The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1918 Page: 4 of 8
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As was pr> ii< ted through these col-
umns several days ago. the third li •
ertv loan far exceeded the minimum
asked for by Secretary McAdoo In
fact, the loan seem • to have been
oversubscribed by a round illion dol-
lars. Thus another message will go
to Germany about the in- nlfi-
cance" of the I nite ! State- in action,
■whether in men or money Well
might Hindenburg wish to «pe» 1 up
matters before tin* t nite 1 S' ■ (•■- -
busy, for although we have ■ ■»
for a year the greatest of a’l w odd
machines has not started g " ! It
is merely crunching along t’’e h
way to peace on low but when it
full under way its force and '< r
will be felt in the utmost corners of
the world.
to proc t
Ilesi lett t ■
language
add a sin
ntrengt
tial At ;
date are n
Mr. Hob
pro-Gerrini
y haven’t the rec-ords
! and we do n >t t itink
It belli; true, and I’
■-e ete.-nal Insults to-
who are fr ing in ay-
honorable way
and loyalty’’
that such
Vi 11 never
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r
The drout’c-stricken w st has at
last been blessed with copious rains
and will soon com® back into its own
Grass will spring up for its cattle
and the soil will respond to the farm-
er’s efforts Prosperity will come
once more to those regions, people
who have left will return and the
smile of hope will be manifest in all
parts of that good part of our State
As a «’ons"<4ueui:e. Texas will rank
firSt in the union In matters agricul-
tural this year.
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lave the faults of all
ey show themselves
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will make a
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directors
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1 absolutely astonished us one morning
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Premier Clemenceau says the sit-
in hand and that ho
report this week of the
uneil's proceedings. The
arkable people
e and fortitude
1 ave put the
breathing easy more times
since this world war began
cis. The.'
them at
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that they
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generously as y.
as much a ing for the aid -''ace.
he -.ip.'Tt Please Relieve that your R»1 Cross |
T.ie local fully a: recfut- s t valuable aid that
' u have given in the past and are
prepared to give in the future Yours
Geo. S. Fowler,
Executive Secretary.
Red Cr
..... courage, out I.
and retold that they ......
1- remarkable Tin
1 lie Americans are
wi ild t >
by nature and their, office, s <
desire to learn with an en-
and an idealistic ard
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Hon dollar
Wharton. T- . .-. May - -Wharton
| I- proudly flouting the liberty flag
from the court house The minimum
for this ■ aunty was f.a',into, the max-
imum lb 11.000, wh'c.i was oversitb-
SIOO.Oiio being the total of
I Wharton s subscripii<ui to the third
' liberty loan. W G Davis, county
Temps judge, was chairman.
themselves
belter or w hen
for an end This
quickly he learned
As for raver activity and dis-
A:s vi • I cipllne they are marvelous They
of attack The cannonade, suddenly
becoming furious, had just thrown me
out of m' bunk Xo doubt about it,
it was an attack. Taking time to
seize my revolver, put on nay helmet
two or! and gather up several documents 1
.. i descended to the streets. When I ar-
tiie Red rived there they were already filing
by with rapid, easy, decided steps,
marching in perfect order in silence
I with admirable resolution and. above
'all. with a striking discipline, to their
fighting positions It was fine You
'can have no idea how cheering it was
1 to my poll ns
Their artillery will be. and already
is, of the first order. The officers
are intelligent and filled with zeal,
and the greater part ot the service
functions without a hitch. Too much
praise can never be given their sani-
-wift, strong, com-
verita' le aod-send to
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nes- interests of each locality
If the campaign is to b entirely
1 u'cessful. however, it is m-ees.-ary
that the greatest possible am. tint of
■ ditorial matter concerning t! Red
'■ -s. both informative nd inspiri-
ti'mal. be run ■ Xmerican i' r< in
'■very town and city during the two
weeks prior to the driv
This matter is t!
:■ gainst which the mot
vertising and canvass!
