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CAREY SMITH, Editor.
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25 000 00
4.
$1.50 j
One Year
30 576 10—42 300 02
THE DAILY TRIBUNE
12.
2 440 73
14.
333 65
$1 952 10
1 250 00
$474 410 16
Total
Liabilities.
15 276 61
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it was a
43.
17 042 37
i
49.
50 000 00
$474 410 16
of
No. 597.
for
of
the
accidentally he invariably
Appropriation of $175,000
in
anything,
18 753 26
re-
MOTHER.
the
for
6
depositors’
5 210 82
in
1 338 27
i
901 28
for
$289 805 20
8 284 60
Total
Perhaps the most important trend
$217 751 01 !
Total
13 360 29
155 933 9&.
488 80 ' Time
to
ol
To bid Qn an
30 000 00
A217 751 01
Total
$289 805 20
Total
X
and
I
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1
8ix Months
One Y ear .
these
be
i-
I
'—v-- •••‘’•a
bankers,
check, net
Cash items .
Currency ...
fol-
for
$100 000 00
25 000 00
232 325 99
4 359 50
3 163 40
$65 000 00
6 353 20
I
nancial Condition of the
BAY CITY BANK & TRUST CO.
at Bay City, Texas
the 12th ' At the close of business on the 12th
published in day of September, 191,6, published in
7 459 37
3 750 00
14 750 00
3 810 00
6 975 00
22 042 72
No. 6062
Report of Condition of the
First National Bank
AT BAY CITY, TEXAS
In the State of Texas, at the close of business on September 12, 1916.
1.
2
3.
36.
38.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
17.
19.
20.
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State of Texas, County of Matagorda, ss:
I, J. C. Lewis, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
J. C. Lewis, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of September, 1916.
Rowland Rugeley, Notary Public.
Correct—Attest:
D. P. Moore,
M. Thompson,
N. M. Vogelsang.
Directors.
Capital stock paid in
Surplus fund -
X-T~-^’1-—- yAf-cvfi tc
b Less current expenses,, interest and taxes paid
Circulating notes outstanding
Net amount due to banks and bankers (other than included
in 31 or 32)
Demand deposits:
Individual deposits subject to check .
Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days. ..
Cashier’s checks outstanding
Total demand deposits, items 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
40, 41 and 42 $239 848 89
Time deposits (payable after 30 days, or subject to 30 days
or more notice):
Certificates of deposit
Total of time deposits, items 43, 44 and 45 $17 042 37
Bills payable, including all obligations representing money
borrowed, other than rediscounts
r
I write my mother a letter every
Sunday.
I do this to atone for the grief I
might have caused her when she was
pouring her life’s best efforts out for
It takes $42,000,000 annually to run
There
children in the
at
daj' of September, 1916,
the Daily Tribune, a newspaper print- ■ The Tribune, a newspaper printed and
No. 296.
Banks Official Statement of the Fi- ' Banks Official Statement of the Fi-
nancial Condition of the
FIRST STATE BANK
Bay City, Texas,
the' close of business on
State of Texas,
County of Matagorda.
We, Thos. H. Lewis, active Mce- J
president, and E. L. Perry, as cashier ,
■. .$176 756 22
.. 33 735 93
.. 1 056 59
6 355 28
. . 27 482 00
5 500 00
19 154 53
3 25
FOR BETTERMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE.
703 70
712 06
222 00
6 416 11
$3,000,000
purchase of forest
lands under the Weeks law, in
I southern Appalachian region and the
Sickly
CREAM
destroys worms,
it acts as a
Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 per the
Sold by P. G. Huston.
$55 000 00 i Due to banks and bankers,
4 000 00 j - ’ ’ '
21 719 61 1 Individual
LIABILITIES.
i Capital stock paid in
j Undivided profits, net....
