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GILMER. UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1936.
VOL. 61. NO. 18.
BY TUCKER & LASCHINGER
True Love Rewarded
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county" ley, in the western part of Up-
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o’clock
Monday afternoon after an ill- either of the above gentlemen
besides
and two on her legs
and Mr.
blood.
Kenneth, two and
to
the hospital and placed
under
The Gilmer Fire Department
a
ber of Commerce aided in get-
of this county..
friends here will wish ahem
from all parts of East Texas to
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• his truck than his
Hart, . is
becoming known
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Wil-
that part of th county a few
continued in a -
direction.
mite cap or left it behind.
Of County Is Dead
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years,
Mrs.
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Fort Worth, went on trial on
Tucker was
brought home from Houston
Sunday in the
Croley ambu-
care
years, 9 months and 10 days.
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behind by another auto on the
highway just south of Glade-
station
Paul
Twister Levels
Jimmie Stewart
Home; Hurts Six
estimated at not less than, two
inches. It put a season in the
one-half
Stewarts,
given two years suspended.
In the Clarence Smith case,
Owen tendered his resignation
to Commissioners’ Court Thurs-
American Legion
Meeting and Pro-
gram Here Mon.
de-
its
Man Loses Tips -
Of Three Fingers
By Dynamite Cap
The storm
northeasterly
She
of
Roads community.
She was the , mother
ficiency, the Gilmer team also
captured secnd place.
damage was very great’,
help will be needed.
Gilmer Will Have <
Convention For
_ Firemen In Fall
town by the
wrecker. —
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Roberts-Gates
time to avoid what might have
been a serious injury.
will mean at least 175,000.00 in
grants.,
If you have not made out a
Friday morning at
hospital.
western -part of the
Friday night. -
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School Bus Over-
turns, Truck Bums,
Other Accidents
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Legumes Sown
With Other Crop
Held Conserving
Donations Being
Taken To Assist
Storm Victims
clock, with interment at Shady
Grove. 1
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was hurt worse than any of the
others. His .right thigh * and
rikiit ankle were both ‘fractur--
ed and in' addition he received
multiple contusions.
- Two other children, an older "
Cyclone Levels Houses,
Injures Several Near
Brumley, Soules Chapel
R.
W.
Plans To Give Boy
Scouts Big Summer
signs; Succeeded '
By Ellis Watkins
showed: He pled guilty and was
ducted by Elder B. B. _____-
Tuesday afternoon at three o'-
or left at The Mirror office.
All, af those who were injur-
ed are getting along nicely
today, but of course the money
Tert of whether the political machine built Up by the late Senator ’
Huey P. Long can carry,on under the various leaders who inherited
his power, two of whom are Richard W. Leche, left, new governor, •
--- and Robert Maestri, right, slated as new mayor of New Orleans, will '
--- come when the legislature convenes for the first time since the as-
sassination of the Kingfish.
to come.
Striking at about two o’clock
Saturday morning, a -cyclone
cut a path about two miles long
from Soules Chapel to Brum-
Howard Smith were in the car,1
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J Richard Leche
Criminal, Cases On
Trial In District
Court This Week
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ville was their chief competitor
for the place but the local boys
wherever Masons congregate in
Texas.
A Master’s degree will be
conferred at the lodge here on
Friday night, and all members
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Sheriff J. W. Bryce started
a Subscription list Saturday of
.... donatnons to help the victims
of the had storm in the north-
mer of the marriage of / Miss
Mildred Tillman and Mr. L. B.
Corvin at Santa Anna, Calif-
on Easter Sunday, April 12.,__
Mr. Corvin is associated with
the Lou Angeles branch: q f the
Goodrich Rubber Companyt. The
bride is the charming daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Mat Tillman
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H. E. Pickitt, J. L. Davis, Loyd
Towery, Carl Lyd; D A.
Mr. Leo
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Chapel were destroyed by the
tornado and a number of peo-
pie, inoluding six in the Stew-
art home, were injured.
By Monday morning Sheriff
quested, and may be made to
certain there will be visitors
Lawrence Hail, aged
years, died at four <
ARober Ma
buildings torn up. A post oak,
three feet in diameter, was up-
rooted and carried forty yards.
Othen trees in the path of the
twister were leveled and drag-
ged along the ground pulling
fences with them.
At Brumley, Mrs. Eugene
Foster was knocked unconscious
when the storm hit his home.
