The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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of laiorite Son.
33 Per Cent Saved
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give both old and new address
our
Jumbo Food Products
gr.'^n
THE DAILY TRIBUNE
FREE
Weekly Tribune
THREE CANS OF OUR
JUMBO FOOD PRODUCTS
Tom
8
Potatoes.
defend an' !
or any other assortment you prefer
List of Grocers
run
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Our Duty
man.
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FIRST STATE BANK
will RIFF** MH.
It cost him 324.44
Guaranty Fund Bank
at of the District Court
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enjoyed by an association with this
Bay City
Texas
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money.
To Reduce the High
Cost of Living
and to acquaint you with
the excellence of
Bay City Bank & Trust Co.
Guaranty Fund Bank
Catered at the Postoffice at U> C. Texas as Second Class Mail Matter
Coder Act of Con<r*sa, March 3. 1*79
"firing" and raise, the® to grow and It was a surprise to the entire cotn-
fmuntty.
serves It
statement, is a
L Ayers, secretary of the Ray
Busin*sa League and secretary
Are advantages
progressive Rank.
We are prepared to take care of all good business coming to us,
and Desire Your Account.
10 cans Jumbo Selected
8 cans Jumbo Tender Corn
t> cans Jumbo Tender Peas.
2 cans Jumbo Sweet
approved credit
-I contact with
depositors’
merchant
trade any
kept his.
MBMRIPTIOA RATES.
WEEKLY
Mill! E *1 RM BIBERS,
always state whether new or re-
train
’xnow
many suggestions
{the campalgn~of "isii wTT
• The last three
ernors have been from North or Last
Texas, and we t
Published every Friday Morning by Tribune Printing Company
CARET SMITH. Editor
I
Six Months
One Year
ADVERTISING R t TES
of
IRE MATAGORDA(01NTY TRIBUNE < Weekly-Fridays)
and
THE DULY TRIBUNE (Daily—Except Sunday)
i
9
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mod^ i
'A'-
news!
When requesting change of address on a' - r.
Y our Banking
Relations
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One Can Satisfies Four Big Appetites
A merchant once it|<on a time |
up a road elan a flaring done-ln-color
cans Jumbo Selected Tom.
* cans Jumbo Tender Corn.
I cans Jumbo Sweet Potatoes.
I cans Jumbo Pineapples.
of hie business
spot cash.
the »lgn got drunk on the money he re-
cehed from the merchant and did not
trade one dollar of It back with the
The lumber man did not
B
City
of the City of Ray City, has resigned
The doctor who tells us that summer
reck the
to
Is to be Useful not accon’.ng to our desires, but according to
our powers.
‘him all he has for the brief period of
four years at a loss—If there is a loss
-Great Commoner, that!
pu’ The enterprising merchants of Luf-
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auction, for cash, al the right, title |
and Internet of the said A F. ‘
In and to said property
Dated at Bay City, Texas, this the
6th day of July, A . D. 1MB.
FRANK R1GELEY,
Sheriff Matagorda County. Texas.
4tw
we have authorized all of the
following grocers to give you
...15c
... 12c
... 10c
... 08c
... 07c
...05c
... 10c
... 05c
... 25c
... 23c
... 21c
... 19c
...Die
... 17c
... 10c
... 05c
Secretary of State Bryan has
Washington for a six weeks
around the Chautauqua circuit
IS ANOTHER PIPER SEEDEDI
Once more the business men of
Wharton and those people who sub-
Lockhart Register Ps*he* < andidacy scrlb- to newspapers are to b- called
'another paper the business element
will be called upon to pay twice fori
life s work what It is getting an abundance of—
has peculiarly fitted him for this or j
any other high office and the State of
-Texas can possibly do no better,
he ,— ------—«- --
Daily Tribune
One week or less per Inch, par Issue
One to two weeks, per inch, per issue
Two to three weeks, per Inch, per issue
Three weeks to one month, per inch, per issue
One to two months, per Inch, per issue
Over two mouths, per Inch per Issue
Locals or readers, per line, iSing Col -, f|r«t Issu--
Ixx*als or readers, per line. (Ring. Col ), subsequent issues
Change of copy as desired.
We make time contracts on space, but ad must run consecutively tn paper
If it does not we charge for space contracted 'or Just as it ad appeared
Our cirrulaiion Justifies these prices and the merchants are requested to In-
vestigate our list.
an Inch means one Inch one column wide
The Tribune Printing Company
BAY CITY. TEXAS
licit trade through the columns of the
The painter who painted -New, ,be pa|M»r (ba| r„a,.h,,, th, |MW_
...------ - ■• •■* r'" | pie and Is appreciate.) Read what
eiery one of them have to say.—Luf-
kin News.
