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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1914
Page
2
Si Wheat Jr suffers a serious eye injury after an air gun shot by a playmate in Sherman Texas. The report notes Mayor McElvaney pushes lower water rates and discusses city pumping costs versus Katy water charges to fund a new hospital, with railroads willing to pay their actual pumping charges.
Ed Mulkey a prominent Sherman businessman is chosen secretary of the Sherman Chamber of Commerce replacing L M Ward who resigns to join the state chamber at Ft Worth. Also FOR RENT two fine offices in the May building south front See Dr R May.
Sherman Texas January 9 City Marshal Sam England of Tioga brought Alex Smith a white man to Sherman and jailed him on a charge of cutting a wire fence at the Emerson Ranch three miles east of Tioga The fence was cut Friday after Christmas This is the first fence cutting case in Grayson County in nearly twenty years A former law criminalized wire fence cutting and was strictly enforced for years.
A man who opposed the good roads bond says he tore down a fence to reach the new roads and became a convert. He refused to reveal his name, noting only that a foolish man has been made wise. The Honey Grove Signal reports thirteen smallpox cases in one family near the city including Mr. and Mrs. Bud Davis, their ten children, and a visiting boy.
The cotton lint attracts notice while the seed is despised. Seed breeders and experiments aim to raise lint while lowering seed volume. Only in the past decade has seed gained recognition as a food product, with the 1913 cottonseed crop valued at 65 percent of an acre’s corn.
J C Hestand, renowned swine breeder from Sherman, rode the Cotton Belt better farming special on its arrival. His success as a hog raiser has drawn state wide attention and company officials persuaded him to continue with the agricultural train through Texas.
Ford Motor Company will divide ten million dollars among its laborers. Texas workers will receive about $100,000. The company runs an assembly plant in Houston and plans another in Dallas, with many workers set to share in the philanthropy.
A compact electric motor of one-sixth horsepower powers a washing machine and wringer. The unit is eight inches high and ten inches long, capable of replacing a man’s effort. High speed is slowed by pulleys, belts, or gears to suit the washing machine.
J R Duer longtime Denison peace officer dies at Terrell on Friday night at age 64 after thirty years in the county. Also reported is a gin fire at G W Hills destroying the main building during Christmas week with an 82500 loss and 5250 insured. R C May resigns as postmaster of Leonard to the Department.
Capt J P Hamilton of Whitewright spent several days visiting his sister Mrs W C Holmes here this week according to the Trenton Tribune.
The Sun reproduces a formal invitation from the National Corn Exposition committees to attend the Sixth National Corn Exposition in Dallas Texas from February 10 to 24 1914. Government exhibits span 12000 square feet with silo dairying machinery and home economics displays while agricultural colleges contribute various educational exhibits. Dallas businessmen contributed 100000 dollars securing a solid financial base and attracting world attention with entertainment planned for all ages.
A Baptist church program Sunday evening January 17 at 6:00 features Lowell Clancey leading Scripture Daniel chapter 1 1 21 and Song 838. Houston Stedham Audrey Glidewell Abner Finn Sara Lee Holland Sallie Joe Gowdy Lester Looney and Epting lead talks on Daniel. The evening closes with a Genesis study.
A. H. Davis purchased the Norman restaurant fixtures next to the post office and secured Norman to operate the cafe. The cafe has moved to the Dan Smith building beside Wilson Vaughn's. Davis plans to move the soda fountain and fixtures to the room adjacent to the post office and convert restaurant service to cafe service.
The eighth ginning report released January 9 shows 13,333,074 bales ginned by January 1, up from 12,907,002 by the same date last season.
Supt S B Sivells of the public schools who fell ill in Trenton during the holidays was brought home Saturday and remains in bed with several days needed before resuming duties. pupil Ralph Ownby, who had pneumonia while visiting parents in Trenton, is recovering rapidly and will soon be back in school.
A 1914 resolve emphasizes building public highways to lift rural life. The writer urges communities to improve roads, enabling diversified farming and local mobility, noting women’s voices in support and urging use of means and muscle to conquer bad roads.
Little Lewis Luton Dillon son of Mr and Mrs E G Dillon fell while playing at school on New Year’s Day and sustained a broken arm. The injured member is healing nicely and he will resume school soon. City Marshal T J Anderson reports 56 arrests in 1913 mostly for drunkenness with eight during Christmas week 1912 and none in 1913. strong prohibition laws credited for a quiet Christmas in Trenton.
Jacob Cherry a longtime Bells resident died during Christmas week at age 76. He lived near Bells for 66 years and belonged to the Antioch Baptist Church for 55 years. Survived by his widow and five children his funeral was held at Washburn cemetery. Sherman Democrat.
In North Fort Worth a car was struck by a string of box cars last Saturday. Four occupants died instantly and two were injured. The victims include Frank Blain and his son of Fort Worth and Eugene Corley and E. E. McLemore of Dallas, noted in local business circles.
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