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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1935
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun prints editor and publisher details and invites readers to submit news items and out of town visitors. It states corrections will be made if errors reflect on any person firm or corporation and notes post office registration as second class mail.
Governor Allred argues that permitting horse race gambling cultivates broader gambling acceptance and harms morality. He contends state revenue motive favors legalizing all forms of gambling including lotteries, roulette, and slot machines to ease tax burdens and boost state coffers.
The Grayson County Commissioners Court authorizes Sheriff Benton Davis to hire one more deputy stationed in Whitesboro at up to 55 dollars monthly. Whitesboro and the city will pay 110 dollars total. The court hints at extending similar pay to Wrightstown and Van Alstyne, urging potential expansion of municipal peace officer salaries.
The Texas House of Representatives declined a proposal to halve its membership. Lawmakers argue that if cut, remaining members would spend all session time interviewing and shuttling job seekers, leaving no time for legislative work.
The plan to exempt about 650000 small farmers from cotton production limits would nullify benefits intended by the act. If one two and three bale farmers are allowed to sell without restrictions, their numbers could grow many times over by the next cotton season.
Sixty four percent of babies born in Dallas County last year were to unemployed parents, supporting birth control advocates who say those who can afford fewer children do so, while families with many children continue to reproduce at a high rate.
Landowner cotton reduction contracts warn to keep the same number of tenants in 1935 as 1934 and grant them their crop land share ratio. Government urges equal rental payments between tenants and landlords. A prison printing plant produced a paper with no editors among 2,500 convicts. The Navy spent 40 million dollars and many lives proving air navigation by dirigibles is not practical after the Macon crash on February 12.
As robins arrive for spring, Boy Scouts promote a good turn urging peers not to shoot the birds and to protect local wildlife. The message emphasizes kindness to wildlife and community responsibility during the season.
The article reminds motorists of the unconditional legal duty not to cause injury or death to others on public roads. It notes that enforcement and juries may not always reflect the law, but drivers can be punished with long jail terms for causing harm to others.
An opinion from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram argues drivers must control vehicles to avoid harm to pedestrians and other road users. It contends many so-called accidents result from driver recklessness and emphasizes the legal standard of safe driving and reasonable vigilance in city streets.
Dr. George W. Truett, famed minister and former Whitewright resident, delivered the dedicatory sermon for Whitewright Baptist Church. He praised the brick building funded and debt-free at its first service, noting his long history of church dedications. The Sherman Democrat comments on Whitewright as a cultured, religious, progressive town with foresight in planning its edifice.
Dallas Journal weighs Senator Pat Harrison proposed subsidy for cotton ginners amid profits from government cotton policy. Critics argue subsidies cascade from farmers to gins to railroads and exporters, leaving cotton pickers on charity as their jobs shrink. The piece warns how reform could widen subsidies while hurting workers.
Quotation notes a guilty plea by John Doe before Judge Tom J Ball with a four year suspended sentence labeled as the maximum penalty. The Dallas Journal cites debate over newspaper phrasing and justice in Texas.
A sermon-like reflection argues that a father’s true legacy is character, honor, and a godly life rather than lands or money. It urges youths to value knowledge, reverence for facts, work ethic, and fair dealing to earn lasting esteem. The author titles the piece Bindery Talk.
Roger W. Babson, noted statistician, notes fourteen consecutive months of gains in newspaper advertising and urges manufacturers and merchants to raise ad spend during slumps to smooth out the down cycle. He warns that declining sales trigger budget cuts, shrinking ad space, and further sales drops, creating a vicious circle.
A deed filed in superior court in Dublin Georgia makes God the legal owner of all property belonging to John McDaniel of Folkston. The document reads to Jehovah, the Most High God, I deed all my real and personal property. Whitewright merchants offer you better values.
The piece argues that people over sixty view death as inevitable and often accept dying when usefulness ends. It contrasts older citizens’ acceptance with younger people delaying reform, noting crime drops with age as final years approach.
In Cleveland Catharine Graves, 93, pauses from her rocking chair to defend corncob pipes for women. She has smoked for over sixty years and denounces contemporary cigarette use, insisting a corncob pipe is the proper instrument for a lady.
Headquarters for a Federal submarginal land project have been established in Bonham, the first of its kind in this Texas section. Malcolm Campbell named supervisor as the government plans to buy thousands of acres and move farmers to better land. Project to start within weeks, employing about twenty people.
Teacher asks how iron was found. pupil replies they smelted it. Conversation shifts to a pupil wishing to be a bone specialist and a teacher praising his intellect. The exchange captures student curiosity and teacher feedback in a concise schoolroom moment.
After onions are fried pour a small amount of vinegar into the hot pan. The vinegar heats and neutralizes the disagreeable onion smell, leaving the pan ready for the next step.
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