The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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Mineola
A NEWSPAPER, "OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE"
VOLUME
MINEOLA, WOOD COUNTY TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 19"29.
NUMBER 35
Prominent Mineola Business Man Passes
Away Saturday. In Dallas Sanitarium
Dallas Man Is
Appointed Ford
W. C. DuBose Popular Furniture and Undertaker
Passes Away After Major Operation.
Open Brokerage
And Oil Exchange
Dealer Here; Here Yesterday
Armistice Day Celebration In Mineola
Draws Several Thousands of Visitors
It is with sadness and deepest
regret that the Monitor chronicles: Wpi|/iu' I W'L
the death of W. C. DuBose. one | *CI1UW JalftClo
of Mineola's popular and well j
know business men, which occur- ;
Win From Salt
City Indians 20-0
■Saturday night, following a major
operation Wednesday night for |
appendicitis. Deceased was strick- ' —•— -
***fen suddenly Wednesday and ac- j Bcioie a large ciowd of Armis-
companied by local physicians and ' celebrators Coach Copass
his family, was rushed to Dallas, j Mineola High School Yellow Jack-
where everything that medical skillj e^s slashed and crashed their way
and loving hands could administ- a 20 to 0 victory over the
er was done to aleviate his suf- [ Grand Saline Indians who were
fering and prolong his life, but j ai^ oiled up for the battle.
without avail; the final summons ^"he Jackets offense was not
coming as above mentioned. j functioning as heretofore and
Wittich Chiles DuBose. was born 1 Quarter Moody only used straight
at Pennecola, Florida, in 1381, football, with Jones, Taylor, Capt.
therefore was 48 years of age at;B1alock and Wilhite doing the i word
the time of his summons to come plunging, while Moody and Beas-'
up higher. He came to Mineola lipped off nice gams around
in 1900, and had been engaged in cuds. It was >4Bud) Moody
the furniture and undertaking j took a pass from a Jacket
business here for the past 23 years.
And. besides a loving wife the de-
ceased is survived by an only
son, Chappell, who will continue
the business so successfully car-
Mr. John M. Cooper, of Dallas j Messrs. L. L. Donnell. of Wichita [
| has been appointed authorizedi Falls, J. W. 'Tex) Angell. of Elec-
I Ford dealer in Mineola. succeed- j tra and H. H. Murray of Plain-
! ing the Watts Motor Company, j view, nave this week secured office
j and arrived in this city last Fri-' space on the first floor of the
! day. November 8th., to enter upon' Beckham Hotel adjacent to the
the duties connected with this j main lobby, and as this paper goes
splendid business. j to press are preparing to open a
Mr .Cooper k; an experienced brokerage and oil exchange busi-
| man in this particular line of; ness in Mineola.
j automobile business; having been j These gentlemen, are seasoned
connected with the Ford interest j ancj experienced in the oil de-
in Dallas for the past fourteen | veiopment business; having been
years. And he comes to this city, operating throughout the state
with the full intention of becoming for many years, with Wichita
a part of the town and commun- Fallas as the base of operation,
ity: and has every appearance of ancj after spending several weeks
a very clever affable gentleman; studying and looking over the
infact he is reputed by those who' surrounding territory adjacent to
know him to be not only a first the big producer recently brought
class business man, .but a fine [n by the Pure Oil Company, at
gentleman in every sense of the van, sixteen miles southwest of
| Mineola, have decided that since
He also stated to a Monitor j there is every indication that
In Spite of Heavy Hanging: Clouds Many Come
From Neighboring Cities. Huge Success.
What The Lion's
Club Has Done
For Mineola
Under the auspices or the
Luckette Cochrane Post No. 296,
of the American Legion, .and the
Mineola Business men. the elev-
enth annual Armistice Day cele-
b ration for Mineola ana Wood
County, while not attended by
the largest number of peopie has
passed into history as one of the
most successful, and really attend
by a crowd variously estimated at
from eight to ter. thousand peo-
ple.
The annual occasion begun eiev
er. years ago. as a Mineola and
Wood county affair, but it has
the man> things the Lions Club now become ail most an All East
has been responsible for. I Texas occasion. which dTaws peo..
