The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1914 Page: 1 of 18
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WHOLE COUNTY AND EVERY SECTION OF OUR COUNTY.
TO OUR COUNTY, OUR
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
BAY CITY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1914.
COWS PAY
A LOCAL W. C.
'NEW POSTMAS-
BETTER THAN
T. U. ORGAN-
TER ASSUMES
IZED TODAY
CHARGE HERE
Chas.
Mrs.
secretary,
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Mrs. A. D.
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Granite W are
Get Our Prices
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OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE
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NOTICE TO FARMERS.
DOUBEK & HAWKINS
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We Buy Direct From the Manufacturer
You Get Benefit of Low Prices
A GREAT DE-
LIVERANCE BY
GIFTED WOMAN
CONVENTION
CLOSES; OFFI-
CERS NAMED
B. A. MYERS.
MRS. E. C. VAN NESS.
and
They
Mrs. Nannie Webb Curtis, State Pres-
ident of the W. C. T. ! •<> Lec-
tured to a Packed House
Last Night.
Owing to the strength of the har-
row no angle braces are needed.
This makes it a very flexible har-
row and means good work on rough
land.
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H YS FIFTEEN THOUSAND
TREASURY WARRANTS.
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L. G. Hamilton of Houston appear-
ed at last night’s meeting of the city
council and bought $15,000 worth of
Bay City treasury warrants, the
money to be paid over within the next
few weeks.
Win. E. Sayers Checked Out and Ar-
thur S. Collins Checked in Sat-
urday Night—Very Little
Change in the Force.
’Twas April ...............
Miss Helen Norvell
Maiden’s Wish............
. Miss Harrison
Sonata, a major, theme and var...
........................ Beethoven
Miss E. Alice Holman
concert Polka.........J. .Irme Alfody
Miss E. Alice Holman
Supt. Press Department, Mrs. A. R.
Reekie;
Supt. Health Department, Mrs. H.
She also obtained a rousing vote in
favor of Senator Morris Sheppard’s
aUonwide prohibition amendment.
She called on the ladies to meet hex
t the Methodist Church at 10 o’clock
his morning, to organize a local W.
ng will be found elsewhere in this
C. T. U. and an account of that meet-
caper.
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VOLUME SIXTY-EIGHT—NO. 20.
MRS. FORD’S
MUSICALA DIS-
TINCTTRIUMPH
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At 10 o’clock this morning the ladies
f the city met Mrs. Curtis at the
Aethodist Church, and after due dis-
mission a local Woman’s Christian
''emperance Union was organized with
1 members, and the following officers
vere chosen:
President, Mrs. Jno. W. Gaines;
Corresponding secretary; Miss Eula
Sims;
Recording
Tew;
Treasurer, Miss Bettie McLendon;
Supt. Mothers’ Department, Mrs. V.
U. LeTulle;
Supt. Social Department, Mrs? G. A.
doore;
Supt. Sabbath School Work, Mrs.
Vm. Cash;
Supt. Foreign
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Ithtagoriifl Countn (tribune.
TO OUR PRIDE IN ITS PAST AND OUR HOPE FOR ITS FUTURE, ADD VIGOROUS WORK IN THE LIVING PRESENT.
and both will be missed by a large
circle of friends.
Mr. Collins is a native of the coun-
ty, served several terms as county
treasurer, and is a very popular man.
Since retiring from the treasurer’s of-
fice Mr. Collins has been growing
rice on an extensive scale, but has
always maintained his residence in
Bay City.
“No Holes in Tooth « I
Bars.’’ Teeth are B
bolted on. This adds B
K r.e_a..ytY_ to _ t h e S |
Harrow. B I
Last night’s program was an intel-
lectual and oratorical feast, and but
for the rain and wind the church
would have been crowded. Even as it
was, the people came in such num-
bers as to drav{ from Mrs. Wiggins a
hearty complinf^t to the city for its
zeal in Sunday schooljg’ork.
Mrs. Wiggins .^nade’a talk on Home
Department wort that must have in-
spired every hearer to covet the work
of a
work.
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tured
has a
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Ware are young singers who have
studied with Mrs. Ford for only a
few months, and who show careful
training in the right direction. Their
voices were sweet and natural, their
manner easy and their enunciation
good. Their songs were happily
chosen, being simple and tuneful, with
a direct appeal at the first hearing.
