Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 170, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 7, 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, OCTOBER 7, 1930.
NUMBER 170
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DIES TUESDAY
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Highway Body
Austin, Texas, Oct. 0.—Ross Ster-
ling of Houston, who will he the next j j
J. H. DENTON SUCCUMBS TO PAR- Governor of Texas unieas the Repub- f
A LA SIS AFIF-R LONG beans carry the State Nov. 4, Mon-1
ILLNESS day resigned from the Highway Com- j
-- i mission, effective at once. He hasi|
J. H. Denton, a resident of Titus served as chairman for nearly four
County for the past thirty years, years and the vacancy on the board
passed away Tuesday morning at was Idled when Gov. Dan Moody ap-
7:20 o’clock at his home in thg east pointed D. K. Martin of San Antonio,
part of town. Mr. Denton suffered the choice oi Mr. Sterling. Governor
a stroke of paralysis about sixteen
months ago, and had been confined to
his bed for about half that time. He
was a good citizen and his many
friends regret to hear of his death.
Deceased leaves a wife and six
children to mourn his loss. The
children ai’e Will and Leo Denton of
Huntsville, Herschell Denton of Ter-
rell,
Ark
Moody named Judge W. R. Ely of
Abilene as the new chairman.
Mr. Martin served on the commis-
sion some years ago under appoint-
ment by Gov. Pat M. Neff.
Cone Johnson of Tyler, whose term
on the commission would expire in
February, was appointed by Governor
Since the FAIR is over and the
long drouth broken you will
need some garments cleaned—
Are you going to DEMAND
QUALITY and SANITARY
DRY CLEANING?
Our plant is equipped with
New and Modern Machines op-
erated by TRAINED workmen,
assuring you of a superior
QUALITY and SERVICE.
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OF C. SECRETARY
Moody to serve out the term of Mr.
Mrs. E. A. Wood. Pine Bluff, Sterling, which expires in February of
Mrs. Wade Kerr, Wichita Falls, 1933. Mr. Johnson refused to accept
and Mrs. I. L. Hays of this city. , a long-term appointment. Mr. Martin,
Funeral services will be held Wed- at the recluest ,,f Mr- Sterlin*’ was
nesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Green appointed and given the^remainder of
Hill, under the direction of Rev.
HEALTHCADE IS
COMING HERE
John E. Whitt, pastor of the Win-
field Baptist Church.
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL
GIVE PROGRAM AT THE
SCHOOLS
Tornado Strikes
Houston County
Crockett,, Texas, Oct. 6.—More than
Mr. Johnson’s term. It is believed
that next February Mr. Sterling wilt
appoint either Judge Ely or Mar-
tin to a lull term of six years. Ap-
pointment of Judge Ely would cause
Mr. Martin to be designated for the
remainder of Judge Ely’s term, ex- , . ...
piring in February, 1935. If Mr. State Health Department, wdl com-.
Martin is given the full term. Judge
Brady, Texas, Oct. 6.—Swirling I
flood waters of a normally dry creek j _
bed stood five feet deep in the busi-j CENTER MAN WILL TAKE UP
ness section of this town of 4,000 per-j DUTIES HERE ON NO-
sons Monday night as darkness hatnp- j VEMBER FIRST
ered rescue workers searching for1 __
missing persons. | There was no Chamber of Com-
The town’s water and power plants merce meeting Monday night on ac-
were flooded, leaving the stricken count of the rain, and therefore the
residents’ without lights or drinking announcement of securing a new sec-
water. No boats were available lor vetary of this organization was not
rescue work in the vicinity. made public as planned.
At least four persons were reported | The directors last week entered
drowned and others were missing, into an agreement with W. J. Law-
Dozens were saved by heroic efforts ' a0n of Center for the position of
of youths of the town. J Secretary of the Mt. Pleasant Cham-
More than fifty homes were swept1 her of Commerce, and cn Saturday he
j away and between 200 and 250 per- \ wrote his acceptance of the offer,
[ sons were homeless. Red Cross re- j saying that he will be here to begin
j lief camps were established late in j his duties on November first,
j the day and typhoid serum was re-j Mr. Lawson has been secretary of
! quested as a precautionary measure j the Center organization since Janu-
j against the spread of disease. ary first, and has been a visitor to
The town plaza, around which the | this place several times. The people
business district is built, was under J of this city therefore have the ad-
five feet of water and small houses , vantage of knowing their new secre-
and business buildings were floating tary in person as well as by reputa-
in the streets. Every business estab- ; tio, and can be assured there will be
lishment in town was flooded and no such condition as prevailed here
damage to merchandise was estimated
About fifty persons, including some I at hundreds of thousands of dollars.
of the most prominent officials of the
will remain as chairman.
