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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
11
Cameron area reports show an $87,000 quota for the Liberty Loan drive with $72,800 already subscribed from seven committees. Additional large subscriptions and out-of-town buyers are expected to push the total over the goal as efforts continue. Funeral notice for Mrs E M Murphy plus local ads and notices accompany the update.
Black Billy Sunday the famed negro revivalist drew crowds in Temple Texas with four large services in which more than 10 000 attended and 5000 were said to be inside the First Methodist Church. He spoke in Cameron Grove Baptist Church but rain limited his Tuesday appearance.
Drinkers must pay one cent for each ten cents or fraction thereof. Cold drink stands begin collecting taxes on all beverages today. Drinks that cost five cents rise to six. ten cent drinks go to eleven. eleven cent drinks to seventeen. twenty cent beverages stay twenty. Cameron stands prepare special checks to show the tax amount to inform customers how their money is spent.
The Oil Mill touts peanut meal as the best feed for milk cows and hogs ahead of a broader public debate over prohibition. Prohibition concerns persist as the constitutional amendment faces scrutiny and potential difficulty in change.
The Milam County road bond elections are discussed as essential to linking Rogers through Cameron to Hearne, creating a continuous state highway route from Temple to Hearne and then to the coast, highlighting tourist traffic and a bottleneck between Rogers and Buckholts.
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