The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1918 Page: 4 of 8
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To prove that there is nothing in
a name Houston produces a prohibi-
tionist whose name is Drinkhard.
ness concerns can assist in
up their town, at the same time doing
The most encouraging sign from the
front is to be found in the fact that
General Foch has not told us to ' wait
a bit" for more than a week. It feels
like a hunch to us that he is fixing
to slam hell out of something.
The paper will be conducted upon the highest possible plane of legitimate
newspaper business. _____________
From whatever angle it may be con-
sidered, an investment by an Amer-
ican citizen in liberty bonds or war
savings stamps is the best investment
in the world. The money so invested
goes to the government, which loans
some of it to our allies; all of it is
used in one way or another to main-
tain, support, -arm, equip and make
victorious our armies and our allies
in Europe. Surely no American
money could be put to a better pur-
pose. Here is an investment in the
power and success of our country, an
investment in the efficiency, strength,
safety, and success of our fighting
men on sea and land. We do not know
what commercial and industrial con-
ditions are to be when the war closes,
but we do know that a liberty bond
and ether United States government
securities will be sound and secure.
Every dollar loaned the government
by our people now is a dollar saved
for the time when peace comes. With
their savings invested in these sound
securities, the American people will
be well prepared to meet the prob-
lems that peace will bring. It is a
species of insurance for that day.
Germanys’ recent submarine abor-
tion off the American coast didn’t
even make us mad, to say nothing of
throwing a scare into us. Germany
is dealing with a different race of
people than she is accustomed to, all
of which is coming home to her in
great loads. „
Were it not for the balancing power
of the war the present gubernatorial
campaign would be sizzling hot and
a seething caldron. As it is the peo-
ple are thinking along more serious
and important lines.
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The kaiser’s soldiers are rapidly
learning what ruthless, unrelenting
and unrestricted shooting means. At
least the records show us that they
are learning their lessons well every
time they are placed in front of Amer-
ican guns.
In addressing the heads of homes
after another year or two of progres-
sivism the prevailing etiquette of the
times will be to always place the lady
at the head. For instance, we will
have to refer to Mrs. Ethel Brown
and Mr. John Brown. Instead of ad-
dressing them as Mr. and Mrs. John
Brown, we shall have to say Mrs. and
Mr. Ethel Brown,
The suggestion made by A. J., Hunt,
chairman of the milling division of
the federal food commission, to put
Texas back on a flour basis is a very
timely one, and it is to be hpped the
administration will do so. Texas has
led out on many things during the
war,
It is not necessary to call the at-
tention of any American reader to the
importance of buying war savings
stamps. A ceaseless flow of money
is, after all, the thing that will build
a, formidable dam of sufficient
strength to stop the flood of German
aggression. We all know that Ger-
many will be defeated in the end but
the faster the money flows the speed-
ier the end will be. Buy war sav-
ings stamps now, not next month or
next year.
If this war is to be won and the
world made safe for democracy why
not get the other nations who are
now idle to send in their men? Why
should three or four nations bleed
themselves white for other countries
allied with us but doing nothing?
Why should not Brazil, now at war
with Germany, not send over her three
or four hundred thousand? Then
there is China and Japan whose gov-
ernments could make things lively
with their millions. If it is war to
death for democracy, why not make it
a democratic war and bring the sol-
diers to bear on that western front
by the millions instead of hundreds
of thousands? Surely if it is glorious
for one to make the world safe there
must be glory enough for all, espe-
cially when all will eventually sit at
the table. Let them all come in-
500,000 from Brazil, 100,000 from Cu-
ba, 2,000,000 from Japan, 1,000,000
from China, 50,000 from Nicaragua,
and corresponding quotas from lesser
nationalities on down to San Marino.
The allies have the man power
if man power counts, so why not util-
ize it to its fullest power?
One knows it is not necessary to
buy ice in the winter for use the fol-
lowing summer and one seldom
thinks of wood and coal in the sum-
mer time in order to be prepared for
winter, but we should all remember
what unpreparedness has cost the
world. Be wise for once. Get in
touch with your wood and coal sup-
ply now.
The Guinlne That Does Not Affect the Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA-
TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look lor the signature of E. W. GROVE- 30c.