$121 371 10
8 233 44
815 29
....$355 765 98 -
.... 406.93
Total
1 54.
of the profits that are by every *
” • The ]
$2.00 I
$4.00 j
Down at Matagorda they are doing
things now. The new life is due to
only one thing—enterprises. These
enterprises set in there and the result
has been most gratifying already. The
whole of it only demonstrates what
his finger, but if he cuts the finger an industry or two can do for a lo-
wonders cality or a town.
ment—they were not cut
badly as they thought and
beginning to realize it.
Mrs.
we 1 Newrich of her poorer neighbor. “No,
with! I didn’t,” said the neighbor caustic-
ally; “but I certainly thought he
would if he ate another bite.”
; that always
morning operation,
BINE will set you right in
If taken at bedtime you
beneficial eff^t after break-
rrice 50c. Sold by
Other checks on banks in the same city or town as report-
ing bank
a Outside checks and other cash items,
b Fractional currency, nickels and cents
Notes of other national banks
Federal Reserve bank notes
Coin Mid certificates
Legal-tenner notes
Redemption fund with U. S. treasurer and due from U. S.
treasurer
LIABILITIES.
To every busi- j (Capital stock paid in
; fund
profit cannot be made unless j Lrndivided profits, net....
obtain Every sue- '. Due to banks and bankers,
__ ■, subject to check, net....
Second Class Mail Matter
All Bound
Bound with a
Telephone Line
In a Bell connected communi-
ty it’s not "how far is it to
neighbor Perkins’? But "Is
neighbor Perkins' ring three?'
The ring of a bell and you have
him.
In marketing, in matters of
farm routine, in emergencies,
the telephone adds to the farm-
er’s ease and profit.
Are you connected with the
Bell system?
Ack our nearest Manager tor Vntor
mation or write to
THE SOUTHWESTERN
TELEGRAPH ANO
IELCPHOMF
COMPANY
01LL1S. TEXAS
----o—o------
: The merchants of Sweetwater have
| recently closed a window display. The
'prizes were awarded from a “pc‘i"'
fund subscribed to by the njp^onants.
The award was matk °Y three dis-
interested person-’ who were hot mer-
chants. Fr^111 a publicity standpoint
it is ^aid the contest was one of the
wggest successes of recent years and
it drew the attention of thou-
sands of people.
O1K man
chea,er
Liabilities for rediscounts, including those with Federal
Reserve Bank $31 433 33
subject to check, net...
deposits, sub-
jects to check ...
certifica^*'
Houston Post
During the Wilson administration
there have been many pieces of im-
portant legislation enacted which
have as their direct object the
provement of agricultural conditions
in the United States.
Among the more important items
given in the Weekly News Letter
are now
■
Now,
that the sunset of her life is in sight I
■with her children gone their different
ways out into the world for them-'
selves, and the baby prattle is heard]
no more around the old hearthstone, j
don’t you think she oftentimes gets
lonely and yearns for her little ones 1
to come back once more? Do you(
never stop, boy or girl, to think what,
you are going to do when you ap- ‘
proach the sunset
bright and rosy
The teacher of a class of small chil-
dren recently gave a physiology les-
son on the bones of the body. The
time to ask questions had come.
heart throbs, how many little disap-! not be at all times I write my soul’s ' “Who will tell me what the back-
. . . « ______ j?______ __a , Txoa + rnv annVc iK-v-n
>ods or
and do the same
for him than for the
does nr asb fOr bids is discrimination
of the 'vp-pst possible kind It is alike
dishonest anfl unfair Stick to stan-
dard goodt and standard prices, do
not begrudge a reasonable profit and
we will all fart better in the end.
If you will build ,
the |
"nuiviuua" asvosres1 WH1!!1 J"1
ject to check 124 088 77
Time certificates of deposit 12 453 83
children need WHITE’S
VERMIFUGE. It not only
if there be any, but
strengthening tonic in
stomach and bowels. Price 25c
< per bottle. Sold by P. G. Huston.
