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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-23

hours late. swerved around q curve
just as the north-bound train. delayed
by a calf on the tracks, started to turn
off on the switch to wait for it.
But Jimmie English was safe In
Texarkana when the crash came.
ABSCESS DEVELOPS.
1t was just another example of the
destiny that has guarded Jimmie who
six months ago stared bravely into a
future that held no hopc--a bleak,
gray future hemmed in by white hos.
pitaf cots and the smell Of medicines.
For little Jimmie English was de-
clared a hopeless invalid. all because
Of a blade of grass inhaled into her
left lung while she was still a fodder.
Az the years went BY, the grass
blade became more and more firmly
imbedded in the delicate tissues Of her
lung. and an abscess, next her heart,
developed.
But after years Of patiently battling
for health, there came word Of a great
surgeon in st. Louis, DR.. Graham
Evarts. who performed successfully.
just such operations that it required
to make Jimmie well.
And that seemed like "a divinity,
that shapes our ends" to the little
Grass Girl.
LIGHT GIVES AID.
Then The Light heard Of her brave
fight for health, and it told big-hearted
San Antonio about the little sufferer.
Again it seemed like a divinity.
guarding her destiny, to the child
whose life had been hemmed in by suf-
fering.
San Antonio never hesitated when it
heard the story of sJimmie English,
and the precious dollars that stood be-
tween her and health and happiness.
A city's heart strings were touched,
and in a little more than a week, the
golden stream of money that spelled
hope for happiness for Jimmie had
totalled more than $1,000 in The Light
office-enough to insure Jimmie her
much-needed operation.
DR.. Graham Evarts performed the
delicate operations that released jim
mic from the bed on which she had
lain for four weary years.
Again, a divinity lowered over the
white hospital cot in far-awsy St.
Louis.
WINS BATTLE.
And Jimmie won her battle.
Then followed months of careful
strength building, to recover from the
effects of the severity Of the opera
ton.
And Jimmie smiled and gained.
spurred by the messages Of hope and
love that filtered across the miles from
San Antonio.
And last came the day she could
start home.
But that same divinity that had
lowered over her bed through tn,
years. promising future happiness, still
watched.
And the blunder at Texarkana.
saved Jimmie from the wreck.
Now Jimmie is once more speeding
homcward.
And a happy, great-hearted ctr.
whose generosity has made her return
possible waits 10 greet again the cir.
that Providence has used so kindly.
"There 10 q divinity that shapes our
ends,
Rough-hew them Is We will"
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been shot because Of jealousy and an
ger.
He complained of the levity that
marked the trial and referred to the
slain man as one to be considered fore
most. At this Suzanne wept again,
rs did Mrs. Clara Crawford, mother,
and Miss Xena Crawford sister Of the
victim.
Court recessed after three Of the at
torneys had spoken.
Branding the attitude Of Suzanne
Crawford toward her former husband.
just before she shot him as -very
strange and unreal Assistant Dis.
frict Attorney Lamar Seeligson asked
the jury to find her guilty of his
murder.
Seeligson opened the arguments and
,declared the state has proven that
tie pretty University of Texas coed
slew her ex-mate, Charles NJ. Craw-
ford.
He based his arguments on the sew
enteen Dear Zelio" letters tie de
(hdant had written to Crawford in
months preceding his death. He
backed the letters written to her by
, crawford in answer to these. rs
EeHaking no impression" and a being
1ceived in a strange manner"
ATTACKS LETTERS.
.v~These seventeen letters written to
Eawford in endcaring terms, discuss
trips. acknowledged gifts and talk
about her engagement" he declared.
sThen out of clear sky she receives
a<missivc signed 'Zello,' which threat
ems death to Henly should she marry
him. Yet she replied. the next day.
ON August IL, but never mentioned
that threat.
Doesn't that sound strange" he
shouted. -that she never mentioned
threats but instead discussed trips she
had planned with her -ex -husband?"
He then attacked the testimony CT
fered by the defendant when she took
the stand Saturday.
DELAY DIAZ CASE.
z The fifth day found the trial de-
layed getting under way. Another
murder case, that of Joe Diaz, WINS
! scheduled in the Ninety-fourth Dis
!, trict Court for Monday and was called
ct o 30. The witnesses were excused
! until Tuesday morning.
Judge W. w. McCrory read his
Z charge to the jury at 9:45. He
. charged the jurors as to murder. with
7, malice aforethought and manslaughter,
4 taking into consideration sudden pas
/. sjon. He said that il they returned a
!, murder verdict, punishment should be
affixed at death, life imprisonment or
- prison sentence of not less than five
yeAx.
At this point in the reading Su
Banne bowed her head and wept.
SET NO LIMIT.
II q verdict of manslsughter should
" returned. the charge stated. the
punishment should be affixed at not
hess than two years nor more than
i've years.
8 He then charged them 40 to self-de-
Tense when there is reasonable sp-
of danger; reasonable
: doubt and communicated threats.
= The jurist rhen suggested that while
here was no time limit set on the
Esngth of the arguments, he believed
I5ey should end BY 3 or 4 o'clock.
- The court was again crowded with
Most of them were fash
<5Dnabsy dressed women. They crowd
I'D the aisles, overflowed inside the rail
Ind into the second jury box. Some OF
Them brought their lunches with them,
ather than run q risk of losing their
=spninfs Of vantage.
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Suzanne SObS
i As LAWYERS
+. ARGUE !.
Enal Of Pretty Coed for
Death Of Ex-husband
/ Nears End.