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Did you ever in your life see a
squared board pen filled with tom
cats, wild cats, some half dozen
coons, a like number of coon dogs, a
hyena or two, a porcupine, a wild
hog, two or three rattlesnakes, and
the whole dashed with about a gal-
lon of high life? If you haven’t you
have no idea how interesting it is
when they get started. That’s exact-
ly what the Boches stepped into when
they brought this country into war.
Wait until we have a million men in
France and the mix-up mentioned
above will not be a drop in the bucket
when our boys start to Berlin.
They sell fast and are hard to get
so you’d better get yours while you
have a chance.
of the city for the liberal patronage
accorded the paper. And it is not
because of the profits we <
virtue of it either ,for we are
to the core when we tell you that it' correspondents who
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To Secretary Daniels: Just keep
easing your patrol boats down toward
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If the hints that are reaching us
to the effect that Germany is carry-
ing on an army organization in Rus-
sia have any foundation it is high
time for the allies to unleash the Jap-
anese dogs of war and tell them to
warm across. If Germany had have
had Japan with her the Japanese
armies would now be fighting us by
great deeds Thomas Jefferson ' the millions. The Huns would settle
The only reason for a big army to
take care of Mexico with is that it
must be done, when it is done, quickly
and thoroughly. We haven’t time, oc-
cupied as we are with other things,
to spend over a month or two in for-
ever removing the menace constantly;
facing us. i
It is beginning to look more and
more probable that the United States
will have to take a hand in Mexico.
Those in Washington who a few years
back were tooting the bass horn in
the great pacifist band are now' talk-
ing the likelihood of war with the
greasers. Some of us who were clos-
er to the ground with our ears and
better posted, owing to our knowledge
of the Mexican race, sounded the
.alarm then, but were called jingoes
and alarmists. Some even refused to
read this paper because they thought
?ve wanted the United States to take
Mexico. We have never wanted that,
but we did say and say so yet, that
eventually the United States will have
to. At that time it could have been
done so much easier, and therein is
the difference between then and now
or three or four years from now. The
man who does not see this yellow
menace on our southwestern border
is a very bum student of current
events, it doesn’t make any difference
who he is or what station in life he
•occupies.
We regret to chronicle the apparent
dotage of our esteemed attorney gen-
eral. Three times in less than ten
days he has changed his opinion on
‘ho female vote of Texas. He first
ga,ve it out that the ladies would not
have to register and then that those
living in places of 10,000 or more
should register and now that they
all must register. We knew all along
that things would get mixed if this
thing came to pass, in Texas.
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MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE
By TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
CAREY SMITH, Editor ____
Entered at the Postoffice at Bay City, Texas, as second class mail matter
under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
Any” erroneous reflection upon the character or standing of any person or
business concern will be readily and willingly corrected upon its being
brought to the attention of the publishers.
The cotton crop condition of Texas
is placed at 82 per cent, the highest
for this time of the year in ten years.
Eighty-two per cent perfect crop
means an enormous crop for Texas
and, consequently, a prosperous era,
if it can be gathered and saved. In
this connection it can also be stated
that expert estimates convey the in-
telligence of the biggest crop of ev-
erything that has been produced in
Texas in a generation.
For various reasons, perhaps. Presi-
dent Wilson has decided that the news-
papers are a war necessity. The pres-
ident knows the value of publicity and
knows also that the newspaper afford
the greatest, surest and swiftest means .
of educating the people on all phases
notably in the abandonment of of the war. From this point of view
flour and the bone dry law, but in it is needless to point out to the read-
no case has she been followed by,; ers why they should read every line
The other States kept: of war “dope” published. To many
perhaps the matter is uninteresting
and at first is hard to read, but those
who make a practice of reading it are
catching on to the -war problem rapid-
ly. Let us say this much, the govern-
ment is not sending out for publication
a single unimportant line. Every w'ord
has some important bearing and is
published for the benefit of the Amer-
ican people. Those who do not read
war “dope” had better begin to prac-
tice reading it, for every American
should become as thoroughly posted
as possible; and if he doesn’t become
posted be has no one to blame but him-
self. The authorities claim that their
greatest aid is the newspaper and
those authorities want you to keep up
with every item they send out. It
will be easier to win the war when
everyone thoroughly understands the
war, hence so much war “dope” in
the papers. The president asks the
papers to publish every line they pos-
sibly can and naturally he wants ev-
ery American citizen to read all of
it. The president knows that if the
American people are thoroughly in
■touch with the situation a large per-
war work will have
These are the
reasons why the president has de-
clared the papers to be a war neces-
sity and why the papers carry
to thank the many business concern^ much war “dope.”
