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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1921
Page
4
Debate over establishing an agricultural college in West Texas continues as lawmakers weigh scope and cost. Some insist on a full institution teaching mechanics and agriculture, while others argue four top Texas engineering schools already meet demand.
The Vernon community weighs backing a Dallas promoter led broom factory. Advocates cite the mattress plant of T. H. Price as success, cautioning against heavy stock subsidies. Price built gradually, hiring locals, and sought broom corn for raw material rather than large upfront investments.
The Record argues for local investment in new enterprises such as a broom factory, noting no need to seek outside promoters when residents with funds will proceed with reasonable cooperation. Vernon requires several small industries to foster development.
Vernon bankers again show community patriotism by supporting diversified farming in Wilbarger county. They back a program that envisions farmers raising high grade cows hogs chickens and turkeys to earn hundreds of dollars yearly. The piece argues such farmers stay out of debt and keep bank money circulating, promising prosperity for the county.
A fragmented verse narrates a traveler and a horse named Dobbin stalled by a gasless bus. The speaker longs for fuel as the countryside and town drift away and the exhausted animal strains under strain. The text captures rural hardship and reliance on scarce gasoline.
The Bricklayers Masons and Vlosterers local union reports a Pesolotien adopted at Lidiamapalis in November. The measure limits strikes to approvals by executive officers and condemns strikes without high level sanction. Local officials named include Bib Baskerville Roy E Davis Tom Lamar and Smith Nixon. Harry Norwood spent weekend in Chillicorhe. Miss Ha Edwards left for Fort Worth for business college.
New York reports say Miss Yetta Lehman awakened from a month long sleep after hearing her fiancé’s voice. Doctors note subconscious recognition of her upcoming wedding, dated January 30, with Lehman waking on January 29. The case is among sixty six victims of a sleeping sickness alarming medical men.
A Nash touring car driven by Harvey Allen and a Ford touring car driven by H A Hilley collided at the Main mul Wilbarger streets corner about 10 30 Sunday morning. Both cars were damaged. Allen had a minor facial cut while Hilley his wife and two children escaped injury. Neither driver saw the other until impact. Ford axles and radiat or were damaged and the Nash hit the curb.
We express deep gratitude for acts of kindness and sympathy during our recent sickness and death. We appreciate floral offerings as tokens of your love. May Heaven’s richest blessings be upon you. - Mrs Ella Jones and family, Mrs P D Freemant? Creager.
At a Friday night meeting the lodge conferred chapter degrees on Fay Eggleston Dr M J Moore and Cicero Albright. Mrs K C Barcley returned Sunday from Wichita Falls where she visited her son.
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