The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1925 Page: 3 of 16
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LYTLE EDITION THE DEVINE NEWS
LYTLE, ATASCOSA COUNTY TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1925.
MRS. L. C. GRAY, EDITOR, LYTLE, TEXAS.
WE CAN'T DO IT
This Bank does not do business to suit
EVERYBODY in this community — but it
isn’t because we do not TRY.
OCEANS OF WATER AND
CROPS SUFFERING
The scene is almost, tragic.
Oceans of water in a mad flow
is roaring on its way through
La Salle county to waste in the
Gulf of Mexico.
Forty thousand acres of cot-
ton and feed crops are wither-
ing and suffering within the
LYTLE SOCIAL NOTES,
Mrs. Jones of Lake Charles,
La. is here visiting her daugh-
fer, Mrs. A. F. Sasser.
Mrs. H. C. Wells and Mrs. E.
M. Bush, and little son, Edward
Milton, returned last week from
Monroe La., where they spent a
few weeks.
Weselike
Work Shirts and
Work Pants |
UNTON
MA D 1-
Mrs. W. C. Roberts has gone
And it is worth the effort, too, for we
are building up a good, strong, reliable bank
ing institution, and making new friends and
patrons every week. If you are not already
with us, we Invite your account and guaran-
tee satisfactory service. If you are one of
our patrons—we thank you.
“We Like to Handle Your Business.”1
A Security Bond Bank.
THE LYTLE STATE BANK
LYTLE
TEXAS
county and may burn up com- to Hamburg, Ark, to spend the
pletely for the lack of moisture, summer, with her children.
summer, with her children.
Mrs. Ora Johnson has return-
ibis water today if it were har- ed to San Marcos to resume her
nessed behind a dam and dis-studies for the summer,
tributeri out to the suffering
crops so that they would
duce bountifully?
No one can probably answer
that question with any degree
of accuracy, but it would be
worth hundreds of thousands
and perhaps run into the mil-
liins of dollars.
What would be the value of
: Mr. W. N. Roberts has clos-
pro- ed a very successful meeting at
Millett.
Martha Gonzales, one of the
prominent girls of the Mexican
population, died Monday night
after being confined to her bed
several months with T .B. she
had worked in many of the A-
merican homes and was greatly
The crop situation today ful- ____________.......
ly sets forth the uncertainties loved for her good disposition,
without irrigation. Three weeks
ago, the prospects of this coun
ty were for the best cotton crop
in many years. If it rains with
in a few days the crop will still
be made, but today the crop is
The funeral was largely attend-
ed by both Mexicans and Ameri-
cans and the floral offerings
were beautiful.
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PILGRIM BROTHERS
Mr. and Mrs Rudolph Gidley
---------— -—, „ of Luling are spending the week
suffering and very soon will be- with relatives in Lytle.
win a MM date-t-nti-e ‘ 4. Mrs. J. E. Morris and son
George of San Marcos Academy
were guests of Mr. and Mrs L.
B. Kay this week.
gin a rapid deterioation. If the
farmer could turn water on it
today a great crop would be
produced. It the dam was
built and the water stowed it
would be available.
Garage and Service Station
TIRES, TUBES, GAS AND OILS
ALL KINDS OF GOOD REPAIR WORK
LYTLE, TEXAS
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FOR BETTER SERVICE
R. C. Whitmill and family of
San Antonio spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs L. B. Kay,
v Mr. and Mrs Pratt of Dallas*
were guests of L. T. and J. A.
Oil Field Workers,
Farmers, Mechanics,
Railroad Men.
Truck Drivers —
Wear
POOL'S
Lot No. 22 Shirts
and
Lot No. 715 Pants
They are
Genuine Mineral
Tan Khaki—
Will Not Fade!
Try One Suit
VE
GUARANTEE
them Not to Fade
and to Satisfy You in
Every Respect
Te State Board of Water En-
gineers secured a record of this
flood. It is the first accurate
record that they have obtained .________. ....
of a Nueces flood. It is true is a sister of L. T.
that this rise was exceptionally - u
high—the greatest in 29 years. F. Sasser, June 3, a son, A.
a but it is also true that from one w. P. Alley and famUy- ■
to three rises come each year
up to about a certain stave
-.-..-.-----h a riftin and e c any ata the EOG GEF TO HELP ON C tm m*h HAD E-Y"-NMNE PM
er falling over the watershed to
irrigate considerably more than
100.000 acres of land.
—Cotulla Record,
WELLS & GRAY
Spencer this week.
Mrs. Pratt
Lytle,
Texas.
BORN: To Mr. and Mrs A.
* Jr.
Riley and famUy, B. L.
Riley and family, Mr. W. C.
Roberts and sen Luther, Mrs O.
