The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1926 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME XXX
DEVINE, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS.
THURSDAY, DEC. 23, 1926
NUMBER 51
DWELLING BURNS AT MID-
3 NIGHT ON EAST SIDE
t. The nice, practically new bun
galow of Mr. and Mrs. Guy New
comb in the eastern part of town
burned with all the contents, at
midnight, and a few minutes af-
ter, Sunday, a. m. Mr. and Mrs.
Newcomb and babe were at the
home of her parents at Hondo,
and knew nothing of the fire un
til the News man rang them Sun
day morning. No one knows how
the fire originated. Some think
it was burglarized and set on
fire: others that it caught from
fire left in a heater. The dwel-
ling and contents were insured
for $1,500 in one of our big com
panies and fairly well covers the
loss, though many things more
valuable than money were lost.
The family had only their Sun-
day clothes, and a few changes
for the baby with them, losing
everything. Occupants from hou
ses on both sides of the home
were absent from the city, and
8 not until the house was fully en
FARMER SERIOUSLY INJUR-
ED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
While returning from San An-
tonio, Monday evening, where
he had gone to see his son, Matt
who is in the hospital, and to
meet his youngest son, Hartley,
returning from A. & M., for the
holidays, Mr. J. R. Howard, pro-
minent farmer of the Black
Creek community, was serious-
ly cut about the face, and the
new Ford coupe in which he and
his son were riding, was serious-
ly smashed by running into a
truck, parked without lights, on
the highway. They had just met
a car going north, and ran into
the truck before they saw it.
The accident happened just
south of Lytle, and a passing car
took Mr. Howard and Hartley
back to Lytle; where they learn-
ed that Dr. Touchstone was in a
San Antonio hospital, Dr. Mar-
tin had left town, and they
would have to come on to De-
vine for first aid. They were
brought here and found that
Dr. Woods, our only doctor here
veloped in flames was the fire ________________, .v.w.A au=
discovered. Guy came home Sun was in San Antonio. A phone
day leaving wife and baby with message to Pearsall soon brou-
her parents. His mother owns ght Dr. Winn, and the wounds
her home on adjoining property about the face were dressed, tak
and they will have a home there, ing seventeen stitches. The
we suppose, until he can rebuild. News man called on him Tues-
=et____day morning at the home of his
father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs Elias
LOOK OUT FOR CHRISTMAS Hardcastle, and he was resting
FIRES HERE * nicely and will no doubt be out
* again in a few days.
our town got a reduction on HOMECOMING WEEK * BRIN
fire rates this year because of GING LOVED ONE# BACK
good fire record last year; but-
December, 1926, has already This is homecoming week in
brought us two small fires, and the old town and loved ones a-
we"HnftnY WRescare way at school teaching, or liv-
the holidays without a terrible ling elsewhere are arriving every,
conflagration. As stated two day to spend the Holidays
weeks ago the town is full of at home. We cannot begin to
hay, baled shucks and -broom give all the names; but there is
corn. Several policies have been some one coming in most every
cancelled off of property in De-home. Some are so far away,
vine the past week; and one of that tHey cannot return, perhaps
- the biggest companies has with-or ^ kept away for other rea-
drawn fromthe town. The mat-sons; and they will be sad. and
S of securing water works we too, will be sad, because they
drags along, and the bonds have did not come: The Christams
not even been approved, so far Joy will be tinged with some sad
as we know were not last week ness because of empty chairs
my. 1. SAIGStA ACDD CHUBS O1 CLAP CHRIro.
The city commission, if it has no Happily, there have been few
law against storing hay, broom- deaths in our town and commun
corn., and other combustible ity, this year, and there are not
stuff in the business center of many vacant chairs caused by
town, should immediately pass deaths
such an ordinance, and order ’ o______
such removed from the Fire Misses Louria Teel and Alline
axone, at least. One $5,000 policy Redus are among the first home
was cancelled on a big risk in from college for the holidays.
I town, one day this week, becaus They have been at Baylor Col-
a warehouse near is full of baled lege. Miss Redus says she has
whay. shucks and broom corn, been admitted to the Southern
The night-watchman should'
have help in watching these
warehouses during the holidays
RESIDENT COOLIDGE again
i asks America to observe Interna-
Mytional Golden Rule Sunday.
* Presidential endorsement the day
has been observed for the past three
re to aid child welfare and relief
work of the Near East Relist This
year the day will have the additional
significance of aiding the earthquake
victims of Armenia.
