The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 20, 1926 Page: 2 of 4
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CAMBY SMITH
ELECTRIC PERCOLATOR FREE!
The Straw Vote
INTRODUCING
thereon
Hotpoint Electric Ranges
nd the neal
As a Special Introductory
Griffith's
Offer
Two
sacks
low
grade
hundred
We Will Take
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flcat Ion or repeal
Union
YOUR OLD STOVE
HOTPOINT
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Harrison’s Market
ELECTRIC RANGE
Choice
MEATS
THIS SPECIAL OFFER FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!
We Deliver
Phone 18
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INSURANCE ON ANYTHINGI
ANYWHERE
MARCH 22,23 AND 24,2:30 TO 4:30 P. M.
UNDER AUSPICES OF
Also Life and Accident Insurance
and Bonds
aiders carefully the value
J. P. KELLER & COMPANY
of his purchases
coni-
price
asked, is a welcome visi-
Shop at Tire Headquarters!
tor in this store
because
BLUEBIRD BEAUTY PARLOR
Phone I 28
lowed
the greatest value pos-
Visit the New Beauty Parlor
Matagorda Pharmacy Building — Downstairs
Highest Quality
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We Specialize in Ladies’ Haircutting,
Marceling and Permanent Waving
W. F. TETTS
Experienced Operators
Lowest Prices
“A Beauty Aid For Every Need
Jeweler
o
Always
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We Are Now Well Stocked
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on
on
MACHINERY
FARM
FOR SALE
Of the Best Make and
k
Dependable
Kiln Dried Rice Bran, Polish and
us.
Filled
Chicken Feed
LeTulle Mercantile
the Market
Company
Bay City Rice Milling Co.
Bay Gty, Texas
Bay City, Texas
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HARDY-ANDERSON AUTO CO.
Get Our Prices
Pathfinders
Said I hr flea in the rlephunt
as they were getting off the
Arki “Bost shine me, big
buy.*
Cooking With Electricity
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$9.65 for 30x3)4 Fabric
$10.95 for 30x3)4 Cord
$12.15 for 30x3J/2 Over-
size
$20.45 for 32x4 Cord
Balloons, Clinchers,
Straight Sides
At Equally Low
Prices
Texas Central Power Company
BAY CITY, TEXAS
th* poatoffke of Bay City under act
of Congress
r
all
the
act
The
Furnished room with
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_____ auspices of the Volstead
New York World and the American amended.
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following such primary election, may
become a member of this association
and entitled to vote at said primary
election by enrolling his or her name
with the county secretary or precinct
chairman at any time prior to cantlag
his or her rote at such primary elec-
tion. G. B CULVER .Preaident.
CHAS. V. YEAMA.N8. Secretary.
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Pursuant to order of the executive
committee of the White Han't Union
18-20-d I Association of Matagorda County, a
Monday,
the
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PICOBITE OF WILL
i— Hen-
io the
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Given under my hand
of said court, loth day of March. A l>.[As "Solomon" in
RUBY HAWKINS.
Matagorda
20-2d
’are too indifferent to rally to It
tease —Houston Poet-Dispatch
The Poet-Dispatch then goes
< one. eack wk for the period | Beautiful Social
Affair at Collegeport
That said election will be held in
each voting precinct on SATURDAY,
-----! SEVENTEENTH DAY OF
APRIL, A. D. H»2«; that the polls
will open at 8 o'clock in the morning
and close at 7 o’clock in the evening.
' during which time any white man or
woman who will be a legal voter of
; Matagorda County under the laws of
Texas at the next November election
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I teen Were served
’ luncheon placed on tables which
j c o m in o d a t « d tour guests,
(luncheon tables were cleared
bridge was played until late in the
afternoon. Mrs. Edwards, the
honoree, has been a guest of the Sima
primary election to nominate candi-
dates for elective county and precinct
offices of said county.
The money - saving tire
for thrifty buyers. Good
looking, tough treaded,
long wearing. Guaran-
teed by the manufactur-
er and by
our Every Need Can Be Promptly
,-v
sible for the price asked.
we have consistently fol-
The prohibition poll conducted by
newspapers In all sections of the
country, under
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Demonstrations.—Mrs. M. L. Shockley, Expert Home Economist of
Chicago, and Mrs. M. H. Armstrong, Electric Range Specialist of
Dallas, will demonstrate and give lectures on electric cookery, both
oven and top cooking. Two hours of valuable information to the
housewives of Bay City and vicinity. We invite you to come and
attend this demonstration and see for yourself why it is cheaper,
safer and more efficient than any other method of cooking. Electric
Percolator will be given away at the close of the demonstration—
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The State of Texas
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
Matagorda County —Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to cause
the following notice to be published in
a newspaper of general circulation
which has been continuously and
regularly published for a period of
not less than one year preceding the
date of the notice in the county of
,Matagorda. State of Texas, and you
shall cause said notice to Im? printed
The customer who con-
Best and Cheapest Stock Feed on
1»2«.
Clerk County Court,
County, Texas
COLLEGEPORT. Texas. Mar 20
Ths luncheon given Thursday by | THE
Mrs 8 B. Sims in honor of Mrs Wil-
liam Edwards of Minneapolis was a
dainty and beautiful social affair in
all its appolutmeniM The bay.->ide
home of the Sims was beautifully dec-
orated with natural flowers and vines
reflecting the spirit of the season.
