Acala Cotton Sells Saturday for 23 Cents
W L White of the Farmers Union Gin sold fifty bales of Acala cotton at 23 cents a pound to H Seay & Company of Greenville. The sale fetched $10 per bale above ordinary market value. Whitewright grown seed, introduced by White and Lester Haile, may pay farmers if a large acreage is planted and mills are persuaded to accept the cotton at its worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. White
Farmers Union Gin
H. Seay & Company
Greenville
Whitewright
Mr. White
Lester Haile
White
Company of Engineers to Spend 3 Days in Denison
Company A Ninth Engineers with 97 enlisted men 3 officers 160 animals and 15 wagons will halt in Denison for three days from October 3 to rest and receive pay en route from Fort Sam Houston to Fort Riley Kansas This is their longest stop during the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Ninth Engineers
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Riley
Kansas
Galveston insurance man dies in Sherman
Sherman reports the death of Thos. J. Cross, a Galveston insurance man, in his hotel room after midnight. He had been in Sherman on business for several days when a severe cough developed. a physician arrived too late and the death was attributed to congestion of the lungs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Binkley Hotel
Thos. J. Cross
Galveston
Judge Hare orders special grand jury in Sherman
Judge Silas Hare of the Fifteenth District Court ordered a special grand jury drawn to meet on Monday October 3. The purpose of the panel was not stated. The Sheriff's department was notifying those drawn Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Silas Hare
Fifteenth District Court
Sheriff’s Department
Special price on 17 ounce iced tea glasses
Johnson's advertises a Saturday sale offering 17 ounce iced tea glasses at a special price. The promotion targets shoppers looking for affordable drinkware and highlights limited time availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson’s
Sherman Man Warned by the Ku Klux Klan
Johnny Fahey of Sherman Texas received a KKK warning letter dated September 24 1921 signed Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Sherman Klan 105 The note urged a climate change and ordered his restaurant to close Fahey refused to shut down saying he would not bow to threats and reported the matter to police an officer took the report after Fahey spoke with him at Mulberry and Branch Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Sherman Klan
Realm of Texas
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Johnny Fahey
East Mulberry Street
Fahey
Texas
Seal of Sherman Klan
John Robertson
Mulberry and Branch
Robertson
He Married Seven Sisters in Atlantic Iowa
Fred Harris aged 90 has wed his seventh wife in Atlantic Iowa. All wives were daughters of Peter Yost of Milwaukee who sailed the Great Lakes in the 1860s. The latest bride, Gustave Hidelmann, is 78 and was widowed twice before. Harris, a former hack and horse car driver, owns a small fruit farm to spend his remaining years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Iowa
Fred Harris
Peter Yost
Milwaukee
Great Lakes
Harris
Yost
Gustave Hidelmann
Minnesota
Chicago
Mrs Cornelia Adair Dies at 84 in London Ranch Owner
Mrs Cornelia Adair, owner of the J A Ranch in the Panhandle, died last week in London at age 84. The Adair ranch spans several counties near Palo Duro Canyon, once home to cowboy days. The Sun subscription price is noted as $1.50 per year.
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Cornelia Adair
J. A. Ranch
Panhandle
London
Adairs
Palo Duro Canyon
Adair
Col. Robert E. Smith, Grayson pioneer, dies in Sherman
Col. Robert Emmett Smith, a Grayson County pioneer and famed alfalfa king, died at his daughter’s Sherman home at 10 p.m. He aged 69 after years of ill health from stomach cancer. Funeral was at the Ellingson home conducted by Dr. T. A. Wharton. interment in West Hill Cemetery. Survived by his wife and ten children. Born in Artesia Mississippi 1852, educated at the University of Mississippi and University of Virginia, he practiced law, later farmed, and became nationally known for alfalfa raising and related writings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Smith
West Hill Cemetery
J. M. Weems
I. R. Bobbitt
O. J. S. Ellingson
Sherman
Noah Jones
Snyder
Jimmie Kirkland
Dallas
Herbert E. Smith
San Angelo
Robert Smith
Harold
Virginia
Dorothy
Mr. Smith
Artesia
Miss
University of Mississippi
University of Virginia
North
Texas
Savior of Roosevelt's Life Dies in Colorado
Salida, Colo. Sept. 25 Henry F. Cohens 46 an attorney and author from Milwaukee Wis who once saved the life of the late Col Theodore Roosevelt died here today of stomach cancer Cohens who was a friend of Roosevelt stood nearby during the 1912 Milwaukee assassination attempt and seized the assailant preventing a second shot He was formerly a Milwaukee attorney and counsel for Victor Berger during his trial.
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Salida
Colo
Henry F. Cochens
Milwaukee
Wis
Theodore Roosevelt
Cochens
Colonel Roosevelt
Cohens
Victor Berger
Intrusion at Straddle Ridge Social and Candy Pullin
An Arkansan recalls a Straddle Ridge gathering that ended with deputy sheriffs breaking up the revelry. Fights and hair pulling occurred among gents and ladies, a child fell into a well, a skunk was freed from under a house, and most guests fled into the timber to avoid further trouble. The witness laments outsiders intruding on local merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeke Sawney
Straddle Ridge
Ark
Kansas City Star
Strayed or Stolen Pony Missing Near Whitewright Texas
One light bay pony mare about 14 hands high six years old with a wire cut on the left shoulder and a long tail. She wore an old saddle with the horn knocked off. Last seen at a hitch rack in Whitewright on Thursday afternoon September 22. A reward is offered for information leading to recovery. Contact T P McCarley Route 2 Whitewright Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Canaan School Opens with New Teachers this Fall
The Canaan public school will open Monday October 8 with Haydon Hamilton and Miss Sallie Hamilton teaching this year at Canaan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan
Haydon Hamilton
Final Cut in Wear-A-Well Shoe Prices
Good quality men's dress and work shoes priced at 2.98 each. All shoes in branches reduced. Bob Beasley serves as local agent for shoes and shoe repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Beasley
East Meets West in Football Game
Dallas reports the first interregional football clash between Baylor University and Boston College set for October 15 at the Dallas Fair in a 16 000 seat stadium. Boston College has not lost in two years and has beaten Yale. Baylor in training shows strong potential. Tickets go on sale to alumni now and to the public October 1 with prices from 1 50 to 3 00, available via B F Silbert 1094 Commerce St Dallas Texas.
