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The Whitewright Sun
Austin,
Sept.
19.—Six
months’
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The wind
day were rather meager.
In addition to
drove east on Houston street.
substantial increase in
bone showed
BAND CONCERT
SPORT SWEATERS
HIS AMBITION
Rub-My-Tism kills pain
A NEIGHBORHOOD PARTY
BANKING INTEREST
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IS YOUR INTEREST
the fuselage.
Shock absorbers
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Definite improvement along all
lines is the best evidence of ad-
justment, and certainly condi-
tions everywhere are showing
this improvement.
This bank has confidence that the
worst is past, and faith that the
immediate future holds much of
good, for all.
- Under the present banking laws
the banks of the United States
are practically owned and con-
trolled by all the people.
Such a vital part have they come
to occupy in our industrial and
commercial life that the slightest
thing affecting the banking in-
terest is immediately felt, either »
directly or indirectly, by every
man, woman and child in the
country.
Deposit here and secure all of the
advantages of safety, soundness
and dependability.
BUSINESS MEN OF AMERICA
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN
THE FUTURE
America—financial and business
—is emerging from a state of un-
certainty into a period which
promises healthy and lasting
prosperity.
SHERMAN HOTEL CLERK
TARRED AND FEATHERED
LOOK for youx* wants, advertise your
needs, in this column of The Sun.
Minimum charge 25c for under 25
words; 1c Tor .each word over 25.
NEFF REQUESTED TO IN-
FLUENCE DEBT PAYMENT
The substantial farm home of R.
C. Vestal, one and a half miles south-
“Johnny,” said the teacher, “what
is your greatest ambition?”
Johnny considered briefly,
“I think,” he finally replied, “it is
to wash mother’s ears.”
TIPPED BY FEDERAL AGENTS
DETECTIVES GET TWO BANDITS
als for some time and is developing
into a first-rate musical organization.
The people of Whitewright should
encourage them by attending the
free concerts.
HARDING “FRONT PORCH”
QUILT IS COMPLETED
FARMER AND SON KILLED
AS TRAIN STRIKES AUTO
SCHOOL OPENED WITH
575 STUDENTS PRESENT
THREE AIRMEN FALL TO
DEATH AT LOVE FIELD
BARGAIN DAY BOOSTERS
MADE A TRIP THURSDAY
PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK
Capital Stock, $100,000.00
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $246,300.00
C. B. BRYANT, President. R. A. GILLETT, Cashier
The Sun clubs with Dallas News,;
Farm & Ranch, Holland’s Magazine
other necessary changes made,
plane will be kept in a hanger on
local field and be used by sanitarium
physicians for calls to nearby towns
and for transportation of sick and
injured to Ardmore.
It may be General Wood wants to
be governor of the Philippines for a
year to get his hand in for governing
American college students.—Frank-
lin (Pa.) News-Herald.
to journey to Whitewright to sell the
products of the farm and to purchase
theii’ supplies.
Thirty-six business concerns, rep-
resenting almost every kind of busi-
ness, are offering for next Saturday
some special bargains that no one
can afford to miss if they are going
to need any of the numerous articles
offered at such sacrifice prices. Be
sure to come to Whitewright Satur-
day of this week.
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of Sherman September 27th to Octo-
ber 1st, inclusive.
Headed by the Sherman Municipal
Band, eighty-four R. R. V. F. enan-
gels, riding in twenty-two automo-
biles, left Sherman Wednesday morn-
ing and headed right straight into the
garden spot of the country. Some of
the boosters were so anxious to get
to Whitewright that they refused to
deviate from the newly finished
Whitewright-Sherman highway and
came on into town ahead of the rest
of the party which detoured at White
Rock to visit Tom Bean and Ken-
tuckytown. The enthusiastic party
of men and women were bedecked
with headgear advertising the Fair,
and their automobiles bore suitable
streamers announcing the exposition.
When the band arrived and assembled
the denizens, Rev. Dr. Cutrell intro-
duced the speaker who told us about
the fair. The party then moved to
the public school building and after
several selections by the band, Supt.
Durham welcomed^ them and intro-
duced A. S. Noble, president of the
Red River Valley Fair Association.
Mr. Noble very graciously invited the
school children and teachers to visit
the fair, enjoy the amusements and
learn of the wonderful resources of
the Red River Valley, which it is the
purpose of the fair to exploit.
JACK REEVES BREAKS
ARM PITCHING BALL
Ardmore, Okla., Sept. 20.—Dr.
