The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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WADSWORTH.
From our Staff of County Correspondents
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Miss Reba Clark has returned from
Lincoln, Neb., where she has been in
school for the past year..
A. Barnes, secretary, and Mr.
Ottis, treasurer.
As out of town
with us Mr. F “
thy county farm
proved himself to be of great bene-
NEW STORE
Childrens Day was held Tuesday of <$fr.
this week. New features introduced,
this session brought greater numbers
and the success of the venture was
quite assuring as well as helpful to
all who participate.
John J. Gillespie has a fine buggy
just received from Houston, and he is
making good use of it to the delight
of his family, who are spending their
vacation at Hotel Collegeport.
Miss Martha Powers, daughter of
our townsman D. C. Powers, was mar-
ried last Friday to Mr. Givens of Hous-
ton. Miss Powers was one of our
finest young ladies and she will be
missed here by her friends.
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W. M. Brown spent Friday in Bay
6ity.
Hugh Bowers returned home Friday
from Blessing.
Mrs. Spencer of Gueydan, La., is
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Har-
per.
Mrs. G. H. Davis and daughter,
Francis, returned home Sunday from
Crockett, Texas, where she was called
on account of serious illness of her
aunt.
The Browns and Fells attended the
union services at Bay City Sunday .eve-
ning.
H. H. Fell attended Masonic lodge
at Bay City Monday night and Mrs.
Fell spent the evening with Mrs. R.
B. Barnes.
Virgil and Filmore Harper
Tuesday afternoon in yiCyaB.
Tuesday afternoon in Bay City.
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speakers we had
R. W, Persons, our wor-
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Miss Lula Stanford has accepted
a position as clerk in the Blessing
postoffice.
Miss Gertrude Dixon celebrated her
birthday Monday with a
Many pretty gifts were pre-
and delicious refreshments
Mr. Joseph Corth received the sad
intelligence last Thursday morning
of the sudden death of his mother who
underwent an operation for a cancer
and, did not survive. Mr. Corth de-
parted on the, afternoon train for the
scene of his old Nebraska home to be
present at the funeral. His Wads-
worth friends extend to him and his
family there warmest sympathy.
Our booster club meeting that
vened last Saturday evening was
howling success. The meeting was
called to order by J. a. Barnes. Per-
manent officers were elected as fol-
lows: Mr. Henry Seerden, president;
Mr. Joseph Ottis, vice president; J.
John
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Mr. G. E. Hill went to Columbia
Friday.
Mr. Wicks went to Bay City Tues-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Birtman
from Wharton Monday.
W. Brown of Sugar Valley was at
Ashwood Tuesday.
Rev. A. J. Martin was very *ill this
week.
Mr. K. Jackson went to Bay City
Wednesday.
• tween Wadsworth and Sharksville.
1 The game was neck and neck up to
1 the middle of the fifth inning with
1 H. L .Taylor at the bat and three men
1 on the bases; he hit a home run that
brought them all in and made the
home run himself. When\the game
ended it stood seventeen to twelve in
favor of the visiting team.
Wadsworth will play Collegeport
here next Saturday at 3 p, m. and
two games on the fourth of July.
Mr. and Mrs. J, L. Low are’ rejoic-
ing over the advent of a fine little
girl that was born to them on last
Sunday evening. If you could
Mr. Low step around you would sup-
pose he had bought the whole Santa
Fe system.
| Miss Clara Bamore of Adams, Neb.,
. is visiting her Uncle Wm. Bamore for
a few days. She is accompanied by
Miss Jeppson of Bay City who is for-
merly of Adams, Neb.
The booster club will meet again
July 1 at 8 p. m.
Mr. C. E. Gibson, one of our en-
terprising business men, has started
on
fit to our meeting, and not only that the. erection of a fine residence
> and his
Col. J. E. Pierce spent the week
end in Palacios.
The fourth annual Sunday School
corvention will be held at Hawley
cfit'ch on Friday, August 1st, 1913.
comprises Blessing, Markham,
Midfields, Citrus Grove, Ashby and
Collegeport.
Miss Mamie Burkett entertained a
number of her young 'friends with a
dance '^Tuesday night.
T. J. Clarkson of Corpus Christi
was calling on his friends here in the
interests of Cargill and Company on
Monday.'
G. J. Phelps and A. T. Kellogg
were over from Francitas Wednesday.
Several citizens of Blessing motor-
ed to Markham Tuesday night.
