Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 146, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 2, 1938 Page: 1 of 4
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More Mt. Pleasant and Titus County News than all other Papers Combined.
Number 146
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Sunday Morning, January 2, 1938
Mt. Pleasant Starts New Year
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Youthful Father
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Snipe at Leaders
County Interscholastic League.
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Posta^ Receipts In
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Heavy Percentage
Farm Association Heavy Fire Losses Two Arrested Here
Organization Work May Cause Increase For Breaking Into a
Finished Saturday Rate On Insurance Store in Commerce
Economy To Be
Keynote For New
Identify the Material
Stolen Here At
Longview
Business Concerns
Look Forward
To Future
Announcements
Candidates In
This Paper
BASCOM PERKINS FOR
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
MORRIS ROLSTON FOR
COUNTY ATTORNEY
C. T. NEUGENT FOR
COUNTY JUDGE
GROVER ARD FOR
SHERIFF
J. B. WHITE FOR COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT
J. T. LEFTWICH FOR
ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR
FLOYD KEITH FOR
DISTRICT CLERK
Capture of Nanking and the advance of Japanese
troops on sections of Central China have resulted
in massing of British defense forces at Hong Kong,
strategic port in South China where Great Britain
Sheriff Grover Ard and Deputy
Sheriff Melvin Wooten spent Fri-
day in Terrell on business.
Built In Sections
So That Can Be
Moved
Volume Amounted to
$28,595.76 For
Last Year
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Mrs. C. L, Duncan returned
Friday from Los Angeles, Calif.,
where she spent the holidays
[with her daughter, Mrs. Walter
| Prince.
A. B. (CUB) GILPIN FOR
COUNTY CLERK
Attorney, because of the increase
in population since the discovery
of oil. Having faithfully served
the people in the past, Mr. Rol-
ston solicits the support of the
voters in the Democratic primary
on July 23, and asks to be re-
elected as County Attorney.
GEO. W. McLEMORE FOR
COUNTY TREASURER
SHANGHAI. (Sunday), Jan. 2,
(INS)—Fire, bursting hand gre-
nades, dynamiting and the crack
of pistol shots today launched a
series of Chinese “wars within
a war” in many major cities cap-
tured by Japan.
This city echoed with sounds
of guerrilla warfare against Jap-
anese rule as scattered Chinese
civilian groups shot it out with
military police in several parts
of the city.
Reports of dynamiting were al-
so heard from a number of other
points.
Presley Wholesale
Has Principal
Blaze
to the
Attorney,
very
beginning Monday, speaker Wil-1 of the farmers raised
liam B. Bankhead declared today | feed
after a lengthy conference with
President Roosevelt on the leg-
islative program.
“So far as the House is con-
cerned, economy will be the key-
note, though the International
situation may make some dif-
ference in the national defense
appropriation," he paid.
J. T. Leftwich makes an-
nouncement of his candidacy for
re-election to the office of As-
sessor-Collector, probably the
most complicated position of the
county government. Mr. Left-
wich has been very efficient in
the discharge of his I-------
duties, which have been greatly
increased lately, and believes
that because of his familiarity
with the office he can give the
county better service than any-
one else. He will appreciate the
continued support of the voters
in the Democratic primary on
July 23.
View of Hong Kong harbor
City Marshal Coker, Constable
Redfearn and T. J. Stringfellow
spent Friday afternoon in Long-
view, identifying a quantity of
clothing that had been stolen
from Mt. Pleasant residents rec-
ently.
On December 2, an overcoat,
bedspread, pistol and other ar-
ticles were stolen from Mr.
Stringfellow’s home, and recent-
ly a large quantity of clothing
was taken from other homes and
With Spirit of Much Optimism
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Stolen Clothing Is
is heavily interested. This view of the city shows
the harbor and, in the distance, the city of Kow-
loon on the peninsula which forms one arm of the
shipping center.
Mt. Pleasant business men be-
gan the new year Saturday with
a spirit of optimism, following an
unusually good business during
1937, the best, generally speak-
ing, in the history of the city.