Please keep in mind, the object pie front many neighboring coun-
of. a Lions Club is to serve the ties. And all Mineola is proud
Community, with preference to of the occasion ana the success
This question has often been
asked and for the benefit of all
who have not been privileged to
belong to the organization, and as
one who has been actively connect - (
ed with it since the beginning, we
shall try to give you a few of
none and the common good of all
and judge us by the results of
and raced 38 yards for a touch-
down and the first thrill of the
afternoon.
The Indians were terriors in
mid-field but liked the necessarv
cf same. It was a good natured
crowd, ana not ar. incident has
been reported to have happened
during the day that had any
tendency to marr the happy event.
" It- was a red letter day for
representative that, he had met j Mineola is located right in the
with a very fine reception from middle of the path of future de- j out efforts. This Lions Club has
lie people of Mineola and was ] velopmeut of the big East Texas been the clearing house for ideas
delighted with the town in every field this city naturally was the; for the upbuilding of the commu-
way. He also stated that he was j logical place in which to estab- j nity and while it is not sup-
anxious to move his family to; lish their business. Mineola bids j posed to act as a collecting agency, the business interest that remain-
this city, and would do so just them welcome. j still when funds were needed for ed open; it beins next to impos-
as quickly as a home could be , any civic enterprise, the Lions ^ble to wait upon the crowds
ried on by his father. power when they got within scor- j secured. Woman Treated for Poison j Club has not shirked and its com- that came and went in search of
Deceased remains were brought j inS distance. Their much talked. The new "Authorized Ford Deal-j Mrs. Cv B..Crow. 36. of 1400 South ! mitties have from time to time the many bargains that were being
to this city on Sunday, where at'01 passing machine was stopped, j er" in Mineola will be known as' Akard street, was in a serious j gone out and raised the necessary offered. "
the family residence they lay in! !-ime an dtime again. i the John Oooper Motor Company, j condition at Parkland Hospital j funds when all others had either
state until Monday when at 2;00 ^ was none other than Bud j and we dfrect the attention of our late Sunday night. She was treated failed or refused to do so.
Moody stelia little quarter of the j readers to the Company's an- for poisoning.
Jackets wno made a beautiful i nouncement in this paper. —Dallas News.
tackle of an Indian back after' 1
he had gotten by the^ line and the j f. E. Adams, local dry goods Mr. and Mrs. Henry Douglas ecj more than half of the 51,000.00
years, conducted by Rev. W. K. i secondary defence, to marr the j merchant, was among the visitors have gone to the Rio Grande j which has done more to adver- i tures have been given in this pap-
Strother, former pastor of the1 only chance the Indians had to j from Mineola to Dallas Tuesday. Valley on a pleasure trip. 1 tise tiie town than any other one' er by the Hish School Yellow
agency and the publicitv has been Jacket Editor, we gladly refer our
Judge E. A. Tharp was in Dallas Thos. Durhamv spent Armistice, very favorable, then the Boy readers to same or. page 3 where
on business last week-end. in West Texas. _ Scouts who have done much to you will enjoy reading
. — ..... _ . — — j improve the conditions as they! """■
p.m. funeral services were conduct
ed from the First Methodist
'church, of which denomination he
had. been a member for many
One of the first activities for
the Lions Club was to secure a
county agent, Mineola Lions rais-
The Monitor would like to give
on this (the front page) a full
detailed report of the many beau-
tiful and successful features of
the big event, but since a full and
complete report of all these fea-
. local church but now stationed at: score. !
Wolfe City, assisted by the pre- The gun for the half stopped
sent pastor, Rev. J. Harvey Carlin, i what looked to be a sure touch-
ana Rev. R. E. Roberts of Central down for the Indians with the
Christian Church, with one of the, bail in scoring position. The score
largest crowds present ever at- ■ ^ the half was Mineola 6, Grand ^
tending a similar occasion in this j Grand Sahne 0. | H
City ' The second half opened with the j g
Deceased had held a number of Indians fighting desperately to i =
honored and important positions; ■ over come the Jackets 6 point
having been at one time Mayor j lead. On every other down the
of the city of Mineola. fire chief, Indians * would heave the oval
jresident of the Lion's Club, mem-
of the Masonic Lodge, a Shrill-
er, member of the Knights of
Pythias, Elks lodge and Vice-Presi-
dent of the Texas organization of
Funeral Directors. He was infact,
admired nad esteemed by all who
knew him, and his sudden and
unexpected departure from among
the walks of men is deeply mourn-
ed by the entire community.
