Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 166, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1930 Page: 1 of 4
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W ith an all-star cast of fav-
orites and six of the most
adorable children you have
cevr known. Directed by
Bother Monties.
“MT. PLEASANT is A PLEASANT PLACE”
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VOLUME TWELVE
MT. PLEASANT. TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1930.
NUMBER 100
1929 MARRIAGES
AND DIVORCES
Reserve Bank
Gives Longer
Cotton Credit H
a CALL NOW
WEDDINGS DECREASE WHILE
DIVORCES GAIN OVER
PREVIOUS YEAR
To prevent unnecessary dumping of
cotton at present low prices at. .. time,
when crop mortgages are about to
mature and to further more orderly
marketing, the Federal Reserve Bank
of the Eleventh District Wednesday
announced through Lynn P. Talley,
governor of the bank, that an emer-
gency provision has been made by j
And have your
heavier garments
ready and avoid the
Rush
THRASHER
PHONE 86
Hughes Springs and Mt. Pleasant! DONE THURSDAY
will meet in a football game Friday | --
afternoon. This is the first time Mt.! HAVE HARD TIME MAKING DE-
THIS PLACE
This office is just in receipt of a
communication from the Department
of Commerce, in which the marriages
and divorces for Titus County are
compiled for the year 1929, and giv- wiijc}, member banks will be permit- j
ing comparative figures for the pre-,ted to let. their maturing rediscounts I
vious year. ! become overdue by making renewals
Tho marriages in this county de-] of notes when secured by actual cot-
creased considerably for 1929, com- j toni j -2— —
pared with 1928. there being only 200 j This atep js designed to remove any t MAI TVfT \7T7P\TA\I
last year, while the year before there | uneasiness in Texas banking circles | iuUUll 1 VijlilMUiN
were 269. On the other hand, di- j as to facilities available to safeguard j nmimmimn llfinr
vorces were more c<*nmon, increas-| movement into channels of trade of j V|| | Mr NTS H r H r
ing from 34 in 1928 to 43 for last. the state’s greatest agricultural com- j 1 Ul/Llil I kJ llLlULl
year. | modity. Too rapid movement of cot- j ---
h or the entire State of fexas, there j ton in a season three weeks earlier pupfLs OF SCIENCE CLASSES IN-
was a decrease in marriages of l".2 ;than usual has had considerable to do ; SPECT INDUST RIES OF
per cent, and an increase in divorces j wjth depressing prices, it is believed j
of 1.7 per cent for the same period of j y,y students of cotton. The idea is I
time. The marriages in 1928 amount- igaining ground that cotton at present]
*d to 76,340 and in 1929 to 63,173. | unusuaUy low price8 appears to be a ! Students of the science department
Divorces in 1928 were 18,073, while sf;Um| investment and that buying by j of th<:> Mt Vernon Hlgh bchuol> sev*
in 1929 there were 18,386. spinners is expected to attain impor- enty-£ive in number, accompaied by
A noticeable decrease in marriages tant proportions in the near future. 1the,r teachers, Williams herguson
was shown in the counties which are Economists have repeatedly stated antl Ben Walker; visited Mt. Ploasat
located near the border, due to the that the price of the commodity is not j Wednesday and inspected various in-
law which went into effect last year ] cxpeeted to go lower and shoulcbtfhow dustries- making this a part of their
■..... ‘ school work.
The places visited were the plants
of the Texas Milk Products Company,
the Mt. Pleasant Oil Mill and the
Southwestern Gas & Electric Com-
pany. At each of these places the
manufacturing the va-
rious products were explained to the
students by the superintendents, who
were L. L. Simpson, J. H. Hardin and
Tom Berry, and they were conducted
through every department of these
industries.
In addition to these, they were in-
structed in the workings of the
weather gauge, which is kept for the
U. S. Department of Agrciulturc by
Chas. M. Coker.
At the conclusion of the inspection
trips, the Mt. Vernon students visit-
j ed l^he Titus County Fair.
j -------BOOST THF FAIR -
WIFE WON’T SPEAK,
KILLS HER, ALSO HER
MOTHER AND SISTER
Pleasant has played Hughes Springs
in football, and in fact it is the first
year that Hughes Springs has played.
Nevertheless, they are conceded an
even chance, if not better, of winning
the game Friday. Though they may
be green through lack ul' experience,
they are expected to put up a stiff
fight for the Tigers.
CIS IONS ON LIVESTOCK
ENTRIES
Work of judging the live stock en-
tries at the Titus County Fair was a
big task Thursday, as there were some
fine entries in several classes which
Their line made ti difficult to decide just which
weighs at least 17b pounds per man vvas tbe bwst-
while Mt. Pleasant’s line only has an ^bt* Pouhrv exhibits were
average of about 150 or 155 pounds
what varied,
some-
there were several
From all reports they have a good breeds entered. 1 here were 129
team that is bound to mack a show- chickans in the Paltry tent, making
ing. The Tigers, on the other hand, a Bn" •s*Vjwing.
have not shown up so well this week. ^bu community exhibits were also
They are still weak on several points, baid ho make decisions on, as all of
but the Tigers can always be depend- them had somc ver>' fine Products on
ed on for a good showing, especially display, and their average ran very
after they won the game from New
Boston last Friday.
high.
