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BAY CITY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919.
FIVE CENTS THE COPY.
VOLUME LXXVI—NUMBER 39.
NO MORE HAND GRENADES.
PROCLAMATION BYTHE
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“Secretary of war
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speculation;
DEPENDS ON NEW RATES.
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MARKET OPENS STEADIER,
RECOVERING MUCH LOSS.
Private Reports Indicate Better Feel-
ing Over British Railway Strike
Situation.
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a.nd other accommodations for
number have been arranged.
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ribs in.
Austin, Texas, Oct. i.—The meet-
ing recently held in Fort Worth to
asking
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of
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The board of directors of the South-
ern Rice Growers’ Association estab-
lished September 18 a basic price, ef-
fective at once, of $10.00 per on No.
I am just in receipt of the following
telegram from the treasury depart-
the ■ ment and am immediately relaying it
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SOUTHERN RICE GROWERS
SET MINIMUM PRICE OF
$10 PER BARREL FOR RICE.
Government Withdraws Supplies For
Savings Banks.
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SOLVENCY. OF WOODMEN
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Woodmen of the World has attracted treasury in appreciation of his indus-
much attention because the Woodmen ; try in saving and buying government
securities.”
I This message is keenly disappoint-
> you.
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end that the laws may be faithfully
. executed, and not only to render obe-
- dience to the demands of the funda-
[ mental law and executive duty, but
. tu exert all his official streus^-h
. authority *Kc reservation, pro-
tection, and defence of the constitu-
. tion.
We have undertaken to discover and
proclaim the richest blessings of a
free government, with the constitu-
tion as our guide. Let us follow the
way it points out; it will not mislead
us. And surely no one who has taken
upon himself the solemn obligation to
support and preserve the constitution
can find justification or solace for
disloyalty in the excuse that he wan-
dered and disobeyed in search of a
better way to reach the public wel-
fare than the constitution offers.—
Grover 'Cleveland.
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Advertise now and gfet your part
! of the trade floating by.
er, impossible.
Thanking you for your whole-heart-
ed assistance in the thrift savings
campaign, I am sincerely yours,
Frank M. Smith,
Federal District Director.
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RICE FARMERS AT EAGLE LAKE
GET CROP WITHOUT IRRIGATION.
Setting Apart State Fire Prevention
Day, October 9, and Suggestions
for Its Practical Observance.
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During the past year the a certificate of achievement, counter-
order has increased its solvency has- signed by the secretary himself, will
ed upon the American tables from 57 > b- issued to every individual -who
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lamation calling upon the citizens in
Commission Makes Study of Situation
There Which Can Be Helped
Through 75 Million Campaign.
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you next week.
I certainly appreciate that splendid
co-operation of yours wdiich would
Re'.d The Tribune want ads-.
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the hand grenade savings banks.
¥ am deeply regretful that the war de-
same proposition a few years ago and , Partnient s ruling makes their distri-
solved' it by increasing the rates to a bution in this district, or in any oth-
point where there was solvency, with ” ' '
the result that the order lives instead '
of following the Knights of Honor and
other beneficiary fraternal societies
which have ceased to exist.
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PERSHING AND SIMS TO
ADDRESS EPISCOPALIANS.
TO OUR COUNTY, OUR AVHOLE COUNTY AND EVERY SECTION OF OUR COUNTY. TO OUR PRIDE IN ITS PAST AND OUR HOPE FOR ITS FUTURE, ADD VIGOROUS WORK IN THE LIVING PRESENT.
‘‘THERE IS NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR OUR FRIENDS”
Church and the Quite a surrounding country, it re-
sufficient water to flood it
The constant rains since that
_ sue one to each of those individuals
organization to whom you would have awarded a
In response to relatively firm ca-
bles and further bullish spot advices
overnight the cotton market yesterday
opened steady, 2 7to 42 points net
higher, recovering a greater part of
Monday’s loss, but there was some
scattered realizing on the early bulge,
which forced values off slightly. How-
ever, offerings were quickly absorbed
by fresh trade buying, inspired by pri-
vate cable reporting a better feeling
over the English railway strike, with
the active deliveries selling 33 to 40
points net higher by the end of the
fire half hour, December in New
York touching 32.45c and January
32.49c. Galveston spots closed firm
and unchanged at 34.50c.
