Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 277, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 2, 1927 Page: 1 of 4
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“MT. PLEASANT IS A PLEASANT PLACE1
®y Carrier—50< p4r month
W.0* pei year
PUBLISHED EVERT DAY EXCEPT SUNDAT
VOLUME EIGHT
MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1927,
NUMBER 277
P. D. THORNTON. TAILOR A
D HATTER
PHONE 149
Oldest Negro
Passed Away
IS REPUTED TO HAVE BEEN OV-
ER HUNDRED YEARS
OF AGE
Poll Taies
The British national anthem has
•en in use for nearly two. centuries.
Times Review and The Dellas Fatm
For The Year
Pkoaett
SMALLER NUMBER THAN USUAL
HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN
THIS COUNTY
L ncle John Smith, a colored man
'said to have been 1JI years of age,1
died Tuesday in the northwest part
ol: town, where he made his home
with a relative.' ' I
Uncle John had. been living iA Mt.
Pleasant for many “years, and had
many friends among the white peo-
*ple. When he came here there were j
only a few of the present residents
of the city living here, and no one
seems to know where he came from
or to what families he belong while big boy jit the time.
of taxes were fleceivei^^ mail this
year owing to the bad dendition of
the roads, and these receipts will be
issued later. However, the mail list
of receipts will not run more than-
| r i\ u . hri i HI
* Following is
County Tax Collector Luther Tay-
loroffice Wednesday showed a big
decrease in the number of poll tax
receipts that have been issue® for
Titus County this year.
:U Of cp»rse,.all the Jiave not
-•yet been issued, as many payments
Wednesday
“■ and* ■"
Thursday
Matinees 10 & 15c
ICO, Mr. Taylor says.»~
" Fallowing is a dist w the receipts
issued by voting boxes up to Wednes-
day: ■ •
No. 1. S. W. Mt. Pleasant.t.... 173
No. 2. Green Hill .....131
No. 3,, Marshall Springs ........ 148
No..4. Monticello •i:“ 114
No. 5. Maple Springs’............. 57
No. 6. Cookville ................ 164
No. 7. Hickory Hill ...........,.121
No. 8. N. E. Mt. Pleasant!...... 285
No. 9. Talco ....... 1J27
No. 10. Argo ............ v:.,r„....... 147
No. If. Winfield ................. 171
No. 12} Lone Star ..................... 15
' 'No. X2. N. VV. Mt. Pleasant...... 266
No. HrSTE. Mt. .. 137'
v Exemptions !!'.
Nights 10 & 25c
defiedIjfh
in Ber Searchfor^jhrills —
W WILLIAM FOX Presents
fELENORE MtHERINSuj. ^
Martin Theatre
THE, HOME OF HIGH CLASS MOTION PICTURES
. . „ J
Institute To
Be Held Here
K*f L‘
gebeiiamy
iRISON FORD
T'J LESLIE FENTON-DAVID TQRRENCE
GLORIA HOPE-CHARLES FARREU
' Scenario by 6ee ilnselljhm the story
' published in leading newspapers
HARRY BEAUMONT
JprndudHdn-
■ j
% Franklin Counties, to decide wheS*’
% the Institute 'would be located the
% coming Fall, and they were • suMess-
X ful ill again InTrtgi n«*J:he ‘teachers to
| this place for the week’s session,
y i As a result of the decision the Up-
* shur County teachers withdrew from
X the organization, as they had been
y instructed to bring the Institute to
■cessful.
Friday GvAr • - ^ - r w “
Jack Holt, Ernest Torrence, Esthe^r Ralsto
and Louise Dresser in
“THE BLIND GODDESS”
Silver Streak, the wonder dog ‘in
Also a funny condedy *‘Not to be Trusted
f Fri. Tim Mcfo»y in “War Paint” also PAY
NIGHT 5c ti $5.00 to each admission ‘
“THE, SILENf FLYER” "
Bi ly Dooley in “THE MISFIT SAILOR'
Gilmer, and were unsuci
Hugh Porter, an instructor in the
South Texas State Teachers’ College
r“ K^^sviUe, was selected as con-
T.'ftcr for the ro\.vrxe. Mr. Porter 13
wed known in. this section, having
ght Big Double Bill 10 and 25c
Coming Saturday
Also .Cartoon “FELIX USES HIS HEA0'
VNtrtl DIIUVYU All. WHO ........i-»
been reared at Casoti'~and has taught
$ Friday Night is Family Night
£ Ladies and children will be admitted for 5c each
❖ when accompanied by a male adult purchasing a
regular 25c admission ticket.
school zjt several places in the Dis-
trict.
LARGE TRACT OF LAND SOLD )
The Antone farm, north of town j
about twelve miles, was sold Tuesday j
to satisfy a judgment for foreclosure.
The tract contains about 11,000 acres ■
and was bought by A. C. Hoffmann
for $40,000.
EVERYTHING FOR THE CARE OF
the'nails
Whether you want n complete mani-
cure set in a beautiful .case or just
an orange stick, we have it. Of
course, we also have nail polishes, j
duticle relovers and other prepara-
Miss Faye Tidmore left Wednes-
day for Dallas, where., she will enter
the Baylor College of Nursing.
Legally \
Rested
Pharmacist/
Mrs. J. H. Colley, left Wednesday,
for Commerce to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Robt. Gregory.
tions so necessary in the proper care
Swint Brothers
Drugs and Jewelry
187 Phones 38
of the nails.
Odell ^Foster of Sulphur Springs
■was here Tuesday bn business and
visiting friends. *
Phone* 70 and 117
llollis. Williams, who has been vis-
iting in Ft. Worth, has returned
home.
Advertising Pays. Try it and see.
Ellis-Keiley Drug Company
“You Make Your Ovra OHU." Member K. M. A.
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 277, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 2, 1927, newspaper, February 2, 1927; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth783612/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.