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TO OUR COUNTY, OUR WHOLE COUNTY AND EVERY SECTION OF OUR COUNTY
TO OCR PRIDE IN ITS PAST AND OUR HOPE K)R ITS FUTURE. ADD VIGOROUS WORK IN THE LIVING PRESENT
••THERE IS NOTHING TOO GOOD EOR OUR FRIENDS”
VOLUME LXXVIII
XUMBER 10.
BtY CITY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, lit I'OBER 12, 192X
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work.
we
to
possibility that they
the
farmers
together.
The
sooner
One
Oiled Is In Experiment.
today.
oil
I
TRUE SITUATION IN TULSA
prosperous coininunitias
10, 1923.
RELIC OF WASHINGTON
TO
ton building on the
I wo
W US HIV . ,
These relics s the farms
will not !»'• -.eretary of the t’ivitan organization.
Legion
We
eational
factor.
are
in
already been collected. Ev-,
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the
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and
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in any city at
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EXPORTE RS.
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WHAV’S BEEN DOING
IN SCHOOL UFE
Bl II. E. MORF.LAXD,
( It y Superintendent of Schools.
Miss Kothman has direct
Wc trust that
is this: Professor
Academy if Science,
Gratefully,
Her Children.
1 lespite
i entered
law, our school
its fall schedule
Our town
he
lined and competent supervision.
At the close of his remarks short
I. A. FltYOI
SANTA
of
students.
and
■ or
with
are
anion :
of
Angleton
corn,
and
keep a few
f In
care
to
1
problem
STRICTURE TO tOST
OF DOLLARS.
POULTRYWORKBYTHE RiCE EXPORTS 10
CHAMBEROFCOMMERCE PORTO RICO HEAVY
WE NEED MORE
DIVERSIFICATION
T. H. Lewis,
• Public in and for the State of
Texas.
first witnesses will take
next week.
IPPtHX I I D
F E
i - i.vopnv martial
enough produced to run the hatcheries system entered on
and we can never hope to command last week witii the largest enrollment
high prices for setting eggs and even'cier made, 17,50o, which is 20 per
We have
V/
BY I. B. TURNER,
Formerly of El Uiinipo.
I Publised by Request.)
Tulsa, Okla., Oct.
Bay City Tribune,
xr f’itv TfiY'IU
There are many other activities in
'1 the school wilt engage in
All are it terested
all tile
enthusiastic
aggressive
one of the attending
They include also a pen
ecssful, will solve the
good roads
them.
of activities
work from
president i llat’ ,h'‘ run of the farm yard there of the nation Is in tile throes of civil
shington-1 A*,p 11,1 high producing hens on i war. So you can see the impression
22. of | 11 farms. made upon him by the situation. Phil
was tile1 So long as the scrub rooster i Whitaker of Nashville, international
__... . I is on tile tn rm s there \vill nut 1z. ... . i.. >■». <..■ , i>.. ,11 .i..,..,.>11.<<■
tlie standard advised us all to let the country know
it on I the true facts about Tulsa ~
suffering from wild publicity.
cent this
fail while martial law was on.
Nearly every Important civic or-
ganization in the country is repre-
===——sssssss
K
lines
checl
Mr. Fryou lias been
the congratulations
friends.
ing the numerous school
which inevitably come.
We cannot overlook I
rda County one of the leading ngri-
The cultural counties in the state of
Then, why not have a few
1
pie think Tulsa is
make their h'ome.
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II II ARTOX UOUXTY II ILL TRY
OUT OILING OF ROADS
10. In regular form Mr. Scrub Roost-
er will be indicted, tried and convict-
ed. The Court proceedings have been
arranged by the poultry department
of the Chamber of Commerce. Pur-
pose to instruct those present regard-
ing the false t conotny of keeping
scrub sire and the real value of stan-
dard bred sires in improving
chickens.
Complaint Criminal.
In the Supreme Court of Texas.
County of Matagorda. The farmers
and Hay City Chamber of Commerce,
plaintiffs, vs. Scrub Rooster, defend-
ant.
Plaintiffs claim of defendant, scrub
rooster, and for cause of action al-
lege :
1. That the plaintiffs are bona fide
tesidents of Matagorda County, Texas,
and by occupation are farmers and
poultry breeders.
2. That the defendant is one of the
animals scrubiferous, of a type and
breed unprofitable.
