The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1935 Page: 1 of 6
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THURSDAY. JAN. 3, 1934.
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Work Perfectly
Oath On Tuesday
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New Ye«r'» Eve,
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the Grand
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Anion io. Other relatives pres-
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Burned by Charlie Owen. He
was
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fit hadsurface oroithe road.
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ceremony:Miss Ruth Marshall
army during the World Wat.
nd 1.1.. 1a a aic.
was maid of honor.
She was
Justice of
Mat. Davis
became
Preci ne
was escorted by, the best man,
The SUI
Monday saw the winding up
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that this
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T. Darden •
chase of cattle
Upshur
in
a-
1
mer their car was run into by
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reaved family?
tonio.
mer.Sunday,w.
Some house members', how.
r
ey
tiin that congress may
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be-
B.
C.
was found he had been dead for
Mackey home; was, hi jacked at
relief. plansi
with driving while drunk. Wed-
head on the well's -floor.
Announced Sat
< Eek
acted;
chandise business here? He was
Duck Season Was
a s
receiving hjs Br B. A. degree
Over On Sunday
the end
ington, D. C., spent Christmas
The marriage took place at
Mr.
, . ducks and other waterfowl, not
nation asja whole. Because of
3 the shortage of duck», the
oral government steppedin
* Wathen-Williams
,. ""Meuuamuhhablbde
years.
con
aftor spend-
returned
ig Christmis with his
1 2-Oraumdiybrghuddaslond .
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noon.
Bottling Works
Benja-
After spnding the
Christ-
h A
night ’
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was
Mrs. Wi
and
School and has many fi
Bros. 3 store at Gilmer to the 2,
K, E... -21 K— v.II 3
Gilmer who will wish her happi-
and
1 ".a
wiHjoif
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n
a
ubaA% ( l
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fed-
and
.2.
-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. O.
lips, m . .
Immediately 'after the cere-
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. could be bunted only on week-
ehde,-and reduced the d-t
limit to 12 a day or 24 a week.
Harrison. was Collector for four
years. Mr Owen will have as
Up $40, Gunand
Cigarettes Take
aged, partiedlarly the Bullard
car, but non.efthe occupants
seriously injured,> 2
Miss Evelyn Wiliams, daugh-
ter of MrandMrs. R. S. Wi-
some time, probably breaking
his nek, Hix body was standing
large amount. of candy
chewing gpm.
--ua
got a break Tuesday when
the two-cent tax on
the place, of Commissioner in
Precinct 1, to succed E -A.
Cobb; and W. C. Henderson ire-
—6, 1
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quarters at JWashington, that
it will not be revived-----------
Burl Gibson
Died Monday
i
the end of a rope. At the risk
of his own life, he brought the
Q. Stephens.
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expired, ■ \
This tax. produced $41,383,-
Muriell Freelf of Dallas, class-
mate and friend of Mr. Mar-
shall at Baylor '
dent Of w Upshur County <but
has beep living in Houston for
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announeed until Saturday, Dec.
22nd. 4 ,
year, there may be a greater
aupply, and. of quail as well,
he season on the latter does
hot expire until January 16.
is presumed _thut onco thew
entire sretch from Gilmer to
Marshall has been -gradod and
tance. • . .. . ' ' "01
Offirera ..huitiM, fur Own la.
Vain throughoutPMonday night.
Since it was quite dark., at
a t--at.- ■
E. R. Friddle, 32, died Sum
day night at ithe .U. S. . Vete-
rans‘ Hospital in Alexandria,
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inEnch at one o’clock Tueday
•mrndoh*. Burial will be at the
and several children, as
as three brothet?..... 2
Funeral services were.
the bride’s mother on South
Fifth Street in Waco, Wednes-
Sundown Sunday "w
of the season for'
tier
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Clark Glass and-baby, of ‘San
the culprits were young boys.
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about 7:30. Monday nhhkand
440 in money, his stoeki *
president _________
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Newly Elected
Officers Took
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CENTENARIAN '
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north. I ' x A,
- The Bullardwas on the
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to the Haznioni Co lines.
