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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
4
Students are urged to sell The Light subscriptions in a vigorous campaign. The plan offers payments per subscription and bonus prizes, with top earners and school-wide awards. Receipts must be collected at The Light office during hours.
The Vickers family thanks friends and acquaintances for sympathy and floral offerings during the illness and death of their mother Mrs. J. M. Vickers. They also acknowledge the Southwestern Telephone Company for prompt service with a 1, 400 mile double repeating message.
J W Blackwell of Durham North Carolina, a tobacco industry figure tied to leading brands, visited the Business Men's club in San Antonio. He toured local interests and discussed potential tobacco growing ventures in South Texas, aiming to gauge feasibility of a tobacco enterprise with skilled growers. He stayed about ten hours and hinted others from his company might return for a fuller inquiry.
The San Antonio Light invites all public and private school pupils to submit one side of a page essays under 180 words by 6 p.m. on Washington's birthday, next Saturday February 1. Prizes include 2 dollars for first, 1 dollar for second, and a month's Light subscription for third. Essays must include writer name, address, and school.
The Water Age talk by Capt. Elgin sparked animated debate among the society members last night. The group generally supported lowering river beds over raising banks with levees and conserving flood waters with wasteways, while exploring river channel changes, storage, governance, and impacts on vested rights. The meeting was one of the most interesting the society has had. Next Friday the group will discuss Henry T. Fink’s What the Music of the World Needs Must, inviting attendees to join.
Alleged slayers of J G Goode set bail at 10000 dollars each after habeas corpus hearings in Kames City. Gid and Charles Mayfield face murder charges for Goode’s death. trial scheduled in San Antonio on March 2, 1908. Local grand jury indicted the pair for the Goode killing, with jurisdiction dictated by where the death occurred.
In the corporation court Judge Greening hears Sam Johnson charged by his wife Lie Johnson with abuse after a dispute over supper. Judge Buckley sets a $5 cash bond and the lawyer seeks a suspended sentence until next week to prove his client’s character.
All members of San Antonio Aerie No. 71 F C B are asked to meet at Navarre street hall Sunday February 16 at 4 PM to attend the funeral of brother Sam Blades. Bring funeral badges. Visiting brothers invited. WM T Schumacher W P WM T Souter Secretary
Samuel Blades died at age twenty two on February 15 1908. Funeral services are planned Sunday at 3 30 PM from the residence of his uncle R B Kehoe 401 Richmond Avenue. Interment will follow at City Cemetery No 6 with friends invited to attend.
San Antonio readers sent in over 400 Valentine verses for The San Antonio Light contest. Seven judges, after elimination, awarded only three prizes amid a top tier of more than 50 meritorious poems. Some entries featured decorative art but were not counted. Contest winners to be announced in forthcoming Light editions with prize notices mailed to winners.
Mrs. W L Wade and daughter of Trenton Toon plus W T Woolford and J Fr Evans of Potosi Ma plan touring the region. D B Ranson and M Lyton of New York City are among today’s registered tourists. Milas Rove Lacrate of Seguin on a shopping trip also checked in. J Holzanelly from Oklahoma City joins a prospecting tour and pleasure trip.
Kathleen M. Campbell of 601 Dakota Street wins first prize in the Valentine verse contest. Mrs. P. F. Loring of 112 West Johnson Street takes second. Emily Stewart of 303 Howard Street earns third prize in the local competition.
Kathleen iM Campbell presents a romantic poem celebrating a Valentine with lines praising nature and affection. The speaker vows to stray with their beloved among daisies, pines, moss, and coastal scenes, invoking Texan sun and river settings.
A lyrical verse by Mrs. PB. F. Loring extols a Texas romance set beside the Alamo. The speaker urges sincere affection in gentle words before day ends, blending affection with a Texas mood and a close of day imagery.
A brief verse by Emily Stewart invites a beloved to solve love’s riddle and seek the image of the speaker in the heart. If the heart is true, the beloved is deemed won, following in a period‑tone poetic sentiment.
J. W. Vanderburge formerly Victoria district attorney is in the city on official business, stopping at the Southern. He is among registered guests at Burnett & Co, Tititeal 41, as local records note his presence today.
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