The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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SENT IN EACH WEEK BY OUR
STAFF OF CORRESPONDENTS.
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Parker
GAINESMORE.
BI.ESSIIW.
It was a perfect success and was im-
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HUCKNER PRAIRIE.
a few days in
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SWEENEY.
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It. Q. Ward is spending the
from
Saturday
Coulterville.
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LeSage also visited
Miss
Song on
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CH AIMERS.
COLLEGEPORT.
cookies of all kinds.
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Dollar
Walk
Block and Save
unusually Interesting program -is
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Spring is Here
CANEY
THE NEW STORE
SCHUSTER & RYON
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Service will be held Good Friday
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MORE NEW GOODS!
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Some
Dress Goods
and
more
new
new
Dresses
models in
Many
new.
new
new
Ladies’ Hats
new
and
a
new.
new
snappy.
new
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not cost any more.
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The Particular Store for
Particular People
and
Mrs
oming. They will visit in Missouri and
Knnsas a few days.
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Mr. C. H. Fisbeck, G. H. & S. A.
Interesting News From Over The County
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I he One Price Cash Store. West Side of the Square
met at the ®
Men’s Suits, a good line
Always get the
Call, look and buv.
Boys’ Suits,
and befit when it does
town '' inday.
County Superintendent of Schools
W. C. Gray and Dr. C. It. Byars of
Hay City were inspecting the public
J. 1). Harris, formerly station agent
for the Southern Pacific at this
! point, was in town last week visiting
hb brother and many friends. Mr.
Harris’ mother accompanied him.
Mr. and Mrs. Abel Pierce spent Sun-
day in Galveston.
Mrs. I.. It. Parqins delightfully
t'Ttained the Ladies’ Aid Society on ,
| Mrs Blanch McFarland of Port Ar-. Tuesday.
i.ml wafers were served. io -aui-. *i... i. . ... '
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Gustafson. Mrs '
| i’annie Balter and Mr. George Serrill ,
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• ville Saturday by the
• mother.
• Will Hale is spending
• * * hero with his family, and nursing a
Miss Bary Love Bates visited Van very sore hand.
Vleck Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. .1. II. McCroskv on-
Mrs. R, W. Persons of Hay City tertalned the following young people
made a short visit to Caney Saturday at Sunday dinner:
afternoon.
Miss Christine Lawrence visited in dim McCrosky, Joe Milner. Ed.
Bay City Saturday and Sunday. I' ~
Mesdame Wallace, Collins and Zieg- Kennedy of Chalmers,
enhals of Bay City were guests of Mrs.
Thursday afternoon
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Mr. .1. II. Shockley and Sargent
Walker attended Sunday school
s°n. Gainesmore Sundav
Miss Lillian I.eSage also attended
i panieu her. uid both ladies report
a very pleasant time.
Mrs Elmer of Galveston
uent . or tai days u‘ Collepepurt re-
cently vlsPing old friends
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Tower and son
H >in. of Nebraska, who are spending
several weeks here, were at Citrus
! last week, visiting the Verne Tower
family.
Col. Sol J. Cleveland of Bay City
was a recent visitor to Collegeport.
The Collegeport Women’s Club will
have its mi eting April 8th at the
Theodore Smith home. Mrs. Walter
Culp will have charge of the program
for that afternoon, which will be all
musical
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Moore & Reynolds
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Mr. H. W. Draper of Houston
Hates and M. Mat- here today on business.
1 wnre
I.’. B
h0r j Williams M. J Collins. M E. Law-
hIip returned son, H. Is. Salley, «T. J, Sclilndlar,
ism round nor pupils siniim quitniy at W. C. Borg and the loader. Mrs. D.
Ka,n>.(np|r desks while? her own desk was Burke*; MI.hhch Adelaide Smith
’ no longei a school desk but. had boon ( and Minnie Murdock.
