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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1923
Page
4
A Vernon juror cites that Federal court disposed of about 120 cases in a week, averaging twenty daily, contrasting with State courts. He blames petty technicalities and easy juror excusal for delays, arguing Federal methods yield swifter justice and better law enforcement. He urges Texas to emulate federal procedures to curb lawlessness.
A Fort Worth dispatch reports seventeen pleas of guilty in the current Federal Court term on oil fraud charges with fines totaling 100,602 dollars and a combined 27 years in prison. Eighteen other promoters were indicted for using the mails to defraud, with likely swift pleas or convictions.
Seventeen cases with guilty pleas have been entered in Federal Court of Fort Worth. Fines from oil promoters during this term may total a quarter of a million dollars, not counting prison terms. The campaign aims to deter promoters and protect investors from flashy lithographed oil and mining stocks.
A column argues literacy tests for immigrants overlook character. It cites Secretary Davis, son of an unlettered Welsh immigrant, to claim education does not define virtue. The piece suggests a character test would better protect the nation from radicalism.
A fragmented discussion on why home folks read the local paper. The editor’s aim is to please readers and serve the community, balancing profitable business with delivering what people want, while acknowledging the need to sell news. The piece ponders reader location and occupations.
The Groom Booster newspaper page is praised for farm oriented sections like Better Livestock Menus and Pigs Keep Boys on the Farm. Readers are urged to contribute farm content, promote hog adverts, and bridge town country gaps. The piece argues for a dedicated farm column to unite fathers and sons in farming business and reading the paper. Miss Lucile McLaren visits Miss Alice Gibson in Graham.
Room Drdhas Mrs J B Sherrill and daughter Thelma and son William Jr returned home Saturday after a two month stay in Dallas where Thelma studied pipe organ expression Mrs Labaume Elliott and Miss Beryl Dixon spent weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs J A Dixon and returned to Breckenridge They were joined by Miss Jennie Wood of Weatherford and Edwith Morgan of La Grange visiting in the Dixon home Mrs J K Stinson of Lamar Cole visited relatives here last week in Wichita Falls with sister Mrs J H Chumper Mr and Mrs R B MacConias visited Saturday and returned with them
The encampment branch of Odd Fellowship will install officers Thursday night at the Odd Fellow Hall. Past patriarches are asked to attend and assist in the installation. Work will also be done in the Purple and Golden Rule Degrees.
Miss Nina Marion Smith Reed Smith Jr and Miss Orewe Holt left last week for Cleburne to spend several weeks visiting relatives. They traveled by automobile with Raymond Pittakin brother of Mrs Reed Smith who came for them.
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