The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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MATAGORDA PROSPERITY
FIRST PICE FOR 1916
Rent
Coming to the Grand Theatre,
ENTERPRISES
BUSY,
Mike O’Connell Is First on Bay City
RAILROAD
ACTIVE AND EVERYBODY
Market.
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OPTIMISTIC.
Shell
Dredging
Big
Industry.
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dredging
ROCK AND RICE.
Sold by
P.
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THE AD AND THE MAN.
I had growth in the State
tenant farming is most general and
chasm.
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rice?’
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want?”
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came
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FIRST SACK OF 1816
RICE IS MARKETED
But in a week or two, or three,
He said: There’s no denying
The way that ad gets hold of me
The stuff may be worth buying.”
For just about a fortnight more
He dared mere words to win him,
And then the ad completely had
Aroused the spender in him.
He found it filled a long felt need;
Its excellence surprised him,
And now he’s glad because the ad
business
with them. Why
The real estate
overdone.
short time before by a grouchy sales- j
qjan
oi-
ly by his scowl.
“Well, what do you
Tons of rice will yield t up
ghost to the relentless, sickle
week. &
First Sack for Year Arrived in Hous-
ton Tuesday From the Cedar
Bayou District.
the
this
last report
$50,000,000 of de-
Bay City, One Day Only
Matinee 3 p. m Night 7:45
CONSIDER THE RURAL CHURCH.
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Too
en-
many of them
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It was stored
the Union Warehouse.
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THE VALUE OF A SMILE.
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of dredge boat and box plant,
houses are still in demand.
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OBJECTED TO BEING SWORN.
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MARRIED IN HOUSTON.
The 'Southern Rice Growers’ Asso-
ciation Tuesday purchased the first
sack of rice of the season. The rice,
was grown by H. A. Dismuke at Cedar
Bayou. It will be sold at auction.
The rice is appearing on the market
earlier this year than last.—Chron-
cile.
as diving and floating.
Further out in the bay another pop-
From Wednesday's Daily.
M. O’Connell, of near Van Vleck,
brought in to the city today the first
rice of the 1916 crop. The lot brought
Within the short space of 100 hours
we will know the name of our next
senatorial candidate and our l?et is
that it will begin with a “C.”
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Teething babies always have a hard
time of it when this process occurs
in hot wefather. They not only have
to contend with painful gums but the
stomach is disordered, bowels loose
and the body uncomfortable. The best
help you can give the little sufferer
is McGEE’S BABY ELIXIR. It cor-
rects sour stomach, cools and quiets
the bowels and helps digestion. Price
25c and 50c per bottle.
Huston.
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If you sit in a cool draft when you
are heated and get a stiff neck or
lame back, you will be looking for
something that will ease the pain.
Fix your mind on BALLARD’S SNOW
LINIMENT and don’t be talked out of
it because it is the best pain reliev-
ing liniment you can get anywhere.
Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle.
Sold by P. G. Huston.
Every man from rice shocker to
mill operator is brushing up and
viewing the situation with a compla-
cent grin of satisfaction.
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An Actual Experience.
Recently a smiling salesman en-
tered a store in quest of an order. He
was suffering acutely .from a car-
buncle on his neck. It would have
been but natural for him to have worn
a grouch, but he was not the grouchy
kind. He had absolute confidence in
both himself and his goods, so, de-
spite his physical pain his heart was
light and'his mind in a
NEW RICE TWO WEEKS LATE
IN REACHING LOCAL MARKET.
happy frame. ; near Cedar Bayou.
This dealer had been solicited a i Honduras No. 1.
A. D. 1916. L. C. Masterson, Clerk.
By G. Predecki, Deputy Clerk.
(SEAL)
So far the ugly storm of last week
has delivered the expected good
weather. It’s an ill wind that blows
no good.
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the fault lies with the
bowels:—they are torpid.
These things cast away, antipathies,
for which a reason cannot be gi
anger, which breeds hard words;
desires, which destroy peace.
These things husband: pennies, /
which make dollars; minutes, which
make opportunities; acquaintance,
who are potential friends; and sym-
pathies, which makes life worth while.
—Leander Turney.
is HERBINE.
ulant
Sold by P. G. Huston.
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THREE.
These things forbear: debts, which
eat up earnings; hatreds, which em-
bitter existence; idleness, which
shortens life; habits, which come to
be masters; and pretense, which in-
volves one beyond his ability to per-
form.
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TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
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rinsing in head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c.
FROM the beacon.
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Today Jfurnished us the very kind
of crop weather we want and no time
is being wasted by the farmer. Every
day now adds thousands to our
county.
never pay
sion. And there are scores
position and of my mind.
