Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 142, Ed. 1 Friday, September 3, 1937 Page: 1 of 4

                                
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MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1937
NUMBER 142
LISTEN
HERE!
By HUGH C. CROSS
CCC Camp Will Lose
90 Enrollees After
First Day October
German Aces Defeat Defending U. S. Champions
I To Build Personnel
Back With New
Recruits
Several weeks ago an announce-
ment was made that practically
everything was in readiness for
the marking of the streets in Mt.
Pleasant; committees were sup-
posed to have been appointed to
secure donations from homeown-
ers to help defray expenses of
the materials to be used, and bids
On October first, ninety mem-
bers of the personnel of the lo-
cal CCC Camp will be discharg-
ed, according to Lt. S. T. Cooper, i
commander of the camp.
The discharges will be in con-
formity to a new law, recently
passed by Congress, limiting the
time of service in the Civilian
Conservation Corps to two years,
and that no one over 23 years of
age is elegible for service.
Ninety of the present personnel I
were supposed to have been ob
tained for painting the markers.    ”cl'u'ied'b7 this law after
To date no report has been given |n . . fir_t
out as to the result of those ac- uclODer
tions.
Listen Here is wondering when
and if the street markers are go-
ing to be put in place.
From what I have heard the
postoffice department is ready to
begin free mail delivery in Mt.
Pleasant just as soon as all the
streets inside the corporate de-
livery limits, are marked and the
houses numbered, and as this
service will mean so very much
to everyone in the city, we should
do all we can to get it into effect
that as soon as we can.
We know, or rather some of us
do, that it is not going to cost
a great deal of money to get
marker posts put up at all of the
street intersections, and with the
residents of each block contribut-
ing to the erection of the posts in
vtheir own area, it is “hard to un-
derstand why the preliminaries
have not all been completed.
The actual cost of marking the
streets, it has been figured, will
not exceed more than about
eigh
inch
streets that are supplied with*
concrete curb and gutter, and two
posts at each intersection where
ils no curb and gutter;’ The city
has agreed to furnish used pipe
for the posts and as badly as the
people of the community want
the markers it will be an easy
matter to secure the money
through public donations.
If we keep on talking about
the matter long enough it is not
going to be but a short while
until we get action, so let’s holler
long and loud.
Mowing of Pastures Tyler Man Is Badly
Showing Results By Injured When Piece
Increasing Grass
Give Bigger Yields
When Weeds Are
Removed
it hundred dollars. That will
lude stencilling all of the
STARTS PRACTICING FOR
POSITION ON VARSITY
SQUAD AT E. T. S. T. C.
Bertrand Hopkins, who has
been employed at the local re-
finery during the past few
months, returned to Commerce
Friday afternoon to report for
training with the varsity squad
next week. He was a letterman
during his freshman year in 1936
and won the light heavy weight
boxing title for the students’
tournament. '
Dove Season Opens
In Titus County On
September the 15th
Date Has Been Set
Up 15 Days
This Year
Because of the changing of the
state game laws numerous peo-
ple in Titus County have become
confused as to the date of the
opening of the 1937 dove hunting
season, and because of that we
Headquarters Of
U. S. Marines Hit
In Shanghai Fight
Contract Highway
37 South of Bogata
To Be Built Sep. 17
The quota of men necessary for
the operations of the camp will
be recruited to full strength, how- \
ever, by the addition of new en-
rollees and the complement here
will be 147 men, according to Lt.
CooDer    .    _
Owing to new arrangements    a, stunning upset in the finals of the detending champions and Davis Cup Winners, ftom
ments are being made for con-
servation work outside of the
Hart’s Creek watershed, there ^
will be employment for the CCC i
boys for possibly another two i
years.    I
On Thursday evening, Mayor
McDonald and Secretary Snider
of the Chamber of Commerce
were dinner guests at the camp
and were called on by Lt. Coop-
er to address the men.
