The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1925 Page: 1 of 16
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VOLUME XXIX
Renine
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DEVINE. MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1925.
C. C. WILL HOLD WITH W. C. TEXAS CENTRAL POWER CO
C. LUNCHEON THURSDAY SECURES RIGHT OF WAY
A combined meeting of the
Chamber Commerce, with the
Woman’s Civic Club, will hold
sat the American Legion Hall,
I Thursday evening, (tonight)
where matters pertaining to the
welfare of the community will
be discussed informally, and a
luncheon willl be served. The
committee announces that it
will serve 50 pounds of chick-
ens, and other edibles, which
will close with ice cream and
cake which the ladies will pro-
■ vide.
This Is expected to be the big
gest thing of its kind ever held
in the old town and every mem-
ber of both clubs should strive
to be present; and to secure
* other members, who may at-
tend on payment of first quart-
erlydues. If you have been
thinking of joining, do so to-
day and get into the organized
efforts to build up your town,
and enjoy the meeting. Messers
Thos. Ethridge, of San Antonlo
who delivered the commence-
"ment address here, and Mr. A.
J. Gidley, leading Lytle attor-
ney and banker, are the invited
speakers. Don’t miss it.
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APPROVES $200,000 LOAN TO
PRISON COMMISSION
Mr. C. D. Threlkeld, of Pear-
sall, spent Thursday here with
a notary public from our realty
office, and secured “right-of-
way” for the Texas Central Pow
er Co., from the Frio county
line to Devine, all the land own-
ers signing "easement". From
$1. to $2. for each pole was
paid. The poles will be 45 feet
high, 400 feet apart, and the line
will cost about $1,800. or $2,000.
the mile Mr. Threlkeld said. The
material is en route and will be
unloaded at the different stat-
ions and side tracks along the
I. G. N. within the next few
days.
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FARMER’S CAR BURNS
The Ford Roadster of Otto
Braun, a farmer, five miles
south from town, burned, a to-
tal loss with the garage, about
2, a. m. Tuesday, Mr. Braun
had been to town and returned
home at 10 p. m. placing the
car in the garage, which was
Just a shed and not very valu-
able; but about 2, a. m. ,his Mex
leans awakened him and report
ed the car practically burned
up. He doesn’t know how it
caught. No insurance.1
NUMBER 26
WTYO
.
Your eyes are sometimes calm and peaceful pools
Where warm light lingers with a mellow glow,
So very calm they are, their glance but cools
The fever of my admiration, though
in meeting them I straightway start to plan
How I may startle them from that repose.
Waken return of action, if I can,
in those soft depths where sunny laughter grows.
- Grace E. Haul Y
Sometimes your eyes are troubled seas that tell
Of warring elements at strife, though none may know,
A potent force controlled is in their spell,
And storms are sensed that presage awful woe
A chill is in the air—I draw apart.
No gleam lights up the sullen, somber sea,
Li Until the tides surge back into your heart
y I Fresh with the tang that breathes of mastery.
RY. CO. MAY PUT IN DEM-
ONSTRATION FARM
Among the things discussed
here by Mr. W. B. Cook, the I.
-G. N. Agricultural Agent, Fri-
day, was that of putting in a
demonstration farm here on
the irrigated lands. The Ry.]
Co. is doing all in its power to
make agriculture and horticul-
ture a success, in every part of
its territory, Mr. Cook asid and
he thinks would be willing with
the co-operation of the Irriga-
tion Co., to put in a demonstra-
tion farm on its lands here.
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WANT TO HAVE BARBECUE
HERE JULY 4TH
I. G. N. AGRICULTURAL MAN
HERE FRIDAY
Austin, June 8.,—An emer-
•gency loan of 1200,000 to the
^■prison commission waits only
1 the approval of the attorney
toner TIC MAN S MO
representing a Houston bank.
Governor Ferguson approved
the loan today, Attorney Hill
said •
• A conference will be held by
Attorney Hill and Assistant At-
torney General Wright Morrow
late today.
Until the deal is consummat-
ed the name of the Houston
bank and the terms will not be
INFANT FERGUSON
Benjamin Austin, fifteen day
old infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Ferguson, of 838 McIlvane
St., San Antonio, died suddenly!
Tuesday morning, and the re-
mains were entered at Moore,!
at 5:30 P. M., June 9th, 1925,1
Editor W L. DuBose conduct-
And sometimes—ah, yes, often!—are your eyes
The brighest stars that ever yet have shone, .