Mrs. L. D. Midgett is (juite ill with
fever at her home in Blessing.
Col. J. E. Pierce spent Wednesday
in Collegeport.
Miss Maude Brady and mother are
spending a few days with Mrs. L. D.
Midgett and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Yerxa and A. H., Jr., f°‘r c^y an^ ^or cities a^ over the
motored to Palacios Wednesday after-
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Foster and
children drove to Palacios Tuesday to
spend a few days.
Contractor Littlefield 4s putting up
a fine eight-room house for Mr. Paul,
who recently purchased some land
here.
Mrs. Benedict and her daughter of
Citrus Grove visited friends here Sat-
urday while on tjieir way home from
Houston where Miss Ethel had been
under the doctor’s care for some time.
Mrs. Milnor returned from San An-
tonio Friday where she had been visit-
ing her son.
Dr. A. A. Plotner of Dayton, Ohio,
who spent several days at Buckeye last
week looking after his business inter-
ests here, returned home Sunday.
Mr/. E. H. Turner, one of Dayton’s
most prominent lawyers, spent a few
days at .Buckeye last week, returning to
Ohio Sunday.
A. H. Yerxa returned from Galves-
ton last Thursday.
Dr. and Mrs. Vaughan motored to
Collegeport Wednesday with Mr. Magill
of Bay City.
Miss Ethel Spence went to Blessing
Thursday.
Mr. Liggett of Collegeport visited
friepds here Sunday.
The Misses Yerxa went to Bay City
Tuesday where they, were the guests of
the Misses Poole for several days.
Mr. Allan Spoor was a Blessing visi-
tor Sunday. |
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Rev. L. E. Selfridge of Bay City
conducted Presbyterian services at
Buckeye Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lewis and lit-
tle son and Mr. Robbins motored over
from Bay City Sunday and attended
services here.
Miss Agnes Spence returned from
Collegeport Sunday evening where she
had been visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Rathburn were made
happy Sunday morning by the arrival
of a fine little son.
Mr. James Lewis and Mr. Hayden
McDonald of Markham visited friends
here Monday.
Messrs. Erie Laraway and Ch^s.
Knox spent Wednesday at Palacios.
Mr. Ed Morris of Collegeport was a
visitor to Buckeye Thursday.—
for the
Can any
other spot match it for fine climate?
Fishing has been good this week and
the bay has been dotted all over with
boats containing two or more Iftre-
men.
Some of our boys brought in a long
string of crabs Tuesday from a two-
hours catch. They are very plentiful
now in our bay.
J. J. Jones is the present fireman
on the Collegeport branch. He is from
Kingsville and he intends to have his
wife join him here and will have
rooms at the Hotel Collegeport.
Maggie Kain Collins, whose
John Collins, died at
Galveston, arrived here from Palacios
Monday to make her future home
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Kain.
W. G. and Tas Thornhill, E. L.
Salley and W. C. Berg, took a sail
across the bay to Ben Hur Saturday
and spent several hours there reveling
in the salt sea breezes.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Williams and
J. M. autoed to Bay City in their new
car Sunday to meet Mrs. Joe Parris
and baby of Houston Heights and lit-
tle Ollie Mai Holmes of Sinton, vv-h^ J meeting.
There is
will spend the week here.
Mr. and Mrs. U
Morgan, Bob and Tom Morgan of
Temple, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pen-
nington of Houston passed through
town Monday en route to Ben Hur
beach where they expect to recuper-
ate for a month.
Henry Eidlebach autoed to1 Mata-
gorda Saturday, having as passen-
gers, his aunt, Mrs. Jim Gillett, his
sister, Mrs. Max Klein and children
and his cousin, Mrs. R. C. Emmel
and little girl. After spending the
afternoon with relatives, the entire
bunch returned to - Bay City. The
next day Mr. and Mrs. Emmel and
little Dottie and Henry Eidlebach
came back for a second afternoon.
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s. J. Berg and niece, Miss Irma
Berg, were Bay City visitors Friday.
James Miller is in town from Bay
City for a few days.
Commissioner W. E. McNabb was a
Bay City visitor Monday and Tues-
day.
Tom and Frank Gove of Alvin are
spending a few days in town with
relatives.
Mrs. King of Lane City attended the
protracted meeting here Sunday and
Monday.
Mrs. J. B .Watkins passed through
town Thursday from a visit of several
days at San Antonio.
Mrs. M. J. Bruce returned home
Wednesday from a nice visit to rela-
tives at Beeville and San Antonio.
