The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1925 Page: 2 of 8
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The Texas Gulf
Sulphur Co.
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GULF,
MATAGORDA COUNTY,
TEXAS
; : THE LARGEST SULPHUR MINE IN ■
.. u_ THE WORLD
CECIL JOHN RHODES.
<By Gertrude Knoff, Ashby School.)
The
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THIS FARMER BELIEVES
IN SULPHUR
attempts
This
USEFUL DON’TS THAT
MEAN “SAFETY FIRST”
Confining electric bulbs pro-
Heat produces fire.
PORT ARTHUR MAN WRITES THE
TRIBUNE ABOUT HIS
EXPERIENCE.
and
In
Very truly yours,
J. 0. B. YOUNG.
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COUNTY DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION NEWS
Dr. Jameson was
opposed to his return to'(us to Ashby a few weeks ago and
Mr. Rhodes, however.
The law
still
law.
Mr. J. 0. B. Young, of Port Arthur,
believes firmly in the use
as a fertilizer and insecticide. __ _ ___ __
bolsters his argument by sending us I ing a woman of super-education,
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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
OF
MISS CHARLOTTE KEMPER 1**
AND
PRESBYTERIAN AUXILIARY
(engaged,
due to mul-
1 the un-
seize the
December,
The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA-
TIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets) can be taken
by anyone without causing nervousness or ringing
in the head. E.W. GROVE'S °'4n»»’'’e-on box. 30c
The best of workers get out of
sorts when the liver fails to act.
They feel languid, half-sick, “blue”
and discouraged and think they are
getting lazy. Neglect of these symp-
toms might result in a sick spell,
therefore the sensible course is to
take a dose or two of Herbine. It is
just the medicine needed to purify
the system and restore the vim and
ambition of health. Price, 60c. Sold
by Biuldin Drug Store.
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A bill to prohibit Japanese from
owning or leasing land in Kansas has
been killed in the state senate.
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A girl in the Appalachian Mountain
range is considered a spinster if she
is single at eighteen.
1 We attended the regional confer-
1 ence held by Supt. S. M.. N. Marrs
in Houston, May 4th and 5th, where
County and City Superintendents and
some board members met for a con-
ference on school affairs.
Personally we feel that we received
inestimable benefit from the practical
talks and discussions, the answers to
various questions asked by the audi-
ence given by the representatives of
the State Department. Mr. Marrs
has adopted this plan of bringing the
State Department to the Superinten-
dents, principals and trustees. We
profoundly believe that these confer-
ences will result in immediate and
needed improvement in supervision of
the county and city schools and con-
sequent improvement of school stand-
ards.
Auditor T. W. Walker exposed some
conditions in the management of
some of the county finances in the
state that made us resolve that so
far as we are able, Matagorda Coun-
ty finances will be kept at the pres-
ent high standard that no shadow or
hint of a shadow may rest upon the
management thereof.
It was a thoroughly practical ses-
sion and we are glad we were there.
Some doings in the County Schools
The eight months schools have
closed, county examinations have all
been given, the papers are in the of-
fice and the following pupils will
receive their graduation certificates
at the County Graduation lexercises on
May 22: Leo Kelley, Culver School;
James Sewell, Grace Creel, Hasima;
Mildred Herman, Turtle Bay; Jewel
Hobbins, Willie M. Malone and Leia
Newport, Pledger.
The County examinations for the
nine months schools will be held on
seventh grade geography class, thru
the teacher, Patrick Ware, has invit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Schaedel to give
them an evening lecture during com-
mencement week on native habits,
Habitual Constipation Cured
in 14 to 21 Days
“LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN” is a specially-
prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual
Constipation. It relieves promptly and
should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days s
to induce regular action. It Stimulates and
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60c
per bottle. ”
mist,
in today’s issue,
letter says:
Port Arthur, Texas, 4-30-25.
Mr. Carey Smith,
Bay City, Texas,
Dear Sir:-
The issue you take with the
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IT DRIVES OUT WORMS
The surest sign of worms
children is paleness, lack of inter-
est in play, fretfulness, variable ap-
petite, picking at the nose and sud-
den starting in sleep. When these
symptoms appear it is time to give
White’s Cream Vermifuge. A few
doses drives out the worms and puts
the little one on the road to health
again. White’s Cream Vermifuge
has a record of fifty years of suc-
cessful use. Price, 35c. Sold by
Bouldin Drug .Store.
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SWITCHCRAFT
but she had to
Longing to see , customs and conditions in Africa.
England once more before he died,
he refused to give up hope that he closed this week, with an average ses-
sion of seven months.
Some Recent Legislation.
Many parents have asked about the
law admitting to the public schools,
children six years of age.
failed to pass, hence we are
operating under the old 7 to 17
The New Certificate Law.
