The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 31, 1923 Page: 4 of 8
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CAREY SMITH
present rice crop
One Year
*1 50
THE DAILY TRIBUNK
Ono Your
NEXT WEEK IS TEACHERS’ WEEK
I invite your eye patronage.
W. F. Tetts
progress
Ines.
Whenever
citizen
REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST
activities
You
Done With
ve
the year
out a Long Time
CAN’T
GO
MUCH LONGER,
CAN
YOU?
IT'S TIME TO RE-ROOF
a
IT’S TIME TO RE-PAINT
IT’S TIME TO REBUILD
factories
IT’S TIME TO REMODEL
Wm. Cameron
Lumber Co
75
Phone 63
WE SATISFY
W. W. Bradley, Mgr.
A GOOD COMPARISON
«niaKS«SI
Quite a number of Somervell Coun-
ty's prominent citizens, including the
country attorney ami sheriff,
being
citizens
WE HAVE THE GOODS, AND— MAN! WE ARE
SELLING THEM
Come in and Join Our Growing List of Satisfied
Customers
and
the
ami
A bad connection on your telephone
is very annoying, and irritating to
your mental nerves, but in a few
moments it passes away.
Have a heart cut those weeds for
your neighbor's sake.
i lies K vi1 “ :
WEEKLY
*
H it red driving
Huh'
will
and
- of
rest" who might go over from here
And so <
other big concerns in your town. Be ments,
careful with them and see that i
obstacles are thrown in their way.
We are frequently told that we are
, chasing the end of the rainbow in
our enthusiasm over the growing of
We know that a
gold mine will not pay a red cent, if
Just so with figs,
for the man who plants an acreage
and takes care of that acreage in a
business-like way is going to make a
big winning. On the other hand, the
man who plants and fails to take
care of his orchard is going to fail,
whereas the man who does neither
Is going to keep on criticising
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove
the cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine."
E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c.
11" IJVOfi ”1 Mil "UllWIIlft IIIUH
rial and timber of unlimited quanti-
ties for building purposes. In other
words. Texas has reached her limit
as a shipper of raw materials to far Ing the country?
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MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE’
By TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY J2.000.000
On the
the most
hi .
No Worms in a Healthy Child
All children troubled with Worms have an un-
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im-
prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength-
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, and theChildwill be
in perfect health. Pleasant tn take. 60c per bottle.
A bad connection in your visual
apparatus is also annoying and irri-
tating, but will not pass away in a
few moments, it needs repairing,
which can only be done by correctly
fitted lenses; to do this, it requires
knowledge in the use of several
scientific instruments and the visual
and nervous tract. I have the in-
struments, the knowledge and num-
bers of satisfied patrons as proof.
of
entire
It seems that the state meeting of
the American Legion is doomed for
an abundance of politics. As an out-
sider, boys, we will advise you to
stay out The best way on earth to
hurt any organization Is to mix it
with politics and no one cares to see
the Legion hurt
just ii little bit faster this ■-
than next and the next year a lit-
tle slower than the year that fol-1
8TOP THAT ITCHING
Use Blue Star Remedy for Eczema,
Itch, Tetter or Cracked Hands, Ria*
Worms, Chapped Face, Poison Oak,
Sunburns, Old Sores or Sores on ChlV
dren. It relieves all forms of Sore Feet.
For sale by
Sold by Matagorda Pharmacy, Bay
City, Texas. dw
The mouth of Caney, Chinquapin
and the Skillet Club grounds were
popular resorts yesterday. One gen-
tleman who was on Chinquapin re-
ports that there were at least 50 cars
camped up and down the stream and
that as the fish were biting, every
one was happy and having a good
time. Parties were lined all up and
down the beach at the mouth of
Caney and the bathing and fishing
both were unusually good. A large
party enjoyed a picnic supper at the
Skillet Club grounds in the evening.
--o—o---——
The Hindus wrote of the pearl’s
beauty more than 1(100 years before
Christ.
r
Never mind about "further rains
depress cotton" and such bunk
There' snot a stalk of cotton in Texas
or Oklahoma that 'further rains" will
benefit Rut. the gamblers had to
have something, hence the "further
rains" dope
| We are now entering county fair1
time of the year and the papers are
: full of news apeprtaining to the prep-
' arations and progress going on in
. various places. These county fairs
are great things. There are some, of
course, better than others, but they j
are all good, for in them, much is
They
one. I
a leader in this or In that and
pose as a profound genius in certain cjii, «. —- --- K.—.
