Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 65, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1932 Page: 2 of 4
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MT. PLEASANT DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1932.
MT. PLEASANT DAILY TIMES FENCE IS MOVED BACK
AT BASEBALL GROUNDS
u. vv. lituss, Editor
(AUSTIN MAN WOUNDS
HIMSELF SEVEN TIMES
WITH SINGLE BULLET
When Rain De>^3 Kit Dallas
The fence enclosing the baseball
field in the fair grounds was moved
back Wednesday so that it is 020 feet
Irani home plate at the nearest piace.
The player who knocks a bail over
the fence now is
Entered at the postoffice at Mt. Pleas-
ant, Texas, as second class mail mat-
ter. All obituaries, resolutions of
respect, cards'of thanks, etc., will be
charged for at regular rates.
San Antonio, Texas, June 1.—V. F. 1
Stanfield of Austin was wounded . m. - (
en times with the same bullet here.1
As he got out of his automobile a
entitled to a homejpjgto] ft]i from the car and was dis-
run. Part of the right field fence is,charged as it hit the sidewalk,
yet unfinished. A bullet crashed into the pavement, j.
j he baseball team went to Sulphur j broke, into seven pieces, and all seven j
Springs Thursday for a return game struck various parts of Stanfield's j
v.ith the club at that place. (body. None of the wounds was re-
On Friday night a meeting is to Lie (p01ted serious. • j
held at Mt. Vernon to discuss the in- j ______ ’ :
elusion oi Mt. Pleasant and Commerce ! . _ I
LEGION TO HAVE BOXING !
FORMER RESIDENT ISy
BURIED AT MT. VERNON sented already.
in the Northeast Texas Amateur,
L. ague. Sulphur Springs, Mt. Vern-•
on, Winnsboro and Pieton are repre-1
BOUTS TUESDAY NIGHT |
At a meeting'of the local post of J
Friends of Mrs. C. S. Yates will
regret to hear of her death at Mt.
Vernon Wednesday at 6 oclock, with
the funeral taking place Thursday
afternoon at 3 o’clock. Deceased was
formerly Miss. Laura Hines of this
city.
Howard Hines of Dallas, Mrs. Kath-
erine Jeter of Fort Worth and Mrs.
Sidney Suggs of Ardmore, Okla.,
spent Wednesday night here with rel-
atives prior to attending the funeral
PRESENTS RECITAL TUESDAY
EVENING
CHURCH OF CHRIST REVIVAL
Dr. W. A. Taylor
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Modern X-Ray Equipment
Office over Swint Bros. Drug Store
McCLINTON RADIO
I sell R. C. A. and Vic-
tor Radios Repair and
Service all Makes Test
Tubes Free. Used Ra-
dios at a Bargain.
the American Legion a few days ago
' it was voted to change the meeting
'dates back to Tuesday nights. 1
- I Arrangements were made to hold a
A most interesting and unique pro- boxing bout on next Tuesday night
gram was presented by the expres- in the hall. Several colored boys
sion and piano pupils of Mrs. Oscar have been engaged to do the boxing.
Hays and Miss Doris Hays in a joint ! —1- (
recital, Tuesday evening at the West \
Ward auditorium. Garden flowers |
wivh potted plants were effectively I
used for decorating the stage, mak-1
ing a fitting background for each
number, which was able to bring out
in an unusual manner the individual,
talent of each pupil. Those taking
part on the program were: Neva In-
gram, Julian Johnston, Jerry Speer,.
Mary Joe Enibrey, Kermit Huckabe.e !
Sara Vandiver, Bobbye Ruth Dela-,
field, Julia Hays, Mary Swint, Eliza- i
beth Huckabee, Dorothy Mae Copel-
lar, Nona Hays, Ruth Vandiver, Daisy
MeFearin and John" Cargile. All the
numbers were enthusiastically receiv-
ed by the audience, which filled the
auditorium.
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Regardless of the threatening
weather, the house was almost filled
with an attentive people Wednesday
night. ;
The lessons given by Bro. Oler are
plain Bible facts with which we have
to do in time for eternity.
No boomerang of excitement
play upon your emotions.
# More than an inch of rain fell in an hour in Dallas Saturday aft-
ernoon. endangering the lives of scores in Fast Dallas. The water
accumulated so rapidly that cars were inundated as they drove along
the streets. Here is shown a taxi which was caught on Haskell
avenue.
