The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 1913 Page: 5 of 10
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ELECTION
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MURDERER
W— WALKER
ARRESTED
SAN BENITO MARSHAL CAPTURES
N. M. VOGELSANG AND W. T. GOODE
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LEANDRO GARCIA.
INTERESTED IN LIVE OAK
COUNTY TOWNSITE.
Charged With Killing Conductor Joe
FURNITURE
Norris; Alleged Accomplice Still
at Large.
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Move the County Capital.
SEALY MATTRESS
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Glassware
Crockery
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Marian
Thompson,
the
Art Squares
Rugs
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a lot of
Store Phone, 101,
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Bay City, Texas. Residence Phone, 53
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WATER TWENTY-ONE FEET HIGH
LIVEOAK HUNTING CLUB.
Exclusive
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W. M. S. EXECUTIVE MEETING
BIG RISE IN COLORADO.
A REQUEST.
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CORN MILL IT TOTALLY BURNED.
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COTTON RECEIPTS.
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Mattings
Shades
FOR COUN-
TY SEAT ON
UNDERTAKING GOODS - STATE
LICENSED EMBALMER
MASTER MORTON McMAHAN
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
WiH Probably Equal the
Rise.
PROF. PERSONS RETAIN-
ED AS DEMONSTRATOR.
County Passes Order to Pay Halff the
Salary.
Fire at Wharton Causes Loss of Ap-
proximately $2500—Originates
in the Engine Room.
Will Distribute It Among Farmers
the County.
the lower
it be necessary.
Overflow Will Likely Be Greater Than
October One.
Game Warden Stephenson Says He
Did Not Say He Would Bring-
Rangers.
the
the
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of time in
Noth
great corn county and the action of the '
court is most commendable.
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The advertisers have the advantage
everytime when it comes to getting the
“shop early” folk.
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to thirty-1
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NEW BANK FOR LIVE OAK.
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BABY PERSONS IMPROVING.
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COUNTY BUYS SEED CORN.
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TRIBUNE MISINFORMED.
£3*
With the mean temperature of the
Jul
The many friends of Prof, and Mrs.
R. W. Persons will be heartily pleased
to know that their baby boy who has
been aflicted with infantile paralysis,
and whom Mrs. Persons has with her
now in San Antonio, is improving. He
is under the care of specialists in San
Antonio.
Miss Thelma Moore returned home
yesterday from Wharton after a pleas-
ant visit with Misses Constance and
Myie Moore.
At a recent meeting of the Com-
missioners’ Court of Matagorda Coun- care for or to read again,
ty, something over $100.00 was appro- from a family would add greatly to the
p-nin+zi/l of T^irt 'Rail flinH wifh
which to buy seed corn, which will be j
I Jirrriknnrl o m n o- tbo farmprc nf rhp I
Quite a lively election is on over in and white carnations and small dishes
Live Oak County to move the county
seat from Oakville, fivemiles from the
San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Rail-
road Company’s line, to the new town
of Live Oak, seven miles from Oakville
but on the railroad.
portant place.
Live Oak is the geographical center
of Live Oak County, pretty much as ■
East Side and Lower Portion of Vic-
toria Under Water—Frisco
Tracks Submerged.
recently in Live Oak Temperature Averaged 67.6 for Past 29
Days—Same Month in 1909
/ Was Haiui.
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GUADALUPE ON A RAMPAGE,
BREAKS OVER ITS BANKS
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" 1 business
Experienced banker, and we ,one remaining day of the month still
weRome him to our midst.—Live Oak aa unqnown quantity, November, 1913,
Enterprise.
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1911, the coldest November on
record since that of 1889, it was 57.8.
The coldest recorded November day
at Houston was November 29, 1911,
when the thermometer dropped to 23
degrees. As against that temperature,
and the average temperature of No-
vember last year when fires were ne-
cessary nearly all the month, Hous-
ton’s first frost for this season is still
in the future while fires have been
necessary on but two or three occa-
sion and then for only a few hours of
I the day.—Post.
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ALLEGED
The accused murderer was ar-
at San Benito late Saturday
while making his way to
Hem
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Mr. N. M. Vogelsang, a capitalist of
Bay City, was i — .
looking out a location, and predicted
a rosy'future for the new town. He
will oragnize a bank in due time. Mr.
Vogelsang is a successful
man, an <
cream
were a
delight to the eye as well as to the
palate.
It was indeed a fairy scene when all
were seated at the long table—Jiappy
little faces with eyes rolling about
for the world like kewpies—all doing
ample justice to the delicious “eats.”
