The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 1934 Page: 1 of 6
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Dr. A. J. Childress
Extra
■ Again Saturday
After Stroke
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Effective September 24th, al
Mr. Vincent C. Hart, aged
introduced in
While on his way home from
and
to
days, died just before
judge to serve
ed a load of lumber Saturday
made to “any NRA Merchant**.
the creation
those merchants
who
are
operating under the NRA will
Court for these counties.
these
will not be suspended for ethe
Nazerene
This information was given
by Secretary of
ed her responsibilities as pes-
earth for saddling this
ex- companion. Knight Nunn,
Laura Beth Den-
pense on the taxpayers of Up- also searched but had
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' cottorprduihgSates.""
Wednesday morning at 11 o’-
sennxnanzserremu
Certificates
recantly moved to Ore City,
District Court on the criminal
-Besides his widow, he leaves
"Mrs. Childress
From Last Week’s Daily Mirror:
Certifi- stantly killed in an auto wreck
Cotton Exemption
- #ha
at one-thirty Thursday mom-
cates, enabling the growers of
a car coming from Henderson
have been distributed in
this
ws added costvof thousands of dol-
36 cotton year unless approv- -
ed by two thirds qf the cotton
Accompanying them was an-
was busy in the rural centers
him then may get their certifi-
eighteen
record as saying that the law
in
the loss of their leader was
The conference was attend-
the morning.
The sympathy of the many
friends of the family here in
the
Gilmer will be . extended
bot-
In This County Mrs. Walter Cook
toms, by a- posse of Big Sandy
Tuesday At Bettie
of her death was 49 years, 4
a charge of murder, and after
only on such stock which are
she leaves several children
to
time of his death, he was
/wives- having
widower, his
predeceased him. Four daugh-
mature stockin their
for
. ’ District Court
by a jury at Austin, Saturday, .
brant, but not
of conspiring to defraud
Grice.
twenty-four ducks in possesion
distributing
at ine time, or a
1984. or on sheep owned with-
was
that
d
Funeral services will be held
geese or,brant. Duck bags must
date.
at
at
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on
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the crop and feed loan committees
M-The Cuban
im
have
,000,-
mously dismissed the injunc- 45, who lived on Mr. Will Wille- supplemental advances
ford’s farm died suddenly of been made for over " $2,
name off the November ballot, heart failure Friday night.
000.00.
court.
Mr. W. W. Lomenack of Dal-
Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. Troy H.
be- las was in Gilmer on business Jones, at Gatesville,
Monday.
Mr
The U. S. Chamber of Com-
W<
J.
ingtheNRA
She
Truitt.
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his life. living in the western
part of the county. His early
all who were on hand to meet
him. Those who failed to see
Beginning November 1, 1984,
farmers in the primary drouth
areas which includes Upshur
County, may get feed loan al-
lowances for this year's heifer
Died At Willow Oak
After Long Illness
Deceased was a carpenter by
trade, and was seemingly , in
good health' on Monday mom-
Mr. Lay said most of
money was in $20 bills.
chant does fill an order he will
not receive payment therefor.
Dave Newman, colored, about
37, was arrested at noon Tues-
County will once more register
their wishes in the matter of
Taken By Posse
In Sabine Bottom
The County Judge, County
Court, Gilmer bar and the tax-
leaders, including Marvin
of the Amarillo district, ,
Tuesday, twenty-three '
after suffering a stroke
the
fake
..
rte.
But Small Amount
In Bank Robbery
to sway the verdict, their way. consciousness, and passed away
The drys, however, are going the following day at 11:55.
was pastor of the
Church in Jefferson,
Gov’t Feed Loans
Available Noy. 1
ances being made for mature
stock, according to Charles W.
Sherrill, Regional Manager of
the Emergency Crop And Feed
Loan Office at Dallas.
ed in Venizuela working
oil companies there.
life was spent around
Sheriff J. W. Bryce
nephew.
will make their home at
dian Rock where Mrs.
ningham will • continue'
duties as a teacher.
the
His
was
nly
In-
Cun-
her
The grand jury was also
work Monday.
Civil cases only will be
night. j. “
Jim Owens, aged
Mrs. Katie Cook, wife of
Waller L. Cook of Willow Oak
died Sunday after an Hlness of
about two years.
A native of this county, the
deceased was a daughter of R.
M. Carpenter and at the time
Rogers, Ark., and a sister, Mrs.
Collie Magrill.