He was treated at Gilmer for
Mrs. Geo.
ing of the ’ Ross McKissack
one brother.. • -
Funeral services were con
was out only a few hours re-
see the work. ; particularly
match to it, which caused it to
.explode.
from nearby lodges, for the He was brought to Gilmer
efficiency of the team, organ it- for medical attention.
molishing everything in
day morning, and Mr. ........G.
Watkins was appointed to fill water. Mr. Robinson
that they dropped the dyna- present a program at a meet- Edwards, were marriet I Wed-
pesday. May 6, at H arleton,
East Texas, at he meeting pgpAArTAAm Tn
held Monday in Jasper. Hunts-] V58 I Ek -Ed-i 1U
where, he was charged with re-
x fusing to permit state tax in- Elderly Kesident
spectors to impound his truck,
he was found guilty. The jury
much happiness.
Edwards-Caffey
Cook drove up, and, skidding 11 4
on the wet concrete struck work sheet do s9at once at the
on »... . C J. . . County Agent's' off ice as there
him a light blow. Fortunately . 112112. " .
1 r . .. .. t II • is no obligation what so ever
he saw in time that the car ... ■ 2 - . I .. .
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had gone into a skid, and mov-| 2 , .
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ed- his feet out of the way in
turning their verdict and giv-
' ing Smith a two year suspend- . _ .
„ ed sentence. - home of her daughter,
Tuesday morning Ben Lillard, Charles Easterly in the Cross
State Comptroller’s Department, (,r;. (An P._
W. C. Aiken, the driver of the ~dr-e •WEn ne
Chairman of the Publicity
caP Committee, at the meeting, so
. , . Was he may give them publicity in
sawing wood; and not knowing The Mirror.
what it was, he held a lighted ________________
Tax Assessor-Collector c.w.roletwas considerably damag-
..... ed when it was struck from
of the team, including Fellow- H.vA Wapk HAr
crafts, are requested to be-aEwII .
there, in order that they may Three Couples
better prepare themselves for] ———
the occasion at Lufkin. Positions are open at ‘ the
___________._______ NRS office here for three
Outing Discussed
____ The youth was brought
ting the convention by wiring
the Jasper meeting cordial in-
vitations to meet at Gilmer,
and everyone will be gratified
that their efforts succeeded.
Smith, Jim Shockey, J. Spen-
cer, B. F: Fink, W. C. McGee,
B. A. Floyd, J. W. Allred, R.
E. O’Byrne, J. A. Carpenter, G.
W. Holmes, P. K. Williams, Z.
Wheeler, S. E: Williams, J. C.
Presnell, L. S. Webb, H. L.
Lunsford, E. L. Spencer, J. W.
Adkins. - ..
The first case called was
that f the State against Clar-
ence Smith qf Dallas. - He is
। charged with refusing to let
officers impound his truckload
of gasoline for investigation.’
The charges were filed against
him by P. E. Cravey of the
J , e J g in In the Contests, between fire-
found he had more gasoline™ men from various cities, to,
manifestshow-their firefighting and drilled by
death of James Emersonyearoldsonofthe
Thompson at about five o’clock
Davis had raised more than
$200 to help the storm suffer-
driving. Pled guilty. Two years
in the -penitatttery, suspended. The Rotary Club and Cham-
and driver’s license revoked • e F____ - ta.a : - —.+ —
four months.
- Thompson Youth
Elder Died Friday From
North highway at about 9:30
Friday night. The fire was
caused by a short circuit, and
after the flames had ignited
the gasoline in the fuel tank,
they grew to threatening pro-
portions, .endangering the car-
go of gasoline.. However, sev-
eral employees of Moody Chev-
rolet ■ Co. arrived at the scene
and extinguished the blaze by
shoveling quantities, of mud
onto the flames. The Moody
wrecker then, brought the truck
to Gilmer.
Mr. M. F. Robinson’s Chev-
the office for the remainder of
the term.
Mr. Watkins has been serv-
ing as Deputy Assessor-Col-
lector. He assumed the office
at once.
An indictment against ’ for-
mer Assessor-Collector Owen
for misuse of 12,872.61 of the
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Drung driving.-Pled ’ guilty.
Two year suspended • prison
j sentence. Two year loss of driv-
€ -ing-rights.
