The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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A NEWSPAPER, "OF tHE PEOPLE, BY THE i*E0PLE AND FOB THE PEOPLE*
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Vol 52,
COUNTY, TEXAS, tHUKSOAtf. Al #vft fOT *
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Claimed■.
Greatest PweJ .
■•••. ^ ,.. t .... j .#;>•; ' '"Procl Ne*twt>who is 'spend-
• ; « V "* ' 'n ng the; .suflatno<;^n • tb.e Uni
, ./vefcuty a$ -Aa-stta returned to
1 *■'- tite • many' of *? Wsfc-
Pays A Visit
Mineola, SHioday for a short
'4fciy. sHo*,4Atefe Prof. Gopass
a paragraph below' a
of this article is repeat^
t.-.- «• *Fn - e<*r?' this necessity
? weir as- th'tf,greatest housei
hold c6n^i!enc«t iii within the
jpoiwer of the people of Mineola
and it is ^ao within their pow-
er: to pass.it yp as. seemingly
they are determined to do. The
little t.nwn of Edgewood only
' test week secured BOmethvug
over one. hundred subscribers
im order to get gas, and Edge-
wBod is less than half the size
of Mineola. Big San4y has
secured tier quote of 80 sub-
1 scribers aiid the town is at
present bein<f piped for gas.
Wills JPoftti 5s. quota was 350
' 'subscribers^, and this ' iitlte
A ' tewnhas her quota; But the
| -Quota in any of these towns
wore secured by a concerted
effBrt' by the citwens of those
tewhsX Sd far , Mineola has
■ dragged along with one or two
r*tten"" out, at fjipes/^as^mg the
: people' to do that, one tying
that not only will materially
aid this city but will be the
'' '.greatest ' convenience ever
brought- to. tjbwp. ,
; • following 13' ' part of the
mentioned article, -
In the\iBtory Of the world's
advancement ,to the present
tiigh level c f civilization, gau
has pluyefr £**. important and
siguift'eant 4 it first firelight
T re d li;;ht. ta th£ rxarid, tmii-
ishSuj; W;j 4"n;ie ivstI the old
ie!rtQ.::n. of ani '^uity, the
smnI:y srr-eMv od f-imp—then
It gav^. us . , 1
V7vi.!f>(he' advc.a. of ga;; as
a universally used £uel for
cooking purposes, the hame
made it greatest forward step
toward the abolition of the
endless days of labor and toil
which was the inheritance of
every woman who took over
the management of the home,
before the/introduction of the
gas range. 'X5-.1V- ,
Every v/oraan is familiar
with the wonders that gas lias
.accomplished ffer,v'her in the
workshop of the home. The
•old kitchen coal stove is now
hut a memory, a discarded
relic that has no place in the
modern home.
Relegated to the past with
it were its constant attend-
ants—the coal scuttle with its
muss1 and dirt, the hours of
weary bending over the fiery
hot stove, the polishing and
never ceasing labor-
Then we have the added
comfort of hot water when-
ever we want it by simply
j0*4juramg the faucet.. Then the
j efficient, economical gas heat-
> ing plants—steam, hot water,
' " vapor and hot air furnaces—
and the Radiant fire heaters
for fireplace ch&er and quick
heat. .
The modem gas range with
its beautiful graceful appear-
ance and automatically con-,
trolled and regulated oven
heat—which makes ,i|t passi-
Me to cook whole meals while
the housewife is miles away
has replaced the old - kitchen
eosfl fctove.
The majority of the indus-
trial plants in and around
Houston are now using natur-
al gas for manufacturing as
well as heating purposes. Ice
cottonseed products, by pro-
ducts of crude-oil cement, oil
well supplies.) drilling tools
eac., etc., are now being made
with the aid of natural gas.
