The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 240, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 17, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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The Daily Tribune
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VOLI Ml
NOTICE!
The Price of
POM
Victory is in
Ims
Your Purse
PAYMENT ON
THE FINAL
YOI R l.li:i RTY BOX!) OF 10
placed else
I>01,1 \R MAUK YOUR W. S S.
PLEDGE
INTEREST IS DUE TIIURS-
$ wss $
$ wss $
$ wss $
$ w ss $
$ wss $
PLEASE
DAY. AUGUST 15.
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Aya ill—t he
Government needs the money.
GOME IN ON OR BEFORE
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IT NEEDS YOUR MONl’Y NOW
THAT DATE AND ARRANGE
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SETLEM ENT
Hit the line hard with your own dollars pay your
W. S. S. pledge now
BAY CITY BANK & [RUST CO.
UonlrihuL d to the winning
com
First National Bank
BAY < ITY, Tl X AS
SAM’S VICTORY
BONDS
UNCLE
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ARE
AGENTS
Ft »R
THE FIRST
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DOLLAR
4 for th“ army, navy and marine: 500.000 bales
Many an account lias been
some wise man has said.
Count most
Hanking connection has been made from a Dollar
st a i led;
many
a
inde-
business
and
Deposit, that has opened the way
to
success
men
pendence.
We desire to serve you and aid you in habits ot thrift, and every
will receive accordingly our faithful protection and pains-
account
taking attention.
STATE BANK
FIRST
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GUARANTY FUND BANK
Our large fire-proof vault free to the use of our customers
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t.lXXERS, PLEASE MITK E.
MEKVitUS.
SCIENCE
CHHISTIAN
Save Horse Feed
every
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Jno. A. Crawford
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shops.
Moore & Reynolds Sign
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FOR RE XT.
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PER CENT AND_^CCRUEI)
to
>ry time you invest in a War Saving Stamp you aid
the Government and Fatten your own
Bank Account
| all had permits
■ guardians
111 Troup* Must Be Brady tor s|Ml<»
Mn*»h‘r Saturday,
Other* to Master In.
Company E, Brenham, will muster
E, Tyler. Thurs
Conroe.
food
member
1XFIXTKY I MI’S Ml ST
BE COMPLETED.
J SO. T. PRICE LIMBER CO.
rhoae «M
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and Help Win the War
of I he war by
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REPUBLIC TRUCKS for all purposes, from
3-4 to 6 tons capacity. Economical
Safe and Convenient
PRICE OF FISH
WILE OF REGULATED
( uiiH'ii'Iicc of Dealers, I isliernien mid
< <uisiiiiierv Witli Food tdinliils-
ti >•(<•■- Decided 11*0 (o l.'llin-
itiitle ( lasslfieatloii.
“THERE IS NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR OUR FRIENDS’’
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HJIIEO BY THK
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
cents
mimin ' them in the order in which1 middling
1 they were recruited. That is the tic- t
I company to be mustered into the •■< rv ,
ice drew A and on down the line
It has been a source’ of keen regret
that Houston did not draw \ and B.
l>Ht on account of the difficulty in lo-
cal recruiting these letter:- went else
I where.
; Since the federal order to stop re
- emits
corps. the Texas troops are the only
I outfits that ate now taking recruits.
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/OXI IX TERPRETIXG
MH I I ss WILL BE Al*.
1*01 X II D.
fe'' ''®re *1 SR> S?Ct
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D. P. Moore Dry Goods Emporium
Fishermen In Deferred Class.
\ resolution wa made and timini
mmisly adopted that Administrator
Peden write to the county admlnls
tratnrii in the fish districts and rec-
ommend that fishermen needed in (hi
essentia) Industry be placed In defer
red chi' ifieatimi and that (he local
board bo so requested The resolu-
tion was amended to read that Admin
nesday; company
day; Company G.
company 11. Marlin. Saturday:
panv I, Eagle Lake. Sunday.
Companies M and Lof Houston will
i muster next Monday.
In giving I’ompanies h'tters G< fl-
oral Wolters has adopted the plan of
advisory committee
roir 1st of a
zone cominittecs to harmonize
work of the zones and to prevent com- ■
Infliiem es in one district mil- ;
The i
One nice, seven-room, story
half house, near school building.
L. H. Burks, rear ot Matagorda 1
MY THE PRESIDENT
j.„ was
cavalry will for (lie next few days ;
ept recruits to take the places of!
who have been drafted.
