The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. [52], No. [23], Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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Brents Protests
i Bryant As Judge
Grayson County
Officers Take Oath
‘ALFALFA BILL’ ASKS
COMMON FOLK TO BALL
GRADING ON HIGHWAY
NO. 42 IS UNDER WAY
SENATE ADDS TO
DROUTH BILL
195 NON-RESIDENT
PUPILS IN SCHOOLS
Miss Lillie Mae Hickso]
died Wednesday morninj
o’clock at the home of ■
W. M. Hickson, east of tfl
ing a long illness. The fl
ice was held at 1 o’clocm
afternoon at the Marvfl
Church, east of town.^B
rial service followingJH
Rock Cemetery near jB
G. Hagard, pastor
wright Methodist Ch^fl
the funeral service. '^[
burial service was infl|
Moore, funeral direjfl
STERLING Tl
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Bank Deposits
Total $631,763
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New Grayson County officers and
old officers beginning another- term
were sworn into office
Judge Allie S. Noble
HOOVER PLAN
IS ASSAILED
LUBBOCK..
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the occasion^
Governor, afl
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Mr. Brent’s son, B. P. Brents, is
also a former postmaster of White-
wright.
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WASHINGTON.—The Post Office
Department Monday announced im-
mediate dismissal of four Indiana
postmasters and suspension of one
rural carrier on charges which the
department said involved money paid
to an Indian member of the House
in exchange for the appointments.
The representative was not named.
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fox- h.j
caused by the death of Judge
Estes of Texarkana.
keys, but plans to keep£
Mr. Alverson’s records
he made a net profit ofB
chickens and $72.80 on]
His hogs netted him J
$23.10 in addition to the |
for his own use, while 1
profits totaled $140.81. I
60c worth of popcorn, 61
cow hide, and $1.44 wortl]
This- makes a net profit
from these projects, which 1
son says is greater than j
from cotton. In addition t<l
it, he has three calves, hj
milk and poultry products I
home consumption and hJ
for the coming year. fl
CHANGE IN GROdB
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visitor asked Murray, who sat
slumped down in a rocking chair, his
flaming suspenders covered by a
coat, his flop-brimmed hat exchanged
for a brown felt shaped like a derby.
“Don’t ask me,” was the reply.
“You see, I will only be the gover-
nor of Oklahoma and I won’t have
much to say about it.”
FOUR POSTMASTERS IN
INDIANA ARE DISMISSED
whisky.
As in the Sprague case, counsel
for the losing side announced Mon-
day that appeal would be taken to
the United States Supreme Court.
Not Legal, Defense Claim.
In each case counsel defending the
accused person contended that after
adoption of the Tenth Amendment,
no amendment giving the National
Government additional powers over
the people or over their rights could
be adopted except by the people in
convention, or by their delegated
representatives. The Eighteenth
Amendment they contended was not
legally ratified by the States because
it was approved by the Legislatures
instead of by state conventions gath-
ered for the express purpose of con-
sidering it.
Judge Clark supported and elab-
orated upon this contention in New
Jersey Federal Court and freed Wil-
liam Sprague, the defendant in the
case, on the ground that the prohibi-
tion amendment had not been legally
adopted and therefore the Volstead
Act was without force.
The Court of Appeals declared, in
| its decision Monday, that the
preme Court had already held^^B
Eighteenth Amendment to haver
lawfully proposed and ratified;^^B
amendment, it ruled, “had bec^^^H
part of the Constitution and mjB
by County j respected and given effect th^H
____e_______ ______ at Sherman
Thursday, Jan. 1, after bonds of the
officers had been approved.
I New officers include E. A. Miller,
county school superintendent; Frank
■ eece, sheriff; R. B. Caraway, tax
flllector; O. C. Cannon, commission-
Bk/X Precinct 3, and Ray Gibson,
^Bh^Nsioner of Precinct 4; Morti-
B- M. Scholl, justice of the peace in
Bcinct 2; John Stevens, constable
Brecinct 7.
^mld-overs in elective offices in-
|^B Judge Noble; J. L. Doggett,
^Ky clerk; G. P. Gafford, district
Joe P. Cox, county attorney;
■hmy Hudnall, county treasurer;
^^BMay, tax assessor; O. L. Sim-
^^^^■commissioner of Precinct 1;
^^^^■West brook, commissionei* of
Bi 2; W. M. Blaylock and Jap
^^^Bps, justices of peace in Pre-
^^^Bk W. Russell, justice of Pre-
L. Cantrell, justice of
(Mr. Cantrell was elected
5feB’fice Jan. 1 but was ap-
^flfill out the unexpired term
Bp-away who resigned some
T. McDonough, justice
^^^^^^^■4; R. S. Russell, justice
, Bj; John S. Shires, justice
' the following con-
Porter, Precinct 1;
Bicinct 2; G. D. Bennett,
C. McMillan, Precinct
II. N.
^^^Bt 6, and H. C. McKin-
STATE_PRISON FARMS’
COTTON NETS $639,504
AUSTIN.—Net revenue from the
production of cotton on the state
prison farms was $639,5.04.45} ac-
cording to a report today by George
B. Terrell, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture. The average premium per bale
over Houston spots was $6.08, while
the total premium was $65,215.03.
