Weekly Visitor. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
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BAY CITY, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1899.
NO. 14.
THE CANE BELT.
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Pluck, Not Luck
Is What Wins!
of the 33rd regiment U. S. volunteers ’ thirty^days,
at camp Capron, near San Antonio. I
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Respectfully,
H. E. Moore.
NOTICE1
All parties indebted to me are earn-
estly requested to come forward and
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Work Progressing Very Nicely- Will
Be Completed Next Week.
Work on the telephone line between
Wharton and this city is being pushed
as rapidly as possible, and if nothing
happens to prevent, will be completed
the first of next week.
Owing to the scarcely of laborers,
the work will not be completed as
soon as was first expected.
Word was received here Monday to
procure all the hands possible for
work on the line, and quite a number
of negroes were sent from here Mon-
day afternoon.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
week, we are buisiiy engaged in fight-
ing leaf worms and picking cotton
(when it is not too warm for us.)
Dr, Moore has been laid up the
past week with a rising on his foot.
He is now able to be out again, we
are glad to note.
A. J. McClary will take charge of
the El Campo end of the mail line
between El Campo and Ashby on
Oct. 1st.
Fishermen are paying no attention
to the new fish and oyster law which
went into effect a few days ago, and
fi shermen along the Texas coast are
raising funds with which to fight the
We learn that there is a new enter-
prise under headway that when fully
developed will be of greater benefit
to Matagorda county than the tele-
phone line. If it’s for the good of
the county the Visitor assures the
promoters its most hearty support
when we are put on to the scheme.
We favor all enterprises.
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“Pinafore’* was raging.
Telephones were a novelty.
“Baby Mine” was prevalent.
Dennis Kearney was rampant.
Sitting Bull was a “big Injun.”
Champanini was the great tenor.
Adelaide Neilson was playing Juliet’
Six-day walking matches were a
craze.
Prince Louis Napoleon was slain by
Zulus.
England was fighting Afghans and
Zulus.
Kaiser Willieim celebrated his gold-
en wedding.
General Grant was finishing a tour
of the world.
“Wot d’yer say?” was the slang
phrase of the day.
The great Brooklyn Bridge was near-
ing completion.
The United States army was fight-
ing with Ute Indians.
The “exodus” of negroes from
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas to
Kansas was in progress.—St. Louis
Republic.
N. H. Rowlett is having a brick
flew put in his store building. Bro.
Rowlett says he would like to see
some of his neighbors follow suit and
then their would not be so much
danger of fire.
Believed the Road Will go to Whar-
ton Without a Bonus.
Wharton, Texas, August 29.—The
question whether the Cane Belt will
or will not come to Wharton forms
an absorbing theme of conversation
on the streets. Hon. J. If. H. Den -
nis said this morning to the Post cor-
respondent; “In my opinion the
road will come to Wharton, with or
without bonus, because Wharton is
the trade center of the country; Whar-
ton is directly in the path of the road:
it will be to the road’s best interest
to pass through Wharton, and the
trade gained by so doing would, form a
rich return for capital invested, even
if no bonus at all is raised.”
There have been quite a number of
towns in Texas which have been in
the same position that Wnarton is at
present, and the railroads have failed
to see where they were as important,
as they were thought to be, and they
were left in the cold, so to speak.
The people of Matagorda county
are not a “cheap” people. When
they buy stationery they know what
they want and what is a reasonable
price, and in order to secure their
business we do not have to put in a
lot of cheap John stationery. We buy
first-class stationery and therefore
turn out nothing but the best.
THE TELEPHONE LINE.
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cargo.
Mr. Jim Watkins spent the day in
town Wednesday. Pluto.
ASHBY WHISPERINGS.
Refreshing showers the past week
are very beneficial to sorghum and
pea crop.
Leaf worm is still worrying the
farmers, owing to showery weather.
Mr. Howard Dunbar returned to
his home at Port Lavaca, Saturday.
Schr. Empress came in Saturday.
Mr. Lacy Pybus lost about 150
bales of hay from the effects of the
showers the past week.
Competition ran cotton seed up to
$12.00 per ton last Saturday at the
Pierce gin. Good for the cotton
raiser.