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JIMMIE
COMES BACK
To s. A.
Grass Girl Miraculously
Escapes Train Crash
in Marshall.
CONTINUED From Page One.)

hours late. swerved around a curve
just as the north-bound train. delayed
by a calf on the tracks, started to turn
off on the switch to wait for it.
But Jimmie English was safe in
Texarkana when the crash came.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

crossing to within 20 feet Of the burning Drldse'
upon which stood a partially demolished tank car
which was expected to explode at any time
He was also subjected to the constant danger
of being carried into the blazing oil or timber OF
being capsized in his frail craft.
Vail medal awards are made by a committee ap-
pointed to administer a special fund known as the
Theodore N. Vail Memorial Fund. Theodore n.
Vail died on April Is, 1920, and the fund was es-
tablished shortly after his death. 1t was felL py
his widow and his business associates that it would
establish a more fitting memorial than any monu-
ment or edifce could.
Theodore N. Vail, for many years president OF
the American Telephone and Telegraph company,
was the creative genius of the Bell System He
became general manager of the Bell Telephone
Company of America in the early eighties and It
was largely due to his business ability that the
telephone came into very general use so quickly.
In brief. Bell built the telephone but Vail Quilt
the telephone business or was largely responsible
for its building.
Vail was born in 1845 and his life was a life
If service. for before he became associated with
Bell he organized the railway mail service, estab-
Fishing approximately the practices and methods
of today in handling mail.
He was a tireless worker but was not, like
many hard workers. a grim, self-centered hermit
of finance. On the contrary, ellow-workers Of
high and low degree who survive him all remark
upon his friendly attitude and his interest In men
about him. Also his willingness to do favors.
Because or THESE LrdlIS tue IueOuOfe N. vail
fund seemed the most fitting Institution to per-
petuate his memory.
The fund provides a system whereby each OF the
fourteen telephone companies in the Bell System
IS able to recognize acts of loyalty and heroism by
awarding bronze medals with appropriate citations.
I national ommittee of award then reviews the
acts Of the bronze medal winners and such other
ats as may be presented for special consideration
ara selects those whose acts stand out as deserv-
mo Of extra recognition for the award Of silver
and gold medals
The national committee, as a general thing. linn
rs it's awards to two gold medals and eight sill
yer. although this may vary. Rider is particularly
bonored. therefore, in receiving the only gold
award made in 1924.
The whole purpose Of the Vail Memorial Fund
il summed up in the preamble to the document
which announced its foundation:
Hardly a day has passed since the organiza-
ton of the Bell System that did not record some
where in the System some act that s~trikingIy IL
Illustrated the loyalty and devotion Of Bell Tele-
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

