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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1929
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun is published weekly on Thursdays from Whitewright Texas. Notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with an admission fee are charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions of respect and similar notices will also be charged.
The city commission announced that carnivals will no longer be allowed on Denison streets citing safety and public property concerns. Meanwhile Whitewright honors its 24 graduating seniors with congratulations and encouragement as they prepare for college or new endeavors.
The editor calls Memorial Day a time for profound reflection beyond ritual, urging support for veterans in government care, continued peace, and active citizenship. It stresses honoring heroes by championing hospital care, compensation, informed public opinion, and patriotism without profit.
A short sermon explores life in scripture from plant and animal life to human life made in God’s image. It references Genesis creation and the biblical phrase I am the life, suggesting deeper spiritual meaning beyond biological life.
The author discusses biblical creation, the immortality of life in God and Jesus, and salvation themes. He cites Genesis and John to argue life comes from the divine, and that Jesus is the life and path to eternal life, urging acceptance of Christ through spiritual nourishment.
Washington reports show public high school attendance rising from 915,000 in 1910 to 3,757,000 in 1926, a fourfold increase. Junior high enrollment surpassed one million, with over 300,000 at high school rank. About half of graduates proceed to higher education, a notable decade-long rise.
The New York Evening Post notes enough cars exist in the United States to seat every man woman and child simultaneously, though with no pedestrians on the streets the spectacle would lack sport or excitement.
A collection of witty and pointed remarkes from newspapers highlights social and political fault lines. Observers joke about labor, crops, crime, science, and governance while lampooning leaders and policies in brisk, era-typical voice.
The June bride class of 1929 will undergo a state mandated marriage process as Texas requires declarations of intent and health certificates. The new law, effective June 12, adds a three day notice requirement and health verification for brides and grooms.
The Supreme Court ruled pocket vetoes effective when Congress is not in session, killing last minute legislation like the Muscle Shoals bill. The decision states a bill returned with disapproval must be during a session. a bill paused by adjournment is dead. The ruling also addresses naturalization limits for Rosika Schwimmer and Senate arrest authority over Sheriff Cunningham in a separate Pennsylvania election inquiry.
The House approved its thirty seventh tariff bill setting the highest duties in history. Sugar import duty 3 cents per pound with 2 40 cents for Cuban sugar. Wool 34 cents per pound. cement 8 cents per 100 pounds. hides 10 per cent ad valorem. boots and shoes 20 per cent ad valorem. leathers 12 142 to 30 per cent ad valorem. Building materials and textiles raised. plate glass pottery rayon and cotton fabrics, canned tomatoes onions live cattle also affected. The measure moves to the Senate.
Editorial from the Boston Shoe and Leather Reporter condemns war, arguing it devastates lives and economies far beyond contemporary combat. The piece calls for peace and cautions against escalation amid global tensions.
Oklahoma Attorney General Edwin Dabney was authorized by the Highway Commission to file a suit to stop toll collections on the Red River bridge between Durant Oklahoma and Denison Texas. The action ratified a January decision and awaits federal court action in the Eastern District of Oklahoma alongside a receivership case involving the Red River Bridge Company.
Between 1922 and 1927 electric output rose at least 85.3 percent from 40 billion kWh to 74.654 billion kWh. January 1929 first to exceed 8 billion kWh, with January and February 1929 up 13 percent versus 1928. Generating stations declined 31.9 percent from 6,355 to 4,327, signaling a shift to larger, more economical central plants.
Texas electrical output rose from 662,258,617 kilowatt hours in 1922 to 1,811,715,884 in 1927, a near 200 percent gain. Generator capacity grew from 265,807 to 622,001, far outpacing national averages as kilowatt capacity increased by about 80.3 percent and customers rose from 12,709,000 to 21,782,000.
Whitewright and nearby section received about two inches of rain Tuesday afternoon and night, soaking fields and delaying fieldwork. Farmers face delays as they await dry weather, grain near ready for binders, and hopes for a string of sunny days.
Tom Badgett of Denison spent the week-end here with relatives.
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