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In 1907, at the age of twenty-two, Dabney was named the third secretary of the United States Embassy in [[Mexico]] and was thereafter promoted to second secretary. He also worked briefly at the embassy in [[El Salvador]]. He returned to the USA in 1912 and settled in Ocean Springs, [[Mississippi]], where he operated a dairy, developed a pecan orchard, and edited ''The Ocean Springs News.'' From 1917 to 1918, he was the editor of '''The Pensacola ([[Florida]]) Journal.''<ref name=lahist/>
In 1907, at the age of twenty-two, Dabney was named the third secretary of the United States Embassy in [[Mexico]] and was thereafter promoted to second secretary. He also worked briefly at the embassy in [[El Salvador]]. He returned to the USA in 1912 and settled in Ocean Springs, [[Mississippi]], where he operated a dairy, developed a pecan orchard, and edited ''The Ocean Springs News.'' From 1917 to 1918, he was the editor of '''The Pensacola ([[Florida]]) Journal.''<ref name=lahist/>
In 1918, Dabney
In 1918, Dabney returned to New Orleans to work for the former ''New Orleans States,'' for which he was a reporter, feature and editorial writer, and the business editor. In 1933, he joined the staff of ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' and edited that paper’s centennial edition, the largest single edition of a newspaper printed in New Orleans until that date.<ref name=lahist/>
returned to New Orleans to work for the former ''New Orleans States,'' for which he was a reporter, feature and editorial writer, and the business editor. In 1933, he joined the staff of ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' and edited that paper’s centennial edition, the largest single edition of a newspaper printed in New Orleans until that date.<ref name=lahist/>
In 1942, Dabney left New Orleans for Socorro, a small town in central New Mexico, where he became editor and owner of ''The Socorro Chieftan.'' In 1945, he was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives. He was a lecturer in [[journalism]] at the [[University of New Mexico]] in [[Albuquerque]]. In Socorro, he was a member of the Rotary Club and president of the [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He served from 1945 to 1950 as a regent for the New Mexico School of Mines in Socorro,<ref name=lahist/> an institution now known as the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
In 1942, Dabney left New Orleans for Socorro, a small town in central New Mexico, where he became editor and owner of ''The Socorro Chieftan.'' In 1945, he was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives. He was a lecturer in [[journalism]] at the [[University of New Mexico]] in [[Albuquerque]]. In Socorro, he was a member of the Rotary Club and president of the [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He served from 1945 to 1950 as a regent for the New Mexico School of Mines in Socorro,<ref name=lahist/> an institution now known as the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.