$6 250 61
3 403 32— 2 842 29
24 400 00
743 09— 2 695 19
805 00
550.00
10 008 90
5 500 00
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, per-
sonal or collateral
Loans, real estate..
Overdrafts
County warrants . .
5 530 00 ■ Other real estate . .
4 137 80
7 228 74 ; Due
1 814 85 !
|
41 309 12 '
. I
ed and published at Bay City, State of : published at Bay City, State of Texas,
Texas, on the 19th day of September, on the 18th day of September, 1916.
1916. -------
So far we haven’t heard of any
democrat sticking his signature to a
I $1000.00 check for campaign expenses.
bone is?”
The question was a poser, and no
one ventured to reply.
Finally the teacher detected a
gleam of hope in Sammy’s face and
smiled encouragingly at him.
“Well Sammy?”
“The backbone is a long, straight
bone.
jyou
heart! ■ °n God’s glorious day.
Boy, listen to me’ Have you al
mother somewhere? Then write her
every Sunday. If you knew what I
know you would never pass another
Sunday without making this covenant (
with yourself.
It dispels the blues, corrects the
Entered at the Postoffice at Bay City, Texas,
Under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
bu^nessHconcei^n ^will ^^^ea^fily ^lid^niingly^ orrected SJ^S^being
““/up™ PO-Me plane of .egK.^le
newspaper business. __ ___
' NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
When sending in remittance for subscription, always state whether new or
When^questing change of address on paper, give both old and new address.
S[JBSCbIPT10n RATEs.
WEEKLY
’ The business men of Bay City are
becoming aroused to the necessity of ’
Piuiupt aua -nropk- ir> bet-I
terment of conditions. Insofar as
crops are concerned we all realize
i**raeposit
1 Cashier’s checks
Bills payable and redis-
counts
Resources. ,
a Loans and discounts (except those shown on b)
Overdrafts, secured, $126.14; unsecured, $280.79
U. S. bonds: z . .
a U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value)..
Bonds, securities, etc.:
e Securities other than U. S. bonds (not including stocks)
owned unpledged
Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent of subscription)
a Value of banking house (if unencumbered)
Furniture and fixtures
Real estate owned other than banking house
Net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank
a Net amount due from approved reserve agents
in New York, Chicago and St Louis $11 723 92
b Net amount due from approved reserve agents
in other reserve cities
Net amount due from banks and bankers ( other than included
in 10 or 11) , ' ' ’
prices at his factory?
our
cord, demand that tax receipts be let ’
out to the lowest bid? Bidding on I
freight rates, and rebating were
wrecking railroads, hence the commis- I
sions and subsequent standardized,
rates which apply today universally. |
No bids are ever required any more
on standardized goods, and no firms
that make standardized goods have;
failed in recent years
ness belongs a legitimate profit and ’ surpjus
this ]
standard prices <
cessful business man has a standard!
and sticks to it No man can survive^
without it. To ^^^ajjSij^^i^ficuIar
line " labor for
the same work
man who
> Reading Vice President Marshall’s
i speech of acceptance, wre take it that
an pie worked up and down
Jin lively fashion oufhx& perjod of
that they’ ean’b’e mimtnation.-Houston Post
any worse than conditions will make) Why? Was “ al! har,i ,0 swaU°w?
them. The revived spirit (and it’s
good to see it) is directed to com-
mercial and industrial channels and
every effort is being directed to attain
every advantage possible. For a long
time it seemed that our leading bus-
iness element had about decided to
let well enough alone. In short, every
effort to arouse them seemed to be,
in vain, but there were a few rhe,
faithful left who kept on working,;
agitating, pj<?«.<ift,s and showing t..^j
“neve'' to be down”
counted in the long
I have been doing this for . has always known how to growr the
It is my Sunday school les-1 crops. His problem has been to dis-
nose of them at a profit. Diversifica-
tion has been preached until every
man with a mule and a plow knows
its value; but he will not be able to
put it into practice until he can sell
its products. Heretofore the com-
mission man has ha d Ahe
'-J cH CL
^wJ'llvSRTage in this matter and has
I exploited him to the limit. Under
[ government supervision of marketing
j and with government reports on
I prices and crops this will be almost
impossible.