dispatch from Moscow says
the Russians are becoming
“exasperated at the continued ad-
vance of the Germans.” If the
Huns keep it up long enough, those
Russians, or such of them as hap-
pen to escape starvation and as-
sassination—will be really annoy-
ed.—Beaumont Enterprise.
That’s true: and the first thing we
know some of them will get real mad
with Willie Hohenzollern.
case has she been followed
other States,
on eating flour, leaving Tekas in a
class all by herself, while in the zone
bill not only did the rest of the States
refuse to follow our lead, but no less
a personage than President Wilson
himself only recently asked that no
further prohibition measures be agi-
tated now. But back to the flour
question. The steps taken by Texas
were commendable and praiseworthy
and would have been immensely val-
uable had the other States followed
suit. The national food administra-
tor, Mr. Hoover, however, did not see
the necessity of it and did not insist
on so great a curtailment of the use
of flour in other States. Consequent-
ly Texas is doing without a very im-
portant food product that other States
are enjoying, and in the absence of
any attempt on Mr. Hoover’s part to
have other States to do as Texas is
doing we are of the opinion that Tex-
as should return to her flour supply
on an equality with the rest of the
nation. Evidently we are doing no
good under the present condition as
there is, obviously, a supply of flour
in sight to give Texas a sufficient
quantity along the same basis that it Cpntave of the
is allotted to other States in the; been accomplished.
Union.
“In my own mind I am convinced
that not a hundred years of peace
could have knitted this nation to-
gether as this single year of war has
knitted it together, and, better even
than that if possible, it is knitting
the world together. Look at the pic-
ture: In the center of the scene four
nations engaged against the world,
and at every point of vantage showing
that they are seeking selfish aggran-
dizement; and against them 23 gov-
ernments representing the greater
part of the population of the world,
drawn together into a new sense of
community of purpose a new sense
of unity of life.”—(From the Presi-
dent’s Red Cross Speech.)
Big Bens
Under the present ruling of the at-
torney general any woman can vote
without poll tax or registration in
the July primary. The A. T. did not
say anything about color or political
creed, so his opinion is to be constru-
ed in its broadest sense, therefore en-
ter upon the complex political scene
July 27, 1918, at any voting place in
Texas the black, yellow or republi-
can female voter. We daresay that
none of the first two mentioned will
dare vote, but according to the A. T.’s
opinion they have a vote coming if
they wish to cast it, and there are
none who can say them nay. So
much for feminizing Texas politics.
Parish House—Six afternoons; 47
workers present; made 199 oakum
pads 8x12, and 81 wipes 4x4.
Night Circle (Parish House)—Two
evenings; 21 workers; made 568 wipes
2x2; 286 wipes 4x4.
East Circle—Two afternoons; 35
workers; made 926 oakum pads; 264
wipes 2x2.
South Circle—Two afternoons;
! number workers 30; made 568 wipes
2x2; 286 wipes 4x4.
West Circle—Two afternoons;
workers; made 216 wipes 2x2;
wipes 4x4.
There are now being gathered evi-
dences which show that the Germans
are making and will continue to make
every conceivable attempt to mobil-
ize the fighting forces of Russia,
place over them German officers and
brigade them with the central pow-
erh’ armies. Judging by Russia’s
past conduct this will not be difficult
to do, but if they make as poor rec-
ords with the Germans as they did
when with the allies there will, nat-
urally, arise no uneasiness over the
figure these new forces will cut.
About the sorriest men and conse-
quently the sorriest soldiers the
world ever saw are the Russians, and
Germany will pay dearly for every
regiment she organizes and equips.
