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The Mineola Monitor
A NEWSPAPER. "OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE"
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VOL. 53.
IllNEOLA. WOOD COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 7. 1928
NUMBER 12.
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D10ATE SWEEPING SOUTH AND WEST TEXAS
jmmng fcaturaav evening June
2, and continuing at intervals durins
this week, vain ha? fallen in a slow
manner which is estimated to be
worth thousands of dollars to the
farmers and truckers of this county.
It came as a drizzle and continued in
this manner throughout Saturday
night. Sunday the rain ceased and
the ground was allowed to soak the
water which had fallen. Again Sunday
night the rain fell slowly. All day
Monday it continued to come down.
Today the ground has one of the
finest seasonings which it has had
at this time of the year which, the old
timers say, has been in many many
years.
This fact is most encourging to the
planter and farmer. He sees ahead
a splendid crop and a harvest most
productive. This fact has given the
people in this section an* optimistic
view on the economic situation of the
town and county and the pyschology
breeds confindence and good cheer.
The corn, though late, is well on
the way to a splendid stand and will
mature into a fine stalk.
Cotton is looking healthy and the
fields show a good stand. Early cot-
ton is only a short ways off from
blossoming and several farmers about
here are working for the first bale,
to be brough into Mineola.
All-in-all the rain has been a saver
of crops coming just as if ordered and
it will mean much to the prosperity
to an already prosperous section.
AMERICAN LEGION
TO MEET FRIDAY
NIGHT IN MINEOLA
TNQUfRIES FROM OTHER
STATES ABOUT ETEX LAB.
XECUTIVE C OMMITTEE MINEOLA TEACHERS
CF EAST TEXAS DENTISTS ELECTED FOR ENSUING
MEET IN MINEOL A SCHOOL YEAR j
Lor.gview, Texas, June 6.—With
the opening of the marketing season,
greatly stimulated interest is being
shown in-the ETEX marketing label,
devised and distributed by the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce. This
interest is being evidenced through
numerous letters of inquiry for infor-
mation, coming not only from all
parts of East Texas but from the
rest of the state and from other statt s
as well. Within the last few day?
.-.ucli inquiries have come from such
distant stales as Ohio and West Virgi-
nia.
Th'e ETEX label is a super-label in-
truded for use on only such East Tex-
as products of farm and factory as
are able to meet rigorous require-
ments as to quality, grade and pack.
It is designed to standardize and ad-
vertise such East Texas products as
are able to meet its requirements,
and to create con-sumer-confidence in
,.:t£ products marketed under it. Pro-
di is ;?-arkeiei under the ETEX label
.uuit carry their own individual label,
-trial number or trade name, to dis-
tinguish them from others of their
At a session of the East Texas
Dental Society's Eexecutive Com-
mittee in Dr. S. C. Noble's office last
Sunoay plans for the entertainment
and for the program of the East Tex-
as Dental Meeting which will be held
here in September were prepared.
The committee was composed of the
following dentists of East Texas: Drs.
B. J. Nasits, Tyler; J. C. Frances,
Longview; C. F. Hagius, Terrell; S. C.
Noble, Mineola; J. D. Thompson,
Marshall.
The East Texas meeting of these
dendsts will bring to Mineola ap-
proximately 100 dentists. There will
be several out-of-state- dentists who
will address the meeting at that time.
Besides speaking from experts in
this profession there will be a clinic
conducted for two days where this
association will be in session. At this
clinic the latest methods will be dem-
onstrated in connection with the prac-
tice of dentistry.
At the meeting of the School Board
of The Mineola Independence School
District last Friday night the teach-
ers for the High School and Ward
Schools of Mineola were elected. Supt.
Carl E. Nesbitt was re-elected to his
same position and Ben A. Copass to
the position which he held last year
as principal. The other teachers
elected are as follows:
G. R. Kennedy, Miss Dayle Driver,
Miss Daisy Killingsworth, Miss Doris
Williams, Miss Stella Mae Taylor,
Miss Helen Jones, Miss Marie Long,
o^* Wolfe City, Damon Smart, Mrs.
