Local visitors and weekend gatherings fill town life
Numerous residents from Rockford Farmersville Bells Tom Bean and Dallas visit here weekend. cafe ads note Pierce & Sons and Nicholson's promotions. Several families tour Dallas McKinney Bonham Sherman and San Antonio with friends and relatives. A few readers travel to Matamoros after the American Legion convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hollingsworth
Red” Pace
of the American Legion
San Antonio
Mexico
Matamoros
Box Supper at Mahurin School Friday Night
Box supper event at Mahurin school invites everyone for October 19 with promises of a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahurin School
Evans Back Of Klan Shooting Alleges Evans Responsible
In Michigan City Indiana former Klan grand dragon D C Stephenson swore to Attorney General Gilliam he could prove Hiram W Evans imperial wizard of the Klan ordered Col W W Coburn shot in Atlanta in 1923. Stephenson said Evans poisoned Phil Fox against Coburn and threatened removal or ruin to Coburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
D. C
Evans
Phil Fox
Stephenson
Coburn
Thriving Through Thrift Forges Strong Character and Will
A thrift themed piece cites Plato on conquering self and argues that true gain from thrift lies beyond dollars. It urges self discipline in conduct and saving, noting thrift builds strong character and a sturdy will as emphasized by S. W. Straus, president of the American Society for Thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plato
S. W. Straus
American Society For Thrift
Receiver for Ku Klux Klan Is Requested in Court
A petition filed in United States District Court asks for a receiver for the Ku Klux Klan. It alleges misused funds by high officials to oppose Gov. Alfred E. Smith due to religion and claims the organization is insolvent after collecting about 100 million dollars from members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
United States District Court
Samuel H. Sibley
Federal Court
Hiram W. Evans
Order
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Klan Leaders Deny Political Spending Amid Georgia Probe
Evans in Washington declined to comment on a petition by C. T. Rice, a Klan member, alleging violation of Georgia law against using corporate funds for campaigns. James A. Comer of Little Rock, Arkansas grand dragon and board member, said the organization is solvent and not involved in politics despite opposition to Alfred E. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Evans
Washington
C. T. Rice
James A. Comer
Little Rock
Grand Dragon
Arkansas
The
Klan
Alfred E. Smith
Mrs Willebrandt defended by Sweet in Kentucky
In Louisville, former Colorado Governor William E. Sweet said he is mobilizing churches against Alfred E. Smith’s presidential candidacy and defends Assistant U.S. Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt after John W. Davis criticized her speeches. Sweet notes Methodists began anti liquor campaigns and says Willebrandt did not offend by urging church leaders to oppose Smith’s stance on prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Alfred E. Smith
William E. Sweet
Colorado
Kentucky
Hoover
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
United States Attorney General
John W. Davis
Davis
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
SENTENCE SERMONS FORTHFROM FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
A set of moral cautions condemns unsafe traits from indifference to a mother's comfort to exaggeration by salesmen and self assured preachers. The piece urges prudent conduct and criticizes those seeking office over responsibility. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Spend your money in Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Statement of ownership The Whitewright Sun 1928
Notarized ownership filing for The Whitewright Sun published in Whitewright Texas Grayson County. J H Waggoner and T G Doss listed as publishers owners and editors with no other bondholders or stockholders. Sworn on October 15 1928 before Notary H G Webster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright
Texas
State OF Texas
Grayson
J. H. Waggoner
T. G. Doss
T. G. Dogs
H. G. Webster
Silent policemen remembered by a country boy
A country boy visiting the city asks about concrete upright forms that resemble tombstones in the streets and learns they are called silent policemen. He asks if the police are buried in the middle of the street, prompting a shocked reaction.
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Mattie May
Rockford, Il
Mrs. D. M. Phillips of
Farmersville
Ethel Gordon
Dallas
Pierce & Sons Cafe
W. R. Wilson
Slaton
W. B. Penn of
Bells
Ruth Cox
Tioga
Nicholson’s
Ottice Davis
Tom Bean
Mrs. Earlill
C. B. Bryant Jr
Gomer May
Marian Barbee
B. H. Thomson
Denison
Ed Martin
Hillsboro
Mrs. G. L. Baugher
R. L. Johnson
Mrs
Bascom Sears
McKinney
Jack Ryan
Fay Dunlap
Tulsa, Okla
C. A. McLean
Katherine Montgomery
Pittsburg
Maurice Wright
J. A. Stuteville Jr
Mrs. H. Benedict
Mary Lee Dupuy
Laura Gene Fleming
Earl Wallace
Joe Wallace
Swift
Nicholson
Hattie Story
Durant, Okla
Crawford Montgomery
Mrs. J. M. Simmons
Trenton
Percy Darwin
George Gattis
American Legion
Rio Grande Valley
Mabel Rector
Wichita Falls
Paul Graves
Wolfe City
J. H. Graves
J. T. Stillwell
Cisco
C. B. Bryant
J. M. Sturdivant
Ben Sturdivant
Southern Methodist University
J. F. Fender
S. H. Montgomery
W E. LaRoe
Margaret Barbee
Sherman
S. A. Rathbun
Los Angeles
Cal
R. May
Bonham
Emmett Thompson
Johnson
Paul Ryan
Weldon Binion
Kermit Hollingsworth
Southern Methodist University At
S. H. Montgomery & Son
the Insurance Men
Mrs. Willebrandt
Sweet
Gordon
Gordon’s Cash Grocery Service
Bow-Wright Drug Co
City and Farm
Whitewright, Texas
Chase & Sanborn’s
Seal Brand Coffee
Mangrum Bros
Henryetta Lump
Katy
L. LaRoe & Company
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