Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 327, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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OUNT PLEASANT DAILY
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“Mt. PLEASANT IS A PLEASANT PLACE.'*
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VOLUME TEN
MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1929.
NUMBER 227
Flight To Old
Mexico In Box
Told Officers
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Fan Antonio, March 6.—Like a
orie'u escape, the flight uf Walter
Real War Horror,
Beer Supply Low
Along Rio Grande
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San Antonio, Texas, March 6.—The
honors of Mexican revolutionary war
•redondo, charged with slaying his' Wednesday here were brought to
wiffe, Mrs. Reyes Rocha Arredondo,1 bear on the Rio Grande Valley,
from San Antonio to Mexico in a While Mexican rebels were satis-
wo'oden box wasi told Wednesday by fying their thirst for revolution—ev-
Miguel Padilla, charged with being'en to the state of sanguinary revo
an.'accessory, to investigation. lution—Americans
Three days after Mrs. Arredondo satisfy their tl
hdcl been killed, ^.rredondo, concealed Tamps beer wholesalers
in a packing box, was placed on Pa- available beer supply along the Rio
<1 ilia’s truck and the bumpy journey Grande would be depleted by Friday ,
to the border began, Padilla said, and that little hope was held for an ^ =. .
That night they reached Bracketvillfe, immediate resupply, as the rebels hold (AW increase OT
Texas, where Arredondo was given the railroads. Cl'eam ShipmentS
into the care of a relative. I While Mexican banks transporting
Pi'bni Bracketville the relative car- gold into the United States for safe-
ried the wooden box containing the keeping and American citizens t'raris-j
were failing to
thirst. The Reynosa
said the
Modern Methods
Used in cleaning an dre-block-
ing Hats. Send your old Inti
along when you have your
clothes cleaned.
THRASHER
“Master Cleaner”
Years Dependable Service
Phone 86
.
Buick Company
Founder Dies
As Poor Man
fugitive to Del Rio. The crushing in- porting beer into the United States1 Cream shipments from Mt. Pleas-, for several years,
to Mexico was made at Del Rio, Pa- for safe-drinking, traffic along the ;ant during 1928 increased 27.3 per- j
Rail Detective
Found Guilty of
Negligent Homicide
Detroit, Mich., March 6.—David I). Longview, Texas, March 6.—Tried
Buick, 74, founder of the Buick Au- for murder in the slaying here last
tomobile Company, now a unit of the month of a 14-year-old Arkansas
General Motors Corporation, died of youth, A. C. Y’eager, special agent of
cancer in Harper Hspital here Tues- the Texas and Pacific Railway, Wed-
day. Tuesday was convicted of negligent
Mr. Buick, who was known as one homicide by a Gregg county district
of the pioneers of the automobile ip- court jury and his penalty assessed
dustvy, died in comparative poverty, at a $100 fine.
b or the last two years he had held The jurors deliberated four hours
an instvuctorship in the Detroit befpre reaching the verdict.
School of Trades. , .Pleading .accidental shooting of
In 1901 Mr. Buick was a wealthy Wesley Harbjson, Yeager took the
man, a manufacturer of plumbing witness stand during the second dgy
fixtures, who had just sold his plant of the trial and testified that his gun
/V* ; r.i ‘fjt y $^0,000 to indulge in his dream discharged as he almost fell. The
uve} Last jl eai j«l a “horseless carriage.” He had shpoting occurred on February 9, in
been experimenting with automobiles Longview railroads yards.
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<lilla said. i international border is reported
Mrs. Arredondo was fatally wound- being extremely heavy.
ed with a shotgun the night of Feb-. —--
ruary 23. ! U. S. TAX RATES LESS THAN
___ j OTHER NATIONS
At the opening of a new theatre
in London recently the management Not a major country ™ .yuu uauuuu , ine man
rhurmaune sandwiches and 112611 wor,d ls paying s0 small a per-1 ’ " . . ,, 1 j n,. . , ,, e . 1 nt plaa’
seived cha™PaKne- sandwiches ana income for taves . While m 1928 during the same two j Of your work, of the good you may N. Wilkinson of Longview and Coach
cigars to the members of the au- , ‘ ' I months only 25,520 pounds were ship- do. plans for right living? jt g, Willis of Marshall, has for its
* ped. This is an increase of 3,288; If so, you are on the right track. purpose the stimulation of interest in
a8,cent over those of 1927 and the first j THINK BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS FttSt TeXOS Plans
| two months of 192& indicate that j - j Hlffh School LOOP
:there will be an even greater increase j You won’t get into trouble if you* _
jin 1929. Figures compiled for the j keep the right sort of thoughts in Longview, March 6._An effort will
j local Chamber of Commerce by H. C. 'your mind. be ma([e at a meeting here Saturday
• Shaw show that during the months | It is necessary to think evil before to organize an East Texas high school
the civi- °* January ancl February, this year,! you can perform an evil deed. baseball league.
29,716 pounds of cream were shipped.! What are you thinking about? ! The plan, originated by Coach C.
dionce.
Times Review Want Ads Pay!
(wold on the average expend 18.6 per pourulh’ 01 appioximately 1- 1-- pei
[cent of their total income for taxes. !cen ' -
Presents Today
Friday - Saturday
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UlMtli
RALSTON
’The Sawdust-;,
Paradise'
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DO YOU WANT TO KNOW
cent of their total income for taxes.
In the United States the correspond-
ing per cent is but 10.2.
