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Matagorda, Toxas,
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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TEXAS.
HAY CITV,
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CANEY,
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TEXHS
JZ ELKSCO,
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BAY CITY, MATAGORDA CO., TEXAS, THURSDAY. MAY 20, 1897.
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SURVEYOR AND CIVIL ENGINEER.
BRAZORIA, TEXAS.
To Kill Johnson Grass.
The J. S. Wygal process for destroy-
WM. E. AUSTIN.
Ten Years District And County
Clerk of Matagorda County.
FRED S. ROBBINS.
Twelve Years Co. Surveyor
Matagorda County.
THE ONLY F’AF'EP? PUBLISHp-P IN.
MKTKGOrtDK COUNTY.
Ex-Senator Coke died at his home
in Waco on May 14th, age 6$.
Will
Courts.
Patronage of mu Matagorda Countu Friends Solicited.
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Physician and Surgeon to State Pris-
on at Caney. Will do general outside
practice.
JJEWIS R. BRYAN,
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JAS. E. SIMONS, M. I».
Bag Citu and Matagorda, Texas.
Orders for work sent by mail or left at
the office of Gaines Hamilton & Carpen-
ter will receive prompt attention.
Jno. W. Gaines, Jr.
T. J. Hamilton,
W. C. Carpenter.
The Calhoun County News says that
fish are more plentiful than usual and
further remarks that that is good news to
GAINES, HAMILTON & CARPENTER,
LAWYERS & LAND AGENTS.
Snipe hunting is a popular pastime in!
Port Lavaca, so says Bro. Seabrook.
The boom is still on over there-—we
mean the “sucker” boom.'
Entered in the Post Office at Bay City, Tex
as. as second Class Mail Matter.
E. S. RUGELEY, Sr!
Heavy rain storms
more or less wind, have visited almost
all portions of the state during the past posing certain amendments to the Constitution
week or two and the crop outlook for
the whole state is most encouraging.
the fisherman in particular and brain grain country. They hold to the opi
workers in general.
By the Governor:
J. W. Madden,
Secretary of State.
“yahoo” and if he gets his “The north Texas farmers who have lo-
cated here began to cut oats last week,
a self-binding harvester being used.
The first field cut was about to mature
and the farmers pronounce the crop a
fine one in every respect and believe
that the coast will make a good
Corn, Oats, Hay,
Bran and Feed Stuffs.
small
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ion that November is the best month to
plant in. No rust has appeared in any
planted in Calhoun county this season.”
WHARTON, TEXAS.
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-^DEALER IN—«Y-
Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran &( Hulls,
Chops and chicken feed, Millett and Sorghum seed. Also agent Water
Pierce Oil Co. I buy in car load lots and carry the largest stock of grain and
feed in Wharton and I'will make it to your interest to call on or address me.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN MATAGORDA COUNTY ORDERS.
WHARTON. TEXAS.
From the Eagle we note that ElCam-
po last week let the contract for a $3000
school house, and a splendid Methodist
church and that several private improve-
ments are under way and the town and
country are both growing and improving
right along.
WM. E. AUSIN ABSTRACT CO.
—For Sale—1487 aerss of land on Buck-
ner’s Prairie, 1100 acres open prairie, balance
good timber, goood 6 room, two story resi-
dence, with out buildings, windmill, young or-
chard, etc., 45 acres in cultivation oil of prai-
rie ready for plow, very little sod, fine cotton
land first year, all fenced, would make a mag-
nificent cotton, corn and sugarcane plantation,
well drained, no overflow. Lands adjacent to
and very similar to the alluvial lands of Caney,
of similar nature, fully as rich and productive,
the same wonderful country that makes from 1
to 2 bales of cotton and 40 to 60 bu of corn
per acre, failures unknown, close to gulf and
swept by fresh sea breeze. In 2 mile of boat
landing. Price $12.50 per acre, 1-4 cash,
balance 10 years 8 per cent. For further pair
itculars address this office
Wanted-In Idea
Protect your Ideas; they may bring you wealth
Write JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO., Patent Attor-
neys, Washington, D. C., for their $1,800 prize offer
and list of two hundred inventions wanted.
PUBLISHED BYtt
BREEZE PUBLISHING S6OMPAAA .
