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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
2
The Whitewright Sun notes J. H. Waggoner as editor and publisher and lists its post office entry as second-class mail matter with a one dollar rate.
Special Notice says obituaries resolutions and cards of thanks published in this paper cost 5 cents per line. Church lodge notices advertising socials or entertainments also 5 cents per line. Public benefit religious fraternal or public meetings will be published free of charge.
The record notes 211 4 for lint 9 10 for seed cotton and 60 dollars for cotton seed as market quot ations on White Wrights streets Thursday a M TM. It cites testimony from the F and L P A trials at Abilene and questions West Texas A and M location for public good. The Van Alstyne Leader is praised for its coverage of Van Alstyne’s first bale premium while asking what is paid for the other bales. The piece also asks what a humdinger is, in reference to the Sherman Democrat’s invitation to the mayor and the Sun publisher.
Merchants promote a wide selection of gold metal hats claiming high style and quality. Shoppers are urged to visit today to find affordable prices and a well stocked assortment with promises of customer satisfaction.
Denison hosts a press day banquet to welcome veterans with 27 of 32 certified Black servicemen listed as Denison residents. Whitewright reports a surge of husky Black locals and no local objections to meeting the precinct quota. Abilene’s F and L P A backs a coercive conscription scheme urging men to join within one minute or face deadly at home consequences.
Sunday morning nine inmates at the Grayson county jail pried open a cell using a loose bar, hammered through a brick wall, climbed down and over the yard fence. Some returned to the jail. others likely did so as well. It is unclear if the escape aimed at food or return.
Mallie Rice was seized by a federal officer in Denison after police found about fifty pints of liquor on his premises. Rice was under bond to answer bootlegging charges in district court, highlighting growing belief that district courts rarely convict bootleggers. Proponents argue federal action could curb illicit traffic.
The city school began Monday with full attendance and completed enrollment and classification. A robust faculty leads to expectations of improved training and more efficient work, though requests for lab and library equipment remain. A Grayson county army training camp site near Denison is deemed ideal by the locating committee and will tour the South before sending findings to the War Department.
The notice highlights an 85 page Red River Valley Fair catalog on our desk urging readers to attend the fair opening Monday October 1 and closing Saturday October 6, praising its planned significance and encouraging preparations.
The Tarrant county commissioners refused the prohibitionists’ request for a local option election by a three to two vote, citing a similar election held a year ago. A carnival advance man arrived earlier in the week to book the town but decided the taxes and legal requirements made it unattractive.
Heavy Penalty Red Odom faced aggravated assault charges in county court for injuring Clayton Holland who testified in a case against Odom's father. Holland, struck with a bottle last summer, survived. Jury ordered a $500 fine and one year in jail, reportedly a record penalty for the offense locally.
Glendon Cox Ralph Wallace Tom Hicks Crawford Montgom and Ruel Thompson among those notified to appear at Denison this Saturday and entrain Sunday for Camp Travis San Antonio. Whitewrights share of the second increment 40 percent. Bells includes T Fleming Elmer Dobson A B Jones and W J Brown. Denison 88 Sherman district 87. Nearby Whitewright residents W E Denton T W Turner Charley Rhoads Erle Davidson W W Judd Ernest Gann and B H Foster listed among entraining at Sherman.
We thank neighbors and friends for acts of kindness during our husband and father's illness and for sympathy after his death. Mrs J W Stephens and Children
A historical ad-like summary notes Scheele’s discovery of uric acid in 1775 and its link to pain diseases. It touts Dr. Pierce’s “Anurie” as a potent uric acid eliminator, claiming 37 times Lithia strength and offering trial or 50 cent tablet packs via the Inv alids' Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo.
Sunday program lists topics on why we yield to Christ with Miss Yeager leading the discussion. Pastor delivers Bible quiz, and Miss Doss and Miss Lawley speak on obedience as the fruit of faith. Mrs Epting, Miss Cook, and Miss Adah Truett present talks and a poem by Russell McGinnis. visitors welcome.
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