Walter Hardy, proprietor of a local
sanitarium, has purchased an airplane
at Dallas and is now having it over-
hauled and fitted up as an ambulance
plane. The rear seat of the ship will
be removed and hangers for a litter
will be installed in the framework of
will
be placed on the landing gear and
The
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Austin, Sept. 19.—Freak letters
and peculiar requests are received
daily at the Governor’s office. But
one that arrived today from a Cleve-
land firm “takes the cake,” according
to Secretary Walthall. The letter
was addressed to Governor Neff.
“There is a gentleman in your
State who owes us a bill and a letter
from you would expedite payment,”
the letter said in part. The rest of
the page w;as about the subject.
representative of the press.
tions as to where he was taken by the
masked party and what occurred were
not answered. The victim would also
not answer whether he had received
any previous warning notes or com-
munications before the attack Tues-
day night. He stated that the attack
occurred near the Sherman Ice Com-
pany, and it was learned that the
young man is in the habit of going
there for ice at about the same time
each night.
After being tarred and feathered
the victim was brought to the busi-
ness part of town and released near
Keith’s drug store.
Anonymous Letter.
At 11:30 a. m. Wednesday, the edi-
tor of the Sherman Democrat receiv-
ed an anonymous communication,
typewritten, which recited in detail
the foregoing.
The first paragraph read:
“You are a married man and a
father. We believe you believe in
pure womanhood; we believe you be-
lieve in the sanctity of the home; we
believe you believe in the Divine au-
thenticity of the holy marriage vow.
So do we.”
The concluding sentence was:
“The recent agitated propaganda
inciting religious and class hatred
must also stop.”
The communication was signed:
“OURSINSWILL FINDUSOUT.”
Ardmore Physician Is
Having an Ambulance
Airplane Constructed
The American Legion Band will
give a concert on main street Friday ]
night. All are invited to come out
and hear the music. Several new
selections will be played. The band
R. R. V. FAIR BOOSTERS STATE CONTRACTS
HERE WEDNESDAY. FOR SUPPLIES MADE
j COUNTRY HOME DE-
STROYED BY FIRE
ing two new bicycles, two new suits
of clothes and all the candy and ice
cream they could eat. Ttoday the
police had recovered $800 from
friends of the boys and were hunting
for the rest of the money, which was '
lost by a bank messenger.
Mrs. Oscar Pierce entertained her
neighbors with a “tacky party” on
Thursday, Sept. 15th. About forty and other good publications,
of her neighbors enjoyed her hospi-
tality. Their costumes created quite
a little merriment. Martha Bow,
Lola Myrick and Caroline Simmons
served red lemonade. After the
grand march, numerous games were
played in the house and on the lawn.
Mrs. Luther Gordon was voted the
prize, a big stick of candy, as the
“tackiest” woman, and Mr. Andrew
Pierce was presented with a cob pipe
as the “tackiest” man. Ice cream
cones were served as refreshments.
At a late hour the guests departed,
each declaring they never laughed so
much in their life.—Contributed.
Durant, Ok., Sept. 20.—J. M. Ellis,
50 years old, was killed instantly and
his son, Cleo, 14 years old, died with-
in a few minutes, when the south-
bound M. K. & T. Texas Special,
struck an automobile in which they
i werqrfiding six miles south of here at
noon today. The boy, thrown from
! the car, was caught on the cowcatcher !
| and received internal injuries, caus-
5 ing his death. Ellis was caught in the
i wreck and dragged 200 feet.
The train crew picked the boy up
to take him to Denison, but he died
before medical help was reached.
Ellis was a prominent farmer, liv-
ing near Roberts, six miles southeast
of here. A high bank at the approach
to the crossing obstructed the view of
the driver of the car.
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MAN INSURES AGAINST
RAIN ON WEDDING DAY
Hartford, Conn.—An insurance
policy for $500 against unfavorable
weather on his wedding day was re-
cently issued to a Boston man, a local
insurance company said today. The
bridegroom had declared he wished
to avoid extra expense should rain
alter the carrying out of arrang-
ments. The company found the risk
a £ood one as the sun shone on the
bridal couple and the stars twinkled
as they left on their-’'honeymoon.
Chicago, Sept. 21.—When John
Stanula and Stanley Klinek, both 12,
found a package under a news stand,
they decided it contained ice cream, i
On opening it, however, the package !
contained $3,600. It was a big task
to get rid of the fortune in one day, !
but by being generous to their friends
they accomplished the feat after buy- i
Marion, Ohio, Sept. 21.—The
“Harding front porch” autographed
quilt, a suggestion of Mrs. Harding,
has been finished and today is on ex-
hibition in a downtown store window.
It is pink and w’hite, the blocks
forming an attractive design. '____
white blocks are autographed with
the names of President and Mrs.
Harding, William Howard Taft,
Woodrow Wilson, Vice President and
Mrs. Calvin Coolridge, Secretary of
State Hughes, Senator Lodge, Elihu
Root and many prominent authors•
and moving picture and stage stars.