BROOKS FIELD FLYER
KILLED
San Antonio, June 8.—Plung-
J. F. CARL IN SANITARIUM
AT AUSTIN
Austin, Tex., June 8.—Garbed
family attended Sunday servic-
es at Devine,
Rev. H. L. Dupree filled the
Baptist pulpit during the ab-
sence of Pastor Robert Ssunday
night. He delivered a great
message on the “Secret of Sue
cess, Faith’.
, Miss Fern Parker of San An-
tonio spent part of the week
with Mrs. J. D. Gates.
Miss Katherine Kay returned
AARON BROTHERS GARAGE
Garage and Service Station
General Repair Shop
United States Tires and Tubes, Gas, Oils.
LYTLE, TEXAS
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_ Yesterday afternoon E B.
-------------------------------------Cochran, the furniture man, ..... ------smne.ney setur
IECTAOTACHOTRTATAOTAT*V@OAEA showed us a bed of red stinging Friday from Baylor College.
a pts, in front of his shop; one __ ... ... ..
two having stung him; and mediately to have built .
promised us that he would up-to-date Garage on the va- to the scene. Lieutenant Searl when his clothing was four
fix them so they wouldn’t both- cant lots west of M. W. Secrets was dead when they arrived the banks of Lake Austin,
er a peaceable furniture man store." land Cadet Strickling was uncon the darn
and his customers any more. i At a regular meeting of Atas scious. The latter was brought*
he bought 15 cts worth of Lon- Cosa Lodge No. 379 A. F. k.™ t :=, .... Auepatas by cavus- -
don Purple and scattered it a 1A.M. held in the MasonicLodge ians, and the bodv of the dead
onE their well beaten paths and'Saturday evening the following man left in the wreckage of the
into their open hole from which officers were eleceted for the en plane until the arrival of he
they sallied fourth in quest of suing year. —
food and to annoy those who in. Worshipful Master, John Watts
terfered with them. This morn- Senior Warden, Gus Meyers,
ing called us to witness the Junior Warden, E. M. Bush
slaughter; and a scene that beg. Senior Deacon, to be appointed
are Lord Bryon’s description of Junior Deacon, to be appointed
the destruction of Senacharibs Secretary, A. Pieper
army confronted us. The dead Treasurer, A. F. Sasser
and the dying lay everywhere, Tyler, T. B. Calk,
while those still living were." ' ------out----
chasing each other in every dir; PRODUCE WANTED
ection and appeared perfectly I am in the market for your
crazy. , Mr. Cochran says.5 cts Eggs, Chickens, Hides, etc. Will
worth 1s enough to destroy a pay you the highest prices pre-
nest of the little pests. If spread vailing on the markets. Can
in their paths they get it on grind your corn.
their feet, he says and on going
back into their home they at-
temp to clear their feet and in
doing so get it into their food
and mouths with this result.
The moral of this story “Buy.
a little London purple and kill * practical message for com-
out that bed that has been munity and home was brought
about your Lome, biting the by the pastor. At the evening
children.” hour Rev. J. A. Boatman, the
pastors father, dellghted the
large audience with a great ser
mon. Rev Boatman used for
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LYTLE LUMBER COMPANY
All Kinds of Building Material
Garage and Service Station
Auto Tires, Tubes and Accessories
Try US. Our Prices are Right.
Anna
ionaoE
THE PRAETORIANS
Scientific Life Insurance
On easy payment plan
FOR MEN AND WOMEN, AGES 16 TO 60.
SPECIALISTS ON 10 AND 20
P. D. STARR
Manager Southwest Texas
Moore Bldg, San Antonio Tax
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MRS. M. E. THOMAS
Recorder,
Devine, Texas
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SOL TO OL TOE
I OF TO
HUNDREDS DEAD AND
OTHERS DYING NOW
Pilgrim Bros are to begin im-
1 a. new
J. R. Stroud.
spin a Brooks field officer was asylum inmate, Judge J. F. Carl
crushed to death and a cadet one time associate Justice,
was probably fatally injured 11 Fourth Court of Civil Appeals,
miles from here today, of San Antonio, and secretary
Lieutenant E. L. Seari, Jr. of the State Council of Defense
Brooks field instructor, who’during the war, returned to Aus
was recently assigned here ,tin Sunday.
