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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1921
Page
3
Washington reports Texas had 176 547 personal income tax returns for 1919, with net income totaling 643 172 301 dollars and tax paid 32 302 280 dollars. Average per person filing was 3 643.07 income, 182.96 tax. Nationwide totals: 5 332 760 returns, 19 859 491 448 income, 3 724.05 per return. Largest group: 1 924 872 returns for 1 000 to 2 000 income.
Parents may transfer their children into the Whitewright school before August 1. Do not delay until the last day. James R. Gallaher, Lee's School Board.
A New York business man returning from Washington says important circles fear a serious coal strike this fall. He notes no definite action yet but cites the temper of the men’s leaders as likely to test strength with operators, potentially more costly than England’s recent strike.
Former Governor O. B. Colquitt of Dallas declares his candidacy for the United States Senate. He favors State rights, lower taxes, reduced centralized government, and a $10,000,000 two-year state budget similar to his first term. He also backs a World War I bonus for soldiers.
Palacios Texas July 22 seven bodies of eight drowned delegates to the Baptist Young People's Union encampment at Green's Bayou were recovered. A dangerous undertow caused the deaths of adults including Rev Drue K Cumbie. The encampment drew about 3000 attendees from July 12, with rescue efforts aided by motorboats and airplanes.
An advertisement notes purchase of the grist mill just north of J. W. McMurry’s grocery store offering continuous meat and chops for sale and corn grinding any day of the week, signed J. D. Reynolds.
A reader laments people neglecting military funerals and offers a veteran’s tribute poem. He notes the flag draped casket, a firing squad, and a bugler as final honors for a soldier who served for freedom.
The body of R R Davis a well known local painter died suddenly last Thursday and was shipped to Forrest City Arkansas for interment. He left two daughters Desdemona and Roseland and a son Augustus with a wife and one child in Colorado. Surviving sisters live in Forrest City as the family prepares for the three fatherless children to live with the sisters.
A witty exchange features Schrecham describing a man as anvil or hammer while Peacham counters that most men seem like bellows. The brief dialogue reflects humor about character and effort without context.
Corsicana July 21 Dr I J Kyser of Powell community seven miles east of here poisoned several watermelons to trap thieves. He later ate one by mistake and became very ill, confined to bed two days. No other family member ate the fruit.
Baylor University professor C O Calloway denounced the Ku Klux Klan at a Seventh and James Street Baptist Church laymen's council meeting in Waco Texas. He urged strict enforcement of laws by elected officials and warned against private bands enforcing rules. He praised democracy and warned of anarchy if law is imposed by secret groups, noting concern over junior Ku Klux formations and urging loyalty to government.
A quoted warning laments threats to democracy in Texas if government is enforced by masked men. The speaker argues communities without law foster savagery and asserts Texas loses safety when citizens are harassed at night by cloaked figures.
Beveridge Brents describes life in the Citizens' Military Training Camp at San Antonio. He notes movies and boxing at the Service Club and that the San Antonio Express calls them Hell Cats of Camp Travis. He mentions a fellow recruit named Savage from Whitewright and complains of the heat.
A Camp Travis report notes a boxing director from Beveridge Brents Co 2 C M T C scored a second round knockout at a campus track and field meet held yesterday afternoon at Camp Travis Stadium. The event praised the director as the best in the camp.
Two girls watching a local baseball game compare the bases with a visiting team, joking that the local team has a man on every base while suggesting the visitors do as well. The remark reflects a lighthearted, casual spectator moment from the game.
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Tonic for energy and vitality by purifying and enriching blood. It claims improved color, appetite, and strength, noting the tonic contains iron and quinine and is liked by children, with a 60 cent price and germ-destroying claims for malaria and grip.
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