The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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Cljc iflatagorfta Cauntn (tribune
TO OUR COUNTY, OUK WHOLE COUNTY AND
EVERY
V1GOI
WORK
IN THE LIVING
I'liESENT
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FOUR YEAR LIMIT
hi|| r in
What the Italian Premier Thinks of
the American Red Cross
■Next Big I iglit in Ge
Mill Be for Lully Rights
the AAiihien of the
Cllurell.
al CoiHcrence
I’or
This call is for mule
Men accepted and inducted
•ipt of
i Gen
Khaki Clad Boy With a Lump in
Throat Welcomes Home
Cooking.
Ing tlie slime. <
city and plenty of pep.
and men
enern I
senport
to take
there.'
in
tin
to
Shake-
Berlln
1*01 ATO FARMERS
DISCUSS
I At II' HOX AL
FOR Ml x \AT I Ills DR,VI I
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X A l lox AL HANK
M A hIXG IMPROV I MI X |>.
arriving i
proposed
the
i tool box —
to come in
and pi'i'li.ip.i
•any urlicles.
to
I
Call No. 533:
Inarians.
contention
additional
By .JOHN OLIVER LA GORCE
Associate Editor, National Geographic Magazine.
than tn prevent
Our condition
conditions in
us in
Jolt.
I ll.lfo
to as-
st and
from
LIKE MOTHER
USED TO MAKE...
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h<* original
tube bn”<
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induction teleg
of
Napoleon
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Alli III I.IX TIRE HINTS;
their npprecln-
ot Red Cross
entually
■arlng
all
purpose.
Men
I certain
harp tools
r other grt
deadly
The Rod Cross operates In France a
motor truck tian pin Inllou service
with 250 motor trucks.
The
tilted
if - J doe
titv
' l:u'
i eminent is Intiredcd hi living
In"* At ar Si'hediih \o Agree-
iiient Resulted Ffroin
X. O. Hearing.
Imagine your buy on a troop trnln
r some United Slntei
transport Iles ready
Ids regiment
huv <>
put in
Barnes of this city, local
t lor the Michelin Tire
y that I he average mo-
learned !>y experience to
i of Hie meelianlsm
lie too often neglects
accorded
good In-
motorlsl
few sug-
the
liemdit the
MEI1IODISI I‘ASTIH;S AAII I
ALLOW I D III STAY IX-
DEI IX I I ELA.
SECTION OU OUR COUNTY. TO OUR 1'1(11 I'. IN Il'S PAST AND OUR HOI’U I’OR Il'S
“THERE IS NOT 111 .XU TOO WOOD EOR Ol K I KI I XDs"
but what there is
•ar loaded to the
maximum; mill rarely If ever a ca -
load Involves a claim where minimum '
1- ading has taken place,
the ass
Uetleral
sents
fixing
millers
A
adjourned
a reenu lit
ri< e cunt rat t
c 111 it l ill t
a barrel of
foillrnct fixe
at I< '> S to S i
For here Is a
Here lie can gel
iffee sand whin's.
: Xotil’j A ttiir Local Board at Once B 1
Aon Desire to l ulls! I tiller
Any of These t ails.
of
controlled by
>r cent
the
th" | m
This call Is
Men accepted and
ducted under this call will be sent
to Camp Lee. Petersburg. Virginia, to
report to the commanding officer of
the veterinary corps.
This call is for veter-
Men accepted and Inducted
under this call will also be sent to
Join the Red 1
Cross and help the boys who have vol
unteered their lives.”
There are now more than 500 of
these Red Cross canteens or refresh
menl units located ut the Important
railroad centers in the United States
Every commander of a troop train ha-
n list of these canteens, so Hint he can
call upon the Red Cross for this sen
ice at these stations en route.
report to the commanding officer ''t
veterinary corps.
Can no. 541:
packers
under this call will be sent to Camp
Johnston. Jacksonville, Fla,, to re-
port to the
r it is 3."
<• hud to
■ • <"1 and the money to
crop.
