The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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H. L. TAYLOR
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you want in Ginghams, Lawns,
White Goods and all small
piece goods. Remember 25
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J. 0. TAYLOR
For First Class
Painting and Paper
Hanging
BUTTER HOTEL
Popular prices by the
Day or Week
FIRST CLASS ACCOMIDATIONS
Mrs. Henry Zipprian
Proprietor
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W adsworth
is to have a Bank as soon as the neces-
sary* arrangements can be made and a
building erected. Watch this space for
announcement.
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embarrassment that
Bay
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will
smile
the
be
Mud holes act ■» depressions In the
confidence of investors
Capital seldom enters where home
folks fear to tread
There (■ no city so prosperous but
that cooperation will be neftt If only
to perpetuate the prosperity.
When you have a prospective inves-
tor within your midst, land him—not
strand him.
he
hands with himself at the end of the
year
There is one
ybody
of a
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Lenora Effie
Enthusiasm may load the wagon to
Its fullest capacity, bnt It takes finan-
cial assistance to make the wheels
turn.
A little Imagination will sometimes
blosaom into great actuality
Honorable John W. Gaines signed
up for l->'» worth of our rice ware-
house stock Tuesday night as the
{booster club meeting.
Dr. Vaughan of Buckeye is in town
If torn* cities would but take ad-
vantage of opportunities, there would
he no limit to their growth and pros-
perity.
h's well enough to Inevstiaate thor-
oughly everything undertaken, but
afterward get action.
everybody.
It will put us in touch with
City for fifteen cents where hereto- upon
fore It has cost us twenty-fire cents.
Dan Goodall. Killcan Shafer. Joe
jOttis and S. C. Hagan departed Sun-
| Our club is undoubtedly reaping
I great benefits from the valuable talks
|from our Bay City friends when they
jvisite us. We know them all to be
,aieu vi >i*ieuuiu business auuity a.::d
I thirty days There is nothing that {good Judgment, and their experience
wiii modernize our neighborhc-d, or in the business world given to us in
put it in closer touch with one an- ’our club meetings is very profit-
other as a good telephone system. It;able to us of which we appreciate in
■ the fullest measure. Come again gen-
Success sometimes depends
the ability to smile and th*n
some more
One of the most Interesting thing? I^ftirg
'that has happened in our town forj^* same m n»y
I some time was the advent of a fine
I nine-pound girl into the home of Mr.
and Mrs Arthur Longwall July 24.
Mother and daughter are getting along
fine but as to Arthur—he has to be
called over from home every time any.
lone comes Into his store for drugs
lor cold drinks and as soon as he waits
on the customer, he tears out over
|home again to look at that baby,
(never stopping to get the money We
j will watch him for about 30 days and
I If he does not In that time get so he
notices money again, a committee will
puts the farmer in touch with his mer-
Ichant and the merchant In touch withftlemen!
the farmer. In fact, it will put Wads-
I worth in direct touch with the world
I The farmer can sit in his parlor and
Jsell his products on the highest mar-
Iket and his wife can go visiting a dox- j
en times a day without combing her most every day locking after the work
hair. on his gin He would come to Wads-
Mr. M. A Nelson of the College-{worth to live at once if there were a
port telephone system was in town [house for him to live in.
;the past week and talked the matter i If some man would put in about
over with the farmers and merchants :S3<MM) in rental houses during the next
and assured us thst he would secure‘’wo months, he would be shaking
rooms at the hotel and have things
lined up in working shape inside of
thirty days. He had the assurance
When a stranger tells yon of
greatness of his home city, respect him
and his opinion, for he Is usually a
aood citixen and a neighbor to
proud of.
> Confidence will accomplish great I
(things in community building.
Judge J. M Rims reported yester-
day the appearance of the leaf worm
He says they are not In the fields tn
any great numbers, but advises the
farmers to prepare for a lively scrap,
as the next crop promises to be as
numerous at those of any previous
year.
The Demagogue usually travels
alone, while the progressive citixen
finds companionship In a vast army
cf up-builders.
of more phenes than he asked for but confronts Wadsworth at the present
(that makes it that much more en- {time and that is the absence of houses
'couraging to him. We hope that ev- for rent There is no less than four
|ery farmer will see his w ay clear to I professional men that would come to
put in a phone for it will, withou’ {Wadsworth at once if they could get
doubt, be of very great interest to|a house to live in. We also need
{bouses for working men and their
families. The latter will be crowded
us In a very short time with-
A good four-
house can be built for about
hundred dollars that will rent
Do you
One of ’he best and most
improvements in which ev<
that takes interest in is tha’
complete telephone system, of w-aich
will 1* installed inside of the next jnsezi of splendid business ability and
{good judgment, and their experience
out a house to go into,
room
seven
'day as deleaa’es from Wadsworth to *l«iek at ten dollars a month
{attend the Fermers Congress that con- catcb that interest on the investment.
Sene# at College Station, Texas. Jul; vou K’*a ’ha’ ow° lou b4>r- or ,be
2S to August 2. |man tbat 18 able t0 buy aad buil<1
Mr Joe Shafer and family returned. s',nle men tbat are - -?‘aS fiv* or
Friday from Humphrey, Nebr, where ai* W oa mone!r <h«r baT* loaa*
'Mrs. Shafer and the children havej*,lout ,hinte th‘v ar* doin? wel1 with
jl-een visiting for the test two months [,b*‘r moaev- but « *U1 «°P aa<1
: nt intaraaHn* Iflrnrs a moment they will see that
T invested in rental
property here will more than double
that which is loaned out Just figure
tl for yourself.