Mexicans celebrated independence
day last Saturday, the same being
known by name as their “dies-y-seis.”
We wonder if the celebration was in
reverence of the past or in antie^
tion.of the futpre? Sn--^ n was a
great joke for ijresent-
impeding the progress of your
i town and actually robbing your btrsi- I
I ness <
I rule of reason rightfully yours,
naper is literally the only true index,
to a town’s real self. If it is a poor ,
paper the outside world guages the .
town accordingly. If it is a good pa-
ner a good impression is created. In j-----—;
this way it performs a highly neces-' 1 Seal,
sary function that no other business .
concern
form.
If those of the city who ac-
are in need of advertising know
a paper of The Tribune’s class
' and character indicates for a town
I of our size, its cmiunns w'ould be full
I of good, live, spicy advertising every
] day. if our friends do not tnow it
I already it will not hurt to renma.d
of life? All is
now for you, but
sometime become serious enough
walk up to that dear old lonely moth-
er and look at yourself in what she
is enduring in the sunset of her sweet
old age. Oh, no; she does not com-
plain,—not mother!
.for a moment that she does not feel,
and keenly too, the little, uninten-
tional of course, slight and slight re^
marks, for^ 1^ „ Jf’^yetT*even more j
J£L$dRthe sunset of her dear old life
more than at any other time. Oh, if
one but could show nil the world of
boys and girls the heart of the true
mother wrhen she reaches the-sunset
of life, how much yearning, how many j ask
-mA 4-T-» Vinvrr <1VI tt TlFFlri .
pointments could we erase from that j ^est thoughts to my soul’s best Ibve
patient, loving darling old heart! j-1
Boys, girls, be good to mother after |
she reaches the sunset of life, that
there may be laid up for you untold
wealth in the Kingdom of God.
We, T. J. Poole, as president, and
•qeo. R. Burke, as cashier of said bank,
each of us, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the
best of cur knowledge and belief.
T. J. Poole, president.
Geo. R. Burke, cashier.
Subscribed and swoiv to before me,
this 18th day of September, A. D. 1916.
(SEAL) E. A. GAUDET,
Notary Public, Matagorda Co., Texas^
Correct—Attest:
.Tas. W. Rugeley,
M. J. Murphy,
.Tno. W. Gaines, directors.
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RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, per-
sonal or collateral :
Loans, real estate
Collections in transit. .. .
j Bonds and stocks
i Real estate, banking house
I Other real estate.--------
Furniture and fixtures...
from approved
serve agents, net..
_ , for ex-
periments and demonstrations of the
best methods of obtaining potash from
kelp. *
Appropriation of $50,000 for con-
ducting experiments in producing
dves from material grown or produc-
ed in the United States.
Amendment of the seed importation
law which permits the exclusion of
seed which contains an excess of dead
seed, dirt, or other adulterants.
Appropriation of $10,000
development of a sugar beet seed in-
dustry.
Increased appropriations to extend
the wreather service in the vicinity of
the Panama Canal and in the Carib-
bean Sea and gulf regions.
Increased appropriation for co-
operative demonstration work outside
I do not know even how interesting 1 of the cotton belt.
my letters to that dear old soul are,
and I never care to know—all I do of this legislation is that shown in
know is that I pour out my soul’s | the appropriations for the extension
best love to her every Sabbath morn. I of the marketing service. The farmer
And
years,
son, my testament, my prayer.
My mother is my queen, my angel,
my goddess. No love is greater than
my love for my mother.
This covenant I made with myself
years ago requires only a few mo-
! ments, a little paper and a two cent
But never think i stamp once in seven days, but I would
not miss one for a million S’jJylJ^ribers
or a tefljiijp§^g*^^rtisement, for I
what it would mean for her if
she missed just one.