At. the church following the
minister's sermon and remarks of
eulogy by the various pastors, a
very beautiful and impressive cere-
mony was held by members of
the Elk's Lodge which when com-
pleted the remains was taken in
charge by members of the Masonic
fraternity and escorted to the
jmetery, where burial was had
f' with full masonic honors.
Active pall bearers were: W. D.
Williams, J. D. Harris, Leonard
Bruner, C. E. Revelle, P. H. Bogan,
rj. L. Hartsfield, M. H. Landers,
and J. L. Beckham.
The floral offerings were the
largest and most beautiful, ex-
emplifying the high esteem and
admiration the community held
their beloved citizen.
Pastor Returns for
Another Year
from a fake formation, in hopes of
getting a man by the secondary
defense of the Jackets, however,
most of the heaves were inter-
cepted or batted down by a Jacket.
The Yellow Jackets put over
two more markers in the third
quarter and the fourth quarter
saw second and third string
Jackets in the line up.
To the boys from the Salt City
must go much praise, for they
are scrappers with that do or die
determination, and held a team
that is 7 or more touchdowns
better than they to 3 touchdowns.
Coach Copass' will send his
Yellow Jackets against the Troup
Gridders Friday afternoon at the
Yellow Jacket Athletic Field.
Local People Sell
Lease and Royalty
SELECT THEATRE
Mineola, Texas
"OUR TRUE INTENT IS ALL FOR YOUR DELIGHT"
| Thursday Nov. 14
1 "BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES" |
| Paramount Release Actually Photographed |
| Comedy "Motor Boat Mam^'
arose, conducting a clean up cam-
|! paign and securing living quart-
glers for the several hundred rail-
]! road men who came to us with-
1 out notice or warning. We have
i sponsored and been instrumental
1 in decorating the town for the
]; Holidays, in giving the city a com-
j munifcy Christmas tree, in taking
1! care of the sick, the helpless and
1 i the needy, not
1 mas times but when
attention.
DON'T FORGET THE SCHOOL
FOR SCOUT EXECUTIVES
Friday. November 15th 7:30 P.M.
Basement of Baptist Church.
We have challenged McKinney
on the matter of attendance
and today haVe the following mes-
sage;
McKinney accepts the challenge
only at Christ-J and reports thirty-two present
/hen called to our' first night in spite of unfavorable
weather.
Lease on a tract of land con-
taining 75 acres, known as the
Patton pasture, and owned by
Maj. A. A. McDaniel, now in the
U. S. Army, was recently sold
through the efforts of his father,
Mr. J. F. McDaniel to one of the
oil companies operating in this
section, at $10.00 per acre.
And Mr. C. E. Revelle, local in-
surance man, reports' the sale of
| one half royalty on 24 acres to
Rev. J. Harvey Carlin, for the j the West Texas Royalty and De-
past two years pastor of the Min- j velopment Company, at $75.00 per
eola Methodist Church, was re- : acre, or $150.00 per acre bases for
turned to this station for another' a11 royalty.
year of labor by the Annual Con- j
ference which met in Palestine last! Mr. A. Long, formerly of this
week. ; community; but now residing in
Under Rev. Carlin's able and j Gainesville, was here first of the
faithful efforts the Mineola church j week visiting his mother and other
s enjoyed splendid growth, and: relatives and friends. And while
return for another year is j here dropped in at the Monitor
pleasing to his many friends. ■ office and ordered The Monitor,
j the ' Old Reliable", saying that he
IERS REPORT TO NOV. 1 j "wanted to keep posted on the
According to E. S. Watson, spec- I happenings of the "Old Home
ial agent for the department of j Town.' '
jnunerce in Wood county, there j
been ginned in this county J Miss Marguerite Kine, daughter
>r to November 1st., this year j of Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Kine of this
^5,598 bales cotton, as compared J city, who is attending Southern
to 23,G03 bales of the same date!' Methodist University, Dallas, was
last year. Round baits counted as ] a visitor with home folks and
halves. I friends over the week end.
