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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1923
Page
1
Our Lawn Newspaper notes Rockdale reports a mad dog on four tours biting 52 dogs. The piece mocks official care, cites flooded streets around Yee High, and blames Cameron city and the campus estate for neglect as enrollment climbs toward 900.
Authorities push legislation to test dairy cows yearly or biannually to prevent tuberculous milk from reaching children. Cameron supports the order, aligning with the health officer, even if some cows must be banished from herds to protect kids.
Citizens in Cameron Road District vote September 25 on 100000 road bonds to resurface Ad Hall to McCown Bridge road and build a new two way bridge over Little River. No organized opposition seen. tax rate remains steady for three years as bonds retire.
Voters will decide on issuing 100000 in bonds for highway and bridge work with 125000 more from federal and state aid. Project includes rebuilding the Ad Hauli and McCown road as well as access from the river to Minerva and installing a modern two way bridge with concrete floor. Enrolment at Yee High school rises to 285 with expectations of 300 plus as Cameron enrollment sets new records.
J M Eplen longtime Milam resident dies after weeks of illness at his Cameron home. Funeral at the Christian church at 3:30 pm with Masonic burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Indictments against Wesley Stevens and Jim Brashear set for trial Monday in Cameron court arising from a June raid on their farms. Local cotton outlook predicts a normal yield around 16 000 bales worth about 2 550 000 dollars with prices around 29 per cwt including seed.
Rev. Ira F. Key will lead both services Sunday at the Methodist Church with morning sermon on Spontaneous Kindliness and evening sermon titled The Call of the We.
City council hears first paying petitions signed by property owners in Cameron business district. W W Chambers and George T Graves lead a canvassing committee. Petitions outline costs shared by abutting owners and installment options over five years.
A Cottle, owner of the Auditorium Hotel, left town Sunday to attend the funeral of his older brother Walter W. Cottle of Bloomington Texas. Walter died in Seaton Infirmary Austin and was buried in McDade. He was 36, in ill health recently, and is survived by a wife and five children.
The city approved a disposal plant plan Tuesday night pending state health approval in Austin. Estimated cost exceeds 20 000 dollars and the plant will be built near the river with levies to prevent overflow. The project follows sewer system expansion and a water main extension with Cameron Water Power and Light to lower rates.
A weather bulletin notes cloudy skies with colder air moving in from the northeast and southwest regions. Readings include Abilene Cameron andville 90 and other towns showing lower temperatures.
The highway report notes all routes are rough with impassable sections. Cameron to Waco via Temple open and fair, Waco to Dallas good, Dallas to Shreveport impassable at Willis Point, Cameron to Houston hampered near Benchley and Hempstead, San Antonio route via Rogers Taylor Austin very heavy near Pflugerville, Guadalupe River out at San Marcos, similar conditions via Georgetown, Cameron to Thorndale impassable. No joy riding for the tourist stay at home.
Regular services will be held at the Baptist church next time at nine o clock according to the sitting minister.
The Yoe High School library gains a handsomely bound twelve volume set of the World's Best Orations donated by Hon. T. S. Henderson. The Texas volume edited by Judge Henderson and Clarence Owsley is highlighted, covering selections from early Houston era to the present.
Up to noon Thursday a total of 27 367 bales of cotton had been received at Cameron Compress. The season’s wagon cotton numbered 8 724 bales shipped in by rail. The compression station reports steady arrivals and forecasts further shipments as the season proceeds.
A petition from numerous property owners and residents objects to locating a city disposal plant at the City Gravel Pit near Cameron. They warn the site would harm property values and create a nuisance, urging the council to reject the plan. Signatories include T. W. Aycock A. N. Weems Owen Weems and others.
The Lon Club is organized in camera with officers named including President T. First Vice President Edwarts, Second Vice President Dr. Bu Zoellner, and Secretary Te.
Oxsheer M. Smith, president of Citizens National Bank, was elected president of Methodist Brotherhood at its first full session held in the church basement. L. Van Perkins was chosen secretary and J. C. Tucker retained treasurer. Dr. J. W. Mills, pastor of First Methodist in Beaumont, spoke as guests and laymen attended. banquet was served by the missionary society women.
Joyce Cox hosted a Forty Two party Monday evening for two State University boys visiting for the week. Guests included a few friends at the Cox home. The event centered on friendly games and socializing among the attendees.
City attorney tasked by council to send notices to Cameron property owners without sewer connections. Notices demand timely hookup to the sewer system within area rules. Order aims to enforce compliance as the system nears completion.
A brief note records a fall in the afternoon at Ottlock thin area with local observers noting the brief incident and no further details provided.
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