Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 9, 1926 Page: 1 of 4
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Mt. Pleasant Daily Times
“MT. PLEASANT IS A PLEASANT PLACE"
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VOLUME EIGHT
MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1926.
NUMBER 29
P. D. THORNTON
Constant Improvement Has placed Us In The Lead
at 4 « m
rnums
Second Day
Of Convention
ATLANTA CHURCH WINS FIRST
PLACE FOR ATTEN-
> • * DANCE «•
THe second day’s session of the
East Texas B. Y. Pi U. and Sunday
School Convention at the Baptist
church had an even larger attend-
ance that.the first day, numbers of
other delegates coming in, although
the weather was threatening.
R. M. A. Wifi
Fight Peddlers
HAS LARGE NUMBEfc OF CARDS
* TO BE PLACED IN
HOMES
Th local 'Retail Merchants’ Asso-
ciation 'has- just •received a large sup-
ply of cards which wilt be placed in
all of the.homes of the. city soon for
!,he use of people who would'discour-
age peddling from house to house.
The cards are printed in bold type
At Thursday night’s meetings the and say: “Peddlers, Keep Out. We
church was crowded by those who buy from Home Merchants.’’ If
came to hear Dr. Forest Smith of ©very home in town had one of these
Ft. Worth make his inspiring address cards placed on the front door the
on “Missions.” It is said that the ladies would soon be rid of the men
church had the largest crowd in its w*10 travel from house taking up
history on this occasion. j tbeir time trying to sell all sorts
At the Thursday morning session,1-;------ ■ —■■ >
T. C. Garderter and G. S. Hopkins, dress.
both of Dallas, spoke interestingly j The Atlanta congregation won the
* " - ----- - sunday, first place for attendance, as it had
of the B. Y. P. U. and
School work, of which they are
leaders.
The sermon Thursday morning
was delivered by Rev. J.. Howard
Williams of Sulphur Springs.
In the afternoon Miss Susie Dal-
ton of Belton made an interesting
talk about Baylor College. She was
followed by Rev. C. S. McKinney,
who delivered an instructive ad-
tho largest attendance of any church
except those of the local association.
Pheve were 31 people present from
Atlanta.
The sermon tonight will be preach-
ed by Rev. John L. Wharton of
Longview.
The selection of the next meeting
place and the election of officers
took place in the afternoon.
"KNOW YODfl CLEANER" i
Phone 86 . J
of things. These cards are not
meant to affect people of the coun-
ty who come to town with produce
to sell, but are for-transient peddlers.
Another card which will prove use-
ful to tho business men is the one
which announces: “This establish-
ment subscribes only, to those objects
for. which, a letter of approval has
been given by the Retail Merchants’
Association." The member who has
one of these cards in his place of
business will only have to point to
it get rid of heggars.
* SPECIAL FOR THE CHILDREN f
FREE baloons free
i We will give a balloon free with
each ESKIMO PIE Saturday and f
Sunday, April 10 and 11.
Don't Miss Them
SWINT BROTHERS
Drugs and Jewelry
38 Two {Phones C187
ENTER YARD CONTEST
COLORED PEOPLE MAY
ENTER YARtf CONTESTS
The primary object of the yard
contest is to stimulate a love of
beautiful surroundings in the home,
und a civic pride that will not be
satisfied till every citizen is putting
lorth his best efforts towards mak-
ing Mt. Pleasant a beautifuj town.
All that is needed to bring this
about is the desire for it, and the
willingness to use “elbow grease.”
Being of this mind we will then find
a way for the necessary expense to
make that desire an accomplished
fact.
Of course, j no one serving on the
committees will enter the contests. ' '
Club women may enter. Any con-
testant who "has at thlfe date a beau
tified yard would have to do as
mfifch * more . work- as a beginninei ■
would have to do to wm a prize.
Otherwise the object of the contest
\yould .be defeated, which is a prize
for work done this year. This is
open to white and colored citizens
alike —Chairman.
Let us have your order
for Fresh Vegetables.
We have them every Day
JONES GROCERY
448 PHONES
449
ENTER YARD CONTEST
FORMER PASTOR HERE
WILL BROADCAST SUNDAY
Mt. Pleasant friends of Rev. A. W.