Issued every Thursday.
BAY CITY. ~ TEXAS.
Land Litigation a Specialty. Will buy and
sell land on commission—render lands and
pay taxes for non-residents, etc.
Rough and Dressed long leaf, yellow pine, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings,
ckets, Laths, Singles and Builders Hordware. Estimates Furnished.
The Edna Progress says that L. E.
Ward has recently sold 1000 acres of
land on the Caranchua to an Ellis coun-
ty man SJjd that land sales are
made right aiong~fb farmers..
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THERE is money in hogs in any coun-
try. Here we raise thirty to forty bush-
els of corn per acre; sorghum cane, tur-
nips, pumpkins and other different kinds
of stuff suitable for hog feed grow to per-
fection with practically no work at all.
Besides, our vast forests furnish mast in
endless variety, which cannot be beat for
range hogs. You don’t have to raise
hogs in this country, they raise them-
selves. A packing house is being built
at Houston, Texas, which will give us a
steady market right at our door the
year around.—Angleton Times.
And whereas, the State Constitution
requires the publication of any proposed
amendments once a week for four weeks,
commencing at least three months be
fore an election;
And whereas, each of said Joint Reso-
lutions requires the Governor to issue
his proclamation ordering an election for
the submission of said Joint Resolutions
to the qualified electors of the State for
their adoption or rejection on the first
Tuesday in August, A. D. 1897, which
will be the 3d day of said month.
Now, therefore, I, C. A. Culberson,
Governor of Texas, in accordance with
the provisions of said Joint Resolutions,
and by the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and laws of this State, do
hereby issue this my proclamation, or-
dering that an election as required by
said Joint Resolutions be held on the day
designated therein, to-wit: on Tuesday,
the 3rd day of August, A. D. 1897, in
the several counties of this State, for the
adoption or rejection of said proposed
amendments to the Constitution of the
State of Texas. Said election shall be
held at the several polling places of the
election precincts of the several countie,s
of this State, and will be conducted by
the officers holding the same in confor-
mity with the laws of this State and in
accordance with the provisions of thi§
proclamation.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto sign
my name and cause the Seal of
State to be affixed, at the city
of Austin, this 23rd day of
April, A. D. 1897.
C. A. Culberson,
Governor ofTexas^|
HENRY CQOKENBOO,
--DEALERS IN—
The- people of Brazoria county are
beginning to realize that the Galveston
Brazoria and Southwestern Railroad
people mean business. The Alvin peo-
ple will do everything within their power
to have the connection with the Santa
Fe made at Alvin, and in this they will
be backed by Angleton. A connection
at Alvin would be a lasting benefit to
the people of the entire county, as it
brings all of the more populous parts
into touch. If the building of this road
depends upon subscription from the
people, then it should by all means be
built from Alvin, as it will be found
much easier to raise the bonus with the
assistance of the people of that enter-
prising town.—Angleton Times,
Dr. Sylvesters Specific for bets, colic and
tympaintes in horses, mules and cows the best
remedy that medical sciance has ever discover
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R. A. ARMSTRONG,
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Pine and Cypress Lumber, Sash, Doors,
Blinds. Pickets. Cisterns, Shinnies,
Barb Wire, Lime, Etc.
Exclusive Agents Matagorda and Wharton counties of the famous Aurmotor
Wind Mills. Estimates furnished. Your trade solicited.
Wharton, Texas.
of Texas, authorizing all counties in this State
lying south ofthe counties of Jeff Davfo, Reeves,
Ward, Ector, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling,
Coke and Runnels, and south and west of the
Colorado river; also, all those counties west of
Hardeman, Knox and Haskell, and north of
Fisher, Scurry, Borden, Dawson and Gaines; •
also the counties of Matagorda and Brazoria,
to give aid in the construction of railroads, by
the issuance of bonds or other evidence of in-
debtedness, when authorized thereto by a ma-
jority vote of any such county.”
Passed April 2, 1897.
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courts as now provided by law in quo warranto
suits.
Irrigation districts organized under the pro-
visions of this amendment are hereby declared
to be bodies corporate, and in the name of the
districts they shall have the right to sue and be
sued, and may acquire by purchase or condem-
nation proceedings as now authorized by law
in case of irrigation corporations all the prop-
erty necessary for its organization, operation
and existence, and may buy in under foreclos-
ure of its taxes any property, but the property
bought in at tax sales shall be held and dis-
posed of as hereafter provided by law.
