Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 95, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 8, 1930 Page: 1 of 4
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MOUNT PLEASANT DAILY TIMES
“MT. PLEASANT IS A PLEASANT PLACE”
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VOLUME TWELVE
MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUY 8, 1930
NUMBER 95
E. L. GARRISON
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Conan Doyle
Dead After
Long Illness
i WHY
Legge Starts
! Campaign To
DRIVES CAR INTO BRIDGE WITH Crowborough, Sussex, England,
FATAL RESULTS ON !July 7*~Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
MONDAY I crea^or °1 Sherlock Holmes, died to-
day aged 71.
! The author whose fictional detec-
L. Garrison, prominent tive has thrilled millions for «•««*
Delay having those
garments cleaned?
We know how.
Call us for fine
Cleaning
THRASHER
PHONE 86
Cut Acreage
PASTURES TO
BE SPONSORED
is
Errett
joung business man of Mt. Pleasant, than forty years succumbed to heart
was fatally injured Monday after- disease at his home, Windlesham, at
noon when the car he was driving ran d;15 a. m., after an illness of about
into the banisters of a concrete two months, which left him utterly
oridge at Caney Creek in Hopkins prostrated since Saturday.
County Monday afternoon about four Sir Arthur left the world still a
o clock. devout believer in spiritualism and
He had been to Greenville on bu- life after death. Undoubtedly he
siness and was returning home alone hoped to “return” and communicate
at the time of the accident, and it with friends from the other side of -
is thought that he had fallen asleep the grave. Whatever his hopes, it I A hundred percent attendance was
while driving and crashed into the was certain that Conan Doyle would at the Rotary Club Tuesday. There Legge said they were trying to pre-
bridge. He received a blow on the continue to live through his undying was no set program, so M. C. Jaynes | sent the world situation regarding the
head, his chest was crushed and one detective character, whom he once was called on to give information as 1 outlook as to wheat,
leg was broken in two places, and tired of and “killed” in a book, only . to how to talk to milk producers to | “In the last analysis,” he said, “the
Hastings, Neb., July 7.—Promising : „ rniuMvnr*- Tn
to give the fact, concerning the world : CON1)UCT CONTEST IN
outlook for wheat the Federal F arm | TITOS COUNTY
Board and the United States Depart- •
ment of Agriculture Monday opened |
n campaign in the so-called South- { At the regular meeting of the
western hard winter wheat area for . Chamber of Commerce Monday night,
a reduction in acreage. I the chairman of the Agricultural
Rotary Club
Headed by Secretary Arthur Hyde Committee, Sam WilliamB, announced
of the Department of Agriculture and that his committee is arranging a per-
Chairman Alexander Legge of the manent pasture contest for Titus
Farm Board, the Government’s County to be conducted to promote
spokesman on agricultural questions better pastures and more feed to as-
sist the dairy industry. The contest
will begin on August first, and will
brought to the wheat growers their
suggestions for meeting the current
depression in prices for the grain.
Expanding the group’s mission, Mr.
reports were that the impact was to be forced to bring him back to
so great the engine of his car was life because of the demands of read-
torn loose and the radiator had been
forced back into the seat which he
occupied.
Motorists a short distance back of
him saw the accident and called back
to Sulphur Springs for a physician,
and Mr. Garrison was taken to that
ers who never tired of the marvelous
Holmes.
BEGIN WORK ON
SEWER EXTENSIONS '
Work has begun on new sewer ex- j
place for treatment. He lived only a tensions to be put down hv the city , the Pittsburg club, was a visitor, and
prevent discouragement in case their | matter of what you are going to do
checks fail to please them. Mr. I about the situation must be left to
Jaynes said that in a majority of, the producer.”
ceses the patrons of the plant are I--
satisfied, but that some do not
get high enough tests because of
improper m’ilking, and they are be-
coming educated in this line.
Rev. S. H. Maples, a member of
w. short while after being given treat-
V ' ment at a hospital. As soon as re-
ports cf the accident reached here, a
, number of Mt. Pleasant peopel drove
to Sulphur Springs to render assist-
ance, but failed to arrive before he
died.
The body was brought to Mt.
Pleasant Tuesday morning, and a
short funeral service was held at the
Presbyterian Church at eleven o’clock,
the business houses of the city clos-
ing at that hour as a mark of re-
spect. After the services here, the
remains were conveyed to Elkhart,
Anderson County, the home of his
parents, for burial.
Services will be held at Elkhart at
v 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon.
V Mr. Garrison was
prior to paving on Van Buren and
Johnson avenues, and will be com-
pleted in a short while. These ex-
tensions will serve a large territory
which has not yet been reached by
the sewer system.
Miss Margaret Morris of Winns-
boro, James Muse and Joe Lilly of
Sherman are guests of Miss Mary
Hall.
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Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Murphi’ee re-
turned Monday from a visit with rel-
atievs in Shreveport.
back to this territory, and was mak-
ing Mt. Ple'asant his headquarters.
