The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1931 Page: 4 of 6
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We will have a ready-to-wear
salesman at our store Friday
with complete selections of new
spring ready-to-wear. Hudgins
age pupil’s study,
and experience.’
and
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shall store, and
Hugh Quin.
According to
Geo. T. Garvin, had red pep-
per thrown into his eyes, and.
was robhed of |500 poll tax mo-
ey at Dallas.
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Work is progressing on the
pretty brick veneer home of Mr.
and Mrs. S. A. Nelson.
KILGORE OIL FIELD
LEASE BRINGS CASH
TO SCHOOL TEACHER
The f rends of Miss Lottie Der
rick in Gilmer have received an-
nouncements of her marriage on
Jan. 26th to Mr. Chas. Waldnam
of Long Beach, Calif.
The bride is a former resident
of Gilmer and has a host of
friends here who will be interest
ed to learn of her marriagee.
trapped in a court house fire.
Booth Tarkington’s sight has
•been restored. The noted auth-
or is able to distinguish both
color and form.
seven miles
started.,
for a thirty-two-acre lease, to-
gether with the royalty on it.
Her attorney told her she would
get several times that much for
it later on.
"And to think the lease only
cost sister $50 when she bor-
rowed that much two yaers ago
to invest,” he concluded.
era! grand jury.
Thirty-five men are trapped
in an Indiana zoal mine, and all
efforts to reach .them has prov-
en vain.
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Twa Arrests la
Burglary of Mag.
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Wells Will Be Drilled Around
Gilmer as Soon as Titles
To Lands Settled,
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JxCES acid is the common cause of
Adigestion. It resuits In pain and sour
ess about two hours after eating. The
uick .corrective is an alkali which will
be pr
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such
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that
kept
means lessened.
A number, of companies and
individtUUs are getting leases to
blocks of land, especially to the
south and east of Gilmer, and it
is only a. matter of days until a
number of tests will go down. 1
One man, living about seven
miles southeast of'Gilmer has
been offered $25,000 for a lease
on his 600 acre farm by a com-
Coleman D. Haney was fatal-
ly hurt at Nacogdoches by a
skid log slipping.
Two thousand volts from a ra
The Red .Cross refuses to ad-
minister the >25,000,000 govern
ment velief fund. Congress says
they will find their own relief
INDEPENDENT SPRINGS
N-H CLUB
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an old brewery.
The State is asked to accept
207 acres of Inad where the ba-
• BIRLE THOUGHT FOR •
• TODAY •
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Many changes in the Consti-
tution are sought by the Legis-
lature. ‘ .
0. L. Smith, 80, of San An-
tonjo, was the victim of a con-
fidence game that cost him his
life savings of >3,000.
Sec. Mellon thinks that the
cashing of war veteran's certfi-
cates would deepen the depres-
sion.
tie of Goliad was fought aw lo
make it a State Park.
Miss- Nellie Oliver, a young
school teacher at San Benito.
■
ns Almost LIk* Magic.
Mn| Better and Safer
ida ot men and women
itopptis throbdioE. sick,
ttiog headaches, M well
cruciating palus of rheu-
nouridis, teothache, ete,
rvelous new formula that
At Enid, Okla., a youthful
prisoner, Sam Ingram, saved 40
Two bandits were killed by
policemen of New York and two
wer captured in a fifty mile
chase. meF
Be sure to write for Free Cat-
alogue of Ramsey’s Austin nur-
sery, Austin, Texas. Itwp
after entering took $16.50 from
the”cash register.
They made bond Tuesday.
Four suspets are in jail at.
Centre in connection with the
bank robbery at Timpson. Two
‘ others are in jail at Muskogee,
, Okla., awaiting extradition.
I Ex-Gov. Jack Waltoh and 18
i others of Oklahoma hav been
indicted for mail fraud by a Fed
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LIQUID or TABLETS
Cures Colds, Headaches, Fever
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Oil Activity
Continues Un-
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Ansterdam. It t* a far ery from ‘the
suwbakd prairia ot Ma— M a
posiulon in a leading industry and to
omees ndop the highest bullding in
the metropolls, a strueture that benrs
his name •
But that l« th* place to whlch the
box ot tool* made by Walter Curysler,
on his first job, helped carry him. He
Mill has th* iiplements that atarted
him ou the path to tame aqe -fortune,
Nur IM* he forgotten how to use
for
We now have a plentiful stock
of questionnaires used in con-
nection wtih oil leases as well as
leases, royalty contracts and
royalty deeds, assignments and
releases of oil and gas leases.
In addition we have a full stock
of other blanks, such as deeds,
mortgages, bills of sale, options,
etc., at the Mirror Office. dwtf
Serve the Lord with’gladness.
