The Gilmer Daily Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 292, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1936 Page: 3 of 4
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THE GILMER DAILY MIRROR, FRIDAY, FEB. 14, 1936.
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man whose name I fail to find
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Lafayette.
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Feb. 21, Friday, 10 :80 a. m.,
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States
INCOME-TAX DON’TS
sixth So low was the price
ATTENTION
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years
four cents per pound
Handy Scripture
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cans.
SHAW SAYS MAN
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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No. 15
the
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no meat.
to the
291-d2c.
Co.
of the earth alone.
Trade in Gikmer—Buy at Home
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proprietary function. For ex-
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Insurance.
283-dwtfc
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gym to annex their secnd win.
childhood.
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entire world.
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crops until prices rose. Farm-
ore generally receive three to
and obligations , of
mentalities of the
instru-
United
eral sessions of court was held
out there under a large tree
lumber, fifth brick, and
concrete, and now 90
I small log court house was cov-
ered by forest. The business
I houses were built-of logs from
I the forest, but some few were
I built of rough, boards. Gilmer
I in those days was considered
a wild and woolly town. There
yield of 192$, brought farmers
less than five cents per pound.
improye-
building.
pecan farmers asked
loans to allow them to
Moughon.
The original site of Gilmer
was about 2% miles northwest
of where the town now stands,
but was moved about 1850, the
story of hich has already been
PRINT FROCKS
in all colorful notes.
duties to perform.
This week I shall tell
something of the History
Gilmer as taken from
SPRING HATS
Turbans, Fedoras
short jail sentence ip his earlier
life was fearful lest his congre-
gation discover that fact, as in
his later years he had been a
model of rectitude. One Sunday,
rising to begin his sermon, his
heart sank to see a former cel
mate sitting in the front row.
Quick thinking was necessary.
that
federal
hold
SPRING COATS
in Plaids and Checks.
88
in
you
of
what
Union Ridge.
NOTICE TO ALL ii p.
SHUR COUNT; WORLD
court
a son
now.
new
SHOULD ADOPT
MONKEY’S DIET
$15.00
10.00
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5.00
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Early History of
Upshur County
EXEMPTION ALLOWED
STATE EMPLOYEES
States. Surtax net income in
excess of ‘$4,000. _ -
later we need another one.
(To Be Continued)
tion, and interest on obliga-
tions of the United States
Texas Pecans I
Flood Markets
Laughing Around the World
7 WihIRVINS.COBB
A medley of fashions all in tune with Spring greet your
eyes, today when you visit our store. You will see prints
that strike new chords in color. . . . New harmonies in
fabrics . . . trimmings are the newest in smartness.
$ (ASHAMiS),49
2-------- fl) %
Where Higher Education Would Have
Landed Him
Woodchucks Lose
Championship
To Quitman
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planning and erecting a State
capitol or’ other State or
municipal building. An officer
or an employee of a State, for
the purpose of the income tax]
law, is one whose services are
continuous and not occasional
or temporary. -
New Spring Print Dresses
3.95 to 11.85
Jigger Suits and Spring Coats "
7.95 to 11.85
New Spring Hats -E
1.45 to 2.95
The County Agents wil meet
with the following 4-H clubs
on the.dates listed below:
Feb. 18, Tuesday, 9:09 a m,,
Pattonfield. ~ , “2
Feb. 18, Tuesday, 10:30 a...
"A shammos," said Mr. Rabin modestly.
(American News Featuren, IneJ
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SWEET MILK
m FRESH .
the office shown, suhjeet
Democratic Primary:
For Representative:—
J. R. HINSON.
LINDLEY BECKWORTH
WILLIS H. MADDOX
For District Judge:
W. G. RUSSELL (Re-el.)
For County Judget—
J. P. MABERRY.
LEO PRESNELL.
For County Atorney:
ty.
Therefore I shall from time
to time send in to the paper
facts as I find them about Up-
shur County. They will not be
regular as I have many other
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GETTING UP NIGHTS
Attend to Poorly Functioning
Kidncyt Promptly .
of Psp Mt warnips that your kidney* and
bladder are not functioming properly. -----
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ecription that, beep puccenaful for 61
yeala.1e gale, aSaedeer-Cb* very 4m
bottle will help you. At all Druzwata,
Warners Sate Remedles Co, Bodwater, M.T.