He was a young man of the highest
twenty-eight character and was popular with all
years of age and was unmarried. He who knew' him. He was a faithful
had been a resident of Mt. Pleasant member of the Presbyterian Church,
since Cctober, 1919, and had been con- and had just been installed Worship-
ected with the First National Bank ful Master of the local Masonic
tant cashier until February Lodge, having served at only two
i'of this year, when he resigned to meetings of the fraternity. 11 is un- ,
0 take a position with a bond house, timely death will be universally
He moved to Houston, remaining there mourned by his hundreds of friends
1 for a lVv weeks, and was transferred throughout this section.
made a short talk in which he said
that he is greatly interested in see-
ing dairying succeed in this section.
He said that it is gratifying to note
that at present every milk plant in
operation in Texas is in the territory
served by East Texas Chamber of
Commerce.
MILK PLANT SHIPS
FIRST CAR OF BUTTER
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The first car of Mt. Pleasant made
butter, consisting of a shipment of
20,000 pounds, and consigned to New
York City, was shipped from the milk
plant Tuesday.
M'ilk from the Gilmer concentration
nlant is now being diverted to thi/
plant, bringing the total volume for
the plant up to about 22,000 pounds
daily.
Peshawar
India.
is the Achilles heel of
The Weather
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The weathc- tor the past 24 hours
according to readings made at 6:30:
TODAY
AND
WEDNESDAY
T IT 115
DON’T
MISS
IT
Fun at the Titus
OL1VK BORDEN
and Lloyd Hughes
in a gay and impu-
dent All-Talker Su-
pervised by—
JAMES CRUZE
A gu'i' and impudent study of modern youth adapted from the De-
lineator Story “CLIPPED WINGS,” by RITAL LAMBLR1.
A Mirthful Tale With a Morai.
COMEDY
‘SISTER'S PEST99
Maximum ..................
....... 98
Minimum ...............
........ 71
Temperature 6:30 ........
....... 76
Wind from ...........
......NE
Sky ......:................................
AUTO PAINTING
We hae the best au-
tomobile painter
obtainable, and all
necessary equip-
ment to give you a
FIRST CLASS
paint job.
Get estimate today.
Irvin-Rohertson
Inc.
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Alleged Knob Knock-
er Is Taken Monday
An arrest was made
Monday afternoon of i
character who was suspected of hav-
ing entered Stephen’s Drug Store and
Cleland’s Jewelry Sunday night when
a number of small articles were tak-
en. Then man, an Italian, was with
a negro when the officers saw them
in a pasture south of town, and both
began running, but a few bullets
fired near his feet caused the Italian
to stop, but merely hurried the ne-
gro on his way. A flashlight and an
atomizer were taken off the man ar-
rested, and several other articles were
found in Town Branch, where they
had been thrown by the fugitives.
The stores were entered from sky-
lights by means of a rope, which was
left hanging in Cleland’s. The knob
of the safe in the drug store was
extend over several months. Details
of the plan will be announced at a
later date.
A letter was read from the Shreve-
port Chamber of Commerce asking
for the names of all truck growers
in this section in order that arrange-
ments can be made for them to sell
their products in Shreveport without
the payment of a State license.
Manager Jaynes of the Milk Plant,
when called on, stated that every-
thing is progressing satisfactorily in
| the milk business, although there had
by officers i been a'few low tests in milk received
suspicious ■ from some patrons. This is due, ac-
cording to Mr. Jaynes, to letting the
calf back to the cow too soon, or fail-
ure to properly strip while milking,
and that this trouble is being rapid-
ly overcome.
It was announced that L. G. Meier
has invited a number of prominent
horticulturists to visit his vineyard
and grape nursery on July 15, 16 and
17, and it was voted that the Chamber
of Commerce write letters to those
invited, welcoming them to Mt. Pleas-
ant and urging their attendance. Va-
rious members agreed to assist in
their entertainment while here.
H. G. Brown, representing the City
Council, said that telegrams had been
! sent to Director of the Census Steu-
j art, Senator Sheppard and other
knocked off, but entrance was not j prominent people, objecting to the
affected. low census count for this city, and
- asked that the Chamber of Commerce
CHARRED BODIES OF j co-operate with the Council. It was
OLD COUPLE FOUND so voted.
Warren, Ark., July 7.—The charred
bodies of J. R. Barnett, 66, a pros-
perous farmer, and his wife, 60, were
found Monday in the ruins of their
home near here which had been de-
stroyed by fire.
A son, Albert Barnett, 30, was
taken into custody pending investiga-
tion to determine whether thp couple
was slain.
Mr. and Mrs. X. A. Mcllheran and
baby of Tyler, Lige MdCauley of
Shamrock and Miss Fannie Cross of
Mobile, Ala., are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. McCauley this week.
Albert McCauley has returned to
his home in Jonesboro, Ark., after a
short visit here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. McCauley.
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 95, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 8, 1930, newspaper, July 8, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth783939/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.