Mr. McDonald spoke on bene-
fits Mt. Pleasant has received
because the CCC camp was lo-
cated here; that the men have
conducted themselves in public
like gentlemen, and for this rea-
son the citizenship-of the city will
regret to see them leave, although
their places will be filled with
other youths of the same excel-
lent character and demeanor.
Mr. Snider advised all who are
retiring from CCC activities to
file their names with the National
Reemployment Service office and
to secure Social Security num-
bers. With their past experi-
ence, the CCC boys will be en-
abled to make better employees
than if they had not received this
training, according to Mr. Snider,
and are better prepared for the
future.
By M. C? FORD
SHANGHAI, September 3 (INS)
—The U. S. Marines second bat-
talion headquarters was hit to-
day as a major Sino-Japanese ar-
tillery duel plunged shells into
the heart of the International
Settlement and spread new death
and destruction through Shang-
hai.
The headquarters, located at
have been asked to publish the    of Chentu and Bub-
.    , ,    ,    , *    ,    ., blmg Well roads, was hit on the
OVQAT Horn urnan    Kunlmrt
As has been stated before,
there is no type of Soil Conserv-
ation work more important in
this section of Texas than pas-
ture improvement. This is true
first since good sod conserves
both soil and water in an excell-
ent manner. It is true second be-
cause we have in this section an
excellent dairy industry, so pas-
ture work fits in with the Soil
Conservation work in an admir-
able manner.
Cooperators in this project and
camp area have mowed weeds
this year on 1,377 acres. They
have also cleared brush and small
timber from 918 acres. There
have been many comments made
by visitors about the splendid
condition of pastures in the pro-
ject and camp areas. It has been
easy to observe the difference
between mowed pastures and
those which have not been mow-
ed during the dry weather. When
weed competition is eliminated,
the pastures hold up and furnish
the maximum amount of grass
for a longer period of time than
those pastures which were unr
mowed.
The elimination of brush and
sprouts will make it possible to
do a better job of mowing, and
in some instances, leveling and
cultivation will be necessary be-
fore the most effective mowing
can be accomplished. This culti-
vation should be done this fall
and early spring. Not only will
-    i the ground be leveled to permit
According to an advertisement'mowing, but grass will be given
Concrete Road Will
Be Constructed
Ten Miles
of Machinery Falls
Is Treated At Local
Hospital After
Accident
exact date when dove hunting
becomes legal.
In the past the dove season has
opened in Titus County on Sept.
roof by a shell. There were no
casualities.
The shell fortunately failed to
New Warning Is
Issued Americans
To Leave China
OCCUPY NEW HOME FRIDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Mellie Rogers arjd
family .were moving Friday after-
noon into their new home, which
was recently finished in the
Rogers addition to the city, west
of town on the new route of
Highway One. Theirs is the first
of several others that are plan-
ned for the addition, a part of
\^hich was opened by Joe S.
Redfearn. Another dwelling will
be constructed soon, east of the
present structure, for which the
contract has already been award-
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Rogers.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Stoehr left
Friday for a ten days’ visit to
St. Louis, Mo., and Chicago, 111.
The Weather
East Texas—Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday, local thun-
dershiwers near upper coast Sat-
urday.
WASHINGTON, September 3
(INS)—A new and urgent warning
for all Americans to leave war-
torn Shanghai immediately, was
sounded today by the United
States government, as the Inter-
national settlement was caught
in a hail of shell fire between
the fiercely-contending forces of
Japan and China.
American warships will open
fire with depth bombs if attack-
ed by the “phantom” submarines
which have been firing on Brit-
ish and Russian merchant ship-
ping, a Navy Department spokes-
man warned.
At the same time, it was re-
vealed that warships of the U. S.
Asiatic squadron in China seas
have been ordered to defend
themselves with their guns if
attacked.
first, and naturally supposing that exPlode-
the same law was in effect this
year quite a few hunters have
already been out in the fields.