Buying was further encouraged by
another private bureau placing the
condition at 34.4 per cent cent. Trad-
ing Became less active during' the last
part of the morning, and on the noon
calls, which were steady, the list
stood at a net gain of 15 to 30 points.
During the greater rart of tne after-
noon the market was rather dull and
featureless, there being scattered sell-
ing on slight bulges, while offerings
met further buying and covering with
prices holding within a few points of
the early high level until just, before
the close. -Trading became rather
brisk during the last half hour, there
being considerable realizing under
which the market sold down to with-
in a. few points of the previous De-
cember, selling at 31.1.2c and January
32.20c. However, offerings were
again quickly absorbed with the mar-
ket recovering some 20 to 30 points.
co, Corsicana or Cleburne. Several
requests have been made from cham-
bers of commerce to locate the head-
quarters in these sections.
Former Commissioner of Insurance
and Banking W. W. Collier will have
the direction of the San Antonio dis-
trict which extends south to the coast.
Warren P. Andrews, banker of Fort
Worth, will have direction of West
Texas, and the Houston section, ex-
tending itno East Texas, will be han-
dled by D. AV. Cooley, Houston bank-
er. The Central Texas section will be
handled by J. K. Freeman from Cam-
eron for the southern portion; J. A.
Thompson of Corsicana for the north-
ern, and W. W. AVoodson for the cen-
tral portion and H. A. Wroe of Austin
for the western section of the tier
of counties.
County chairmen will be announced
soon. Several have already been ap-
pointed and have taken up the work
of organization in their respective
counties. The county chairmen are
appointing the county executive com-
mittees from various sections of each
county and (composed of four mem-
bers, including farmers, merchants,
and bankers.
Counties of Western Texas which
grew no cotton in 1917 are becoming
interested in the movement and in sev-
eral instances have asked to be in-
cluded in the organization. Charles
B. Metcalfe of San Angelo, formei;
member of the legislature and a well-
known farmer, will be tendered the
district chairmanship for a section in
that portion of the state.
Advices have been received at the
state headquarters of the completion,
of plans to present to President Wil- '
son, upon his return, a plea for a.
joint conference of bankers and cot-
ton men looking towards the reorgan- '
ization of the International Cotton Ex-
port Financing Corporation. The*
banks of South Carolina have set an
example, according to reports, by
loaning $100 per bale on .cotton, if
properly warehouses. This allows
the producers to hold for higher
prices. In Louisiana, at a joint meet-
ing of- the bankers and cotton grow-
ers, the banks agreed to lend $100 per
bale on cotton and furthernjore agreed
to hold the. cotton off the market until
36 cents was reached. This was the*
information received from T. L. Dow-
ling of -that city.
The first effort of the American Cot-
ton Association towards obtaining a
better price for cotton for the produc-
er will be in the development of a
warehouse system, according to Mr.
Lowry. Of the Texas board of direc-
tors, Nathan Adams of Dallas, chair-
man, is urging that the state organi-
zation be pushed to completion and
the state to be able to present a solid
front in combatting low cotton prices.
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BAPTISTS PLAN AID TO
WAR-STRICKEN EUROPE.
vention include Bishop Charles H.
Brent, chaplain-general of the Ameri- ;
can exepditionary forces; Archbishop
Platon, metropolitan of Kherson and
Odessa, Russia; Judge Packard of
Maryland, Bradford Prince of Texas,
Bishop Peter T. Rowe of Alaska, Rev.
William T. Manning, rector of Trin-
ity Church, New York; Rev. James T.
Freeman, St. Mark’s Church, Minne-
apolis; the Right Rev. William Law-
rence, bishop of Massachusetts, who
will preach the consecration sermon'
in St. Paul’s Cathedral October 12, and
bishops, clergy and delegates from
China, Japan, the Philippines, Liberia,
Cuba, Haiti and South America.