mOnWealthS II we are to serve them adequately.
1T is surely gratifying to me to know that a fell
low townsman of mine should be singled out Of
$4,000 employees of the Bell System for this mag
nidcent award. 1t is equally gratifying to think
OF MIR. Riders answering devotion to duty in a
time OF need, not only to serve his employer but
also to serve the public which uses the telephone
lines he restored under such hazardous conditions.
Il am pleased that this act of heroism should be
brought to the public's attention in such a force
full manner. We are too often prone to take such
things as a matter of course, without thinking of
the ~hardships which accompany the restoration OF
telephone service in dangerous emergencies. Sure
ly Theodore N. Vail could have left no more fitting
memorial to his memory than the establishment
Of this award plan"
Upon being presented with the gold medal and
check for $500 Mr.. Rider said:
AT no time while restoring service across the
river did | think of rewards. What / did was done
because it needed TO be done and because I wanted
to serve my company and the public. Mr.. Minis,
/ thank you"
There is every reason to believe that the medal
list spoke the exact truth-that he had no thought
Of reward In the performance Of his exploit. The
compelling force was his ideal Of service. For the
ideal Of service-of service both to the company
and to the public-is increasingly high in the Bell
Telephone System and has established an esprit
de corps which evokes nationwide admiration
the Bell System spirit of Service"
The history of the Bell System-from the very
days of the invention of the telephone by Alex
ander Graham Bell in 1876-has been repIete with
romance and romance is no less a feature today.
That is why it is scarcely possible to take up a
newspaper without reading of some deed out OF
the ordinary on the part of its employees. Here 1t
is a switchboard operator who stays at her post
until literally driven away by the flames; there 1t
Is an equally devoted girl who sends out warning
until the flood waters endanger her own life.
AS for the Trouble Shooter"-his name stands
for adventure. For Nature is not always the kind
ly old dame pictured by the poets and nature writ
ers. She gives up to man. but she exacts her
price. So it is that flood, wind, sleet and forest
fire make the existence of the Trouble Shooter,
strenuous.
Careful selection and conscientious training have
made these men and women. whatever their duties
the most expert telephone workers id the world
and the telephone service the best in the world
But providing a service which intimately affects
the lives Of millions OF telephone users requires
more than skill To efficiency must be added q
devotion to the public interest which lifts routine
above work into service.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

Tic vi
"rhfs type Of loyalty and devotion is one of the finest
tons of the Bell System and instances of 1t are OF daily oc
currence. Many times in the past there have been cases 8
noteworthy and so inspiring as to deserve some token OF z
ognitfon more enduring than the spontaneous congratuiauons
Of associates and friends.
"a fund has been established to which Mrs. Vail has been
a generous contributor to meet this need. 1t will be known
as the Theodore N. Vail Memorial Fund"
six other Bell System employees will receive the van Sill
yer Medal which carries with it a cash award OF $3.50 Tney
are Mrs. Myrtle Ethel Hadley, a substitute operator OF Sny-
der. Okla; Charles Nepeir Wolever, senior central office man.
pittston, Pa; Muriel Annette Cruikshank, night operator.
wyoming, Pa; Louis Leon Gauthier, cable soicer,s helper
shreveport. La; George Herbert Mann, cableman, Phoenix.
Arizona; Mrs. Alice G. Tnlinghast, agent, Housatonic' Mass.
Governor Trap is a former citizen of Guthrie, Mr.. Riders
home town. The gst of Governor Traps talk at the pres
entation of the Vail Gold Medal to Mr.. Rider at the Oklahoma
club, Oklahoma City, was this:
"There is no greater public service than that given by an
employee to his employer and to the public. The task OF
nroperly serving the public is a huge one-one that is not
easy to perform. 1t is indeed a pleasure to know that Mr..
RIDERS courageous act has been so fttngly rewarded by the
company which employs him.
"As governor of Oklahoma / realize the constant demands
which are made Of public servants There is much similarity
between my job and that of the present-day utility which
serves thousands or perhaps hundreds of thousands Of people
Both OF us must be constantly alert to the needs Of our COM
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

on account of my family. So / went to
a friend of mine and told her what the
doctor had told me and she said, Now
do as l tell you. Try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound as / have
done. It helped me- So / started TAX
ing the Vegetable Compound and / no.
ticed after the first few bottles that /
felt considerably better. After taking
9 or 10 bottles / got over my fainting
spells. Everybody who sees me now
notices the great improvement in my
health. I am gaining in weight and
strength and am feeling fine. Eat well
and sleep good nights. Any woman can
write to me and / will answer her let
ter. = Mrs. MARY WTLHELMY, 300
Duke Street. St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

western Bell Telephone company OF
which he has been a faithful employee
for many years. The medal carried
with it a cash award of $500.
Many prominent people were pres
ent at the ceremony as the hero award
was pinned on Rider by the president
of the Southwestern system, Eugene
d. Minis. In addition to Mr.. Minis
these men took part in the p%resenta-
ton: M. e. Trapp, governor of Okla
homa; o. A. Cargill, mayor of Okla
homa City; w. NJ. Harrison. managing
editor, Oklahoma Daily Times, and
Ed Oyerholser, president of the Cham
Der of Commerce Of Oklahoma City.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

there. and no face treatment can give
it to you. But increase your red
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

