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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1928
Page
6
Article reviews 1927 Fiscal Year distribution of federal tax dollars showing 17.1 cents to civil functions, 31.8 cents to military, and 51.1 cents to public debt. Mellon explains taxpayer perceptions versus actual allocations and the domination of debt service and defense in the budget.
President Coolidge urges Congress to provide 400000 to eradicate the pink boll worm threatening the U S cotton industry in Texas. An immediate 100000 is requested to clean gins and oil mills and survey surrounding counties for quarantine lines.
Sherman Democrat reports J R Oliver of Whitewright the leading pedigree Duroc Jersey recorder in the U S for three years. He milks five of ten cows earning $65 monthly from cream payments after starting with three cows last May. Oliver plans to expand and feeds skim milk to hogs while praising the Sherman milk plant as a key regional prosperity factor.
Frank Watkins a Red River County farmer earned 8506 from 236 acres selling vegetables potatoes pork poultry cream corn cotton cotton seed cattle hay and other products. He plans to avoid bank credit this year despite small earnings compared with Rockefeller.
Boston Governor Alvin T. Fuller, a Republican, says Hoover or Smith will win the presidency, telling the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company on Washington's Birthday. He rejects petitions for his own nomination while urging action if a boss-backed candidate is chosen. He adds that if the Democrats nominate Al Smith, Smith would win.
The speaker ridicules Democratic splits and warns if Al Smith is not the nominee the party should disband or become a Ku Klux Klan free trade council under Tom Heflin. He predicts Herbert Hoover or Alfred Smith as next president and extols keeping Whitewright money at home.
In a note, a lonely person asks a friend to visit, saying they have been terribly lonely since the goldfish died. The message emphasizes the urge for company and reassurance.
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