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Newspaper
Hill View Times
Location
Kerrville, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
3
Kerrville publishing announces Hill View Times published weekly by Kerrville Publishing Co editor P. E. Hawkins. The paper is issued every Thursday and carries a yearly subscription price of one dollar in advance. It is entered as second class matter January 19, 1926 at Kerrville post office Texas.
Jim Ferguson of Temple blasts the Klan by removing all K from his paper. He orders the letters deleted so no K appears in the Ferguson Forum, promising future references will rename the organization as the Knights of the Chu Chlucks Chlan.
Mr. Harwood of Brackettville visits his son J. C. Harwood in Kerrville. He plans to stay about two weeks.
Editor owner of Hill View Times invites subscribers to form a stock company to own the paper. He offers one share per dollar, with one vote each, promising to refund funds if no organization forms. Subscribers who respond will be informed of meetings to elect officers and perfect the plan.
The article debates city traffic rules and the evolution from arresting all speeders to focusing on dangerous driving. It argues that speed itself is not a crime, only reckless driving endangers life, and criticizes police who idle on empty roads to nab minor speeders. Kerrville is mentioned among growing concerns.
A writer describes conflicting traffic regulations on Water Street stage by stage. Parallel parking, then a stop rule, followed by a painted stop sign, have led to confusion and mixed compliance as drivers fear arrests and traffic officers. The note promises future updates.
The Bureau of Immigration plans a $6,000,000 fund to deport more than 12,000 aliens next fiscal year, aiming to reach about 100,000 cases, including murderers, criminals, and public charges. Commissioner Harry E. Hull says the program will continue until flagrant cases are disposed of and smugglers are pursued, with emphasis on border and back door protection.
Bishop George A. Miller told the Associated Press in New York that Mexico has used drastic means to control the ecclesiastical issue because Catholic priests there refuse to obey the law and meddle in politics. He alleged priests organized an economic boycott to bankrupt the country and said the literacy movement seeks political dominance and loyalty to the pope over the Constitution. He urged intelligent sympathy and moral support from the United States and warned of a clash between the pope and the President, urging the U.S. to keep its hands off. He recently returned from Mexico City where he served as resident Bishop for the Methodist Episcopal church.
The piece notes Catholic dignitaries denying political involvement while claiming persecution in Mexico. It cites J Ferguson, a retired farmer and politician, who likens Calles era Mexico to the Ku Klux Klan and warns of church state clashes here. President Calles rejects unfair treatment of religious orders.
In Farm and Ranch July 31 the Lowell Manufacturing Company of Lowell Massachusetts votes to liquidate. The piece argues the cotton textile industry will move largely to the South due to cotton growth, while Northern woolen goods may persist. Texas has wool and mohair, water power, and capital to support yarns and blanket mills, urging local development to avoid exporting raw materials and importing finished goods.
Hill View Times notes T. J. Moore is authorized to announce candidacy for Commissioner Precinct No. 4 ahead of the general election on November 2, 1926. The announcement appears as official notices in the Hill View Times.
The editor and family owe thanks to Mr. Kelly White and Mr. Bill Garrett for three large tomatoes weighing four pounds and a quarter from the Stockton farm near Center Point. The Garretts cultivate a half acre of tomatoes with an excellent, well flavored harvest despite no irrigation.
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