The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1915 Page: 4 of 22
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NAME IN THE SAND.
SOUTH ANO EAST TEXAS
MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE
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GENERAL BUSINESS STATUS
Of COUNTRY IS GOOD
LAYING IT ON KVIlll i; THICK,
Demand lor AVar Supplies keeps Mali)
Industries Busy and Jobbers
Are Optlniistie.
buzz about
operators
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THE CONSTANTLY GROWING
POWER OF THE PEOPLE.
The Inevitable insofar as the Mi x.'
is about!
iter<xl at the Poatofflce at Hay (Tty, Texas, as Second Class Mall Matter
Under Act of Congress, March 3, 1979.
SI BSt RIPTION RATES.
WEEKLY
Other Counties to Be Represented, j
Jefferson Chambers, Victoria. Cher-1
okeo and -everal other counties had,
the meeting, but
The outlook for manufac-
wholo fs regarded as im-
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Toxas.”
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Published Every Friday Morning by Tribune Printing Company.
CAREY SMITH, Editor.
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BUSINESS CONDITIONS GOOD.
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NO NEW STATE NORMALS.
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Sheriff C. D. Kemp of Wharton ar-
rived this morning with a prisoner
wanted in this county on a charge of
burglary.
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who live on the small farms and fur-
nish meeting
erroneous reflection upon the character or standing of any person or
^^^—Wuslness concern
■■■■brought to the attention of the publishers.
Mi» paper will bo conducted upon tbo highest possible plane, of legitimate
•ewapaper business.
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renewal.
•NFNen requesting change of address on paper, rive both old and new address.
of courtesy
lessons and a
superintendent
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den of Eden, and he is doing this
jeesrifuHy. He is
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provement than the general jobbing
interests.”
A light demand for money was re-' ised
ported by the Dallas agent.
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Victor Emmanuel is said to have
Wept deeply and bitterly when It fin-
ally came about that he must give
in to the popular demand and take
part in the war. He held out for
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You knowd
what you are taking, as the formula i ill .
printed on every label, showing it fs
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Qcii iuc drives out malaria, the
Iron up L.c svatem. 50 cents
That tho white race holds no mon-
opoly on ability to Indulge in word
painting was conclusively shown at
the tabernacle meeting Monday night
conducted by Evangelist Ham for the
cilored people. A local colored pas-
tor, called upon to offer prayer, swept
hir listeners from their feet with his
flowery eloquence and beautiful Imag-
ery. of which the following sentence
is a fair sample: "When tho sun
h.iles his golden face for the last time
and tho earth rocks beneath him,
when the silvery moon dies on the
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Mr L. IL Hill of Markham passed
through today op route home from
Austin.
NIITK'E SUIIS4 1(1 Bl l(».
sending In remittance for subscription, always state whether new or.
com-1
con- )
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and good 1 i v-
Socuring a ranch[
and horses and
Lewis set out to '
The bill providing for the location
of three now State normal schools, one
of which Palacios was hopeful of se-
curing died in the house of the spe-
cial session of the Legislature which
ended last week. Nothing more can
be done until the Legislature conven
in special or regular session, and will
have, to come up as new business,
which means that It is most likely to
he deferred until after the new L<
islature has been elected.
There were well grounded doubts ■
tc the adoption of the bill after the
supreme judges refused to act on tho
S'te selecting committee as provided
bv the first bill which passed and was
approved by tho governor. Places
that were active in presenting their
claims as sites for these schools while
the last bill was pending, were prema-
ture. and had their labor for nothin*,
as there was In fact nothing to con-
tend for until the law had been passed
and approved.—Palaeios Beacon.
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Patronice Tribune advertisers.
Don't try to bully the world,
does not pay. Whoever enters
ring for a
. with public opinion
All Bound
Round icith a
Telephone Line
In a Bell connected communi-
ty it s mt “how fur is it to
neighbor Perkins'’’ But "Is
neighbor Perkins' ring three?"
The ring of u bell and you have
him.
In marketing, in matt, -s of
farm routine, in emerg< ucies,
the telephone adds to the min-
er's ease and profit.
Are you connected with the
Bell system'?