Henry A. Wallace, following a
engthy conference with Sena- .
tors and Representatives from
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noon
hours
, oi
Secretary of Agriculture 8
Announces After Talks
With Southern Cong.
producers. Numerous congress- "
jorel laadane inaldi-- AR----i- l
the Legi
an extra
Two Cars Burned
Over Week-End
Not Need-
ed In Upshur
Only NRA Stores
To Get Relief
Office Business
-
Vincent Hart
, Died Tuesday
Three Colored
/ Deaths Friday
Duck Shooting
Season Changed
ing when paralysis'struck.
" "The-funerarwas-
gun and ended Walton’s life.
Brought to Gilmer, Newman
was finger-printed, booked on
cate at his office in the Cham- almost beyond recognition.
Funeral services will be held should be terminated with the
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1 over the •
M year ago.
Tom Lay Lost $260
To Hi-Jackers
Near Longview
chairman of the House Com-
mittee on Agriculture, are on
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Williams.
BYTUCKEBaLABCHINGI
Voters To Express
Selves On Beer
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Bob Allen
Wrecks Car
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Gilmerites Make
Baylor Honor Roll
ing.
"The marriage, which
cigarette tax stamps.
’, TEXAS. THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1984.
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government duck stamp, at 81,
from the post master. This will
The wife of Cicero Scott, col- 1,600 to date, an increase- of
The Jefferson Journal con-
tains the following announce-
ment of a recent wedding, of
continued. There is a feeling
that the distribution of certi-
ficates may be expedited."
retained primarily for breeding mourn her untimely end.
purposes: and in no event will
W.
quietly performed by an Ore
City minister Tuesday, was a
pleasant surprise to friends
here of the Nazerene pastor and
Dr. Childress.
"Members of the Nazerene
the ditch, wrecking it
but nt hurting any of
occupants.
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caused the car to run off- in
by three men who made their . . .
Negro Killer is
coupon which indicates
Mr. Sherrill said that feed months and 24 days old. Be-
loan allowances will -be made
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there would be little., differ-
While motoring to Gilmer The First State
Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Harleton,
Bob Allen had the misfortune northwest from Marshall
a cnurge mi xuuruer, auu azven that way to conserve the fast
interrogation by Disc. Attorneydwindling supply of wild fowi.
It will also be necessary for
Wallace’s comment on the
continuance of the act is taken
o mean for the current year.
Under terms of the act it may
Funeral services were held
Monday.
Burkes returned home from
a District Court reconvened on
Monday morning for its third
Texas, <
fine
ence seen, if it were wet or
dry here. If it stays dry,
Gladewater cafes and grocers children.
calves, ewe lambs, and female community west of Lafayette,
kids in addition to the allow-
J. F. Lovell grocery, also died
Friday, and will- be buried
Monday.
' Unley Bridges, aged about
badly, getaway in a coupe. Only two
men enterd the bank.
tion to keep Jimmie Allred's
The Fourth Court of Civil
Appeals at San Antonio unani-
sugar diabetes. He was buried
Saturday afternoon.
He was well thought of by
the white residents with whom
he had dealings, as well as by
his many friends of his own
race. —-
Evelina Edwards, who lived
miles f*8®’ career as a pastor was a
successful one and regret in
ed In marrige at the Baptist John W. Bryce Died
parsonage Wednesday after- _ — -
appoint Kilgore, where he had deliver- distributing orders issued by
local relief office are being
cotton to have their, crop gin- ing. She was riding with a
young man, in the front seat of
distributing orders. 2
It other than an NRA mw- 1934-35 cotton crop.
Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham
Former Attorney - General
live clashes" than the number Claude Pollard was acquitted
Born, Sunday morning, Sept, esich student had to make an
28, to Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Wil- average grade of B or better
Hams (nee Ozelle Nation), a on all courses taken. ■ ..
fine eight-pound daughter, Bayior opened her ninetisth
Ronnie Jean annual session this week with
—e- an enrollment of approximately
Washington, Sept 22. The
Bankhead cotton control act
ber of Commerce building. . - ----- .. .. .
Each certificate consists of a at Tyler at ten o’clock Friday present cotton year.
ed by Senators Bankhead of
Alabama and George and Rus-
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with a sister nst of
lie Peel, assistant cashier, who
phoned the news to Marshall, day in the Sabine River
---------—— daughter. Mrs. Jones was for-
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Applegate merly Miss Cleo Truitt, daugh-
citizens, headed by H. J. Paint-
er, city marshal of that place.
Newman was sought for the
killing of George Jerry Wal-
ton, colored, age 87, as the re-
sult of a quarrel over a dice
game. The shooting is said to
have occurred at about three
o’clock Sunday morning. Wit-
nesses said Newman went to a
nearby store and got a shot-
Of Ore City Weds
Jefferson Woman
week of the present session.
