The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1926 Page: 1 of 8

                                
VOLUME XXX
A MAN KILLED IN AUTO
WRECK EARLY MONDAY
L. G. Coovert, age about 50,
proprietor San Marcos Marble
Works, was killed in the over-
turning of his Dodge Roadster,
about 1920 model, at Mead-
wood, about sunrise, Monday,
- while going north. High line
workers, going to their work,
, reached the spot, at the corner
of the new citrus orchard, a-
bout four hundred yards north
of the section house, just after
the car had left the highway,
crossing the cut and ran into
the field, knocking down the
fence, the man, lying with the
wear across his breast, face up,
was not dead, but died before
he could be brought to town.
Mexicans living at the house on
west side of the highway saw
the car turn over and Consta-
ble Garrett, who had gone up
the highway, just about day-
light, returned in a few minut-
es and brought the car to town,
C. H. Melton and a Mexican
having brought the man here
1 to the office of Dr. Woods,
where many viewed a familiar
face, though few knew him per
sonally. The News man saw
his body at 8, a. m., and it was
still warm, he had on his glass-
es, and a gold watch was still
running in his pants pocket. He
carried a wallet with catalogs
and samples of various marble
works, and a letter or two pick
up, and an order signed by a
Cotulla lady were means of
wowidentification. Local people got
in touch with Sa nMareos peon
ple, immediately after he was
killed and friends came down
for the body. Justice Hard -
e man viewed the body and pro-
nounced the man dead from
accidental overturning of his
3. car, driven by himself. Bruises
on the breast and a broken rib
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DEVINE, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1926.
RAINSTORM BROUGHT
SOME HAIL MONDAY
A heavy rain, accompanied
with much thunder and light-
ening and some hail fell here,
late Monday, culminating into
a destructive hail, over a small
area, west from town The rain
guage in town registered 1.35,
and it was much heavier, down
the Francisco valley, west of
town. The hail started, appar
ently, at Jeff Killoughs farm,
and stopped about the W. A.
Thompson farm. Fruit trees
and gardens, in the western
part of town were damaged.
The farms of W. A. Thompson
G. D. Whitfield, W. S. Lilly and
the Adams Co., Hokit farm and
probably Mrs Hass across the
creek, were most hurt, so far
reported. George Garrett, Char-
ley Sweat and the western part
of the Briscoe farm, cultivated
by F. Meister, were also consid
erably damaged. The hail edg-
ed Henry Crutchfild and Clar-
ence Evans. W. G. Driscoll did
not think any of the Melton
and Driscoll crops were damag
ed. Messrs Lilly, Killough,
Evans, Adams Co. Crutchfield
and Sweat were insured. Much
of the stuff will come out it is
thaught, and about half of the
damaged area was covered
with hail insurance. The loss
will be small compared with
the blessing to the entire coun
try and the town. Much of the
corn is in silk and tassel, and
will be in roastingears before
the season is gone, and ought
to make line, where the hall did
not strike. Some of the farm-
• were the only outward eviden-
. ces of his being hurt.
LATER: The undertaker
A from San Marcos, who came at
411, a. m. said the deceased lea-
ves a widow and several grown
daughters, all of whom are
teachers. He formerly lived
at Woodward, and owned at his
death a farm down there. He
was an official and a teacher in
: the Methodist Sunday School
and church. Mrs. Gossett all
so came down town and recog-
“nized deceased as an old friend
of hers, while at Woodward,
and a former Sunday School
teacher. The undertaker said
he was a very industrious man.
Often getting up at 3 or 4 in
the morning and running to his
farm, or back to San Marcos,
from his farm. That he had a
W good business in San Marcos,
and was universally respected
and loved, “a mighty good
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NUMBER 19.
THE HOME ROAD
By Elizabeth B. DuBridge
I know a little country road
That winds away from town
A wilful road, a crooked road.
Just wand’ring up and down;
It scatters dust in people’s eyes.
Or mires their feet with clay
But ‘tis the road, the only road
That beckons me today.
I know a little country road
Shut in by rustling corn,
A narrow road, a stony road.
With wheel ruts deeply worn;
It wades across a noisy brook.
Roams thru a shadowed wood.
And lingers where the clover
blooms—
I’d follow if I could. 1
I know a little country road ‘
That tops the hills at last,
A happy road, a thankful road,
its journeying is past;
There stands a cottage hung
with vines.
The object of its quest—
Oh, little road, take me with
you!
I’d be a welcome guest.
NEWS MAN MAKES ROUNDS
OF NEW OIL WELLS
Representatives of The News
visited this week several wells
now going down in our imme-
diate territory, and to the best
of his information found things
as follows:
The McAldin well on the
Thompson farm, was down a-
bout 400 feet and having trou-
ble with rock.
