The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1926 Page: 4 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 22 x 16 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
VAN VLECK VOICE
whi t
Printed by Courtesy of The Tribune.
.Janice Pool
Editor-in-Chief ..
the
Number 15.
Volume III.
any
for
FOR SALE
SEED RICE
All Varieties
which was
Kiln Dried Rice Bran, Polish and
Chicken Feed
the Market
of
I
Bay City, Texas
“that
The fabrics, the styles, the colors
Jzv
have them in amazing profusion!
of
from
Ask us to show you our new dresses and materials.
It
1 B
will open your eyes to a new conception of the style, the
variety, the values you can get—right here in your own
home town.
was
The
2
ed.
The New Guaranteed
A Sensation!
mark about the quarter’s “tails”?
Chapel Exercises.
Silk Hose—from top to toe—all colors.
Moonlight, Rose Blond, Parchment, Atmosphere, Toast,
Seaspray, Flesh, White, Gunmetal, French Nude, Mauve
Taupe and Black.
Help
K
Bathing Suits
1®
The popularity of Everfast Play-
here.
time Bathing Suits has exceeded
expectations.
greatest
even
our
These Suits appeal instantly to the
bather for they are STRIKING in
j
thrifty for you.
UNCONDITIONALLY
appearance,
r
■
guaranteed fast, and are AMAZ-
INGLY LOW in price!
ih
Van
BAY CITY BANK AND TRUST CO.
*
D. P. Moore Dry Goods Company
*
/>
/
I
I
your
help
The employe who is thrifty for himself will be
His good habits benefit your
Hy. Rugeley,
President
P. R. Hamill,
Cashier
Gallantry Is Again
Struck Death Blow
RUSSIAN ANTIQUE JEWELRY!
On Display Now!
And when the cotton farmer will
not prevent the production of a s i»’-
Endeavor
Sunday
After going through many narrow
passages they came to a big swing
i
N
4if
I
Bay City Rice Milling Co.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 28.—
Gallantry has been struck a death
blow, according to United States Com-
missioner R. L. Edwards.
When husband and wife were ar-
'ii 4
Junior-Senior Party.
The Junior-Senior reception
given Monday night, April 26, at the
r
I
“The Valley of Death.”
Once in the city of Wellville lived
a beautiful widow queen. She lived
all alone in an ancient castle left to v.
Best and Cheapest Stock Feed on
!
I
!
District Meet.
The district meet was held at Milby
High School in Harrisburg. There
were entries from Van Vleck: Douglas
Shiver, who entered in Senior boys’
declamation and in 220-yard dash;
and Mank Faickney, who contested in
junior boys’ declamation.
Douglas Shiver won first place
against two opponents in the rural di-
vision. He will attend the state meet
at Austin, May 6, 7, 8.
High School Play.
Van Vleck High School will pre-
sent “The Path Across the Hill,”
Tuesday night, May 4, at the school-
house.
The play is an entertaining comedy
and the players are excellent ama-
teurs. Come to see this delightful dis-
play of home talent, Friday night at
8 o’clock. Admission, 25 and 35c.
business, just as his bad habits injure it.
K *
■ j
r J
r *
I
life I
llllhg
r
Looking Forward.
Only two more weeks and we will
have finished our last year of school
and shall be prepared for what we
have worked so hard for and looked
forward to—our career. Whatever it
may be, we hope we have chosen one
that will not only be uplifting for us
but also helpful to others.
It is the hardest thing in the world
to know what we can do best, for
there is no one to tell us and we can
not find out except by experimenting.
We have to aim to do what we would
like, but we earnestly desire that
some hidden power will guide us
when we choose our career, for there
are too many old people now com-
plaining, “I missed my calling.”
II
There were more than 12,000 sui-
cides in the registration area of the
United States in 1924.
Winter vegetables from the Virgin
Islands have been successfully ship-
ped to New York this year.
Easter lilies may be grown in gar-
dens around the national capital, ac-
cording to recent experiments by gov-
ernment horticulturists.
The Regent diamond,
discovered in India in 1701 and weigh-
ed 136 carats when cut, was for years
the world’s finest large diamond.
Losing $104 on the streets of St.
