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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1935
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun reports readers on local issues and economy, noting mixed cotton prospects, meat prices and cattle markets, school transfers deadlines, and a postmaster appointment. It also comments on WPA funding disparities and regional tax and governance curiosities.
The article lists state shares including New York 1105 dollars Oklahoma 900 Indiana 700 and discusses the processing tax on manufacturers. It weighs the fate of collected taxes if the Supreme Court finds the tax unconstitutional noting bond requirements and the likelihood manufacturers will keep collecting from consumers.
It is almost a month until Texas voters choose seven constitutional amendments. The piece urges voters to seek necessary information to vote intelligently. It cautions against blanket opposition urged by some groups which may defeat a good amendment by urging a vote against all.
Dr. A J Weeks recounts a legend of an angel of destruction visiting an ancient city. The angel says 5 000 will die of the plague, yet 10 000 perish including from fear. The sage notes fear as a killer. the angel explains only 5 000 died of the plague, others died of fear.
The Uvalde Leader-News says critics of the New Deal overlooked that most small businesses were near collapse a year ago. It argues Roosevelt's administration improved business, praising Democratic help to farmers, workers, and wealth creators amid a nationwide chart showing gains.
A compilation of quoted lines lampooning economic plans and politics from multiple papers. Notable points include skepticism of planned economies, wartime policy, taxation, and criticism of political labels. The montage sketches public doubt about leadership and reforms.
Federal Judge Randolph Bryant issued a restraining order blocking collection of the ginners tax under the Bankhead act. The order bars W A Thomas Dallas Internal Revenue from collecting the tax while Wallace and the Texas Cotton Ginners Association challenge the law’s constitutionality in a Sept. 11 hearing. The case seeks bond security of $100,000.
The soybean is praised as a premier plant food with wide uses from human to stock feed and industrial products. It details traditional Chinese fermentation and sprouting benefits, uses in flour, breakfast foods, oil, and as a coffee substitute, plus soybean milk and cheese as dairy alternatives.
Big Bend cowhands plan an Alpine camp meeting at Paisano Peak with daily preaching and large scale barbecue. About 20 cowhands plus Mexicans will cook and serve meals in a 1,500 seat dining shed while mounted riders pace the 1,000 acre park. The event runs through Aug 4 and features two daily sermons and cowhand led feast preparations.
Skinker says earnings are simple. He advises to copy actions then do the opposite. The dialogue presents a quick, skeptical take on stock market tactics.
Austin reports the state tax rate projected at 62 cents as the school fund balance reaches 2.5 million dollars by Sept 1. The rate would be 35 cents ad valorem, 7 cents pensions, and 20 cents for schools, matching the constitutional maximums amid fund deficits.
Census Bureau data show 1934 Texas cotton output fell to under half 1931 levels due to drought and AAA crop programs. The report notes 400 idle gins, 2,314,894 bales ginned in 1934, down from 5,068,779 in 1931, with Dawson County having the most idle gins and Williamson County producing the most bales.
An assortment of cotton cloths was unpacked in a local dry goods store last week. The merchandise had been purchased from a robber, and no inquiry was made about the origin of the goods. It was only after shelving and some sales that the manufacturer was identified as a Japanese concern far from the raw material source.
A verse noting the heat and humidity with lines about cotton thriving in hot weather. The poem contrasts sleepless nights and stifling air with a refrain that it may be fine for cotton despite the discomfort. It ends with a reflective exchange about enduring the heat.
In Los Angeles Robert H. Thieme, age 103, celebrates his birthday and asserts abstaining from vices as the key to longevity. He recounts fifteen marriages and one child with fourteen wives plus two with another, and he jokes about marrying again for a younger partner. Thieme, a former Confederate soldier captured at Bull Run, hopes to reach 140 or more. He recalls an uncle who lived to 140 and maintains optimism.
A Dallas Morning News note expresses a wish that guinea pigs could be used to test tax rates, framing it as a humorous, hypothetical example about empirical testing.
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