The quilt will be sold and the mon-
ey derived used to establish the Hard-
killed by officers jng charity ward in a local hospital.
viding are contributing causes of the ginning of a series of special days,
substantial increase in attendance., announcement of which will be made
In addition to the commodious brick from time to time. They mean busi-
structure heretofore occupied by the ness, and while they are in this hu-
entire school, the city is spending mor, it is a good time for the _people
$35,000 in remodeling and rehabili-
tating the old Grayson College plant
for a permanent high school. The !
building will have modern equipment
throughout, including steam heat,
bath and sewerage facilities, fire es-
capes, and will provide ample room
for all needs.
Sherman, Sept. 21.—The first inci- i
dent of a character that has been ;
rather prevalent over Texas and some ' east of town, was destroyed by fire
Southern States for the past six' about 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon,
months perpetrated near Sherman oc-| The family had just put out a wash-
curred about 11 o’clock Tuesday j ing, and it is believed the fire start-
night when Fred Zeigler, employed as , ed from sparks from the wash fire
a clerk at the Binkley Hotel, was : settling on the roof of the building,
made the victim of a party of masked Mr. and Mrs. Vestal and some of the
automobilists. | smaller children were at home, but
Because of the unwillingness of the the structure was in flames before
victim to discuss the attack made on i they discovered it. The wind was
him, and the fact that no report was ' blowing high from the south, and Mr.
made of the occurrence to the peace Vestal saved only a slight portion of
officers, details of the affair Wednes- his furnishings. The smokehouse and
A number ■ garage were also consumed, but the
of night employes at the Sherman Ice , barn did not catch.
Company, including A. B. Cope, night the heavy loss described, Mr. Vestal
watchman at the Sherman Ice Co., in i had $120 in currency in the house
front of whcih the victim was taken ' which was destroyed. His loss will
from his car by the masked men, saw ' approximate $5,0.00, but fortunately
the men in four machines compel the he was carrying $3,600 on the build-
victim to leave his car and get in one ' ings and contents. Mr. Vestal is now
of their machines, after which they debating in his mind whether to move
The into Whitewright or rebuild his,home,
affair occurred in a twinkling, these 1
employes who witnessed it, stated
Wednesday, and the masked men
drove off in their machines before
they could offer any assistance. The
car of the victim, a Ford coupe, in
which he had just purchased ice and
started toward town, was left at the
curb in front of the Ice Company
plant.
That four masked men accosted
him and pushed guns into his stomach
and commanded him to get into one
of their machines on pain of death if
he did not obey was the only state-
Fort- Worth, Sept. 15.—Acting on
the tip of the Federal Agents, detec-
tives shot and killed two bandits, who
attempted to rob a mail car on the
Texas & Pacific train, eleven last
night. One bandit showed twenty-
four buck shot wounds, the other was
shot once through the heart. Accord-
ing to the police, “Bill” Edwards for-
mex- engineer on the/T. & P. was the
brains of the gang of four who at-
tempted the robbery. Plans were
made to rob the train about two
weeks ago, police said. The bandits,
it is believed, were after sixty-five
thousand dollars in currency that was
reported shipped to Beckenridge from
Fort Worth. Indian Charlie boarded
the train at Ft. Worth. A few miles
out he entered the mail car and held
up, the clerk, and threw three sacks
of mail off the train. He was shot
and killed by officers, who were hid-
ing in the car. Edwards picked up
the sacks and attempted to escape,
but was shot and 1
in waiting. The two other bandits
abandoned na automobile nearby and
escaped. The police know them and
expect their arrests shortly.
There was an hour of noise and j
knowledge here Wednesday morning contracts were made by the purchas-
about the forthcoming Red River Vai-j ing division of the State Board of
ley Fair, which will be held at the ! Control for staple groceries and dry
Old Settlers’ grounds in the suburbs ■ goods for the eleemosynary institu-
tions. This was a radical departure
from last year because of the then
high prices and purchases were made
in the open market as the supplies
were needed. The contracts repre-
sent more than $1,000,000.
Since the contracts for six months
were awarded the prices on several
commodities have advanced, cotton
duck having gone up 6c per yard.
The contractors are doing everything
possible to protect their contract
prices to the State so as not to lose
money.
A. R. Johnson, member of the
board, is in charge of purchases and
says the State has made some unusu-
ally valuable contracts for the six
months. Crude oil was bought at a
low »price but the high freight rates
make its delivery to Austin institu-
tions about $1.30 a barrel. The old
freight rates would have meant an
Austin delivered price of approxi-
mately $1.00 pei’ barrel, which would
have been the low record in State
purchases.
