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TEXAS CITY, TEXAS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1913.
No. 183.
VOL. 1.
FREE SCHOOLING FOR
$8,652,640 GAIN!
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SOLDIERS’ CHILDREN
On Diamond and Polo Field
Mark twain landers, civilian
CLERK, WISHES HE HAD.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
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Fourth Artillery
$44,000,000, Import Trade
Only $820,000.
185 VESSELS DOCKED AND DEPARTED
The positions will be
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1912-13 COTTON CROP
IS 14 MILLION BALES
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SUNDAY AUTO PICNIC.
This report
Southern consumption (net) 2,877,030
Totals
14.167,115
Total crop
FOREIGN EXPORTS.
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MANAGEMENT CHANGE
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IN BAY LUMBER CO.
Oils
ARMY PAY NEXT WEEK.
243,812.50!
TOTALS
FOREIGN IMPORTS
COLONEL MOORE GOES HOME.
TEXAS CITY LOSES
TWO Q. M. COLONELS
LAWN PARTY GIVEN.
4,010.637
TOTALS
COASTWISE COMMERCE.
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General Edwards’ Stenographer Does Not
Believe a Horseless Huckster’s Cart Is the
Batteries—Evans, Harris and Canterberry,
Reeder, Morris and Grady.
10,189,671
1,100,414
000 030 020—5
000 000 000—0
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Number of steamers - •
Net registered tonnage
Tons of cargo carried
Value of exports ....
Artillery -...
Freebooters .
6th Cavalry .
18th Infantry
23rd Infantry
26th Infantry
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4
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4
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Proper Bridal Vehicle nor Shotguns, Horns
and Wash-tubs Best Instruments.
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Texas City Athletics
Fourth Artillery ...
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Manufactures of iron and steel
Packing house products .....
Grain and grain products ....
Cooperage ...............
Cotton seed and products ....
Miscellaneous............
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Coffee ........
Palm leaf hats
Rice........
Sugar ......
Sisal and istle
Glycerine .....
Miscellaneous •
Cotton, 635,447 sq., 7,200 rd. bales
Lumber, logs, etc. ..............
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Number of vessels............
Net registered tonnage of vessels
Tons of cargo carried .........
Value of cargoes ............
Value
$405,792.00
87,458.00
4,675.00
16,918.00
118,308.00
5,220.00
181,723.00
286
421,708
213,415.798
$18,769,191
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2
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Number of vessels ...................
Net registered tonnage of steamers......
Number of vessels entering with cargo...
Net registered tonnage vessels with cargo
Tons of import cargo carried ..........
Value of import cargo carried .........
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Mrs. Annie Matthews, a resident of Texas
City 10 years but now residing in Houston,
came down Sunday to visit her brother and
sister, Sixth street.
185
438,535
247,823.138
$43,966,061.85
Miss Talboy, Mr. Clark, Mr. Erickson and
Sergeant Weadon of the quartermaster
corp, who had charge of the party.
lies between them,
played as follows:
Artillery
1. Col. Lassiter
change was 14,167,115 bales,
is in detail as follows:
Port receipts...............
Overland shipments ........
Value
$40,981,573.00
421,383.00
83,911.00
265,176.85
106,199.00
1,080,286.00
5,021.00
31,094.00
171,324.00
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MORAL: HIDE YOUR
BRIDE IN T. CITY
93
219,745
243,812.501
$43,145,967.85
92
218,790
16
16,707
4,010.637
$820,094.00
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Freebooters
Lieut. Anderson
Capt. Jones
Capt. Wheeler
Lieut. Turnbull
minutes each.
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TEXAS CITY’S PORT BUSINESS
FOR FISCAL YEAR $62,735,253
CITY SCHOOL BOARD EXTENDS IN-
VITATION TO ARMY.
SUMMARY OF FOREIGN TRAFFIC.
Total number vessels in and out............................
Net registered tonnage vessels in and out.....................
Tons cargo carried, export and import.......................
Value of exports and imports...............................
POLO.
Standing of the Clubs.
Won Lost PC
36 7 27 13
The Score.
Texas City Athletics Ab H 0 A
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. $43,145,967.85
Colonel H. B. Moore, vice president and
general manager of the Texas City com-
pany, departed Sunday nightt for the home
of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Moore,
in Tennessee, where he will celebrate with
them the fifty-third anniversary of their
wedding. Colonel Moore plans to return
to Texas City next Tuesday, September 9.
The total cotton crop of the United
States for the season of 1912-13 as shown
by the official statement of Secretary H.
G. Hester of the New Oreleans Cotton ex-
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All Records Broken in Export,
Import and Coastwise Com-
merce: Foreign Trade Was
001 300 000—4
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er of the game. The Artillery also used
two pitchers, Evans and Harris.