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requiring the filing of marriage in- I improvement now that uncertainf as
tentiona with the county clerks of j t0 the size of the crop no longer ex-
the counties in Texas, and many cou- j ists. It is further pointed out that
pies drove to other States for the ! seasons of extremely low price are
the Tigers down Hughes Springs.
BOOST the fair --
BLAME AURORA
marriage ceremony.
— -- BOOST THC TAIR ---
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Stephens and
daughter, Miss Margaret, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph White went to Paris
, Wednesday night to attend the form-
al opening of the J. (\ Penney store
at that, place.
usually followed by reduced cotton
acreage, witness 1920-21 and 1914-15.
If acreage reduction be accompanied methods of
by a visitation of boll weevils and
other pests a small crop would result.
—Dallas News.
-OOOiT THE (-AIR----
Need Job Printing?—Call 15
TODAY
AND
FRIDAY
TITUS
GOOD
COMEDY
ADDED
Society's Love Whirl!
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Palm Beach love. The wed-
ding march. The divorce
judge’s gavel. Who pays the
piper? Edith Wharton re-
veals it in
‘the
MARRIAGE
playground
l|jd
MARY BRIAN
FREDRIC MARCH
The attendance Wednesday night,
Coach Crawford has given out sev- while not 30 verY large- was encour-
eral new plavs this week that are ex- aging to the Promoters of the Fair,
pected to help Mt. Pleasant to put because as a general rule few I*50^0
the pigskin over the goal line. The attend the oP^ninpr session. Pros-
ganie will be called promptly at 3 Pects are fine for a big crowd Friday
o’clock and everyone come and watch and Saturday, especially Saturday
night, when everybody for miles
around will be there.
It is a wonderful Fair, consider-
_ ing the unfavorable crop conditions
Chicago, III.. Oct. L—If your radio of the county this year, and the ex-
“sputters and crackles” today when hibits are such as would attract at-
the Athletics and Cardinals are in tention anywhere,
the midst of an exciting play—just j
blame it on the aurora borealis. ‘ .....
Aurora borealis, arch enemy of ra- Shreveport are visiting her parents
dio fans, described by scientists as a or a w 1 e-
magnetic disturbance in the ether, —————■■■■— <»■ ■——^■
now is at its best or worst, depend-, ’Th# Wanther
ing upon whether you are one of the : * ’ie W cUl/Ici
scientists or one of the fans. [
The combination of aurora borealis,! The weather lor the past 24 hours
sun spots and vacuum tube effect ii\ j According to readings made at 6:30)
the Northern sky every twenty-seven |
days, influence radio and telegraph I
by causing strong electrical or mag- j
netic storms.
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--BOOST THE FAIR---
Mrs. James Brown and children of
BOOST THE FAIR
Want wore Business!—Advertise! •
Maximum .................................... 86
Minimum ............................... 53
Temperature 6:30 ................... 53
Wind from ................... NE
Sky .........................................Clear
Williamson, W. Va., Oct. 1.—Three !
women were shot and killed near here !
Monday and William C. Adams, 35, j
husband of one of the victims, was
arrested, charged with the killings. J
j Mrs. Flossie Adams, Adams’ wife,
j Mrs. John Campbell, her mother, and
! Mrs. Cynthia McGuire, a sister of
j Mrs. Campbell, were the dead women.
I Folice said Adams, who was sepa-;
! rated from his wife, met her and Mrs. j
| McGuire on a railroad track and shot j
i them both when Mrs. Adams declined ;
to speak to him. He then went to
the home of Mrs. Campbell, and killed j
her. Mrs. McGuire was from John-
son City, Tenn.
———■ aoosr THE FAIR-----—
! if Coste and Bcllonte shall come
; through all the American banquets
unscathed, their title to heroic rank
i will bo secure.—San Antonio Evening
News.
Sat, Nile, 11:30, first showing “Dixiana”
vltli BEBE DANIELS. BERT WHEELER, ROBT. WOOLSEY
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Night Phones .jj.;
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% Ambulance Service
| DAY OR NIGHT
f Masters &
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FREE
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FEET HAPPY
WITH
NYAL
CORN REMOVER
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food time* df*d owr pretty feet Why hevt corn*
when your neerest Nynl Drujjpst h« urch o quiet-
ectinj remedy '
One epplicition of Ny*l Corn Remover and the
p*in goes. A few more md the com eo») too! Then
»*d feel ere gled le«P lr. eppheeto* hot tie, 2 S'".
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 166, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1930, newspaper, October 2, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth785055/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.