The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1935 Page: 1 of 8
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GILMER. UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, MAKCH 14, 1935
Car and Truck In
Banquet Held
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Monday Night
S
foiled in their attempt, at fob-
arrived and are being given out
and driven by Roy Alexander
vim tors
approach of Night Watehman
two vehicles collided at
of
|
'll guests.
it
- three
T
crop started, x
it
Fenstmaster Fimas.- Gipson
Fraud In Case
Co. wrecker .u
The wrecker.
moved to Indian Rock.7
., Fhe-Chapter’s opwiiug. cere-
■ - Austin, • Texas.—J. R. Reed
bonds to reduce its ad valorem
They are Mr. L: L. Shipp
tax rate.
square from the wallem
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m
Rock, and M. A. Shipp of Dal-
WisonSpeirgaveanexplana which wold......assume the •
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in his tiewS'tolerant and liber-
al.
FFA organization had meant
a
Driving another auto, they
away
was parked,
from where it
Leon Lovell’s
a
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Venn. _
Mr. and Mrs. L: H. Blakely.
Will
des Day
«
Blackstone.
Tickets Wed. A. M.
learned of the missing articles.
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— The first Giltner Trades Day
Mr. and Mrs E. J. May.
survive
duced $4. —In Wood-eounty 80
a
plan is a continuation
the auto in the left
K. Mitchell of Pritchett, Mrs.
who
fender, and badly, smash-
rear
Mr. and Mrs/ Lee Puckett,
Girls wore born to:
son Memorial Park and was
available soon, .
visitors alb agreed.
caused by the car skidding
on
88, died at her home in
the
Gallons Whiskey
Mrs. T. W. Richard-
colored,giris were alsoreport
$.
w>
about 60 years, died at.
She was a native
1
•\
whch "have the support
purcent. -
motored to Waco Monday
to
area—
East Texas.
Kathryn and Robert Berry,
with tuberculosis. " 7
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by a Jone masked man
picked the two men Up and
■
Kil-
155 westward.
• 17
Mea
eom
Car Smashed On
South Hiway Sun.
Mrs. Sam Laney
. Died at Pittsburg
Austin
the
have
con-
evening, mixing humor
sense,' as he discussed:
valorem taxes have reached the
saturation point and that use
o’clock,
Hopewell
program of the state in taking
over'county road! indebtedness.
Mr. and Mrs: Paul' Barber.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Lang-
from the bank, and
thought that at. least
Witnesses did not suspect that
anything was amiss until they
was an inspiring and enjoyable
W
with
What
her have their homes here.
Following are the surviving
children:-Mr. J. F. Mitchell of
Pritchett, Mrs. W. J. Young-
several trips to
urge passage of
home -east of Big Sandy at
about 9:30 Monday night.
nesday, March 18th,
A ticket will be given
each dollar spent ' with
participating merchant.
Only those merthants
6
%
za
to
bills. ,
of :
Mitchell Died,
. Aged 83 Years
Mrs. Larceney Mitchel, aged
shire.
Mr.'and Mrs. L. R. Jones. *
Mr. and Mrs. Chester New-,
some. .
with interment at
cemetery.
} — Gqe- .
i and
present ‘
e
flee
is
husband, in this eounty. She
is also survived by one daugh-
ter.
The funeral waft held Tues-
men were involved.’
An acetylene toreh and twe
KHGDRE COUPLE LOSES
$809 IN HIJACKING
O. A. Shipp Died .
Sunday Morning -
, in His 88th Year
Huelon Owens Car
On Friday Nigh
L. ‘ "
High School To
_ Hold Carnival
And Name Queen
channpions"P—--
Messrs. Bret Hart and:
to him after five years. Jesse
was -one of the charter mem-
bers of the Future Farmers in
identity is not known; stole his
Overcoat, school boOks, and the
night, leaving his car parked
outside, some personsr- whose
A fortunate circumstance of
the accident is the fact that.
would, stilT have had to crack
the safe in order to get-atthe
bank’s cash, however.
Bill Seals. County
made the fbief talk of
had. alsomade a trip to Dallas
to return "th wrecked
a e:. n whinAeA in
Rvommnanar, w«. in*.
rested
•said to have caused the colli-
-- sion.
The force of the blow struck
Funeral services were
Monday afternoon at two, ' at
■ -‘of-W
Rev. W. R. Arrington con-
ducted the funeral' services,
Sulphur Springs Sunday. .
