The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1931 Page: 2 of 7
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there would be a pronounced ten-
dency to replace the pavement prac-
tice# of many cities and towns with
programs calling for construction that
really brings low cost motoring,
i Scientific research and observation
of cam In operation have brought to
HouAbat it costs one cent a mile
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A'wtennedlate type road than dw
low type roads; and two cents a
mile less over high type pavement
than over low type surfaces. Certain-
ly, it It costs two cents a mile more
to operate a car over poor country
roads than it does over concrete sur-
faces, it costs at least that much
more to drive a car over the count-
son and family, Mr. and Mrs. V. L.
Metcalf. Her two small grandchild-
ren, Phillis and Billy, Who had spent
two weeks here returned with her.
• Mrs. Mary Metcalf of Harris Chap-
el Community spent Wednesday
night in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Metcalf.
for Silver* City, N. V., where "W
hopes to regain bis health.
Rev. and Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Roy
Crawford, Mrs. Cal Barber, Mrs. Joe
Carter, Mrs. H. L. Beauchamp, Mrs.
J. W. Fharp. Mrs Trsvts Barron,
,Mrs. E. T. Barton and Mrs. H. O.
Sparks were all Marshall visitors
Tuesday. Some attended Conference
and some .went shopping; others for
medical advice.
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THE
Beckville News
(Delayed from last week). , Kirbyvllle spent the week-end with
| Mrs. Blla Patty is spending a parents, Mr and Mrs. Homer Jones.1
days with nephew and family,] Miss Mattie Bell Talmadge spent
and Mrs. Virgil Metcalf. ' Sunday night with grandparents. Mr.|
I C. A. Barron and son, Travis, were and Mrs. Sam Talmadge in Long-
Marshall visitors Saturday. view, returning home Monday morn-
The small children of Mr. and lng on the train.
jllrs. C. P. Barron of Harlton are
tome time with grand par-
and Mrs. C. A. Barron,
i Mm. Charles Jones of (
STREET PAM
URGED TO GIVE
JOBLESS WORK
Countless Miles of Streets Are
As Costly to Drive On As
Dirt Roads
' By E. E. DUFFY
Motorists as a rule do not know
how much It costs to operate their
cars per mile of travel. To do this
would require an extensive amount
of bookkeeping with tabulations of
gasoline and oil purchases. Insurance,
motor vehicle tax, and repair costs.
If the average motorist took time to
calculate the cost of motoring be
might lose some of his enthusiasm
In case hlB driving were done over
poor roads and streets.
i If more motorists knew something mother, Mrs Caroline Roquemore.
of the increased costs that go with Mm. L. S. Metcalf of Venus came
Inferior travel surfaces quits liktly last Wednesday for s visit with her
D. L. Langley, D. E. Browning.
E. T. Barton and Roy Strong went
to Marshall Monday afternoon to
bring back Mr. Strong's wlfs who
! had been there on a visit.
Mrs. Hsttls Brown and Oliver Ross
were visitors in Marshall Tuesday.
Mrs. Brown spent a few hours with
j son and family, Mr. and Mrs. J.
i B. Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Barron and
i children. Miss Evs and Travis, and
; two grandchildren spent Sunday
with Mr. Barron's sister, Mrs. W.
W. Williams of Brooks community.
Mrs. Loin Edens and Mrs. Jim
Etbiredge spent Sunday afternoon
with her mother, Mrs. Ella Wyatt
and brother and family, Dr. C. A.
Wyatt in Marshall,
j J. W. Sharp, M. J. Whitfield, A.
P. Bell and son, Clifford of Beckvijle
and Fed Stanton of Longview, who
Is a guest of Mr Whitfield, attended
singing at Jlrooka Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Langley and
E. T. Barton made a trip to Bel-
man Town in the oil fields Monday
morning.
Rudolph (Busing and friend of To-
peka, Kansas are visitors here.
