The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1924 Page: 1 of 10
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Tribune
Taft, San Patricio County, Texas, Thursday, January, 311924
Arumbet 39
DEATH OF MBS. E. C. HOI K OF THE TOM THUMB WEDDING.
1NGLE8IDE, | ---
--- | The Tom Thumb wedding given In That the poultry end of the big ex-
Mr*. K. Houk passed away at her Auditorium, Tuesday night, Jan- position to lie staged in Corpus C‘*ri«-
ftonie near Ingleshh- on January 25, 11,1 r-v proved n v**rv 'lever enter- f| the first week in March will be one
11124 auer n short Illness. Diveaaeil talnment anil the little people perform- ,,f the chief attractions was 'indicated
was liorn in Washington County, In- letter "t ®Mer Monday afternoon when » 8jieri.it 1 mm.
(liana. November 2nd, 1*40. she joined l-eopb- when taking reai par's in wed-! niirtee met to discuss |>- ul!t*y mutters
with Ihc Methodist ehlireli while unite OlMJWt- and to arrange for the big exhibit* u.
young ami has II, eil a eon 'intent The ciitertHinmeut was given under ine-ttvl to in-here on uie dart specified.
Christian life t»ver since The fivieriil the aiispiies of the Fit rent-Teat-Iters' j The couiuiinee lets decided ujsm ail
was In Id a' Ingliihte and wu* attended Association and the ii/M-ral applause mvi-sary matters affoeliog (snijlrv
by many !.v*,|*J,. a great many of liieui I'rotn the well tilled house gave assur- *bov. awards to be made, rules to gay.
bell,,; her r.-'i-ghbor* att I old nstwolnl- , atac tlmt all were appreciative of the ern the show mai entrants and act-rpi-
es from liigieseie and Ai ;;>a* I’ass. efforts juit forth by all those who had ed tbree silver loving - i;;,.s to lie given
which showed a hi,ally feeling loaaid anytliing to do with and In the train as awards at the show. The contests
her. . mg of fiie litMe children who carried ure to I. - open for oil rarities of jioul-
Mi's. Honk was the in»ihrr In-Iuw o[ out me parts well. try without restriction.
Mis. Mail Houk ,,f laft, and is sitr- James Edward Weber, serving os of- One of these mips is donated ! . tilt}
ilieil b, on** : t**r, e,is. Sibilgltrt of fieiai usher. escorting guests bv site i Nueces Hardware t'loupiuiy, one is
hians. < olrndn. who was present at glcs and pairs fiauii the of ibe An- j donated by lie- Simon Hank of Com-
tlm funeral. dltorium to the. stage, n.-vvi falter*-*! lii-i-i-e anil tin- third l» lielk-vnl to t*e
Many people in this vicinity will n hi his regular step and never once n do..mini, from tin, Tuft Ualieh Inter-
giet tin- passing *.f .Mrs. i,. < . liouk. during tin- time rciptircd I*, pci-form i-ls. Tin Nueces Hitr-dm re •■up is to
his part did 1**- smile, hut -flowed as |*** awarded for tin- In--? male bird o',
much dignify as ■* church di-a-on at : any variety t*j by shown at tie- fail,
a funeral. the st;,f..n * np is jo go f**r the i*esr |tei?
Iiiin in-vis as rI*<• hrlde and Kr* *! and tin Taft cup is to tie awarded tint
Jones as tin- groom went through eniranf win* sln-ws tin- last display,
their parts with equal composure, In addition to the cups there will bo
Just as it' it wi re an ordeal they wer- numerous cash awards,
familiar with. There were numerous i !.. M. Hulbert was made secretary of
songs by the little fieople whteli added the poultry exhibit committee, ami the
nidi It to tin- sitd-essof ttu- •-nterttilu- rules and ri g-tbili*. *s -vlded upon
uetd. s ;to«- is muter tn-eimratlon anil almost
Poultry Show In CarjM* Cbrhrti
METHODISTS TO OCCUPY NEW
BUILDING MARCH 2ND.
With tie- completion of tin roof anil
the sillllig of the new Sunday School
building the Methodist congregation
is assured of being able to occupy the
house by the first Holiday in Marih.
The workmen enn now Is- employed in
»l! kinds of weather. Only two days
of work have been lost due to the
w*n '.or since tiie work was begun.
It b-i hoped that in Muni) 2nd the
Sunday School will Is- In Its new ipiart-
i is. There will t*. room lot llux'l’rl-
uiat-.v and Beginner classes, this be-
ing tiie back whig of Ihc bouse. Also
rooms tire being arranged for three oth
er classes of- the school.
