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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
1
The Rockdale Minerva oil weekly output dispute prompts scrutiny of publicity tactics while Cameron debates campus landscaping and a road paving plan funded by city and property owners. Local merchants fear outside firms erode town industry and tax base.
The Herald warns that upcoming cold weather will make poorly heated classrooms uncomfortable for children already leaving warm homes. The piece urges action, echoing a local advertiser's slogan to prompt prompt heating improvements.
Efforts to organize a Lions Club in Cameron appear to have failed after a luncheon at the Newport Cafe. Vilas Johnson of the Lions could not secure enough signatures to form the club with sixteen men present. He believes the venture may be revived later.
City council approves funding for a major program as Judge Watson swears in the September grand jury and the panel, led by foreman H L Atkinson, begins deliberations. The session, third this year, targets murder cases with criminal docketed for October through November. Bailiffs listed, court dates set for several civil matters including San Antonio Brewing versus Young and others.
The Cameron school system announces opening on Monday morning September 10 at 9 o'clock. Transfer students may register Saturday September 8 from 9 to 12 and 2 to 4. High school entrants report to Principal Joe B Preston and grammar school entrants to Principal Guy T Newton on campus.
An exclusive photo likeness of the late President Harding will appear on a new 2-cent postage stamp offered first in Marion Ohio on September 2. The memorial issue, conceived by Postmaster General New, features black print with the years 1865 and 1923 marking birth and death. An initial run of 300 000 stamps will supersede the regular 2-cent rate for 60 days.
Rev J T Renfro pastor of Linton Texas went missing in San Antonio while gathering funds for the Fred Roberts Memorial Hospital. Sheriff Hunt and relatives launched a statewide search amid suspicions of foul play. Renfro, a national Klan lecturer, vanished after a canceled lecture engagement on August 29.
A Texas auction saw $1000 worth of Walker hounds sold by Mi Wolf and sons. White Stride and Joe White dogs could not be purchased despite pleas. Five dogs fetched the county's highest price for a string of dogs, with buyers from Austin.
Thousands gathered Thursday night in Rockdale for a Ku Klux Klan parade as estimates place attendance between ten and twelve thousand though only about 200 robed Klansmen were present for the march due to uniform limits. The procession featured eight white robed horsemen with an American flag, followed by a fire cross truck, a small cross car, and robed Klansmen moving along Main Street to the Methodist church where a midnight barbecue marked the event.
The text describes a Monday total solar eclipse visible in Southern California and parts of North Central Mexico with a 105 mile wide path of totality and up to 75 percent coverage in Dallas. It notes forecasts, observer plans, and educational interest by Prof. J. D. Boon and others amid public curiosity and fear.
Rev R C White, 27, pastor of the Baptist church in Cameron, resigns and will leave Sept 9 for Clayton North Carolina to take another church. The church will not call a successor until he departs. White comes from a family of Baptist ministers. his father is a Florida minister touring Europe. The resignation is widely regretted by church members and townspeople.
Sheriff Rogers killed nine stray dogs in a hospital area during a morning patrol after reports of mad dogs in the vicinity. Neighbors had urged the action citing public safety concerns.
Fayette Richards a 27 year old farmer living near Yarrellton was killed instantly Monday afternoon during a storm eight miles west of Cameron. He was married three days earlier and was with his bride of three days when a cotton sack was struck by lightning. The funeral was held Tuesday. Richards was a known figure here and had testified as a key witness in a criminal district court case against Larrus Carey, a narcotic liquor case.
The municipal band selects Scott as new director replacing Medsker who resigns effective January 1. Scott, solo clarinetist with the Karem Shrine band of Waco, will fill the unexpired contract and assume leadership in Fort Worth after training at Southwestern Theological Seminary.
Miss Eva Butts of Maysfield was a Cameron visitor last Thursday.
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