The compensation of officers
and employees of a State or
any political subdivision there-
of, if the services of such offi-
cers or employees are rendered
in connection with activities
which constitute .the discharge
of an essential governmental
function, as distinguished from
a proprietary function, is
exempt from Federal income
tax. The compensation of such
officers and employees is sub-
ject to Federal income tax if
their services were rendered in
connection with the exercise of
By IRVIN S. COBB
COME fifteen years ago there landed in New Tort a nlendess
and almost penniless Russian immigrant.
He was of a likable disposition, ana speedily made aequaintancen
who sought to aid him. One of them sponsored him for the vacant
post of Janitor, or shammoe, to use the common Hebraic word, of a
■mall synagogue on C. side staaat
State are taxable, as, for ex- sale with me. D. A. Young,
“ ample, compensation paid Gilmer, Texas. Real Estate &
architects and builders for
“We Have Your Own Idea In Style”!
Perkins B
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the Gilmer Mirror are Very in-
terested in their old home coun court house was built, this one
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Rates
District offices--
County offices -____
County Commissioners
Precinet offices _____
history of their county, this is
especially true of the older peo- This stood until after the Civil
pie and those who are more or War.” A Mr. Craig and another
WAU VETERANS
We have sect/red blanks for
you to make A pplication ‘foz a'
payment of ycpr adjusted serv-
ice certificate.. We will be glad 1,
to have you/ call in and let us ,
fill in the blinks for you, which n
we will bey g|ad to do without
charge. A-—— -
FARMFNIS & MERCHANTS :
NA’IIONAL BANK. 4.
WAR VETERANS,
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(Above includes 200-word write-up
to appear in both Daily and Weakly
Mirror. Two cents per word will be
charged for all in excess of MO
words.) Names of candidates will ap-
pear in Daily and Weakly Mirror until
elimination or election of candidate.
All announcements payable in cash in
advance.
The Mirror is authorized to an-
nounce the following candidates for
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record about like this: First a
big tree, second . logs, third
rough boards, fourth . rough
Feb. 19, Wednesday, 9: a.
m.. Ore City. »
Feb. 19, Wednesday, 10,30 a.
many, many people of Upshur
County are ’interested in the ber, but was some
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a horse! I’m a horse!’ The ..
judge called: Mr. Sheriff, tieFixing his eye on the unwel-
that horse!’ and the trial was come guest, he preacher an-
dismissed. ' There are othernounced solemnly; _ JpRell
stories of how notorious crimin mah text dis moinim’ from de
als were captured and held, sixty fo’th chaptah and fo
One of these criminals was tied 1 hundredth verse of de book of
to a tree by a cabin. PeopleJob, which says: ‘Pem as sees
thought him to be safe, butand knows me, an says nothin,
when morning dawned, he haddem will Ah see hater,"- Wall
gone. The small sapling whichStreet Journal.
Down in Alabama, a negro
preacher who had served a
a proprietary runction. ror ex- j FEED GRINDING: Feed grind-
ample, the compensation of the ing every day in the week. Let
governor oF a State, the mayor us. grind that next load for
of a city, cuncilmen, board of you. T. C Mitchells Gin-,
aidermen, public school teach- y. 290-a9wl.
over it." They had no jail. nm—. 11
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But when the officers at the congregation found out the appli-
cant was entirely illiterate they reluctantly denied him employment,
inasmuch as a shammos must keep certain records.
The greenhorn quickly rallied from his disappointment. He- got
a job elsewhere. Ho prospered. Presently he became a dabbler in
" real-estate.
Within ten years he was one of the largest independent operators
in East Side tenement-house property and popularly rated as a mil-
lionaire. An occasion arose when he needed alarge amount of money
to swing what promised to be a profitable deal. Finding himself for
the moment short of cash he went to the East Side branch of one of 1.
the large banks. —-- — >
It was the first time in his entire business career that he had
found it necessary to borrow extensively. He explained his position
to the manager, who knew of his success, and asked for a loan of
fifty thousand dollars.
- be very glad to accommodate you, Mr. Rabin,” said the
banker. “.Just sit down there at that desk and make out a note for
the amount.”
. The caller smiled an embarrassed smile.
' “If you please,” he said, “you should be so good as to make out
the note and then I should sign it.”
“What’s the idea?” inquired the bank managtr puzzled..
“Veil, you see,” he confessed, “I haf to tell you somethings:
Myself, I cannot read and write. My wife she has taught me how
to make my own name on paper, but otherwise with me reading and
writing is nix.” • • • - . . --
in my notes built this
house. Mr. Craig has
living near Pritchett
The Winnsboro Woodchucks
lost the county championship
to the Quitman Bulldogs by
two straight defeats. Friday
I he had* been chained to proved - -------------
_L I insufficient to hold him. He had For any Ptinted Job, first
I bent it so as to slip the chain I try the Mirror. Phone 179.
