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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1914
Page
1
The state of Tennessee becomes legally dry after four years of noncompliance in cities and saloons. A new law shuts saloons and a concurrent supreme court decision lifts shipment limits allowing unlimited alcohol into the state, with each arrival recorded at the county clerk.
Sunday school drew 162 attendees and two services at eleven and seven teen united with the church. Epworth League and Woman's Missionary Society meetings were held with good attendance and a $25 pledge to the Key Memorial fund. Pastor Mood preached and the pastor was away at Gordonville. Quarterly Conference near. monthly statements to be mailed.
A brief item notes Riley Williams owns three breeding stallions and two fine jacks located two miles south of Bells. The notice highlights livestock holdings and their proximity to Bells.
The Board of Education opened bids for a Whitewright public school building. Hughes & Furrier of Tecumseh Oklahoma submitted the low bid of $17 400. The project totals about $19 000 with the architect's 5 percent fee and six bid average. Completion expected by September 1 with work starting promptly after ground prep.
The Katy farm demonstration train arrived Monday morning and stayed an hour and a half on a siding for several hundred Whitewright residents to view exhibits and hear lectures. The staff included T L Peeler industrial commissioner and W W Evans ag agent, with A M College specialists on dairying silage and livestock.
The piece reports ongoing government seed distribution challenges as Senator Sheppard and other representatives resist the free seed program, while Congressmen Hatton Summers of Texas joins the effort to curb what is described as a seed graft and wasteful spending.
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