The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1927 Page: 3 of 8
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Volume V.
Washington, Dec. 9.
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The spread of installment buying
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headed
The department announced the crop
leading and erroneous.
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San Francisco, Dec. 8.
HOUSTON,
TEXAS
The battle is still on between the
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EVERYBODY WANTS
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church.
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Has 1644,400,000 invested in public
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GIFTS FOR ALL
FRIENDS
SISTER BROTHER
DADDY
MOTHER
AND SWEETHEARTS
We have articles of merit for Christmas Gifts Things that Every-
one would appreciate.
ANDERSON-RUGELEY AUTO CO.
There are many
Phone 154
Exide Batteries
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THE D. P. MOORE DRY GOODS CO.
Hassler Stabilizers
Goodyear Tires
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The Others Say
Don’t forget our store down by F. G. Cobb Co.
bargains down there in merchandise that you need and want!
Says 12,789,000 Bales
Will Be Year’s Yield.
ty I owns In Valley
Same Line.
DODGE BROTHERS
MOTOR CARS
our
measure
tions.
Melva Ewing
Mamie Chambless
Eva Smith
Van Vleck
El Scott
Ashwood
been
harmony
“Shall the Volstead act be amended
so as to permit the use of light wine
and beers, with the usual natural per-
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with the inimitiihh style,
many imitators.
IS GUARANTEED TO
PRODUCE MORE EGGS
AT LESS COST!
the Glick
Their new
990,000
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70,000
93,000
94,000
7,000
, no
The
THE FEED IN
THE RED CHAIN
BAGS 4
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E. E. WOOD
PHONE 133 BAY CITY,TEXAS
recognize
outstanding
the “Ideal budget” which Prof. Lillian Has $500,000,000 in mineral produc-
Locke of Columbia University Teach-[ tion.
Has over one million automobiles.
Is a leading petroleum producing
state.
Loads world in petroleum refining.
Is a great lumber producing state.
Leads world in cotton seed oil pro-
ducts.
Leads world in sulphur production, j
Has great natural gas fields.
Has 60,000 square miles of lignite.
Has cheap fuel and power.
Is destined to supply nation with
potash.
Has 180,000 miles of public roads. !
Has 20,000 miles of improved high-
ways.
Leads South in manufacturing.
Leads Nation in wool and mohair
production.
Has great deposits of Iron Ores. I
Leads in cattle production, 6,275,000
head.
1I of wire.
Men, especially those who are called I i:__ *
upon to pay bills, may not_ agree with , utilities.
Has $500,000,000 in mineral produc-
hit. by a fad, or a rage, which threat-
ens consumption of native fruit juices
and wines.
The new drink, new to these parts
I at least, is sauerkraut
1,340,000 j
545,000 !
4,280,000 |
I where the fad was introduced from is
One can puss down our streets most
' any day and hear complaints about the ■
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EL SCOTT NEWS
Last Sunday Mr. Sherman Bryant
and son, Bob, spent the day i..
ham on business.
Miss Irene Chambless is now stay-
ing with her aunt. Mrs. .1. W. Chamb-
less of Bay City.
Mr. and Mrs. Fountain Cliamness.
of Needville, have been visiting with
their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant.
Miss Mamie Chambless spent last
Tuesday night with Miss Elizabeth Mc-
Mahon.
ninth and tenth grades and geometry.
The outcome is a little bit doubtful at
times.
1 State
Tlie Virginia
Yield
Per A.
230
237
145
154
122
177
175
178
192
167
126
. 138
154
352
325
352
166
Bules for
State
32,000 .
857,000 |
735.000
1.000.000
17,000
104,000
345,000
1,200,000
11 in I
SB
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A statuette of Queen Elisabeth, beur-
it’s always easy to pick out the man
‘ He has so 000.000.000 a
Detroit News.
Huth Elder proves that, even under
the most
company was in existence, warranted
all tile papers in welcoming the item
not only as news matter of an ordinary
nature, but news mutter of a peculiar
and extraordinary character. How-
ever. we are glad to have the oppor-
tunity of being able to help "correct
the record.” as Mr. Porter says.
s Secretary Davis’
Picture of Modern
America.
llTNHrtaiir iiikHJ
UNIVERSAL im.15
oil
Hawaii's three most important crops
in the order of their importance ar®
sugar, pineapples and tourists.
