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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
9
Spectators watched as several African American men entered the courthouse under an officer with a pistol. The sheriff learned a farmer’s oats were involved but later confirmed the men paid for them and released the prisoners, who insisted on their innocence.
Fargo Fargo July 1 special correspondence reports visits by Mc Carroll Haycock and Taylor of Vernon. J J Crisp F M Cullum and R B Richardson elected Fargo school trustees for coming term with no teachers yet. Local incidents include a serious leg cut from hay baler and a garage break in. Socials list parties and visits. Fargo and Deans baseball game 12 to 15 in favor of Fargo. Several residents visited relatives and attended family events.
Miss Kitty Gordon a musical comedy star shot Joseph Albert Hack a member of an acrobatic troupe at Palkeo Musical Hall Chicago The police call the shooting accidental The revolver belonged to Jack Wilson who tours with Gordon The incident occurs during a stage sequence with Vera Bresford and Jack Griffith Hack’s condition is serious
Cube with widow Mrs. Lawson Moore of Vernon reports the Woodward baby, child of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Woodward, has been sick but shows signs of improvement as reported in local notes.
The Presbyterian Church invites the public to Sunday morning and evening services and Sunday school at 45. Pastor Gaines B Tall presides. W B Thomas Lumber Company advertises prices on long and short lands shovels. Gheens of Owens Tamber Company of Fort Worth visited Vernon on business. George Joty has been called to Gainesville to be with his ill mother.
Nash distributors from across the country met in Kenosha Wisconsin for a three day conference led by Charles A Voorhis Nash vice president and general sales manager. The meeting reviewed sales and service plans and noted contracts totaling 10 million expected business in the next year as Nash nears three years of wartime and peacetime production. The convention closed with a tour of the Milwaukee Nash plant.
The tour highlighted the Nash Four project site and the machinery installed or operating. Visitors impressed by the buildings and equipment and a service is planned at the Catholic Church next Sunday at 10 o’clock. The note mentions W. ER, Tiomas Lamber Co, AY The Bale.
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