The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1919 Page: 3 of 8
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LOCALS AND PERSONALS.
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Mr. George Sargent, of Matagorda,
Mors than 40,000 window displays
are being prepared for use in mercan-
HELD IN SIX CITIES TO
DISCUSS PLANS.
NAMED
AMERICA”
In to Appeal For 1,000,000
Workers.
WOMEN PRAYING AND
WORKING CONSTANTLY.
HERBINE at bedtime. 1
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If, according to the weather men,1
the wet weather is to cease
the two and a half months remaining '
cannot pass any too soon.
The commissioners present at to-1
day’s sitting are Henry Sanders, Paia->
The services of some of the fore- i
most artists in the country have been
obtained in connection with the Third
Red Cross Roll Call, November 2 to 11. I
Posters by Howard Christy and Has-
kell Coffin are features of a prelim-
inary text poster campaign that is
being inaugurated.
The Christy poster is entitled “The
Spirit of America.1
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in process of formation at each place.
State Directors have been appointed
to take charge of the rapidly forming
machine. Added impetus has been
given to the preliminary campaign by
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STATE LACKS SUPPORT.
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Members of Congress Give No En-
couragement to Latest
Scheme.
as Henry returned
some weeks back.
Word has been received from Coop- Cross Chapters asking a renewal of
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but the interests of the children and
the parents are at stake. The board
invitation is accompanied b/ a season
ticket for the editor and lady.
Mr. W. B. Garrett and family are
moving to the second floor of the Tri-
bune building today. j
We believe it probably rained again
last night and today. I
Mrs. J. C. Carrington and Mrs. Mary
Mosley have returned from a pleasant
visit in Palacios.
calomel. It is guaranteed to start
your liver without stirring you up
inside, and can not salivate.
Don’t take calomel! It makes yoa
sick the next day; it loses you a day’s)
work. Dodson’s Liver Tone straight-
ens you right up and you feel great.
Give it to tb ■; children because it is,
perfectly harmless and doesn’t gripe. _j
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constipated and all knocked out and
believe you need a dose of dangerous
calomel, just remember that your
druggist sells for a few cents a large.
bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone, which
is entirely vegetable and pleasant to
take and is a perfect substitute for
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Washington, Oct. 16.—No support
was found in congressional circles by erning Africa.
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and that work of filling the orders passed ^be orderj the physicians of
for shell and sand will soon begin. the cit^ said the hour .g better> the
Practically all the stock in the ccm“ [ patrons think it best for themselves
and their children and the Tribune
would like to know why the matter is
delayed.
There will be a union service at
the Methodist Church next Sunday
; in the interest of the children
There will be a chil-<
, drens’ choir to lead the singing. All
I children who will help with the mu-
sic will please go to the Methodist
; Church for practice, on Wednesday,
| Thursday and Friday afternoons, di-!
Mobilization of the vast army of
Red Cross workers has begun. Re-
ports reaching Red Cross division
headquarters in St. Louis indicate that
plans for the Third Roll Call, Novem-
Collegeport, ber 2 to 11, are well under way In
almost every one of the 655 Red Cross
. Chapters in the five states—Missouri,
Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkan-
sas — comprising the Southwestern
Division.
Chapter Roll Call Directors have
been 'appointed in virtually every city,
I ings, heartburn, spells of dizziness,
now . being mailed and constipated bowels? If so, Prick-
hpariniiartprs ly Ash Bitters is the medicine for you,
neaaquarten,,^
1 for such disorders. Phice $1.25 per
Matagorda Pharmacy, Special
Calomel loses you a day! You know what calomel is. It’s
mercury; quicksilver.. Calomel is dangerous. It crashes into
sour bile like dynamite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel,
attacks the bones and should never be put into your system.
days and
llis i Mr. J. Arch Elmore, of Wharton,
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’, spent yesterday in Bay City on busi-
ness.
In behalf of the parents of Bay City
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“THE TRAIL OF THE
LONESOME PINE.”
outstretched in supplication. The
‘ • bears only the Inscription
“Third Red Cross Roll Call.” Another
poster has to do with the .better health
program of the Red Cross and has the
“Greatest Mother” as a background to
a text which reads “Make our Red
Peace as in War — The
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From Wednesday’s Daily.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Foulks have
as their guests Mr. and Mrs. S. M.