Several social features in honor of
General Pershing and other promi-
nent visitors are being ari-afigsd,
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HERE YOU iRE AGAIN. .
that the AVoodmen must follow in the bave, be®n llad jn the. distribution of.
footsteps of the Knights of Pythias,
which was confronted with the very
its arrangement for supplyins' gren-
ades to the treasury department to be
i manufactured into grenade savings
banks, the treasury is unable to dis-
tribute the banks.
“In order, however, to recognize the
offurts of persons in working and sav-
ing, each one who would have been
_ _ i entitled to receive a bank will receive
consider the increase in rates by the a certificate of achievement from the
believe the present crop can be moved i
on such a basis
“Millers are entitled to a margin of
profit commensurate with the increas-
ed cost of milling and the larger cap-
ital required to conduct their business.
requested
of the market which will insure nor- i grenade banks,
mal trading without fear of a reduc- ment has determined that the distrL
tion in price; and the growers will1 bution of hand grenades as souvenirs
receive a fair price which they must ■ shall not be made and has cancelled
have to offset the increased cost of Lx
production. j
____ The convention was not content to
viny condition that might make a fire yest the sworn obligation of the pres-
or tiie fireu that occur are prevent-1 portance of obedience to the govern-
able. I or’s proclamation. L,et this office have
The most effective -n
w'-ste is to be found in fire preven- ■ observance of the day.
tion, and it is to encourage our people i To E J.
in that respect that fire prevention ; Teachers:
day has been established. It is in-
tended to remind us that we should
incessantly exert the utmost care.
Now, therefore, I, W. P. Hobby, gov-
ernor of Texas, do hereby proclaim,
Thursday, October A, A. D. 1919, as
fire prevention day in Texas, and do
particularly urge that al property
The Houston Chamber of Commerce
deserves great credit for its work in
arranging for the big demonstration
of power farm machinery to be held
near that city September 30 to Octo-
ber 2 inclusive. This is very impor-
tant to the rice farmers who will see
the various kinds of farm machinery
in use under the same conditions
they would meet with on their own
farms. Not only tractors, but thresh-
ing machines and many other lines
will be given tests, and as this is the
first demonstration of the kind to be
held in the rice belt, a great crowd is
expected to attend from the three rice
states. The opportunity presented the
machinery men for displaying and
demonstrating should not be overlook-
ed, and it is probable that the major-
ity of machien manufacturers doing
business in the rice belt will be rep-
resented.—Rice Journal.
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THE PRESIDENT AND
THE CONSTITUTION.
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 1.—General
John J. Pershing, commander of the'
American expeditionary forces in
France, and Admiral AVilliam S. Sims, |
who had command of the American „„„„„
fleets in European waters during and ‘
discussion.' " ' (From this acreage, which has just
Other prominent men who are ex-! been harvested, Adams & Son saved
pected to attend and address the con-' $600 worth of rice for seed purposes,
’ — — 'and through the local branch of the
Southern Rice Growers’ Association
sold $5,497.71 worth.
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COTTON association will
START MEMBERSHIP CAM-
PAIGN MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.
Eagle Lake, Texas, Oct. 1.—For the
first time within the history of the
rice industry in this section a good
’ 1 of rice was made on a small
acreage without any irrigation. AVal-
after the war, are expected to address i ^er Adams & Son had in a cut of thir-
the delegates to the triennial general ty-seven acres, planted in Edith rice,
Episcopal Church , which never received any water from
which, will open ' when the^ irrigation
an-,1'"”"
Negro League ’ ans Nationwide Cam-
paign.
AVashingtor,. Sept. 27.—Plans for a
nationwide campaign to organize lo-
cal and state units of the National
Equal Rights League, for the purpose
of protecting American negroes
against “race discrimination, pro-
scription, segregation and violence”
are being worked out at a conference
of the league now in session here.
Delegates from 30 states were in at-
tendance.
