Cotton receipts rise at Whitewright gin this season
Up to Wednesday night the Whitewright gins had received 294 bales of cotton and Wednesday’s receipts were the largest for any day this season. Farmers plan to start picking Monday as receipts rise daily and exceed last year’s pace. Local buyers paid 18.25 to 19.12 per hundred for lint, seed cotton 6.75 to 7.00, and cotton seed 30 to 45 per ton with pedigreed seed fetching 45 and 35 to 40 per ton for other seeds.
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Whitewright
The
Sun
Legion World Series On Air In Louisville Sept Four
The American Legion Junior Baseball World Series will be broadcast nationwide from Louisville Kentucky September 4 5 and 6 with play by play coverage. Graham McNamee and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis will commentate as major leagues sponsor the event with a 50000 dollar contribution. Games start at 2 p m central time with Dan Sowers coordinating the arrangements. The national tourney crowns regional champions and involves 300000 to 500000 Legion youths under 17. The program aims to teach citizenship through fair play and sportsmanship with representation from every state and the District of Columbia.
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American Legion
Louisville
National Broadcasting Company
George Gattis
Graham McNamee
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Legion
Civic and Patriotic Societies
District of Columbia
Whitesboro parents plan P T A activity for schools
Whitesboro Mrs C D Price heads Grayson County Council of the Parent Teacher Association as it gears up for a new season with officers including Lucian Andrews Albert Brown W B Cook Lois McAlister D R Huffaker Carl Umphress and John Streun The council promotes PTA work in each county school and plans a booth at the Red River Valley Fair in Sherman in October showcasing student handwork Italy exports 105000000 tons of marble annually.
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Whitesboro
C. D. Price
Grayson County
Parent-Teacher Association
Lucian Andrews
Whitewright
Albert Brown
Gunter
W. B. Cook
Tom Bean
Claude Bear
Denison
Lois McAlister
D. R. Huffaker
Carl Umphress
van Alstyne
Jack Conger
John Streun
Sherman
Fannin County approves new district lines and box changes
The Fannin County Commissioners Court redraws lines for Precincts 1 2 and 4 to include parts of Bonham city. Several voting boxes move and Bantam box is abolished. After January 1 1930 road funds will be split equally among the four precincts.
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Fannin County Commissioners Court
City of
Bonham
Commissioners Precinct No
Court House
Island Bayou
Savoy
West Bonham
Ector
Anthony
Fulp
Ravenna
Mulberry
Ely
South Bonham
Edhube
Randolph
Honey Grove
Monkstown
Dodd City
East Bonham
Danner
Lamasco
Ivanhoe
DeWitt
Bantam
1929 Grayson County Texas Tax Rates Announced
Grayson County and the State of Texas set property taxes for 1929 at 1.45 per 100 valuation. County levy totals 77 cents with 25 cents for general fund 2 cents jury 1 cent bridge 14 cents roads 20 cents sinking fund 15 cents. State levy totals 68 cents with 30 cents General Revenue 31 cents schools 7 cents Confederate veterans pensions.
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Grayson County
State of
Texas
Death of Earl Myrick in Whitewright Funeral Tuesday
Earl Myrick age 48 died Monday at 5 35 a m at the home of his wife's parents Rev and Mrs J L Truett after a stroke of paralysis. He was born November 9 1881 and married Olive Truett October 3 1906. He lived in Dallas and Little Rock before moving to Whitewright last week for a visit. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Methodist Church. The funeral was held at the Truett home Tuesday afternoon with Rev W H Ackley and Rev H M Cowling officiating. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by his wife and mother Mrs Lou Myrick of Ladonia.
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Earl Myrick
J. L. Truett
Whitewright
Mr. Myrick
Olive Truett
Ladonia
Grayson College
Dallas
Little Rock
Ark
Rock Island Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway
Methodist
C. W. Pope
W. J. Barbee
W. A. Bradshaw
Lou Myrick
Twin Names From Linotype Lore Stir Local Paper
The Augusta Gazette notes a humorously practical idea for twin names Etaoin and Shidlu, origins rooted in linotype practice. The item highlights printer culture and local amusement at such a naming suggestion.
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Etaoin
Shidlu
Augusta
Kans
Pratt Store to Close After Two Years of Service
J. J. Silman announces Pratt Bros cash grocery will close Saturday night and move stock to Sherman. The shop opened about two years ago with good patronage and is discontinued due to a Pratt Bros ownership change. Silman will relocate to Sherman to run a Sherman store.
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J. J. Silman
Pratt Bros. Cash
Sherman
Mr. Silman
Pratt Bros
L. C. Keynon
Pratt
van Alstyne and
McKinney
Dove Season Opens Here September 15 in Sherman Area
North Texas dove hunting opens September 15 in six counties Cooke Denton Grayson Collin Fannin Lamar with rest of area under later dates. Open season varies by zone with September October or December January in designated counties. Daily bag limit fifteen and weekly forty five. Resident licenses not required in county of hunting. non residents pay 2 or 25 for state wide privileges.