The 1937 dove season does not
The British steamer Lisheng,
carrying 800 Chinese refugees
down the river for shipment to
Hong Kong, narrowly escaped
open until September 15. It con- 1 being hit during the exchange of
tinues for a period of two months, fire- The Lisheng was compelled
or until November 15th. The limit'to return to her dock on the
has been set at not more thgn
twelve in one day, or thirty-six
in one week.
Hunting licenses are required
of a sportsman who hunts out-
side the county in which he re-
sides.
EAST TEXAS FARM
POPULATION GAINS;
REST OF STATE LOSES
According to a statement issued
by/the United States Census De-
partment, there were 2,332,693
people living on Texas farms in
1935 and 2,352,373 in 1930. The
report indicates a decrease in
Texas farm population of 62,300
or 2.6 per cent. Since 1935 the
decrease has been about 42,700
or 1.8 per cent.
The general farm population
was found to be decreased in
West and Central Texas and in-
creasing in East Texas.
COLOR BLIND PICKERS
TOLEDO, O., (INS)—When tom-
ato growers in this area com-
i plained to the state employment
I agency that some of the pickers
j sent them were picking green
! tomatoes, the agency investi-
ST. LOUIS, (INS)—The ambition | gated. The result of the investi-
of every pinochle player—to hold j gatioh was that now all appli-
„    „ picking jobs
PERFECT PINOCHLE HAND
a perfect hand of 1,500 trumps—
has been achieved by Mrs. Emma
Matt of St. Louis. She was re-
cently dealt a 1,500 diamond
trump hand in a four-handed
game. Mrs. Matt bid 1,700 on
the hand and made it.
cants for tomato
are given tests for color blind-
ness.
Senator Clint Small of Ama-
rillo spent Friday here on bus-
iness.
French concession bund.
The marine headquarters was
struck a short time after a Chin-
ese shell scored a direct hit on
the deck of a large Japanese
troop ship in the Whangpoo river.
Casualities aboard the vessel
were not immediately deter-
mined.
The U. S. Flagship Augusta
was forced to move from mid-
stream to the edge of the bund,
itself scene of shell explosions,
owing to the intense heat of fire
started by shells which crashed
into houses and buildings at
Pootung Point.
One Survivor, 2
Victims of Steamer
Are Picked Up
MOBILE, Ala., September 3
(INS)—One survivor and the bod-
ies of two victims of the ill-fated
coastal steamer, Tarpon, were
picked up from the Gulf of Mex-
ico today by rescue vessels, di-
vision headquarters of the U. S.
coast guard here announced.
in the Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald,
contract for the construction of
10.229 miles of concrete road-
way on Highway 37 from Hag-
ansport to one mile northwest of
Bogata will be awarded by the
Highway Department on Septem-
ber 17th.
This portion of the highway
has been graded, and the bridges
across Sulphur River were erect-
the opportunity to knuckle down
and spread in the cultivated soil.
A number of cooperators who
have contour ridges in their pas-
tures plan to back furrow for two
or three rounds for each ridge,
and more if possible, but to con-
tinue this operation each year
until the entire area has been
flat broken, disced and harrowed.
Other cooperators plan to flat
ed some months ago, so when J break and disc their pastures this
the contract is awarded it will (fan or spring.
Ralph Sexton of Tyler, who
was employed by the A. F. Dye,
Dallas, drilling company, suffer-
ed a badly mangled left leg
Thursday afternoon at an acci-
dent while operators were at-
tempting to resume drilling on
the Bentley, McKengie et No. 1,
Lumpkin wildcat in southwest
Bowie County. Fellow employ-
ees rushed Sexton to the Taylor
hospital here, where he spent
four hours on the operating table
and sixty-eight stitches were re-
quired to sew the torn ligaments
back in place. Full extent of the
injury could not be determined
immediately and the limb was
placed in splints Friday morn-
ing.
Sexton, who is a rotary helper,
was handling the jointing unit,
when it fell, carrying him to the
floor and falling on him. Had
the heavy tools struck his body,
it would have been fatal, ac-
cording to Sexton’s account of
the accident. It is his first serious
injury during the ten years that
he has worked in oil fields.