Terrell reported the prison farms
produced 10,719 bales which sold at
an average of 11.85c per pound.
The farms also sold 113% tons of
cottonseed which, with the premium,
netted $83,232.62, and brings the to-
tal net revenue to $722,737.19.
Terrell said prison farm ’cotton
sold for 2 or 3 cents higher than the
average price for cotton through
the State. The prison produced cot-
ton having a better staple and was
able to command a higher price, he
said.
■PBrcecTthat
■Rea foi- the new
■Rreb. 1. On the
f2 any one operating
pat has not been reg- Brents now lives at Severy, Kansas.
brs in the different
■ss Douglas Harkins,
Bar Kollert, Precinct
■ Precinct 3; J. O.
B4; R. C. Anderson,
M^ob Gilliland, Pre-
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la &
WASHINGTON.—President Hoov-
er’s emergency relief program en-
countered new difficulties in the
Senate today when $15,000,000 for
food loans was added to the $45,-
000,000 drouth appropriations.
The measure carrying the emer-
gency appropriation was returned to
the House where Represent^iye Til-
son of Connecticut, the
floor leader, announced
stand against the funjfla
In
which ^fl
fice fi^H
stand H
hide
tax co^H
fers
ley, fiH
Mr. TiM
“ThM
hide
has noM
year i.-^|
mornir^B
a moto^B
istered^B
ject tcB
been
Januar^^B
owner i^fl
.Feb. 2, but
per cent on the registration fee.
1^
[(current year is sub-
Bid if the vehicle has
Biuring the month of
"being regi stered, the
only subject to arrest
a penalty of 20
. ____ op er-
ate a motor vehicle through the
month of Jaruary with 1930 plates
attached,” Mr. Caraway adds, “car
owners should .rot wait until the last
few days of January to register, as
it will be an utter impossibility for
the tax collector to wait on them.
No one has the power or the author-
ity to extend the time and officers
of the state highway department will
begin making arrests on the morn-
ing of Feb. 2.”
KEEPS CRO^
A. W. Alverson, 'who lives four
miles east of White\vright, kept a
partial record of his Aperations dur-
ing 1930. He did not Vkeep a i.____d
of his cotton and corn, Laving limited
his bookkeeping activities to chick-
ens, cows, popcorn, pecians and tur-
keys, but plans to keep? a complete
record of all his activities this year.
Is show that
k81.29 on his
this turkeys.
■ profit of
■mat put up
■his cream
Bs also sold
worth of
llBf pecans.
$320.73
IfcAlver-
^foeome
Would Fill a Six Teacher School, 32
Pupils Per Teacher
A badly disintegrated gap in state
highway No. 42 between Trenton and
Leonard is being improved by the
state highway department.
News that this work is now under*
way is received with satisfaction in
Whitewright, as completion of this
unimproved section will restore all-
weathei* utility of this road from
Whitewright to Greenville and the
southeast. The work involves widen-
ing, grading and surfacing the high-
way for a distance of several miles
north from Leonard.
An appropriation was also recent-
ly made by the highway department
for the widening and more perma-
nent construction of several bridges
between Whitewright and Trenton.
U. S, Dry Law Upheld
By Circuit Court
WHITEWRIGHT, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1931.
A survey of the personnel of the
student body of the Whitewright
public schools which has just been
completed reveals the fact that there
are 195 non-resident pupils on thft
rolls of the schools to date. Of this
number, 99 are in the grammar
school and the remaining 96 in the
high school. By comparison with last
year, it is found that the number in
the high school has not materially
changed, but that there has been a
slight falling off in non-residentapa-
tronage of the grammar school. How-
ever, the decline in the grammar
school , is not as great as the school
authorities had expected; due to the
financial stringency, a much greater
decline in the patronage of tuition-
paying pupils had been expected than.,
has been realized.
During- the remainder of the yearB
the non-resident pupils in the gram-BJ
mar school, with the exception of
those.residing in District 42, will go
on a cash tuition basis. During the
first approximately four months they
attend on the money providec^B
through the state apportionment^B
The tuition of the children from Diu^[
trict 42, with the exception of ajf
weeks period at the openh^^^^|
school, is paid by the proce^jfl
a special tax levy in that-^,1 .
