The Times Review (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. [55], No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1928 Page: 2 of 8
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THE MT. PLEASANT TIMES REVIEW, JANUARY 6, 1928.
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THREE IN MOTOR
WRECK THURSDAY
AUTO FAILS TO BEAT TRAIN OV-
VER CROSSING WEST
OF TtfWN
What came very nearly being a se-
ctous tragedy occurred Thursday af-
ternoon just before five o’clock when
was struck by the Cotton Belt motor
ear coming from Fort Worth to MH;.
Pleasant. The accident occurred just
west of Farmers’ Academy.
The car. was driven by a.man nam-
ed Hill, who gave his place of resi-
dence as Mt. Vernon. A woman and
a girl were with him at the time of
the accident. -
- Neither of the three was badly
hurt, but the car’ was completely,
wrecked, the front of the motor car
was also slightly damaged.
Upon being questioned by the train-
men, the driver of the car said that
he thought he could beat the train
. »ver the crossing, but he failed to do
^Bajjgk so. -
tlueeo ccupants of the car were
taken to Winfield for medical treat-
ment, as they were on their way to
Mt. Vernon-at the time of the acci-
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START WORK ON
ClJRBANDfflJTTERS
PAVING PROJECT IS DEFINITE-
LY UNDEhT WAY ON
EAST SIDE
Jris Mercer Kresgc, wife
>f the multi-millionaire chain store
nvner, is suing her husband for
?25,GOO tp covet lawsuit expenses
ucurred during the court airing of -
he Krtsge divorce triangle.
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Greater Progress
Expected for 1928
Longview, Texas, Dec. ;31.—If East
Texas will play the game in 1928 ac-
cording tp the jrules which enabled it
to climb to prosperity in 1927 after
receiving a paralyzing blow in the
fall of 1926, the coming twelvemonth
should see even greater progress
.jnSde along the road to balanced pros-
perity, in the opinion of R: M. Kelly,1
The Southern Negro ^
“Many people, particularly NortH-
imersV have written and spoken at
length on the various disadvantages,
real or imaginary, of the' Southern
Negro, but few have discussed the re-
markable progress he Kas made dur-
ing the last sixty years in the great
Southland whei’e he once was held in
bondage,” said the Southern Planter,
as he drove his Northern visitor into
the oqtlying Negro section of one of
our great Southern cities.
“Nearly nine. million Negroes live
south of Mason and Dixon’s ’ line.
W.ith but few exceptions they are the
The paving project on the East Side
of town was definitely started Thurs-
day moaning, whqn Messrs. Meadows
and Day. of . Dallas,. sub.-;
under 0. L - Crigler, began pouring
of- curb and gutter on the east end
of First Street.
The work was begun at the inter-
section of Lide avenue, and will con
tinue east to the end of the' street
where the paving is to be done, and
as'ysoon as this is finished, the work
jwiil be started on the west end of the
project, coming back toward town.
Rapid work was done on the curb and
gutter Thursday, taking advantage of
he fair weather, and it is hoped that
. auditions, will be such that the entire
project can Be finished soon.
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Mt. Vernon Man
Cuts Throat
With Razor
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At an early hour Sunday morning
Uncle Charlie Roper was found dead,
with his throat cut, in the cotton
)ateh about one hundred yards from
he home of his son Andy Roper, with
vhom he was bring. His right hand
'rasped the bloody razor. His son
hissed him after he had been gone
rom the house some time and. went
mt to hunt him and was the first one
.o discover him.
Unde Cballey was”81 years old; he.
had lived in this section for many,,
years and was well known to almost
everybody. TSis health had been rap*
:dly failing ‘for some time and b®
Sy'h
Jfice
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from the darkness of servitude with-
out laird, capital or credit.' Within
the sixty years that (have followed his
emanciation he has come into posses-
sion of, twenty-two million acres of
land, ah area greater than that- of
ft,
“In 1927,” said Mr. Kelly; “the de
pendency of East Texas upon agricul-
ture was strikingly demonstrated-
The farmers had a good year, and
consequently the section as a whole
.prospered. If the farmer will prac-
in 1928 the safe and sane tactics South Carolina. Negroes of the
hich ertablecU him to overcome his J South are propi-ietors of businesses of
losses of 1926 and to shoyy a credi- j every descri
"l—ik balance,jt the ^ose f of tforty.
3927, he wtTT undOtrn, which
■w«y to even greater prosperity for' ed and operated by them. There are
the section in 1928. . | nearly seventy Negro banks, three
“The banks of East Texas in 1927 , Negro life insurance companies, real
Save experienced an excellent year, estate firms, hotels, factories, drug
and deposits at this time are greater and department stores. Colored law-
than they, have. been Tor years past, yers, doctors, dentists, undertakers
Business in all lines has been'active. and artisans
"On May 1, 1840, the British post
>ffice put on sale the first postage
^tamp. •
BUSINESS HOUSE
BEING IMPROVED
1RVIN - ROBERTSON CO. IS RE-
MODELING INTERIOR OF
OF BUILDING
Ju ~
he interior of the Irvin-Robertson
lding, occupied as automobile sales
ropm and garage, is undergoing a
The. off ice of the concern has been
Moved from the south’front corner of
he building-to the north and the old
ffice will be converted into a show-
room for UhS^ new Chevrolet which
nakes its appearance' the first of the
year.;
......A large section of the wall be-
tween the original._quarters of.the
concern and the addition which was
later taken over, has been torn away
in order to give more working room
for the repair department of this
company.