Johnsbury, Vt., one day, Orrie B.
Jenks was happy to find it the next.,
It was lodged under the ice and snow
in the middle of Main Street.
Vinal D. Kelsey of South Bristol,
Me., collector of taxes of that town,
has a record of having for four years
collected every dollar of taxes commit-
ted to him. The amount is about
$20,000 a year. Not even a poll tax
has escaped, and many of the taxpay-
ers are non-residents.
------o—o------
Well preserved concrete has been
found in ruins of ancient Carthage.
The bite of the python or the boa
is painful, but not poisonous.
A recent inquiry among 200 high
school boys in Oregon showed that
fewer than one in five wished to fol-
low his father’s occupation.
Banking on Disaster
I J
aW J
that are
“Van Vleck Stars.”
The Freshmen are out to win and
put everything over. Our class organ-
ized and the following were elected:
Minnie Lee Luna, president; Gladys
Sansing, vice president; Robert Fon-
dren, secretary and treasurer; Mar-
jorie Pool, reporter; Jenoye Cole and
Kelsey Walker, sergeants at arms.
“Purple and White” were chosen for
class colors. We are going to live up
to the motto, “Every cloud has a silver
lining,” and if we don’t make the other
classes “sit up and take notice”—you
just watch! We may be green but we
are such a loud green that we can be
heard all over the campus.
When you are thinking of coming
to the play, Tuesday evening, don’t
forget that the Freshmen will sell you
some real candy. Reporter.
“going big” today—we
Christian Endeavor.
Christian Endeavor met at the
church Sunday, April 18, at 8 o’clock.
Elsie Rainey led and the subject was
“Christian Love.” The program was
interesting and everyone got a clear
idea of what Christian love is.
Christian Endeavor met at the
church last Sunday at 8 o’clock.
Eloise Fondern led the program called
“Hpw Can We Make City Life Chris-
tians.” The questions were given out
early in the week, but some lost their
questions. Despite this, the program
was very interesting. Mildred Berry-
hill and Anna Dell English gave a spe-
cial song and Lois Coffin gave a
special instrumental piece.
Locals and Personals.
Mr. Grady Purear, of Houston, vis-
ited for a few days in Ashwood at the
Smith residence.
Miss Geneva Guy, who has been in
training at the Loos Hospital, is again
in Ashwood for her vacation. After
spending a month at home she will
go to San Antonio where she expects
to complete her nurse’s training.
The boys from Ashwood came to
Van Vleck Sunday afternoon and a
lively baseball game was played. Van
Vleck won the game.
Messrs. Boyd O’Connell and Her-
bert Bickham came to Van Vleck Sat-
urday evening to spend Sunday at
their home.
Mr. Sam Lockwood visited in
Vleck Sunday.
Mrs. F. E. Gray of Washington, D.
C. is visiting at the home of Mrs. T.
J. Ewing.
II
il
II
____" ' ” ’ “. This
honor was given to James Berryhill
all five heads.
Earl King.
After Earl’s death the enchantment
was broken and the lion was now a
handsome prince. He and Amber were
taken back to the castle at Wellville
where the queen, who was now old
and feeble, greeted them with joy and
then closed her eyes in death. She
was buried in the beautiful flower
garden of the castle grounds. The
prince and Amber were married and
lived happily as the King and Queen
of Wellville, but the queen, the wicked
old Earl King, and the Valley
Death were never forgotten.
------o—o------
home of Mr. and Mrs. Coffin. The
home was beautifully decorated in the
Senior class colors, pink and lavender,
and pale pink roses. Those present
were fond of playing cards and dom-
inoes; forty-two and flinch were play-
The refreshments were delicious
cream and cake.
The boys and girls flipped quarters
to see who would wash dishes. This
__ ~ T2oT’Y’XrVl 11|
and Annie Mae Rainey was the dish
drier. James makes a cute dish
washer ,and who made the bright re-
h
i I
1 i
I
I i
II
il
i i
II
i I
I
gate that opened of its own accord, plus when he knows that a break in
They, now, were in the Valley of
Death.
Amber, who was never frightened,
became frightened now. Lying under
the trees were huge lions but Amber
never dared to go about them. Gne
great black lion came to her one day
I and asked her to follow him. Amber
thought it could not be any worse
■ than it already was so she followed.