Bay City is fortunate in having two
such competent and conscientious
teachers as Mrs. Ford and Miss Hol-
man. Our young people need not go
from hpme to secure thorough training
in either voice or piano. After taking
a dipldma in music at college, Mrs.
Fiord studied with the best teachers in
New York, Cincinnati and Chicago.
I Miss Holman received her training
at the New England Conservatory, at
Boston. Mass. Miss Holman’s piano
numbers were played in a musicianly
way,
good
gave
+' Miss -_________ — -
nthusiastic teacher and has done
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Without performing any additional
service of any kina, you can add $10
to $50 a month to your salary or in-
come. J. L. Ladd, at The Tribune,
can tell you how it is done. Call on
or write to him for particulars, dw-tf
COTTON
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Swing Song (Duet).............Lohr
Misses Norvell and Ware
Happy Song.......Therese Del Riego
. Miss Poole
" " t.............Benj. Godard
Miss E. Alice Holman
ures of Mrs.
matter of course. Mr. and Mrs.
Zeigenhals are setting up their own
home and she will devote herself to
the care of the same.
Mr. Sayers will retire from active
life to a cosy home he has been im-
proving for several years on the bay
front at La Porte, where one of his
sons will join him. He is a jovial old
fellow who was the second man to
open a store in Bay City, Dan Moore,
resent county assessor, being the
irst. Mrs. Sayers was reared here,
No matter how carefully you examine the J. >1. CASE Spike Tooth,
Steel Frame, Lever Harrow, you’ll not find a point
would make for the greatest possible efficiency in harrow building.
BUT YOU WILL FIND FAULTLESS CONSTRUCTION
We have again and again cautioned
hose who would engage in dairy
arming that they must not expect too
nuch. The dairy farm does not give
he promise of a gold mine, though
t will bring better results than most
old mines—which are chiefly losses.
Dairy farming in proper localities,
vith the right men and with good
cows, pays far better than cotton
rowing. The dairy farmer must be
.ducated to the business, or he must
ducate himself, and dairying means
ard work with fair returns. The
.airy farm grows richer, the cattle
tow better, and. the farmer lives bet-
er and has more money—provided he
ie the right man. Some people who
vere promised too much have been
nuch disappointed. Meanwhile in
ommunities where the business has
,een engaged in with proper under-
tanding are dairymen prospering,
he herds are growing in number and
mproving in Quality and the chattel
mortagge is not so frequent.—Farm &
lanch.
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The next meeting will be held at
Methodist Church at 3 o’clock
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FOR SALE—Two Emerson, double-
disc plows in good condition. Cheap.
H. G. Gilmore, Route 2, Bay City,
Texas. 3td-4tw
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Double standards 8
the cross S
bars. Lever aaiu» ■
i is always good. I
Illness and bad weather having
aused Mrs. Curtis to cancel her ap-
lointment to lecture Here a short time
go, she returned on the 3:45 train
rom the west Saturday afternoon, un- <
announced; but she was promptly
aken in hand by Mrs. Thos. H. Lewis
vho was at the train to see Mrs. Wig-
;ins off, and nobody could have been
letter cared for. The pastors were
mmediately consulted, and it was de-
ided to give her the Sunday evening
lour, and the Baptist Tabernacle was
he auditorium agreed upon.
The event was announced from all
he pulpits at the forenoon services,
nd the Tabernacle was filled to the
imit of its seating capacity.
A union choir under direction of
dr. C. W. Yost rendered several
Teat choruses while the people were
ss ambling.
Hon. Jno. W. Gaines, who was to
ave presided, was called out of the
ity, and J. L. Ladd was selected as a
ubstitute. The opening prayer was
nade by Rev. J. F. Carter and the
losing prayer by Rev. W. W. Harris.
On being introduced, Mrs. Curtis ex-
I pressed her gratification at again hav-
ng the privilege of looking into the
aces and addressing herself to the
ntellects, hearts and consciences of
he good people of Bay City, and then
plunged into one of the most master-
ul lectures ever heard in this city.
Stating that she came in the name
f her Lord and Master, she read a
assage of the Holy Scriptures as a
lasis of her lecture.
