Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 135, Ed. 1 Monday, August 21, 1933 Page: 1 of 3
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VOLUME FOURTEEN
Boy Scouts Leave
Monday For Week‘s
Camp in Arkansas
Fourteen members of Troops 1 and
2 of the Boy Scouts left Monday
morning for Camp Pioneer, near Pot-
ter, Ark., where they will spend the
rest of the week.
The Camp is operated by the Tex-
Ark Council, under the supervision
of Geo. W. Powell, Scout Executive,
of Texarkana. The boys will be un-
der the direction of A. B. Gilpin, who
was accompanied by Mrs. Gilpin and
children for a visit with friends in
Mena.
The boys making the trip are Al-
ton Kay, Elton Harper, Ells Schmid,
Jimmy Sexton, Jack Kay, Leland
Auvenshine, Charles Brock, Jack
Morgan, Eldon Schmid, S. H. Sparg-
er Jr., Bernice Morgan, Buck’ey
King, Bill Hamilton, and Gene Gil-
pin.
MARRIED AT TEXARKANA
SATURDAY NIGHT
Mr. Alvis Gaddis of this city and
Miss Lorene Brown of Mt. Vernon
drove to Texarkana Saturday night
and were quietly marhied at that
place. The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Q. C. Gaddis, and has been one
of the teachers and athletic coach of
the Collinsville school for several
years. His bride is a member of a
prominent Mt. Vernon family. They
have many friends in both places to
wish them every happiness.
AGAIN TODAY
‘Private Detective 62’
with
William Powell
MARGARET LINDSAY
Tomorrow & Wed.
JAMES
Cagney
in
“THE MAYOR
OF HELL”
Now see Warner Bros, tear the
taboo from another forbidden
theme.
. . A story more powerful than “I
Am a Fugitive." ....
Cagney letting go with everything
he’s got as a BIG BROTHER OF
TODAY’S WILD YOUTH,
with
MADGE EVANS
ARTHUR BYRON
ALLEN JENKINS
DUDLEY IHGGES
and 500 of the screen’s Greatest.
Comedy "Ain’t She Sweet” and
“Over Jumps’’
Titus County—Center of the Best Dairy and Poultry Section of Texas
MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1933.
_______!■!■■' ................... .............. —
Reunion Combs
Family is Held
Here on Sunday
Dr. Pepper Team
From Dallas Wins
Off Locals Sunday
NUMBER 135
Negro Is Killed
By Another With
Pistol Sunday
A reunion of the members of the
family of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Combs
was held at their home in the north
part of town Sunday, with an atten-
dance of over sixty present for a big
feast, which was held under the trees
on the premises at noon.
This estimable couple have four
sons and three daughters and they,
with all of the members of their
families, were present for the occa-
sion, with four generations in at-
tendance.
There were fifty-three members of
the Combs family present, the only
absentee being Luther Swinney of
Linden, husband of a grand-daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Combs.
Those of the family in attendance
were as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wray of Lin-
den; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wray and
baby of Dallas; Oza Wray, Washing-
ton, D. C.; Earl Wray, Mr. and Mrs.
Connie Doss, Mrs. Luther Swinney,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Grigsby, Ray-
mond, Willie Mae and J. T. Wray, all
of Linden.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Combs, Odric,
James and Jewell Combs Jr., of Dal-
las.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Rogers, Eloise,
Blanche, J. D., Robert, Opal, A. H.
Jr., Aubrey, Janie Dell and Irvin
Rogers of Greenville.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jackson, Mar-
vin and Tommie Gene Jackson of Ml.
Pleasant.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Combs, Dorothy
and C. C. Combs Jr., of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Combs, Der-
wood, Alice Gene, Edwin Glynn, Joe
Wayne, Fred and Lee Combs of Mar-
shall.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Combs, Miry
Helen and J. C. Combs, Jr., of Dal-
las.
Also Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lansdon
and daughter, Billie Ruth, of Dallas.
Mr. Lansdon, although not a mem-
ber of the family, was reared by Mr.
and Mrs. Combs.