Trees in California prune orchards
frequently bear so heavily that the
limbs must be supported with props.
il is not only to their interest but to
the interest of the newspapers to pub-!
lish them with avidity.
If they are wrong, as this one, ac-
cording to Mr. Porter’s letter seems
to be, we gladly make the correction;
if they are right, tlie public has been
well served. The paper, itself, has
“no ax to grind.”
W
Gentlemen; Pleane let me
Rigger Salary” without obligation.
Name
Make the loved ones supremely happy
with a Dodge Brothers Motor car this Yule-
tide. Let us tell you how easy it is.
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law
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ers’ College says will be sufficient to
properly dress a working girl for a
year.
This budget calls for expenditures
of $250 a year. It will probably ap-
pear more surprising to the men when
they learn that only $7.92 of that
amount is allotted for millinery and
$6.90 for hosiery.
Both father and friend husband have
long been taught to believe that the
hat is one of the most expensive arti-
cles of feminine attire. Nor have they
been schooled in the knowledge that
the fair one can negiotate a whole
twelve months on less than seven dol-
lars' worth of silk hose.
Professor Locke gets down to "rea-
son” It appears to us, when she says
that the budget calls for a winter coat
and that the average girl spends $40
on "grooming,” which is to say cos-
metics and haircuts.
The average girl, regardless of her
financial condition, is going to buy the
thing she wants. If she sees a hat
that appeals to her fancy and by buy-
ing it, it will cause her to run over
her "budget,” we venture the opinion
that the hat will be bought and that
&j»ry little thought will be given to
Professor Locke.
ASH WOOD SPLASH
Mr. 13. Parker of Houston visited
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Rhodes.
Mr. and Mrs. Jes. Walker visited
here Sunday.
Dr. J. E. Simons visited his patients
here this week.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Pur-
year, Tuesday morning. December 6.
fine 10%-pound baby boy. Mrs. Pur-
Bell
months has been touring
through states in the Interest of his
He returned to lecture in
Wharton Friday, Dec. 9th.
B
Dave you gotten lluil present for
We have many suggestions
at D. 1’. Moore Dry Goods
15-16-17d 16w
The Tribune is always glad to have,
all sides to any question. The mat-
ter referred to was sent out by the
Mission correspondent to the outside
press, and, as newspapers must rely
upon
items are deemed authentic
shown to lie otherwise.
As any item of such a nature as the
one in controversy touches a vast
FOR. YOVNG PEOPLE
“There Is no Place In Business for the Untrained'
Buying, telling, organizing, financing, accounting, recording— all department* of
bu nnet* require Intensive Bunnew Training.
BETTER POSITIONS, BIGGER SALARIES
GO TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE A COMPLETE, MODERN.
INTENSIVE BUSINESS TRAINING,. SUCH AS GIVEN Al THE
Texas {Business Institute
P. O. BOX 1234
Washington, Dec. 8. The average
man lias so increased his standard of
living in the last It) years that, a new
survey should be made to recast the
budget of the typical American family
Abandonment of acreage was estl- |in which tlie Department of Labor's
cost of living reports are based. See-
Mission Is One of I wen- Agriculture Department That’
r on Says 12,789,000 Bales T‘
pounds,
witli 182.6 pounds in 1926. ; who
Census reports made public simul-, to dinner at
taneously showed 11,742,806 running i mark that she hud not hud a square]
bales, counting round us half bales, meal since her father bought the auto,
ginned from tlie 1927 crop prior to jH quoted as typical of the entire sllua-
14,641,- ; tion,” Daivs said.
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Californians
Use Sauerkraut
Juice As Drink
reads as follows:
Buy City, Texas, Dee. 14, 1927.
Mr. Carey Smith,
Daily Tribune,
Bay City. Texas.
Dear Mr. Smith: December 1. compared witli
liefer the article headed “Valley 070 for 1926.
Power Plant Grows" in your issue of
13th, p-blished under a Mision, Texas, as 6.188,527,000 pounds, not including
of sickness.
many ways.
Gladys Sansing was absent Tuesday.
Too bad. as she lias not been absent
or tardy so far this term.
We are sorry to lose
young people from school,
home will be in Houston.
