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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1946
Page
3
The Whitewright Sun urges readers to scrutinize Joe and Jim and Texas legislators, warns about future spending, taxes, and constitutional amendments, and cites Edmund Burke on citizen engagement. It stresses informed voting and public involvement as the next Texas Legislature looms.
A legislator criticizes current Texas lawmakers for cheap politics and excessive political favors. The writer argues that Texas citizens send representatives to Austin, effectively delegating state decisions, while noting they may not attend themselves.
C M Nichols of The Malone Register argues that a simple column of type needs 10,000 characters, offering 70,000 error chances plus millions of transposition chances. He cites the line To be or not to be as yielding 5,759,023 possible errors and asks readers if errors are surprising.
Opinion on big business and ownership argues bigness per se is not sinful and that free enterprise allows growth from small to large firms. It cites Bell Telephone System with 700000 stockholders and dispersed control, plus a major oil company's 1945 profit as owned by many investors.
Dr. George S. Benson of Harding College in Searcy Arkansas told Texans that Chinese coolie logistics show railways with thousands of stockholders and $25 000 invested per worker build cheaper freight. He argued fair treatment of workers but urged recognizing investors and management as essential to creating and sustaining jobs through production and profits.
A father who cannot stop worrying about money work health and his uncle’s silence dominates his household. His constant anxiety strains his wife and children while Uncle Tom plays a conflicting role and Ellen laments her departed husband.
In Houston a ten cent Foley Brothers store buys a corner lot at Main and McKinney for 2000 dollars per front inch, claimed to be the South's highest real estate price. Foley Brothers Department Store announced sale of a 125 by 250 feet lot for 3,055,000 dollars to the F W Woolworth Co, containing the First Presbyterian Church.
The brothers arranged an option valued at 1.25 million dollars, while another church site is under construction. Woolworth plans a large five and dime store on the lot as the Sun expands its printing operations.
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