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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
1
The Grayson County school system announces the new high school will host grades eight through eleven after the Christmas holidays with full day sessions starting January 2. Dedication on January 15 at 2:30 P.M. by B B Cobb, Waco schools.
In Sulphur Springs Texas Judge George B Hall quelled a threatening mob in Emory District Court during the trial of Andrew Taylor charged with criminal assault on his 14 year old daughter The judge warned leaders they would cross his dead body to reach Taylor The mob dispersed and the trial continued Punishment options varied with eight seeking a ninety nine year penitentiary sentence two for fifty years one for twenty five and one for fifteen Taylor was moved to Greenville for safety stored in Hopkins County jail until last call
Gatesville dispatch reports Beatty Murrell, 38, son of a prominent farmer, confessed to killing Horace Murrell eight years ago. He surrendered, gave details of an accidental shooting during a gate opening after a quarrel over a girl, and claimed to placed the gun by Horace’s body as an accident. Bail not sought.
Sherman December 18 The jury in the Bert Morrison case in the Fifty-ninth district court was discharged by Judge F E Wilcox after twenty four hours of deliberation. Morrison faced a charge of manufacturing whisky for sale.
J R Jordan of McKinney is visiting friends in the area and will stay for several days. He plans to tour local sites and reconnect with old acquaintances.
C L Truett, aged over 90, heard his son Dr George W Truett preach at Dallas First Baptist Church via a wireless link to Whitewright. Joe Johnson operates the town station, sending and receiving messages with Dallas and New York signals within about 500 miles, including city police and mayoral messages.
Denison residents celebrate the grant of a charter for Billie Moose Lodge No 1152 at a Masonic grand lodge meeting in Waco. The new lodge will install officers in January with R. T. Arthur as master, Jesse Whitehurst senior warden, and Henry Vanston junior warden. Denison’s lodge grows past 600 members, honoring W. T. Moose known as Uncle Billie, a longtime Masonic worker and former master of Lodge No 403.
Whitewright community praises Boy Scouts for a Saturday morning cleanup of the business district. Scouts used rakes and a wagon to collect debris, with the city finishing the job and Scoutsmaster Brown organizing a thank you meal.
Christmas programs will be presented by the Methodist and Baptist churches on Saturday evening and by the Presbyterian Church on Saturday evening plus the Central Christian Church on Sunday evening.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas spoke for six hours and ten minutes on peace treaties, earning a new record for continuous speech in Congress. The Texarkana native, a noted prohibitionist, was praised as a silver-tongued Demosthenes while reading the lengthy proceedings without interruption, according to stenographers.
Sherman December 19 George Elliott a young wealthy land owner of Grayson and Cooke Counties was convicted in the Fifty-ninth district court Saturday of cattle theft and sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary by a jury. County attorney Henry Wilson and assistants and Judge J Q Adamson secured the verdict. Elliott's holdings in Grayson and Cooke Counties total well over a thousand acres.
C C Moore of Sherman was struck on the head and thrown from his Chevrolet car three miles north of Denison early today. A man he picked up as a rider knocked him unconscious with a heavy instrument and stole the auto. Moore escaped serious injury. Car details include highway number 382941 seat 205280 engine 68821.
Sherman readers learn that E. M. Bruton a Southmayd banker was indicted on forty two counts for embezzlement, part of grand jury findings in the Fifty ninth district court with 130 total true bills to date.
Mrs P A Short will appreciate flowers as a Christmas present. Lilley’s store has a wide selection of blooms available for delivery or pickup.
Earl Dishman a 35 year old Collinsville garage operator was tarred and feathered by eight men near Collinsville after being seized in Tioga on Saturday night He recovered without injuries and later removed the tar with gasoline in a Collinsville barber shop The assailants reportedly hid behind a quilt and escaped with the tarred victim’s jacket and taken to the outskirts before returning him to town
Austin reports W. G. Pryor, suspended prison commissioner, was removed by Judge Cooper Sansom of the Twenty sixth district court. Sayles, already serving, was made permanent to the post after Pryor’s formal dismissal. Governor Neff ordered the proceedings amid misconduct charges.
Sunday morning service at 11 features organ preludes a Christmas pastoral and hymns with choir organist and soloists including Frances Wilson Dale Luck and Mrs Benton Roberts Emmanuel and My Redeemer and Lord In addition a sermon something for Jesus and the benediction complete the program with prayers and offertory music.
Ardmore Okla Dec 19 county and city authorities doubled efforts to solve a Wilson Carter County triple killing. Fourteen men are held with twelve charged with murder and two detained for inquiry. Police suspect a masked gang. one suspect was killed in a clash and Ardmore policeman C G Sims later found dead. Sheriff placed deputies on guard and warned residents to evacuate families near the jail.
Secretary of War Weeks tells the War Industries Board reunion that a general conscription law would mobilize men, money, and manufactured goods in a future conflict. He proposes drafting ages 18 to 60, to curb profiteering and keep wages in check, saying it would have helped in the last war.
Judge Silas Hare of the Fifteenth district court overruled a motion for a new trial in the Joe Hall murder case. Hall, sentenced to hang for the killing of Bob James near Ladonia, faced juror misconduct claims denied by affidavits. Appellate action planned as Hall and Roy Hewitt allegedly murdered and robbed James. Hewitt received life imprisonment.
The pupils of Miss Tommie Chen Oweth and Mrs Harp will present a recital Friday evening at 7 o clock in the school auditorium. All are invited to attend.
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