The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1916 Page: 11 of 12
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W. E. D AVANT
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CHRISTMAS.
Enclose 3c for each collar; 25c
for two shirts, and 6c for mail-
friends at Franklin.
O. E. Hatchett, who has been doing
quite a lot of work for the Rosen-
berg Brick and Tile Company, has re-
turned home for the holidays.
Miss Laurilie Moore arrived in the
city today via automobile from Wei-
mar and will return to Weimar for the
holidays with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Moore, and family.
Mr. Campbell, formerly a rice farm-
er of this section, has purchased the
corner building now occupied by the
Greene Cash Store, and we learn will
open up a grocery business on his
own account in the near future. The
consideration for the lot and building
was $1450 cash.
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From Thursday’s Daily.
Mr. J. M. Corbett returned today
from Houston, where he has been on
business.
Miss Mary Rugeley has returned
from Austin where she is attending
school for the holidays with home-
folks.
Mrs. E. A. Gaudet and “E. A.” Jr.
are in Louisiana for the holidays, vis-
iting Mr. Gaudet’s parents.
Mrs. E. L. Perry returned today
from Houston, where she has been
visiting relatives for the past several
days.
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first, spirit before symbol, and (Jurist
before Santa Claus:
That hallows the home and trans*
figures the face and consecrates botft.
self and pocketbook to the loving serv*
ice of others:
A Christmas that through its great
good tidings brings strength to bear
our burdens, balm to soothe our soy*
rows, inspiration to lorify our labor*
and poise for our sometimes harrassefl
souls:
A Christmas that reminds us of tfe®
beautiful old tsories of the Magi and
the shepherds and choir of angels, antj
that transforms our hearts into living
mangers, cradling anew the eternal,
inexhaustible, Christ-begetting, world*
transforming love spirit of the Father.
May this Christmas, good friend, this
merry, blessed Christmas—be yours,
Henry Hallam Tweedy.
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Push your business in print and it
will take you out of business blues.
From Monday’s Daily.
John Gottschalk spent Sunday in
Matagorda, the guest of his parents.
Mr. J. C. Reese and family of Al-
vin have moved to Bay City.
Mr. Richard Hurst left today for
Houston for a few days on business.
Mr. Frank Bruce of Matagorda is
in the city today on business.
Dr. and Mrs. S. R. Sholars will
leave the 26th for Orange, where they
,vill visit Dr. Sholars’ parents.
Miss Elinor Jones of Denton will
spend the holidays in this city with
relatives and friends.
Miss Carrie Boney will arrive home j just watch us and we will show them
from Bonn Avon School, San Antonio,1 something they have never seen be-
Thursday, December 21, for the holi- fore. — - -
days.
Mr. George T.
Malaria,enriches the blood,and builds up the sys«
tem. A true tonic. For adults and children. 5Qc,
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From Tuesday’s Daily.
That land out there is as fine
as there is in the world and all it
Southwell has re- needs is a good showing, such as we
turned from a trip to San Antonio, i propose to give it.
where he spent several days with his
family.
Again we rise to remark that if
Avenue G were turned into a first-
class thoroughfare it would prove a
wonderful advertisement for the city.
Miss Nell Mayfield will arrive Sat-
urday, December 23, from St. Mary’s
Hall, San Antonio, where she has been
attending school.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gale of Bay
City came in Thursday to spend a few
days with the former’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert E. Gale.—Francitas
Bee.
Friend Merchant, this is your last;
week, and if you are going to tell it i
REYNQI
‘The Particular Stere ter Particular Peop'e9
El Campo, Texas, December 19.—
The cotton crop here has practically
_________________ _______ all been picked and Public Weigher
Mrs. Jules Ducros returned home ! Farenthold states that he has weighed
this morning from Houston.
Mr. R. D. Dixon, of Markham, was has been plowed and the work is be-
business visitor to the city today.
Capt. J.
From Monday’s Daily.
A troop train conveying Iowa
troops from the border over the St.
Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railroad
via Houston was wrecked near Bless-
ing yesterday afternoon and detoured
Blessing
; was transferred
back to the St. L. B. & M. lines.
No casualties were reported.
I have my pasture posted accord”
ing to law and all hunters or tres-
passers will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law, if caught in th®
pasture. B. R. Watkins.
