21 Apr 1933
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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1933
Page
1
The Hearne Democrat issues weekly under editor J Felton Lane with Mrs W C Bishop as associate editor. Advertising costs are 25 cents per inch for display and 10 cents per line for local readers. subscriptions run one year for $1.50 or six months for 75 cents. The paper notes the postal classification and publication date.
A Texas newspaper's reader Bayliss Kenner sends a twelve month renewal and praise for editorials and exchanges with a controversial figure. The letter mentions Hearne Robertson County and Houston in a lighthearted tone, with anecdotes of travels and local patrons, praising Bayliss as a literary contributor.
In Hearne a flood of subscriber gifts arrives for Editor J Felton Lane including yellow yams pork products chickens and eggs. A Brazos County barrister brings ribbon cane syrup and a Hearne strawberry raiser donates strawberries. The note likens feasts to old Texas press custom and ponders Solomon on time and season. A separate line mentions a young East Texas county electing a County Attorney.
A young politician, after defeating a predecessor, assumes control and rejects the mural motto One thing at a time. He vows to avoid drinking while working and vice versa, and to refrain from prosecuting poker players while gaming.
The Whitney Messenger ends after 50 years and three months as editor J L Yarboro announces relocation of the plant to Cleburne. The paper will serve rural areas and towns with a cooperative role with a Cleburne daily, urging local business and dairy-industry investment to sustain towns like Whitney and Hearne.
Editor Robinson in Jewett Messenger logs a playful invitation to Editors Crawford Lane Roger Bass and Bill Abbott plus Bud Gilbert for a fishing trip below the Navasot rail bridge with a note on home brewed hospitality. The reply declines the outing. It recalls a boyhood impulse to fish using worms or “Sawyers” under pine logs and even wasps.
Oil companies have discharged salt water and waste into Texas streams, leaving few fishable waters. Only rich club members or those freeloading can access lakes for fishing, as public streams now offer mostly mud cats and polluted conditions. With good company and gear, a few hours along a bank remain possible, though less enjoyable.
A column recalls Louisiana’s 3.2 beer day with jubilant crowds, cross-state travel, and a note on beer’s impact on incomes and foods. It contrasts with Dallas and Texas bond burdens, and warns against shifting debt to farmers, denouncing political skullduggery.
A letter argues that constitutional change would let Texas assume county, district, and municipal bonds totaling over 657 million dollars. It accuses supporters of shifting debt to the state to avoid local costs and urges readers to reject another large bond push.
The Methodist Sunday School primary department held its annual picnic at the Municipal Park on Monday afternoon. Mrs. J. W. Horlock organized games including an Easter egg hunt, crowned Baby Lou Blanton spring queen with Junior Badders as king and Jane Dixon as attendant. Cake and punch were served by chaperones. A Brazos Grain Company truck, provided by J. W. Horlock, transported the children from the church to the park.
Mrs John Luke left Saturday for Houston to visit relatives and friends. She may then go to San Antonio to spend several days with Mr and Mrs Ed Luke and their son Thomas Edward before returning to Hearne.
Mr. and Mrs. Bartle Crenan and children of Burlington visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Hudson on Monday. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Covington of Houston who left for Houston Sunday afternoon after the Easter season visit.
Warren Morris of Hearne delivered a detailed talk to the Hearne Rotary Club on education for the blind, focusing on the Texas state institution in Austin and its training program. His address impressed Rotarians with facts, figures, and a remarkable memory for statistics, prompting requests to repeat the talk at other clubs.
Texans are urged by the Federal Bureau of the Census to prove birth records are on file with the Texas State Department of Health. The drive checks if births and deaths are fully reported to qualify Texas for federal recognition and parity with other states.
The text stresses timely records for births and deaths as vital to individuals and the public. Certificates enable inheritance, citizenship, marriage age, voting, jury service, passports, and military eligibility. Officials use data to determine birth rates, health, and insurance. records also support probate, claims, and ancestry proof.
A humorous brief where a driver named John Smith initially evades the officer by offering the name William Shakespeare, prompting the official to press for his real identity and remark on the joke. The exchange highlights the officer catching the ruse with a sharp retort.
Mrs W K Waltman and her son James Robert attend at the home of Mr and Mrs R A Baessler in San Antonio. Mrs Waltman will represent the Hearne Music Lovers Club at the State Federation of Music Clubs meeting in the Alamo City on April 27 28 and 29.
Mr and Mrs L W Perkins and their sons Dan and James joined Mrs W H McKemy and children Martha Ariel and Jack McKemy in McKinney for a birthday anniversary celebration of W B Perkins father of L W Perkins and Mrs McKemy. The party then returned to Hearne with Mrs W B Perkins.
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