Then again, in other States you can
get your deed recorded and title ex-
amined and guaranteed on every or-
dinary transaction, such as purchase
of homes up to $5000, for not exceed-
ing $15. Compare that with the Hous-
ton condition and you need not ask
why real estate business is dull. I
hope it gets a whole lot duller so
that an equitable basis of trading
may be found and until titles can be
passed promptly and without extor-
tion.
However, so long as political agita-
tion is to be the eternal and sole issue
we need not hope for any change of
any kind. P-
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1200 SCENES AND A CAST OF 5000 PEOPLE
A HERD OF ELEPHANTS AND CAMELS
The most stupendous photo spectacle of all the time. Take off
a day—come to Bay City—and see this unusual play.
PRICES: Children, 10c; Balcony, 25c; Lower Floor, 50c
A
is handicapped in its growth,
doses
FUGE
the
thrives
bottle.
I business has been
many irresponsible parties have
gaged in the game,
also indulge in other water feats such playing the role of capper for some-
been playfully designated as the shouldn’t it be so?
Bayou Natatorium, and it is no effort
for some of the boys and girls to'
swim across the bay and back. They
Real estate men in several Texas
cities complain of business having
The popular swimming place has been extremely dull
playfully designated as the shouldn’t it be so?
The Ad and the Man.
He saw the ad from day to day
And muttered: “I defy it;
Their stuff may be just what they say,
But I’m not going to buy it.”
As time wore on he made remarks
It would not do to mention.
For he was mad because that ad
Was forced on his attention.
The farmer
church. Happy, <
its'tonic and laxative effect, lax a- [ satisfying, ennobling life on
...-------MO QUININE is better than ordinary . — ,x_
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor | is impossible
the full name and
Wednesday Aagost 30,
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Sallow complexion comes from bil-
iousness impurities in the blood and
liver and
The med-
icine that gives results in such cases
It is a fine liver stim-
and bowel regulator. Price 50c.
The Houston Post gives the follow-
ing account of a minister who couldn’t
swear:
“Hold up your right hand and be
sworn,” said Judge J. M. Ray to a ne-
gro preacher, who was called as a
witness in an assault to murder case
i Monday afternoon. ‘Tse a minister
| ob de gospel, an’ can’t swear,” said in was 2 sacks from Mr. O’Connell’s
preacher in reply. “You’ll be present threshing.
sworn just like any other person, or
be fined,” said the court. The negro’s
hand went up instantly and the case
went on.
increasing.
The next few months will witness
many district and State assemblies of
church workers to consider the in-
terests of their respective denomina-
tions. Among those things coming
in for no little consideration will be
missions, benevolences, education, re-
form, evangelism. What will the de-
nominations do about the country
church?
Tenant farming is on the increase
in the Southwest, and there is no me-
dication that there is to be any change r
in this course in the neat" fil-tu-r€
one established in the business.
Many wage earners would like to
ular swimming resort is known as the; buy homes on the installment plan,
“mud hole.” The water there and
on into the bayou has been clear and
salty all summer. Further on up the
bay shore is the Loreno Bros, wharf
and fish and oyster house, a well-
known establishment; and, last but•
I-. .
! Next day he drifted in a store
A few big iron dollars for
older people as well, in parties with ■ The stuff the ad comended,
their scoop nets and bags both in
the mornings and afternoons, wend,
their way to the banks for the sport
of crabbing and the feasts they’ve So deftly hypnotized him.
enjoyed this long summer time of j —-New York Journal,
stuffed and fried crabs, crab gumbo,: ---o—o--------
crab soup, crab salad and many oth- THE REAL ESTATE MEN IN TEXAS,
er forms of fancy crab dishes. j -------
In the afternoon the sport of swim- To the Editor of State Topics,
ming begins and continues until sun-
down.
The first sack of 1916 rice has ar-
rived in Houston, about two weeks
behind the arrival of the first sack
last year. It is at the rooms of the
Southern Rice Growers’ Association,
202 1-2 Main Street, and will be sold
at auction Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock. The ri<?e will be sold to the
highest bidder.
