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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
3
A Texas public address stresses building roads as a stupendous task. It notes 140,000 miles of public highways and their global reach by roundabout measurement, highlighting roads as essential to progress and development. The speaker links highway expansion to higher physical and mental growth for the public.
The Franklin independent school district elected Will C. Crane as superintendent and teachers Miss Sallie Griffin Effie Taylor Lizzie Suber Laura Stephens and Mrs Tom Decherd plus Mrs Stella for next year. A Bremond dramatic club performance raised funds for a Robertson county charity and voters consider county wide road bonds and concrete walks in Hearne and nearby towns. The June district court term opens with a light criminal docket and civil business.
A Friday meeting in Hearne drew a large crowd to back a county highway improvement plan. Officials including County Judge W. C. Pean and Prof. R. J. Potts spoke, endorsing the movement. Citizens signed a petition for the commissioners court while voices urged countywide gravel and paving aid.
The notice describes J D Akins and Annie Belle Oliver from Hearne who married after a swift court scene in Waco where Akins confessed to theft and the judge officiated. The couple’s friends from Hearne and Waco sent congratulations in the Democrat and Times Herald reports.
The New Store Buildings for Hearne Mrs. Noriie Willrich, Robert Fowler Martin and Glenny D. Martin have let the contract and work is rapidly progressing on three new store buildings on the south side of Fourth street facing the Lone Star bakery. John Robb, an enterprising contractor with thirty years in Hearne, holds the contract as the area sees renewed growth and occupancy.
Special for Hearne voters the Texas Commerce and Secretaries report shows 4,107,152 bales ginned in Texas in 1911 up 28.2 percent from 1910. Illis county leads with 186,427 bales, McLennan 120,801, Hill 117,221, Robertson 66,258. Texas accounts for 28 percent of U S cotton and 21 percent of world crop. Welfare Commission to discuss marketing methods in San Antonio June 10.
A neighborly anecdote shows a hardware merchant angry over a wife ordering a silver percolator from Smith's catalog for 41 dollars and 24 cents plus express. He laments his own stock and price while the wife offers a lesson on advertising to attract customers.
A newspaper opinion argues that good roads are a powerful moral force equal to church and school efforts. The piece asserts road spending reduces illiteracy and vice, and that investing a dollar in highways yields greater happiness and prosperity for the community. It emphasizes building roads to uplift society and curb crime.
Market notes from Hearne Democrat describe an early watermelon movement from Crewsville and Sebastian, with Hempstead and other melon regions expanding. Texas peaches arrive in Houston in strong volume at 75 cents to 1.00 per crate, potatoes at 1.50 per unit, and berries diminishing as shipments shift from Arkansas and Missouri. Cotton conditions show 78 percent of normal, with possible acreage decline in the South and a modest 3 percent increase in Texas. The egg market steadies as cold storage eggs appear early, with 20 cents per dozen for ewes noted.
A Robertson County Texas notice dated June 6 1912 calls the Democratic Executive Committee to meet at the courthouse Monday June 17 1912 at 11 o clock am to review primary ticket applications set ballot order form a sub committee notify candidates assess campaign and conduct other party business. The letter closes with a courteous sign off from the writer.
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