Thousands of patriotic women In nil
parts of the United States are freely
giving their time to make surgical
dressings, knit goods, hospital gar
meats, comfort kits, socks and sweat
ers. The value of this labor given by
American women Is estimated at $3(1,-
000,000 a year.
ivs carry spai
oof . loth ba;:
ssory dealers
Motorist s
<• ori inal
il argilim
ack for f
years Their
I is seldom
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BOY St Ol IS HILI, HELP IX
HARVESTING CROP Ol Pl At HIS.
o frong light and vary-
..l temperature is also
rub < r, robbing It of Its
aking it brittle. Al-
• t.ubea in tlie water-
supplied lr
for this
sometimes
arrying rpt
curdboard
of tlie de-! c
change in the creed and
ritual where
the words "Holy Catholic Church" ap-
pear, the i-onurt'encc. without debate
and by a vote of 172 to 7H, adopted
Hie committee report recommending
the substitution of the words. "Church
of Christ."
In response to an effort to < laril v
the wording of the constitution of the
Methodist Episcopal Churl h. South, a
committee was elected Thursday, con-
Kistin;'. of Bishop E. D. Monzon, chair-
man: Revs A. .1. Lamar. II M. Du-
bose. F”. M. Thomas
V. Ay. .Darling, an
John S t handler,
Reynolds. J. ' Me
El Campo, Texas. May 9--The base-
ball garnet here July 4 will be played
now Camp Lee, Petersburg. Virginia, to ■ the Eagle Lake and Bay < ity
_____ -t._______» _*»■—. j teams The celebration here this
year will be for the benefit of the
local Red Cross and Chester M.
•'Chick" Brandon is bringing the base-
ball teams here for the game and the
entire gate reecipts will go to the Red
commanding officer of ^ross.
lull of w hi ell
I rubber.
Exposure *•
illK degree >
injurious to
When the Austrians last October i pri ciation and with admiration fur the
routed the Italian Army by trickery i miignlth'etit dash with which the Amer-
and drove before them lislf H million | lean Red Cross has brought us power-
refugees, tlie part which tlie Amerlenii , ful iild.m our recent misfortune. We
Red Cross pluyed In tills stupendous i attribute great, value to tlie eo opera
tragedy will go down In tlie history of Holl which will be given us against the
Italy and Hie world as one of tlie most , common enemy by tlie prodigious !
mugnlti*1 ut dash s
has ever come to 11
Listen to what i
s-uld of this work li
of these
and supported
farmers
Atlanta, G.i.. May 10
posai of Hie qiiestiou of the time limit '
on mitn -tei ■ Thursday by th< general
conference of tlie Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, indications Thursday carloads
niglit weii- that Hie next big issue to
reach tile debate stave would ie the
demands ol the women fur I.iii |
rights, already favorably
by (lie committee on revivals.
The conference Thursday, niter a
two days parliamentary wian- h
adopted Hie minority report on tlie car-
time limit proposal, which Inserts in
the discipline a paragiapit permittiir-'
bishops to appoint ministers
nitely, on recommendation of piarter-
<ndu< tion calk ii|>on
| ti>e following men:
Call No .'.li:;: This call is foi loco
motive engineers and firemen,
accepted and inducted under this
will be ent to I'Mi't. Leavenwo
Kansas to report to commanding
fleer of engineer-.
Call No. >00: This cull is for .
road brakemen, tlagmen and condnc
tors .Men accepted and inducted un
der this call will also be sent to Port,
Leavenworth, Kansas, to report to the
commanding officer of engineers.
Call No. 51fi: This call is for boil
ermakers and helpers. Men accepted
and inducted under this call will also
be sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
to report to commanding officer ot
engineers.
Cail No. 534: This call Is for gun-
smiths, operatives in gun factories,
instrument makers and repair men
Men accepted and inducted under this
call will be sent to Camp Comstock,!
Augusta, Georgia, to report to com-
manding officer of ordnance corps.
Call No. r,37: This rail is for
lock raisers. Men accepted ami In-
-s pluyed in tills stupendous i attribute great value to the <
down In the history of Hou which will be given us
orlrl as one of the most j common enemy by the
tlvlty ami by the exuberant and eon
stent force which lire peculiar to Hie
nerir au people.”
Ami this, mind J’Otl, WHS only n little
er .i month after Hie American Reu
made its triumphant dasii into
bound to
where a
him and Ills regiment "over
H<' never felt lieu II hler III his life-
body. in mind? If lie tiuds moments
wlieii Ins thoughts Ireglii to riu'e hack
toward you, wondering what you ure
lining, can you illume him If occusiou
ally somelliing lumps In his Hiroiit |
ulrout us eomfortiilrle as u billiard bull?