SCOUTS ENJOY TWO DAY WINT-
ER CAMP
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“The East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce feels that the records we set-
down in our books in 1928 will be de-
termined by the attitude taken by the.
farmers. White at this time we are
•Saot advocating any further reduction
m cotton acreage, we do wish to
point out the danger of any acreage
increase.
“ft must be remembered that the
millions of acres of Mississippi valley
lands which were unproductive in
1927 because of the overflow will be
, fcack in cotton in 1928, adding their
Irast yield to the 1928 total. In the
bee of a short crop this year, prices
lave sagged unexpectedly. There-
fore, it is reasonable to suppose that
a heavy crop next year will mean an
•ven greater decline. « .
“By virtue of its large production
of every degree of skill
practice their profession and ply their
-trade iff every part of the Negro’s na-
tive section. In sixty years the
Southern negro has acquired these for
himself.
“Negroes of the nation own one bil-
lion dollars’ worth of property and
their holdings are increasing at the
rate1 of fifty million dollars a year.
Thejr most important investments and
greatest enterprises are in the South,
for that is the section they have
kno\vn for generations, and the one*
in which, best authorities say, they
will find their greatest success.
“Were the Southerner not the
friend of the Negro it would have
been impossible for the Negro to have
attained the degree of success With
which he has been blessed. The late
Andrew Carnegie and the late Lord
Twenty local Boy . Scouts spent
Wednesday and Thursday camping at
the Ellis Kelley Club Lake in , charge
of / Scoutmaster Walter "Rundell and
C, A. Pickett, secretary of the Cham-
ber* of Commerce.
,,The boys left town at 9 o’clock
Wednesday - morning and the after-
fbon was spent-in1 taking examina-
tions,'.signaling, tracking, studying
iandages, cutting wood and holding
’ield meet. In the field meet, in
hich only games and events were
ilayed' which taught us how to work
ether, Williams - Ferguson’s pa-
1 took fii-st place; Pierson Cald-
ell’s. .patrol took ^second place arid
ugh Lee’s patrol took third.
At six o’clock we ate supper and
where we
mes, Each
patjol put on a progi’am of stunts,
singing, music and wrestling matches.
The star of the evening proved to. be
(£harle£ Coker, who sang arid yodeled.
Another star was Bill Williams, who
played a harp. - .
At six-o’clock we got up and Mr.
Pickett gave us. some setting up ex-
ercises. t
After breakfast we played a de-
lightful little game called “Running
the Gauntlet.” This little part of the
passed. Charles Coker pass
than any one, scout, passing
Burns Davis,
Mrs. Witt'Entertains
nore
the
their
four
we played a
eMrs. Dan Witt enterta
________<r.._. . Thursday Bridge Clu^ ai
program was conducted for the bene- | guests Thursday afternoon
fit of the boys who had disobeyed or- j tables of bridge. The" de tions
ders, so that they^ mjght be the cen- | were very attractive and un 1, an
ter of public attraction. They were, illuminated Christmas, tree, car-
Thursday we played “Capture the nations and cyclamens. TMuests
Flag,” and the .writer’s team won the | were Mrs. Max Fore of Mara Mrs.
first game and the second was called Hurley of Amarillo, Mrs* Jolrford
a draw. The rest of the morning was of Dallas, Mrs. Vard.KeitM Pine
devote! to test passing, learning how Bluff and Mrs. P. E. Wall
to cook in the open without any cook- Alma Coker won high scor
mg- utensils and rowing*
"More tests were passed on this
camp than have been passed by the
entire troop during the whole year of
1927. Seventy one tests in all were
J5. S. Lilienstern woh' low.
Keith won high for guests,J
Joe Burffird wqn cut priz^
cious luncheon^vas served
of therigarhes.
Mrs.
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rAnnomtcing
PONT!
•a Successful Six
-t»ow bkk for Even
Greater Success
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BRAKE
yi food and feed crops this year, East Bribe agreed that the progress of the
Texas made its cotton almost a sur-
ptns crop. While there is a good sup-
ply of food and feed on hand in the
section now, that fact is no indication
that a similar acreage will give a like
surplus in 1928, as. it must be taken
into consideration that favorable con-
ditions in 1927 resulted in an unusu-
ally large per acre production.
“East Texas must plant at least as
much land to food and feed crops in
3928 as it did in 1927, if it is to have
insurance of prosperity. A balanced
• a-C-".
Bum program and the continuance of
: ’ Sve-at-home methods will assure the
section if a good year in 1928. And
indications are that the farmers are
. - disposed ,to take every precaution to
that end.”
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| f Blank Notes for sale at this office.
American Negro, after emancipation,
was the most remarkable racial ac-
complishment in the history of the
world. The Southerner claims his
part of the glory for this achieve-
ment, for he is the Negro’s teacher.”
—Dearborn Independent.
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Cross, G. W. The Times Review (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. [55], No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1928, newspaper, January 6, 1928; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth783461/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.