The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1936 Page: 1 of 6
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GILMER, UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS,
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Miss Frances Jean Conlin
were
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of you to
stand that I will never
dis-
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Latimer of Lufkin; J. D. Buie
and J. E. Buie of
of
However, peas, Thegari and Su-
oil, potter’s clay, glass
ignite coal and pure
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Buie of Ashland; Mrs. Lucille
Mrs.
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o’clock at , the Ashland Baptist weather and prospects of mil-
church, followed by burial at
may
Ash-
and.
New Officers
cere-
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insane
(See Croley, Page 3.)
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Absentee Voters
married life.
my
Secre-
S. D.;
visit
in S.; Obie Baker, Chaplain, and
the court to examine and
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that
At Oklahoma City
Him
Mrs. Harry Warren was car-
There will be
the
He was about 70 years old. His
will undergo an examination at
here the election manager of
your
ported dead some time ago
men
greeting old friends.
Stephens.
-
others
believed
Griffin of Jefferson and
Kathryn Bell of Kilgore.
Funeral services were
Wednesday afternoon at
heart trouble was the
couse of his death.
held
four
with the NRS office, Mr. Jim- .
mie Fleetwood manager, in the
chamber of commerce building.
Mr. Eddie Marshall is
again after a long siege
out
of
Upshur Conuty will be well
represented in the permanent
merce. Samples of them
also be seen at his office.
Masons install ;
Grady Warren In
Shadow Of Chair
Dons Pious Mask
Houston; Mrs. Irene Dunbar of
Ashland; Mrs. J.. H. Childress
lions of bushels of com expect-
ed to be harvested this year
in the Middle West have been
Florence Lovejoy were married
Thursday, July 2. Justice of the
Peace Clark Coppedge of Cedar
John T. Baird, Jr., J: D.; Ralph
Mahan, S. S.; Jake Dupree, J.
urer; J. B. Anderson,
tary; Archie Garrett,
typhus fever. ~
Mrs. R. A. Penn, Sr., return-
meeting of the Ross McKissack
Post No. 236 of the American
sand,
white
mica,
God
human
and
direct
re-
as
blasted.
If the farmers of
County have to import
M. D. Buie Died
Tues. At Ashland;
Was in 80th Year
re-
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LOCAL MAN, FORMER .
BARBER, NOT DEAD
the day before election day.
Printing of the ballots has
been completed and they have
been delivered to Secretary of
Sent To State’s
Permanent Show
5’7 1. * -715"
G.
to
are
Feed Sure To Be
Scarce But Still
Time For Planting
for the time bejng. At a later
date they will make their home
at Gladewater. 1.
the result of an accident while
swimming.
His friends will be glad to
know that he is alive and well*
Miss Janie Croley
Killed In Car
Wreck Saturday
o.
American Legion
Meeting, July 13
0. C. Rutledge, Tiler.
J. S. Castloo, John D. Gools
by and Jack Hogg will serve as
trustees.
of Mr. and Mrs. Tolbert, Pitts-
burg, by Rev. R. A. Clifton of
the First Baptist Church, Gil-
mer. The groom’s parents were
present and his brother from.
work can be allotted here,
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Oney-Lovejoy
Marriage Thursday
is that much money lost to the
farmer that could be spent for
farm and home improvements,
for clothing, for schooling, or
any other of the thousand and
throughout his long and use-
ful life. . —
- On May 24, 1877, he was mar-
ried to Miss Lena Parker. Ten
children of this union survive,
as does their mother,the loving
wife and faithful companion of
thought him dead, as a man voting box so he will receive it
with a similar name was
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more than fifteen days before
AS ONCE RETORTED said primary election day, that
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panion, he is survived by the
following sons and daughters
and their families: Mrs. Eula
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was tried and found
Tuesday.
Several doctors and
testified that thy
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men on their back’s—so
they might look up to ,
this fall it will be only because
they have been too improvident
to raise, their own, and they are
agents, and out of conditions
and things that are in them-
selves forbidden and unfriend-
ly —he can cause good to spring
.forth. “ .
_______ I can't help but believe that
the Lord God sometimes puts
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THURSDAY, JULY 9,1936.
