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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
4
The Vernon Record announces publication on Tuesdays and Fridays with editor B H Nichols. It lists subscription rates of 2.00 per year and advertising pricing for classifieds reading notices obituaries poetry and display ads.
Public notice states that any erroneous reflection on any person, firm, or corporation in The Record columns will be corrected when brought to the editor's attention.
The piece examines Chicago and Illinois secession ideas, arguing a city cannot fix dislikes by seceding and noting taxes are shared through national commerce. It contrasts historical debates from the 1860s with modern views, stressing interdependence and equal distribution of government burdens.
A historical account describes organized bank robberies met with unconventional banker responses. Reward incentives shifted to death penalties for robbers while live capture yielded little, leading to more corpses turned in and a decline in robberies. The text likens this rough approach to frontier horse thief justice.
A statement attributed to Dr Hirany Wesley Evans as imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan states the Blau will not figure in this year’s gubernatorial race and the Klan will have no candidates for the office. This is welcomed news.
The passage argues that Dr Evans believes the law will not affect or field a Governor candidate. It cites the 1924 Texas voter view that the Klan was the defining issue, steering the election toward Fergusonism. It suggests eliminating the Klan issue could ease defeating the Fergusons in 1926.
In Witbarger County farmers fret over bollworm pests threatening the cotton season after a rough year. County Agent Mrs VP Chaney and family return from College Station where Mr Bagley attended a farmers' short course as ginners scramble to salvage another possible 65 000 bale harvest amid rain and insects.
W L Napier traveling representative of American Body Company Dallas is in Vernon on business visiting his brothers Joe and Sam Napier. He formerly resided in Vernon in the 1890s.
Wilbarger County court filings show multiple assignments of oil and gas leases among parties including Hoffer Oil Co, Gulf Production Co, Wood, Robertson, Duke, and Roxanna Petroleum Corp. Transactions cover half to quarter interest transfers, sections 9 to 16 blocks 15 and 16, and various tracts in See and Wy corners, with parties such as Atkinson, J. W. Anderson, and M. Sims listed.
Portion of land description references multiple fractional interests in sections 21 and 14 including Northwest and Northeast quadrants and a subsection 1-4 plus 8, within a southeast block. Readable detail limited. lacks clear ownership or parcel stakes.
Mrs Jess Oliver of Wichita Falls visits friends in the week Miss May Brown of Vernon vacations with her mother in Childress Mrs Joe Flaig of Lubbock returns home after a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs J A Marrington R K B Dodson of San Antonio visits Vernon to attend oil field business FP L Massie and family plan an extended motor trip to Colorado returning about September 1 Mrs O A Bronson and daughter Merle go to Colorado for the rest of summer W R Moore plans to leave for Colorado Springs to join his wife for about a week.
Miss Nora Karcher of Vernon visits her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Karcher. Clint Castleberry holds a meeting at Denton. Walter DeBerry of Altus Oklahoma visits Miss Vivian Lane. Mr and Mrs G P D Sharp and sons Fate and Waldon visit relatives in Mississippi. Mrs Joe Pruitt of Madill Oklahoma visits her daughter Mrs Jim Clark and brother Ben Lane. J B R Caldwell and family move to the Plains. Mrs A Castleberry slowly improves. T J Lewis attends Vernon church. Roads see work in progress. Mr and Mrs Roy Clark and children return from New Mexico. Henry Karcher and son Ernest.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Baird and daughters Beatrice Ruby Evelyn and Johnnie of Tyler left Tuesday for Grandfield Oklahoma to visit relatives after stopping in town to see Mrs. A. B. Hays and Mrs. Vincent Crisp.
A travel note follows a trip west of Veriven on Tuesday after peaches. Ben Lane stayed Tuesday night with daughter Mrs. R. L. Smith in Chillicothe. Joe Walker and Edd Walker attended a revival in Vernon. Orville Barrett is ill at this writing.
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