Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 283, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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MOUNT PLEASANT DAILY TIMES
‘Mt. PLEASANT IS A PLEASANT PLACE.’*
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MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1929.
NUMBER 283
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Beyond question the year’s comedy honors must go to delightful
I Marion Davies for her charming and irresistible performance in
this superbly uproarious entertainment. She has made the woi
I laugh hearitly before, most recently in “The Fair Co-Ed, and
“The Patsy,” but her many admirers insist that now she has ex-
ceeded her best previous work by many, many, many happy laughs.
BEN TURPIN in „A HARMEN KNIGHT”
PARAMOUNT NEWS
ADULTS 25c ^ CH.LDREN 10c
Friday and Saturday
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HOPKINS COUNTY FINE NEW GULF
ROAD FINISHED, FILLINGSTATION
LAST OF CONCRETE ON HIGH- WILL BE ERECTED SOON ON LOT
WAY ONE POURED WED-
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j Springs in its Wednesday afternoon’s M. Lide for the erection of a fine new
j issue reports that the last gap in the» filling station on the lot on the east
! concrete road through Hopkins Coun- side of South Jefferson street one
ty was completed when the last batch block south of the public square, on
of concrete was poured at noon Wed- the corner of South First Street,
nesday. J The station is to be built according
Although it will be about three to plans submitted by the Gulf Re-
weeks before the entire road is open finery Company, and to be similar in
'for traffic, enough of the highway' design to this, company’s station on
is completed to bring it to one of the North Jefferson street. The only dif-
.Sulphur Springs streets which can ference will be that the new station
be utilized for almost any kind of, will have a larger office and stock
traffic, and there are now no detours room space to be used for the sale
in the county. [of tires and accessories. The same
1 ... * ,, . .‘color design as the first station, and
With the completion of this road • , , ,,
all of the lighting fixtures and other
SCOUT BANQUET
FRIDAY NIGHT
there is now an all-weather road on , , ... . , . .
COURT OF HONOR WILL ALSO BE Highway One all the way from Tex-1'k‘ “,ls ,wl1',be ?,Ml* **“. T* y
HELD WHEN AWARDS ! arfcm. to Abilene. ....... ..... “
WILL BE GIVEN
The location is what is known' as
! have been approved for”'^MphSt the Farm Bureau lot’ that organiza
j surface for about six miles of gravel
| road east from Ardis Heights at
tion raising a sum of money by pop-
ular subscription a few years ago for
Another action triumph for Ranger as a dog of the lumber camps
Who bared his fangs against the wolrd to save his master. •
Also a Snappy Comedy—“SKATING HOME”
ADULTS—25c CHILDREN—10c
PALACE FRU?AYjind SATURDAY
“VULTURES OF
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Scouts and their dads as guests, will• GreenviHe, and when this is finished, the pU,rp0se °J. * commu"-
bc held in the basement of the Bap- there wiU be a paved road between ty which failed to material-
list Church Friday night at 7:30. 'Greenville and Texarkana, which * is'“e'8nd the ,ot “ to the
The program will consist of the twenty-five miles shorter than any V* ^
proceedings of a court of honor, which other route between these two places. ^hafed b/ R 18 67 by 17<?
will be presided over by Judge E. I. j The people of this section may as and the station and equipment
Lazarus. At this time there will bejwell begin preparing for the heav- wl^.0CC"Py th® ^ °f ^
quite a number of the boys who will iest traffic they have ever known . Th® °U ! Refiaery Company Wl1
receive their merit badges for special | along this line this coming summer, ^ the.s*atlon from Mr. Lide and
training and others will be promoted beCause no kind of argument is — W1 appoint a manager who will op-
to higher grades of scouting.
George Powell of Texarkana, chief
scout executive of the Tex-Ark Coun-
cil, will be present and will have an
important part .on „ the program.
Several Citizens
Die in North Part
Of County This Week
The Talco Record of this week
records the death of three citizens of
the north part of the county during
the past week.
Claude Gieger, aged 36, died at the
home of
mg to induce tourist “ftS a” long e,ate statl™ ™ a commission bas-
,distance out of their way when they ,s' ”“r*"? to Mr' L"i,e', , ,
Gulf stations are models of beauty
and utility, and the fact that this
know there is a shorter route and they
can save, not only mileage, but gas
and oil, as well time.
company has decided to place another
station here speaks well of the pos-
sibilities of the future development of
the town.
Cotton Belt Will
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South of Tyler Cream Shipments
- | Show Big Increase
A meeting of Cotton Belt officials ; -
was held at Tyler Wednesday, when Cream shipments through the local
it was voted to expend $2,500,000 to express office amounted to 2,940
improve the track from Tyler to Cor- gallons during December, according
sicana in the same manner as between t oa- report made to the Chamber of
his mother, Mrs. Hite Fish- this place and Tyler the past year. Commerce bv H. C. Shaw. This
n/IOtr Wl nvnin ni r\C mi 1 • 11-, 1 ...
back, Monday morning of pneumonia.
Deceased leaves a wife and a son ag-
ed 13. He was buried at the Binion
cemetery Monday afternoon.
J. T.. Mayfield, aged 66, died early
Wednesday morning at the home of
his son, Hugh, of the Maple Springs
community from the effects of can-'
A Western Mystery Drama as Thrilling as the Bark of a, .45—^
Swift as Thundering Hoofs!
Comedy—“BABY FUED”
ADULTS—25c CHILDREN—10c
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The line will be straightened, it will an increase of 850 gallons over the
be raised in many places so that it same month of 1927, when the ship-
will be above high: water, and new ments amounted to 2,090 gallons.
and heavier rails will be laid. Rock _'
ballhst will later be added, making Emigration from the Irish Free
the road equal to that of any other State is declining with betterment of
line in thp State. living conditions there.
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cer and pneumonia. He leaves a wi- ^ahatawip among the officials of the Native schools for the teaching of
nrwl ' fnill' n'VATim oll1 Munn L'nn iL « >n _ - °
dow and four grown children. Fun
eral services took place at Bridges
(Jhapel Wednesday afternoon. 7
W. M. Harris died at the home of,
his son, Willard Harris, of 'Harris'
Chapel community, at the unusual1
lge of 98 yeai-s, Burial took place,
at the DeShields graveyard. 1
In addition to the above, Arthur
Miller, a pioneer of this section, died
at his home in the Harris Chapel |
community Wednesday afternoon and
was buried Thursday. He was the1
father of Mrs. O. C. Lilienstern of j
this city, and was well known in this
section.
hhe, Which will affect the passenger the best, ways to tap rubber trees are
and freight departments._ to he opened in Sumatra
Horses have no eyebrows, and
fishes have no eyelids.
The Weather
The weather for the past 24 hours
according to readings made at 6:30:
Maximum ....................
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Minimum ...................
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Temperature 6:30 ......
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Wind from.....................
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LOVELY CREAMS
FOR LOVELY WOMEN
Every Woman owes to herself, her family and friends to ap-
pear well groomed and by using only 10 minutes each night to
Cleanse, Tone and Nourish
the roughest sallow skin shows a marked improvement. Be sure to
use only pure creams. The best are none to good for the face we
must forever keep.
Armand Beauty experts have prepared an instruction sheet
with generous samples for 10c. Buy apd use your own creams so
the quality will be understood.
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