Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 101, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1930 Page: 1 of 4
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“MT. PLEASANT IS A PLEASANT PLACE”
By Carrier—50c per month
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PUBLISHED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY
By Mail—40 per month
$4.00 per year
VOLUME TWELVE
MT. PLEASANT. TEXAS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1930,
NUMBER 101
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VARIOUS DEMONSTRATIONS ARE
TO BE VISITED ON
JULY 24th
I Italy Agrees
Not to Start
More Vessels
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A farm and crop tour of the coun-
ty will bo made on Thursday, July
-4th, it was announced at the Cham-
ber of Commerce meeting Monday
night by County Agent Dewitt Huck
Paris, July 14.—-The tension be-
tween France and Italy is believed in
informed circles here to have been
cased considerably by the assurances
! given Monday by the Italian Ambas-
l sador Man/.oni to M. Briand that
J Italy, like Fiance, will refrain until
December from laying down the keels
of of any new vessels.
Both countries, Signor Manzoni’s
ubee. Ibis tour will be conducted I visit to the French Foreign Minister
under the auspices of the county i developed, are in accord that no new
agent and vocational teachers. The naval construction shall be com-
tour is to have an educational value, menced by either country for the
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ARE YOU COOL?
Clean Clothes
Are Kooler—
So Sanitary
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THRASHER
PHONE 86
Man's Head Split j
While Seven Sleep |
Inside Same Tent!
4-H CLUB BOYS
WIII MEET HFRR
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UST 8 AND 9
Raymondville, Texas, July 14 —
Every available officer in Willacy! ABOUT THREE HUNDRED BO^S
County and about thirty specially j ARE EXPECTED ON AUG*
deputized citizens Monday were ;
searching the brush west of Lyford i
with Lopez were unaware of the kill-
early in the day while he slept on the
A. D. Struthers farm.
^■.as various demonstrations are to be J present and that in the meantime con-1
FOR BURGLARY
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visited in order to see and study the
effect of fertilizers on corn, cotton
and htgari, and a comparison of the
two methods of putting the fertilizer
^ under the crop and of side-dressing
will be shown. Those making the (
tour will see some good pastures, an
orchard that has been properly prun-
ed and fertilized, soy beans that have
been inoculated and those which
were not. They will also see a dem-
onstration of seed selection for he-
gari and other interesting agricul-
tural features of the county.
Last year a similar tour was con-
ducted and was largely attended,
while those who visited the farms
learned quite a bit about what the
best farmers of the county are do-
ing tc improve their crop yields.
^ Everybody is invited to go on the
tour on the 24th, and join the motor- ( ■■■■"
cade which will leave Mt. Pleasant i number
versations shall be carried on in an
effort to reach a satisfactory agree-
ment on all questions pending be-
tween the two Nations.
BASEBALL CALENDAR
Results of Sunday’s games: Pitts-
burg 8, Avinger 1; Mt. Vernon 4, Mt.
Pleasant 7; Winnsboro 2, Linden 13.
Standing of the Teams:
GEORGE THOMPSON GETS SIX
YEARS IN DISTRICT COURT
MONDAY
Mt.
Mt.
Pittsburg
Avinger ..
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Pet.
1
.750
.3
1
.750
..2
2
.500
.2
2
.500
-1
3
.250
.1
3
.250
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Traylor and
Mr. and Mrs, Arch Rogers spent
Tuesday in Dallas.
in the morning of that date. All are
asked to bring their lunch with them,
but ice cream and ice tea will be
furnished free on this occasion. A
of experts in various lines
of farming will be present and make
talks during the day. A full itiner-
ary has not yet been prepared, but
will be arranged in a short while.
| Monday afternoon District Court
1 took up the cases of George Thomp-
son, charged with burglarizing Steph-
1 ens’ Drug Store and Cleland’s Jewel-
| ry a week ago. Thompson was cap-
i tured on Monday following the burg-
; lary on July 6th. He was tried on
, two counts, receiving two years in
t one case and four in another, to run
consecutively, making a total of- six
years.
The case of Mrs. J. B. Lawrence
et als. vs. Mutual Life and Loan As-
sociation of America, suit on a poli-
cy, was continued.
The case of Mrs. J. ”H. Walker et
als. vs. Northeast Texas Mutual In-
surance Association, suit on a poli-
cy, went on trial Tuesday morning.