And so is our new Spring Stock of Dress Goods. We offer you the widest range of
selections from our complete stock, embracing all the latest patterns in Crepes,
Batiste, Flowered Flaxon, Mercerized Plisse, Grenadine, Leno Stripe and Voiles. The
biggest and best assorted line of new White Goods in Bay City. You cannot make a
mistake of getting the latest designs, as all of our goods are new and our prices are
lower than others. Our Spring line of Shoes have arrived. Big values and new styles.
the past few days chasing a negro
who robbed Mr. Hamiltons' store at yinced us that he could
The negro beat them to • straight" rows twenty-five
Bay City and gave up to the officers ]nngi |,„t We were from Missouri,
there.
Mr a.
cookies of all kinds. Joy reigned su Ing and after dinner with Mrs. Annis
| preme then with games and laughter] Byars returned to Bay City.
i went the day- lu re.
! It. R. Lewis. J. E. Large. Bert Carr
land P. A McLendon of Bay City were1
' in town Tuesday.
S.
Monday. ,"tiry he Is operating on the W.
Mr. E. L. Lawson of Matagorda Honey farm.
was a Caney visitor the first part of —------o—n--------
this week.
Miss Mary L.
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if™
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Miss Cornelia Ward i
ten, were over from the Crescent V. [
ranch last week for several adys.
Mr. II. D. Jones visit.•’ Bay City Mrs. Edith I .aw has been quite 111
Saturday. f >r the past week.
Mr. John Bates was a Bay City vis- Mrs. Wylie Kuykendall went to Gal-
itor Saturday. iwston Monday.
----0—0------- | Miss Grace Pierce of Palacios was
• •*•••••••••••••• in town Monday, en route home from
• Pennsylvania, where she has been at-
• ‘ending school.
• S. J. Korp spent
• ••••••••aftJSSW Houston last week
Mr. J. J. Shockley returned t<> w I). Cleveland of Houston was in
Prairie
• Mr. J ..
• ••••^•••*®***** * | Mamie Evans loft Tuesday for Wy ' ■,|(le, the flowers concealing (hikes and toed to Matagorda Wednesday morn-
Mrs. H. G. Clapp is reported quite
Miss Jessie May Serrill spent the
day at Bay City Friday.
The Cemetery Association met with
Mrs. M. J. Bruce Tuesday evening.
jamos Miller of Hay City visited
out »jwn between trains Monday.
Mes'ames J. A Bruce and E. P.
| . .aytan upont last AVeduesdiiy in Bay
Citv shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Jogse Ixiudruni were
in f~om their Big Hill home Monday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S Stewart, Mrs I
I. B. Hawkins and Mr. G. B. Cul-
ver autoed to liny C‘ty Wedm aday.
Misses Gilbert, Keoso and Moffei
of Bty City visited Mrs Amos Duffy
from Friday evening until Sunday.
Rev. D. S. Burke returned home
Monday from La .e City, where lie had
ix'on to fill liis regular nppolntinent.
Mrs. E. J. Savage iiml son, Norman,
autiMul to Bay City Friday afternoon.
M> i. Savage spe until Sunday there
with relatives.
Mr. F. L. Iliigi'ley, who manages the
A. H. Wadsworth store at the town
of Wadsworth, spent Sunday here
witli ids family.
Mrs. W. E. Williams and son, Dins-
more, Misses Irma and Jo Berg and
Cottle Savage spent Saturday nnd
Sunday nt Wadsworth.
Mrs. Preston Tippins returned to
her home at lame City Saturday after
ti deliglitfiil visit under the parental
roof—tile home of Mr. and Mrs. F I
Uugeley.
Mrs. Amos Lee catnc from Bay City ,
Saturday afternoon with her brother-1
in-law, E. C. Baker, and gave her,
discontinue his regular appointments mother and other relatives a pleas-1
surprise by visiting them until
’ Arms of Jesus."
Benediction, Rev. D. S. Burke.
Besides those on the program tilers
present Mi'sdnmes Will Burks,
Hawkins, H. P. Baxter. J. F.
a men’s meeting Sunday after the reg-
ular church services.
; Mrs. Ford and children of Palacios
i visited Mr. C. E. Hurd last Tuesday.
Miss Emma Schaedel spent Satur- A number of young people attended
W. A. Matthews the latter part of last day and Sunday at. Bay City. the dance at Citrus last Friday eve-
week. | Mr. L. S. Dietrich began shipping ning.
Mr. S. J. Bates visited Bay City cream to Houston Tuesday from liis
| evening at the Federated Church.