o^1:in^niuiL?lSts',eandreL
low \V e then become dissatisfied;
with ourself and feel that the world:
Hssoit U3 a selfish blow j «v*J
■
the scenes so to speak and because tralization of power, he set the pace
we do not, we are misled to a belief He was prominent in the passage of
1 was the
"■.(leader in the Sheppard-Towner ma-
| ternity act, two of the most drastic
Like1 centralization of power acts that
have ever been passed. Not only
that, but he worked harder than any
man in Texas to put over the woman
suffrage act and the 18th amend-
ment, both of which put the franchise
and police powers of the states abso-
lutely in the hands of the federal
government. In addition to being a
part of a national scheme, of many
years standing, to federalize every-
thing and everybody, these tour acts
are in defiance of the national con-
stitution of the United States and
will be so held in the course of time.
And yet here is one of the prime
movers of such nefarious legislation
back in his home state pawing the
air about the dangers of centralized
government. What does he take the
people of Texas for. numbskulls?
The liner Majestic is about 1700
times the size of the Santa Marla,
flagship of Columbus
Owner and Editor
Entered at the Postoffice at Bay City, Texas, as second class mall matter
under Act of Congress. March 3. 1879
Any erroneous reflection upon the character or standing of any person or
business concern will be readily and willingly corrected upon Its being
brought to the attention of the publishers
The paper will-be conducted upon the highest possible plane of legitimate
newspaper business
munity. In order to have
and push forward there
If it is true, and it no doubt Is,
that the rice crop is short 6,000,000
bushels, the farmers who have raised
it this year have a very promising
period for the balance of this crop
and a year of prosperity next year,
in that the surplus usually cuts an
important figure. A crop 6,000,000
bushels below normal means that
there will be no surplus carried over
it means, on the other hand, more
than that because of the fact that a
short crop enables the producer to
keep the situation well in hand and
to control the marketing. A big crop
moans, almost invariably, a stam-
pede on prices and conditions With
all surplus wiped out and a short
crop to go on. the future of the in-
dustry is rosy, indeed
The two things that help progress
most are kind words and encourage-
ment. These bring co-operation
co-operation gets results. And
means mentioned ar eso cheap
easy to scatter abroad.
Steinmetz says that after a while
we shall be able to get by with four
hours work a day. We might do it
now if all the parasites were put to
productive toll Houston Chronicle.
If all the parasites were put to work
and all forms of lost motion and idle-
ness forfeited to wholesome endea-
vor. tills country could pay the war
debt in one year's time and never
miss the money. But why desire to
work only tour hours a day and why
should such a man as Steinmetz who
has devoted 20 hours a day for his
work,
He says he
his colaborer
where he is unable or unwilling to y°ur ““d your community,
make sacrifices in so far as his In-1 ^"u are an optimist when you <
are that,
welfare of the
of
j producing communities, not have Its
, own mill? ... .. .nr.... iuv...
' profitable to operate a cottonseed oil llearb’ *’0 years to ceaseless
It is estimated that 100,000 bags of mill than It would be to operate a advocate such a thing"
rice from the present crop have been cotton cloth factory? It is not. The J enjoys his work and
or, in money, about demand for cotton goods, especially and trlend ThoInas Edison ,8ays the
$.>00,001) worth. The price, so far, staples, is just as good ns the de-
ltas been very satisfactory and the inand for the cottonseed oil will ever|SBn,e thing, ami Edison is almost
.. .. . . . ‘stranger to rest, vacation or sleep.
The best recreation so tar known is
work, so why want a tour-hours day?
But very few of us work enough as
it is. The idleness, the bad feelings,
the unhealthy condition of the body
and mind, all so prevalent in this
country, is not due to work
contrary, idleness causes
of it.
President Coolidge's religion Is
causing a deal of speculation, much
guesswork and no end of criticisms
What matters his religion, so long as
ho makes a safe, conscientious and
trustworthy president? If he Is hon-
est with himself and his people and
administers the affairs of state capa-
bly, we can depend »nou it that his
position will keep him abreast on a
par with the best of us.
Europe to war —
Headline Huh'-Same old thing at
work. That’s what drove her before.
Lack of harmony amongst the peo-
ple of any town, community or sec-
tion impedes progress more than
•rtt’iiv UlDp llflVtl HtV'l kwiuhi a i luiuur . n io uui. mu (
or, in money, about demand for cotton goods, especially (
The price, so tar. staples, Is just as good as the de-1
— i the lnand for the cottonseed oil will ever i
farmers are selling as'rapidly as they be. This situation is now being
cun get it to the market. These studied by nil progressive citizens
100,000 bags represent, probably, one- and will soon crystallize into a con-
fourth of the crop which will bring verted action for the promotion
Into the county, if present prices are cotton factories over the
maintained, about $2,000,000 This is South and especially in those places
quite an item and should receive the where water power can be obtained
attention ami consideration readily.
man,
held this year perhaps as
15(1 fairs of one kind
Texas is safe.