Carranza is a pro-German yet he
owes his political life and probably
his physical life as well to our own
President Wilson, the Cleburne Re-
view tells us.—Houston Post.
What does Carranza care
that?
One war correspondent tells us' “Captain Jinks of the Horse Ma-
that the drives made by the Germans Hues” is maintaining his reputation
since March were not made to gain ■ over in France to a fine point of ef-
the channel ports or to reach Paris, I ficiency. “They shoot like hell,” said
but demoralize the allied armies be-1 a. German prisoner. It is not
fore America could get in. This is shooting but the aim that counts and
the most enlightening “explanation” the Boches are fast finding it.out.
we have so far heard, for why would
Germany sacrifice a half million sol-
diers to gain unimportant places J
which she would have to defend for j
all time to come. The fear of Amer-
ica got her busy and even at that
her gains have not been worth the
cost.
the awfullest part of the awful truth
is the konwledge of the existence of
the American’s steady trigger finger
and the deadly aim he. runs along the
blue ridge of his rifle barrel. 'No;
they are not deriding the United
States now.
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of the city would begin. The'fact has already placed the handwrit-
’ ’ ! on the wall in all the world. Ger-
man leaders wrho sneered at first are
I now realizing what a serious mis-
deeply . take they made when they . brought ■ jug^. SUCeessful or how far and
| fast it could go is not mentioned.
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If there were a law prohibiting
political agitation of any kind prior
to election and thus permitting the
people to think out their own salva-
tion, as it were, all bitterness and
strife incident to heated campaigns
would be done away with. But there
would come the millennium and there
would be no use for the law.
In reading press reports from the (
earn by ■ battlefront we must make allowances ,
j sincere ; for the enthusiasm of the American .
w luc nuvu „v. v«xx uh__correspondents who will frequently ,
is the height of our ambition to play j let his exultation and exuberation out-
as prominent a part as the paper can ' weigh his judgment and the stern
possibly pldy in the progress and up- 'facts'in the case. The average Amer-
building of our city, and it is pos-!, lean newspaper man is an optimistic
sible to do ou'r best, only when our sort of a cuss anyway and especially
patronage justifies it. The outside so when he can scare up a lot of news
man invariably judges a town by the which he knows will be relished by
paper. If he leceives a paper full of the “folks back home.” But with all
spicy live advertising it goes a long .due allowances made and all' imports
way toward causing him to select that ’ properly discounted the Sammies are
town for a home. If he gets one dull giving a most remarkable account of
and devoid of patronage he is almost' themselves and showing Germany
certain to go the other way. These .what an army of real fighters can do.
facts are recognized by all who know Germany has cowed the weaker na-
anything about it, therefore, it is easy ’ tions, because those nations have had,
to see how the merchants and busi- ! at the very best, nothing to fight for.
building , She has terrorized the ignorant, who
are in the majority in Russia, Rou-
something to help their own business, i mania, Serbia and perhaps in Italy,
The Tribune should now be carrying , because of the fact that their peoples
the Associated Press reports and'have never tasted of the fruits of
could be doing so were the merchants j freedom and have never had any voice
who are not advertising to come in. in the affairs of their governmentsj
It is needless to say how such a de-But Germany is dealing with a race,
parture would help and how it would now s ’ ' - -----1--
place us in the city class. The day ; spirit, more courageous in battle i
the paper began to go abroad with ; richer and more resourceful than those
A. P. reports the improvement in the ; of any other power
progress <
Tribune is willing and anxious to do jng
these things, but before it can we
must have the patronage to justify
it. But aside from this we (
appreciate the noble way in which! this unconquerable power
a large number are standing by us battle line against them,
just the same. ---------------
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the inventor of the first automo- ■ other difficulties after- the war.
In one of his letters to his j ----—
. i bosom friend, Page, in 1764, he said:
superior in intellect, prouder in j Rnow T hav@
: which runs by itself and now if we ' ers, as America’s forces increase, but
can only construct a boat which will
row itself!” Whether he and his
friend succeeded with the boat or not
there is no record, but he is, accord-
! ing to the r'ecords, the first inventor
i of the first self-propelled wagon.
the affairs of their governments.!
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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/m1/4/: 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.