The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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TO OUR PRIDE IN ITS PAST AND OUR HOPE FOR ITS FUTURE, ADD VIGOROUS WORK IN THE LIVING PRESENT
VOLUME 75—NUMBER 25.
BAT CITY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918.
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AT COST.
Six Thousand of Them Have Already
Been Delivered to England and
a Thousand to Cana-
dian Government.
FORD TRACTORS ARE
TO BE DISTRIBUTED
manufacturers ahe
WARNED 10 REPORT
SUGAR HOLDINGS
Candy and Soft Drink Makers May Be
Prosecuted as Hoarders If They
Fail to Make Returns.
General Crowder Orders Investigation
of Low Percentage of 1918 Reg-
istration Assigned to Class 1.
CLASSIFICATION OF NEW
DRAFT ED BE REVISED
time prior to Januaryl,'1919.
be announced later.
Austin, Texas, June 8.—Thirty-two
thousand eight hundred and eighty-
three Texans who became 21 years
of age during the past year registered
with local boards in Texas last Wed-
nesday, it was announced Saturday.
Two small counties, not yet reported,
will not increase the total more than
25, officials said.
of
Phillips,
PLANS TO CHEAPEN
LIVING IS FORMED
Scheme Is to Publish Lists in Each
County, Town or City, Show Ex-
cessive Charges Made and
Get Uniformity.
FEDERAL TAXES FOR LAST
YEAR MUST BE PAID SOON
Collector of Internal Revenue Issues
Notices to Taxpayers of Sums
Due by Each.
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AUTO OUTPUT CUT
75 PER CENT NOW
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NEW REGISTRANTS
WILL TOTAL 82,883.
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Steel Control Board May Make Fur-
ther Reduction—Coal
Must Be Saved.
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PASS AMENDMENTS
OP TO THE PEOPLE
TO OUR COUNTY, OUR WHOLE COUNTY AND EVERY SECTION OF OUR COUNTY.
“THEBE IS NOTHING TOO GOOD FOB OUR FRIENDS”
The Only Democratic Way of Doing
Business.
COUNTY DIVISIONS REPRESENTED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS—BAY CITY
MUST SELL $87,500.00 BY JANUARY 1, 1919.
house first and will be made special
order next Tuesday at 12 o’clock. This
action is accepted as belief that suf-
STATETICKET ISGIVEN OUT
BY THE CHAIRMAN
The Priscillas were entertained by
Mrs. Annie Sanborn at the home of
Mrs. S. S. Taylor Wednesday after-
noon.
The usual knitting and needlework
employed the busy fingers while the
war furnished the topic of conversa-
Supreme tion.
Delicious ice cream and cake fur-
nished refreshment, the next place ot
meeting being with Mrs. Vogelsang.
7.—Chairman
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Population,
4,375
2,077
799
737
- 3,270
423
1,363
926
258
488
831
531
940
164
141
352
587
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Contains Full List of Candidates
July Primary; One Woman Is
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Baton Rouge, La., June 6.—By the
switch of three “dry” votes from the
ratification fight, Senators Vernon
L. Caldwell of Abbeville, E. O. Pow-
ers, Baton Rouge, and C. M. Cunning-
ham, Natchitoches, and their joining
the Boyer forces in the senate, the
Boyer resolution to submit future na-
tional ratification resolution only
after the people have had opportunity
to pass upon the issue, was advanced
to third reading and a motion to in-
definitely postpone was defeated 22
to 17. The “wets” found great satis-
faction in this new line up of the sen-
ate, although it was not regarded as
a test vote.
By agreement the Powell suffrage
amendment will go to a vote in the
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Austin, Texas, June 6.—A. S. Wal-
ker, collector of internal revenue, to-
day called attention to the fact that
payment of income taxes and excess
profits taxes due for the year 1917
must be made on or before June 15P
1918. His office is now issuing no-
tices to taxpayers of the amount due
by each. These notices are being
mailed and should reach persons in-
terested in ample time to enable them
to make prompt payment.
Collector Walker called attention to
the desire of the treasury department
that persons holding treasury certifi-
cates of indebtedness maturing June
25 should utilize them instead of cash
in paying income and excess profits
taxes. The collector is authorized
by the treasury department to accept
these treasury certificates in place of
cash for the taxes named, and it is
important to the financial arrange-
ments of the government that all per-
sons holding certificates of indebted-
ness and who are required to pay in-
come and excess profit staxes should
surrender the certificates instead-.of
utilizing funds in the banks which
might be necessary for the transac-
of current business.
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PRISCILLA MEETING.