3. That the defendant is a leader
of a gang of robbers which operate
throughout Matagorda County, and
and that he and his kind have been
carrying on their thriving operations
in this section as long as man can
remember.
4.
that affords greater possibilities for
and hogs
can be profitably grown in tills coun-
These combined with a good sys-
mother and carried by him 56
the general's Masonic apron.
Porto Rico consumes 1,500.000 bags
of rice pir year, and uses American
'rice almost exclusively, according to
to rid the Frank J. Jiminez of the firm of Golble
county of tlie enemy of every farmer, w Jiminez, provision brokers of San
Mr. Bennett was well and most fa-
vorably known to many Bay City
people.
Raynaud of Houston, rep-
■■■ n.------ r<--------- was
some
relative to the
process necessary, and approximate H()||lo crops.
—0——0 1 1 "•
1-S|« BILES GINNED IX
COUNTY SEPTEMBER 25 . ,vuio llv
■ - I position of local wholesale represen-
Llndxey, r,pedal agent for tative of the Texas Company.
i He was
a re
An ...........- r_______, . . .
will bo inaugurated in a ing and make our agricultural Indus-
few days and funds for this depart-try more uncertain?
*o o" "■ -
Detroit, a city whose police say ( The Black Fores of Germany, which
has 3000 blind pigs and whose cltl- has long been famous tor Its profit*
zens say has 10,000, has discovered «jon of game, has been virtually
that some hot dog" stands are oper- stripped of its feathered and furry
ating without a permit. |denizens by hungry Germans.
offspring
quality.
5. That every county like our own
subject to the ravages of him and of
his kind is in a less prosperous con-
dition than it would be if every farm-
er had good standard bred roosters.
6. That these criminal outrages hy
said roosters have made it impossible
to have a respectable show of poul-
try at tlie fairs at Bay City.
7. That as a result, of his ravages
he has made our farms disgusting to
the boys and girls so that they have
left the farms and gone to seek em-
ployment in a less profitable occu-
pation.
8. That he lias robbed the youth
of Matagorda County of the pride that
belongs to boys and girls who enjoy
| tlie privileges of having fine standard
I bred chickens to care for, all of
MILLIONS | which is contrary to good poultry
| production, and is against the peace
and prosperity of the State of Texas.
Masonic' ** That he has been the cause of
• I no liens being aide to lay 200 eggs or
more during tlie year, and so long as i state of insurrection, then the
♦ 11 u form vn »• .1 ♦ 1, •• zv ! it... 11. - i.
nient. have already been collected. Ev-, — 0 -------
erything now points to a most sue- I'ROMINI XT RESIDENT
ccssful Fair and Carnival and every- OF ANGLETON DIES
one should work for it and talk for it
until the night of the 10th of Nov-]
ember. The dates will be November Bennett, 46,
8, 9 and 10. and one of
Said complaint,
that a verdict of
brought against the
and that he
death penalty.
Scrub Rooster Hater, Plaintiff.
I Subscribed and sworn to before me
splendid service rendered
phase of our school life,
declamation t
city hall Friday evening for the We will take for example, the rice
,.r ..v<.u..n..<..„ i.i..,.., concern- . ..
ing the use of road oil upon our
streets and roads.
Mr. O F f . - .
resenting the Texas Company,
present and gave the meeting
valuable information
o...„ , Tlie memorial
a closer and more sympathetic rela-1 Mason is being erected in Alexandria,
one-half the cost of the material, the
other one-half to be paid by donation
This seemed to meet the approval of rH| development
conditions.
With the wonderful possibilities of
Matagorda County if a system of dl-
■. farming were practiced
report the whereby llie resources of the county
:: could be developed, the progress
I wo or three good brood sows,
the feed that is needed on tl ■ fa
ii good home, garden, it few
trees, and then grow
an be grown. This
continuous in< onie.
Kin prosperity for every In-
and the entlri community
county.
building. Knowing the conditions as you do.
This make an excellent plan anil ' dll you <1 i. • : -ify nd help build up
the board and all the committee the agricultural industry in Matagor-
chairmen are enthusiastic over tlie da County, or will you continue to
prospicts. An aggressive publicity practice the one crop system of farm-
'■ampaign will bo inaugurated In a ing and make our agricultural indus-
1’iat their farms are not
that they and their families
getting anything for their
ncy i" getting dis-
The state-
fi equently
farmers;
ers who practice
kin I of crop each
year. The reus i.t for the
farmers becoming disgusted
they are betting their whole
work on one crop
the whole year’s
fails Farmers often
they cun not get
longer loans.
and one of Angleton's
nent business men, died
one-crop
is that
year's
and they have lost
work if the crop
wonder why
more credit and
This is for the same
reason thut a merchant selling only
one product could not got us much
credit as noe selling vaiious products
us the merchants generally do.
