The Provost Guard (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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Texas City National Bank
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AMUSEMENTS.
CAPITAL $100,000
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
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Happenings of the Week
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ARMY NEWS NOTES.
Main and Capitol
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Let Us Be Your Groceryman
Phone 155
Texas City
A. H. REEVES
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
AND BUILDER
LIEUTENANT BRADFORD DEAD.
P O Box 455
Texas City, Tex.
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PHONE 10T
SEE
H. RADER
W. W. Epperson has installed
a
Phone 69
fifteen years he, in company of two
tains, pillaging farms, robbing trav-
elers and raiding cattle.
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capture, he defied the Rurales, and in
ED. S. McCARVER
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Attorney-at-Law
City Attorney S. L. Kelly and Dr.
• gards his origin I can only repeat that
Talboy are getting busy with the
en-
LEINBACH LEADS
Motor Car Schedule.
TEXAS
CITY
WILL MARRY SUNDAY.
• at all times be welcome.
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Phone 325
* P. O. Box 105
Texas City ♦
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Captain J. T. Moore of Company C,
27th infantry, is now in charge of the
judge advocate’s office of the division
encamped in Texas City, in place of
Captain Brown, who ha.s been trans-
ferred to Vera Cruz.
Mrs. Francis Hale and little daugh-
ter, now of Galveston, but formerly of
Vera Cruz, were visitors during the
week, being the guests of Sergeant
and Mrs. W. M. Wells, of Co. C, 18th
infantry.
The Home Building and Loan Asso-
ciation, which is backed by local cap-
italists, and of which B. F. Gilbert is
the efficient secretary, has announced
ready for active business operations.
This concern is one that promises to
be of vital help in building a greater
Texas City, and The Provost Guard
predicts for it a wide field of useful-
ness.
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Leinbach is leader in smokes that men like,
Every Cigar the best that comes over the pike.
In here you will find goods of best brands—
Nice flavored goods to meet the demands.
Beautiful Postcards, right up-to-date,
A nd Stationery best in this part of the State.
Come here for Tobaccos, all strictly first rate—
Here on Sixth Street and 9Th Leinbach is found
Selling best in his line, in city all 'round.
forcement of city sanitary ordinances,
and due notice is being given all that
these statutes will be vigorously put
into operation.
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A. BAILEY,
Owner and Manager.
Galveston Phone 3320.
Texas City Phone 3
FOR ANYTHING
IN THE FURNITURE LINE.
ARMY TRADE A SPECIALTY
SCHEDULE
THu BAILEY LINE
GALVESTON-TEXAS CITY
Mrs. Ella Kahn, of Galveston, has
purchased the new two-story house re-
cently built by James Roach in front
of the Southern Hotel.
Delivery to All Parts of the City
and Quality of Our Goods
Guaranteed
Temporary President of the Republic
of Mexico.
Sixth Street and Sixth Avenue
Texas City
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VOLUNTEER TO HELP
ON CLEANUP DAY.
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Up to this writing no orders for fur-
ther troop movements have been is-
sued, and it now seems certain that
no action will be taken in the Mexi-
can situation until after the A-B-C
mediators have had their say.
Others $2.25 to $34
We Prepay Charge
Anywhere
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NEW AUTO TRUCK.
THE STAR.
The run of General Film Company s
productions now offered by Manager
Cassil is, take it by and large, the
best service he has yet been able to
procure, and is meeting with wide ap-
probation among his host of patrons.
Star patrons have learned to expect
the very best in dramatic and educa-
tional pictures, and they are getting
full value with each program, which
is all as it should be.
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REVIVAL CLOSES.
1 he Best is not too good for
our Customers
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Jack Meinert is now sales manager
for the Texas City Ice Cream and Soda
Water Factory, and is proceeding to
go right after business in his usual
old-time form.
West End Grocery
J. O. GORDY, Proprietor
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EMPIRE.
Friday’s program is one of unusual
merit, and includes “For the Freedom
of Cuba,” a two-reel Bison; “Heaven
Will Protect the Working Girl,” Joker,
and two other full reels of standard
Empire quality.
Saturday will be a feature day, six
full reels being shown, among them a
Warner three-reel feature; a Rex fa
vorite, entitled, “The Leopard’s Coat;”
a Nestor feature, called “Snobbery,”
and an Eclair production of worth,
“An Enchanted Voice.”
Sunday’s program will include five
reels, a big show for a little dime.
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Edward S. McCarver was a business
I visitor to Houston the middle of the
week.
thing but a brief sketch of each lead-
er, and readers of this column will
have to supply that which is missing
from their gleanings from the daily elers and raiding cattle. Although a
press. I will present firstly V. Huerta, I reward of $10,000 was offered for his
ADOUE-BLAINE HOW. CO.
G. C GILLIAM, Receiver
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There was no meeting of the city
commission Tuesday night for rea-
sons brought about by one J. Pluvius.
A meeting was held Wednesday night,
however, and several matters consid-
ered, but the meeting was mainly to
go over some plans for settling upon
a system of city grades.
new’ Wichita auto truck, especially
with a view of affording quicker and
more acceptable service to his many
patrons of this city.
