The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1931 Page: 1 of 6
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GILMER, UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 1931
By TUCKER & LASCHINGER
VOL, 55. NO. 41
Texas and Okla. Crude
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extend production further north
ar er. in a nar-
•
Order in this part of the
itate
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season.
tie.
It was a break that gave Jef-
Daisy-Phillips
school and for two years at Al-
Swabs Salt Water
Suits of Clothes Stolen
The Gulf Pipe Line Company
/
A. 21,836 21,025
23,379 22,327
Wood
ed that he has typhoid fever.
returned 15 yards to his own
formerly owned by Mrs. Rosa
Mexlames Pat Marshall and
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With Defeat Facing Them,
Gilmer Buckeyes Reverse
Form to Defeat Jefferson
The Grand Officers and oth-
er visitors then left for their
won his freshman football nu-
meral in 1930,, Before coming
Wash Courtney, colored, was
shot Sunday afternoon about 5
On Monday at 10 a. m., the
annual meeting of Supervirory
District No. 1, created by the
Grand Ledge at its last ession
the ball
per cent
a.
teen cent crude oil increase post
by other major companies.
On a Narrow Street in the
Northeastern Part of the
City Sunday Afternoon
riers entering said area shall
take due notice of this Quaran-
tine proclamation and be gov-
erned thereby.”
There are certain conditions
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Dandy
Warren, of Tyler, Weduesday
morning a fine girl
Canals have been started to
make Moscow a seaport.
from Gilmer, is one of the rea-
sons why the 1931 Texas Aggie
football team ha- plenty of
power in the backfield. Spen-
cer is a driving line plunger on
the offense and a sturdy line
backer on the defense.
Spencer this year is alternat-
ing at fullback for the Aggies
with Jimmie Aston, a letter-
man quarterback in 1930 who
has been shifted to full this
son and 3,051,763 for the same
date last year.
Following is the total for
burglars removing one of the
panes in the window without
breaking the glass.
Sweet Potato
Quarantine Is
Again On Here
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Odd Fellows
Of East Texas
•Met in Gilmer
EX-BUCKEYE ON A. *
M. FOOTBALL TEAM
s
Cotton Ginned •
To October 18
FORD SHOP RETURNS
To $6-A4DAY MINIMUM
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 29—The
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_SDENCE,
W. A. McIntosh. Gilmer, Grand
Warder-elect.
Interesting report* and time-
ly -suggetsions were made by
the District Deputies and Rep-
resentatives from the various
Another edge qf the Upshur
county field was definitely de- |
termined Monday when the ,
Daisy Oil Co., No. 1 II. FPhil- 1
lips estate test swabbed salt
water.
For more than a week ef- i
forts have been made to com- ।
plete this test as a producer, af J
ter having cored several feet ]
of saturated oil sand about a (
was held up and robbed of $75.
Two men stopped him as he
was crossing a bridge and said
all they wanted was all the mo-
ney he had, at.the same time
presenting a six-shooter. He
gave^them the money and they
allowed him to come on home.
closed in due and regular form, made public Monday, October
26, being 3,385,122 for this sea I
The Blue Bonnet Cleaning es-
tablishment, Messrs: Horton &
White, proprietors, east side of
the square, was entered by
burglars some time during Fri-
day night and $160 stolen from
the cash register and five or
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: ' ( 4 hl '■C . I
minimum wage, which was in
effect before Henry Ford in-
creased it to $7 on December
1, 1929.
Upshur and adjoining couptl.es:
County 1931- 1930
Upshur 12,304 9,097
Camp
Cass
Gregg
Harrison
Marion
Rains
Smith
leave an embankment instead
of a ditch, and Tess was unable
to mount the embankment to
get out of the way of the speed
ing car before it ran him down
and killed him.
He was taken to the Elm-
wood Sanitarium, hut died dur-
ing Sunday night.
