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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1914
Page
2
The Whitewright Sun informs readers subscriptions expire on the first of the month and requests notifying the office if the paper is not received. It notes second class mail status and indicates the date printed near the subscriber’s name shows paid through time.
All resolutions of respect obituaries and cards of thanks will be charged 3 cents per line. Church and lodge notices and entertainment advertisements with revenue will be charged 3 cents per line. Notices of religious fraternal or public meetings for public benefit are published free.
The House approves a bill for state lease and control of cotton warehouses with negotiable receipts, 94 to 14, sending it to the Senate. Amendments exempt private warehouses, require receipts show rented land origin when applicable, and allocate costs. public weighers clause defeated. The bill creates state supervision by the Insurance and Banking Commissioner and allocates 100000 dollars for implementation, with opposition citing state involvement and prefer a regulated private warehouse approach.
R. H. May of First National Bank and Guy Hamilton of Planters National Bank joined others in Dallas on Tuesday for a Curren cy Association gathering focused on financing the cotton crop.
Moody Nicholson and his father visited relatives and friends in Bokoche Oklahoma this week, stopping to see family and acquaintances and renew old ties in the community.
T H Lively Tom Lilley and H Benedict report from St. Louis that manufacturers and wholesalers are optimistic about business. Big financiers foresee a European war driving demand for American goods. St Louis converts armory and coliseum into warehouses to hold 240000 bales of cotton for Southern farmers until the market opens.
A city hall gathering of business men and farmers in Whitewright approved a cooperative plan to build a cotton warehouse. The meeting created committees to estimate cost locate a site and canvass for stock with a follow up session set for Saturday at 2 50 in the afternoon to report progress and secure bank support.
A Wednesday night wagon ride, loaded with a hay bed and pulled by a hay burning locomotive, carried a jolly city crowd to Orangeville for a Holiness revival. They returned home with renewed resolve, chaperoned by Mrs. Hudspeth, Mrs. Christian, and Mr. and Mrs. Crouch, with several youths named.
Announcement states the Parent Teachers Association will meet next Thursday after noon September 1 at the new public school building. A program will be rendered including a prayer by Mrs. Gafford and a discussion led by Miss Susie Noe and others on how to encourage interest in their work.
Will L. Smith son of Mr and Mrs Luther Smith of this city left Tuesday night for Nashville then Lebanon to wed Miss Kathryne Omahundra on the 10th. The couple's courtship has involved Uncle Sam mail service for years. After the wedding they plan to return to Texas by the 12th where Willie will continue in the family grocery business with his father.
Carlisle Military Institute announces the fourteenth annual session will open on September 14 1914 with fair prospects. The faculty comprises university trained Strong young men and experts. Classes limit about twenty boys per teacher with four subjects at a time to intensify study. The school invites all capable boys to join at opening time nine in the morning to begin good work and preparation for life.
The Rural Press argues The Local Paper serves farming through the influence of the press pulpit and school, urging farmers to utilize these channels to advance agriculture and community improvement.
A broad campaign of publicity is urged to highlight Texas farmers issues in rural life. The rural press, pulpit and schools are seen as key forces guiding public opinion and local development. The piece calls for wide farmer subscriptions to local papers and emphasizes the press role in education, co operation, and modernization while criticizing city-focused sensationalism.
The piece extols a nationwide GO TO CHURCH awakening, urging readers to join the religious movement and forego social plans or recreation on Sundays to attend worship. It praises broad minded support and warns against scoffing at the movement, claiming broad appeal across classes and towns.
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