The President’s letter of endorse-
ment follows:
"I regard International Golden Rule
Bunday as a movement of much impor-
tance. Begun in an attempt to care
for the orphaned children of Bible
THSITEE TEN ------------------------
lands, it has been extended to other
countries.
“Practical help is the best expres-
sion of friendship. The aid we may
give out of our abundance to those
less fortunately situated than we
should be of great value in bringing
about the application of the Golden
Bale to the settlement of misunder-
standings among nations as well as
among individuals.
“I hope the voluntary observance
of this day may become increasingly
prevalent in America and throughout
the world."
MEDINA SYNDICATE BRINGS BURGLAR IS RUN OFF FROM
ANOTHER GASSER
DUBOSE DWELLING
About six o’clock, one morn-
SLOPPY WEATHER PUTS
CARS IN DITCH
|“I KNOW MAN HAS A SOUL
SAYS DR. MAYO
I have seen a minister come
Up to Monday noon, of this 1 - ___
week, no serious wrecks have to the bedside of my patient and
been reported, but many slight do for that patient what I could
accidents, damages to cars, and not do, tho I had done every-
narrow escapes, thing tn my professional power.’
I It is Dr. William J. Mayo, talk-
----------****** Dr. Mayo knows as much
seening three motor buses in about the human body HR any
the ditch in La Salle County, man living. The foregoing state-
where the road is not asphalted, ‘ment is the way he backs up his
Lady teachers from Black
A party arriving here from
Laredo, early Monday, reported ing
Creek, driving a Ford touring,
skidded against a telephone pole
on East Side, Saturday, smash-
ing up the front end of the car
but nobody hurt.
conviction that man has a soul,
the keen blade of his surgeon’s
knife may never have disclosed
the soul as a tangible part of the
mystery called man, but Dr.
Mayo knows it is there. He is
as confident of its presence as
A man going north at good
speed Saturday in undertaking
to dodge a Ford coupe, coming
across the highway, near the
center of town, dodged to the
right, skidded went through the
porch at Lilly’s Cafe, on east
side, smashing a chair, narrow-
ly missing Louis Morris, but
came off the slightly elevated
floor without a scratch to any
one or any serious damage to
anything. It was a marvelous
dash that could not be duplicat-
ed in a thousand years; those
who saw it say.
The roads and streets are slop
py and cars are skidding, slip-
ping and turning everywhere,
and it will be a marvel if no one adding, “I do not mean the per.
is seriously hurt. sonal religion of the surecon and
he is of the most elemental truth
And the man who realizes that
he has a soul and acts accord-
jingly, has a great advantage
over the man who does not.
when something goes wrong
with the human machinery, the
doctor insists. Often bodily pow-
ers give way because the soul is
sick. Humanity sadly needs a®
fuller acceptance of the spiritu-
al teachings from which theidea
of a soul arises, for this very
reason, he believes.
“The surgeon and the physi-
cian of experience realize quick-
ly that they need religion to
help them”. Dr. Mayo tells us.
----O—
MANY HOLIDAY
COMING IN
sonal religion of the surgeon and
----and physician—I mean the per-
GREETINGS sonal religion of the patient."
The News is receiving many Dr. Mayo is quick to disting-
holiday greetings from friends uish real religion from dogmas
and loved ones, and some bust- and creeds. He has no patience
ness institutions, calenders and with theological hairsplitting.
Special editions of papers, all of His beliefs are simpler. “The
which are appreciated, world needs religion as disint-
One of these is a beautiful sil- suished from creeds born of the-
ver handle pocket knife from the ologians disputes, he states
Gulf Insurance Company, of Dal1Dr. Mayo fluds his creed
las, Texas, with W. L. Dubose, the Sermon of the Mount. "No
engraved on it, (thinking, reverent man ean read
One is a perpetual pocket lea- . that sermon, or the life of Christ
ther back note book, with the he believes, "without knowing
that here is truth ”
Spiritualism, as demonstrated
and see that no fire works are
exploded. Buildings with doors
should be closed so that sparks
from passing trains or exploding
fireworks may not fall in them.
The rains are a Godsend, and
may save us, as things are get-
ting wet now. As fast as possible
shucks, broomcorn, and hay
should be sold and moved out of
warehouses in the business sec-
Conference of College Students
which speaks well for her first
six months at college. i
---—O..........
BIG SALE CONTINUES
Loggins & Lilly’s big Preenven
tory sale goes on all next week.
