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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1921
Page
1
State comptroller Lon A. Smith explains that after the 1921 suffrage amendment both spouses may pay the other's poll tax but not the ad valorem tax on community property without paying both poll taxes. Voters must show a paid poll tax receipt before voting, with February 1 deadline.
Sherman Texas prepares to host the Synod of Texas of the Presbyterian Church in October 1922. The Central Presbyterian Church will host several hundred synod members and visitors, after Sherman was chosen at Wichita Falls to hold the 1922 gathering.
The Methodist church lists preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m on Sundays, Sunday school at 9 30 a m, and Wednesday prayer services at 7 30 p m This is the Pay in Full Month urging members to complete dues before the Annual Conference on October 25 The Sunday school rally day is set for October 23 extra note from the reporter
Federal Prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Haynes told a New York YMCA audience that lax enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment undermines respect for law. He denounced humanitarian objections to prohibition and blamed crime waves on misinterpretations of policy, urging enforcement and factory safeguards over open saloons.
London reports that the United States invites the British delegates to the Washington disarmament conference to bring their own liquor. The Foreign Office was informed by the State Department that, as foreign plenipotentiaries, the British commission may bring liquor without fear of Volstead enforcement in America.
A 2 year old boy, son of O R Welch, was killed when an insecure sink toppled while he tried to drink. The weight caused internal injuries and he died twenty four hours later. The Sun subscription notice appears at the end.
Washington police and Virginia authorities vowed arrests within 24 hours after thieves raided Joseph E. Leiter's country estate near here. More than 300000 dollars of wines and liquors were removed by drilling a three inch steel door with an acetylene torch. Police list includes champagne demijohns whiskies brandies chartreuse absinthe and other rare old liquors carried away by motor trucks.
The Woman's Auxiliary entertained Legion members at the Legion club room with sandwiches salads and coffee while the Legion band provided music. Sunday afternoon sixty uniformed post members assisted in Pascal Burks funeral at White Mound cemetery near Tom Bean, honoring a World War I veteran of Ambulance Company No. 27. Armistice Day plans and a big celebration are in the works with a parade and afternoon program. Preston Everheart Post votes Monday on officers after a membership drive ending with a banquet. dues and new members are encouraged as the post nears one hundred twenty-five members.
Post Texas Oct 10 Luther Hughes a farmer was held up by three masked men three miles west of Post He shot wounding one fatally The other two escaped and are being hunted The dead man is at an undertaking parlor awaiting identification Officers found no trace of the other bandits this morning and began a search
Burtons Syndicate Drilling Company drilled one mile north of Tioga and reached oil sand at about 600 feet. The rig is setting casing for a test in a lime rock stratum. Officials believe the sand is the same high grade oil found at Whitesboro and Collinsville.
David Bunn known as a notorious Fort Worth area bandit was killed during an escape attempt two miles east of Arlington as officers returned him from Dallas for trial. Sworn statements say he leaped from the automobile fearing a mob, after being held on six capital offenses including robberies and assaults.
Sherman October 10 Chief Frank Reece said under no circumstances would he engage the Ku Klux Klan in a fight. He questioned Sheriff Buchanan of McLennan County for stopping a Lorena parade and stated an officer should not make a target of himself. He added he might talk them out of it or arrest participants if laws were broken, but would not use force or die by action.
Mrs. Lillie Baxter and Mr. Trotter wed in Van Alstyne on Saturday afternoon. Miss Maggie Hulett visited friends in Tom Bean. Mrs. Nora Butts remains on the vick list. The community notes include visits among Sloan, Henry, Gilmore Webster, and Garland families, and local moves and peddling wagon changes.
An elderly man dictates a will listing gifts including ten cases of Scotch and one barrel. The lawyer interrupts, suggesting dropping the word forever to avoid impracticality. The exchange hints at the practical limits of bequests and the need for enforceable language.
Sherman October 11 Allison Mayfield a Texas railway commissioner is ill at his father in law R A Chapman 1301 East Lamar Sherman The attending physicians say the condition is not serious but he will be unable to perform duties for some time Mr and Mrs Mayfield arrived last Thursday and will remain here while he rests from his strenuous work
A lone robber entered the Ashland State Bank at Ashland near Gilmer Texas at 9 this morning forced Cashier Simmons into a vault and escaped with 3000 dollars. The bandit fired no shots and fled. officers search the countryside for the culprit.
A modern three story department store with basement will rise on the Binkley annex site at Travis and Pecan streets in Sherman. Construction is to start within sixty days and the building will be occupied by Marks Bros. department store, currently at Travis and Houston streets.
A Grayson County farm club delegation led by J N Horne departs for the State Farm Boys Encampment at the Dallas State Fair. Sunnie Payne Edmond Jones Howard Payne Dassie Brooks Floyd Barnes Olen Carter William Dickson Arthur Blanton Palmer Privette Aubrey Scoggins Cecil Scoggins and Edwin Poindexter will spend four days studying agriculture and livestock exhibits and enjoy fair recreation. Pierce's Cafe is noted for good food in the local scene.
On better values the firm M. C. Suivy & Co. of Benham invites trade consideration and urges customers to engage for preferred pricing and terms.
Plenty of money to loan on farms. If in need of a loan, see us. R H May and Tom Barbee.
A mob of about 500 in Camp County Texas seized Wylie McNealy from Mount Pleasant jail and burned him alive four miles east of Leesburg after confessing to assaulting an 8-year-old girl. The mob transported him in 100 cars to a railroad stake, suspending him on a rail and igniting kindling as the crowd watched in silence. The sheriff said the girl had been with the accused for nearly an hour.
The first Exide battery ever produced has proven durable and is sold in Whitewright by R. 5S. Morehead.
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