J
Friday also Saturday Matinee
"BLACK MAGIC"
with Henry B. Walthald & Josephine Dunn
Also Good Comedy
Saturday Night Only Nov. 16
"POWER OF SILENCE"
with. John Westwood & Virginia Pearson
Monday & Tuesday Nov. 18—19
"SHE GOES TO WAR"
with Eleanor Broadamn, John Holand
A1 St. John
Also "COLLEGIANS".
PALACE THEATRE
Mineola, Texas
Thursday Nov. 13
"RAINBOW"
with Dorothy Sebastian & Lawrence Gray
Also Good Comedy
, Friday & Saturday Nov. 15—16
"CLEARING THE TRAIL"
Featuring HOOT GIBSON
Also "VANISHING WEST" Serial
Monday & Tuesday, Nov. 18—19
"ONE MAN DOG"
Featuring RANGER the wonder dog
Also Good Comedy
Wednesday, Nov. 20
"THE BLOCKADE"
with Anna Q. Nillson & all Star Cast
When other agencies have failed
H i the Lions Club has gone out and
1 j raised funds to purchase the right
p; of way for highways, has marked
1; and numbered the streets, has
H i graded and filled in high school
grounds, cut the weeds, contri-
buted regularly to the home for
§§ Blind and while it is not supposed j __
§' to be a collection agency, has _ SEEKS JAIL
s ii-j-ve twice that number
next Friday night and get away
to a good start.
Vie are fortunate in having the
best instructor in America for our
leader in this school. Open to
all men. young and old in this
district. -■* y -
' when absolutely necessary, gone
out and raised the funds for
ESCAPE
TO
FROM HIS
WIFB
DALLAS, Nov. i&.—Peopie who
want to get out of jail are no
novelty but last night-—
A man rushed into Jaii Sgt.
Harry Trammall's private front
office.
he said, "put me isa
"Quick",
iil!"
Sergeant
Trammail was not to
What've vet.: done?"
but
strictly civic undertakings, in oth-
er words. The Mineola' Lions Ciu'o,
organized as a strictly service or-
ganization and for the clearing
house of ideas, has been all this,
and has gone still further and put
these ideas into effect, largely
thru its own membership, but
while this is true, we are not
unmindful of the fact that our j ,Qe -Wished
citizens on the outside have rend - i Nothing'. came the reply,
ered a splendid assistance in every j after me.
undertaking; so, without boasting' ^hen a wornar. hove
jjjjor apoligizing, we claim the dis-
g tinction of being the only ser-
11 vice organization in Mineola to
g i which our citizens may belong
g! without hope of personal prefer-
1 ence, and thru which by the in-
tense advancement of our re-
sources, will improve the chances
for advancement of every citizen
8! in the community.
into
view. Sergeant Trammali worked
fast. As the door clanged shut,
he little man declared 'Td rather
je in jail than have her get me
till she's in a better frame of
min?" —Star-Telegram
Yours for greater service,
MINEOLA LIONS CLUB.
Local Merchant's
Sister Dies Mon.
I11
\merican Legion
To Meet Nov. 18th
There will be a meeting of the
American Legion members on next
Monday, November ^ i8th , every
one urged to be present. The
meeting will be held at the usual
meeting place.
Mr. E. P. Davis, local grocery
merchant in this city, was called
to Hughes Springs Monday night
by a message announcing the seri-
ous illness of a sister, Mrs. Anna
King, of that city. Mr. Davis
accompanied by his family left
immediately for her bedside, how-
ever.. she passed away at about
; six o'clock Tuesday evening, ac-
cording to information received in
B4ineola Wednesday morning, and
was laid to rest Wednesday after-
noon at three o'clock
Charles Seamaan, of the Sea-
maan Dry Goods Store in Mrneola,
had business in Dallas Tuesday;
returning Wednesday.
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Mr and Mrs. R A. Triggs were
happy to have as Armistice Day
visitors, their sons, Albert of Jack-
sonville and George of Hearne.
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Carraway, R. H. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1929, newspaper, November 14, 1929; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth286134/m1/1/?q=%22Student+publications+--+Texas+--+Mineola.%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.