Following a number of report^
that, the general opinion is thi«
1938 will not be a good year i*
a business way, a Times repre-W
sentative casually inquired of a
number of the heads of the large
concerns in Mt. Pleasant as to
their prospects for the coming
year, and in only a few instances
was told that there might be a
decrease in sales.
We quote the opinions of the
following:
Geo. Lilienstern—“I had the
biggest business I ever had in
1937, and expect 1938 to be equal-
Bascom Perkins announces his
candidacy for the office of Dis-
trict Attorney for the 76th Ju-
dicial District, comprising Titus.
Franklin, Morris. Camp and
Marion Counties. Mr. Perkins
was a candidate for this oLicc
six years ago, and received a fine
vote. His formal announcement
is on another page of this paper.
A. B. (Cub) Gilpin makes an-
nouncement in today’s paper of
his candidacy for the office of
County Clerk, one of the most im-
portant in the county. During his
first term, Mr. Gilpin has shown
his ability to manage the affairs
of this office in a most creditable
manner, although the duties have
been greatly increased in the
past year. He feels that he is
entitled to re-election, as he can
give even better service in the
future. Any support and influ-
ence accorded Mr. Gilpin in the
Democratic primary on July 23
will be appreciated.
Political Campaigns for Titus
County Candidates Under Way
LINDON, Ind., Jan. 1, (INS)—
Tommy Chapman, 13-year-old
fa then of the infant son of Bet-
ty June Lacer, 12, will not mar-
ry the young girl, his mother
said here today.
Mrs. Fred Chapman, the young
father’s mother, admitting she has
kept the boy locked in his room
since be admitted paternity of
the baby last Thursday, said
“Tommy doesn't want to marry
Betty June and we have no in-
tention of allowing him to do
so."
The announcement brought
tears to the eyes of the young
mother who had received several
endearing notes from the young-
ster.
C. T. Neugent announces his
candidacy for re-election to the
important office of County
Judge. Mr. Neugent has served
. in this capacity for the past two
years, and has made an enviable
record in directing the affairs of
the county. He has done much
toward improving its financial
condition through lowering the
tax rate and securing a proper
rendition of oil properties. Mr.
beugent will appreciate the sup-
port and influence of the voters
'* v In the Democratic primary
July 23.
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Sheriff of Titus
f solicit_ ____
for re-election. Mr. Ard is now
serving his first term as Sheriff,
and has devoted his best efforts
to the duties of this office, which
have been greatly increased by
the discovery of oil in the north
portion of the county. Mr. Ard
and his many friends believe that
he is entitled to re-election, and
they will appreciate the support
and influence of the voters in
the Democratic primary on July
23.
Geo. W. McLemore announces
his candidacy for re-election to
the office of County Treasurer,
a position which he has filled
i in the past with much credit U
himself and the county. His ex-
perience greatly qualifies him to
continue to serve in this capacity
and properly maintain the coun-
ty’s financial records. Because
of his splendid record, Mr. Mc-
Lemore again asks to be retained
in this office for another term,
and solicits the support and in-
fluence of the voters in the
Democratic primary on July 23.
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Negroes Caught At
An Early Hour
Saturday
ly as good. I will spend at least
from several clothes lines in and
around town. One of the items
was a bedspread belonging to
Mrs. Fred Traylor, on which she
had worked for ten years.
A large quantity of the stolen
material was returned to the
owners, after it had been identi-
so much business for 1937, and
was surprised at the volume. I
really believe that 1938 will be
better than last year.”
J. W. Cropp, manager J. C.
Penney Co.—“I am making plans
for as good business in 1938 as
we had last year, when we broke
all sales records since the store
1 .. a ji 1 j* was established in Mt. Pleasant.”
Stands At AthlfttlC W R Whitaker-“Our business
oiaiiuo nt nuiiciiV|can,t be as good in 1938j because
w-,. | | p.. | | | there will not be such a demand
rlPld H10O SChOOrfor feed' as the farmers grew
I 1U1U, lllgll 0VIIUV1 practically enough t0 do them this
spring, but we expect an increase
in other lines.”