Work is to’start right away
on the pretty brick veneer home
of Mr. J. K. Ed wards at corner
of Montgomery and Scott street
(By Assoctated ?ress)
Dallas, Nov, 2.—The Mag-
nolia Petroleum Company to-
day posted a 11 cent per bbl. in-
crease for crude oil in Texas
and Oklahoma, except at Darst
Creek, where the increase will
. be 8 cents.
s Top pric for East Texas
• is now 83 cents per barrel. It
5,, - was formerly 68 cents.
The new scale for other parts
' ofaheztate is as follows:
North Texas, 83 cents; Central
Texas, 79 pents,. West Texas,
■’
Wood. Although this was the
first of such meetings held in
this diitrict, about seventy-
five delegates were present and
participated in the meeting.
The purpose of the meeting
was to consider the w.ork of the
»
inspection and the inspectors
ask the" coopertion of the po-
tato raisers,
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Tess Craig, Negro,
Run Over, Killed
C. M. Cook
Was Held Up
And Robbed
■
Ford made 2
yards and Shaw got away to a
o
.0.
F ‘ i
ty Friday morning, and the
thermometer registered below
50. There were not many over
coats visible but it banished the
last1 straw hat -
No clue to the
of this burglary.
----
len Academy (Bryan). He ir
23 years old, weighs about 190
pounds and is 6 feet tall.
get-together meeting of local
Odd Fellows on November 80.
At the cloge of the confer-
ence a special session of the
Grand Lodge was held at which
time the Past Grand and Grand
Lodge Degrees were conferred
upon a class of eighfen Past
Grands. The Grand Lodge af-
ter a short business session was
respective homes. All express-
ed their appreciation of the
meeting and of the hospitable
treatment received in Gilmer.
on the east and the abandoned
DeArman-Burke No. 1 Cobb, to
the west.
The actual location of this
test, is to the southwest of
.Jamestown, and is 1,687 ft.
east of the west line and 330
feet north’ of the south-line-ef
the Rash estate tract. It' is in
the E. N. Eubanks survey.
.....................•............. Mr. R. J. Hogg is confined
• The norther gained in severi- to.his home sick, and it is fear-
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sweet potatoes transported in
violation of this order shall be
immediately returned to the
point of origin or destroyed at
the option and expense of the
owner, consignee, or agent, in
accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 15, Acts of the Sec-
ond Caljed session of the 41st
tegis la ture. All npectors of
ed, that the Order is in a sat-
isfactory condition and that
much effective work has been
accomplished during the year
that is fast coming to a close.
Plans were worked out for a
continuation of tfie Grand
Lodge program in this district,
and it is contemplated that
these conferences will be held
semi-annually in the future.
this proclamation and to call
upon any sheriff to assist them
in performing such duties as
provided in Chapter .15 Acts
of the Second Called Session of
the 41st Legislature. All rail-
road, express, motor-bus, mot-
or-freight or steamship lines,
and all other kind and charac-
ty, when Wallace, substituting
for Berry as punter, had % kick
blocked by Bramlett, Bulldog
end, and recovered by Deware
of Jefferson on the Buckee 21
yard line. Qn the next play
Bramlett < took the < ball, bn a
double reverse. to carry over
his team’s lone counter and
the firt score of the game.
The Buckeyes, too bewildered
to know what it was all about,
let Shaw run around for the
extra, point.
The opening quarter had
been scoreless and nither
team scored again during the
first half. : ' r
The Buckeyes were not play-
ing the football they have de-
monstrated in their early sea-
son games, while Jefferson was
admittedly playing about. 50
trely different Buckeye team
of Houston also met the fif- month ago.