‘ Gleaming to light my earthly paradise, /
$ Beaming with tender love for me alone; “
Then suddenly I study them and see
A soft reflection mirrored clear and true: 78
Is mine that's shining into them— for you! I:
Covtew. Doda. Moasice,
ing the funeral. It was the WORK RESUMED ON THE
only child of these young par- AMY WELL BELOW TOWN
ents, a grand baby of Mr. and
Mrs. Aus Ferguson, of Moore,
and great-grand-child of Elder
and Mrs A. G. Blackwell, former Amy on Co, No. I," on the high
ly of this community.
MASONS ELECT
---:-----At a meeting of the Devine
After a month’s lay off work Lodge A. F. & A. M., held Sat-
was resumed this week on the urday night the following were
* elected officers for the ensuing
way south from town; and rum
g made public it was said.
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Rev. J. A. Boatman, father of
. Rev. L. D. Boatman, was a
* guest in Strawn this week. Rev.
Boatmin delivered a great mes-
sage at the First Methodist
church last Sunday evening, to
the delight of the large audl-
enoe who came to hear him.
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SHOWERS AGAIN
| ors say every foot they go show
better for a good well.
year:
4
Showers amounting to pretty
good rains in places, fell Tues-|
day afternoon south of town,1 . . ...
over the Moore and Big Foot has seen on the irrigated lands,
section; down Black Creek and He has been blessed with show-
Miguel. It will help late corn ers over his way at the right
and the hay crop, and do cotton time. At lot of the earlier
___________- a lot of good. Corpus and corn is now in silk and tassell
Methodist church at Devine, Taft reported good rains. fand most of it is falling very
e Texas. He brings glowing re-icon
"ports.of South Texas, Paratise,78,n0,—T—
I and invited us all down we Jr. and Mrs G. W. McCombs sr. ar. J. A.” Aidridge spent a
felt impelled to quote the scrip- of Millett visited relatives here part of last week with her sister
this week. In San Antonlo. led for the
Rev. Boatman is pastor of the
D
At present Devine has no
. large land areas to be subdivid-
ed and cut up. If one buys a
home here he must get it from
asome one els ewho wants to
sell out, and hence we have no
organized realty concerns sing-
ing our praises; but doubtless a
few months later the Irrigation
Company will be doing a lot of
advertising, of its lands, and
Devine should profit by this if
we ca gnet properly connected.
At present the News is about
* the only advertising Devine is
getting; and that Mr. Melton is
giving us, in connection with
his plant businesss.
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We are requested to announc
that the Primitive brethren will
hold their annual three days
meeting at Black Creek, begin-
ning Friday of this week. Some
• visiting ministers are expected
and many other visitors.
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tural text, “Lead me not into
temptation’ The hospitality and
progressiveness of Strawn will
be well advertised upon his re-
turn home.—Strawn. Tribune.
1 The good ladies of the Bap-
tist church are serving noon
hour lunches at the church this
week, where the men are invit-
ed to spend their hour at a pray
er service, rather than go home
for lunch.
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Mr. and Mrs Gammons and
to daugters and Mr. and Mrs Tom
70 Chambers and daughter of Say-
ers were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Gammons in Devine Sunday, at
tending church here.
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Mr. H. D. Jones Sr., of Nata-
lia was a Devine visitor Thurs-
W. B. Slater says his dry land
corn looks as well as any he
E. L. Jones, Worshipful Master.
J. A, Aldridge, Senior Warden.
C. 0. Williams. Junior Warden.
J. F. Griffin, ecretary.
D. L. Howard, Treasurer.
F. Barge, Tyler.
mcu-fast
and Mrs. G. W. McCombsw 1
-------" dr. J. Aldridge spent a
Travis Lilly and Larry Fra-
zier and Mary Mixon are home
from the State University; Hart
ley Howard and Clyde Kenning
ton, A. & M. and Thelma Kil-
lough and Justice Graham, O. I.
A. All those attending the S.
W T. at San Marcos came in
and some of them have return-
summer term.
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As a means of forgetting the
drought and prospects of hard
times, some one suggested, Fri-
day, that we have a barbecue,
July 4th, and a ball game or
two to drive away dull care. A
subscription list was circulated
but up to this writing it has not
been determined as to whether
we shall have it or not Neither
the American Legion or the
Chamber of Commerce was will
ing to assume the responsibil-
ity.
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MR. J. M. RAMSEY
Mr. J. M. Ramsey, a pioneer
citizen of the Artesia commun-
ity, and known over South west
Texas, as a stockman andfarm-
er, died at Artesia Wells, Wed
nesday night.He was father
in-law to R. M. Redus of this
place, with numerous relatives.