Second Fair Tour
Goes Northward At
Six o’Clock Tonight
Takes In Greenhill,
Talco And
Johntown
be only a matter of a short while
until the road will be ready for
use, giving outlets to the oil
fields from the north.
We understand that it will be
some time before contract will
be awarded for the rest of the
highway from Hagansport to Mt.
Vernon.
Allred Finally
Makes up Mind on
Special Session
Secretary Ickes of the interior,
department has purchased a farm
in Maryland. Now, he’ll be con-
verted to the necessity for some
sort of sudsidy for the agricul-
turists.
AUSTIN, Sept. 3, (INS)—A spec-
ial session of the Texas Legisla-
ture was called for Monday, Sept.
27, by Governor James V. All-
red today.
The session will be called for
the purpose of raising new rev-
enues, Allred announced.
The proclamation
calling the session will not be is-
sued until some time next week,
the Governor said, and so far
as he knows, the only subject
opened up for legislative action
will be that of raising revenues.
Allred declared that he would
not discuss his recommendations
to the legislature as to how taxes
may be raised, but would save
that discussion for his opening
message to the legislature.
Cooperators are planning now
to carry their pasture work
through to completion. It has
been demonstrated that proper
cultivation and mowing, will in
many instances, triple the amount
of grass in two years time, there
by conserving the maximum
amount of soil and water.
Soviet Steamer
Sunk By Phantom
Vessel in Aegean
LONDON, Sept. 3, (INS)—Spur-
ring widespread search by war-
ships of four nations for the
“phantom submarines” preying on
neutral shipping in the Mediter-
ranean waters, sinking of the
3,100 ton Soviet cargo steamer
bfficially' Blagoev was disclosed today.
Dispatches from Athens said
the freighter was sunk in the up-
per reaches of the Aegean Sea
Wednesday by a submarine alleg-
edly flying the Spanish nationalist
flag.
In view of the continued depre-
dations by mystery submarines,
terrorizing shipping in the Med-
iterranean, the British admiralty
decided to carry out its fleet re-
inforcements there without fur-
ther delay.
Mrs. Mellie Rogers and child-
ren, Peggy and Renford, return-
ed Thursday from Fort Worth,
after accmopanying the former’s
sister, Mrs. Maggie Coffman,
that far, while the latter was
returning to her home in Electra
from an extended visit hare.
Weldon Walker of Abilene ar-
rived Friday for a week end
visit here with friends.
Miss Ella Mae Patrick of Com-
merce is visiting her brother, Ben
Patrick, and family.
The second of a series of five
advertising tours for the Titus
County Fair and Dairy Show,
which opens here on September
14th and lasts through Septem-
ber 18th, will take place tonight.
Every person in Mt. Pleasant,
who can possibly do so is urged
to take a part in it.
The tour will begin at 6 o’clock
and everyone is asked to meet on
the southeast comer of the square.
According to Delbert Snider,
secretary-manager of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, this second
tour will take in Green Hill, the
Humble Camp, Talco and John-
town. The Mt. Pleasant High
school band will render selec-.
tions at each place, advertising
circulars Will be distributed and
a public address system will be
put in use to extend personal in-
vitations to the people at each
place to come to the Fair.
Rescue Fleet In
Hunt For Survivors
From Sunk Vessel
MOBILE, Ala. Sept. 3, (INS)—
A U. S. coast guard rescue fleet
including three patrol boats and
one amphibian plane, set out at
dawn today to renew their search
for possible survivors of the coast-
al trading steamer, Tarpon, which
with about 31 persons aboard,
sank in raging Gulf waters early
Wednesday morning.
As the search was pushed
through the mist, nearly a score
of persons were still missing.
Company officials at Pensacola
reported 14 persons accounted for,
two of them dead, and 17, includ-’
ing one woman, unaccounted foi
ft .
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Mrs. Eva Robinson and Mrs
Tom Watson and son of Tex?
kana were the guests of Mr/
Mrs. P. T. Wray Thursday r