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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1922
Page
1
Nominations stay open in Vernon Record campaign with promises of a Buick car and cash and gold prizes. Readers urged to enter now, recruit supporters, and devote time to win the automobile by campaign end.
Vernon streets turned festive as Elks prepared for a street parade and an evening Halloween ball. A procession was slated for 4 50 p m with a band and elaborate Halloween decorations at the Elks hall. Candidates from Electra Vernon and Oklahoma to receive initiations. The piece touts rare voting coupons and subscriptions as campaign boosts.
Wilbarger County plans a real county fair next year with preparations already underway. Stockholders of the Wilbarger County Fair association met at the Library building, choosing officers including Lon Byars president and A Mo Trowrhoad vice president, and urged early erection of an exhibition hall.
Mrs. Robert Stephenson of Chillicothe is recovering from an operation performed yesterday at a local hospital. She is expected to be able to return home shortly.
Senator John K. Shields, a Democrat, moves from the Senate to the Supreme Bench as reported, signaling a major career transition. The article notes Shields’s party affiliation and the appointment context.
A hired man who embezzled horses and cattle was tracked by famed detectives to a city corner. He resisted arrest, was handcuffed, then escaped from a transport vehicle. The case involves a county farmer and loss of a horse valued around 500 at Wilbres county. Paul Albright travels from Titiccin to Dallas for his mother’s operation. other locals speak at the scene.
Ben Hardin Irvin for George Peddy told a district court that an ex soldier was seized in Vernon by the Ku Klux Klan and beaten nearly to unconsciousness after a veteran’s remark. Irvin cited rumors from Pip Landrum at the Bourland farm and an alleged attack at a local gin before police investigations showed the tale stemmed from a drunken brawl with a barber.
A speculative promotion urges subscriptions to Vernon Record, promising 120,000 votes per period for 17 days and 100,000 extra voters per $12 subscription, claiming any candidate could rise to lead with new subscribers and win $1485 prizes distributed next month.
Seven men were robbed on North Main Street Saturday night by four unmasked bandits in two bold holdups within a county. Victims include A. D. Cathey of Olney and Mack Williams of Tolbert who described the suspects. About 5 dollars was taken from Cathey, Williams, and a companion. over 100 dollars total reportedly seized in the second attack near the Prisco depot area. Police identified two suspects later that night but released them after establishing no link to the crime.
Wheat farmers display broad grins as weeks of rain lift harvest hopes across the county. General rainfall boosted prospects with many acres turning green and plans to plant similar to last year. Cotton suffered only minor damage with light winds reported by local farmers.
Rain slows cotton picking but county gins report 21 525 bales this season. Vernon gins have produced 4 157 bales while other gins total 12 007 bales, with the increase of 2 498 bales in the last week.
J V Townsend secretary of the local chamber of commerce received a letter from Tr 4 Massie of Los Angeles enclosing a check for 829 to aid the Wilbarger County Welfare Association. Massie noted in the Vernon Record the local welfare group’s charity efforts and wanted to participate.
Richie Desperweeds at Lip Ok Ore is Help District Clerk. A Richie, who has been seriously ill since last Wednesday night, was reported at two oclock this afternoon to be slowly sinking. Hopes for his recovery have about been abandoned and it is feared he will not live through the night. Family members are at his bedside.
A pie eating contest between two school boys at the Lions Club meeting last Friday resulted in a tie as Mayor Harry Mase backed one contestant and St Ingram offered encouragement to the other. J G Hawkins spoke on county fair support and the exposition building. Dr J, pastor of the First Baptist church, addressed what makes a good city. About 15 Lions members attended at the public hall with city officials present.
A man arrested here last week is held in the county jail awaiting a reply to a wire to army authorities at Fort Sil. He is said to be wanted for desertion and an alleged confidence game on a traveling salesman. An officer from Wichita Falls identified him as the Wichita county suspect.
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