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Owen was of unsound mind
___ • Lloyd Modglin
Latest development in the investi-
gation into activities of the Black
Legion in Detroit resulted in dis-
missal of three patrolmen, one of
them Lloyd Modglin, above. He
was identified as a member of the
terrorist organisation. Modglin
claimed his affiliation with the
hooded cult was “forced at gun
i _ -point".,.. ;
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Co. Agent W. D. Seals and
family spent the 4th with rela-
tives in Van Zandt County.
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> .. ishands of the county clerk not
living on the Gulf coast, and later than July 21 so as to give
plans a visit to Gilmer soon. him time to mail your ballot to
Many of his friends
certain to have to pay very 1
c Texas Starts Old Age Aid Plan
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self and others if permitted to
remair at large. They stated
it was their belief that he
required treatment in a state
ihftane asylum.
Drs. J. G. Daniels and Madi-
son Ragland were appointed by
ingh . •........—
The remains were to arrive,
here by train late Friday and
funeral services wil be held
tomorrow at Center Point.
Dry Goods Company of Hous-
ton, and was very popular in -
business and church circles
where she "was well known. She
was an active member of the
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. they considered Owen insane
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the Iris Beaty Shop in Gilmer.
She will continue to work there
June 30, 1936.
Dear Sheriff Brice: the deceased for almost sixty
.. ’ was employed as a barber,
regular -- -
Every farmer in East Texas
should plant every available
foot of ground to feed crops
without delasaaking advantage
of theawonderful season put in
the ground by the recent rains.
Much corn will produce a
good yield as a result of these
Ashland; rains but some was too badly
burnt to. amount to anything.
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When Texas put into effect its new law extending pensions to some
40,000 aged residents of the state, the event was marked by pre-
sentation of the first check by Gov. James V. All red, right, to the
oldest eligible couple, Frank Kainef,103, and his wife, Anna, 95.
a.. ' . of Weimar, Fayette county. \ ,
which Warren denies the brutal tack a week previously,
killing for which he was twice
mony.
The bride is the charming
Upshur _ . . . ..
grain Springs performed the
port on Owen. Drs. H.
Winneand.": C. c- Hudnall Died
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and would be a menace to him- one things that could be of
use to the farmer and his fami-
long and happy wedded life. past fourteen years she had
------------- been working for the Columbia
Paso, spent Saturday in Gilmer speak. All ex-service
• •• •• - • • " invited to attend.
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being for the first primary, •
July 9th to July 21st, inelu- -
i sive. •
Your ballot must be ,in the
an grass can all be planted
of Gilmer ;-S.T. Buie and C. B. now and there is sufficient
Buie of Ashland; Mrs. Lucille time, and to spare, to make a
have been sent to Dallas.
All of- these are found in
abundance in this county, and
were gathered by Secy. Bro-
goitti of the Chamber of Com-
married Thursday at the home Heights funeral home ambu-
lance. She was transferred to
rthe family cemetery at
death occurred at the home of RaTim H.Enat
a daughter whom he was visit-. .
Gilmer next Monday night,
July 13th at 8 o’clock,
pleased to hear from me.
I am feeling quite alright at
the time and trust that all is
well with you.
Sheriff I surely was glad to
have you visit me and I feel
much better since talking with
you and those men who came
up with you yesterday, I just
feel like that if anything ean
be done, you four men can
surely do it. And I want each
Rev. J. C. Vandiver, former
pastor of the First Baptist
Church here, and now of El
VOL. 21. NO. 26.
exhibit of Texas natural re-
sources in the State of Txas
building, at Dallas.
Specimens of iron ore, crude
thoroughly under- unnumberedggersetogcomkone
many people in the county are lignite coal and pure
unemployed and how much sand with particles of
A 15-mile extension of . the
Talco field is seen in the cor-
ing of 20 feet of oil sand in
Hopkins County, north of Sul-
phur Springs. -
ed home Friday from a
to the home of her son
Oklahoma City. ..... .
or more, and some f whom
were in actual distress - until
their allowances came. Now
that it is here it means more
and better food for them, and
ability to really enjoy life to a
greater extent.
As soon as the pensions be-
gan to arrive and- it was found
that some of the applicants re-
ceived more from the state than
others, the question arose as to
why that condition prevailed.
That question can be quickly
and thoroughly answered by
Boyd Crosby, pension adjuster
for this county.
County Exhibits
I’ve taken this opportunity
of writing you these few lines
and I hope that you will be
Croley ambulance. There she
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good crop.
