Timpson Daily Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 20, Ed. 1 Monday, January 28, 1935 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 34
TIKi’SON, TEXAS, MONDAY. JANUARY 28, 1935
W. L THBIUSSOH DIES
AT CENTER; FUNERAL IT
ILL ELECT GOMMUIITY
GSHMITTE FOIL THIPLE-
W. L. Thomasson, 68 years
of age, passed away Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Sam Adams at Center. Mr.
Thomasson had been in ill
health for sometime, and - his
death follows that of his aged
mother, who passed away only
a few weeks ago.
The funeral service will be
held this afternoon at 2:30 o’-
clock at New Prospect church
and interment will be made in
the cemetery at that place.
Mr. Thomasson has resided
in this community for a num-
ber of years, and was one of
the community’s most highly
respected citizens. He was
ever mindful of the comfort
and happiness of his family
and enjoyed the friendship of
every one who knew him.
He is survived by his wife,
four brothers, six sisters, and
nine children. Brothers: Jim
and John Thomasson, Tignall,
Ga.; Fred Thomasson. Dallas;
Boykin Thomasson; Baytown.
Sisters: Mrs. Sam Kelley, Carl-
ton, Ga-; Mrs. Oscar Booker,
Springfield. Ohio; Mm. A. E.
Bailey, Mrs. Ruth Rhodes, Mrs.
J. W. Goodwin, Mrs. C. E.
Townes, Mrs. H. G. Molloy,
Mrs. N. C. Shepherd, Timpson.
Children: Mrs. George Jones,
Tyler; Albert Thomasson,
Timpson; Howard Thomasson,
Timpson; Smith Thomasson,
Jasper; Mrs. T>. Spencer, Louis-
iana ; Mrs. Sam Adams, Cen-
ter; Mrs. O’Quinn, Louisiana;
Mrs. Herman Fraser, Timp-
son ; Flake Thomasson, Timp-
son. - - :Mrr-Thonmason is-also-
survived by 11 grandchildren.
BELIEVES IS MALIDII
PERSONS WILL ATTEND
TEXAS CENTEH.
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Dallas, Texas, Jan. 26.—
(UP)—Nat D. Rodgers, who
was director of amusements at
the World’s Fair in Chicago,
predicted that at least 15,000,-
000 persons would visit Texas
for the Centennial celebration
in 1936.
Rodgers, who got his start
in the show business here years
Ago, was in Dallas recently for
a visit.
The First
Thousand
Nearly every successful man can say: "My ■
hardest job was the careful saving that ac-
cumulated my first thousand dollars.”
And it wasn’t this first thousand that
brought him success. Don’t get that idea. It H
wasn’t that at all. It was due to the SAVING
habit he formed while accumulating his first 1j
nest egg. Learn to take care of your dollars. ! i
Place them in our Bank where they will be ;;
safe. You are then fairly on the road to fi- i
nancial success.
HKO
COTTON BELT STATE BANK
The Oldest Bank in Shelby County
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NO. 20
Going Fishing
NEW PROSPEET TODAY I COTTON PROGRAM
A meeting has been called
and will be held in Timpson
Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 10 a. m,,
for the purpose of electing
community committeemen for
triple-A cotton program, ac-
cording to J. L. Bogue. The
following communities are re-
quested to meet in Timpson
on the above date: Timpson,
Wedgeworth, Silas, Shady
Grove, Weaver, Harrison,
Blair and Beuna Vista. Meet-
ing will be held at armory
hail. As announced in the
limes Saturday, Mr. Scurlock
will be in Timpson Wednesday
to deliver rental and parity
checks.
NSW YORK ,
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GOOD ATTENDANCE FOR
midi SERVICES
The revival meeting, wh. h
opened at the Christian church
Sunday, was well attended
both morning and evening.
