The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 16, 1923 Page: 1 of 4
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CITI Al'TO AMI SALES (’0.
Hay City, Texaa
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Ford Delivery Cars are used in fleets by many
of the largest business firms of the country.
This is because, the Ford Delivery Car has solved
the problem of safe and quick delivery with the
smallest possible expense. Easy to understand,
easy to drive, and durable. A faithful servant
giving years of faithful service. We can give
you any style of body you want. One thing is
sure every retail merchant will make money
by having a Ford Delivery Car. Come in. Lets
talk it over. We assure you genuine Ford
service with genuine Ford parts.
i
We Don’t Sell
BuptiAt
Christmas Articles
4
But the best gift you can give your boy
or girl is a bank deposit l»ook in their
A A1,IE 1
own name.
Teach them to bank their money and in
a few years they will thank you for put-
ting them on the thirft road.
dollar or five dollars or
Start with
a
interest grows.
Liberal
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First National Bank
Condensed Statement of
The Bank That Does Things For You”
The First State Bank
OF. BAY CITY, TEXAS
RESOURCES
I > E x
LOST
tool
15
tuition
Loans and Discounts . .
Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures
Other Real Estate
Bonds and Stocks . .......
Cash . —--------
Assessment and Interest in Guaranty Fund
As rendered to the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
of the State of Texas at the close of business
December 29th, 1922
little
nine
the nature of his bueinexH
If the gathering of repre-
marketing
familien
slaves.
$328,190.18
62,159.19
15,881.56
69,677.71
13,569.70
13,182.90
every
juati-
other
spent in the effort
Farm and It a itch
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RAILROAD
TO nt EXTENDED
IT’S THE BEST GIFT"
BrownMille MH) Says Work AV III Be
St a fled on the Bond Alm lit
February 15.
one of his
He examined
o-o
SA AN FEDERATION Is
IX TEX \s I’OLITK S
has
from memory a
his
and
in the
the lady’s
uninjured, j
I AV
new j
■leal
I how great
venient to
i Generally.
as it noiv stands,
to the archives is a
when
foot
found imbedded in
frog of tile mule's
watch The watch
but how and when
it up and how I
ON WORLD PROGRAM I
Representatives of This Section W III I
Attend Stoekhohi Meeting In
Large Number*.•
more and then watch with them how the
PIONEER TEX Vs WON AX
tONTRIBI I’ES INTERESTING
DIARA TO I ----------
' from six months to a full year. This
■ has been obtained only through local
banka, and oftentimes, at a very high
! rate of interest. So high is the in-
terest rate that many producers have
been unable to use their credit proflt-
, ably, and unless credit makes a profit,
i it had better be left alone.
Farm and Ranch does not advoeati |
home
been in
rtiilr.ttid
of the
Sat*
Gilmore was in the city yes
and advertised for a wrist
was
work
of Christian
to special
miide by
First
Church, Fulton. Mo., during his serv-
ice ns general director of the Re en
forcemeat program of the Baptist 7'>
Million Campaign in that state the
past fall.
Viiliinli-crs I
H. V. I
of the
Dr .1,
of the
Dr L,
tor of the 75 Million Cnnijiaign
\ I* at j°D1PI Southerners will
us
for the
other
service
work,
r Rev.
Baptist
Congress eenis to be seriously in
I terested in framing legislation to
; place agriculture on an even basis
■ with other industries. Among the
i proposed measures is one to improve
j the credit situation. It is said that
! more business is transacted on a
I credit basis than there is for cash
j Most business institutions, no matter
their assets, find Its con-
use their credit at times,
however, they finance
themselves with short term paper at
a low rate of interest. The agricul-
tural industry lias had no such ad-
vantage The very nature of the in-
| dustry requires credit for terms oi l
Increasing Interest In the
A 'orld Alliance that meets at Stock-I
holm tlie last week In July is being
manifested In the preparations of
numerous state conventions to send
their state mission secretaries and
editors of their denominational papers
to that body as special messengers
Many special delegations to Stock-
holm are already in process of for-
mation.
