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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1928
Page
1
A reflective piece on law obedience and municipal power argues that rules ensure liberty, urging residents to follow ordinances for sidewalks, trash disposal, and fire safety. It recalls past city fires and emphasizes persuasion over force while noting few have perfect compliance and all should assess their civic conduct.
The Pilot Grove community fair will be held Thursday and Friday September 20 21. D M Taylor is president and Miss Pauline Binion secretary of the fair association. Directors include Beecher St John I M Sloan and John Scott. Agriculture Rassie Scott poultry Herbert Taylor livestock Henry Albert Bow will head departments. Pilot Grove plans a prize winning exhibit at the Red River Valley Fair in Sherman in October.
The New York Sun notes Herbert Hoover’s habit of buying several bags of peanuts daily, implying his skill at pleasing the elephant with ease and feeding it from his hand.
Up to Wednesday night the Whitewright gins had ginned 282 bales of cotton with nearly 100 bales on the banner day this week. Prices Thursday morning show lint cotton at 18.40 per hundred seed cotton 6.50 and pedigreed seed cotton 7.10. Cotton seed brought 20.00 per ton.
Spruce street shows momentum in home improvements as owners set an example. Jesse Melver renovates with a new porch and roof, Grover B. Smith plans a major cottage upgrade, and H G Webster buys the Mitchell Cox residence to remodel with sewer and gas work. Whitewright seeks more homes and rent cottages.
Mrs D H Martindale of Whitewright area dies aged many years after a long Christian life. Born 1840 in Kentucky she moved to Texas and lived in White Mound. Survived by children J B Howard Wanetta J T Lackey and Wade Sears plus many relatives. Funeral held at Central Christian Church with Rev J T Purvis. burial at Oak Hill Cemetery beside her late husband D H Martindale.
A cheeky line from the San Francisco Chronicle notes that a house emitting a cake burning smell while passing by can be a clue to a party line. The quip ties domestic smells to a social cue in a tongue in cheek way.
J. H. Hopper, four miles north of town, growing 25 acres of cotton from Metane Triumph 44 seed from the Oklahoma experiment station. He has picked 6.5 bales so far and expects about ten more, with early planting yielding three quarters of a bale per acre and late planting about half a bale. Seed sold at 90 dollars per ton, about 45 dollars per bale, could bring Hopper 720 dollars, nearly 29 dollars per acre, while cotton at 18 cents per pound would gross about 2,250 dollars. total gross near 3,000 dollars from the 25 acres. Several farmers have inquired about seed from his prize field.
Superior report says President Coolidge will leave the summer White House for Washington early next week. Officials indicate he will be in Washington by midweek with the exact date to be announced later.
The Texas Louisiana Power Company leases the Phillips building beside the post office and moves Bigger meat market staff space. A $300,000 generating plant is to be built with crews within two weeks, and new high power lines are planned from Whitewright to Trenton Leonard Celeste Blue Ridge and Farmersville.
The Central Christian Church invites Whitewright singers to a revival starting September 16 with Paul Campbell of San Antonio as song leader. Campbell, praised as a top southern artist, will perform solos with a unique electric stand drawing pictures between numbers. Communion and preaching at 11 am and 7:45 pm sermons precede the revival events led by Pastor J. T. Purvis.
A Greenville Piedmont columnist notes a bargain sale concept where a woman can ruin one dress and buy another, reflecting attitudes toward fashion and savings in the era.
The Desert Song, praised by New York critics, will be staged at the State Fair Auditorium in Dallas from October 6 to 21 with nightly shows and matinees on select days. The production is billed as the most expensive entertainment ever secured for a Texas State Fair.
Senator Joseph T. Robinson delivered a forceful campaign address at Lobo Stadium in Cisco Texas praising Governor Al Smith and defending a strict separation of church and state. He contrasted Smith with Herbert Hoover and lauded Smith’s experience as Governor and his broad leadership qualifications.
Whitewright public schools start Monday September 10 with a 9 am grade school assembly and 9:30 am high school assembly. First day classifies students and sets schedules. regular classes begin Tuesday. Faculty plan meets Friday at 2 pm. out-of-town teachers arriving and boarding at R A Gillett home. A kindergarten program is planned with Miss McQuillen in charge. tuition five dollars per month. The usual entrance exams for the high school will occur the first week for eligible students.
The piano and expression teachers Miss Tommie Chenoweth, Mrs. G F Bryant and Mrs. Mary Ryan will attend the opening day assemblies and announce details of their work.
The Rangers football squad began two daily practices as Coach H B Crosby drills fundamentals. Eleven to fifteen candidates attended, with a target squad of about thirty five after school starts. Thursday and Friday practices at 4 pm link to Sherman institute sessions. The backfield looks solid but needs a heavier lineman. new rural material may bolster the roster.
The Kentuckytown Self Help Club fair now takes place Friday afternoon September 14, not September 7 as previously announced in Sun.-Club Reporter. The change affects attendees and vendors planning for the listed event location.
A speaker described Governor Smith as the most independent and progressive of the generation. He cited school prison health marketing highway and labor legislation as examples and read clippings from editorials praising Smith's executive ability and character.
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