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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1929
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun covers community reflections on honesty, home improvements, local humor, and a dramatic note on 2,000,000 gallons of medicinal whiskey to be produced in 1930. It notes prices on state markets, quotes local residents, and urges continued improvement in the Whitewright area.
Newspapers on our table note Whitewright residents consistently cut weeds and maintain cleanups. The town promotes annual clean-up weeks and summer weed cutting, earning visitors praise as one of Texas’s cleanest towns.
The piece surveys Southern women’s past leniency in law and notes a shift as about twenty four women are arrested for violating prohibition in Texarkana. Judge Ragland reportedly condemns the female bootlegger, signaling tougher treatment ahead.
The Sherman Democrat notes a judge’s remark on women in court and raises bonds to $1,000 each for alleged bootleggers near Texarkana. The piece cites a federal slogan Find the woman and questions where illicit liquor was hidden.
Dean Christie of Purdue University urges Texas towns to act as full markets for surrounding farmers not just buyers from distant suppliers. He argues communities must provide retail outlets for crops like peanuts and sweet potatoes to sustain local agriculture and avoid being outpaced by neighboring counties.
A national feature argues that many top figures began in small towns where broad experience in multiple fields builds versatile leaders. In contrast to urban routinization, small town youth gain hands on practice in law business and medicine, fostering readiness for high executive roles.
Clyde Lucas, district manager of Southern Ice and Utilities, is lauded for fifteen years in the ice trade and for securing Whitewright a modern ice service station set to open Saturday. Jesse McIver, local manager for the same company, is praised for service orientation and strong local friendships despite failed attempts to photograph him.
A collage of quips on money power and social trends from multiple papers. It contrasts living within income with scarcity of essentials and humor about gender roles, wealth, and era shifts with pointed, witty observations.
Sile Kilden frets over his tired chickens and overextended garden duties. Cricket Hicks visits Miss Peachie Sims as symptoms grow serious and a pink bow marks the chair. Rosy Moseley doubts a Far West correspondent’s fate amid Western film violence. Tickville Marshal warns even important men must yield to a Ford truck and the fire wagon.
LONDON. Richard Joshua Reynolds, 23, son of the late R J Reynolds, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the death of Arthur Graham. The alleged fatal injury came when struck by a motor car driven by Reynolds. The case adjourned until Tuesday. Reynolds was admitted to bail. Reynolds is a major shareholder in the R J Reynolds Tobacco Company and has recent aviation interests.
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