Southern Baptists will lie well rep
resented on the program, It appears.
It is officially announced that Dr.
George W Truett of Dallas, Texas,
will deliver the congress sermon,
while other promlnetn representatives
of the South already scheduled for
places on the program Include Dr. I
Mullins of Louisville, president '
Southern Baptist Convention.!
F Love of Richmond, secretary
Foreign .Mission Board, and I
R Scarborough, general di rec-;
Many ,
doubtless be j
to.med us the program is developed.
Itlrniinuliaiii Church In a
Giver,
Treasurer E. B. Teague.
Southside Baptist ('hurch.
ham. Ala., Dr .1 E Dillard, pastor,
says the contributions of that church,
after taking care of nil local expenses,
support 20 missionaries on the for-
eign tields. 20 orphans in the Orphans
Home and (i students In college, nt
addition to the amount that goes to
home missions, state mission*, and
ministerial relief.
Mcl'onih Church Gets 21 Members
At reklj
What is probably it
the receipt of new
Southern Baptist
made by the First Baptist
Vlc( oinl). Miss,, which hit
mi average* of 21 members
day since February I. 1022
ing to the Baptist Record
Mayfield Is tile pastor.
IutiIding will in erects I with
ing capacity of 160(1.
M iNHOItrl
An tin. Texas, .Ian. 15 ' When I
say that the Texas Federation of
Women's Clubs is in politics. I make
no apology," Mr bee Joseph of San '
Antonio, fate president of the feeler-1
at ion, and chairman of the Joint leg '
islative council, staled today.
Mrs Joseph's attention was called
to a statement criticising the feder-
; ation for "going into politics."
"We are in politics. As patriotic i
women, as thinking citizens, we are
vitally and tremendously concerneel in
the government, of Texas and in the
During the recent political
j in those days
| SD years old
Furnishes 20(1
for Sen Ice
A total or 200 volunteers
ministry. mission work and
special forms
answered the* call
following addresses
J. (’. Owen of tile
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HUE Ah FOR FARMERS
Austin, Texan, Jan. 16. Among the
interesting gifts to the archives of I
I the I niversity of Texas is a diary!
, kept by Miss Annie Page Kanes while
1 traveling from Virginia to Texas in
1852. Miss Eanes, who is now Mrs.
Salughter of Bastrop, tells in the
1 diary many interesting stories of life
Mrs. Slaughter is now
She came to Texas
‘ when she was only sixteen, traveling
in huge wagons, together with four
besides her own. and 79
Not only did Mrs. Salughter
write details of her journey, but there
are original sketches and poems to
be found nniong the pages of the book
i These valuable records of the jour-
■ ney are written In ink in a
! paste-board bound book about
inches square. Among the sketches
I there si one of the old home in Vir-
j ginia. drawn by Miss Eanes. she
' tells of arriving in Texas and settling
' in Bastrop. Soon after her arrival
there she met and married Mr.
Slaughter and tliey built their first
home on Slaughter Creek, near Aus-
tin. The diary ends with the first
days at the new home In concluding
Mrs. Slaughter speaks of the quiet
and loneliness of her new home as
compared w tlhher former ones. Mrs.
Slaughter has promised to sketch
picture of Iter first
home on Slaughter Creek and place
it. in the book beside the picture* of
the same home
Another gift
I collection of more than thirty letters
written from Alabama. Mississippi
, and Georgia during the Civil War.
The letters were written hy Captain
; Puckett to his wife who was then in
Texas. They speak more of sickness,
suffering, uncertainty anil anxiety
| than of tiie actual plans of the army.
, Captain Puckett was a graduate of
Yale and wrote exceptionally inter-
esting letters, giving the very heart of
' tile war and army conditions Ae-
' cording to Mr M A. Hatcher, keeper
of tlie archives, the letters are differ-
ent from any other material in tlie
library on the Civil War. and furnish
very valuable and interesting infor-
! mation.
