The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 210, Ed. 1 Monday, November 17, 1924 Page: 3 of 4
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by bank depositors in this country
during 1934 and they will total about
" Miss Hazel Ponder attendee
a party in Big Sandy Friday
• Rev. J. I. Reagan preached at
the- Christian church Saturday
evening, Sunday morning jand
Sunday evening
Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Jeffer-
son of Winona, were guests of
Miss Reba Wells, Monday after-
noon.
Mr.- and Mrs. Lawrence Bird-
song and son of Longview, were
in town Sunday afternoon.
Alvin Seago and Jewel Black-
stone of Big Sandy were seen in
town Sunday afternoon.
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MRS. BELL BROUGHT HOME
Gladewater Hi-Ways
Mrs. Howard Bell, who has
Cranberries, Celery, Nuts, Choice Canned- Goods, are all
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A stump and not a tree.___
« A short cut is the shortest distance between twon
oceans, two cities and t wo people who have buying and
selling interests in common. - . T -
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SHORT CUTS TO SATISFACTION
Do you think that the United States would have spent
those hundreds of millons of dollars on the Panama
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Thelma Tucker, Pauline Bell,
Leia Bess Hendrix and Frank
Shepperd visited Mrs. H. Bell at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
To shade the hot sands o’er, only an inconvenience for a
The woodman comes and hauls short time, while it is the only
Church of Christ and was loved
by the old and young alike for
her sunny disposition and right
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she married W. A. Presswood,,
to which union a daughter was
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mediate touch with hundreds of people here in Gilmer
who offer unusual opportunities in buying things that
you need. .5
Mrs. Hardy Petty of Gilmer,
visited her old class-mate. Miss
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AN ORNERY RATTLER
Insurance “man putting ques-
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Order Your
Christmas Cards
NOW!
It is not too early, but will
only give you time to get a
complete selection with just
the style of wording and
card you want.
The Mirror’s sample books
are now in and we are ready*
to take your order from
twenty-five up.
Delivery and payments to be
made in December.
We also carry at all times a
complete line of wedding
The Mirror can turn out your '
job work promptly—let us fig- 1
ure with you. "'*
25 for $2.25
you
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"'bearer"' only
sent them at
We might find' snags and
bushes. --
—Charles S. Atkin.
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We find where we found nuts been seriously ill at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. J. T. Little
at Pittsburg, was brought home
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T. This Christmas, surprise your friends with vut-of-ordinary
greeting cards. Send them something which they will keep '
and admire—an artistic etching or engraving with your
own name printed on them. Our cards are all "high-class
with envelopes to match on good heavy stock, some in the
folder style and others just the single card with panel or
announcements and calling
cards.
many financial crimes or
Take advantage of this opportunity to secure twenty-five
or more persona) greeting cards as low as 5c apiece and up.
Ordinary post cards wouk^cost as much.
We advise you to place your order early
C. A. Magrill and family
spent Armistice day with their
, daughter, Miss Ruth, at Lon
.Morris College, at Jacksonville,
and attended a football game.
Also .sell . Remington Portable.
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You will save money if you
buy your winter feed now.
When winter comes the demand
will be acute and prices are sure :
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It is the simplest thing in the world to order your Thanks-
giving dinner. Phone us the list of foods you wish to
serve and we will select th m with care from the choicest .
of our season’s offerings, and deliver them to your home
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means by which the loathsome
disease of smallpox has ever
broadcast from the American Bankers or abrasion of the flesh may in
Association and forty-eight state nine cases out of ten cause no
bankers associations. These warnings great suffering or inconvenience,
people are going up ip horror at
the suggestion. Thisis uncalled
for it seems, as vaccination is
dred times the money in circulation. ’Gladewater Hi-Ways
The vrrage"sanknacrookor when i The Pattonville, Upshur coun-
queried as to what his bank does to ty, H. S. boy Cagers defeated
protect jiis deposits, will probably tell {the locals in a clean fast game
you they are kept in a great vault and .___ . . 1. e nn .
that armed watchmen are employed, 1 here today to the tune of 32-4.
as well as nn e’aborate and efficient The Bull Frogs were badly
burglary and robbery alarm system, handicapped by the absence of
He may not know that the 23,000 n‛N , 0,
banks comprising the American Ban: Robert Bozman from the line-,
ers Association have .constantly and Up, , but were defeated by faster
conveniently available an army of basket ball
highly trained specialists who wage a j
“Ever had any accidents?”
“No,” was the reply.
“Never had any accident in
your life?”