Revenues from
\\ hile the schools hav^j
vocable status with regai^[
rollment of non-residen^[
report forecasts a deelhQ!
enues derived from tufl|
pupils. This decline is
three factors, which a^[
1. The law under
tion rate on state aij^B
hi.eh school is regu]at|B
tile rate be reduced tO<
There is, however, ^[
that this decline
ize. Last year, bec^O
er conditions and^[
contagious diseastflB
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to :;!h>wt'(|BBflBH^M^[^^[
for unavoidable J[
condit ion should
gain JBBflHflBBflBMl^Hi
about offset t r.fiB
tuition rate.
2. The ;)uni
explained a I > o *' *
lion during tl®
school. This Bpfej
these pupils (A|
the six weekfl|fej^|
A’he records L
Tpfal deposits of the two White-
wright banks, the First National
Bank and the Planters National
Bank, at the close of business Dec.
31, 1930, were $631,763.81, accord-
ing to statements issued from those
institutions.
The total amount of resources
listed by the two banks was $1,679,-
516.99, with surplus funds of $120,-
000.00 and undivided profits total-
ing $27,753.18. The deposits are un-
der the deposits of one year ago, and
the loans and discounts are $31,-
468.00 less than they were a year*
ago.
The banks start the New Year with
less money loaned than they have in
several years past, which shows that
the people of this section are using
less*money than usual at this time of
the year. It also indicates that they
will owe less this fall, when they
start harvesting their crops.
B WASHINGTON.—W. O. Brents,
Bi'mer postmaster of Whitewright,
Bbcas, has written to Unjted States
Biator Morris Sheppard protesting
B confirmation of the nomination
Btandolph Bryant, United States
BB(ct attorney, to be federal judge
Fof tire eastern district of Texas. He
has Aso filed charges against Mr.
Bryant before the senate judiciary
committee, which has confirmation
of ther appointment under advise-
ment. I Nature of the charges were
withheld by the committee. Mr.
WASHINGTON.—Two Democrats
| in the House Tuesday assailed Pres.
■Hoover’s announcement of the plan
B^astern trunk line railroads to
BBblLo f°ur systems.
^j^yburn, Texas, ranking
BkU'1' of the House Inter-
fiWommittec, asseH ed
^gtenmerce Commis-
B^assed by the
he said, led
^^,11 ive “has
Ofefet’b.-'.-d.''
NEW YORK.—The Eighteenth
Amendment was held to have been
legally adopted in a decision Mon-
day by the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals, ruling on a case
in which the defense was the same
as in the recent Sprague case in New
Jersey, in which Federal Judge Clark
held that the amendment had not
been legally ratified.
The Court of Appeals affirmed the
conviction of Louis E. Thibault of
Windsor, Vt., who was accused of
OKLAHOMA CITY.—William H.
Murray—“Alfalfa Bill” to Oklaho-
ma’s old settlers—wants the “com-
mon people” of his state to attend
the inaugural ball to be given in his
honor* here the night of Jan. 12.
This much the “Sage of Tishomin-
go,” sitting in his modest hotel room
here Saturday night, puffing reflec-
tively at a 5-cent cigar, and contem-
plating with pleasure the prospect of
assuming the governorship of Okla-
homa, announced point-blank.
A moment of reflection, in fact,
inspired him to add somewhat to his
invitation.
Don’t Need Invitation.
“They really don’t need an invi-
tation,” he amplified. “In fact, there
won’t be any. Anybody who likes
good music like ‘Arkansas Traveler’
and ‘Little Brown Jug’ can come.
And, of course, these young sprouts
who would rather dance to the jazz
tunes can come, too. I want every-
body there.”
There are other plans concerning
that inaugural ball, too, which are
equally as important to Oklahoma’s
colorful governor-elect who rode into
office by the greatest Democratic
majority in years.
Notably there is the prospect of
stepping the first set of an old-time
square dance with Gen. Richard A.
Sneed, 85, the grand old man of Ok-
lahoma Democracy.
“Well, I used to do the pigeon split
down on the Washita and I still can
do it,” the sage observed. “I believe
I can step as lively as General, possessing and selling two pints of
Sneed.”
“What other arrangements have
WASHINGTON.—The making of
a senatorial fight against confirma-
tion of Randolph Bryant of Sher-
man as judge of the Eastern federal-
district of Texas have developed
within the last few days, it became
known Monday.
The Bryant nomination is being
held up by the senate judiciary com-
mittee while some of the committee
members gather additional informa-
tion relative to complaints made
against the appointee.
The department of justice, after
investigating the complaints, has
given Mr. Bryant a “clean bill of
health.” Some of the members of
the judiciary committee, neverthe-
less, are not willing to join in a fa-
vorable report.
Whether the fight will be taken to
the senate floor is uncertain, but op-
record position from the floor appears not
unlikely.
Mr. Bryant at present is district you made for the inaugural ball,” a
attorney for the Eastern Texas dis- ™------- —v-
trict. He was named by President
Hoover recently to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Lee
Ft
must pay
While it is not unlawful to
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The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. [52], No. [23], Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1931, newspaper, January 8, 1931; Whitewright, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1223579/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Whitewright Public Library.