House Adopts Jones Cotton Report Bill
Washington reports the House approved Representative Jones of Texas on Monday a bill to end semi monthly cotton reports by the USDA and cut total reports from eleven to four. Production estimates would come only in September October November and December while biweekly ground reports continue. The bill moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Jones
Texas
House
Senate
Whitewright Girl Found Hanging in Parlor
A highly educated young woman in Whitewright was found dead by suicide in her home parlor. The grieving mother discovered the victim, who hung bare of life with a bouquet of luxuries around her, while a sweetheart’s arm bore a plea to subscribe to The Whitewright Sun for local news.
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Whitewright
Grayson County
Funeral services held for Mrs Lenora B Pierce
Mrs Lenora Bel Pierce age 59 died at home southwest of town Friday morning. Funeral 2:30 p m Saturday at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev I E Teague and Rev A E Major officiating. Interment Bethel Cemetery. Survived by husband J H Pierce and seven children including Mrs Floyd Harris George Pierce J R Pierce Lee Pierce Donald Pierce Mrs H R Williams and Mrs Grady Brown. Also three brothers and a sister Frank Anderson J E Anderson E P Anderson and Mrs G B Stephens. Born Missouri April 19 1868 brought to Texas as child. Married to J H Pierce September 5 1886 at Denison. Member of Christian Church.
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Lenora Bel Pierce
Bethel Baptist Church
I. E. Teague
A. E. Major
Bethel Cemetery
George Pierce
O’donnell
J. R. Pierce
Kiowa
Okla
Lee Pierce
el- Reno
Donald Pierce
H. R. Williams
Grady Brown
Rotary Club Celebrates 100 Percent Attendance Meeting
The Rotary Club held a 100 percent meeting last Friday as part of an attendance contest. Lloyd Moore and Horace Gordon led opposing sides with plans for a banquet for the losers and for Rotarian guests at the winner’s expense.
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Rotary Club
Lloyd Moore
Horace Gordon
Rotaryanns
Rham Pennington
Clay Horton
Oscar Jones
Joe Hamilton
Greenville
Sherman
Whitewright
Ed LaRoe
Fred W. Smith
University of Texas Established 46 Years
Austin notes that 46 years ago the Seventeenth Legislature created the University of Texas. Governor O. M. Roberts pushed action in 1879 to prevent idle status, with initial hopes of $125,000 from Western land leases and $650,000 from bonds. Early funding was scarce, and the first legislature grant came in 1889 as $25,000, with ongoing annual increases requested by the Board of Control to $2,046,150 for 1928 and $1,927,400 for 1929.
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Austin
University of Texas
O. M. Roberts
Board of Control
Fortieth
Fleming Couple Travel to California for Wife Illness
J. R. Fleming received a telegram from his son Wm. Fleming in California stating his wife is seriously ill. The couple had gone west weeks earlier seeking health benefits for her condition.
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J. R. Fleming
Wm. Fleming
California
Petition to retain all automobile fees in Hunt County
Petitions circulated in Hunt County seek to keep all automobile license fees at the county level. They urge licenses stay at current cost and funding for the State Highway Department via a higher gasoline tax. The Texas Judges and Commissioners' Association sponsors the proposed legislation.
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Greenville
Texas
Hunt County
State Highway Department
Texas Judges and Commissioners’ Association
Home Dad and the Boy by Frank H Cheley
The No Account Dad is portrayed as a flawed figure whose belief in himself is weak and whose pursuit of better options for his son is undermined by an inferiority complex and laziness. He blames luck and past choices while thrashing his son for copying him, with a message that fathers should set a right example and join their sons in better paths.
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Ess
Moody Inaugurated Texas Governor Open Air
Dan Moody, at 12 41 PM, became Texas governor in the first outdoor inauguration since the Civil War. A 10 000 to 20 000 crowd watched as Texas leaders including ex governors and Miriam Ferguson attended. Mrs Moody sat with relatives as Ferguson quipped about Moody’s youth and joked about political futures.
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Texas
Austin
Dan Moody
Moody
Capitol
Sayers
Colquitt
Ferguson
Hobby
Neff
Miriam A. Ferguson
Barry Miller
Burleson and Wesley College End Athletic Ties
Burleson College students approved the faculty’s decision to sever athletic and debate relations with Wesley College. President Durham outlined a new athletic conference Burleson would join as a main reason for the break. The action ends a long history of competition between the two junior colleges. Also noted are weekend visits by Mrs. C. S. Newman and Ona Nunn of Oklahoma City and federal officer G. F. Bryant visiting Paris.