The conference has also decided to toni o afnd Dallas has been modified to
launch a drive for $200,000 to be used i include another section from the mid-
to “suppress lynching, disfranchise-1 portion of the State. This section
t» will have headquarters in either Wa-
lt is important that at least one
day in each year be set aside as fire
prevention day.
Conserving the created wealth of
the state and country made possible
the success of our military forces in!
the late world conflict, and to contin-'
ue to conserve will enable us to turn!
more readily from war to the pursuits j
of peace and happiness, and retain'
our rank among the foremost nations
of the world.
I can think of no more destructive
force with which we must reckon
than fire. Statistics show that the,
annual fire waste in Texas is about I
are the strongest fraternal organiza-
tion in Texas. The call for a second . „
meeting to be held in Waco, October ing to me, as I know it will be to you.
31, to consider secession from the i Under these instructions we will not
parent organization is a further step. ■be permitted to send you these rare
An authority on insurance in dis-; war trophies which you ordered and
cussing the matter of the AVoodmen! which your citizens have expected to
stated that secession would not be a receive.
solution of the problem, for the in-1’ However, I am glad to say that ar-
creased rates would be necessary in rangements have been made whereby
and on the close list stood 5 to 20! any event,
points over Monday night’s close.
Liverpool spots were firm, 60 pointg-
higher, with a limited inquiry report-
ed, while the sales were 3,000 bales
including 2.600 American. Imports
were 17,000 bales, of which 10,600
came from America. The contract
market opened steady, 12 to 36 points
higher, at 2 n. m. was steady, 32 to
51 noints higher and closed quiet, 29
to 42 points over the previous day.
Southern spots remain very firm
with a good demand still reported,
while prices were generally unchang-
ed to 25 points higher, and sales rath-
er heavy, especially at Houston
Dallas.
October 9 include some thought or
suggestion in connection with the
conservation of life and property with,
reference to fire. Make it a point ni
particular to speak of the danger in-
cident to the careless handling or mis-
use of gasolene and kerosene. In
order that you may have some late
data from which to impress a lesson
on this point, we quote below the re-
ported loss of life and injuries from
fire during the first 15 days of Sep-
tember, 1.919:
“Total number of persons burned to
death first 15 days of September, 8.
Of these two were male and six fe-
male; six were adults and two were
children; six of the deaths were due
to gasolene and kerosene, and in ev-
ery instance could have been avoided.
“Total number of persons injured
from fire, but who will recover, dur-
ing the same period of time, 23; all
male. Twenty-one were adults and
two were children. Thirteen of these
injuries were due to gasolene and
kerosene, and in every instance was
avoidable.”
AVe further suggest that the English
classes in al grades be requested to'
write compositions or themes on the
subject of fire prevention and that
the teachers carefully grade such
compositions and make them the basis
of other instruction to their respec-
tive pupils. S. AV. Inglish,
State Fire Marshal.
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DEMONSTRATION FOR RICE MEN.
convention at the
here on October 9. ; the irrigation canal. Just at a time
The convention, which will open ' when the irrigation company was ar-
Tanan^e October 8, will be attended, it is an-' ranSin^ t? start its pumps for the
y 9 nnn an(j ( season this rice was needing water,
that i tbe PumPS being delayed in start-
o_, j ing on account of having become
The evening of OctobeV 9 an open j niudded, this cut of rice was saved by
meeting will be held for the discussion'a heavy downpour of rain,, and as this
of the general subject, “The Meaning fie.ld of rice received the water from
of the War to the C~—
World,” and the two leading warriors
of the United States in the world con - j weU. ------------ ------ ------ „„„„
flict are expected to anticipate in this 1 Unie have kept the rice well watered,
discussion. “ j™”
Dallas, Texas, Oct. 1.—According to
present plans the Texas division of
the American Cotton Association will
open its membership campaign in Tex-
as about the middle of October. The
tim6 intervening will be devoted to
building up the organization and ob-
taining a working nucleus in every
county in the cotton growing section,
according to Robert C. Lowry, cam-
’ paign director.
Numerous inquiries h^S"' teen re-
ceived ;^»ns
pe.^iBsi, to organ°nCe‘ .
mg to'th Celay in ob tTnmS ca™pai5n
literatureand forms 'for membersluP
from the rampaig^11 headQuarters at
Atlanta, ts been impossible.