The grading and drainage
structural work wail awarded .i
to James Splicer and Sons,
Mr. Jimmie Mai sha, and"
Miss Virginia . Galloway.of
lodge have, earned additional
advertising that will" be of bene
fit to bth. - .
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out "mak Ing one single error in
the oral or other work. As a .
result, both this city and ts
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ness -throuhputher' • ma
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Masonic Degree
"About ,800 hld had been 1
bought up to Saturday night*
and £00 more were taken " ron
Monday.COnly cows, at’ least
twg, ara- old, were bought,
with no yearlings, steers or
bulls being accepted. The
poorer stock was. shot and :
kiiled, while-anj; animate in
good Condition _ were; kept for_________
use it relief eannerkS.
The average farmer. sold two -
e Registrar states Rackley will be cnstable: of
.... -punty’s) average in the same precinct, succeeding J.
handsomely reporting vital stafistics is far “
i raverage for the state.
A. C. Black, /who operates a
service station' on the South
from
A. C. Black Held
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On December 28, 1884, Mr.
- -and Mrs. W. F. Glass' were ..
' • married at Gilmer, Texas, the
at St
Bank Checks
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, . dege.
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422-I.
until the administra- they
dates its budget and ,
,02. "wia
parents they left Thursday
morning for Bay City where $ Christmas Eve
., r ~ . nesday he made bond and was
expire or change six months released. >i -
. hence, unless thiy are re-en- Beth cars ware badly dam-
Upshur County started the,, — _
New Year of 1935 with a num- Johns Masonic Lodge No, 63, J
appear-
changed the taw so that they. , 20 „u,. a.C..
" . Mr. arid Mes-0.J: Philkps the-past. nine
duck have received announcement of .
“r. the marriage of their ? niece,
ezm-ith-statetdo-ter-hirwtnfepreved-ofto
duplicating the avail. 4. - - .
The deceaned served" in the”
work from Gilmerjto Cypress
Ercek. and they have - kept •
their office. camp and much bf
•rew near Indian. Rock
since completing them earlier.
contrat, "severa"montha"ago——
.contract cfor the Cypress,
sek bridge, n nd two relief
bridiek on this same 7.3 mile t
• were dried up and thec,,
only be found on a few privat
a lakes apd not in very large
quantities there.
With a normal rainfall next graduate of the 6
ber of new faces at the court Tyler, the Gilmer'degree ilesm
earned the almost unique dis-
mantras a pari of the drive to
relieve, farmors of the need of
be keeping-stock through .the
winter; where they lack feed.
there Mrs. Mattie Elder Friddle. and
pre few Masons in the state of
dauuhtartot doeted at Enom Tuesday aftet-
money, gun- and cigarettes
they again left on foot, How- J
ever, they may have had a car •
parked wfthing walking dis-
which will make it an A-1, all-
weather highway..... ,
■The bride was Pp 1
gowned jh atTarring ensemble below the
of brown with accessories to which' is .
match. She wore a corsage of states thafanyone
orchids and lilies of the valley. L-g -—_ -
while descending a The ceremony Iwas performed nust be prosecuted, otherwise
IL which he was by Rev. Melton of tbp Seventh the local Registrar himself bhi
working on.batti more was be- and James "Street t Baptist
in- ut Ann thohle en a Church ‘ofWaco. *:
min wM-y* with thehridr’*
ouldiCity, which tpok place Decem-
23rd, zt the home of -the
. -s-0- T, '
sIt was as a result of the fine
hoping the team had made at
v thi " e session in
timer., tcaiu was ...-------
emtvpehgzmeim"
tildeut of Baylor University, ~*-i "
Gilmer friends of Miss Gracie
Lee have just" learned of her
marriage last July 15th to Mr.
ts. : g ]
ien_is an-)
|B { there were two changes, with
2 ■ Jesse B> Woodfin taking over
Secret Wedding
-two young sons suryiving. In
Texas as well versed in the addition,’ he leaves his sorrow-
Weds Waco Girl.
Wednesday A. M.
• out at Tyler by different-ones imstitution several months ago, .
r, eu,c........ w.a that there is probably However, all that scienee eould prepared, a contraet” wAi belet.
om datefformerlyXssessor while NEFtdaothertezm ithe statet ti -— -h n
. . - „ - » - 4 i . capable of <
a record made by the local dodge.