All bonds issued under the provisions of this
amendment shall be passed upon and certified
to by the Attorney General of the State of
Texas, as now required by law in the case of
county and city bonds. When approved by
the Attorney General said bonds shall be regis-
tered by the Comptroller of the State, as now
required by law in the case of county and city
bonds, and when so registered shall be entitled
to a'l the faith and confidence now prescribed
by law in the case of county and city bonds.
To the end that this amendment may be put
into immediate operation upon its adoption by
the people, it is provided that until otherwise
provided by law the Governor of the State, the
commissioner of the General Land Office, and
the Attorney General of the state are hereby
created a board and vested with complete pow-
er and authority to make such rules and regu-
lations as may be necessary to put into imme-
diate practical operation this amendment to the
constitution and that may be necessary to en-
able irrigation districts to organize and oper-
ate under the provisions of this amendment.
And to that encl, until otherwise provided by
law, said board shall have the power and au-
thority in making said rules as complete as the
Legislature of the state of Texas now have to
enact laws. The rules, when adopted by said
board, shall be filed with the Secretary of State
and when so filed shall remain in full force and
effect until changed or modified by some other-
rule made by the said board on file in the office
of the secretary of state or until the same are
changed by general law. Said rules 'shall be
printed under the direction of the secretary of
state, and a certified copy thereof shall be fur-
nished to any one demanding the same upon
the payment of such fees as said board may
prescribe,
The Governor is hereby directed to issue the
necessary proclamation for submitting this
amendment to the qualified voters of Texas on
the first Tuesday in. August, 1897, at which
election all voters favoring the amendment shall
have written or printed on their tickets. “For
amending Article 8, of the constitution of Tex-
as, so as to permit the formation of irrigation
districts in West. Texas,” and those opposed
to said amendment shall have written or print-
ed on their tickets, “Against amending Article
8, of the Constitution of Texas, so as to per-
‘mif—formation ol irrigation districts in
West TexSs. —...
Approved March 3, 1897. ' __
LUMBER-
In a letter to the manufacturers Messrs. Da-
vis & Buzard of West Monterey, Pa., say:
“Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has cured peo-
ple whom our physicians could do nothing for.
We persuaded them to try a bottle of it and they
now recommend it, as do the rest of us.” For
sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by Bay City
Pharmacy.
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' Complete Abstiacts of all Deed Records. Probate and District Court Records
- of Matagorda County. Lands bought and sold on commission. Defects in Titles
corrected. Property rendered and taxes paid for non-residents.
The thing that now . troubles our
Texas farmers is that they-will mot have
storage room for tne prospective crops. j.?ortioPS of qe.??s
The suggestion that they buy boa^j^-- :/? •-.-idiin that section of Te;<as which lies
viz: Montague, wise, Parker, Hood,
Somervell, Bosque, Coryell, Bell, Williamson,
Travis, Blanco, Gillespie, Comal, Caldwell,
Gonzales, DeWitt, Goliad, Victoria an Cal-
houn, irrigation districts without regard to
county lines. In making.pre-visions for the cost
of construction of irrigation works within said
territory it shall be lawful to create an indebt-
edness of not exceeding fifteen dollars per acre
to rest as a charge on and be secured by a lien
on the irrigable land for the use and benefit of
which said irrigation works have been or may
be constructed. Within the term, cost of con-
struction, shall be included the cost, of riparian
rights, dam sites and reservoirs, rights of way
for canal and laterals, and other appurtenant
expenses of the construction of irrigation plants.
In case of destruction of the works, or any part
thereof, the repair or rebuilding of the same
shall be construed to be within the meaning of
construction. To cover the cost of construction
as above defined, bonds may be issued by such
irrigation districts to run in time for forty years
or less, and to bear interest at the rate of not
more than six per cent per annum, interest pay-
able annually, which bonds shall be sold at not
less than par. The bonds shall be liquidated
by the levy and collection of a tax upon the ir-
rigable lands within such irrigation districts
susceptible of irrigation from and by the sys-
tem of irrigation works proposed. Such land
shall be taxed in proportion to acreage and not
in proportion to its value. An annual tax shall
be levied and collected on such irrigable lands
sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds and
to create a sinking fund sufficient to liquidate
the bonds above authorized. In addition to
the tax above provided for, there shall be annu-
ally levied and collected a sufficient tax from
the land actually receiving the water for irriga-
tion of a sufficient amount to cover the ordina-
ry cost of the maintenance of the irrigation
works, the distribution of the water and appur-
tenant charges and the collection of said tax.
