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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1919
Page
1
The Farmers Union Gin will hold its annual meeting at Whitewright City Hall next Saturday at 1 30 PM. Members will elect officers and address any other business. L P Sears serves as Chairman.
Miss Gladys Sears and Miss Mary Lee Sears entertained at home with guest Miss Fannie Bell Hull from Saturday to Monday afternoon. The trio then returned to school at C I A in Denton on Monday afternoon.
Will Looney promotes his furniture pricing as the best value, urging customers to compare prices before purchasing to secure a favorable deal.
Josh May of Caddo Oklahoma spent Sunday visiting his daughter Elizabeth May who lives with Mr and Mrs R S Morehead.
Sun Office offers adding machine paper in bulk rolls for sale. The ad notes affordable pricing and availability for business use, with delivery options and stock currently on hand.
An old advertisement touts a lemon juice and orchard white lotion as a cheap freckle remover. It instructs mixing two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of complexion beautifier and urges daily facial massage for fading freckles.
The Federal Land Bank of Houston offers long term farm loans at low rates to develop agriculture. Loans cover 50 percent of appraised value plus 20 percent of insured improvements, with terms up to 40 years at 4 1 2 percent. Any farmer can borrow, with associations needing at least ten borrowers and total loans between 100 and 10 000 dollars each, totaling at least 20 000 dollars.
A large warehouse near the Cotton Belt depot collapsed in a noon Saturday blaze. The 80 by 160 foot structure, erected three years ago by local citizens for cotton storage, was a total loss with only salvage from the sheet iron roof. Hay held by Sears Grain Co. valued at 2700 and baled shacks plus car corn for Beatrice Milling Co. were stored there. Insurance covered the hay and the building valued at 1500. The Whitewright Bonded Warehouse Co. leased the facility. firemen prevented spread to the railway wharf. Rebuilding plans have not been announced.
Grady Spindle, recently returned from overseas, is at Newport News awaiting discharge and sent war relics to his parents. The Baptist church in Texas launches a million dollar Loyalty Loan Campaign with county targets and brisk subscriptions, plus revival plans by Evangelist Wright starting March 16.
The article notes that a church reveals its vitality through prayer meeting interest. All attendees are expected to participate and the turnout on reasonable fair evenings has been excellent.
Joe Harris died at his Graydon county homestead near Whitewright on February 24 1919 after a long illness. A Confederate veteran born October 12 1838 in Virginia he moved to Texas after the Civil War and leaves several children Bedford Elbert Bob Floyd and Myrtle. Funeral services were conducted by Rev J F Fender and Rev I E Teague with burial at Wittitoe cemetery.
An old newspaper ad urges readers to mail a slip with five cents to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley remedies including Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets, sold by Dyer & Jones.
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