The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 1938 Page: 8 of 8
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THE MINEOLA MONITOR
JULY 14, 193S-
VISIT IN LUFKIN
Mrs. M. F. Usry and son, Mil-
ton Franklin, and sister, Miss
Helen Weaver, are visiting
friends and relatives in Lufkin
this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Russell
and Homer Willingham are
visiting in Hot Springs, Ark-
ansas, for a month.
VISIT IN SOUTH TEXAS
Mr. and Mrs. Max A. Aid
redge and daughter, Maxine
accompanied by the former's
mother, Mrs. M. J. Aldredge,
have returned from a visit in
Galveston, Houston and Free-
port.
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Jackie Thrasher has just re-
covered from a brief illness.
TIME
BLANKENSHIP'S
Red & White Food Store
NOTICE!
I wish to announce to my friends and
patrons that I am now located at Sebe
Smith's Garage on Tyler Highway south
of Mineola, where we are prepared to
handle your automobile and general re-
pair work day or night with the utmost
efficiency.
GERALD HUT
We do all kinds of electric welding, body
and fender work.
Phone 25
J. S. SMITH
Mineola, Texas
No delay when you have your watch
repaired here. We have parts rteht
here in our sturc for over 5000 differ-
ent makes of watches—American or
Swiss.
HA.VB VWJft WATeM
Standard
TOMATOES
No. 2 Can jje
Imperial Cane
SUGAR
Cloth Bag
1 0 H)s 48c
Mussel
I
MC3T MOOeRN AND • • *
. . . COMPLETE. WKTCM REBW8
skvice in the crrr • • ♦
APPLE BUTTER
22 m jar 1 Qc
FOODS THAT
SATISFY!
AT PRICES
THAT SATISFY
With Service That
SATISFIES!
Diamond
SHORTENING
4 Lbs ... 43c
8 Lbs . 82c
Flynt's
NOTICE
Of Office Hours
The office of Dr. E. P. Bunn
will be open from 9 to 11 a
m., only for the present.
Dr. A. O. Hinkley of Winns-
boro will be in the office
during this period.
ESQUIRE
PEACHES - No. 2". canl 5c
VAN CAMPS
PORK & BEANS - 3 u<
14-OUNCE BOTTLES
CATSOP
9C
ALASKA PINK
SALMON
10*
$®§!
'2
High-Power
Perfection No. R-839
—awacMuflt-pcuu&i |] PERFECTION
/IS different as night and day. is
X\ today's High-Power Perfec-
tion Oil Range as compared with
the oil stoves of a few years ago.
Quick cooking heat the moment
you light it—easily regulated for
, *°y degree of heat you want—and
these clean, fast burners leave
W. L. Thorn
cooking utensils spotlessly clean.
Complete line, four and five burner
ranges with built-in "Live-Heat"
ovens, noted for perfect baking
results, and stoves with one to five
burners. Come in and see the latent
models. Liberal trade-in allowance
on your old stove.
Mark
pson
Mineola, Texas
The A
lark of
A
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ONE FIRST QUALITY
INNER TUBE
-and-
A CRISP $1.00 BILL FREE
With Each U. S. Royal Tire
Sold During This Event!
Crazed Negro—
(Continued from page 1)
Meanwhile, word had reached
Hawkins of the killings and
John Smith, armed only with
a pistol, rode out to intercept
Register. They met at a point j
about midway between town
and Register's home, and when
Smith, who had not realized
how heavily the Negro was arm-
ed, asked him where he was
going, Register replied that hej
was going to get killed but J
that if he did he was going!
to be killed alone.
Smith Escapes.
With that he threw his gunj
menacingly toward Smith andj
the latter, sensing his inten-1
tion, sped away and turned
around further down the road
and then raced madly to town.
