Texas City Times (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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THE TEXAS CITY TIMES
THE TEXAS CITY TIMES
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W.F. BOOKMAN, Editor and Proprietor
Galveston Hardware Co.
Terms of Subscription: $1.50 Per Year, in Advance.
2222-28 Strand.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1911
Governor Colquitt is in no wise to
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Belting, Packing, Wire, Nails and
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Texas City
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GALVESTON ONLY
BY US.
AS WE ADJUST THEM
THEY ARE PERFECT.
he will control the National Conven-
tion next year.
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nor Colquitt’s veto, but failed to
cure the necessary two-thirds i
jority.
If you can’t coveniently come to our store, drop us a postal
and our Mr. Bell will call on you with samples.
Shop on Third Avenue North, Near
Sixth St.
“Headquarters for EVERYTHING
OPTICAL.’’
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Advertising rates made known on ap-
plication.
Entered at the postoffice at Texas City,
Texas, as second-class matter.
We are prepared to rent our customers for
safe keeping of their papers and other valuables
safety deposit boxes at small cost per year to
which no one but you carry the key.
Popular interest in road building
has reached the acute stage in Tex-
as and all sections of the state are
vieing with each other in the mat-
ter of building good roads.
We are Exclusive Opticians, Devot-
ing our Entire Time to Your Better
EYESIGHT.
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H. B. MOORE, Vice Pree. and Mgr.
Texae City, Tex.
R. E. TIPTON Gen’IFrt. Agt.
Texas City, Tex.
SPRING HOUSE FURNISHINGS SPECIALS.
Japanese Matting Rugs, Large Selection of New Paterns.
Size 9x12 feet, $5 value each $3.45
Size 3x6 feet, 65c value, each 45c
65c value heavy Cork and Linseed Oil Linoleums all new
word at drug store.
E. J. HA YES
Texas City, Texas
Exclusive Agent for Texas City.
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J. H. W. Steele, New Orleans
A. S. Gimble, Texas City
A. E. Hegewisch, Vera Cruz
E. H. Decelles, Tampico ,
C. W. Reed, Puerto Mexico
R. M. Boulet, Com. Agt.
Mexico City
H.J.Falkenbach Gen. agt Chicago
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We are now located in our comodi-
ous banking room in the new office
building, where we are prepared to
render our customers and friends
the best of service.
We have the ability and willing-
ness to continue taking care of our
customers’ and friends’ interests
better than ever before.
We offer you absolute protection,
protect our records with fire proof
vault, and all funds with burglary
proof safe in vault, and insurance.
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5 acre Tracts $10 Cash, $10
per month. No interest, no
taxes. Drop card or leave
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Wholesalers and Jobbers of Light and Heavy
HARDWARE
The University tax bill has passed
authorizing a levy of 4 cents which
shall be divided between the Univer-
sity and the A. & M. College, the
former getting 2:45 and the latter
the remainder. This levy will raise
approximately $800,000 per annum.
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TRUST BL0G. G. H. : Mgr,
The Only Exclusive Opticians in
Galveston.
Ground Floor, Trust Bldg.
terns, a yard 49c.
NEW JAPANESE MATTINGS JUST ARRIVED.
The Best Quality and the Prettiest Patterns we ever saw, Spec-
ially Priced 20c, 25c, 30c.
WINDOW SHADES TO ORDER TO FIT ANY WINDOW.
Shade Specials
Twelve Different Colors Complete with fixtures—Size 36x6 ft.
each 25c. Size 36x7 ft. 35c.
President Taft has called an ex-
tra session of Congress to enact leg-
islation to put into operation the
Canadian reciprocity agreement. On
this question the Times believes the
President’s views should be carried
out by Congress, and it is a ques-
tion on which Senator Bailey has
unquestionably taken the wrong
side.
wide rain and the prospects for a
bumper crop in 1911 look bright.
condition from his predecessor, who, I
for the sake of getting glory to him-
self and embarrassing his successor,
reduced the tax rate far below the
point at which it can be maitained.
This alone, if there were nothing
else would be sufficient to show tha
Thomas Mitchell Cambell is not only
a demagogue but a miserable bung-
ler.—Bryan Eagle.
The report of the Department of
Commerce and Labor on cotton seed
crushed and crude products manu-
factured for 1909 places Texas at
the head of the list in value of pro-
ducts with 23 per cent, of the out-
put of the United States to its credit
The value of our cotton seed pro-
ducts was estimated at $25,034,000.
From our cotton seed we have man-
ufactured 33,497,900 gallons of oil;
395,800 tons of meal and cakes; 342
000 tons of hulls and 46,994,500 lbs
of lintens.
Statistics on exports show that 29
per cent, of our cotton seed oil is
exported, Great Britain and Germa-
ny being our principal buyers. The
by-products of cotton are fast becom
ing a formidable industry and are
rapidly gaining in popularity among
consumers throughout the civilized
world.
Shur-On glasses
The factory takes the products of
the farms and the mines and by
changing either their form or ap-
pearance adds value to the article,
the factory therefore, increases
blame for the financial tangle which Heath Realty and Fire Insurance
makes painfully close economy neces Company, General Office building.
sary. He inherited this unfortunate _______________________
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wealth. Build factories and
value to our property.
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The public schools of Texas are
on a higher plane of efficiency and
are enjoying an era of greater pros-
perity than ever before in their his-
tory. The extension and improve-
ment of our rural schools during the
past few years is an important step
made by our educational system and
reflects great credit on the people
of this state.
The scholastic population of the
state on Aug. 31, 1908 was 893,441
and for the scholastic year ending
Aug. 31, 1910 was 949,006 making
an increase of 55,565, during the
past two pears. The spirit of co-
operation among all educational for-
ces of Texas has created an educa-
tional atmosphere which has tended
to give strength and impetus to the
movement for better schools and for
the highest type of citizenship.
HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY
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Texas is exporting more products
each year to foreign states and coun-
tries and is gradually enlarging and
extending her trade territory in all
directions. Last week several car
loads of shelled peanuts were ship-
ped from Texas to Honolulu, to be
used in a candy manufacturing plant
in the Hawaiian capital. Texas pro-
ducts are largely in demand in oth-
er states and countries and com-
mand the highest market price on
account of their excellent quality.
There is yet 137,165,000 acres of
idle farm land in Texas that has nev
er been cultivated and if this land
was brought under cultivation, Tex-
as would easily lead in the list or
agricultural producing states.
The soldiers have arrived at Gal-
veston and the two scout crusiers,
Chester and Salem, are in the harbo
Extensive military maneuvers are
scheduled to take place in this sec-
tion and the troops will probably be
here for several months. President
Taft states that the object of send-
ing troops to the border is to stop
the smuggling of arms and ammuni-
tion into Mexico. The revolution-
ary movement in our sister Republic
amounts to nothing further than to
keep conditions very unsettled, es-
pecially in the northern part of Mex-
ico, where the rights of many Amer-
icans are not respected, and their
lives placed in jeopardy. The ac-
tion of our government in maintain-
ing a strong patrol of troops along
the border will doubtless speedily
put an end to the lawless depreda-
tions of the so-called revolutionists.
Mexican - American
Steamship Service
Regular sailings from New Orleans and Texas City every
ten days for Tampico, Vera Cruz and Puerto Mexico
(Coatzacoalcos), Mexico. Through rates and through
bills of lading issued to all points in the Republic of Mex-
ico and to Central and South America via the Tehuan-
tepec National Railway and Pacifiie Ocean Steamship lines.
Further Information Apply to Our Agents:.
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Good roads are winning a perma-
nent place in popularity with the
farmers and no community is consid
ered progressive that has not im-
proved its public highways. Build
good roads and place your communi-
ty in the progressive class.
Company
BLACKSMITHING AND GEN-
The resignation of Senator Bailey
of Texas last Friday created a great
sensation over the entire United
States, and the prominence of the
Senator was proven by the thous-
ands of telegrams that poured in
upon him, begging him to withdraw
his resignation. Senator Bailey felt
very much agrieved on account of
his Democratic colleagues in the sen-
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Prof. Green, head of the Experi-
mental Station at Brownsville, has
made the discovery that Texas
soil is adapted to the growth of Ja-
maica Ginger, and that Texas is a
more suitable place for the cultiva-
tion of this plant than Southern Chi-
na, where the greater part of the
world’s supply of this product is
I grown. It is maintained that five
I acres of land devoted to the rais-
ing of Jamaica Ginger will produce
a greater return than fifty acres of
any other crop known.
Texas has four hundred miles of
Gulf Coast, 2,000 miles of inland
waterways susceptible to navigation.
Her ports rank among the first in
the South, .and a large per cent, of
the commerce of the South is car-
ried through the Texas ports. Ac-
cording to statistics compiled by the
Manufacturers Record, exports pas-
sing through Texas ports in 1910
amounted to $216,744,870, an in-
crease of $196,370,271 during the
past two decades; imports through
Texas ports amounted in 1910 to
$15,456,709, which is an increase of
$13,080,016 during the past two de-
cades. With the wonderful develop-
ments now going on throughout the
state and the Southwest generally,
coupled with the great increase in
shipping which the opening of the
Panama canal will develop, another
decade will show that Texas ports
lead the world.
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The House of Representatives
made the attempt yesterday to pass
the daylight saloon bill over Gover-
Texas has 122,000 births annually
which is a birth every four minutes,
according to the Texas Commercial
Secretarys’ Association, which keeps
close tap on the work of the stork
in the state. This is a splendid rec-
ord but even at this rate it will take
the stork sixty-five years to double
our population. The stork is a val-
uable bird but entirely too slow for
empire building. We need people
from other states and countries.
The Government census report on ate having voted for the admission
cotton ginned places the 1910 crop of a new state into the Union, whose
for the United States at 11,254,- constitution provided for a system
115 bales against 9,787,592 bales for of government embracing the popu-1
1909, making an increase in produc- ' listic, socialistic and wholly obnoxi-
tion of 1,466,523 bales over last ous initiative, referendum and re-
year. Of the 1910 production we call. This action of Senator Bailey
show 534,650 bales. When we en- will result in him becoming the lead
ter the realm of King Cotton Texas er of the conservative element of the
is a power that must be reconed Democratic party and the most in-
with. We have just had a state- fluential newspapers concede
The house killed the bill ex-
empting cotton factories from state
tax for a period of years after a li-
vely debate in which all agreed that
Texas needs factories. The discus-
sion was interesting and strong ar-
guments for and against state aid
in industrial enterprises where set
forth.
SPRING SUITS.
We fully appreciate all the Cloth-
ing requirements of men and young
men. We’ve had 37 years experi-
ence in clothing men and WE know
how. Our Spring Suits are attract-
ing the attention of smart dressers
and we are always pleased to show
the new style features. Come in
and try on some of these suits and
get an idea of what the new styles
are—You will be under no obliga-
tions to buy—If you are looking for
a suit that is “different” and “clas-
sy” you’ll find it here.
Prices $10.00 to $37.50.
‘Just a Call—that’s all.’
We Cater Strictly to
DEALERS
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Bookman, W. F. Texas City Times (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1911, newspaper, March 10, 1911; Texas City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1577176/m1/4/?q=Rio+Grande+Valley: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.