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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1932
Page
5
Notices warn that entertainments box suppers and benefits with admission fees will be billed at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions and similar items also incur charges. Corrections will be published if any defamatory reflections are brought to the publishers.
The 1924 election in Whitewright and Grayson County favored Dr. George C. Butte over Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson by 522 votes in the county and 242 to 124 in Whitewright. Ferguson later lost the governorship to Dan Moody amid statewide scandals, while 1928 saw Texas give Hoover a 26,004 statewide majority.
In Grayson County Hoover won 6,270 votes to Smith's 4,584 with a 1,686 margin while Whitewright stayed Democratic giving Smith 221 to Hoover 129. Orville Bullington is expected to carry Whitewright and Grayson but the state will likely remain Democratic. Bullington is not a politician but his speeches and radio addresses have boosted recognition.
The Grayson County Democratic chairman threatens two year bans on primary participation for bolting the ticket in the governor race while urging a pledge from precinct chairs. The 1928 vote showed 4,584 Democrats siding with Republicans to back Herbert Hoover over Al Smith, amid religious tensions.
The county chairman argues he can compel Democrats to vote against their convictions citing religion. He asserts he can whip the party into obedience, but readers insist bolting for honesty is their right and will not be coerced.
Ohio voters face November 8 choices including 35 senators 435 representatives and 34 governors. Harry Reich of Cleveland says foreign born residents, making up 16 percent of the population, will back Hoover.
Henry Ford, a former Democratic Senate candidate in 1918, campaigned publicly for President Hoover. He gave a radio speech urging Hoover's reelection and directed Ford employees nationwide to support Hoover to prevent worsening times and aid recovery.
Wheat selling at low prices pushes farmers to bolt the Republican ticket. Voters appear set to back a Democratic president, while Texas Democrats may help elect a Republican governor with sufficient votes.
The State Highway Commission designates the Bells to Denison road as a state highway. A hard surface road will join Highways 91 and 160 at Bells, shortening the Whitewright to Denison distance and making Whitewright and Denison closer neighbors. Denison is praised as a good town to neighbor.
The Sun says for the first time in over twenty years it does not urge Democratic voters in Whitewright to vote straight. It notes no Bolshevik removal, no bolt of the ticket, leaving the choice to each voter's conscience. It adds that a Democrat may bolt the governor's race if they wish.
The April 5 1865 engagement near Amelia Courthouse about 30 miles west of Petersburg marked Saylors Creek as one of the war’s final clashes. General Sheridan called it one of the severest conflicts of the war, with leaders Lee Meade Longstreet Humphreys R H Anderson Ewell Gordon Seymour Crook Merritt Stagg and Kershaw among those involved.
In Sherman on November 17 Governor Ferguson will open the Red River Valley Fair. A house owned by Mrs. L A Yates and occupied by Will Barr burned Sunday night. Woman suffrage failed in New York Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Mrs W T Sears visiting Jackson Miss had diamonds stolen from her room. J C Parsons offers 47 cents for car corn. D S McMillin helped Celina Masonic Lodge lay the Celina high school cornerstone. Bryant King and Miss Ruth Moore wed at the bride’s parents’ home. Miss Minnie Montgomerys engagement to Hugh Norris announced at a party. Eastern Star Lodge hosted a Halloween party at Masonic Hall.
The Comptroller of the Currency reports national banks earned 24 percent on capital and 13 percent on capital and surplus for the year ending June 30, 1920. Warren G. Harding won the presidential race in a Republican landslide over James E. Cox. Local totals show 320 votes cast with 208 for the Democratic electors and 69 for the Republican electors. In governor’s race Pat Neff had 190, Culbertson 69, McGregor 14, with 47 not expressing a preference. County treasurer candidate C. B. Bryant led Republicans with 72 votes, edging the governor’s ticket by three. Mike Grogan led the Democratic ticket with 220 votes in a contested public weigher race. E. Y. Skaggs, 76, died near town. Rev. K. R. Isbel is assigned to Whitewright Methodist Church. The Retail Merchants Association plans incorporation. Nebraska farmers consider burning corn for fuel as an alternative to coal due to low prices. Rev. A. E. Major resumes pastorate at Central Christian Church. W. M. Morgan buys Brannon Bros. barber shop. Mrs. Nancy Bernice Wilson, 78, died Oct. 31 in Orangeville area.
One year ago by Wednesday night 5 604 bales of cotton had been received at Whitewright gins with 500 arriving in the last week Buyers were paying 15.00 for cotton seed 5 80 to 6 25 for lint cotton and 1 80 for seed cotton Sun and Semi-Weekly Farm News subscription price at the same address was 1 85.
Sunday commuter E S Long of Sonora Texas travels 136 miles each Sunday to attend the San Angelo Bible class. A member of the local business men's group he has made the round trip for seven months totaling about 3500 miles.
Miss Sallye Hamilton and Mrs. George German hosted a Halloween party at Mrs. German's home for their Sunday school classes. Decorations featured orange and black festive motifs with witches and green-eyed cats. The event included a broom ride, a tour of the chamber of horrors, epitaph readings on tombstones, a dissection scene, games and contests, and themed refreshments.
Mrs Leon Devenport hosted the Friday Literary Club at her Spruce Street home Friday afternoon. In the absence of the press.
Mrs. Witt presided as ill. Delegates to the Second District Texas Federated Music Clubs meet November 11 and 12. The program featured Bach focused pieces by Mrs. McMillin, Miss Hamilton, Mrs. German, and Miss McConnell with a dessert served to twenty-one attendees.
Marshall News presents a meditation on sermons as spiritual vapor from the preacher’s soul rather than manufactured goods. It describes preaching as a life offering, a pulpit Golgotha, requiring holiness and faith to fulfill divine purpose.
A humorous exchange questions why a bill has not been sent. The tailor replies that he never asks money from a gentleman, implying the necessity of proving a debtor before demanding payment. The quip hinges on social norms and wit rather than a literal business dispute.
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