Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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“Mt. PLEASANT IS A PLEASANT PLACE.*'
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VOLUME TEN
MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1929.
NUMBER 47
•wind CAUSES
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MUCH DAMAGE
Texan Captures
Big Sawfish Af-
ter Hour's Fight
ALL PARTS OF TEXAS VISITED
BY HARD STORMS
WEDNESDAY
Wednesday afternoon this section
was swept by a fierce windstorm that
did considerable damage to growing
crops and to other property all over
the county. There were no clouds
visible here while the wind was at
its highest, although in some parts
of the State heavy rains and hail fell.
Amarillo and the Panhandle section
report snow and sleet, with the ther-
mometer down to 42 degrees in places.
Crops in Marion County were de-
vastated, heavy hail accompanying
the wind. Other sections were also
badly hit.
All afternoon the wind was blow-
ing at a high velocity, and the at-
mosphere was filled with dust, caus-
ing old timers to recall the Galves-
ton flood, when similar conditions
prevailed in this section. Uneasiness
was universally expressed that there
was an awful storm in progress some-
where. The velocity of the wind at
Dallas was 67 miles per hour.
The temperature dropped from 93
degrees about noon to 48 during only
a short period of time, causing a rush
for heavy garments.
Port Arthur, Texas, May 1.—A life j
and death struggle between an eigh ,
teen-foot sawfish and a man whose i
only weapons were his bare hands i
was revealed Wednesday when the j
monster was placed on exhibition at
Sabine Pass, near here. j
Frank Attaway and A. T. Cushion,
were working at the beach Monday j
afternoon when they observed a huge
fish floundering in the shallow water
of the Gulf. Attdway decided to
“capture” the fish. When he was
within a few feet of the monster he
saw what it was, a monster sawfish,
who raised its four-foot saw-like nose
out of water and started for Atta-
way. Unable to escape, Attaway
grasped the saw and hung on for
dear life, realizing that if he once let
got of the bony spine with its three-
inch projecting needles would be ram-
med through his body.
After a struggle of nearly an hour,
Attaway maneuvered t’he monster in-
to shallow water, where Cushion tied
a rope around the saw, hooked the
other end of the rope to a truck and (
pulled the monster onto the beach. !
You can't feel dress-
ed up unless your
clothes are spot-
less.
Our Cleaning Ser-
vice is unexcelled.
THRASHER
FINE CLEANING
Phone 86
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Agua Prieta
Surrendered
To the Federals
Finds $175 Diamond
In Can of Salmon
Ashtabula, Ohio, May 1.—When
Mrs. Frank English of this city ep-
ened a can of salmon and dumped the
contents on a plate, she heard some-
thing rattle like a pebble, and search-
ing it out she found it was a dia-
mond.
A jeweler appraised the stone Wed-
nesday at $175.
SPEEDING LAW IS
BEING ENFORCED
; Douglas, Ariz., May 1.—The city
of Agua Prieta, Sonora, and 1,500
rebel soldiers were taken over by
Gen. Ignacio Flores in the name of
the Mexican Federal Government
Wednesday morning, following the
signing of an official agreement be-
tween represetatives of the two fac-
tions at the American custom house
here.
The agreement was reached after
a three-hour conference between Gen.
Antonio Medina, commanding the
rebels, and various consular and mil-
itary representatives of the Federal
Government, including Mexican Con-
sul Fernando Chacon at Naco and
Gen. Abelardo Rodriguez, Governor
of Baja California, who were consult-
ed by telephone.
i An early morning Federal bomb-
ing raid on Agua Prieta planned at
Naco, Sonora, was canceled and all
! Federal troop movements against the
I city were halted after the truce which
(guaranteed immunity to all soldiers
j and line officers of the revolutionary
armies.
TEXARKANA TO
SEND VISITORS
PARTY OF HUNDRED WILL VISIT
MT. PLEASANT FRIDAY,
MAY 10
Members of the American Legion
and Auxiliary are urged to be present
at the Legion Hall tonight at 7:30.
City officials have been pretty ac-
Bodies of 2 Fliers
Found in Australia
FIRE DAMAGES BIG
MILL AT MAUD
China’s first refrigerator cars have
been put in service on the railway be-j
tween Shanghai and Nanking.