Prices of grain are soaring
in the Chicago market because
of days of blazing, rainless
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BY R. H. LASCHINGER
provide a way out of all
troubles. .
I firmly believe that
does work through 1
New PWA Program
Requires Clients
Register At Once
On account of the new PWA
program authorized by the last
Congress, all unemployed per-
sons should register at once
Marshall was best man.
Mrs. Timmins’ home is at
Los Angeles, Calif., while Mr.
Timmins is from - Waskom,
Texas. They met When the for-,
mer was working at the relief
office, here.
Mr. Timmins is. Administra-
tive field assistant at the office
of County Agent Seals and has
been living in Gilmer for about
a year. " ________
immediately after the cere-
mony the couple left for North-'
ern Arkansas on a -honeymoon
and on their return to Gilmer,
next Monday, will be at home
at the Cox Duplex.
Their many friends here join
the Mirror in wishing them a
Sheriff J. W. Bryce who
visited Grady Warren at the
death cell at Huntsville re-
On the way the truck met a
Congressman Morgan
Sanders has been invited
y instead of being pourd down
the throats of his livestock. -
Thin can be a banner year
for feed crops in this county
with just a little extra effort
and a few dollars speht for
seed. • .
Wy
this county, died unexpectedly ried to Dallas Friday in
at Oklahoma City Thursday.
The law as changed allows ---
absentee voting for those that
will be out of the county /or - .
sick to cast an absentee vot
by applying to the county
clerk for the necessary ballot
net less than three days nor
Gilmer, has gotten a letter in Ahad suffered a severe heart at-
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Lovejoy of Coffeeville and
the groom is the son of Mrs. E.
Oney of Harleton.
After the' wedding they re-
turned to Harleton where they
will make theis home.
‘ Their many friends wish
them a happy and successful
Mrs. Ann Montgomery
Old People In
Upshur County
Getting Pensions
Another source of income for
people of Upshur County was
started Tuesday morning as old
age pensions bgan pouring
into the local post office.-
Because of the fAct that the
checks are coming as ordinary
mail it makes it impossible to
determine the exact amount of r
money that has already been
delivered, or the amount that is
yet to come. All payments that
have been received here are
for the month of June and
range- from fifteen dollars per
check, upwards to thirty dollars.
The receipts of the pensions
fulfill the hopes of about four <
Mr. Bart . Oney and Miss+
Christ and Beliel." 3—
But, on the other, hand,
"/.* cannot‘recall the time when I
" ever committed an outragious -
offense against the law of God •
* and my fellow man. Altho I
must confess . that I was. far
.from living the life I should
have, and according to my early
training. One might say—well .
—-It looks like I would have *
come to my senses before I got I
into all this mess. But then— ,
' I was snatched up for some-
thing! knew nothing about.
And for this cause, I do believe
that the providence of God will
Main-Bright
Mr. Gene A. Main, of Glade-
water and Miss Pauline Bright'
of Gilmer were quietly married
in Oklahoma Monday morning.
Mr. Main is employed by the
Gilliland Refinery at Glade-
water. His bride, who has lived
Word has been received that|
Mr. Erby Shaefer, a - former
resident of Gilmer where he
convicted and sentenced to
death.
Since being placed in one of
the 13 cells reserved for those
doomed to forfeit their lives for
those they have taken, Grady
has turned to the Bible. His let-
ter is a plea that his murder
be forgiven and forgotten and
that he have his sentence com-
muted with the inevitable hope
of being trned loose once
more on society at some-future
time. -.......:
Warren’s letter follows:.
Huntsville, Texas,
in this county for a number of Must Apply From
years, recently graduated from j. "An 4
Neilson Beauty College at Dal- - July 9th-21st
las, and is now employed at .......-
hundred people of the county
85 whose ages are sixty-five years
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years.
The late Mr. Buie was a
charter members of the Ash-
land Masonic lodge.
With his passing, the closing
chapter is written to a life
remarkable for its usefulness,
its consistent pursuit of truth
and right, and for the worthy
example left for our emulation.
That example, and the Influ-
ence for good which his life
exerted upon all who knew him,
continue to live, and shall make
their presence felt, throughout
r;_:ic Alpem- sedan struck the fender of his ..
--inS-On-n truck and urned over into a
Nuptials Thursday ditch.
