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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1915
Page
3
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Local banks closed Wednesday in observance of San Jacinto Day commemorating Texans defeating Mexico, capturing Santa Anna, and earning the nickname Napoleon of the West.
S. E. Jones visited Celina to see his son Robert who recently became manager of Dyer & Jones drug store there. They discussed good roads under construction with macadamized surfaces and grading that resembles railroad work, leaving the surface dry and elevated.
W C Cook, newly elected alderman, showcases a Jersey herd with a cow and three calves born since May, plus strong milk and butter records. Bethel school ends a profitable six month term with an all day picnic at Blanton's grove. Whitewright boys lose a baseball battle 10 to 9 as Bethel claims two home runs off Herman Denton.
Citizens gathered at city hall Tuesday to advance a plan to fund a permanent Carlisle school. About forty of fifty $100 scholarships have been sold to repair school property, with Prof. Speer of Greenville and Prof. J. S. Carlisle of Denton set to join Col. J. M. Carlisle in building a substantial private school.
A group led by Bob Noris Ed Alexander Claude Alexander Pete Jarvis Dug Pippin Mr Warren and the Wright brothers finished multiple miles of road improvement south of town. They graded the highway from Davis Cowart's east along the county line to the Cotton Belt railroad and west to Mrs W T Sears farm using a ditcher and grader. The county line road received special attention after long neglect.
The Parent-Teachers Association postponed its Tuesday meeting to Saturday and elected new officers for the term at the public school library. Miss Kate Harper died suddenly at seventy-seven from heart trouble and was buried at Blanton cemetery. The Whitewright Sun comments on a Denison Herald report about good roads advocates, defending neighboring towns and expressing hopes for better communication and visitor ties.
The three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Jared of the Harper farm east of town died last Thursday night from diphtheria. The burial occurred Friday afternoon at Bianton cemetery with Rev. P. C. Archer conducting the funeral service.
Mr Sid J Robinson writes from Sherman that he has purchased the Snell photo studio of that city and will move it to Whitewright. He has leased quarters in the May building and rented a cottage from Lucian Andrews in West Whitewright. He expects to arrive with his family about next Tuesday.
On Thursday night May 6 at the high school auditorium the Central Christian Church ladies will stage a miscellaneous program of dialect sketches and a reading from People’s popular play The Littlest Rebel featuring Clyde Reeves Brodhead.
The church invites all to 11 a m preaching by the pastor. On May 9th, the second Sunday next month, services will continue daily for about ten days or two weeks led by two consecrated women Miss Tina Tucker and sister from Florida. Further notices will follow.
Marshal J.T. Roserts warns residents to keep their stock up at night to avoid capture and pound fees. Acknowledges complaints about stock running late and states livestock found at large in the city will be taken up and impounded.
Public sale for cash of the Walnut Grove School property set for Friday afternoon April 30 at 20 oclock. Highest bidder to be announced. Auction held at the school site as part of the local property disposition.
Corn for sale sound and clean at 95 cents per bushel with no dust or smut. Also millet hay offered at 14 dollars per ton and one car of Johnson. Sam Stateville is located 2 miles south of Orangeville.
Katy agent L C Cottington will depart Saturday for St Thomas Ontario and is expected to return to Whitewright in a few days with his family accompanying him.
A Robinson Mississippi reader, Mrs M A Bridges, reports better health after ten months on Foley Kidney Pills. She says at 61 she feels like a 16 year old girl and credits the pills with invigorating weakened kidneys and easing backache rheumatism and bladder trouble. Sold by Kirkpatrick Bryant.
Advertises Sloan's Liniment as a fast remedy for rheumatism and joint pain. It promises near instant relief from cold related aches, lumbago, sciatica, and swollen joints and urges keeping a bottle at home. A money back guarantee is claimed if not satisfied.
Readers are urged to mail five cents to Foley & Co of Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Sold by Kirkpatrick and Bryant.
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