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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1921
Page
1
Austin reports that records of the Secretary of State show 8,277 pardons issued across three administrations. Colquitt, Ferguson, and Hobby granted 2,626, 2,771, and 2,880 pardons respectively. Hobby served three and one fourth years, Ferguson two and three fourths, Colquitt four years.
Cullen Hill of Canton Texas admitted taking a knife he admired but could not buy last November. After a three month chase the youth was captured in Jacksonville and pled guilty to theft. He received a $46.20 fine while the county spent over a hundred dollars pursuing him, and the knife was lost.
An old timer recalls past crop failures noting 1854 corn was almost nothing. He jokes his family cooked some and his father ate fourteen acres of corn at one meal, illustrating extreme scarcity with a dry humor.
Norwich reports Dr S S Wilcox superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane urged lawmakers to allow humane execution of incurably insane patients. He cited an aged patient shackled to a bed as justification. The proposal sparked a statewide outcry and debate among scientists and humanitarians.
The Central Christian Church reports strong turnout for last Lordsday services but urges more parents to attend Bible school and for children to remain for the church service. Next Lordsday morning’s topic is The Silent Partner and evening’s is A Divine Character Sketch, pastor A. E. Major notes.
Governor Neff calls for all departments boards and commissions to be directly responsible to the legislature. He opposes department heads collecting or misusing fees, urges funds go to the state treasury, and recommends repealing laws that allow broad hiring power. He closes for a business like administration of affairs.
The Odeon presents Milestones on Thursday Feb 10 with an all star cast and a tale of love across three generations. Friday Feb 11 Viola Dana in Cinderellas Twin a love story in youth’s springtime. Saturday Feb 12 Tom Moore in Hold Your Horses a swift comedy drama. Monday Feb 14 Lionel Barrymore in The Master Mind a gripping psychology tale about capital punishment. Tuesday Feb 15 Betty Compson in The Miracle Man a lavish love story. Wednesday Feb 16 The Son of Tarzan The Land of Vanishing Trails and a 2 reel Western. Thursday Feb 17 Vivian Martin in The Song of the Soul a major 1920 production. Larger towns are noticing Odeon quality. Whitewright stands by its show.
Next Lords day at 10 a.m. Bible study, 11 a.m. sermon by Elder W N Carter on We Are the Light of the World, and 7 p.m. on The Grace of God. If you are not attending other churches, come and be with us. Elder Carter is well known to Whitewright residents. Officers of the church.
Whitewright city records show total receipts for the year ending February 1 totaling 32906.71 with major sources including ad valorem taxes water and sewer charges and miscellaneous revenues. Expenditures covered school funding fire and sewer debts and general operating costs with plans to cut costs and consolidate positions while keeping services steady.
Dallas February 7. The case of Albert L. Rowan and three others indicted for the murder of George W. Street a postal employee killed January 14 when the Jackson street postal sub station was robbed set for February 21 in State criminal court. Maury Hughes Dallas County district attorney announced the date. Rowan and Ben Luna were sentenced to twenty five years in Leavenworth for planning the robbery. Scrivner's sentence was withheld pending the murder trial.
A group of travelers viewed the full eruption of Vesuvius. A visiting American exclaimed it resembled hell while a French guide quipped about Americans' travels.
A joint Grayson County Farm Bureau and Bankers Association resolution urges a 35 percent reduction in county cotton acreage for 1921 compared with 1920. It calls farmers to become more self sustaining, boost truck and livestock feed production, and produce all family and livestock feed on the farm.
Amarillo reports five inches of snow across the Texas Panhandle with a cold north wind. Snow began Sunday night and the temperature was 18 degrees at dawn. The fall was general across Panhandle and Northwest Texas with more snow forecast for today.
A member urges all soldiers to attend the American Legion meeting at Craig's Cafe on Friday night February 11. A building will be rented and cooperation is requested to help create North Texas' nicest club rooms. Members are asked to attend to help the project reach its goal.
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