Other invited guests present were
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lokey and Miss
Margaret Lokey, Mrs. M. L. Green,
Mrs. J. D. Wray, Mrs. Ida Holcomb,
J. D. Holcomb and Paul Riddle of Mt.
Pleasant, T<ee Smith of Cookville.
Mr. and Mrs. Quincy Harris and
Misses Ruby Shoulders and Isabel
Sheaffer of Dallas.
During the morning, the crowd as-
sembled for a photograph, when a
picture was taken of a group of
fifty-eight persons.
At noon, a bounteous repast was
served to the gathering, and the day
was spent very pleasantly by all the
members of the family in their first
gathering with ail present for many
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Combs moved to Mt.
Pleasant from Alabama on Decem-
ber 17, 1889, and have lived here al-
most continuously since that time.
They have the well wishes of many
friends throughout the county for
many more years of usefulness to
their community.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETING TONIGHT
All members of the Chamber of
Commerce are invited to attend the
regular weekly meeting tonight at
7:30 p’clock at th Chamber Cfmo-o
7:30 o’clock at the Chamber of Com-
merce offices.
Misses Eunice and Dorothy Goates
are spending the week in Dallas with
relatives.
Bites Man’S Ear
Entirely Off in
Fight Saturday
In a fight which occurred at the
rodeo at Pad’s Chapel Saturday af-
ternoon, Charley Phillips of that com-
munity sustained the loss of an ear.
The member was bitten entirely off
by a man from Red River County as
he and Mr. Phillips were settling an
argument in the old fashioned way.
The injured man came to Mt. Pleas”
ant carrying the car in his hand,
seeking to have it sewed on by a sur-
geon, but was told that it would be a
useless operation, as there could be
no hope of the grafting as being suc-
cessful.
Two Floors of
Courthouse At....
Linden Razed
Linden, Aug 20.—Fire breaking out
shortly before noon raged through
the two upper floors of the Cass
county courthouse here Saturday to
result in damages estimated at $20,-
000.
Originating near the roof on the
south side of the building the fire
spread rapidly across the roof and
through the two upper floors.
The grand jury and petit jury
rooms in the third floor were rav-
aged by the flames, and all of the
courtroom furnishings were de-
stroyed on the second floor. Other
offices damaged were those of the
district judge, the county attorney
and the justice of peace. The sher-
iff’s and assessor’s offices were not
damaged.
Court and county records were
saved. Temporary headquarters for
officials whose quarters were dam-
aged or destroyed were being estab-
lished on the first floor of the court-
house Saturday night.
The fire departments of Texar-
kana, Atlanta and Jefferson raced
to Linden and were able to bring
the fire under control despite the
limited water facilities. Water from
a nearby pond was pumped to the
fire.
Damlage inflicted by the flames
will be a complete loss since no fire
insurance was carried on the build-
ing. The building was supposedly
"fireproof,” but wooden joists in the
roof and the wooden furnishings
burned like tinder.
A concrete floor on the second!
floor was probably responsible to a
great extent in preventing the blaze
spreading to the first floor before
the fire departments arrived.
MASONIC NOTICE
Temple Lodge No. 70 will hold its
regular monthly meeting at the
Masonic Hall on Tuesday night, and
all members are urged to attend. E.
L. Riddle Jr., W. M.
Geo. Lilienstern and son, George
Jr., left Saturday afternoon on the
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
special train to spend a week in
Chicago attending the World’s Fair.
L. W. Cass went to Dallas Sunday
where he will undergo an operation
at Baylor Hospital. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Cass.
The fast Dr. Pepper baseball team
from Dallas “poured it on” the
Moonshiners to win by a score of 9
to 3 at the fair grounds park Sun-
day afternoon. The locals couldn’t
fathom the pitching of the visitors,
getting only six hits. Wright pitch-
ed good ball for Mt. Pleasant, but
en-ors gave his opponents too much
advantage.
The box score:
Dr. Pepper—
AB
R H
PO A E
Scott, If ..........
..... 5
2
2
2 0
0
Boyd, 2b ............
