The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 74, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1919 Page: 2 of 4
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Any Bank or News-
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For City Secretary and Treasurer:
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Sl’RGEONS agree that in eases of
cuts, burns, bruises and wounds, the
FIRST TREATMENT is most impor-
tant When an EFFICIENT antisep-
tic is applied promptly, there is no
danger of infection ind the wound Ci-
gins to heal at once. For use on man
or beast. IIOROZONE is the IDEAL
ANTISEPTIC and HEALING AGENT
Buy It now and be ready for uti emerg-
ent y. Price 25c. 50c. $1.00 and $150.
Sold by P. G. Huston.
Tribune liners bring quick results.
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show you.
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various races of the remote Pacific
Isles, where meatless days aren't ob-
served. the pictures have the lure of
a .Joseph Conrad tale. Here romance
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and advent art' stood beside the eatn-
Really the most interesting movies
of our month weren’t dramatic at all
- but Martin Johnson’s fascinating
w be w a nt to
everything which does not
to their peculiar views have th'
lion Picture News declares they are “remark-
able and probably the most unusual that have
< vt r been taken.’- The New York Times says
they are “absorbingly interesting.” "Canni-
bals of the South Seas” is an unstaged human
drama, thrilling, exciting, entertaining and
unusual.
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The Hnily Tribune
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Mrs Bell then
moved to Bay City where she has
made her home with her children, who
never missed an opportunity to make
her last years in life n pleasure and
a source of happiness for her All of
her children except Mr. N. 8. Hell, of
- _ Tucumcarai ,N. .M were with her and
•Mljat bar bedside whea the last earthly
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and the older ones as well by using
Electric Lights. The Safest
and Best Lights
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A.!• tin, Texas,
senate bill by
There are but Dean and others
if any. who ever lived a life of of primaries by
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Photographed at the risk of lift by the (hiring
adventui’cr, Martin Johnson. “Cannibals of
the South Seas” represents fourteen months
of hazardous exploration in the South Pacific
where the man eating savage still abounds.
Motion Picture Classic says : “'I’hey have ten
times the grip of an average photoplay.” Mo-
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When the bowels become Irregular j
you are nncomfortahla and the longer.
this condition exists the worse you
feel. Yon ixin get rid of this misery
quickly by using HERBINE. Take a
dose on going ’o bed and see how fine,
rnu feel next day. Price 6rtc Sold,
by I’ G. Hnston
Entered us sei and class matter at
the poslolflee of Hay Cil) under act
of CongreHs
4 I tide Sam r. boy) hair uiiliesitai
Inglv adopted the wrist wat< b You
sei' humlreds of them in over) branch
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daughtera and three sons.
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j Women are so inconsistent, at
Himes. Note the fait that the allied
women suffragists of Europe are find-
I ing a friend in President Wilson,
i while women suffragists in the Vnited
States arc burning him in effigy. But
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tunic soul you ware among th< first
to pull on a blue stocking and to be
flank with you we would like for
your satellites to fix it so you <an'i
get u cup of tea. You used to luugit
tiia "personal liberty’’ cry to scorn
ami muke light of the constitutional
authority to "enjoy life, liberty ami the
pursuits of happiness," but now when
It promises to invade your mahogany-
furnished. Brussels-carpeted club
rooms, boo! iioo! you shout, *wc are
going too far."
But. tie c-u l-iu, oh. reformer'
ball has Just started to r-o-l-1.
up. gentlemen, stand hitched ami eat
your hay.
You, along witii all other prejudiced
and misinformed peoph , thought those
who opposed you In the old days were
thieves, thugs, rapscallions and de-
votees of vice, whereas they were the
only true detnocruta, seeking to ki'ep
you from self destruction. If the leg
Islature ha-- or ever had the power to
h i’Jslnte morals in one thing it has tile
same right anti power Io legislate it
in all ihings. 11 is fast coining to it.
and will keep coming until the people
call a halt
P.iil until they tall a halt let the lid
clamping go on the tighter the bet
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But. again, and merrily, har' har'!
bar!''
Mexican question ha - "boldted
inp' again In congress Xnd it is go-
I in-- lo keep "bobbing up" until this
country stops it. Xmericans continue
to he murdered there, and fobbed.
\nierican properly, bought and lone,
dnee paid for is in Mexican hands
How
i outraged people will continue
I to swallow it all remains to be seen,
! but some things rather caustic by
| both democratic and republican lead-
j t- are being said In Washington
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Protect Your Children’s Eyes
After an illness of several weeks,
.Mrs Sarah Catherine Bell died at the
home of her daugtyer, Mrs. .M. S.