Reaves, former pastor of the Bap-
tist church at this place will have
the pleasure of hearing Rev. Reaves
again Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock
if they will tune in their radios on
Station WSB, the Atlanta Journal
station of Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs, J. E. Martin returned home
Friday morning from Dallas, where
she attended the formal opening of
Loew’s Melba Theatre, which was
attended by a large number of mo-
tion picture stars. Mrs. Martin
booked a number of films by some
of these stars.
W. W. Pryor of Waco spent
Thursday and Friday here on busi-
ness connected with his lumber yard.
Miss Lola Miller left Friday morn-
ing (fo/ Sherman, Jwhere s;he will
visit relatives.
W. P. Kennedy of Weaver spent
Thursday and Friday here with rel-
atives.
Results Of
County Meet
V
LIST OF WINNERS OF LITER-
ARY AND ATHLETIC
EVENTS
( We are a little late in our report
of the results of the County Liter-
ary and Athletic Meet, held in Mt.
Pleasant on Saturday, April 3, but
we have been unable to get the
names of the correct winners until
the present.
Literary
Senior Boys’ Declamation—Dean
Maxton, Winfield.
Senior Girls’ Declamation—Iona
Mae Foster, Mt. Pleasant.
Junior Bojvs’ Declamation—Witt
Wallace, Cookville,
Junior Girls’ Declamation—Minnie
Tidmore, Mt. Pleasant.
Extemporaneous speaking —Wal-
lace Phillips, Cookville,
Essay—Ruth Carter, Cookville.
Arithmetic-—Ruth Brown, Cook-
ville.
Senior Spelling—Leo Wray, Mt.
Pleasant.
Junior Spelling—J. F-. Jones and
Tommie Barrier, Cookville, tied.
Sub-Seniors—Myrtle Miller, Mt.
Pleasant.
Athletics
100-yard dash—Huckeba, Mt. Plea-
sant.
220-yard dash—Huckeba, Mt. Plea-
sant.
; 4^0ryard - race—Payney Mt. Plea-
sant. ■. “ ■ -.r . v • ■
880—yard . race-r-Ferguson Green
Hill, default.
Mile race—Phillips, Cookville.
Mile relay—Mt. Pleasant team1.
Pole vault—Croxton, Green Hill.
Broad Jump—Redfearn, Winfield.
High Jump—Redfearn, Winfield
and Payne, Mt. Pleasant, tied.
School Totals
Mt. Pleasant—69 points.
Cookville—62 points.
Green Hills—43 points.
Winfield—25 points.
Union—12 points.
Panther’s Chapel—10 points.
School Exhibits
The winners were: Mt. Pleasant
for high schools, Panther’s Chapel
for 4-teacher schools and Stonewall
for 3-teacher schools.'
We are indebted for these figures
to T. G. Sparks, the director gener-
al of the Titus County Interscholas-
tic League.
Mr. and Mrs. , Paul Frick, Mrs.
Sam Hays and, Mrs. M. ’G. Johnson
spent Thursday in Paris,
Enter the Yard Contests.
We are Anxious to Please
Our Customers
You can always be assured of courteous treatment,
when you come to our store-for your -„
Drugs, Fountain Drinks and Cigars
: •
ELLIS - KELLEY DRUG COMPANY
Phones 70 and 117
ENTER YARD CONTEST
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PUT MORE IN - GET MORE OUT
A house is just a place ou rent, but:
A home is a place you own and LIVE in.
Some of our thrifty folks a step further, and make the home
a place to live on as well as living in.
Certainly you know what we mean, for the old principle that
the more you put in, the more you can get out, applies to the home
more so than other things.
Is your home self-supporting, or as nearly as you can make it
VARIETY of production will help you in a wonderful way; we
would like to help you too, because we believe the principle properly
applied will keep our community prosperous.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
H. F. Moore, Chairman
I. N. Williams, Pres.
O. W. Caudle, Vice Pres.
ENTER YARD CONTEST
OFFICERS;
•T. R. Hart, Cashier
E. L. Garrison, Ass’t Cashier
C. E. Lee, Ass’t Cashier.
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