I>n
sa
() ('tiiinor
J'alarlos and
’ Freeport,
i zone <1, pr
A
.by
XEW-IOMERN MAY MU'
hXOW THAT WF, IKK
THE LEADENS IX STYL-
ISH MILLIXERY FOR
THIS ENTIRE SEITION.
kIXDLY LET OUR EX-
PERIEMED AND AC-
COM.MODATING S A L E S
PEOPLE SHOW YOU.
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In village, town, city and farm, ihere’i profitable
work for tin Cord Model T One-Ton Truck, because
it is a demonslrated utility- a wanted net i-sslty. Mod-
ern bnsimmethods, up to-date meiiiods in farm-
ing. are all Im: <■<! on the motor triick servll't’ .nnl
this Model 'I' One Ton Truck i" particularly mlapled
to I'lll the requirements of town and country aervice.
1.ic,III in weight. ’ ilh Ike giant trength of Fortt
Vanadium Mud; flexible in control (turns in 1(1 fool
circlet; the everlastingly relltilile re uiar Ford
motor; a mo t tiueee o'ul worm-drive of manga-
nese bronze steel; direct haft drive to center of
chnssis; all Utne-leHlvd lo make ........ - till t’rvice
wme li s a regular, genuine Ford surely no fur-
ther gmiriiniy ol ill faciltoi, diirabthty and eeonom.v
ran lie nuked. The wise tiling to do is to pl.ice your
orilcr promptly, for the detmind in ahead of pro
duetton. tbi.e ifiimi. f o. h. iietroit
The authorized Ford dealer listed in litis .tnnoum e-
ment will give prompt attention Io your order, anti
uii o pledge to you u .itlsfii' toiy alter : ervice.
BAY CITY ACTA \XU SALES (OMPANY
Places Open for Men.
! An order from the war department
, on Saturday . lated that all men below
IS yetis of ag“ should he discharged
at once, notwithstanding that they
from parents or
to enlist Some of the !
troops lost as high as 2f> men How-
ever; this los sdid not put them be-j
low the required strength ns they 32 cents.
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I IHrator pi den <lis< im with the chair-
”f the district, draft boards at
Houston arid San Antonio the need
ioi <eurlm< (burred < l.isslflcatlon for
nu n ene.il e<[ In the fishing industry.
The zonal plan gives to the Texas
•a l <ix districts ah follows:
Zone I. Hrownsville: zone 2, Cor-
Christi, Port Aransas and Aran-
Pass; zone 3, Seadrift, Port
and Port Lavaca; zone 4,
Matagorda; zone 6,
i :alv( :tt(»n and Houston, and
ut Arthur and Sabine Pass,
nc al committee was appointed
Administrator Peden to pass on
j the zonal plan and the changed clas-
i ifieatlon of fish, consisting of C. W.
; Gllison, chairman, Corpus Christi; C.
j M Brightwell, port O’Connor; Roy
| Jackson. Port Lavaca; George B
. Ketchum, Galveston.; and Flmoren
Grider. Brownsville.
Administrator Peden was assisted
j in presiding by Charles L. neael, di-
roetor of th<> perl-ht’ble division of
I th« federal food .administration for
Texas; and H Warrach Tr., whose
j ttdcndlrt survey of the fishing IndiiH-
| try ’■('’inning with Brownsville and
j 1 tu’lng with Sabine Pass, gave the ad-
i mitilstrator Information which might
i ho used as guidance.
Growing apprehensions over the
i continued drouth in Tcx;r and Ok
lahonm ami reports that a storm was
in Tuesday: company I,. Center. Wed- raging in the vicinity <>| Ciilm put
(nt ton prices into new high ground lor
Friday; ! on Friday and middling at
’ Houston was advanced 7a points, or
' $ :.(i> per bale, wlilch broughi the of-
ficial quotation of middling to cents
per pound.
Ttie high record of last season was
:i|!'U cents per pound for Houston
last April. Reports from
Hie heavy growing sections of Texas
state that (ho deterioralion of the
crop within Hu- last two weeks has
l»ei’h the most severe on record for
the same length of time and crop esti-
mate: aie daily being sealed down
The latest esiimate, isaiied by the
■ commissioners of agriculture of
I Southern States Is for a crop of 11,-
‘ i for the entire South,
while the early government estimate
for mori’ than Ia.bOfi.nut) bales,
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XEARLA IMHl BALES GIXM D.
Some I *>(to bales of cotton have been
ginned by the two gins in the city
up to the time of going to press this
afternoon. The Rugeley gin reported
77S at lb o’clock this morning and
the McLendon gin 597, a total at that
hour of 1375 As both yards have
been crow led all day the figure is now
nearing the 15<i<» mark.