The county is making ready for another drive, which will start in earn-
est on June 28 at the various school district headquarters mentioned below
and continue until the county’s quota of nearly $400,000 will have been raised.
J. C. Lewis, chairman of the county, has compiled a table of quota ex-
pected fr6m each school district and also designates the meeting place of
the people of the districts on Friday, June 28.
The county’s quota is exactly $381,320, which, as we understand it, will
have to be raised by January 1, 1.919. This is a huge undertaking, but Mata-
gorda County has never failed so far and will not fail to meet this issue. It
is a big undertaking, but we are learning to do big things and might as well
cheerfully face everything the government sends our way.
Following is a table of the districts as designated by Chairman Dewis,
the meeting places and the quotas to be raised:
Estimated Quota of War
. Savings Stamps.
$87,500.00
41,540.00
15,980.00
14,740.00
67,400.00
8,460.00
27,260.00
18,520.00
5,160.00
9,760.00
16,620.00
10,620.00
18,800.00
3,280.00
- 2,820.00
7,040.00
■ 11,740.00
1,220.00
7,040.00
2,240.00
2,620.00
1,880.00
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Washington, June 9.—A country
wide move to reduce the cost of food
to the consumer > and standardize
methods of compelling the observance
by dealers of “fair price lists” was
ordered Friday by Food Administra-
tor Hoover.
Lists will be published in every
county, town and city, and consumers
will be asked to co-operate with of-
ficials in forcing merchants to bring
their prices to a uniform level.
The administration establishes price
interpreting committees composed of
wholesalers, retailers and consumers.
The published lists will give the range
of maximum selling prices, showing
a reasonable price which will reflect
the prices that should obtain in “cash
and carry” stores, and a higher price
representing a fair price for the
“ci/edit and delivery” stores.
The local administrator for each lo-
cality will act as chairman of the
price board. Consumers will be ex-
pected to report any store charging
more than the established price. One
form of indirect control over the re-
tail stores may be exercised by cut-
ting off their supplies at the source—
instructing licensed deals not to do
business with offending retailers.
EXCESS PROFITS AND INCOME
TAXES NOW DUE.
HOOVER ASKS CONSUMERS
ASSIST IN FORCING
FAIR PRICES.
Name or Number—
Bay City Independent District
Palacios Independent District
Matagorda Independent District
Markham Independent District
No. 1 Common School District, ---------
No. 2 Common School District, Wadsworth
No. 3, Common School District, Van Vleck
No. 4 Common School District, Pledger....
No. 5 Common Shcool District, Chalmers..
No. 7 Common School District, Sargent...
No. 9 Common School District, Clemville.
No. 10 Common School District, Midfield..
No. 11 Common School District, Blessing.
No. 12 Common School District, Prairie Center...
No. 13 Ccommon School District, Turtle Bay....
No. 14 Common School District, Buckeye
No. 15 Common School District, Ashby
No. 16 Common School District, Pecan City
No. 17 Common School District, Collegeport
No. 18 Common School District, Citrus Grove ...
No. 19 Common School District, DeMoss
No. 20 Common School District
Meetings will be held in each school district at the place indicated on
June 28,- 1918, at 8:30 p. m. for the purpose of receiving subscription pledges
applying on quota assessed. Stamps so pledged may be purchased at any
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MEASURE FINDS FAVOR
BATON ROUGE.
The food administration authorizes
the following:
Manufacturers of the less-essential
foodstuffs, such as ‘candy and soft
drinks, who use sugar and have not
applied for certificates because they
have enough sugar on hand to last
until July 1, will be required to re-
turn statements to federal food admin-
istrators of their respective States by
June 10. These must show amount of
sugar used this year, amount on hand,
requirements for the future, and the
• 'tuation in general, to prove that they
gj^^onforming to food administration
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El Paso, Texas, June 9.—Henry
Ford, in order to stimulate the agri-
cultural production of the United
Sates, is putting out several thou-
sand “Fordson” farm tractors
throughout. the country at factory
cost, direct to farmers, according to
J. W. Kirkpatrick, who has just re-
turned to El Paso from Detroit, where
he was appointed distributor for the
States of Texas, New Mexico and Ari-
zona.
Mr. Kirkpatrick Has received as his
first allotments carload shipments of
the tractor for Albuquerque, k. M.;
Phoenix, Ariz.; El Paso, San Antonio^
Austin, Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas
and Texarkana, Texas. These are to
be sent immediately and will be dis-
tributed in time to serve in the pro-
duction of this year’s crop.