"Nope. A rattler bit me once,
though.” —
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keep the trap constantly set end carry but it is the one case in ten that
out the Association’s plan of crime causes blood poisoning, lockjaw or
prevention as contrasted with detec a chronic festering sore. The
tion. I cheapest, safest and best course is
j to disinfect the wound with liquid
i Borozone and apply the Borozone
... . Powder to complete the healing
erAmnertcanr tnmersacrbag“tonotsz P™* (iquid) 305,606
If they increase the acreage by three and,$1.20. Powder 30c and 60c.
million acres, as is indicated by the Sold by
Intentions to Seed Wheat Survey of
the government, and normal condi-
Mr. R, M, Wood and family
spent Sunday, in Pittsburg, at-
tending the bdside of Mrs.
Wood’s mother, Mrs. H. Bell,
who is seriously ill.
been controlled.
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Gladewater Hi-Ways .
Uncle illy Bradshaw spent 8
the week-end at West Moun-
orevent loss by first wriung the detali of i
vuruaccounpnaimd and then printing her cousin, Miss Mary Close this
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Her remains were interred in
Rosedale cemetery after an
impressive funeral service, .con-
ducted by her pastor, Rev. O. T.
Craig. . I
Their many friends extend
sincerest sympathy to the be-
reaved family.
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Harold Chronister and Har-
.veey Hearne of Big Sandy, were
th- guests of Elouise Barker
anaDaphne Phillips, Sunday
eyening.
Mrs. R. M. Wood is attending
her mother at Pitsbi
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daughters. A few years later
stroying those incorrectTy written
4. Never give a blank check toa
stranger and never cash a stranger’s
check without an indorsment which you
• have positively verifled
5. Make checks payable to "eash" or
tiona azain prevaik in other wheat pro- "
ducing countries, next year’s wheat -
market will be glutted and once more
wheat prices will be ruinously low.
The present high price of wheat is
due to poor crops In other countries .
and is certain sections of the United
States.—W. M. Jardine, Advisory
Council, Agricultural Commission,
American Bankers Association.
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> Mr. and Mrs. W-W. Bradley
were in Dallas on business last
Represents the latest achiev-
ments in typewriter construe- •
tion; gives the greatest meas-
ure of satisfactory service and a
quality of work that is unsur
passed.
J. M. SHEPPERD
DISTRIBUTOR
Manager Protective Dopartmem -
♦ ' Amerlem-Bankere Acbbelatiegr <
The direct cst of all crimpa i
thia coutry-has: now reachea Ito
bigheat peak. Statistics reveal start-
ling inereases in nearly every type
of crime dering the past ten > years
The total nmancial toss through the
operations of criminals is estimated
at more than $3,500,000,000 for this
rear. A few of the items follow:
Embezzlement ...... 1 120,000.000
redit fraud a .............. 400,000,000
Burr’ary. larceny, and petty
tnefa ............... , 250,000,000
Vorgery. metuding worthless"
and bogus ............. 100,000,000
seaport ' robberiea, piracies
and cuntema frauds...... 100.000.000
flailroad thefta .............. 25,000,000
stock frauds ............... 1,700,000,000
insurance frauds ............ 1,000,000,000
Arson ....................... 50.000.000
Miscellaneous .............. 15.000,000
I am giving cold figures, not to star-
ile any one unless it be toward more
extreme cure in handling and safe
guarding funds and valuables. Right
here let me quote rules to help foil
eriminals known as "check passers"
Banker* ■- Association Y
Mrs. Bell stood the trip very
well.
We hope she will continue to
improve.
was
in forests yester-year—
The virgin trees in beauty grcat
When winter leaves were sere.
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The war is on, and conqueror
man
.Boldly, madly rushes.
Gladewater Hi-Wayk -
Mrs. W. A. Prenswooa, age 78,
one of the best loved ladies of
the the town died Saturday
night Oct 18, at the home 6t
her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Rush-
ing, with whom she had made
her home for several years. »
You sin or. exhibit . yvur signature “
10 Beware of the maric of the wori That wheyp thp Ay-Ali-
‘certitled ” Ordinary ortifiation stamps liiai untie uh kh
can be duplicated almost um easily asany I
other rubber stamp.
11. Watch checks which apparently
bear the makers’ ”O. K.’ or other form
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t ■ is a prescription for
Colds, Grippe, Dengue, Head-
aches. Constipation, BiHiousness taahnamheron,maxmtor.cmgcu9s
-American Bank
pergonnnypre. . Tuesday, Nov. 11. by MrA. R. M.
„othermiz,efAnd then 1 think of what there Wood add Miss Pauline Bell.
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continuous and relentless warfare
agalust the bank criminal. These
operatives are within easy reach of
an“hember bank. Criminals know
that if they attack a member bank
they are attacking one of the most ।
powerful and effective protective or-
ganizations in existence.
Another medium by which bankers.
it off
To make a "two-by-four.
accident ?”