Smith was standing in his
gas station, which is almost j
opposite the Hawkins railroad, dog r^ng between Allen and
station, when Register, his sis-j^is w[fe. Mrs. Allen was un-
ter still protesting with him, J touched.
hove into view up the roadj upon being struck, Allen lost
which skirts the station and control of the car and it
200 SHEET
KLEENEX -----
— 2 for 21c
AUTUMN PINT
13c
GRAPEJUICE
qt 2§c
PURE RIBBON CANE
Half Gallon 25c
SYRUP - -----
gal 47«
IRISH LINEN TOILET
TISSUE -----
. 4 rolls j Yc
Seasoned
ROLLED
ROAST
20<- «•
Assorted
LUNCH
MEAT
20c lb
ROUND
STEAK
LAMB
CHOPS
20cll>
20c
GROUND
MEAT
HOME-BAKED
HAM
lb 10c
W ">
SUNKIST
LEMONS
SUNKIST
ORANGES
432 Size
doz j {}<'
Size
doz 10c
WHITE
GRAPES
FRESH
TOMATOES
lb 10<
211* 5«
CHAMP
DOG FOOD
4 Cans
IS®
WHEATIES
2 Large
pkgs 25«'
Rubbing
ALCOHOL
Pint Size
3 for 25°
16 Cubic Inches
MATCHES-,
£ boxes | §c
PAPER
TOWELS
2 19c
We Reserve the Right to
Limit Quantities
Red and White
FLOUR
24 Lbs S .75
48 Lbs $1.45
Every Sack
Guaranteed
plunged into a ditch at the
left side of the road-
Killed by Smith.
Register had started toward
This Offer
Good For
Limited
Time ONLY
—With each U. S.
Guard Tire we will
give a new tube Free!
ACT NOW!
Terms Arranged!
Trade in your old tires on the U. S. Royal
Tire and get more trade-in dollars than
any other dealer can offer.
Pegues Tire Store
goes north from Hawkins.
At the home of C. W. Cum-
bie, Register stopped. Mrs.
Cumbie, unsuspecting any dan-
ger, answered his hail and the, them when he noticed Smith,
Negro asked for a piece of ^ whose head and shoulders were
paper, explaining that he visible on the other side of the
"wanted to make his will". j tracks, Wheeling, he fired at
Fortunately, his sister was j him but the .'shot went wild,
able to gain Mrs. Cumbie's at- j The charge from Smith's gun
tention and told her the con-1 struck the crazed Register
dition of the man and warned squarely in the forehead and
her to go into the house quiet-1 ended his career of death in
ly and stay there. It was pos-, time to prevent him from the
sible this act on the part of wanton killing of Mr. and Mrs.
the Negro girl saved Mrs j Allen.
Cumbie from death, for the rov-j Justice of the Peace Arthur
ing eye of the killer next fast-1 B. Humphries, when questioned
ened upon Newell Ellison who (concerning the killing, stated
was working in a pasture op- that had it not been for the
posite the Cumbie home. true aim of Smith, others would
Ellison Killed. have surely fallen before the
Ellison's only warning of im- demon's gun.
pending danger came as the Humphries cited the helpless
mad marksman sent one wild, plight of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
shot speeding in his direction, and explained lhat the Negro
The next shot lodged in Elli- j would have then continued into
son's body in the fleshy part town where there would have
of his neck just above his right possibly been a further loss of
shoulder and emerged below human life.
his armpit on his left side af-l Smith Commended,
ter crashing through his lungs j He commended the bravery
to spell death to the man who of Smith and pointed out that
a moment before had been busy the Negro's gun still had ten
herding cows to the barn. j shells in the magazine when
From his station across the it was examined. Register al-
tracks, Smith had stood a'so had a reserve supply of am-
horror-stricken onlooker as El- j munition with him in a paper
lison fell to the ground in the sack.
agony of death. Smith rushed j Possible cause for the break
to a nearby store and procur- J in the otherwise tranquil life
ed a shotgun and then raced of Register was thought to have
to the scene, some 200 feet been the recent loss of a sister
distant, but before he could and an aunt, and the fact that
arrive, Roy Allen, a former ( his mother was at a point near
Hawkins postmaster and his death.
wife, turned from a side rcadj Those acquainted with Reg-
into the road commanded by; ister said that for the past few
mentioned that he had during
that time almost constantly
"preached about Job like a
preacher".