Postmaster W. E. McClintock—
“Postal receipts will continue to
increase, because there is a larg-
er population in Mt. Pleasant, and’
business will continue to iny.
prove.”
Earl M. Lide—“Expect to sell
more Fords than ever before,
because we have a bigger variety
of models to appeal to thtff pub-
lic.” j
G. L. Brogoitti, manager A. &
P.—“We expect as big an increase
in sales during the coming year
as we had last year.”
Joe IJlack, manager Safeway
the stands will be put will be future as in the past, because we
the spring track events of the cleaned out nearly all our stock
this year, and were ready for th
decline in cotton goods. Business
will be good for the man wh<
goes after it.”
Hays Johnson, manager John
son-Justiss—“After the first fev
weeks, there will be a bi/’.
demand than ever for autl"
Session Congress i Xs -
A. G. Daniel, vice pres'f
----- ' First National Bank—“The c
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (INS)— ing year should be better in e>
Economy will be the keynote nf I way than 1937 for those who ..
the Administration leadership ini hard. The county is in bettei
Congress at the special sessionJ shape, because 65 to 75 per con
enoug
last year with which
make their crop, and they a
had it to buy last year. Near
all of them are square with
banks.”
E. S. Lilienstern, preside
Guaranty Bond State Bank—“O
accounts are in much bet
.See OPTIMISM, Page Fou
$20,000 to improve my store build-
ing about March.”
W. S. Swint of Swint Brothers,
druggists—“Last year was the
. best since we have been in busi-
| ness. We expect even better
business in 1938.”
; Buster McCollum, manager of
fied?and“two men andTwoman, I ReaR n,°„to®x^
j said to be dope addicts, were ’
j brought here and placed in jail,
after charges had been filed
against them at Longview.
The thieves were located fol-
lowing tips received from Long-
view officers by Mr. Coker ear-
lier in the week.
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Fire losses during the
year, amounting to practically
$17,000, may cause an increase in
insurance rates in Mt. Pleasant
during the coming year, accord-
ing to local agencies.
The principal loss was $12,000,
sustained by the Presley Whole-
sale early in 1937, and other
smaller fires came at intervals.
Mt. Pleasant is now operating on
a five per cent credit, which may
be wiped out.
According to Carl Huckeba,
who o| rates the fire truck, 106
fire calls were made during last
year, 61 of which were to put out
grass fires. Calls for other causes
were as follows:
Unknown causes, 3; gasoline
trucks. 4; chimneys and flues, 7;
oil lamp explosion, 1; defective
stove pipes, 6; matches, 1; de-
fective wiring, 3; false alarm, 1;
automobiles, 7; oil stoves, 4; hot
water hearter explosion, 1; gas
stove, 1.
No runs were made during De-
cember, which is very unusual.
Generally fair Sunday, war-
mer Northwest portion Sunday.
“IjGrover Ard again announces i
:’hi\ candidacy for the office of I
County, and I Floyd Keith makes announce-
solicbts the support of the voters ment of his candidacy for re-
election to the office of District
Clerk, which he is now filling
for the first term. Mr. Keith has
shown his ability to fulfill the
duties of this important office in
a very distinctive manner, and
solicits the support of the voters
for a second term because he has
made a good District Clerk. He
will appreciate the support and
influence of all the citizens of
the county in the Democratic
primary, which is to be held on
July 23.
• Political campaigns in Titus
County begins today with an-
nouncements by various candi-
dates for the offices of their
choice.
The Daily Times and Times
Review have made no increase
in their announcement rates,
which are as follows:
District offices, $12.50.
County offices, $7.50.
Precinct offices, »4.00.
Joe B. White announces his
Committees Named
For Different
Communities
Two Negroes, who gave their
names as Arthur Peel and L. D.
Shine, were arrested about three
o’clock Saturday morning by
Sheriff Grover Ard, Deputy
Sheriff Melvin Wooten and Night
Marshal C. W. Robinson, and
were placed in jail here to ans-
wer charges of breaking into a
store at Commerce a few hours
earlier.