Damon Smart, Miss Lillie Bean,,
l^iss Inez Cline, Miss Marion Cullom,
Mis Faye Robinson, Miss Pauline
Greer, Miss Mary Moody, Miss Grace
Aldridge. In the negro school, Gen.
Green Beatty and his wife were re-
elected to teach.
All teachers were elected subject
to assignment from the Superintend-
ent of the schools.
FORMER PASTOR ANNOUNCES j After completing a trip which took
FOR THE LEGISLATURE him through West Texas and South
| Texas during the past few weeks,
The following statement was taken Arlvin 0ws1^ Candidate for The
from one of the daily papers of the United States Senate and for the
state Monday stating that Rev. Tower pastT severa! >'ears * national
had announced for a candidate for the as ^>a':'onal Commander of The AmeT-
legislature from Cass County. Rev. |ican Le*ion and Prominent in asMt-
Tower was for four years the pastor mer ln the rehabilitation of 1.000,000
of the Methodist Church here and has Ex-Service Men of the World War,
many friends who wish him much sue!has ^ened hundreds of telegrams
and letters from representative citi-
zens in the territory which he toured
which spoke in the "highest terms of
the headway which the Young Texan
has made in the above mentioned see-
The news
cess in the political field.
statement follows:
Jefferson, June, 3.—Rev. C. A. Tow-
er, former pastor of the Jefferson
Methodist Church, has announced his
candidacy for Representative of Cass ^lons*
County, where he now lives.
As he went into South Texas and'1'
After he held the pastorate of the 'in the Rl° Grande Val!,ey' Mr'
church here. Rev. Tower was volun-;was met by caravans of automobile*
tarily superannuated, and now is sup-1 *hd escorted to th« next town or city
ervising operations on his Cas:? Coun- jwhere he wa* to 8peak in behalf °{ hlB
ty farm.
LOUIS J. WARDLOW
TO SPEAK HERE FRIDAY
candidacy. At Rio Grande City the
entire town closed up for the welcome.
Hon. F. D. Guerra one of fcfee most,
prominent leaders of Starr (Bounty
„ made the introduction and said in $he
x . TH AT 8 P. M. j course Qf introduction that Soulb
Announcements have been given
that the American Legion known as
the Luckett Cochran Post of this
county will meet in the Beckham
Hotel next Friday niht at 8 P. M.
Those in charge expect a large gath-
ering at this meeting.
"NEW BOARD
MEMBER
ELECTED FRIDAY
The School Board of Mineola elect-
ed J. M. Hartsfield to take the place
of J. B. Whitten, resigned.
Mr. Hartsfield is well known in
Mineola and in .Wood County having
been residing in this county for the
past thirty-five years. He has held
the position of .bookkeeper at the
oil mill here for many years.
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A. D. BEAIRD A$D
FAMILY MOVE AWAY
A. D. Beaird and family left for
their future home in Dallas yester-
day., Their new home is located at
the--corner of Victory and Fitzhugh
Ave in East Dallas.
For the past several weeks the
friends of Mrs. Beaird have given
many parties in her honor.
To the considerable list of East
Texas individuals and firms licensed
to use the label, there recently have
been added several of the largest pro-
ducers and manufacturers in the en- j
tire section. These have signed the
contract that guards the quality, pack j
and grade of the products marketed !
the label, and soon will begin its use. j
No fee for use of the label is charged.1
Since the ETEX super-label, was
originated a year ago, the East Texas !
Chamber of Commerce has carried on j
an educational campaign on the im- j
pcrtance of marketing high-quality j
agricultural and manufactured pro-
ducts under the distinguishing mark '
of the label. There has been no ac- |
tive solicitation of contract, since only |
the highest quality of products may
carry the label.
By late summer or early fall the
marketing of high quality feeder pigs j
will be begun by members of the East j
Texas Feeder Pig Association, under
the label. These pigs will go to the
feeders in the grain, sorghum, and
corn belts.
