A county accounts register published in The News includes a line item for Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company:

56455 — 5-30-36 — Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company: May Bills — Coffee bags and gunney sacks … $21.00

The entry establishes H&H as a vendor to Bexar County government in May 1936, supplying coffee bags and gunny sacks valued at $21.00. This is an institutional/government supply transaction, distinct from retail grocery sales, and documents H&H’s commercial distribution channel in the mid-1930s.

Transcription

[preceding line, partially visible] RMC BAGS No. 1. … [amount]

56455 5-30-36 — Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company: May Bills — Coffee bags and gunney sacks. … 21.00

56456 5-30-36 — Kress Store: May Bills — White satin ribbon for … 1.40

Source

• County accounts register, The News (San Antonio, Tex.), 29 Jul 1936, p. 28, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1266308952/ (accessed 19 May 2026).
• Archived export: /assets/pdfs/1936-07-29-the-news-hoffmann-hayman-coffee-bags-county-bills.pdf.