—We think it is brok'
It has been "strained” for about
years.
Moore-Sims Grocery Co., J. S. Brady,
T. J. Clark, Bay City V ariety Store,
Sisk Grocery Co., R. F. Anderson.
Gw* time, per inch
Two times, per inch I>er issue
One month, per inch, per issue
Two months, per inch, per Issue
Three moaths. per inch per issue
Over three mouths, per inch per Issue
Locals or readers, per line. (Sing Col ), first issue
Locals or readers, per line tSin$ Col », subsequent issues
Change of Copy as desired
Our large fire-proof vault is entirely free to the
and friends.
was not room in the city for two pa- i
papers to make anything
Since buying the Farmer the Spec- I
tator has not advanced the price of
either advertising space or Job print-,
ing, but has given its patrons the ben-I
efit of the added subscribers of the |
It has
with each purchase of a case of
assorted varieties of our goods.
We suggest the following assort-
ment:
one {talking about, but his remarks wtll
■ any great effect ti|»on the
attendance at the baseball
the paper will bring business to the
store. That is the only difference and
yet it goes on.
too fast for their occupants to read. If
the? had wn*i«i to The merchant’,,
was very proud of this beautiful flat- -
Ing road sign and he sat back to watch!,,
and get results Weeks, months—al
year passed by and not one sale did
he make from that beautiful and flar-
ing road sign, and one day while he
was chewing the rag" about 'adver-
tising doesn't pay." another scene was
being enacted at the very spot, almost,
upon which stood the beautiful flar-
ing road sign A farmer was driving a
spirited and splendid animal to a
SlOfl.on buggy. When the horse got
near the beautiful and flarftg road
sign he reared, bucked—and when the
farmer struck him to make him go
he whirled and plunged sideways,
threw the farmer on tend left pieces
of that |inooo buggy scattered for
four miles at stated distances apart
along the roadway The farmer pull-
ed himself out of the dust and grime
and gave that beautiful and flaring
sign a ’ cussing" that shook every tele-
phone post within 454 years of the
acene, and Just as he was winding up
his period of plethora he saw the
name of the merchant on the sign—
it was that of the man with whom he
had been trading with for years That
night at home in the quiet and peace of
a happy home the farmer picked up his
paper, scanned ft carefully and-
changed hie place of doing business
Although It is 14000 00 greater than
that received hy any >redecc<-«or, Sec-
retary of State Bryan save hls salary make under drouth? conditions
■ — — printed at this
I time.
kin are again taking advantage of |Mr *•***-
sign exploiting the merits and virtues ,h,.tr O|,|M,rluniUe, ,hu wewb t(>
Phone Your Grocer Today j
e:omiieee»st»tMassssetsitsisieiisssseintsistm
The amendments lost out in Ratur-
day's election over all the State and It i
is now left to the legislature to ap-j
propriate sufficient money for thej
needs of the 8-ate Institutions of learn-
ing.
-------- --------- The novelties-g F gparka and other ,urvaja M per I
from an advertising point of view ar»jp|at thereof recorded in the office of
absolutely worthless while the ad ta j |b< county clerk of Matagorda County,
Texas, containing 144.2 acres of land
and more fully described in d®*d dat-1
•d March 27th. 1911, from John W. |
Galn®s to the said A F. Tucker which
said deed is recorded In volume 33
pages 118 and 119 deed records of j
Matagorda County, Texas, to which
I deed and Its record reference is here ]
had and made for more particular de- !
scription.
And on the 5th day of August. A D. I
191.1. being the first Tuesday of said !
month, betw-en the hours of 10 o'clock I
t r, and I o'cl-ck p tn >u -aid day {(
at the court house door of -aid county I
I will offer for sale and sell at public '
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Read the Ads in the Tribune. They
will save you both time and
W. W. Colll»r. president of the State
bank and Trust Company, of San An-
The News has been under the pres- tonlo. has been appointed state cotn-
What he has willing to serve the people who gate|ent
done certainly reflects upon the demo-
cratic party and that, too, moat
rlously.
ITexas can possibly do no better. If
he offers for the uovernorship It will
be found that he will,have a following
i that will have to be reckoned with.
Although there has been less rain-
fall In thia section this spring and
summer than ever before the crops
are alt doing exceptionally well Col-
ton la doing remarkably well and a
bale to the acre will be gathered off
of many farms. Perhaps there is not
a better drouth-realwtlng soli on earth
than that to be found In Matagorda I
County This fact Is demonstrated in R. I. 1TFR** GOAF TO JOIN HIM.
corn, kaffir corn, Esvptian wheat and I ____
sorghum. which Is practicallv all
Ke«fmed •« Secretary »f Rn«tatM
lewrse and I tty Secretary.hip
Te Take I p I’reechlsg.