A wonderful fuel, natural
gas—economical to use, ■ clean
dependable, efficient. f!, :
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Miss Clifford Geddie afc
Gr^nd Saline. Texas, spent a
while here Tuesday.
aou. tk^Opeaktng of the com-
ing t^ad^^trip' txf •thfevMir.eela
^ycdaukntf* he said that be
w;u; unable to .:go but
that' very ; likely -Mf ' Copass
\voulci accompany ttte drippers
Ho- left an announcement for
The Mbnitor whidt will
bo distributed along the route
of the ffood will trippers,
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Rev. Waifcer Cmo/iii
Returns From Meem>x
Eev. Walter L. Caiman paif-
Uh" of the Wfetliodist Church
here lias returned from near
Rusk, Texas were he : was en-
gaged in holding a revival meet
ing.
Rev. Caniian reports that
the meeting was. • . very Suc-
cessful considering that only
one: week wa.'i consumed in
the holding. *' >;• " ,
There wafc ' HieA': -^ccesa^iona
to the church, on profession^
faith, one of these being a
rrork, si>rfcj years of age;
Rev Cannan began another
meeting Monday n Crow, Tex-
WNfOU MERCHANTS TO MAKE
3000 WILL TOUR WITH BAND.
First
-y^jw.
;e
Here
[torn ix>.
O'cuv in
Mineolacart date their begin-
J> WillianRt an<t\Go. holds,
"hnig as far back as -J.906.
Tlus is the distinction that W-
llii's firm- lias dispensed gro-
ceries to* the Mineola public
constantly since that 'time
and tbjp baslness has grown
until today it is one of the
"largest in. the city.
Mr, Wv D. Williams is . a
•nan' who takes an active part
if* all civic, v,dhiirch\tftd'^^tr
ernat affairs/'fii: He is knoVn
all oyer this Action oa a' man
wli«. has done as mufth: ' for
charity and benevolent pur-
pc<?iv; :w any ' pnaa in .Mineola,.
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Annie Mays
•.lows Improvement
Mrs Annie Maysw sister to
Wirs. Ellie Reevesr has regain-
ed consciousness and accord-
ing to attending physicians
she will recover from her re-
cent injuries, inflicted when
tin auto knocked her io *:i in
Mexia,' Texas, Mrs Reeves
remained with her while Mr.
Ueeves returnee! home Mon-
day
HOME TOWN" HENRY
Jiy * • 1 • v v.;' c ^
KWhalt is ex^fe^tad-'toi'bfe the 'tivee, ^'idef taking their
largestsr -ai^ ^*o t j wives and Thereiiwill
G;Ood^Wilt Tour -'-evi^r v staged ,i3e one car of Alba peopie who
by the roer har«.tsriof-''Mineola will gb aiong to enioy-'he 6c-
23<rd' -and' 24th,- Tuesday and •; ;>:,The trip for the f?h-st day"
Wednesday of - next weefc. .'wrill be ' cftncluded • at' Winns—
Pians have been ■ made to 'eave boro where the tnppera will
hen? Tuesday morning and eat supper. -After, supper
ta!ke a route to the East of many are planning to take a
Wrneota visiting Crow, Haw- plunge in the natatorium
Icins, Big Sandy, returning to there.
Hawkins and taking a north,- \nyone:- desiring- to make
erly tour to Pine Mills, Hajn-- • tnis trip and does not h.i.
esville; Mt Pi3gah, Oak Grove, i wray to go may secure
Quitman, Forest Hill and transportation by phoning H:
Winnsboro oh the first day. ' 0. Rogers at the Mineola
The seconj day of the trip 3tate Rank or Calvin Lee at
will include the towns and The City -Drug Store,
communities of Golden, Aljbft, Many Ladies and girls are
3mory, Pickton, Cartwrightt making arrangements to go on
Coke, Jamestown, Grand Sal- thiq tour.
me, Garden Valley, and Lind i T^e follo.wing schedule will
ale . Several^_ stops will he • fye Adhered, to as far as possi-
oiade en route at ~ gins and k*e i * - - -
other places where there will. r* Inirst Dfty August 23rd.
be a gathering. " > Leave Mineola .... 9:00 a.m.
"Preceding*..the tour.- an air- Eiv. INew Hope . . ." . 9:30 a.m.
plane will fly over the tarri-. Lv Hoard 10:00 a.m.
tory to be.-covered ar^-dodgers Lv. Crow ..../. 10:30 a.m.
