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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1919
Page
4
Semi weekly issued Tuesdays and Fridays by Nichols Brown & Company Publishers. Address changes to Vernon Virginia post office and mail matter status under Congress act March 3 1979. Subscribers must provide old and new addresses for prompt delivery.
A Vernon editorial urges restoring productive activity after the war. It calls for farmers to double cotton yield or raise output 25 percent by expanding acreage or shifting to feed crops. It also notes housewives and home gardeners can boost community wealth by increased production and promotes a road bond to cut haul times and raise farm values.
A legislative note discusses a bill to place city public utilities under the Railroad Commission. It recalls a defeated bill to abolish the Highway Commission and shift highways to the Railroad Commission. The piece argues railroad control will erode state commissions and may lead to abolition by federal action, suggesting politicians seek payrolls from such schemes.
The Texas Railroad Commission faces criticism for seeking to preserve regulatory powers amid unemployment concerns. The piece argues the state should instead pension the commissioners rather than assign them duties beyond their expertise, warning of dangers to Texas citizens.
A proposal from Austin suggests a 20 cent tax per $200 to fund educational institutions. The plan aims to coordinate higher learning to avoid duplication while acknowledging Texas’s large size and diverse needs. Supporters cite education as key to democracy while questioning permanent state funding growth with wealth.
The Record honors Dr. B Keeler vice president of The Fort Worth and Denver Railway who died Saturday. For nearly thirty years he led the Denver Road shaping Northwest Texas growth and turning a wind swept region into prosperous towns along the railway network. He was a longtime friend of Northwest Texas and witnessed much of its early development.
M G Gilbert says he is the paper’s oldest reader at AT years old. He pays his subscription, does his own work, and enjoys reading The Record. He reports good health and clear eyesight for reading ordinary print.
The piece argues democracy needs educated, united people and cites global examples to show democracy fails where ignorance or factionalism prevails. It rebuts claims that places like Haiti or Russia prove democracy cannot work, proposing instead that conditions prevent democracy rather than democracy itself failing. It also notes War Savings Certificates being cashed in Texas amid oil stock investments.
Mrs Nora Cooks family battles influenza while Theresa Hazard closes her school for flu. Grady and Opal Bingham, Anbew Stockton, and T N McDougal households report illnesses. Odell and White City residents visit, with social calls and business noted amid the flu outbreak. A delayed Christmas gift from Odell to Odell woman finally arrives after eight days due to address issues.
Miss Annie Burlsiith is ill and unable to attend school. Miss Annie Lou Briscoe will teach in her stead. Also an ad asks about paying a drug bill to T. M. Fergeson Drug Co.
Mrs. Fred Yates went to Wichita Falls Saturday night to join her husband working there. She has stayed in Vernon with her parents Mr and Mrs A A Lloyd. Ad 99-91p ms: telephone 1881 121. Greene and J L Crawford went to Wichita Falls yesterday to tend oil interests.
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