The location is in the soudk,
east corner of a 63-acre tract
_______ _ ____ ____ mation* No. 54, Quarantine Up-
Spencer, a sophomore, rhur county reads:
“Hereafter and until further
The place of meeting of the
next conference will be decided
upon at a later datei
Owing to the fact that Gil-
mer is centrally located, the
first meeting of this kind was
convened here. It is thought
that the inspiration received
from the visitors will result in
much good to the Order local-
ly. As one result of the meet-
The well drilled by Sorrells
& Duffy on the J. W. Woodin
160 acre tract in the Isham
Williams survey, about seven
miles southwest of Gilmer show
ed salt water at a reported
depth of 3,782 feet Friday and
is to be abandoned.
When the Brannon-Wood test
about a mile to the east had
a showing of oil, it was hoped
that this test would succeed in
finding production. Their hopes
were raised when several weeks
ago they had a good showing
of gas and oil in a drill stem
test, and the hole was deepened
in the hope that a good sand
would be found.
This will probably put a
damper on further drilling op-
erations in that section for the
time being.
in the Peter Whitestone survey
about half a mile north of pro-
duction, the nearest producer
being the Humble-O'Byrne No.
1 in .the J. M. Pineda survey.
Wash Courtney
Was Shot Sunday
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Magnolia Posts Fifteen
Cent Increase For East
. 11,460 6,805
16,01« 12,148
his way to Gladewater, Friday, --------
Mr. G M. Cook, of this city, Titus
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Notice, all sweet
sweet potato slips.
Lizzie Moore, on the Taylor
Martin place two or three miles
northeast of Gilmer, by Pleas
Wilburn, colored.
The weapon used was a pump
shotgun loaded with No. 4
shot and the load took effect in
his side, and while he is still
alive, the wound may prove
fatal. * *
The negroes had beengamb-
Hng and started to the house.
Pleas Wilburn beat the' others
to the house, secured the shot-
gun and as Wash Courtney
came around the corner of the
house, he said “Look out, big
boy,” and fired. He claimed
that Courtney was’trying to cut
him, but he was in the door-
way of the house and the other
negro was in the yard.
Sheriff Seago arrested Pleas
Wilburn and lodged him in jail,
and complaint was filed against
him charging assault to mur.
der.
An examining trial will be
held as soon as the witnesses
can be rounded up.
Mr. E. C. Crozier, Chief In-
spector of the Quarantine Di-
vision of the Department of
Agriculture, and Inspector M.
R. Hendrick and X. B. Sanderst
who have been here inspecting
the sweet potato crop for in-
fection of the potato weevil,
found 35 infections and have
quarantined the County again.
Messrs. Kendrick and Sand-
ers will be located here for a
time, and with the cooperation
of the potato farmers there
will be little trouble or expense
in shipping potatoes..
Mr. Crozier urges the grow-
ers to get the seed from an un-
infected district next year, and
not plant any potatoes on the
same land that they were
planted on this year, and by
that means they will get rid of
the infection, and the quaran-
tine can be lifted by next gath-
ering time, and put in the free
zone as heretofore,
A part of Quarantine Procla-
Coming from Kilgore, on
o’clock at the home of Lee and ing the local lodge wil hold a
Master; T. W. Davidson, Dal-
las, Deputy Grand, Master; E.
Q. Vestal, Dallas, Grand Secre-
tary; Chas. L. Brachfield, Hen- to A. & M. I10 plaxed football
derson. Grand Representative; for four years at Gilmer high
Ford Motor Company announc-
ed late Thureday that its shops
have returned to a $6-a-day on the pretty and spacious lot
Trailing at the half behind a
one-touchdown lead, the Gil-
mer Buckeyes finally found
themselves Friday afternoon, to
trample the Jefferson Bulldogs
26 to 7, in one of the most
panicky games—for Buckeye
fans—-ever played at McClel-
land field.