According to Sheriff Ard, he
received a telephone call about
one o’clock Saturday morning,
from the Sheriff’s office in Com-
merce, asking him to be on the
watch for the two Negroes, who
left Commerce on a freight train
shortly after' they were chased
out of the store by officers. They
were apprehended as they dis-
mounted from the train near the
local roundhouse.
Commerce officers arrived here
Saturday to return with the two
suspects.
New stands for the athletic
field at the high school grounds
were practically completed Sat-
urday afternoon, and will soon
be ready to be put in place for
use in any event which might be
held. These stands are erected
in sections, so that they can be
moved from one place to another. ‘ —“There is no reason why. 1933
They will be located on top of 1 should not be even better la an
the hill on the east side of the ' in 1937, when we had a nice
new athletic field, and will give crease in business.”
spectators a better view of the ! G. B. Holder, agent Cotton Belt
athletic events than if they were —“Oil shipments will continue
on the same level of the field. | to increase our local volume, and
There will be seven of these officials of the railroad expect
sections, each twenty feet in' a continuation of business in
length, and several tiers of seats j creases, otherwise they
will be in each section. It is' not have authorized its big
estimated that seven hundred ' pansion program.”
people can be seated. j Chas. I. Lide—“We expect
Probably the first use to which | equally as good business in the
According to County Agent
D. R. Ralph, and Asssistant J. R.
Atkins, the Titus County Agri-
cultural Association was com-
pleted Saturday to carry out the
Titus County farm program in
1938.
Chairman of the communities
were elected with alternates to
serve if they are needed. Com-
munity chairmen were elected
as follows:
Edgar Lunsford. Yancey and
Chapel Hill; B. B. Southerland,
Cookville an<j Old Union; R. T.
Thigpen, Cypress and Hickory
Hill. A. L. Pander and Talbert
Landrum are alternates.
Leonard Banks was elected
lo chairman at the Argo meeting
for this and Overland commun-
ities: A. S. Lilly, was named
chairman at Oak Grove and W. R.
Crooks was elected chairman at
Midway. Alternates are Fred
Mercer and N. A. Culver.
At Maple Springs, Morris Bla-
lock was elected chairman of the
Wilkinson community: Tom Tem-
ple, chairman, at Maple Springs
and A T. Blalock at Talco. Al-
ternates are Walter W. Blalock
and Dean Brownlee.
Frank M. Caldwell was select-
ed to head the Stonewall and
Ripley organizations; G. W. Me-
bane, New Hope and Winfield,
while W. V. Mason, Jr. heads
the committee at Marshal Springs
and Forest Grove. W. M. Page
is chairman of the Greenhilil
and Piney committees Alternates
arduous Iare Charley Fussell and R. F.
' Slaughter.
Charles Taylor was made the
Monticello chairman and also
at Blodgett; B F. Spruill was
selected to head the Panther’s
Chapel committee. T. B. Ander-
son will serve as chairman in
the Farmer’s Academy communi-
ty for which alternates are Ed-
gar Hobbs and W P. Jones.
Morris Rolston makes an-
nouncement of his candidacy for
re-election to the office of
County Attorney, a position
which he has very creditably
filled for the past year, during
which time he has been called
on to serve the county in more
ways than any other County
the Mt. Pleasant office showed
ac-
The terms are cash in advance, >
so don’t ask for credit. Candi-
dates making announcements are
as follows:
The postal receipts for 1937 at
an increase of 23.3 per cent,
cording to figures prepared by
Assistant Postmater D. W. White.
Every month of 1937 showed
better business than for the
same period last year, and the
total for the year was $28,595.76,
compared to $23,181.53 for 1936,
an increase of $5,414.23.
Not only was there a big in-
crease in postal receipts, but
there was a corresponding im-
provement in every other depart-
ment.
Prospects are that there will
be a continued increase of busi
ness at the local office during
the coming year.
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