This charge shall be upon a basis of the amount
of wafer contracted for; provided, that this
shall not interfere with the right of any land
owner to demand his proportionate part of the
water on the basis of acreage. The taxes above
provided for shall, when assessed, be secured
by lien on the land as now provided by general
law for the security of State taxes, and when
delinquent, shall be enforced as now provided
by general law for the collection of delinquent
State taxes but the lien securing the Same shall
be subordinate to the lien securing the payment
of State, county and municipal taxes.
None ol the foregoing provisions of this
amendment shall ever be construed to give au
thority to create a lien on or tax in any manner
any lands so long as they shall belong to the
State; nor after sale thereof shall any charge
ever be create 1 thereon which shall take pre-
cedence over- liens securing the balance of the
purchase money due the State.
The indebtedness for the construction of irri-
gation works authorized under the provisions
of this amendment shall be created only upon a
vote of a majority of the land owners resident
in the district proposed to be organized and
whose lands are susceptible of irrigation from
and by the system of irrigation works proposed :
only qualified voters under the existing laws of
Texas, being such owners of rural lands, with-
in such districts, shall have the right to vote as
aforesaid.
Any natural or artificial person having an in-
terest in any of the irrigable lands in any such
irrigation district shall have the right at any
time within ninety days after the vote authoriz-
ed has been declared, and not thereafter, to file
a proceeding in any court having jurisdiction
to test the validity of the formation of said dis-
trict, the classification of the land as irrigable
lands or other details thereof. Such proceed-
ings shall have precedence through all the
SUBSCRIPTION F2HTES.
One copy one year -
One copy six months - - - 75-
One copy three months - - 5°-
Rates invariably cash in advance^,
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PIANOS AND ORGANS FOR TEXAS USE
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Joint Resolution to amend Section 3, of Arti-
cle 11, of the Constitution of the State of
.Texas, so as to authorize certain counties to
give aid in the construction of railways.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature
of tb.e State of Texas: That Section 3, of Ar-
ii-"thwest and southwest of the following °f ^ie Constitution ot the State of
iei.7 vizi- ivlonraptie. Wise. Parkerl H'fibii. J exas, Be .traeii-ueu sC tb.a; uie sauie shall
hereafter read as follows:
Section 3. No county, city, or other muni-
cipal corporation shall hereafter become a sub-
scriber to the capital of any corporation or as-
sociation, or make any appropriation or dona-
tion to the same, or in anywise loan its credit,
except as hereinafter provided.
It shall be lawful for any county in this State
lying south of the counties of Jeff Davis,
Reeves, Ward, Ector, Midland, Glasscock,
Sterling, Coke and Runnels, and south and
west of the Colorado River, also all those
counties west of Flafdemaff, Knox and Haskell,
and north of Fisher, Scurry, Borden, Dawson
and Gaines, also the counties of Matagorda
and Brazoria, to give aid, by and through its
commissioners court, by the issue of bonds of
such county, or other evidences of indebted-
ness, in the construction of standar gauged
railway or railways into, through or across any
such county, when by a vote of a majority of
the qualified voters of any such county voting
at an election held for that purpose such aid is
authorized; provided, however, that no such
aid as is hereinbefore authorized and provided
for shall ever be given or paid to any railroad
company, or in aid of any such railway con-
struction, except in proportion to and for such
railway or part thereof as shall have been com-
pletely constructed and equipped within any
such county. And special authority and pow-
er is hereby given the commissioners court of
any county within the territory herein prescrib-
ed. wherein such aid may be authorized, to
levy and collect an annual tax in addition to
any other tax authorized by this Constitution
upon all property in such county subject to tax-
ation, to pay interest on and to create a sink-
ing fund to meet said bonds or other indebted-
ness created for such purpose; provided, that
the aggregate of such tax; in any county, shall
never in any one year exceed two per centum
upon the assessed valuation of the property in
such county.