Bill Chambliss, Dallas. Drunk
Miss Guestine Caffey. daugh- scene .of the greatest damage,
ter of Mr. and Mr.. J. 51 Caf- unroofing the bum and part of
fey, and Mr Jesse Eiwards, the house of Mrs 8 P.
son of Mr and Mm. H. E.Tmams-
also were
a drunk driving charge. He
was involved in a wreck in
which one man was killed, Dow and Mrs. Chas. Easter-1
east of Crow. The jury retired ly, all of this county. She also
with his case at 2:30. leaves a number of grand-1
Leon Derrick, colored, plead- childre.
Funeral sen’ices were hekl
g
The Gladewater ’ American,
days earlier, and it is thought.Legion PoACand Auxiliary will,
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Post to be held at the court-
house in Gilmer on Monday
night, May 18th.
State Commander Earnest
Goens of Tyler has been invit-
ed to attend.
All ex-service men in Upshur
County and their wives are
cordially invited to be present.
Grandma Dow, aged
J.S. Lewis I i
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Mr. J. S. Lewis of Brunley
was buried at Matinburg
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Lawrence Hail
Of Shady Grove
Buried Tuesday!”^ assisted by Justice Mat
a local
Cemetery, Camp County, Tues-
Gayle Oler, formerly minis- The Commissioners’ Court lance and is at the home of day afternoon. He had died ground that should take
ter at the Church of Christ was in regular session Monday, her daughter, Mrs. R. H. Las- early Monday, at the age-of 85 of fields and garden* for Weeks
chinger.
26 ers. More donations are re-
Friday afternoon, with - -inter-
ment at the Hoover cemetery, here, visited in Gilmer Friday, handling routine matters.
Heart Conditionwherwenkened“Adomutoss
won out, and will stage the
next one-day meet here in
November. --
• Charge of stealing a belt from
the Rosewood gin and selling
it in Cass Co. Previous record
of burglary resulted in a -two
year sentence to the peniter- was successful in landing the
. tiary on a guilty plea. ■ next convention of firemen of
Tom Kightlinger, Gladewater.
called to bring in three - cars
from Gladewater, damaged in
crashes caused by the rain. All
were minor crashes in which
no one was hurt.
A gasoline tank truck carry-
ing a load of 1100 gallons of
gasoline caught fire on the
an oxygen tent as a last resort,
btt to no avail. - , .
He was the son of Mr. aiad
Mrs. J. O. Thompson, and liv-
ed about five miles south of
Gilmer. His age was 16 yeairs,
9 months and 13 days.
Miss Tillman Wed.
At Santa Ana, Calif:
Her many
car, said Smith told him to
ignore the demands of the offi-
cer and they drove away to
Dallas. The defense claimed
Smith didn’t know of the
orders given. the driver. ...
Arguments began before
the jury at three o’clock.
After the jury had retired
to consider the case of Clar-
ence Smith late Monday, six
cases were disposed of on pleas
of guilty. They . were as fol-
lows:
Herman Fleet. Plea of guilty
on a drunk driving charge.
Given two year suspended sen-
tence and right to drive a car
revoked for two years.
J. W. Dodson. Pled guilty to
bigamy indictment. Two years
in the, state penitentiary.
Raford Johnson. Burglary
Heart trouble causek the
boy and girl, suffered multiple
1 cets and abrasions but neither
was .seriously hurt.
Johnny Nelson, who worked
for the Stewarts received (
leratiens of the scalp but
was not seriously injured.
At the farm of. J. C. Jenk-
ins, in the same neighborhood,
’ the home was not hit but his .
. . ■ wagon shed, smoke house, wash
Word has just reached Giln ■house and shed and other out-
H. W. Lillard, Fort Worth.
Transporting motor fuel on a
false manifest. This charge
At that time the homes of
Mr. Jimmie Stewart and Mr.
Herman Green of Soules
f Miss Virginia Williams of couples, to do farm work and
M ,, Frank - imAustin, and Mr. Don Williams housework, according to Mr.
Messrs. John, Frank and Jim 1 "2 .. rimmy Fleetwood
-- — — • , of College Station spent Moth- ”immy, 5ee"ood
er‘s Day with their parents. Any couples wanting work of
Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Williams, this kind apply at once to the
__: ■ NRS office.
A Union Grove school bus
carrying about 25 Boy Scouts
turned over near Little Cypress
on the Ore City road Friday
night. Slick roads caused by
the rain were the reason for
the accident. The scouts were
on their way hom’e from a fish-
ing trip. None were hurt. The
wrecked bus was brought to
" lacerations about the face,
scalp and right leg.