Never has a Gilmer team
been defeated at home, in the
past seven years, except when
Longview in 1927 wdn the dis-
trict title. And the only other
time they have had to come
from behind to win was at
Mart in 1930. Friday, it look-
ed as though a 3-year unbrok-
en string of victories was to be
shattered, however, when the
hardest-fighting team in Jeffer
son’s history found themselves,
leading 7 to 0 at the end of the
first half of,this thrilling bat-
potatoes, ferson their scoring opportuni-
or seed
• the State Department of Agri-
culture are* hereby empowered
to carry out the provisions of
perpetrators of inspection under which' these
■. potaboes can be shipped after
in Gilmer’s possession 28 yard line,
over their heads.
Dallas, Nov. 3.—The Texas
Company last night met the
fifteen cent erude price in-
crease posted by Magnolia and
others. Eighty-five cents is
the top for North. North Cen-
tral and Central Texas. Eigh-
ty-six cents top for Gulf Coast.
Carson and Hutchinson coun-
ties 68c top. Gray, 73c top.
. Z RIX - The streets there are nar-
' ’ ’ 'row and cut down so that they
College Station, Nov. 4.-
Big”' Ted Spencer, full back
4,129 3.049
4.831 3,565
. , row neck, flanked by the dry
cents. Prces are similar for Mamie Hammond No. 1 Hamby
L the same grades, ,wtih a top fig
Che Gilmer Neekly Mlirror
Tulsa, Okla., Nov. 3.—E. B.
Resser, president of the Amer-
ican Petroleum Institute said
he was informed definitely that
gasoline prices would increase
one cent per gallon throughout
Oklahoma tomorrow.
This is a logical result of the
increased price of crude. A
two cent.raise was widely rum-
ored simultaneously with the
crude price advance.
Directors of several compa-
nies are holding meetings to-
t day.
Sorrels & Duffy
Tests Salt Water
convened in the I. 0. 0. F. Hall
in the Crosby Building in Gil-
mer. ,
Supervisory District No. 1
is composed of the following
counties: Anderson, Bowie,
Cherokee, Camp, Cass, Delta,
Franklin, Gregg, Henderson,
Hopkins, Harrison, Lamar,
Morris, Marion, Panola, Red
River, Rusk, Rains, Smith,
Titus, Upshur, Van .Zandt and a
on the field. The same men,
but what a different spirit!
Four times they forced Jeffer-
son to kick, and each time they
went straight down the field
for touchdowns, without one
time failing to make the neces-
sary yardage for a first down.
In that half, Gilmer co com-
pletely outplayed Jefferson that
they made 14 first downs to 4
for the Maroon and White, and
gained 221 yards from scrim-
mage as against 48
When the line started click-
ing, the Buckeyes became an in
vincible steamroller, paving the
way for four touchdowns, two
each by Boyd and Berry,
First Quarter
Boyd, of Gilmer, kicked to
Ford, but Jefferson made little
impression on the Buckeye line
and had to punt shortly. Gil-
mer had no better luck and al-
though both teams tried sever-
al passes, only one was com-
pleted, for five yards, by Jef-
ferson. Eaoh team made one
first down and Gilmer drew a
15 yard penalty for roughing
Ford, after he had kicked, but
the quarter ended 0 to 0.
The Gilmer line looked terri-
ble on the offensive, and the
only outstanding feature of Iha
period was Lovell’s defensive
work. He threw Ford and
Shoemaker for 4 yard and 2
yard losses respectively. Mean-
while neither team made much
headway and the quarter found
The Department of Com-
merce, through the Bureau of
Census, announces the prleimin
ary report on cotton v ginned
prior to Oct. 18, for the crops
of 1931 and 1930.
The total for the state was
50 cents; Gray County 73 cents from the proven
Carson and Hutchinson 60
, 26,211 14,735
4,930 8,840
----- in Ft. Worth last March, was
as when the game started.
They simply hadn’t been work- {
ing. The work of the line es-
pecially was very ragged,” with
the exception of Lovell’e defen-
sive work. The Backs couldn't
get anywhere because the line
wouldn't do their share of the
work.
