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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1923
Page
3
A patchwork from Tickville reports a lawyer buying a law book, a man resolving to change, a attempted paper stop, a banjo out of tune, and shop mishaps. Smalls town vignettes include a new hearth, club meeting, coal oil leak, and praise for Tickville Steam Laundry. A health tonic ad closes the page.
The 1835 Texas consultation chose Henry Smith over Stephen F. Austin for governor. It lists major Texas gubernatorial elections through 1861, noting Sam Houston’s victories, Coke’s Senate serving, and the lone Republican governor E. J. Davis, with vote counts and opponents across multiple campaigns.
Roy Mitchell, a Black man jailed in Hillsboro on four charges, may be forcibly fed if he continues to starve himself. Sheriff Leslie Stegall said Hillsboro physicians are arranged to feed him and the same method would be used if he is brought back to Waco. County Attorney C. S. Farmer said no preliminary hearing date is set for the four complaints against him. The four named victims include W P Driskell who was fatally hurt within Waco, with others injured.
Report outlines a fatal assault near municipal boundaries with an ax used against Driskell and three others shot dead. Mr. Farmer opposes forced nourishment and argues no immediate necessity to set trial dates for Mitchell. The McLennan County grand jury plans March convening.
Denison authorities root out an attempted arson at St. Luke's Episcopal Church on Woodward and Fannin. Firemen found the parish house under construction and burning beneath the floor, with water pipes exposed. Fire was controlled by chemicals, damage about 50 dollars.
A hog seller in Texas sold hogs to Tom Hargis who weighed the load and left another man to weigh the empty wagon. The seller then weighed again, found the loads mismatched, and pursued Hargis on horseback to confront him about the misweighing.
A seller on a creek complains to Hargis that he sold himself for a hog at 3 cents per pound. The buyer refuses to keep the deal, calling the seller stunted and worthless. The seller then buys himself back to end the payment. Topeka.
A wire from Albuquerque reports Mrs. O. C. Huston Miss Hogue and C. J. Huston arrived to find Rev. O. C. Huston in good physical condition but with a lapse of memory. He does not know how he reached New Mexico. They will stay in Albuquerque for some time.
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