Maynard Rugeley, a State Universi-
ty student, has returned from Austin
to his parents ’home here for a sum-
mer vacation.
Miss Gertrude Gilbert has accepted
a position as teacher in the Victoria
high school for the coming term.
Miss Lois Dunbar, our popular local
“hello” girl has returned home from
a pleasant visit to relatives in Gal-
veston.
Mrs. Annye Byars went to Bay City
Friday and joined the excursionists to
Palacios that evening. She returned
home the following noon.
Much interest is being manifested
here in the tent revival meeting con-
ducted by the Methodist Evangelist
Rev. John E. Green of Houston—-
“Railroad Johnnie.”
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Darst of
Richmond arrived Sunday for a brief
visit with Mr. and Mrs. George Sar-
gent and Miss Josie Sargent.
W. E. Williams and wife and child-
ren and Misses Merlie and Lila Berg
have just returned from a several
days camping at the gulf beach.
Miss Josie Sargent will be the hos-
tess of the Four M’s Club this week.
An account will be given of the
fair in our next communication.
Mrs. Annye Byars and Mrs. Joe
Parris were the only representatives
from Matagorda for the Rice Growers’
Band excursion to Palacios from Bay
City Wednesday.
Mrs. H. G. Evans and daughter and
little son, Miss Grace and Jean of
Hugo, Oklahoma, are in the city visit-
ing Mrs. Evans’ sister, Mrs. Good-
win Sterne.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Trahan and
two little tots, Merle and Roy and lit-
tle Valine and Velma Smith spent the
past week near the gulf side of Ben
Hur.
Rev. D. S. Burke was called Thurs-
day to the bedside of his mother, at
Burke, Texas, who was reported very
ill. He’ returned Saturday stating
that she was some better.
Mrs. Jim Nye Ryman and babies
who have been visiting relatives at
Rusk for the past month returned
home Saturday accompanied by Mrs. ment of same.
Ryman’s niece, Miss Elizabeth Wight-
man of that place.
Mrs. Tom Kain and Miss Inez Kain
returned home Thursday from Pala-
cios where they had been to attend
the funeral of Mr. John Collins, their
son and brother-in-law.
Miss Camille and Florence Yeamans
of San Antonio arrived here Tues-
day for an indefinte visit to their
aunt, Mrs. Maggie J. Bruce of this
place.
Mrs.
husband, Mr.
but we believe Mr. Persons
professional work among the farmers
is no doubt a great benefit to the
county. After Mr. Persons had fin-
ished his talk the entire club was con-
vinced that it should organize a farm-
ers institute. A motion was made
and carried to the effect that we also
have a farmers institute. At point,
, . Persons rose to express himself
as not wanting to dictate to us or lay
any thing in the way of our booster
club but that he would suggest that
we band the two organizations to-
gether as they would work nicely to-
gether with one set. of officers. This
was overwhelmingly carried and now
we come out under the name of the
Wadsworth Boosters and Farmers In-
stitute;
After the windup of the business,
we listened to short talks from some
of our business men and farmers.
Among those that responded were Mr.
Lorino, Mr. kJohn Ottis, Mr. Joe
Ottis, Mr. Henry Seerden and Uncle
Peter Ryman,' who put on the cap
by saying that this soil would bring
more out of the ground than you could
carry away if you would apply the
elbow grease.
The chairman finally succeeded in
quieting the house oyer Uncle Pet’s
celebrated twenty-three word speech
and enjoyed very much pleasure in in-
troducing our principal out of town
speaker, Hon. John Sutherland of
Bay City. Mr. Sutherland arose and
in his good-natured, quiet, easy and
intelligent way he held his audience
spell bound for about fifty minutes,
giving us some good history of the
past and bringing us to our prosper-
ous present, then plunged into the
expected great future of oi^r great
country that was a barren prairie just
a short time ago. He told us of
the great worth of a booster club and
the good it could bring to our city
and community and what it had done
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country. He touched on the great
possibilities of the’ Intercoastal Canal
that lay at one’s feet, affording us the
opportunity of the , cheapest freight
rates on earth, giving the farmer the
opportunity, of loading his farm pro-
ducts onto the barge and in a few
hours land them at 'the ships’ side
in Galveston. We wish to say to Mr.
Sutherland’s friends at Bay City that
he certainly did himself credit at the
club meeting at Wadsworth last Sat-
urday evening. And we are sure that
we wil/ see the cropping out of his
thought in this comunity in the fu-
ture.