But
wonder a little. We wonder
South, how many of them ran for office on
the prohibition ticket? We wonder
how many of them took oath to up-
niost abundant and the cheapest fuel hold all laws, including the prohibl-
supply, the best of all building mate- tion laws? We wonder when sensi-
ble' people will begin to realize what
1 all of this arrant hypocrisy is cost-
PHes Cured in 6 to 14 Day*
IniMists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fail*
oj cure Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding
■Sles Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you
aa get restful sleep after first application. 60c
Optimism is the
With it all
No germs
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The gross value of the 1923 rice *
crop in this county will approximate
And In the harvest of
thia amount of money many, from
laborer to mills, will reap benefits
which will be felt in every line ot 1
trade in the city and county. The
banks, merchants and business con- ’
corns of all kinds will all share In assembled for the good of all.
the prosperity made possible by the show us what our neighbor is doing
But, this is not and create in us a desire to duplicate
all. for future years hold out prom- our neighbor's success or go him bet-
Isos fur the game tiling to be repeated ter They bring out the best poultry,
as we go along, provided all elements the best stock
which go to make up the success of
rice farming Is property fostered and
encouraged. The gravity system of
Irrigation, of course, is the backbone
of it all, as this section could not,
with profit, to any concerned, return
to the system of pumping, a system
not only unprofitable and expensive.
at unreliable. However, even as
flattering are the prospects for a
profitable year as the present one,
there Is no reason why more acreage
should not be turned over to irriga-
tion next year, and all succeeding
years, for that matter. With such a
canal system at our command, there
can be no real reason why all classes
of farming in this section should not
become extenfsve and Intensely prof-
itable. The rice Industry, however,
is our chief one and it has performed
its full share in the progress of our
community.
day. Think it over and let's all go t„.I ”
to work in earnest. I ol- our object of envy.
------------------ ’ debit side and we
The trend of manufacturing Indus- amazed to learn that he owes
tries is Southward. 7‘— -1 -- ’’
the manufacturing world Is turning w®- Generally we find this the rule,
to the land of sunshine, long seasons Eor these misconceptions and bad
and raw material. It has been fig- Judgments we often pay by slowing
ured that raw materials, plus freight »P. becoming disheartened and often-
going ami plus Height coming back times, quitting. Moral: You are get-
have been sent to factories long ting along about as well as the other
enough and that henceforth and reg- fellow, so cheer up and hop to it!
ularly the factories will lie sent to
the fields. And it is a sane conclu- ’
sion. The process of this'
evolution In tile affairs of men may
be slow in shaping into action to an country attorney and sheriff, have
appreciable extent, but it is going to been Indicted and arrested for alleged
hit faster this year bootlegging. They ought to be asham-
ed of themselves, the rascals!
low s, but It is going on and is being, let's wonder a little. We
felt here and there over the f—
And Texas Is in for the greatest de-
velopment in that Texas has the
greatest water supply for power, the
away factories and out. of sheer pro-1
tection she must begin to come into'
tier own as a manufacturing state 1
Towns throughout Texas in the class
of this one must wake up to all of
this and look well to their own sal-
vation. The change is as sure to
come and to come swiftly as you are
to read this. It is the wise town
that will put its ear to the ground.
They are literally plowing up dia-
monds tn South Africa with big turn-
ing plows attached to tractors. How
easy! When this news gets noised
around sufficiently there will be an
exodus to the fields, provided the
men who operate the tractors will
keep on operating them, the men
who handle the dirt will keep on
handling It. and the polishers
have the stones all cut, sized
polished to hand over to "sons
dividual opinions or
concerned lor the
whole he automatically makes
munity uneu ETAOINNU NU NU N ■, . wen as inibued with the idea that!has liltle resl’ect for tlle intelligence
’ J“_ *“ ' success the other fellow has the best of it. jot the people of Texas for the school
. ,Inust be an,t *’ would like to exchange posi- i children even know that ot all men
wholesale sacrifices made by every- »iong with him We never verv ....
It is fine to be looked unon as r, . , *n congress who fought for the cen-
ii is tine io nt looKea upon as often, take the trouble to look behind , .