As soon hh the farmers see the
advantages of growing several kinds
of crops and dlve-aify, they will be
, able then to get more credit und
1 longer loans, and there is a great
possibility that they will soon be
I able to forget the credit world al-
together. The sooner the farmers
realize the great necessity of divers-
ifying and the many advantages thut
, 'diversification lias to offer, the soon-
mii" i°* t '**’“"* J.11 * to Be er they will begin a system of farm-
I ing that will pay a decent income.
The man that is preaching diverslfi-
' cation is helping to build our agri-
i upon a solid rock.
ized, and when their plans have been
completed, they will engage t ,
tlvities that add to the enthusiasm of, most impressive
sized.
mere instruction in the
school subjects is possibly
half of the teacher’s worl
of the class room demands a great nous apparatuses
The same in part play and mirth pervades the student
average high body and has lessened to a great de-
and gree the all too numerous play-
(El Campo Citizen)
An interesting meeting was held at'cu|tura| system
the city hall Friday evening for the ...in «„u., r
purpose of exchanging ideas concern- llni| cotton crops are money making
ing the use of road oil upon our crops when everything is favorable;
but. witii the many failures that we
, rice and cotton are very un-
certain. Then, why not grow some
vegetables, some rice, some
some cotton, some citrus fruit,
.... ....... ; and 1...K
cost of tlie oil applied under experl- hogs, chickens, and dairy cows?
that way the farmers would not take
that big chance of losing n whole
talks were made by Oscar Shult and year's work
The most
to lie found are tlie ones where a few
dairy cows, a few brood sows, and u
nice flock of chickens can lie found
in every farm. In the different farm-
er's fields there will lie several kinds
of crops among which Is the feed
crop to feed what animals are kept on
farm. Tlie men that practice
this system of farming never have to
worry about one-crop1 fudlures, fot"
u,,,l conditions thut cause some crops to
“ ,...1 cause others
Therefore,
itial games substantiate the foregoing
statement.
I ing substantial
townspeople.
I of Mis. A. 8.
the
The school stands ready to
offer any assistance to intensify this
There should lie organized
le high school girls a Camp
There might be two dr-
one for the high school girls
The Bav City Tribune,
Bay City, Texas.
Gentlemen:
You folks back home have read
some alarming reports about Okla-
home and particularly about Tulsa in
till' newspapers. Doubtless many of
you are concerned about friends and
relatives down here. while others
probably have gained the impression
that this is one of tlie last places on
earth where a good, home loving cit-
izen would care to live.
Well, that’s a mistaken idea, i
furthermore, there isn't any war
riot going on in this neck of the
v. nods. In fact, since martial law
was declared, there has not been a
single call made upon tlie soldiers to
quell any riotous disturbance, so of
course there have been no casualties.
Life goes on normally here just as it
does everywhere else In tlie country
A Washington lawyer who was a
visitor In Tulsa tlie other day made
the statement Hint if Tulsa is in a
pital
We herewith thank our dear friends
who were so kind to us in the last
illness and death of our beloved
mother, Mrs. Ellen Bertha Berg.
They will ever occupy a warm place
in our hearts and we hope when they
have like bereavements that friends
will be as thoughtful of them as they
n 770 ] were of us We also thank you tor
Bible the beautiful flowers contributed.
BY L. 1. I'll ltt E.
( ouiily turlcultunil Agent.
It is a common occurrence to hear
farmers say
paying;
are not
labor; and tliat
gusted with farming,
inents are m<r' i more
heard anion ; tli < one-cr.iy-
that Is. the f n r in
, . . . , , growing only <>no
ing permits last year totaled $1.1,- (
636,439. and tills year tliev have pass- '
R. E. 1 .
tlie county, reports 1816 bales of cot ] He was a prominent Mason, and a
ton ginned in Matagorda County up leading member of the Methodist
to September 25 as against *956 for Church. — Angleton Coi. Houston
the same period last year. | Chronicle.
