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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
2
Waitewright Sun notices publish the publisher names Waggoner and Echols and explain subscription terms. It lists rates for one year six months and three months and states that subscriptions expire on the first of the month and that readers should notify if the paper is not received.
The paper states rates for resolutions of respect obituaries and thank you cards at 3 cents per line. It also charges 3 cents per line for church and lodge notices and fundraising events. Public benefit religious fraternal or public meetings are published free of charge.
The Baraca Class of the Baptist church elected officers Robert Clancy as president Clifford Thompson as vice president Glenn Doss as secretary and treasurer Houston Stedham as class reporter Mrs Epting was re elected teacher for ninety nine years with unanimous support The president formed two committees and Rev W J Epting was authorized to present plans for new Sunday school rooms to the church to help grow enrollment from nineteen towards thirty five.
The first conference of the year will be held at the church Sunday at 3 30 p m with Rev R G Mood presiding A new sexton is employed The board of stewards advanced the pastor salary from 1000 to 1200 and approved a united revival with the Presbyterians The union meeting is set for the first Sunday in March at the Presbyterian church with full membership urged to attend. F B Wheeler is noted as signatory.
The class invites all local young men to join, adopting the motto We Are Out-and-Out For the Right. Members are expected to learn it and participate, with a welcoming invitation from the Acting Class Reporter.
The Carlisle Military Academy suspends free admissions after January 4 1914. Future events using the auditorium must share a portion or commission of receipts with the Academy to support cadets. The facility will be available Friday and Saturday nights with advance arrangements and proper upkeep by the Academy. J M Carlisle superintendent.
The text argues that want drives buying more than need and that suggestion shapes demand. It claims desires precede purchases and that newspapers are the most effective channel for placing business suggestions before buyers, offering high returns on advertising space.
Advertisement urges readers to seek higher pay and better jobs by training at Draughon's Practical Business College in Denison or Dallas. It promotes writing for a course catalog as the first step to advancement.
Sunday January 4 program at the Baptist church begins at 6 p m. Leader Miss Clausie Glidewell leads song number 51 and scripture from Second Timothy. Prayers and talks by Miss Olive Neff Miss Gertrude Holland Mr Clancey and Miss Sallie Joe Gowdy outline gifts cultivation and aims for the union. Duet by Misses Hazel Spearman and Audrey Glidewell.
An editorial urges enrollment in the Lift Texas Out of the Mud Club to improve roads. It attacks bad roads as cause of delay and contrasts gravel and graded drainage with split log drag to create smoother, firmer paths. Writer Homer D. Wade champions ongoing use of the drag for practical, lasting improvements.
A notice urges paying state and county taxes to J. M. McMillin to avoid a trip to Sherman. The collector charges 25 cents per person.
Long term farm loan offer with reasonable interest. Vendors lien notes taken up and extended. 25 years in the business. Write Scott & Baldwin in Paris Texas.
A local supplier warns customers used to buying chickens turkeys and produce to pay cash on delivery for those items. He cites low profits and asks buyers to shift to cash payments or switch some purchases to other lines he carries.
For sale a registered Jersey bull Carter Dobson 107239 from J F Badgett Texas. Sire Blue Lad Golden Lad 88881 dam Little Dan has dropped December 1 at the farm in Terrell Texas. Cash sale or trade for notes or heifers. Contact W N Carter Trenton.
J L Sanders thanks neighbors and friends for kindness shown during his wife’s illness and death and wishes God’s blessings on those who offered support through the sorrow.
An old advertisement touts Grov s tasteless chill tonic as a general strengthening tonic that drives out malaria and builds up the system. It claims to be a true tonic and appetite builder for adults and children.
The Whitewright Sun released an eighteen page Christmas number last week with a pretty Christmas chorus design. The paper shows improvement in mechanics and presentation under current management led by Leonard Grafie.
Miss Edith Little visited relatives at Commerce from Thursday to Tuesday and was honored at a Monday reception. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Smith hosted holiday guests including Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thompson and daughter of Marietta, Ohio, and Ben Dyer and family of Trenton.
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