Mr. Ford is only following a prece-
dent set in England and Canada. At
the request of the British government
he delivered the first 6000 tractors to
the British government at cost, in or-
der to assist in the agricultural pro-
duction of that country, and he fol-
lowed this by delivering 1000 to the
Canadian government, at its request.
He offered to do the same in the
United States and his offer was re-
ceived with kindness by the United
States agricultural department. He
is therefore making his first distribu-
tion in the United States.
The Fordsqn tractor is a 40-horse-
.power machine, manufactured in a
new plant erected by Mr. Ford and
son at Dearborn, Mich. It starts on
gasoline, but operates on kerosene
and is said to be most economical.
According to Mr. Kirkpatrick the
British government and Canadian gov-
ernment have given Mr. Ford some
very high official indorsements of the
tractors and high praise for his pa-
triotism in allowing those govern-
ments to take and distribute the first
output of his factory.
Mr. Kirkpatrick will leave El Paso
in the next few days on his distribu-
tion tour and expects to put out the
first shipments of tractors where
they will do\he most good in a com-
munity. In order to place them
where they can be of most service in
stimulating crop production he will
confer with, chambers of commerce,
agricultural agents and councils of
defense in the various localities to
which carload consignments
been assigned.
Tn the State, of Michigan the war
preparedness board has taken upon
itself the task of placing the 1000
tra'ctors apportioned to that State,- so
valuable does it consider the machine
to the farm industry of Michigan.
Tempted Not to Report.
Many manufacturers who
stocks of sugar that brings up their
supply for the current year to more
than 80 per cent of last year’s con-
sumption are tempted not to report
and thereby obtain the full allotment
in the next distribution. Failure to
report in time may cause them not
only to suffer the usual penalty for
this dereliction, but also to be pro-
ceeded against as hoarders. Those
who fail to report will obtain no su-
gar on further 1918 allotments.
The 80 per cent ration was recently
set for makers of nonessential food
products because of shortage of ship
tonnage to bring sugar to this coun-
try. It is possible that there will be
further reduction; and it is unlikely
that government control of sugar dis-
tribution will cease during the war.
Refuse to Relax Rules.
Many manufacturers have been in
Washington to ask that the rules be
relaxed in their particular cases, in
order that they may carry on a min-
imum organization until the new al-
lotment is made, July 1, for the next
three months. All have been refused,
because it is the desire of the food ad-
ministration to be absolutely impar-
tial. But federal food administrators
will hear complaints of this class, even
if they have been presented earlier at
Washington.
Manufacturers who now have on
hand sugar that, when added to the
amount already fased this year, will
bring their quotas above 80 per cent of
the amount used from January to July,
1917, must turn over the excess to
their administrators at once, or be
prosecuted as hoarders.
Makers of ice cream and other "es-
sential” foods are not affected by
these regulations.
For governor: James E. Ferguson,
Temple; W. P. Hobby, Austin; Henry
Clark, Stephenville; V. W. Grubbs,
Greenville.
For lieutenant governor: John R.
Moore, Palestine; S. B. Cowell,
Whiesboro; L. H. Bailey, Houston;
John M. Hnederson, Daingerfield; T.
W. Davidson, Marshall; W.
son, Memphis.
For Chief Justice
Court: Nelson
Floyd M. Spann, Belton.
For associate justice of
Court: J. D. Harvey, Houston; Thomas
B. Greenwood, Austin.
For associate justice Court of
Criminal Appeals: C. A. Pippen,
Dallas; William Pierson, Greenville;
F. B. Martin, Longview; O. S. Latti-
more, Fort Worth; R.-H. Ward, San
Antonio.
For State treasurer: John W. Baker,
Crosbyton; J. M. Edwards, Austin.
For attorney general: C. M. Cure-
ton, Austin; Marshall Spoonts, Fort
Worth; John W. Woods, Abilene.
For railroad commissioner: C. H.
Hurdleston, Austin; Clarence E. Gil-
Washington, June 7.—A general
revision of classifications under the
selective draft service act was start-
ed today by Provost Marshal General
Crowder when he telegraphed to the
governors of all States ordering in-
vestigations to determine the reasons
for the small number or registrants
in class 1 in some localities.
The lists of some boards show an
average far below the national aver-
age of 28.7 per cent registrants in
class 1. Some boards even have fal-
len as low as 10 per cent.
Thousands of men now in class 4
should be put in class 1 and 2, the
provost marshal said. The instruc-
tions also ordered investigations to
determine if any men have been erro-
neously put in the upper classes when
they should have been placed in those
lower down.
May Produce 500,090 Men.
It is expected that the re-arrange -
inent will bring into class 1 more
than 500,000 men.
