Celebrating History: People moving on

By Emily Mayer

People were moving on to other pastures 100 years ago. The Hill County Democrat’s Feb. 5 and 12, 1920 editions carried the following news:

AUDITOR HAS RESIGNED

Earl Bronson, the popular auditor of Hill county, has resigned. Mr. Bronson on all hands for the efficient manner in which he has handled the affairs of that office.

He will engage in business for himself and at present is engaged with a force of clerks in transcribing the records for Liberty county. He was for a number of years a deputy in the office of county clerk and recorder, J. H. Devine, and it was here by...