FOR RENT: Furnished garage
apartment. Phone 296 or see
L. G. Martin at First National
Bank. 291-dap.
WANTED: Cattle and hogs.
Am buying cattle and hogs of
all kinds and description. See
me before you sell. Tommie
Mitchell, T. C. Mitchell’s Gin.
290-d6w1.
We have the necessary forms
for application for bonus, and
will be glad to assist any
veteran, in filling out his forms
or crpllecting his bonus.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
282-d4Feb.
were several saloons around
the square. One of these was
where Hogg’s Pharmacy now!
is and another was in the Wal-
ton Building. There is a story
told of a murder that took
place in this saloon, which
proves to us that Gilmer must
have been a rough town. A man
There are approximately
Miami, Fla.—the powerful
elephant and the nimble monk-
ey are regarded by George
Bernard Shaw as the animal
kingdom’s two best arguments
for vegetarianism.
A noble beast the elephant
is, living many years, the play-
wright pointed out, yet it eats
half and the Bulldogs coasted jokes are much older.
(By D. T. LOYD)
After several weeks of in-
activity I have found that
In 1910 Parks Lafferty of
Concord, N. C., traded an auto-
mobile for eight acres of land
valued at >800. Now the land
is valued by assesijors at $80,-4
Fiction is said to have been
first written 32 centuries ago.
But some radio comedians’
part of the first quarter and as
the half ended, Quitman was
leading by only one point, 9 to
8. However, the Woodchuck de-
fense weakened in the last
. --sdal .
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In amusement the banker stared at him. . 1, ,,1, , .
“Well, well, well!” he murmured admiringly. “And yet, handi- told in these columns. But sev-
capped as you’ve been, inside of a few years you have become a
rich man! I wonder what you’d have been in this country by now
if only you had been able to read and write?” ' . -
by the name of Cleavland stab-
to a 29-15 victory. Boyd was bed a man whose name was
high scorer for the locals.— Miller. While Miller’s life blood
Winnsboro News. was gushing out he yelled for]
————, his son to kill Cleavland. With a
B. A. Thaxter, superintend- double-barrel shotgun Miller’s
ent of nature study in Port- . __,
LOST: Between Ward School
and Square, school books,
fountain pen and cap. Each
item with name on it. Return
to Gilmer Mirror and- receive
reward. 292-d2c.
LOST: Plug wrench for fire
hydrant, lost by Fire Dept.
Saturday night. Finder please
return to Roberts-Gates Motor
son shot Cleavland, who died
before Miller. The boy was
exonerated by the courts for
killing his fathers slayer.”
"About a year later, prob-
ably in 1855 or 1859. a new
court. house was built. This
The 1935 bumper crop, ex-
County has a court house ceeding by nearly ' 2,000,000
pounds the previous record
- As he turned over the last
forkful of 55 tons of garbage,
• Patrick Cotter, Boston, -found night the Woodchucks lost to
' t ~ aLu the Bulldogs by the close score
Professor J. Abadie o e /
France believes epilepsy is due of 16-19, at Muitman.
entirely to brain injuries - re- Tuesday night the Quitman
ceived through bumps during quintet came to the Winnsboro
which died only a few years
ago. Quoting Miss Calloway:
“Court in those old days of
Gilmer was held under an old
oak tree. There are many
amusing stories told about
those days and the system of
court. One day a trial of a
drunken man was being held.
Suddenly he began to yell, ‘I’m
land, Ore., schools, found
varieties of birds living
Yosemite Valley.
Noted for its liveliness, the
monkey, too, follows a flesh-
less diet,
. That is why the 79-year-old
writer, to whom meat is f an-
athema, says he expects to
continue Thriving on the fruits
MILTON GREER MELL (Re-el.)
For Tax Collector-Assesmor—
allen McClelland.
C. W. OWEN, (Re-el) present site was around the
por“oRtyPcNCAM town spring which was locat-
B. c. (Bertie) elwbll (Re-el.) led near where the high school
ForPorpSikvemeei building now stands. The wat-
For Trensurert • er for the town was supplied
po"..ArIUNSFOBD CRe-el) I by this spring, and the negroes
j. W. bryce (Re-el." also came here to do the wash-]
ForcopmilonsprFreginetNek ing for the white people.”