Even then Gilmer had made
four first downs. In those two
first quarters to Jefferson’ 2.
and had gained 92 yards from
scrimmage to 66 for the Bull-
dogs. But it is touchdowns
that count in football, and
Buckeyes hadn’t been able to
put one over.
The second half raw an en-
on Jefferson’s 45 yard line.
Second Quarter
It looked. for a moment as
though the Buckeyes were go-
ing to start to go places and do
things. On the first play Boyd
took the ball around his right
end for a 31 yard gain, being
stopped on the Bulldog 11-yard
stripe. This was Gilmer’s first
scoring threat. Shockey how-
ever was held to -just 2 yards.
Boyd got 3 more, when a pass
from Shockey to G. B. Law-
rence gained ’only 2 yards, so
the ball went over to Jefferson
on their own 4 yard line.
Ford punted safely to aw-
renee who returned 5 yards to
the Bulldog 34 yard line. Sea-
go had a pass from Shockey
in.his hands but dropped it
Boyd tried the line but failed
to gain. Shockey threw anoth-
er pass to Seago, but it was
wild, and Wallace then punted
to Jefferson’s 25 yard line,
Shaw and Shoemaker could
only garner 5 yards between
them so Ford punted out of
bounds on Gilmer’s 29 yard
line, a good breeze helping the
ball along. Lawrence got 2
yards, and Boyd got loose for
10 yard and a first down.
Then- Jefferson held the Buck-
eyes to just 4 yards on the
next three playa. When Wal-
lace punted, Bramlett blocked
his kick and DeWare was on
the ball for the Bulldogs. We
have told yoti how Eremletton—
the mxt play came around end
and got loose for 21 yards and
a score, to which Shaw added
the point.
That was a little too much
for Berry, and the coach per-
mitted him to enter the game
despite a bunged-up, -bandaged
knee, replacing Lawrence. Boyd
started off nicely by returning ,
Ford’s kick 26 yards, but on
the second play later, Knight
fumbled and the Bulldogs re-
covered on Gilmer’s 39 yard
line. By this time, Jefferson
decided that the Gilmer line
was too hard to gain through,
and decided on an aerial attack.
But two passes by Shaw were
incomplete, and the usual 5
yard penalty resulted. Ford
was back to punt but on a bad
pass from center he lost the
ball and Gilmer recovered on
Jfferson 30 yard line.
The buckeyes then made it a
first down on the next three
plays, then two passes failed
and Jefferson again got posses-
son of the ball on downs.
Third Quarter
Boyd kicked to DeWare who
Some negroes driving a car
on the narrow streets in the
Northeastern part of town
about 5 o’clock Sunday after-
noon, ran over Tess Craig, a
one-armed and one-legged ne-
gro and killed him.
Houston, Nov. 3—Humble
Oil and Refining Company to-
day met the new posted crude
oil price increases.
Ovie Culberson spent Monday
in Dallas.
Blue Bonnet
counties. These reports show- " Cleaning Plant
Burglarized Fri
And $160 and Half , a Dozen
during the present year and to
formulate plans for the coming
year. The following Grand
Lodge officers were present: F.
M. Compton, Waco, Grand
Cranfill & Rey-
nolds Rash Test
Is Below 2400 Ft
The Cranfin & Reynolds No.
1 Milton Rash test, about eight
milfts southeast of.Gilmer, was
drilling Monday, using the rock
bit, at a depth’of about 2,408
feet.
This is a very interesting
test for this area, which may
When the halt ended, pilmer’s
ptaxe gemed just as fresh “See FooTBAL Page 8)
ure at 83 cents.
The increase was foreshadow
ed by the price posted Satur-
day by Continental Oil Co., Pon
, ca City. Oklahoma, who ‘raised
, the price for Oklahoma Crude
from 70 cents to 85 cents, 40
gravity.
six suits of clothes were taken, ter of common and private car-
Entrance was.effected thru
one of the back windows, the
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