Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 129, Ed. 1 Monday, August 29, 1932 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME THIRTEEN
MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1932.
NUMBER 129
Heavy Vote Is
Also Cast For
Runoff Primary
Contrary to expectations of many,
the second primary, held Saturday,
attracted almost as many voters as
did the first primary on July 23. Ov-
er thirty-six hundred votes were cast
in the county on both occasions.
The closest race for county office
was that of Sheriff, which was con-
tested for by Q. C. Gaddis, incumbent,
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ODinfon
Vitaphone Acts
Added
Tuesday - Wednseday
HE
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OUT
ON
HIS
HONEYMOON
because his wife was too busy to
be a Wife!
For intimate details see......
Fire Destroys
Vacant House
Saturday Nite
Fire totally destroyed the old John-
ston residence in North Mt. Pleasant
at 1:30 o’clock Saturday night. The
property was owned by W. N. Gann,
and was not occupied at the time. It
was located on the corner of High-
ways No. One and 49.
When the alarm was turned in, the
fire had already gained such headway j
that the roof was falling in. The fire |
truck hurried to the scene, but a3
there is no water plug for a long dis-
tance, it was impossible to save the
structure, so it burned entirely to the
ground, only the brick chimney re-
maining standing.
Three filling stations nearby were
endangered for a while, but none wa3
damaged.
Death of Mrs M.
C. Traylor Takes
Place on Sunday
and Sam T. Smith, who was defeated
for his second term two years ago.
Mr. Smith won by a majority of 47
votes.
Geo» W. McLemore defeated Rev.
J. D. McClung for the office of
Treasurer by 402 votes.
For Public Weigher Precincts 1, 4, 5,
6 and 7; Fred Traylor led M. O. Combs
217.
R. W. Blankenship won for Com-
missioner Precinct One by 174 over
H. A. Willson.
Frank Mankin defeated Aubrey Red-
fearn for Constable Precinct One by a
margin of 16, with 1,888 cast in this
race.
Full returns have not been received
in the race for Commisisoner Precincts
2, 6 ad 8, but it was reported here
that R. L. Thomas had won over W.
W. Mason by a small majority.
For District Judge, I. N. Williams
had a large lead over Claude Hutch-
ings. In this county, the home of
both candidates, Williams led by
1,671, he receiving 2627 to 956 for
Hutchings The vote was close in
Franklin County, Hutchings leading
by 6 votes, he receiving 1,032 to 1,026
for Williams. Their vote in other
counties is as follows: Morris Coun-
ty—Williams 1,194, Hutchings 482.
Camp County—Williams 1,160, Hutch-
ings 582. Marion County—Williams
513, Hutchings 502. Total—Williams
6,520, Hutchings 3,554.
Traylor Russell won the nomination
for for Representative for the 35th
District by 310 votes over John B
Stephens. Their vote was as follows:
Stephens—Titus County 1,871, Mor-
ris County 525, total 2,396. Russell
—Titus County 1,635, Moi’ris County
1,071, total 2,706.
The vote for Governor is the closest
that this State has ever known, radio
reports shortly after noon giving
Sterling a lead over Mrs. Ferguson
by a little over three thousand, with
a number of counties incomplete. An
official count will probably be neces-
.sary to definitely know who has won. j estimated loss
The death of Mrs. Mary C. Traylor,
oldest resident of the southwest part
of the county, occurred Sunday af-
ternoon at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. W. S. Lee, near Monticello.
Mrs. Traylor was a pioner teacher
of this part of the State, and had lived
in Titus County for about seventy
years, coming to this section from
Arkansas shortly after the Civil War.
She was almost 86 years of age at the
time of her death, which was due pri-
marily to the infirmities of old age.
Deceased is survived by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lee, and two brothers, J. A.
Boyce of Abilene and G. W. Boyce
of Merkel. She also leaves nine
grand-children and fourteen great-
gradchildren to mourn her passing.
Funeral services look place Muiiday
afternoon at Hopewell, in Franklin
County, under the direction of Rev.
J. O. Irby and Rev. I. E. Driggers.
Three Are Killed
When Auto Runs
Into Big Truck
Badly Burned
By High Voltage
Wire On Sunday
Millard McClinton and A. D. Trew
were badly burned Sunday afternoon
at 6:45 o’clock when Mr. McClinton
put a screwdriver against a wire car-
rying 2,300 volts.
The accident occurred at the plant
of the Southwestern Gas & Electric
Company, where both men are em-
ployed. A piece of machinery failed
to operate properly and Mr. Trew and
Tom Berry, another employe, were un-
able to repair it, so they sent for Mr.
McClinton, who is the local lineman
and electrician.
Before going to work on the wiring,
Mr. McClinton instructed the switch
which connects the machine to the
power line to be opened, and Mr. Ber-
ry is said to have gone to the switch
box for the purpose of cutting off
the power. Owing to a recent change
in wiring, he opened the wrong switch,
and when Mr. McClinton touched a
screw of the motor on the machine
with his screwdriver he received the
full force of the 2,300 volts. Mr.
Trew, who was standing by his side,
was also a victim of the shock. The
rubber mat is said to have been all
fact that- hath men were standing on a
that saved them from instant death.
Mr. McClinton was horribly burned
on both arms and both legs, and also
sustained painful burns about the face
and on his body. His condition is said
to be serious, but he has a good chance
of recovery, as the burns are not deep,
i Mr. Trew sustained painful burns on
i the hands and face.