AIMANAC
-.-er. one
Texans indieted here, last week
tax bill provides that
the gasoline tax be raised" 1
$3,000 bail.
Hill Myers previously
Couple Taken For
Transporting 20 •
Attempt Made
To Burglarize
Big Sandy Bank
■; .-zae * ■-
Burglars who had broken 'in-
to the First State Bank . at
Big Sandy utabout two t o-
• -
. 8:1 years, 4 months and 9 days,
"passed away at 1:30 Saturday
morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Mary Linden,
, at Mings Chapel.
The late Mrs. Mitchell whose
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one,’ as fathers, sons and
Herschel’ Painter- - .
Painter saw- one min
ing both doors. ,
Mrs. A. Arnold
Died Sunday
Mrs. Armenda Arneld, age
Otis O. Shipp, at Indian Rock.
He was 87 years, 2 months and
5- days old, and had been in
. failing health for some time.
. ' The deceased'was born, near
if Hollow Springs Mississippi, in
Local Slashes
Official -Lobbies “Urge State
. Assumption of Local
Road Bonds. ' '
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Mr.J.ABrogoitti and At-
torney C. E. Florence left
Monday, -for . Austin, to-join
a Wood (nty delegation who
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The’Gilmer Chapter of the
Future Farmers "of America
held their first, annual Fhther
and Son Banquet hat the""‘hgh
both cars, neither driver was
■ --2a .
eluded a hog.judging .contest
four- of the members serving
as- representatives- of the
porcine family. — . --------
Gilmer Ladies Seven .children who
- In Car Wreck
Mmes. W, R. Stephens and
Now eha have
you been up .
erasoto? -
If the bills go through, Up- i
shur coumty would turn over J
to’ tke state about $M0,6(K) 1
road: bonds and, thus be able
to._reduce the tax rate from .
117 1
voL.8o. . NO. 9
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bruises and minor lacerations.’
Mrs, Crolex went___on.’to.
Fort Worth 'to visit her sister,
Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Cosby
A.
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A dhaag. u
school gym Monday^ ni^ht, with
13G members and
the three drove toward
' gore. -
gee -merregemmenpeibomyevememeanenqasenakeseetvteeyene •
While Heulon Owen was in
. "8".,
sgcmaqu-eazesnrmna
>» . m. L
xe la-GrovrrClev.toU.rWlU.
S8 SPgesident,bor1831.
Clelland's Lake about 2 four
miles south of Gilmer..
The crash occurred Monday
morning at about 6:30.
Texas Association of County
Judges and Commissioners."
"mm '
The Tumbling Club, of the
Gilmer HighrSchool is spona
Record of Births
During February
Following is a record" of
births in this county, filed-with
Justice of the Peace Mat Davis
during February, 1935: „
Boys were born to:
wisent. Of these about 60
vefe FFA boys; 46 fathers and
on charges, of filing false'in-
struments..in connection with
procurement of oil injunctions;
surrendered " to authorities
Tuesday and was released on.
$20,000.09 to nearly twenty-
one hundred farmers. The
checks average a littlerover ten
dolfars each. This money -is
expected to help get the new
Mr. and Mrs. Edtnond Bratb
shaw. 1, *
M r. and-Mrs. -Wilbur P,
Duffey. * >
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ham.,
ilton Smart.-, .
■ Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Norman,
One • colored boy. nd three
the lowest rates in the state.
Turning over the road bonds
to the state would save the I
county nearly $120,000 inter-
est and principal how required
to finance them.
Mr.andMrs. R. E.
. atillhad.not bee apprehended
’and officials would not dis-
close his name, until he U ar-
day afternoon at 4
vices were held at Pleasant
Grove cemetery by Rev. J. P.,
Watson Pittsburg Gazette.
(Mrs. Laney was a sister of
Mr. Joe Pankhurst of Gilmer.)
String Band providle _____________ __
...... ... . . fied selections .....during n the he
Once inside the vault, they evening. The program also in-
son Died Monday ed..
Farmers Getting
$20,000 On Pooled
Cotton Certificates
m. ---- • ■■..
Twelve hundred and ninety-
five checks for the 2c advance
some
MARCH
and forced him to drive up • motoreu. „ waw w -
side road behind the hijacker's take their son and daughter, Texas truck growing
car, that was stuck in the mud. 12 lE. "etm-—
The hijackers Jtere taken bakbakto Baylor University.
to the main highway in Ter-
rel's car where they were met
The following girls
been nominated in the
test:
Inyz Davis.