INA OPENS NEW FIELD IN
MEDINA COUNTY
Ina Oil Company No. 1 Hoff-
man, at 360 feet, is in 04 feet
of saturated oil sand and will
start reaming Saturday morn-
ing to set 10-inch casing. No
estimate could be had Friday
on what the well would make.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF COM-
MENCEMENT EXERCISES
Superintendent G. M. Turner
informs us that commence-
ment exercises will begin on
Wednesday evening, May 19,
1926, with an entertainment by
ers say they will replant with
cotton immediately, some will
wait to see if the crop will not
come out. Some scattering
hail fell over the country north
and east from town but not e-
nough to be serious. The cloud
was central over the hail dis- . . _ . .
district and reached only to Na-I teachers will entertain the sen-
talia on the north; Moore on iors with a banquet. . 3 .
the south getting only a sprin-I Reverend W. N. Roberts will
kle.
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GARRETT ANNOUNCES FOR
REELECTION
In this issue will be found the
announcement of E. P. Garrett
for reelection to the office of
constable. Precinct No. 5, sub-
ject to the Democratic primar-
ies, in July. Mr. Garrett will
make the race upon the record
he has made as an official. He
says he has not had the co-op-
eration of the people and other
officials in trying to enforce the
prohibition laws, that he arrest
ed several men with stills and
mash plants, carried the matter
before the grandjury, and he
was himself indicted by the
Had been in San Mar grandjury for not fixing the pa-
pers, one of them right. That
he is ready to enforce these
laws also, when he can have
full co-operation of the people
and all other officials.
cos for the school about four
years. Interment was made at
San Marcos.
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M. D. Jordan of San Antonio
. was here one day this week and
• ran up his subscription another
year. Mr. Jordan says he has
been offered $50. an acre for
his 940 acre ranch near Dilley,
for which he paid $25. an acre
about three years ago.
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Mr. Sinks, the star route mail
carrier to Schattel and Gold
Finch, via Big Foot reports big
rain all the way but no damage
from hail. The rain will be
worth thousands of dollars.
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The Schermerhorn well, a
the Chicon Lake, was seting
casing and expecting to bring
in a well this week, had already
struck several stratas of oil.
The Howard No. 1, was
down 900 feet in the forma-
The drill stopped in the sand
and there is not water in it. It
looks like as especially good
wel and probably a big produc-
er comared with its depth.
The well is about eight miles
du south of the town of Hondo,
tion similar to that of the Ad-
ams No. 1 and 2, where gas
was struck. It was said that
guards are about this well at
night and that nothing is be-
ing given out. It is expected
to do something this week.
Adams No. 2, Henderson
and Holden, has been shut
down as a heavy gas producer,
and the derrick and machinery
moved about 1,000 yards north,
where No. 3 is to be spudded in
this week. Nos. 1 and 2, have
approximately 9,000,000 and 13
000,000 cubic feet of gas pres-
sure.
EX-DEVINE BOY TO GRADU-
ATE AT DENTON COLLEGE
The editor is in receipt of an
invitation to attend the closing
exercises of the North Texas
the pupils of the first, second,
and third grades. On the fol-
lowing night there will be a pl-
ano recital and the graduation
program of the grammar school
The Senior class will give a fifth one of the family of bro-
class day program on Friday
evening after which the parent
preach the commencement ser-
mon at the school auditorium
on Sunday morning at eleven
o’clock. The high school grad
uation will take place on Mon-
day. May 24, 1926, Dr. J. C. Har
dy, president of Baylor College
Belton, Texas, will make the
address to the graduates.
- With the exception of the ser
mon, all programs will begin at
8 P. M., and the public is cor-
dially invited to attend each ex-
ercise. No admission is charg-
ed at any program and the usu-
al Sunday offering will go to
the benefit of the school.
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THE BRISCOES ENTERTAIN
One of the most important
social events of the week was
the reception given by Mr. and
Mrs. F. R. Briscoe, Friday even
ing, complementing the faculty
and the school board. The edi-
tor was very regretful that he
could not attend, and hoped
some one would write it up.
The Briscoes are great enter-
tainers and we realize that we
missed something good.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Briscoe
visited the Hobsons at Asher-
ton Saturday night and Sunday
OUR USED CAR POLICY
We are not in the used car business for profit, rath-
er to promote the sale of new Chevrolet cars. We -
realize that it is exactly as important to satisfy
thoroughly the owner of one of our re-conditioned
cars as it is to have a satisfied Chevrolet owner.