It was grown by H. A. Dismuke on
the Old River Rice Company’s farm,
It is known as
i these conditions i
I and alarming in those sections where
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Anent the everlasting discussion of Whether we are willing to see it or
polished and unpolished rice it may not the fact looms larger and larger
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courtroom, Galveston, Texas, m said to note excerpt from a sneeeh de U 1 tne °Pen
. excel pt iiom a speecn ue- country around us is alreadv a neeriv
district, at 11 o clock in the forenoon, : Rvered before the recent convention fioi/j ft-, ek •
in ; ! ~ ™ e tne iecent convention field for Christian missions. Dry sta-
of wheat flour millers at St. Louis. 1 tistics give final proof that the
The speaker in- question said: “The churchless population of most of our
day I was down at New Or- ■ farming communities is increasing;
a : that rural churches are dying by the
l+ score every year; that denominational
as a whole is
confined to the towns and cities; that
are most pronounced
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other pleasure scenes not an | note to be for $2500 for three years,
often, pi was not asked for a penny commis-
sion. Here in Houston I desire' to
make a note for three years on a bal-
ance of $2300 on property worth
$5000. I am asked a commission of
5 per cent for the loan, yet our banks
afe full of money, the last report
showing nearly
posits in round figures.
As much as I would like to con-
solidate the loan into one note I will
that 5 per cent commis-
in my
Superintendent W. C. Gray came
down Saturday for a few days in
Palacios.
Mr. John Perry and family return-
their home in Bay City Mon-
day, after several days spent at the
S. F, Perry home.
Mr. C. M. Amos and family, who
have been camping on the B. Y. P.
U. grounds, returned to their home
in Bay City Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Carrie Brown and son
down from Bay City Tuesday and are
the guests of the Pack family at the
B. Y. P. U. grounds.
Little Miss Lola May Fisher, who
has been visiting Katie and George
Heck, returned to her home in Bay
City Saturday.
Miss Katie Lee Harrison returned
to Bay City Sunday morning, after a
several days’ visit wtih her sister,
Mrs. A. E. Lauderback.
The Bay City party on the B. Y. P.
U. grounds, consisting of W. C. Lloyd
and family, John Castleton and fam-
ily and the ladies’ mother, Mrs. Whit-
field, returned to their homes Tues-
day morning. Mr. and Mrs. Castle-
ton hope to spend the entire summer
here next year.
Order of Notice Thereon.
Southern District of Texas.
On this 19th day of August, A. D.
1916., on reading the foregoing peti-
tion, it is ... j
Ordered by the Court, that a hear- 1
ing be had upon the same cffi the 26th I
day of September, A. D. 1916, before '
said court at the office of Wm. B. 1
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Lockhart, referee in bankruptcy. U. S. i be interesting to some of our readers
to note an excerpt from a speech de-
The Proper Method of Smiling Is An
Art, and Proves a Most Valuable
Asset to Dealers and Salesmen.
W. J. Ham of San Antonio and Miss
Minnie Isabelle Johnson of Van
Vleck, Texas, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Johnson, were married at
Sacred Heart Church in Houston Sat-
urday, August 19, Rev. Father O’Leary
officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Ham left
immediately for New Orleans and
points East. They will reside in San
Antonio, returning September 1.—
Houston Post.
According to officials of the South-
who had left a bad impression, ern Rice Growers’ Association, the
rather the dealer had become con-' outlook for rice this year is excellent,
taminated by it, and showed it plain- ' an(i crOp conditions everywhere are
said to be good. At present the price
’ s a little under what it should be,
manded the dealer as the salesman but better prices are looked for a lit-
entered.
took in the situation, but immediately !
determined to overcome the handicap
—so kept smiling.
The salesman said pleasantly, “You 1
are not feeling good today, are you?”j
The dealer responded that such was :
the base, and the salesman answered,
. “If you had a carbuncle as I have I
guess you would kick me out of the
store. I am not going to let mine
ruffle me one bit though because I
know that after it has disappeared I
will appreciate the joy of living all
the more.” And not once did he
cease smiling.
The dealer was made to understand
by polite inference, rather than by
direct statement, that if the sales-
man could retain his good spirits
while suffering, as he was, then there
was no excuse on earth why he
should not be happy himself.
In the end the salesman accom-
plished exactly the result he went
into that store to accomplish—he sold
a good sized bill of goods, and left
the dealer in a good hhmor, and tak-
ing a more cheerful view of things
in general.
“Laugh and the world laughs
you,
Weep and you weep alone.”
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child that has intestinal worms
A few
of WHITE’S CREAM VERMI-
destroys and expels worms;
child immediately improves and
wonderfully. Price 25c per
Sold by P. G. Huston.
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Matagorda, Texas, August 23.—We ' the
noticed a few remarks in last Wed-
nesday’s Tribune regarding the box
factory plant here, and we desire to
mention other activities along the
water front at Matagorda which pre-
sent quite a lively snene at the pres-
ent time, combined of both business
and pleasures, so if you will come
with us we will take a walk along
the river and bay shore.
