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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1922
Page
3
A Duluth style column from Hogwallow reports a parade of local peculiars and minor mishaps. Citizens like Fletcher Henstep and Sid Hocks appear in humorous vignettes with small town foibles and weather whispers. The piece notes frost, church crowd life, home talent acts, petty theft humor, and a church roof leak committee led by Atlas Peck.
Sherman on November 24 Deputy Sheriffs arrested Mr. and Mrs. T A Murry of 315 East Jones street and Jerome Brown at the Frisco shops on a charge of robbery with firearms. The arrests followed an alleged holdup of Scott Brown, a prominent Fannin County farmer at Orangeville about two days earlier.
Scott Brown accuses Mr. and Mrs. Murry and Jerome Brown of forcing him to sign a $150 check at gunpoint. Witnesses say Brown was held at bay. Warrants for the trio arrived at the sheriff's department and they were arrested and jailed. Officers from Fannin County transported them to Bonham yesterday.
The county commissioners awarded the 3.69 mile pike project near Whitesboro and Bells to D F Brooks for 15754.70, with Larkin and Womack as rivals. Work to start in about ten days after securing a surety bond. the plan completes a continuous Cooke to Fannin County pike. A riveter, H V Smith, fell 130 feet but escaped serious injury after grabbing a hose and sliding to the bowl bottom.
Paris reports a workman survived a 130 foot fall while constructing a new standpipe. Rescue crews stabilized him on site and transported him to a local hospital for treatment. Authorities will investigate the accident and review safety procedures at the construction site.
A Saturday report by Ralph Johnson, official gin, notes cotton ginnings rose by 18 085 bales. The data underline a substantial year to date gain across growing regions.
A Grayson County reporter reports 33,183 bales of cotton ginned up to November 14 this year, compared with 15,098 by the same date last year, a rise of 18,085 in favor of 1922. Also notes 666 cures Dengue Fever and local ads for batteries and fresh oysters.
An advertisement notes that Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets cure a cold in one day by stopping cough and headache. Each box bears E W Groves signature and sells for 30 cents.
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