Tyler; Car Wreeks--
ference. "The opinion practi-
I that
who conducted a store on the which were owned and possess-
south highway for a number ed by the borrower on April 1, state in
two-days’ of years, and had a store in his
limit, and not more than eight home at the time of this death, in six mnths prior to
mnu- - h-ent nl k-------$ died about seven o’clock of date.
trial this week. The first called
was that of R. G. Shaffer vs.
Louis T. Mackey, a suit in con-
nection with oil payments.
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The case of R. G. Shaffer
vs. Louis T. Mackey, a suit in
connection with oil payments.
This was settled out of court.
not contain more than five
ducks each of canvas backs,
redheads, teal and greater and
lesser scaups.
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corresponding.Gilmer with Mr. and Mrs. R.
y Nelson.
and on Monday and Tuesday
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be permitted to fill
were 'Also seriously hurt. Miss
Denman’s body was mangled
residents of Gilmer. was in-
Eenrtonktaaig 10 Gadewt Three Men Obtain
cost-of a special Civil District. -
Court, with Judge Nat W, ned without red tape or penalty
n . • . • , , 7 navo Fuson Hliufwihnfnr In hia
Brooks, which is proving- an
Mr. Fred Covin, nominee
for County Superintendent of
Schools, has purchased the
residence of Mr. H. L. Elwell
on N. Titus St. +-s
Harrison County, was robbed
and at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon evident.
WWM D0ANMKHhanssiemsdabemnyaaqrypiggypagasnurqgiuuqgqaprymnnsruund
man Killed Near
to have their car wrecked.
The car axle broke
Marshall, Texas, Sept. 24. _
Bank of Church said that Mrs. Child-
Thursday, Sept. 20, a
Smith and Up- night, Tom Lay of the Del —
Rose community was hi-jacked This pf course means' that only
of a special Criminal District and robbed of 8260. The hold-
Court for these counties. up occurred near Lengview,
ters and one young grandchild
--man. For three- years -he resid- survive.------—---7--—
Mr. Bryce had farmed all of V1V1I DOCKet In
The money was taken from
the cage and vault. The rob-
bers headed west on the road
leading to Ashland, where their
trail was lost.
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a son, Carol Hart, a daughter, .. .
Mrs. Roy Stewart, and 6 grand- that new equipment for
• - ACGinne «.ni Ka •NAN hi
of Texas: McMillan of South
Carolina, Terry of Arkansas,
and Brown of Georgia and a
number of experts of the AAA.
sides her sorrowing husband.
| Except that it would keep
distributing the certificates to other young boy and girl in the
back seat of the car and they •1
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example, he ia entitled to 2,000
pounds of cotton, when he gins thir bereavement.
more than
M. to Tyler, when their car was
in a collision with a heavy not be continued for .the 1935-
and daughter, AnAie Mae, of
Wihnaboro spent Sunday in
At Wrexham, Wales, 260
The emergeney feed loans
which are being advanced in
the primary drouth areas are
disbursed from the drouth re-
lief appropriation approved
June 19, 1934, and made in
monthly allowances. Applica-
tions are received by the local
=E
Y
Stand For
1934-35 Cron
to shell the county from one
end to another, in their fight
to hold this county safely
against the ravages of 3.2
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a bale and it weighs 540
pounds, that amount is taken
from the coupon. Should he
have insufficient cotton to use
up all the scrip, he may sell
what he has left to any'farm-
er, cotton buyer, ginner or any
other person, and will receive
four cents per .pound for as
much of his certificate as re-
mains unused.
If a person should be unable
to dispose of his unused bal-
ance locally, the government
at Washington will buy it from
him at four cents per pound.
Further information regarding
the certificates may be obtain-
ed from County Agent Burkes.
payers of Upshur County bridge, by blocking the road,
resign- should unreservedly fight this
.. bill. There is no excuse on
in sell of Georgia and Representa-
tives Jones, Patman and West
"From Last Week’s Daily Mirror:.
Mr. Arch A. Cunningham
and Miss Lola Cain were unit-
• 25-Balbos diseevere ghe
, arcraciheomeen IMS
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F MeuseAronne Mra
IMS ,58
*MOH mmezmema
merce strongly oppose extend- of Tulsa, Okla., are visiting ter of Mr. and Mrs.
be good for the entire season.
Bag limits will be twelve
ducks a day and four geese or
which he occupied here before,
in the J. A. .K. Moseley build-
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until recently at Jeffersont
"The former Miss Annie Mae
Smith, who for three years
This year the season when
wild ducks may be shot has
been changed from previous
years, and will extend from
October 26 to December 30.
