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The Whitewright Sun
LEADER IS FREED
with
his
Special Purchase
9X12
Felt Base Rugs
$5.95
and up
New Jewelry
SEE THEM AND YOU WILL BUY
LLOYD MOORE
on
Furniture and Undertaking
Men’s New Friendly
“Get It Where They’ve Got It”
Five Oxfords
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Fall Business
Just Received New Numbers In
Friendly Five Oxfords For Men
The Shoe That Will Shine
$5.00
Cole & Davis Co
OUR PRICES ARE LOWER
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We want to sell you your
Cotton Duck.
Don’t forget that we sell American Gas, the gas
that gives more miles per gallon for the same or
less money..
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The new money will be given out
slowly. So, then, it’s just like the old
money.—Tampa Tribune.
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DO YOU want to buy something and
don’t know where to.find it? A Want
Ad will find it for you.
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Alimony: A war pension.—Bridge-
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It is a
streets of Whitewright and
improvements under way
by actual count only
solid particles per cubic foot.
is just enough to make a person air-
conscious.—The New Yorker.
A visiting Britisher says America
uses bad English. And some of the
;Scotch is terrible, too.—Jacksonville
Journal.
This negro problem is looking .up
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We have just received a shipment of new
jewelry, which contains the latest in novel-
ty beads, coral beads and bags and costume
rings. We also have on display new
designs in Elgin watches and a nice assort-
ment of diamonds.
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Jazz music has been introduced in-
to Japan, and here we thought all
the time that jazz dancing was just
a variation of ju-jutsu !—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The pioneer who crossed the coun-
try by might and main has a grand-
son who goes by plane and train.—
Indianapolis News.
Time takes care of all things, and
the tobacco coupon passed out of ex-
istence just in time to keep from be-
ing confused with the new paper
money.—Detroit News.
A grouch suffers in some ways,
but he always knows where his lawn-
mower is.—Illinois State-Register.
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cus folks all heard about poor little
Jimmie—when the parade passed his
little home with the mourning moth-
er, the bands stopped playing, the
clowns stopped theii- playing, too—
there was a solemn silence, and many
a wet eye. If we will only appeal to
the good and to the best in people we
are apt to find it—it is always there,
somewhere, and just in proportion as
we look for it will we help to make
the world just that much better.
Maybe this incident will have made
little Jimmy’s small life a big help to
the world—when one loses his life
he finds it.—Exchange.
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NEGRO PROBLEM LOOMS
A Flint editor says that with 25
million automobiles in this country
there’s no chance for Bolshevism,
which only goes to show that
never heard the sentiment of
man driving the car at the tail
of the procession.—Detroit News.
THE “FIGHTIN’ PARSON”
J. H. WAGGONER, Publisher.
Subscription Price, $1.50 Per Year
Payable in Advance.
Entered at the Whitewright, Texas,
postoffice as 2nd class mail matter.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation of
any person, firm or corporation that
znay appear in the columns of The
Whitewright Sun will be gladly and
fully corrected upon being brought to
the attention of the publishers.
NOTICE: All notices of entertain-
ments, box suppers and other bene-
fits, where there is an admission fee
or other monetary consideration, will
be charged for at regula,r advertising
rates. Memorials, resolutions of re
spect, etc., also will be charged for.
It’s funny, but the more wheat
comes up the more wheat goes down.
—American Lumberman.
with you at .one and the same time,
for if you do they will come 'very
near demonstrating that Darwin was
right.—From Parker’s Paragraphs in
Sherman Democrat.
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A party was in Whitewright Satur-
day and signed a rent contract for a
business location. An old building
will be razed and a new fifty foot
front building will be erected in its
place for the new business. The par-
ty selected Whitewright after spend-
ing two weeks looking for a location.
He knew a good town when he found
it, and it did not take his ten minutes
to close the deal for a location. He
said Whitewright appealed to him
more.than any town he visited in the
two weeks, and he lost no.
signing a three-year rent
Come to Whitewright.
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There is humanity and
time in
contract.
| the chaplain. But one morning when ' POSTAL HOLDUP
, he made a false statemet in hearing j
of the parson, Potter strode up to
him and said, “Sir, you are a liar;
and if you take that you are a cow-
ard 1” And when the bully advanced
belligerently, Potter merely shoved
him back and scoffed, “You won’t i
fight!” And the bully did not fight.!
Instead, he became one of Potter’s
most steadfast friends, and was
feared in the regiment no more.
Potter might not have been a per-
former of miracles, but he was the
kind of a man who could turn a
gambling party into a prayer-meet-
ing. Two soldiers came to Potter one
a prayer
a big fire
The airplane honeymoon is becom-
ing popular, especially among cou-
ples who are determined from the
start not to have a falling out.—Chi-
cago Daily News.