/ m p o S s | | e
IS 0 m e t g.
which no face
cream, massage,
or face powder
can v up or
b~eautifyi Z h e
foundation for a
beautiful skin
simply is not
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16
No Book

"People I Have Married" was the
title of a thick book written by a
popular clergyman.
The press agent of a movie cutie
sought out the lady in some excite
ment.
"You could do something along these
lines yourself" he declared. Look at
the men you have married"
Maybe So" was the lady's re-
Spouse, hui l didn't know EN- well
enough t, write a book about EN-
Louisville Courier-Journai.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16
MRS. WILHELMY
SAVED BY FRIEND
Doctor Advised Operation
Friend Said Try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound First
st. Paul, Minnesota.-'I was all run.
down from overwork and worry, had nc

appetite, u not
sleep at night, and
looked like a corpse.
l have six children
five boys and me
girl) and did not get
any strength after
my last baby was
born. / was getting
worse and thinner
every day. The doc
tor said / had to go
TO the Hospital but
this 7 coI1ld NOT do
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

phone employees. This thought of service
first is more than devotion to an organ
ization, inspiring as that may be. It comes
from a sense of responsibility in the pup
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

"Howdy, Capri saluted an acquaint-
ahce. How are you coming on with
your spring plOwing?"
Il hain't doing no p%ertickler good at
it." replied Gap Johnson of Rumpus
Ridge. 'Looking over the amount of
land I've got to pillow has got me SO
badly down in the back that I hain't
able to do nuth'n."-Kansas City Star.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

Just as Dor as a a acquires his
ideal, he begins to look around for a
superior one.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

Consultation generally indicates disordered
stomach. liver and bowels. Wright's Indian
Vegetable Pills restore regularity without
gripping. 372 Pearl ST.. N. T. Adv.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16
Telephone Installer
Receives Hero Award
For Brave Service

N CITY
recently an impressive
ceremony took place.
Charles Erwin Rider, a
telephone installer of
Guthrie. Oklahoma, was
presented with a Vail
Gold Medal in the pres
ence of the highest Off
Gals Of the state of Okla
homa and of the South
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16

blood-cells, and
quickly the ruby
tint Of purity be-
gins to glow in the
cheeks, the COM
~plexion becomes
Venus-like and inn
| Try it.
Milford chronicle., 1925-03-06
Long Neck

A gloom was cast over this Vicin-
ity on Wednesday, February 25th
when the death angel winged its way
from heaven and claimed the soul of
John .ThorOughgood, who mad been
in all health for a number Of
months. Age 72 years. He leaves to
mourn his loss a wife and adopted
son, Clarence NJ, and many other
relatives, besides a host of friends.
Funeral services were held at his
late home on Friday afternoon. IN
terment made in the Brotherhood
cemetery, MillsbOrO, with H. B.
Hickman, funeral director.
DR.. Stork, that ever busy bird,
paused in flight and left a lib.
baby boy at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Phillips. They say VIM. is
smiling now as he never smiled be-
fore. Mrs. Phillips will be remember
ed as Miss Margaret Mustard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Guchennan en-
tertained a number of their friends
to a oyster supper on Friday even
ing.
Ralph Bradley of Dover accom-
pdul6u ny Ills COuolu' r40u " VIII
son and son, wellington, of Har-
motored from their homes
on Sunday and were the afternoon
guests of L. R. Lingo and family.
Miss Dorothy MCGEE spent last
weekend with her parents in Mill
Vile.
The Misses Emma Warrington and
Edna Parson of Philadelphia spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Parsons and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward MCGEE and
family entertained on Thursday ev-
sning, Mrs. Chas. Downs and daugh-
.ers, Mabel and Betty, also son AL
pert, James Hazard, also Mrs. L. R.
Lingo and daughter Evelyn.
Sunday was observed as a rainy |
lay here. Not much visiting.
Milford chronicle., 1925-03-06
Bridgevile