Cases where registrants were mar-
■ ried after passage the draft act
will be carefully considered and if
evidence warrants classification in
class 1, boards will proceed to re-
classify them. Married men, whose
wives have sustaining incomes prob-
ably will be reclassified.
“This office has reached the con-
clusion,” said the provost marshal
general, “that corrective procedure
can be made most effective by revi-
sion by the local boards with the
hearty and active assistance of gov-
ernment appeal agents and members
of legal advisory boards.
“You will therefore * * *
structions that they shall immediate-
ly proceed to a careful examination
of all the questionnaires and records
in the classes of cases hereinafter
indicated and make such recommend-
ations to the local boards as they
may deem necessary. Local boards,
government appeal agents and mem-
bers of legal advisory boards should
direct special attention to the fol-
lowing classes of cases:
“Class 2 A and B; class 3 A, B
and C, class 4 A. Thousands of reg-
istrants are now in class 4 who
should be in class 2 or class 1.
ernment appeal agents * * * should
be instructed to appeal every case
where the re-classification is not con-
vincingly correct.
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NOTICE TO MEN IN CLASS 1.
Local board of Matagorda County
has a call for four volunteers (white)
to school of auto mechanics at Uni-
versity of Texas. Open to men in
class 1 who have graduated from the
grammar school. Notify the local
board at once if you wish to volunteer.
Washington, June 11.—Curtailment
of coal supplies to manufacturers of
passenger automobiles for the year
beginning August 1 to 25 per cent of
the quantity consumed in 1917-18 was
announced tonight by the fuel admin-
istration. This is one of the steps in
a drastic program for reduction of
fuel allowed non-war industries to
meet the expected coal shortage next
winter.
Just how other industries will be
affected has not been dis.closed and it
is said tobe probable that there will
be no publication of a list of “non-
essentials.” Instead an announcement
may be made as each order is given
applying to a particular industry.
There is understood to be before
President Wilson now a report upon
which it is proposed to base concert-
ed action of the fuel administration,
the food administration and the war
industries board and the railroad ad-
ministration in the matter of curtail-
ment of orders. The heads of these
agencies have been in conference on
the subject and early action to co-or-
dinate their efforts is looked for.
The fuel administration is prepared,
however, to enforce its program with-
out waiting for the other agencies to
act, if necessary. Certain features al-
ready have been definitely determined
upon as in the ca.se of the automobile
makers. The 75 per vent reduction
so far as coal is concerned will ap-
ply, fuel administration officials said
today, and whether a further curtail-
ment of the output of passenger cars
will result from government orders
depends upon the steel allotted by
the war industries board.
Director of Conservation Noyes has
reported to Administrator Garfield
that one hundred million tons of coal
more than produced this year will be
’ needed to meet the demands of the
coming year. This, Dr. Garfield ex-
plained, is based upon an estimate of
80,000,000 tons for actual demands in
sight with an additional 20,000,000
tons to allow for progressive war
’ preparations.
Increased production cannot meet
this! ncreased demand. Dr. Garfield
said, and a saving of 60,000,000 tons
of coal only can save the country from
distaster.
“Necessities of war must be sup-
plied,” he added. “The coal deficit
must inevitably come out of the fuel
for nonwar industries.”
Waco, Texas, June
Shurtleff of the democratic State
ecutive committee completed
rangements of the State ticket
the primary election July 27.
The ticket follows:
For United States senator: Morris
Sheppard, Texarkana; R. E. Heller,
frage will be defeated in the senate J Toyah,
and will try out the house first. They
only claim twenty-six votes in the
senate, twenty-eight are necessary.
Cooper’s 25-mile bone dry bill was
advanced to third reading in the sen-
ate, after an effort to amend it by ex-
tending the dates of its effectiveness
until September 1 had been defeated
17 to 22. It will be up for final pas-
sage Friday, but may go over because
of light house. In the new senate
line up Boatner of New Orleans, Rein-
aud and Charles E. Schwing voted to
kill the amendment, they voted “wet”
on ratification.
more, Wills Points; John L. Andrews,
Dallas.
For comptrolelr of public accounts:
Sam H. Goodlett, Austin; H. B. Ter-
rell, Austin; C. C. Mayfield, Clairett
For commissioner of general land
office: J. x. Robinson, Austin.
For commissioner of agriculture:
Fred Davis, Austin ;H. A. Halbert*
Coleman.
For superintendent of public in-
( struction: W. F. Doughty, Austin;
Annie Webb Blanton, Denton; Bran-
don Trussell, Decatur.
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1918, newspaper, June 14, 1918; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1294498/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.