Miss Miriam Glasser attended the
district Y. P. S. C. E. convention at
is Bay City last week, being sent as a
leiegate. Mrs. I,. E. Liggett accom-
• • * •’ ft ••••••••••• , thews visited Mrs t C Parker (•••••••••••••••V*
• • Curryville Saturday. & •
• A crowd of Cany’s young people ui fc BI.ESSlN’G. •
• tended a school entertainment last • •
Friday evening at the Lukefahr school •*••••••«••••••••>
... „ ... It a perfect e;;eee»e ..e.d re; ia; Miss Cornelia Ward and brother.!
agent at Hawkinsville, passed through mensely enjoyed by a very nice little Ben, were over from the Crescent V.:
Gainesmore on his way to see his crowd.
mother in iaivaca County, who has1 Mr. H. D. Jones visiti.’ Bay Cit'
been i> for some time.
A negro child was burned to death
in tile Bell Bottom neighborhood on
March 18th. Its mother left three
small children in the house alone and
is clothing caught fire and it was
dead when found.
Misses Lydia and Eva Kenneiner •
visited Mrs. C. H. Fisbeck at Hawk- *
insville Sunday. | Mr. J. J. Shockley returned to I
Mr. J. H. Shockley, Master Sar- Buckner Prairie Thursday, accom-
gent Walker, Mr. F. P. Vaughan and panled by his daughter, Miss Flor-
family and Miss Lillian LeSage, all cnce who will attend school here,
of Buckner's Prairie, attended Sunday
school here Sunday.
for several days past.
The Woman's Union
I home of Mr;- Holswortli Thursday and !!,
.... . , ,, nr i, .. ' an unusually interesting program «is I
visiting at the home of Mr. Waltei in the former’s car. .
, i planned.
Harris. \V. M Brown was at Hay City Sat- | 1
in day.
Mr. H. C. King was called to Somer-'
death of his
few days
motored from Bay City Thursday and j r)nH an, |)B(.onijnB plentiful here.
Mr. W. L. Sweeny spent Tuesday
night in rBazoria.
Mr. C. F. Ellis is in Freeport tills
week.
Mr. D. T. Layton of St. John,
sas is here on business.
Mrs. Rups of Cedar take visited her' transformed into a veritable flower] Dr. Ralph Byars nnd wife
** mother, Mrs 1. C. Richards last week, 'garden, the center containing a flow-, < liild nnd Mrs. Byars’ Bister
P. Sallee and daughter Mrs J .,r.covered bucket of sparking lemon-' Golden, and their little nephew au-
cnce
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Vaughn and chil-
dren attended Sunday school at Gaines-; -‘cl>°ol Mondaj
Mrs. Chas. Freeman passed through more Sunday. i ,l- G- Ward is spending the week
here Tuesday en route homo from Master Russell and Sargent Walker 1l°okinR after i'usiness affairs.
Houston. ’ .sited Orangedale Tuesday. ' Rcv T’ Nicholson returned Mon-
Mr. R. G. Marron left Monday for Mr. and Mrs. E. Fate visited Mr.afternoon from Iago,
a business visit to Houston. end Mrs. F. P. Vaughn and children I
The oficers here have been busy Sunday.
By the way. Jack Shockley has eon-1
us that lie could lay off
rows twenty-five yards
Mrs. (). .1. Walker visited Orange-,
R. G. Warren went to Bay dale Saturday.
City Wednesday to meet her fother Miss Lillian
who came from Louisiana. Mrs. War- Oraugi dale Saturday,
ten'a mother in on an indefinite visit
to Gainesmore.
Mrs. W. W. Patterson and snn
Clyde, and daughter, Opal, of Cedar|
Lane visited Mrs. M. Patterson Tues- Sunday school at Gainesmore Sunday
day. -------o—o-------
Tlie farmers are taking advantage <£••••••••<•••••••
of the good weather and are planting • •
their crops.
A. C.
O. C. Rupe house Tuesday.
Miss Ethel Tripp of Rugeley attend-
ed Sunday school here Sunday.
Mr. J. J. Shockley of Buckner’s
Prairie passed through here on a visit pe]|
to homefolks at Van Vleck. He was Thursday,
accompanied liyhie daughter. Florence.