A fire broke out in the big mill at
Maud Wednesday night, occasioning
a call for the Mt. Pleasant fire de-
partment. Owing to the high wind
and the fact that Maud is fifty miles
away. Mayor O’Tyson would not per-
mit the fire truck to leave town. The
Texarkana fire department sent some
assistance, but the mill was badly
damaged.
An Ohio man has invented automo-
bile bearings made of an alloy that he
claims can be lubricated with water.
Billiard cue tips that can be un-
screwed and placed where they cannot
be injured have been invented.
Rev. L. L. Loyd of Texarkana was
a visitor here Thursday.
tive recently in arresting speeders in
various parts of town. The city’s -
dockets show that quite a number Sidney, N. S. W., May 1*—The
have had to pay for violating this tragic aftermath of the search for
law. , the airplane Southern Cross was
—_ _________ closed Wednesday with the report
j from a land party of searchers that
The IT Cat her j the body of Robert Hitchcock had
- i been found under a wing of the air-
The weather for the past 24 hours ■ plane Kookaburra and the body of
according to readings made at 6:30: 1 Lieutenant Keith Anderson about 40
•- i yards away.
The land party was led by Lieu-
The third good will tour of the Tex-
arkana Manufacturers and Jobbers
Bureau will take a party of about a
hundred Texarkana people through
this section on Friday and Saturday,
May 10 and 11.
The party, which comprises about
75 business men, many of them be-
ing heads of large establishments,
will be accompanied by the House of
Luggage Band of 25 pieces, which
will lead a parade on the arrival of
the party at this place at about 10:50
o’clock, on Friday, May 10. They
i will remain here for lunch, leaving
about 12:30. During the time that
they are here the visitors will en-
deavor to strengthen the friendship
existing between the two towns by
calling at the .various business places
and renewing old acquaintances. They
are expected to render a program
, while here.
j The visitors will also spend fifteen
minutes in both Cookville and Win-
field, as well as at other places on
their wav to Greenville, where they
will spend the night. They are sche-
duled to arrive at Cookville at 10:20
a. m. and at Winfield at 12:50 p. m.
The good 'will party has already
visited a number of towns in Texas
and Arkansas, and has had large
crowds to hear the programs.
Maximum .................................... 93
Minimum ................................... 48
Temperature 6:30 .................... 48
Wind from ................................N'W
Atmosphere ............................Clear
TREAT FOR
EVERYONE
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tenant Eaton from Wave Hill in an
effort to solve the mystery of the
j fate of the two aviators, who had made
; a forced landing in the wild bush of
! Northern Territory while searching
1 for the then missing airplane South-
ern Cross and Captain Charles Kings-
ford-Smith.
FORMER RESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT OF
CLASS IN LAW SCHOOL
( harles Dennison Mercer, former
Mt. Pleasant man, has been chosen
vice president of the junior class at
the Tulsa, Oklahoma Law School, and
was the principal speaker at a San
Jacinto Day dinner held by two clubs
of former Texans. He is vice presi-
dent of the Texas Club of that city.
When closed
mounted
vanity case to be
on an automobile steering
, wheel serves as a horn button.
MUSIC CLUB WILL
PRESENT MINSTREL
1 The Euterpean Club will present a
The ninth international tobacco ]og cabin minstrel‘at the auditorium
trade exhibition and congress will be of the Wost War{, schoo, ncxt Tue,
held in London in September. i c)ay nig-v,t
Miss Leona Landry of Port Arthur
1 is a guest of Miss Thelma Duffell.
Mrs. J. D. Strother and children
spent Thursday in Texarkana.
Tickets for the Father and Son
banquet, which is a part of the Boys’
Week program, can be obtained at
Wilhite-Porter Drug Store.
2 FOR 1 sale;
IT’S HOT—RED HOT
GOING FAST
COkE IN AND GET YOURS!
2 Tooth Paste............................50c
2 Tooth Brushes ....................50c
6 cakes Soap ............................39c
2 Face Powder ........................50c
2 Almond Cream ....................50c
2 Shaving Cream ....................50c
12 big cakes soap, in colors. 89c
2 Perfumes..... $1.00
Beautiful Rubber Aprons, Pastel Shades, 29c, 3 for
Bathing Caps, 23c to..............
Baby Pants, 23c, 3 for ...
Only 2 More Days
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1929, newspaper, May 2, 1929; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth784917/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.