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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1919
Page
4
Announcement from Vernon Texas paper stating it is entered as second class mail matter under act of Congress. Subscribers should provide old and new addresses to ensure prompt delivery. Subscription rates listed as 2 dollars.
The text argues that rising living costs push people toward farming as a means to greater production and lower costs. It links profitability to more producers and notes improvements like good roads, automobiles, telephones, and rural mail delivery bring farm life closer to the city, advocating for expanded roads despite their cost.
The Record voices strong opposition to Congress efforts for National prohibition arguing they threaten private homes with searches without warrants and urge a spying system. It warns the Anti-Saloon League overreaches and predicts public backlash, noting West Texans and Panhandle residents' disappointment with Governor Hobby.
The piece argues long-standing neglect of West Texas in senatorial redistricting and blames regional tensions between East and West Texas for political inertia. It notes Hobby's silences and a special session focused on prize fights rather than redistricting while peace treaty ratification gains momentum despite Republican opposition. It ends with brief society notes on Mrs. Pearl Moore visiting Fort Collins and a local shoe sale at McKibbin.
Thursday night arrests on speeding and other violations followed a hard line warning from Vernon county officials. Sheriff W A Bratton and County Officer J H Carrington announced plans to vigorously prosecute offenders driving with one headlight or no plates as part of a broader highway law enforcement push.
The Mason family thanks friends in Vernon for their generous sympathy and aid during the burial of their beloved mother, Homer Mason and Myrtle Mason announcing gratitude for the support received during the recent funeral.
For sale offers oil leases of 1,500 acres with derricks already up and various lease sizes across county. An improved 10,000 acre tract is tillable, priced at $6.00 per acre, plus 5,000 acres well improved and watered, mostly tillable. Asking price $16.00. See J. EB. Lutz. 46-40.
Shoes debut at McKibbin’s offered as new style Oxfords with or without buckle. Priced at 11.00 values, featured in a special sale. Ady, 1te.
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