..... 5
2
2
4 3
0
Mimms, rf ......
..... 4
0
0
2 0
0
Williams, ss ....
..... 4
0
1
2 3
1
Rhoades, 3b ......
..... 4
1
0
1 1
0
Capps, lb ..........
..... 4
1
2
10 0
0
York, cf ............
..... 3
1
1
3 0
0
Randall, c ..........
..... 3
1
1
3 0
0
Lumpkin, p ......
..... 2
1
0
0 2
0
Ferguson, p ......
..... 1
0
0
0 2
0
Totals ................
.....36
9
9
27 11
1
Mt. Pleasant—
AB
R
H
PO A
E
Black, If ..........
..... 3
1
0
2 0
0
Morrow, lb ......
..... 4
1
1
10 0
2
Coffey, cc ...........
..... 4
0
1
2 3
0
Campbell, 3b ....
..... 4
0
0
2 2
o
Hoffman, cf ......
..... 4
0
2
3 0
1
Wilson, 2b ........
..... 3
0
0
1 1
1
Newman, rf .......
..... 4
0
1
1 1
0
Ralston, c ........
..... 3
0
0
6 1
0
Wright, p ..........
..... 3
1
1
0 3
0
Totals ...............
3
6
27 11
4
Dr. Pepper
.320
001
003—9
Mt. Pleasant
...000
000
030—3
Three base hits—Capps, Morrow,
Two base hits—Wright, Hoffman;
Double plays—Wright to Ralston to
Morrow; Wright to Coffey to Mor-
row; Williams to Boyd to Capps;
Struck out,, by Wright 5, Lumpkin 3.
FIRE DESTROYS NEGRO
HOUSE NEAR THE MILK
PLANT SUNDAY NIGHT
During the night Sunday, fire broke
out in a negro tenant house near the
milk plant. The blaze had gained
considerable headway before being
discovered, and the building was
practically destroyed. The fire de-
partment went to the scene, but was
unable to save the house, which was
owne by John Jones, operator of the
Jones Cafe for colored people.
Mrs. Geo. M. Roberts and son
George Jr., of Washington, D. C., are
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
Lindsay.
Sunday afternoon about 3 o’clock,
P. L. Ivory, colored •'was shot and
killed at the home of his cousin, Bus-
ter Ivory, who lives in the'south-
west part of town,
arrested on the charge of murder,
Sam Thomas, another negro, was
and his examining trial was held
Monday morning before Justice of
the Peace W. T. Ballard, and his bond
set at $4,000.
The negroes are said to have been
quarreling during the day, with both
threatening each other. Thomas owns
the place where Buster Ivory lives,
and when he walked across the place,
he and P. D. Ivory exchanged words,
and Thomas later went home and
came back to the Ivory house. P. D.
met him near a fence and another
argument was started, when Thomas
pulled a pistol and fired. The shot
passed through Ivory’s chest, and he
is said to have started to run, and
just as was climbing a wire fence,
he was struck by another bullet from
Thomas’ gun, which entered the right
arm, passed through the shoulder and
then struck him in the neck, which
was penetrated. Ivory ran a few
steps further, when he fell and died
in a few minutes.
MRS. NANCY PATRICK
IS BURIED MONDAY
IN MORRIS COUNTY
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Coffey and chil-
dren, Eugene, Marvin and Margaret,
went to Concord, in Morris County,
Monday morncing to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Coffey’s sister, Mrs.
Nancy Patrick, who died at her home
near Hays’ Johnson’s store in Morris
County at 10:15 o’clock Sunday night
after a long illness. Deceased was
52 years and 10 month of age at the
time of her death, which was due
to malaria.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M. Green left
Saturday for a two-week’s visit with
relatives in Ranger and Midland.
The Weather
The weather for the past 24 hours
according to readings made at 6:30:
Maximum ........................,...........91
Minimum ......................................72
Temp. 6:30 ..................................73
Wind ................................from SE
Sky ..........................Partly Cloudy
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 135, Ed. 1 Monday, August 21, 1933, newspaper, August 21, 1933; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth800199/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.