At the regular Chamber o* Com-
merce meeting Monday night, How-
ard Strother, State President of the
Lopez’s head was split open with an future farmers of lexas, an organi-
ax and it was left at the scene. Seven zation composed of boys who are
other men sleeping in the same tent members of the various 4-H Clubs,
with Lopez were unawaer of the kill- an*iounced that a District meeting of
ing until several hours after the ^e members will be held at Mt.
slaying. i Pleasant on Friday and Saturday,
The slayer was believed surround- ! August 8th and 9th. Last year there
were over two hundred present, and
another hundred is expected this
year. The members of the Chamber
of Commerce were invited to come
out to Ellis-Kelley Lake, where the
meeting is to be held, and help in
entertaining the visitors. Several
baseball games are to be played dur-
ing the convention.
The second slash in the census
ed on a forty-acre tract of land dense-
ly covered with mesquite and cactus.
I Wins Third Place
At Short Course
A report from the committee in
charge of the Short Course at Hughes
Springs shows that the Titus Coun-
ty demonstration team won third I count was discussed, and it was gen-
placc. The local team consisted of
Grace Dalton of the Old Union com-
munity, and Dessie Beasley of the
{Chupel Hill community. The girls
demonstrated the selecting of hatch-
LAST
TIME
TODAY
Ms. John Rattan of Wilcox, Ari-
zona, is a guest of her sisters, Mrs.
F. T. Ward and Mrs. J. T. Leftwich,
this week.
TITUS
Sound News
and
Comedy
John Lilly of Sulphur Springs and
Jack Lilly of Greenville were here on
business connected with their theatres
Monday night.
DON’T MISS THIS FUN RIOT
“THE CUCKOOS”
--with—-—
BERT WHEELER—ROBERT WOOI.SEY—DOROTHY LEE
Comedians of “RIO RITA”
Otis Taylor returned Monday from
, Austin, where he attended the Uni-
versity the past year.
4 Wednesday - Thursday
A Great Star Plays His Greatest Hole!
The Greatest of all Farce Melodramas!
The Weather
The weather tor the past 24 hours
according to readings made at 6:30:
Maximum ............................... 93
Minimum .................................... 72
Temperature 6:30 ................. 73
Wind from ................._...............NE
Sky ..........................Partly Cloudy
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-Robertson
Die.
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erally agreed that a full count was
not given this county and city and it
was voted to telephone Congressman
Wright Patman and wire to Senator
Sheppard explaining the situation,
RELIEF FROM HEAT
ing eggs. The Short. Course at and give data showing that full co-
Hughe;; Springs has been held an-I operation was not accorded-from the
nually for nine years, but the last j district office.
two years it has been devoted prin- i A letter was read from Ehemann’s
cipally to 4-H Club Boys and Girls j Hardwood Mill to the effect that
judging and demonstration training, j this company will give lumber to the
1 he home demonstration agent, Mrs. value of $100 to be used in the erec-
A!ba Tidwell, took advantage of the tion of permanent fair grounds here,
two District Short Courses by at- County Agent Huckabee announced
tending both Hughes Springs and the crop tour for July 24th and in-
Commcrce Short Courses. vited all members of the Chamber of
Commerce to join the motorcade. He
also spoke briefly on excellent pros-
pects for the dairy industry, and said
that a large majority of patrons of
the milk plant are stickers in the
milk business.
president, and made a short talk, in
Pleasant, Mr. Vickery, who has just
moved here from Hubbard City, was
president, and made a short talk, in
which he said he is impressed with
the progressive spirit of the city. He
said that he expects to take an ac-
tive part in civic affairs of the city.
I Sam Williams said that his com-
j mittep had gone about as far as it
can in the fair work, and insisted
that work must begin on this project
at once. A committee to arrange the
Sulphur j premium list w as appointed.
W. L. Hubbard, connected with the
sales department of the Southwestern
---— j Gas & Electric Company, was intro-
Mrs. G. B. Holder of Tyler is vis- j duced, and he said that he expects to
Some relief from the intense heat
was given Titus County people Mon-
day, when the temperature dropped
to 93 degrees. This was a difference
of 13 degrees under the previous day,
when the thermometer registered 106.
Tuesday was less hot than Monday,
because the sky was cloudy.
Misses Janie and Katherine Florey
returned Monday from a two weeks’
visit with relatives at Beaumont and
Houston. Miss Janie Louise Swin-
ney of Breckenridge accompanied
them home.
Mrs. Odell Foster of
Springs is visiting friends here this
week.
iting friends here this week.
become an active member.
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 101, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1930, newspaper, July 15, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth784432/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.