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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1925
Page
6
Public urged to direct communications to the Fredericksburg Publishing Co. for business to Bookkeeper's Dept and all other matters to Editor's Dept. R 8, Klett Managing Editor Wm. Habenicht Business Manager. Entered at Fredericksburg Post Office as second class matter.
The piece argues Gillespie County is a theft hotspot and urges indictments at the district court. It warns auto thieves can relocate vehicles quickly via good roads and disguises making identification hard, calling for certain conviction when evidence justifies.
Local businessmen push to secure half the cost of a new forty mile Pecan Belt Highway with hopes to attract state aid. The Houston Chronicle reports an injunction by Harris County officials and citizens to stop removal of highway records and challenge overpayments to Sherman and Youmans Construction Company in a separate suit against the state highway commission.
Augustus McCloskey, Bexar County judge and president of the State Association of County Judges and County Commissioners, leads about four county commissioners to the annual convention in Amarillo September 28 20. He predicts an open forum on maintenance work by the State Highway Department with county residents ready to discuss grievances and state politics. Harris County has already had notable exchanges in the build up to the meeting.
Parents seeking faster academic progress should ask about teacher familiarity and communication. A few kind gestures can lift a weary teacher running a class of restless children. Sometimes teachers share essential insights about their children to help them improve.
The text questions school discipline and late hours, warns against making children feel unfairly treated, and argues against turning children over to schools for rote knowledge. It urges homes to help cultivate ambition while education seeks active student effort.
Wednesday morning the plea for contempt cites Highway Commissioners Atkinson Hill A L Sherman and F C Youmans as liable. Hearing set for 9 a m Friday before Judge Monteith. Plaintiffs in the injunction accuse the officials of removing and transporting county records to Austin in violation of the court order.
Houston Texas Sept 16 Contempt hearing set for Friday in 61st District Court involving three State Highway Commission members district engineer at Houston and an agency agent. Plaintiffs in injunction seek to stop removal of highway records and payment of bills for work on State designated highways in Harris County.
Austin on September 17 Free access to the records of the meetings of the State Highway Commission was given L W Kemp former executive secretary of the Texas Highway and Municipal Contractors Association by Eugene Smith secretary. Kemp who first brought to light the controversy over Sherman and Youmans Construction Company and the Harris County highway maintenance contracts was charged with...
Commissioner Joe Burkett announced the records are open for public inspection and Kemp confirmed Smith placed the records for inspection upon authority from another commissioner.
Blanco Texas reports only 17 bales ginned Saturday and an expected season total of about 50 bales, the smallest yield in years. The light crop highlights distressed conditions for local growers.
Mr Eddy Saenger spent Wednesday afternoon visiting intimate friends at Comfort.
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