Miss Dora Moore who has been
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The Bay City Town Co., through
their agent, G. M. Magill, sold to
Mrs. Wm. Elliott, this week, the lot
adjoining the cottage occupied by
A. R. Benge.
the bigest values for the the Almighty Dollar,
place before
prices. C —
concern c o _
we are selling it. We always sift such reports because
claim to be the cheapest and are jealous of our <
utation.
This house allows no house to undersell it at anytime, and
stands ever ready to prove this any time or place.
Respectfully Submitted,
R. JT SISK,
New York Racket Store,
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MATAGORDA MACAROONS.
We had several fine showers this
week.
The oyster season has opened up
in full blast. Several beat loads have
been taken to Port Lavaca.
Schr. Golden Arrow went
Lavaca and returned last week.
Schr. Essay went to Port Lavaca
Sunday after freight for our mer-
chants.
LOGOY GOO D-TIMES.
Pelton Smith and Willie E dlebach
Were in Bay City one night last week.
Miss Nannie Smith and Gay Savage
took a horse-back ride out to B. A.
Ryman’s wind mill last Satuiday
.afternoon.
LutVie, thfe little daughter of Mr.
Savage, is on the sick list. We hope
she will recover in a few days.
Miss Nannie Smith is still in
neighborhood.
There was a crowd went deer hunt-
ing but they didn’t kill any deer.
We guess some of them went dear
hunting too.
Jno. Serrill of Bay City, was in our
neighborhood a few days last week.
Miss Strickland was at Savage’s
Sunday.
Miss Kate Deck of Port Lavaca,
started to leach school Monday.
There was quite an enjoyable time
spent at the residence of Mr. Green
Savage Saturday evening. There was
good music. Those present were
Misses Myrtle and Lida Franz, Nan-
nie Smith, Beulah and Gay Savage.
We will omit the boys, as they were
plentiful.
Miss Keith has started her school
at Mr. G- Savage’s.
The wedding bells are about to stop
their ringing from all reports.
Boggy Lillies.
Truly “we never sleep’’ we never tire, but continually
watching and searching the market to see where we can grasp
' . ..r,.,. that we may
~ ; our people merchandise of all kind, at panic
Often we hear fish stories of this concern or that
offering to sell this thing or that thing cheaper than
selling it. We always sift such reports because we
‘ ‘ ’ 1 r claim and rep-
We invariably find such reports to be fish stories.
a visit
attending the State Normal at Whites-
borro, returned Saturday. Miss Dora
will teach the public shcool at
Caranchua.
Steamer Vaquero, passed this morn-
ing towing Schr. Empress laden with
lumber and machinery for Johnson’s
Timber.
Mr. Pierce is putting up the gin
house and placing machinery in po-
sition as fast as material can be
placed
as fast as
on the ground.
Bill Shacklefoot of “Dead Hoss”
passed through our community last
week looking for a location for a
goose ranch.
Lee Jinkins and Pat Snooks have
hired to Mr. Bud Wells to work o n
his ditch. Bud says he dont have as
many callers since his melons gave
out.
Miss Maidie Dunbar will teach the
Ashby public school the coming term.
Bro. W.T. Nicholson will, as soon
as he can wind up his affairs, go to
White Write to attend Grayson Col-
lege the coming term.
Hot weather is seariously interfear-
ing with cotton picking and corn pull-
ing.
Mr. Editor you must excuse us this
Miss Mamie Lou and Master War.
ren Rugeley are attending school at
R. M. Winston’s, having left Caney
last week for that purpose,
Messrs. Daniel, Seates, Martin 81
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Co., erstwhile tenants on the farm of
our enterprising friend and^ neighbor
J. A. Barnett, have shaken the dust
of Caney bottoms from their heels
and are journeying to the promised
land, leaving Mr. Barnett to gather nesday from Port Lavaca with general
the crops and attend to other little
details. Our sympathy is extended
neighbor.
Messrs. J. G. Dennis and E. L.
Lawson are tussling with the fever
again this week.
Your correspondent is pleased to
■note that Mr. M. O’Connell Sr., who
was quite sick last week, is reported
considarably better.