Ask O'ir nearest Manager K* m.for
mation or write to
THE SOUTHWESTERN
TELEbRAPH ANO
TELEPHONE
COMPANY
DALLAS. THIS
own and operate their kings. Under, booster for the const country and will
*11 the trappings of royaltv there Is! continue to be such. However, we
the substantial f<ct of public owner-1 Appreciate tho hardships those living the agent,
■hip of tho entire institution of mon-ion » - —a
Citiofl clionen as entitled tn a nwm-i
-* « executive committee wore
Nacogdoches, Palestine I R. B. Creager of Brownsville Returns
| Bryan. Brenham. Engle Lake and Vie- from Trip to St. Louis mid
tori; Each city is to name its niem-j • hlcako.
‘tier of tho directorate. This selection | -------
this I was made by a eonmilttoe of
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Houston, I. W.
Anderson, J. E. Angly, Pal-1 the opportunity of today unless
Fort increase our membership funds.
increase in numbers will bring an in-|8tr1If.tion by mail too late, and could
not be accepted.” explains Manager
;Walters. ‘‘From information received
i here, classes must have been crowded
ifrom the first jump. As plans ma-
terialize. however, we will be able to
'give every ambitious operator a chance
to get tire benefit of the correspond-
ence school."
tiie fifth of a series of essays writ-
h’d a general telephone school system
with a corps of instructors and spe-
cial apparatus for the work in each
one of the large cities. The educa-
tional work is now being extended SO'
as to give every operator a chance,.
I There are about three thousand South-
telephone
of Jesus The value of courtesy is one ol
the first lessons and a circular by
general superintendent of traffii V t
Percy Redmund. of the Southwestern
the Company, is now In the hands of ev-
land. cry student. How to perform any of
those telephone miracles by which
.lives are saved and property protect-
new
education for the
The
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out the country as observed 'by the|(hp orcnniz.,t|ons |n fh(,'ir Pommnn)b .) -1‘sire the coming of his kingdom, that'
res<irve agpnts of tllp re"; still other counties, namelv. Chambers, '"a v ,ak" t”" leadership of this
are set forth in the ,, m < ... ....
Calhoun. Waller, Montgomery, Tyler,
Shelby, Orange, Hardin, Jasper, San
4 ugiistirc. Panola. Rusk. Austin. Bur-
La vnen. DeWitt. Goliad, Boe.
, Madison, Sabine. Lee and
(]1Pjtifct meeting will
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I ’argemo.it ami reinforcements.
II., e-v field calls for more workers. >
C I Numberless doors are open into which 1 telephone
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last night for TjtBelle, Mo., where they
will spend their summer vacation
with Mr. Thompson’s father and
mother.
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For Development of Resource* Oscar
Barber Made One of the Vice
Presidents of league. After
A New Jersey inventor has patented
a cuspidor with a removable inner
shell to hold Its contents, surrounded
by a spnee for disinfectants.
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If unsiness is dull, stimulate
an ad In The Tribune.
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as it is in
I viil move back
In the country ns desirable
tin- towns and the people
to the land. It will
not do to say this cannot be done,
for it is being accomplished
Held regular
monthly meeting.
Alone I walked on the ocean strand.
The Methodist Missionary Society! A hourly shell was in my hand;
'held it regular monthly business'I stooped and wrote upon the sand
Ing l;-t Thursday at the church. Iname, the year, the day;
meeting was called to order by i
pr> ident. Mrs. Ack Harnett,
fin ing and scripture reading.
e were led in prayer by Mrs. Carter.|And washed my
fember answered roll call
I S'ripture quotations. Mrs. T. L. Lewis
i ad minute* of last meeting and they
were approved. First vice president
reported the work of the young peo-
j file progress ing nicely and asked for
of the society.
Second vice president reported the
?gular number of meetings held with
Juniors and June 9th is the day
their mite box opening.
The following are a few of the items
resented by the publicity superIn-1
I tendent from the Monthly Bulletin:
The Woman’s Missionary Council
1 has inaugurated a church-wie catn-
I paign. Tho object is an auxiliary in
woman and I
I The society has a right to claim the!
I loyalty of the women and girls of the'
| "hurch. It affords an opportunity to I
Irnlp bring the knowledge
Christ as a personal Saviour and the I
of his gospel to the women ,
rm of non-Christian lands. I
It enables us to have a part in
Christianization of our own
We MUST go forward.
Every mission station Is needing cn-
1argeme.it ami reinforcements. Ev- tli |s illso contemplated in this
field calls for more workers, system of special
, . -’ operators of Texas.
|W>rk. it is explained, is ail based
■ carefully prepared bulletin which
serves as a foundation text. book.