H. G
terday and advertised for a
watch which was lost by one of the >
lady scliool teachers tn his neighbor-
hood.
A fvw moments after the paper was
out Mr. Gilmore called to have the
advertisement cancelled ns the watch
had been found.
A negro was working a pair of
mules and noticed a shining substance
mules raised
the hoof
the mud
foot
was
the mule picked I
and how long he carried
it. Is a puzzle to the negro and every-
body else concerned.
However, it pays to advertise.
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i Farm and Ranch does not advocate I Spectacle . ere invented In tin 13th
i an extensive use of credit by farmers. I century.
new record in
members a
Church hat been
Cliurcu.
rece v< J
ea 'it Su it-
ii ecord
Rev J
and a
a h
Billy Burnett of Brownsville, who
was in San Antonio a few days ago.
announced that extension work on the
Brownsville ami Point Isabel Railway
would begin about Hie middle of Feb-
ruary and that tlie railway would be
Built on through tlie Magic Valley t**
conenct with the S A a-
F; llurrias, as originally planncl Th**
pre.-ent line from Brownsville t< Pott..
Isabel will be changel front a nar-
row gauge to standard at an early
date, he said. This wi'l be accoin
pits lied, he said, by moving one rail
otr the required distal'. " and spiking
ii oown again.
When tlie road was i"ct>.ily rebuilt
standard ties and steel w • place t
with the plan in mind t > change io
standard gauge without further ex-
penses or delay as soon ns tlie deep
water port, was assured at Point Isa-
bel This can now be done with'n a
few days’ time. Mr. Burnett sai«j.
Dave O'Brien, to whom the V.'.lhy
is indebted for the S. (>. S. campaign
which assured a port at t’n- Point,
has turned over to the federal go*,
eminent tlie necessary t'lnds, sub-
scribed by Valley reHideiits. to mate'i
the harbor appropriations "f '"tigres-
\lr. Burnett, who i>. assiefated with
Mr O'Brien, was on hiw wny
from Austin, where lie had
conference with the state
commission regarding plans
Valley railroad, stopping off in
Antonio long enough to nay respeits
to friends San Antonio Expre
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AA ATI H FOI XD IX
FROG OF MI'LE’N
Credit should bt used sparingly, but SOI TIIEKX HAPTINT8
I when it is needed to save a loss on '
I'XIVERSITA ; crops to put the farm plant on a
I profitable basts, the producer should
be able to secure it on even terms
| with other business men. and for such
periods as
requires
sentatives of co-operative
associations at Washington in Decem-
ber succeeded in impressing congress
of the need of a better credit system
Cor farmers, and for such other legis-
lation as will give them an even break
with other lines of business,
dollar spent in the effort was
fled
of the
Birmtng-
Dillnrd,
$532,661.21
LIABILITIES
$532,661.21
The above
$100,000.00
20,295.78
348,115.46
2,800.00
61,450.00
NONE
tatement is correct,
A. HARRIS, Cashier
Capital Stock
Surplus and Undivided Profits
Deposits
Vendor’s Lien Notes not due
Lilierty Bond Deposits
Bills Payable and Rediscounts
• SAVE YOUR EYES •
• See DR. M. ERTL •
• OptometriNt and Oplician *
• Boney Building •
• Here the last three weeks of •
• each month •
• ••we «(*•••••••••••••••
• w. 8. H OLI O
« A t torne j-at-1-aw
• Win practice in ail the courts
• Rear of Opera Houee, Ave F.
• Rhone 37—Office Holman Bldg
• 8-f-pd \
GV ARANTY FI ND BANK
1630.269.13
20.551.48
133.12D.55
Lhildlilies
Capital Stock
Surplus
I'mlividcd i'roflts
I >t posits
Reserved for Taxes
‘"J
i
f (15,000.00
20,000.00
9,206.33
533,414.82
2.647.98
1630,269.13
The above statement is correct.