After leaving rne uox plant, waich
is situated at the bend of the river
northwest of town a walk of ten or
fifteen minutes brings us to the old
Pope landing, where the mud shell
is scooped on cars for shipment.
The Santa Fe tracks have been ex-
tended from the box plant along the
river bank to this landing, which is
at the foot of one of our resident
streets.
The dredge boat, “Haden No. 1,”
after dredging the channel anew,
entered the bayou and was moored at
this landing for a couple of days,
then the tug, “Willie” of Galveston,
in employ of Mudshell Company,
towed her out and across the bay to
the mudshell field and now twice a
day the tug comes in towing the
barges loaded with shell to the land-
ing where all hands stand ready to
manipulate the loading machinery as
the tug stams majestically to the
moorings with her burden.
Quite a good many visitors are al-
ways on hand to watch the interest-
ing process of depositing the shell on
the cars.
Another short stroll finds us at
the foot of the main thoroughfares
where we come upon a big old barn-
like structure that was used many
years ago for a warehouse when |
freight was brought by water from
Indianola, and which is now being
converted into a fish and oyster plant
which is to go under the title “Mu-
tual Fish and Oyster Co.” They are
ready to begin business September 1.
. Across the bayou from these in-
teresting facts, the small crafts are
moored and there is quite a number
of them.
Intermingling with these enter-
prises are the crabbing and swim-
ming parties that line the banks of
the stream. Not a day passes that
happy care-free young people and
smoothes out the wrinkles of care,
allays suspicion, creates confidence,
and opens wide the flood gates of
wholesome goodfellowship.
As an indicator of genuine joy, real
pleasure and happiness the cordial
smile is without a peer, and as far
removed from hypocritical smirking,
snickering and grinning as day is
from night.
To compare the person who smiles
to the one who wears a grouchy
frown is as odious as a comparison
of sugar with gall, or misery with
joy—the chasm between is even
wider.
A smile, like the frown of a grouch,
is a mental mirror—it reflects itself
in the beholder.
The right kind of a smile is as -con-
tagious as measles. Open up a fresh
bunch of smiles on a grouch, talk
persistently and confidently of the
bright and cheerful side of things,
and even though he strives to hold on
to his ill-humor it will dissolve like
ice in the sun. The smile of confi-
dence and cordiality will be reflected
in the countenance and demeanor of
any grouch.
1 I BANKRUPT’S PETITION
) ; FOR DISCHARGE. | S
United States of America,* Southern 'f||
District of Texas, ss.
In the United States District Court in . g.
and for Said District, Galveston
Division.
In the Matter of Pearl Shurtz, Bank- S
rupt; No. 1324 in Bankruptcy.
To the Honorable Waller T. Burns,
Judge of the District Court of the
United States for the Southern Dis-
trict of Texas:
Pearl Shurtz, of Blessing, in the Eg
county of Matagorda, and the State K
of Texas, in said district, respectfully Eg
represents that on the 19th day of ||||
June, last past, he was duly ad- y||
judged—bankrupt under the acts of ||g
Congress relating to bankruptcy; that
he has duly surrendered all his prop-
erty and rights of property, and has |g||
fully complied with all the require-^
ments of said acts and of the orders
of the court touching his bankruptcy. .
Wherefore, he prays that he may i
be decreed by the court to have a full
discharge from all debts provable '
against his estate under said bankrupt i
acts, except such debts as are now i
excepted by law from such discharge. ;
Dated this 17th day of August, A.D.
1916. Pearl Shurtz, Bankrupt.
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I had never been through r '
rice mill, so I went to the president i
of one of the biggest mills,
a letter of introduction to him and i
asked him if Imight go through his
I rice mill. He said ‘I will be delight-
ed; and not only that, but I will go
________i with you.’ I went through
the rice mill and when we were on the
top floor I noticed he had a little;
tank there full of molasses and water
j and right beside it a little feeder and
he was feeding talcum powder and
judge of the said court, and, mojasses on rjce q said, ‘My
. dear man, what are you doing that
district, on the 19th day of August, ma]£e it look well, it makes
, it a little whiter, it looks better and
| is smoother in your hand.’ I said,
i ‘Talcum powder is made from rock, j
| isn’t it?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Why does the ' gov-
\ ernment permit you to mix rock with
■your rice?’ He said, ‘They never have
: made any objection to it.’ I said, Home owning is becoming more and
i more difficult while the efficiency of
. the average tenant farmer and his
; family is being bettered very little if
! any. The rural church problem is go-
■ ing to grow bigger, therefore, with
i the years and all the more difficult to
j deal with. :Some denominations are
' going to lose all hold on the open
I country and become town and city
; churches altogether. In time they
: will lose the town and city to those
denominations—or that one—that save
the rural church.