"Numbers of operators made appli-
cation for the special course of in-
ownershlp of railroads and <
other property, but they consider that
the king of a people should be their
king; that the whole world should be
■0 democratized that even kings
■bnuld tc servants of the people, sub-
ject to the peopl?’s win, contem-
porary notes that King Charles of
Koumania was anxious to involve bls!
country In the war; that the country jsideratlon.
did not want to lie Involved In the ;bat Is the modern way. Bring ordl-1 conditions during
end the view of the country prevailed nary modern facilities to tho people I
and Hot mania for the present st
least—remains at pence. The present
moverne-M o>' Ron mania and Bulgaria
to go Imo i* is laid to be a ‘ people’s
movement" in tho other direction.
It is noted further by tills contem-
ns onward from the spot 1 passed.
One lingering look behind 1 cast,
A wave came rolling high and fast,
lines away.
Wjth And so, methought, 'twill quickly be
Hv’th every mark on earth with me?
A wave of dark oblivion’s sea
Will sweep across the place
'.'.'here I have trod the sandy shore
Of time, and been to be no more;
<>f me, my day, the name 1 bore,
To leave no track or trace.
'.nd yet with Him, who counts the
sand,
I And holds the waters In His hands.
j I know a lasting record stands
'nscribed against my name;
| ()t all this mortal part has wrought,
■Of all this thinking soul lias thought,
And from these fleeting moments
caught
For Gio’y or for shame.
—Win. Douglas.
Iv better than normal except such i p(>aurnont
slight hills as depend upon wages.
i Luilding operations are not as exten-
sive as a year ago.”
“General husinesB conditions in this I was made by a committee of three
district,” reported the St. T,ouls agent, | < i nsisting of C. S. E. Holland of Vic-
' especially in the larger cities and I tn; la. C T. Heisig of Beaumont and
manufacturing centers, while still be- s. F. Carter of Houston.
State Topics believes they I low normal‘ 1n'licat'1 a continued ---------o-o--------- . . -------
| though slow improvement. The man-! \[r \orvell returned home conditions of business in comnierc
. ilfactui'ing industries, except those af-j y(.sterdny after a several days busi-! industrial and agricultural circles
footed by war orders, show less im-1 n,,ss fr|(, fO p!irts of Kansas and Mls-|ihe two cities and in their respect
I m ovement than the general jobbing I c„„rt nn Bfnted that the wheat! trade zones.
"The banks." he said, "are undoubt- i s wen
e Uy in far better shape than when 11
visited those cities in January and!
March. On this, my third visit, I They understand that It
found bankers in an infinitely better
frame of mind and far more ready l
to do business and extend their trans-1
actions over
Sol Cleveland, one of tho Buy City | ti'v and on more liberal terms. |)(|WS
"Manufacturing establishment^ that ip
were either shut down or were
' There is a feeling of optimism In
I'and settled and cultivated Is to nr- a]i lines of business in this district,
... -----1 *i.i-— -p^p Rn|(j thp Boston agent, ”nnd a slight
climate Is ns improvement in most lines."
The Now York agent reported a re-
Dh | duction of unemployment and said:
"The manufacture of war supplies con-
tinues above capacity."
The Philadelphia agent reported that
war orders and their influence were
helping many industries. "General
trade." ho said, “upon which In the
long run we must depend for our pros-
enrlty, is still dull nnd much below
normal.”
"Improvement of conditions in dis-
trict number four." said the Cleveland i -
report, “as reported in April Is being tor there,
hold but no additional advance is tnres as a
noted." proved.**
Chicago reported improvement in : Satisfactory agricultural conditions
general conditions. "Trade develop-1 <n the northwest were reported by the
mnnt in May has been favorable." said Minneapolis neent. who said: "Un-
the agent. "Moderate improvement is i deriving business conditions of the
noticed in the leading industries, ospo- entire northwest are sound.”
cinlly Iron and stool nnd tho metal i San Francisco reported a "general
working branches nnd at more satis-1 fooling of mild optimism." "Agricul-
fnctory prices. Tho continuation ofltnral prospects throughout the twclf h
orfoiis labor troubles in the building district are exceptionally bright," Baid
trades at Chicago is a depressir
' ,1b M'U.II. •
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Houston Post.
Town and country joined, interest
I n.et interest and selfish ambition gave
I way to unity of purpose in the crea-
tion of the South and East Texas De-|
ivedopment League in Houston 1’riday. p.'ay
More than a score of counties in
this part of the State were represent-’
I ed. Each pledged support to the sec-, the
tional movement which is expected to for
accomplish in actual upbuilding what!
has not been posisble through indi-|i
vidua! effort.