from Manila, P. I. was killed.* Carl, who was brought here
and Flying Cadet Rois A. Strick and placed in charge of physi-
Jan dsuffered a broken arm, cians at The Oaks, local sani-
cuts about the face and body in tarium, by his brothers, does
Juries. ‘not seem to remember any
Motorists on the Pleasanton thing that has happened during
road near Casson saw the plane the last 10 months, or since his
fall In a nearby field and rushed disappearance from Austin,
to the scepe. Lieutenant Seari when his clothing was found on
.near
4
t nu . L 21 Sheriff W. D. Miller is to in-
and to.Kelly Held hospital by civil- terview Carl Tuesday. The man
was found at Barstow, Ward
County, wandering around
— --.-.- town. Papers in his pocket in-
m3 aum ance.s . dicated that he was from San
Lieutenant Searl and Cadet Antonio, Barstow. .police com-
Strickland were in a Brooks municated with San Antonio,
field instruction ship. It has police and Carl’s brothers were,
not been learned what happen- notified
ed to the plane, but spectators “Carl remerbers nothing" Mil
said it fell from an altitude of ler said Monday night.
abc ut 500 feet and plunged to. “He continually repeats the
me.earth _. ., . name of some physician, and
Life was crushed from Lieut- we have been trying to connect
enant Searl when the machine that name with some institu-
a th tion, but so far we have been
-------------------- unsuccessful. He does not know
.where he came from, nor does
BALLENGER BOY IS BURNED he remember where he went
TO DEATH after leaving Austin some time
TO DEATH
Services at the Methodist
church were well attended last
Sunday. At the morning hour
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San Antonio, Texas.
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Name -------------------„-----■---------
Address ......—---------------------------
DO
CHINESE GIRL IS UNIVER-
SITY SOPHOMORE
his subject "The Old Time Re-
ligion.’ The fortunate ones pres-
ent received a religious treat
Ballenger, Tex, June 8., —
Fowler Simmons. 8- year- old
son of John Simmons, was burn
ed to death yesterday in a fire
which destroyed the family resi
dence near here. The fire was
not discovered by Mr. Simmons
who was sitting on the front
porch, until it had partly des-
troyed the house. Mr. Sim-
mons, was seriously burned a-
bout the head and shoulders in
Austin, Texas, June. One of_______________-
the most interesting sophomore that revived memories of early
girls in the University of Texas days, when evangelism was pow
is Mohling Ma. who was born in erful and real. The character
a province of Shangtung, China istics and results of the old-time
She entered the University in Faith were vividly portrayed
1921, at which time she could with an earnestness and positiv
not speak a word of English, ness that was convincing. It
Miss Ma became interested in is very clear where the local pas
the University through Miss tor gets his theology and faith.
Nancy Lee Swan, former stu-Strawn will be glad to hear
I dent, who is a missionary in Daddy Boatman again.—Strawn
Tribune.
i—v—1 v 1 • i i m 1 • • T» van A
THE LYTLE RESTAURANT
I have bought the Lytle Res
taurant and want my friends
and all the traveling public to
eat with me. Everything strict-
ly sanitary. tr. -
C. S. Bywaters.
China. Miss Ma is working for
a bachelor of arts degree from
the University. She expects to
teach and is very much inter-
ested in physical training.
Whether she will teach in Amer
ica. or in her native land, she
has not yet decided.
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Do not fail to see the Ball
game between Devine and Co-
tulla, Thursday evening, at four
p. m., ball park.
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HOFFMAN-VANDERHIDER..
Mr. and Mrs August Vander-
hider announce the marriage
of their daughter Elizabeth, to
Mr. Adolph T. Hoffman, of Ly-
tle, Houston, Texas, June 6th.
The Vanderhiders formeryl re-
sided here and the Mr. and Mrs
Hoffman wil reside here on the
Hoffman ranch.
an attempt to rescue his son.
The child who had been play
ing around his father a few min
utes before, had gone Into the
house to take a nap but was
awakened by the flames, crying
several times while his father
vainly attempted to force an en
trance into the room through a
door which had become fasten-
ed. ’
Other children of Mr. Sim-
mons were away at the time.’
The cause of the fire was un-
known.
IT KILLS DANDRUFF
or your money back, keep free
from the curse of dandruff, fall-
ing hair and baldness. RID-O-
DANDER absorbs dandruff, pro
motes growth of hair. We sell
it under money back guarantee,
tf. Howard Drug Co.
ago. %
Carls condition is said to be
serious, due to worry and lack
of treatment during the past
several months.
Tags, buttons and identifica-
tion of any kind had been cut
from Carl’s clothing.
—S. A. Express.
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MARYVILLE SIGNS THROW.
ER GRID LINE TUTOR
Maryville, Tenn, May 19. —
(Spl.) Bob Thrower, veteran
athlete of Maryville College has
been signed as assistant foot
ball coach for this fall, to bund-
le the line prospects of the High 170
landers.
Thrower who hails from Tex.
has made four letters in foot
ball and has been one of the out
standing tackles on the Highlan
ders eelven for the past four
years. He has earned three
letters in track and one in bask
et ball.
This summer he will attend
Zuppkes coaching school at III-
indis and will study the techni-
que of track, to handle track
and field athletics at Maryville
College, as Coach Bond is leav-
ing to work on his degree at
another institution.
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