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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1929
Page
2
Sherman notes a new law allowing motor vehicle registration payments for fractional parts of the year. The state highway department notified Tax Collector D. K. Roberts that this replaces the former quarterly system. The measure has been in effect since May 23 following an attorney general ruling.
The new law changes registration timing and license periods. Vehicles registered February 1 are taxed for a full year if used in January. Old June 30 registrations cover nine months. Enforcements use twelfths of annual charges with monthly reductions from ten twelfths in March to one twelfth from December.
A brief dialogue captures Betty’s knowledge and behavior through a provocative exchange between Jim and Betty. The fragment hints at character dynamics and moral expectations central to the piece.
The U S Department of Agriculture joins NBC for a daily midday program covering 31 stations. Secretary Arthur M Hyde opens the service on July 8 with an address and the program runs 1 30 to 2 15 pm EST five days a week with a monthly Saturday 4 H Club segment. Morse Salisbury heads the radio service of the department.
A. L. Biggerstaff near town brought two cotton stalks to The Sun office. One stalk carried five bolls and seventeen squares, the other three bolls and seventeen squares. Planted April 12, he reports little insect damage and optimistic outlook for a good crop.
Hopkins County literacy intensive campaign for the 1 750 000 road bonds election to be held Saturday July 6. If approved, outstanding bonds will be paid off and funds used to build a north and south concrete highway across Hopkins County and to construct lateral roads countywide.
Texarkana grocers note only free lunch and nickel value changed as malt supplies rise. Four fifths of sold malt is hopped to beer, yielding about 9.6 million bottles for the town's 35 000 residents. Last year saw 25 carloads of bottles and 3 000 000 caps sold with new 1930 bottle cap models drawing interest.
In Texarkana Gazette reminiscences, locals recall summer days when a nickel bought a schooner of beer. The piece contrasts past malt prices with current tastes, noting nostalgia for simpler times and the social ritual around cooling drinks.
W C Wainright and F W Winfree complete a fire insurance survey of Whitewright prepared for the Sanborn Map Company. The survey aims to assess risk and fire protection adequacy in the town.
The State will use new fire insurance maps created by a New York company for Whitewright. Local agents will receive the maps soon. The 1920 survey was replaced. the latest map details every building in the city.
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