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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun informs readers subscriptions are due on the first of the month with rates listed as one year six months and three months. Subscribers may notify if delivery is missed and the post office classifies the paper as second class mail.
Special notice rules charge 5 cents per line for obituaries and cards of thanks while church and lodge notices with revenue are billed at 5 cents a line. Public benefit religious, fraternal or public meetings are published free of charge.
Local report details Leon Waits receiving an eighteen month federal sentence in Atlanta for liquor licensing violations. Judge Russell also discussed prior local option conviction and advised reform, with a $100 fine and guidance toward a straight life after serving time. The Sherman Courier notes the case and appeals progress.
In the Fifty-ninth District Court Judge Cal Freeman presided over three felony convictions in the first cases tried. Pearl Covington received five years for pandering, John Moss five years for robbery with firearms, and T M Craighead two years for forgery. Jurors were fined for failure to appear and an attorney fined for lateness as part of an unusual move to collect fines, receiving praise for efficient court operation.
B F Gafford, longtime Whitewright railway agent for the Cotton Belt, died after pneumonia crisis following a chill. Born 1860 in Camden Mississippi, he lived in Texas since 1870 and served as agent for Santa Fe at Rogers and Celeste before Whitewright. He was active in Masonic and IOOF lodges and left a large family, with funeral in Whitewright conducted by local pastors.
Mrs Dave Lyons aged wife and mother died last Monday afternoon four miles southeast of town of natural causes. Interment at Blanton cemetery Wednesday. Born October 12 1849 she married D L Lyons November 21 1871. Ten children were born eight survive.
Oscar Brown completed a new residence on North Main Street. W L Caylor moved to the Claud Robbins home and accepted a position on the good roads. Henry Philips became a clerk at the T N Parrish store. Charley Gudgel and family plan a move to Sherman. Several neighbors ill but improving after ten days. Rev I E Teague to preach at Baptist church next Sunday all day. O H Foster and family from West Texas visited his mother Mrs J E Foster. School closed until Monday Jan 21 due to coal shortage. Rev John C Skaggs to preach at Collinsville next Sunday. Pascal Connelly visited Sherman Saturday. Newman Gafford had an eye injury at school with possible lasting damage.
A periodized appeal praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for women through life stages from girlhood to motherhood and midlife. Testimonies from Mrs. Julia Stinson of Fort Worth and Mrs. Lizzie Epperson of Houston endorse the remedy as effective for nervousness and weight gain with visible benefits. Available as liquid or tablets. trial package offered for 10 cents. all ingredients printed on wrapper.
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