.......... - 1 . "Hell, no? He bit me on pur-
•The bankers’ campaign for every-i week-end. She says .that her , ” •
body to. "pay.by. check" has borne sister. Miss Verra Close, and her 1
fruit. It has been estimated that to- . N 1 1 -----------------------
day more than 95 per cent, of the uncle. Ml. Oso ( lose, are to.
business of the U. S. is transacted by {spend Thanksgiving here.—
the.useof checks or other credit in- {Gladewater Hi-Ways
struments. That means about six and 1 .
Gladewater Hi-Ways
Despite the showers or rain
which fell Monday Nov. 11, dur-
ing the day several people-from
town enjoyed a hunting and
fishing excursion on the river.
During the morning the men
hunted and by lunch a goodly
amount of game had been killed.
A lovely lunch was served at
the noon hour. .
Those who enjoyed this
“stunt” were Mr.“and Mrs. Lyle
Hendrix, Mr. and Mrs. John
Hendrix, Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
Bray, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Nor-
ton, Mrs. E. T. Norton, Miss Fay
Norton, Mrs. Lillian Hendrix,
Frank and Cronje Shepperd.
The Mirror carries Mortgagee
Leases, Royalty Deeds, and in
Deeds, Vendor’s Lien Notes, Oil
various forms AlLin stock. “
The Gilmer Mirror
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t ‛r "seratchers"; they will help you to
avoid serious loss:
1. Never write checks with a pencil |
Ursstectnrand ink or.i possible, ‘ cheek . Where “clustering nuts fall
2 Fill in all blank spaces. 1 -
3 Don’t erase Errora shou’d be cor- ’
rectedsby writing a new-check and de-
NOVEMBER 17, 1924.
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Where Bankers Come From
The smaller localities are to a large
extent the recruiting ground for the .
prossion of banking. A recehg sur- | .
vey discloses the tact that of US
senior bank omeers in the largest |
cities of the United States, 4M. or M
per cent, were bom in the countr ar
In small towns. • |
Of the US sentor bankers of large ,
cities, 421, or approximately 63 per
cent, had a high school or college edu- ;
cation The conclusion is reasonable
A few minutes’ look through these columns will put !
i, you on the short cut tu get some everyday necessity at -
a big saving of time and money. Keep an eys,on the
Classified opportunities every day.
la ..early young womanhood
she married Rev. Slocum, who
within a few years passed away :
leaving the wife and two .
Gladewater Hi-Ways
After the recent death of Mr.
Johnson, Justice of the Peace-
elect, the place was declared
vacant and on November 11th,
Mr. R. E. L- Ferguson was ap-
pointed to take his place.
This work is not all together
new to Mr. Ferguson, he having
served in the same capacity in
Cherokee county.
Do not fail to attend the Bull
Frog minstrels at the school
house Dec. 12.
4 Never place your, signature a’one ns
in inchorsemention cheeks you initend to
ieposit. Write above or below your sig-
narire the words “For deposit only”
7 Never sign blank checks. If you ex-
pect tn be absent any length of time open
i separate acet unt subject to check of
your employee or agent.
8 Guard’ >LW.Wncp|lH<1 vouchers as
you would a valid check, leaving none
where they may be easily taken.
9 Keep your check books securely
locked up andba careful how and where
of approval. They, are more easily {
forged than the full signature
12. Safeguard yourchecks,as you would
your money, for they repres, it money.
13 Deponit slips provide ppnce for votr i
name, usually upon the upper Jinea.
Those written incorrectly shoukd be de- |
stroyed as otherwise your siguature will 1
be available for fraudulent use! You can I
and Kvoid Loss C
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THE RANI CRAGK gf. Gldemttr
IK MIX HRK weGgth old aomr-mUThezgrenty. Health
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Bedaysewhen i was just xisM j?" have
HtzomehowShelteredAleNHe .foundjths reports true and
*85: 5 --"5- quarntined several homes in
He’s buried on a lone artiku the dusky quarters.
where the good old tree once The doctors sdy we have a real
" stood. - problem hee as some of the
Instead of sheltering whlr. he negroes have run at large since
Hen 7—; the epidemic broke opt, and it is
Its a rotting stump of wood, not known how many have pos-
sibly been exposed to the
And since that good old man disease.
went down j The M. D.s’ lire recommending
No one has said “Oh spare the that every one be vaccinated as
‘tree;’’ " thes only lure preventative.
No mighty giant on hillock high Strangely enough, many grown
born. In 1908 she was again
left a widow.
“Grandmother” Presswood
was a consistent member of the I
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Tucker, George. The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 210, Ed. 1 Monday, November 17, 1924, newspaper, November 17, 1924; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1432403/m1/3/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.