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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1915
Page
2
The Whitewright Sun issues a notice that F M Echols is the publisher and that the newspaper is entered at the Whitewright Post Office as second class mail matter.
The notice states subscription terms of one year six months and three months with payment indicated on the wrapper margin. Subscriptions expire on the first of the month and readers are asked to report missed issues to the paper.
All resolutions of respect obituaries and cards of thanks will be charged 3 cents per line. Church lodge notices advertising socials or entertainments with revenue will be charged 3 cents per line. Notices of religious fraternal or public meetings designed for public benefit will be published free of charge.
The Oak Hill Cemetery Association, formed to beautify and maintain national cemeteries, seeks prompt public aid. Oak Hill Cemetery stands as a well kept burial site due to constant oversight, and the association is sending letters asking for generous, swift contributions to continue the work.
Good roads advocates will meet in Sherman next Monday at one to present to the commissioners court petitions for a good roads election. The court will also receive the locations of proposed macadam roads and laterals and petitions with more than the required voters to order the election. Jim Pelly is jailed on three indictments burglary arson and theft connected to a car burglary and arson in the Ray yards at Denison.
Houston residents will not pay a city poll tax this year and need only one tax receipt at the polls. The change reflects a broader shift as several cities abolish poll taxes. Denison cites public sentiment against both city and state poll taxes and expects repeal in coming years.
The Fifty-ninth district court adjourned after a twenty two day grand jury session in McKinney. The jury examined 493 witnesses and returned 163 true bills including 145 felonies and 18 misdemeanors. It faulted pool halls as dens of vice and urged an early election to close them.
Dallas and Ft Worth businessmen led a Wednesday gathering at City Hall where about sixty five business leaders and farmers discussed the Live at Home Appeal. The plan urges farmers to plant less cotton and more food crops to reduce reliance on long term credits from banks or merchants.
Mrs Pauline Binion aged eighty five died at her Pilot Grove home at seven on Wednesday morning after a paralysis two years ago and a stroke two weeks earlier She was a long time Texan and mother of Zeph Homer Ed and Miss Sarah Binion Surviving are the children The funeral was conducted Thursday afternoon by Elder E H Rogers of Collinsville with burial on the Binion homestead family burying ground in Pilot Grove Texas born in Georgia the family came to Texas from Kansas
Gilmore Webster son of Post master Henry Webster receives a West Point appointment via Congressman Sam Rayburn. He competed in Denison in January, will undergo a San Antonio physical in March, and plans to enter West Point in June for military training with a guaranteed commission and seven hundred dollars government allowance.
C. J. Denton, Whitewright Public School superintendent, will conduct the Grayson County Summer Normal at Austin College in Sherman. He will be joined by J. C. Pyle of Sherman, George W. Acton of Whitesboro, and Prof. D. F. Eagleston. Primary teacher appointment pending.
Dr George C Rankin editor of the Texas Christian Advocate died at his Dallas home at noon Tuesday after a brief illness of acute indigestion. His death was announced late, and his daughter Miss Boyd Rankin teaches at Kidd Key College in Sherman.
Dear friend request for annual contributions to maintain Kentuckytown Cemetery. Miss Mary Head presides, Mrs A J Ray treasurer, Miss Dora Scales secretary urge $1 per year remittance, promise a capable worker hired.
A vintage health ad urges immediate action against colds warning of complications. It cites sneezing coughing and fever as signals and promotes Dr King’s New Discovery based on scientific analysis. The ad notes price 50 cents at druggists and Dallas News and Sun at 1.50.
Dodson's Liver Tone marketed as a safe, pleasant tasting alternative to calomel argues it cleanses the liver without salivation or stomach distress. It promises morning waking vigor, a regular bowels, and a money back guarantee if results aren’t seen. The ad touts wide sales and urges readers to ask their druggist.
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