Perry, yesterday afternoon at 2:45
o’clock and was laid tn rest in Cedar-
vule Cemetery this afternoon witii re-
ligious ceremonies conducted by the
pastor of Hie fiuptist Church. Rev. J.
P. Gill am. At the hour of her death
Mrs Beil was 7X years' and 3 months
i>f age. The end came peacefully just
as this noble creature of God had al-
ways lived. At her bedside to watch
over tier and to say the long. last, lov-
ing farewell were her affectionatej
sons and daughters, who had gath-'
erod from various parts of the State
to be and remain witii her until the
final summons came.
\s we journey through life it is our
nature to look up to and reverence
those who have performed well1 and
uncomplainingly the duties they owe
to the world, mankind and to their
Creator. This good woman was a liv
ing example of all that was noble, all | A i-tin. Texas. February 12 The
that was good and all that one could senate bill by Messrs. Westbrook,
exiast from another, fhere are hut Dean and others to prevent control
few. it any. who ever lived a life of of primaries by use of money and
guess the president believes in "he|grcnter devotion and unselfish love to! limiting the expenditures of candi-
iirr children or a sweeter or purer, dates was materially amended and
t’liYlstian life for all that real Chris-1 finally passed.
tianlty stands lor. No artist could tine amendment provided that can-
execute a replica of a
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Hue Corp In Hie training i amp. In
tile field, at (lie front and al sea. these
splendid little watches are keeping
"our boys'* on time
| Our line of wrist watches is <<un
plete XII are thoroughly reliable
Prices arc exceedingly reasonable
full of love for all and devotion to the
{ Almighty King In whose Paradise she
Is now at. joyous and never-ending
rest.
| God loves such lives as these and
'crowns their souls with everlasting
glory
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Aside from being an
F:ir he it from The Chronicle to
throw cold water on ant thing w hich
stands for elevation and moral purity
even by ho milch as appearance but
aren't our brethren at Xustin <>.
some of Hum. at least working, thi
uplift business a little too strenu
ously'.'
The saloons have gone, truly, but
is that any reason why w. should
cense to play dominoes and old maid"
XX'e may have inherited dancing
from the stone age. as somt have de
claretl. or from barbarism, though It
is doubtful If the tango and the tut
key trot could be attributed to such ;t
distant source, hut we have also In
herited our hands, feel, sense of smell
nnmtite for tot hreatl anti some oilier
things.
Isn’t it barely possible that we can
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moment came.
Decedent leaves ten children, seven |
These are, |
L. A. LaCrosse, of Del Rio;
H. >M. Overstreet, of Valentine; [
V. L. LeTulle, of Bay City; Mrs tour of the Cannibal Isles of the South
Frank Vaughn, of Bay City. Mrs. Pacific.
Chas. Herndon, of Bay City: Mrs. E. ligently photographed study
W. Fate, of Bay City: Mrs. XL S
Perry, of Bay City, at whose home
site died, and Mr. A. C. Bell, of Hous-
ton; Mr T. E. Bell, of El Campo, ami'
Mr E M. Bell, of Wharton.
Mrs. Bell was a member of the Bap- era-man. Johnson and his wife cruis-
tist Church since early childhood and ed alone among the islands, on< * al-
lived a true, consistent Christian life, most meeting their death and finally
getting away with a remarkable se-
ries of films. Mrs. Johnson, by the
way, cun go round to the. movie
studios any day an dget a regular po-‘
sition. She is the dramatic suspense
of the series, which we guarantee to
have ten times the grip of an average j
photoplay. At the Grand here
Thursday, matinee an dniglit
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Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails
to cum Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, nnd you can get
restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c.
rx rws overdo thi thin of piiriiito imli-
I hp llzlllv I nniinp ''duals lo dogma and legislation
A 11V AZailJ 111UU11V |M1| | (| p.that w< < .11
'make our selves so iblitiilous in out
I own eyes us lo become doubtful eon
cerniliK really good measma h?
If people can't play flinch or lotli
i witlmut the Httloon. isn’t it barely pov
1 slide tiial tiny niiglit <all tor the re
.turn id old condition-* In order to :ei
the privilege of a few perfectly reu
sellable amusenienls''
They iisctl to have tithing men in
England, and Huy used to wake
tip who couldn't stand three
hour HernmiiH. They used to duck the
; scolds in the brook and force Imuse-
holders who didn't attend church to
keep their curtiiliiH lowered.
i Borton Is one of Hie most over
I wltehningly iintl-prohibitlon cities in
the country today Xn overdose of
| Pin itanism may lutve some beat ing on
i Hits fact.
