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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1928
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun costs 1.50 per year payable in advance and is mailed as second class matter from Whitewright Texas. Notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular rates. Memorials and resolutions will also be charged. The paper will correct erroneous reflections upon any person firm or corporation.
A Clarksville Times quip contrasts wild Texas weather with cotton prices, noting a swing from six above to sixty and worrying that skirts and stockings stray from cotton. The piece cites a schoolboy’s remark about keeping business visible to the public, likening it to ham and eggs.
The piece notes Texas politicians anticipate Governor Moody entering the US Senate race while some seek a run for governor. Grayson County politics are described as slow to start but expected to pick up in two to three weeks as candidates gauge Moody’s decisions.
A speaker roasts Hiram Hood in the public square over the cow that was put in the pound. Attacks focus on his supposed sins and failing skating, with strong invective about his character and losses.
A narrator recalls anger and a slipping fall after a heated dispute near the courthouse. Hiram Hood assists the speaker, cleans injuries, and drives them home, while the rescuer reveals the tale about the cow being placed in pound was untrue. The speaker laments past harsh words and lingering regret.
Claude Callan defends a class long misunderstood arguing grocery men are unfair to customers with cars. He cites delays paying bills due to auto costs and says a man’s first duty is to his car, not clearing grocery debts when repairs are needed.
Dick McCarty in the Albany News muses on divine limits and human progress from creation to the gas flame. He argues humans earned knowledge by freeing heat and power from nature, birthing the Iron Age and modern civilization, while pondering if God and man are truly smart.
The 1925 Texas farm census shows 2 373 farms on concrete or brick roads and 186 644 on unimproved dirt roads among 465 646 farms. It notes 11 730 farms have radio outfits, tractors rising from 9 048 in 1920 to 16 780 in 1925, and fertilizer outlays climbing from 1 831 207 in 1919 to 4 123 705 in 1924 while livestock declines reduce feed expenses.
The Progressive Farmer notes Texas farm debt increases from 26 percent of farm value in 1920 to over 35 percent in 1925 while farmowners decline despite more farms. It argues land is gradually passing from farmers to others, signaling a farm problem.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the Commerce Department’s 1926 study on automobile deaths. 18,871 fatalities occurred, a rate of 17.9 per 100 000, up from 1925 but with more cars in use, yielding a slight improvement in the fatality ratio.
After 150 years of scientific knowledge, researchers confirm the first nest and eggs of the Arctic surf bird on Mount McKinley Alaska, signaling a notable discovery in remote nesting sites.
Georgia native Anne Nichols rose from chorus jobs to write seven plays for Fiske O Hare and to self produce in 1922. Critics slammed her first show but nine million theatergoers have since paid $18 million to see Abie s Irish Rose, and Nichols now earns film royalties totaling about $2.3 million with a $300,000 down payment.
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