♦ Louise Mackey. -
' Jane Glass.
.Juanita Cowiey.-
oF three East in.thewllo thexaultcand
were almost ready- to remove
a piece about!- fifteen inches
Gilmer Man Is e
Charged With.
Upshur County „farmera.= _
There will be" a total
her ETEX FARMERS URGED TO
4 PLANNBEANS, TOMATOES
e .' —n ..
soring the election of a Carni- on pooled cotton certificates in —
val Queen to reign over the the amount of $13,385.50 have 6lock Tuesdy morning. . ’
School Carnival, which will be arrived and are being given out , “ .......
held Friday, March 22, at the of the county agent’s office to ey "hcnteey
Mi- Hirt School Gym.-. - anurnaeh of Niu
chase, the fox hrunt, anck
monfta fol In wed.,, 2- aeeuntywith outstanding road 7
Music by the organization's bonds to reduce its ad valorem.
I
cent and the - appropriations
bill would turn this revenue ,
over to the state board of
county and district road bonds.
1847, and came to this county 1
• with his wife and "threchild- inspite of the damage done to
In many other counties,
The Gilmer 1
sidemsme, .7 : wasspekenbyEro. Gayle orerestate,
HThey.had been burning a hole
Davis"left Tuesday imoriing
Agent, lewer tax rates. For instance,
in Willacy county the, ad
valorem tax rate would be re-
Smash-Up South of
Town Monday A. M.
son,wha_operate.a filling sta-
tion and store on the North
hivhway, just acrs -Gypress
4 reek,, were arrested Friday
-night, charged. with pemaeeion
and transportation ef whiskey.
The arrest -was made by City
Policeman J .Mat hews, after
a,chase of several miles. Mat-
hews was accompanied, by
Houston Lnvell..
‘wenty -gallons of whiskey,
• said -tp have been in the Jack-
son car, was confiscated. •
Dotglas Mathews, the arrest
Mr. and Mrs. James Glenn
N el nt 1
Have Trades
... field employee, who lives just
______ ____. of oVeF the firegg county line.
■' Dallas, Mrs:‘Jok‘B, Powers off . * "L—
Gilmer, Otis O. Shipp of Indian, Parts
cents; in Titus county $1.23;
in Marion county $1.20.
helped themselves to what they . _
wanted, and returned -the.’car
givenbyfive of the boys:
Doyce. Watkins, Douglas Mar-
tin? O. C. Clark, Raymon Tillery ,
• ; . , « for Legion; Texas, where Mr.
Mmes. C. T. Crosby, H. P Teo Eberhart is seriously ill
- a well-known and
garded citizen of this_county
for four decades, passed., away -
it the home of his son, Mr.was badly damaged when the
Be sure, to get your coupons
with each purchase, as without
themyou will 'not be eligible '
particularly the small ones,
nrid Frank Futrell,. Jr. - the taxpayers would benefit by
Marshall, Texas, March 6-
. Two heavily armed hijackers
and a cruising confederate ob-
J tained $99 in cash and $800 in
jewelry from a Kilgore couple
on the highway near Halls-
ville, west of' Marshall, Tues-
day. night. •Bw ,
. M. R. Terrell told . Sheriff
John C. Sanders he was driv-
ing along the highway, a man
jumped on the side of his car
of the, gasoline tax money to <
' - retire county road bonds would
place the burden.OIF the should-
ershof the people that use the ■
roads. * .—.
$1.60 to about 80 cents, which
would tie the lowest ratein '
several decades and one of 1
The” car which were held Saturday
afternoon at-8 o'clock, . with
—d - ---ior“ . , g I
The lowest Upshur county ]
tax rate in 40 years and a gav- 1
ing of $160,000 yearly, with "
present valuation, in govern-
mental coats is in prospect for
taxpayers as county officials
work to assure passage in the
state legislature of the gaso- . 1
line tax inemme-bill and its
companion appropriations bill -
affecting county road bonds.--
-CountyIudge 3, R. Hinson.-
sren im1894, settling in 'Sand - .
-Hillcommunity, There a fourth hurt.