Full power is hereby given to said commis-
sioners court of any such county and it is here-
by made its duty, at once, upon the petition
thereto of not less than one hundred (100)
qualified voters of any such county, to. at any
time order and in all things provide for and reg-
ulate such election, and the holding, returns
and, determination of the same, and prescribe
the form of the ballot to be used.
All bonds or other evidences of indebtedness
issued by any such county, under the provisions
of this section, shall, before .being delivered,
negotiated or floated, be approved by the At-
torney General of (his State, and thereupon the
Comptroller of this State shall register the s-me
and endorse the fact of such registry upon said
bonds or evidences of indebtedness.
Section 2. i'he Governor is hereby directed
to issue the necessary proclamation for sub-
mitting this amendment to the qualified voters
of Texas on the first Tuesday in August, 1897,
at which election all voters favoring the amend-
ment shall have written or printed on their
tickets, “For the amendment to Section 3, of
Article 11, of the Constitution of Texas, author-
izing all counlies in this State lying south of
the counties of Jeff Davis, Reeves, Ward, Ec-
tor, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Coke and
Runnels, and south and west of the Colorado
River, also all those counties west of Harde-
man, Knox and Haskell, and north of Fisher,
Scurry, Borden, Dawson and Gaines; also, the
counties of Matagorda and Brazoria, to give
aid in the construction of railroads by the issu-
ance of bonds or other evidences of indebted-
ness, when authorized thereto by a majority
vole of any such county;” and those opposed
to said amendment shall have written or print-
ed on their tickets. “Against the amendment
to Sedtion 3, of Article 11, of the Constiutiont ed. For sale by Bouldin & McNabb.
ANGLETON enjoyed a great day at the
laying of the court house corner stone process successfully, and will testify to
on Wednesday of last week. It is esti- what is here claimed for it
mated that 3000 people were present.
OFFICE KT MKTTHEWS STOR©
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The gteat question for land owners to
settle in this county is to make their
lands produce a revenue and that makes
land a desirable and profitable invest-
ment. In central and north Texas the
landlord that has a section of 640 acres
of land in cultivation has a rent revenue
of at least $4 per acre or $2,560 per
year and he is considered well off, which
he is. A cow man of Matagorda county
has got to have a pasture of twenty-five
thousand acres and rent it at ten cents
an acre to have an equal revenue with
the north Texas farmer with one single
improved section and our pasture lands
are just as fine cotton lands as theirs.
There are thousands of acres of idle
[and on Caney that could be cleared and
put into cultivation for one years’ rental.
Speaking on the subject of oats in
A SHORT time ago a gentleman in Ft. j Rie c°ast country a report from Port
Bend county shot and killed anoth^y for | Lavaca bearing date of May nth, says:
calling him a ....... „ .........
just dues he will save his “honah” by
stretching hemp.
Joint Resolution to amend article XI of Jhe
Constitution of the State of Texas, by adding
thereto section 11.
Whereas, the laws of the State of Texas au-
thorize the several counties in this State,through
their Commissioners court, to issue bonds for
the erection of Court houses and jails, and the
construction and purchase of bridges, and
Whereas, the statutes of the State of Texas
authorize the Boar of Education of said State
to invest the permanent school fund thereof in
bonds issued for the purposes aforesaid by the
said counties, and
Whereas, the Board of Education ot this
State, in pursuance of said statutory authority,
has purchased as an investment for the perma-
nent school fund of the State of Texas, bonds
approximating three million dollars, and
Whereas, the Constitution of the State of
Texas provides that no debt for any purpose
shall ever be incurred in any planner for any
city or county, unless provision is made at the
time of its creation for the levying and collec-
tion of a sufficient tax to pay the interest there-
on, and provide at least two per cent as a
sinking fund, and
Whereas, it is believed that some of the
bonds so purchased by the State Board of Edu-
cation as an investment for the permanent
school fund were not issued in conformity with
that provision»of the Constitution, and is doubt-
ful whether proper provision was made al the
time of the attempted creation of said debt, *
evidenced by said bonds, for the levy of a tax
to secure the payment of interest and the crea-
tion of a sinking fund, and that some of said
bonds may therefore be held invalid by the
courts;
Therefore, be it resolved by the Legislature
of the State of Tekas: That article XI of the
Constitution of the State of Texas be amended
by adding theretd the following, which shall be
denominated “Section n‘.”