Rev. J. C. Welch, evangelist,
delivered two ' excellent ser-
mons to an attentive congrega-
tion. Rev. Newton J. Robison,
who will conduct the singing,
will arrive tonight and .the
Times has been requested to
extend an invitation to all the
singers of the town to attend
and help with the song serv-
ices. Services will begin
promptly at 7 o’clock each
evening._-
HIGHER DEMAND FOR FARM
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The index of farm wages on
January 1, 1935, was 86,
compared with 81 on January
1, 1934, and demand for farm
labor averaged 4.1 points
higher than a year ago, ac-
cording to a report of the Bu-
reau of Agricultural Eco-
nomics. The Bureau announc-
ed that “from the standpoint
of price-wage relationships,
farmers were in a much better
position on January 1, 1935,
than for some years. The ratio
of prices received for farm
products to farm wages arose
to 117 per cent of pre-war, as
compared with ratios of 110
for October 1. 1994, and 95 on
January 1, 1934.
ployeej^d is oiling up the reel to
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In a >Hulty
AFRICA . . . Abjminia e&Ha tin
attention of the League of Nations,
that the Italian Somaliland is using
women soldiers la the warfare now
being conducted Against Ethiopia.
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BOSTON \ . . George C. Dads
(above), of New York University,
INTERSOitASTIG LEAGUE
MEET MED BEffi
The coaches for the Inter-
scholastic League, which is to
be held at the Timpson high
school this year in March, are
as follows:
Arithmetic—William Bus-
sey.
Choral Singing—Mrs. S. W.
Harris.
Debate—Z. B. Crump. -
Essay, high school—Misq
Abney.
Essay, grades—Mrs. K. N.
Koonce.
Extemporaneous Speaking—
Mrs. Rougeou.
Track—Carlos Davis.
Junior Boys’ Baseball—
—Carlos Davis.
Junior Girls Baseball—Mrs.
H. A. Crausby.
Picture Memory—Mrs. J. S.
Taylor.
Spelling, high 'school—Miss
Abney.
Spelling, grades—Mrs. J. C.
Black and 'Mrs. 0. A. Crausby.
Story Telling—Miss San-
ders.
Tennis—S. N. Pincham.
Volley Ball—'Mrs. Rougeou.
Baseball, junior boys—K.
N. Koonce.
Baseball, junior girls—Mrs.
H. A. Crausby.
SSSSrsHStt srjzatATss
LIFE IHDNICE
MEASURE OF RECOVERY CURRENT EVENTS SHOWN
HEN. STUDENTS FAIL
New York, Jan. 28.—The
business (barometer of life in-
surance is indicating further
economic recovery in 1935,
Frederick H. Ecker, president
of the Metropolitan Life In-
surance Co., said.
Life insurance writings foi*
1934, Mr. Ecker explained,
rose about 10 per cent, and
prospects are bright'for 1985.
“I feel that, as economic re-
covery takes hold a little more
firmly and spontaneously,” he
said, “the Nation’s productive
activity, employment, money
income, and real income—and
with all these, the volume of
life insurance demand by the
public—will continue to move
upward in an increasingly im-
pressive way.
“We can see many reassur-
ing facts on the economic
horizon,” Mr. Ecker continued.
“Among these, the outstai. ling
one in my judgment, is the in-
crease in the combined nation-
al income, which for 1984, ac-
cording to our economists,
probably will exceed that of
1933 by something like i5 pef
NEED OF KEEPING IIP WITH
TO faEil QUESTIONS
Edinburg, Tex., Jan. 26.—
(UP)—The world is a most
bewildering place to 44 fresh-
men, members of the second
semester class at Edinburg
Junior college, who were re-
cently required to answer 33
questions relating to current
news.
Asked the winner of the
1934 world’s series, one giri
replied it was the "Dean
Brothers,” while seven boys
and 14 girls couldn’t think of
any answer at all.
Seven girls and three boys
were unable to name the win-
ner of the Rose Bowl game
while one Iboy thought it might
be "Toulaine.”
The question rating the most
diverse answers concerned the
value of the dollar since its de-
valuation. There were nearly
30 different answers, placing
the value all the way from 38
cents to 821.
Most baffling were the ques-
RETAIL SALES IN
TEXAS CLIMB 2D
.* P CENT IN 1134
Austin, T^x.,rjan. 28.—Re-
tail sales in £exas during De-
cember maintained the fa-
vorable month-to-month com-
parison which was " noted ,jn
practically every > 1 mdnth
throughout 1934, accordingitb
the University of Texas: Bu-
reau of Business ResearcKTl
Reports from 87 represen-
tative Texas stores show that
dollar sales during December1
increased by more than the
usual seasonal amount over
November and were 14.8 per-
cent above those of December,
1933, tbe Bureau’s report said.