The denomination needs the rural
church. Virile, spiritual, evangelical
denominational life is impossible with-
out it. The farmer folk need the
Affect The Head ' country church. Happy, contented,
_____£ pffert. T.AXA- ' S3ti«fvun pl pnnnhlino* lifp nr| th.6 faTTYl
without its righteous
teaching and holy influence. But the
rural church is doomed without it is
saved by active, heroic effort.—Farm
and
Both socially and commercially
smile is of unquestionable value.
The first thing a baby does that in-
duces every member of the household
to come rushing to the side of its
crib is to smile. And what picture
more joy-producing or inspiring could
be imagined than baby’s smile? It
fills the mother’s heart with exulta-
tion, and swells the fathers’ chest
with pride.
A smile has its inception in the
heart—starts like the rhythmic ripple
on a placid lake—grows, widens, ra-
diates rapidly through every fibre of
the human system, and finally bursts
into a wholesome laugh that spreads
over the face as a sign of glaMness.
In mental, effect the smile is the
rainbow of hope. It serves notice of
the approaching sunshine, dispels the
clouds of doubt and apprehension, and
stimulates one into an appreciation
of the actual joy of living. , ____
A smile soothes the excited temper, that notice thereof be published in
the Matagorda County Tribune, a
newspaper printed in said district,; other
and that all known creditors and oth- ieans
er persons in interest may’appear at
the said time and place and show
cause, if any they have, why the'
prayer of the said petitioner should
not be granted.
And it is further ordered by the
court, that the clerk shall send by j trough
I said,
‘Now look here, when you eat rice in
your own home do you take the rice
which has been mixed with the tal-
cum powder or do you take the rice
which is untreated?’. ‘Why,’ he said,
‘we eat the rice which is untreated.’
‘Why?’ ‘Because we do not have to
wash the talcum powder off.’ I said,
‘Do you mean to tell me, Mr. So and
So (I could tell you his name), do
you mean to tell me that every cook
in the hotel or even in the home, ‘
when they prepare rice for the table:
wash the talcum powder off that!
He said, ‘I don’t think they do,
andM don’t care whether they do or
not’.”
: but they ''object to not only paying
' high interest—8 per cent—but to be-
: ihg mulcted out of commissioners.
Nearly everywhere, except Tex?-
the seller of property pays the agent
his fee of from 2 1-2 to 5 per cent,
not by any means least, are the W. i The buyer is not charged 1 cent com-
G. Thornhill wharves, grocery store, 1 mission. For instance, in anothei ■
ice plant and fish and oyster ship- i city I owed $2500 on a property val- ,
ping house, making a busy little! ued at $4500. I desired to take up j
town all his own, for Mr. Thornhill on i all the monthly notes into one, bear- ,
the water front. Right he^e we wit-1 ing itnerest at 6 per cent, the one I
ness (
every-day occurrence, but
when a whole bevy of young men and
girls with j their chaperones come
briskly over the wharf swinging lunch
baskets and hastening merrily on un-
til they reach one of the Thornhill
pleasure boats, calmly awaiting with
its sails flopping idly in the breeze
and when the word “all aboard” is
heard, given by the genial host him-
,self there is much laughing and jost-
ling as they scramble aboard and
settle themselves for a delightful
moonlight sail as the boat glides away
over the foamy waves the “life” fill-
ing their youthful hearts with infin-
ite gladenss.
Five miles east of us sti’.l fronting
the bay is the Big Hill oil field that
“Rumor” says will soon be in devel-
opment again. Oil scouts are fre-
quent visitors to our town trying to
get possession of all the adjoining
land tv the field.
Apart from the river and bay scenes
here business is “picking up” in our
old town and her latest is a bakery
under the proprietorship of Mrs. J.
Harlan, late of Sylvan Beach.
All the rent houses available are
occupied by families of the employees
At a glance the salesman tle later>
It is expected there will be a gen-
eral movement of rice to the Houston
market within the next two weeks.—
Houston Post.
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Constipation is the starting point •
for many serious diseases. To be
healthy keep the bowels active and
regular. HERBINE will remove all
accumulations in the bowels and put
the system in prime condition. Price
50c. Sold by P. G. Huston.
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Now, this is the kind of weather we
need!
mail to< all known creditors copies xof <
said petition and this order, addressed •
to them at their place of residence as
stated.
Witness, the Honorable Waller T.*j
Burns,
the seal thereof, at Galveston, in said
, for?’
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