Mrs Jennie Jones Dies in Whitewright Community
Mrs Jennie Jones longtime Whitewright resident and widow of Rev R F Jones died at 9 30 PM Monday April 21 1924 at her East Whitewright home She leaves children grandchildren and great grandchildren A pioneer citizen cherished by both black and white relatives and friends Her funeral was held at the Presbyterian Church and burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery
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Jennie Jones
City of
Whitewright
City of God
East Whitewright
Jennie
R. F. Jones
North
Texas
Belle Huddleston
Presbyterian Church
J. F. Fender
W. A. Kirkpatrick
W. A. Stuckey
Oak Hill Cemetery
Son of Mrs C J Pace Buried at Dallas
Joseph Thomas Pace aged 40 died at 5 p m Sunday April 20 after a three week illness at Oaklawn Sanitarium Dallas. Funeral services were held at a Oak Cliff Presbyterian church and he was buried in Oak Cliff Cemetery. The T E L Sunday school class and the boys football club sent floral offerings. His mother Mrs C F Pace and brothers Clarence Roscoe John and George Pace, with his wife nearby, mourn his loss. Pace was a former resident and student at Grayson College and a tailor by trade in Whitewright prior to moving to Dallas.
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Joseph Thomas Pace
Oaklawn
Dallas
Presbyterian
Oak Cliff
Tom Pace
C.F. Pace
Clarence
Roscoe
John
George Pace
Leonard
Whitewright
Tom Jace
Grayson College
W.W. M. Cox
Fifth Period Honor Roll Highlights Across Grades
School records list students with no absences or tardies for six weeks and those with high averages. Notable top scorers include Bonnie Whitworth Marie Church Van Vestal and J P Gordon with perfect or near perfect marks across grades. Principal H L Durham notes best grammar school and high school averages by J P Gordon and Bettie Lou McLean.
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Milly Earl Montgomery
Genevieve McNeilly
Bonnie Whitworth
Billy Morgan
C. W. Phillips
J. L. Smith
Maurine Pierce
Robert Long Bow
Fitz Bryant
Wayne Durham
Dick Montgomery
Billy White
Marie Church
Donald Hall
James Lindsey
Tom Lawson
Jack Montgomery
Alvin Worden
Clyde Johnson
Madge Sears
Elizabeth Love
Margaret Pierce
Una Mae Mangrum
Velma Bennett
Virginia McNeilly
S. T. Montgomery
Roger Holcomb
Charlie Clyde McLean
Earl Blanton
Jack Everheart
Eugene Hall
Katherine McNeilly
Frances Gillespie
Tom Everheart
J. P. Gordon
Vernon Gordon
Pirtle Humphries
Una Lee Hampton
Charlie Mayo
Guy Yowell
Milliard Mangrum
Grover B. Smith
Opal Cates
Ford Scott Vestal
Blanche Montgomery
Margaret Barbee
Laura Elizabeth Cantrell
Durelle Mangrum
Amazone May
Clyde Montgomery
Caroline Simmons
Allie Sue Mize
Marjorie Holland
Betty Lou McLean
Guy Stedham
John McMurry
Mae Moats
Margaret McMurry
Edward Ownby
Billy Russell
Mary Ryan
Billy Roberts
Vernon Recter
David Smith
Woodrow Belew
Elizabeth Gordon
Henrietta Jones
Norma Joe Mangrum
Mary Manual
Mary Frances Myrick
Emma Vestal
Mary Joe Sears
Frances Pope
Edna McMurry
Sarah Janway
Richard Pierce
W. T. Sears
Ross Wilson
Edison Vickery
Jack Bradley
Richard Williams
Sam Phillips
J. B. Cates
Carl Lankford
Joe Meador
Woodrow Nelson
Naomi Fox
John D. Blanks
Ruth Gosnell
Aubrey Tuck
Watt Ownby
Frances Bryant
Marian Louise Craig
Oleta Chambers
Mildred Harp
Mozella Looney
Myra Nell Vestal
Lloyd Stowers
Lester Martin
Everett Turner
Mary Gee Wood
Laurence Rhody
J. H. Smith
Beatrice Maynard
Johnnie V. Dossey
Eva Jane Skaggs
Ouida Nell Harris
Margaret Sears
Raymond Cates
Guy Anderson
Mary Lee Andrews
Babe Nell Penn
Jane B. Vickery
Mordell Pumphrey
Jack Bogle
Alma Joe Roberts
Martha Joe Sears
Mildred Coffman
Paul Ryan
Gladys Roberts
Marie McCoy
Anna Belle Stephens
Coy Wrenn
Mary Pumphrey
Ona Belle Hampton
Edwin Savage
Gladys Smith
Clemmer Coggins
Robert Cantrell
Eula Ferrill
Joe Hestand
Beatrice Bennett
Margaret Everheart
Harold Key
Powell Key
Grace Vestal
Vernon Rector
van Vestal
Bettie Lou McLean
H. L. Durham
Woman Beaten to Death With Pipe in Dalhart
Dalhart Texas April 21 Mrs N F Beddingfield widow was murdered at her brother J R Jenkins home Sunday afternoon by unidentified attackers. A three foot iron pipe was used and valuables remained untouched. She leaves three brothers J R Jenkins Lon Jenkins prominent cattlemen and C H Jenkins Austin legislative committee chair.
