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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1923
Page
3
Floresville Texas December 30 Governor Neff unveils a comprehensive law enforcement agenda for the upcoming session beginning January 9. He seeks repeal of the suspended sentence law and proposes stricter liquor controls plus a range of reforms to criminal procedure and public office ethics.
The text lists proposed laws including penalties for carrying concealed weapons and a prohibition on pistol sales or ammunition handling except for official use. It also references speeding criminal trials and granting state officers authority to exchange benches with District Judges for up to one term of court.
Chesley W. Jurney, long time private secretary to Texas Senator Culberson, is named secretary to Senator elect Royal S. Copeland of New York. Copeland takes office March 4 as Culberson’s term ends. Jurney moved to Washington 25 years ago as private secretary to Representative Henry of Waco.
J. W. Pike sues in Fifty-Ninth District Court for $40,000 damages claiming a July 12 shooting by a striker or sympathizer while he swept a Kansas Oklahoma & Gulf passenger coach in Denison. He says the railroad promised protection from violence but failed to provide adequate guards. He was 67 and could earn $8.85 a day.
The shooting in which Pike was wounded occurred during strike disturbances at Denison on July 11 12. Governor Neff first invoked the open port law there amid the unrest.
Waxahachie Texas January 2 M A Goldston a railroad man of Milford owns a kerosene lamp that has burned every night for 44 years in the same Goldston home window. The lamp uses the original chimney and heavy glass with soot worn areas from years of cleaning.
Denison December 30. Fifteen year old Fred Poulter died from a gunshot wound suffered when playmate Edward May accidentally discharged a shotgun during a hunt at Munson Park. Poulter stepped in front of May and the shot struck his calf leading to amputation and ultimately death despite medical efforts.
Policyholders of Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Grayson County Texas will meet in annual convention at Sherman Texas on January 13, 1923 at 10 oclock a m for business as may be thought advisable. HamIet C Smith Sec Treas Sherman Texas.
El Reno Oklahoma report of Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Wheeler who wed shortly before Christmas 1849 and just celebrated their 73rd anniversary. He 97 and she 91, believed to hold the long distance matrimonial record in the Southwest.
Mrs Esther Badgett wife of E M Badgett who lives west of town died at Sherman Sanitarium on Saturday December 23 after a three month illness. She had been a patient seven weeks. Funeral service was at Kentuckytown Baptist Church Sunday afternoon with many attending. She is survived by her husband and a thirteen month old son.
An old Sun item highlights Rub My Tism antiseptic medicinal use and lists carbon paper for sale, reflecting a compact classified style and product lineup.
A quarter mile road laid as a race track in Pittsburg California uses thirteen sections each with a different concrete pavement type. Forty motor cars traverse it continuously to determine which pavement lasts longest, hoping results justify the expense of the test.
John McGaughey of the Plano Star-Courier spent Christmas with his mother Mrs. Mary Mc Gaughey. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McMillin and baby of Fort Worth, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Atterberry and daughter of Denison, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mc Millin and daughter of Greenville.
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