After they were far from the other
lions he asked hei’ if she had eaten
anything.
“No,” she said bitterly for she had
been thinking of the queen. He told
her not to drink or eat anything while
there and hf> could help her.
He told her how ne nad been a
prince of Rainbow and how the wick-
ed Earl King had enchanted him into
a lion.
After this talk with the lion she was
not afraid. She did not know how he
would help her but she never feared.
One night the lion called her and
gave her a spool of silk ribbon which
he told her to hold it until he came
back. The spool d£ ribbon was the
Bower of enciiantment. Unless in the
hands of the Earl King everything
was powerless. The lion had drugged
him and gotten the ribbon and now
he could kill the dragon. He hastened
through the dark passages and came
to where the dragon was, powerless.
He lunged at the dragon and with one
stroke of his mighty fangs, he cut off
He, also, killed the
Help your employes to have Bank accounts
One employe with a Bank account is
worth to you two without bank accounts.
the price is bound to follow,
hope is there to expect that he will
prevent it when he has some hope
that a governmental agency will han-
dle it for him and so maintain
price on the major part of ihe crop?
It is evident that the solution ulti-
mately rests with the farmer. He
must first have an understanding of
the underlying economics of his in-
dustry, and he must learn to co-oper-
ate with his fellow farmer. Unh ss he
does, bankruptcy is a certainty
him.
And when the farmer is bankrupt,
trade and industry in all lines have
lost their basic support. Consequent-
ly the farmer’s problem also is very
much the problem of the merchant
and the banker and the builder.—
Houston Chronicle.
------o—o------
Pointed P^r»sri-«phs
I 1
Dancing at Shivers’.
A delightful dance was given at the
Shiver home Friday night, April 23.
The Mexica orchestra came rather
late so the company danced until 1
o’clock. The crowd was larger than
usual and everyone danced continu-
ally even though the night was warm.
The guests were all very grateful
for a lovely dance and departed only
when the music stopped.
f
Ready For Her
Beau,” given by Minnie
_________ The school prohpesy was
read hy Gladys Sansing and jokes told
by Marjorie Pool. Jenoye Cole read
“Just Imagine,” which required a
vivid imagination and made everyone
want to throw eggs or brick bats.
Mr. Coffin gave the school an in-
spiring talk and the exercises closed
with songs.
I
il
h
h
i!
Also pretty, dainty Necklaces, Bracelets and Vanities for the Girl Grad-
uate. Pearls in singles, trios, braided festoon effects—these Pearls are
the outstanding feature of the Pearl Mode today.
1________________________________________________________________________________
Floods and heavy rains over the
state are doing their best to offset the
apparent folly of the farmers in plant-
ing great areas to cotton. The pro-
duction of a crop as large as last
year’s will mean virtual bankruptcy
for the grower, and yet indications
are that the intensive effort made to
get farmers to cut down on their cot-
ton acreage has met with little re-
sult. So the Southern farmers again
is wagering his prosperity and the
very livelihood of himself and family
on the likelihood of disaster overtak-
ing his fellow farmer. Unless wide-
spread crop failures result, a depress-
ed and below-cost market is bound to
result next fall.
This condition of affairs in past
years has already borne bitter fruit.
Tenancy in Texas has increased near-
ly 15 per cent in the past five years.
The number of hogs, fruit trees and
acreage in garden truck has shown a
marked decrease in these five years,
according to government figures. The
only product showing an increased
production is cotton, and its very in-
crease is a menace to the farmer.
Three farm bills are now being con-
sidered by congress. One of them
probably will become law, and it is
most likely some sort of government
aid for handling surplus crops will be
established. The principle involved
is not one that is pleasing to us, but
it is only an extension of the protec-
tive tariff principle, which necessi-
tates government interference with
trade in all manufactured products.
The cumulative tariff evil has become
so great that some of the paternalism
so liberally shown to industry must
now be shown to agriculture to as-
sure its continued existence.
