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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1935
Page
2
Dallas News reports Texas voters will decide Aug 24 on Section 51 B of Article 3 to authorize old age assistance. The plan would allow up to 15 dollars per month for citizens over 65 who meet residence and character tests, with possible federal aid and legislative discretion on eligibility and cost.
New York reports that 51.3 percent of 2064 editors and publishers oppose the New Deal as failing due to Washington. Polls show 1058 against the programs, 663 linking recovery to administration adherence, 343 supporting modified leadership, and 32 percent crediting any progress to Roosevelt. One supporter calls him a 4-to-1 re election shot.
The discussion argues that the county share is a variable amount and notes California’s population parallels Texas. It suggests that even if our aid is half of California’s maximum grant, the pending amendment’s liberal conditions could cost as much annually as California’s 1931 pension expenditures.
The Agriculture Department advises Atlantic Coast cotton farmers to ready a new half and half weevil poison. Florence tests show a calcium arsenate lime mix rivals straight arsenate, offering lower arsenic and cost. Weather will largely dictate infestation levels this season.
The piece recounts 18th century trade along the Ohio River when John Finley and four servants settled near Big Bone Lick in Boone County. He carried English grasses used as packing material which, dumped by accident, helped promote a new grass species that became known as Kentucky blue grass.
A Mohammedan whispered Allah be praised before a decisive shot and sank the hole. The Chicago man behind him shouted You know me Al as he prepared his own put, turning the moment into a boastful exchange.
The Preacher's Column notes local youths scaring Dr Layman a Baptist preacher and Miss Topscott the schoolteacher with porch string and tree climbs. A German police dog bays at the moon during an eclipse in Topeka. The piece comments on pastors' pay, old-age pensions, Sunday school goals, and asks for a large audience at a Sunday program and a revival by Ross Smith in Bonham.
Thousands of small spiders reportedly rained down in England, then spun webs that covered the scene like silver threads, transforming the landscape into a glittering net. The event described resembles a mass arachnid dispersal observed by witnesses across the region.
Athens Weekly Review praises two new laws from the last session. One bans roaming livestock on highways with a 200 fine per event after Aug 11, daily offenses. The other requires truck drivers stopping on highways to place lit flares within 150 feet each direction for up to fifteen minutes.
In Muskogee Oklahoma the Frisco Railroad sues Hale Halsell Wholesale Grocery of McAlester alleging negligence by truck driver Melvin Hansen who parked a delivery truck on the Hugo Swick line prompting a passenger train collision near Swick. Damages of 28352.18 are sought in federal court.
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