A very interesting ball game was
played here Sunday afternoon be-
platter.
dip over the rice. Over this pour a
white sauce into which has been
stirred the whites of two hard boiled
eggs cut in dice. Garnish with the
yolks cut into slices.
Mrs. Dan O’Connell of San Antonio
and Miss Erma Byrd of Waco came in
Sunday. They will be the guests of
MJ’S, M. O’Connell for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Rainey were
visiting in Bay City Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Mitchell
La Ward were the guests of Mr.
H. Rainey and family Sunday.
Mrs. John Faickney of Angleton is
visiting her sister, Mrs. R. F. Faick-
ney, for several days.
M. J. Murphy of Bay City was in
Van Vleck on business Tuesday.
Mrs. S. F. Thomasson and son, Wal-
ter, were Bay City visitors Tuesday.
Misses Ola Rainey and Abbie John-
son visited in Palacios last week.
Miss Sallie Gregory visited Mrs. Rus-
|* sell Williams in Bay City last week.
Misses Ethel and Minnie Johnson
were shopping in Bay City Wednesday.
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James O’Neal of Portsmouth was
in Collegeport on Tuesday and Wed-
nesday of last week. •
James P. McCain and wife of Mer-
cedes were here vsiiting his son, J.
B. McCain, for a couple if days last
week.
M?' 3race Worthing of Houston is
spending her vacation here, guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Green.
E. E. Wood, of Bay City, was a
guest of Hotel Collegeport Thursday
last.
Mrs. James O’Leardy and daughter,
Merle, spent several days, last week
L. Logan.
B. H. Hurd was in Blessing Thurs-
day, the 19th, on business.
The launch “Poco Agua” from Cash
creek landed at the Theo. Smith pier
on Thursday, the 19th, with Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Trego aboard, who were
callers at the Smith home.
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Peirce are so
well pleased with our city and its
surroundings that they have prolong-
ed their visit an indefinite period—
they say our climate is simply great.
The Children’s Day at the pavilion
last Friday was enjoyed by an increas-
ed number—both' of children and pa-
rents. The drill by Mrs. Hurd is
growing in popularity and favor.
H. N. Sholl, wife and son, Dwight,
went to the Matagorda peninsula on
Saturday last.
H. N. Sholl has bought a new type
of well boring machinery to test out
the merits of our resources for irri-
gating wells.
The talk about the causeway or dam
across our bay to connect Gdllegeport
and Palacios by a driveway has some-
what died down. A good thing like
this should not be allowed to come to
naught. Where have the enthusiasts
gone?
Our constable, Judin, gotbusy last
week—serving subpoenas —and never
let up until he had 15 jurors under
the mandate of the court. Fifteen
full grown jurors from our little burg
makes us look like everyone has gone
a-fishing. Don’t hit us so hard any-
more constable!
A fair sized crowd of our young
folks went to Palacios Friday night
to meet the Bay City excursion and
tip the fantastic toe for a few hours.
They report fine music and a splen-
did time.
A goodly number of our Free Ma-
sons attended lodge in Palacios Fri-
day night, going by Launch Ben Hur
of Collegeport. ,
Col. Sol J. Cleveland and Hon. R.
E. Ward, president of the Ward Cat-
tle Company, were automobile visi-
tors in Collegeport Saturday evening
for a few hours.
R. Tabarious of Peoria, 111., who
has a small farm in the Moore pas-
ture’, is here looking to the improve-
He will arrange for
the planting of trees and other devel-
opments. (
Rev. Fred J. Tower of Rochester, i
N. Y., son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius :
Tower of our city is visiting here. He i
is engaged in temperance work and
gave a very spirited talk to the fed- 1
erated Sunday school last Sunday. He i
is to preach from their pulpit next
Sunday morning.
Miss Agnes Spence of Buckeye was
here last Sunday a guest of Miss
Urie Glasser.
Mr. Lester E. Liggettt, who
a juror in attendance at court in the
county seat for a week, returned to
Collegeport on Saturday evening.
There was a meeting Tuesday af-
ternoon at the Paltier school house
to further discuss the qeustion of
drainage for our section of the coun-
ty. The outspoken opinion of a great
many of our citizens is that stens to-
ward improvement will largel/
viate a great deal of the expense and
necessity for drainage. It’s too late
- this week to give the action of this
’/n • m no+in
Befsteak Roll.