Score by Innings
Texas City Athletics - - • 110 003 000—5
100
100
50
50
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2. Lieut. Erlencotter
3. Lieut. Thomason
4. Lieut. Allin
Four periods of 7%
With six games played and nine to come,
this afternoon’s polo contest on the Avia-
tion field between the 4th Field Artillery
and the Freebooters, to be called at 4
o’clock, will determine the leading team in
the Second Division championship tourna-
ment, and as the Artillery and the Free-
boters are runing neck-and-neck with two
games won apiece and none lost, the lead
Civilian Parents to Be Charged $2 a Month
Tuition for Children Between Ages of
Six and Seven—Don’t Buy Books for Pu-
pils until Teachers Supply Official Lists.
With a total commerce of $62,735,253 during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1913, a new fiscal year record was established by
the Port of Texas City.
In the foreign trade the total business reached in value $43,-
966,062, against $32,513,177 the previous year. The total volume
of business in and out was 247,823 tons, against 190,301 the pre-
vious year.
Foreign exports amounted to 243,813 tons, valued at $43,145,-
868, as against 188,822 tons, valued at $32,115,074 the previous
year.
Foreign imports amounted to 4,011 tons, valued at $820,094, as
against 1,479 tons, valued at $398,103, the previous year.
The coastwise business of the year amounted to 213,415 tons,
valued at $18,769,191. There was an exceptionally large move-
ment of coal, steel rails and lumber, and a good showing was
made in all lines. The largest single line of trade in point of value
was dry goods and notions, which reached $2,563,490. Wire and
nails reached in value $2,023,012. The value of cotton exported
coastwise was $1,066,446.
The total business, foreign and coastwise, amounted to 461,239
tons, valued at $62,735,253. This as against 347,368 tons, valued
at $54,082,613 the previous year.
The following table shows the movement by commodities:
A merry party made up for the most
nart of Second Division headquarters civi-
lian clerks and their wives went auto-pic-
nicking Sunday and had a jolly time, leav-
ing Texas City at 10:30 in the morning in
an army auto truck from Galveston, lunch-
ing in Dickinson woods at noon, motoring
on to Houston and returning home at 7
in the evening. In the party were Mr.
and Mrs. M. W. Cardwell, Mr. and Mrs.
Noble Carter. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Trail,
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Landers, Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Taftley,
The enlisted men of the Second Division
in Texas City will not receive their pay for
the month of August until Monday, Tues-
day and Wednesday of next week, Sep-
tember 8, 9, and 10. The postponement is
on account of the absence in Galveston of i
the 22nd infantry on rifle practice. That
regiment will return to the Texas City
camp the end of the present week.
Misses Hazel and Blanche Tinney after
spending a pleasant vacation with friends
here returned to Galveston Sunday.
Totals - • •
Fourth Artillery
Kinsella, if ....
Harris, cf .....
Bergman, cf • •
Cowan, rf.....
Canterberry, c •
Fogle, ss ......
Larson, 1b - - -.
Dempsey, 2b • •
Jenkins, 3b • • - •
Evans, p......
Colonel Daniel E. McCarthy, chief quar-
termaster of the Second Division, and
Lieutenant Colonel James B. Houston, quar-
termaster corps, left Texas City yesterday
for Chicago, where they will join their fami-
lies.
Colonel McCarthy is on indefinite sick
leave, necessitated by the severe dislocation
of his right elbow the night of August 13,
when he tripped and fell over a guy rope of
his tent. In Chicago he will consult Dr. J.
B. Murphy, the celebrated bone specialist.
Colonel Houston will spend a month’s leave
in Chicago, then proceed to Washington. D.
C., where he will take up the duties of depot
quartermaster.
Pending orders from Washington Major
Harry E. Wilkins is acting chief quarter-
master and Major John C. Waterman acting
assistant chief quartermaster.
REBEKAH’S MEET.
Texas City Rebekah lodge No. 158. met
on the evening of August 30, at K. of P.
hall. Two candidates were taken into the
lodge by iniation, Sergeant M. H. Heatherly
and First Private Robert Taylor of the am-
bulance corps. The Rebekahs were very
much concerned to hear that their efficient
conductor. Brother James Harris, was ex-
pecting to leave Texas City. Brother and
Sister Harris are charter members of this
lodge and very active members.The lodge
also faces the loss of its chaplain, Miss Flor-
ence Miller, a charter member also. The
treasurer. Mrs. W. F. Miller, and husband,
are leaving for El Paso in a few days.
The officers present were ‘ N. G. Mrs.
