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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
4
The Sun states that notices of entertainments dinners and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Obituaries resolutions memorials and similar items are also charged at regular rates. Errors about character will be corrected upon request.
Whitewright invites shoppers to visit for a buying spree as five dry goods and clothing stores display merchandise and promote special prices across the town, promising bargains and variety for bargain seekers.
Whitewright stores display their Christmas wares and herald the approach of Yuletide. Shoppers are urged to begin holiday buying early, with many offering seasonal displays and promotions.
A limited area in the section has been sown with wheat while much tillable land is reserved for spring oats. An average crop is expected, but cotton will remain paramount as in prior practice.
A column urges caution in decorative lighting and warns fire risks from cotton crepe paper and improvised wiring. Editorials debate Red Grange switching to pro football while noting high pay. Plano expands brick pavements. several towns outpace Whitewright in street improvements. Governor Ferguson offers a $500 reward for bootleggers tied to a larger political distraction. Whitewright merchants advertise reduced prices amid a planned cotton contest by The Dallas News and quality versus short staple debate. Local figures D S McMillin and Dr J N Powell attend Masonic sessions in Waco. John Musser hosts Thanksgiving guests including Mr Smith of Oklahoma and Mr and Mrs H B Barnett. a sumptuously hosted turkey dinner concludes Thanksgiving.
George F. Bryant was named acting deputy prohibition administrator of North Texas to replace Arch Tyler, who resigned Friday. The appointment, announced by Major Herbert H. White, will become permanent with Washington sanction. Bryant, who joined the service February 23, will oversee city forces in 114 counties, with Tyler moving to Amarillo to run a West Texas Coach Co. branch.
Miss Wilma Pierce of Irving arrived in Whitewright Wednesday and is now operating The Sun's linotype. She studied at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton where she learned to operate the typesetting machine.
A list of socially proper behavior in public includes not blocking sidewalks, avoiding loud talk, and helping others. It condemns boorish acts such as bumping others, carrying objects against neighbors, and wearing showy attire, while urging courteous conduct among gentlemen and ladies alike.
Rev. E. L. Finley of the ie College TCU Fort Worth preached at Central Christian Church last Sunday. The Sun omits names of all Thanksgiving visitors due to inability to gather them. It appears many former residents returned for the event.
A vivid, provocative remark circulates claiming 69,723 women fainted last year with most fainting into men's arms, three to the floor and one into a kitchen sink, sparking debate over sensational language and social norms.
Classified item listing shows twenty five sheets of typewriter paper offered at twenty five cents at the Sun office. The terse note mirrors a compact old time advert format and records a simple sale unit.
Mr and Mrs J W Cunningham of Melissa and Mrs C C Swindle of Sherman hosted Dr and Mrs J F Spindle on Monday and Tuesday Miss Lucille Hampton of Gainesville spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Lee Hampton Rev G M McNeilly and Rev J L Truett attend the State Baptist Convention in Mineral Wells others visiting include Drewie Caylor returning from Chicago and Devenport brothers from Pilot Point Sanger and Van Alstyne W H Echols of Oklahoma A M College visited his brother F M Echols in town
The S and S Service Station at the old Roberts Garage stand has installed a new gasoline service pump dispensing a special high test product.
Verma Mangrum Lucile LaRoe Maxie Echols Powell Key and Harold Key—students at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth—were at home for the Thanksgiving holidays.
Miss Neva McMurry, a public school teacher in Bells, arrived Wednesday night to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with her mother, Mrs. R. K. McMurry.
Miss Foy Bow, a student at Northeast Texas State Teachers College in Commerce, spent the weekend at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bow.
Mr and Mrs W B Holcomb of the Kentuckytown community announce the arrival of a fine girl in their home on Monday. Good weather aided progress on the brick veneer residence for Miss Sue Stephens with bricklayers well advanced. Tom King visited Madill last Thursday for Thanksgiving at his parents home.
The city’s cleanup wagon scours residence sections removing cans and rubbish at loading alleys. Rumor says a new Katy passenger train schedule may be posted soon affecting the southbound Katy Flyer. Miss Annette Harp and her daughter spent the weekend with relatives in Greenville while Mrs. Harp attended the State Music Institute.
Jack Everheart Loren Mangrum Lester Short and Misses Martha Bow and Winnie Bell Carter, Burleson College students in Greenville, spent Thanksgiving with their families. A year-old girl from the Hall family in Orangeville is recovering from severe burns after tumbling into an open fire two weeks ago. J R Oliver reports rising demand for his registered Duroc Jersey hogs with several days of shipping to distant buyers.
Constable Ed Lankford held three men in the strong house Monday after a Friday night supper in the Pilot Grove Negro settlement. One man paid 39.50 for displaying weapons while the other two paid 19.70 each for fighting.
Mrs W A Akridge and her daughter from Commerce spent the weekend visiting her daughter Mrs Roscoe Pace.
Mr. and Mrs. George Brannon of Garland were here last Thursday as guests of Mrs. Brannon's mother, Mrs. J. H. Cox.
Mr and Mrs Alec Benham of Dallas visited last Thursday to spend time with Mrs Tom Gillett, the mother of Mrs Benham.
H F Carver, Mrs W B Antone and Miss Lena Harnett of Farmersville were Thanksgiving guests of Mr and Mrs Oran Sears.
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