Spencer and daughter, Marion, from
Glen Allan, Mississippi.
Mr. Wm. Cash left today for Palo
Pinto County to look after the Hollo-
way holdings, which are now lying
between two big producing oil wells.
Quite a number of Bay City people are
interested in these lands.
Mr. M. Thompson left yesterday for
Houston on business.
The weather bureau at Houston in
giving out yesterday’s report stated
' Foremost Painters Portray “Greatest eminent acquire 500 square miles in;
Mother in the World” and Texas and a like area in Northern I
Red Cross Nurse. j Mexico immediately opposite the Tex-j
as land, which would be made into a
negro state.
When it was suggested that 1,000
square miles would hardly be suffi-
cient land to give homes to 11,000,000
members of the negro race, Dr. Mad-
; den said all 'probably would not want
to go at the outset, and if it became
crowded additional territory could be
secured by the government and make
it possible for the newcomers to ob-
tain title.
The spokesman for the delegation
conferred with Representative Madden
of Illinois, who gave him little en-
couragement that the scheme could be
made to work' Senator Spencer of
Missouri, another member of congress
sought by Dr. Madden, expressed doubt
vuuiviieo. xnc vymxxkxxxo that the idea would be acceptable to
Societies in the South number 8,010; | the negroes of the country, and until
the Young Women’s Auxiliaries, 1,- iT x
,348; Girls’ Auxiliaries, 744; Royal
Ambassadors, 561; Sunbeams, 3,351.
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Neuralgia of the face, shoulders,
hands, or feet requires a powerful
remedv that jvill penetrate the flesh,
BALLARD’S. SNOW LINIMENT pos-
sesses that power. Rubbed in where
the pain is felt is all that is neces-
sary to relieve suffering and restore
normal conditions. Sold by Matagor-
and Huston’s Drug
One of the greatest scenes in Eu-
gene Walters’ dramatization of “The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine” is laid
in Jqdd Tolliver’s cabin, Young Dave-
Mr. W. C. Guynn of Bay City was June’s own cousin, whd is in love with
her; is a fugiteve accused of shooting
Berkley, Jack’s chum and partner.
June hides him in her bedroom. I’
father carries in her love’s wounded spirit of America.” A silken flag—
comrad, while Jack, who follows him, the National Colors—forms the back-
demands from June the surrender of ground in front of which stands the
the fugitive. June refuses, and Mr. appealing figure of a Red Cross nurse.
Walter has devised a heart gripping; the poster is a large
„„„„„ <„x x, x • red cross and the inscription “Join.”
scene between the primitive mountain j — t> j n i
. , , v | The Red Cross nurse is also the
girl and the educated man wherein ; BubjQct of the p08ter by CoffIn>
love and duty battle. It is the story' jn pastel shades and portrays one
of the law of the family and the law' of the merciful workers with arms
of the land.
In the production special attention Poster
'“Third
day, that he was getting along nicely,
and -would return in about three
weeks.
Mr. G ,M. Reed, of Markham, was ONE
a business visitor to the city today, j
Jane Ware as June, in “The Trail of
, the Lonesome Pine,” Grand Opera
House, Monday, Oct. 20,—Not a
moving picture.
i after eating? Do you have sour ris-
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From Saturday’s Daily.
Miss Thelma Moore left yesterday
for Washnigton, D. C., where she will
attend school during the 1919-20 ses-
sion. She was accompanied as far as
Houston by her sister, Mrs. C. M.
O’Brian.
Mr. C .D. Pickett, whose home is in
Brazoria, was- painfully injured yes-
terday when he fell from a scaffod
while at work on the First State Bank
building. He fell some ten feet and
struck on the back of his neck and
shoulders. A physician was summon-
ed and he was taken to the hospital
where he is now resting well.
Mr. F. M. Stubbs, of Robstown, is
in the city for a few days buying cat-
tle. Mr. Stubbs is an extensive cotton
farmer in the Robstown country and
had a fine crop when the storm struck
Sept. 14, and picked it for him. He
stated, however, that a number of the
farmers had picked much of their
crops and that not all of them lost
out entirely. They all suffered prop-
erty looses, more or less.
Aw! what’s the use in letting a lit-
tle old 9-inch rain get your "goat?