He was a county school trustee
and a leading Baptist.
Notice the page advertise-
ment of the Lytle meeting in
this issue. We have always be
lieved In advertising, in church
work, just as any other kind of
enterprise, and we have found
in Rev. Boatman, a preacher
who agrees with us. We be-
lieve this is the first whole page
church adv. we have ever run
in our twenty six years of news
paper business. Brother Boat
man explains that he had secur
ed the promise of the evangelis-
tic party for that date, before
he heard that the Baptist had
set the same date for a meeting
at Devine, and so he just chang
ed the meeting from Devine to
W. B. Cook, Agricultural A-
gent I. G. N., spent an hour or
so in Devine, Friday, discussing
conditions, and propositions a-
bout Devine, with the local ag-
ent, Mr. Jones, the Commercial
Secretary and The News man.
He was invited to meet with the
officials and directors of the
Chamber Commerce, at a lunch
eon at the Rose Lodge Hotel;
but failed to make connection,
reaching here about 3: p. m.
He was very busy with some
land men figuring on the Co-
tulla dam. Mr. Cook showed
that he is pretty familiar with
the irrigation proposition here,
and admitted that we are sit-
ting close to the head of the ta-
ble, on the irrigation map, and
that Devine is destined to in-
crease her population very rap-
idly when the irrigation lands
are settled up. He says he is
interested in holding everything
possible in these lands, back to
wards ids road; and will give
our section more attention as
soon as things get in right
shape to act. He says there
isn’t any doubt about the big
plan going through; and it
ought to be sold out before the
Cotulla project is ready to col-
onize.
The R. R. park, the proposi-
tion of watering Devine, and
other matters were informally
discussed; and he has promised
to give more attention to our
needs here, real soon.
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Mr. J. P. Hansel, father of
Mrs George Briscoe, Jr., died at
his farm home near Sherman,
June 3rd, his wife and two child
ren being present. George Bris-
coe and Charlie DuBose, of the
News force, left Devine at 11 p.
m., Wednesday night, in Mr.
Briscoe’s Ford, and reached
Sherman at 8, p. m. next even-
ing making the 430 miles with
out a stop. They returned Sun-
day, leaving there early and
reaching Devine at 1 a.m. Mon-
day, without stop on the return
Mrs Briscoe and babes remain-
ing for a while. Mr. Hansel,
besides farm holdings in North
Texas, owned some good farms
at Harlingen and was in every
way a representative and sub-
stantial citizen.
Miss Joyce Foster i is home-noma-to i-ar
on June let. Mr. Crutchfield
has been connected with this
from, teaching at Eagle Pass
having been elected for a third
term there.
store for several years and had
0 • • 1 € toy «T'
many friends here. He has not
definitely made up his mind as
, to his future plans but expects
to still make Pearsall his home
Wholesome Flour
and probably engage in busi-
ness here.—Pearsall Leader.
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WOMEN’S CIVIC CLUB
Since Flour enters into so many items of food
served on your table, its purity and wholesome-
ness is of the utmost importance. A good way to
make sure of these essentials is to always order
your Flour from us. 1 WI
Our Flour is always the Highest Grade and
the Cheapest. Come in and get our prices.
HOWARD
2.000.,
+ s *
50 N
The W. C. C. announces that
its next meeting will be held to-
morrow (Friday) at 4 p. m. with
a continuation of its discussion
of Parks. Every lady interest-
ed in the welfare of the town
should attend, if possible. .
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Mrs. J. R. Hester of Devine
has been a guest in the home of
her daughter, Mrs. W.C. Lane.
Mr. and Mrs Lane and little’ dau
ghter, Marian, accompanied “
Mrs Hester to her home Sun-
day and their niece. Miss Doris
Teel returned to San Marcos
with them for a two weeks visit
—San Marcos Record. .
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Eldo McAnelly is spending
several of his evenings in town
from the ranch. Eldo denies
the allegation that he may be a
party to another wedding soon;
but things look suspicious.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Dunlap
and little son and Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Farmer are back from a
trip to Corpus Christi and re-
port a fine trip.
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A recent survey of the farms
in Texas show that 48.2 per
cent of the farms in Texas, near
ly one-half, have automobiles;
and 32.2 have telephones, about
one-third. A little strange that
there are more automobiles
than telephones. 2 agar
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W. L. DuBose & Sons. The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1925, newspaper, June 11, 1925; Devine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1661039/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.