Any teacher who has taught six
years on a first grade certificate se-
cured since 1910 may, upon applica-
tion to the State Department, have
his certificate made into a permanent
first grade, according to the Fair-
child Bill.
Brown ConsoHdation BilL
The Brown Consolidation Bill pro-
vides for the County School Board
to make such groupings or consoli-
dations of districts up to 100 square
miles as may be feasible in order to
provide High School privileges to the
rural children.
MRS. CLAIRE F. POLLARD.
might yet rally. But it was not to
be. At six o’clock on the evening
of March 26, 1902, he passed away.
His last words were, “So much to
do. So little done. Good-bye.” He
died at the age of forty-eight years.
Even in death he decreed that he
should be buried in the midst of the
mountains commanding scenery so
sublime that he named it “The View
of the World.”
taken. I have gone into this sul-1
phuring of soils just far enough to
see there is a great deal to it. But
only if the soils are limed or have
been limed. My tests have not pro-
gressed to such point as to justify
any detailed report, but there is in
Farm & Ranch of April 25th an ar-
ticle on liming soils that I am sure
you will do a good service to repro-
duce, and there was in Farm &
Ranch of March 28th an article on
“Soil Fertility and Fertilization” by
C. C. Cunningham, Agronomist, an ar-
ticle that has been of some service
to me.
I had started this soil sulphuring
a few months previous by using a
highly concentrated liquid-sulphur
compound as a spray, and it did not
take long for me to be pretty well
convinced that there was more re-
sponse from such form of sulphuring
through the soil than by absorption
in spraying it on the trees and the
plants.
While it is true that the chemical
fertilizer, phosphoric acids is produc-
ed by combining equal weights of
phosphate rock and sulphuric acid,
and, usually, the use of such has not
proved to be of a great deal of worth
over this section. I believe for the
fact that such a form of sulphur
compound is not suited to this area
as there is such volume of aldehydes
present in the soil as for this form
of sulphur to crystalize and make in-
ert or insoluble other plant minerals
as well.
Now I am not a chemist, and have
a very small knowledge of chemis-
try, but I have quite an exhaustive
encyclopedia of all the arts .and sci-
ences, and in such there participated
two chemists; same being John Fran-
cis Walker, Master of Arts and Fel-
low of the Chemical Society; and
William Harkness. Fellow of the
Chemical Institute, and Fellow of the
Royal Microscopical Society, and I
find in such work that “Aldehydes
form crystalline compounds wrhen
combined with acid sulphites,” and
my use of such form of fertilizer ful-
ly justifies that such nature of sul-
phur compound is not suited to these
soils.
Friend—And are
danger?
Convalescent—No, the doctor
he will pay me two or three more
visits.—Medical Quip.
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“I say, cook,” said 5-year-old Mar-
jorie, who was feeling hungry, “let’s
play I’m an awful-looking tramp. I’ll
ask you to give me a nice piece of
pie, and you get frightened and give
it to me.”—The Progressive Grocer.
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What is believed to be the first ob-
servatory for avalanches has been
erected in the province of Stiermark
by the Austrian State Government.
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Motorists of the United States paid
$80,000,000 in 1924 in a gasoline tax.
May 15th and 16th. The graduation
exercises will be held, if weather per-
mits, on the Court House lawn the
evening of May 22. A representa-
tive of the State Department will
deliver the address on this occasion.
All girl graduates are here reminded
that the graduation dress adopted two
years ago is a white middy suit with
a black tie. We would suggest that
a tie of golden color will be accept-
able as showing the County Schools
colors, white and gold. Since the
daisy is our flower, a daisy chain
march in which all graduates take
part will open the exercises. Students
will all gather in readiness for the
march, at the Court House, whence
they will march as per instructions
given at that time, to the band stand
where the exercises will be concluded.
We have ion display in the office,
sets of geography and history scrap
books prepared by students in Ashby
School, which show excellent thought
and care in arrangement. Miss
Wainner, the energetic ond progres-
sive teacher in Ashby, has also mailed
to the office two essays written by
geography students which compare
favorably with much high school
work we have seen. These essays
followed the study of Africa made by
the class. Elsewhere in this issue
we publish the essay “Cecil John
Rhodes,” which we consider the bet-
ter of the two with the hope that
we may later publish the one “David
Livingston.”
Mr. and Mrs. Schaedel accompanied
The Bride (at the telephone)—“Oh,
John, do come home, I’ve mixed the
plugs in some way. The radio is
all covered with frost and the elec-
tric ice-box is singing ‘Way Out West
in Kansas’.”—Life.
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Broadcasting from remote control:
One’s wife driving from the rear
seat.—Reading Times.