However, even methods of. han-
dling, surplus crops will prove entire-
ly useless unless the farmers can
forestall the habitual production of
surpluses. One year’s surplus might
very well be handled so as to prevent
an unfair drop in the price for the
entire crop, but the continued piling
up of surpluses year after year would
wreck any financing system devised.
her by her husband, the late ruler of
the country.
One bright day in midsu mfix’ she
sat in her luxurious decorated draw-
ing room looking out at the le 'utidful
flowers beneath the window. Her
gaze rested upon the deep blue lake
where some beautiful swan floated
in and out among the water lilies like
little boats at sea.
One would think a queen should be
the happeist of persons. None of the j
people of Wellville ever knew that she
was sad. But she was very lonely
because there was no one to cheer the
old castle or to play^pn the beautiful
grounds and ramble by the blue lake
to keep her company.
One night she was dressed in a
gorgeous white negligee. The moon-
light and the lake beckoned to her.
She softly opened the door and walked
gracefully along the trail decked with
honeysuckles and roses. The scent of
the roses and the soft moonlight made
her wish more than ever for someone
to share the splendor with her. She
walked on until she came to the edge
of the lake. Then she stopped and
watched the little waves chase each
other across the water.
A slight breeze which stirred the
trees and fanned her cheeks brought
to her a faint sound of music. It was
the most beautiful music she ha i ever
heard. She stopped still for a mo-
ment and then began to glide slowly
toward the sound. She then, clasped
her white hands over her heart and
whispered softly, “If I only had a lit-
tle girl to romp and scamper by my
side as I go about the castle and its
grounds. How happy I would be, no
more sadness, no more lonely hours
would be spent dreaming. Oh! how
happy I would be if—”
She stopped in the middle of her
speech for a dark cloud had spread
over the moon and was approaching
the castle. Fear suddenly clutched at
her heart. She heard a low rumbling,
hissing sound when suddenly the
cloud broke and there appeared a
golden chariot drawn by a hideous
dragon. Above the hissing, roaring
and rumbling she heard a musical
masculine voice, addressing the drag-
on. It came to a sudden halt opposite
her and the Earl King alighted.
“Your wish shall be granted if
after the child is 18 years of age you
will consent to marry me.”
“Oh!” she cried in despair,
could never be.”
“But if after she is 18 a prince
should fall in love with her enough
to follow me and kill the dragon with
the five heads and the breath of fire,
which guards the entrance to the Val-
ley of Death. Then, I and all my fol-
lowers will be in his power,” he said,
smiling a wicked smile. He knew
that no one could ever kill the dragon
or pass into the valley.
The queen consented, so the next
day a beautiful little girl of five was
left on the steps of the castle.
The queen called her Amber, be-
cause her hair was between a brown
and a golden, making a beautiful am-
ber tint. Her eyes were light brown
with amber streaks sparkling
them whgn she smiled.
The queen grew very fond of her
and watched after her day and night.
She delighted seeing the little girl
play with her kitty on the grass.
Thus they lived happily and were
never lonely until one day after Am-
ber was eighteen. The queen had
grown weary and tired so she told
Amber to go to the lake and play with
the swan and gather a bouquet for
her room.
Amber was delighted to gather
flowers so she hastened to the garden
to get a bouquet. She heard the low,
roaring, rumbling, hissing sound the
queen had heard thirteen years ago
but Amber couldn’t remember the
Earl King and his chariot. She was
never afraid and when the Earl asked
her to ride in his chariot she was
very eager to do so. He assisted her
to a beautiful velvet seat.
How glorious she thought it to be
to ride in this chariot and listen to the
musical voice of Earl. He was laugh-
ing within himself because he had de-
ceived her. But instead of going back
to the castle he traveled on and on.
When they came to the door of his
valley he said something she could
not understand and the door flew
open.
The Freshman class entertained the
school Thursday morning, April 45,
with a very nice program. The open-
ing song was followed by a reading
called, “Getting ” ’ ”
Daughter’s
Lee Luna.
raigned before him Tuesday for liquor
law violations, Judge Edwards al-
lowed bonds of $500 for each.
After making bond foi' himself, th
man said to his wife as she went ter
jail:
“That sure is hard luck, honey.’
------o—o--
Iowa raises more hogs than
other state.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1926, newspaper, April 30, 1926; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1304320/m1/4/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.