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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1918
Page
1
Texas agriculture advocates warn the state imports over 60 million dollars yearly in pork and 500 million dollars in food and feed. They call for more dairy cows cattle hogs sheep and poultry to restore soil fertility and cut reliance on outside supplies plus promote baby beef clubs and home production.
Women attending a courthouse meeting received step by step guidance from R V Parr, the county tax collector, on how to cast their votes on July 27. He outlined presenting registration certificates or swearing to registered status if lost, obtaining a printed ballot, voting privately, folding the ballot, and returning it to the election judge. He warned against assistance and colored pencils, and urged not to erase mistakes by asking for a new ballot, noting unmarked names invalidate votes. Texas women gained primary voting rights via Governor Hobby signing the 1918 bill.
Revo M F Ham delivers a powerful Sunday sermon on Hardening the Heart and worldliness as the most subtle and dangerous sin. He warns that friendship with the world opposes spiritual life, cites scripture, and urges believers to separate from worldly pursuits despite alluring riches and fame.
Government operation of express firms will nearly double salaries for many workers as rate increases take effect. G C Taylor, president of American Railway Express, says wage readjustments will begin soon, with about a 10 percent uplift from Judy 1, funded by the new rates rather than executive salaries.
Vernon area reports show only four of seventeen public eating places filed their June sugar and meal reports. Officials remind stores every day to record pounds of meat, wheat flour, substitutes, and loaves of Victory bread, plus meals served, as totals determine next year’s food allocations.
Miss Vern Tae Verne Molt wed Lieutenant Erwin K. McCarter of Camp Call Wichita Falls at the bride’s mother's home on West Wilharger Street. The ceremony featured a Lohengrin march, lilies and asters, and a ring rite by Dr Ward of Decatur Baptist College. The couple, with about 25 relatives and friends present, planned to live at Call Field Wichita Falls.
KF A Sable of Mason City Iowa assumed supervision of the new federal building project at Texas and Cumberland streets in Vernon as contractor Wo t Lovell Minn. Stoddard the former superintendent left for Oklahoma City to work with another firm The project which was due for August 3 completion may now finish by November 1 due to material and labor delays Government inspector Paul Umbach has been on site for weeks.
Work on Rh L More residence advances with brick wall rising two feet high on foundations. Basement excavation finished days ago and concrete laid. Most building materials are on site with brick from More’s plant northeast of Vernon.
A cablegram to Revo L. A. Foster reports Aubrey Foster has landed in France. He volunteered for the ambulance corps and departed Vornouw for Camp Travis in February. He left the San Antonio cantonment about a month ago as a member of An Dihinee Company No. 859.
Otto Tiroff son of Mr and Mrs A Tiroff residing southwest of Vernon volunteered in Dallas Friday for service in the United States Marines. His father said Otto endured a difficult exam but earned a perfect score. Otto returned home Saturday on a six day leave. Arthur Hingst also volunteered but his application was deferred due to eye trouble. He hopes to pass the examination later.
Walter R. Ferguson of Enid Oklahoma and Miss Addie Black of Lindsey Oklahoma wed Monday in Vernon courthouse with county Judge E L Mc Hugh officiating. The couple were strangers to Vernon residents.
T J Pierce returned Sunday from a trip to Graham Dacksboro Ranger and nearby points. He says the best cotton seen on the trip is on the farms of Lou Byars and A M Bourland east of Vernon. He notes Wilbarger county is not as blown up as Wichita Young Archer Jack or other West Texas counties.
T Summerour received 17.45 on two cars of hogs shipped to Fort Worth in the last week. The hogs grazed on alfalfa and finished on corn. He bought them at various places in the county and plains and expects 50 more to ship in August to October. He has shipped about 800 porkers since May.
Local Exemption Board has summoned regis trains for July 25 at 1 p m with 105 men selected to appear and entrain for Fort Sam Houston. The list includes Emmett F Cox Floyd Barts Alvin I Schoppa and 100 more, with 10 alternates. Wilbargers quota remains 3122 men though only 105 counted after disqualifications and prior ledgers.
Saturdays rain was enough to aid crops but covered a limited area. Reports show varied rainfall with Tolbert noting a light shower and some areas receiving none. Cotton stands and young plants look resilient as the rain extended southwest of Vernon with reports of hail nearby.
A.Tiroff returned from Dulles where he spent the week on business and attended a Germania Mutual Aid association directors meeting. An assessment of ten cents per hundred dollars of member insurance will fund Liberty Bonds, expected to raise ten to twelve thousand dollars. The association owns 5,000 in Liberty Bonds.
There is more feed on one section west of Vernon than I saw between Chillicothe and Abilene, says 8 E. Trevathan who has been visiting his uncle at Trent. Trevathan found practically nothing growing except between Vernon and Chillicothe.
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