Col. A. Currie of the Lake Austin
country, came up Sunday and has
been spending the fore part of the
week in Caney and Bay City, owing
to the removal of Mr. Huebners fami-
ly, the Colonel will be compelled to
keep “bach” for awhile, unless some
one of the gentler sex will volunteer
to do the cooking, washing and iron-
ing. We expect to hear him call for
volunteers soon. Uncle Jack.
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CANEY CLATTER.
As news is a little scarce this week
the Visitor man must overlook our
short comings.
W. E. Harris, the most popular
drummer-that works this territory,
called on us since last week’s letter,
Mrs. Jno. Matthews accompanied
by her little son, R. V., spent several
days in Brazoria last week visiting
relatives.
Col. J. F. Holt and wife visited
relatives in Matagorda Saturday re-
turning Monday.
Mr. Rogers of the cotton firm of
Jno. D. Rogers & Co., of Galveston,
was on Caney first of the week look-
ing up cotton shipments.
Oscar Bond handed us fourteen
rattles which he took from a rattle
snake he killed below town.
Mr. Geo. Austin and family spent
the week in jour city, returning to
Bay City Sunday.
Jim Bruce paid Bay City
Monday.
The fishermen are having fine sport
now catching red fish, quite a num-
ber of fine ones have been landed by
our-citizens.
Schr. Essay arrived in port Wed-
[Too late for last week.]
There was quite a small number
out to Sunday school last Sunday.
The remains of Mrs. B. Pretrusha
were laid to rest in the new cemetery
at the Catholic church in the lower
neighborhood.
Miss Nannie Smith and Mr. Silas
Franz were in the neighborhood Sun-
day. Miss Nannie will remain for a
day or to at Mr. G. Savage’s.
Willie Eidlebach made a flying trip
to Bay City Sunday after medicine
for a sick horse.
Frank Franz of Bay City was in
our neighborhood Monday.
We had quite a strong wind Mon-
day but no rain fell to speak of.
Mr. Louman and family went to
Lake Austin Monday for a few days
outing.
We were all disappointed Sunday
as our preacher, Mr, Payne, did not
fill his appointment.
Miss Katie Deck of Port Lavaca,
who is to teach the school in our
neighborhood this session is stopping
at Mr. J. C. McGehee’s.
Green Savage and little Willie
Eidlebach, are cutting winter wood
this week.
G. Savage will finish hauling cot-
ton seed from C. Zippian’s this week.
Boggy Lillies.
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KENNER’S PRAIRIE PICKINGS.
S. M. Ayers accompanied his broth-
er to Lavaca this week.
Since Mr. Wharton Bates and his
friends were so badly disappointed
with their deer hunt last week they
decided to try it over again ibis week
and with eight men and four trained
dogs they killed three deer, and con-
sidered that they had done well.
Mr. Will McRe.e has been quite
sick all the week.
Miss Fanny Ayers left Monday for
West where she has accepted a school.
Master Henry Freeman left last
Friday for Victoria where he will at-
tend school this winter.
Col. Freeman has been enjoying
spell of fever of late. Venus.
law. A great many fishermen who
are willing to comply with the law
are afraid to do so on account of hav-
ing their seines cut.
While out hunting Tuesday Jno.
Gaines came near having the to p of
his head blown off. He shot at some
game and when the cartridge explod-
ed the gun came unbreached and the
shell flew backwards and missed Mr.
Gaine’s head just by a fraction.
John says he was blind, deaf and
crazy for a few minutes.
The many friends of Al. Matthews
will be sorry to learn that in a letter
to his sister, Mrs. E. P. Rugeley, he
states that his health continues to
grow worse and that he has no hope
of ever recovering. He is thinking
of returning to Matagorda county,
where he has many friends and rela-
tives who will be glad to see him.
In a letter from J. A. McKee, writ-
ten from Ft. Sam Houston, says he
has enlisted in the regular service of
the U. S., in the hospital corps, for
general service in the Philippines
and that they are expecting orders at
any time to move. He also states settle up arrearges as early as possible,
that Dr. King is in the hospital corps ' I have heavy demands to meet in next
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Gartrell, L. J. Weekly Visitor. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1899, newspaper, September 8, 1899; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1329957/m1/1/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.