The enrollment in Mrs. Paris’ room
is getting larger all the time.
are a wide-awake bunch of boys and
girls.
Miss Simpson’s pupils have
decorating their room in
with tlie Christmas-tide.
Miss Bell’s pupils seem to have put
in tile greatest effort lit <- ....
their room. '
Tlie eighth grade has been reading
“The Deserted Village,” and is now
deeply interested in "Tlie Merchant of
Venice.”
We are going to have our Christmas
program Thursday afternoon, Decem-
ber 22. School will close until .Janu-
ary 2, 1928. Our best wishes to every
one for n Merry Christmas.
The State Aid Inspector will visit
school Thursday. We hope to
up to his highest expecta-1
ilar in structure and results to the Arizona
rates that are now proposed for our ] California
Bice Belt District. ; All others
This letter for your information and i
that the “record lie correct.”
VANCE PORTER,
District Manager,
be over- eentage of alcohol?”
The results of the poll. Commander
Spafford said, will be presented to the
major political parties as "a true in-
terpretation of the feeling of those who
bore the brunt of this last war, true
citizens of America.”
He said that the eighteenth amend-,
inent was adopted by state legislatures,
and that it. had never been approved by
popular vote of the people.
Tlie legion can not view with grave
concern, he continued, such conditions,
as the operation of gangsters in many j
official graft; the closing of standpoint of the merchant.
Central Power & Light Co., as are acreage of cotton in cultivation on | retary of Labor bavts said in Ills an
alioui 20 other towns in tlie Valley. July I. compared witli an abandon- mud report.
----- 3.: .... I.. 1333. ; The spread of installment buying
The December revised estimate of! bus shifted the entire scheme of the
Mr. Vance area of cotton for harvest in 1927 was ] average householders finances, Davis
----- ----------‘’"““9 acres compared witli 47,- believes.
know how 1 can wcure “A Better Position and a
7ANVLECK VOICE LOWER RATE TALK LOWER COTTON GO HUNGRY,
JUST PURE BUNK CROP FORECAST BUY AUTOS
Buy City is also one of the same com- nient of 3.4 per cent in 1926.
puny’s towns, and the Rice Belt Dis- _______.
trict headquarters is here. I' ”
Porter is the district manager, and, 40.168.000 acres compared with 47,- believes.
upon reading the news item lost no 087,000 acres last year. | "Retail grocers in many instances
time in "getting tlie record straight," Lint Cotton Per Acre claim that installment buying of artl-
as is indicated by the letter written yt«>l<t of lint nnr n<r.. v»u S1«J Iliitna 111 of tho CVTtanOB
yesterday to the Tribune and which timated at 152.3
tc3t effort at decorating I
Their room is very pretty. I
a
year was formerly
Smith.
Wasn’t the cool spell we had last
week fine?
Mr. Grady Puryear returned to Aus-
tin on the 13th.
Ashwood's representatives in tlie
negro minstrel haven’t got the black
all off yet.
Mr. J. M. Allardyce, of San Antonio,
visited the past week with Ids niece
and nephew. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith
He lectured at the Presbyterian
church in Ray City Wednesday night.
He has spent two years in Mexico do-
ing missionary work, and for the past
several
Just 9 more days until “Old Santa”
comes. . We are being just as good as
we can.
Robert Fondran has been out of
school nearly two weeks on account
We have missed him in
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Chicago mother?
I tor you
Company.
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Tribune advertisement! pay.
headlrg dated 12th. linters, which is equivalent to 12,789.-i
Tlie text of Illis article is botli mis- ooo bales of 500 pounds gross weight.
Our Mr. W. J. containing each 478.4 pounds of lint |
. one ln controversy toucnes a
in Mark- number, if not a majority of the people,
| because of its economic value to them,
■i?
i Sherman, of Mission, was either poorly with 21.6 pounds of bagging and ties. |
] informed and over-enthusiastic or was DetuHs of Situation San FranciscO( I)et, 8. CaljfornlU,l
iotton si nation by w|1Jch through paid advertising lias
. persuaded the rest of the nation to i
1 drink orange juice, and which sup ]
plies the fresh fruit for much of tlie
home-made forbidden beverages witli ;
alcoholic content in America, Ims been ,
tlie correspondents, such news!
until |
LEGION TO BE TAKEN
! it starts
work.