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For Sale: Eight carloads of extra
fine Blue Rose rice straw hay for
sale, $5.00 per ton at my place. W.,
P. Johnson, Bay City, Texas. 23-4tw-p
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BAY CITY DEFEATS BRAZORIA.
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Send Your
Yes, with any-
thing like a season, the Colorado
County farmers on the Ninde place
will bring in some good crops next
year.”
you are for the other
months of the year.
“The Oriental Maid” has come, has
conquered and has gone, leaving be-
hind her a bright path of light and
of Splendid Christmas Presents for Early
Shoppers At Very Low Prices.
visitor to the city yes- [home for the hlidays.
; Prof. R. E. Scott and family will
W. Conger returned to- • spend the holidays with relatives and
CHICHESTER S PILLS
W the DIAMOND BRAND. X
I,adics! Ask your Druggist for /A
t&AS® ©hl-ebes-ter S Diamond Brand/^nk\
I’BIs in Red and Gold metallicVWr/
” -..v.« sealed with Blue Ribbon. -
■ „ .alieuo other. Buy of your *
if Dru-gist. AskforCIll-CIIES-TERS
’ DIAMO*. ’’.RAND PILLS, for 85
years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliable
SOLD BY ^UGfijSTS EVERYWHE^
In an interesting game of basket
ball, played here Saturday between
Bay City and Brazoria, both school
teams, Bay City won on a score ot
21 to 20.
»KHves uat maiana, Syste®
The Old Standard general strengthening tonii ,
GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives
ivr al oria,enriches the blood,and builds up the syg«
A true tonic. For adults and children. 5QR.
MOO R E
lunches of Holly For Christmas Free
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Mr.-Ed. P. Layton, of Matagorda,' day trade the town has enjoyed for
was a business visitor to Bay City years.
yesterday.
Mr.
ing rushed while the weather remains
W. White has returned ; good.
from a business trip to Francitas. |
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Cabaniss, of
Markham, were in the city today
Christmas shopping.
Sheriff Scarborough, of Kingsville,
sheriff of Kleberg County, spent today
in the city on business with Sheriff
Bert Carr.
Holiday trade continues very brisk
day from Houston, where he has been
for the past few days on business.
Mrs. Edith Laughlin, of Midfield,
was a visitor to the city today doing
some Christmas shopping.
Mr. Green Savage, of Matagorda,
was a business visitor to the city to-
day.
Mrs. J. H. Roach Sr. and daugh-
ter, of Blessing, were in the city to-
day on a shopping expedition.
Mrs. Jules Ducros is in Houston,
the guest of relatives and friends.
She will return to Bay City the latter
part of the week.
This is home-coming week for the
girls and boys who are away attend-
ing school, and the most of them will
be in by Sunday.
Mr. W. E. Davant left today for
Columbus, where he will spend the
holidays with relatives. Mrs. Da-
vant has been there for several days.
Mr. John A. Crawford, who repre-
sented Bay City at the Toledo, Ohio,
convention of Overland dealers, has
returned home, much pleased with his
outing and the trip.
' Mr. A. A. Harris
from Waco, where he spent some ten
days with the Grand Lodge of Texas.
He stood a splendid examination and
secured a certificate to teach Ma-
sonary. Mr. Harris made an enviable
record in his examination.
Corporal D. A. Dunbar, of Com-
pany G, 3d Infantry, T. N. G., is
here from Corpus Christi for the hol-
idays with homefolks. Corporal Dun-
bar gives a favorable report of con-
ditions at Corpus and says the boys
are all faring well, especially so on
such occasions as Thanksgiving and
Christmas, when dear old homefolks
so kindly remember the boys.
Mr. J. D. Taylor, formerly of ;
China Springs, McLennan County, a
cotton farmer, with a family of nine,
arrived here yesterday to engage in
dry farming. Mr. Taylor is well
equipped with team and farm tools
and is prepared to put in quite a
crop. He has leased some land on
Buck’s Bayou and says he is well
pleased wtih the place and the looks
of the land. He is moving his furni-
ture out to the farm today.
Miss Etta Mae Moore, daughter of
former Congressman John M. Moore
of Richmond, will become the bride
of
Mr.
business.
Prof. W.
to ’em you have only a few days left• a business
in which to do it. Speak out, before ! terday.
it is everlastingly too late. ' Judge J.