To Mr. Leo Hart must go the ...... .... .0,.,
lion’s share of the credit for and later married, hU : wife
house; as the avariqus, officials i..................,•
vietorious in the, 1984 elections tineti ~ .
took. ovon. their espective Degree upoh. A candidate with-
dudies., J ' < , " " “ ’
In the Commissionrs Court
. ■
that hour, the only description
of the two is that they were
-s par-jyoung men, rough in
schools of Reagan, Texas:
The’groom is she son of Mr.
. ‘ , Mn ui and Mrs. J, W. Marshall c:
L against the sitleofthe well, his Gimer and connected with his
head on the wells-floor. father and brother in'the mer-
appir Mrs.P. K, Williams
rried familyrspent6L,
day in Shreveprsn
wellMe_Jim Phlllips, a junior at
Baylor Medical College, has
be made for. Zach . physician, his assistants Messrs. W. F.
midwife, chospi tal or X under- Glass, Buck Kelly, Press Dun- .. . ,
‛ can and Ellis Watkins.- this achievement, since
which' is 90-per cent. He also
. ! who / viol-
ates the Vital Statistics Law
I Parks of For Worth, whose
bid was 340.41 K - , ... - -
, Work on-this reminipg piece ’
of Highway 155— likely-—
start at once,-giving employ-
ment to many men now with- s
out work; and putting a good
Fred ing adjourned. n
MaSons wRI understand- the
difficulty of presenting the
Very little duck shooting was
doneinthiseounty. Because of______— _
the drouthra-number of former liams of Dallas, to
of of Gilmer, and. Miss Margaret
Stephens- of Hawkins have re- -r
------------yright hand side of the road but
er,, as ' they ' met-the northbound
1 "ht " me" "e Shettlesworth car it is. said
i he swerved-across'the road, hitt
- the Bullard car and ran into
" the dith: -9
-fficers were notified and ... . , -u , n ..
r arrested Shettleswrth Highway about? milen
and lodged him in jail charged Gilmer, opposile the 1
5--,
. Golden Wedding t
- Anniversary For
.. Mr. and Mrs. Glass
: semmtt ,
_ .'the andreen- .% - -l ------
viction of the hijackers: -
Mr. Bonner Rent has 7 been 522
transferred from the 3 Beall'
. Mr. Burl Gibson- who suffered 1 - , g
a stroke of paralysis last week, at their home in Gilmer,
diedsat his_“home on Scott st.. Jones has been transferred to
Monday aftercon at five o’- the regional office of the Home
ptekm-------y ■ * *■ OvnersloatAssoclation Mt
The.gFoomdis a former Spa i. survtved'by his "w
La., following a "prolongedill- ... wu, ui. puciig a
■5i*r^ riK payroranteelreulatuon
in that,, went ho the Louisiana
Abelardo Rohizuez, who retM Ms dw presidagdy of the Re-
« XUS
Rodresuez 1-;^^ £• S
‘ notdo givs,a.statcmm." (Texas M- —
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; Deaths and Birtl
Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs Frank
■ Marshall, Dr. and Mrs. Madi- _
' son Ragland and Miss."T Ruth day morning at teh o’clock. ;
- Marshall. --."hh "-2 huuth
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smartly atfired in an advance taker and cofftn dealer to make
spring model of bluecrepe. She these report/ to the Justice ---------
was escorted by the best man, <,»f th Peace/ in their respec- the Peace of Precinct 1, in lieu
tive preinct" of B. F. Bledsoe, while 1. .T.
two-term tenure of ‘office.. _____ _ _ _____________
’ J: Wes Bryce succeeds J. M, were served all after the., meet-
placing Frank Robinson 'in
W p,ge;.m+ ‘9 h. ‘ 14 2-- ,
- *■ , Waco that the cl
- Milton Greer Mell became invited te work-
iGount AtterertHiu- thesse Masons ptese
-— = Wwm tekl-foii two terms by impressed with.
mm CurtiB.ii . jgg
S - Assistant Attorne General eluding the team,yabout
r- under Bill McCraw at Austin. . 1
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Hem is MrN Margaret Au
Bileyrwhe recently celebated her
006in k Faso, Fexas.
