Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 266, Ed. 1 Friday, December 28, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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"Mt. PLEASANT IS A PLEASANT PLACE.’
/By Carrier—50c per month
$5.00- per year
By Mail—40c per month
$4.00 per year
PUBLISHED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY
MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1928.
NUMBER 260
VOLUME TEN
Cream Shipments
Show an Increase
During November
Sheriffs Force
Destroys Stills
There Will Be Holt-
'IT
day Parties
At Jait Friday j
WIFE OF CONSTABLE-ELECT WAS
BURIED AT OLD UNION
removed from storage in the jail, CHARGED SMALL SUM BY
building a number of stills and liquor | BANKS EACH MONTH
making equipment, which were de-1 __
stroyed, and the metal from them Beginning on February first, both
will be disposed of. 'banks of Mt. Pleasant will make a
i There wa3 quite a lot of metal tak- small charge on all accounts which
en from these articles, much Of it average less than $50.00 for the
being copper, which is of consider- month’s business. This policy has
able value. The destruction was wit- been announced by the directors of
nessed by quite a crowd of people, j both banks, and is but the adoption
-- !of a practice that is becoming gen-
VVHAT RAILROADS DO FOR THE erai all over the country.
PUBLIC j The banks give as their reason for
-- this charge the fact that they have
'Not'only does the nation depend for many small accounts, which average
the most part upon the railroads for oniy a smll sum, but on which a large
long distance travel and haulage, but number of checks are drawn during
much prosperity. The railroads cur- the course of the month, and which
ry our farm products, manufactured create an enormous amount of work
to properly handle them. An increase
in these accounts will necessitate a
larger force to handle the bookkeep-
All this week. Have your
party clothbs put in the
best of
FRIDAY
condition at
.....
| Thrash
----- She was the wife of Constable----- “
elect S. D. Langston, and was 43 had lived in this county for a long
years of age at the time of her death, time, and had a large circle of friends
She leaves several children and oth- all over the county. Funeral services
er relatives to mourn her untimely took place at Church of Christ Fri-
death. She was stricken with flu on day afternoon at 2^ o’clock under the
Christmas Day, and lived only two direction of Rev. J. C. foster. Inter-
ment followed immediately after-
Dec eased was a good woman, who wards at the Old Union cemetery.
Yohr “Master” Cleaner
Phone 86
over the same rnolith in 1927, and in-
dicates a steady growth of the dairy-
ing industry in Ti
(us County.
market. The demand upon them
terrific and the railroads can o;
meet that demand and maipAain equ
ment, make improvements and klep'not afford'to increase the number of
up schedules by imposing profitable their employees.
rates for freightage. How much of The amount charged on accounts
the revenue collected goes back to the which will average less than $50.00
people-through circuitous chann*is willjje 50c per month, which .will be
may be gleaned from the fact that charged to the account at the end of
last year the railroads of the United the month.
States spent $1,396,000,000 for mater-; Another policy adopted by the
ials and supplies and $772,000,000 for banks, and which will become effec-
new equipment, or an average of 78.80 tive on February first, will be X
for every family in the country. The charge of 25c on each check drawn
sums specified do not include wages where the balance in the bank is in-
and salaries. sufficient to take care of it. This
Railroad purchases aid all business will tend to prevent overdrafts, which
and help support workers in many is a problem that all banks of the
lines. They spent $439,000,000 for country have been worrying over for
coal alone in 1927, thus paying one many months, and which the banking
dollar out of every four which miners commissioners are trying to discour-
earned; one-fourth of the wages of age everywhere.
the entire lumber industry, and one-] The banks announce that their
fifth the wages of all persons em- change in policy is not for the pur-
ployed in the steel industry. The pose of making a profit, but merely
greatness of a nation is oftimes meas- to provide for the trouble and ex-
ured by its railroads.—From the pense of taking care of these accounts.
Wheeling (W. Va.) Registei'.
GOOD
COMEDY
ALSO
INS CRIME
and
SATURDAY
In New York iState the Baumes
1 Crilhe Commission ig expected to en-
deavor to amend the jury law at the
1929 session of the -Legislature.
| Qnf Qf thfl in
securing intelligent Jurors. In
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Bringing
Up Father
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securing intelligent Jurors. Incon^
veniences met with; time lost of tales-
men from business; •“old-fashioned,
obsolete” statutes covering jury duty;
lovt pay of jurymen and the* many ex-
emptions that have been made by
law make “one wonder that any in-
telligent jury is ever obtained,” says
the commission.
Those who are urging a change say
that the present body of the jury duty
law is in many respects archaic and
does not serve a useful purpose to-
day. Similar conditions will be found
in all states and it has been sug-
gested that a study of all state laws
relating to jury duty be made for the
purpose of eliminating part3 which
have become obsolete.
The intelligence of jurymen and
quick selection of a jury has a mark-
ed effect upon the proper expeditious
administration of the law. Courts
become confused and interest is often
lost in cases where proceedings are
slowed up by out-of-date technicalities
of law which are applied to selecting
juries and trying criminals.
Improvements in the means of ap-
prehending, trying and punishing
criminals, in a speedy manner, will
do more to reduce crime than alt the
anti-revolver laws, which affect only.
The only way to keep your trou-
bles down is to laugh. The blues
will take the count when you see
this picture. And if you’re happy,
i it’ll make you even happier.
with
MARIE DRESSLER
POLITY MORAN
J. FARRELL Mac-
DONALD
PURCHASES INTEREST
REPAIRS BEING MADE
ON MASONIC BUILDING
IN PIGGLY-WIGGLY
John Musgrove Jr., has purchased
a half interest in the local Piggly-
Wiggly store, and will become active-
ly engaged in the business after the
first of the month. Mr. Musgrove
has been connected with the Gulf Re-
fining Company lately,; but has re-
signed to go into business and make
The Masonic building on the south-
east corner of the square is under-
going extensive repairs. The front is
being fitted up and re-painted, new
flooring laid, windows replaced, and
the brick work on the south side is
being strengthened. This building
will be occupied by the Piggly-Wiggly
store as soon as the repairs are com-
his home here.
London’s largest public market,
vV -u
zens,
can
pl'o-
pleted.
posed or passed. Let the heavy hand
of the law rest on the law-breakers
and not on the individual who minds
his own business and respects the
rights of others.—The Manufacturer.
which co3t $10,000,000, is to be form-
ally opened by the King and Queen.
Daily Times Want Ads Pp.y.
PICTURE
Comedy, “JOYFUL DAYS”
For stealing a pair of silver anklets
from a girl, Goham Rasul,was recent-
ly sentenced in Calcutta, India, to two
years’ hard labor.
CHILDREN—10c
ADULTS—25c
PALACE, TODAY and SATURDAY
The manuscript of Sylvia Town-
send Warner’s new novel is en route
to her publishers. “The True Heart”
A thank you letter on the correct paper conveys the
truest meaning for that Gift. All too often we ne-
glect that one courtesy.
Call to see our line, you’ll decide to purchase, for
the prices are right.
Boxed and pound paper, also note paper.
tall be published next spring,
J. J. King returned Friday to. his
home in Paul’s Valley, Okla., after
spending a few days here with his
sistci', Mrs. A. P. Smart.
ELLOW
TRABAND
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 266, Ed. 1 Friday, December 28, 1928, newspaper, December 28, 1928; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth783699/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.