Whitewright Revival Set to Start August 15
J E Montgomery pastor of Central Christian Church announces a town revival beginning Sunday August 15 at 11 at the Central Christian Church. He urges every resident to join, join the choir and orchestra, and attend practices on Thursday at 8:15. The plan features a booster band for youths, a large open air opening night, and a focus on prayer and community uplift.
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God
Christ
Central Christian Church
Boosters
Bro
J. W. Beltinghouse
Texas
Bro. Beltinghouse
Texas Christian University
Yale University
Grammar School
Boltie
J. E. Montgomery
Revival Meeting At Belmont Presbyterian Church
The Sun notes a revival meeting at Belmont Presbyterian Church beginning Sunday August 29. Rev. R. E. Robinson will conduct the services.
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the Sun
Belmont Presbyterian Church
R. E. Robinson
Ferguson declares run off bid in defiant speech
Governor Miriam A Ferguson announces continued candidacy for governor in a statement from Austin on August 11. She accuses Attorney General Dan Moody of dodging a pledge to resign if she led by 25,000 votes, cites alleged Klan support for Moody, and urges voters to rally for a victory on August 28.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Dan Moody
Sulphur Springs
Ku Klux Klan
Moody
Ferguson
Lee Satterwhite
R. L. Bobbitt
Jim
Miriam
New R and R Theatre Opens Tuesday in Whitewright
The R and R Theatre near completion will debut next Tuesday with an open house at 7 30 pm. Louise Rowley manages the modern facility featuring a stage orchestra pit balcony two rest rooms and superior equipment. The opening program is announced as extra good but specifics were not disclosed. The building boasts decorated walls draperies special ventilation and cooling throughout the venue.
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R and R
Whitewright
Louise Rowley
Farmer Roots Chicken Thieves With Shotgun
A Sunday night raid on J. A. Harper's hen house ended with the thieves fleeing as Harper used a shotgun to confront them. The next day two sacks of chickens were found abandoned in a cotton field, indicating losses from the raid.
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J. A. Harper
Mr. Harper
West Texas trip notes from C. J. Meador
C. J. Meador's weeklong tour of the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico ended Monday. He traveled by automobile with Leon ard parties and shared West Texas insights through Claud, who has delivered several short talks since returning. The Sun declined a $25 per column request for an article, opting to produce cheaper coverage.
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Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Leonard
West Texas
Claud
West
the Sun
Rotary Guests Invited to Corpus Christi Port Opening
Members of the Rotary Club of Whitewright receive an invitation from the Corpus Christi Rotarians to attend the port opening celebration in Corpus Christi on September 14 and 15.
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Whitewright
Corpus Christi
M-Ps Win for Season By Six-Game Margin
The Sunday School League baseball season ends with the M-Ps clinching the title over the B-Cs by six games as the season closes early with six unplayed. The final game featured M-Ps 5, B-Cs 1, with strong hitting led by Booher and Bogle and solid pitching from Ross and Blanton.
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M-Ps
Robert M. Cantrell
Police Chiefs to Push Texas Driver Licensing Law
Fort Worth, Aug 11. Texas Police Chiefs Association plans a state licensing law for automobile drivers. Police Chief Henry Lee, chairman, says a teethful law will curb reckless driving and accidents. Draft due for approval at the El Paso meeting Aug 30 to Sept 1 before legislative submission.
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Texas
Texas Police Chiefs’ Association
Henry Lee
el Paso
Lee
Chief Lee
Kentucky Town Club Meeting Moved to Another Home
The Kentucky Town Club meeting set for Friday August 13 has been relocated from Mrs Ed Lankford’s home to Miss Viva Phillips’s home. Discussion topics include items of interest and all members are urged to attend.
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Ed Lankford
Viva Phillips
Mrs J H Graves Spends Week in Sulphur Oklahoma
Mrs J H Graves is spending the week in Sulphur Oklahoma visiting relatives and enjoying local sights and hospitality during a short trip.
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Mrs. J. H. Graves
Sulphur, Oklahoma
Motorman Killed as Axle Breaks on Sherman Line
Sherman, Aug 9. E F Bristow 45 interurban motorman died after a front axle broke causing a Texas Electric Railway car to leave the track one mile south of Van Alstyne. Bristow resident of Denison died from a heart impact trauma as the car struck telephone poles. Several Sherman passengers were injured including Mamie Taylor with a dislocated hip and bruises, Howard Potts with a fractured collar bone, W A Smith conductor with ankle injury, and Ben Rickey of Van Alstyne with three broken ribs.
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E. F. Bristow
Texas Electric Railway Company
van Alstyne
Bristow
Monterey Street
Denison
Mamie Taylor
Herschel McKinney
St. Vincent
Ben Rickey
Whitewright Schools Open September 15th
Whitewright Public Schools will open on September 15 according to Supt. Fred W. Smith. During the preceding week, September 6 to 10, the teachers' institute will be held. All faculty positions are filled except the English instructor in the High School, for which several applications have been received and will likely be filled soon.