. itself will have its grt
The American R ;
the co-opTati n
tiie nation's editors will
res >on«e. first because of the
r. -s of the cause itself, and
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CO/AEbTlC SC/EMC&
i-tC' iJUE A.' D OEMOM5TRATIOM ' ,
ting aside all
Natnrall thev
new troops '
too much and expose themselves
prudently, letting themselves be
rii-d away by their ardor, not knowing
| when to spare themselves or seek
idsk everything
experience will
ing which the public will
to for another hundred mi
contribution
Every means will e ta
I that week to Inspire an
. the public to give and give
1 to this great need. It is
1 matter of patriotism as I
of our army and navy
chapters in every community will
I -eek to canvass each individual There
the usual display and distrt- ver
! posters and information lit-
An advertising campaign for
newspapers has been pri .sred and
will be placed in ti.e bauds of all
Chapters for unde'’ ritin.- ■; t: • loe.J
■papers—yours includ'-l— ' ■ '.uxi-
■ A glowing ________
ie Xmerican | scribed,
Trench of-
u letter to a friend which was
I today in the I
>r as qu ted by an official dis-
units of one. two or
ar use it as an entire j
e able to u
t the top. which plain-
ly classifies it to your readers as per-
taining to their Red Cross
Probably you are already co-oper-
ating to the fullest extent
lo< al chapter in Red Cross
will need no special urging to
this further co-operation towards the !
cess of the war fund drive
matter of using the edi-
and also in such help I
as you can give your local underwrit-1
ing fc
own
it
w
aght
that
rent
t<
bit."
Will
to
untries
< n an i
1 paid
I tn ent
I matte
I ougbl;
■ before us an I that job will be settled
satisfactorily In the course of time
w 11 c
weaker
In passing allow us to observe that,
the Hog island and aircraft scandals ,
are not conducive to the improved
morale of the American people if
any are found guilty of graft, as it
now look® they will be, the best way
to stop it is to take 11 few of the “high-
ups" out and string 'am up The peo-
ple are willingly giving up their mon-
ey, but not for graft
he wai antt
ti.ne shall
<>! America
.r.. nov or
k or swim.
war work will lie speeded 1
Raker has all along been a
and we htlieve did not fully
the situation. He has seen with
own - os and naturally we mav
I poet better results from his depart-
'ihe entire country, for that
has in some way. become thor-
arousod We realize the job
with Go many
with a -oluto
Al'i’.is it only
tny years she
it matter not
th.n will eve;
a.mln until si.
loan hands 1
knows how m
h«-.\ the war
t rip
trouble in all
has been the slow-
we have been open-
tremendous
war
move bi- had t" unravel. Nearly a
I 'ear ago President Wilson asked con-
, gross to cut these thongs and give him
i unlimited p wer, and only within the 1
r en- '
| believe, however, that it is coming to'lnR , ,
j him at last and that from now on thq . art <)f |iregi,ilnff
war work will tie speeded up
Lloyd George, upon his return to
England from the battlefront, told
England to he of good cheer. Doughty
I old Lloyd George never joke« on such
matters nor puts his people on false
trails Words of this character com-
ing from him . r- worth much, not
only to England, out. to the world.
remark
id ' ou
■ ■■ these p ictuous American
lii'-rs a st'iv sb t. •• world." It Is sfm-
m iinr down rapidly to the p dnt
where the world war now in pfogr'' s
will ’■’>> the ('tilled sl?;.‘ war The
ji?b. - ■ well carried on up until now
by our alii s. will be Amerl. .. » t ■ ■’ n-
ish, hetv ■ the few-i-h anxiety ir. Gor-
Tnnm ' do something awful lo-.’-r.'
our millions of men and ’dllio.ns o.
money get into action
told now
Tak® The Tribune and help It help
the town.
The remarkable ginnery nf Amer-
ican artillerists is worrying the Huns
no little. Just wait until some ot
I them get up close enough with those
automat ■ Colts, the fur will fly right
j then The Hun »otis-a-guns haven’t
[the slightest Ilea what real worry is
yet
Secretary of War Baker, in asking
for a huge appropriation for war pur-
1 poses, stated to the committee b
whom l.e appeared that his
France opened his eyes to
before us The entire
I the Vni'ed Stat
' ne«a with wiild
i ing our eyes, and the
; amount of red tape that every
had t
We are peaceable to a fault, ten-
der-hearted. charitable and very very
uttwarlike in everything we do. but
we crave the privilege of sitting on
the jury that would try those graft-
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■ last few bays has received any pn'. department if hemp didn t get a
couragement as to whether 01 not *1‘* ■ j.^mplete and first-class stretching at.