With alternating logic, sarcasm,
loquence, wit and pathos she held the
ireathless interest of her vast audi-
ence for more than an hour, sweep-
ng it with waves of varying emotions
esponding to these several periods of
her lecture.
Two points made by her have more
ignificance than any others, at the
' iresent time, probably were—
First, she stated that well-informed
1 >eople are of opinion that in 1911 nine
if every ten young voters voted for the
Prohibition amendment. These young
; men were taught in the public schools
he moral, mental and physical degen-
racy and the economic waste caused
by the liquor traffic. Since that elec-
ion three more annual crops of young
nen have reached the voting age, and
eath has swept into eternity three
.nnual crops of old men; so that there
s every reason to believe that the
ote upbn a prohibition amendment
.ext year will result in a majority of
hundred thousand for it.
Second, Mrs. Curtis said she has let-
ers from fifteen States in which state-
vide prohibition is to be voted on next
ear, and in thirteen of them the qual-
fied voters have been carefully polled
n every precinct, showing beyond all
peradventure that they will go dry.
lence the saloons of thirteen States
vill move into other territory. The
nore decent men in the business will
ngage in other callings; but the worst
f them are determined to sell liquor
.s long as they can keep out of jail.
>Ve of Texas know that when the sa-
oons are closed in one county, the
owest class of them move to othei
ounties. She could not believe LHat
ven the antis will want our share oi
he riff-raff of thirteen
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After the lecture, Mrs. Curtis asked
or an offering to promote the W. C.
C. U. work in the State; stating that
hey are organizing the women and
hildren in every county seat, and each
ocal union at the county seat is ex-
pected to organize every precinct in
he county. The offering totaled
|126.20.
On Thursday evening, February 26,
he music loving public was given a
nost agreeable break in the dearth of
. lusical evenings in Bay City, in a
rogram by the pupils of Mrs. Vernon
O. Ford, assised by Miss Alice E.
Holman, Mr. G. R. Burke, Mr. H. W.
,ardwell, with Miss Anita Hill and
Mr. Vernon Ford as accompanists.
Invitations had been issued and ap-
arently everyone responded as Ham-
Iton Hall- was filled and the enjoy-
ment and appreciation were evident
during the entire program. Part one
was as follows:
The commission of A. S. Collins as
postmaster at Bay City to succeed
Vm. E. Sayers, resigned, arrived on
Saturday, and Mr. Sayers turned the
ffice over to his successor that night,
ince every postmaster’s bond is good
or thirty years after he retires, it
vvas not necessary to have an inspec-
or come and make the transfer.
The only change made in the office
orce will be the voluntary retirement
f Mrs. Fannie Zeigenhals, and that
will occasion keen regret on the part
of the patrons of the office, every one
f whom wrill miss the “sweet face at Hensley;
he window,” the cheery voice and
heerful accommodation which have
een so notable for several years past
s to elicit favorable comment from D. Ninde.
very new or transient patron of the
ffice. The old and regular patrons he
have become accustomed to these fea- Monday afternoon, and it is expected
Zeigenhals’' service as hat there will be a substantial in-
rease in the membership.
The teeth bars are solid and of
course very strong. The teeth
are bolted fast, but can be shifted
to any point on the bars.
The following report of the com-
mittee on resolutions was unanimously
adopted by a rising vote:
Resolved, that we, the County Sun-
day School Convention of Matagorda
County, do hereby express our sincere
thanks to the Methodist Church for
the use of their beautiful building for
our services- . _
for their A a hospitality; to Mrs.
Wiggins an all others who assisted
tha nnnvention, for the inspiring ad
dresses and music; tne newspapers for
their kindly notices and interest; most
of all we thank our Heavenly Father
for the fellowship and inspiration of
the convention.
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showing clean tecnique
musical understanding,
real pleasure to the audience.
Holman is a most earnest and
ex-
cellent work with her pupils, giving
them a thorough 'grounding in musi-
cal history, harmony and composition,
besides careful work in tecnique, so
ssential to enable the pupil to inter-
pret the meaning of the composition.
The second part of the program
was “The Daisy Chain,” a eftarming
song circle by the well-known com-
poser, Liza Lehmann. There were
thelve songs of childhood, the words
by Stevenson and other vzriters ol
verse for children. The cycle was
sung by the following voices: Miss
Helen Kilbride, soprano; Miss Eula
Sims, contralto; Mr. George R. Burke,
tenor; Mr. H. W. Cardwell, baritone.