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Dalhart
Texas
Sun Office Sells Office Paper Supplies
Adding machine paper typewriter paper and carbon paper are available at Sun office for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Office
Stuteville Wins in District Meet Race
In Sherman last Saturday five counties competed in the interscholastic league district events. Gray son County teams from Sherman, Denison and Whitewright led the Class A division with the highest combined score. Stateville of Whitewright took the Floyd Thompson cup for the 220 yard dash and placed second in the 100 yard dash. Leon Bennett claimed pole vault second place. Mary Pumphrey tied for first in a prolonged Class A junior spelling finals against Jodie Hassell of High Prairie. the two-hour contest ended in a tie.
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Sherman
Whitewright
Sherman Press
Grayson County
Denison
Overton Stateville
Floyd Thompson
Thaw Declared Sane by Jury After Seven Hour Deliberation
In Philadelphia on April 22 Harry K Thaw was ruled sane by a jury hearing his mental condition. The panel found him capable of managing his estate after seven hours of deliberation. Attorney for Eve lyn Nesbit Thaws ex wife signaled a possible motion for retrial.
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Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
William A. Gray
Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw
Lynch Davidson to Speak in Whitewright Wednesday
Lynch Davidson, lumberman, senator and former lieutenant governor, candidate for governor, will address a crowd in Whitewright next Wednesday at 2 p m. He travels by flivver and urges voters to hear his campaign issues in the warmed up race.
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Lynch Davidson
Whitewright
LaFollette to Head Independent Third Party Nomination
Plans for an independent third party headed by Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin have been formed by progressive senators. LaFollette will run for president in November, with an official announcement after the Republican convention in Cleveland on June 10. A Sunday meeting at LaFollette's home included senators Ladd Franzier Brookhart Norris Johnson Shipstead Wheeler Dill and others.
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Washington
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Cleveland
Ladd and Franzier
North Dakota
Brookhart
Iowa
Norris
Nebraska
Johnson and Shipstead
Minnesota
Farmer-Labor
Wheeler
Montana
Dill
Telegraph operator in state reports ill 92 year old grandfather
W. J. Bryan, a Katy telegraph operator, received a Wednesday telegram saying his grandfather F. W. Bryan of Pottsville is seriously ill. The elder Bryan is 92 and recovery is unlikely.
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W. J. Bryan
Katy
F. W. Bryan
Pottsville
Mr. Bryan
James Malone Carter Claimed By Death
James Malone Carter, a pioneer resident of the Whitewright area, died at 8 45 Monday morning after two weeks at St Vincent s Sanitarium Sherman following an operation. He was 68. Surviving are his children Dr Wilbur Carter Sherman Raymond Carter Gunter and Mrs Elliott Thomas Tom Bean. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church with burial in City Cemetery East White.
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James Malone Carter
St. Vincent’s Sanitarium
Sherman
Mr. Carter
Texas
Tennessee
Bonham
Whitewright
S. H. Montgomery
Robert Montgomery
Mae Manning
Jacksonville
Fla
Wilbur Carter
Raymond Carter
Gunter
Elliott Thomas
Tom Bean
Carter
West Spruce Street
Thomas
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Stuckey
J. F. Fender
Joe Nicholson
East Whitewright
Fred W. Davis Seeks Democratic U.S. Senate Nomination
Former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Fred W. Davis announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. He was endorsed by the Farm Labor conference in Dallas on March 3 and advocates decentralized government accountable to the people. Davis vows a campaign free of factional bitterness and aims for political cleanliness.