Officers of New Organization Named.
| Officers selected to direct the ac-
| tivities of this organization are: j paign The object is
President. John T. Scott, Houston, i every church and ci
Vice presidents, one to each county [child a member.
—chosen by the delegations from each.
I Liberty, Judge C. N. Smith, Liberty:
i ! 'I irris, H C. Schuhmacher, Houston;
J Brazoria. Judge J. W. Munson: Gal-
I 'veston, Maco Stewart. Galveston; Mat-
| | agorda, Oscar Barber, Bay
: V’bnrtm
Tom Richardson, who is mentioned
by some of tho papers as a "develop-
ment export.” writes to the socre*nr>
of the Bay Cltv Business Tx’ague. and,'
among other things, lie says: “I live1
over and over again, the Interesting'
dnv wo snont witli you. That wonder-|
fni mooting out at the school. I have
told dozen audiences about It since
There was a charm and a
it that roallv llneers” Easy, Toni,
easy? There's sticli a tiling as laving
it on too thick. And besides, those
Bav City people, while nnturnllv ho«
nltaldo. were not born vouford.iv nnd
they like a little broad once In a while
to oat with their honey State Topics
(VToustonl.
Stretching! I'ederal
gional banks are set forth in
monthly bulletin of the Federal
serve board issued today,
ment was reported by most of the I
'agents while others noted that demand ,
' | Gonzalo^.
i from Europe for war supplies was ... ... , ,
!'Aashington. were declared within tnei -
I territory ’embodied in the development Itl,p 22nd of Juno.
race,
quarrel with society.
t Is possible
for an individual to lead and quietly
'cintrol a community, but not to fight
It down and not to force it to their
wider range of coun- ,vny ()f ,h)ns, by mp.lns nf nf)rrow
If you desire to reform sup-
er real evils or disabuse your
run- f. |](,w men of their prejudices, the
The congressional ning on half time on my former visits [surest way not to succeed is to resort
are now working on full time. with!;-> denunciation and abuse.
some of them actually enlarging their jroncii(atl0n nnd the influence of
plants.
ing an
which they are shipping to meet heavy [
orders that are coming from tho bel-
ligerent European nations.
"While in St. Txmls horse dealers
there wore just finishing tho shipment
of an order of 20,00 horses which came
from France. Bank deposits in that
region bad not only greatly increas-
ed but where still rapidly increasing.
"I met a manufacturer of machinery
used in connection with the manufac-
ture of leather goods and his plant
was running eight shifts to fill an or-
der for a leather manufacturing es-
tablishment which in turn had receiv-
ed a heavy order for leather goods
from one of the warring nations of
Europe.”
"I met a man during this trip from
Inst horizon, we will walk into the Mississippi who said he had, In Jan-
uary, applied to the banks of St. Louis
for a loan of $200.(lOO and they re-
jected his application. He came hack
in May. be stated, and renewed the
same application on the same seenr-
itv, and had no difficulty whatever in
securing the loan.
"T mention these facts as evidences
that money matters are rapidly grow,
ing easier, and T am sure the wave
of prosperity will strike us as soon
as Texas begins to move her cotton,
corn, wheat and other food supplies tn
market—such supplies that will be in
d mand by the nations of Europe.”
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Play "Safety First” on you job
urin'Lni'. An order given this office
lUBur is that.
I ^^■unt keep close to the ground nnd ’I HI
I waL h the corner" thlir ; will riglr
thon selves some day
I lv; dull. *tlB true, hut then
a better du -.ot nfi i ir
are promising :ind our tkoiiI" j n- liv
ing close, so don’t despair until th"1
(i'>r n is lining accomplished success-1
fully in California. Out there Mr. E. I
(G Li wis, founder of University City, |
‘'Missouri, is establishing a model col-
ony and most of his settlers are from!
cities and towns. This colony
jblncs all the real pleasures and
venlencea of city life with tho
pendenco and health
I ng of the country,
inhabited by cattle
. . . , wild animals, Mr.
her. And there will never he i ,
1 convert the rough place into a Gar-I
anv frfendlv pacifications either, no , .
, .... . ,lr‘n Kden. and lie is doing this suc-
matter how earnestly It may he , ,, s 1
Bought |ceBHfully. He is making Improve-1
.n:ents of the highest order. The
i roads are better than the streets of
|Bny Texas city. Each tract will be
i supplied with water and electricity
and will front a magnificent highway.
