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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1923
Page
29
College Station news from September 16 reports preparations for the largest enrollment at the A and M College of Texas, targeting about 2000 students. Dormitories can expand with tents, but classroom and lab space are limited. Admissions will be strict to fit facilities.
Robert Davis, famed for planting the Stars and Stripes at Vimy Ridge, has returned to live near Pendleton with his brother in law J R Blanchard. He recounts enlisting in 1914 and marching through Ypres and the Somme before the Vimy Ridge assault in April 1917. Davis was wounded 21 times and spent five months in hospital, later returning to Canada and now to Bell County to be with his mother Mrs Sarah Davis. He says war wounds limit heavy labor but remains determined to try.
Rockdale Texas Sept 16 Rev J Ed Morgan general evangelist of the Methodist Episcopal Church South conducts a revival with themed nights by denomination and carpool outreach to boost attendance. He also invites Cameron Methodist Church members to attend a future service.
Oklahoma City reports a towering fiery cross atop a downtown building as National Guard planning martial rule follows Gov Walton's pledge to drive the Ku Klux Klan from the state. Reports indicate similar crosses were erected in other cities as the crisis grows.
Thorndale Texas voters reject the town’s incorporation in a Friday election by 141 to 41, ending a government begun two months earlier. City officers elected August 18 will not have to qualify as the new government is dissolved. Separately W D Junek sells Star Garage stake to F H Thomas of Houston.
The State of Texas issues a weekly publication citation to A. B. Davis and unknown heirs in a Milam County land case. J. L. Powell sues over a 123 acre tract described from the Mumford league, with the suit filed September 10, 1923 and to be heard November 12, 1923.
Plaintiff alleges ten year statute bars defendants claims and seeks removal of a deed error that misdescribed 128 acres from A B Davis to D C Robinson. Chain of title shows plaintiff owns the land intended by the deed, despite Davis or heirs possibly retaining an interest, creating a cloud on title and asking for corrective decree and other relief.
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