• If I could have her by my side all
the time, to cheer and comfort her,
to let her lean on my strong arm and
to kiss me in the morn, at noontide
and to bed at night, T would nor could ’
no greater boon, but as such can-;
in
guaranty fund
resources as
Assessment
guaranty fund ....
; A number of the papers throughout
' the State have cut down in size to
' meet the high price of paper as well
I as .its scarcity. The Tribune remains
i the same size notwithstanding the
I fact that our patronage does not jus-
tify it. But we areto diminish
the size, character and general make-
up of the Daily Tribune especially]
1 for the reason that such a number of;
these go abroad and any change to
: a smaller size will only serve notice
! on the public in general that our
merchants are unable to support a
really first-class paper, a paper that
is far ahead of any other paper in
j Texas that we know of in Bay City’s
I class.
I jtually
I I what
character indicates
MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE
Published Every Friday Morning by Tribune Printing Company. 1 z- I
r'AWWV CltVCTT^TJ- 1 | ~i-—
Furniture and fixtures'..
from approved re-
serve agents, net
Due from other banks and
bankers, subject to
check, net
Ca.sh items
, 1 778 80 ; Currency .
81 24 ■ Specie .
9 440 00 1 Interest
When the bowels feel uncomfortable
I and you miss the exhilarating feel-
| ing that always follows a copious
tenacity, op«»Uon, a dose of H®*-
, , , ptmtc will set vou right m a couple
run and today■
we see a better spirit for the public
weal all around than we have seen
since the 1913 flood. Men who have
all they possess here should never tire
in their zeal for the upbuilding of the
town. To slacken in their determin-
ation to make the verjr best out of 1
things means a depreciation in th5
values of what property their own
and a downward, plunge of tH5 town
in general. In other word" the pes-
simistic inclination is “ire to bring
disastrous results, whereas, on the I
other hand a hel’'111^ hand and a will-j
ing spirit cpa work wonders.
have at started to rev^tty, re-
juver-'te an^ bring to 1^ many of
+i<jse things we coi’-vl Just as well
have had months ago. The trouble
with us all is Biat we imagine many
things pxruii worse than they really
are. I’here’s no one who would vol-
imtarily draw a razor blade across
Yellow complexion, pimples
disfiguring blemises on the face or. dispels the blues, corrects the, bone. Your head sits on one end and
body can be gotten rid of by doctor-. evil you might have done, makes you .you sit on the other,” answered
ing the liver, which is torpid. HER- j feei fine and brings out the man in Sammy.
BINE is a powerful liver correctant. (you
It purifies the system, stimulates the( Sentiment? Perhaps so, but it is: jt takes $42,000,000 annual'
vital organs and puts the body in fine)tbe sweetest, most satisfying and con-j j^ew York’s public schools,
rigorous condition. Price 50c. Sold. sonn2: sentiment you ever found in are goo,600 school
by P. G. Huston. j j’ H , an your lifetime. city.
Mothers who spem tbe night with
a sick baby appreciate the help they
get from McGEE’S BA?y ELIXIR;
especially in hot weather, it quiets
fever and irritation, soo^gs the
stomach, checks the bowels am helps
both mother and child to thtain
sleep and rest. Price 25c and >Qc
per bottle. Sold by P. G. Huston.
------o—o
Houston boasts of $50,000,000 on
deposit in her banks, which shows
that “Old King Cotton” has been busy
showering his sheckels at Houston’s
bank vaults.
The children should bear in mind |
that mother, who is approaching the ;
sunset side of life and who, in the dim'
• and distant past, was as gay and as ]
lighthearted as any girl of today, has ,
passed many of the milestones with j
the care and nurture of her loved.
ones on her mind at all times, and !
that she has borne all the trials and ,
troubles that all mothers bear, and.
all for her childrens’ sakes. Now, 'j mjr sake.
I have never stopped to ask myself
how she appreciates it and I never
shall until she is no more.
