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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
3
Sherman social and business mentions plus weekly bargains from Hestand's Variety Store and nearby towns. Residents and visitors like Mrs D S McMillin, C B Bryant, W C Huffine, E E Wilson, J W Davidson, and others are noted with trips to Sherman Dallas Bonham Trenton and Van Alstyne. Bargains include 3 cans salmon or peaches for 25c and 2 cans tomatoes for 15c.
Miss Emma Gordon returned from Plainview visiting relatives. Bob Bow, Gaines Bow, Clint McMillin, and J A McKinney drove to McKinney. Oscar Smith, Maurice McMillin, and J E Keeling toured Sherman by auto. Indian Runner Duck eggs sell for 2.00 per 13 egg setting. Floyd Everheart of Bells Route 3 and Jess Graves travel for farming interests in Stephens County with return planned Saturday.
R L Johnson jeweler and optician announces a new line of jewelry silverware and clocks. It invites customers to see the store before buying and highlights repair as a specialty.
A sale features late copyright books priced to move at 2:30 and 7:30 p m in the Truett building. Visitors include Roscoe Gillett Col J M Carlisle and S H Shifflett in Sherman on Sunday. Teachers and residents travel, with Birch Cook of Bethel School visiting Sherman.
L LaRoe traveled to Greenville on the Flyer Wednesday afternoon after receiving a telephone message that his mother was very ill at her Greenville home.
Gilliam Lindsey lays a new concrete walk in front of his property in Northwest Whitewright near the post office. John Parker, traveling for Womack Milling Co., visits family over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J C Miller announce the Bethel neighborhood birth of a daughter on the 21st inst. Variety Store receives Haviland china and other new lines.
FOR RENT two residences in Whitewright and for sale one nicely finished frame residence with immediate possession. Also note Misses Lucile Montgomery and Delia Moore recently returned from Trenton. Mrs Glidewell among sick folks needing medical attention this week. For SALE one acre land south front two streets south of College See W
Mr and Mrs T A Cole visited Mr and Mrs C B Bryant and friends in their car last Sunday. L L Nichols and Luther Gordon were drawn for jury service in Sherman courts this week and reported Monday morning.
Nit Wallace Horace Gordon Kern Glidewell Joe Everheart and Stanley Fogle were social visitors in Bonham Sunday. They traveled by auto. Evelyn Ayres came from the country early in the week and stayed several days with Mrs D W Smith and other friends in the city.
Mrs. J. H. Waggoner remains at the Catholic sanitarium in Sherman after an operation last Saturday. She is doing nicely and is expected to return home in a few days as improvement continues.
A derailed tender and two cars of a freight train near the Sears crossing on the Cotton Belt caused a several hour delay to passenger traffic Monday afternoon.
Mrs. E. O. Thomas was seriously ill in the first days of the week but the physician reports she is much improved now.
Lee Adcock moved to his newly purchased Spruce street property and has constructed a barn a smoke house and other improvements. The report notes planning and completion of improvements ahead of spring and moving into a renovated residence.
S. E. Jones begins substantial improvements at his East Whitewright residence. Miss Emma Randle and Mrs. S. E. Marshall are listed among others upgrading their homes.
Lee Holcomb and family move to a cottage near the school campus after selling their former home to J. A. Pritchett who has moved in from the country. E. I. Cambron and family vacate Holcomb rent cottage and relocate to the J. B. Dickson place recently vacated by A. J. Lee.
F C Christian buys Beasely Brothers stock of harness goods and announces limited time sale with discounts on horse collars pads ropes oil lariats and bridles. Special 10 day prices include open bridles lines halters and greases plus lap robes and spreads. See show window.
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