OUR FLAG AT SEA
Capt. Robert Dollar, called the
arK] Grand Old Man of the Pacific, who
' recently died, showed what could be
He has been showing we are here, done to build up American commerce,
and are responsible beings, and this His marvelous fleet of merchant ves- j
responsibility is to our, Creator, and sels was built up in a time when our j A
to Him our final account must he people seemed to have lost interest films
given. That His laws are eternal in ships. The World War
home built up many cities. An Ame-
rican ship sailing to foreign ports
helps build up trade in those ports.
The Stars and Stripes should proud-
ly wave in every seaport in the world.
—Ex.
WHITES
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For Expelling "Worms,
THIS ITEM WAS REJECTED BY
OUR BOOK EDITOR
German has invented camera
in rolls from which a single
are eternal iI1 ouiga, xne wuuu war showed negative can be removed for develop-
and we must respect and obey them that a country with few ships is not ment without exposing the others,
or else suffer for their violation. capable of defeftdirtg itself. j
Song sei’vice is very edifying and There was a time when the songs j Canicula was an old name of the
pleasing. The night and day services of American sailors were heard on constellation of Canis Minor, and it
are both interesting and instructive, every sea. The wealth they brought was also used to denote Sirius.
Builington’s Drug Store
Bookstore Clerk (to lady who is
examining book): “Bocks are a lot
cheaper than they used to be, ma-
dam.”
j Lady: “So I notice, from reading a
! few paragi’aphs of this one!”
WHO WILL BE
Candidate For Court of Civil Appeals s lV/Ticc lV/Tf- PlpQftCint?
PLATFCR; “SPEED, ACCURACY, ECONOMY AND JUSTICE 56 Jl.T vt JL. A £1JL JL •
ALIKE TO ALL
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Beauty Pageant
Titus Theatre
Thursday Night, June 2nd
THE PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MEN OF MT. PLEASANT PARTICIPATING
IN THIS PAGEANT WILL EACH BE REPRESENTED WITH A LOCAL MT. PLEASANT GIRL
ON THE STAGE COMPETING FOR THE HONOR OF BEING ACCLAIMED MISS MT. PLEASANT.
ONLY LOCAL GIRLS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ENTRY. MISS MT. PLEASANT WILL RECEIVE
A BEAUTIFUL LOVING CUP AS THE GRAND PRIZE.
SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING FIRMS
George Liliemtern Dept. Store
GEORGE W. JOHNSON of Texarkana, Texas
District Judge 5th Judicial District, composed of Bowie and Cass Coun-
ties, is a candidate for Judge of the’Court of Civil Appeals, Sixth Supreme
Judicial District of Texas, composed of 22 counties in the Northeast corner
of our State. Judge Johnson is a native of Northeast Texas, born and reared
in Bowie County, attendde the lural schools of his community, the Sam Hous-
ton Normal Institute for teachers, the Law School of the University of Tex-
as, was Deputy County Attorney four years, County Attorney four years,
and is now serving his fourth year as District Judge.
The office of Judge of Court of Civil Appeals is the Judgeship next
higher than that of District Judge, and in seeking this promotion Judge
Johnson pledges himself to the citizenship of this District to dispatch the
duties of Judge of Court of Civil Appeals with the sam motto that has guid-
ed his past official service as District Judge, that is: “Speed, Accuracy.
Economy, and Justice Alike to All.”
He is 44 years of age, and has had 19 years of active law service.
If you want to put some pep in your Appellate Court, vote for him.
Webber Beall Dept. Store
P. D. Thornton, Cleaners
Whitens Barber Shop
Vaughan*8 Beauty Parlor
Durst Cafe
Mt. Pleasant Beauty Shoppe
Irvin-Robertson Chevrolet Co.
Jefferson Hotel Coffee Shop
Lide’s Gulf Station
Jefferson Service Station
Bulling ton Drug Store
Piggly Wiggly
Thrasher, Dry Cleaners
Proctor*s Drug Store
Keith Sandwich Shop
Sinclair Service Station
222 Service Station
MT. PLEASANTS MOST CHARMING GIRLS ON THE
STAGE.'. WHO WILL BE THE WINNER?
ON THE SCREEN
“THE TRIAL OF VIVIENNE WARE”
Featuring-
JOAN BENNETT—DONALD COOK—SHEETS GALLAGHER
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 65, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1932, newspaper, June 2, 1932; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth783269/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.