Texas Sees Cotton Crop Reach Twelve Year High
The Crop Reporting Board projects a 4,450,000 bale Texas cotton harvest as of Aug 1, the largest in twelve years, with above average production across all regions and lint yield near the 1912 peak at about 210 pounds per acre.
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Austin
Texas
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
High Plains
Trans-Pecos
United States Department of Agriculture
16 Year Old Minister Will Attend Baylor
The Rev. Hubert Long, licensed to preach at fourteen, plans to enroll at Baylor University in Waco for a four year ministerial course. He graduated from Howe High School as senior class president and yearbook editor, starred in football, and for two years preached youth revivals in Grayson County and West Texas. He was named pastor of Antioch Church near Bells after ordination and recently led a revival at his grandfather's Sulphur Springs church.
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Howe
Hubert Long
Baylor University
Waco
Long
Howe High School
Grayson County
West Texas
Antioch Church
Bells
Sulphur Springs
H. R. Long
Texas
Bonham Man Lone Survivor On Adrift Raft
Bonham corporal Paul L. Neely one of three Camp Cooke men swept to sea while fishing at weekend shore. He drifted on a nearly deflated raft and was rescued Monday by the steamer China Transport in unconscious but revived condition. Two companions Sgt James E Agee and Cpl Howard M Dunn were missing after a failed attempt to reach Santa Cruz Island. Dunn presumed drowned while Agee disappeared during exhaustion and exposure on the open sea. Coast Guard crews search for the missing men as Neely recovers at Long Beach Naval Hospital.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Paul L. Neely
Bonham
China Transport
Camp Cooke
James E. Agee
Howard M. Dunn
Neely
Santa Cruz
Dunn
Agee
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Coast Guard
Irate motorist fists parking meter in Cleburne clash
A Cleburne man was fined 25 dollars after attacking a newly installed parking meter. Police said he struck the meter with his fists when a nickel failed to trigger overtime indication and the red flag did not appear. The meter was loosened from its mount.
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Cleburne
First Bale Ginned in Fannin County
BONHAM Texas C R Witherspoon of Ector brought in Fannin County's first 1949 bale of cotton. He ginned 1 435 pounds of seed cotton from twelve acres to a 545 pound bale sold to John Arledge for 3 1 2 cents per pound. The Bonham Chamber of Commerce offered a 75 dollar cash prize. He also ginned a second bale Tuesday afternoon.
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Bonham
C. R. Witherspoon
Ector
Fannin County
Witherspoon
John Arledge
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
For Sale and Rent Ads From Whitewright Area
Want ads list items for sale and rent including Preway oil cook stove nearly new by Beulah Sanders. Electric wiring supplies from Johnson Jewelry & Appliance. Two clean modern farms for rent on good roads. Bab Cock Auto Store offers Babelene Widdlub grease at discounted price. Five room house in Northwest Whitewright occupied by Bill White listed by J. P. Harper. Three room unfurnished apartment rental by Mrs. Eddie Montgomery.
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Beulah Sanders
Whitewright
Babelene Widdlub
Babcock Auto Store
Bill White
J. P. Harper
Eddie Montgomery
Ernest Smith
Allen T. Short
Hannah
Sun
Thor
Dawson Butane
First Methodist Church
Craig's
E. F. Everheart
Om Barbee
Bath
Thrift
Spruce Street
Carl Holland
Hardwick
Farmall
John Deere
Flowers
Flowers of Sherman
Carl May
J. I. Leard
C. B. Bryant Place
A. R. McMurry
East Whitewright
Lucian Jones Place
C. J. Meador Truck & Tractor Co
A. L. Winkle
Route 2
Home Demonstration Club
Lee Norris
Auto Finance Co
W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Bed Not Coffee for Sleepyhead
The piece argues against using coffee to combat fatigue and urges proper sleep to restore rest. It warns that overfatigue, not coffee, causes sleep difficulty and recommends a good bed and gradual relaxation to recover. It also promotes printing services from The Sun.
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the Sun
Childress Pharmacy
Cardus
Sleepyhead
The
Thermos
Sherwin-Williams
REA
Ivory
Romex
America
SWP
Enamelo
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