Bhe claimis honors as one pI, the -
oldest Jimg Texans,ehavig..come .
tofexuin1t4 wlicu.itwameee- their ■
J. CTiSi&fe SS
numt-
--aigmgepem-em* M‛ 4MePt a wlit-
Mr. and Mis. J. T. Jones who chest, and after 't*klng
have been sojourning th Wash-
Masons fromths.sity ' Wer
gueste of St. John’s Lodge.
At 6:30 the degree team was
a given supper, by the Eastern •
Star ladies and,- refreshments
,N- Gilmer, for $69432 This,is
g , the same eompany that did the
cigarettes and a sfx-shootr .
were taken/ < t^sllfrom Borzerwhere they
I gun against1'/the- - operakor's
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lore of that fraternity. In fact, ing parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
because of his interst- and G. Friddle, and the. follawing
knowledge, he is a member Of brothers and sistersr Messrs. wsse
the Grand Lodge committee" oh jiml’Kufeis, -Cohdie and Fred of the second and final pur-
degree- work, % “ -- ■ -- — - - — -Luha — -hdda rehuui
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“All physicjans,
I, ayuung au •Uuu-n. , .undertakers and coffin dealers . -
.maccac.. The house was "beautifully must make report-on - each Collector-Assessor will be
Holly and—pet -planis deco-decorated withapotted.fernsjbirthas death, apd. (orhcbffin " — ts "
rated the dining room and a and flowers with an improvised sobthwithin five/days from
bountiful’ turkey dinner with altar arranged lot the wedding of each birth, death and (or)
coffin qold. Atrangmets will
asked to levy new taxes “oft
other things—though a deci-
sion on thin nature, thse
legislators understand, will not
comes liable to prosecution.
All blanks and forms to-
gether With instructions will be
.....
Fwjl return to Gy-who will be local Registrar for opinion is .expressed in many Shettlesworth who was driving
they, yil Preeinct-1 soor-after Jan. 1 ouarters at "ashinuton: that -h
temporarily make thef,t "ts”t- --- " --
withthqroom’s parent,
and Mrs. J. W. Marshall. t: tqamn
The bride is a resident f of ifakesthl
. . Waco and'a graduate of Baylor cent on vital
This he did headfirst, tied, to University, securing her A. B. ‘‘------1----
degree from the'institution in
- - - , 1933. For the past year she
negro to the surface, where it has ]
proprietor of a beauty shop
here. - - - ,1 M, t1
j 7 Team Puts Over
Friddle and Mrs, Sadie Shaffer,chase of cattle in
-and.Mrs,ErfleThompson.-scounty,bytheV.E
The remains wilfrrive in
" icr on Tuesday tmorning,
and funeral' services will.
ieMR, Friddle home
6 1e. - -- ‘ . 7
a , ...... --veintn1) soom after Jam. 1,
ihqme The full co-operation of every
• is asked hy Mat Daxis, lo-
caKRegistrar, in an effert to
____../this, precinct 100 per
—iakatistics registra-
tions during histernbf.offce.
The Vital ‘Statistics Dawcis
u-umnu pavg-u. an important statute, and
been teaching, in the public everyone who does not fully
understand it should " becom Lon
acquainted with it at once.
r- ■ ’ xzMu. '' ,
abilty- of"oaA
E.R. Friddle DidCm
At Alexandria '■ -treteh, was awarded to L. O.
Veterans Hospital
head while some big cattle I i
owner, with herds of. up-
wardieeof 200, sold abooT tea |
per cent of their cattle, - 111
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Mr. a nd Mrs. W Stephens " .-J
of Waco Mis-Lella-SCephens
- Contracts were awarded Mobs .3-
— day at Austin, by the State ,6
Highway Commssion, to drain
grade and bridge the remaining
seven miles of Highway 155 .3
• from Cypress Creek Bottoms "
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-.l- of the family, arid a very few
i) h. additional guests,
3. ; -L. Mesdames Sallic B, Stapp
.mutand Sallie Cook, -whe were
—d brittesmnids at the wdding at-
“sam terdd —the dimer, Other '
‘gesti were Mrs. PearFDoup-
Sns and Mrs. Glass' childj Jimmie Marshall
Tdkeq and grandchildren, Mr. and '
L .Mrs. Berry Glass, Janec, and
... / - Howrd Glass, Mrs. • Mable
.____Glass and sop Wjlliam, Mr.
