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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
5
Mrs. W R Hooper visits Fort Worth friends. Maurice Wright to Dallas for work. Several locals visit Dallas Paris Denison Austin Huntsville Sulphur Springs. Misses Sloan Benton McFarland Davidson and Boone travel for visits and medical care. J C Parsons returns to work after illness. Knochs returns from Sherman. Spindle and Gordon families host Frisco visitors.
Mr and Mrs Will Bryant of McKinney and John Berry of Melissa were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs H F Thompson Mrs Thompson is a sister of Mrs Bryant and Mr Berry
Rev J L Truett spends a few days in Dallas this week. T J Lilley returns from Lubbock County where he tended farming interests. Tom Davidson and family visit Sulphur Springs friends. Mr and Mrs C I Witt and son spent Sunday and Monday in Dallas. Mrs Victoria Morgan of Shamrock visits here midweek. Mr and Mrs Ray Manning visit Bonham relatives. W H Horton and Clay Horton business visitors in Dallas. Mrs Chas F Sanders returns home to Dallas. Mr and Mrs Frank Spindle of Sherman visit Dr and Mrs J F Spindle. Mr and Mrs C C Buchanan of Leonard visit Charley Ayres family. Mrs Winnie Farmer and Don Farmer vacationing in Galveston and South Texas. Mr and Mrs H P Donigan and daughter return to Whitewright from South Texas. Mr and Mrs J H Waggoner and daughter Elizabeth visit Mississippi this week. Mr and Mrs M R Key and children with Walter Key spend Monday with Jesse Wallace family. Mr and Mrs Bill Russey and Velma Bennett visit G D Bennett. Mr and Mrs R S Morehead and Mrs O L Jones with children visit Greenville relatives. Mrs Drewie Caylor leaves for Chicago after two months with Mrs Percy Darwin. S S Powell of Durant and Mr and Mrs Will Sears and daughters Laura and Martha of Kemp guests of Dr and Mrs J N Powell. Mrs Jesse Wallace and children spend weekend in Van Alstyne visiting Johnnie and wife Enochs who entertain a nine-pound boy.
Mrs. Lucian LaRoe and her daughter Miss Lucille spent Thursday and Friday in Durant Oklahoma as guests of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Haden, accompanying D. R. Lewis.
Mrs. E. L. Hooper, Mrs. Alma Wooten, Mrs. Ray Ferguson and daughter Betty Gene of Vernon were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hooper over the past weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wright and sons John and Bill returned to Little Rock Ark after visiting Mr. Wright's parents south of town and other relatives.
Carl R. Nall longtime Sherman druggist was appointed acting postmaster, succeeding E. N. Mulky whose term would have ended in February 1935. The Needlework Guild met with Mrs. Roy Blanton, with refreshments for ten. Katy schedule changes: No. 6 northbound at 10 40 a m and No. 5 southbound at 7 42 p m. Prohibition rally planned in Whitewright Friday at 8 p m near First National Bank corner with Lloyd Stowers and Van Vestal speaking. A trades day crowd attended despite cotton picking, rodeo drew hundreds, and Lyman Pittman suffered a shoulder dislocation and fracture in a Brahma steer incident. he remains in Sherman hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Dodd hosted a Sunday family reunion with Mrs. Dodd’s mother and several Herring relatives from Hillsboro. Guests included C. L. Herring and two sons, L. S. Herring and two sons, C. T. Herring and son, Ralph Herring, Leonard Shoemaker Herring, and Douglas Herring. Lunch was served on a park lawn at the Dodds’ farm. One son, W. B. Herring Jr., could not attend.
Claude M Blanton was born May 25 1879 in Orangeville son of William Blanton and Alice Nichol. He died August 20 1933 after two weeks illness funeral and burial at Burns Cemetery east of Trenton. He married Fannie Hunter December 21 1898 and had one daughter Mrs Earl Hansard. His wife died April 2 1901. He remarried Beulah Wakefield November 8 1903 and had three children. Survived by children Tom Bean Artis Blanton J P Blanton and Mrs Alton Robinson of Orangeville and five grandchildren. He and Beulah raised nephew Eddie Felton. Survived by siblings Will Blanton Dee Roscoe Patterson Mrs Proctor Carter and Mrs O G Smith. All relatives attended the funeral except Will Blanton and Mrs Proctor Carter.
Mrs. Allie Forest of a Kentucky town died at the home of her daughter Mrs. C. E. Allen 205 East Brockett street Sherman. The report gives no further details.
Mrs. Forest aged 59, longtime Gray son County resident born in Hartsells Alabama October 2 1873. Funeral services conducted at the Baptist Church in Kentuckytown Friday afternoon by Rev Clephus Chumbley and Rev John Henderson. She is survived by husband John H Forest of Kentucky town two sons from a former marriage Ernest Maddox Tom Bean and William Maddox Sherman and three more sons Henry Sam Forest Sherman route 3 and A L Forest Sherman route 5 four daughters Mrs Allen Sherman Mrs Edna Mae McAfee near Sherman Mrs Eva Balew Athens Alabama and Mrs Allie LaFay Sherman route 3 two sisters Mrs Fannie Stone Tulsa Oklahoma and Mrs Edna Howell Decatur Alabama and half brother F A Stephenson Hartsells Alabama.
The piece explains how the inflation rider attached to the farm bill links to the Agricultural Adjustment Act, aiming to raise prices through monetary means. It notes the Thomas amendment, Roosevelt administration actions, and debates whether production control alone suffices or if further inflationary steps are needed, citing gold embargo and market volatility.
The piece argues that while the industrial recovery act boosts employment and wages, agricultural measures lag, prompting inflation calls. It warns that continued monetary manipulation, potential equalization funds, and possible return to gold could sustain inflationary pressure and demand beyond initial effects.
Walter A. Holford 25 of Madill Oklahoma was killed two miles northwest of Denison Wednesday afternoon when he fell from his milk truck en route to Madill. The vehicle swerved off the highway into a meadow and rolled over him after he lost his grip near the cab. Holford worked for a large cheese factory.
George Garvin of 302 East Seventh street, known as a dry Democrat, was held on $500 bond by United States Commissioner Lee R. Smith on charges of possessing and manufacturing eighty five gallons of wine and maintaining a common nuisance. Howard Dailey and Gus Sabanovich said Garvin had been active in the dry movement and that he led dry forces at Precinct 31’s presidential convention last year.
Post master General James A. Farley urged Texas to deliver the largest repeal and beer victory in Saturday’s election. He spoke from the Democratic National Committee offices in New York in a Texas Liberal Legion radio broadcast over Fort Worth WBAP and Houston KPRC and San Antonio WOAI.
Bonham advertises used furniture and home goods including living room and dining room suites from 12.50 to 39.50, cabinets 8.50 to 15.00, stoves, an electric range 18.50, a 200 grocery refrigerator 28.50, and a used bicycle 12.50, urging customers to see Lem Tittsworth first.
A description from Malaya highlights the famous noisy rat a rare wild rodent seldom kept in captivity. It notes its distinctive vocalizations and elusive nature attracting attention from naturalists and collectors alike.
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