The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 36TH YEAR, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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36TH YEAR—NO. 23
DUBLIN, TEXAS
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FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER
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proclamation by
PRESIDENT COOUDGE
The American people, from
their earliest days, have ob-
served the wise custom of ac
knowledging each year the
bounty with which Divine Pro-
vidence has favored them. In
the beginnings, this acknow...
* lodgement was a voluntary re-
turn of thanks by the commun-
ity for the fruitfulness of the
harvest. Though our mode of
liffe has greatly
DUBLIN STEPHEN VILLE
GAME CALLED OFF
By mutual agreement
game between Dublin and To The People of Dublin and
Stephenville fcr Thankagiving vicinity: *
has been called off. . . . , ..__
The news that Dublin will From the '*g™rnng of Ume
not play Stephenville no doubt man has been the constant
will be a keen disappointment recipient of the
to many Dublin rooters who ing of God
Thanksgiving Proclamation
FORMER DUBLIN PASTOR
DIES AT JACKSONVILLE
WRIGHT MORROW TO
BE CANDIDATE FOR
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
plafed last fear,
last year.
Stephenville is still in
running for state honors and
nert Friday’s game with Abi
e whether she
| life has greatly changed, this
custcVn has always survived. It
has made Thanksgiving Day
not only one of the oldest but
one of the most characteristic
observances of our qp untry. On
that day, in home and church,
in family and in public gather-] lene wiH dedd*
ings, the whole Nation has for
generations paid the tribute
due from grateful hearts
blessings bestowed.
T« center our thought in
this way upon the favor which
we have shown has been alto-
gether wise we have found
infinite bless-
m many uuvuu «» —---without which life
hae been looking forward with itself were impossible. Thru
pleasure to the Thanksgiving all the ages he has recognized
game when they hoped to see; this dependence upon divinity
Dublin play in the same game and in some degree and manner
with Stephenville that they given expression to his appre-
The Rev. J. D. Aldredge, for-
a custom of setting apart a day m«r of the Dublin Bap.
for an annual Thanksgiving •church several year* ago,
service to be a public expres- d‘®d atJhl8 h^ne ’n Jackson,
sion of our thankfulness and * Wednesday of last week.
for the promotion bf this spirit 'unseraA ■“J*- _
continually ounducted in that city Friday
The day qf this universal and, wuere conducted by
Thanksgiving in America falls ^ West of Houston, assisted
upon Thursday, November 29th ^ Jacksonville pastors.
1923 | After the services the body
Now, t h e r e f o r e, I, E. C.
ciation of this divine mercy
upon an erring and totally de-
the pendent world.
'The sunshine, the rain, the
seasons, the harvest, come and
go under nature’s immutable
will be in the finals or not.: laws but the blessings of God
Stephenville has very cour...jare evidenced continual ly
for teously invited the Dublin, whether we succeed in our op-
squad to be their guest at this1 erations under these laws, or do
gartie and the Dublin boys will not
be there strong, rooting for Wisely our own .forefathers
Stephenville. • established this republic
U1_, _____ . In last Friday’s game with Christian nation, recognizing
warrant for a more hopeful and Granbury, Dublin took the long and His providence, and
After the services the
was sent to Pittsburg, Texas,
Fewell, mayor of Dublin, Texas, for Aldredge was
in conformity with approval of * mernber of the board of Bap.
this custom, do hereby ^i tint Genera^i Convention, now in
upon the people of this city and ^on at Galveston, and also
locality to reverently observe chairman of the board of direc-
and truly respect this day in of ,Kusk Mr. A1
the customary appropriate dred*« survived by his wife
manner with praise a n d j daughter.
Thanksgiving to Almighty God.! Mirura
Hu testimony hereof, I have u' "* P*
hereunto signed my name and
placed my seal of office, this,
the 22nd day of Novo....— ,,
1 the local court to play
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confident attitude toward the
future.
In this current year, we nr,w
approach the time which has
been accepted by custom as
most fitting for the calm sur-
vey of our estate and the re-
turn of thanks. We shall more
keenly realize our gp-td? fortune
if we will, in deep sincerity give
it due thought and more es-
pecially, if we will compare it
with that of anv other commu-
nity In tote w'-rld.
The year has brought to our
people two tragic experiences
which have deeply affected
them, (he was the death of
our beWed President Hard..
Injft which has been mourned
wherever there is a realization
of the worth of high ideals,
rtoble purpose ad unselfish ser-
ice carried even to the end of
supreme sacrifice. His loss
recalled the Nation to- a less
captious and mere en^ri table
attitude. It observed the whole
thought of the country. A lit-
tle later came the unparalleled
disaster to the friendly people
of Janan. This called forth
end of the score 13-7. The
game was hard fought through
cut with Dublin having the
edge.