Remember Noah, and be glad you
haven’t got to take a pair of such
things as mosquitos, snakes or cock-
roaches into an ark with you and feed,
doctor and live with them for forty
days and nights. You don’t know a
good thing when you see it, nohow!
Continued bad weather is hitting
the rice crop a serious blow. xA
change for the better must come or
the farmers wrill lose heavily on their
crops, much of which yet remains in'
the fields unthreshed.
Merrill L. Heisey and Elmer C. Pine
of Collegeport passed through the city
yesterday en route Dallas to attend:
the 90th Division reunion.
Rev. John Sloan, formerly of Bay;
City and Matagorda County, but now
of Houston, is in ,the city for a few
days doing some special work for the
Masonic lodge. He is meeting 1
many old time friends and is having
a good time.
A dry norther now would be worth,
thousands of dollars to a certain sec-1
tion of Texas, known as Matagorda
County.
Mr. T. L. Tucker, of Palarios, pass-'
•ed through the city yesterday on his
way to Angleton on business. He
stated that the big dredge to be used-
by the Palacios Shell Co. has arrived
Department stores in the larger cities
have promised to feature these dis-
plays during the Roll Call period.
Special moving picture slides and
An efficient dollar is one invested motion news pictures have been
in war savings stamps. Wake up and arranged for and will be provided for
buy W. S. S. prior to r.nd during the campaign.
is paid to costume, properties, and I
scenic environment and each act is a,
gem of stage portraiture.
The play is meeting the same grand
success that greeted the charming' Cross in Peace as
book by John Fox Jr., who is also the Greatest Mother in the World.”
author of “The Little Shepherd of!
Kingdom • Come.” j
With Jane Ware in the role of June i ^e_
and a New York company the drama
comes here Monday, October 20.
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Dallas, Texas, Oct. 15.—After hav-
ing personally participated in many
of the annual meetings of the Wom-
an’s Auxiliaries to the Baptist Asso-
ciations of Texas since September 1,
i Mrs. A. F. Beddoe of Dallas, state or-
Missionary
. Union in the Southern Baptist $75,-
i 000,000 campaign, announces that the
prospects for success are exceedingly
bright; that the women are praying
en-
thusiasm is steadily increasing in all
the districts.
“I want to appeal to every Baptist
. woman in Texas to line up and be-
come active as never before in this
, vital work for the advancement of the
kingdom,” says Mrs. Beddoe. “We
need every woman and every child in
the state enlisted now for the biggest
and best campaign Texas
have ever undertaken. I believe
will have double the number of
listed women we now have at
close of the campaign. Many
societies have been organized, but
there must be many more before Vic-
tory Week, Nov. 30-Dec. 7.”
The Baptist women of Texas have
or one-
in by the hundreds to Red Cross
headquarters. “Once a Red Cross
worker, always a Red Cross worker”
is the slogan adopted. Soldiers,
sailors and marines, some of whom
were in the thick of the fighting
Mrs. Grover Moore and litle son are overseas, are offering their services.
I visiting Mrs. L. E. Beadle of Houston. Many of these men will be utilized the needs of our mission fields and the
Mrs. J. C. Carrington is visiting rel- as speakers to describe some of the missionary work of our denomination
benefits accruing to the fighting men
by reason of the presence of the Red
Cross in the field of hostilities.
i During the first part of the cam-
paign there will be a house-to-house
canvassing for Red Cross member-
ships under a distinct arrangement;
but on the last two days district lines
pany has been placed and the con-
/ cern is now ready for business.
Most of us who woqjd like to ex-
press ourselves about this weather
can’t do so in print, but we are doing
some tall old thinking all right, all
right. ,
Mr. Walter Hicks, formerly of Bay) of BaJ, City
a visitor in the city during the week-
end—Eagle Lake Headlight.
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Wormy children are unhappy, puny
and sickly. They can’t be otherwise
while worms eat away their strength
and vitality. A few does of WHITE’S
CREAM VERMIFUGE performs a
carvelous transformation. Cheerful-
ness, strength and the rosy bloom of
health speedily return. Sold by Mat-
agorda Pharmacy and Huston’s Drug
Store.
Mr. A. J. Harty has returned from
a business trip to Houston.