1 the scenes so tr> sne.tk an.I because tralization of power, he set the pace
careful
rtf every business man, and every |
farmer and all others interested in1
the welfare of the county. The ca-1
nal systems should be called upon to1
broaden this line of crop efforts andlfi on th t
take In more acreage, for with no
more than 45.000 acres in this yearly |g not w„rked
we are given a practical lesson on I
the value of such a crop. Should I
fair weather and prices continue to!
prevail the rice crop will put the]
county in good shape and prepare i
everyone for a most successful year
next year. Think it over, friends,
and take home with you the import-
ance of encouraging and fostering a
system which makes it possible for
our county to bring on such an
amount ot money, especially when'
money is needed as it is now. In ad-
dition to this, our mills handle a
large percentage of this crop of raw
products. They are like the local
cotton factories which might be lo-
cated in the heart of cotton fields
and which consume the raw product.
The only difference is in the nature
of the product. We have every rea-
son to be proud of our splendid rice
crop, proud of our mills and ware-
houses, and proud ot our great canal
systems, for In them we find the
prosperity of our county.
Senator Morris Sheppard is now in
Texas building his fences for bis
are an optimist when you do | next senatorial race, and in some of
and all things will work out I his talks recently he has voiced a
! very severe opposition to the central-
I ization ot national governmental
rlle 8r®atp!it trouble with many of; power Senator Sheppard evidently
us is that we are always impressed.
Entertainment for the teachers
who will attend the institute next
week is pretty well provided Mon-
day and Tuesday nights there will h“
a special benefit at the Grand Opera
House for the county school library
fund. Interesting programs are be-
ing prepared for both these nights.
Besides the film, "Peg ’o My Heart,”
there will be orchestra music and
solos, both vocal and instrumental,
furnished by local talent. Thursday
night will be the great community-
wide reception given on the school
grounds by the Parent-Teachers’ As-
sociation and the W. C. T. U. This
reception promises to be especially
meritorious and the commitee work-
ing on it is doing everything in Its
power to make it an event worth
while. Friday afternoon will come
the trip to the sulphur mines under
the auspices of the Chamber of Com-
merce. At Gulf the part.v will be
met by a special committee and es-
corted through the plant and given a
reception mid refreshments at the
pavilion.I
and the best farm
products and bring the people to-
gether in a wholesome neighborly
fashion. Anarchy, bolshevism and all
other isms have a hard time getting
a footing in counties where county
fairs are held. We have about 250
counties in Texas and there will be
many asi
or another. I
$4.00
It’s a splendid thing to look for-: Optimism is the cylinder oil of
ward to new things and new Indus- commerce With it all things are
tries and to work to g t them But. possible No germs of destruction
as praiseworthy as all of that, is, It can breed where optimism is applied,
is a recreant citizenship that falls to It melts away obstacles, builds the
grasp the importance of existing highway of progress and paves it for
things, and a more, recreant citizen- prosperity, it is the best panacea for
ship that fails to throw about them all Individual grievances and can
every ounce of encouragement and turn a grouch into a very valuable
backing It is to the interest of all citizen. Besides, it’s healthful ami
citizens, as much so as It is to the wholesome to the optimistic, for an
industry itself, to make each industry optimistic man never gets into trou-
a success and to make Its owners and ble. a very deep hole or goes to the
operators feel that they art an im- p< nitentiary. Men who see the bright
portant part of the business life of side of everything are always too
the community In which they exist < heerful to get into much trouble,
and operate. In this respect, cor- Optimism builds towns and factories
porations do have souls And so do and is responsible for all improve-
1_. all progress, all prosperity.
no and would do all these things faster
| but for its arch enemy, pessimism.
No, you do not have to look pretty
and “grin like a ’possum” to show
your optimism Just map out a plan
...... ,,r 8 thought, have supremo hope in
short crops or fires or floods or fam- bringing to pass what you want done,
Ines. Whenever a citizen reaches '»'><• enter your work sincerely and
that point in the course of his life ln earnest with faith in your Jellow-J
where he is unable or unwilling
forts with others and sacrifice his
own ambitions to the common weal „„„
of all, and to carry forward those a 3elfi!(h b(ow
things that build up and make things W()rr|es this attitude is 90 per cent
better today then they were yester- (imagination, for we have only inven-
---- ---- „> toned the apparently sucessful side
[of our object of envy. Delve into his
------- | debit side and we will often be
HiYin/nci tr» Innrn fhnt ho PlOFe
The thought of than we and is less of a success than
we. Generally we find this the rule.
The day is not far off when cotton
' factories in Texas will be as com-
mon. if not more so, than cottonseed
oil mills are today. And why not?
Why should not every prominent
, town of any reasonable size, and es-
pecially if located in the best cotton
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 31, 1923, newspaper, August 31, 1923; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346447/m1/4/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.