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AS LONG AS THEY LAST
personality. They will
be at home at Casa Blanca after
January 1.—Chronicle.
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From Wednesday’s Daily.
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There is some rumor afloat to the
effect that “The Oriental Maid” will go
as far north as Wharton and give
that town one swell winter enter-
tainment. The date, however, has not
been decided upon.
Do you know, Mr. Merchant, that
many new people are coming to this
section, and do you not know that they
look to the paper to get acquainted
with you and your business? If you
do not it is time you are learning
these things.
Mr. J. J. Seer den, of Wadsworth,
came to town Saturday with some
very fine potatoes which he brought
to show the manager of the curing
plant preparatory to sending his crop
to the plant this week. He will house
and have cured a carload, shipping
them from Wadsworth sometime this
week. Mr. Seerden also had with
him a cluster of Satsumas grown by
him. There were eight as fine ones
as ever grew anywhere on one small
Mr. Seerden says he will set
several trees this spring and
raise his own fruit. He was born
and raised in this county, owns his
own farm and is not only pleased, but
happy and prosperous, with not a
moment’s time nor any cause to
worry over the high cost of living.
Miss Mary Rugeley will return
from Austin Wednesday, the twen-
tieth, for the holidays. Miss Rugeley
will have as her house guests Misses
Hallie Kelly of Wharton, Josephine
Northington of Egypt, Hattie Tate of
Brenham, Mary Hart of Austin, Rose
Stern and Irene Burkhart of Mata-
gorda.
Again we have been made the hap-
py recipient of a fine lot of those
famous W. G. Thornhill oysters.
They came just in time for our Sun-
day feasting and what we did for
them was a glorious plenty. We
direct the attention of our readers to
a neat ad in today’s paper in which
Mr. Thornhill directs you how to
get your holiday supply fresh from
’the beds to your table. His oysters
.are shipped in individual tins in any
amount you may require. And you
know they are fresh.
Mr. J. S. Weatherell, formerly of
Altair, Colorado County but now en-
gaged in farming on the Ninde place
on Caney, was a business visitor to
the city Saturday. Mr. Weatherell
stated to The Tribune that there are
now seven families, all good farmers,
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Mr. Frank Butter, of Wadsworth,! and all the merchants seem to be well
spent yesterday in the city on busi- pleased. The few days remaining via Southern Pacific from
ness- 'will mark the finish of the best holi- I to Bay City where it
of Peyton Wade McNeill of Casa
Blanca, Texas, Tuesday. Mr. Mc-
Neill is a wealthy cattleman and
on the Ninde place and that they are land owner. The bride is an excep-
all from the same neighborhood near tionally pretty young woman and has
Altair. They are making prepara-.; a charming
tions to farm cotton, corn and feed-
stuff next year and already have
much of their land broke. “Some tell
us,” said Mr. Weatherell, “that we
wili not do much on Caney, but you
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Prof. T. L. Smith will spend the j
holidays with his mother in
boro.
Seems that the government fore-
casters got their pegs set
doesn’t it?
Mr. George J. McManus,
firm of Hamill & McManus,
through the city today en route home
in Dallas for the holidays.
Mr. Percy Hamill returned today
from Sherman, where he is attending
Austin College.
Miss Lillias Matthews, of Wharton,
is the guest of Mrs. A. H. Wads-
worth.
The Tribune is only 40 cents per
month. Entirely too low in price for
anyone to hazard the health of a child
this kind of weather in sending him
over to the neighbor’s to borrow the
paper.
The postoffice is a veritable bee-
hive these days and hundreds of pack-
ages are being handled, going and
coming. Postmaster Collins has aug-
mented his force and even with that
has all they can do to wait on the pa-
trons of the office.
over 10,000 bales. Considerable land
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happiness. We had no idea that
Japan had such a maid or so many
other things of interest. Come again,
Miss Oriental!
Rev. Robert Knox and Mrs. Knox
of Mokpo, Corea, are in the city, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. H.
Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. Fred S.
Robbins. Mr. Knox was a school-
mate of Mr. Lewis in the years gone
by.
Mr. E. D. Wilkins, of Markham,
“doing pretty well for an old man,”
dropped in on The Tribune yester-
day. Mr. Wilkins says the world is
serving him and the other good peo-
ple of his town kindly and that good
progress is being made throughout
that section.