Mr. M. Thompson returned last
Phar-' night from a business trip to Houston, the holding of State-wide Roll Call
Capt. R. R. Lewis, of Houston, is in conferences recently at St.
the city for a few days on business.
The Tribune is in receipt of a copy City and kittle Kock, at which definite jn bookiet of instructions to four-
of the Ranger Daily Press, a new pa- campaign plane affecting every section minute kers
of each State in the division were „ m
per just launched in the North Texas ^eci(je(j upon from Texas campaign
' oil field. George Baker, a former Bay IMeanwhile responses to the call for Dallas, to an aimy of campaign talk-
City boy, is reporter on the paper. 1,000,000 volunteer workers to serve ers throughout the state. “They have: bottle.
i Henry Yeager left today for Texas during the coming drive are pouring chosen as their minimum share of the' Agents.
I City where he has a contract for sev- in the hundreds to Red Cross money part of it the sum of $15,000,-
i eral months work headquarters. “Once a Red Cross ooo, and by prayer, study, teaching,
J. R. Reynolds is attending the 7°rl“r- aTays a R?d ,Cr°ss ow??er” enlistment and the giving of self and
' „ . is the slogan adopted. Soldiers, , ■,
World Cotton Conference in New Or- Eailori( and marlnes of money the. w.U certainly succeed,
and school patrons in general we will1 leans tMs Week' * were in the thick of the fighting They are a source of tremenduos pow-
; u xC u ■> g X ! 1 Mrs- Grover Moore and litle son are overseas, are offering their services. er because they give more study to
ask why the schools are not observ- -
ing the recent order of the board to
give the hour at noon instead of 3o ' . .
X o rr,, rr, -f , ex-, UtlVOS 111 DallaS.
, minutes? The Tribune does not teel T1 x _ __ _
' , x x, , x i Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cor-
that the teachers have no argument, , ,, m
. J ,, . , , „ ,, , Z , bett, on Tuesday afternoon, a son.
hiir rhn i t nnn n * c< t- l-> AHiIrlvnn n-nrl
I Texas no longer refers to her rain-
fall in inches, but is measuring it by
the foot. And, ^s for averages, they
have all been wiped out.
It rained again today after a seri-
ous drouth of about fourteen hours.
There are now strong' hopes enter-
tained by the farmers for a very good
season in the ground.
A good dry norther now would be
worth at least 15 cents.
If this weather would not dampen
one’s ardor and everything else he
has or ever expects to have, what
i would?
It probably rained' again today, and
if -it rains again tomorrow it will, in
all probability, be another wet day.
You cant’ tell.
Mr. J. R. Trousdale, of Simpson-
ville, spent today in the city on busi-
ness.
Fashions’ Note: As winter
proaches ladies are discarding
furs and sweaters. Moth ball scent
i will be noticeable again next summer.
Austin Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Amos Lee, who has been in the United
States navy for the past several
months, has returned home, arriving
j yesterday. Austin’s return re-unites
Mrs. Mae Brunner and litle daugh- <the Lee
ter, Elaine, have returned home from
Houston.
Miss Jo Sargent of Matagorda spent
yesterday in the city.
they gave their assent as a race thera
would be little use of considering the
matter.
Madden asked for an interview with
Preisdent Wilson, which could not be
arranged owing to the president’s ill-
ness. Madden maintains that his
plan, which he says he has talked be;
fore many audiences of negroes, al-
ways finds hearty approval and is
advanced as one means for solving the <
race problem. Neither of the mem- |
hers of congress interviewed by the I
visitors agreed with the contention I
that the nrdg was not a citizen of the !
country. '
In an address on the league of na-
tions in the senate a few days ago
Senator France of Maryland advocat-
ed education of the negro by the
United States along governmental
lines, with a view of the negro gov-
' was found in congressional circles by erning Africa. The suggestion was
, Dr. M. M. Madden, negro evangelist, listened to with keen interest by sen-
and attorney of Oklahoma City, for the ators on both sides of the chamber,
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ent state for negroes in the Rio! Keen your stomach, liver and bow-
Grande Valley of Texas and Northern Ials in ^nod condition if you would
! • mi -i » have health. Pricklv Ash Bitters
Mexico. The negro, spokesman ior a gnd strengthsns these
organs
delegation of fifty from other South-} and helT)S the system to resist disease
j ern states, proposes to have the gov- gers. It is the remedy for working
(men. Price $1.25 per bottle. Mata-
igorda Pharmacy, Special Agents.