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Whitewright
Fred W. Smith
Teachers’ Institute
Board of Education
Convention Call Issued by Eidson for Texas Democratic Convention
Arthur R. Eidson, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, issued the official notice for the Texas Democratic Convention. The gathering will be September 7, 1926, at the municipal auditorium in San Antonio, Bexar County. Secretary Richard T. Fleming cited legal ambiguity prompting the publication.
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Houston
Arthur R. Eidson
Hamilton
Democratic Executive Committee
Texas
Democratic Party
San Antonio
Bexar County
State
Richard T. Fleming
Bank Resources Show Big Increase in 7,978 Banks
Washington reports that the resources of 7,978 reporting national banks in the United States, Alaska, and Hawaii reached $255,315,624,000 for June 30, rising by about one billion dollars over the year. Loans and discounts including rediscounts totaled $13,417,000,000, up $743,607,000. United States securities owned amounted to $2,469,268,000, down $67,400,000.
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Washington
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
J. W. McIntosh
Cotton Prospects Compared With Last Year In Whitewright
A retro look at last year’s cotton season notes the first bale in Whitewright on August fifth sold for 27 1 4 cents a pound by White & Donigan Gin. By August 27, 256 bales were ginned. This year, rains delayed planting and blooming, crops late, uncertain yields and prices. Grayson County faces a waiting proposition as farmers gauge 1926 outcomes.
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Whitewright
White & Donigan Gin Company
John Booker
Grayson County
Auto Crash Kills Mrs Shep Dorset in Sherman
A car traveling from Dallas to a style show struck a steel coal car at a railroad crossing on East Houston Street in Sherman at 1:30 AM. Mrs Artie Young Dorset died from a fractured skull. Mrs R L Hall was severely injured with ribs and a lung puncture. Mrs Wolfe sustained a broken rib. Ralph Jarnigan drove the car and escaped serious harm. Funeral arrangements set for Sherman this afternoon.
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Wolfe
Jarnigan
Dorset
Whitewright
Lucian LaRoe
H. F. Young
Sherman
Sherman High School
Artie Young
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Shep Dorset
State School Head Speaks at Sherman
Sherman August 10 State Superintendent S M N Marrs addressed trustees teachers and principals in the Fifty Ninth District Court room discussing school funding and proposed tax increases He suggested raising gasoline tax from 1e to 3c and using half for schools and half for roads in his plan to bolster education funding
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Sherman
S. M. N. Marrs
Fifty-Ninth District
Moody Fails to Secure Majority in Revised County Totals
Substitution of revised complete returns from 29 counties and correction of a 3,000 error in Milam County tabulation erased Dan Moody’s previous majority of 1,013. The latest totals show Moody at 409,215, with Davidson, Ferguson, Johnson, Wilmans, and Zimmerman also listed. overall votes total 820,041 and Moody trails by 1,987 to reach a majority. Davidson’s count fell 199 in the revision.
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Milam County
Dan Moody
Texas Election Bureau
Davidson
Ferguson
Johnson
Moody
Wilmans
Zimmerman
Russell Family Weekend Visit From Dallas
Mr and Mrs John Russell and children of Dallas spent the week end here as guests of his mother Mrs J D Russell and other relatives.
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John Russell
Dallas
J. D. Russell
Moody Rally Planned in Dallas to Back Moody
In Dallas on Saturday August 14 Dan Moody supporters convene after the Texas Democratic Executive Committee certified both Moody and Mrs Ferguson as eligible. Gov Colquitt set the rally at Fair Park Auditorium starting 10 am with Moody in attendance and speakers from across Texas pledging strong backing. Moody vows a long campaign pace as workers seek special railroad rates for the event.
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Dallas
Texas
Democratic Executive Committee
Moody
Ferguson
Dan Moody
Executive Committee
O. B. Colquitt
Fergusons
Fair Park
Sherman Boy Killed In Automobile Wreck
Sherman teen Charles David Feichter, 16, was killed when the Snyder roadster overturned near Wetsel south of McKinney while passing a wagon. Mrs. Paul Snyder suffered serious internal injuries and was hospitalized. the wreck happened about 9 o'clock Sunday night on the Sherman to Dallas trip.
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Charles David Feichter
Sherman
Paul Snyder
Wetsel
Feichter
McKinney City Hospital
Boy Strangles Self Trying Water Bucket Fall
Linden Cass County Aug 10 The 3 year old son of Mr and Mrs Luss Price south of Linden was strangled to death after overturning a water bucket on himself while reaching for a drink. Fright caused him to cry out filling his windpipe with water and he died as he ran to his mother.
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Cass Co
Luss Price
Price
Ford Plant Rolls Out 14,000,000th Car in Detroit
Ford Motor Co here produced car number 14,000,000 at the Detroit plant on July 21. In just two years since the Ten Millionth Ford was celebrated June 4, 1924, output rose by 4,000,000 cars. The Model T began Oct 1, 1908, and it took seven years to reach the first million on Dec 10, 1915.
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