The lateness of the crop and almost j
incessant rainfall during September
were the causes of the slack move-
ment this year. J
Mr. A. A. Fryou received notice daughter, Mis- Nannie Bennett, who
yesterday that he had been appointed is attending Kidd-Key School at
supervisory agent of the Santa
i in Bay City and
ked into the office in a day or so.
busy receiving ployed
many nesa at Columbia under T
I who
I tlon,
| here.
1'or many years he had held the
schools
The Bar-
Teachers Association performed
service in placing on
school campus some sub-
playground apparatus Only
that prevents school those who have visited the school
becoming a grind, and campus at some intermission can ap-
best of all, every one of them are predate what tills equipment means
highly educative if properly empha- to the school. The use of this inate-
Some educator lias said that rial is supervised by the various
ordinary grade teachers. Grades are shifted
less than from place to place through the week
Outside to enable all children to use the va-
A tine spirit of
are taken together they are in-
valuable in dyspepsia, malnutrition or
mental depression. The combina-
tion, according to experiments, L
marvelous and comparable to alcohol.
Just think of it— moonshine
doomed! W. O. Thornhill.
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UA RD.
Together witii the endowment
It will be on
eminence overlook-
General
life. It
... high, 230 feet in
high 'school classes have been organ-] depth, and 169 feet wide.
■■ bstn! The cornerstone of the memorial
In ac-]will be laid Thursday, Nov. 1, amid
iivnies tnat ano t<> ruvuu»*«ou> v.,..... ceremonies. It is
high school life, and at the same time, expected the greatest number of Ma-
stlmuLW wholesome rivalry, and fair .son sever assembled in any city at
dealiil .th every competitor. |«ny <>ne time will be on hand for the
The „ne important athletic activity ceremonies. All railroads are offer-
at the present time is football. The; ing reduced rates to those who jour-
high school boys have been very ney to Washington,
punctual in coming out for practice, cornerstone laying.
They have been very responsive to -------o—a
their coaching, and so well are they] The Bible is now published in 770
doing the work assigned them that | languages of the world. The I
we now have one of the strongest Society hopes to continue its work of i
teams in this district. The two in- translation into 300 other languages |
We are fortunate In hav-
suppkirt from the
A committee composed
Collins, Mr. Paris
, Smith, Mr. W. O. Stephens, and Mr.
i Chas. Tew Jr. are providing for all
equipment for the football team. They
| are working whole-heartedly at the
' task of providing all necessities for
No school of the twentieth century tlie high school team, and we appre-
can run along and increase in num- elate such support.
bers and influence, or .as to that With regard to equipment for play,
matter, even safely hold its own that the grammar and primary
neglects to foster the social instltu- have not been neglected.
tions that have grown out of the mod- ent
ern school. In fact, no progressive, an invaluable
efficient school wants to be without the high
They constitute a select group stantial
prevents
The board of directors of tlie Mata- dairying than Matagorda;
gordn Fair and American Legion Car-
nival have decided to hold tills years' t
Fair and Carnival on tlie court house tern of feed crops will make Mata-
grounds, having received permission
from the commissioners' court. The cultural counties in I
poultry show will be held in the I^ay- Texas. Then, why not
st side, while dairy cows, a good flock of chickens,
tile livestock department will lie held two or three good brood sows, all
in the <atth- pens and sheds belong- the feed that is needed on tl farm,
Ing to Messrs. Schwartz and Swear- ti good home garden. :■ few citrus
ingen. trees, .nd then grow what other
Tlie American Legion will place crop cun be grown. This '.111 af-
their amusements and concessions on ford a continuous income, ami that
tlie lawn, while the woman’s home, will me
educational and other departments dividual ami the entlri
will be in the rooms ami halls of tin- and eventually, tin whole
Knowing the conditions
will you div
those present and Mr Reynaud was
instructed to ascertain definitely the
cost of the material necessary and
to submit his proposition in writing versified
to the mayor, who will i * “
siune to a meeting In the near future. , (,n](| p,, developed, the progress In
Tills, if the experiment proves sue - agrieultura would be greatly inereas-
' ■■■'! ; :lv. t!;a problem of ol hi tlie future Poultry Is a proflt-
for Wharton County, and .ude business and can be made a
should meet the approval of all. mighty good business In Matagorda
° ° County; dairying is a good business,
FAIR OX COURT HOUSE GROI XDS ami there is no other county in Texas
attending
Fe Sherman,
be .Mr. Bennett
Chance's
week. We trust that every
will read it carefully. I.. ...
