Refugio Timely Remarks and Refugio County News (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 1932 Page: 4 of 8
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THE REFUGIO TIMELY REMARKS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1932
Refugio Timely Remarks
Entered as second-class matter Nov
27, 1929, at the postoffice at Refugio,
.Texas, under act of March 3, 1879, and
REFUGIO COUNTY NEWS
Entered as second-class matter Nov.
10, 1928, at the postoffice at Refugio,
Texas, under act of March 3, 1879.
J. L. JONES, Editor and Owner
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A History
of
Refugio County
By HOBART HUSON
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South Texas Farm News
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FACTS ABOUT ROOSEVELT.
The president-elect’s name is
pronounced as if it were spelled
“Rosevelt,” His middle name,
“‘Delano, is sometimes miscalled
“De Lano,” instead of “Della-no’'
Governor Roosevelt is of
Dutch and Flemish extraction.
His father’s ancestors came to
America in 1662 and his moth-
er’s forebears, seafaring Flem-
ish folk, in 1640.
(Continued From Last Week.)
XI.—The Mexican Trouble.
The Texas Revolution and the
Mexican troubles of 1842 left a
mark on Refugio County, which
a century has not entirely erad-
icated. Caught in the mistral of
war, the women, children and
old men left their homes in 1835
and 1836 for places of safety,
while the able-bodied men serv-
ed in the ranks. Many of the
families went to Louisiana, ana
some of them did not return.
Repatriation was slow, and from
perished one of Refugio Coun-
ty’s bravest heroes.
The Mexican army remained
at Refugio and Goliad for a few
days and then retreated, taking
some of the citizens of Refugio
back to Mexico with them as
prisoners, among them being
William St. John._____
On September 11th of the
same year a Mexican army un-
Roosevelt is a fifth cousin to ^342 municipal govern-
the late President Roosevelt. 4. rvr-cin-Hpsiii-u snsnpnrtad.
His wife was “T. R.’s” only
niece.
The governor is over six feet
tall and weighs around 190. He
has deep set gray eyes, a long
prominent nose and wide, expan-
sive smile of Theodore.
Mr. Roosevelt was graduated
from Harvard and Columbia as
a lawyer, but devoted little time
to his Blackstone. Most of the
time since he left school has been
taken up with politics and pub-
lic office
The Roosevelts have five chil-1 fie Mexican. armj arrived un-
dren and three grandchildren. herald?d at Refugio and cap-
The governor was 50 last Jan- j tured the town, and a detach-
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ment was practically suspended,
administrative affairs being con-
ducted from Victoria.
By 1841 enough of the citizen-
ship had returned to inspire a
revival of interest in public af-
fairs, and on February 1, 1842,
the town of Refugio received its
charter from the Congress o±
Texas. Scarcely had the town
government started to function,
when a thunderbolt unexpected-
ly struck the community.
On March 3, 1842, a consider-
der Gen. Adrian Woll surprisea
San Antonio and captured the
district court, which was in ses-
sion there, and took it and other a
citizens to Mexico as prisoners, j known> was k"t
The Vasquez and Woll invas- -
ions aroused the people of Tex-
as to a frenzy. About ,3,000 vol-
unteers came from all over Tex-
as to San Antonio, among them
being a contingent from Refu- illo, v
gio. Against the wishes of Pres- [ng this
ident Sam Houston, a consider- —
able body of Texans decided to
make a counter-invasion ol
Mexico. About 750 men under
General Somervell went to the
Mexican border, and crossed to
the Mexican side. However,
Somervell decided that his force
was too small for such a large
undertaking, and on December
19,1842, issued an order for the
men to retire to Gonzales ana
disband. Six captains and their
College Station.—“Texas Spe-
cial,” the first Texas calf to be
made grand champion steer at
America’s largest live stock
show, was originally a 4-H Club ^ _____
calf fed by Marvin Maberry of | provements.
Fisher County last year. It was1
a creep fed calf, finished on a
recommended A. and M. College
ration under direction of C. C.
Jobson, county agent of Jones
County, points out A. L. Smith,
animal husbandman in the Ex-
tension Service at Texas A. & M.
College.
“At four months of age the
calf weighed 420 pounds, due to
the fact that he was a well-bred (
animal and was well fed during
the summer,” says Mr. Smith.
“From July 1 until September
19, 1931, Bumpy Lad, as he was
in a barn in
daytime, nursed his mother
twice daily, and ran on Sudan
pasture at night. He learned to
eat ground maize, ground wheat,
a little cottonseed meal and
plenty of hegari roughage dur-
creep feeding period.
From September 19 when Mar-
vin put Bumpy Lad into the
go with the house and to be
used. The flower beds and cac-
tus bed were placed in the pri-
vate area of the yard for the
pleasure of the family.”
