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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1922
Page
2
A Whitewright publication announces clean-up week March 5 to 11 urging residents to clear premises and alleys of cans to aid mosquito control and city waste collection. It reminds notices of entertainments and obituaries are charged at regular rates and invites correction of any errors.
A citizen in Whitewright argues against city taxes on water works bonds without home water or fire plug access. Officials counter that the water works system lowers fire insurance rates within the city, saving property owners more in premiums than the bond costs.
The Sun notes clear street improvement in Whitewright as draymen and others confirm better highways over recent years. The street maintenance fund, covering more than depreciation, has elevated road quality monthly and yearly, aiding fire protection and earning a key rate reduction from the State Fire Insurance Commission.
In this poem Walt Mason evokes Potter's Field as a bleak final resting place for criminals. It contrasts destitute workhouse and jail origins with their silent, unwept deaths, noting Justice shadows every path and wealth cannot avert punishment. The piece laments the fate of those who think they can outpace the law.
A collage of editorial quips from various papers lampoons politics culture and diplomacy. Highlights include pokes at trust in God suffrage and the four power pact while noting knightings and class labels amid global tension and domestic jests.
Leonard February 23 A month after the Farm Labor Union asked the telephone exchange to cut rent from 15 to 12 dollars the request was refused. Farmers are removing their phones 200 have already been brought in.
The notice touts Pierce's Cafe as offering the best assortment of cigars in town and emphasizes maintaining them in good condition. It invites readers to develop the habit of visiting the cafe for their cigar purchases.
Governor Neff will tour the state beginning late next month delivering four to five speeches daily on The Texas Government Its Perils and Its Possibilities. He aims to discuss rural schools road building and marketing systems, insisting the campaign is not for re election but fulfills a 1920 promise.
In Waco Texas on February twenty four Miss Marcie Matthews seventeen shot and killed J S Crosslin during his trial for criminal assault just after being called to testify Three shots from an automatic pistol were fired Crosslin died instantly At the sheriff s office Miss Matthews said he ruined her health and education Her father was in the city but not in court The case ended with bond set for the girl
The Cresslin case began yesterday morning as the second trial after a prior conviction of nine years in the penitentiary was reversed by the Court of Criminal Appeals. J. S. Cresslin, 55, resident of Waco for 28 years in real estate, was sum of $4,000 this afternoon and released from custody. He is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, one brother and two sisters.
The murderer sought money but Mr Breen had just deposited funds in the bank the day before, so the victim lost only his life and nothing else.
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