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How about some little one that
might not be so happy this Christmas?
Can’t you "detour" some of your other
spending and add a little happiness to
such a one? It's a mighty satisfying
feeling, old man. Try it this Christ-
mas.
Yield of lint cotton per acre was es- des, such as autos, is at the expense
compared; <>f the table, and tlie story of the girl
so gladly accepted an invitation
neighbor’s, with the re-1
is sauerkraut juice, and
wholesale and retail grocers here say I
it has hit northern California with a !
bang after having been introduced to J
the southern part of the state. Just|
wuere me tau mut/uuvei, ,S I
not very clear, but a prominent news- j
paper publisher who has done much
to popularize the drink here says that!
a doctor from Carlsbad introduced tlie]
drink to Los Angeles and that its fame
spread northward. Householders for,
., , : a while pressed their own juice, but n '
*,‘Y’i wholesale grocery firm, noting the|
“ ’ i spread of tlie fad, put tlie juice on tlie
market under a well-known trade
name and now addicts tire ordering
by the case.
A suave salesman
THE SPOTLIGHT
Ilf IHK WIIKIJIi “Shall the eighteenth amendment lie the right article at tlie right price, to
<'(lilt intlOCl ? uftront Ktiuinuaa frrtm tlm ti<1 l<tlnin 1*
The Spotlight of the World, when
flashed on Texas, reveals ninny out-
standing facts t hat cannot I
looked by the manufacturer, whole-
saler, retailer, or jobber.
Some of the things the Spotlight
Reveals Texas-—
Is an Empire of 265,896 square
miles.
Has a population of 5,397,000.
Has a trade territory of 30,000,000
population.
Has 16,000 miles of railways.
Has 4,500 miles electric transmis-
sion lines.
Has 600,000 telephones, 443,900 miles
You make no mistake when you give
a car. l or who is there would not
the gift of an automobile as the
symbol of Merry Christmas?
Tlie Tribune, on last Tuesday, pub- Washington, Dec. 9. A cotton crop
lished a news item sent out from Mis- of 12,789,000 bales of 500 pounds gross
sion in which it was stated that the weight was forecast by the agriculture
town of Mission was fortunate in hav- department today for 1927, compared
ing the lowest electric power rate in witli 17,977,000 bales in 1926.
the United States.
Mission 1h supplied by the Texas muted at 4.6 per cent of Hie estimated
--------; ------ J„., as are acreage of cotton in cultivation on retary of l.abor Davis said in his un-
popularity of tlie automobile Most
common of these complaints is that
tiie flivver takes so much money from
Mr. Averages Man’s pocketbook that
lie can’t meet ids grocery bill and
other obligations. Occasionally a mer-
chant so expresses himself.
But. like most arguments, lids one
has several sides, too.
I tol.cllll <1111 o <11111 t.l 14 Ul) I r Jf C.1BI 11 .
murders by bootlegging and hi-jack-1
ing gangs
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eligible for the post of; ing the date of 1586, is said to be the
minister or ambassador in the United oldest public statue In London. It was
States diplomatic service, although no originally set up on Ludgate Hill, but
women as yet have ever held the po- since 1760 it has stood outside St. Dun-
sition.
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attract business from the adjoining
towns and counties. "Dollar Days”
that have become so popular through-
out the country would never have been
thought of were If not for tlie automo-
bile. This brings up another point.
Farmers from many miles come to
town on Saturday or more often if they
wish and buy things they would never
purchase if they came in only once
every few months as the custom used
Spending money a little at. a
time, over an extended period, is a
different matter from making all the
purchases once or twice a year. And.
the merchant can again thank the au-
tomobile for this condition.
This is presenting the case from the
cities: official graft; the closing of standpoint of the merchant. The other
restaurants and clubs by padlock, and numerous advantages of modern travel ,
are too well known to mention.
One or two are somewhat crip- ]
pled, but no signs of surrender are in
sight.
The minstrel show given by Van ]
Vleck talent last Friday night was
very well received. A good crowd was 1
present, con. .dering the condition of
the weather. The players enjoyed
themselves in every way. except get-
ting the black off after the show. A
neat sum was taken in at the door.