I In the civic center will be an opera
I house, school, department store, hotel,
[printery. bank, poatoffice and hand-
some administration building. Imme- Washington, June 3.—General busi-
l<!lat<-ly surrounding this group will be ■ at>88 an(j banking conditions through-!
[a section developed to residences cost-I out the country as observed 'bv the I
ing from $",000 to $50,000.
away from tho residence section will 1
be tracts for orchards and truck gar-!
deus and small places for growing j
secdo. The latter will furnish homes
for women folks. Then there is to
be an industrial center, where there [
will lie tile manufacturing plants, the|
refrigeration plant and lumber and !
brick yards. This colony Is at Atas-[
eadero, six miles back from the Pa-!
cific Ocean, and on Morro Beach the1
people of tiie colony will also find
The Texas coast country
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the
rough and tumble fight
is pretty sure,
eventually, to be "knocked out.” So-
11 eii'ti is a Brlareus, and who would
think of encountering with a single
pair of fists, a hundred-armed fel-
lows? Better shake the multitudinous
hand of the giant, good naturedly, than
unnecessarily provoke his wrath. De.
spis" tiie world if it so pleases you,
lint as you have to live in (he world
and to loan on the world, it is just
I to treat it civilly. Shrewd
who understand their
seek a
| from Europe for war supplies
keeping many industries busy.
Purely financial conditions were re-[ ,iN;rk.t pnrt nlay nt any t)nlP BejPct
ported as excellent by the Kansas City I a viPP prPS|dPnt and identify thorn-
agent. "The retail nnd wholesale | SP|VPB w|tb tbp campaign.
I trade is not quite up to normal,” he j <-• •
| said, "however, collections are slight-1 i,o_ »hP
recreation. The Texas coast country , , , .
Iv better than normal except
needs just such a colony as the Lewis ,
s'lght bills as depend upon
colony in California. Are the people)
of Texas less progressive than the
citizens of California? Do not the j
people of this State enjoy the beauties'
war. He held out for of jjfe and have they not the ambition ; ”
peace, for neutrality, as long as pos- to ]|ve where they are surrounded by
slble—until it greater than lie vetoed ;PPf(tn>ment and witli all modern con-]
his decision. Then lie yielded. Thus [venienees? State Topics believes they I
tho power of the people is growing !arP anil hopes some one will under-1
[take tiie founding of just such a de-1
favor ofislrable community. We have not the|
Ioan situation Is concerned
to happen nt hist. This paper pt'
dieted three years ago the ven thing
Wilson Is now doing, not that wei
wanted it to come to pass, but because!
wo knew It bad to some dnv. War-1
fare will race In Mexico until the
iron hand of the United Stat' < i laid
upon her. And there will never be
eternal city and sit down beside the
-llent sea with tho blood-wnshed
throng." How many college-trained
pastors could beat it?—Denison Her-
n ten lay me lianas ngeiii.
"There is little evidence of tbo pres-
sure which existed last fall." ho said. I
• "Wheat and oats will soon be coming
j into the market, and the agricultural
I promise is good. Higher prices
Texas for colonization. How- cotton and sales of cattle, horses and!
tho system which has been in ' unties have brought large credits.” ■
Tho Richmond agent reported
There is but one way and I ’ Very little change in general business
In the|that Is the modern way. Bring ordl-1 conditions during larch.
“Hope for the future.” he added,
has been increased in the presence of' many explosions and tire punctures
places witli harmless [ timely rains and the knowledge that along the route before the primaries
1 next year.—Palacios Bea-
Brownsville Texas, lune 5.—R.
Creager has just returned from an ex-
tended business visit to St. Louis and
Chicago. He brought highly encour-
aging news of the rapidly Improving
returned home conditions of business in commercial,
i In
ness trip to parts of Kansas and Mis-jtlm two cities and in their respective
souri. He stated that tho wheat! trade zones.
fields, until a few days ago. prom-1
enormous yields, but that the
Hessian fly was now getting In its
work and that tho crop would be
seriously crippled. Times are dull in
[the placoB he visited and In his way
of putting It. "there are no money.”
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' Sol Cleveland, one of the Bay City j
'candidates for Congress, lias already
■ withdrawn in favor of Judge Mans-
field of Columbus,
race is already getting on a good bead
I of steam and there will doubtless be
Kindness,
a
Automobile factories are do-|gPOI| example these are the true and
immense business in trucks, |Pff,.ct|VP nioans of reform.
