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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1926
Page
1
The delirious ravings of a pneumonia patient at a Dallas hospital reveal clues to a bank robbery gang active recently in Mississippi and Tennessee. Police expect officers from Batesville and Memphis to arrive. the group is said to have moved to Oklahoma and Texas.
Col R M Johnston 76 a former U S Senator and Houston Post editor died in Houston after a period of illness He was appointed to the Senate in 1913 and later served as editor in chief and president of the Houston Post He later remained on the Post-Dispatch board and had Confederate Army service and AP vice presidency.
Elizabeth Waggoner led an Epworth League session centered on The Value and the V ictories of Perseverance with Miss Dale McGaughey guiding Bible light. Martha Joe Sears read Keep On Keepin On while Miss Christine Stuckey ran a Steadfast ness exercise. Irene Rector set aims. Frances Delfel spoke on Nerve. Janice McIver on Determination. Pan Song Keep On Hopin.
Rev. J. H. Hankins resigns as pastor of the Bells Baptist Church to accept work in Whitewright. He served six months and was valued by members who regret his departure but wish him success in a larger field. Bell Review notes the move.
Mrs. G F Baxter of San Francisco visiting Sherman fainted at the Dallas interurban terminal shortly after noon Monday after discovering her purse was picked. Her California return ticket and $48 in currency were stolen. She was taken to a hospital and revived. Dallas police seek the ticket and money.
Lynch Davidson son of Houston will officially open his gubernatorial campaign in Palestine on Saturday March 13. State campaign manager A A Allison cited Davidson’s role in routing Southern Pacific Railroad through the town and rehabilitating the state railroad as a reason for choosing Palestine. A gala day program is planned with the opening speech in the afternoon.
A meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 PM at the Call Reeves tailor shop to form two evenly matched teams by the old fashioned choosing up method. Five inning games will be played three days a week at six o clock, with no connection to Sunday school.
In Denison last night two burglars entered the Scott and McFarland grocery at 1013 South Mirick Avenue. A freight train blocked a police car at a crossing delaying officers as the two men slipped out a rear door. They fled with a gun, cheese, and crackers, while Belew and neighbors failed to halt them.
A message from Mrs. P. J. Pierce at her mother's Arkansas bedside states she died early Tuesday morning. Mrs. Pierce had left with her son Andrew Pierce on Saturday and arrived Sunday at the maternal home.
Mr and Mrs W T Ross attended the funeral of Dr J T Slover at Sulphur Oklahoma on Tuesday. Slover was a brother in law to the Ross couple and he had visited here many times, leaving behind many friends who were grieved by his death.
The Odd Fellows Lodge meets tonight Thursday at 7 30 o clock. All members urged to be present. Visiting Odd Fellows welcomed.
The second quarterly conference of the local Methodist Church will meet Sunday March 14 at 4 pm at the church. Presiding Elder Simpson will preach at the evening service.
The Grammar School is indebted to Miss Sallie Moore for a valuable set of reference books the Student's Encyclopedia. The faculty appreciates this gift as it enables pupils to do their best work.
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Wilson and daughter of Slaton visit Mrs. A. Morris, grandmother of Mrs. Wilson, at the Roscoe Gillett home. Mrs. Morris remains critically ill with family at her bedside.
Dallas March 3 The greatest cotton acreage in Texas history is being planted despite efforts to reduce it Judge M H Gossett president of the Federal Land Bank of Houston told the Texas Safe Farming Association Loans indicate the trend with one North east Texas farm of 1200 acres listing 1100 in cotton and other reports show about 80 of every 100 acres going to cotton O T Hunt cashier of the Guaranty State Bank Gunter said Grayson County grain acreage would triple and similar data are reported elsewhere
Dr. C. S. Carter led the Rotary Club last Friday with the Whitewright orchestra as entertainment. Guests included B. B. Adams of Adams Motor Company and H. Montgomery. The club notes three low one hundred percent meetings in a row and district praise for attendance and service. The group plans to form a Boy Scouts troop to engage in community betterment with a scout master to lead the first group.
The Self Help Club met with Mrs. Mary Darwin on February 12 for an instructional program on altering commercial patterns led by Miss Reky Saunders and Mrs. Harris. Most members attended, one new member joined, and visitors were welcome. Fruit salad and chocolate were served after.
J L Dyer of Dyer and Jones purchased the brick corner residence at King and Montgomery in Sherman for about 16500. Dyer moved in Tuesday. The house, formerly occupied by E B Jeffries, was known as the Kay Kimbell place after his departure to Dallas.
Mrs. John Sears of Merkel died at a Dallas sanitarium last Thursday morning after several months of illness. Survived by husband two daughters and her mother Mrs J F Lilley of Whitewright. Funeral and burial held in Merkel last Friday with relatives and friends from Whitewright in attendance.