Enter into his gates with thanks
giving and into his courts with
praise: Be thankful unto him
and bless his name for the Lord
is good.—Psalm 100:2-4.
eutralize acid. The best corrective
» Phillips Milk of Magnesia. It has
smuined standard with physicians in
he 50 years sine* its invention.
One spoonful of Phillips Milk of Mig
cesin neutralizs instantly many times
I* volume in acid. It is harmless and
astcless and its action is quick. You will
iever rely po crud* method* one* you
cam how quickly this method act*,
"lease let it show you—now.
Be sure to get the genuie, "Milk of
HVMagneniu" has been the U. S. Registered
Irada Mark of The Chari** H - Phillipa
Chemical Company and itspredecessow
door to the Mirror office is hav-
ing a new floor put in-it, and
will probably be leased before
present alterations are complet-
ed. It is the only building of
any size now vacant in Gilmer.
A man rented a hamburger
stand here Monday for >35 per
month. Just room enough to
turn around in, with the custo-
mer on the outside.
The following officers were
dieted:
Hollis Townsend—President
Joe Barrow—Vice President.
Aubrey Collier—Secretary.
Vernon Farrow—Game Lead-
er.
Opal Townsend—Song Lead-
er.
Nellie Massey-—Librarian.
Ada Collier—Reporter.
Mr. J. C. Carter and Mrs. Lu-
tie Childress, Sponsors.
We will meeet once a week,
and Mr. Burkes will be-with us
Feb. 18. We are going tp do
our best to have a good club and
try to win some of the prizes.
REPORTER.
ANY BABY
KIEean never be sure just whm
W makes an infant restless, but
the remedy can always be the aame.
Good old Castoria! There'* comfort
in every drop of this pure vegetable
prepartion, and not the slightest •
harm in it* frequent use. A» often as
Baby has a fretful spell, is feverisl,
or erm* and can't sleep, let Castoria
poothe and quiet him Sometimes it's
a touchof colic. Sometimes constipa:
tion. Or diarrhea—a condition that
should always be checked without
delay. Just keep Castoria handy-and
give it prompOy. Relief will follow
lieves, wilkgive better results."
WALDNAM-DERRICK
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
Radieal changes have been
made in the Essay Writing rules
of the Interscholastic League
have been made this year accord
ing to Mrs. Alton Hudgins, who
was elected Director of Essay
Writing in this county.
"Heretofore, "-said Mrs. Hud-
Nacogdoches, Jan. 30. —- All
her life, Thelma Thurston, 22.
and pretty brunette, now a
not be necessary for pupils en-
tring this contest to be prepared
on current news, as in the past,
but much practice in actual com
position will be necessary for
those who expect to compete
successfully. . This change in
the ruins was made in accord-
ance with the recommendation
of the committee in the English
faculty of the University of Tex
**, which has charge of the grad
ing of essays in the state con-
test. Less emphasis on amass-
ing of information and more
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A Row at the
Holy Roller
Negro Services
Two Men and a Woman in the
Toils of the Law
their signed
Although no new well, in ad-
dition to the McGinley-Sigler
test north of Gilmer, has been
started in the county since the
Lathrop well came in a 30,000
barrel gusher near the Gregg-
Geo. Craig is in jail and Ru-
benCook and Lovey Black are
under bond as a result of a row
at the Negro Holy Roller meet-
ing in the northwestern part of
town Sunday night.
Lovey Black wielded a knife
and slashed the other two par-
ticipants
They assured Constable Wm.
Floyd that they did not disturb
the Saints with. their little dif-
ficulty, and ought not to be
charged with disturbing public
worship.
• Anybody that has ever- look-
ed on these Holy Roller meet-
ings will agree that they could
pot disturb public worship, for
the Holy Roller meetings- have
no resemblance to public wor-
ship. but are more like a barm
dance.
From Last Weuk’s Duily Mirror
Sheriff Seago and Deputy
Clem HIM Tuesday arrested Ro-
ger Mattox and Malcolm Busby
on a charge og burglarizing the
Magnolia Filling Station. locat-
ed at the rear of the w. H. Mar-
contests have been selected from
certain prescribed magazines.
This year, however, the sub-
jects will be furnished from the
State office of the League,
'within the range of the aver-
dollars worth of material out of ,ad« meets President Hoover at
the White House, to discuss the
sehool teacher at Corpus Christi
has wanted to do something to
help smooth life‘s_pathway for
her widowed mother with whom
five children were left ten years
ago.
Last week, it was laerned
here Tuesday, Thelma was piad
12,000 for an eight acre lease in
the Kilgore oil field.
' "And-that was not all." declar
ed her brother, Reginald, proud-
ly. She turned down, >21.000
You’d help the Unemployment
problem by giving others work.