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Greenville
Burleson College
Chapel
Wesley College
Durham
Burleson
C. S. Newman
Ona Nunn
Oklahoma City
J. F. Spindle
Trenton Businessman Found Dead in Garage
Sam Blades, a Trenton businessman connected with Reed hardware, was found dead in his garage Monday morning with a pistol beside him. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in Trenton, with several attendees from Whitewright.
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Sam Blades
Trenton
Reed Hardware
Whitewright
Scott Bruce Dead Pioneer Resident at Tom Bean
Scott Bruce a longtime resident of Tom Bean died at his home Tuesday night. He is survived by his wife Alice and children Ollie Lupher Allison Brackett Beryl Bruce and a daughter in California. Funeral services were held at the residence Wednesday at 2 pm with burial in White Mound Cemetery.
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Tom Bean
Rev J H Hawkins Named Whitewright Scoutmaster
Rev J H Hawkins elected scoutmaster of the Whitewright Boy Scout Troop with W L Stowers as assistant at the Baptist annex meeting. He plans to start on the Scout hut soon. Ford Moore of Sherman has donated 250 dollars for the hut.
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J. H. Hankins
First Baptist Church
Whitewright
W. L. Stowers
Baptist Annex
J. E. Montgomery
Christian Church
Graham
Hawkins
Ford Moore
Sherman
Do Ye Even So Verse Left For Governor Moody
Mrs. Miriam A Ferguson left a Bible verse for new Governor Dan Moody, citing Matthew 7 12 about treating others as you wish to be treated. The office, then bare of papers, had a Wilson picture and a Texas map on the walls, recalling Neff’s tenure.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Dan Moody
Neff
Ferguesn
Moody
Woodrow Wilson
Texas
Some Statistics of 1926 You May Not Have Seen in Print
A humorous Watonga Oklahoma Republican item lists quirky 1926 tallies. It notes 47,699 men chasing mosquitoes, 492,147 babies X rayed after small object incidents, 13,645,911 men shaving nicks, and a Chicago man hanged for spinach avoidance. It mixes absurd counts with playful crime and luck anecdotes.
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The
Express
Chicago
Watonga
Okla
Sherman Chamber awards 1926 crop contest prizes
Martin Belew wins 100 for Best Balanced Farm Program and 50 from Whitewright Chamber of Commerce in Class No 1. R E L Binion earns 50 for Most Corn on Five Acres in Whitewright area. Final winners in Most Cotton on Five Acres and other class prizes to be announced after records finalize.
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Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Whitewright
Martin Belew
Grady Gillett
Rotary Club
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
R. E. L. Binion
Pilot Grove
Clemency Acts Signed in Four Days by Governor Ferguson
Austin reports that in four days Miriam A. Ferguson signed about 304 clemency acts, boosting two year total to around 3,595. About 1,350 full pardons are expected. one exception involved Jack A Merritt, granted a full pardon after his parents traveled from South Dakota. Three hundred murder sentences were granted clemency and ten death sentences were commuted to life.
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Austin
Secretary of State
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Jack A Merritt
South Dakota
Merritt
Bexar County
Huntsville
Attend Baptist Rally in Sherman
Whitewright attendees at the Baptist rally in Sherman on Monday included Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Hawkins, J. B. Dickson, W. T. Simmons, Mrs. C. J. Meador, Mrs. Claud Wood, Mrs. G. Lindsey, Mrs. 8. T. Montgomery, Mrs. D. G. Coley, Mrs. W. C. Cook, Mrs. John Yeager, Mrs. J. B. Dickson, Mrs. Carl May, Mrs. Tom Ball, Mrs. Gladys Magar, and Misses Myrtle Badgett and Lucile Giles.
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Whitewright
Sherman
J. H. Hawkins
J. B. Dickson
W. T. Simmons
C. J. Meador
Claud Wood
G. Lindsey
Northwest Fannin singing convention at Canaan
A large attendance from Grayson and Fannin Counties gathered last Sunday afternoon at Canaan for a Northwest Fannin County singing convention. An unusually high number of capable singers participated in the program.
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Fannin County
Canaan
Grayson
Fannin Counties
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Miller
Bobbit
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G. F. Bryant
Prohibition
Paris
Scott Bruce
Dan
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P. Hansborough Bell
M. Pease
H. R. Runnels
Sam Houston
Edward Clark
R. Lubbock
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