J. A. HALEY ANSWERS ANDY BRITTON TO BE
I VST PHI \Q RFSIIT CANDIDATE FOR LAND
OF "PAR vlvsfs STROKE COMMISSIONER
Announcement came this week
through D. R. Boaz, advance man
, Texas and the Valley would vote solid-
j ly for Owsley.
At Gonzales Mayor Ewing present-
Monday morning at 9 o'clock the
death of J. A. Haley occurred as a
result of a stroke of paralysis. Mr.
Haiey suffered a stroke of this malay
eight years but recovered from it.
Several times during the past eight
years he has suffered from this di-
sease but made valiant fights and
pulled through with recovery. Anoth-
er stroke came Monday morning to
which he succomed. He was entirely
consicious up to the very last. He'
knew that the end had arrived.
Andy J. Britton of Quitman, Texas
announced this week that he would be
a candidate for the office of Land
Commissioner of Texas to succeed J.
T. Robinson.
Mr. Britton is well known in this
section of the state and favorably so,
and should poll a tremedous vote in
this section. It goes without saying
that The Monitor is for Mr. Britton.
jThe personnel of this paper know
Tiimr and believe that he is thoroughly
, capable of holding the office.
MRS. PI'NCUS ENGEL
RECONSTRUCTING
BUILDINGS
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The tow brick buildings adjoining
The Monitor Office are now being re-
modeled throughout. Mrs. Pincus
Engel is having new fronts put on the
building and new floors and a Johns -
Manville Roof. The walls are being
replastered and will be tinted. When
finished both buildings will be first
class. It it understood that a tenant
has been secured for one of the build-
ings but this is not been confirmed
by Mrs. Engel.
Mr. Haley was born July 7, 1864.
He died June 4. 1928, making his age
at his death G4 years old. His native ;
state was Alabama but he left there j
and selected Texas as his home when'
he was 22 years old. He joined the j
Baptist Church in 1908 and was a'
consistent memebr of that church un-1
til his death.
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He is survived by his wife and the'
follolwing children: B. D. Haley, I
Shreveport; E. B. Haley, Leag City; j
W. J. Haley, Mineola; L. P. Haley,
Shreveport; Mrs. Bob Carlisle, Mill-j
eola and Leo Haley, Mineola.
Interment was held in the City •
Cemetery in Mineola, Tuesday morn-
ing June 5th at 10 o'clock with Rev.
J. Harvey Carlin officiating.
STUDY YOUR LANDS WHEN THE
RAINS COME
JEFFERSON SMITH
FOR COMMISSIONER
tor Louis J Wardlow, Lawyer and|ed the Senatorial Candidate and pra-
Ranchman of Ft Worth and a candi-1 dicted that he would sweep Soutt
date for Governor of Texas, that Mrf'|T<?yas in the cominf? primary, . TRere
Wardlow will speak in Mineola June
were over 5000 people to her Mr.
15th at 8 P. M. Mr. Wardlow has 0wg]ey at Schulenberg, and they
been making a strenous campaign the,cheered hhn lustily and were loud ^
past months for this office and has their praise of the youJlg candidjrte.
been making many friends over the Wh<?n Mr Qwsley reached La Graage
state who predict that he will poll he wag m#t by appr.oxiinately 2000.
sufficient vote to make him a real ^ who also received hnn with
contender for the place. A fuller an-; tpprovaL The Distriet Judge of that
nouncement will appear in the Moni- digtrict introducted Alvi« Owsley end
declared to the people that Owsley
wag jjjg and their candidate for the 10".
S. ..Senate. - .
In Larado several thousand citizens
15TH heard him. It was a big occasion in
ijvhich the present Speaker of the
House, R. L. Bobbitt, made the intro-
tor next week.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
OF E. T. C. OF C.
BEGINS JUNE
Longview, Texas, June, 6.—The an-
The Monitor received an announce-
ment this week from Jefferson Smith
of Austin who states that he will be
a candidate for Railroad Commission-
er. Mr. Smith is an East Texan, be-
ing born and reared on a farm in
Cherokee County, Texas. He has a
very interesting platform.