Mrs. Bevil spent $3 for im-
hen and gave the money for buy-
ing the cooker, and they bought
the .sealer with the understand-
ing that they would earn its
price by winning a $25 prize at
the local fair. They won.
Gainesville.—Co-operation has
done much for the families of
Dye community in Cooke Coun-
ty. They have a co-operatively
owned steam pressure cooker
and sealer which has enabled
them to can more than 13,000
quarts of food this season. One
hundred cans were given to
charity. Each member of the
home demonstration club sold a
Meridian.—Ninety-two farm
homes in Bosque County hava
new mattresses made out oF^v^
home-grown cotton at a cash
outlay of $1.90 per mattress, as
a result of a series of demonstra-
tions in mattress making hy
Mrs. Nan J. Mangold, home dem-
onstration agent. The total cost,
valuing the 50 pounds of cotton
used at 6 cents per found, came
to $4.90 per mattress and the
owners declare them to be worth
$15 apiece. A total of 263 men
and women attended the 18
meetings in which this home
manufacture was demonstrated.
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS for Christmas
—on—
feed lot until March 16, 1932, he
Mrs ^Roosevelt is two Iment moved on to Goliad and j companies, consisting of about
Mrs. ivoosevreit is two!occupied that piace, while 0n 260 men, refused to obey this
March 5th General Vasquez sur- order, and elected Col. W. S.
prised San Antonio. This invas- Fisher their commander, ana
ion, occurring as it did six years crossed the Rio Grande with the
after the Battle of San Jacinto, object of capturing the Mexican
was a shock to the people of • " 1
Texas.
uary 14.
years younger.
Mr. Roosevelt’s walking was
handicapped by infantile paraly-
sis. When he walks he wears
leg braces.
The governor speaks French
and German fluently and has
some knowledge of Italian. He
reads widely and is an interna-
tional authority on naval history
Roosevelt is well known as a
stamp collector and keeps up a
correspondence with scores of
fellow collectors, several of them
boys.
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Clear Up Your Complexion.
We guarantee Contay Special
Bleach to remove Liver Spots,
Freckles, Pimples or any Discol-
orations on face or neck, caused
by acid condition of system.
■Harkins Drug Co. adv.
We have a large assortment of blooming Pot Plants
and Cut Flowers
EMIL KREJCI, Florist
Corpus Christi, Texas _ Phone 2316
Saxet Heights—South of Fred Roberts Memorial Hospital
Woodville. — It took three
li ttyu.
were about 100 miles south of County butas a result 32 new
Saltillo, they overpowered their ■*’
guards, seized the enemy's
BAILEY’S
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JOHN F. BAILEY
Successor to Walter Loman
Auto Repairing
Cars Called for and Delivered
Located on the Hi-Way
At Refugio the Mexican army
met with some resistance, the
hero of the occasion being John
Ryals (father of Judge J. H. M.
Ryals), who had his home and
a store in Refugio at or near
where Carl Baumgartner now
lives. Ryals learning of the at-
tack by the Mexicans, barricad-
ed himself in his store and
opened fire on the soldiers who
came to loot his goods. He killed
several of the Mexicans and held
the others at bay. The Mexi-
cans retreated, but came back
with citizens of the town whom
they had made prisoners, and
placed these prisoners between
Ryals and themselves, so that
Ryals could not fire without kill-
ing his own neighbors and rela-
tives. The Mexican command-
ant then offered Ryals his life
if he would surrender. The old
hero accepted the offer, but as
soon as he was in their power
the Mexicans perfidiously broke
their word and tied the old man
to a wild mustang, and after he
was almost dragged to death
filled his body with bullets. Thus
town of Mier. This is known as
the “Mier Expedition.”
The Texans rashly attacked
Mier, which was held by a Mex-
ican army of 1,500 men, and
were partially successful in the
attempt, but were compelled to
yield to the overwhelming su-
periority of the enemy, and
were taken prisoners.
The Texan prisoners were
then marched into the interior
was fed a daily ration averaging
10 pounds daily of grain con-
sisting mainly of ground thresh-
ed milo and Wheat, 2 pounds of
cottonseed meal and 8 pounds of
hegari and Sudan fodder. He
also nursed his mother until)
January 1 and another nurse
cow twice daily throughout the
remainder of the feeding period.
When sold at Lubbock, Bumpy
Lad weighed 880 pounds after
making average daily gains of
2 1-2 pounds per day.
“The possibilities of this calf,
bred by D. F. Maberry and fed
in a baby beef club contest spon-
sored by a Hamlin civic organi-
zation, were recognized first by
John Gist of Odessa and later by
C. M. Largent & Sons of Merkel,
who successively acquired Bum-
py Lad and fitted him for cham-
pionship honors,” says Mr.