Misses Kilbride and Sims have been
pupils of Mrs. Ford’s for a few
months. Mr. Burke and Mr. Cardwell
are well-known local singers. The
four voices were excellent and well
adapted to the interpretation of each
' omposition. Both words and music
! n “The Daisy Chain” are unusually
' riginal and attractive and were heard
• with grateful pleasure. We wish we
• the people of Bay City might hear more of such music and be-
lieve that in the future Bay City will
enj°y the further
ing.
There were three quartettes and two
solos by each of the four voices. An
amusing incident occurred in the
inging of the second quartette when
Mr. Ford at the piano, accidentally
urned two pages of his music, to the
confusion of the singers.
The grace and accuracy of Miss Hill’s
accompaniments in part one, added
jargely to the pleasure given while
Mr. Ford’s spirited playing of the
difficult numbers of “The Daisy
lhain” was an inspiration to the per-
formers. The audience regretted that
Mrs. Ford’s lovable voice could not
have been heard.
At the close of the program the
guests were invited to a reception
room adjoining the hall where deli-
cious punch was served at artistically
tables, presided over by
Be careful, shun imposters andjjvirs. Willis, Mrs. Seamon Eidman and
Mrs. Hugh B. Eidman.
visitor ijT the home department
. L..*Moore of Palaciog. lec-
upon Jerusalem. Mr. Moore
pleasing personality, a splendid
voice, a modest but easy bearing, a
ready flow of elegant language, is
widely traveled, and his lecture pleas-
ed his audience immensely.
Rev. Shepherd, pastor of the Pres-
byterian Church at Palacios, deliver-
ed a magnificent address upon the
text, “What Manner of Child Shall
This Child Be?”—the exclamation of
the guests who were present at the
circumcision and naming of John, the
Baptist. It was a stirring appeal to
parents and Sunday school teachers
o invest in the proper training of the
children entrusted to them all of the
esources of means, mind, heart and Couran
time at their command.
This morning’s session was the last . Misses Norvell, Harrison, Poole and
of the convention, and the addresses
of Mrs. Wiggins and Judge G. B.
Robertson measured up to the high
standard set by the speakers of yes-
erday and last night.
Officers for the ensuing year were
lected as follows:
President, Mr. C. V. Snyder, super-
ntendent of the Methodist Sunday
chool at Palacios—re-elected.
Vice-president, Mr. Francis Spence,
superintendent of the Presbyterian
Sunday school at Buckeye.
Secretary, Miss Eula Sims of the
Baptist Sunday school of Bay City.
Treasurer, Mr. V. L. LeTulle of
the Methodist Sunday school of Bay
City.
Supt. of Elementary Department |
Work, Mrs. J. E. McGuire, kinder-,
artner of the Christian Sunday school
if Palacios.
Supt. of Intermediate Department '
Work, Mrs. W. C. Foulks of the Pres-
yterian Sunday school of Bay City.
Supt. of Adult Department Work.
Mr. E. G. Van Ness, superintendent ,
of the Federated Church Sunday school
of Collegeport.
Supt. of Home Department Work,
Mrs. W. K. Keller, superintendent of
the Methodist Sunday school of Mid-
field.
Supt. of Teachers’ Training Work,
Judge G. B. Robertson of Blessing.
Supts. of Publicity, Mrs. W.
Berg of Matagorda and Mr. J.
Ladd of Bay City.
Supt. of Misionary Work, Miss Lula
Brewer of Bay City.
Supt. of Temperance Work, Mr. Wm.
Cash of the Christian Sunday school
of Bay City.
Choristers, Mrs. G. A. Moore and
Mrs. A. R. Leckie.
r In some of the exchanges comW to
^our desk we observe “pur* Mebane
cotton seed” adevrtis^ for seventy-
five cents and on^ ^llar per bushel.
“Pure Mebane cottonseed,” to our cer-
tain kno-^dge cannot be bought for
less man $2.50 per bushel, while the
ijwer grades are not as low as seven-
ty-five cents. You cannot afford to be
careless in purchasing your planting decorated
seed.
you’ll be safe.
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1914, newspaper, March 6, 1914; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1299666/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.