This weather can just keep on until ■ “Did you see my sunburst last
Christmas so far as we are concerned. \ night?” inquired the pompous
And after a careful calculation
find that the rice farmers are
us 100 per cent strong.
accidentally he invariably wonders' cality or a town. The citizens of, White mountains,
why it is of such small consequence every place ought to keep the sharp-
and hurts no more than it does. It est lookout for anything that will
was this way with our business ele-' employ a tin bucket brigade and to
half so encourage its location with all the
methods and money possible to land
; it. Everything, anything, in t’
: days of sharp competition should
. run to earth and bagged.
as s
of- the United States department
agriculture »I*C-
Thp united States grain standards
act.
The United States warehouse act.
Reenactment of the cotton futures
act, with amendment. 1—s
. • • aaa # 1 J concern m the town can possibly per-:
Appropnaion of $65,000 for market 1 x . .. I
. . !form. But it matters not what the
news service for livestock, meats, and , ., . ;
, , , character of the paper may be, it is.
animal products. | ■ .... , i
Cooperative employment of mar- i
keting agents in the various States in
marketing work’.
Appropriation of $136,600 for mar-
ket news service for fruits an.d vege-
tables.
Appropriation
continuing the
working day and night for you, wheth-
er you patronize it or not. ‘ There-
I fore, when you speak lightly of your
I paper, or through any method, justi-
! fied or not,-withhold any patronage
or seek to injure the paper by the
employment of any means whatsoever,
you are slapping the face of the only
institution in your town that is really
vour friend. In the abstract a good
live newspaper does more for the av- .
erage merchant than the merchant .
does for himself, whether that mer-
chant ever spends a cent with the
naper or not. One fact is plain. No
town yet has ever advanced beyond its
naper and no town will ever advance
beyond it.
15.
them that every town is guaged large-] lb.
ly by its paper, that is to say the bet-
ter the paper the better the town, and
; we believe that if our merchants only
; realized how important it is to have
i a good paper there would follow no
I trouble in having, at all times, all
1 the advertising patronage we could
' accommodate. Of course, The Tribune,
'is not yet one-half as good as we ]
i would like to make it, but we can 1 27’
■onlv make it accordin°- +- 7, i 30
. we can say this, how-
a*Tz' 00
: ever, and frankly, too. We know the] °°'
i Daily Tribune now is twice as good,
; as its patronage justifies and twice ( 35.
I as good as any small town daily in ;
I Texas and we make no exceptions in j
the towns. You have' complained at ;
the slow progress of the town. Let us ;
tell you something. T*
the paper, the paper will build
I town. Don’t let that fact escape you.
! Every day that you stand in the way
of the progress of your paper you ]
are
A standard price on any commodity
is the backbone of any business. What. pue
would suddenly turn on him and de-
mand that his interest rate be let out Due from other banks and
on bids? Or how long would the au- bankers, subject to
tomobile manufacturer continue in . check, net
business if he did not standardize his cash items
Where would Currency
taxes be if the people, of one ac- gpeCje
Interest in depositors
guaranty fund
Other resources as fol-
lows: County and school
warrants
State of Texas,
County of Matagorda.
of said bank, each of us, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true
to the best of our knowledge and
belief.
Thos. H. Lewis, Active V.-Pres.
E. L. Perry, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before nxe,
this 18th day of September, A. D. 1916.
(SEAL) A. D. Hensley,
Notary Public Matagorda Co., Texas.
Correct—Attest:
M. S. Perry,
S. A. Foote,
•'>no. W. Gaines, Directors.
-----o—o-———
Check a cough or cold in the lungs
before it develops a serious case.
BALLARD’S HOREHOUND SYRUP
is an effective remedy for all soreness
or congestion in the lungs or air pas-
sages,
bottle.
6 387 76 ]
I Other
low^:
of hours.
get its
fast next day.
P. G. Huston
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1916, newspaper, September 29, 1916; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1291605/m1/6/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.