Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 301, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1927 Page: 1 of 4
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MOUNT PLEASANT DAILY TIMES
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‘MT. PLEASANT IS A PLEASANT PLACE'
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PUBLISHED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY
MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS. THURSDAY EVENINR, FEBRUARY 24, 1927
By Mail—40c per mostfr
$4.00 per yeas
NUMBER 301
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P. D. THORNTON, TAILOR AND HATTER
PHONE 149
More-‘Rumors
Of Fast Train
LATEST GOSSIP 4S THAT IT WILL
BE STARTED ON MARCH
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run there instead of at Fort Worth,
as at present.
According to the postal clerks, who
evidently have something definite on
this matter, the fast train will be put
into operation on Sunday, March 20th,
but no confirmation of the date can
be secured from local railway men.
However, it is no secret that.the com-
pany is preparing to put the fast
train in operation soon, but most peo-
ple are of the opinion that it will not
begin until about M ay .first. .V 'r£
In the meantime, work Of laying
heavy rails is going on between Sal
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More rumors are going their rounds
about the fast IrainThat the Cotton
’ Belt is preparing to operate frp.m
Dallas and Fort Worth to Memphis
and St. Louis, and these rumors seem
to be about the most trustworthy tlllo and Sulphur Springs, and about
that have yet been stared. * I forty cars of. gravel. have been un-
Posal clerks on the ran from Mt.' loaded in the local yards for new bal-
Pleasant to Fort Worth are com- last to improve the tracks of the Cot-
plaining because they have to move ' ton Belt. New ties‘"and new ballast
from Fort Worth to Dallas as a re- will follow, the laying of the heavy
suit of the change in schedule, which rails. - r .
will affect the local trains now run-___
ning west. Instead of running * to Miss Ida Mae ^Henderson went to
Dallas sind then returning over the Dallas Friday to attend the marriage
same track to Addison and then to of a friend.
Fort Worth, the present trains will
stop at Dallas, thus ending the mail
Daily Times Want Ads Fay.
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Matinee
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Night 10 and 25c
TONIGHT-FAMILY NIGHT
AW Ladies and the children under 12 yrs. of age will
. be admitted for 5c each when accomponied , by a
male adult purchasing a 25c admission ticket
SHIRLEY MASON
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“Sweet Rosie O’Grady”
, Abie’s Irish Rose of the Screen
4th chapter of “The Silent Flyer”
ana a comedy “Snookum’s Merry
. , Christmas”
Tomorrow Matinee Only - 7
Wally Wales, the Cowboy Prince in “Galloping On”
An Acrobatic Stunt Thriller \
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SUCCESSFUL AGENCY
THE WEATHER*
Commissioners In
" Special Sessions
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MET FRIDAY TO M31SPOSE OF
NEW AND UNFINISHED
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. The Commissipners’|Ckim t met Fri-
day in special session f6 handle some
business that had been carrie I over
fronj th# regular session on the sec-
ond week of the month.
Among this work Was the approval
of the choice as coujnty depository,
the First National Bafck having been
selected for this position.' —
The tax rate was sit for the year,
and while in some departments an in
crease was made, ip others there was
a decrease, so that the total amounts
to the same this year as lust.
The year’s work on the: roads was
uqlluicu unu (iaU-h Set i'ui the time to
begin using the gradmfr rnaehinery to
build and
“You know Percy Jones? I lent j
him $10 about a year ago, and I sim- ;
ply couldn’t get him to pay it bakk. !
Last week I heard’'he had started a j
debt-collecting agency, so I thought
it would be, a good joke to write ask-
ing him to collect the $10 he owes ‘
me.” i
“Well?” r-
“Now I’ve got . a letter from him
The weather for the past 21 hourB,
according to readings made at 6:80
o’clock this morning-was as follows:
Maximum ...................................78
Minimum i.......................*1.............47
Temperature 6:30 ............,>.......50v
Wind from .........................NW
Willie 1>. Culver returned Friday
_____ ______ from Texarkana, where he has been
saying that he’s collected the $10, but jjhe past two weeks recovering from
’l"‘1 !j~ ~ much hard work that | an operation for appendicitis.
that it was so
he’s compelled
of $12!’’
to charge me a fee
Mrs. Gordon McGee returned
'Thursday from a week’s vput in Dal-
las. • -
» Mr. and Mrs. H. Watts of Min-
eola spent Friday here on business-'
and visiting friends.
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Try us on S. O. S. call of Job Work.
SPECIAL MUSIC
PALACE TONIGHT
Also Sat. Matinee
10 and 15c
by. the commissioner^ and the county
agent and a program of agricultural
work is to be arranged and meetings
held at-various times to discuss and
work out plans for the improvement
of the .agricultural resources of the
county. A man from every voting
box, with two business men from Mt.
Pleasant. were chosen to act on thi»
board. All four of the commissioners
will also have a place on the body
and assist in the work that is to be
undertaken.
THE GUARANTY LAW
An the State’s Guaranty banking
Law has also been- wiped off the
statutes. It was heralded as a won
derful -piece of constructive—and
“protective”—legislation. It waff fa-
vored by many who are prominent in
the circles of Texas politics and
statesmanship today.- But it didn’t
work well. It has cost somebody
untqld millions of dollars in Texas.
It "ought to remind us that you can
not make people efficient financiers
W statute-—and also that honesty
i 1 ivTSficnCy should not be calleu
upon to protect dishonesty ’ and in-
efficiency. Hnnegty, offiVi^nr-y
Also comedy “Row You Tell Tartop^ “^Ilce
Help* Ramsmce* and “The Scarlet Streak” |& aerial..
Admission children 10c adults 15c
SPECIAL MUSIC TONIGHT
8 Piece Orchestra
Coming Sat. Night Viola Dana in “Salvation Jane”
Tomorrow Night Only
“THE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T WORK”
With an all star cast 1
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It is a good thing for you to know
that we carry a wonderful stock of
brushes. Hair brushes, lather
brushes, tooth brushes, bath brush-.,
es, clothes btuhes, etc. When yop
need a brush remember this store.
Phones 70 and 117
Ellis-Kelley Drug Company
" Yoa Make Your Owu Credit.” Member R, M. A. *
rock integrity of sense and charac-
ter—are the only guaranties that can
make safe a depositor’s money in any
bank; and if these primary elements
be lacking no law can supply that
lack.—Troup Banner.
During 1926 one person out of ev-
huhdred lost an umbrella in Paris,
records of the police lost-and-found
department show. More than 30,000
stray umbrellas were found in taxi-
cabs, ehurches, restaurants, telephone
booths and streets.
Registration of motor vehicles in
the United States in' 1926 totaled 22,/
273,643, an increase of 2,044,618 over
1925., New York holds first place,
California second and Ohio third.
Nevada has the fewest cars—23,999.
Mrs. C. W. Vaughan returned
Thursday from a two week’s visit
with her daughter in Dallas.--
J. G. Wilson wept to Tyler Friday
to attend a meeting of the directors
of the Mayfield Company.
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 301, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1927, newspaper, February 24, 1927; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth785045/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.