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I Read The Tribune want ads.
than any other class; and because
they have their stated meetings and
discuss these great matters and pray
much about them, and because they
are more liberal according to their
means.”
There are 24,885 Baptist churches
in the South, approximately 3,000 of
them being found in Texas. The W.
M. U. organizations are seeking to
enlist in the $75,000,000 campaign ev-
ery woman of every one of these
churches. The Woman’s Missionary
You get both by using Cole’s i
Hot Blast Heaters.
Mr. J. P. Keller spent yesterday at'
Gulf on business. I
Mr. G. J. Gupton, of Gulf, was a FIGHTING MEN VOLUNTEER and working constantly, and that
business visitor to Bay City today. • ■
A round bright ball, apparently of
' fire,' has been seen at intervals today Responses by^the Hundreds^Pouring
in the skies. Some of the old timers ,
say that it resembles what we used
to know as the sun, but of this they r
are not positive as the mildew has
not dried off the surface good yet.
Perhaps it is the sun—who knows?
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From Thursday’s Daily.
Mr. Sam Primm, of
spent today in Bay City.
Mrs. Chas. Isham and 'daughter,
Miss Viola, of Beadle, spent today in
the city.
News Item: Sun was caught shin-
ing again today.
Mr. N. M. Vogelsang arrived home town and county and with but few set their goal at $3,200,000,
does not digest last night from the Desdemona oil exceptions working organizations are fifth of the minimum to be raised in
well and you feel “blue,” tired and' fields ■ *n Process ot formation at each place. ^.be state. It is expected that an-
jx------- — j ----- _i—u .l— _ i,xxi.i State Directors have been appointed x , -«x , i.,
Mr. A. J. Harty has returned from ... . . ? . nouncement of large gifts by wealthy
It onens the to take charge of the rapidly forming . . , , .
r:. ia business trip to Houston. machine. Added impetus has been Baptist women will shortly begin to
stores a fien feeling of health and j Mr. M. Thompson returned last given to the preliminary campaign by appear in the press.
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Louis, the Baptist $75,000,000 campaign,” de-
Topeka, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma clares Director eGneral Scarborough
City and Little Rock, at which definite
campaign plans affecting every section
of each State in the division were
decided upon. .
Meanwhile, responses to the call for
1,000,000 volunteer workers to serve
will be disregarded and former service
men as well as women volunteer
workers will take up their tasks with
roving commissions. Not only are
discharged service men wanted as
Red Cross canvassers but State and
National Guardsmen are urged to
enroll as quickly as possible. The
Red Cross welcomes assistance of all
former Army and Navy officers and
men who approved of the work of the
Red Cross during the war.
Speakers and writers are being
sought by the organization and asked
to “do their bit.” Numerous accept- i
ances already have been received from
speakers and at present a determined
effort is being made to obtain the
services of all newspaper men who
saw service overseas and are qualified
to speak or write of their adventures. 1 fa Pharmacy
A Preliminary campaign is being Store,
waged through text posters and other I 0 °
printed matter that has been sent to PLAN FOR FREE NEGRO
throughout the country.
Red Cross officials are stressing
the point that the drive is to be made !
for memberships only and that no
appeal is contemplated wherein the
general public will be asked for funds.
An encouraging number of public
spirited men and women through the
division already have applied at Red •
Colorado for about the steenth time guess. “Safe guess,”
this year. Even the elements are be- time, but the thing that worries us is,'
coming wasteful: i wby does the bureau mjss s0 many1
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with 1919 of its guesses?
! Some of the children of Bay City
I were delighted this morning to see
the sun for the first time, while many
of the older ones had trouble in rec-
Hawkins, Matagorda, and J. H. Pyle, ognizing the old duffer.
Bay City. j Comfort and economy make happy STATE CONFERENCES RECENTLY ganizer of the Woman’s
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was a business visitor to Bay City
today. |
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Harty returned
today from a visit to Houston.
Mrs. Frank Anseline returned yes-
terday from Houston where she had'
been visiting relatives.
Mr. Tas. Thornhill, of Matagorda,
has returned from a visit to Bryan
and Houston.