'However, u,' preliminary work has
been perfect in many counties and
little troubie is anticipated in carry-
ing the ca mpaign to completion.
Campaign organizers will be sent
into the various sections and appor-
tionment has been made of certain
counties in the respective districts.
The (original apportionment of the
state ym four sections, with headquar-
ters at Houston, Fort Worth, San An-
1 and No. 2 Blue Rose rice.
The value of other varieties and
grades will be governed by the value
of Nos. 1 and 2 Blue Rose, which will
be classed by the association as stan-
dard; Edith will command the top
valuation, which will be $10.50 for
Nos. 1 and 2. Early Prolific will be
classed as Blue Rose and will be sold
on its intrinsic milling value as com-
pared with standard Blue Rose. Cup
weight on all grades will be consider-
ed only as it affects the milling yield.
The price of American rice this year
will be governed by the law of supply
and demand as made effective by both
foreign and domestic conditions. The
Asiatic crop is decidedly short, and
the English, French and uapaucBe ... ... o , -----
governments have placed embargoes | Lllcpated, by .,,000 delegates
that prohibit or limit to small quanti-
ties the exportation of rice from the
large producing sections of the Orient.
It is expected that these embargoes
will be effective until after January 1.
Saigon rice experts have been lim-
ited by the French government to
twenty thousand tons per month. Jap-
an alone will require more than that
quantity of this grade of rice and is
now an active buyer. Burma, the
largest rice producing country on the
globe, has one of the shortest crops in 1
its history, and the British govern-
ment is controlling the sale of Burma
rice and export is prohibited. Bur-
ma alone normally ships about a mil-
lion tons or twenty-two million pock-
ets of rice to Europe annually. The
islands of Cuba and Porto Rico were
bere of rice at the opening of the sea-
son and must look to this country for
the major portion of their supply.
The above facts were given due con-
sideration in setting a basic price for
this year’s crop, according to E. A.
Eignus, secretary of the Southern Rice
Growers’ Association, who said:
“With this preponderance of demand
oversupply, no dificulty should be en-
countered in the distribution of our
rice. The crop cannot be marketed in
sixty or ninety days, as the mills have
neither the financial or physical re-
sources to care for the production in
so short a time and the market would
become unsettled if the planters were
to market all of their rice from the
thresher. This would be equally true
of such cereals as wheat or corn.
Judgment must be used in feeding the
market in compliance with the demand
and with a basic price established,
marketing will proceed in a system-
atic, practical manner much the same
as last year when the price was ’es-
tablished by the government.
“Over a fiev-year period, fifteen
per cent of the crop of Louisiana, Tex-
as and Arkansas has been received by
the mills during August and Septem-
ber; twenty per cent in October and Q,
twenty-two per cent in November. We ment .segregation and Jim Crowism
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therefore returning you with this your.
has in it a provision that if it is found savings banks.
necessary to pay risks there may be • Detailed information regarding the
tn. an increased assessment, and it was , certificates of achievement will reach
therefore with warning that the mem-,
bers joined. I
This same authority is of opinion
ed upon the American tables from 57 b - issued to every
1-2 per cent to 62 1-2 per cent, and would have received a hand grenade
this is considerable progress. If the savings bank. These certificates
new rates proposed are made effec- achievement will be furnished in
tive, the increase to the old members ficient quantities to %your bank to is-
will be considerable, but it will make
of the Woodmen an
which will within'a few years become grenade savings bank. These will be
really solvent, and this is the step furnished you without cost and I am
which must first be considered. A1 J’““ - J ' „ ..ilk ILL
Every policy issued by the order original remittance for hand grenade
To make a careful, first-hand study
of the social, econonmic and spiritual
needs of those countries in Europe
which suffered most heavily in the
war and recommend how, where and
to what extent these needs can be met
through the Baptist 75 Million Cam-
paign, a commission composed of Dr.