Ami then tlie train grinds tn u stund
still. Some one .veils, "Big cuts; oh.
boy I" as seveial Red Cross uniforms
llasli out in Hie crowd on tlie sliitioli .
platform. I’or here Is u Red Cross i.
emergency cnnir'cii.
coffee good, hot <
eumly. tobacco, fruit. piMilal curds ami
almost anything that he may have for
gotten.
Does it help his spirits?
Does it cheer him to get these smirks
of good home tastltig food served by
women like those In Ids own family?
Probably the most valuuble purl of Hie
Red Cross canteen service work Is Hie
elYeet of the smile mid cheer from the i
women who are in charge. Soldiers
write frequently such messages ns the
following, indicating
tion of this branch
work:
"The Red Cross of Chicago met
with colTee, sandwiches anil post curds.
I hope the Montana women me nil do
Chicago sure is n big .
cd by the farmers was that the big .
per jobbing r enters will telegraph the
money direct on word of their agent- I
that the Texas are up to grade, when
weigh 30.000 and less; but
accept on inspection at des I
tination when above 30,000 pounds.
Among the problems of shipping
presented were: Double deck cars,
false deck cars, refrigerated cars
with ventilation: ami refrigerated
cars with Ice; stock cars and slutted
The viewpoint of AV E. Max-
son. general superintendent of the
Santa Re Railway. Galveston, is that
indefi-! in making the experimental shipments
'that all kind', of cars be tried out. so
ly conference, together witli the vote as to determine for future shipment
of the majority of Hie pre-idiiiy eld-| which aie the best for the Texas,
ers in the bishop - cabinet Tic -tain ■ ; need - When I Li - view was express
of Hie pre-idiug rd h i w. ■ allowed to '',1. tlie farmers rook the position th it |
remain unchanged and they will
tinue to be forced to move at the
of four years. A movement to
strict tlie eldership exclusively
four years was defeated.
Showing the unanimity
niand for a
other portions of the
tlie I
FIRST
ami I
quarter '
MI X tn 1'01 R
SI A I I S qII I IO
< OXSIDI R
Austin, Texas, May 9.—A troop of
Dallas Boy Scouts will spend their
outing this year on the farm of C. S.
Martin & Son of Mount Vernon, Tex-
as. and will spend it at the time the i
immense peach orderds of Mr Martin
are yielding up their gracious har-
vest ot fruit The boys will have all
the peaches they want to eat and it
will lie the first time for most of them
to experience the joy of plucking
peaches from the trees—Austin Cor
News.
The Boy Scouts everywhere can be
of much useful service this year and
make money besides. Instead of
wasting their time in games, outings,
etc, etc., they ought to begin
to line up for work of a material na-
ture. There will be plenty of out-
side work to do and tbe exercise thus
obtained is just as beneficial as any
”|of an artificial nature Besides this
‘' tbe country needs every ounce of
“QUFFER Little Children to come unto me,” de-
dared the compassionate Christ.
But never since He dwelt in tb h upon the earth
have there been so many “Little Children” in need of
compassion as now.
There are the “Little Children” who have gone to
France for you and me and for Christendom and by
going have given their all. Can yo.i do less? Shall
you keep from your boy or your neighbor’s boy that
which is symbolic of the Compas ionate One by neg-
lecting the call of the lied Cross Mother?
Then there are the uncounted “Little Children”
of our allies who have fallen wounded and ill in de-
fense of their home fires. Who but the lied Cross
Mother can know the suffering, the anguish, of the
shell-torn, thirst-stricken soldier who lies upon the
ghostly bed of No Man’s Land? Will you deny him
the life-giving cup?
Think also of the "Little Children” of devastated
lands. Some are "Little Children” in size and tender
Others, alas, are mature in stature and age,
but none the less “Little Children” in their helpless-
ness—their abject need. Can we in our plenty with-
hold from them the bare bread of existence? Can
we still our inner voice with the thought that others
will bear our burden, when in our heart Ave must
know that there are no others?
The Red Cross helps no one who does not. need
help a hundred times more than we need the money.
Therefore, let us give, give until we feel it, give until
it pinches. Then and only then we shall know that
we have indeed offered the “Little Children” of the
war the tender compassion of a nation.
phra r wan ih-vI that tbe i.itlon
woulil I,1 on< and a ; mi l r priiinrl,-
■ per person per week," whereas
• •(afemeiit Hhould have read that Hie
present meat ration In I'rance
Englaml 1h one anil one
pound of meat a week.