W. F. Mottier, each of whom had
experienced the advantage of an oiled
road in the North and were willing
to recommend the process to Whar-
ton County or the city of El Campo.
Judge Davis and Commissioner Ell-
wood were, present and expressed
tbc-meslves as being favorable to
making an experiment. Mr. E. H.'the
Koch suggested tlint one mile of tlie
road between El Campo and Pierce
lie selected for the experiment, r--*
that the county do the work and bear faj| cause' others to make larger
yields. Therefore, diverslfleatlon is
the only salvation for our ngrlcultu-
L under tlie present
character-making period and there- functions. Where
j fore exerts, or is in a position to ex- carefully supervised.
a powerml influence on
child’s activities in preparing him for
a place in the great roster of Amer-
ican citizens.
was born and reared
Prairie. He was em-
in tlie inercuutile busl-
L. Smith,
vas widely known in this sec-
ami later opened a business
I Tlie George Washington
bi-monthly National Memorial, now being erected]
programs at Alexandria, Va., v ill house tlie j
will be varied from time to time. Mu- pi'lceb-
sic has been given a prominent place in
in our chapel programs, and will be
given even a more prominent place
on the literary programs. To appre-
ciate good music, to interpret the
messages of the great masters of
music, is, in itself an Important edu-
c-ticr.c! fcetcr. V.’e much, en-] stopped at 10:20 p.m.
debted to Mrs. George Serrill for the ‘’f death, by
--“-lea rendered in this physicians. T .
'_F_. Debate and knife given to the boy’ Washington by
will also be given due his
prominence in the activities of these years.
societies. We expect to draw largely his wedding gloves, farm spurs, prun-
from these organizations for our de-, nig knite, pocket compass, cupping
haters and declaimers for the county m'l bleeding Instruments, bootstrap
nieet. |and garter and many other small ar-
The. Forum staff has been selected tides,
and will be presided over by 1
Eunice Justice. T'...
appear tills week.
The Chamber of Commerce, realiz- MX .11 )\ BROKER IX GALYES’liiX
ing tlie importance of tlie poultry on
every farm in the county, as you all
know, added the poultry department t
to the organization last February. At
tlie same time their object was to im-
prove every farm flock in the county.
They realized that they would have
to take drastic measures t.. . id -d. -
county of tlie enemy of every farmer, w
This is the only legal way that they Juan and Ponce, Porto Rico, who is
have to solve tile problem There- ] in Galveston conferring with offi-
fore, we are going to comm'lice one.cials of tlie Galveston Rice Milling
of tile greatest trials that has ever | Coinptiny relative to handling its
been in Matagorda County and we products in San Juan.
want each and every farmer to fol.. Since tlie reopening of tlie Galves-
low closely all evidence produced, for ton Rice Mill tlie middle of July ap-
we are going to have a fair trial of I proximately 35,000 pockets of rice
the enemy of the county, therefore, ] have been exported to Porto Rico
Mr. Scrub Rooster receives deatli sen-lfrom this port, according to M. J.
fence. Tlie final court trial will take' Wyndelts, manager of the Galveston
place at the Matagorda County Poul-] Rice Milling Company ,and it Is ex-
try Show at Bay City. Saturday, Nov peeted that the total exports this
season from Galveston will run not
less than 100,000 pockets. A pocket
of rice is 100 pounds, which would
make the total exports to that coun-
try from Galveston run approximate-
ly 10,000,00<> pounds for the season.
Mr. Jiminez has been handling the
products of the Galveston Rice Mill-
ing Company in San Juan for some
time. He came here from New Or-
leans yesterday to confer with of-
ficials regarding tlie present move-
ment of rice to Porto Rico following
the recent reopening of the Galves-
ton mill. The company alsb has
other agents in different sections of
the country.
The Galveston Rice Milling Com-
pany is the export branch of the Sea-
board Rice Milling Company, the lat-
ter confining its attention to the
domestic package trade. Mr. Jiminez
and Mr Wyndelts were geusts of
P. H. Wilson of the Seaboard Com-
pany yesterday noon at the Galves-
ton Rotary Club— Galveston News.