Mary Warner, V. G. Addie D. Freeman,
Warden Mrs. F. H. DeLane. Rec. Secretary
Gazzie Hogwood, Conductor James Harris,
Treasurer Mrs. W. F. Miller, Chaplain Flor-
ence Miller, Inside Guardian Nvme Schroe-
der. Mrs. James Harris was R. S. to
V. G. and L. D. Sanders L. S. V G., Mrs.
Maud Johnson R. S. N. G.; Mrs. Mona-
smith acted as L. S. to the noble grand
in the absence of the regular supporter,
Mrs. Tom Rogers, who has a severe case of
sore eyes. Mrs. J. O. Gordy, financial
secretary, was absent. One application for
iniation to the degree was received.
The Texas City Athletics and the 4th
Field Artillery baseball teams played their
second game yesterday and there was noth-
ing to it from the start but the Athletics.
The Artillery were blanked while the Ath-
letics were scoring five.
Evans and Morris were the opposing
pitchers, and a merry battle it would have
been but for the costly errors of the Artil-
lery infield, as Evans pitched fine ball but
the error column shows how the runs were
made.
The game was considerably livened by
the fast work of the Athletics’ infield. Two
double plays were made by Foley and
Kresser.
After the game was won Turner of the
6th Cavalry relieved Morris in the box
and pitched good ball while he was on the
mound, holding the Artillery safe at all
times.
Barnett of the 18th Infantry was the
bright star of hte day, accepting several
difficult chances and also getting three
hits. Larson, the artillery’s first baseman
also put up a good exhibition of how the
base should be played, saving his infield
many errors by getting them out of the
dust and also going up in the air for
them.
A’ lawn party was given recently at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Allan Murch of
West End in honor of their niece. Miss
Christia Johnson of Galveston who was
spending a week with them. Those pres-
ent were: Misses Ella Betts, Fannie Pear-
son of Somerville, (Tex.) , Olivia Irwin,
Florence Miller, Ladie Gustar of Alta Loma,
Mammie Willhouse, Fern Anderson, Chris-
tie Johnson of Galveston and little Lucy
Murch. Messrs. G. H. Miller, Harry Neu-
man. H. Dick. W. J. Dick, S. G. Ward. H.
Pearson of Somerville, Tex.. W. M. Greene,
C. T. Sloman, H. H. Poppe, George and
Allan Murch. Numerous games were play-
ed, after which refreshments were served.
Mrs. Murch was assisted in entertaining by
Mrs. Sanders. All had a most enjoyable
time.
Landers: Wife and me got shivver-eed
last night?
The General: Eh? What? Shivvereed?
What’s that?
Landers: Why sir, a mob with horns
and tin wash tubs and sticks and—don’t
you know, General?
The General (grinning) : Oh! Ah! Ha-ha!
Why, of course! You mean some of your
enterprising friends got together and gave
you and your brid—you and Mrs. Landers
a charivari! You don't say! No wonder
you look pale, Landers - tell me about it.
Landers: Excuse me, General, but if you
don’t mind I’d—I’d rather—not—I—
The General (grinning some more) : Out
withit! Official orders.
Mark Twain Landers (burying his chin in
his palm and scownling darkly) : Yes, sir;
all right, sir, I will, sir. Mrs. Landers and
I were siting at home after supper—you
know we live with Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard
on Seventh avenue. It was just dark when
I heard them coming down the street. I
sensed in a minute what was up and I—I
tried to get Mrs. Landers to come and hide
in the closet, but she wanted to find out
what it was all about. I beat it into ary
other room but I wasn’t quick enough. A
shot-gun went off two times in the front of
the house, and the next thing I knew
knew about 40 women—they were big wo-
men, General, and strong as the very devil
—had me up in a corner of the room, yell-
ing and laughing like so many Comanches
in a war dance. Two of them grabbed me
by the legs and two by the arms and toted
me out into the street and chucked me up
“Orderly!" called General Edwards from
his tent at 6th brigade headquarters.
“Yes, sir!”
“Find Mr. Landers and ask him to come
here.”
“Yes, sir!”
(Two minutes later.) Enter Civilian
Clerk Mark Twain Landers, stenographer’s
pad and pencil in hand. “You sent for me,
sir?”
General Edwards: Yes, good morning, sit
down. Ah— ’pon my word, Landers, you
look ill. You’re pale—and you don’t seem
in very high humor, either. Anything gone
wrong? How’s your brid—how’s Mrs.
Landers? well?
Mark Twain Landers: Yes, she’s all
right, General, thank you. I—I don’t feel
very good myself.
General Edwards: Huh! Too bad.
What’s the matter with you?
The report of Secretary Hester, together
with the cable reports from Liverpool and
Havre markets, were the only features
of the cotton markets Monday. The day
was generally observed as a holiday on ac-
count of Labor Day.
Commodities.
Tons
.............170,329.422
............. 34,839.572
............. 999.738
.............. 1,957.725
............. 589.822
............. 33,093.003
............. 50.070
............. 1,118.700
............. 834.449
they had—I don’t know whether they bor-
rowed it or stole it;—and held me there,
while their husbands led my brid—led Mrs.
