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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1933
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists subscription price and post office entry as second class matter. It warns notices of entertainments with admission fees and memorials will be charged at advertising rates and notes corrections upon request. It urges awaiting government guidance before plowing cotton and flags signs of the coming prohibition election on August 26.
The article notes oats rising from a low of 10 cents to 40 cents per bushel amid uncertain markets and predicts harvest impacts. It contrasts grain volatility with political shifts after the Hoover era and suggests cotton prices could swing to twenty five cents or less per pound this fall.
The article notes Secretary Wallace in St Paul urging farmers to act to use the Farm Adjustment Act to gain fair prices. He warns against reliance on government aid and says the act is a powerful tool requiring active effort by Americans to drive it forward.
The article defends independent effort as key to farm improvement. It cites the Wyoming Stock Growers Association stance that government plans cannot replace practical experience and hard work. It warns against impractical schemes reducing the nation to a three-hour workday and three-day week.
The piece argues rising farm prices and stronger industry indicate economic recovery. It cites March to June production gains, steel and auto sectors leading the rebound, and employment rising to about 61 percent with wages lagging at 42 percent. It references temperance sentiment and fatal car death projections linked to liquor.
A McKinney Examiner editorial asks if voters should repeal the Eighteenth Amendment or vote wet while maintaining moral law. The piece questions public complicity in deaths and cites the command Thou shalt not kill.
The Sun editor buys a cheaply priced shirt that fails to fit and proves you get what you pay for. The piece laments unfair competition, notes new industry codes on wages and hours, and asserts shirts should be worn year round by well dressed gentlemen.
Mrs. C. P. Johnson and Miss Clyde Johnson hosted a bridge party for Sue McConnell, bride elect of F. M. Dyer of Farmersville, with guests including Miss Sue Stephens and Mrs. Roby Childress. Prizes were awarded and gifts given to the honoree.
Church minister urges spiritual health and revival as he calls parishioners to attend services. He warns against chronic spiritual sickness and excuses for skipping church and announces topics for the upcoming revival and sermons on brotherhood and conscience.
William Lynn Hay a prominent Sherman attorney died Tuesday on his sixty second birthday after two years of ill health from a stroke. He led the firm Hay Finley Wolfe Barron and was a noted civil lawyer in North Texas. He was born July 4, 1871 in Cairo Illinois, educated in McKinney, UT Austin 1894, married Mary Aileen Slaughter, survived by two daughters Dorothy Lynn and Cornelia. Funeral held Wednesday at 5 pm at his residence with pastors Roy H. Biser and George Cuthrell officiating. Interment in Sherman Mausoleum.
G C Ivins pastor reports a lively church gathering in Whitewright with a moonlit picnic by the Always Ready class. The column jokes about politics and local quirks, noting a courthouse court at a kangaroo event and a deacon claiming liquor land. The piece ends inviting readers to Sunday service to discuss the church's good traits.
A. B. Webster, longtime resident of the S. H. Montgomery farm, purchased 461 acre Looney farm from the First National Bank of Tom Bean. Located eight miles west of Whitewright on the Ida Sherman road, the property marks a strategic home purchase as land values are reported lower now than in recent decades. Real estate men note rising interest in farm land while prices remain depressed compared with 30 35 years ago.
The Kentuckytown Self Help Club met with ten members present on June 23. Plans included an ice cream supper on July 8 on the Kentuckytown school lawn to fund a delegate to the A. and M. Short Course July 24–29. Mrs. P. H. Connelly was elected as delegate.
Four times the vitamin C found in oranges and lemons, paprika is identified as a surprising nutrient powerhouse. The text also advises shoppers to do their buying in Whitewright.
Better lay in a supply now and save money. See us before you sell your farm products. We buy almost everything the farmer has for sale. Try us and see.
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