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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1924
Page
4
The Vernon Record informs readers it is issued Tuesdays and Fridays with editor and manager R H Nichols. It details mail matters and urges subscribers to provide old and new addresses to ensure prompt changes. Subscription rate information appears, noting amounts and mailing instructions.
Reading notices require payment with cash when mailed. Classified ads billable at 1 2 cents per word for first insertion and three insertions. Local reading notices priced 2 cents per word for first insertion and 3 cents per word for second insertion. Obituary policies charge 1 cent per word. Poetry priced at 2 cents per word. Display ads promotion at 50 cents per column inch. all other display ads 4 cents per inch.
An unopposed candidate for Railroad Commissioner, Dr. W M W Splawn, becomes Democratic nominee while also being UT president, exposing flaws in filing deadlines and ballot rules. Editorial urges empowering executive committees to certify unopposed candidates without printing names, reducing counting work and potential unfair write‑ins.
Election officials in Wilbarger County will spend a sixth of their time next Saturday on a race involving sixteen candidates. The remark notes the high number of contenders and questions the efficiency of nominating them all.
The campaign ends with nine gubernatorial candidates amid limited enthusiasm. Voters choose the top two for a runoff, while observers note mediocrity among contenders and the burdens of direct primaries compared with the old convention system. The Record urges embracing democracy.
Local supporters forecast Judge Randolph will win Wilbarger County by about 1500 votes and expect large majorities in nearby counties. The Vernon bar and many local men back his campaign, with home base in Pampa.
Service every Sunday at 11 a.m. in City Hall. The topic is "Truth" with Golden Text Psalm 25:5. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend these services.
Sunday morning services begin at 11 o clock with a vocal solo by Miss Theresa Tlazard and a sermon by Dr E Dickenson. Evening service at 8 15 features a sermon by Rev Chas J Marts. Epworth Leagues meet at 7 15 with Miss Mary McHugh in charge of the Senior League and Se R E Dickenson as speaker.
W. DP. Thomas and Roy Allison spent the weekend in Canyon and Amarillo visiting friends.
Mrs. E Lloyd, chapter chair, relays Red Cross survey of northern Ohio tornado damage on June 28 including Lorain and Sandusky. Eight hundred thirty-eight homes destroyed or damaged, eighty eight dead, nineteen missing, three hundred fifty injured with one hundred ninety three still hospitalized. Two hundred fifty businesses damaged or wiped out, nine churches and one hospital destroyed. National Red Cross coordinating relief with $50,000 initial funding. Ohio Governor's Relief Commission fundraising. Estimated property losses range from 5 to 30 million dollars. urgent relief needs 400 to 500 thousand, plus funds for rehabbing homes and small businesses.
Competent office help wanted ad promotes Draughon's College in Wichita Falls Texas. It claims to offer business training with high standards of equipment, service, and instruction and invites readers to write for guarantee contracts and special offers.
Dewey Wilson, secretary, clarifies a typographical error in a display ad claiming the association organized two years ago in June. the correct date is August. Readers are directed to the center of page five for the corrected statement.
Northbound trains arrive times include Train 1 at 8 07 p m Train 3 at 5 25 p m and Train 7 at 6 20 a m Southbound trains list Train 2 at 12 55 p m Train 4 at 7 00 a m.
Boston University and other colleges send students to the National University of Mexico for a summer program in commercial subjects. The group works for Mexican firms mornings and early afternoons, earning no wages but receiving college credit. Courses are taught in Spanish with English outlines, offered through a special arrangement with no extra tuition.
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