In the first quarter Gran,
bury put over a touch down.
The game stood 7 to 0 at the
end of the first half. Dublin
went back into the game fight
ing mad and by playing straight
fooball put over two touch
downs in the last two quarters.
.The game ended with Dublin in
ten yards of another touch-
down.
have sealed this recognition by Attest: D. N. KIKER, Sec.
On last Friday the Proctor
November', i basketball squad appeared on
D. 1923.
E. C. FEWELL,
Mayor of Dublin, Texas.
the
SHORT STORIES OF
INTERESTING PEOPLE
TERRACING, COSTS . . . .
RETURNS fc&turG of th© jfftiTi©.
WINSTON DABNEY IS
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Dr. T. H. Dabney received a
telegram Monday morning no-
tifying him that his son, Win-
stem, had been killed by an ac-
cident at Floresville and left at
once for that place, returning
Wednesday morning with the
body of his son. Funeral ser
vices were held Wednesday af-
ternoon at the family residence
conducted by Elder R. Holton,
and the remaina of the untor_
tun ate young man interred at
tlie cemetery. In their time
We wonder how many people Some of the terraces in the
know, or how many people that; vicinity of Dublin have cost younfir
did know, remember that there less than a dollar per-acre (all
lives in Dublin a man that is a; labor included). The maximum
recognized hero, a man that has cost so far reported, is three, ,
been given the Carnegie Medal dollars per acre. Farm loan'"us ws to ’
In toe nineteen years since officials place the value of cor-
the Hero Fund Commission rect tefracing at twenty dollars
was created and endowed by j per acre. Considering
j Uons.
\ The day was just right for
; one to play good ball and both
1 teams played hard. Snappy
! passing on both sides was the
At
ithe end of the game the score
! stood.18 to 9 in favor of the
Liens. George Milner
refereed.
Wright Morrow lias announc-
ed his intentions to toe Prog-
ress of entering the race for
district attorney of this judi-
cial district, composed of Erato
Hood and Palo pinto counties,
at the next democratic primary
election to be held, in July of
next year. •
Wright Mcrrow has been
practicing law for toe past ten
years, five of which have been
spent in Dublin. He wa* for
four years a partner in toe firm
of Hickman & Morrow and
since Judge Hickman’s removal
to Breckenridge has been prac-
ticing alone. His practice has
been of general character, in-
cluding civil and criminal cases
in both state and federal courts
and he feels that wito this ex.
perienoe he is qualified to fi't
the oft• AK v c know that
if Judge Morrow is elected he
will give the best service of
which he is capable.
While it is as yet too early
for him to make any official
announcement or solicit votes,
he will at the proper time make
a campaign in order to let the
people know him and fudge of
his qualifications.
The
team
Andrew Carnegie, only 1800 df
these medals have been given.
And to be given one of these
medals the person receiving it
must have risked h<is life trying
to save the life of some other
human being who had no claim vestment?
on him. U. A Webb is that
man and he received Jhe Car-
negie medal and $1,000 for sav
ing the life of Zack Maddox.
On August 9, 1911, L. H. Mad
dox and his son Zack, had been
boys basketball
ank
ther
week to.be used in defraying
these the expenses of toe basketball
those who con-
i tributod to toe fund raised last
THIS STORY PROVES
IT PAYS TO RAISE
THE BEST LIVESTOCK
figures in planning your win-
ter work, and assuming that
your terraces will cost the max-
imum, have you any other work
which will pay you 666 2-3 per
cent return for your labor in
season. About $50.00 was
raised through donations from
pupils, teachers and friends of
the team.
MAIL EARLY IS WARNING;
URGE CAREFUL PACKING.
Mail early!
____________ . Now is the time to mail that
engaged in deepening a well at Christmas package!
from toe oeoole of the United 0f sorrow the family have the
I
States a demonstration of deep
and humane feeling. It was
wrought into thte ! friendship
which is a guarantee of world
peace. It replenished the char-
itable impulse of the country.
By experiences such as these,
men and nations are tested and
refined. We have been bless-
ed with much of material pros-
perity. We shall be better able
to appreciate it if we remember
th privation* others have suf-
fered, and we to all be the more
worthy of it if we use It for
their relief.
We will do well then, to ren-
der Hunks for the good that
ha* oome to us, and show by
» v iMstekii, *|y£ have Be_
r, wiser, and truer
sympathy ctf all.