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Austin
Fred W. Davis
Commissioner of Agriculture of
Texas
United States
Farm Labor
Dallas
Davis
Cotton Belt Railway Sets $9.85 Round Trip to Confederate Veterans Meet
Judge J. P. Leslie of Sherman reports the Cotton Belt Railway arranged a $9.85 certificate rate for Sherman to the United Confederate Veterans annual meeting in Memphis Tennessee from June 4 to 6. Tickets go on sale June 1 through 4.
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J. P. Leslie
Sherman
Cotton Belt Railway
The
United Confederate Veterans
Memphis
Tenn
Whitewright Lineman Killed By 2300-Volt Line
P B Miller a lineman for Whitewright Electric Company was instantly killed at 3 25 pm Monday after contact with a 2300 volt circuit on 8 Bond street. He died after his shoulder touched a live wire while working alone, survived by a widow and baby daughter. The American Legion conducted military funeral rites at City Cemetery with Reverend G M McNeilly presiding.
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P. B. Miller
Whitewright Electric Company
Bond Street
Kazy
Mr. Brodhead
Miller
Trenton
South Bend Street
Bogota
Texas
George Head
Mt. Pleasant
John Miller
Mt. Vernon
George
Fort Worth
Frank
Andy
Johnston
J. F. Miller
Sherman
France
American Legion
G. M. McNeilly
Baptist Church
McNeilly
Epworth League Plans Open Rally and Union
On Sunday April 27 the Senior Epworth League of the Methodist Church will host a large rally to set attendance records. Bells and Bailey Leagues invited to join. Events begin at 4 pm with a new Epworth League Union, 5:30 pm supper, and at 7:30 pm a Whitewright League sketch A Morning in the Wesley House.
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Epworth League
Methodist Church
Epworth League of
Bells and Bailey
Sherman
Church Lawn
Whitewright Epworth League
Wesley House
Ben Sturdivant
Sue McConnell
Whitewright tops Trenton in 5–0 baseball victory
Whitewright High School defeated Trenton High School 5 to 0 on the local diamond Wednesday afternoon. Tom Bean High School visits Friday to face the W. H. S. team, a matchup noted for Tom Bean’s strong squad.
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Whitewright
Trenton
Tom Bean
W. H
Trades Day Crowds Exceed Expectations in Whitewright
Whitewright hosted a successful third Monday trades day with visitors from Sherman Greenville Leonard Bonham Honey Grove and surrounding areas. Jockey yard planned for next event. Farm Club Boy judging praised with cash prizes and a Sherman Whitewright high school ball game capped the day.
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Whitewright
Texas
Sherman
Greenville
Leonard
Bonham
Honey Grove
B. H. Little
O. L. Lankster
Arthur O’mary
Ben Baker
Frank Tarver
Whittle
Farm Club Boys and Vocational Club
San Jacinto
Grammar School
Supt. H. L. Durham
C. C. Morris
C. C. Willis
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Club
Vernon Gordon
Tom Everheart
Austin Bailey
Weldon Wilson
Kern McFatridge
Jack Bogle
Noel Grammer
Kermit Hollingsworth
Edward Webster
Lester Short
Ernest Parson
Houston Young
Aubrey Hansard
Maurice Hansard
Jack Everheart
Sherman High School
Whitewright High School
Cotton Belt Station
Dark horse needed to keep things hidden
The Windsor Border Cities Star notes a need for a discreet dark horse candidate. Sun “want ads” are cited as effective for results in matching elusive prospects.
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Windsor
Cities
Sun
Man Dies After Grass Mowing Fall In Bowie
Bowie April 22 R G Stephens son 39 a telegraph operator for Fort Worth Denver in Bowie for twelve years fell dizzy while mowing grass Monday night near sundown. He was carried indoors by neighbors and did not regain consciousness before death.
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Bowie
R. G. Stephenson
Fort Worth & Denver
Adding machine paper for sale at The Sun office
The Sun advertises adding machine paper for sale at the office price two rolls for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
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C. J. Pace
SAP
Stuteville
LA Follette
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