L. L. Etchison of Sherman recently surveyed Whitewright and plans to loan money on local business and residence property. He published an advertisement in this issue of The Sun inviting loan consideration on Whitewright real estate.
Mrs. J. J. Walker of Greenville spent the first of the week here with her mother, Mrs. J. L. German.
Texas saw a 5 percent rise in electric power and light customers in cities of 25 000 or more and 8.7 percent in smaller cities, bringing total customers to 588 720 from 511 172 at year start. The state climbed from fifteenth to thirteenth in electricity use, with 1 252 000 kilowatt hours produced in 1925. Utilities built 927.28 miles of transmission lines and added 60 355 kilowatts of generating capacity along with 77 548 new customers.
Miriam A Ferguson announces run for re election from Austin despite impeachment stigma. She cites amnesty bill and vows full stewardship report later. She defends her husband James Ferguson and says they will continue to work together.
Terre Haute Indiana March 2 A telephone and electric lights grace the mausoleum housing the body of Martin A Sheets wealthy stock broker entombed Monday Sheets requested before death that the tomb be equipped so he could talk with the outside world if he awakened in it
Denison reports a former Leo Epestein store clerk at 318 W Main St who joined a church and sent 1.20 to manager M. F. Balliet to repay two items he had stolen while employed. He claims his new Christian faith prompted the gesture to make amends.
Mrs S B Williams east of town marked her 80th birthday last Saturday with a gathering of friends and relatives. She has lived within a mile of her home for over fifty years and was joined by children Sam Williams of Clarksville and Mrs O L Jacobs of Clarendon plus Mrs W C Anderson, daughter of the celebrant, and other neighbors.
Rev J H Hankins and wife have settled in the Baptist parsonage after moving from Whitesboro. He was recently called as pastor of the First Baptist Church and was greeted by a large audience at last Sunday's service. Other city churches did not hold evening services to allow attendance.
Friends announce the marriage of Herman T. Arterberry of Los Angeles California to Imogene Moore of Van Alstyne. The bride is the daughter of Dr and Mrs S D Moore and is well known locally. The ceremony occurs Thursday March 18 at seven o clock at the First Christian Church in Van Alstyne.
Dr and Mrs R May and daughter Mrs Albert Jackson and Mrs Jack sons son spent Sunday in Celina as guests of Rev and Mrs Grady May.
Forrest and A. Robinson, two African American brothers, confessed slaying Policeman C. M. Isbell. Judges sentenced them to be electrocuted at the state penitentiary in Huntsville on April 2 before sunrise after speedy convictions by juries. Both waived the two day period for a possible new trial.
The Sun previews March Magazine with two main features The Alamo a National Shrine and The Largest Sunday School in the World. It notes March 6 marks the Alamo fall anniversary and highlights Texas led victory at San Jacinto and the 8000 person Sunday school in Texas using Bible study as its lesson text.
City Marshall H. E. Williams weds Ruth Boyd in a Denison ceremony last Saturday at 7 30 p m Rev J A Dickey of Armstrong Avenue Christian Church officiated Williams longtime Whitewright resident bride from Oklahoma sister of Mrs John Cantrell of this area.
Readers dispute the primaries as the path to election. Granbury News endorses Clarence Gilmore for governor but questions the system’s control over candidate selection and financial sacrifice. Mineral Wells Index notes Gilmore would be a good governor but fears the political juggernaut harms genuine statesmen.
Whitewright High School debaters host Greenville Senior High in a double header at 7:30 p.m. The teams, boys Guy Stedham and Charley Carter Jr. and girls Cora Mae Thornton and Maggie Horton, defend the affirmative on the child labor amendment question.
The Cotton Belt demonstration train arrived in Whitewright at 10 30 Tuesday morning and remained until 11 45. Farmers and townspeople viewed the displays highlighting livestock and poultry importance on the farm and diversification in crops.
The Parent Teacher Association met at the High School Tuesday with many mothers and visitors. A strong program featured a violin solo by S L Young and a piano solo by Miss Cora Mae Thornton. Mrs Guy Hamilton spoke on Child Training. Delegates to the district meeting to be held in Sherman in April were elected.
Tom A. King of Fort Worth, formerly of Sherman, has been named assistant manager at the Fort Worth branch of the Uhlmann Grain Co. in the Neil P. Anderson building, a role he began about three weeks ago. He previously managed near Madill Grain and Elevator Co. plants and earlier worked with Rayford Grain and Elevator Co. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. H. King of Whitewright.
The Hudson and Davis Company announces a fourth semi annual style show to be held at the store next week with date to be announced soon. Circulars will give definite details and the event will feature fashions displayed in store premises.
About 100 members of Congress who are Masons attended the Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 in Washington for Congressional Night and the Master Mason degree. Representatives Guvin Williams Marvin Jones and Morgan G Sanders from Texas spoke. The lodge, chartered in 1753, preserves the Washington era Bible and meeting minutes.
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