Angleton, Texas, Oct. 5. Charles 8.
native of this county
most pronii-
suddenly at
' 5 o'clock this morning at his home of
\ G E X T heart disease.
| He is survived by hi: wife, and a
The
.enrollment increased 33 per c
i t’a J! while martial law was o
is, .
ganlzatlon I.. v ..r.~
sented In Tulsa, most of them by ex-
ceedingly strong branches. The clubs
and societies which engage upon
community service of some sort in-
clude something more than 7000 per-
sons on their rolls.
Folks in Tulsa are full of pep and
ambition They are proud of the fact
that this is known as a "young man’s
town." The very atmosphere Is one
of push and progress. Right now
there are six or seven large office
buildings under construction. In ad-
: dltlon to a 20-story hotel. The city
is reaching out into the country in
every direction to provide homesltes
' for new residents, but the develop-
That the defendant lowers the
breeding of all poultry that he comes
in contact with by bringing into their
blood unknown of poor
this activity is
prevalent ex-
the cesses such as our near "hazing” acts
can be avoided. In each gathering
an effort should he made to teach
i formally those manners and customs
The schools are the great bulwarks which should prevail on such occa-
of democracy. The nation will lie as sions and that are so useful in tlie
the schools make it. Thirty million student's experience in later life. The
children are within our school walls school cannot sanction tlie giving of
day by day receiving not merely numerous class parties, nor can it
knowledge in text books, but training assume responsibility for same. We
in the art of living efficiently and should appreciate an expression from
happily among their numerous play- the patron of the school on this sub-
fellows. This great multitude are di-(ject.
vided into numerous miniature dem-.----
ocratic communitiis where the duties
of the citizen are taught by actually Ulll I 1101 IQf ORiOITI TOO
doing them. Fortunate indeed is Hi'' wil|| I n|||| XU rn II I r \\
child who receives this training well "'ILL IIUUUL I llluLLLLU
Below is a number of social activ-!
ities nurtured and safeguarded by the .
Bay City Schools. Each is presided i
over by some member of the faculty.
There have been organized in tlie ,
high school two literary societies. J
These organizations are manipulated ]
by students and are carefully super-
vised by members of the faculty.'
'Programs will be given
by these societies. These
part of her time.
can be said of the
school students. Preparation and grte the all too numerous
class recitation do not demand all of ground feuds an.I disturbances,
his time. Algebra, history, etc., are Tl...
not all a school teaches a child by which the school
any means. We 'believe in so-called wh'ole or in part,
book learning, and we believe that in the high school glee club which
it should be done today as efficiently will soon be practicing foi its impor-
as ever before. There is no substi- tr.i t work
tute for a well rounded knowledge of charge of this work.
facts. But regardless of the many the Boy Scout work so well begun
merits of this "single track” type of last spring will continue to thrive
education, the product of such edu- w th renewed vigor throughout "
cation is now what the world needs 7-__ar. The school stands ready
today. The "booklearned” boy or
girl has too often proved a failure in ork.
life. There is something that goes t n ong th'
with book knowledge coming out of Fire circle,
school training that greatly helps in cles;
reducing the student’s possibilities of and another for the girls of the gram-
failure after Raving school. Boys mar school. This work may be un-
and girls must know how to mix and dertaken by the school, in i ;n the
mingle with folks, to rub elbows, give event that it is, ma. ‘h.'sa in chnrgi
and take as they begin their inde- have the co-operation of every cirun
pendent journey down the great and o, our town
wonderfully important highway of We havi some suggestions to make
life. They will have to learn to act with regard to socials given by the
like other folks, and if they fail to various school organizations. XVe be-
get these lessons fixed early in their lieve that all socials given by classes,
lives before character is formed and by the seniors, sophomores, juniors
hardened into habits, then experi- or freshmen, should lie held under
ences are not always as pleasant as teacher monotorship in the high
they otherwise might have been. The school building or at some other suit-
school has the child during perhaps able place. No class should be al-
eleven years of its plastic, formative, lowed to go to excess in these social
character-making period
4 ert,
fancy prices for eating eggs,
therefore,
guilty
scrub rooster,
may be meted out tlie
formerly
ed ueatior
Then
I problems .’t will cost $1,000,000.
| Shooters Hill, an
the various ing the country
AU will be 200 feet
nm ' rlnnth nml 1
The cornerstone
Yes, we have no alcohol.—but
this: Professor Jenkins of the
U11V, ’ , - ~ ------ Paris, France.