Mrs. Arthur McDonald and babe,
Beverley Jane, of Yoakum, arrived
here Wednesday on a visit to Rev.
and Mrs. E. F. McDonald. They
.left yesterday on a visit with Mrs.
McDonald’s father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. Barrett, of Pineville, La.,
where they will spend the holidays.
Heydan McDonald, who has been
managing a lumber yard at Thrall
for the Vaughan Lumber Company,
has closed the yard at Thrall and
will be transferred to the manage-
ment of one of the company’s yards
at Sabinal, one of the best yards op-
erated by the Vaughan interests.
Heydan hopes to be able to come to
Bay City and spend the holidays with
relatives and friends. Mrs. McDon-
ald has been here for sometime.
Mr. J. C. Estlinbaum, of Route 1,
was a business visitor to the city yes-
terday and favored The Tribune with
a visit. Mr. Estlinbaum is engaged
in dry farming and off of 28 acres
gathered over 15 bales, a very good
crop. He also raised plenty of corn
to do him, has his own larder well-
stocked, cows and chickens. He says
he has no room for ^complaint, and is
now fairly well advanced with his
preparations for next year’s crop.
Such farmers are the ones who are
going to put Matagorda County on
the map.
Mr. John Phillips, of Matagorda,
Gordon Lawson, of Palacios, is in the city visiting his daughter,
was in the city yesterday on legal,Mrs. J. D. Moore.
i Al. Carrington of Company G, 3rd
C. Gray, of Palacios, was infantry, T. N. G., has returned
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From Saturday’s Daily.
Our Methodist friends have gotten
in a supply of coal, and you can go
to church tomorrow with the assur-
ance that the church will be more
comfortable.
Mrs. Cleveland Guynn will leave
Monday for Houston to spend
holidays.
E. A. Herring is home from Mer-
cedes for the holidays with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Price, of
Palacios, were in the city last night
to witness the performance of “The
Oriental Maid” Company.
Mr. John Kuhn, of Houston, is in ;J
the city for a few days on business.
Mrs. Henry Rugeley and Miss Pearl
Morton have returned from a shop-
ping trip to Houston.
Jim Fitzmaurice of Company G, T.
N. G., Corpus Christi, is in the city.
Mr. Tas Thornhill, Miss Pauline
Thornhill, Miss Reba Rugeley and
Miss Marguerite Hamilton, of Mata-
gorda, motored to the city last night
to witness the performance of “The
Oriental Maid.” They were well
pleased with the show, notwithstand-
ing the cold weather they endured to
come over.
Mrs. P. G. Huston received a tele-
gram last night from Mrs.
stating
father,
Seldon
Thompson stating that Mrs.
Thompson’s father, Mrs. J. T.
Holmes, died at his home in LaBelle,
Mo., yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Thomp-
son did not refer to Mr. Thompson’s
health, from which Mrs. Huston in-
fers that he is, at least, holding his
own.
Capt. R. R. Lewis has been in Cor-
pus Christi for the past few days on
business.
Mr. Ernest Wylie, of Simpsonville,
spent yesterday in the city on busi-
ness.
Judge Jesse Matthews, after a few
days in the city and visiting relatives
on Caney, has returned to his home
at Glen Flora.
Every day now brings a new family
to our town and county, and every
day brings this office one or more let-
ters of inquiry from outsiders or a
subscription from those interested in
this section. Watch us grow!
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie McDonald, of
Markham, visited relatives in the city
Thursday night and Friday.
School will close for the holidays
next Friday, which will give the stu-
dents about ten days’ vacation for
Christmas.
Mr. F. H. Withey, of Collegeport,
spent yesterday in the city on his
way to the north to spend the holi-
days.
Today was a hummer from a busi-
ness point of view and all the mer-
chants are wearing the smile indel-
ible.
Mrs. Jules Ducros returned to
Houston yesterday to continue some
treatments for her health. She
remain away for several days.
Mr. Sanford and family from La-
mar County have arrived in the city
this week overland. They are to
make this place their home and will,
in all likelihood engage in farming.
It is all right, dear Reuben, to be
pleasant, charitable, free-hearted and
happy at Christmas tide, but the thing
that counts with the Lord is the way
you are for the other weeks and
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1916, newspaper, December 22, 1916; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1291617/m1/11/: 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.