But only on Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday will shooting be
permitted. On other days dur-
ing this period, the season will
be closed.
This is done so hunters who,
heretofore, have gone on a
duck hunt of a week or more,
slaughtering the birds daily,
will be restricted and aid in
. The 'bank does not carry
much money and the loot is
estimated at between 81.500
and 82,000, according to T. E.
Little, cashier, and Miss Hal-
Last week was the first
On Saturday of this week,
Sept. 29, the voters of Upshur 55 years 3 months
Rather than go to the expense
of having their old. car fixed
Mr. and Mrs. Allen traded it in
for a new car Monday. •
Cunningham-Cain
Marriage Wed.
local option, in the sale of beer.
The wets, unorganized as paraly8j8
a,”-
Jefferson and the office open- journed.
’At present the taxpayers of
the robbers forcing him to
stop his truck at a narrow
capable and experienced oil
operating in counties through-
out the drouth area. Begun
early in July, to date more
than 32,000 of such loans and
Three colored residents .of allowances be made to feed a
the county died Friday night larger number of young and
between - -
interest in this county, the in Gregg,
groom being Dr. A. J. Child- shur Counties, and
ress of Ore City, practicing of a special Crim
Two locally owned autos
were destroyed by fire over the
week-end. The Pennington.
Produce Co. lost a pickup Waco, Texas, Sep 21",Pat
truck, which caught on fire Duncan and Mrs. Ruth Ethe
near Kilgore, Baturday night. Baker of Gilmer made the
Bob Woods’ 1983 Chevrolet honor roll at Baylor University
sedan burned on the north highduring the recent summer sea-
way Sunday night, near Bet-sion, it was announced today
ti. . by Registrar Frank M. Allen.
15% i
county. Cd. Agent W.
held bridenofDr.A.. "TMMW; shur CWtfW td help "ou "fifteen rente.
___________ .. Dr. Childress has been Smith "County..
clock, with interment at Lone a practicing physician in Jef- . ___ _ _
« freon for a fewmonths but week "of "the "prsent o"regular
* G, L. Florence, was placed in y — —= q
jail to await/action of the duck hunters to buy a U.S
grand jury.
noon. Rev. R. A. Clifton per-
forming the ceremony.
' The bride is the-daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. 0: O.Cain, and a
teacher at the Indian Rock
school.. She Is widely known
throughout Upshur County and
very popular with both young
and old. ’
The groom is Superintend-
ent on the Strube lease and a
g vog7
b‛ Lt} b eviMie
In the case of Robt. Hardy
vs, H. C. Williams, to recover
for,thehonorroll
settlement was reached out of
is killed. The Gregg County
Bar Assn, unanimously adopted number of pounds of cotton the
resolutions Fridhy opposing owner may gin taxrfree. ft. for
the bill. ------e he *----- *eonnn
College Station Saturday night truck. The young man is per-
haps fatally injured.
mnin
Wednesday, with burial
Grice cemetery.
Mr. John W. Bryce died
Tuesday morning at his home
west of Bettie. He was 69
years old.
The deceased had been mar-
ried three times, but at the
• money in this county now-go-
"rem Mountain.mmmre
uoc
announced docket of Upshur County, and
grana-, ... the yet it was go light that in less
. > offices will be moved back to than two days, the court ap-
lars annually to the taxpayers
of Upshur County, TAh extra
criminal court would just add
thousands more without any
benefit to the county.
Taxpayers of Upshur should
protest the establishment of
this new office, and should
write or wire Rep. Otis . T.
Dunagan and Senator Will D.
Pace to fight this bill until it
and local filling stations will
benefit; if it goes wet, local
merchants and business in gen-
eral will enable people to. trade
at home for their beverages.
It may also prevent the young
usual, are making no efforts
to win votes for their cause or
d." , de . ' e
-- --- trapped coal-miners are
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Andrews lieved dead.
tor of the church Tuesday,
September 18, and became the
He is.alsossurvived by u hised again here today. Dr. Child.
eroeter‛Min“nfttt0 will be in the same offices Upshur County are paying the
Stricken at about 1:30 Mon-
day, he never . regained
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was buried
ad died Of
about 60, of mature breeding stock
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Miss Laura Beth Denman,_
Distributed 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and cally was unanimous
____ Mrs. Frank Denman, former operation of the act should be
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Laschinger, Russell H. The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 1934, newspaper, September 27, 1934; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1440643/m1/1/: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.