.Avill be propped containing Lv.- Hawkins .... 11 ;15 a.m
j'lhe scl^3d|*le of : the tripper^, L^neh at Big Sandy. Double
•% order notify _the people„jDac^. thni:^Ha^kihs to Pinft
along 'thf proposed tour 'of the r "• '' ' .
time the trippers will arrive. , Leay'e Pine Mills .. 2:0ft- p-n .
The Minecli, Band will ac- Lv. Hatnesville . .. ,. U 30 p.m.
sompany the tourists and #riW Lv. Quitman . 4:30 p.m,
give a concert at each place tk Cattwright , . 5:15. p.m.
wFx^ a stop is to be made j Lv. Pfefeton ... 5:45 p.m.
The band will be in ..full force : A^^^^boro ^ . 6:30 p.m.'
^'jnd dressed in their regular ' Band Concert after supper at
30stume. • *> ". *-•. Winnsboro. •« .. . - . ^
The merchants and business* ^eeond Daj August ^4th
-•ion here have bought -a large : Lea^ve Mineola " • 9:00i a«m.
y ^umber of various souyineers Eu^ rvftle ' 9 ;30 iwh,
whU^l* will be distributed to ( LifKl^fe^ dm?
the d^i^e who are xpet at , Mt- 3ylVan . 1^:15 a.m.
every piscA., | - Lunch at Garden Valley.
The -first'• express parka^fe
t.>- be received -in Mine<%f vfe'
"t^<^ air route ^lew intJo faW4f
T^mday morning . ,at* nin«
'T-^lo-'k, coming from Tylec.
'five pa«kage, containing' ■ specif,
ill a^t«mohife 'parts cfmsi^ned'
tft i^empaey Mota^r •-."•'%?. -thiH3
ptace, Was deliveted"'- af ttie flj^
i ng f iefd • in •' Tyler ^ -8^40 A.
M. and was recfcffreckvhy 1 Mr ^
Moore at the Lion'g Cliib-'Avia-
tion Field here -twenty seven
minutes later. Aviator Ped-
rey. drove ' the machine.
Mineola is one of the few
small cities in Texas to main-
tain a government recognized
aviatifon field.
Fourteen Girls ,
Win One DolW
v,d Reunion. t
Qiiitaian List
' A feature of the Old Set-
tier's Reunion was a content
i>?tween fourteen Wood Coun-
ty girls in dress making
Saoh girl was requred to pur..
<t Coml| g firom < distant
and states ftofo- every. J
iaf Wood County^ andrthe'
joining couiriaoii1 €4r- th< 3
pressed purpo.-^ of cel«
jthij twenty-fiat*! *n«6al ^
jBetUers' Eeunion, where; H
'old timers -gatherer to 3™
again the hand of an old .t
friead and to exchange ej
ence.q whieth transpired
aid years ago; and dtht
enjoy the amusements
gathering estimated 4jfc 18,000
P'Miplfk' assembled in 'Quitmatl
Tex i. ^ elve miles ' from
Mineoia on August W e v 10th,
11th and 12th. - \ ,
Rarely has there .-evei4 qp-
peared within such*'a
time so many , speakers
ional and state renown,
at this > reunion, a^id
theineji oiyai^ed* queptu)nd-.^^|L^
cemiing frdtfi' patridPtic?
to farm and 4omt*ticM< 5^9
Honorable Morgan Jp*
ers, Congre^r^fi ffcon
district delivered a inapi*
ontriofctc. .Wi ■ ■
It is estinlated that there 1 famestown
wdf between 150 and 209 Silver ^ke
people? to oiakVi this trip. Over
fifty merchants shavft alre«^4y
signified their intentions of
going or 1 having* representa- Brae^r Hill: u.
Grand. Saftnevi
Alba •: .:. -.
^oldenr ■ . 1 ...
?4Spjtn
2 -30 p.m-
J 3 :1'& p.'hll-
' 4 ;30 ./p.m.?
-5:15 p.m.