J. 5. W UUDFIN I Second I € rm ) I Larr • 1 1 1 p Al
E. A. (Ervin) CORB. I The original plan for the
w. l (ira) rich town was recorded on Feb. 25,
ForwomrnimesRseinsox"an2en, 1852. Gilmer was then • small
Par Commissioner, Precinet No. ii—’Ivillage. The square around the
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less shut-in. I am asked al-
most every day why I quit
writing, also many.. people who
have left here but still take
building: 'Therefore Upshur
placing a debt upon their grand,
children. It was paid for and
in recent’ years it was re-
modeled, which is the present
J. A. (Abb) BLACKSTONE.
J. PRESS DAVIS (Re-el.)
GO. (Dugan) KARP.
J. K. MITCHELL . - *
For Commissioner, Pzecinct 4—
A. H. BONNER.
M. S. (Jerry) PARISH.
M. O. HOLMES (Re-el.) L
J. D. WATSON.
TERRY GORMAN.
For Justice of Peace; Prect. 1t—
MAT DAVIS (Re-el.)
For Constable, Precinct No. 1t-
JAY WILLIS.
C. C. (Clam) HILL.
EARNE9T PUCKETT.
J. W. WYATT..
For Weigher, Precinet No. It—
T. J. (Tom) BRADSHAW.
WALTER W, PAY.
L. E. (Eddie) STRACENER.
SMITH JOHNSON
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J.S.WHITISDAIRY
' INCOME WAX IN A <
NUTSHELL
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WHO? Single persons who
had net income of >1,000 or
more or gross income of
>5,000 or more, and married
couples who had net income
of $2,500 or more or gross
income of >5,000 or more
must file returns.
WHEN? The filing period
begins January 1 and ends
March 16, 1936.
WHERE? Collector of in-
ternal revenue for the dis-
trict in which the person
lives or has his principal
place of business.
HOW? See instructions on
forms 1040A and 1040.
WHAT? Four percent nor-
mal tax in the amount of net
income in excess of the per-
sonal exemption credit for
dependents, earned income
credit, dividends of domestic
corporations subject to taxa-
was also wooden but much bet-
ter than the latter one. This
building was burned and I have
been told many stories as to
how it came to be burned.
Bonds were voted to replace it
which carried, but the people
DON’T prepare your re-
turn without first studying
the instructions on the form.
- DON’T procrastinate.
Early assemblying of data
permits a careful considera-
tion of all tax problems.
DON’T destroy the memo-
randa from which your re-
turn was prepared.
DON’T omit explanation
when such information is
essential to an intelligent
adult. Attach memorandum
to your return.
tions in 1934 cut the state’s
yield to 13,000,000 pounds, of
which 390,000 pounds were
from “improved” trees.
The Woodchucks led during 5,000,000 blind persons in the
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Hettye Calloway formerly of
Giltner wrote as to her home
town. She got her information
from Messrs. J. M. Marshall,
Lon Derrick, and S. J.
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Your Income Tax
County Agent’s
Dates Next Week
P Two Deliverles Dally e
f . 5 a. m. and 5 p. ■. — j
Phone 153.
talked about voting bonds and other bad growing condi-
ers, firemen, and policemen is FOR RENT: Garage apartment,
pot, subject to Federal income Couple only. Mrs. F. E: Futrell.
( | . dm tax. Compensation received byPhone 27. ~ 288-d5p.
"» employees of a municipally — g--
ownedi waterworks or - running
railway or electric light plant "29 Buick Sedan for corn, cows,
is subject to Federal income hogs, horses or mules., Fred
tax, as such activities are pro- Johnston, Box 777, Gladewater,
prietary rather than govern- Texaa; 287-d»rlp.
mental .in character. HAVE clients who want to buy
Fees for special services to a farms. List what you have for
Austin.—Texas pecans are
the mst plentiful in hastpry—
and almost the lowest in price.
Because most pecan trees
is this state grow wild, no ex-
act figure is available on the
number of trees. Experts es-
timate there are from 80,000,-
900 to 100,000,000. Federal
crop authorities estimated 44,-
000,000 pounds were produced
from those trees in 1935.
Most of the pecan i trees in
Texas grow along th river
banks. Choicest pecans are
those cultivated in pvateor-
c hards, with the quality im-
proved through grafiting. Pe-
cans from such "improved"
trees total less than 5 per cent
of the state’s output. Drouth
Feb. 20, Thursday, 9400 a.
m., Mings Chapel,, /
Feb. 21, Friday, 9:0) a. m.,.
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Laschinger, Russell H. The Gilmer Daily Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 292, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1936, newspaper, February 14, 1936; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1440779/m1/3/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Upshur County Library.