Then the cake was cut, good luck sym-
bols falling to: Lucile Jones, the ring;
Woodliffe Brown, the needle; Betty
Kilbride, the heart; James Scott, the
ing, Mr. Vogelsang remarked that the
election is waxing warm and consid-
erable interest is being displayed by
both the proponents and opponents of
the measure.
If successful, a new town will spring
up on this new railroad from San An-
tonio to Corpus Christi which has ev-
ery promise of becoming quite an im- j Morton
Lucile Jones, Melba Collins, Lucile
.(Thompson, Jane Magill and Arthur
| Collins Jr., Henry Rugeley Jr., Wal-
[ cott Rugeley, Jack Eidman, Andy Hol-
man, Eugene Wilson, Stephen Foote,
Woodliffe Brown, Glennon Moore, Tol-
liver Huebner, James and Herman
Scott, Nolan Poole, “Boodledy” Stin-
nett, Mott Perry and Morton’s “big
girl” friends, Misses Nellie and Louise
Mayfield, Kathryn' Moore and Eunice
Baker.
for November date only from 1888.
The fact that a forecast of colder
weather for Sunday was issued favors
a possibility of the average daily mean
temperature for the month undergoing
a slight reduction.
The normal mean temperature for
November at Houston was 60.9. For
. —4 year it was three de-
the Commissioners’ Court of Matagor- I grees below normal and for Novem-
da County at a recent meeting engag- I ber,
ed his services for another year at a
salary of $1800.00, which represents a
raise of $300.00 over the past year.
The county agrees to pay one-half
this amount; the government and the
banks of the county making up the
balance.
Prof. Persons has done some, goer!
work’ this year and his employment
and raise in salary for next year, is a
and then we will. begin to ship the
manufactured product instead of the
raw material and thereby keep all our
profits at home.
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FLOOD COMING.
Victoria, Texas, November 27.—
The Guadalupe River at this point is
on a 21-foot rise. The flood is not so
great as during October, but it is suf-
ficient to put a portion of the city
under water, and reports of more
rains along the upper stretches of the
river and more
down make the citizens uneasy.
Special Agent J. D. Moore of Mata- ,
gorda County has just received final i
report of the amount of cotton ginned
up to the 14th of November, this year.
The report shows that 5,960 bales
hqve been ginned as against 6004 for
the same period last year.
recent heavy
Bay
irri
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high as in
continues t
will be done,
under water
life, but every
the new townsite and this company
owns 640 acres of land on the railroad
on which is located Live Oak. The
principal stockholders are N. M. Vo-
gelsang of Bay City and WT. T. Goode,
formerly of this city but now of San
Antonio. The rest of the stockhold-
ers reside in various parts of Live
Oak County.
The election to decide this impor-
tant question will be held December 6.!
In speaking of the matter this morn-
The Liveoak Hunting Club, an
elusive club comprised of twelve
Exclusive Preserves For
Membership.
held confections and mints in the pre-
vailing colors, while at each place
were pink rose receptacles filled with
candy for favors.
The refreshments carried out
scheme—small cakes in
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The following telegram was receiv-
ed today:
D. p. Moore, Bay City, Texas.
Flood expected within twenty- |were served by Misses Lolla King and
four to thirty-su, hours, probably Francis Poole.
equaling October rise. Cu^mbus re- | Thursday, being Thanksgiving Day,
ported seventeen-foot rise last twei. .the Missionary Society will not meet,
ty-four hours, with river six feet above
flood stage. BUNNEMEYER.
color scheme—small cakes in the
I shape of chickens with pink icing and
A company has been organized for ’Ce cream with whipped
and topped with pink hearts
WHEN YOU ARE DEAD.
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but r.-ui have a very important meet-
ing Friday at 3 p. m. All, come I
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FEW NOVEMBERS HAVE
BEENAS MILD AS THIS
Master Morton McMahan celebrated
his sixth birthday Friday afternoon
with a most enjoyable party.
A pink and white motif was charm-
ingly carried out in the decorations in
the entire reception suite, carnations
and roses being the chosen flowers.
In the dining room the table extend-
ed the entire length of the room and
was especially arranged for the occa-
sion just the proper height for the
small chairs on either side.
In the center of the table was the
Election to Be Held December 6th to birthday cake, resplendent with its six
blazing candles in pink rose holders,
and at each end were crystal candele-
bra each holding four unshaded pink
tapers. Two cut glass vases held pink
Mrs. J. O. King, president-elect of
the Missionary Society, called her
“cabinet” to meet in her home- Tues-
day afternoon. Every officer for 1914
answered the call and we had a 100
jper cent meeting—all very much in-
October terested in her particular line of work
—eager to learn all that she could that
would better fit her for the duties of
the new year.
