Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 18, 1925 Page: 1 of 4
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SUCCESSOR TO THE DAILY HUSTLER
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VOLUME SEVEN
MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1925.
NUMBER 4
P. D. Thornton
Tailor and Hatter
Telephone 149
School Trutees
Election to be
Held April 4th
Pittsburg Man
Receives High
Appointment
An order has been issued by Frank P. Lockhart, formerly
the President of the Board of 0f Pittsburg, Texas, but who
dependentSctof'&;lh“ been residing in Washing-
an election to be held on Satur- ton for Past seventeen years
day, April 4th, for the purpose was aPPninted this week as chief
of selecting school trustees for °* Division of Far T?&stern
the coming two years. Affairs of file State Depart-
The election will be held in the men^*
Court House at the usual hours I. Mr. Lockhart went to Wash-
for elections. jington as secretary to Morris
There are four trustees to be Sheppard, when he was first
elected on this occasion, to sue- elected to Congress, and later
ceed the following members of vas appointed assistant chief of*
the present board: Dr. W. A. ,that division in 1914. He was
Taylor, I. N. Williams, A. C. a member of the diplomatic mis-
Hoffmann and W. H. Seay. The S10n which visited Japan, China
latter is president of the board. and the Philippines in 1920, and
----- vas an expert assistant to the
Mr. and Mrs. L. W- Hager of American delegation at the
Mangum, Okla., are visiting Mr. Washington armament confer-
and Mrs. T. E. Payne. fence. His appointment comes
t---. . through merit, as he is a Deni-
s' R. Pickens of Greenville is perat and the administration is
r
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Tajr-
lor Guice, this week.
Republican.
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Taylor of
returned i Sheldon, Iowa, have returned
days’ | home after a visit with Mr. and
Hiram CT. Brown
Tuesday from a several
visit in Fort Worth and Dallas-1 Mr§. Kennfh'Taylor
FREE BALLOON FREE
IbSSbI TUESDAY. MARCH 19
Legally
Registered
Pharmacist
.....
One Balloon FREE with each
Eskimo Pie or Ice Cream Cone.
Boys and Girls, come early
before they are all gone.
Just a Little Better
SWINT BROTHERS
Drugs and Jewelry
Two Phones
187
The Emblem displayed in
this space speaks Tor the
best. I
THRASHER
“MASTER CLEANER”
Phone 86
P. D. Bell Died
of Pneumonia
Tuesday Evening
Finishes Big
Levee Project
rpi • xxr , ny tne entir<
1 XUS W eek which he lived
P. D. Bell, one of the substan-
tial farmers of the Oid Union
community, died at his home
Tuesday evening shortly after
siv oVlock, following an illness
of pneumonia.
Mr. Bell was 52 years of age
at the time of his death, and
leaves a wife and five children
to mourn his loss. He also
leaves three sisters and a broth-
er. His children are Jesse Lee,
Willie, Albert and John Bell and
Miss Annie Bell. His sisters
are Mrs. Rial Gallager of Tus-
can, Ariz., -Mrs. Bert Hanson
and Miss Fairie Bell of this
county, and his brother is Fred
Bell of Roaring Springs.
^ Funeral services will be held
at Old Union church Thursday
morning.
Mr. Bell was an honest, up-
right citizen, and was held in
high regard by all who knew
him. He will be greatly missed
by the entire community in
Contract Let
For New Post
Office at Gilmer
According to Tuesday’s Gil-
mer Mirror, the contract has
been let for a new Federal build-
ing at Gilmer. The contract
was given to A. C. Sanford of
; Montgomery, Ala., and work wifi
start on the building in a short
while.
i Gilmer, like Mt. Pleasant, has
had a lot available for a public
building for several years, but
owing to high cost of materials,
the bids have been higher than
the amount of money appropria-
ted, but this difficulty has at
last been overcome, and the
contract has been let.
i Gilmer’s lot is situated on the
northeast corner of the square,
and is ideally located for a post
office building.
M. W. Cheney of Fort Worth
is visiting his sister, Mrs. Hir-
am G. Brown, this week.
Does Your Battery Give
You Trouble?
If so—Try Us for
RENEWALS—RECHARGING--REPAI RING
Exide Batteries
RAY MOTOR CO.
Chas. Carr of this city has
just completed a big levee pro-
ject on his farm a mile north of
Winfield, that will prove of
great importance to agricultur-
al interests in this section, as it
will demonstrate a modern me-
thod of flood control for bottom
land.
Mr. Carr’s farm is situated on
Ripley creek, which carries a
tremendous volumn of water at
times, and which has previously
inundated large tracts of land
at times when crops are grow-
ing and when ready to gather.
On such occasions, it has com-
pletely ruined the crops.
This winter Mr. Carr secured
the servies of an engineer and
had- a levee and ditch laid out to
protect his farm from overflow.
They are over a mile in length
and will protect about 300 acres
of good bottom land, half of
which is fine Bermuda meadow
The ditch is 20 feet wide and
averages four feet in depth,
while the levee is about 16 feet
wide at Ufe fop and will average
about three and a half feet in
height. This makes an aver-
age of nearly eight feet protec-
tion for the land.
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er $1,100, and was under the
supervision of W. A. Burton and
John White. Mr. Carr says
that the cost of the levee will be
repaid by the first crop.
NO POETRY
The Times has been receiving
quite a lot of poetry lately with
request to print, but we are un-
able to handle this. We have
secured a volume of verses from
standard authors, which we
| use for our “Day by Day with
Southern Poets,” and this is all
ithat we can use-
Mrs. C. E. Cawthorn and
children left Wednesday for Ty-
ler to visit relatives.
THE TEXAS QUALIFIED
DRUGGIST LEAGUE SAYS:
“There are usually in every commun-
ity many stores that sell much of the
same kinds of merchandise that is
sold in drug stores, but the drug store
is the only place where you can find
the service of pharmacy.
ELLIS-KELLEY DRUG COMPANY
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The First National Bank
Mt. Pleasant, Texas
A Positive Assurance
While we believe in a progressive policy in the conduct
of our business, it is our undeviating practice to adhere
to the strictest conservation in all transactions.
Safety, strength and service unite here in what we be-
lieve you will oensider an all-around helpful banking
service. _ a, u
Member Federal Reserve System.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OFFICERS:
H. F. Moore, Chairman J. R. Hart, Cashier
T. B. Caldwell, Pres. E. L. Garrison, Ass't Cashier
O. W. Caudle, Vice Pres. J. H. Harp, Ass’t Cashier.
FIRESTONEI'TIRES AND TUBES
Trade us your old tires for new ones—Now is the time. Phone 294
PAT TEMPLES, Garage
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 18, 1925, newspaper, March 18, 1925; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth784602/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.