J. F. Love, secretary of the foreign
mission board,♦ Dr. Z. T. Cody, editor
Baptist Courier, Greenville, S. C., and
Rev. Everett Gill, missionary at Rome,
Italy, who is returning after a leave*
of absence in this country, has reach-
ed England and will later go over the*
situations in France, Belgium, Italy^
Czecho - Slovakia, such important
points in Russia as can be reached,
and then go into Palestine for a study
of the work in Syria, Persia and Gal-
ilee.
AVhile $6,000,000 has been set aside*
for this work already, Dr. Lowe ex-
presses the hope that the 75 million
asked for will be so generously over-
subscribed that a large surplus wilfc
be left which can be converted into a
relief fund for stricken Europe. He*
says more than $20,000,000 could be
spent with economy and high Chris-
tian purpose in the care of the widows
and orphans of Baptists who were
killed in the war, erecting houses of
worship, building schools and the like
and extending the work of the gospel
in all the countries of that continent,
and his parting message to his fellow
Baptists of the South, on the eve of
his setting sail for Europe was that
they give themselves wholeheartedly
to the campaign and over-subscribe
the $75,000,000 asked.
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T. J. LARGENT OF KINGSVILLE
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
AVhile engaged in assisting in the
repair of a bridge over Chocolate
Bayou on the St. L. B. & M., T. J.
Largent, of Kingsville was badly in-
jured in a most peculiar manner.
Sc ne section hands had started a.
section motor car some distance up
the track and upon sering a head-
light thought a train was bearing
down upon them, whereupon they quit
the car and allowed R to “run wild.”
Thinking the motor truck was man-
ned, those at work at the bridge paid
but little attent-’on until it began
close in, on thorn. The car came on-
at high speed -nd dumped into the
hole in the oriuge, striking Mr. Lar-
gent, breaAing one leg three times,.
other m two places and caving his
To Fire Marshals: Have your lo-
cal press print the governor’s proc-
lamation in full, and request short
editorials relatives to its subject mat-
ter. A pertinent and, at this time,
interesting thought which may be in-
cluded in said editorials, is the rela-
j tion of fire waste to the high cost of
living. If it is practicable, we sug-
gest the preparation of a special bul-
letin treating local conditions and
calling attention to fire prevention
needs, which bulletin may be distri-
buted to the children in the schools,
and by them carried into the homes.
Assist in securing suitable speakers
to address school children and other
! organizations that can be reached on
I that date. AVe especially urge that
! you arrange with commercial and
i civic clubs of every character, which
; hold a meeting during October, to in-
clude in teir program the topic of fire
prevention, and provide for an address
on the subject. Following the ob-
servance of the day, make your Octo-
Statisties show that the. ber inspection of the entire mercan-
annual fire waste in Texas is about I tile district, pointing out to propetry
$15,000,000, and that fully 75 per cent | owners and occupants afresh the im-
a. u... . are prevent-j portance of obedience to the govern-
lor’s proclamation. Let this office have
remedy for fire! a full report of all that was done in
xkj wvz kzv/ XWU.11LL in fire preven= observniice of tlio day.
>n, and it is to encourage our people i To School Superintendents and
— : The principal benefit of
the educational work done on lire
prevention day will come from the
children under your care. Your co-
operation is reqeusted by permitting
the children to be spoken to wherever
arrangement has been made by fire
officials or other interested citizens.
We also suggest that teachers ma,ke
owners within this State, give per- it a point to let every recitation cs
sonal attention on that day to the in-
spection of heating appliances, to the
end that they may be safely arranged
and in proper condition for winter
use; that all chimneys, flues and heat-
ing apparatus be carefully examined;,
that all public and private institu-
tions, schools, hotels, asylums, fac-
tories and theatres be carefully look-
ed over on that day, and, where neces-
sary, that changes be made to further
protect the safety of occupants.
I call on the mayors of all our
cities, towns and vilages to issue and
publish their proclamations calling at-
tention tot he need for systematic ef-
fort in the prevention of fire.