Consider these three pointe and plan to do all
necessary building right as*. If you haven’t built
your horns, this in an ideal time to start. If you /
own your home, do those improvements you’ve
been planning. A new garage, sleeping porch, z
fences, er general remodeling. ’ Youll get more
for your money now, / 1
Gilmer Lumber
Company
t ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIALS '
‘ CARRIED IN STOCK. «p
but up to noon Tuesday the dead
had hot been made.
One of the mast noticeable
features of the activity is that
it is by no means confined to
Texas oil men. In fact there
are more from ‘Tulsa and other
Oklahoma oil towns registering
at local hotels now than from
anywhere else.
These people believe Sinclair
will probably build a large re-
finery in East Texas, because
the closest pant now is one lo-
cated at Fort Worth.
THE GILMER WEEKI Y MIRROR, THURSDAY, FEB. 5, 1631. ’
Attractive new Spring hats in
all head sizes, and popular
styles. Mrs. 8. B. Stapp.
279 3dlw
Misses Fay Wallace and Iris
Norwood, of Terrell, passed thru
Gilmer Monday afternoon on
their way home from a visit in
Pittsburg, and stopped over
here a short time to visit the
family of Miss Wallace’s uncle,
W. T. Wallace. "
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Henry Lovett, bank robber, is
sentenced to die, for the murder
of a High School Coach Dee Fol-
iart at El Reno, Ok.
Hilton Hotel properties will
build a ten story hotel at Long-
view, having already secured
the site.
The two little daughters of
J. F. Peterson died from burns
at Hamlin. They threw coal oil
on live coals in a cook stove.
Will . Rogers raised $45,000
for Charity in his entertain-
ments in Texas.
o.c
celxd the Best common achoot educa
tion he could obtala In Killa he de
cided that it was high time for him
to begin to ear* hl* own liviug and
to acquire a trade. - 1
He tied and pnesed an examinatton (
to become a ineliinist’a apprentice in
the Ellin shops, lie had to make hl*
- own tools as he went along. His kit,
\consistiug of assorted calipers, divid- 1
ere, balanced hammers, teat indicator .
aud combinatlon sqqare, was all mad*
wi hi* own bauds, before he was •
eighteen.
After a year in th* shops he was
skilled enough to build a miniature
steam locomotiye. It was complete in
every detail. Including air brakes. He
built a track in hl* back yard and
gure demonstrations of bow the cou- j
trivance would run. . 3, , ’
Tired a* he was from a hard day’s 1
work in the shops the yauneter read i
mngazines and book* en et ineering
subjeets to round out the 1 ihetteai
hnowlege he was A a iuu-
chinin'* helper. At tbe end of four ]
years of airt nntMicatlan fu lis t'>b
he ws entiling 2 ceula an luiur as ,
a first elass Jouru yiun uweuanic, i
Then lie g t the itel u foot and
decdetto -if momhUm of th* coun- .
try. h wurted Luc a tim in west-
etn slnp*, t ut settling in Salt Lake
City wl. u uls pay wan27% ceuts an
boor. 1 hiere he repulrod a lacomo-
tiwe’s blown of cylinder bead in two
hurs so that it coutu pull out th*
fast mai an schedule time.
This feat brought him th* job a*
teremun, of the Colorado & Southern
•hop* in Trinidad, Colo. Next he be-
cam* superintendnt of moth*.power
for th* Chicago & Great Western.
Still thirsting for knowledge and a
chance to broaden himsett, he ac-
cep ted the place a* manager of th*
American Locomotive company in
HReburgi,
He got his Grat chance in the auto,
mobile bustness with the Buick com-
pany, again accepting * big salary
cut for the opportunity. With him
the prospects for tbe future tave al-
waya outweighed trumediate rewards.
What be did with Buick, General Mo-
tore. Willys-Overinnd, Maxwell-Chal-
mers and hl* own product constitutes
•ne of th* wost outntanding achieve-
ments in the automobile Industry.
Todny his headquarters are hi New I
York, where his aucestor, Tuenis Van
i ") Dolsen, wae th* first male chnd born
Messrs. J. W. Bryee, C. J.
Reeves and A. H. Hudgins, jury
commissioners in session the
past two days, will, finish thejr
labors Friday afternoon and be
discharged.
Trade in Gilmer —
JOE B, WILLIAMS, o,D., N. D.