Ellison leaves a wife and
three small daughters, his
mother and father, six broth-
ers and two sisters.
Allen, at an early hour Thurs-
day morning was reported out
of danger and resting com-
fortably at Baylor Hospital,
Dallas, where he had been tak-
en in an English ambulance fol-
lowing emergency treatment
here in Mineola.
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What They Say
About Zed English
Mineola
Phone 28
Register and started towards
town in their pickup truck.
Shoots Allen.
As they passed Register, he
sent another shot toward them.
It struck the door of the light
truck slightly below the left
door handle, entered Allen's
left, arm above the elbow, shat-
tered the bone in that limb
days he had been acting very
"queerly". Smith reported, that
he had come to his station only
a few days ago complaining
that "someone" was bothering
him.
Register's sister, according
to Justice of the Peach Humph-
ries, stated that her brother
had been "rambling in his talk
and then emerged to strike a for three or four days," and
W. Z. English solicits your
support in the county primary
solely upon his official record
and promises to continue same
service if re-elected public
weigher.
Just for the information of
some people that perhaps have;
had no cotton weighed by him
and therefore do not know
the kind of service that he has
given during the time he has
weighed cotton here, therefore;
I quote what different farmers
have to say about him:
One Farmer Says.
"Correct weights and court-
eous treatment is all we ask
for when we have our cotton
weighed and we have never
failed to get that as long as
we have weighed with Zed."
One Farmer Says.
"Zed English weighed cotton
for my grandfather. He also
weigehd for my father and he
has weighed for me several
years, and if my son and
grandson should be cotton
growers, I would be glad for
him to weigh for them."
Another.
"The price of cotton may be
bad and the grade of cotton
may be bad, but correct weights
and courteous treatment cheer-
fully rendered is always good
and that is the kind of service
we have always received when
weighing with W. Z. English."
Another Says.
"Zed English may be a hog
about watermelons, but he cer-
tainly is a gentleman about a
bale of cotton."
Another Says.
"100 years is a long time,
but should I live to grow cot-
ton that long I would be glad
to know that Zed English could
live to weigh that long."
Another.
"I do not live in precinct 2,
I but I market my cotton at
Mineola and it certainly has'
been a pleasure to have Zed
English weigh it for many^
years. The service he gives is
hard to beat. I wish I could
vote for him."
Another Says.
"Why change as long as we
are satisfied?"
—Pol. Adv.
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Short Story Tells
Brief Crime Career
A short, short story of crime
and capture by the hour:
11:40 a. m. Sunday morning:
a hitch-hiker near Tyler,
ed up in Mineola, used a pistol
to rob, hijack and steal the
of the man that picked him
up.
11:43 a. m.: call reported to
and broadcast by police radio
station KACU, Longview.
11:55 a. m.: call repeated on
radio and picked up by Police-
men Binl Maddox and TOm
Williams of Kilgore, who start-
ed cruising on Kilgore-Tyier*J
highway.
12:15 p. m.: report received I
and broadcast that hijacker |
had "chased 'em all off" at
beer tavern midway bet
Tyler and Kilgore. Kilgore
licemen, one mile away,
ceived the call, rushed to
tavern as the man climbed
to the stolen car, arrested
disarmed him.
1:00 p. m.: Hijacker lodg
Smith county jail—exactly OflW
hour and 20 minutes after thl|
hi-jacking occurred.—Lot
Journal.
All
Straw
Hats
Half
Price
Collins Man Skoi
Mineola, Texas
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 1938, newspaper, July 14, 1938; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298913/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.