Governor Ferguson Calls Texas Legislature to Special Session
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson issued a proclamation on July 26 1926 convening the Texas Legislature in a September 13 special session at the State Capitol in Austin The call authorizes investigations of any department and to address bonds and other matters as may be submitted by the governor with the aims of validating or curing defects in securities and considering other specified issues.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Legislature of
State
City of
Whitewright Gins Ready for Operation
Whitewright now hosts three top gins in Texas. Planters Gin Company replaced old machinery with five new 80 saw gin stands and boll extractors at nearly $10,000. White & Donigan improved its electric gin plant with boll extractors cleaners and more, about $5,000 spent. North Texas Gin also upgraded. The three gins are in A 1 condition and ready to serve farmers.
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Whitewright
Texas
Planters Gin Company
White & Donigan
North Texas
Woman Loses Both Hands in Texas After Violet Ray Burn
Mrs. W. N. Motes of Childress, a pioneer resident, returned home from Quanah hospital after two operations that amputated both hands. Three years earlier she was burned during an X ray treatment for eczema and flesh decay could not be halted by violet rays.
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Childress
Texas
W. N. Motes
Pioneer
Quanah
Public Wedding Featured at Red River Valley Fair
Sherman announces a public wedding as a feature of the Red River Valley Fair with plans similar to 1924. Mayor Will Leslie chairs. couples apply to be evaluated by a committee for selection and the event will include churchlike ceremony and wedding gifts from local merchants.
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Red River Fair
Sherman
Red River Valley
Will Leslie
Leslie
Vaughan Nominated Sheriff of Grayson County
J. A. Vaughan, Sherman precinct constable, wins the Democratic sheriff nomination in Grayson County by 402 votes over incumbent Floyd Everheart. He led Everheart in the first primary and carried Denison by 400 votes, while Everheart kept his hometown by an 8 to 1 margin.
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J. A. Vaughan
Sherman
Grayson County
Floyd Everheart
Vaughan
Everheart
Frank Reece
Mr. Vaughn
Denison
Yoakum Store Burglary Loses $15000 in Merchandise
In Yoakum Texas burglars broke into Hertz Department Store Sunday night and stole about 15000 dollars worth of goods. The loss focused on the ladies ready to wear department with 300 new fall silk dresses and silk underwear taken. Entrance was through a skylight and the pieces were possibly carted away by truck. Fingerprint expert called. officers in adjacent counties notified. The store previously suffered a 1924 break in with 2000 dollars in merchandise stolen.
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Yoakum
Texas
Hertz
Official of Power Company to Speak to Citizens Tonight
Hon A P Barrett president of the Texas Louisiana Power Company will speak at the American Legion Hall tonight at 8 oclock His topic Electric Service How Best Secured and Maintained He is a former Whitewright area citizen and will likely discuss municipally owned light plants All citizens are invited to attend.
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A. P. Barrett
Texas-Louisiana Power Company
American Legion Hall
The
Sun
Barrett
Fannin County
Whitewright
Moody Says Jim's Career Now at End
James E. Ferguson, husband of Texas Governor Miriam Ferguson, declares Jim Ferguson’s political career is finished after Moody defeats him. Moody says the state rejected Fergusonism and that the Ku Klux Klan was not the issue. No comment on future campaigning or court actions is given by Ferguson.
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Austin
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Jim Ferguson
Dan Moody
Moody
Ferguson
Lee Holcomb Bitten By Dog Believed Mad
Mr and Mrs R L Holcomb and family spent a week in Comanche with their son Bryan Holcomb. Mr Holcomb was attacked by a bulldog as he stood beside his car injuring his hand. He kicked the dog away and it then bit him on the face before being killed. The dog’s head was sent to the Pasteur Institute in Austin but decomposed too badly for testing. Serum treatment was advised and is being taken.
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R. L. Holcomb
Comanche
Bryan Holcomb
Pasteur Institute
Austin
Holcomb
Card of Appreciation to White Wright Community
Mr and Mrs Floyd Everheart express sincere gratitude to friends and the White Wright community for loyalty shown in Saturday's election.
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Whitewright
Floyd Everheart
Park Dry Goods Store Opens in Whitewright Sept Ninth
S R Park moves stock from Durant Ohio to Whitewright Texas and opens next Thursday in the former T and R theatre building. He previously relocated Whitewright stock to Durant last spring but returned after fine treatment from Whitewright residents.
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S. R. Park
Durant
Ohio
T and R Theatre
Park
Whitewright
Texas
Long Distance Phone Rates Cut Across Texas
A nationwide reduction in long distance telephone rates was announced Tuesday by American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The lower rates will affect most subscribers in Texas and apply to calls between Texas cities and to interstate calls, with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company under its control.