After a long and very interesting
business meeting, chocolate and cake
So efficient and gratifyifig has been
the work of Prof.. R. W. Persons,
county crop demonstration agent, that < November last
dime, and
nickel.
Misses Nellie Mayfield, Eunice Bak-
er and Kathryn Moore directed the
children’s games on the long veranda,
and these were enjoyed to their heart’s
content until the clock’s chimes in-
dicated a late hour—and even then
some were loath to leave.
i was the recipient of many
nice remembrances, all wishing him
many happy returns of the day.
Morton proved himself the prince of
entertainers, inheriting the spirit of
hospitality for which the Morton home
is noted.
Those invited included: Margaret
and Betty Kilbride, Louise and Mar-
garet Leckie, Elizabeth Klein, Marian
Thompson, Savanna Flawkins, Francis
Taylor, Esther Leah Ditch, Corinne
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Bay City is the center of Matagorda
County, and is located in the heart
of a very rich agricultural section.
The county itself is very rich in agri- |
cultural and live stock possibilities
and is less developed than perhaps
any South Texas county.
On account of the connection of the
two gentlemen mentioned with the en-> pe*y> Lucil/£a^
terprise ,the outcome ofthe election
will be watched here with much
terest.
Another visitor to Houston Sunday
who brought discouraging news of the
rice crops was J. R. Tlusiey of Lane
City. “I believe that almost all of the
rice which was left in the fields when
the rains came will be a total loss to
the grower,” said Mr. Tinsley. “There
was about 40 per cent of the crop
standing in the fields at the time the
heavy rains hit our section of Texas,
and as a result, there will probably
not be more than half of the average
crop of rice produced there this year.”
—Houston Post.
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Wharton, Texas, November 29.—The
Superior Corn Mill was v^ieiv d'
stroved bv fire aere Fester^-y atter'
SJuii rue ^inated in the en-
gine roo”- alld sPread so rapidly that
,.aole building was ablaze before
the fire department arrived.
H. Y. Gauker, the owner, stated the
loss to fixtures and grain would prob-
ably amount to $2,500 and that $1,450
insurance was carried. The building
was owned by Tom Brooks and no in-
surance carried.
ex-
<
mem-
bers, has been organized here with
the purpose of prohibiting any kind
of hunting on the Hawkins Estate’s
lands, the J. C. Carrington lands, the
B. E. Norvell and the Dr. W. F. Box
lands in the southeastern portion of
the county. >
These game preserves will be guard-
ed closely and anyone caught hunting
any kind of game witljin the limits
(designated will be prosecuted to the
fullest extend of the law. The lands
thus protected abound in deer, some
bear and smaller game and the .pur-
pose of the Liveoak Hunting Club is
to protect it all and give it all the
chance to multiply.
The membership is composed of the
following Bay City gentlemen. Hy.
Rugeley, president; B. E. Norvell, sec-
retary-treasurer; V. L. LeTulle, P. A.
McLendon, Arthur Collins, A. E. Stin-
nett, J. C. Carrington,..Ed J. Kilbride,
Dr. W. F. Box, Col. John N. Simpson,
R. R. Lewis and Col. Ike Towell.
Each member is permitted to in-
vite, at any time, two and only two of
his friends.
If you have novels or books of gen-
eral interest whieu would be suitable
for the old ladies of the Confederate
woman’s Home at Austin, they would
be much appreciated by Miss Katie
Daffan, the superintendent of the
home. Miss Daffan wishes to collect
as many books as she -can and give
them to the old ladies on Christmas,
of. These books would be a great pleasure
and would help these old women to
while away the weary hours.
Books that you have read and do not
One book
Information has reached the sher-
iff’s office that Leandro Garcia, a
strapping Mexican wanted in Sweetly
for the killing of Joe Norris, a con-
ductor of the St. Louis, Brownsville &
Mexico railroad, has been arrested at
San Benito by the city marshal of that
place. Garcia’s alleged accomplice, Si-
milo Flores, is still at large.
The news of Garcia’s capture was
brought to Corpus Christi this morn-
ing by Constable E. Hope of Robs-
town,
rested
night
Brownsville, the place of his birth.
Garcia is over six feet in height and
a very powerful man.
