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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1916
Page
6
A religious voice condemns sowing discord and approving divorce, urging unity and adherence to moral teachings within the community. The message frames harmony as essential to faith and social stability, urging adherents to avoid splintering loyalties.
The speaker notes a farmer intends to plant more cotton than he can harvest next year and warns of a looming lull before a storm with the general election only four days away.
A poultry expert notes hens yield about $1.00 yearly, while a twelve pound turkey fetches six dollars. The toll weevil thrives on cotton, but peanuts poultry melons and other crops are now more profitable in Texas without abandoning cotton. Cabrera critiques American officials headline in Sunday's Dispatches reflects mixed commentary on current policy.
The report laments ongoing Mexican turmoil as peace negotiators meet in Atlantic City while starvation and difficulty persist in Mexico, expressing frustration with the situation and questioning its usefulness.
Col E M House of Austin is noted as the sole Texan to contribute $1000 to the National Committee for Wilson’s election and also the only Texan the President cannot appoint. The piece also discusses boll weevil damage, cotton stalk guidance, and praise for Governor James E Ferguson’s businesslike Texas administration. It notes many speakers vying to be speaker of the 85th Legislature.
Trav. Dashiel of Leon County is a leading defense attorney in the Watson trial now under way in Waco. He previously took the stamp for Tom Campoell in 1906 as the personal representative of the Palestine sage who was forced to cancel all speaking engagements for the remainder of the campaign.
A. D. Rogers now a Democratic Executive Committee member backs an elimination method if 1918 prohibition candidates flood the field. He recalls the 1914 campaign and the fate of the eliminators.
The text notes Henry Ford spent 250000 on a peace expedition as advertising and now plans 160000 more to back Woodrow Wilson. It argues Ford would have gained praise but for not giving a 100000 check to the National Committee, affecting his publicity.
The paper invites real farmers to submit useful farming knowledge for publication. It notes farmers understand their business as well as the editors, and urges others in different trades to share conclusions for mutual benefit.
A critic laments repeated cases where local entrepreneurs start legitimate industrial enterprises, only to be undermined by external investors who debt the business and profit while promoters are left with losses. He notes a pattern of misplaced trust in outsiders over neighbors.
Jim Lowry of the Honey Grove Signal humorously reports Lamar county farmers press hay to stretch money while Honey Grove residents wrap tamales in one dollar bills. In Cameron wives use hundred dollar bills for quilt scraps, a quip on buttermilk effects.
Pro prohibitionists led by W A Collins hold a conference on local option timing while anti-prohibitionists meet the Commissioners Court seeking an election on November 21. Proponents criticize snap judgment and demand readiness to campaign.
Bret Gardner of the Florence Vidette predicts a prohibition election will follow the Ham-Ramsey revival in Austin. He says the group will help clean up the capital and Travis County, while urging the county to settle its own affairs.
The text notes Brer. Gardner and Travis county distancing from Florence's local liquor settlement. It urges focusing on regaining corporate rights as a city rather than protesting in Austin, claiming efforts there are unproductive.
The Waco Times-Herald suggests the West cotton mill owners could take over the old Waco woolen mill property and convert it to new uses. The writer argues West leaders know how to run a business and could make the project pay, urging engagement with them.
Bob Gresham jokes that a pill-roller won a princess and wonders what a congressman like Jeff McLemore might attract abroad. He warns Jeff against aiming too high and muses on the risk if the state later goes dry and he must support a queen.
The Bartlett Tribune reports a new concrete city jail in town but omits whether it lies within Bell or Williamson county. The piece notes Cates’s push for a brick hotel and frames the jail as a needed, though imperfect, public asset while urging continued effort toward a hotel.
The Florence Vidette editors mock a political stance, noting a pro Democrat line and vowing to swallow the party ticket despite discomfort. They taunt Bret Gardner over party allegiance and promise to back the Texas democracy even when the dose is unpalatable.
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