The
positive public danger. |just like tho Texans.
I L tn Vine vtx mln ,, ..rnetnin W 11 <> f <1 11 fl O
until along camo Mr Lewis, nnd. being
from Missouri, ho "showed" them how
to do It. H Is being done in Califor-
nia nnd it enn and should bo accom-
plished In Texas Who Is willing to
take the lead’ State Topics.
Barber, Bay City: , blessings <
'■’barton. H. A Cline; Colorado. E. L and children
Mooney, Eagle Lake; Jackson, F. G.J
) Moffitt, Edna: Anw lina, M. W. Glonn,
Lufkin: Nacogdoches, John Schmidt,
Nacogdoches: San Jacinto. J.
I Hamsboro, Cold Springs: Polk, W
[ West. Livingston; Trinity,
Thompson. Trinity; Walker,
Eistbam, Huntsville; Brazos, E. J.| -e could enter. We cannot answer)
Fountain. Bryan: Grimes, E. J. Goree,[their calls; we cannot meet the de- ;1
I Navasota: Houston, I. W. Young, mends of the hour nor measure up to
Crockett: Anderson, J. E. Angly, Pal-'the opportunity of today unless we
|e8tine: Smith. Charles W. Boon; Fort I increase our membership funds. An
Bend, M. I. Hickey. Richmond: Leon J
R. tl. Evans. Jewett: Bowie, Senator | crease of offerings, and this will make'
Morris Sheppard. j "ossible the advance which we must !
----- [make now if we maintain worthily)
tbo work already established and en-
large our field of service by entering
tbo open doors. I.et a mighty volume
representation at the meeting, butlcf >,rayPr w "I’ fronl "1P ,IPar,s of
I chose no vice president, leaving it to|"'p wnniPn wl,° ,ovp Jp8ns C1,riRt 11,1(1 [e
desire the coniine nf his kiuirdorn that' .
I l.e may take Hie
movement and bring it to a glorious
victory.
The treasurer. Mrs. Bert Carr, re-1
ported $24.25 collected for April and
vlay, on dues and pledges. The dis-
1 eonvene here on I
Let all the members I
look forward to this meeting and pray'
for its success. Publicly Supt. I
everywhere.
There is one doctrine in |nn<>»iv . ... ..... .... ...
which Americans are just about itnan-ispace to devote to all the details of
Imous- the public ownership of kings, the scheme, but will gladly assist in |
They may not agree as to tiie public the building of such a community. Ifi
certain (anyone is sufficiently Interested and I
- * has the sound judgment to engage
in the undertaking, we will gladly
supply the information we have on
the subject. Hundreds of thousands
of acres of fine land are available In
South Texas for colonization. How-
vogue is dead and is out of our con-1
III5SI1 iiivvuiiK' piavvB NviLii nevi iiiin on iiniriy ruinn tinu me imuwirumr iiiiu
nnd aesthetic amusement and you will the close of the planting season shows'are held
solve the “Back-to-thc-Land” prob- that there Is materially dlversifica- i '?ot>.
h in nnd yon will also make two blades tion."
of grass grow whore but one sprout-1 Atlanta reported conditions gener-
porary that the little Balkan States led. State Topics has always been a ally good.
"The outlook is brighter than at anvi
time since the European war,” said
. "Agricultural conditions
isolated farms experience and we appear exceedingly bright.”
trehy. "If a country is bound to have ’’elleve that tho only way to got the
•» king, obviously that Is tho only con
ditlon on which it can afford to have'range colonies of good citizens,
him. The king who thinks he owns land is hero and our
the country, the king who assumes to|good as that of California or Florida,
rule by a title superior to the public)All that Is lacking la tho niaB w
Will. Is at best an expensive luxury [enterprise. The Californians wore
and at worst a positive public danger jjnst like tho Texans. They did not
Public ownership of kings has made appreciate what a fine thing they had
great strides in Europe since the be-
ginning of the nineteenth century."
If two heads are bettor than one,
then a thousand heads or even n mil-
lion heads are better than one. At all
events, even the people of the Old
World are coming to that conclusion;
and the present war. like all other
wars of modern times, is sure to leave
Still more questionable tho divine
right of kings and to weaken further
the royal prerogative all over tho
world.—Galveston News.
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1915, newspaper, June 11, 1915; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346176/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.