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Sherman
Texas
Cooke
Denton
Grayson
Collin
Fannin
Lamar
Kaufman
Clay
Wichita
Knox
Rockwall
Baylor
Archer
Young
Navy
Nossaman Bow Tie The Knot In Durant Oklahoma Wedding
A surprise wedding united Miss Martha Bow and Mr. A I Nossaman in a double ring ceremony at 11 30 a m Saturday in Durant Oklahoma Rev W P Weeks officiated at the First Baptist Church home setting attended by close relatives including Dr and Mrs J L Bow. The bride from Whitewright studied at Baylor Belton and Austin colleges and the University of Oklahoma where she met her husband a law student both plan to continue studies at the university for their degrees The Sun extends best wishes for long happy useful lives.
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Durant
Okla
Martha Bow
A. I. Nossaman
W. P. Weeks
First Baptist Church
Whitewright
Baylor Belton College
Austin College
Sherman
University of Oklahoma At
Norman
Nossaman
First Gin Fire at White and Donigan Gin
A season opening blaze at the White and Donigan gin started in the seed cotton warehouse Wednesday evening around six. Fire crews arrived quickly and controlled the fire with little damage done. Estimated loss is about $200.
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White & Donigan Gin
August Business Boom in Whitewright Sees Broad Gains
Merchants report over 90 percent of businesses better than last August with dry goods sales doubling a year ago and the best August Saturday for some years. Growth tied to public works and shoppers from nearby communities, plus ongoing improvements to attract more trade. Whitewright touts a rising, active town image to lure residents and customers.
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Whitewright
Street Paving Progressing Nicely In City Work
The city reports steady progress in street paving after moving 3500 to 4000 cubic yards of dirt to reach proper grades. A concrete machine will be put into operation later this week and the lower Main Street block awaits concrete pouring, estimated to take ten days.
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Main Street
City Commission
Cook Akridge Union in Durant Oklahoma
Mr Paul Cook and Miss Vona Mae Akridge wed Sunday at 9 in Durant Oklahoma with Rev J C Atkins officiating. Whitewright guests included Roscoe Pace and J B Phillips couples. The couple honeymooned in Wichita Falls and Vernon and plan to reside with Mr Cook at Adams Motor Company and Miss Akridge at Cole Davis Company store.
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Paul Cook
Vona Mae Akridge
Durant
Okla
J. C. Atkins
Whitewright
Roscoe Pace
J. B. Phillips
Cole & Davis Company
Gravel Hauling To Start On Highway 42
The State Highway Department will bring gravel to Highway 42 next week with about fifteen trucks. Rock foundation work is finished and the Whitewright to Trenton segment gap will be completed soon. The route runs from Whitewright to Shreveport via Orangeville Trenton Leonard and Greenville.
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Rock Foundation
Whitewright
Shreveport
Orangeville
Trenton
Leonard
Greenville
State Highway Department
Baptist Revival At McKinney Draws Crowds And Praise
Dr. M. E. Hudson conducts a Baptist Church revival in McKinney preaching at 10 AM and 7:30 PM daily. George Reynolds leads a large Oklahoma choir with strong singing. Attendance grows as the meeting nears its close. J. M. McFerrin reports a top cotton crop in Pecan Gap with ginmen expecting about 7 500 bales this year.
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M. E. Hudson
McKinney
The
Baptist Church
George Reynolds
Oklahoma
J. M. McFerrin
Pecan Gap
1928 US car purchases total 3 220 000
Washington reports revised figures from the American Motorists Association show 3 220 000 new passenger cars bought in 1928. The year ended with 1 007 000 more cars bought than junked, while 2 213 000 were junked.
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Washington
United States
American Motorists’ Association
Whitewright Public Schools announce new faculty and openings
The district fills all vacancies with three new members joining the Whitewright faculty. The opening session lists the high school and grammar school staff, includes Miss Boone and Miss LaRoe as new teachers, and Mr Oswald Haynes elected to fill a vacated position. Haynes brings three years teaching experience and a Denton North Texas Teachers College background.
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Whitewright
County Institute
Sherman
F. W. Smith
B. W. Crain
Sue Stephens
Margaret Forrester
Gladys Ray
Margaret Boone
Dorothy Tapscott
Oswald Haynes
University of Texas
Parker County
Cernosek
Haynes
North Texas Teachers’ College
Denton
Teachers’ College
Mr. Haynes
Piano Classes Return with Miss Chenoweth Schedule
Miss Tommie Chenoweth resumes fall piano instruction at the opening of school September 9. She will teach at the grammar school on Mondays and Thursdays and at the high school on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Tommie Chenoweth
Terrell Declines Re election Over Agriculture Funding
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture George B. Terrell will not seek a sixth term due to inadequate legislative funding for the State Agricultural Department. He cites Texas spending only 137000 for farming while peers in Albania North Carolina and Virginia spend hundreds of thousands to millions. He notes four trained staff have left for higher pay and warns of a possible federal quarantine if the pink bollworm law cannot be administered with limited funds.
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Austin
State Agricultural Department
George B. Terrell
Albania
North Carolina
Virginia
California
Illinois
Terrell
Texas
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