the Haims that only lemons contain more
relics of the first |
possession of the Washington-
Alexandria Blue Lodge. No
which General Washington was *..* ,.
first worshipful master. These relics]1'' 0,1 Uie farms there
include the Old clock that was in the I ]'nnu'’i‘.ir! s true to ... ------
lied chamber of the president on the e 111 < I'jss poultry to pu —
night of ills deatli ami which was 11 ‘'"cent show in Matagorda County, i. .
tlie exact hour ■ ll,nK as tIle *crub rooster said
if tile attending I rp*Rns. t*1ere. cannot lie standard eggs] 1 >•
jiti/uui vu luruu int* natcueries s,..
and we can never hope to command last ..... v,.v.
high prices for setting eggs and even "\er made, 17,50o. which
| cent more than last year's.
prays more than 2500 boys and girls in our
may be high school building, one of the larg-
est and finest in the country. Our
superintendent ,Dr. P. B. Claxton,
'y was U. S. commissioner of
education.
consider the churches of
About 32,000 people are num-
bered in the congregations of the 35
churches and they own church prop-
erty valued at nearly $5,000,000. Sun-
day School attendance reach' a the
18,000 mark now. Does that sound
like the record of an Irreligious com-
munity?
We have a pretty fine little uni-
versity .here, too the University of
Tulsa, which is operated under the
Presbyterian Church body. The resi-
dents of this city put up $545,000 for
this college in 1923 during one short
| endowment campaign. The student
Notary
to Washington the i
The
By ellmi- .iust across the Potomac River from!
materials the capital city, because of General
inVn An/ili Wnshinfftnn'u Xfiidnnit* nnfivitips: pad.
edition too bulky, we hope to pre-, tered about that city,
sent a more compact, substantial,
school paper.
Hint all will conform to a splendid
city plan, which has been woi'Keit out
io provide ample park and boulevard
space as well as to define the build-
ing zones for the protection of prop-
erty owners.
in order that Tulsa might have an
unexcelled water suppl), our taxpay-
ers are spending $ii.s00,000 to bring
-prlng water here from tlie Ozark
bills 60 miles away Tlie project
will be completed in 1921 and we'll
have enough pure, soft water lure
then for another 200.000 people
We Tulsans are mighty proud of
our city's record lust about 100,000
people have come to live here in tlie
last 23 years. New concerns are en
til ing Tulsa every month. The build-
permits last year totaled $13,
■Hl
mi the $ii,0o(),000 mark up to the pres-
ent time Tlie banks had $61,127.46(1
in deposits at tlie last call, and postal
nceipls show a steady monthly in-
crease.
So you see. the place lias Some re-
deeming features despite all the black
marks which have been placed
against it during tlie controversy
now raging in our state You’ve read
all the dark side of the story in the
sensational dispatches of tlie last few
weeks. Now we want you to see some
of tile bright spots ami understand
that, after all. more than 100,000 peo-
a fine place
icted tides. The lodge also owns the por-
Miss trait of Washington painted by Wil-
The first issue will Bains which is considered to be the. o.u”, » -------
appear tills week. Many improve- truest likeness of "the father oof his|tlls le st“ “aY A.DjTulsa.
ments will be made and we trust that Countrry” and which is different
it may be an important agency in from most of the portraits of him.
bringing the school and patrons into Tlie memorial t? ”.'::2!:'.!..
,1 oxrrvvrv’tf hzxF 1 z» vn 1 n _ ' \T 14 < nn iu h*»in£r P T P (• t P11 in A 1 IY<1 T in
tionship with each other,
naitng all superfluous --------- .
which have a tendency to make each, Washington’s Masonic activities cen-
edition too bulky, we hope to pre- ] tered about that city. Alexandria al-
____ _ most a part of the city of Washing-
,,'"r.cr. It will appear without ton, D. ('.. and it is about half way]
fail on Thursday or Friday of each between the latter city and Mount]
every patron ] Vernon. The memorial will be t..., ... . - — -
icon i...*.-..,. In so doing.' greatest ever erected in honor of any | ''’"miti'1than oysters anil when the
you will be able to assist us in meet-Jinan.
I Shooters Hill,
4 nr Dm 4
class orfianizations as Important so-1 Washington lived most of hi
rial agencies in our school work. Allj "ill he 200 feet high,
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 12, 1923, newspaper, October 12, 1923; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346453/m1/1/?rotate=90: 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.