Friday night of tills week the players
are going to Wadsworth with the pro-
gram.
Unless something interferes witli
our plans we are going to have an old-
fashioned spelling match the first Fri-
day niglit in January. Come and join
us in our spelling.
Business matters called Mr. Ewing
to Houston a few days ago.
Mr. Thompson made a trip to his
farm near Francitas since our last
issue.
Mrs. Gibson and Frankie spent the
week-end in San Antonio.
Mr. and Mrs. B. O'Connell have been
visiting with relatives and friends.
misquoted. Details of the
In detail, we refer you to the head- states:
lines that announce a power plant
] growth and then to tlie article which
’tells only of a raise in voltage.
raising or lowering of voltage does not North Carolina
effect tlie capacity of an electric gen- South Carolina
erat ing station. Georgia
Tlie statement that Mission has low Florida
er electric rates than any similar sized Missouri
town in tlie United States is clearly in ] Tennessee
I error. They took in too much terri-1 Alabama
‘tory. | Mississippi
The facts in the case are that our Louisiana
company is serving some twenty towns Texas
and communities, in the Valley, on! Oklahoma
one and the same rate. The rates that Arkansas
apply blanket to Valley towns are sini-1 New Mexico
ilar in structure and results to the Arizona
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Christmas Program
A Christmas Cantata, which is a
story told through song, will be given |
by the Missionary Federation on Sun-
day night before Christmas, December
18th, at the Methodist Church.
This program will be inspiring and
varied in that it will be composed of!
soprano .tenor and bass solos, duets, |
trios and choruses by both men and
women. This will usher in the Christ-1
mas season and perpare us tor a joy-'
ous Yuletide.
Notice the posters about town which '
will serve to keep the event fresh in
your minds.- Publicity Chalraaa.
American women spend almost $2,-
yeur on cosmetics and
lieautlfying procei s®s.
A gift by n former mayor of Minneu-
distressing circumstances. Polls Is providing the city with n hos-
il.ere’s never a slip ’iwixt the stick pHal f‘>i crippled children.
and tlie lip Brunswick (Ga.) Pilot. | British tradesmen ure planing to
About tlie only rights an opposition spend $2u6,uoo this winter to popular-
candidate for president in Mexico has ' i»e D utt eating tn their country.
are the last sad rights. Wichitu Eagle. |
Mother writes to know what to do,
for a growing boy who Ih straining |
his eyes through overstudy. Our ad-
vice would be to send him to college —
Arkansas Gazette.
Tills week’s unsung hero is the fel-
low wlio walked into tlie city hall with
an English tweed suit on
Daily News.
Cotton Here Slumps Utile
Cotton prices on the Houston
change dropped between 25
L J’<,we.r “nd Light Company. | points following announcement of the
repOr^ according to Secretary Bur-
well. Opinion seemed divided among
traders as to whether it would rise or | A guave BuleHIllttn behlnd a gro.
continue its downward trend. j cery counter will tell you that the
o -o —- — juice is good for what alls you,
I matter what it is, if anything. '
I publisher referred to takes it to pre-
vent high blood pressure. Others who I
have turned from gin and other high
explosives to the “German wine" say j
.3 you out for a good day’s,
A chemist’s report on alcoholic i
content is not available.
New York. Dec, 9.—i
proIl 11 >i t ion question Is *o be conduct-1
c.i iiiiiong tlie entire meuibvrship ot
the American Legion and its auxiliary. ]
Tlie American Legion is neither wet
nor dry, said Edward E. Spafford,
national commander, in announcing
I plans for a poll at a dinner given in
The report that such a difference in ills honor by the New York department
rates in towns served by the same Hast night, but “in a democracy, no
law should be enforced except such a
one as lias the approval of the ma-
jority.”
Commander Spafford said Hint from
now until May 15. when the poll will
be taken, meeting halls of all legion
posts will be open for a discussion of estuldished fact that many own auto-
the question. mobiles who cun not afford them. But
The three questions to lie submit- it is also a well-established fact that
ted are: , the auto has increased the trade ierri-
“Shall the eighteenth amendment 'tory of the merchant miles beyond the
and tiie Volstead act be approved and limits of foreign times.
continued? | it is possible now, if a merchant lias
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