—e-ehd,M:A:Shipp- ef- -atlastemFhereai
eewas- -m- ■
Delinquencies wquldbe reduced
and the -total of taxes levied
could be reduced, thus placing
less liability .on the people, he ,
said. : ' . I
ocal officials have made
Shady .Grove Community Sun-
day, due to the infirmities of
.1- 2. 3 . --iwwwv. , ’ i '
. ‘ ■ old. age. ■ , - 1
__ .Funeral services were ( con-
■ dueled’ arms; SnMJf Grqve
‘ " Cemetery, Monday afternoon.
Mr. c T. Crosby motored to and daughter returned to Gil- Mrs T w Richardson, aged
county'and lived'here all of her
life. Her maiden name was
Gaston, and she leaves a num-
ber of relatives, besides her
A fine chicken dinner was
cooked and served by the girls
of the Home Economics Class,
the FFA members providing
fled* at the
to the place from which they
had taken it.. _
They ware seen when they
pushed.the car away and-wwhen
they returned it, . but the
K 1
birthplace was Georgia, was
——meL
htla
with the former’s daughter,
Mrs. A. T. Dickson.
At eight-thirty o’clock Sun- Mrs. Myrtle Dumm’s Buick
day morning, Mr. 0- Ai -Shipp, sedan was smashed beyond re-
highly-re--pair, and a .Chevrolet truck,
owned by the V. & M. 'Oil' Co.
for many years a resident of
this county, and five of the ford.,..
", L-
Mrs. Sam I Ailey, 37, died.
Mhday morning at the fam-
ily home in the Ebenezer com-
munity. She is survived by her , ]
husband and two children, a
boy and a girl. Funeral. wr-
ing officer, is probably the
youngest peace officer in the
state of Texas. At least we
will claim that title for him
until we heur of-'a younger.
Mathews’ age is 19 years.
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haarM,It-Is believed that the light
from- Rai 11 Lora flashlight—-b-
what gave . the robbers th
alarm!WI Eh The brosken doorte
this county.
Regless Oxford gave a solo
on a harmonic-after which” rope
making demonstrations were
Day movement willgive away
coupons, but. this will include • Al together " the •
the.great majority of Gilmer
stores. A complete list will be
Mr’ and Mra. Edwin Brook- toupons will be available at
local stores on and after Wed-:
as-Ciar NicholandRussa
iaforcedcoabdicate, 1917. ...
A Cheryolet sedan driven by
—Leon Lovell was badly damaged
_ in a .collision with an oil field
truck and trailer south of
town Sunday morning at about
seven o’clock.
Swaying of the trailer is
. Margaret€osby. ■ .7.
Each adult ticket is godfor R
Mr. W. W. Hollinst. oil15 votes—and each child‘se2e
A Future Farmer Should
Judge Hinson emphasized
the fact hat the proposed
of this East Texas farmers are be-
ing urged to plant larger acre-
Mr, Shipp continued activly ,
2 farming until 1928, two years Sunday
after lhedeath-of his wife.n car of
His, four children . survive.
'Also, if Upshur bounty’s'ad
. valorem tax rate were re-' ?
:Jdue^d, to 75c county officials :
would cpllect a • larger per- "
centagq of the rolh,, he said. ,
McGaughy, V. J. Stephens and
who Bill Stephens left Tuesday fori Pearl Douphrate left Wedhes-- .
a week’s visit at Wichita Falls day morning to attend a house Mr.’C. C. Reynolds - of wil confer with ffi* Highway
, party at the home of Mrs. W. Sterling City is spending a Kew Committee regarding 'Highway
# chandler, Tmple. daynhere. 1155 westward. —
auk ’Mrs. G M. Cosby; 2 Miss , • . . -
side. Martha Cosby and Mrs. J. W. blood of Mings Chapel, -Mr. J.
_ crushing the running board and Croley, had a wreck in Cosby’s " Mitehel i vitehet Mm
Plymouth sedan as they were
driving to Dallas Saturday
morning. ’ .0
The wreck occurred on the- ... ; ,
outskirts of Dallas near Tenni- Mitchell of Longview.
"T . DN. W D A’-minn
slippery pavement.