_ J Miss Croley was placed in the
Mr. Lyle V. Timmins “and truek and started to Houston.
Insanity Trial
ForC. W.Owen
Held Tuesday
L, , $
In lunacy court, before Judge
This applies to persons on
relief or not, if they are inter-
ested in getting jobs.
Everyone wanting work
should register at once so it
may be determined just how
Mr. M. D. Buie, life-long resi-
dent of this county, passed
away at 7:55 Tuesday evening
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Installation of the newly
elected officers’to serve for
the next Masonic year for Be-
thesda Lodge No. 142 A. F. &
A. M., was held.in the lodge
rooms Friday evening. --
John D' Goolsby, retiring
Worshipful Master, and Leo
Hart, acting as Marshal, instal-
led the officers.
They are as follows: John
Mack Brooks, W. M.; S. E.
Nollye, S. W.; F. Lee Robert-
son, J. W.; L. G. Martin, Treas-
Gilmer Neeklg! Mirror
The late Mr. Buie had reach-
ed the age of 79 years, 6
months and 10 days. He was
born in this county on Decem-
ber 27th, 1856.
At the early age of nine years
he united with the . Baptist
church, and remained a con-
sistently faithful member
and that he had been for some
time.
The jury was composed of
Messrs. Harvey Hudgins, Buck
Gaddis, Bob Hogg, L. E. Cal-
vert, J. C. Duncan and L. L.
Berry.
A large audience listened to
the testimony and witnessed
the trial.
appoint you in a failure to live
an upright, life and be a num-,
ber one man should I be -for-
tunate enough in, getting out
' from under this strain. You
know sheriff, it is true that for
many years of my past life, I
was the servant of Satan. The
Bible plainly tells us that we
canpot serve two masters it
. one time. If we are not on the
right side, we’re on the wrong
side. “What fellowship hath
the light with .darkness?”
“There is no concord between
cently, with three others from at his home at Ashland. He
Mr. C. C. Hudnall, well-
known pioneer farmer of the
Center Point community in
However, I'm sure He does not
afflict willingly nor grieve the
/■ children of men. But He has
wondrous ways of dealing, with
us all—at the time not oft re-
vealing all the richness of
their worth. God tells us in
His blessed word that “whom-
soever the Lord loveth, He
chastenenth." Therefore I am
glad that He saw something
good in me—or else He would
(See Warren, Page 4.)
He Was Dismissed
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Remum"*
J. R. Hinson, Chas, W. Owen, high prices. And any money
former Tax Collector-Assessor, sent out of the county for feed
Miss Janie Croley of Houston
was killed in a car wreck on
the Airline road, fifteen miles
_ from Houston Saturday morn-
ingat 10:45 o'clock.
Miss Croley was in the car
with Mr. Thomas Fitzgerald of
Dallas, Edward Fitzgerald of
Houston, and Mrs. Marvin
Croley of Houston. They were
on their way to East . Texas
when the accident occurred.
Thomas Fitzgerald was driving
the car. None of the others
were seriously hurt although
Mrs. Marvin Croley sustained
two -broken ribs and —Edward
Fitzgerald a strained back.
Sam Liggio of 4010 Blossom
st., driver of the truck involv-
ed in the accident told Deputy
Sheriffs R. J. Bernard and W.
A. Storey of Harris County,*.:
.that his truck ws parked on
the side of the road off the
concrete. The Fitzgerald sedan
swerved around the right side .
of his truck to avoid » head-on
collision with an automobile
coming toward Houston. The
the ambulance, but wwas dead
by the time the . ambulance
reached Houston. Hec. juglar
vein had been cut by broken
glass. • _ ’
Miss Croley would* have been .
forty-eight years old in, ^Sep-
tember. She was born one mile _
west of Gilmer, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Gr. T.
Croley. She in survived by her
I brother, J. W. Croley, and one
sister Mrs. Sallie Cook of Oil-
er, and two brothers, Marvin
and George Croley of Houston. ,
Miss Croley joined the Me-
thodist church in early girl-
hood and was a devoted and
faithful member. She was
gentle and friendly in manher
and had a host of friends in
Gilmer where she resided until
about twenty yearsiago when
rhe moved to Houston. For the
Legion in the courthouse in
lne.
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the County Commitee, ' J. J.
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Laschinger, Russell H. The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1936, newspaper, July 9, 1936; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1440592/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.