^•>5:4|5i.p-.mi
hi it tee had -difficulty in a-
wardjrvg a ppze fop the bast
A compromise was finally de-
cided upon and every girl re-
ceived a dollar prize for the
•; plend id seamstressing.
The following girls received
prizes
Msse^_. l^ulse Wtllingliam,
Wanlee ^endelton, RlizabeiJi
Gatti, Anne Louise Burden,
¥ciidilia Vandiver, Mary Mc-
Cain, Jaunita Huff,' Ewna
Wis^nbakeri Tacy Bruner all
•■•if HCtneala,. Mabel Re^ch, Harts
.'7^1d«' ,.,#rinie Floprney, Ver..
,,'i^riery .McDongal, Alamo Lam
ack '^ll' of Hainesvile, and
.^reat apjt
Other speakers "afc
times were, Janjc^i
Confederate A+> &AO,
Pitts^ W./Oj#Church,.' M
B R Oathpy/A
LarTSfta, V> H-
■ >t:?nj"ird, W. M. Pierson,4lJeo;
'|n^vea^nd R. T„ Sfti.1^
V«r P« eo!a Band \
The Minpofa jBand, direct^
by :Eay Dey'ers comes in for4
its share of praise. At each
Session uad^ uabarnacls,
this band hend^rccf 'a cdiicert
arid its muftie ^fas welf* repeiv-
"i Wany compliments. were
OI raumwvu«, tXuimQ)i upon 4^ Mineola band
Mtss Cnnnell of Quitmna. ■•'Bo~ iv/jiieoia n^rid
/rp i • 1 ^ -
r,A
it*'--
issouri. Pactfr;
i
T
f-.'iv
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A FEW P0US TWM?5M^ <MTd *Rym
AlVrt" WO CAU^E FOR AiARW\-=lki THE
DAEf OP AuetRUT ROXAE, A FEW OF
Trt'i MAnvES m\Deo iu cartuage
AUO MOW UE# yOKi STOREKEEPERS
pQMPtAm THAT SCME OF TME1R.
BEST 6jSTOMERS ARE
OVEft TO fWRjiS Tt> SHOP* SO
At Urroe OF THIS POKTT
MEAU TM'HOWE TRDWM IS' ... • •
GOtU' OKI TH' rao^KS -
File business men ,o'f Min-
eola were the recipients of a
pleasant visit last Thursday
by A. F, Judd of Palestine,
Shpt,, of the Palestine Divi-
sion of the Missouri Pacific
who : has succeeded J. T. Lk
Brooks,- recently- resigned, and
W B. Hamm, Trainmaster,, j.
M. Ball, Asst. Traffis Mana-
ger C. B. Woods, General
Agent. These gentlemen were
ihakng an inspection of the
company's property and get-
ting acqauinted with the peo-
ple in this little city.
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First National •
Bank Ranlcs Well
Strong financial institutions
must have more ttian strong
constantly since that time,i an
vaults in which to. keep safe
the money ; deposited.' Banks
are (founded upon the1 ope
principle, that of confidence.
Not only confidence' in' the
security of the funds when
the -employees are at home
at night but confidence in the
management the men Who
direct the policies of the in-
stitutions and the honesty
which they naturally have.
The First National Banlf of
Mineola numbers in its em_
oloyees men who are well
known to the people of Wood
County and the adjoining
counties and are known for
their integrity and courtesy.
The president has long resid-
ed in Mineola and enjoys the
confidence of the public. Thes<>
employees together with ' tjte
directors who set forth its
policies are men who are as-
p."iweniryaie&rs Of !
Ilalrtfeni!;
-
"i .£p 1907 J 1 grotfp '- £*f local'
citwtens, led'by' HirW.N'Metfe^'1'
dith and J. - C. '-Edeleh 'front
Leitchfietd., ,Ky> banded them-
selves- together in ah associa-
tion and applied'"for a "charter
as the RtirieoFa National- Bank.
In 1910 when the State Rank-
ing Department- was institut-
ed, th, charter was amended
■'and it became the flineola
'State Bank.