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Ft. Worth
Texas
Star-Telegram
American Telephone & Telegraph Company of
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cotton Crop Damaged Across Ten States by Boll Weevil
New Orleans reports from the Delta Laboratory indicate heavy boll weevil damage in ten southern states with conflicting updates on the cotton flea and hopper. Texas and Louisiana show widespread boll weevil damage. Arkansas mostly eastern counties. Mississippi sees increasing damage. Alabama and South Central Texas face defoliation from leaf worm. light damage in Tennessee and the Carolinas. The insect also causes losses in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
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New Orleans
Federal Department of Agriculture
Delta Laboratory
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Carolinas
Oklahoma
Dallas Man Seeks Refund for Failing $20 Bill Machine
A Dallas man complains to Police Commissioner Turley after a demo of a so called currency machine produced real looking but fake twenty dollar bills. The seller allegedly used a hidden compartment to fake demonstrations and emptied it after the sale.
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Dallas
Texas
Turley
Baptist W M U groups gather for Cuba program
The W M U Society of the First Baptist Church was entertained by the North Side Circle on Monday August 23 featuring a Cuba program. After business hours members enjoyed refreshments. Later the W M U Circles met at Mrs. Guy Hamilton's home for Bible study on How to Pray led by Mrs. J H Hawkins with Rev J H Hawkins assisting. Twenty three members attended.
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W. M. U. Society
North Side
First Baptist Church
Cuba
The
Baptist Church
Guy Hamilton
J. H. Hawkins
Revival in Whitewright Ends With Strong Church Growth
Pastor J E Montgomery reports a successful Christian revival led by Bro J W Boultinghouse. Eleven adult conversions boost Sunday School and church life. inter-church spirit grows. A Young Men’s Bible Class will organize at Central Christian Church next Sunday to form a charter group.
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J. W. Boultinghouse
Whitewright
Central Christian Church
J. E. Montgomery
Woodshed Court Invoked For Youths After Beer Party
Five San Antonio youths were disciplined at home with leather lashings after a Tuesday beer party on the Frio City road. A border patrol officer halted the car, identified the boys, and summoned their fathers who administered the punishment. Prohibition officers may follow this precedent. Federal Judge Duval West reportedly has no time for such minor cases.
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San Antonio
Frio
Prohibition
Duval West
Whitewright Public Schools Open September Thirteenth
Whitewright schools announce opening September 13 with three new faculty members. B W Crain becomes High School principal, Dorothey Chambless heads English, and Frances Giles joins Grammar School. Teachers attend Grayson County Institute in Sherman, with Supt. Fred W. Smith speaking to staff.
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Whitewright
B. W. Crain
Crain
East Texas State Teachers’ College
Clarksville
Dorothy Chambless
Waxahachie
Trinity University
Giles
Crowell Son Improves After Appendicitis Operation
Robert Crowell son of Ode Crowell was brought home from a Sherman hospital this week after an appendicitis operation ten days ago. He was in critical condition for several days but is improving rapidly and will soon be up. This marks the eleventh surgical operation in Mr Crowell's immediate family in about five and a half years.
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Robert Crowell
Ode Crowell
Sherman
Mr. Crowell
First Bale of 1926 Cotton Brought In by Sam Fulton
S. D. Fulton living five miles northeast of town sold the first bale of 1926 cotton here to White & Donigan for 20 cents a pound. The bale was ginned free of charge at the White & Donigan gin and brought to town shortly after six. Fulton expects an above average yield, though some root rot reduced his acres. Last year the first bale arrived August 5 in Whitewright, with over 300 bales by this time. The crop outlook is hopeful with favorable weather ahead.
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S. D. Fulton
White & Donigan
Fulton
Whitewright
Deputies Appointed And Local Fire Alarm In Sherman
Bart Shipp was named deputy sheriff under Sheriff Floyd Everheart until Monday morning. Frank Reece was appointed deputy sheriff by Everheart to succeed Shipp. A Wednesday night fire alarm alerted a crowd as smoke from the Long Bakery oven filled the building but caused no damage. Local residents and visits noted in Sherman with moves and visits by several families.
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Sherman
Bart Shipp
Floyd Everheart
Arthur Vaughn
Frank Reece
Everheart
Shipp
Elephant helper surprises kid with peanut cleanup
Johnny returns from the circus excited and tells his mother that Katie spilled peanuts and an elephant used its vacuum cleaner to pick them up. The playful anecdote highlights the animal's surprising usefulness.
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Johnny
Katie
Farmer seeks town aid for losses of sons and profits
A fragment from the New Haven Register notes a farmer decides to go to town as a last resort to seek help for his losses and the impact on his profits. The brief implies family and financial hardship prompting action.
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New Haven Register
Moody's Vote Sets State Record in Texas Governor Race
Moody leads Ferguson with 483,398 to 261,948 as 248 of 252 counties report. Moody's total 745,364 votes surpasses any Texas governor candidate ever. Hobby previously held the record with 461,479 in 1918. Pollard leads Allred for Attorney General while Hatcher edges Ball in the state treasurer contest.
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Dan Moody
Miriam A. Ferguson
Moody
Texas
Ferguson
W. P. Hobby
James E. Ferguson
Hobby
Claude Pollard
Houston
James V. Alfred
Wichita Falls
Allred
Pollard
Hatcher
Ball
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Power Company
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