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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
11
A Texan businessman observes that communities pursuing clear sustained building policies prosper, while those changing aims and quitting early stagnate. He notes persistent effort yields growth across cities and towns, whereas vacillation stalls progress.
The observation notes that individuals and groups often fail to start well but should persist. It argues that many who succeed owe their progress to steady effort rather than peak ability, with over ninety percent credited to perseverance once a path is chosen.
The U S Department of Labor reports Texas industrial plants nearly at full operation in October with only a seasonal dip in building activity and no large labor surplus in crafts or common labor. Textile mills also nearly all running at capacity.
A manufacturing plant runs day and night shifts and falls behind on orders. Management cites staffing gaps and production delays as key factors affecting delivery schedules and client commitments.
Cattle breeders and chambers of commerce across eight Panhandle counties plan an annual dairy show. An organizing committee including leaders from Lubbock Hale Center Seminole Tulia Canyon Amarillo Floydada and Lamia works under president D F Eaton county agent. The dairy industry is projected to outgrow beef cattle in Texas.
Waco under city forester Forrester Jones plants 15 000 pecan trees on school grounds with pits for sprouting and replanting. Extra nuts go to children to plant at home under Jones guidance. The article urges every Texas school community to adopt the idea and assign a teacher as forester.
Chambers of Commerce in Brownwood invited rural students from country schools for a day of tours led by local members. Honor students and their guests toured leading industries, were served lunch by businessmen, and attended a ball game.
Parker County, long known for melons, shifts to large scale potato farming this year. Prices are lower but returns please growers as auto trucks enable rapid shipment across the state with most crops heading to West Texas.
In Hays county flocks rise from 5 993 in 1925 to 16 840 in 1927 and goat herds climb from 8 891 in 1925 to 25 750 this year. People find that proper handling can yield profits from sheep and goats.
Lampasas shipped 24 cars of turkeys before Thanksgiving earning growers 192000. 18 to 20 more cars planned before Christmas. The fall crop totals about 350000 for Texas growers, with several counties reporting similar profitability.
County home demonstration agent leads women in Hi Dalgo making baskets from stiff native grasses. The craft yields enjoyment and solid income. Statewide, native grasses are noted as suitable for basket work.
In De vine area sandy land farms grow broom corn with good profits. One farmer reports sales over $4000 this year as the crop can be stored and sold at favorable prices rather than forced to market.
A Jasper county student harvested 85 bushels of peanuts from two acres of sandy loam soil. The crop valued at 170 dollars at market prices shows careful cultivation and proper land care yield profit.
John Madison McDermott died November 7 1927 from injuries after a car wreck near Lake Charles Louisiana. He was returning with friends from a visit when the vehicle skidded in sand and overturned. He left a family in Cameron and Beaumont and is survived by his parents six siblings and grandparents. His funeral was held in Cameron with interment at Marlow. Rev E S Hutcherson officiated.
The Bergland and McDermott families express gratitude to friends in Beaumont Cameron and Milam County for floral offerings words of sympathy and kindly ministrations at the burial of their recently deceased loved one.
A logging camp at 6666 feet near Mariposa California builds a rural schoolhouse on sled runners so it can be moved from site to site, reflecting frontier adaptability and makeshift progress in isolated terrain.
A skin specialist touts Mentho-Sulphur cream as a quick remedy for irritated or broken skin. It supposedly stops itching within moments and clears eczema after two to three applications, with sulphur attacking the cause of the rash. A small jar is available at drug stores.
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