Nothing Is more characteristic of
human nature than to fly from om
extreme to another, whici. indicate-
that au extreme Is daiicermiH not only
in ilseff- but hecause of what it may
lend to in Hie opposite direction
Isn't it quite possible that we shouiJ
get along a little better by i-mleuvr
ing to strike a happy balance insteud
of keeping up this exaggerated teeter
la tween overdone morality on the om
hand and underdone decern y on I he
other"
IhmbtlesH those
pres«
form
beat intention, but it occurs to the
Chronicle that wise legislation bear- i
some relation to good horse sen «■, ami I
that dogmatic sentimentality Is
mighty jioor posl for our Inwimiklnr ;
bodies to hitch to Houston ’ hron - undeveloped and unproductive,
•vie. !
Har' bar’! har!'' Take your med I Jl’
trine, old "goody-goody." ami bo a nuinj '
along with it. Bless your old I’ui i-1 '
born on
in Prime, Edwards Cqunty.
where she was
womanhood by Illustrious
ginia" parents. After her
..........• husband ami two children
they left Virginia on tho day Ft.
Sumpter fell for Texas to pioneer
their way in an undeveloped country
ami look up their home in Guadalupe
County, while her husband. Nathan
■ Edward Bell, took up military duties
tor the South again at Gah.stnn for
the remainder of the war
After the war Mr. Hell moved to
i pic- Colorado County where he engaged
In in-|in farming for many years, until death
terest. Martin Johnson's Cannibals of I claimed him In ixkk
'the South Seas" will hold its own with
any photoplay
s worldly abode to its Maker,
whose throne no accusations < an
made or excuses need be offered.
Mrs Bell was born on Nov < inlier
ISRt
as handy for the
Come In ami let us
sweeter soul j didates for the senate spend $l,hoo ln-
Xnotlier provided that (
the penalty for .violating the act
should be IIJ100 fine or less and not I
year In the county ,|ail,!
I’nder suspension of rules!
the bill was finally passed,
candidates' expenditures as
for primary elections:
I'nited States senator and governor.I
$10.not); congressmen at large. $2,500; |
district congressmen. $2,500; district
attorney' and district judge. $600;
State senator. $1,000; representative.
$"im»; county officers in cnunfies of.
■,)).mni <>r over. $7.’>o. county officers in
counties of 30.000 nnd less flian 50.-I
000. $500; countv officers in counties:
les" than 30,000. $300; other candi-1
dotes. $ioo
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In commenting on Hie statement of,
Secretary Glass that $20,000,omt.tto0
is needed to sqilui e up the war debts, |
I ho Houston Post rightly asks "for1
what ami why'.’" That's what every,
citizen taxpayer in the I'nited States
would like to know “for what and
why"' XX'e have become so in the.
habit of talking in billions that it -
eems all our officials need do is to I
mill lor so many of them and get then:'
without so much as passing concern j
as to why it should be collected and ■
wlmt it is going for. Il seems that j
ill th" people are expected to do is to
stand and deliver without even being'
apprised of what they are delivering
lor or to Why is it. after spending
more in one year on the war than
Giritl Britain spent in four, we now
find ourselves with a twenty billion
dollar defi< II to raise and liquidate '
No one doubts the noeessltv of this
miount of money, but well may we
tsk. for wlmt and why?" The Xmcr
lean people are rapidly becoming over
burdened with taxation ami they at<
galling beneath the lash It in not
idl< talk when our men high in mt
ihotity lire admonished not to go too
far
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I’he following is what the New han that which took its flight from j stead of $4uP.
X ork Evening Mail iias to say about) it
the Martin Johnson Cannibal ph tores
playing Xmeriea's fittest photoplay
palat e, catering to select audiences
Permitting our unmarried ladies to III.
roa mat large, with no ornament save] Virginia,
a tmekiave of shells, would save a lot
<>f material for first-aid bandages, but
'it might divert our thoughts from with her
winning the war. And undoubtedly
‘our spirit of determination would be.
weakened if we attempted to subsist
on a diet of <oeoanuts and fish that
had been allow to grow aged in the'
sun It Is easy to see that C(»nsorv ,
uimn carried Iw fur would defeat its
own i»ur|Htse.
The Rivoli program makes no over-
statement in announcing the«»
■ titres as genuinely remarkable. 1
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 74, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1919, newspaper, February 13, 1919; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1362335/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.