From a Floresville dispatch
we take the following account The dynamite after exploding,
assistant
e.iflores..
upon us.
We wffl
for the
the fuD
~t the accident:
“W. C. Dabney, 25,
superintendent of the
ville Oil & Manufacturing Co.,
was killed instantly Monday
mWrning at 9 o’clock when a
hydraulic pipe in the engine
room, which. Dabney (was at-
tempting to repair, burst and
released water pressure of ap
proximately 60,000 pounds.
“One of the pipes in the ac-
cumulator had sprung a leak,
and it was while working on
this that the young man was
killed.
“Mr. Dabney is survived by
the widow. The body will be
shipped to his former home at
haafuving^in Ftorosville*poly aboutIfcWsl^Jiiitotoryj
* short time.”
their home close to toe roller
mill. They had fired a heavy
charge of dynamite in the well
about noon and had then gone
to lunch. The came back after
lunch and Zack descended in
the well to continue Ms work.
Vocational Agriculture has
been added to the cirridilum of
I). H. a this year and it is
proving* to be a very interest-
ing and popular course.
Mr. R. M. Milholin of A. & M.
College has charge of fhis de-
partment which is divided into
two classes of work; plant and
animal production.
The plant production class is
made up of toe boys of the
Less than eight weeks i
main before Christmas.
So the local postoffice *u __Tn
thorities w. iuuift* the .hnu.1 ^ Jf.
had formed a posinous gas in
toe well and Mr. Maddox was
shortly overcome. U. A. Webb,
who at the time was working
at the roller mill .upon hearing
cries grabbed up a rope and
rushed to the acme and when
no one out of a crowd of about
76 people volunteered to go
dwn in toe well and rescue Mr.
Maddox, although Mr. Webb
had a weak heart and had re-
cently had his application for
insurance turned dokm, he vol-
unteered and had himself low-
ered into the well where he tied
a rope to the overacme man
and he was pulled to the sur-
face. , ..
We don’t know anything
•try, but
plea of—
"Address plainly, wrap se
curely and mail early.”
Prepay postage fully on all
matter.
“Address all matter plainly
and completely, (giving the
street address wherever possi-
ble.
Place senders name and ad-
dress in the upper left hand
comer at the parcel.
•'Pack articles carefully in
strong durable containers.
“Wrap parcels securely but
do not seal unless by permis-
sion articles sent under the
fourth! class mailing privilege-
‘Panels may Be marked:
“Do not open until Christmas.’’
not enclose letter* with
I “Writing of “Merry Christ-
•Happy New Year', -With
” and other fettci-
ferant plants, selection of seed,
cultivation, harvesting and
marketing «« given special at
tentiem.
In the stock farming section
On the same day that Autrey
Caraway took Art prize on a
Shorthorn Baby Beef at the De
Leon Fair, receiving $76.00 in
cash for the animal, his father,
C. M. Caraway, sold five head
of common cows and one com-
mon calf on Fort Worth mark-
et for the total sum ctf $64.00.
De Leon Free Press.
EDITOR DONALD OF
SLATON IS
DEAD
Lubbock Avalanche.
News was received here of
the death of W. Donald, editor
of the Slaton Slatonite, toe
weekly newspaper of that city.
Mr. Donald, we understand, had
been suffering from an attack
of pneumonia for the past week
or more, and while his condi-
tion was known to be serious,
it was hardly expected by moat
of the people that it waa nccea-
we give what G, E. Hickey’s sarily fatal, but death climax
cow haa shown from Oct 1
until Nov. IS.
Cost:
Feed for 46 days.
160 lbs. bran____—-$2.70
150' lbs. cotton seed meal 8.75
160 lbs. hominy feed —— 8 76
Hay! —— ———— 4.80
Pasture —«------— 1r>0
Labor for 45 days, 46
hours at 16c per hour
Total ooet $28.25
Returtui:
45 days (4 gal. per day) ISOgal.
180 gal- at 40c--------$M.M
Avast number of peopla are
Jjy^giving
Com^tenThelp wy hard to
«tf Valor- And if he want*
coat of am*, I
sms;
ed toe attack at about three
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Donald arrived in Slaton
about ftvt years ago aad
bought the Slaton newspaper
from Mr. Loomis, who had been
there for several years, and he
haa bean operating the
since, making quite a
He haa been a very important
fketor la,the growth of that
town, and hi* influence has
counted for much in to* devel-
opment of the South Plain*,
and his demfaw will be
felt by
section of toe stole,
vised by a wife and five chfl..
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The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 36TH YEAR, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1923, newspaper, November 23, 1923; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth561570/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.