Whitewright Sun publisher register at Post Office
The Whitewright Sun notes F. M. Echols as publisher and states the paper is entered at the Whitewright Post Office as second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1914
Page
2
The Whitewright Sun notes F. M. Echols as publisher and states the paper is entered at the Whitewright Post Office as second class mail matter.
The notice explains that the date printed near your name shows paid time, all subscriptions end on the first of the month, and subscribers who do not receive the paper regularly should notify the newspaper.
The text outlines billing rules for notices in the paper. Obituaries resolutions and cards of thanks incur 3 cents per line. Church and lodge notices and paid fundraisers are 3 cents per line. Public benefit religious, fraternal or public meetings are published free of charge.
A. H. Davis conducts a free information and labor bureau at the Farmers Restaurant for those seeking work. He has secured farm jobs for sixty or more this fall and will assist others in finding employment. Call him or send strangers seeking work to the restaurant.
The people of this favored section should rejoice that nature has given soil suited to diversification and profitable planting of various crops. Cotton can be moved without harming black land belt farmers, unlike many regions. Farmers should farm the soil for more remunerative, latent resources beyond cotton.
Election orders have been posted giving voters notice of the approaching general election November 3. Democrats in Texas, having selected nominees by primary, view the general as a confirmation and warn many neglect the duty to poll votes. A full vote is essential for representation in lawmaking bodies.
Jack Holloway a young farmer living near Luella attempted to swing onto a moving Cotton Belt freight train Sunday morning. His right foot slipped under the wheels and was severed. He was taken to Sherman Hospital where doctors removed the remaining fragments of the foot just above the shoe top.
W O Brents the poultryman visits the county capital and may urge a law to separate roosters from hens during laying season. The county commissioners canceled a proposed fifteen cent tax election for permanent concrete bridges. W C Thompson injures his left ankle grading cotton at Vaughn & White’s in Vaughn. Frank Alverson and J D Patterson take him to town then he goes to Denison. Dr George Truett preaches at Whitewright Baptist church on making a life. He will return for a three to four month sermon series. J T Roberts returns from Marlin after his son Benton’s marriage to Seawillow Thompson in Marlin. Benton and his bride reside in Crockett after joining the Steinlein Lively Dry Goods Co. The Sun notes chattel mortgage blanks for sale.
Last Sunday marked the twelfth anniversary of Rev J F Fender's pastorship at the Presbyterian church. Women decorated the pulpit with flowers and a special music program accompanied a large audience at the eleven o'clock service. The Methodist congregation joined for the morning service to honor the veteran minister, who was visibly moved by the expressions of appreciation.
Mrs. J H Blincoe traveled to Sherman last Saturday for the funeral of JF D Hagan, one of three passengers killed when two interurban cars crashed head on Friday afternoon at a curve south of Woodlake. The accident, considered the era's most serious for the line, injured about forty others with broken arms and legs and severe injuries.
The store advertises moderate millinery prices without sacrificing quality or workmanship. Customers are invited to call and inspect offerings, with no fictitious prices and a promise of reasonable returns for merchandise and service. They feature the ACH line of millinery materials and trimmed hats.
The Katy Railroad sells round trip tickets to Denison today and on the 11th and 12th at 80 cents in aid of Selis Floto shows and the State 1.0. C. F. Encampment meeting in Denison. Coal bills burden living costs. Cole's Hot Blast Heaters promise savings.
Hopeless lung trouble cured by Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey. It strengthens the lungs, eases coughing, and gives instant relief. A Gates North Carolina reader reports a complete cure after a case believed hopeless. Bottle offered at 25 cents from your druggist.
Rev J D Young of Dallas who directed a Yellowstone excursion with about twenty Whitewright residents spent Friday with T H Sears and shared trip stories. He works with Southern Methodist University of Dallas and plans a Panama Pacific Exposition tour next year. Carlisle football lost 40 to 0 at Sherman while Carlisle also fell 18 to 0 to a local mixed squad. Jim May injured in Denison interurban wreck, with brother and family visiting him in hospital. Seven bales of cotton burned on Paterson’s wharf, insured. Notices list Sun delivery to Eula Sears Denton Morrell and Jim Sears Sherman, Lewis Holland Waco Gertrude Holland Belton. Ben Rhodes learns of sister Lula Rhodes’s death by lamp fire at Dyke. J F Andersons welcome a new baby son born on the 8th.
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