Mrs. G. E. Ratliff of Cedar Lane at-
tended Sunday school here Sunday, attended the picture shows at. Bay City ■
Mr. John McMicken of Wharton is Friday evening, the trip being made i
A number of Collegeport men went
Palacios Saturday evening to at-
tend the .Masonic Lodge. 1
Easter set vices will lie hbld at the
El derated Church next Sunday morn-
ing at 10:30 and quite a number of
new members will join with the
church.
Dr Tenny. who is here from Ober-j
Misses Bettie Me- 'hi, Ohio, for the winter, addressed
London and Myrtle Darby and Messrs.
Mc-
Kelvy, all of Bay City, and Miss Mabel i
Hot chocolate.
|tliur is visiting at the home of her
uncle. John D. Bagby.
Despite the late spring strawber-
Kennemer moved into th< e o
»«••••••••••«»•••
W. M. Brown was at Magnet Wed-,
eesday on business.
Mr. Sam Kennedy and Mr. Horace'
were callers al the county seat .. _
i ’ll, having liven confined to her bed
Mr. and Mrs. I',. M Griffith ami son.
tanton. and Mr. and Mrs. H. II. Fell
•••••••••••••••«
The weather being favorable of late,
much work Is being done on the farms
tn our vicinity.
Dr. and .Mrs. Sellers who have spent
the winter with Dr. M. H. Fades, will
return to their home in Missouri tills
week.
T I.. Smith spent Sunday at Colum-
bia.
Rev. Bradford preached here Sunday
morning He thinks it advisable to
ills rnfflllnr !
| ant
pita and teachers enjoyed the luuclieog
together. For thia thoughtful and lor*
ing remembrance Miss Gove is Indebt*
e<( to her pupil. Alice and Myrj,
Burke Mary Culver, Ruth (>» ,t. Afi.
iui.k McNabb, Mollie Dolle YearoMUk
Myrtle /Ipprian, Zell* S.iudley, C-’Kilg
Duke Winnie WillianiH. Annie Ruth
Ellis, Tom Murdock, Will TiiornhllL
Henry Williams, W. B Serrill, Asg
Yeaunuis, Frank Phillips, Roy Tray*
I >r. Rudolpli Dias, Preston Williams,
Rosser Duffy, the visitors being taulss
Williams. Rita liiglelinrt, Penn Govs,
Stanley Rugeley, Main I Schindler.
Mice Murdock and the other teaehers.
A memorial servi. e ter Dr. G. C.
Rankin, eased editor >f the Chris-
i linn \dvocuto. and blind F.uiuie Ct’OS*
tn. deceased, the well known author
of mmu sacred writings which hsv*
lieen set to music and are used tt\
our churches today till over the lund,
was gotten up by tl o president of th*
Methodist Mtssiomiry Society and took
place at the home of Mrr J. M. Smith
Monday afternoon. The service was
very impressive and sad yet thone at-
tending were glad they had not stayed
away. The program was as given be-
low :
Song "My Savior First of All."
Readings: "The Early History of
r'aiinie J. Crosby," Mrs. Morgan Smith;
"Tlie Early History of Dr (1. C. Ran-
gin," Mrs. E. C. Baker.
Song. "Blessed AsHiirance.”
Readings: "Our Blind Singer,"
MIhh Reba Rugeley; "Dr. Rankin in
Middle Life," Mrs. W E. Bedford;
"Bisliop McCoy’s Memoir of Dr. Ran-
kin," Mrs. G. B. Culver.
Solo: '‘Christ is All to Me," Miss
Carrie Morrison.
Reading: 'Fannie J Crosby,*-
' unriiKirl. Mri Frank Rugeley.
Upon her return to Bay! 8oni< Vicuoia: "Safe Un the
City witli Mr. Baker, Mrs. W. E. Bed-
ford accompanied them.
A complete and lovely surprise sent I
Miss Calie Gove from her school room
riiursday afternoon while Professor
Bateman pretendedly heard '
pupils' lessons. When
sin found her pupils sitting quietly at
c was
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1915, newspaper, April 2, 1915; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346168/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.