Mr. Lilly says their cash sales
Saturday inspite of the bad day,
were equal to his expectations;
and again Monday the people
came.
Mr. Craig Adams, returning
from the Adams Ranch Gas
field, called at the News office,
Tuesday afternoon and said the
Medina Syndicate had brought
in No. 11 gasser, which was ex-
pected to make 7,000,000 to 10,-
000,000 which is a great well but
not like the 40,000,000 well
brought in last week. Another
well is expected in next week by
Mr. Lange, for the Gulf Co., who
are just starting to drill seven
wells. Mr. Adams thinks we
ought to keep busy on tapping
the line for Devine; as it will
mean lots of things for our
town besides mere gas to burn
in the homes. He thinks as soon
as they get enough gas to supply
Texas, someone will sink 3 deep
well in the field and blow in an
oil gusher. There are now a total
of eleven gas wells ranging from
five millions to forty millions cu-
bic feet per day, or a grand total
of around 100,000,000 cubic feet
per day production.
editor’s name engraved in gold,
and 1,000 loose leaves with-—=
words, “Thought Recorder” and by dark-room seances, is a fraud
W. L. Dubose, in gold. This is the doctor thinks. “Ninety-five
from the Mo. Pacific Ry. Co., per cent of our knowledge com-
“---1---In a darkened
ing this week, just before day-
light, Mrs. Milton Dubose, heard m ** +-v *3- vy., - . .
the honk of their Hudson car, with the engraved cards of Pres res from the eye.
standing in the garage, and call-
ed her husband. As he was get-
ting up the thief was seen run
out the gate. She' screamed at
him and he dropped a new Ford
casing, belonging to Mr. J. W.
Gardner; but got away with a-
bout $10 worth of goods, includ-
ing some coffee bought by Mr.
Gardner, who bad done some
trading and came in late leav-
ing the goods in the car. Consta
ident L. Warrington Baldwin, room the faRer has only 5 per
and Mr. E. R. Reynolds, publici- cent of our intelligence to com-
ly manager. Also a nice letter bat If men like Sir Oliver
from Mr. Reynolds expressing Lodge and Conan Doyle fail to
his appreciation for the increase smell out fraud—well, when
business Devine gave the Miss- a man goes into dark places, de-
ouri Pacific in 1926.
We may have time later to
mention others which are com-
ing in on every mail.
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prived of his chief means of ob-
taining information, the scient-
ist is as likely to be led astray
as anyone else.”
THIS CLOSES OUR 1926
VOLUME NO. 30.
ble Bowman was called over the
phone and got there in a few __...... ..... .... ...
minutes but they were unable printed four times in December,
to catch the thief; who is be- a total of 56 pages this month,
lieved to live in town. Mrs. Du- and as the stores will be taking
bose’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. stock next week and the Christ-
W. Gardner, of Big Foot, were mas whirl is on; we will not try
spending the night with
daughter.
The Devine News has been
Dr. Mayo, 65, was born and
reared surrounded by church in-
fluences, and a member of the
same church for many years,
has not attended a church ser-
vice in 20 years. Doubtless pro-
fessional duties have been res-
ponsible, in part, for this neglect
But as may be guessed from his
frank statement, he believes
there is something more to re-
Jno. H. Hester and
Any one who has been read-
Mr. and Mrs. George Schueler ing much lately evidently believ
are entertaning a fine boy which es in Banta Claus. • We know
arrived Friday. there is a Santa.
istma
their to bring out another issue. We
will publish the December-Janu-
ary issue of the Rio Grande Mis-ligion than outyard observances,
sionary, and get straightened His Christianity expresses itself
out for the New Year, in such service to mankind, for
------------------------ example, as in the gift of 12,000
NARRAGANSET TOM 000 made by himself and his bro-
I have a pure bred Narragan- ther to establish the Mayo Foun-
set Tom Turkey for sale at $7. dation at Rochester, Minn., for
Young bird from imported eggs, medical education and research.
3t Mrs. Albert Brieden —Cappers Weekly.
R B.
Feel bought the Charlie Kempf
320 acre farm below town and
Henry Brieden, after finishing
barbers college in San Antonio,
got a good position in a barber
shop in New Braunfels.
sold 160 acres to Serapia Mel-
donado, taking her 40 acres
over near the Suttle oil well, as
Part pay.
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W. L. DuBose & Sons. The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1926, newspaper, December 23, 1926; Devine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1661125/m1/1/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.