For eventually we hope to sell the re-conditioned
car owner a new Chevrolet. And if we earn his
implicit confidence by giving him a dependable re-
conditioned car, the chances are that he will come
back to us later on for a new Chevrolet car.
Herbert Teal C.
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CABBAGE HEAD WEIGHED
SEVENTEEN POUNDS
Henry Brown, a Devine boy.
and Ex-Overseas man, who
took a two years course at A.
State Teachers College, May & M. after being disabled in the
24th, containing the card of the
editor’s nephew, Ira B. Lee, for-
county seat of Medina county,
and has all the earmarks of op
ening a new shallow pool in Me
dina county. The well is about
four miles due west from the
Ina field. It is in the north
west corner of Survey 535, lo-
cated 150 feet from the north
and west lines.
Following close on the heels
of the report of the new field
came the report confirmed by
Mr. Olmsted of the Golden
West that the No. 5 of the Gold
en West in the ina Field had pe
netrated a 10-foot oil sand at
335 feet which will be tested
in the next well drilled by the
company. The No. 5 has set
casing at 772 feet and will be
completed in the regular hori-
zon of the other wells of the
field. .-
Ina Oil Company’s test on
the Hofman tract in Medina,
now shmnow neid, was eontraer
out end showing • so good #
360 that the No. 1 ill be com-
services of his country, is still
serving his country well, in
time of peace. This week he
presented The News with a Sev
enteen Pound cabbage, raised
at his farm near Big Foot. Mr.
Brown weighed the cabbage on
his cotton scales, and it stood s
at 17; but he insisted that it be down to 360 where it stopped.
teaching profes- weighed again. So stripped of
its roots and all surplus leaves, sand,
it was weighed a day later on - 5
the Palace Market scales
and there isn’t and doubt a-
merly of Devine, and one of the
younger sons of the late J. W.
Lee, who formerly lived at
Black Creek. He will be the
pleted there to test out the
sand and another well started
to drill to the Edwards. The
crew was coring when it went
through a rock at 320 feet and
there and sisters, if we remem-
ber correctly, to make a high
mark in the 1
sion, as no doubt he will
MANY HOREHARNES ON
We have received program of
“Semi Annual Presentation
Day”, First Baptist church, San
Marcos, on which we find the
following familiar name of sup
erintendent S. S., teachers, B.
Y. P. U. workers, etc. Among
the several pictures which the
announcement carried, was
that of Elmer Dunham, former
ly of Devine and Moore, who is
now superintendent of this
great S. S. with its many hun-
dreds pupils and $150,000.00
church building, also the nam-
es of Misses Florence and Ruth
Howard, Carrie Moore, Mrs. S.
B. Moore, Truett Moore; and
not the least of which is Prof.
Wm. McNeil, formerly of Lytle,
superintendent of the Baptist
Academy department of the S.
S.
it weighing 17 when first pulled
before it was dressed down to
the white leaves.
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INFANT DUNCAN
Into the oil
sand which
was
It is described as a good
oil
The well is a couple of
mile from the Jake Wolff well
Mrs. C. Shuptrine, who farms
over on thedivide between
Francisco and Black Creek say
the hail was pretty bad over his
way, but damage to crops not
very serious. His son George
who farms the Robert Foster
place west of the Francisco,
lost his entire crop.
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Infant William Eugene, son
of Mr. and Mrs Roy Duncan of
Millett, was born Aug. 25,1925
died May. 12, 1926, at Pearsall,
where the parents had taken
the little sufferer for special
treatment. 1 The funeral was
held at the Methodist church in
Millett, Wednesday afternoon
in the presence of many sorrow
ing friends and relatives. The
News extends sympathy to the
bereaved parents and grand-I
parents.
DEMONSTRATING WITH
TREE AND STUMP PULLER
The Devine ‘ Motor Co. has
been demonstrating with a tree
and stump puller east of town
the past week; and this week
the Irrigation Co. is trying it
out. Mr. Whitfield says it
will pull the big liveoaks and all
alike.
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that got considerable oil show
ing. Thelogs of surrounding
wells assisted in making the lo-
cation for the Hoffman No. 1
of the Ina Company.
While the oil showings in
shallow sands are more or less
common and to be expected,
the amount of the sand in this
well makes it of especial impor
tance and is what makes the
well look good, and from that
angle was a surprise to the com
pany which was 1 looking for
production in the Edwards lime
to be encountered much deep-
er.—S. A. Express.
$5.00 REWARD $5.00
STRAYED
1 light red cow about 8 years
old, branded TJF connected on
left side: 1 light red steer year
ling, same brand; dark red 3
year old cow, slightly leme in
right hind leg. Others in same
brand. $5.00 reward for in-
formation leading to recovery.
2t. T. B. Roberson.
Devine, Texas.
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