Have a piece of round steak cut
evenly, make a dressing as for poul-
try. spread it over the beef, roll it up
and tie. Lay this into: a round bob
tom kettle, in which a few pieces of
fat pork have been tried out, turn
over until browned on all sides, add
a little salt and boiling water. Cover
closely and stew two hours.
Salmon and Rice. »
Form freshly boiled rice into flat
cakes, brown slightly in butter on
both sides and place on a warmedk
Warm a can of salmon and
Over this
which
a four-foot rise today—
Henry Morgan, Miss Tuesday—in the Colorado river at the
irrigation plant and gives assurance
that water will be in great plenty to
finish the rice crop, which at this
time is looking fine.
F. C. Penney and Cecil E. Heard
were the successful bidders at the
county seat Monday for the construc-
tion of four miles of road just north
of Palacios. The work will begin at
once, and their record for good work
vouchsafes the fact that this job wilL
be well done and in a rush. *
Burton D. Hurd left Tuesday for
Houston via of the Frisco for two
or three days absence on business.
Mrs. John L. Logan of Blessing
is spending a few days this week with
Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Buford spent
Monday night with relatives in Bay
City, returning Tuesday.
Mr. R. G. Roach and Mr. High-
tower of Bay City were in town Tues-
day, looking after the interests of the
Rice Growers Association.
Dr. Vaughan of Buckeye was look-
ing after business interests here last
Tuesday.
Otis Taylor put the prime coat of
paint on the new farm residence of
Mr. Tom Poole this week.
The various committees are work-
ing hard to make our Fourth of July
celebration a grand success, and we
hope to be in shape to give the full
details next week. Word from various
parts ofthe county is evidence’ of a
very large crowd. Everybody is wel-
come and bear in mind to leave your
dinner baskets at home for we are
going to give a first class dinner to
everybody for a very small amount of
money, of which is to be used for the
benefit of the Catholic school. So
prepare to eat after you get here'.
Mrs. Bruce Woods had the misfqr-
tujie to lose one of her fine driving
horses this week. Jack, with Billey,
his mate, had been most faithful
friends to Mrs. Woods, having been
her driving team for sixteen years.
This beautiful black team of ponies
have a record in Nebraska that few
driving horses have.
We want a bank, a blacksmith shop,
a warehouse, a general hardware
store, a general dry goods store and a
canning factory at Wadsworth.
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Coffee Pie.
One and one-half cup# cold coffee,
one-half cup of milk, yolks three
eggs, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, four
tablespoons sugar and one tablespoon
lemon juice. Cook until it thickens In
double boiler and pour in freshly
baked trusts. Beat the whites of eggs
with two tablespoons' sugar, flavor,
spread over top and brown in oven.
her parents, Mr. and
Morris in Collegeport.
Mr. Ben Cary arrived Monday eve-
ning from Memphis, Tenn., with five
farmers and business men who are
looking over the Collegeport country
with a view of locating here. They
are being shown over the country by
Mr. Frank D. Yott of«the Yott Realty
Company.
J. L. Logan of Blessing was in the
city Tuesday with a bunch of commer-
cial men. He was traveling by auto.
Mrs. Ward Clements and Mrs. John
L. Logan were visitors to Palacios
Tuesday, guests of Miss Charlotte
Crabill.
We have had frequent showers dur-
ing the past week but so slight as to
do but little good towards quenching
our extreme drouth—yet crops are
looking fine—good cultivation is the
secret.
Our highest temperature
week just past was but 83.
H. S. Spencer of Galveston
Monday to spend
weeks with her friend, Mrs.
Dyen
Chas. E. Duller and son, Ethan, vis-
ited Bay City Monday.
Invitations have been issued for the
marriage of Miss Eva Aiken to Mr.
Walter Lohnes on Thursday, June
26; also, on Saturday, the 27th, Miss
Florence Plummers to Mr. Harry
White.
Miss Rachel Plummers arrived Sun-
day from San Antonio, where she
Juris,s a fine position as a kindergar-
ten Reacher.
Mr/. C. E. Clark’ sfrent several days
at home this week, visiting with his
family. „
Mrs. Pearl Shurtz was called to her
old home in Phillipsburg, Kansas, by
the death of her father, Monday.
W. B. Gaumer and family of Mid-
fields were - in town Saturday shop-
^L\is’ *
Friday nights excursion was very
liberally patronized by.Blessing peo-
ple), nearly 100 taking advantage of
thi's outing.
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