Mrs. E. A. Davidson was summon-
ed to San Antonio yesterday, owing to
the sudden illness of her daughter,
Mrs. C. R. Byars,.
The weather bureau promised us
fair weather Sunday and again Mon-
day, but the weather seemed to en-
tertain a different idea altogether and
refused to clear up. But if the bureau
will keep on guessing perhaps it will
“probably” hit it between now and
Christmas. . And we all know it is bet-
ter late than never at all.
Mrs. C. A. Erickson and Mrs. E. M.
Wiliamson left yesterday for Waco,
where they will attend the Grand
Chapter Eastern Star, now in session
in that city.
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er Gusman, who underwent an oper-
| ation in a Houston sanitarium yester-
Col. Abel ,B. Pierce, of Blessing,:
spent today in Bay City on business*
“It rained for forty
nights.”
Judge and Mrs. Samuel J. Styles
have returned from the Dallas Fair
and report a pleasant trip, in spite of
the heavy rains while they were there.
Mrs. George Pepper* and .son of
Rock Springs are in the city visiting
in the Robt. E. Baker home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wood are in
Dallas enjoying the Fair.
energy. Sold by Matagorda
I macy and Huston’s Drug Store.
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i From Tuesday’s Daily.
I Mr. Albert Taylor, a prominent bus-'
' iness man of Luling, spent yesterday
■ in Bay City on business.
j Hon. Wm. E. Austin has returned
from a brief business visit to San
; Antonio.
Mr. J. Arch
City, but now of Houston, spent
Thursday in Bay City on business.
The clocks are to be set back for
good Sunday, Oct. 26. With this fool
fad out of the way perhaps the ele-j
ments will get back to a comomnsense. rec^y after school is dismissed. |
way of acting. I Tbe Tribune acknowledges the re-
Mr. Ed. P. Layton, of Matagoida, cejpj. oj an invitation to attend the
was a 1
Thursday.
Tribune’s backcast for Friday, Oct.
10, 1919: ’
Copyright Applied For.
business visitor to Bay City Texas Cotton Palace Exposition at
Waco, October 25 to November 9. The
We think it probably rain- j
ed. Copyright Applied For.
Mr. Abel B. Pierce, of Blessing, on
his way to Sargent, was marooned
in Bay City today.
■Well, yes, it sometimes rains in this
section. Perhaps not over' six, seven,
eight or nine inches, but it rains just
the same,—and then some.
Mr. Sam Primm, of Collegeport, was
business visitor to Bay City today.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hollow'ay, who
have been spending the summer in
the North and East, have returned
home, arriving Thursday.
Mrs. Robert N. Smith and son, who
have been visitng relatives in Tulia,
have returned home.
More bad weather everywhere.
Crops that were already short have
been more seriously damaged by the
incessant downpour, which shows not
the slightest indication to cease. With
the crop so seriously impaired will
come slack business in the course of
time and bad collections. The rosy
prospects of a few weeks ago have
been shattered.
Frank Meece, of Houston, is in the
city for a ’few days on business.
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SURGEONS agree that in cases
cuts, burns, bruieses and wounds, the
FIRST TREATMENT is most impor-
tant. When an EFFICIENT antisep-
tic is applied promptly, there is no
danger of infection and the wound be-
gins to heal at once. For use on man
or beast, BOROZONE is the IDEAL
ANTISEPTIC and HEALING AGENT.
Buy it now and be ready for an
exnlrgency. Sold by aMtagorda Phar-
macy and Huston’s Drug Store.
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From Monday’s Daily.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Giles of Whar-
ton spent Friday afternoon visiting in
the city. Mr. and Mrs. Giles are for-
mer citizens of this city and their
tnany friends here are always glad to
see them.—Eagle Lake Headlight.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Bell are moving
to Bay City this week. We are sorry
to lose these good people, and wish
them health and happiness in their
new home.—Wharton Advertiser.
Mr. B. A. Ryman, of Matagorda,
visited in Bay City Saturday.
The Commissioners’ Court met to-
day in regular monthly session.
Mr. George E. Serrill has returned
from a very interesting trip to New
York and other Eastern cities.
Another big rise is coming down the that a prediction of rain was a safe
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1919, newspaper, October 17, 1919; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1294568/m1/3/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.