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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1925
Page
6
One of the largest pines cut in Angelina county East Texas yielded about 4,986 feet of lumber near Lufkin. The log was felled at Granville switch six miles from Lufkin with diameters of 46 inches at the cut and 50 inches at the base. Estimators peg the age at around a century based on growth.
State Treasurer W. Gregory Hatcher announces that a total of 18 million dollars in Texas state funds is lent or deposited in banks across the state. Of this amount 4.2 million is placed in 115 banks earning 4 percent under the depository law, with the rest held in reserve depositories at 2 percent.
Mrs. Mary Jane Power who lived 72 of her 115 years in Tarrant county was buried in the family cemetery near her home three miles southeast of Everman on March 12. Born in Illinois she moved in 1820 to what is now Cherokee county East Texas. She is survived by 44 grandchildren and 50 great grandchildren.
The De Witt County Farmers Luncheon Club of Cuero gains statewide interest as the only organization of its kind in Texas. It aims to form a statewide network where farmers meet regularly to discuss common problems, mirroring city business clubs like Rotary Kiwanis and Lions.
The 49th annual Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association convention in San Antonio re-elected FH I Kobernot as president and other officers by acclamation. New executive committee members include A. Gresham Toyah, R Mason Houston, A L East Sarita, G A Lawrence Eldorado, Sam C Arnett Lubbock, and J M Shelton Romero. Fort Worth chosen for the 50th annual convention.
Congress awards bronze service medals to the First and Second Cavalry brigades of the Texas National Guard. The design features the bluebonnet, the Texas state flower, on the obverse with the inscription Awarded by Congress for service in Texas cavalry. The reverse bears the Texas state seal and the dates Sept 25, 1918 to Nov 11, 1918.
Uriah Bell, 101, oldest resident at the Home for Confederate Veterans in Austin, died March 22 after a brief illness. He had been in good health recently and even bought a car for his 100th birthday. Bell ran a cigar and soda stand at the Home and was buried in the State Cemetery.
Plans are perfected for a big San Jacinto Day celebration on April 21 at Old Washington on the Brazos river near Bryan. People from Brazos Grimes and Washington counties will join in the event to honor Texas independence declared at San Jacinto battlefield and the site of the old state capitol.
The Thirty-ninth Texas Legislature ended March 19. Throughout the session about 452 House and 326 Senate bills of a general nature and 238 House and 144 Senate bills of a local nature were introduced. Of 1,160 total bills, 446 were passed, with a possible special session to be decided by the Governor after review.
Plans for the annual meeting of the State Association of Pioneers of Texas on April 20 were perfected. The event will be at the Gun ter Hotel in San Antonio with elections for officers and committee selections. The six year old group aims to perpetuate Texas traditions and foster relations among pioneers and descendants. Dr. Frank Paschal Sr. serves as president and Miss Emma Bell as secretary.
The Texas Woman's Press Association announced prizes for a literary contest to be decided at the state convention in Tyler on May 20 to 22. Entries must be in by April 30 to Miss Lillian Wester at the University of Texas, with authors' names sealed and signed under a nom de plume. Prizes include five cash awards and a perpetual medal for best published article since May 1, 1924.
R B Walthall of the State Board of Control announces plans to remove inmates deemed insane from county jails across the state. After the Thirty ninth Legislature enacted enabling legislation, about 700 inmates are in jails with 500 or more to be housed in designated facilities.
The surviving heirs of Gen. T. J. Chambers, Mrs. Kate Chambers Sturgis and Mrs. Stella J. MacGregor of Galveston, won final passage by free conference report. The 80 year old claim, originally $100,000, was reduced to $20,000 and now awaits final action.
Texas will be apportioned 4,415,715 of the 75 million federal good road fund approved by Congress. Total federal highway mileage for Texas reached 8,122 miles, with a history of 38,136,000 in federal support to date. For the current year, 400 miles were completed at 6,230,118, while 1,450 miles await settlement at 24,158,852 and approved projects total 359 miles costing over 5,000,000. Texas also shows a credit balance of 1,012,094.
William Pinkney McLean a 89 year old Texas lawyer and longtime political figure died of pneumonia March 18 at his home 316 Henderson Fort Worth. He was senior partner in McLean Scott and Sayers and helped frame the 1875 Texas Constitution. He served in the Confederate Army rising to Major and held seats in the State Legislature and the Fifth Judicial District bench. He was the last survivor of the first Railroad Commission appointed by Gov Hogg with Judge Reagan and L L Foster having died earlier.
Police and county officers in Tarrant County confiscated a highly elaborate 100 gallon whisky distilling setup in a residential area along the Dallas Highway. The operation was described as the most complete still uncovered in the county, located beside a Fort Worth banker’s home.
A Burt C Blanton survey reports Texas has 25 cotton mills with a replacement value near 27.95 million and total textile investment around 42.75 million. Active spindles number 241,158, with 55,400 new spindles added in 1923 24, signaling rapid expansion toward 1935 when Texas could host major mill districts.
University of Texas anthropologists J E Pearce and LeRoy Patton will lead an expedition to Rockwall Texas to examine a buried wall that partially encircles the town. The wall may be natural or built by a prehistoric race and could be 10 000 years old. Col Frank P Holland of Dallas funds the project.
The Texas Legislature adopted conference committee reports to rewrite the game statutes and regulate commercial fishing. The new law tightens seasons and bag limits, reduces buck limits to two with horns pronged, sets deer and turkey seasons, and creates two hunting zones for quail, doves, ducks, and geese with specified harvest caps and dates across north and south zones.
Victor's Prince won the grand champion steer title at the 1925 Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth. Bred and exhibited by A. M. College, the fourteen month old steer weighed 1,160 pounds and dressed 638 percent of live weight. Swift and Go purchased the animal for the Texas Hotel at 85 cents per pound.
The Texas Department of Agriculture in Austin has launched a campaign urging farmers to submit Johnson grass seed samples for analysis. The state seed laboratory reports increased occurrence and variety of Johnson grass this year, including appearances in millet and alfalfa.
A legendary Civil War figure once believed killed in 1863 is alive at 86 on Salt Creek farm near Brownwood Texas. The article recounts his famous ambush near Centralia and Lawrence, his mistaken death, and his later life as a Texas pioneer who built a home, married, and raised a family, while remaining a feared marksman and loyal to his code.
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