Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 170, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1926 Page: 1 of 4
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“MT. PLEASANT IS A PLEASANT PLACE”
By Carrier—50c per month
ter moat*
PUBLISHED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY
>5.00 per year
HT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER Mf 1926.
NUMBER 170
1VOLUME EIGHT
g^v Have your Felt Hat Cleaned and made look like new lor.Fail
W Cleaner ' J>, D. THORNTON Hatter
former county a6ent
i i . • GETS BIG PROMOTION
TUNNEY DEFEATS DEMPSEY ( *
v FOR WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP U
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The world’s heavyweight pugilistic £
title passed Thursday hight from' X
Jack Dempsey, who has held—tire | X
-PASSES AWAY AFTER ILLNESS championship for tlie past six years, ^ y
OF SEVERAL MONTHS * j to Gene Tunney, ex-Marine, who'?
learned the game while serving in ?
the World War, The fight was he It. j X
at Philadelphia at 7^:45 Central tifrie, ‘ j
Mrs. Swan Died
* r f-v- „ v.
v Friday Morning
Winfield School
Ready October 11
Are You Demanding ?
Friday’s Fort Worth Star Telegram
ves am account of the transfer ofJ
' . f v X land to Waco, McLennan county. W1U, Bh
’ ’ • A This is one of the most important l’OR SCHOOL lO OPEN
m A $ positions that a county* agent can j THA T DA TE
(4 hold ill this State, as McLennan j
ytm H I ■ IMIi nA.w^ X county is a rich agricultural county.1 The new buHdinS of. the Winfielc
-----^.....M ■■ — X Miv Snider resided in Mt. -Pleasant School^ will he wady for^ occu-
" Phone 86 ' $* for three years and during this time Pancy tbe teachers and student.1
-Know Your Cleaner” § ZZ; “ ^ "
‘You make your • own credit.” X inducing many of the farmers to ter-: Practically all of the work ha?
Member R. M. A. ¥ race their land. This proved so ben- j been comPleted on the Building wit!
I I V olicial to some of the soil that ter-Uhe excePtion ot the ceiling.am
Mrs, Mary Swan,-wife of W. R. 7V * *•••—•-•a'***- “v 1^».**«*-*
Tfiwan, passed away at the family in the bi£ Sesqui-Centennial stadium *
home on the East Side Friday mom-land was witnessed by .132,000 people; [A
ing-.ahbt.t- •afeT‘8ufferi’ng- un- who -paid-$8,025,000 for the privilege. %
. - - . -0 A Viamw min Foil TYVlnef nf fViA t.irvnv'Y
A heavy rain fell most of the time,
but this did not prevent the fight,
told agonies for' sfeveral weeks with '
a cancer on' her face.
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Funeral services were heid at the .
Presbyterian church in the afternoon i
at 3:30, with burial following at the j
Masonic cemetery. The services |
were conducted by. the. pastor. Rev.1 (
racing has become a common practice j tbe Pain^‘nS, and additional help is
—---U-—- among the, farmers of Titus county. I bein* secured ^ order to get the
~ MOMENTOUS iMuMEotF" Mr' Snider'8 ~r «**• »™ w0,'k/ifhed “ th“. f T""-
MOMENIOUS lfOCUMEN IS krmw of hi_ WPn nromn. -ng of the scnool on the date .set.
last round. Dempsey has been fam-
ouk foP his “staying” qualities, but
'.ng of the school on the date . set.
This schooT is under the direction
of Millard Fleming as superintendent*
and the trustees ekjject a very sue-:
cessful term during the coming year,
alhtugh' the opening of the school had
to be postponed a little on account of
the building. ..When completed, the
new structure will be a very attrac-
tive and convenient one for school
to know of his well-deserved promo-
tion.
A. K. Mattingly.
case he barely lasted the ten
Deceased was 55 years of ago, and rounds. Too much. Hollywood.
One of England’s1 greatest Prime
Ministers, William gitt, shortly af-
ter the adoption of Ithe Constitution,
•prophetically said tlat it should bo
the admiratiop of jthe future ages
and the pattern for; future cons titu-
:leaves a husband, W. R. Swan, two
TALC’p CORNERSTONE
sons, Warren and Harold who arp'at-
DALLAS LOSES FIRST • •- -, V
GAJ1E OF DIXIE SERIES
In the first game of the Dixie se-
ries baseball games between Dallas
Mrs. jiwan was a woman of noble bf the Teicas League - and New Or-
aracter and a kindly disposition,' le»ns the Southern Association, at
ho bore her sufferings with a Chris-'• New Orleans Thursday, the Dallas
LAYING POSTPONED
tending Austin College at Sherman,
The ceremony of laying the .corn-,
erstone of the Talco High school
building^ which was scheduled for
- William Ewart Ofedatone, another September 29th, has been postponed
great Premier, declared: “As the .until a later date, owipg to a delay PurP<>ses.