Season Is Ended
With Defeat of
Sulphur Springs
The season of the East Texas Am-
ateur Baseball League was brought to
a close Sunday when the Mt. Pleas-
ant team easily defeated Sulphur
Springs at the Fair Park by a score
of 19 to 8, the visitors getting all of
their runs jn the second inning largely
as a result of errors and misjudging
of fly balls.
It was announcer at this game that
the play-off for the championship of
the League will be between these
same two teams, beginning on Tues-
day afternoon with the first game to
be played at Sulphur Springs.
The box score for Sunday’s game
Beaumont. Texas. Aug. 28.—Three,
persons were killed and four injured
when a speeding sedan sideswiped a
large loaded cotton truck on the out
skirts of Kirbyville at 1:30 o’clock
Sunday morning and was demolished.
The dead:
Marvin Choate of Wiergate, frac-
tured skull and broken neck; Pat
Keller of Wiergate, fractured skull
and broken neck; Miss Louise Mont-
gomery of Burkeville, fractured skull.
Miss Bernice Sutton of Hemphill
was seriously cut and bruised but is
expected to recover. Miss Adeil
Montgomery, sister of the dead girl,
and James Dudley were cut and bruis-
ed, not seriously. All were occupants
of the sedan. Odis Loggins of Call
Junction, who was standing on the
running board of the truck, sustained
a sprained ankle. Earl Ellis, driver
of the truck, was unhurt.
GERMAN YOUTH DIES
IN TEXAS AUTO CRASH
Tyler, Texas, Aug. 28.—Fritz Man-
gus, 24, a German youth whose father
sent him to Texas to learn the oil bu-
siness at first hand, was fatally in-
jui’ed Saturday night in a automo-
bile collision near Troup.
His father is an official in the Ger-
man offices of an American company.
Mangus’ body will be taken to Ger-
many to be buried there.
is as follows:
Sulphur Springs
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Romack, ss .........
.....5
1
0
0
5
1
DeFord, c ...........
.....3
1
1
4
0
0
Orr, 3b-p .............
.....5
1
2
3
1
0
Carter, cf ...........
.....4
1
3
2
0
1
Junell, If .............
.....5
0
1
0
0
0
Morgan ,rf-p .......
....5
1
2
0
0
0
Sapaugh, 2b-p .....
.....3
1
0
3
6
2
Prim, lb ...............
.....4
1
1
12
0
0
Moore, p-rf...........
.....4
1
1
0
0
0
xBridges ...............
. ...1
0
0
0
0
0
—
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—
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39
8
11
24
12
4
Mt .Pleasant—
Pettigrew, 2b.......
...5
0
0
1
2
0
M. Coffey* ss .....
.....6
2
2
2
3
0
Brown, cf ...........
.....5
3
3
1
0
1
Black, cf .............
..:..i
0
0
1
0
0
Campbell, 3b .......
...6
3
4
1
1
0
E. Coffey, rf.........
.....1
0
1
1
0
0
Hoffmann, If .......
...6
1-
1
2
0
l
Morrow, lb .........
.....5
3
2
6
0
0
Rolston, c ...........
.....5
3
4
10
0
1
Cross, p ...............
.....0
0
0
0
0
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Sellers,' p .............
...5
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19
20
27
6
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xBridges batted for Carter in 9th.
Sulphur Springs ........080 000 000— 8
! Mt. Pleasant ..............260 004 61x—19
J Home runs—Campbell, Newman,
, Rolston, Sellers. Doubles—Orr, Mor-
gan 2, Coffey, Brown, Morrow and
Rolston.
Misses Irma and Lelda Cargile re
turned home Friday from Denton,
where they have been attending North
Texas State Teachers College this
Summer.
J. M. Badt returned Sunday from a
two months’ visit with his son, Com-
! mander Harry Badt, and family in
Annapolis, Mr.
GUESTS FLEE AS HOTEL
AT WASKOM BURNS
Dick Presley returned Friday from
Austin, where he has been attending
the University this Summer.
Forgery losses in 1928 were esti-
mated to be $200,000,000.
The Weather
The weather for the past 24 hours
according to readings mrde at 6:30:
Maximum .................................... 99
Minimum .................................... 72
Temperature 6:30 .................... 75
Wind from ................................ S
Sky ..........................Partly Cloudy
Waskom, Texas, Aug. 28.—Raging
for three hours, a fire in the business
district of Waskom was finally
brought under control at 1:15 a. tin.
Sunday, after it had leveled a two-
story hotel and a railroad section-
house and caused considerable dam-
age to a grocery store stock. The
was approximately
Judge Johnson of Bowie County $40,000.
won the office of Chief Justice of the! Buildings destroyed were the Clark
Court of Civil Appeals by a good ma- j Hotel, from which six guests were
jority over Ed Rabb of Cass County, forced to flee, and the Texas & Pacific
Full returns have not been determined ; section house .occupied by W. C.
in this race. i Rourch, railway foreman, and family.
- —— | The loss incurred by Mr. Clark was
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Goates and said to have been virtually $35,000, a
daughters, Misses,Eunice and Florene, small portion of which was covered
and Mr. and Mrs. Odus Jackson and by insurance. The amount of the
D. E. Bragg spent Friday in Green- damage to the section-house was not
with
>RETTA YOUNG, NORMAN
OSTER and GEORGE BRENT
ville.
revealed.
VITAPHONE ACTS ADDED
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Montgomery,1 Mrs. Donald Brin and baby of Dal-
Mrs. J. S. Matthews and daughter, las are spending the week with her
Miss Ruth, left Sunday for a week's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Badt.
visit in West Texas and points in New • -
Mexico. Try • Daily atom warn flL
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 129, Ed. 1 Monday, August 29, 1932, newspaper, August 29, 1932; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth784607/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.