The disparity between the effort1 WHA1 NEWSPAPERS SELL?
required by the United State- and!
by other countries to support their W hen a newspaper sells an ad it
But it you are degrading your for- high school baseball. The favorite
nier high ideals' you are traveling a pastime has had a back seat in East
dangerous road. Texas during the last six years. In-
I he most terrible crime, if thought vitations have been sent to school of-
of long enough, loses its horror. ficials at Marshall* Henderson, Gil-
_ To be a part in a beautiiul world, mer, Tittsburg, Mount Pleasant, Jef-
with so many wonderful and interest- ferson, Tyler and Mineola.
public services is greater than the sells more tlian Jllst a space in its j in£ things to think about, should fill The purpose of the meeting here
table indicates. A man with a year- columns. It sells service. The news- you W1fl1 Joy> sucl1 J°y> tllat base and Saturday is to draw up rules and
'degiading thoughts could find no har- a schedule for the proposed eight-
bor in your life. club circuit.
Envy is a disturbing factor in many ___
llVeS' ! B. W. Horher
ly income of $5,000 is liable to pay pape'' reaches 111any PeoPle5 and the
five per cent of his income in taxes ad S°es where the paper &oe8- But
with less effort than a man with an that is not alL A newspaper with
income of $1,000 1 >'eaders and friends who believe in it,
In the first case, the tax payment *861,8 the confidence of those readers
px'qbably involves little personal sac-.and lriepds to- those buying adver-
rifice, that, is induction in the con- llsin£ space.
sumption of necessary food, clothing' A newspaper is popular,.or. it is
and shelter. The payment of such a not popular. It holds reader interest
tax by the man of small income may or does not hold reader interest,
involve such sacrifice, since his in- And that reader interest is the thing
come is close to the level of subsis- that counts; that keeps the newspa-
t.ent,e j per going into the same homes year
The United. States is in the position 1,0 and year out. This is the reader
of the first man. Our yearly per habit that many papers strive for,
capita income and our accumulated but which all do not achieve,
wealth per capita outclass that of any j The Herald has always tried to be
other country. The yearly income' sort of a newspaper; and that it
per person is 1.7 that of Great Bri- jhas succeeded is attested to because
tain which ranks second. |of tha fact that it has more paid sub-
The income pel-capita in. the United *cribers today than it ever had; and
States is more than '3; 1 jinxes that>cause -tho8e who subscribe seldom
Of such countries as FmttfeeVand Ger- |st°P- •1!pt the Paper on and on,
many. The pei- capita wdaltli, that! year in antl year out, holding its old
is, the Value of ^M^jjpfe^operty j fiends and gaining new ones every
in the United Stotfej'-is more than!day-
three times tha£;#M^'ati'ori'fn the! And because this is true, the Her-
world except GrMv'^ftain! iald is sellin« the greatest ser-
1 In 1926 tax coliecUoh’s. by, all gov-1vice ever sold to local business peo-
ernmental units !jP1®.—Palestine Herald.,
Expenditures for pu^F. ^ho'ols re-j
quire<U $2,255,231this^ tax bill. [CITY ELAN COMMISSION
The schools, therefore,^ Wqflire 26.4 > WILL MEET TONIGHT
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The Gity Plan Commission " will
hold its bi-weekly meeting at the
City Hall tonight. There are some
important matters that should be
taken up on this occasion.
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HOBART BOSWORTM
a Qaramount picture
She dances. The dance of
death. She sings. The song
of life. Scintillating, fascinat-
ing, desirable, swiftly she weav-
es the web of destruction and
then—Regeneration. A drama of
lights and shadows.
ALSO COMEDY
Admission
10c and 25c-
per cent of our expdpiiiturhs for pub-
lic purposes. For ev'eVy"'dollar ex-
pended for public education we ex-
pend nearly $3 for other purposes.—
Paris News,
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An international center for psy-
chological lesearoh is to be estab-
lished at a site furnished by the
French Government near Paris, so
that psychologists from different
countries may conduct experiments
there on a co-operative basis.
The Weather
The weather for the past Z4 hours
according to icaJiniA u,auc at
Maximum ..... 82
Minimum .................................... 59
Temperature 6:30 .................... 61
Wind from ................................ E
Atmosphere ............Partly Cloudy
P. D.
THORNTON
Tailor and Hatter
PHONE 149
It you cannot have what the other , . ... y >
„ „ , , l'Lnei Gainesville, . where he wi l spend a
fellow has, enjoy what you have. u- u Y
e- .. i ■ f „ , • month or more with his brother.
Even though you wish for things
you have not, remember there are -...... ,,■ -.-..p-,.,* t --
many persons who would give all they
possess to be in your shoes.-^-Hous-
ton Chronicle.
ODD FELLOWS GO TO
DALLAS THURSDAY
Quite a number of local members
of the Odd Fellows fraternity, filling
several automobiles, went to Dallas
Thursday to attend a meeting of that
body, in which the State champion-
ship team exemplifies some degree
work.
FIRE WEDNESDAY
The fire department was called out
Wednesday to put out a blaze in a
pile of lumber in the rear of Mrs.
Ruth Ferguson’s home. The garage
was badly scorched by the fire, but
it was not allowed to be much dam-
aged.
Times Review Want Ads Pay!
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USED CARS
With an 0. &. THttt,
Count 8 *
1927 Pontiac Coach
1926 Ford Touring
1928 Chevrolet Coupe
1926 Dodge Touring
1926 Chevrolet Coupe
1927 Chevrolet Truck
1927 For Truck
See these cars on display
TODAY
Irvin-Robertson,
Inc.
PANGBURN’S FRENCH
CREMES
A Taste of Paris
Ahit Assortment and Liquid Fruits in hea-
vily coated milk chocolate. 1-2 lb., 1 lb.,
2 lb. packages $1.50, $2.00 and $3.00 per box.
Meltaway Mints in colors from the home of
PANGBVRN
SWINT BROTHERS
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 327, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1929, newspaper, March 7, 1929; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth785237/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.