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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists subscription at $1.50 yearly payable in advance and notes 2nd class mail status in Whitewright Texas. It states corrections for erroneous reflections and outlines advertising rates for notices of entertainments and memorials. A state election is held next Tuesday and readers are urged to decide how to vote.
The sixth annual American Legion picnic opened this morning for a three day session with crowds already arriving. Paving contractors expect to start work soon in the business district and aim to finish before the fall rush.
The Whitewright section reports recent heavy rains aiding a fair corn crop. Cotton is progressing well and expected to yield strongly. If insect pressure stays low, Old Man Cotton should bring a good year.
A Kansas City man is killed by a hit baseball as a Texas political scene emerges with eight gubernatorial hopefuls and early campaign chatter. The column notes Whitewright improvements, rising repair work, and a favorable Texas business climate with bankruptcy figures, plus local enthusiasm for the Whitewright Indians and a planned three-game series with Van Alstyne during the American Legion picnic.
A Dallas News State Press column defends President Hoover choosing Sundays at a quiet Rapidan River fishing camp. The piece argues the Puritan Sabbath shaped America’s moral code while critics warn against Puritanism’s lingering influence amid crime and cynicism.
A brief sermon by Rev. S. L. Ball on Matthew 7 21 urging readers to study the Bible pray rightly and seek true penance. It notes many read various texts but few study scripture, warns against insincere prayer, and cites the thief on the cross as example of genuine repentance.
The speaker argues God saves in this life as well as the next and rejects the idea of last minute salvation. He cites biblical verses and warns against delaying repentance, noting many will seek salvation at death after a life of sin while some true believers persevere. A tale of a woman clinging to sin contrasts with the exhortation to live righteously now.
Texas ranks sixth in winter wheat with an estimated 31,013,000 bushels out of a 622,148,000 bushel national total based on a June 1 condition of 79.6. The five year average is 549,257,000. Texas grapefruit shipments reached 1,566 car loads from the Rio Grande Valley, up 530 from last year, valued at 1,600,000. The crop is mainly in Cameron Hidalgo counties with Willacy also planted. The census lists 2,606,403 grapefruit trees with future bearing expected to pose distribution challenges. Knight dairy farm at Clarendon burned. barns replaced and electrical systems upgraded.
The Clarendon News reports every mechanical part of dairy work from milking machines to the cooling system is now electric. The Knight home also is fully electrified with a range lights and other electrical appliances to ease housework.
A collage of brief lines lampoons gender norms and social trends. Jokes range from a shortage of aging women presidents to women’s cooking in schools and visions of a future world run by women.
A San Diego Union quip notes the retirement of an Army colonel for humiliating a general, while joking that the world awaits a colonel who could humiliate a second lieutenant.
A commerce report notes 18,000,000 pairs of cotton stockings were produced in February in the country. A separate quirky tip from a Kansas newspaper claims pepper on strawberries prevents hives, while pepper in larger amounts repels strawberries, a note reflected by the Louisville Times.
Atlas Peck reports the Hog Ford sermon drew a general crowd with one baby crying throughout. Slim Pickens notes many passersby glanced at him silently, while Sim Flinders challenged a large man on Gander Creek after a heated exchange.
A man from afar plans a Musket Ridge grocery. A big chain outlet was seen near the site with Cricket Hicks betting it is a chain store. Miss Hostetter Hicks gathered excelsior padding while Yam Sims suggests preparing for a visit.
Slim Pickens called on an old friend who opened a soda fountain at Bounding Billows on credit. The scene turned awkward when the friend, short on humor, served a party of nine including a man and eight children who ordered a large glass of water apiece.
Guy Stedham son of Mr and Mrs W H Stedham had his left limb amputated above the knee Friday due to burns suffered last Christmas. The injury arose from deep burns on his left leg that failed to respond to treatment.
Guy, a Navy sailor who joined about two years ago, was on vacation when a mishap occurred. He underwent a life saving amputation and has remained in Naval Hospital Portsmouth, Va., with several months expected before discharge.
A short poem encourages resilience and hope. It speaks of pain and strife, urging readers to focus on the rainbow not the rain clouds. The author Lucia Lee Griffin signs the verse.
The Sun office offers engraved or printed cards and announcements at reasonable prices, inviting readers to request custom stationery for events and notices.
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