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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
1
Election judges aid only the physically disabled. Voters must understand how to mark ballots correctly and not erase or alter marks. If a ballot is damaged or marked wrongly, return it to the judges for a new one. The Record plans rapid tally reports from precincts after polls close.
Evangelist Ham identifies five classes of unpardonable sinners and urges readers not to delay repentance. He frames salvation as a bridge with God and man on opposite ends and cites numerous biblical passages to warn that God sets limits on his pardoning grace. The talk notes individuals at Fort Scott and a local meeting ending with a warning to not persevere in sin.
A. Swinburn voiced that paving on West Penuse Street awaits rock supply. He has all other materials and expects rock between July 15 and August 1 as shippers pledge, but local property owners have not yet agreed to paving the block on West Texas Street between Main and Fannin.
The Vernon city directory project, backed by Hudspeth Directory Company of El Paso and led by T. R. Hudspeth, includes house to house data collection, complete name and occupation listings, street directories, a classified business section, taxpayer rolls, and a county official register. Freight and rail arrangements for the Farmers Short Course at College Station include a one cent per mile rate, with dates July 20 21 22 23 31, dormitory use, and housing assignments for agents and home demonstrators.
Mr and Mrs L A Ferguson have learned their son Sergeant Jack Ferguson arrived overseas while another son travels from Camp Bowie. The 28th Animal Meeting of the Northwest Texas Press Association meets August 9 and 10 in Vernon with invocations, welcomes, speakers, and discussions on publishing topics.
Ragland and W M Thompson buy Probst’s share of the Para Vulcanizing Company after Probst, who went to South Carolina to enlist as a marine, reports illness and a letter from L Probst. Probst drilled three days at VPatis Island before illness.
Tolbert Methodist Church hosts Parents Day exercises this Sunday with a special program. The organizing committee requests all parents attend whether or not they are Methodist Sunday School members. Services begin about 10 o'clock.
J T Brown sells his stake in the McDonald Brown Transfer and Storage Co to W G McDonald and moves with his son and daughter to Tacoma Washington. He had been disposing of other interests locally for some time.
A historical poem laments the passage of prohibition and gathers resolve among Christian patriots to uphold the law. The piece envisions a nation saved from moral ruin by steadfast faith, urging women, families, and communities to stand united against vice.
A. C. Rayzor, who moved to Denton to sell automobiles, says Vernon people are the finest on earth and that he will return with his wife and two children once a house is secured. He notes a splendid crop outlook and strong Denton county business.
W H Stokes returned from Fort Worth after selling a shipment of Duroc hogs. The hogs topped the market at £17.55 for the lot with 53 head averaging 248 pounds each. They were fed corn and grazed on alfalfa, and Stokes says the shipment yielded good money.
In Wilbarger county 1235 women qualified as voters with RV. Parr, tax collector, open until midnight. Vernon precinct contributes 621 registrations. Officials note registration may extend to July 22, despite doubts about a midnight deadline. Some cross-district registrations occurred but will be corrected by election judges.
Work has begun on a concrete driveway behind the new Federal building at the corner of Texas and Cumberland streets. The curved driveway extends forty feet behind the structure as plastering progresses on the interior and crews of about twenty men labor on the project. Officials expect completion in September.
The Adult Convention Bible Class met at Mrs. L. A. Foster’s home to study Winning Souls to Christ. Eleven attended and after the lesson all joined in a sentence prayer for the Ham Ramsey revival and for the unsaved and unconcerned church members. Tea cream and cake served.
Montague candidate Charles F P Spencer for Congress will address residents at the courthouse Monday night. He extends a special invitation to women to attend.
The document lists 108 registrants with 74 assigned to Class One, 16 to Class Two, 1 to Class Three, 9 to Class Four, and 4 to Class Five. It names order numbers and many individuals up to 108, noting several names not yet returned and a Willie Gober Wilkinson agricultural claim. Continiues on page 2.
The Herring National Bank was chosen as city depository for the next year after a Tuesday night meeting of city commissioners. Herring offered 4 percent on daily balances and 6 percent on city loans, with G. C. Morris named city treasurer.
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