The guests to the numlwr of four-
teen Were served with an exquisite
m tables which ac-
After
and
The future manager of the hotels
snd dining cars of the Japanese ra't-
ways is obtaining training by serving
as an American dining car steward
' after having worked in the Waldorf
Hotel from dish-washer to room clerk.
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New York University Is sponsoring
an "Around the World College” as
| part of its regular course. This foat-
j ing university, with 45u students, will
Valuable keys in a leather [ visit five continents, 35 countries, and
Mfei m U-23 5U foreign ports in its 2lo-day cruise.
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said estate
said appll
it ion should they desire to do so.
Herein fail not. but have
THE DAILY TRIBUNE Tb.
________— ’ discturn the Literary IMgrst x poll on
F.MUM o., |
THE TRIBUNE PBINTINO COHPANY j drys" al a railo of about two to one
Pablisber* In that undertaking approximately a
' million votes were polled
Owner and Editor |
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flfeh Matagerda fognty Trlbaae
One Year •’ w
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I of put
Notice of AppUrattea for Probate
of WI1L
fee Mate of Texan
To ail Person* inti
Estate of Wiiite Im
Deceased.
Know Ye That John Christie si
Mary C. Fail have filed In the Couu
Cunrt of Matagorda County, an appl
th,. I cation for Probate of Will and Lett;rs|
y Testamentary an Independent Execu-
’■ tors upon the estate of Willie
IKanborn. deceased. which
In!
heard at the next term of aa
As First Payment on a
ready has broken all records for (tew and can not bold up auch a gigan-
straw balloting In the world's his-
tory The total vole cast tn this
nationwide popular referendum hail
to Wednesday and Including 1.MS.4M
1.600,000 Under return* tabulated up
to Wednesday and Including 1,388,04811
vote*, more than 82 per cent favored
modification or repeal of the Volstead
law. while slightly less than 18 per
cent favored enforcement of the law.
The vote In Texas had risen to more
than 22.000, with the “wets” holding a
lead of considerably more than two
to on* over the "dry»."
Under the vote as It waa tubulated
by communities up to last
only 14 place* favored retaining
Volstead law. while 213 favored modi-
__ Two of the “dry”
towns listed in this count are In Texas
- -Cleburne and Gainesville. A tabu-
lation made later in the week added
three other Texas communities
ton. Lubbock and Hillsboro
dry Hat.
Th* vote In Texas represents only
about on*-twenty-f1fth of the state's
normal polling strength, and at beat
It can be taken merely a* a weather
vane and not a* a gauge It I* foolish
to argue that it represents an accu-
ral* cross-section of public sentiment.
It may or It tnay not it is equally
foolish to argue that It has no signifi-
cance. It undeniably has. for II re-
veals that federal prohibition la not
a settled issue; that large numbers of
citlsens are hostile to the law in it*
present form; and that the bone dry
regime either does not represent the
popular will any longer, or its friends
hoot at the vote and say
Indication as to how the peo
and as it amounts to nothing
straw vote*. *apectaHy In na-|
Honwide political coolest* have bean J
taken, as well as in presidential races
They were taken in exactly the same |
Entered a* second class matter at manner aud under and by exactly I—
- - —-‘eapm meihods In every Instance the
proved corrett and forecast the re
suits of the following election In
< accurate and reliable way
word*, out of the many held i
not once did the “straw" vote lose out 1 commencing the first Monday in May
I A D. 1028. at th* courthouse thereof. |
in the city ol
all persons interested in
may appear an<) contest
•ted in t
"Declasse." Corinne Griffith's lat-
est First National production, marks
fourth picture in which Clive
i appears. He was a British
newspaper man previous to going on
the stage He played several seasons
in England before coming to this I
country to try his hand in the films.
Declasse" he gives
(an excellent performance, but as yet
bis work U littl* know here. He is
a finisted actor partic ularly well suit-
| ed to motion pictures.
Lio^d Hughes is Miss
leading man.
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White Man’g Union
rough rice; for hogs or chicken feed Ae«r»/-iatinr»
One cent per pound Union Ware- 8 * 7 v 1 • 1 1
house and Elevator Co. 5-if' Primary Election
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all convenient
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a policy of giving
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Deyrrle!
Will be t
id court, family for several weeks and leaves
for her home Sunday via San Antonio,
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f itay cuy at which tim< J Brook Is Filmed in
His Fourth Picture
de national farce Besides,
bankrupt the nation to enforc
Kou then
and there before said court this writ.|the
with your return thereon endorsed, I Brook
showing how you have executed the
LOST:
case. Return here for reward.
but that the
will be eventually
peopb- have be« ?>«»••
Newspaper Eaterprise Association, al- soured on the rank hypocrisy of the
it will
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H stands today and get us nowhere in
the end. The government is liming It*
millions in legitimate revenue and
giving, by virtue of th* Volstead oct,
nothing but poison to those of Its peo-
ple who are going to drink, law or n<>|
tew. It Is responsible for the army
of bootleggers, who, by the way. are
all prohibitionists to a man and th*
consequent reign of crime It is tear-
ing down the morale of the youth and
making sneaks of those who could. I
otherwise, become valuable cltlxen*
The poll being held now IS signifi-
cant and many a politician will "see
the light'' iiefore many months roll
by. It te marking the days of fraud,
hypocrisy, deception and crim?' and
speaks in wholesome words for the
future of our country.
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 20, 1926, newspaper, March 20, 1926; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1362655/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: 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.