BRIDGE CLUBS MEETS
WITH MRS. TAYLOR GREER
JENNINGS KEEPS
STEP WITH PROGRESS
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i E . W. Jennings, primier shoe shop
j operator of Mineola, who has conduct-
ed such a business here for many
years, buying out Frank Rholes sev-
eral years ago, has now moved into
his new location. Mr. Jennings ha;-,
built a shoe shop business in Mineola
which is a credit to his initiative and
perseverance. He deserves the con-
gratulations of the entire city.
His new building is one of the pret-
iest buildings in the city. Though
small it is ample for such a business
j as his. Its tile front of green and
! white with the Spanish tiles roof in
^ ! the front and the tile floor, it has
attractived much favorable comment.
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JIM ELLIS HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ellis are here for
a short visit with relatives and
friends. Mr. Ellis looks good to his
old friends and seems, to be in fine
humor. He stated that he had been
receiving The Monitor regularly while
away and that he read every word of
it. He complimented the paper very
highly; i and •for that compliment the
Monitor : isf4ulx thankfiil. ..
Experience has amply proved that
even rather steep lands be successful-
ly held and cultivated, provided they
are properly terraced and the ter-
races then kept in good shape. Like-
wise, we are learning that much of
our low, flat land, if properly ditched,
i and then the ditches kept open and
I the water moving, can be made high-
j ly productive.
I The best of all times to study both
•the hill lands and the Jow, flat lands
. is during or just after heavy rains,
while the water is actually moving off
: the fields. At these times, as at no
I other, one can study the terrace sys-
| tem, find the .weak places, obsei've
.where surplus water is unduly^accum-,;
: ulating and threatning to break, and
! ascertain what is needed at the ends
Jof terraces in the way of proper out-
I lets. Similarly, on low or level lands,
, when the heavy rains fall is the best
: of all times to study the drainage
I system and see if it is properly func-
j tioning.
; I know hill fields that are washing
away because they are not being studi
, ed and the proper work attended to
before it is too late. I also know level
fields of low lands wliere the ditches
are choked with briers, bushes and
weeds, and where in consequence some
of the finest land in the South is uiv-
fit for cultivation. A pair of rubber
j boots, a raincoat, a rainy day and an
[owner willing to study his drinage
needs, make a combination that will
"do much in keeping our good lands
good and putting our unproductive
lands back" to Where they are assets
rather than liabilities;—-B. L. Moss,
in The Pro&re^Site Farmers "• >:
Mrs. Taylor Greer was hostess
yesterday at noon to the Noon Lunch-
eon and Bridge Club. This club is
composed of nine members. The en-
tire membership was present. A
luncheon was served to the members.
EDDLEMAN LEAVES FOR
DALLAS FOR OPERATION
E. C. Eddleman the manager for
the Gas Line of the Magnolia Gas
Company who is stationed here left
this week for Dallas for an operatic-
for appendicitis. After he wen
through the clinic there the operatic.
was postponed.
JURY APPOINTED FOR
OCTOBER TERM COURT
nual membership campaign of t^e Ruction. Mr. Bobbitt declared, "Alvin
East Texas Chamber of Commerce,,Owsley will carry Webb County solid-
ly with pbssibly an exception of a
will take place throughout the sectiqin
served by this organization beginning
June 15th and ending July 1st. Durr*
ing this time it is expected that more
than seven thousand members will
be enrolled for the ensuring fipcal
year. The annual membership fee in
the East Texas Chamber of Commerce
is $10.00 and includes the subscrip-
tion to the official magazine known
as "EAST TEXAS."
Gus F. Taylor, of Tyler, is the Direc
scattering fifty votes."