'. Sometimes I
they have received their money's worth-
and sometimes these publications have
'been discontinued before the periods
they paid for ' had expired, but the I
Spectator has gone on regularly for
twenty-odd years. History Is prone
to repeat itself.—Wharton Spectator
Wharton doesn't need two papers
The Spectator is doing ever’ thing that
can be done for Wharton in a newspa-
per way and that Is more than any
life absolute!' | other business concern or combination -
He has ever held |of t>(1gjnes» concerns are doing. With]
factional strife,
failed to
ipoused. His
Ranking service upon the broadest lines, rm-
relations, an effort to know the point of helpful
Individual customers, and interested attention to
especial needs.
a great deal of business with a me-,
dium which starts with no subscrip-1
tion list in their trade territory.
The peoule in the Wharton vicinity
have subscribed to possibly half doxen ;
rearing and experience to fill the Publications that have started in W har-
office of governor.—Lockhart Re«i«- ,on besides the Spectator
The Tribune does not know whether
Mr. Storey is ev»n thinking of be-
coming a candidate for governor or
not. but we do know that the Register
has made a splendid selection. Not
only is "Jim” Storey capable in every
respect possible, but the State does
not hold a cleaner, more refined or a
more honorable statesman than lie.
His political record is as clean as a
pin and bls private life absolutely
without a blemish,
himself aloof from
yet has never
cause he
service. If they are willing, it is all
■ ' .'''t but ’he Rpectntor is rendering as
good service now as It is possible to
give, better, by far. than what Is given
by hundreds of palters in Texas One '
1 good paper in a town the *U» of Whar- !
ton is enough. If Wharton did not j
have a good one it would be quite dif- i
rr. tbe State
»15« • n , i
---- tics of Texas for many years, has
many friends among al! factions, and
if he decides to become a candidate.
12 0'' -the on-- that det*-a* • Mr Store;
4.00 know that he has had a ra< e.
j Mr. Storey was born and reared iu
L/e-k^rt and served th.- ''.e
Tlie Mexican situation Is strained
—News Item. We think It is broke ferent. but she has and It l.s foolish I
to wish for more ,'specially when the!
public will not grt an?' more from the;
two than what it Is receiving now from !
one. i?e arccn 1 paper in Wharton1
will not pa" and of c< ur*e cannot last ]
long
management for two years, and missioner of banking and insurance by-
can name seevral merchants and Governor Colquitt Thio offle has |
business men tn this town who have been vacant since the resignation of1
not bad a letter head or envelope Hen L. Gill, which occurred several,
during that weeks ago.
There is absolutely no excuse
We do first class prin’lng
and guarantee to match the price and
quality of any out of town concern
The News is working to build up the
town and country and has frequently Texas,
published editorials admonishing our
jl>eople to trade with home merchants,
The enterprise of some of our Rnv i
his out and th. carpenter |r|(, merchanU |,.an
street signs and other s
which they have to pav ten tim
‘e in the paper would cost them,
> value what-
know Of one
road signs,
in signs for
what
their home papers, when they
that the paper's work In he-
half of the town is as much for them gjn,at«4
With some it is
people and during the 17 years tha' jsport* have a tendency to
to keep Mr. Bryan at his desk. The he has been engaged in taking mone? I nervous system and consequently
Job Is certainly big enough to require for lectures and writing, not one pro- {shorten life, perhaps knows what he is
all his time, even If he is an excep- during lick has he struck—not
tionally energetic man.—Francltas day's actual labor has he performed not have
11 *» I* u at rirxt ears as at s*<xl*igkjl un swan •> fflsa**«laa»- a
He has not so much as raised an ear Sunday
Mr Bryan's lust for (none?- Is evl- ®f corn, a calf or a chicken, and now parks
dently as strong as his desire for pow- while he la occupying the next to the
er it te our opinion that he has highest position in the land he is un-
made a serious blunder V —
left .of 111,000 a year is inadequate and to
make up the deficiency he has to [
In!resort to the lecture platform
his first lecture delivered at Ashville, sfeel quite sure that there are hundred-
N. C-. Mr Bryan said he had to go of men in the United States who will j
back to the lecture platform to make (devote all their time to the business ,j-a a r-ine-li that the free money
money to supplement his salary as the for 11000 a month and serve the 1'nlted 1 pgigdos will be secured hy some Bay
govetnine.it <|hI not pay him enough Stales Just as well as Mr. Hr.'an pp. fellow Nothing Falls to c ••• ’
to live on. Were we not so busy try- serves It. Mr. Bryan, according to hi- our way
ing to take up a collection to buy a I own statement. Is a wealthy man
church for this town, we would aladb H* made every cent of It out of the
take the lead in raising enough money
tn keep Mr. Hryan at hls desk.
MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE u
buns FHuuug Compsuy.
FRANK HAWKINS. Bus Mgr
If established at the Bay City Rank & Trust Companr, will
be as nearly ideal as it Is poasible for trained ability years of
experience, and a well conceived purpose to SERVE can make
them.
on the docket of said court, I
A. D.
1913. at 10 o'clock a. nt., levy upon
the following describe! parcels of land
in the county of Matagorda.,
as ft Is for others. V ith some It Is gfat# of 7>xaSi and belonging to the i
carelessness, but with many purely a #at<1 A F Tucker, towlt;
case of cusaednees. A novelty sales- and be|n< |n the
man can come into the town and get counfr of Matagorda. State of Texas,
enough money out of a merchant for and known o )ot xo. 5, of th, Gaines
hls wares to run an ad in the paper j f,lh<||v|sion of the G. W. Nexsen &
for several months The novelties g F Sparlia and other surveys as oerl
which
green and doing well especially where
these crops received anything like
the proper amount of attentlo The
weather conditions this year have
proven the efficacy of constant plow-
ing and have taught our farmers many
valuable lodsons Another thing in
our favor and against the counties In both positions and left last night for
the Interior Is the almost total ab- I Ixx-khart to Join th* revivalists. Ham
••nr* of hot and blistering winds, and ' and Ramsay.
which prevail regularly throughout ' Mr Ayers kept the matter rery close
the summer months in the Interior, ^and even hls most intimate friends did
It Is th* absence of thee* winds as!not know of hls intentions until Just
much as anything else which protects-a few hours before hls departure while
our corn and similar plant life from a great many only found It out today-
on to lend support in addition to that >
they now extend the Spectator, to an-1
other newspaper venture This de-1
spite the fact that it has been but six
for months since the Spectator in good
w vi -—w —# ------ 1 - *e * faith purchased the plant and good
Himgiy corrected upon its being eraTra ha’ve’^n from La'.-' W‘" °f the ’h‘Ch after an
Texas, and we thuis it about time *xis,enc® of ”0 years decided there (
for South Texas to name the uomiuee
again.
v»e suggest that n casting about
for gubernatorial timber toe Honor
able Ja>. L. Storey of Houston tie net
overlooked. There nave not been
many governors of Texas who possess-
ed gteater ability tuun Mr. Storey
{possesses He is from South Texas,
and is a man upon whom ail seen u- Farmer without extra charge
Un;tg..t unit- He -aved the advertisers tr.e ne- o-
J
the reading public, and it ..as cy.on M
the itibiis all -he n-'-vs > -jiina de ev- •
ery issue. Z
“ ueoole in the Wharton vicinity jX
for the misguided soul whose lack of 1
s-cond judicial district, for many . -j s Judgment has decided him to locate a
as dis’rict a” rue . and during • plant here. The business m*n of
State has ever had. He perhaps . : tator stock. They know that it reaches
more than any other man in South {the people and are not likely to place !
gender respect for it. For the last;
few years Mr. Storey has been a mem-
ber of the firm of Lane. Wolters and
Storey of Houston, one of the leading
law firms of Texas. There is no man
in the State who is better qualif'ed by
rearing and experience to fill th-
There have been many »ugge.
I as to gubernatorial candidates
Any erroneous refh ■ >n u;ou "e ^racter or standing of any person or
business concern w:;; be readily an. w.:.':r.;'7
brought to the attention at ' puu.>: .....
Ths paper will -e- onducted upon tt-«- ~ -best poasible plane of legitimate
newspaper basinets
The sign loomed up like a
locomotive h>'nd-light on a clear dark
night and the automobiles whined by s
and yet they derive no
-evr from them. We 1
{firm in this town who paid 194.04 for!
street signs and we will give them
| Is an
<0 the detriment
jgre*S. Have ynur
I home In the future
It is most remarkable
or
office
County of Matagorda
Whereas, by virtue of an Order of
and for the merchants and business **nl«* iss-iod
I men to have printing don* out of town Matagorda County, Texas, on a judg-
Ineooslstency that is working m*nt rendered in said court on the
of our future pro- qrq <tay of June. a. D. 1913. in favor
printing don* at of jno Gaines. J. M. Corbett and
-Blessing News, t J. Poole against A. F. Tucker. No.
how some jijj
inerchants in all tow-ns stand aloof d|d_ on tbe ^tb da^ jBjy
signs and we will give th*ni I
a solid page nd a week in our dally
<>r a month Iu our weekly free if they
will show us a flood sal* made di-
rectly from them. And this Is no '
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1913, newspaper, July 25, 1913; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1309729/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.