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Extra Special
$11.50 Two-Burner
$8.88
T. B. Trotter has resigned as assist-
ant cashier of the Texas City National
Bank, a position he has held for the
past three years. Mr. Trotter’s many
friends will regret to learn that he
may leave Texas City, although it is
probable he will locate in Galveston.
president and dictator.
Huerta.
Victoriano Huerta, general, usurper
and defyer of the president of the
United States, has occupied so promi-
nent a position in the recent history
of Mexico, that some brief account of
his career should be of interest. Re-
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Miss Nannie Willhouse and Richard
Wilson will be married at the hom
of the bride, in West End next Sun-
day afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mr. Wil-
son has about completed the construc-
tion of his residence in West End,
where he and his bride expect to live.
faithful cowboys, roamed the moun-
That progressive builder, Franz
Kohfelt, of Denison, is here for a few
days, looking after his extensive in-
terests in Texas City.
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Carl von Metzradt, manager of the
Commercial Cafe, was a business vis-
itor to the Oleander City Wednesday.
As all eyes are just at present turn-
ed toward Mexico, a brief sketch of
the careers of President Huerta and
General Villa may be of interest to
my readers. As I am not a historian,
I am indebted to readings from the
“Story of Mexico,” by Charles Morris,
for the facts herein related. Lack of
space will prevent my giving any-
The Baptist revival closed Sunday
night at the Tabernacle, with a large
audience and a spiritual service. Rev.
Isaiah Watson preached his concluding
sermon, and left later in the week, his
work keeping him very busy. Over
eighty new members were added dur-
ing the series of services, and from
every standpoint the meetings have
been of general help and uplift to the
city and community.
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LOAN ASSOCIATION READY.
SHIPPING ARRIVES.
The schooner Mary E. H. G. Dow,
with a heavy cargo of coal, reached
the Texas City docks Wednesday. She
brought 1200 tons of coal from No.
folk, Virginia, consigned to the local
yards of the Atlantic States Coal and
Coke Co.
The Ocmulgee, of the Texas City
Steamship Company, is due to arrive
on May 21 with 2500 tons of miscel-
laneous cargo. The Haakon, of the
Wolvin Line, has arrived from New
Orleans with heavy cargo enroute to
Vera Cruz, taking on additional cargo
here.
Colonel Daniel McCarthy, chief
quartermaster of the second division
arrived Tuesday morning from Chica-
go, where he has been connected with
the central department. Col. McCar-
thy is well known in Texas City and
his many friends will be glad to wel-
come him “home” again.
The meeting of the Tom Ball forces,
at the City Hall Thursday night, oc-
curred necessarily after The Guard
had gone to press, but an extended
mention of the proceedings will be
given our readers next week. Need-
less to say, the editor is finding Mr.
Ball has many warm friends here.
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A. H. Reeves, the well known con-
tractor, has the contract for the con-
struction of four five-room cottages
for James Roach near Fourth street
on Texas avenue. The new' houses
are to be modern in every respect,
and will add just four more to the
list of homes built here recently by
Mr. Roach.
den of noted beauty. As a conse-
quence of her good looks, the girl
had numerous suitors, a local magis-
trate being amongst the number. One
day she vanished, and as the magis-
trate had also disappeared, Pancho
was quick to judge what had occurred.
It was the first time that the even
tenor of his life had been disturbed,
but the character of the man was de-
cisively shown in the events that fol-
lowed. Getting a priest to accompany
him, he rode in pursuit over the moun-
tains in furious haste. The fleeing
couple were overtaken; at Pancho’s
dictation they were immediately mar-
ried by the priest, then the irate
brother compelled the husband to sign
his own death warrant, and killed him
on the spot, the priest saying the
requisite prayers. Here was retribu-
tion with a vengeance. Returning to
the farm with his erring sister, Pan-
cho would have lived peacefully
enough if the rurales had left him
alone. But the murder of a magistrate
was not to be so easily condoned,
and Pancho was forced to fly for his
life. This .act turned him from a quiet
farmer into a desperate bandit. For
in order to make Cleanup Day a
complete success, Messrs. Wm. Moore,
J. L. Corbett, M. W. Epperson and
R. B. Smith will all furnish free
wagons to assist in hauling off trash
and refuse. This is a public spirited
move and will be deeply appreciated.
Saturday is Cleanup Day, and your
own back yard the place.
time became looked upon by the peo-
ple as a second Robin Hood. More
than eighty combats were fought be-
tween him and his pursuers, forty
three of whom were killed in these
encounters. But although eight times
wounded, Villa remained free. Now
came the time of Madero’s revolt.
Villa saw in this an opportunity to
win for himself a place as an honor-
able citizen and joined the revolution-
ists, in whose ranks he did excellent
service. When Madero became presi-
dent, Villa was rewarded, and at the
same time' kept as far as possible
from mischief, by being made a gen-
eral of the Rurales and set to the new
task of catching bandits. It was not
my intention in starting this article
to write a historical review, but just
enough to show that instead of being
an American, he comes under the head
of what Rudyard Kipling called the
white man’s burden, and he sure is
that, and before we finish, we may find
him getting heavy.