; Flores, his fellow fugitive, is a.
hunchback. Sheriff Wright at An-
gleton has offered $25 reward for the
fugitives’ capture, the Order of Rail-
way Conductors at Kingsville offer-
ed $200 and the State offered $200, a
! total of $425. Conductor Norris was
killed with a crow-bar, at Sweeny.
Ae negro has been sent to San Be-
nito to identify the prisoner.—CoTpus
Christi Caller.
EMB
When you are dead, my worthy
friend—and someday you must die—
the crowd will stand along the curb
to see the hearse go by; and at the
church the folks will stand and raise
a mournful howl and pile
roses on the box that you are in. And
people then will shake their heads
and say it is a shame that such a hon-
ey bird as you should have to quit the
game; and when beneath the sod you
rest in your mail order gown, you’ll
have a nice big monument that’s sure
to hold you down. But little will it
avail, for you’ll be sleeping sound,
and honors do not count for much
with people under the ground. You’d
rather have some kindness while you
tread this vale of tears, than have
your dust lamented o’er for fifty mil-
lion years.—Walt Mason.
A heavy rise is coming down the
river which, in all probability, will be !
greater than the big overflow in Oc-
tober. The river levees will no doubt
receive immediate attention in tho +
the rise is said to be of " *erY menac" 1
ing character.
State Game Warden Stephenson,
flood waters coming after reading Friday’s Tribune editor-
jial called at the office and asked us
The river broke over its banks soon to state for him that we were misin-
after entering the city and on the formed about some statements charged
east side it is a quarter of a mile to him which were embodied in the
wide. The water has reSphed Victoria editorial. He says that no man ever
Avenue and the Frisco station is inun- ‘ heard him say that he was going to
dated, the tracks being under water,' send for soldiers or rangers and that
although the depot building itself is he ne5 er thought of doing such
dry. thinS-
Little fear is felt of a disastrous ■
flood, f
' J He also asked us to say that he is
for the people are not appre- : anxious to work with the local offi-
hensive that the waters will get so ' cers and to have them to work with
l October, but if the river him in the enforcement of the game
to rise considerable damage laws.
None of the homes are! As to the Bell County men, Mr.
sufficiently to endanger Stephenson said that they told him
precaution is being that they resisted arrest \)r refused to
taken to. give help to those living in (be arrested by him and that he went
districts of the city should i with Deputy Carr but was not at the
| camp when Mr. Carr served the
papers.
Mr. Stephenson further adds that he
holds nothing against any man and is
anxious to get along with everybody.
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Great havoc, was worked
the rice fields by the
rains,” said Phil E. Davant of
City, who is connected with an
gating compahy of that sec+-'i-
am not quite prepared +' ulake a def-
inite estimate of daniage done,
but a large zC of the rice which
was stand- 6 fields will be a
total. and the cr°P wil1 fall short
oeing anything like an average rice
crop for this ^section.”—Houston Post.
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You still have plenty
which to set out strawberries,
ing will pay you any better.
priated out of the Birt Ball fund with ■ collection.
I If you have any such books and
distribued among the farmers of the J would like to donate them to the Con-
county. As was shown by recent de- federate Woman’s Home library,
velopments Matagorda County is a please communicate with me.
MRS. H. L. RUGELEY,
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Dolls for Christmas, dressed to or-
der, by the ladies of the Episcopal
Altar Guild. Phone Mrs. W. H. Stin-
nett. tfg
Cotton Mill De-
clared Dividend
promises with almost certainty to go
1 on record as being next to the mildest
| November in the history of Houston
I to date with a mere possibility of
breaking the record in that respect.
For the first 29 days of the month
estimated at the Houston Weather
_ , , ., < . daily
reau Saturday, the average me;
. gainst an
temperature was 67.6 as
, .. temperature of
average mean daily
P- c r NT , j 909. The records
67.8 for November
The Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills
have just brought a ray of pleasure
into the thoughts of their stock-
holders by the issuance of their reg-
ular semi-annual dividend checks of
p per cent. All of Cuero is highly
gratified with the substantial show-
ing the mills are making.—Cuero Rec-
ord.
The day is fast approaching when
home manufacturing enterprises are
going to issue dividends regularly. The
■only mystery is wThy they haven’t paid
all along. It seems peculiarly strange
that they haven’t paid especially since
they have been situated all along
right at the door of the raw product. 1 fitting compliment to his earnest and
But things are different now and 1 painstaking efforts,
when a few’ mills manufacturing the
eoarser goods begin to pay this ■vNill 1
lead to the dpening of finer cloth mills
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 1913, newspaper, December 5, 1913; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1299656/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.