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Dallas
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Boston College
Boston
Mass
Yale
Baylor
B. F. Silbert
Commerce St
Reverend Fender Begins Nineteenth Year at Whitewright Church
Rev J F Fender will begin his nineteenth year as pastor of the Presbyterian Church next Sunday. He became pastor in September 1902, and under his leadership Whitewright has grown. He is widely loved and respected, with many friends from the Presbyterian Church and other denominations expected to attend the morning service to offer greetings and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Fender
Presbyterian Church
Fender
Whitewright
Bend Pecan Growers Sell Crop At 15.75 Cents Pound
Lampasas Texas Sept 27 The Bend Pecan Growers Association at Bend sold this year’s pecan crop amounting to 300000 pounds for October November and December delivery to a Tyler firm at 15 cents per pound The sale held Saturday was attended by about six large buyers in Texas and the price is described as exceptionally good Pecans from this section are among the best grown in Texas.
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Lampasas
Texas
Bend Pecan Growers’ Association
Bend
Tyler
Resolutions of Sympathy for Mrs Durham and Family
The Women's Missionary Society of Whitewright Baptist Church expresses deepest sympathy for Mrs. H L Durham and family in the loss of her brother Roy Gillispie. The committee resolves to publish in the Whitewright Sun and to place a copy in the society minutes, bearing witness of care and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Durham
Roy Gillispie
Woman’s Missionary Society of
Whitewright Baptist Church
Ways of the Cat from the farmhouse kitchen
The cat settles before the kitchen range and purrs as Ella, a newcomer to cats, exclaims in horror that the cat has begun to boil. The scene reveals a rural domestic moment with Grandma nearby.
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Ella
Postmaster General Hays Aims At Faster Special Delivery
Canton News opines that Hays would have done something worthwhile for the postal service if he can ensure a special delivery letter reaches its destination before the regular mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays
Postal Service
Canton
Texas Ranks First in Highways Built
Texas completed 682 miles of road and had 1,631 miles under construction by the end of the fifth fiscal year since the Federal aid road act. Total costs for completed miles were about 5.81 million dollars with 2.45 million Federal aid. construction costs reached 23.49 million with 8.95 million Federal aid. Illinois led in federal aid, with Texas close behind. Road progress cited by State Highway Engineer R. J. Window amid county cooperation and calls for further federal funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Iowa
Illinois
Highway Department
R. J. Window
Opening High School Football Game at Local Park
The season opener features Whitewright and Leonard as rival teams at the local baseball park Friday at 4 15 PM. Admission is 20 cents for school children and 35 cents for others. The Whitewright squad is in top shape after strenuous training and invites community attendance to cheer the local boys.
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Whitewright
Leonard
Dad and Daughter on Jury Sit Side by Side in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa September 26 A father and daughter will sit together in the jury box when Mrs Lizzie Christy an alleged bank robber accomplice goes to trial F A Sawteel and his daughter Bessie were among the twelve to qualify
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Lizzie Christy
F. A. Sawteel
Bessie
Miss Lola Craig Visits Bells Couple
Miss Lola Craig of Bells is visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Lola Craig of
Bells
Mrs
M. T. Craig
Whitewright merchants report record Saturday sales bargains
Whitewright merchants had a peak sales day last Saturday with many specials selling out by 1 p.m. Boosters and the American Legion band toured Thursday with advertising for the bargains. Crowds filled the streets all day, and merchants promise more bargains next Saturday to attract shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
American Legion Band
Instructor Held on Murder Charge in Gatesville
H G Twyman, a military instructor at the State Juvenile Training School, was arrested and jailed on a murder charge after the death of 14 year old Dell Thames. Thames died after refusing to drill and allegedly receiving excessive force. doctors say death resulted from choking with visible fingerprints on the boy's throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatesville
H. G. Twyman
State Juvenile Training School
C. E. King
Dell Thames
Thames
American Legion Band Concert on Main Street Friday
The American Legion Band will perform Friday night on Main Street starting at seven. Recent attendance attracted several hundred and the concert pleased Whitewright residents. The program includes Apollo March, Pleasure Moments Waltz, Wang Wang Blues, Stilly Night Serenade, Magneta overture, Lassus Trombone, Twilight Serenade, and Rifle Rangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Main Street
Whitewright
Texas
K. L
King
Kiefer Janty
Kiefer Wang Wang
Buster Johnson
Will Huff
Magneta
Lassus
Henry Filmore
Kiefer March
Rifle Rangers
K. L. King
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Company OF Engineers
Hare
KU Klux Klan
AL Yoar
First National Bank
C. B. Bryant
R. A. Gillett
R. E. Smith
Grayson
Roosevelt
Colorado
T. P. McCcarley
Canaan School
Chess Pope
Bryant King
Guy Hamilton
Dad
Planters National Bank
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