xmmuasma. My special meth-
422882 oil fitting glas-
K *•• has proven
successful; thousands having-
Walter Chrysler
The hoy spent Ide thne watching
the old weod-burning engiues of the
2.6. Unou Pacinc sput-
"2 ter into
M3" the shops for re
atau AcV paits and overtaut-
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Here Are 3 Points To Consider
: WHY YOU SHOULD BUILD NOW
i 1. Prices of Building Materials low-
est in Many Years. . . .*
2. Labor is Plentiful, e I /
The East Texas Abstract Co.:
with offices in the building for-
merly occupied by the Gilmer
State Bank was getting organ-
ized for work Tuesday, and ex-
peet to stay here a year or more,
depending upon the length of
time the demand for their work
continues, emphasis upon practice in com-
The Driggers building on thefposition,“this committee be-
east aide of the sguargi next
We pay highest market prices
for an country produce. Rex
P
"jukrcotmssuoxxks
HAVE ADJOURNED
■ ing. He ehatted
I with the meehan-
B ies, nontetimes be-
■ ing gruffly ordered
■ to get out of the
% way , ran errauds
■ for them when
■ they were good na-
i tured, aud lenruec,
* us he watched, that
, -killed hands can
do wondrouu
The Boyhood •
of Famous 0
Americans Agecaa
gJohn B.Rockeieller, Ir, announces
that he will put several large buiiding
7
gen,
w xttNEMage.'. M 1
operations into effect at once, to pro-
-__ wide aaarti in Ml* building trades.
Upshur Une, activity has by no__. ,. '
CHANGES IN RUL.ES
' MEMORIALS • IN
been introduced in the Legisla-
ture. * : .
the windows, unlocked it and been helped all over the country.
Mr. Burkes came to our
school Wednesday, Jan. 28, and
organized a 4-H Club, with a
to Mid to be far superior toany-
thing heretofore used. •
■ • It contains no aspirin; acetanlild,
etc. and to absolutely ant* and
’ harmleas. Thia rematkable for
. mula, called AVOL is being pr-
scribed by thousanda of doctors,
danttoi* and welpre nurseh- be
cause of th* qulek, efelent M A
relleves all types of *rh*J and
• pain a without depressing th*heart,’
or causing any other harmful ot-
: fects. A-Vl quickly stops the mont
1 nevere pain, leaving th* patlent re
r trtoM and feeling Especlally
effective in women’s perlod reins.
-To quickly provtoyourselfthat
: thia to truly a remarkabib ta^yK
Just *t*p into your nearesti45u5
•tor* Md get a package 41”“
formjeycentm. ."22.
» tabled-itght there If yoNpw
M not gone In’Ave minutem,
dm mill MBW — *
who WJa lost while out hunting,
has heen found. She made her
way to a ranch house. Shelwas
pany wishing to drill at once, gis, "subjects for the Essay
Mr. S. J. Waghalter spent
Monday in Dallas on business.
1 ' An eighty million foot gasser
has been brought in in Caddo
Parish, La., near the Cass coun-
To the
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shur Ci
uary T
and en
ing cor
leave t
report.
We I
twelve
* gated s
and as
tions,
20 felo
’■Man
ed to <
gated
did no
the r
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secure
which I
or to h
tion ini
an ine
cumsta
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cases I
which I
which I
some I
too hl
ments
dismis
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believ
ly soil
Count
comm
of thi
forcin
ially I
the ci
charg
the cl
to be
forts I
the lil
a mol
shlugs with the proper tools.
Thus Walter ‘Chrysler, earty in Ute
developed the Uh Ina for meehunies
that has alded hr •* nmrh la gain -
tag sueh a algnal suecess later on in
nth’ ’
He was born in meter* Kansas in
1B76, Wamego, a tpient prahie.ham,
let, wta hl* birtbpince . HI* father,
M engineer for tle Union Paeife rait-
. rond, moved to Ella a nearbs tewn,
when Walter was a lutle telow.
Ilie lad grew up there In th* at-
mospliere of engites and the din ot
repair work, for the shops of the
Union Pacile were located at Ellis.
He would watch his.fatherxtart hl"
run In the primitive loedmolives of
hair •_ century ago He would be
walting for bim ou his return frou
across ttw prairie.
The younghteraspirea to tollow in
the focrstepa of his father and be-
— come • first class mnechanle. He in-
herited a liking ror machinery from
his parent. Th cntacts add aesD-
dutions of the raltroud center served
to strengthen hl* inclinattons. He
never thought seriously at following
ans. carver other than • mechanieal
one.
The elder Chrysler piloted th* first
coal burutos locomotive owned by the
Union Pacific, which is indication
’ enough that he wus regarded as the
piek of the engineer* on tl>* road.
Mla son earn* naturally enough by bl*
mechanical bent, I would Mem.
The Killa roundhouse and shops
saw much of young Chrysler Lu th*
time he could "pare from school.
During the sumuers he didn't have
so much Um* to loiter around th*
railroad shops. He worked for a ro-
cer as an errand bay and clerk in
the vacation periods. Hl* eurnings
heiped the family. Times were none
too good in Kaneas in those daya
when be wm seventeen end bed re-
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Also '
.L. Netnry Publies
Special prices on all eye fittings.
Office upstairs over Hix Wat-
son Drug Co., "On the Square.’
Tyler, Texas.
Will be in Gilmer Friday,Fell.
13th at Mrs. Gibson’s. Rooming
house.
•GEORGIA M A R B i. F. •
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