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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces subscription rates and terms. One year six months and three months are listed with a $1.00 price, notices to subscribers about payment timing, and a reminder that subscriptions expire on the first of the month with readers asked to notify if the paper is not received.
Special notice rules charge 3 cents per line for resolutions of respect obituaries cards of thanks church and lodge notices and advertising socials or entertainments with revenue for any purpose Religious fraternal or public meetings published for public benefit are free of charge.
Due to widespread rains delaying farm work, Texas Industrial Congress officers extend the $10,000 crop and livestock contest entry period to June 6.
Blue Ridge gains a new weekly from a stock company of local businessmen. The first issue is strong and hints the editor may soon earn the prefix grand at the masthead.
Will A. Harris outlines a platform for Congressman at Large advocating the election of competent men for office, a stance that effectively excludes himself from eligibility. The statement signals a selective standard and self-elimination from the race.
A Cleveland Ohio man lectured Bonham business leaders on maximizing daylight in homes and offices. If details were unclear the Bonham audience are advised to consult Governor Colquitt for further explanation.
Old Jupiter Plavius withdrew at the last moment to spare the collection from drawing on its reserved rainy day funds.
Whitewright urges full support for Carlisle Military Academy. Town leaders call for wholehearted moral and financial backing to nurture the institution from infancy toward mature stature.
Col Roosevelt shows irritation and teeth as geographers and scientists mock his River of Doubt in Brazil. Skeptics say water would have to run uphill. Roosevelt brings home a sample bottle to prove the claim.
A chronologic resume highlights Whitewright’s progress with new brick business houses and substantial residences. It notes heavy machinery expenditures at flour mills and other plants, plus additions of business concerns and civic and educational improvements including a prosperous independent military school.
The Sun cited in the Lone Oak News urges every state to adopt compulsory education laws. It notes Texas ranks poorly in education metrics including per wealth expenditures, high school and elementary school ratios, attendance, school plant value, length of school year, per child expenditures, and total enrollment.
The Attorney General files suit against nine major printing firms alleging price fixing since forming a combine. It claims the defendants sourced price books from one source and sold county and commercial station ery at identical prices. The firms allegedly audit books annually by the same auditor to enforce price compliance. Defendants include Dorsey Exline Hargreaves Clark & Courts and five similar establishments.
A representative described the Texas Benevolent Association as a lodge for unmarried people who cannot marry due to lack of funds. Members pay dues and when a member marries, a set amount is paid from the funds to help establish a home and enjoy companionship in matrimony.
A proposed Paris to Dallas interurban would run parallel to the T and P tracks from Paris to Bonham then to McKinney linking with Sherman Dallas service. Whitewright hopes the line includes their town or risks losing major trade area as local business groups push for influence.
Bonham voters backed a $250000, forty year road bonds measure by a large margin. With 1144 votes for and 370 against, the result spurs permanent graveled roads and promotes wider tax funded highway improvements across progressive communities.
A Midlothian observer notes a fire alarm setup near the Whitewright telephone office. A forty foot tower carries the bell with a weight-triggered start, causing rapid ringing until the weight descends. The system activates with central office reports and can be heard citywide. South Whitewright rarely hears the bell, a condition possibly true elsewhere.
Local resident Dug Pippin paved a concrete curb stone in front of his property on East Grand Avenue amid a wave of civic pride and speculation that other residents will install similar curbs. The move signals a trend on the popular street, drawing attention from neighbors.
The North Fort Worth Sunday News comments on a Sun statement noting compulsory education is fine but questions making youth suffer penalties like the electric chair during bad weather to deter playing hockey.
Executive committees urge candidates for county and precinct offices to file written applications with party chairs, signed and acknowledged before a notary, by the Saturday before the third Monday in June.
The Reserve Bank Organization Committee chose the First National Bank of Durant as one of five district national banks to carry out the organization papers. Other selected banks include the First National Bank of El Paso Union National Bank of Houston and First National Bank of San Antonio.
A Tyler confrontation arose when a man circulated dodgers asking Col. Tom Ball about friendship with Bailey. Ball declared he and Cone Johnson support him for governor, framing both as his friends. The Bailey issue in the campaign proved ineffective.
The Sherman Democrat reports that Methodists decree preachers must cut tobacco in all forms. The paper notes displeasure with sermonizing clergy who chew, spit, or smoke, urging preachers to set a Jesus like example and follow their conscience.
The Honey Grove Signal warns that a prohibition question and a quart law may both appear on the July primary ballot. If both pass, the legislature would face a constitutional tangle, possibly forcing rapid, ill–timed actions.
Fashion originators warn against extreme styles and predict a new season brings sane and sensible garments for women, shifting away from freak silhouettes toward practical attire.
Only one perfect baby was found from nine hundred entries in the Dallas baby show. The narrator laments that if their baby had been in the show there would have been two perfect babies.
The Honey Grove Signal notes clerks in Chicago use roller skates to cover four times the distance of walking on an 800 foot concrete floor, transforming a once useless device into a government aiding tool.
The Whitewright Sun publishes the first verse of a twenty three stanza poem mailed by a writer using the name New Comer. Readers may request the remaining verses by signaling interest. The North Fort Worth News notes several similar poems arriving recently but declines to publish them.
Charles Becker former New York police lieutenant is again convicted of first degree murder in the Rosenthal case and faces the death sentence. The slain gambler Hermann Rosenthal prompted four prior executions in connection with the case.
A mother from Bloomfield New Jersey praises Vind Vinci as a fast acting cold breaker and strength builder for her seven year old. She credits Vinci with aiding a whooping cough siege and calls it a safe tonic made from cod liver oil and iron with labeling on every package. DYER JONES Druggists endorse the product to mothers of weak children.
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