Landers out of the house and helped her
up beside, me, and all the time the rest of
the bunch were blowing a big trumpet and
beating on a couple of tin wash-tubs with
sticks. It was horible, horrible!
The General (deeply sympathetic) : It
been. And then what happened?—did you
yell for the provost guard, eh?
Landers (bitterly) : Did I call the provo
gu—Say, General, excuse me, but you make
me laugh. Why, those women—most of
them wives of civilian clerks in this Divi-
sion, too!—would hove picked up a regi-
ment of provost guards and piled ’em in
the cart. (Earnestly) You just don’t know
how strong those women are. General, hon-
estly you don’t. A couple of the men got
into the shafts and the rest and the women
got behind and pushed, and that’s the way
my brid—Mrs. Landers and me were hauled
up and down the main street of Texas City,
with a stop for good measure in front of
The Times’ office, where a fool newspaper
man came out into the street and got all
the names. Ugh.
These are the names the fool newspaper
man gathered with his little pencil: Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Twain Landers, passengers; crew
—Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. Car-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Trail, Mr. and Mrs. Gil-
bert and Mrs. Amburn (in an auto), Mr.
Erickson (trumpeter', Mr. Maxwell, Mr.
Weadon, Mr. Clark, Miss Talboy, Mr. Taft-
ley.
It is announced that effective the first
of this month, H. C. Wilke assumes the
management of the local branch of the
Bay Lumber company, vice Eulius Nunez,
resigned. Consequently patrons of this
company will miss the old familiar presence
of Mr. Nunez.
Mr. Wilke is an experienced man in
the lumber and building business, having
been connected with some of the largest
retail yards in the State, and will carry out
the same cordial and just relations with
patrons that it has been the endeavor of
this company to promote in the past.
i Commodities
Tons
................1,283.867
................ 255,073
................ 63.930
................ 255.843
................1,287.821
................ 52.598
................ 811.605
on the seat of a no-horse huckster’s cart
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Sunday’s games ended in the defeat of
the 26th Infantry by the 18th Infantry,
6% to 3%, and the defeat of the 6 th Cav-
alry by the 4th Field Artillery by one goal.
Both games were fast and snappily played
especially between the Artillery and the
Cavalry teams. A big crowd watched the
play, among the spectators being several
motor parties from Houston and Galveston.
The lookers-on showed their appreciation of
the sport by the deep interest they took in
following the ball up field and down. Un-
der the stimulus given the game by the of-
ficers of the Second Division polo is fast
becoming a sport popular with the public
here and hereabout.
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... $820,094.00
SPORTS OF THE ARMY
Runs—Powell, Fenner, Barnett, Leach
Morris.
Two base hit—Barnett.
Double plays—Kresser to Foley to Barnett.
Foley to Kresser to Barnett.
Struck out—by Morris 5, by Turner 4, by
Evans 7.
Bases on balls—off Evans 2, off Morris 1.
off Turner 1.
Umpires—Wacey and Campion.
Time of game—1 hour, 57 minutes.
Attendance—500.
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SUNDAY’S GAME.
The Texas City Athletics added another
one to their already long string of victories
by defeating the. 4th Artillery team at the
ball park Sunday by the score of 5 to 4.
The Athletics got the lead in the first in-
ning and were never headed. The Artillery
made a spurt in the fifth inning and drove
Reeder from the box and scored four runs.
Morris followed Reeder for the Athletics
I and held the Artillery safe for the remaind-
1 The Summary
The hospitality Texas City feels toward
the officers and men of the Second Divi-
sion encamped here was given a practical
turn last night when the school board, in
regular meeting, unanimously voted free
tuition for the children of all army parents
and isued a special invitation to the fath-
ers and mothers to send their children to
the local public schools.
It was voted to admit to the schools all
Texas City civilian children between the
ages of 6 and 7 at a tuition fee of 82 a
month, in advance; between the ages of 7
and 21 schooling is free.
The board notifies parents thatt children
living west of Tenth street will be enrolled
at and attend the Kohtefdt school, all east
of Tenth street the Wolvin school, except
those in the first and second grades, who
will attend the Central school.
Parents are advised not to buy any books
for their children until the pupils have been
placed by teachers and furnished with lists
of books required.
It was agreed by the board that any
High school student living outside of
this district may attend the school
in Texas City free of charge;
provided he will have his pro rata of the
State and county apportionment transferred
to this school.
Foley, 2b ..........
Morris, 3b.........-
Kresser, ss ....... ■.
Grady, c .........
Powell, rf ..........
Fenner, cf..........
Barnett, 1b........
Leach, if...........
Morris, p ........., -
Turner, p ..........
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