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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1925
Page
6
Abstracts covering about 13 000 acres of Palacios city land for a permanent Texas National Guard camp were submitted to Attorney General Dan Moody on July 1 for approval. The land is deeded to the State of Texas.
The Department of Commerce reports Texas tops New York in 1924 exports. Texas posted $737,218,927 in exports while New York reached $751,593,502, with U S total exports at $4,498,151,936 for 1924.
Twenty five hundred officers and men of the Seventy First Infantry Brigade Texas National Guard held a fifteen day encampment at Camp Mabry near Austin beginning Friday July 3 under Maj. Gen. John A. Hulen. Regular Army demonstra tion troops from the Ninth and Twenty Third Infantry were present until the end of the encampment.
The First National Bank of Huntsville via VP G A Wynne awards Confederate coins to Confederate veterans and widows in Walker County. The coins, minted by the federal government, aid the UDC in finishing the Stone Mountain Memorial near Atlanta, GA. Many Walker County soldiers served in Hood’s Texas Brigade or Capt. Tom Hamilton’s and Dickey’s companies.
State Superintendent Marrs warns the new textbook law cuts the state school tax for free texts from 15 to 7 cents per year. Even with standard deducts for assessing and collecting, net revenue would be about 1.96 million dollars, leaving a deficit of roughly 429 thousand dollars against a 2.389 million dollar bill.
Marshall chamber president reports telegram from Senator Morris Sheppard confirming government and local funding for Mooringsport dam repairs on Caddo Lake. Government portion is 50000 dollars and local contributions total 50000 dollars already subscribed in Shreveport. Major Schley to discuss further with Gulf company. Caddo Lake near Jefferson Texas in Harrison county famed for fishing and hunting.
The T Anchor cowboys of the years ’88 and later plan their annual reunion on October 20 at Hale’s Park, one mile northwest of Canyon. The park sits on land formerly owned by W. Baird, a leader of the group who died earlier this year. The T Anchor ranch was among the Panhandle’s first.
Secretary J A Loftin of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce reports from C W Woodman, assistant director of the United States employment service, that a labor bureau branch will open in Stamford on August 16 to meet cotton raisers labor needs across the territory as demand for cotton pickers rises amid a promising West Texas crop.
Old Washington on the Brazos river the first capital of Texas where the Declaration of Texas Independence was signed on March 2 1836 will be improved and maintained as a State park under better conditions. Dr H Harrington of the State Board of Control announced plans for improvements and said about 650 dollars is available for the remainder of the fiscal year with around 2000 for the next year. The park which has been fenced features a keeper's cottage two monuments and the old blacksmith shop to be marked and attended to.
State Department of Education issued July 2 requisition forms to county and city superintendents to list every book under adoption. The effort aims to order over 2 million dollars in free textbooks from the available school fund, with at most 15 percent of annual tax revenue for such purchases, to ensure ample supplies for next fall.
Gen. Frank T. Hines warns veterans about buying soldiers' bonus certificates after Treasury Secret Service reports loans in San Antonio using such certificates. The act allows banks to loan to veterans after two years on a promissory note secured by the certificate, but prohibits any unlawful negotiation or loan. The Veterans Bureau stresses the intent to shield veterans from unscrupulous lenders while permitting limited, protected loans. Governor Miriam A. Ferguson proclaims August 12 Texas Pioneer Day, per the Legislature, designating the date for state observance.
Texas State Treasurer W. Gregory Hatcher released the first semi annual finances showing $11,799,639.20 in cash in the State Treasury July 1 and details on deposits in state and reserve banks. Nearly $50,000,000 has passed through his hands since January 16, with receipts totaling $49,828,085.63 and disbursements at $41,881,347.98.
Texas moves from villages to cities with Dallas Houston Fort Worth and San Antonio rising to big city status. Thousands of small towns boast paved streets chambers of commerce and improved civic facilities. Good roads connect the state with tarvia and concrete highways and a network of bus lines. Houston ship channel dredging boosts exports as Texas leads New York with 1924 exports valued at 737,218,927.
Rebecca T. Norwood, a Texarkana resident aged 101, died after claiming on her deathbed that she was born in 1924. She was a niece of Francis Scott Key, the composer of The Star-Spangled Banner.
Fort Worth reports the lowest automobile death rate among Texas's four large cities for January 1 to June 20, with seven deaths. Houston had twelve, San Antonio fifteen, and Dallas twenty-seven in the same period, according to United States Chamber of Commerce figures.
Texas ranked second among the states in indicated daily capacity of petroleum refining plants for 1924, with 124 refineries and a total production value estimated at 350 million dollars. California led, Oklahoma third, while Wichita Falls and Burkburnett hosted the most plants. Governor Miriam Ferguson calls for statewide Pioneer Day picnics on August 12, 1925 to honor early settlers and the state’s heritage.
A remote cave near Waco, on the Hooker farm in the McLennan Hill county line, is tied to treasure legends. Prospectors Loftin and partners blasted into the cave while guards watched, but disputes over loot ended the dig. Locals recall cold winds, a council chamber, and failed mineral-rod searches, leaving the cave’s treasure fate uncertain.
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