The Daily Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 7, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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$265,469.79
13,379.89
2,500.00
3,549.18
171.935.19
$456,834.05
$ 65,000.00
11,000.00
19,505.19
. . . 361,328.86
$456,834.05
A. D. Thompson, Cashier.
Examine this Statement and give us your business.
Statement of condition ol
Bay City Bank & Trust Co.
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With ample resources and a strong
Boa rd of D irectors; gain i ng deposit-
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and competent Officers.
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FIRST STATE BANK
Bay City, 1 exas
ASSETS
Loans and Discounts
Real Estate
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Near ass Possible Before the First of the Year
ON ALL GOODS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
Beginning Monday, December 9
and Continuing Until Jan. 1,1913
Good Stock of Goods to Select From. Nothing Shoddy, All New
and Dependable. It is Simply the Closing of the Season and We
Wish to Clean Up as
HOW A SMALLTOWN
BUCKS METROPOLIS
HAS ONLY 450 POPULATION
EASY MONEY FOR SOMEONE
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18.000. DO
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Redemption Fund
1,250.00
CASH AND EXCHANGE
177,297.23
$606,448.30 e
LIABILITIES
$ 50,000.00
Capital Stock
Surplus and
75.052.01
Profits--
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First National Bank
Bay City, Texas
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Banking House and Furni
lure and Fixtures .....
THE MOST I’OI'I LAK
OPENS MONBAY Willi I’ltOS-
PEI TN VERY PROMISING
('n*h Will Ik* Given to I he One
celling 'Hie HlglU'M Xumber
Of t otes in 1 hl* Pupil,
lar Movement
until th. day bd'or
Holes.
day is allowed <gich
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Ti ll 1’0 IIOI.Ils I I N OW X
umxsr wiriirrt
owns (he bank at
the reforc
building lota.
Balance in In*
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Fifty - One
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And fts con-
i RAY CITY HAS NEW
BAND OF 25 PIECES
RESOURCES
$381,001.07
25.000.00
the
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the hoys and hold thl
for nit time to come.
TRIBUNE OFFERS
ANOTHER PRIZE!
------ night
by
Thompson of
C and
should lucres e that faith by giving
thi'in our Ik-.'irtlent co-operation and
encouragement
ho put on the most popular ad contest
In this contest every advertisement in Miss 1)alisy Cookenboo, Mis
the paper is a candidat. and at th<- end j wools, y, Miss Lola McK.l-
ef every two months we will award, xv Mbs Norma Linn, Mr C S Shafer
ami Mrs M H llarmonsun.
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Another linportaiit Heal EMilU* iieiil.
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Homes For Naic.
Two lot and house In North Rnd.
one block of electric light plant, east
of rul I rood $500.00.
I.aigo nnmber nice
Small cash payment.
stallrnentH.
The Fell home on Avenuii I.
this in al
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row, who with the old members make
membership twenty-five in num*
Now we should all encourage
band together
Hut It lln* a While Wiij Burning Each
Xiuht and I Icctric Light* In Itesi.
deuce Part of i’own Ten
Mlles from Wichita
1 will sell at private stile, al
place near Bay City, seventy h<
Jerseys and mixed milk cows,
commence Tuesday, December
and continue until all sold.
cash. 8. SAMl’I.la
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The band meeting and practice last
t developed tin* pleasing fact that
tit ('ONl’lsr ',av i' ,o have a band of twenly-
Iffye mi'tnbers. Eleven new memticrs
. were on hand for practice and instruc-
tion under the direction of riot Bnr-
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Not veil \Koos yesterday sold to V.
U'Tulle the lots and business hous-
on North Avenue G. now occupied
the Crawford and lnsa.ll livery sta-
'I'be property faces 75 feet on
9H Loans ami Discounts
tM IL S. Bonds
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sale to
10th.