Miss Elisabeth HIJlIn of Longview
spent Wednesday with parents, Mr.
and Mrs. O. H. Hillin.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K Vansickle from
West Texas are visiting his grand-
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lass miles of Inferior atreeta than
it doee over the country’s high type
streets. Poor streets, replace with
Jagged holes and sharp bumps, exact
Muuty charges from the motor owner
—broken springs, rapidly worn out
jtirea, short circuits, and what not.
' Five miles of high cost streets over
.which 1,000 cars travel dally, a nom-
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EACH
39x4.40-31
IO Each
In Pain
Goodyear
Speedway
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39x4.50-20.
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five times large enough to repave
or resurface the five miles of streets.
This Is from ths standpoint of sav-
ings in motor csr operation only.
Savings In strset maintenance and
in the avoidance of accidents would
' A ft * Cfae to-t-Let no make you an offcolor your old tires on a
a tiff eat of new Goodyear All-Waatbar------------*--
ALL-WEATHER tiree for y*0 and Winter driving.
Carthage,
Texas
Xiss in their search for work to re-
Jnnl traffic flow, will exact a toll give a still wider investment margin^ ^.^“3'to^helr st^et ^yriems
jdirectly from motorists totalling $200 Of the hundreds of thousands of |q flad amp|e work> Bnd| work th8t
A This amounts to $73,000 a miles of streets in the villages, towns ^ be of laiUa_
Veer. This $73.ooo is, at four per' and cities of thla country, countleaa _ ______
tent, eqnel to the Interest on $1,825,- miles are piling up an exorbitant toll , .. r «
more than in motorists and taxpayers. Communl- TOOtball ufilllCS lO
n sum that would be
LOUISIANA
STATE FAIR
SHREVEPORT
OCTOBER 24 - NOVEMBER 1
Agriculture-Live Stoclc-Rjultry
MANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL ^
AND INTERESTING) EXHIBITS
OUTSTANDING
AMUSEMENTS
Mi Races—Radn Stampede
Hrmris—Orb Acts
Sensations if 1131 (iss)
Ctrl tin “Hmn Csmr M'
"that Pres* a Cannes Daily"
Maay Sthsr Nsw aid ThritHag Fsitnras
-wootbau.--
Saturday, October 94
I ....... . L. 8. U. - Arkansas
Saturday, October 31
Centenary - Texas A.4M.
I Monday, October 37 . .
I . . . Southern - Wiley
NO RESERVE MAT CHARM FOR ORANOaTAND
Sunday Aff moons nxcepteAAc^^Jt^teJtsees^
— Valuable Gifts Awird.^I ull ‘"1 A“‘*
“IT'S YOU! FAI1 — 80 18 TgBBB’’
Be Big Feature of
Louisiana State Fair
SHREVEPORT, L»., Oct. 7.—Tho
amusement program at the 1931
Louisiana State Fair, opening Oct
24 and continuing through Nov. 1,
will be unusually intereating, a*
shown by the Hat of attractions
booked by the management. Major
sources of pleasure for the patrons
will include several football games,
including the annual clash between
the Louisiana and Arkansaa unlver
cities on Saturday, Oct. 24 and (he
contest between Centenary college
of Shreveport an dthe Texas A. anil
M. ’3 be played Saturday, October
31. Reservations for tbeae major
games are now available to tboac
applying for same to the 8tate Fair
association.
Other outstanding amusements
booked for the pleasure of 8tat*
Fair visitors will Include: Rodeo
the first four daya. afternoon and
evening; Hippodrome acta, twice
daily, in front of the grandstand;
II reworks featured with "The Return
Of Prosper 11 y" spectacle, each night;
hand concert Gladway chows by the
Morrta aud Castle Shows; and auto-
mobile races, to be staged Sunday,
Oct. II and 8unday, Nov. 1.
' Friend—Was your uncle's mind
vigorous and sane up to "the very
lost?
r Heir—I don't know—the wlU wont
be . read until tomorrow.
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Young, Floyd L. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1931, newspaper, October 8, 1931; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1135547/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.