- turned over three times but
very fortunately none of the -interment at Morris Cemetery,
ladies was hurt, other than Suffolk.. . ■_______77
856 percent ; Grice won 5, lost
ages in beans and tomatoes2, 712 percent; Simpsonville
this year, because of the.Jan-won 5, iost 2, 712 percent,
uary freeze in Florida, where Union Hill won 5, lost 2,712
it is estimated that young) percent: Gilmer won 4, lost 3.
plants on more .than 5,000
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F.F.A. Father-Son
........................ and xarious.counties’ road-bonds.mm
. ... . Meredith Angln-spoke on his " "
give *bem uway they probably supervised practice ' program
Apiano, .. Tucker,
In, was followed by a. talk by
1 on. what the
the Floyd .Cemetery, Indian -
Rock, with burial there, pushed Heulon 8 auto
COTiderettitwisertofteeree
Sheriff Bryce, and Deputy
Noble Hogg .were hotified tand lesse Denson
drove at once to Big: Sandy "
A finger-print expert from
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BY TUCKER A LASCHINGER •
—ewe --------- ----ia
to participt in the, awards.
And always remember--
TRADE IN GILMER!
- --umayas .■ - - . j 11 . ' ii<Biiurr~- zarghldm
Final Standing of
District No.2
In Co. Volleyball
-Soues Chapel, won 6, lost 1,
Know.” It was immensely eh-
joyed by everyone present and
with eontained much sound ' food
for thought. - - puan 1 u comusuuus
Among the visitors wasC: P enlargcment of the
Vickery of Mount Pleasant,
who s supervisor for the FFA
district of Northeast I exas. _ He pointed out that ad TE
:joccasTon‘ .....
Louvenia. Baxter. 7’
tiudell Barrett... \ — - j
— . A. ___,-.TW-T-r..___. -pfGladsaFoung-ep- dppimk—g. -
y the Moodchetrolet Vahnie Mae Calvert.
. Go." wrecker. The wrecker Alma ouise stephens.
ana, Mrs. Mary Linden of
Mings Chapel and Mr. B. E.
th.Queen’s-coronation- ■ ,fmade- Bond.-—The thfrd* man
—Proceeds~from the Carnival
the -Strand.....-ntheatrer Fridan "wi usef Torgmpuremasing
‘ 1 4 i hri gymnastic-equipmhtsand in
■other. .waya... cunnoctad^>..wilb-
Gas Tax Hike
Would Permit
. . —---------and ,,Aihar nfftriaU, wmUrhi tergal
ettrer,fedhy‘FrhkFuttel, enjistthe.ara of'^uiaT nd
-r after which th-iwwecation legislators -throughout the
— for -they pointed out
that the bills will enable every
tanks of gas, as well as a kitthe food.
_ of tcols, were left behind...........„c ..g upnva,
EThehurglarsbad broken thesturted thesprogram with.the
_ S Mlassitherfroutadleer of. .the aong,eMThosMot.WaGetCom a
nqm bankythensoperinsretheee deomm - -
had taken their equipment in
athletics. —‘u
" ueu4t*as >
Mrs. Larceney
- ' 2 I
Tyler \ was also ■’ summoned.
Clues are scarce, hqwever, as
tracks were obliterated by the
rain that was falling, and the
robbers apparently Ware gloves,
leaving nafinger-prints. ,
men. «
las. He also leaves a number
of grandchildren and two great-
" 1* grandchildren. *
—--—Mr. -Shipp n»t only ■ actively*
-- farmed until his declining
"mETa-nMGHN- hemngdafgem—8 Pep$9358401v ypeneecdandtxm
' ' years, but all through life was
an ardent sportsman, a' lover
Mr. and Mrs. Luther F. I
J. D. Smith of Mings Chapel, Beene. ’ c " - _ —
Mr. H D. Mitchell df Louisi- - Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Rogers, fare associated with thefrades
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Corbitt.
t ticket for 6 votes. -Votes may
7 be cast in favor of any of the
girls named abeve. 4
•Th contest closes • Friday,
March 15th. The girl receiving
the largest number of votes
will be proclaimed. Queen: The
next-four will be Duchesses at
—.held battery and other parts from
the car. —
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a -
asasugauhi
A . ,
572, percent; Perryville wqn
farms were entirely destroyed.Fost 5, 286 percent; „M-t
Unfertunate weather -condi- won-o; lost 7, 000 pe
tions in the Rio Grande \ al-1 ( ros Roads won 0.
ley which further retarded the percent. . .___
crops in that section have pro, Soutes Chapel meets Indian
vided an additional inducemenl Rock-^tQ^determine the county
Mr. and Mrs. Croley Coekfor larger plantings—- of all
— — - • spring vegetables in the East
2,
7, 000
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