The seats and furnishing? for the
building have hi-en ordered and are -*r
jso lid to Is- Installed b.v the lime the
house Is ready. The entire cost of tie-
building and equipment is oxpe-ted
to be afiout .S 1.500. Nea.-ly nil d th-sj
has been *-oIlect*-*i or pledged by the :
Methodists anil their friends of Taft,
o that it is hoped that lei indebted-
ness will rest upon tin- finished house.
This is the first of tt group of three |
buildings which the Methodists plan to !
have upon this site. The church prop- (
er will be built at a latter time upon
fbe corner, lot. It is bo]s-d that a par-
sonage will Is- Imilt this Fall upon the
inside lot. When tie- church I.-, bt-.il:
the present house will continue In lie
used ua a parish house and Sunday
School building.
t February will *«• a
Rrns frttlr grower* In
piling Bee, Jim Wells,
'Kail I’atrk-io stir! Aran-
ffcere will Is* a Uirger
j§tifj year than ever lie-
jM for citrus stock wax
Nr,that H. M. Madison,
9M icnolgrnilnii agent
Hnlo & Aransas Pass
KVrui weeks in Florida
Mt tor stock ^hnf is
He for Southwest T v-
ireliased his stock for
.Hxperiment Farm that
tapimy Inis estrihllshed
iiii.-
ESph eimttiii lid for :i,ikk)
■p>r growers lis-tilisl at
W; raili-oad. Tht- varities
Hi'the Hatsumu. Parson
BwVed Parson Itrmvn (al-
jppl Pitts- apple,. Surprise
M .Valencia, and Marsh
iifofniil. These will in- oil
WL ntia-k. as s, u,- orange
p unobtainable in Florida,
list the rough lemon stock
tter riwJ system and grows
d the sour .orange stock in
BifXnti. but some prefer the
« atCM-k on m-eount of a
ie* flavor of its fruit.
Ik:to the orange and grape-
jtfteccK of sef-etai vurifles
pal fruits, sueh ns the pa-
Mm-i or tillgator penis and
fW purchased for the ex-
150V SCOUTS ORGANIZE.
were
When, .von. want firsc-elnss printing,
neatly done try the Tribune.
r to eommaml. it is legally helpless.
The eyes of th - world, however, will
be on these “unofficial" men in Berlin.
Never before Inis an Industrial i-lvi-1
lb..'!linn eoilupsni ns 1ms Cunt in (icr-
ntu
dis-
ftce on cixjK*rt citriio fruit
ha# haul many y«*nr* of
Tlofidfj Inis Iwen employ
af<*tnl»‘nl of tin* KoikpvU
T ; urn Ii pi Jitit.s Inis m nit* n.
mail fa*!uvj f \v,*r]<l
anil u• ii'i*i jM'tnv. If tlo-sc plain <'V*Ty-
<l;iy me*n who imvo Ik-Ijioo
iiijiii-jw'- ui’i*at iridnst rial nmi^rtakirn^,
•an »»volu a plan tor .*tal»iUzinj; tli1
i J^nnau ffruimiai ami industrial situa-j
j ion. (n on though lindr acts arc* ltimffi-1
•ial, i*owi*r.« will not >Un“ frifle* with}
the* situation,
fic*!ii-ra| Ihiwiss is familiar to Ku-1
mp«* as well ns to Anmrion. II»* i> [
shown on the* other .side of the* AtWUi-
fi«* as (general Agent of tie* American j
M\jw*hd;'iHUmry Pen •. as a uieni(n*r of |
flic Allied IMiiehasitl^ Hoard am! as a j
nieinlHT of the Liipiilafion com !
mission of file Allies. Here I
iit America we know and love him
>evf for hi* work as dir a tor of the !
Federal Hud^ot System. Ir was* he j
’f w'xf the sl'*i*jan^ department* |
• :r 11\ drean.u and with a
'••a,' i, that \v«- - souietinies as vouch ;*>
: was ; triotir. drove home* tin* m-w! i
-u red-l'-lag e\peu:-«-s. j
When (leucrai I>awes is ahrupt or j
‘jinpiintie. or e\on erie>- “Hell and!
Maria/* it is only heenu;** ;>S Ins ef>-
| r!msia>ni f«: tie* work in*fore him. if
| he can fc‘*f with *i>: (Vords what the or*
diuary diploma* would seek with sts
liundred. why slftmld not Euro|s*. ,
which needs heijdnjr in a hurry wel-
come his meihorl V
Owen D. Vmtu^ Is, not so well known
as (Jeneraj Dawes. II * is however, a J
typical American who started life in a *
small, town In Xew York in 1*74. Uke 1
many other Americans he left the <
farm where he was born and, regard* |
less of financial difficulty, wi uriii an i
education and was ^raduatiNl as a law- i
yet. He worked hi# way to his pre- 4
sent ijosition, chairman of tiie Uuird of ]
the Oiieral Electric (Company, which J
duly ho aSKUitU-Hi in 1922 upon the ?v-U
tireimmt of ('has. A. Coffin, former M
chairman. J
^Mr. Vouhk is also ac tively «<
Uiaay philanriiropic*. ecoitouiic and eda 1
catiotmi undertakings. He was a mem- ^
ln*r of President’s Wilson's second In- i
dust rial ('(inference hoard, chairman »»f t
Secretary Hoov<*r s cc»mmltfcM* on husi- ]
circles and unemployment and
mftWfM; K1 SHED IN
■MteT COt’XTKY
K«nd Man Patricio c ounties.