Term <,
We ha\< made a special arrange-
ment with the American Manufac-
turing Co, whereby we can close the
contest January 25th,
months earlier than we ltrs! planned.
SAffferY
PtyfarioH ’
^Convenience5
456,396.29
’ Pl ' ’ O T
i ‘White Way," but in many imtatiiit
'is decidedly moi'* so But we should
have both Bat City is going forward
In leaps mid bounds and every nnprov«
I and if they are fortunate In securing went of the
li< < n outlined by the Bay City Ice and
Light Company will prove to be of val-
ue to the city in many way The new
company is composed of energetic
•'movers” and they are "stayers.” They
say they have faith In Bay City and we
we will award
spet cash prizes for tin one receiving
the largest number of votes. A vote a
day is allowed and all that is nee --
sary to do is to read the ads amt write
on a small piece of blank paper:
vote today for the
the following reas >n.
clseiy as you can make it have youL
ciiiiciHin written cut Yon can do ..111 ' ( (
The following teachers appeared
i before the Matagorda county boanl of
'•xamimrs, which has been in session
Beginning Monday with the ' this week, and stood the examination
gathering contest the Tribune will al Miss Annie Lepjmrd, Miss Belle Pond,
Miss I’.'dilii Handell, Miss Lydia Bel-
cher, Mints Daisy
Tommie
All tres- this contract it will insure an all day
This ap- current liu* year round, a something
which will inure greatly to the public’s
■ben< fit in many ways An all day
'current perhaps Is not any more Impor-
tant from some standpoint than the
Only one vote
person.
Ballots must I .
The ads must be read and some rea-
sons (just in your own words) must be .
be givsn lor voting for it
The money must go to some worthy
institution
ICverybody permitted to vote-
a woman suffragist move.
Electioneering and soliciting is per-
mitted, but all ballot and reasons must
be voted individually.
Judges will be selected from the
merchants who advertise in tli. Tri-
bum*. This is done to bring them face
to face with the readers of the paper,
so that they may get the full b. n< fit
of file criticisms offered
No pooling of votes or padding. Ev-
ery one will be piit on his or tier hon-
or to od tin* right thing.
Begin Monday to save your votes
Editor’s Note: The* merchants who
are advertising in the Ttibum are
joining us i nt he amount of the prize
to lie given and we will not announc'
the sum to lie given away until they
arc all in Suffice to say it will be one
well worth working for.
Cotnc to the office for yotii blank
slips.
Just uhat n uhtte way can do in
holding business tor a town is shown
to good advantage in the little town
ol Valley Center, located ten miles
north of Wichita. This little commun-
ity of tetired farmers has a i>opula-
tion of about 130 and there are proba-
bly not more than 100 houses and bus-
iness buildings in tin* town.
Like all other small towns it found
its business going to the larger near-
by city and awoke to tin* fact flint
something must be done As a result
a white way is kept burning from dusk
until 11 o’clock six nights' a week and
this at home mid not poll youi vote | AV(.nu,. t; by l<0 n et deep and is some <>n Saturday night they burn till mid-
night In addition the town pays lor
. leven street lamps located in different
parts of the town.
Mayor Gardiner
Valle) Center and therefore know <
whereof lie speaks when he says tlmt
the lighting of the streets has proven
a good investment for the town 11<
L nn enthusiastic booster for his town
and also foi electric lights
This is but one instance of the move-
ment for better lighting that is sweep-
ing over the country The moveniunl
is not confined to any one state, nor to
any section of tin* Tnit.'d States, but
In r< and there nil ovci the count!')
towns are putting in modern systcnis
of lighting and so uatisfuetory are the
results that other towns hnsten to have
similar systems.
Good lights r.'Siilt in better morals
md a better governed town It is irn-
Hisslbb' for pine* of evil to flourish in
n town like Bay City under the glare
of electric lights.