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First Lieutenant Horatio K. Brad-
ford, of the 26th Infantry, died at the
general hospital, Fort Bayard, N. M.,
on May 4th, of tuberculosis. Lieuten-
ant Bradford was one of the best
known army officers in Texas City,
and was held in the highest esteem
by the citizens generally with whom
he came in contact. He was appar-
ently in the best of health until tak-
en ill about three months ago, and
after spending about six weeks in
the field hospital he was transferred
to San Antonio, thence to Fort Bay-
ard.
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Harold M. Tarpey, of Texas City, has
been appointed as supercargo for the
government chartered transport Ossa-
baw, which will carry cord wood and
stock feed to Vera Cruz, sailing from
the docks of this city.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF V. HUERTA
which he prides himself upon, that he
is an Indian of pure Aztec stock. He
has consequently good reasons for be-
ing descended from the great warlike
and conquering race of Mexico, even
if he cannot claim the Montezumas
for ancestors. Huerta was born in
1854, entered as a student in the mili-
tary college of Chapultepec and gradu-
ated in 1876, at the age of 21. Young
as he was, he had diversified his mili-
tary studies with an active interest in
scientific studies, especially mathe-
matics and astronomy. At graduation
he was commissioned a second lieuten-
ant of engineers and in 1879, when
Diaz began to reorganize the Mexican
army, Huerta, then a captain, sug-
gested to the president a plan for the
formation of the General- Staff. The
credit for founding the General Staff
Corps of. the Mexican army, therefore
belongs to Huerta. Later, when a com-
mission to prepare a map of Mexico
on a large scale was appointed, Huer-
ta accompanied them to Jalapa, hav-
ing charge of all its astronomical
work, and remaining in this positionr
CENTRAL GROCERY CO.
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Personals, News Notes and Sporting Events Gleaned by
The Provost Guardsman in the Second Division
Leave Texas City:
6:30 a. m.
8:00 a. m.
10:00 a. m.
12:30 p. m.
3:00 p. m.
5:15 p. m.
Follow the flag—red^ white and blue,
And with us your banking do.
for many years. During this time he
ied surveying parties over the rough
mountain regions between Jalapa and
Orizaba, ana for ten years directed
the astronomical and topographical
work of the map. In 1901 he cam-
paigned as a colonel against the Ya-
quis, and later against the Maya In-
dians of Yucatan. Subsequently for
a long period he engaged in work for
che General Staff. For thirty years
his liie had been mainly spent in quiet
scientific work, very useful, but not
calculated to bring prominence. In
succeeding years he has played a
much different role. His real promi-
nence may be said to date from the
time of the Madero revolution. He
being one of the leading officers dur-
ing the Madero revolution in 1910 and
afterwards commanded the force
which guarded Diaz in his hasty flight
to Vera Cruz. From then on his rise
has been rapid and is well known to
the readers of The Provost Guard.
Villa.
Many stories are rife in the camp
of the Second Division as to who Pan
cho Villa, the rebel chieftain in Mexi-
co, really is. You meet men who are
positive he is an American negro who
has been bobtailed (dishonorably dis-
charged) from a colored cavalry regi-
ment, while others claim he is a de-
serter. Some even claim personal ac-
quaintance with the gentlemtn. I am
not acquainted with him, nor do I
seek same, but I do know he is a
Mexican, and will give a few brief
extracts to prove my contentions, also
to set a few people right. Our colored
cavalry has enough sins laid at their
door without having to stand sponsor
for men of the Villa stamp. The par-
ents of Pancho Villa had a small farm
in the state of Durango, in Central
Mexico, and on the death of his fath-
er, he succeeded to its management,
leading an active and useful life with
his mother and sister, the latter a mai-
.The following civil service clerks
arrived in Texas City Tuesday after-
noon for duty at division headquarters,
from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Ed-
gar N. Fessler, Seth C. Williams,
James L. Salisbury and Messenger
Jesse F. Gregg.
POSTOFFICE BLDG. PHONE 325
Leave Tenth street depot at 6:05,
6:50, 8:30, 10:50 a. m., 12:50, 1:50,
2:50, 3:50, 5:30, 6.50, 9:50 and 10:50
p. m.
Arrive at Tenth street depot at 6:45,
7:45, 9:45, and 11:45 a. m., 1:45, 2:45,
3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45, 10:45 and 11:45
p. m.
Direct connections are made at Tex-
as City Junction with interurban cars
leaving Galveston at 6, 7, 9 and 11 a.
a., 12, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 and 11 p. m., and
m., 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 and 11 p. m., and
Houston at 6, 8, 10 and 12 a. m., 1,
Leave Galveston:
6:30 a. m.
8:00 a. m.
10:00 a. m.
1:00 p. m.
3:45 p. m.
5:00 p. m.
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First National Bank Building
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Nelson, H. L. & Harris, James B. The Provost Guard (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1914, newspaper, May 15, 1914; Texas City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1577471/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rosenberg Library.