For the full twelve months of
1934 sales exceeded those of
1933 by 20 per cent
The different classes of
stores showed considerable
variation in the amount of in-
crease both during December,
1934, over December, 1933,
and during 1934 over the pre-
TRAIN CREW ON
TVLEB-iOFKIN BRUNCH
OLDEST IN THIS STATE
Rusk, Tex., Jan. 26.—(UP)
—If the federal pension law
involved in a suit pending in
the Supreme Court is upheld,
the Tyler-Lufkln branch of the
Cotton Belt passenger service
will lose the distinction of hav-
ing the oldest train crew in
Texas.
Only the junior member, A.
W. Campbell, 63-year-old
brakeman better known as
"Grannie” in railroad circles,
will be left bn the job. Camp-
bell is called “Grannie” be-
cause he was such a scrupuous-
ly clean “house keeper” in his
days of freight service when
freight crewB slept and ate in
the caboose.
Conductor E. 3. Sima and
Engineer L W. Saterfield, who
for the past 37 years have
made the run, will retire. The
former entered railroad service
on the old East line front Jef-
ferson to McKinney in 1877,
remained (with the Katy after
that company purchased the
line and accepted employ-
ment with the Cotton Belt 44
years ago. For 54 years Sat-
terfield has been engineer,
numbering among his passen-
gers President Taft, Jay
Gould and James Stephen
Hogg.
Since automobiles have
played havoc with toe once
heavy traffic on the Tyler-
Lufkin line,' Conductor Sims
and Brakeman Campbell have
ample time for reminiscence.
One of ’Grannie’s” best
stories has to do with a Ten-
nessee lady’s effort to save
payment of her 15-year-old
son’s fare by smuggling him
through in a cotton sack. The
dgy grew hot, "Grannie” saw
the sack squirm. So he inves-
tigated and brought forth toe
contents.
ceding year, the report said.
Based on the percentage of in-
crease in sales over the two
periods mentioned, they .rank-
ed as follows: Men’s clothing
stores , women’s specialty
shops, large department
stores, dry goods and apparel
stores, and small department
stores.
Nothing approaches news-
paper advertising in display,
efficiency and real order-get-
ting appeal.
rent. Labor income in the t;ons asking the winner of the I !
form of all wages and salaries
in the United States is also ex-
pected to 3how an increase
over 1933, bringing it to a
total of about J35,000,000,-
000.” _
NINE-YEAR-OLD SAVES
BROTHER’S LIFE
Pittsburg, Tex., Jan. 26.—
(UP)—Because Dillard Fer-
guson, 9, remembered his
school lesson, he was able to
save his little brother’s life.
Dillard and his brother
were playing at home alone
when his brother’s clothes
ciught on fire. He remember-
ed what his teacher had taught
him to do in such c»‘ea, wrap-
ped his brother in be i clothes,
and smothered the flames.
last year’s Nobel Peace Prize
and the name of the former
German chancellor who was
killed in the Nazi pnrge last
June. To these questions not
a single person would even
hazard an answer.
The papers yelled the fol-
lowing other mis-information:
That King George of Eng-
land was killed while climbing
a mountain last summer; that
Adolph Hitler was the 86-year-
old German war hero who died
last August, and that Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull suc-
ceeded William Woodin as
Secretary of toe Treasury.
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NOTICE
Those desiring to attend the
banquet Tuesday evening in
______ , honor of Kavanaugh Francis
The constant demand for ad ’ and Dr. Charles Bussey may
vertised goods and service obtain tickets from Paul Tram-
shows they have sto id the test, mell or Robin Hooper.
DEPOSITS INSURED
The Federal Deposit Insurance Generation
WASHINGTON, D.C.
$5000
MAXIMUM INSURANCE
FOR EACH DEPOSITOR
$5000
Greater Progress
—This bank enjoyed a good year last year
and we thank our large number of custom-
ers and friends. If we have beat of service
to you we are glad. ... It is the purpose of
this bank to make courtesy quite as promi-
nent a feature of its service as.the stability
of its resources and the skill of its manage-
ment
Greater promess for this section and the
entire nation dawns, and this bank will al-
ways be found working and cooperating for
the growth and development of Timpson
and vicinity.
Make this your bank.
OTASSAOTT
STATE BAMS
TIMPSON, TEXAS
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Daily Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 20, Ed. 1 Monday, January 28, 1935, newspaper, January 28, 1935; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth767474/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.