This is no talk to sell town lots or
to sell lumber the real facts of the
case is we are starving to death for
the want of houses to rent. Think of
the people it will take In a short time
[to run our bank, our gin. and ware-
house our public school and no telling
what may eome yet. So let's wake up
and put our money to work. It takes
houses to make a town
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d to I k after his flnar a ggg g gg » g H • • • • • •
until he becomes reconciled.
Mr. John Bunk has completed his
new residence just northeast of town
and has moved in He has built a fine
home and wilt begin to enjoy tife tn
the right way. as It Is equipped with
seven large rooms and a bath.
Mr Bnnk ranks among our best and
most prosperous farmers He bought
his farm two years aao at sixty dol-
lars per acre and ha? paid for It in
two yegrs. T’lin his n*w horn* a*. 1 w<
have every evidence to believe he ha
money left.
Cards are out announcing the wed- j
ding of Mr. Charles E. Gibson of
Wadsworth and Miss
Conger of Bay City.
Mr. lien Hesing. the gentleman that
bmight the Arthur Loti swell farm, is
erecting a house and barn on his farm
There Is strong talk of a blacksmith
I shop being established In Wadsworth
|in a very short time This shop Is
lone oft he things we have been pulling
for for the last six months and we
I have every reason to believe It will
I be a paying proposition.
| Mr. A H Yerxa and wife of Buck-
eye were business and social callers
at Wadsworth Tuesday and took din-
ner with Mr. and Mrs. J A. Barnes
Mrs Yerxa expressed herself as be-
ing greatly surprised at the growth of
Wadsworth since she saw It five or six
months ago.
Rev. J. R. lx* of Bay City Is hold-
ing a series of tent meetings that
commenced Tuesday evening and will
very likely be carried on for two or
three weeks.
0n account of the delay of the ar-
rival «f cement, work on the rice
warehouse ha» been somewhat delay-
ed for a couple of days, but as the rar
of cement la now here, work will be
resumed in the same speedy way.
Work on the cotton gin la almost
completed and so much no that we
expect to gin our first bale next week
There were a large per cent of the
booster club members present Tues-
day evening and a very interesting
(meeting was held.
I Amons the visitors out from Bay
City were Mr. Whittaker. E. R Wells.
F C. Halladay. J. R Cookenboo. R
hliabtawer, J. W. Gaines and Mr
Guinn. The last gentlemen made tis
very interesting and profitable talks
on the necessity of the fanners turn-
ing over oae-flfth of their present
rice erep to the R'ce Growers Asso-
ciation to be sold oo foreign markets
Industrial, Social and Local News of Wadsworth
and Her People
Elsewhere?
Wadsworth Gin
season’s cotton crop
This space on the adsworth
Page has been reserved
by the
ALAMO LUMBER CO.
Wadsworth, Texas
Lumber, Sash Doors, Blinds, Build-
ing Hardware and Accessories.
We Carry a Most Complete
Line of
Let us Figure on Your Next Bill.
Right Prices and Courteous
Treatment to All
C. E. Gibson
Dealer in
Groceries and Feed
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When n Wadsworth
Call on
A. M. Longwell
Dealer in Drugs, Patent Medicines, Drug
Store Sundries of all kinds
Candies, Cigars and Jewelry. Special for
one month $1.00 Alarm Clock 75c
$1.00 Watches 75c. Don’t leave town thirsty. Quench '
it at our Fountain
Ice
Lorino Brothers
Wadsworth, Texas
Groceries, Hardware,
Harness, Drugs,
and
I We give you city
----- prices
I And 5 Per Cent Discount on
WADSWORTH, TEXAS
Fastest Growing New Place in Matagorda
County. J. A. BARNES, Editor
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J. A. BARNES
For Bargains in Real Estate
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Barmore&Gartrell
Contractors and
Builders
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Mr
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City Meat
Market
Texas
Farm Tracts, Ten Acre Tracts, Town Lots
WADSWORTH, TEXAS
Reprr«enteUve lr«m Wharton <minty
Would •‘neewd *t*ir *«-nat<ir J-
E. hanffman, UrceaMd.
A,
J. J. SEERDEN
Proprietor
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Demagogery |g tha thief of pro-
Call on
Wharton. Texaa. July 30.—Hon. W.
L. Hail. repreeentaUvg fiuui thia dis-
trict. today announced a* a candidate
succeed to the office of s-nator tit j »
tn"ii the F v.nt 'n’h District to fill WaGSWOrtD,
Ute position made vacant by the death
of Senator J. E. Kaufman of Galvea-.
ten. Mr. Hall baa the endowment j
of a number of politician? of Galres-1
ton County and the undivided support
of the conMituency In thia part of
the district The election will be held
on Saturday August Id Wharton
bounty has not furnlahed a senator
•Ince 1W". Mr Hall is at present
>erving his first term in the Legisla-
p
L.C. Robertson
WHEN
YOU
Call on the most popular
place in town.
want anything in the way
of ice cold
Drinks.
Cigars or
Confections
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1913, newspaper, August 1, 1913; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1309730/m1/2/?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.