Ralph Collision who has been quite
i'll with pneumonia is slowly recOV-
ering.
Miss Tabitha Donaway of MillsborC
spent a part of last week at the
home of Miss Mary COnaway.
Miss Fl2-fur Titus of Milford was
a G.. ~ at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
! 4. P. Jacobs last week.
Bradford Jones and Chas. Brown
have secured the agency for the
Buick.
Harlin Otwell was in Philadelphia
over the weekend.
Mrs. John Cooper who has been in
the Milford Hospital for the past few
weeks returned home on Tuesday
very much improved.
The Ladies Aid of Browns Church
will hold a bake at Zott's drug store
on Saturday, March 9TH at ten thir-
ty a. m. when they will have for sale
chickens, cakes and pies. Patronage
of members and friends is earnestly
solicited.
The first annual meeting of the
Bridgeville Building and Loan Asso-
citation was held on Tuesday even
ing of this week and a splendid
years business was reported. The
following were elected directors for
three years: J. W. Dimes, C. E. An
derson, Stanley Ledenham and P. H.
Cannon.
Alderman Adams had three vio-
latOrs of the town ordinance before
him on Saturday evening and each
was fined $40 and costs, while a
number of writs have been gotten
out for others, who will be brought
before the town alderman at the
first opportunity.
The funeral of DR.. Lawrenme Ca
hall, one of Bridgeville, most prom
inent men, was held at his late home
on Friday of last week with inter
ment in Bridgeville cemetery.
BridgeVille Fire Department
Entertains Wives and SWeethearts
The annual banquet of Bridgeville
Fire Department to their wives and
sweethearts took place Friday even
ing. Covers were laid for 73 people.
L. T. Calhoun, president of the
Bridgeville firemen acted as toast
master. Theprincipal speaker was
Rev. J. Du Hadaway. Music was fur
nished by Principal w. E. Horner
with an eight piece orchestra from
Greenwood. A duet was sung by
William Stuart and John E. Kern,
accompanied by Miss Blanche Van
denburg, at the piano. Mrs. John
and Mrs. William Stuart
also sang. The delicious menu was
prepared and served by the Tuesday
Night Club and was as follows:
Chicken salad on lettuce cups,
cold sliced ham, potato chips, hot
rolls, Delaware biscuits, pickles,
salted nuts, coffee, brick ice cream,
cake, candy, cigarettes and cigars.
Miss Bertha Short assisted by her
music scholars from Cannons,
and fredericksburg, will |
give a musicale in the Bridgeville
Ladies Club House on Tuesday,
March 10th for the benefit of Cannon
NJ. P. Church.
Milford chronicle., 1925-03-06
"BRINGING UP FATHER
IN IRELAND"

The greatest record breaker in
theatrical history Bringing Up Fa-
ther" comes to the Plaza Theatre for
an engagement of one night only,
Wednesday, March 18th. Bringing
UP Father in Ireland" is the newest
stunt of the "Jiggs" family. Father
is still on intimate terms with Din
ty Moore. Maggie" still has big
stock of rOlling-pins and the pretty
daughter still manages to keep that
School Girl Complexion" This is the
tenth consecutive season of the
Bringing Up Father" series and
still playing to absolute capacity
everywhere. This remarkable record
is undoubtedly due to the fact that
the entire production is absolutely
new every year. Irresistible girls,
enhancing music, alluring dances
and always a beautiful scenic pro-
ductiOn will be found with this at
traction. Reserve seats on sale at the
box Office.
Milford chronicle., 1925-03-06
Trinity
(Near Bridgeville)

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Martin attend
ed the funeral of relatives at Sea-
ford on Saturday.
L. N. Wright, our rural mail driv-
er, has purchased a new Ford tour
ing car.
w. E. Frazier and family have
been entertaining his sister from
Seaford for the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Walston and
son Carl spent Sunday last with rel
atives at Andersontown.
Miss Elma Banning of near Ep-
worth has been spending a few days
with her sister, Mrs. Ralph Wheat
ley.
On Saturday large hog owned by
R. J. Hastings escaped from the pen
through an open gate. Shortly af-
terwards she was seen making her
way towards the nearby woods; but
before anyone could reach the spot
she had entered the woods and dis
appeared. After four days of search
ing, Mr.. Hastings, with the aid of
neighbors, was able to locate her in
the middle of the large swamp of $50
acres. Other than being tired and
hungry she was in good condition,
and seemed very glad to be at home
again.
R. J. Hastings, A. T. White and S.
E. Nelson deserve much praise for
fixing our roads from Trinity school
to the stone road. Their work means
much to the community as some
parts Of the road have been impas-
sable.
The Misses Ada White and Matte
Johnson spent the ~ weekend with
their parents near Oak Grove.