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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1923
Page
4
In Hilaboro Texas a caboose backing into another train caused a fatal telescoping injury to 33 year old Leate L Thine a brakeman married and living in Waco where his remains were taken. A fellow brakeman aboard reacted to danger shouting a warning as the incident occurred.
Governor Pat M. Neff accuses certain law officers of protecting rumrunners smuggling Niquero from the Rio Grande region. He argues for enforcement bills and removal of delinquent county officials, denouncing the Texas senate for inaction while lawyers applaud the move.
Thirteen oil promoters were arrested in a federal roundup in Fort Worth on charges of using the mails to defraud investors in stock and other securities. Bonds totaling $18,000 to $35,000 each were posted for several defendants as authorities pursued thirteen more suspects. The group includes trustees and officers linked to the Hog Creek Carruth Company Revere Oil Company and other entities in a sweeping investigation.
A garbled ownership line lists Robert Escaiaion as editor and publisher with multiple roles. The document then shifts to school pupil averages across grades and a Benacta Society program including hymns and prayers. It closes with a stark health statistic about colored people in the South, noting illnesses, fatalities, and preventable diseases.
McConkey a Texas grocer and former cowboy shot and killed one bandit and wounded another during a attempted robbery at his Kansas City store. He claimed self defense and said he carried a revolver hidden under a butcher’s apron. The incident followed a similar January 28 1920 killing during a prior robbery at the same store.
Governor Neif signed a bill raising the speed limit on public highways outside incorporated cities from 25 to 35 miles per hour. The new limit takes effect in the latter part of June as reported from Austin. The dispatches note the action occurred Friday and mention other local agricultural notes and prices observed in Clifton.
W. W. Cunningham of Honey Grove Texas and Starr Brothers of Cisco Texas were admitted to the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Texas membership in the association now totals 92. The 1920 census reports 23,304 purebred dairy cattle in the state.
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