In deciding upon a program of
trenchment in the consumption
meat the United Statrs food admin-
istration does not inelude "meatless
days," but it puts It up to every
American to cut down hfs meat con-
I sumption and that of his family.
First, by eliminating every ounce
of waste.
Second, by rurtniling
and buying more closely.
Third, by serving smaller portion*.
~<.....-,
EAGLL I Ahl AN!) HAY
UTA TO IL AV HE XI E! I
"Our conditions
different from
. . .' Northern
nl.ict witli
new meat program
S not contemplate
of meat pi r )>ci
inaccurar y ih 1
When a group of potato farmers „
insist that it is suicidal to the Indus-!
try to load ears with more than
minimum of 25,000 to 30,000 pounds
according to the Irngtli of tlie car;
and the railroads in un effort to
make the least cars carry the great-
est quantity as a conservation and
war time measure, advocate a maxi-
mum loading up to the point of safe
carrying, a problem is presented that
few men would care to mediate.
Yet Administrator Peden of the Fed-
eral food administration mediated
most of Tuesday between the farm-
ers and the railroad men and the re-
sult of that mediate,n was that it
was agreed that a test train of ten
cars be made up, half of the number
to be loaded as the railroads think
proper; and the other half as the1
farmers think proper; and when the |
shipment reaches Chicago, its des-1
tination. to decide after careful in-[
spection, which shipment stands the
Metter wear and tear of transporta-
*4^
ruliber.
stored In
which
needs,
ed, I he farmers took the
run- a shipment in Muy would not be a
< ml ■ u <1 precedent in June or July, and
re-. Mr. Lucore then suggested that a
! r te t shipment should be made each
month, reducing tbe capuicty of ouch
cur as the heat grew in intensity
Fred Englehard. one of tin' largest
potato growers from Eagle Lake
made a splendid talk before the con-
ference, stating the case of the po-
tato growers "Wo have planted.’’ he
said, "to the limit of our financial
ability, because we realize that as
growers we must assume our part of
the nations’ burden. To load heavier
than "0,00(1 pounds would hr'
up U1 1 Is. at
our experience substantiates
year to year this loss.
■ We are now short of labor if wo
ie labor to place our potatoes
rs we shall be fortunate. We •
ay more for our seed than I
Some plendld improvements are
being made on the interior of the
First National Bank in the way of
providing additional office room in
the rear of the lobby and working
cages. The finishing of this work
will correspond with the other bank
fixtures and will add much to the
looks of the interior of the bank.
A side entrance has also been made
thus affording more convenient pas
sage to and from the building.
Tbe entire interior will tie repaint-
ed and otherwise overhauled, and
| when the work Is complete the bank
will compare favorably with any bank
interior in this section of the State
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Having already claimed
speare, the newspapers
have discovered that
Bonaparte was also one of them
There s no objection to these claims
tor Kaiser Willhelm will not feel so
bad when be getu to where his kins-
man was sent, for he la going to
have a right to lay claim to St. Hel-
ena also
.XI AA M i: AT I’ROI.R A M DDES
AO I I OX Fl M 1*1. Al I
DEI IXITI <H AX 1 11 A.
shipping
those in tlie North.! Ri'iuesentatives ot sonn of '
Say It l» Siiii'idnI to But Over Jlli.tllM) , , , ■ ,
,, , i ■■ Northern p uatn is t" iroiiguly Ij' p. q ;ribl>in-' firms . i ited em;. .
cured before It is shipped ami 5 per I icnlly that the experience of Hie Ira
cent to 15 per cent, of the water Is is that cars exceeding IIO.OOli pour
extracted. Our potatoes from neces- • involves too great a risk, and that it
sity and due to extreme moisture in is nut the practice to accept si
a. Hie soil are dug and shipped out im : shipments f. o. b. the point of
i mediately To pile Hie unnei essarll;. '
■ in cars Is to invite heating and heat-
ing means deterioration and rot.
"We know that the railroads are
doing their best—but there has not
yet been evolved a ear that should
properly handle potatoes. I do not
think the refrigerating car is suit-
able. and certainly at the present
market price for potatoes is unten-
able; while the stock car has its
side exposed to rain and sun. and be-
tween sunburn and excessive mois-
I ture the potato has to struggle to
maintain itself in reaching the mar-
ket.