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you now out of
the amount of thirty million dollars.
He was unmarried, and the bulk of
this estate was left by will to execu-
tors for the carrying out of his ob-
ject. The largest of these projects
is one for the establishment inthe
University of Oxford of a number of
scholarships for the benefit of stu-
dents from the United States and the
outlying parts of the British Empire,
together with a few from Germany.
The State and Territores are recog-
nized as the basis for the distribu-
tion of the scholarships to American
students. Mr. Rhodes making no ac-
July,1 count of the disparity of population
the different States of the
Each scholarship is to be
good for three years, and be worth
about one thousand five-hundred dol-
-lars a year, and two such scholar-
ships are to be assigned to every
State and Territory. In the selec-
tion of the holders of these scholar-
ships regard must be had, first, to
scholarships; second, to fine qualities
of manliness and personal character;
third, to certain qualities of leader-
ship and apparent fitness for public
life, as shown in association with
fellow students; and fourth, to physi-
cal qualities, as shown by proficiency
in sports.
At Mr. Rhodes last illness Dr.
Jameson nursed him to the last min-
ute. He was suffering from heart
triouzle, but he might have lived for
soem years if he could have been
kept out of the excitement of Court
and Parliaments,
strongly
Africa. Mr. Rhodes, however, felt s talked to the classes of conditions in
that he must appear in Court, but Africa.
promised to return by the steamer. ’ Among the Colored Schools.
On the steamer it was bad traveling ; The Cedar Lake School District No.
and the weather was stormy. This j 7 is very happy- over the enlargement
was too much for him. He broke ' of their building. One more room
down, and although he lingered in j has been added to this building, mak-
great pain, from the first it seemed : ing a three-room building of it with
Nothing but, folding doors to convert two rooms
Accidents and sometimes death that
follows the careless use of electricity
may be minimized, if not avoided en-
tirely, by observance of certain pre-
cautions, says the Texas public ser-
vice information bureau.
Here are some “don’ts” which, in
their observance, may increase length
of days for many men and women.
Don’t “tinker” with bare wires,
even in your own home. Ambulance
rides are unpleasant.
Don’t leave the cord attached to the
electric iron while you discuss the
neighborhood issues over the back
fence. If you want to see a house
burn, go to the movies.
Don’t use the electric vibrator when
you’re in the bath tub. You may re-
ceive one big unexpected vibration
that will make future bathing un-
necessary.
Don’t hang lamp cords over a nail
Frayed insulation may mean a short
circuit.
Don’t hang lamp bulbs against the
wooden walls or partitions. And
don’t cover lamp bulbs "with tissue
paper or use them thus in store win-
dows.
duces heat.
Don’t use home-made electrical de-
vices, especially heaters. Most home-
made electrical apparatus is faulty in
construction.
Are you acquainted with her,
are you on her list of friends?’
Brazil there lives one, a Miss Char-
lotte Kemper, who 41 years ago went
there as a missionary, and who now.
, at the age of 88 years, is still ac-
of sulphur j tively at work educating, training
He | and Christianizing these people, be-
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article published recently in the . dowed with the charm of personal
Farm and Ranch and written for that magnetism and the sweetest of Chris-
paper by C. C. Cunningham, agrono- tian spirits, her one great desire
This article appears elsewhere has been to build a permanent sem-
Mr. Young, in his inary for her girls. All these years
she has been but poorly and inade-
j quately equipped, but if the saying
is true “That all things come to him
who waits,” it is now coming true
to Miss Kemper, for this May month,
the Auxiliaries of the Southern Pres-
Chemist on sulphuring soils is well. hyterian Church are celebrating their
, own 5th Anniversary, in offering of
birthday fees, every one inclined to
giving a penny for each of the years
of his age, more or less, the sum
of these contributions from all the
Auxiliaries to be used in construct-
ing for Miss Kemper in Brazil, a
permanent and splendid Seminary
for the education of girls, the build-
ing to be a Memorial to the life and
work of Miss Kemper.
It is said that during this 41 years
of Mission work, Miss Kemper has
taken but four furloughs, none of
which exceeded two months in time,
a great lesson to those who remain
iat the home base and as in compar-
ison, “live in the lap of luxury.”
The party was given Friday even-
ing at the Church, the Auxiliary put-
ting on an entertaining program of
music and picturing for us through
a little pageant, a school day and
the 88the birthday of Miss Kemper, at
home in Brazil. Following the pro-
gram the company were ushered in-
to the Annex, where Miss Kemper
i presided over her birthday cake, and
saw that every one had a generous
helping of cake and punch, as well
as a happy, social time. The writer
understands the birthday offering
amounted to something over $50.00.