The storm also hit at Rose-
■ wood; some distance from the
meeting at Tyler at the time of.
the wreck. The damaged car
was towed to Gilmer by Tully
Reynolds. -
Mr. Homer Mings was slight-
ly bruised when he was bump-
ed into by a skidding car. He
county’s funds preceded his re- was seated at the doorstep at
signation by about two weeks. Guy Smith’s filling
-. when a car driven by
A party n a geophysical
survey had passed through
Judge Walter G. Russell re-
convened District Court - for
its final week of work, Monday
morning, and proceeded io
• - swear in the following petit
jury: • ---
T. N. Camp, L. A. Davis, C.
T. Shelton, E. R. Blount, Louie
Covin, Harper Bland, J. Willis,
H. L. Helms, J. F. Cadenhead;
path, and reaching Pine, it un-
roofed practically every build-
ing in the place, blew down the
gin and the Stewart A How-
ard sweet potato house, and
left ‘a patch of wreckage in its
wake. 1 ,
A very heavy rain followed
and preceded the cyclone, and
the county generally received
its biggest rain of the , year.
Put On Work At
T .fu;n Mqv 10 Mr. A. J. Keel of Concord
-uumu‛ "-d- -had the tips of three fingers
‛ of his left hand, including the
' The famed degree team of thumb, blown off when a dyna.
Bethesda Masonic Lodge, Gil- mite cap exploded in his hand J
mer, will confer a Master’s de- He found the dynamite
gree at the Lufkin lodge nextin the woods whhe he
Monday night, May 18. It is
on their way to an I.O.O.F
was brought by the Comptrol-
• ler’s Department when it was
State Scout" Executive Ses-
sions of Tyler met with offi-
cers of the Upshur County
Scout District Thursday night
to make plans for a summer
camping trip for all of the Boy
Scouts in this district.
Various places were "con-
sidered but it was finally de-
cided to take the boys to_either
Caddof State Park or the Boy
Scout camp near Rusk.
Further details will be work-
ed out in the near .future and
the annual trip will probably be
made about July.
Each troop is to be request-
ed to appoint an active scribe,
who is to report all Scouting
events of general Interest to R.
H. Lasehinger, who was named
ness of seven weeks with
typhoid fever. . ...
He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Hgil of Shady Grove.
Besides his parents he is
survived by two sisters and
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Successors to Late Kingfish
Constance Williams
When pretty Constance Williams
of St. Joseph, Mo., proved the
sincerity of her affection for]
"Robert J. Hall", relief worker,
by marrying him, she found that
true love had its rewards since
her bridegroom turned out to be
Angus .Gallagher of Youngstown,
O., heir to a 1250,000 fortune.
He had assumed the name of Hall
when he "went on the road."
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Young, N. A. Pilcher, W.
Davis, W. H. Allen, T.
shur County.
At the home of Herman
Green, Soules hapel, about ten
miles from Gilmer, his house
was demolished. ■ However, • he
and Mrs. Green found refuge
in a storm cellar and were un-
hurt. ~
A short distance off, the
home of Jimmie Stewart was
completely • leveled, with tim-
bers and pieces of the iron roof ’
scattered hundreds of yards,
away, and over a. large area.
In this house there were six --
persons and none escaped in-
jury. 'u ' .
Mr. Stewart was probably
least hurt of any, receiving only
minor bruises and injuries.
Mrs Stewart was painfully
hurt, receiving a fractured left
collar dbone, a gash on her head
ed guilty to the burglary of
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Two rows. of corn or grain
sorghums planted with one
row of cow peas or similar le-
gume will count as two-thirds
soil depleting and one-third
soil conserving crop. ,
This ruling by the State
Committee is very important
to Upshur County farmers as
this is a cgmon practice. Every
farmer should fill out a work
sheet regardless, as he may
find that he. is eligible for a
grant later on in the year. No
grant will be_permitted where
no work sheet is made out.
New regulations are appearing
almost daily and in every case
making it more favorable for
farmers to make positive com-
pliance. ' ~ - ‘ ■
, Upshur County farmers have
already made, out work sheets
on 33,595 base acres which
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Steelman.
The following witnes ted the
ceremony: Mrs. Caffey. Mr.
and Mrs. S. Paul, Lois Ed-
wards, and Vennil, Vsse Faye
and Lewis Taylor. \
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Laschinger, Russell H. The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1936, newspaper, May 14, 1936; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1440539/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.