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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
1
Fragmentary notice from Hearne Texas dated August 1913 lists subscription rates for three months at 25 cents six months at 50 cents and one year at 1.00. Postal service reference appears amid faded text with unclear context regarding a security chase or affair in Viearn Texas.
Hearne business leaders form a commercial club aiming for factual, non deceptive promotion. They cite Texas Tell the Truth about Texas campaign and stress Hearne's fertile Brazos bottom lands and healthy climate as key strengths, noting central Texas location with access to northern markets and Gulf breezes.
In a climate of opportunity Hearne lies between the Brazos valleys offering shelter and beauty. The city is served by three trunk line railways Hearne Brazos Valley and Southern Pacific linking to Houston Galveston San Antonio and Gulf ports. The J & G N via Laredo opens Mexico trade while cotton reception is aided by Hearne line. Business leaders urged to join Commercial Club attend meetings and pursue growth aiming for 10,000 residents by 1915.
An irate resident at the four corners mutters about horn coded pedestrians as drivers fear the streets. A lispy neighbor confuses pigs for speech, insisting he bought two thousand pigs in a misheard exchange, prompting amusement and disbelief from Mr Bent.
A rallying call urging unity and local pride to boost a town. It advises harmony among residents, supporting home businesses, beautifying streets, and encouraging leaders while avoiding negative talk.
Calvert residents push back against Hearne backed efforts to reroute a state highway, condemning a 30 mile Marlin to Calvert stretch as impassable sand. The Calvert Chronicle notes no hostility with Hearne and urges acknowledgment of Calvert’s long standing role as a key midway stop on Red River to Gulf corridors.
The plan to run the road east or west of Calvert gains support from Hearne joining with Calvert to lay out a route through both towns. Night stops for autoists should not spark friction between Calvert and Hearne, or among thoughtful residents. Calvert is humorously labeled the cold bottle stop, but not the town’s main draw, as visitors are more than welcome to sample a bottle, despite editorials about beer and baseball.
The Calvert Picayune editor cites a population over 4,000 for Calvert, but official 1900 and 1910 censuses show Calvert at 3,322 and 2,579 respectively while Hearne rose to 2,352. The piece argues boll weevil and westward emigration hurt towns, notes shared growth, and defends Hearne from being harmed or ridiculed by Calvert.
A Hearne Hearneites letter defends mutual neighborly spirit with Calvert after a Picayune editor’s alleged misrepresentations. The author argues against hostile retort, noting both towns value good fellowship and publish a correction to an untrue claim.
At about four o clock Monday evening the valuable six cylinder Kissel owned by Dallas resident Henry Lee Kirksey burned and was destroyed while passing through the Brazos bottom near Goodland. The car valued about 4000 dollars and insured for 1200 dollars, with only the spare tire saved. The loss is believed caused by a tank leak from a jolt at Hearne crossing igniting the gas.
A Saturday evening gathering on August 2 honored Miss Lois Rosson with a surprise party hosted by Missea Fate Ely and Willie Mann. Friends attended from 3 to 11 o'clock, enjoying candies, cakes, and lemonade. Attendees included Fate Ely, Ruby Ely, Pearl Ely of Gause, Sassie Folley of San Antonio, and Masters Louisa Lipschitz, Jack Wray, T. P. Griffin, Robert Rohde, and Frank Rosenstein.
A Bastrop Advertiser excerpt describes a ritual for entering the inner sanctum. Prospective entrants must rap thrice at the inner door, provide name, post office address, and years owed for the Advertiser. The editor then asks for a ten dollar bill presented with a greeting before news of the locality is shared.
Henry Exall, president of the Texas Industrial Congress, urges farmers to select early vigorous cotton seed each season. He argues that picking the best 10 percent of seed and planting it can raise ripening by 10 to 15 days and nearly double yields, while the rest leads to deterioration.
At Jefferson City Ohio a remarkable grave marker for J A Howells, longtime editor of the Ashtabula Sentinel, was placed. The make up stone features a verse by William Dean Howells, commemorating a life spent in printing and editing. Howells began as a printer's devil and rose to editor, with the Sentinel’s offices shaping his career and his brother’s literary path.
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