It is estimated a good many thous-
and dollars will flow into this fund,
for the immediate erection of ths
Charlotte Kemper Memorial Semina-
ry, for girls in Brazil.
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FOR WORKING PEOPLE
that he was doomed.
his indomitable will kept him alive. I into an auditorium when desired. The
The excessive heat rendered his suf- ' building is quite attractive in its
fering still more. Telegrams hailed ‘ new coat of paint with its twenty-
into his sick chamber from his friends . foot porch in front. Shaded as it
all over the world. The King and is by immense, moss-hung, oaks. The
Queen sent affectionate messages.
Even when, within a week of his end,
he imagined that he could stand the
voyage home, his berth was taken on
the mail steamer;
leave without him.
broke down his health.
him the greater part of
his prestige, and further put him in
the subsequent position hefofe the
world of having been largely respon-
sible for the most disastrous war in
which England was ever
Doubtless his death was
toplied disasters that followed
successful attempts to L—
Transvaal. This was
1895.
Mr. Rhodes and thie? war.
Boers did not like the English and
they sent troops to the British Terri-
tory. At this the war broke out. If
Mr. Rhodes had been in direction of
aHairs, he would have managed bet-
tier; but he had become a private per-
son. Mr. Rhodes went to Kimberly,
where he remained during the mem-
orable seige. He was no longer a
minister of member of Parliament at
Cape Town, and the government of
the Chartered Company which had
been taken over by the British Colo-
nial Office. The strain of all this
was more thap his health could en-
sure, in view of organic defects. The
British drove the Boers out and the
■territory was freed of Boers.
Mr. Rhodes remarkable will,
had made the accumulation of large
fortune one of his principal objects,
not because he cared much for wealth
as a means of leisure, display, or lux-
siry, but because it seemed essential
tor the promotion if his political plans
and the attainments of his large
ideals. It was estimated that his
executors would find his fortune to
Bibliography.
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“The Life of Cecil Rhodes,'
Nation, March 16, 1911. Hon. Sir
Lewis Mitchell.
“Cecil John Rhodes,”
Reviews, May, 1902. W. T. Etead.
“What the American Rhodes Schol-
ar Gets from Oxford,” Frank Aydel-
Soitte.
“The Most Wonderful Man I Ever
Knew,” American Magazine, t
1917. John Hays Hammond.
“The Career of Cecil Rhodes,” Lit- Union-
erary Digest, April 19, 1902.
“The Progress of the World—South
Africa’s Great Man,” Review of Re-
views, May, 1902.
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Cecil John Rhodes.
Cecil Rhodes was born in 1853,
at the little town of Bishop’s Stort-
ford, in Hereforshire, where his fath-
er, a man of ability as some people
thought, lived. The son was edu-
cated at t-he local grammar school,
and did not seem to have shown, in
his earlier days, any sign of lexcep-
tional talent. The delicate state of
his lungs caused him to be sent out
to Natal, Africa, to join an elder
brother who was farming there, and
when diamonds were discovered at
the place now called Kimberly, the
youth, then only eighteen, left the
farm, where he had begun to grow
cotton, and wient to seek his fortune
in the crowd of diamond diggers.
The sign of superior powers which
lie gave, was his determination to
obtain for himself an education. He
went home to England, and went to
the Oriel College, to which he after-
wards left a large endowment, and
stuck to his college course during
the next six or seven years, living at
Oxford during the warmer months.
He went out to South Africa to look
after his business interests during the
winter.
The elder brother of Cecil Rhodes
was tired of work in Africa. His
other brother was burned to death
In a fire which broke out in a native
hut where he was sleeping. Cecil
was left alone in Africa. He took
over his brother’s claims, acquired
others, and began to prosper. His
health improved very much inthe open
air.
Mr. Rhodes was a man of bold con-
ception, within certain limits. His
points of view had been formed learly
in his life. This point of view might
he summed up in the expression that
he believed that in this period, and
for some tinne to come, the best work
for the world was to be done by the
English-speaking people. He was
helping the British and the United
■States. Although he never visited
the United States, he became greatly
interested in the working of the
•American Constitution, and he looked
upon the American federal system as
the best the wrold had ever seen. He
perceived that the Canadians had
united the separate British Colonies
of the Northern half of North Ameri-
ac, that the Australians were follow-
ing the same thing.
Mr. Rhodes added more to South
Africa. He mostly kept going fur-
ther North. The formation which
• Mr. Rhodes led was so-called British
South Africa Chartered Company. He
Iliad meanwhile been completing new
roads and telegraph lines and initiat-
ing other rgeat projects for South
African development.
Mr. Rhode’s plans put him on the
defensive, affecting his nervous sys-
tem and b
took from
building is quite attractive
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