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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
3
Cotton seed wanted and wheel goods promo run through local merchants. Notable visits include W R Wilson in Dallas and Mrs J Wilson and Mrs D Scales with relatives in Sherman and Durant. Other items show moon buggies, roller skates, rubber tires, LIV-VER-LAX, and baby buggy repairs at Christian’s store with multiple in town customers and travelers.
Local residents visit relatives in Shawnee Whitesboro and Amarillo. Visitors include Miss Verna Ray from Ft Smith and Miss Oma Black from Pittsburg. A gold bracelet was lost and Milam Ryan traveled to Sherman for his son. J R Westbrook and family visited relatives in Denison by car.
Arthur Scooling of Howe brought W. M. Stockton the concrete man home on Tuesday. Stockton has been installing street crossings at Howe.
W H Horton traveled to Fort Worth to dispose of a carload of hogs and cattle for shipment. Tom Lilley visited Kenefick Oklahoma and reports fair farm conditions with prospects for good crops. The Masonic lodge plans a Saturday session to confer the I D degree on three candidates. Annie Dickson, formerly of Lone Oak, is elected as a teacher for the next term at Wright school following Miss Pierce resignation.
F C Christian offers imperial gasoline irons for sale. Contact F C Christian for details and pricing.
A commodious bungalow on Spruce street nearing completion in modern style. Lost between Katy depot and Sam McMillin's tailor shop a gold hunting case Seth Thomas pocket watch. Return to the Sun office. Mrs. Mary Furgerson and children from Durant Oklahoma and Mrs. Minnie Conaway and two children from Chandler Texas are guests of N. G. Ross, the ladies' father.
R M Womack and family who wintered in Florida return to Whitewright and stay with Mrs D M Ray, while Mr Womack is away on a business trip in East Texas. Alma Smith visiting her father at Wylie will come to see her sister Mrs Joe Mangrum. Devotional services are announced for Central Christian church next Sunday and Rev Fleming, recently called, will fill appointments after returning from Midland. Sun office advertises typewriter paper for sale.
Miss Lou Bell King led a Sunday school class social at the Vaughn home with games and amusements for a lively crowd. The Wesley Bible Class met at Dr. and Mrs. R. May’s home Tuesday with music by May and Edith Little and a vocal by Cora Lee Hoard, followed by refreshments. Mary Lena Longley, former Royse teacher, was operated on for appendicitis at Dallas Baptist Sanitarium and is improving before visiting Whitewright.
Trade note from F. C. Christian lists cold storage deals and price quotes for refrigerators and ice boxes.
W H Horton bought the Lee Houston residence in West Whitewright and moved in this week. Mr Houston moved into Ira Davis rent cottage, vacated by William Lindsey who moved to a house on South Bond Street.
Mrs A C Zehner, a Chau Tauqua entertainer on the Saturday program, misplaced a valuable diamond set pin near the tent. Its recovery is sought and the owner would welcome its return.
Mr. and Mrs. Carey Luck traveled from Wolfe City Sunday afternoon to visit relatives and friends. Mr. Luck returned home while Mrs. Luck remains in the city visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Thaxton.
Mrs. D. H. Johnson of Annett Oklahoma visited this week to see her son cadet Johnson at the Carlisle Military Institute. He is the son of ex Governor Douglas H. Johnson of the Chickasaw Nation who represents the Chickasaw Indians at Washington. They traveled from San Antonio and paused here on their way home.
Local sun office lists chattel mortgage blanks available for purchase. Includes standard forms for secured loans and personal property collateral. Limited quantities, first come, first served. Prices not specified.
Shorty Long sold his cafe stand at the old Rube's Cafe site to Emma Newton of Weatherford. Newton, aided by her niece, will run the business. Also noted are travels of Mrs. P. A. Doyle and Mrs. Kidd visiting relatives, and Miss Emma Gordon hosting the Cosmopolitan Class gathering at the Presbyterian Church to strengthen friendships and class growth.
A editorial urges fathers to attend church with their children emphasizing moral role modeling. It denounces secular attitudes, praises churchgoing as an influential duty, and calls readers to fill churches Sundays to support youth upbringing.
Mrs. J.M. Long, who taught piano forte music with the public schools here this past session, has accepted a position as music teacher in the city schools of Greenville for next year and will leave this city. The Board of Education has not yet chosen her successor.
Amy Davis a twenty year old resident of J. C. Connelly's Belt settlement died Sunday from pel legra. The attending doctor noted the illness began five years prior and medical progress was limited. She had briefly recovered after local treatment but the disease returned three months ago and caused her death. Julian Montgomery returned home from Champaign Illinois where he studied at the University of Illinois and then joined a civil engineering position in Austin with a sewerage construction firm.
With his parents Mr. and Mrs. B S Montgomery present, he plans to return to Austin to resume his work with the company.
The Grayson county Christian Endeavor Society hosts a 7 p m program at the Presbyterian church titled Employer and Employee Working Together. Miss Thelma Joe Dyer leads with scripture from Cor 3 22 25 4 1 and a Mizpah Benediction closes.
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