Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-08
TEXAS HEROES GET MEDALS
NEARLY 100000 Discussed BY
CARNEGIE FUND.
All Awards in Southwest Except One
Are Confined to the Lone
Star State.

/ by the Carnegie hero fund commission
in its report, made public Friday. The
commission distributes Immediately
$91, 900 in awards of $4,000 and $1,000.
There are sixteen awards of $4,000
and thirty-nine of $1,000. The remain
der is in awards consisting of pen
siOns ranging from $40 to $35
month, and in cash sums under $1,000.
In every award a medal is given, either
bronze, silver or gold In a few in
stances only a medal was awarded.
The highest award, consisting Of
gold medal and $4,000 in cash money,
I goes to Charles \. Wright, a mer-
chant, SO years old, of Highlands, n.
| c., who, with William L. billiard, a
liveryman, SO years old, of the same
place, helped to save r. Augustus
Baty, a carpenter, 20 years old, from
a fall down a precipice at that place,
May IA, 1911. billiard received a sill
yer medal and $4,000
All awards in the Southwest were
confined to Texas, with a single
award in Louisiana. They follow:
R. Pauline Mckinney, Van Alstyne,
/ Texas, bronze medal and $4,000 as
needed for education purposes. Miss
| Mckinney, 10 years Old, saved Robert
w. Drye, ? years old, from being run
over by a train.
Olin NJ. Scott, Weldon, Texas,
bronze medal and $4,000 as needed
for educational purposes. Scott, aged
/ IA, saved Ida NJ. Shipman, aged %,
from drowning, Weldon, Texas, Sept.
/ Is, 1912. Miss Shipman was swim
ming across Trinity river, when she
became tired. Scott rescued her.
Ebert Gray, Canton, Texas, bronze
medal and $4,000 as needed for edu-
cational purposes. Gray (colored
saved A. Calvin Stepp. years old,
from drowning in a well at Canton,
Texas, Feb. 5, 1912.
holden Townsend, r. d. 2, Waco,
Texas, bronze medal and $4,000, as
needed, for educational purposes.
Townsend (colored) saved Emma (.
Zeal, years old, from being run over
| by an automobile truck, Waco, Texas,
1 Feb. l, 1912.
Gurley c. Jacobs, r. d. l, Grand
Prairie, Texas, bronze medal and
$1,000, as needed. Helped to save
Elma j. Stafford, May Turner and
eight children from drowning, Letot,
/ Texas, May "a, 1908. Jacobs and an.
/ other man entered a boat, and, in
darkness, padded it mile and half
across the flooded countryside to take
them from a house.
Thomas II. Bayne, Trinity, Texas,
bronze medal and $1,000 as needed.
Saved Ethel C. Taylor and NJ. Inez
Trow from drowning, Trinity, Texas,
Sept. 8, 1912.
Thomas H. Griffin, Route l, Gle
burne, Texas, bronze medal and $1,000
as needed. Saved Buck Williams from
suffocatiOn at bottom of a well,
Moody, Texas, Sept. 1, 1908.
Tolbert F. Beck, Rusk, Texas, bronze
medal and $1,000, as needed. Saved
Ernest E. Twitty from drowning, Cad.
do Mills, Texas, Aug. 3, 1912.
Charles NJ. Thompson, 1922 North
Eleventh street, Waco, Texas, bronze
home Attempted u rescue Clara Z.
and Elizabeth T. Downs from a run.
away, Temple, Texas, Nov. 24, 1911.
John II. Ammous, deceased twldOw),
/ Leesville, La, bronze medal to widow
and pension of $40 a month, with 50
month for each of four children until
each reaches age of 16. Died helping
to save Nellie NJ. Hughes from drown.
ing, Zwolle, La, July 4, 1912.
Walter Bradley, 419 Hood street,
East Waco, Texas, silver medal and
| $1,000 as needed. Saved Frank Mack,
6 years old, from being run over by
train, Waco, Texas, Oct. 26, 1912.
Columbus F. Johnson, Crawford.
Texas, silver medal and $1,000 toward
purchase of farm. Saved R. Oscar
Patterson from suffocating in a well,
Crawford, Texas, Aug. 20, 1912.
Jules Deaubman, Jr. (deceased),
(parents). R. D. 2, Troup, Texas, sill
yer medal to Jules Deaugman and pen
sion of $40 a month. Deaubman, IA
years old, died attempting to save Gar.
land Deaubman, years old, from
drowning, Troup, Texas, Feb. II, 1912.
The boys were in boat when Deaub-
man fell overheard.
James N. Stringer, deceased (widow)
| Cleburne, Texas, silver medal to widow
and pension of $25 month, with s.
month additional for each of two chill
dren until each reaches age of 16.
Died attempting to save John T..
Hamilton from electric shock, Gle
burne, Texas, March %, 1912.
William G. Wills, Tyler, Texas, sill
yer medal and 1000 as needed. Wills.
62 years old, helped to rescue Thomas
Ashcraft (colored) from a cave-in in
a well, Tyler, Texas, April 16, 1912.
s. Rance Gregory, Tyler, Texas,
bronze medal and $1,000 as needed
Helped to rescue Thomas Ashcraft
(colored) from a cave-in in a well,
Tyler, Texas, April 16, 1912.
Beecher Roberts, Swan, Texas,
bronze medal and $500 as needed.
Helped to rescue Thomas Ashcraft
from a cave-in in well, Tyler, Texas,
April 16, 1912.