British Constitution is the most sub in construction work which., will keep
He organism whkJa has proceeded
from progressive history, so the Am-
erican Constitution is the most won-
derful work ever struck off, at a giv-
vAr all kinds of sewiug see Miss
j.Jr-fteie May HunlT afTSkiuT Partridge’s
residence. - 9-24-24C
’score. The game was calietf at the
I ertd of the1 seventh inning because of
darkness, the start of the game hav-
ing been delayed.--
Mrs. J. H. Herren returned Thurs-’
en time by the brain and purpose of ()ay from a visjt with reiatiVes in Mrs.' Vard Keith and children re-
mon ... .
Ed Shelton, who has been employed
turned Thursday to their home in
man." „
' The period qf the* Convention cov-
ered approximately four months. It
was in session 81 continuous (Jays,
and consnumed probably over-300
hours in debate. Yet ti^e\net result
of their labors consisted of aboutt
Tyle?.
Mrs. W. H. Florey and daughter,
Miss Marie Schwab, and M. F. Meier
returned Thursday from a visit ia
’by the Cotton Belt; for the past few
months, left Thursday night for Dal-
las, where he will be employed in the
offices at that place.
Miss Winnie Edmonds of Dallas is
a guest of relatives here this week.
-+,000 word», 89 sentence!
‘ ’ ’ 140 distinct provisions
•wirw'
^ JatKij
Lord ' Bryce, a . publicist of world- J
wide fame, well said: “The Const!-J
tutioh Of the United States, including
the amencjjnents, may be read aloud
in twenty-three minutes. History j
-knows few-Jaatruments which" in so (
few words lay down equally momen-
tous rules on. a bast‘ range tff mat-
ters of the highest importance and
complexity.”—Exchange.
Good Teeth
t 1 TEXAS QUALIFIED
i 1DBU66ISTS’ tEACUEl
We are agents for Woodstock and
A Trial
Corona Typewriters
will convince you.
Your dentist tells you the best way
to have good teeth is to take care
-of'-them. Children should be taught
to brush their‘teenth regularly. We
have all the best rhakes of tooth-
brushes, tooth paste,’ mouth washes,
etc. ' ' - (•■■<( fc! litft
MARRIED WEDNESBAY
Mr. Homer Wallace and Miss Ge-
neva Rogers were quietly married
Phones 70 and 117
Wednesday afternoon at the home of i
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wallace, KevJ
j; D. Fatter, pastor pf the BaptlSt ,
TliurchT “ p£Tfo rnTing" +he—
SWIJNT BROTHERS
“You Make Your Own Credit.”
Member R. M. A.
Drugs and Jewelry
? 38 Two Phones 187 ¥
% “You Make Your Own Credit.” Member R. M. A. , ?
Use All of Your Bank
Someone has said that a barik’s best field; for ^growth and in-
cresrsed influence is to be found among its own patrons. - We be-
lieve this to b^ true, and it is the basis of our appeal to you-to get
further into the bank;, ;t;o ;know it better; and not to confine your
_ .business to what we have to offer near he front entrance.
SOMEWHAT SKITTISH
I a girl and her bashful lover sat <Jn
the beach. The fullmoon^ifverpiatbd
the waters of the lake.”The night was
full of romance.
The girl let fltfr hair-touch her lov-
er’s face. No results. She rested-
her head upon his shouldqr. Still no
results. They she asked, ‘Why dpn’t
You have tried everybpdy else, and are not satisfied
with the service that you get, why not send us yonr
Grocery orders and learh the [satisfaction of REAL
‘■^service. ■ • c^. ", -
kiss me?”
Jones Grocery
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can't;,” he said; some sand got < >
into my mouth.” I«!
'•Swallow it boy; swallow it!” she I !
said, .‘‘and if anyone ever needed ; \
sand, you’re the guy.”—Ex. .. i;;
OFFICERS: v
F. A. Smith, Chairman J. R. Hart, Cashier
I. N. Williams, Pres. E. L. Garrison, Ass't Caabisr
O. W. Caudle, Vice Pr*s.. C. B. Les, Asst Cashier.
Swint is visiting in
Member R, M. A.
Mrs. W..S.
Dallas this week.
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 170, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1926, newspaper, September 24, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth784600/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.