The ornamental specimen poles
which will be install. <1 to prove the ef-
ficacy of the "White Way," we are In-
formed. have arrived and will be set
up Monday for ii practical and thor-
ough demonstration, and we are sure
that they will immediately become very
popular
Mi Duncan informs tis that the next
■ posted according to law all regular meeting of the city council the'.
■ ■ * - ’ and bid of the company for the pumping of
tres- the city water will be formally present-
I’osillvcly no hunt-
Automobile Content Will Close on
Jan. 25th, 1913
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1913; two
I have
of the Dawkins estate’s lands
hereby warn tie public against
passing on sanm.
iri ' or camping allowed.
pimsei'H will be prosif’nted.
plies Io every on<>
Hy RUGELEY,
J 11 BRODIE,
Executors.
the contest doses 1^. (.hoic(,H( 1H.olM>1,ty H, th„ (,i(v.
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Lout* W. Smith Buried.
Special to ihe Tribune.
Signed and dated. I Matagorda. Texas, December 7.—
I Louis W Smith, age 42 years, six
‘month, died at Galveston Tuesday eve-
,nillg ot tuberculosis and the remains
arrived ut Mutagordii Thur* day noon
land w< re interred in the family yard
tin* Matagorda cemetery, Rev.
Burke, the Methodist pastor here, of-
ficiating.
Tile remains
| his sister, Mrs.
I Inez and his 1 wo brothers, F
Julian Smith of Galveston
B.'siil the tlirei m<*ntiom*d he leaves
an eight -year-old son
Mi. Smith was born in Matagorda
and lived here with ids parents, Cap-
tain and Mrs Frank Smith, until
grown, then went Io Galveston where
he resided until his deatii.
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Notice Is hereby given that I have
posted all my land aoecording to law.
and I hereby notify all persons not
to hunt on or over my pasture for they
will be prosecuti'd to the fullest ex-
, tent of the law.
11-9-lmdltwp
Extra Special
Reductions in Millinery, Ladies’ Suits, Coats, and Skirts,
Wool-knit Goods and AU Dress Goods
MOORE & REYNOLDS, The Particular Place for Particular People
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These are bargains.
Nit i 5-room cottage 2 1-2 blocks
west of square on ftth street; 1 lot.
’rice $1350.00. Part cash, balance on
time.
DEAD LAND CO.
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Those who have no homes in Bay
City should liny their lots now from
the Head Land Company and get
ready to build through the Building
and Loan Association which will soon
be ready for business. Remember lots
are going to advance In prices raiddly.
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Mules!
I will have oa hands fifty head of
choice mules from three to six
years of age all the time, which will
he gold st close margins. Also a few
choice combination horses. These
animals can he seen at rny farm three
rfliles south of Bay City. They are all
1'imranteed as represented or your
money refunded. Mr. John Thompson
"i myself will bo nt the farm at nil
limos to show stock.
Parties tint having a conveyance or
tliose coming In on train can phone
i 103 and w»* will send for them.
Phono 303.
References: Bay City Bank & Trust
Company nn<1 First State Bank,
dw-tf M. T. HUEBNER.
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T will sell von 10 acres of well
drained lah<l n<*ar Van Vleck on your
own terms provided you will improve
and live on same C S. Eidman. 3td
Don't you want to got into n profit-
able business? Better son mo about
it C. H Eidman 3td
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Bead the Tribune’s ads.
SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES
near
ottles
'Dairy
he City in
rooms. Two blocks and a half from
pnldic M<iuare,
I -Big Biirgalnt Six lots near school
building. $1,000; $3<)<) cash, balance in
hr lalltm nts. Who wants them.
I! lots, 5-room house, 2 blocks oast
of Santa Fe depot, 7th trtreef, $900.00.
D J. Poster home, two lots.
Two nice cottage and lotw
Brownsville depot, nt a bargain. Make
us an offer
BROS.
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and Sanitary
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buying put
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 7, 1912, newspaper, December 7, 1912; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1361912/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.