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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
4
Announcements note a July 2 special election for the State Senator South District. The text combines local notices, education essays, and scattered war and political references with unclear OCR fragments. The main readable item is the July election date and district focus.
May 30. In Lavaca county the bog law and a gent le stock law face questions of validity as Vallatsville Yoakyin and Shiner were included in the election area. Kid Nenvar was found guilty and awaits appeal in the Court of Criminal Appeals. J W Ragsdale and Marcus Schwarts travel to Austin for tomorrow’s hearing to determine if the laws stand.
A Texas special election on July 19 will decide a constitutional amendment allowing a simple majority vote for good roads measures instead of the current two thirds requirement. The measure aims to accelerate road improvements across counties and reflects a push by progressive communities to fund infrastructure despite concerns about fiscal impact.
The Galveston News reports that Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia have laws that disfranchise black voters by indirect means. Voters must be registered with educational and property qualifications and local designated officers determine educational fitness, with property rules tied to tax records.
A scrambled ad style plea urges readers to subscribe and support the paper with value received and fair prices. It advocates for quality job work and business support, referencing local stakeholders and a general call to civic backing. Daughters of Messrs Mueller and Neujian operated on for adouia ast Friday, doctors named Kent ar dd Mernite.
Contractors building the Catholic Church publish Sunday admittance will be prohibited while on weekdays the public may inspect the work from 8:00 a.m. to 5:06 p.m. The church is budgeted at 40,000 dollars and expected to honor the town. Also notes medicine ads and Gonzales visitors mentioning local figures. The Champlain’s Tablets ad promotes a stomach and liver remedy sold by local druggists.
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