However, it would be a great deal
worse if some men preached what
they practice.—Detroit News.
night asking him to hold
meeting. They had built
which would give sufficient light and
heat for the meeting. Potter, of
course, went with them, but upon ar-
riving at the place they found a
crowd of soldiers lying on their
blankets about the fire,, gambling.
Instead of asking the intruders to
leave, Potter- asked them to remain
for the service, “Perhaps some of
you can sing, and we shall be glad to
have you join us.” They all stayed,
and putting aside their gambling
cards for hymnbooks, they joined in
the singing, and everything passed
off in the best of order.
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pleasure to drive over the
see the
____________ . ... . at . this
time. Homes are being repainted and
improved in all parts of town. White-
wright likes a whole lot of being on
a standstill, in fact, the: old. town is
moving forward at a lively pace.
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Whitewright schools are attracting ! he not died in line of duty? The cir-
number of students from nearby
-communities. Few schools in towns
the size of Whitewright have as high
rating as the Whitewright schools. A
large number have transferred to the
Whitewright schools for the coming
term. The 1929-30 high school en-
rollment is expected to be the largest
in the history of the school.
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A Whitewright boy writes in to
say that he has two sweeties, ,one a
blonde and the other a brunette, and
says when he is with the blonde he
prefers blondes and when with the
brunette he prefers brunettes, and
asks the ramrod of this column to
give his opinion on the subject. Well,
son, your system is fine, but do not
ever let those two girls get/together
No manufacturer will ever name
a car for Coolidge. It might not
choose to run.-—Tampa Tribune.
good in
everybody and in every sort of an
organization if only the heart can be
reached. Here’s an incident of a cir-
cus out in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which
happened three days after the
Fourth. Jimmie Gregory, 11, carried
bucket after bucket of water for the
elephants—what boy hasn’t? In re-
turn he was given two passes, for
himself and his mother. How proud
and how happy he was. Something
radically wrong with the boy who
doesn’t find joy and satisfaction in
doing something for his mother. He
clasped those precious pieces of pa-
per in his hand and started on the
run for home—he didn’t see the big
automobile bearing down on him—
he was crushed beneath its wheels—
the precious pieces of paper were
still clasped tight in his hands. Had
as more than a merely local question
for the South. A few days ago out
at Noi-th Platte, Nebraska, a negrq
killed a policeman; then the mob
started to form; the negro was trap-
ped in a house and refused to sur-
render,. doubtless terrorized by the
thought of what might happen to'
him. When the crowd set fire to the
house to burn him out, then he "kill-
ed himself. The other 225 neg-roes
living in that town were terrorized,
and they all left town immediately,
any way they could get out.
Over in a little town in Maryland,
Princess Anne, 300 negroes were or-
dered to. leave the place by the white
people—trouble had been brewing
for some time.
This negTo Congressman from Chi-
cago, De Priest, feeling his oats to
such an extent that he has lost his
head, has been doing apparently all
he could to incite a false class con-
sciousness on the part of the negroes,
and it has a bad effect on them. He
says he will offer some bills in Con-
gress to create a federal board to en-
force the election laws in the South-
ern States where the negroes do not
now vote to any great extent, and all
that kind of foolishness. Of course
he won’t get anywhere, but he is
doubtless doing a lot ■ of damage to
his own race, and it’s just too bad.
Whitewright’s four modern gin
plants are ready for the fleecy sta-
ple; which will begin to “roll” in
within the next few days.
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This new currency may be tougher
than the old, but we haven’t seen a
bill yet that was any trouble to
break. .
We are expecting the biggest fall business we
ever had, and are preparing for it. Our stock
is complete in every respect and our prices lower
than ypu will find elsewhere. Our overhead ex-
penses are low, which enables us to sell for less
profit. We own our own business house, have
no clerk hire and other expenses that the “up-
town” stores have. We do our own work and
enjoy it. We are home people and when we
make a dollar we spend it in Whitewright. We
want your business. If you will investigate our
prices, you will find that you will make money
by spending your money here.
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DALLAS!—Ben Luna, convicted
here in connection with the sensa-
tional postoffice robbery of 1920,
has been paroled, it was learned
I Tuesday.
i He was paroled to Murray Fisher,
former Dallas County jailer, the rec-
ommendation for his release, accord-
ing to Luna, having been made by
Judge James C. Wilson, R. M. Tay-
lor of Henrietta, the attorney who
prosecuted the case, and members of
the jury who found him guilty.
Luna, who arrived here Monday
from the federal prison at Leaven-
worth where he was serving a
year sentence, told a newspaper
porter that he probably would
gage in the chicken business on his
property near Irving.