Let the various boards of education
throughout the state, and the teachers
of our public and private schools,
teach the children under their care
the importance of every precaution to
, avoid fire, and let those having the
responsibility and care of children,
particularly in our public schools, on
that day inaugurate fire drills, and
such instruction as may irppress upon
those under their care the ordinary
fire dangers and simple methods of
fire prevention and rescue work, and
that such drills be made a permanent
feature of the school work.
I urge that every civic and
mercial organization, within the state,
join in the observance of the day;
that our fire chiefs and city fire mar-
shals plan and direct specific work
on this day, and give their co-opera-
tion with civic and commercial or-
ganizations in an effort to reduce the
fire waste.
In testimony whereof, I have here-
unto signed my name and caused the
seal of State to oe affixed hereon, at
my office in the city of Austin, Texas,
this the 19th day of September, A. D.
1919. W. P. Hobby,
(Seal) Governor of Texas.
By the Governor:
Geo. F. Howard,
Secretary of State.
Thursday, October 9, 1919, having
been designated by proclamation of
the governor as fire prevention day
in Texas, we desire to suggest to may-
ors, fire chiefs, fire marshals and all
school officials a few methods that
may be adopted in giving effect to the
activities suggested by the governor.
We are sure that many other things 1
will suggest themselves to thoughtful1
officials equally as helpful.
To Mayors: Every mayor in the I
State should immediately issue a proc-
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his jurisdiction to observe the day
set apart, by looking after their own
property and removing or correcting
possible. Mayors can also lend great solely upon his
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■officials whose particufar^duty ifis^to !dent^f ?,he but added
prevent and protect from fire. Every x ’ ”
mayo rshould let it be known in un-
possible. Mayors can “also lend great Udent solely upon his covenant to
assistance by co-operating with the I “faithfully execute the office of pres-
thereto the mandate that he should
preserve, protect, and defend the
qualified terms that every ordinance constitution, to the best of his judg-
of the city, designed to conserve life ment and power, or, as it was after-
and property from loss or damage by ward expressed, to the best of his
fire, will be vigorously enforced and ability. Thus is our president solemn-
that all officials charged with such required not only to exercise every
enforcement will have the complete power attached to his office to the
support of the city government.
To Fire Chiefs: Every conscientious
fire chief can easily think of many
activities in which his firemen and
himself may participate ^aC wnL i0T~
ward the work tn ho done on fire pre-
vention wnere sumcient facil-
ities are available, we suggest a pa-
rade by the fire department, and that
the apparatus be decorated with ban-
ners and streamers, carrying suitable
inscriptions pertaining to the loss of
life and- property. In the larger towns
and cities addresses may be delivered
to the by prominent citizens
from fire ▼ ^.pratus stopped at street
corners. The fire chief should also
co-operate with the fire marshal in
securing competent speakers to visit
and address the pupils of all schools
on the subject of Gre prevention, and
should assist in the jreparafton of ar-
ticles for newspaper publications, or
separate bulletins to be distributed to
the general public. ?
Mr. A. D. Hensley has received the
following letter from the treasury de-
partment which settles the question of
giving out savings banks made from
hand grenades to war savings stamp
Mr. Eignus stated that in making' purchasers.
Taking this into account the price of i
choice Blue Rose in the clean should i
range from eleven to eleven and one- :
half cents per pound in carload lots
f. o. b. mill.” j
Mr. Eignus stated that in making' -
the basis price $10.00 per barrel, thor-j ’ The. letter which follows will
ough consideration had been given to(Plain itself: ,
both foreign and domestic markets' Attention of the Cashier.
and the demand for rice from foreign Dear Sir:
countries is such as to absorb all J - —---------------
American rice available for export.
As the rice farmers control t_._ ,
A.merican supply of rice the market: to you by letter:
will be stabilized by maintaining a i “Secretary of war has cancelled
basic price. The result will be the I contracts for the sale of hand gren-
elimination of speculation; buyers ' ades to the treasury department and
will have confidence in the stability ■ has requested non-distribution of
As the war depart-
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1 bution of hand grenades as souvenirs
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1919, newspaper, October 3, 1919; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1294566/m1/1/: 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.