I would get what he bad asked for. we|the (,n(1 flf th(l trlaI we would be will-
ing to cease for evermore the gentle
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"r of this great religious daily
pacifist l
realize 1
his'
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not a
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all
ung
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there.
eviueti es
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while
un-
to
are
will
suit
what the
what
emvrg-
t<> do in th
ts y
k«‘f*p
it
will
come
a i o w ill not
held
with
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to
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the
til
er
entirely
Dot
editor
the
worl
to
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a n 1
Let us all
ant,
not
now
w
llleali
that th1
1 ■■
to
t ie
,ip ot with
■ I
durin;
urn me
. tli<
all one can
of t
this
; cliautauqua
thost >f
ible fit the pl
institute a ri
pre-
for.
up the
just returne
who had
of geting
"ill
ret ord
ords a
rattling .1
dis, ■ rd
serious
gland
1 a like
them out
rmitns 0
0 hi- di
u n-Gcrman
the r inks
Ja>t iii'
third li
to take Mex-
t gentleman
if he found
children"
now that
ilitics
ordinary
will de
1 imrelfabl
r ‘-pon . ,
the war',
must
r thing
w ll along
ves to credit for being
truthful in politics, be-
1s doing n"
expects all
generous. 1 ut his jud
particular instance, i
onable and distinctly
more, no less, than
other men to do
dese
and truthful in
■f the fact that h
loan has
our own count,
the top. let us take
iur town and coun-
1 nls taper ha *-til
run nt In the ■
■■ ng the period < f 11
so we a
go along Pre
it and it is hi;
and
n's sug-
there to
om a desire to be
n.inner ’ In this way
t the en-
-vent'ially
r the rda-
would be
*ct. if not
\Ve a to not saving tiiat
who will vote for Jim i'ergu
State democratic primaries
German, but we are sure that he wll
get every pro-G< rmaii tote in tin
State. Others who may
minded as to vote for hi
they are training in mi;
puny. Ganado Sun,
Let’11 lie fair ns we
Cent Wil - n
ly neces
elily
cut out
German '
It so let
bin duty
It I- I
an I not' '
unfair- !
>11 and 1 and
ought to do
to do to win tim
■n in th
is t
to
Of
to us by the pre-
States. the meniii
•and heads of the
<onferene. - 1 e, . ntly
field und platform
here in Wasiilngtuii. 1
BiOIl of the Radi liffe
the year 1!'M
for ev, rv
you know
ing for?
Do you know
be if they win
Do you know
ment ex
ency?
Do you know what ;
every other Ameriean
and w hat we ve
v ar?
Io answer your questions, to bring
ju, right where you live, the story
us it has been told
uent of the I nite 1
trs of his
-1 on tic
know that the end will be
it to n close with United States
an1! men This being t ie ' as.
should this country begin this
t i shoulder burdens that ought
botne equally , to say the least
mitor Ken'on’s heart ma' lie big
longalion of
’ mud ti
p ish on
that thi third libert
inscribed with
safely over
battle for
ricultural and in lustrial
have ever had. 1
"'i’is < miing end
if. hen
bun p tint
to do thes
placed in ;
and utterly nea
meh a proposal
und charitable spirit it
■less a poor move from a u
inipo.nt. To say the least, it
is entirely too early lb be rushing
neadlong into u proposition which is
•o stupendous and far-reaching for
the war is not over We wl'l have to
lend France more, much more mon-
ey. and what is the use in cancelling
any part of an. obligations at tills
stage of the game ’ To do so will add
additional burdens to the taxpayers
of the ( nited States and these bur-
dens will be great enough before the
war is over Should the senate
take Senator Keny
bat is
need- no practice, for it -
man’s natural inheritance
is nut a license for men t<
and -teal On the contra
lie an incentive for honesi
, and square dealing for 1
with the public
e~ty deals only
House
honest
sac rif
If they fail ' over ther ." demo. r.< y
will, le wiped out over here.
It is the sole bu.-llie-- of tae h .0-
dred millions of men. women and ■ hil-
dren over uer. to wors !■■- ■ ' er » ■
the boys “over there" cannot fail
Do you know what they are tight-
A gentleman who has
from Washington and who had an
excellent opportunity of geting in
close touch with many of the official
family, --at-cl to the, w riter yesterday
that Mexico is causing the gravest
apprehension of any publie question
and that official Washington consid
era the situation there with the deep-
est concern This paper lias been
telling its readers for five ■■ irs that
our next serious trouble
from that direction and y
a gentleman in Bay City
read The Tribune be< am
wanted the fnite I State;
iro. We wonder if th
would kill a rattlesank
it in his yard menacing his
Wo would like to tell him
he had better bezin to read some-
thing, for he is going tn need some
sort of information, if he llv
years longer
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1918, newspaper, May 10, 1918; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346312/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.