City Council Proceedings and Local Notes
The City Council met in regular session led by Mayor Ralston. Alderman Hearrell was fined for absence. several street and tax related bills were reviewed and referred to committees. a new occupation tax ordinance was introduced and passed on suspending rules. Community notes report good grain crops and a notable prohibition effort. Branchville incident ends with James Walston posted on bond after firing at Sam Yielding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston
Hearrell
Arnold
Milton Morris
J. P. Moseley
Peter Nichols
W.H. Ledbetter
Tom Duckett
Finance Committee
Bryant & Bond
Boyles
Sharpe
Sharp
MecLerran’s
Branchville
James Walston
Sam
Walston
Cameron
Abandonment of Cameron Canning Factory Project
John H. Bickett announces that Cameron residents chose not to proceed with a proposed canning factory. After organizing a $12,000 Cameron owned venture with J G Darden and associates, disagreements led to efforts to dissolve contracts and consult shareholders, ending with the decision to abandon the project and a warning on local land prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.G. Darden
Cameron
J. G. Darden
Darden
Mr.Darden
Mr. McCullan
Dallas
McCullan
Hearrell
John H. Bickett
Sheriff Returns From Hardin County with Embezzlement Suspect
Sheriff Arriett brought Hugh Perdue into jail after returning from Hardin County on charges of disposing of mortgaged property. S. O. Jones, indicted for embezzlement and recently arrested in Beaumont, was released on a $700 bond with multiple named sureties. Capt. W. D. Paden returned from Lexington, Virginia, after attending the Southern Presbyterians meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arriett
Hardin County
Hugh Perdue
S. O. Jones
Beaumont
The
Herald
Jones
Ed. English
J. M. Ralston
John Watson
Jao
Capt
W. D. Paden
Lexington
Southern Presbyterians
Thorn-dale Locals and Area News Highlight Local Life
A week in Thorn-dale brings births visits and travel notes. A baby girl arrived at the Daugherty home, while Fitzhugh improved by office time. Families split time between Georgetown Corsicana Rockdale and Bartlett with several trips and visits to relatives. Weather a soaking rain is wished. Alabama Brown wed D W Grenshaw in a May ceremony officiated by W S Elliott. Rev Lovelock preached at the W O W hall in th city. Capt T L Lee spoke of the Confederate reunion at New Orleans and Lt. from San Gabriel dropped in. Several residents traveled for business and family visits to Fort Worth Gardner Cameron Buckholts Waxahachie and Arkansas destinations.
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San Cohriel
Thorn
New Orleans
Licenses to marry issued by county clerk
The county clerk issued marriage licenses to J A Hardcastle and Ada Padgett, W M Wallace and Nettie Houston, John Fabian and Antonia Augustine, Mose Linard and Mary Barnes, H Holdiness and Fannie Morgan, Calvin Roberts and Rosa Lee Johnson. Sheriff Averitt presented his son Giles with a gold watch. his graduation speech was praised and seen as a sign of a promising future. In Cameron, 297 votes were cast at the box last Saturday, 136 for prohibition and 160 against, with one blank vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hardcastle
Ada Padgett
W. M. Wallace
Nettie Houston
John Fabian
Antonia Augustine
Mose Linard
Mary Barnes
H. Holdiness
Fannie Morgan
Calvin Roberts
Rosa Lee Johnson
Averitt
Giles
Cameron
Cameron Box
Post Office Box Rent Delinquency Policy Enforced
Special notice warns all box rents unpaid by the tenth of each month will be closed for the new quarter as required by the post office department and postmasters.
Adverts and local notices from Cameron news notes
Names of residents and officials followed by remarks on letters, a missing picture peddler, student praise for Rhoda Jackson, Daily Tribune third anniversary, health updates on W T Heffley and John Hefley, a lost calf, Reed and Bauknight, court judgment involving Mrs John Brock against the railroad, and local movements from Rosebud with Collier Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brock
San Antonio and Aransas ,Pass
Dallas lecturer visits Knights and Ladies of Honor lodge
Mrs. M. J. Cole of Dallas spoke to the local Lodge at the Hall last Monday. Charles Doswell Tomkies, eldest son of Dr. C. W. Tomkies, graduated from Columbia University with A B and led at Keachie College before Tulane studies. James Scott Tomkies, the younger, has been at Tulane four years and graduates May 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Cole
Dallas
The
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Our City
Charles Doswell Tomkies
C. W. Tomkies
Columbia University
New York
University of Texas
James Scott Tomkies
Cameron
Tulane
Driest Spot Claim Raises Payta Peru Record Claim
The Liverpool Post cites Payta in Peru as the latest claimant to be the driest place on earth. Professor David G Fairfield reported reaching Payta in February after a rain event of over 24 hours, the first in eight years. The region averages seven years between showers and hosts several dormant seeds. Long rooted avian cotton crops sustain the local subsistence. The Herald is still here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool Post
Payta
Peru
David G. Fairfield
Corbin citizen Heath among Jeff Davis guards escapes
The article states Jeff W. L. Heath of Corbin South Carolina served as a bodyguard to President Davis. It claims Heath, then 64, was one of six guards captured with Davis but outwitted captors and escaped near the prison station in North Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff W. L. Heath
Corbin
S. C
Jeff Davis
Davis
Heath
North Georgia
McKinleys Love for Carnations at Lakes College
A historic note recalls President McKinley, then Governor, attending Lakes College in Painesville Ohio on November 19 1893 as an honorary class member. He wore carnations in his buttonhole to honor the students while Mrs McKinley also shared in the gesture. The event marked his affection toward the college and its class as he served on the college board and visited the campus multiple times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
M.ley
the Lakes College
Painesville
I Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Council Proceedings
Quinn Walker
Leveling Street
Milam County Lumber Co
C. N. Green & Bro
Cameron Water Power and Light Company
Cameron Herald
Ecards
Equalization Board
Walker’s Creek
Burk
M. E. Church
Brother Burk
Lizzie House
Barker
Prohibition
Uncle Bill
Anent
Canning Factory
Mr. Bickett
Thordale
F. L. Daugherty
Fitzhugh
Mrs. Thompson
Corsicana
Mrs. Norris
Chas. A. Davis
Georgetown
Mr. Davis
Mrs. Davis
Ella Whitesides
Georgia
H. McGowan
Rockdale
J. H. McGown
Alabama Brown
Clemy Brown
Conolly
D. W. Grenshaw
Bartlett
W. S. Elliott
Dr. Lovelock
Denison
W. O. W. Hall
Lovelock
A. W. Gould of
Taylor
G.S. Summerlin
Gardner
Minnia
J. D. McGown
Fort Worth
Mra. Clement
Mattie
Salto
Sam Clement
Mra
Fannie Norman
Daisy Wilson
Cameron and Buckholts
W. E. Gaither
Mistret Bros. & Co
Blanche Strowd
Waxahachie
Arkansas
Mississippi
Uit
First Nationae
Cameron, Texas
Julia Adams
Anna Cullen
Lina McGill
Ellen McClethen
Lala Mathews
Manda Mosley
Lily Moore
Francia Ricter
L. J. Allen
Jacob Berston
W. Brown
J. L. Broanbrach
C. M. Ferguson
Henry Hicks
L. Moore
J. M. Lewis
Willet McRee
G. L. Mays
W.A. Wilson
W. M. Williams
Anna Crawford
P. M
Tom Rhodes
Rhoda Jackson
Daily Tribune
W. T. Heffley
John M. Hefley
Collier Monroe
Rosebud
Zacharias & Malavansos
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