Charlie Glass and Mr. and Mrs.
in 1933. He is a populr and
capable young business man and
--. has a host of friends here who Joe Sanders of Houston.
shoting will join the Mirror in eon- The marriage took place at
gratulations and best wishes bake Charles, ba., but was not
only in this state but over the for Mrand Mrs. Marshall. ‘ - -
natien aun whele Recanse nfmLea
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. Vol. 59. no. 51.N9
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,gmgeu
\ Contracts Let To
Build Highway 155 1
To Harrison Line
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- GILMER, UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS
AHred Greets Mexican Ex-President
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- Rev. Seales, performing.^ the
.-ceremony. ,
in -celebration of -this event,
Mr. and Mrs. Glass held their -'
• golden wedding dinner al their
homd-on' parrison street Fri- ,i
..... day afternoon. The, guest list
was confined to the members j
—— . * bountiful turkey dinner ......
0. 2 — all ithe delectalile. aceompani-
f “-i ments was served. 'Mr. and of Gilmer, sisterof the.xroom
i* Mrs. Glass were the recipiehts i ** S
N-. of many lovely gifts. • -
Gas Fumes Fathi
To Negro Farmer I
B Working on Well
g.- .. . . :
E,, ,! Saturday morning {Htihbard
Eca-—-mLlattimorc, 25, colored, of Sand
5 ; HiL.was killed, presumably of
— -gasfumes, '
—a, 65 foot•wel,. which he was.
25* 3ar.t
Cattle Buying By
Government Ended;
1,000 Head Taken
a-
» LL J Ngh Mrs. J. F. Hambright of Dal-
Kobbed MOndaY lax and grandson, Robert Louis reward of*
, Plummer, spent the Christmas leding to"
the holidays wifh Mr. and, Mrs. vict
-8 Charles Douphrafe.-Ia t: 1‛ --
Mrs. Christine . Ramey sat
--- r egAS- r B. G?Eiwd becomes Coun-
tered Under Law sClrkh hascompua M
Dallas. : •
More than a Acde-ef taxes
eeklg (Hi
Not Taxed Now Auto “uesfay Night oli
• v. miti MA"T"I
People who pay by check Tuesday night ak Mr. andfheld at.the
1 Mm. Ross Bullard were driving
checks suth on the Gladewater high-
way about six miles from Gil- City Cemetery,. Gilmer.
The sympathy of the com-
E6a
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h mmcChh it
Mat Davis, I,P.lect of
Precinct ‛1, is in reeipt of the
ent’were, Mr. and."MrS.M.B.Waco were.married at a quietfollowigg- new. instructions s asnsherinn.whihe
-- • - - home wedding, at, tbe homgofifomrstue Regmtckr " wllldrspiace
they will make their home. Mr. Gilmer Bottling Works,
-i honor Sanders employed by .the broken .into and robbed Hof
gHih G.I.S. there/ ;
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Al Covin will displace O. J.
.. Beckworth as. County Superin- -------— —
midwives„tendent "of Education. ' Third Degree work 100- per
‘V The combined offices of Tax centperfet, and it was pointed
ET- ■ 71 ' . , ~ -rg
e ~ 'ing let down the hel on ;
rope and when -about five fee
--- from the bottom hewas heard-N,
to make a .sound..- and Jet go.for
Y . the rope. , '» / —
—-It was about two A® be-
B ; -fore anyone could "be found to
K ' •‘ vee^ver his body,or see if ' he
■ . was still alive. Mr. Clep Colter,
.1 learning of the accident, volun-
Kt ' . peered to descend the well.
yuvwag syis. , Wichita Falls: to attend .the |
•.--- g Deputy Clem Hill and officers funral of her I father-ii-law, Mt. -
unday and Mon- investigated the case and found Mr. E. H. Ramey/who died
.5 the culprits were young boys. there Monday night. - 4
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Laschinger, Russell H. The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1935, newspaper, January 3, 1935; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1447759/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.