GEO. R. BI'RKE, Cashier.
Loans
Bi nils and Stocks
Real Estate
Furniture and Fixtures....
Intere t in and Assessment
for Guaranty Fund
Cash and Sight Exchange..
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If
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fe';
■Tb ■
■r I \\ 2
3r »
Officers
V. I,. 1.eTulle, president; T. J. Poole,
vice-president; Geo. R. Burke, cash-
ier; I*. R. Hamill, assistant cashier;
E. L. McDonald, assistant cashier.
Resources
and Discounts $457,112.44
3,675.00
12.200.66
3,600.00
Stall uent of Condition of
BAA ( l i t BAXh A TRI ST ( 0.
Baj < Itj, Texas
At the ( lose of business Dec. 29, 1922
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JANUARY CUT PRICE SALE
whose
71 a
Of Men’s and Boys’ Suits and Overcoats
J
p.
honeflt-
/
'll
1-3 Off on AH Boys Suits
D. P. Moore Dry Goods Company
f
Most of these are TWO-PANTS SUITS—all new. made in the best and latest styles and many pretty patterns front
which to select
I
$16.50
$18.50
$21.75
$27.50
. $31.50
$27.50
MEN’S SUITS—regular values
$35.00, $36.50, $37.50 .......
MEN’S SUITS—regular values
$40.00, $11.50, $42.50
MEN’S OVERCOATS—regular values
$35.00, $36.50, $37.50 .
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XOTH E. PRIM ILLAS.
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ft 0 .........
The total mileage of the atreeta of
Ixrndon Is 2.223.
A V
STOP THAT ITTHIMG.
The PriNclllaa will meet with Ml*.
Louia I .eTulle Wednexday. Jan 17. at
3 p. tn All metnbera are reqeuated
to be on time.
Scko«s B«os * CA. I»:
•mimoM 1 "■•’am
MEN’S SUH’S- regular values $18.50,
820.00. $21.50, $22.50
MEN’S SUITS—regular values
$25.50, $27.50
MEN’S SUITS—regular values
$29.50, $30.00, $31.50
< ampaigitH In Texas, demaguguea
stalked the wtate, they attempted to ,
confUHe the public mind; they cir-
cumvented real Ihmucm; they sought
self uggrandlzeinent rather than the
peoples’ good. The gross inconsist-
encies of their platform professions
were nothing less than insults to the
intelligence of those women
supoprt they were asking.
"We women are bringing to public
questions this viewpoint. We are
conscientious and are in earnest. We
want a square deal and our llrst step
will be to try to ascertain whether
our public officials are
worthy of our confidence.
"AVe have learned the value of or-
ganization; so Texas women are co-
operating through a joint legislative
(Otincil which is composed of five
state groups of women, all of whom
unhesitatingly announce that we are
in politics."
Use Blue Star Remedy tor ecsema,
itch, tetter or cracked hands, ring-
worm, chapped rands and face, scalp
diseases, old sores, and sores on ohlL
dren, also for feet troubles. Gm
*anteed by Matagorda Pharmacy
EXTRAORDINAY PRICE REDUCTION ON EVERY SUIT AND OVERCOAT IN THE HOUSE A BIG SAV-
ING REALIZED IF YOU BLY NOW. THESE ARE NOT THE ORDINARY HAND-ME-DOWN GARMENTS—
BUT HAND-TAILORED FROM THE VERY FINEST FABRICS.
LIME UP AND PRE-
VENT SICKNESS
The Daily Tribune
WITH LIME
AluAMO LUMBER
COMPANY
Telephone No. 23
Telephone No. U
GOOD FOR OUR FRIENDS
THERE IS NOTHING TOO
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ALAMO LUMBER
COMPAN\
KILL THOSE
MOSQUITOES AND
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BAY CITI, TEXAS, TIESDU .ItXI ARi 1«. lib’s.
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 16, 1923, newspaper, January 16, 1923; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1362510/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.