"The farmer has no recourse of re-
dress for his losses and the railroad |
I records of shipments will clearly
show this to be true. I do not sec
why the public should be penalized
I by having potatoes arrive in unsult-
F M Lucore, assistant general
manager ot tne Southern Pacific rail- j
road, told the potato growers assern-1
bled in the auditorium of the Hous-1
ton Chamber of Commerce and corn-]’ Mr Englebar<j took the position
that the double deck car is difficult
If the farmei has
ket so low If slatting is necessary
ho said, then the railroads should
furnish tin <nt in that condition:
and tlie tariff not be exacted of tlie
farmer and producer
A. Mullin, a consideralile potato
farmer from Wharton, insisted ami'
furnisher! letters ami telegram: to
corroborate his . tateirn nt t hat ship-,
iiicnts above 30,000 pounds bail prciv
isastroils to tlie shipper anil he
snhstanliated by Jesse Martin, u
planter at AAhart.in; and .1. It
cer at Simonton.
R<'l>r< sentatives
I in Loui
ami ndinent provMing Hi
amount coller ted lie k'
annual cOhferenr e
half be ent to L.
ed The original
adopted.
A telegram of greeting -v.i- rearl
from Hie Colored Methodist Church in
America, now holding its general • • n-
ference in Chicago.
is much less j
for the crop .
similar to '
1911. then the growers,
i. 150,000 to 1200.-
t ft ni that unfortunate crop. The
it '';>s a 33 per r ent reduction In
i area during 191.’; ami if we fail
vrar to receive a fair return we
y exp,.- t ■ reflet tion of similar
iditir.ns i. in the fall of 1914
Seventy fix- to ei rhty per rent
• crop in 1915
itract This ye
Several of these representative;
spoke and supported tbe
ot the farmers that
weights would be injurious to the in-
dustry.
errnaHier corps
Only white men and men phyii
licully qutillfierl for general militar
I service are (<> lie inducted under an
of the nbove named calls
You liotild notify in.tr local board
b'. till- .’Oth of May, HHS. a-', the vol
period eloses on that date
Local Board for Matagorda t’oiintv,
Bay City, Texas.
annual uieetinr. of tint Rice
A ori.mon of LouiHiana.
Aikunsa- and Calilorula Open
i'<l ut tlie Chuinbei' of Commerce at
*' | 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. .1. E.
Iiroussard ol Beuitinonl, president of
i the association, called Hie meeting to
order, and announced that It would
' go into executive Hession. He re-
quested all persons who were not rice
millers lo withdraw from tile room.
'I lie purpose of the meeting is an
| effort to arrive at an agreement witli
government relative to the price
i rice for Hie next two
Leguenee. secretary of
elation ami member of the
food admin ini rat ion, repre-
the government in Hie price
uel i l.er.i I ions. Alioul 20 rico
were present.
hearing wa held at Now Or-
last Friday anil Saturday, but
without arriving at an
Tlie proposed rough
presented by tile gov-
raii.es from $i;.?,0 to $7.75
liiZ pound:.. The Helling
price on eloaneii rice
i nl per pound; rice
I lr I. : •" .i l ei riie loan I ’.G a Iont
lice I loiir ’» l-X cents u pound
rice millii . oppose Hie e rilles, it is
announced.
Tlie annual ele< tion id officers will
tuki place before Hie meeting ad-
journs.
Mr. R. I! I
oiling agent
Company, st
has
proper
but
Ordinary care
ie i a dll' s and tubes is
mice, and will save the
li i ,i h mid trouble and a
Hon . ihervlori', logurding
i roper
eadet
able condition: when minimum load-
ing would obviate such a situation I
believe we should, in the face of car
ebortages load to the limit of reason-
aide carrying capacity—but not be-
yond”
com-
ing as they did from Wharton. Eagle
Lake and Simonton, that tbe time has | , , .. . . ,
. .v j I of loading and that
come when the railroads are com-
pelled to conserve every square inch s,a* ,,ox carf ** wl1' c08t ^ltn
in car capacity, aud that it is a physl- I'10 »«> a making any flnan-
cal impossibility tu guarantee a haul- dal returns impossible with tbe mar-1 labor this year
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1918, newspaper, May 17, 1918; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346313/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: 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.