Section 11. That all bonds heretofore is-
sued by the several counties of Texas for the
purpose of the erection of court houses and
jails, and for the purchase or construction of
bridges, and that have been purchased by the
proper authorities of the State of Texas as an
investment for the permanent school fund of
said said State, and that at the time of the cre-
ation of said debt, evidenced by said bonds,
the provision of the levy of a tax for the pay-
ment of the interest aup the creation of a sink-
ing fund was not made, shall not be for that
^ason held to be invalid; but said bonds are
fiSf^Svilidated, and are hereby made valid
debts against-the several counties by which
they were issued., '
Be it further /esolved, TfeU. this amendment
shall be sufyfnitted to a voteYj^-he qualified
electors of the State of Texas on the first
Tuesday in August, 1897, at which elecTQlLall
voters favoring said proposed amendmenGsha “
write or have printed on their ballots the
words “For the amendment to Article XI of
the Constitution, validating bonds held by the
State as an investment for the permanent school
fund,” and all voters opposing said amend-
ment shall write or have printed On their bal-
lots the words “Against the amendment to
Article XI of the Constitution, validating
bonds held by the State as an investment for
the permanent school fund.”
And that the Gov. of the State is hereby
directed to issue the necessary proclama:iQyi
for said election, and have same published*^
required by the Constitutin and existing laws
of the State.
Approved April 22, 1897.
COUNSELLOR AT^LAW.
in State and Federal
BAY CITY BREEZE.!
ling Johnson grass has proved so thor-
; oughly effective in Wharton county
• among planters who have tried it, that
Mr. Wygal, a resident cf Spanish Camp,
in order to answer hundreds of inquiries
and to give his remedy to the world,
publishes it in the Houston Post. Here
it is:
Plow deep, then after fifteen or twenty
days take a 28 or 30 inch cotton sweep,
set its wings down flat and sweep close
and clean the ground from one direction.
After about fifteen days cross-sweep it.
Repeat this process and plant nothing
on the ground, and after the third or
fourth sweeping pile up the roots, turn-
ing them oyer every few days. Besides
having exterminated this grass on his
own farm, Mr. Wygal refers to Messrs.
Hood & Martin, G. C. Duncan, W. A.
and G. A. Northington, his neighbors
all of whom are extensive planters of
Wharton county, who have used his
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f With over thirty years experience selling pianos and
organs in Texas, we know the requirements of the climate
and the changes in construction of instruments that are
necessary. Our extensive business with manufacturers en-
ables them to make these changes at a minimum cost,
which is not done for dealers who sell only a few instru-
ments, even if they knew what changes were required. We do not demand notes
on installment sales; such notes are generally “'soaked” and will hurt credit and
cause the risk ' of losing instrument and all cash paid on it if not met promptly.
We carry everything in the music line and the largest stock of sheet music and
music books in the South. We supply over 1600 music teachers in Texas.
We carry the largest stock of Pianos and Organs in the Southwest. Our
prices for cash and easy payments aie as low as any house in the United States,
quality and grade of instruments considered.
Thos. Goggan & Bro., Galveston, Texas.
ALLAN McNABB, Resident Agent for Bay City.
PROCLAMATION
being By the Governor ofthe State of Texas.
Whereas, the Twenty-fifth Legislature, at its
regular biennial session, which convened on the
accomnanfed-bv latb.day of January, A. D. 1897, passed the
J following Joint ResoiUck?aS;..in the manner pre-
scribed by the Constitution of tRisff State^ pro-
of this State, to wit:
Joint resolution to amend Article 8 of the Con-
stitution of the State of Texas by aciding
.thereto section 20. as follows:
■ Section 20. In addition to the powers of
toxation granted in the. foregoing sections, it
the orosnective crons • &haI? be iaYful for tbe land owners of certain
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ine suggestion mat tney ouy Doara^—
and roof their fields is not p’racticableflRL
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Bay City Breeze. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1897, newspaper, May 20, 1897; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1329931/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.