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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1921
Page
4
A legislative bill proposing tax delinquency relief is criticized as ineffective and misdirected. The text argues the measure only reduces penalties from 10 to 5 percent, fails to extend true aid, and risks delaying payments further. It warns the act could hinder state finances and urges wiser, broader relief only in genuine emergencies.
Governor Pat M. Neff asks the Texas legislature for an unqualified repeal of the suspended sentence law. He argues the statute has become a convenient vehicle for criminals to escape grave offenses and urges acting to stamp out crime and restore respect for the law. The message frames the repeal as a necessary step to curb law evasion and protect public safety.
Public notice commands sheriff to publish citation for Juan Garcia in Milam County weekly for four weeks. Juan is to answer a petition filed January 26 1921 in Case No 8386 where Maria Garcia is plaintiff, cruel treatment alleged, at the Milam District Court in Cameron on March 1 1921.
Milam County court issues writ in suit Mary Ewing versus Will Ewing filed February 1 1921 No 8384. Notice requires appearance in Cameron on the 7th to answer the petition. Penn Wolf Clerk records February 1 1921.
This week at the Auditorium Theatre features multiple shows. Thursday offers Thou Art The Man with Sennett’s Vacation Time. Friday and Saturday present Wallace Reid in Hawthorne of the 8. A. and a double bill. Monday and Tuesday show Tree of Knowledge and Lost City with Never Again. Midweek includes Old Wives For Now and another Sennett comedy. Sunday features Methodist Sunday School activities.
Wallace Reid headlines the romantic comedy Hawthorne of the U S A based on James B Fa gan play. Lila Lee co stars with Harrison Ford Theodore Roberts and others in a Paramount Artcraft release directed by James Cruze. The plot follows two clerks abroad in a rented car who gain wealth in Monte Carlo and end up in a Republ ic of Bovinia amid revolution.
Lon Chaney stars as Raud Challoner in James Oliver Curwood's Nomads of the North at the New Herley Theatre on February 11 and 12. The film showcases his versatile character work and memorable portrayal of the northern hero amid a dramatic photodrama.
Percy Marmont stars opposite Norma Talmadge in The Branded Woman from First National. The cast includes Vincent Serrano George Fawcett Grace Studdiford and more. The film adapts Oliver Bailey s stage hit Branded with direction by Albert Parker and design by Hugo Ballin.
A dramatic tale praised for its honest to goodness story quality. David W. Griffith bases his latest motion picture on a moving narrative.
Milam County Commissioners Court invites sealed proposals from banks, associations, or bankers to serve as depository for county and school funds. Each proposal must include a $650 certified check and be delivered by 10:00 AM February 18, 1921. The court may reject all bids. checks returned for unsuccessful bidders. W G Gillis County Judge. January 28, 1921.
The article argues for a one third reduction in cotton acreage to restore prices and avert bankruptcy for agriculture and commerce in the cotton belt. It warns that excessive production by some farmers undermines cooperative marketing and risks 1920 losses, urging production and marketing unity.
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