
ANSWER:— I'm glad you
wrote Medi and though you
have not disproven "living at
home," arguments, still you
have said the truth about buy-
ing from the neighborhood
farmer.
* * * * #
You are old if you can re-
member when the motion
pictures shows had an offi-
cial announcer explaining
each picture.
'There are other gifts yet
to be announced. It is my
prediction that within a few
years Mineola Schools will have
an excellent library.
The Meanest Thief
U A Church Thief
That's practically the whole
story excepting the facts in.
volved. When the Methodist
Ladies closed their Pure Food
Show in Mineola Saturday
night March 5, they left quite
a quantity of merchandise be-
longing to several stores in
Mineola in the Armory where
the show was held. During
the intervening time from Sat_
urday. night to Monday morn-
ing some one entered the Arm-
ory and took goods amount-
ing to value around $30.
So far the thief has not been
detected but the officers are
working on the case. It has
been stated that not only will
the thief be prosecuted for
thievery but the United States
Government will possibly take
matters in hand and bring
charges for breaking into gov_
ernment premises and also for
thieving from a government
! armory.
LIONS CLUB VOTES TO ENTER
E. T. C. C. MEETING AT TYLER
I
At the East Texas on ing today. Mrs. R. O. Rogers J
.Parade," the big feature of the' and Miss Iris Adrian sang a
first annual convention of the j duet to the appreciative Lions
East Chamber of Commerce to ! and responded twice to encores,
be held at Tyler on April 20' Miss Adrian also sang two
and 21, Mineola will be repre- two number to the delight of
sented and her many advan-
ages displayed. Reservations
will be made this week for
entrance into this parade and
there will be a beautiful fleat
from Mineola in it.
The Lion's Club voted to be-
come a part in this movement
and to acquit itself creditably
along with the other good
towns in East Texas. It is
the Club. Russell Adrian de-
lighted the Lions with several
fiddle selection.
Supt. Carl Nesbitt announced
the Concert of the Texas Wo-
man's College Orchestra to be
held at the High School build-
ing Friday the 18th. He stated
that the admission would be
free and asked all the Lions
to be present together with
the aim of the Club to give | their families.
in its representation a birds i John L. Cheatham, connected
eye view of the territory in [ with Mayfield Company was
and around Mineola and to let
everyone know that Mineola is
progressive and one of the
leaders in the advertising of
East Texas.
A committee will be announc-
ed this week and will appear in
The Monitor in the next issue,
to arrange for Mineola's share
in this convention.
An interesting program was
a guest at the luncheon and
responded to a call for a speech
with a snappy four minute
talk on East Texas and her ad-
vantages. His remarks were re
reived writh applause.
The Club voted unanim-
ous thanks t0 R- H. Luther for
his presentation to the C'.ub
of a large key to be use as
given the Lion's at their meet- the official key of Mineola.
, losing it. After drilling is
commenced, the work will be
pushed forward with the great_
est speed. *i-'" • --"«J
J. S. Weller and R. E. David-
son of Shreveport who are as,
asciated with Col. Geo. C. Pri_
estly, an experienced oil opera-
tor, are here and are making
preparations to begin drilling
soon. -. _
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Three Cent Tax
Put On At Gas "
*
Stations Here
Woe to the man who drives
his car too much and uses his
automobile except for necessi-
ties for when he drives up to
one of these gasoline stations
he will surely be assessed the
extra three cents for gas.
Thursday mornng the new gas-
oline tax law went into effect.
Every station in Mineola has
gone up on its gas for the
State of Texas has said, that its
roads must foe kept up and th$*
man who uses them mast pay
for the deterioration of them.
Gasoline is selling f0r" 20c
wrhere it wa£ bringing 18c.
The profit of the ga3 dealers
was lessened one cent and the
three cents tax was added.
However, they still say step
on the gas.
J. H. Haley has been on the
the sick list but is improving.
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Carraway, R. H. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1927, newspaper, March 17, 1927; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth286003/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.