Prgc.wf c'oiton prodnc inir i^»c-
9piaia. fhc fanners ar»* plow*
iSfal duy in an effort to j*et
for tiie earliest |sis-
llwrimi the past week
Kilomi most of the nights
w‘«Te»i when the days were.
mitny fm me the trac tors
|ad work during tiie twenty -
f./3 Ojl the whole. Southwest
idit* than a month tiehind in
and plaiditiK will he late, j
Hm the long cold wiuf *r hits,
p'ilia nut {red the hHwrmitiujr |
l| If all of-our farmers had |
l^vlcc of tiie agricultural
ph ued fitch* hind
the ccdton was pnth-
Pfwani hove d'ecimated th*
ffe hcdl il and luni soi«»*
jBjttfl: done in linn as well.
jj^rdcKmlilies early fail ruirs
a*!*.
Wnen you w.'iJif first-ciass printing
neatly done ri*y the Tribune.
Suhsrriht* for the Triluiue Now,
In making your New
Year's plan, remember
we want your business.
Taft I f’ug Store
M'lii'ii yim ivtinl first t-biss printing, j
nutitly iloitc fry tin- Tribune. ] V
.»VS. „ rO.KK, 1‘r.tprietor
1 COTTON MONEY IS
DIVIDED
& States Di-pun tin-til nf
•cenriliug to the Assoi-iitl-
| BM'io tin I tt vest i gilt ion to
|l Holliir of mine iff cotton
We Have Received This Week
A CAR OF THE NEW
art ftbosv? that tin- ftirmct
eer.ts of etu-h ilolliti- for
0 cotton, und the riillroml
nue anil u ipiarter ci-i.-ts
^dollar for hauling the i-ut-
J>P fields to lilt* New Kng-
ADnt of hi* share the fiirni-
t thv gitmiug, and out of
t^^be railroads pu.v for the
K The muniiiK of the eot
B TO ftfi cents is divided be-
Kn ami t-ommlssiiiti merch-
And the J. I. Case Cell Drop Planters. See this imp]
ment before you buy. Come in and let us show you
irers.
i DOWN TO BUSINESS
(MW after the end of tin
JfyWe are witnessing u eonill-
wKatioiiii! affairs more «n-
tb« day the Armistice
B^lMpkimata from till na-
IMld full sway daring this
IfMhttir ib'ht efforts seem to
'£»mplicated matters, imset-
pt)' conditions til over Kn-
Cpl'Atk-Mploytnent and star-
SiiitsofiH io many countries
armught several nations to
war. What a state of af-
Wted to the hojie of huuuin-
rid peace when the last gun
£19X8.
%ittheiK>-.! mi a rocky mast
£ a movement started that
% lead hsiodriNis of millions
' jecple along a tmth that is
jpstletil and by very weight
Pinion that will lank it,
WK a politicians and so-col I-
|p» to rmsign'se the ner-ee-
BKmsge of finally establish.
H oondltieus.
■ Eertarations Commlsskni
start by Investigating
■HKea. Tite member* tfeo-
■K the United ss***«a on
Sw ,K» ‘J- D«ww
ness
has always Is-i-n a great advocate of
arhltratiori its distiiigiiishisl from liti-
gatloti. Iti addition, he is actively i■ou-
nce ted with numerous Industrial en-
terprises.
Those wiio kfimv Mr. Young have
likemsl him to Abraham l.iii-oln in his
kindliness toward others and under-
standing of their problems. A* the
father of five children, he fully real-
ize* the twssls of the wage earner in
Europe.
With two such typical Ante -leans on
the i-oniinlttee of experts, men, whose
heads cannot be turned by the tinsel
of European officialdom, men who un-
derstand the business of government
and tbs problems of industry and em-
ployment, men who have made a suc-
cess in their own country and whose
greatest ambition is aosr to help solve
these world problems, it is going to
be hard to hide anything In this Euro-
pean tangle from the keen vision of
fbeae gentlemen. The good wishes of
ifetr country win. ft with tb«av--im>
mwuial Weave KKronit-
ne nome 1 own.
low for $800. A
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Clark, W. S. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1924, newspaper, January 31, 1924; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth712076/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.