Cotton was reported to be worth
on the Houston market yesterday
General .1 F Wolters, commanding
ttie first brigade cavalry, who w is an >
1 tborized to organize a regiment of
infant! y in East Texas. Saud ay issued I
' definite instructions from Austin. I
lliai all units of Hie outfit must
ready for State muster Saturday | w itli Hie
i Ollier wise the officers authorized to j *11
i organize would have lh< ir authority
j revoked and the units placed else into
j where j "i(h troops
Already 12 of (he 15 regiments have :
been recruited to 1 HI men. the au-[ be t> itcralized any day
tliorized strength. The three remain
Ing ones are the two line companies
in
! Lake.
Ttie machine gun company and the j ioto the tederal
headquarters company of Hou: ton: lu<t
were niustered into State service yes
terday by Majoi 11. R. Clark. Stale .
mustering officer. The "M G " outfit j
was recruited by May Keller and th- 1
h< adquartt rs company by .lame:- H
Grant
petit lv
(gating against that of another
whole purpose and result of the con
fen nee wa to initiate a program that ,
w ill ■ i»rve to stabilize the sale of fish,
to assure a liberal mliiimnni price to ;
Llii' fisherman and to stimulate <> far
... possible an increased production
The chief handicap In securing in 1
(■'eased product Ion presented by all *
th * fish deniers on the Texirn coast i
was that the fishermen were being I
drafted Into the army, and that fed
oral relief is noc( ary or the Indus ,
try w ill lie crippled so is to make fl di |
product ion very difficult
N anticipation of the increased demand for our already large bus-
iness caused by the greatly increased wealth and population cl
Matagordo and surrounding counties of which Bay City is the
trade center, we have left no stone unturned, and now announce
that we are heavily stocked with dependable merchandise in
every department and that same is priced at fair and just figures,
much less than you would pay for like merchandise in big city
We especially invite comparison on Men’s and Boys’ Clothing,
and Ladies’ and Misses’ Suits, Dresses and Coats; goods that have been
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were over reciuitod.
A rush 14 cxpoctvU ihit4 week ot
lb(.-H» who wall! to get iu llie service -
home boy s ” By enlisting
tim Texas units before they art)
leiieralized. I’exans will not be pul
lord. i> out fits, but will remain
from their home State.
However, as the cavalry in liable to
now. certain
I ly not later than thin week, the rush
to b( come ' yellow legs ’ will prob-
llouHton unit the company at Engl J ably be large
W hen both cavalry and infantry go
•rv ice goes a^O the
t clmiKi to enlist before Hu pro
el di aft law is pul Inte oftcel
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lOTTOX RE HUES
Si ISDN’S Rl l ORD;
SI’OTS VI 32 I IX I S.
Chiialtaa Hctance nervice«
Sunday morning al 11 o’clock.
Sunday School every Sunday morn-
ing at 9.46 o’clock.
Testimonial meeting every
nesduy evening at 8 o'clock
The public is very cordially Invited
to attend all the services.
Corner Avenue C and Fifth Street.
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Buying war Havings stamps and
liberty' bounds Is not only the safest
Investment that can be made but tbo
easiest and most direct way to aid
your government
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Btiv War Savings Stamps
selected with great care from responsible makers who are leaders in
their respective lines. Notably among them the Virginia Dare Dresses
and Miss America Middies, all of which we can confidently recommend
The price of fish in Texas will
after September I bo regulated by the
federal food uuminiHtration for Texas
through six zone price Interpreting
eommlHeeH made up of fish dealers,
fishermen and consumers with the
county food administrator in e;u h
.•one as a member ex officio This
decision whm the outgrowth of a eon
fercilee of fish dealers and fishermen
held Thur day morning Au ust 15, at
the Render Hotel in Houston.
A Ki’eond decision was that the old
Huie ( la •-ific il bin of ’‘choice." "lite
diuiu” and ' small fish" would be
eliininnted as d led to too many abuse-;
and substitutions of one fish for an :
oilier and hereafter fish will lie sold
under its name ohly I’oinpano as .
Pompano; trout as trout, and red fish !
a red fish and ho on
The conference recommended
\dmlni-drater Pedon that a central or i
be appointed to 1
member of each of the ;
the
Pay it as gpvedily as possible and pledge
W e are now engaged in printing sta-
tionery supplies for glnners and ask I
those who Lave need for this material
to file their orders now, so that we
can have it ready by the time the gin-!
ning season opens up We can give!
you the best of work and guarantee'
satisfaction.
Tribune Printing Company
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War savings stamps help provide
that “Force, force to the utmost,
force without stint or limit, khe right-j
eons and triumphant force which shall |
make right the law of the world,”.1
which President Wilson says must be
used against our enemies.
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 240, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 17, 1918, newspaper, August 17, 1918; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1292891/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: 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.