In West Texas Mr. Owsley has cov-
ered a large part of the territory. Tte
Amarillo he made a fine impression
and met with much support. The West
Texans are rallying behind Mr. Ows-
ley in spite of the fact that one of Ms-
opponents for the same office comes
from that section. The western citi-
zens of Texas are strong in the sup-
port ot Mr. Owsley because of his
tor in charge of Wood County in this | stand on Farm Relief and his adWK
campaign and he in turn is under the j Cacy of a Tariff on Wool and Hides,
supervision of Vice-President C. L. I Col. Will Miller, banker and ranchman
Pool of Sherman with R. M. Kelley 0f Amarillo has written to the Ows-
of Longview in charge of the entire
campaign as chairman of the Member
ship and Finance Committee.
The campaign in this county wifl
be under the direction of Dr. C. F.
ley Headquarters in Dallas stating
that Mr. Oweley will carry the Pan-
handle over all candidates. At Bord-
er, Texas, Ovie Overson, City Attor-
ney and Mayor Birger both have
Valentine of Alba who has been nam- written extremely fine reports of the
ed as County Councillor. He will be
assisted in each community of the
-ounty by deputies and by the secre-
vies of several chambers of corn-
support in that section. They pre-
dict that Mr. Owsley will carry that
section over all candidates.
In a letter writen by A. E. Owens
The Jury Commission of Wood
County announce the folowing to
serve for the October Term of Court.
Tob Wright, Quitman.
A. B. Rhodes, Coke.
C. A. Peacock. Mineola.
MISS KILLINGSWORTH
ILL WITH TYPHOID
Miss Daisy killingsworth, princi-
pal of the ward school here, was tak-
en to Dalas last week to her home in
a serious condition. Physicians name
her illness as typhoid fever.
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DICK PENDLETON MAKKES
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
The Drug Store of Dick Pendleton
a druggiest who has been in Mineola
for many years is making a great im-
provement in his drug store. The in-
terior is being made like new with
new tinted plastering and he had
bought additional fixtures. When fin-
ished his place of business wil appear
like an entirely new. placjs, ( k,.
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Mrs.793r. vO. Cowan is ill this week.
rce. He has been assigned a quota 0f Throckmorton, Texas, the former
of 75 members or $750.00 as the a-
mount his county is expected to m-
est in the East Texas Chamber of
Commerce this year.
The seperate classes are made this
year in competition for the several
valuable prizes to be awarded by the
merchants and manufactures to those
successful in the campaign. Class A
will include those counties having a
quota of 100 memberships or more.
Class B will include those counties
having a quota of less than 100. The
prize list is not yet complete but R.
M. Kelley states that when announced
it will include many prizes of value
such as an electric refrigerator;
Brunswick Pianotrope; Green Verith-
in Watch; a trip to Yellowstone Park;
handsome clock and a Detroit Jewel
full enamelled stovje.
To the Secretary of a Chamber of
Commerce in East Texas who renders
the greatest assistance in the cam-
paign the East Texas Chamber of
Commerce will give a course in the
National School for Chamber of Com-
merce Secretaries at Chicago with ail
expenses paid. Mr. Russell Rhodes
Tyler won this honor la3t year and
is going again this year at .the ex-
pense of his own organization.
home of Mrs. Tom Blanton, wife of
one of Mr. Owsley's opponents for
the S. Senate, to Hon. T. L.
Wynne of Athens under date of May
30, Mr. Owens states that West Tex-
as asks the aid of East Texas te-
win for Owsley, stating that West
Texas will poll a large vote for him.
Mr. Owens is an atorne.v in Throck-
morton and former Cousty Clerk, of
that county. The letter was read: in
Athens Monday June 4 before the
large crowd who listened to Mr. Ows-
ley speak there. The letter follows:
Hon. T. L. Wynne.
Athens, Texas. .
Dear Sir and Friend:
I understand you are supporting
Alvin Owsley for the Senate down
there in Henderson Ceunty and
thought possibly you might be inter-
ested in knowing what we West Tex-
ans think of him.
I have had occasion to be in Shack-
leford, Stephens, Haskell, Baylor,
Wichita and Young Counties lately
and can hear nothing but Owsley talk.
This is, or should be, Blanton terri-
tory, but Owsley will get it almost
solid. ~ .
His Farm Relief and Tariff vietp
are what appeal to the people' ottt
here—he seems to be abxiut the only
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