In the more than twenty
years it has operated, it has
always taken' care of \ its cus-:
tomers, in good years or bad
■Mruf more than one business in
Mineola Can tell of the coun-
?e' and advice that has been
helpful
In looking over the list of
original stockholders, it is
strange to note that -ninety
percent, of the changes have-
only been made on account
,0f the death of ths share hold L
er and the other ten per cent
have inherited the stodc they
s(^d. This showfs the fiaith
the organizers had in the
bank, a faith tha(t has been
justified by regular and. subr
stantial dividends, - "<
Feeling the responsibility to
its customers operating for the
good of the community and
under the able leadership of
its organizers this, bank has
won for its self the distinc-
tion of being, Safe, Dependa-
able and accommodating, i
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; Vg - hy consolidated Ine** "I'^hich the ...
f j^narchasing and the"113hie
~ W)^—- - v'v - —•— — U—il—,y.
. _ ... irauiion •.
Mrs. R„ T. Hooks has gone
to Marlin where she will re
main for three weeks. While
^he^e she will take the medical
baths for rheumatism.
404*-h—;
Mr ^r>d Mrs. W. fi.
siting in the building of this pr>" to DaVas Monda'.
5>n^ C^uti^
vv>; snen^ to cd?i-«?
time retaining individual i>wn-
,?hip ,.of the store in each towr?
,^h,ere. .jthe 'Federated Stores
ex&jt, .^h,e* members ' of ■ this con
s.oli^ation believe thatA they
> h,av<e ; solved the problem of
costs and therefore of re-
diitej v^efling. ' 1 ' -
F. Adams,' • owner, of F.
S Adam:i\3tore who begins
• a weekly safes'v^>f advertise-,
meats which #'iHy .appear in
. the Momitor^each' we&& for thui
coming year, emphasj^ies the
point that by united buying
■ and advertising the cost of
buying and* overhead expensr-
wil! be cut and thus enable
the buying public .to profit
by the-' Federated Dry Goods
Stores of whioh his store is
a member,
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•Harcfware . '.V
Grows Since Ooenmr
hSime '.begfmjina: business
here! one year ago known as
the. Mineola Hardware Co.,
this concern under the man-
ag^ment of. W. I*. Thompson
and-assisted hy Henry Simms.
•has made good progress. Mr
Thompson makes a specialty
each month of offering soeei-
al.gales in hardware and furn-
iture and tjhey have proved
an attraction- A special ad-
vertisement appears this week
in, .the Monitor.
• - * ^(H-
^hich the
conducted.' vOne , parti&ilnf
ture inaugurate^ this yWt wa? -
that of presentingx to all *<5a
mten'MSr 70 yeW -^*
% hi^: p^dge wfuch '1
the fearer^.see alTS^
^ee and ta. partake
fe^Pe . Pf refreshment on -the
grounds gratia -. ±
lf. —*'
Miss . Williams ; ''V-i :
. Returns From ? ?
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Miss D..ns-;WilIi:.n,[,: ^
h m h«en attending'the S
mer ^"'03 of -the University
f Colorado has '.JEg
■imraa ass, Williams-^oi
->pecial work in Home ®no
raics white' in the UmWfav
e hkve charge c^^hat
Vmr fnt^6 COniiriS school
year. Last year she taurht
•W-
... Miss Montine and Raymon
Phillips h,ave returned from a
week's visit With their father
in Galyeston. Thev also vis-
ited Hotistoij and other South
;ern poi-pts. ' !
points. |
S.- • Witlj Tr°tofi
Mrs. W;ilj hf ToT *r-
vipw is visitH"' Mrp. P;: C.
Meritt this wee1-
m p. " i
The Whittj^ii' Ha^d#i
believes th^t rt is a g
cy to advertise:'' «But\
B. Whftten has
Plan of jidyerttMhg;
not the sporadic type
who keepp etitfrnally 5
When business fs dil
where one will' find
Whitten, keeps his
space. Hjpwever ' he
ever 'runs; the 'same"
irtent twiqe. ■ Constant
and coiistaiitty hirikm|
priftte chants |n ad\
has fortnight resqli
day h|s store Enjoys ijnie con-
fidence of |the'pv^iicf:a^|*^n!'-1
with the h°st in East '
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