The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-07
All Awards in Southwest Except one
Are Confined to the Lone
Star State.

bronze. silver or gold. In few IN
stances only medal was awarded.
The highest award, consisting OF
gold medal and $4,000 in cash money
goes to Charles N. Wright, mer-
chant, SO years old, of Highlands, NJ
c., who. with William L. Dlllard'
liyervman, 80 years old, of the same
place, helped to save R. Augustus
Baty, a carpenter, rs years DID, from
fall down a precipice at that place.
May IA, 1911 billiard received Sill
yer medal and $4,000.
All awards in the Southwest were
confined to Texas, with single
award in Louisiana. They follow
R, Pauline Mckinney, Van Alstyne,
| Texas, bronze medal and $4,000 as
needed for education purposes MISS
| Mckinney, Is years old, saved Robert
w. Drye, 2 years old, from being run
over by train.
DIN NJ. Scott, Weldon, Texas,
bronze medal and $4,000 as needed
for educational purposes Scott aseu
ID. saved Ida NJ. Shipman, aged 70,
from drowning, Weldon, Texas, Sept
II. 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, 2 years old,
from drowning in well at Canton
Texas, Feb. 5, 1912.
holden Townsend, +. D. 2, waco
Texas, bronze medal and $1,000, as
needed, for educational purposes
Townsend (colored) saved Emma 4
Zeal, A years old, from being run ovel
by an automobile truck, Waco, Texas
: Feb. 1, 1912.
Gurley c. Jacobs, R. D. l, Crane
Prairie, Texas, bronze medal an(
u $1,000, as needed. Helped to save
n Elma J. Stafford, May Turner ant
. eight children from drowning, Letot
Texas, May "a, 1908. Jacobs and an
y other man entered a boat, and, IL
- darkness, padded it mile and hal
across the flooded countryside to tax
them from house.
~ Thomas H. Bayne, Trinity, Texas
e' bronze medal and $1,000 as needed
81 Saved Ethel C. Taylor and M. Inc
IA Trow from drowning. Trinity Texas
- Sept. 3, 1912.
" Thomas H. Griffin, Route !, Ok
burne, Texas, bronze medal and $l,ot
as needed. Saved Buck Williams frol
IS, suffocation at bottom OF wel
a Moody, Texas, Sept. 1, 1908.
j." Tolbert F. Beck, Rusk, Texas, broni
IS, medal and $1,000, as needed. Save
90 Ernest E. Twitty from drowning, Ca
do Mills, Texas, Aug. 3, 1912.
Charles M. Thompson, 1922 Nor
Eleventh street, Waco, Texas, bron
medal and $1,000 toward purchase OF
home. Attempted to rescue Clara
IN and Elizabeth E. Downs from ru
|E away, Temple, Texas, Nov. "a, 1911.
John H. Ammons, deceased (WidoV
Leesville, La, bronze medal to wide
IN and pension of s4Oia month, with 80
month for each of four children un
each reaches age of 16. Died helpi
to save Nellie M. Hughes from droV
ing, Zwolle, La, July 4, 1912.
uf' Walter Bradley, 419 Hood sire
US East Waco, Texas, silver medal a
rls $1,000 as needed. Saved Frank Ma
ust years old, from being run over b!
tile train, Waco, Texas, Oct rs, 1912.
# Columbus F. Johnson, Crawfo
,ou Texas, silver medal and $1,000 toWi
80 purchase of farm. Saved r. Os,
Patterson from suffocating in a W
on Crawford, Texas, Aug, 20, 1912.
avg Jules Deaubman, Jr. (decease
(parents), R. d. 2, Troup, Texas,
nee, YER medal to Jules Deaugman and
; of sion of $40 a month. Deaubman,
Wig years old, died attempting to save
tch- land Deaubman, years old, II
drowning, Troup, Texas, Feb. II, i
-, The boys were in boat when pes
man fell overheard
'ou James N. Stringer, deceased vivid
anu Cleburne, Texas, silver medal to wit
new end pension of S25 month, with
IL month additional for each OF two
lots dren until each reaches age OF
e of Died attempting to save John
tore Hamilton from electric shock,
burne, Texas, March %, 1872
William G. Wills, Tyler, Texas,
yer medal and $1,000 as needed. "
Bill. 81 years old, helped to rescue Tho
norm Ashcraft (colored) from a caye-i
I've well, Tyler, Texas, April Is, lSl.
? uu- S. Rance Gregory, Tyler, Te
Il. bronze medal and $1,000 as nee
Helped to rescue Thomas Ash
(colored) from cave-in in a
10 OF Tyler, Texas, April 16, 1912.
loI Beecher Roberts, Swan, T.
'ae bronze medal and $500 as ne'
3 Helped to rescue Thomas Ash
w from cave-in in we'll, Tyler, T
April 16, 1912.