He was convicted with Albert
Rowan, scion of a prominent Dallas
family, as the “master minds” in the
robbery, in which one postal employe
was killed and currency amounting
to about $2,000,000 was stolen. Row-
an is confined to Leavenworth pris-
on.
fifteen more like him of true Texas
valor could do more to protect the ,
West Texas frontier than all the
troops that the Federal government
might station along the outpost!”
declared Congressman Schleicher of
Texas in the United States Congress,
in a speech made on the Congression-
al floor when a bill for national pro-
tection on the Texas border- was be-
fore the House. And the people of
West Texas soon were voicing
opinion of their Congressman
the adventurous preacher, with his
rifle and Bible, had done more to
civilize the wild western frontier
than any other contributing factor.
This recklessly brave man, with his
rifle strapped to the saddle for his
only protection, rode his pony
through mountainous wilds, preach-
ing in towns all over Texas. Force-
ful methods of spreading the gospel
were necessary and “The Fightin’
Parson” did not hesitate to use
them. Fights with Indians and des-
perate encounters with desperadoes
were a common part of his ministe-
rial labors. Many ruffians were
knocked to the floor of the church
house by his preacher’s hard fist
when such fellows attempted, to
break up services he conducted.
Today a preacher takes out
watch and places it before him when
he starts to prgach, but “Fightin’
Parson” Potter would take his six-
shooter from the scabbard and place
it before him as he announced the
text of his sermon, for often he was
forced to deal with armed men in
the congregation. In most cases the
sight of the revolver was sufficient
to maintain order, according to
“Uncle Billy” (W. J.) Smith of
Lockhart, an 88-year-old admirer of
the famous preacher, who heard
many of his sermons, who was mar-
ried by him, and who fought by Pot-
ter’s side in some of the biggest bat-
tles of the Civil War.
Potter, when he noticed an armed
party in the congregation, calmly
would announce that he had come to
fight or to preach, or if need be, to
do both. .He would request attention
for the sermon, but proposed that
after services if nothing but a fight
would do, then he would be ready
for . fighting, either in the house or
ou'tdoors. Thereupon he would
calmly proceed to read, sing, pray
and preach. Although on several oc-
casions he was forced to make good
his proposal to fight, even once hav-
ing to fight a couple of rowdies in
the pulpit, generally the worst of
men would listen respectfully to his
preaching.
Although noted as one of the fore-
most Indian fighters on the frontier
borders, having fought the redskins
in New Mexico ad Arizona for six
years while in the United States
Army, Potter really gained his so-
briquet of “The Fightin’ Parson”
.when a chaplain in the Confederate
'Ai-ifiy. Potter early enlisted in the
famous DeBray’s Regiment as a pri-
vate soldier, and soon was appointed
regimental chaplain. The regiment
was ordered to Camp Verde in Ken-
County to take charge of the prison-
ers taken at San Antonio.
Potter early demonstrated to his
fellow'-soldiers just why he should be
known as “The Fightin’ Parson,”
when he tamed the bully of the reg-
iment. The bully was a giant in
physique. Being a bitter infidel, he
took pleasure in throwing sarcasm at
New York atmosphere turned out
cleaner than was feared, there being
r a half-million
This
If you want the latest in quality jewelry and
the lowest possible price, make your selec-
tion now. Our stock is complete for the
Fall trade.
By Elmer L. Callihan.
With a Winchester swinging
across the saddlehom a preacher, in
1867 rode into Texas. Indians and
white bandits had terrorized the few
remaining settlers scattered along
the border. Frequently rowdies
would break up religious services and
•ry to run the preacher out of the!
country, but this preacher could not
be, intimidated, and would fight if
.\dcfessary, in order to proclaim the
gpspel. ?
To plant the seeds of Christianity,
along the frontier borders of Texas; ■
supplanting the heathenism of the!
Indians and the barbarism of the
semicivilized desperadoes, was a
fighter’s, job. That was; why “Fight-
in’ Parson” Potter was assigned the.
task. Andrew Potter, with the in-
born fighting propensity of “Old
Hickory,’>" for whom he : was named;
had been fighting m.ost of his life,
having served in! the Mexican *
and in the war between the states, as *
well as an Indian fighter on the bor-
der. ' c' .>
The Reverend A. J. Potter and ’
The latest American innovation is,:
a huge organ, incorporating all the
present jazz effects, which can be
played by one man, who is concealed
from the audience.1 “Safety first,’?
as the Tory slogan said.—Punch.
The cub reporter who could find
no news to write about the wedding
because, the groom did not appear
has been found again. This time hg
reports no news to. write about in
Arkansas because of the flood.—■
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
If you think the day of miracles
has passed, just stand outside the
door of a beauty parlor.—Kay Fea-
tures. '
EDITORIAL SPARKS
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THE WHITEWRIGHT SUN, WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS
Thursday, August 8, 1929.
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