Smith.
a fvosa
‘Make Our Eating Place lour Meeting Place”
Hotel Mission
“The Home of Southern Hospitality”
UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT
Catering to Those Who Demand Clean,
Careful, Couteous Service at
Moderate Prices
r
Shucks .
Rich Now
Fm
See what his daddy gave him? A Bank Account
in his OWN NAME. And is that boy proud?
He’s already told his pals he’s going to “save
every dime and nickel he gets from now on.”
A Splendid, Thrift-teaching, Christmas
Gift idea for any parent.
First National Bank
Refugio, Texas
“The Friendly Bank”
J. M. O’BRIEN, President B. A. JOHNSON, Cashier
horses, and struck out for the
Rio Grande. Unfortunately they
decided to leave the main roaa
and lost their way in the moun-
tains. After several days of
wandering they were surround-
ed by the Mexicans and recap-
tured. As a punishment for the
escape, Santa Anna, who was
again President of Mexico, or-
dered every tenth man of those
who escaped shot. As the num-
ber of prisoners was 170, 17 of
them had to die. These victims
were selected by lot. One hun-
dred and fifty-three white beans
and 17 black beans were placed
in a jar, and the prisoners blind-
folded and compelled to draw a
bean. Those who drew a black
bean were shot. This execution
took place at Hacienda del Sa-
lado. The fate of the remainder
of the prisoners was most un-
happy, but space will not per-
mit the recounting of a history
which is too well known.
Several citizens of Refugio
participated in the Mier expedi-
tion, among them being John R.
Baker, who was a capain, Joseph
F. Smith and Alfred S. Thur-
man. All of these men were
among the prisoners of Mier.
There was one other Refugian,
Calvin C. White, killed at the
Battle of Mier.
In 1845 Texas was annexed to
the United States, and the an-
nexation was followed by a war
between the United States ana
Mexico. Many of the citizens of
our county served under the
Stars and Stripes in that war,
among them being John O’Brien,
who was wounded in action, and
Benjamin Franklin West. John
F. Low, father of former Coun-
ty Judge Eugene Low, came to
Texas with Taylor’s army. He
held the rank of captain, and
served in the campaign in
Northern Mexico. He was dis-
charged in Texas and came to
Refugio County, where he set-
tled.
pastures ranging from one to 20
acres have been seeded there
this fall, according to the county
agent. R. A. Cruse is the orig-
inal pasture demonstrator whose
work has shown that 5 acres can
be made to keep an average of
7 head of cattle and horses fat
the year around without any
other feed.
Planning to Improve Yard.
Edinburg.—It pays to have a
definite plan for landscaping the
yard before any work is done to-
ward improvement. This is the
opinion of 16 Hidalgo County
farm women who last year beau-
tified their yards as a part of
the county plan of home demon-
stration clubs to make every
farm yard in the county a place
of beauty.
“With an exact plan of the
yard showing locations of house
and barn, there was never any
doubt in the owner’s mind where
a shrub, a tree, a flower bed
should be placed,” explains Mrs.
Bevil of McAllen, one of the
leaders in the movement. “The
plants did not appear crowded
after a year’s growth because
they were spaced three feet
from the house, and 3 to 4 feet
apart when planted. Tender
plants will not be killed by frost
because the plans placed them
where they belong on the pro:-
tected side of the house. The
flagstone walk will be perma-
nent because it was designed to
ford owners
Take advantage of
the new
LOW COST
of Ford repairs
#
Spend a little now and save a lot of trouble when colder
weather comes. Our big reduction in repair charges makes
a little money go farther than ever—and every Ford own-
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about valves and carbon or the ignition and fuel systems?
Let us check your engine to insure you quick cold weather
starting. And isn’t this a real opportunity to replace the
badly worn and long neglected parts? Drive in for a free
inspection; or ’phone and we will call. *
Shelton-Bailey Motor Co.
REFUGIO, TEXAS
Phone 12
Have your headlights tested now for your 1933 license.
our county who served in the
Mexican War was Judge Lieuen
M. Rogers, a lieutenant in Tay-
lor’s army.
After the Mexican War closed
Refugio was at peace until the
war between the States broke
out in 1861.
Thomas M. O’Connor married
Mary Ellen McNamara of Vic-
toria. To this marriage were
William J. O’Connor; Mar-
lu „.....v —- (born. ..---------
Another member of Tay-1 guerite, died in infancy; Thomas
lor’s army was Moses Simpson J James O’Connor; Lawrence
who held the rank of sergeant.
He too,was discharged in Texas,
and settled at old Copano. He
afterwards moved to Refugio,
where he served as mayor of the
town.
Another prominent citizen of
Wyer O’Connor, who married
Vivian O’Bryan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. O’Brien of
Refugio, and Mary Helen O’Con-
nor.
(Continued Next Week.)
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