It was due to the efforts of Mr.
Johnson that substitutions were stop-
ped in furnishing goods to State in-
stitutions. Supplies now’ furnished
must come up to sample and grade.
Molasses that formerly was bought
in barrels now comes in cases in ac-
cordance with sample upon which
contrapts were based.
Mr. Johnson’s term expires Dec.
31, 1921, and he will not be reap-
pointed, Governor Neff having so in-
formed him, though he was a Neff
supporter. The Governor has not in-
dicated who he will appoint on the
Board of Control.
Dallas, Sept. 16. — Lieutenant
James F. Armstrong and two enlisted
men, Sergeants Gibson and White,
from Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla., were
instantly killed at Love Field, Dallas,
this afternoon when a big army De
Haviland observation plane in which
they were flying, went into a spin at
an altitude of only about 150 feet and
crashed to earth. The machine burst
into flames just as it struck the
ground and the bodies of the three
men w’ere badly burned.
The flyers had just taken off at
Love Field preparatory to a return
flight to Post Field, when the big ma-
chine shuddered, started to spin and
fell. Love Field officers said the
cause of the accident had not been
determined.
Boys Find $3,600.00
Lost By Messenger And
Spend It All In a Day j
| * See sample Of sweaters I am sell-
ing for only $5.49. They are beau-
1 ties and at a bargain. I also take or-
tabeen'meeling taTeiilar reheS | jers for, hosi“?' L™ °^’
. . • , . . , . J let articles. MISS SALLIE MOORE,
at Looney’s store. 2
Sherman, Sept. 19.—Jack Reeves,
employed by the Grayson Telephone
Company as an electrician, and star
pitcher’ fox- the Grayson Telephone
baseball club in the City Amateur
League, sustained a bl’oken left arm
while pitching for his club at Kidd
Key Park Saturday afternoon. Ac-
cording to the statement of physi-
cians who set the broken bone in Mr.
ment which the victim of the attack Beeves arm, the bone was snapped
would make Wednesday morning to a j by the powerful reflex action of the
Ques- muscles when Mr. Reeves hurled a
1 partcularly hard thrown ball. The
accident is regarded as one of the
most peculiar ever occuring in local
medical circles.
An X-ray picture of ,the broken
a longitudinal break
near the shoulder in the left upper
arm which will prevent Mr. Reeves
from having the use of the arm fox-
several weeks.
The accident occurred in the sixth
inning of the game, whexx the score
was a tie, and with two men out and
two strikes on the third batter, Mr.
Reeves was putting all his effort into
his pitching.
The Whitewright schools, under
the superintendency of H. L. Dur-
ham, have made remarkable progress
during the past three years. The
schools opened Monday morning with
21 teachers and 575 pupils present,
which is an increase of 102 pupils ov-
er the registrations of the opening
day of the last session, and practically
double the attendance of three years
ago. The enrollment this year will
be approximately 800 at the peak of
attendance.
The institution now holds a very
creditable place in the educational
system of the State. Twenty-three
subjects are taught, 21 of which are
full affiliated subjects . A full
course in Spanish is being inaugurat-
ed this year, and much consideration
is being given to domestic science and
vocational training. Music, art and
expression are taught, and two full-
time athletic directors are employed,
on whose work the institution is mak-
ing application fox- affiliation in phys-
ical education. There are 160 stu-
dents in the high school. The records
show that 95 per cent of the gradu-
ates of the Whitewright high school
go to college aftex- completing their
work here.
The increased school facilities that urday, September 24, which is Satur-
The Whitewright merchants, work-
ing through the medium of oui- local
Commercial Club, are inaugurating a
campaign for increased fall business..
They are going at their work with a
vim that assures success and profita-
ble results. Despite the short cotton
crop, the people of this section are
going to buy a limited amount of
merchandise somewhere, and the
Whitewright business men are reach-
ing out for this business. The vari-
ous business interests of the city
have joined hands in a united effort
to make Whitewright a good place for
the people to sell what they raise and
to buy what they need.
Equipped with a bounteous supply
of advertising literature, and headed
by our splendid band, our emissaries'
of trade formed a long automobile
procession Thursday morning and
left fox- a swing ovex- the White-
wright trade territory. They are out.
on this laudiable mission as the Sun
goes to press. The remarkably short
time in which they brought their
plans to consummation for this trip
indicates the spirit ixx which they have
entered the campaign for increased
fall business. They are featuring to-
day a special bargain event for Sat-
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VOLUME 41, No. 8.
WHITEWRIGHT, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS, SEPT. 23, 1921.
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Waggoner, J. H. The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1921, newspaper, September 23, 1921; Whitewright, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1285463/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Whitewright Public Library.