, , , Ely would continue until 1935. In
twenty persons were believed to have either event it is expected Judge Ely
been , injured and numerous farm
houses were demolished late Monday
as a tornado struck Houston Coun-
ty, skirting Crockett, and visiting
the full force of its wrath upon a
farming section near Latexo, six
miles north of the Houston County
scat on .the International-Great Nor-
thern Rialroad.
The tornado, swooping down at 3
p. m., cut a swath of undetermined
length. Its devastating influence first
began to’.'be felt five or six
prise the “healthcade” which will
visit Mt. Pleasant tomorrow morning.
The party is making the trip to this
section of the State in 20 motor cars.
Arrangements have been made for
| the officials to visit each of the
DR. L1GHTFOOT f schnol buildings of the city end give
DIES AT PITTSBURG a ^eulfh program for the benefit of
- ' I the students. Health conditions, with
E. L. Riddle was called to Pitta- : particular emphasis on malaria, hook-
burg Monday to embalm the body of
Dr. E. W. Lightfoot, pioneer dentist
of this section, who died late Sun- !
day night after an illness of several
weeks. Dr. Lightfoot had been prac- 1
mbes ticing his profession in Pittsburg for ;
southwest of Crockett and was known l°rty years. Burial took place Tues- 1
to have iextended one and one-half day afternoon. ;
miles northeast of Latexo, a distance . * i
or more than six miles. Mired roads, j South Americans don’t suffer in
strewn with debris, early at night j silence when times get hard. They
had prevented workers from search- j overthrew the government and take
ing beyond that point although it was the soft jobs.—Akron Beacon Journal.
feared thgt its path extended con- j ------
siderably farther in a northeasterly 1 Gunter England of Camden, Ark.,
direction. • ; was a visitor here Tuesday.
worm and other common diseases will
be discussed by the visitors. The
Two feet of water was standing in
hotel lobbies and the Chamber of
Commerce building was in six feet
of water.
some time ago.
MOVES GARAGE
Bill Lyle has movid his garage-
. business from Bolster’s to O’Tyson’s,
The business district and lowland on the southeast comer of the square.
residential sections were abandoned j--
late in the day. Only a few rescue I We like to get the low-down on
workers remained behind, searching wheat hut not when it is the low-
far possible victims who had been down on price.—Omaha World-Herald,
trapped in the waters.
CEMETERY WORKING
There will be a cemetery working
party will arrive here before noon, nt white. 0ak Springs Monday, Octo-
TODAY
and
WEDNESDAY
TITUS
LAUGH!
LAUGH!
LAUGH!
Meet the peppiest, cutest bundle of
sweetness that ever made an armful
— if you've never had n weakness
you'll sr.ro have it now!
The killing this baby im»de among
bi>> friends makes a gang war look
like a May-pole dance!
WHIZZING RUMBLE"SEAT ROMANCE
A,RADIO PICTURE
Comedy, “BROKEN WEDDING BELLS’’
and will begin the program at the
schools soon after their arrival.
The Rotary Club will act as host
to the members of the party at a
luncheon at the Hodge Cafe, the club
having postponed its regular meet-
ing to Wednesday in order to get the
benefit of a special program. All
physicians of the city, and a number
of other citizens have been invited to
he present at the luncheon, and a very
instructive meeting is assured to a
large attendance.
This trip is being conducted by
the State Department of Health as
an educational feature for the people
of East Texas in order to assist in
keeping down disease. It has the
sponsorship of the East Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce, and the general
manager of that, organization, Hubert
M. Harrison, will also be present.
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CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR COMING
Col. Bill Talbot of Dallas, candidate
for Governor on the Republican tick-
et, will spend Thursday in Mt. Pleas-
ant, a meeting of members of his
party having been called for that
date. Mr. Talbot will make an ad-
dress at 7:30 o’clock A. the court
house in the interest of his candi-
dacy, and everybody is invited to at-
tend.
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Day Phone 33
174 and 291
ber 13th, and all interested in this
cemetery are invited to attend.
Success slogan in India: If at
first you don’t secede, try, try again.
—Rockford Illinois Morning Star.
The Weather
The weather lor the past 24 hour*
according to readings made at 6:80i
Maximum ............................. 70
Minimum .......:......................... 63
Temperature 6:30 ............. 63
Wind from ......................NW
Sky .........................................Cloudy
Rainfall ..........3.33 in.
Night Phones X
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Ambulance Service |
DAY OR NIGHT |
Masters & Thomas $'
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Funeral Directors, Licensed XI
Embalmers !
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