The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, October 31, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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E. B. St. Clair for Insurance.
Home of Quality and Purity—Candy Kitchen.
The Teague Chronicle.
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TEAGUE, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXANS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1919.
Vol. 14, No, 13.
IMPAIGN FOR SLOW
MARKETING COTTON
ganization confidently believes
that with the signing of the
treaty of peace that cotton will
attain a higher price than is
being paid at this time.
POWER TROUBLES
MAY BE OVER
West Texas Chamber of Vom-
| me i ce Seeks to (Jet Better
Price for Staple.
iStiirnford, Texas, Oct. 25.-
VVest Texas Chamber of
mmerce today issued the foi-
ling statement:
[•‘Commissioner Davis of the
ate Department of Agricul-
jre has sent cotton specialists
[the department to West Tex-
to organize a campaign to
omote slow selling of cottori
I West Texas. Mr. Davis and
Inuinber of his agents will ar-
" 'oon-10 “!> “™- (ieoffraphy, Plane <;eo
,n and will have the CO..pSJ4ol<)gy Bookkeepin(!.
Special Teachers’ Examination.
An examination for ’State
and County certificates will be
held in the County Superin-
tendent’s office op Friday and
Saturday, Nov. tth and 8th.
All*-persons desiring to take
this examination should be
present at 9 o’clock Friday a.
m.
Schedule of Subjects: Fri-
day forenoon—Physical , Geo-
graphy, Physiology, Composi-
tion, Arithmetic, Literature,
Solid Geometry.
Friday afternoon: Texas His-
tory, Grammar, , Descriptive
Geography, Plane Geometry,
Big Engine Now Running and
Small One to Start by Last
of the Week.
eration of this organization.
Radically all of the cotton in
est Texas is white and un-
billed from the fact there has
en no insect pests in this sec-
fin. as there has been in other
rtions of the State, and yet
(ton of this high class is sel-
at 2c to 3c lower than in
[her sections. These things
ling true the West Texas
pm her of Commerce feels
pitilied in advising farmers in
est Texas to take off the
iiket such cotton as they
tn hold and to sell as slowly
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(ping with the value of the
Itton are obtained. The or-
Saturday forenoon: Spelling,
Writing, Methods and Manage-
ment, Civics, Reading Chemis-
try,' History of Education.
Saturday afternoon: United
States History, General His-
tory, Agriculture, Algebra,
Physics, Plane Trigonometry.
E. J. Hood,
„ County Supt.
For Sale or Rent : 166 acres
of land two miles from Cotton
Gin on pike road to Mexia; two
houses, barn and plenty of
water. See Mrs. F. G. Trayn-
hdm at Cotton Gin. 13
WHAT IS A BANK?
A Bank is much more than
merely a safe place for peeping
funds, for handling checks, for
collecting drafts, etc.
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A Bank should be regarded
as the intimate helper, advisor
and friend of the customer;
ever ready to co-operate in every
proper way, to extend necessary
accommodation as required, and
to protect his interest in every
way that lies within its power.
This is the kind *of service
that we endeavor to render; and
we invite you to mak£ your con-
nection with us with such ser-
vice in view.
First State Bank
TEAGUE,
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OFFICERS
Thompson, President
J. D. Maupin, Vice President
R. M. Thompson, Active V-Prea.
IfA* J. McKinney, Cashier
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DIRECTORS
J. A. Thompson
A. J. McKinney
R. M. Thompson
M. A. Webb
R. W. Smith
J, D. Maupin
With the proper management
of the machinery of the Tel-
luride Power Company the
city of Teague should have no
cKuse to worry about power for
months and maybe years to
come.1 The big engine and gen-
erator was? started up Tuesday
afternoon and has been run-
ning ever since. This engine
and generator have the capac-
ity to propel the c^v light
load and the city pump station
load both at the same time. Mr.
3r. M. Murray, the Fairbanks-
Morse erector, left yesterday
for Dallas, after remaining
with the engine for three days
completing minor adjustments
and seeing to it that the en-
gine was running good.
Mr. Benton, who is wiring
the new coils into the other
generator; will complete his
work the last of the week and
the two engines will be rim al-
ternately; the large one pulling
the load h«m 12 to 12 p. m.
and the smaller one from. 12 to
12 a. m. By this plan the big
engine will pull the load dur
ing the heavy, or what is term-
ed the peak load, from about
7 to 9 p. m.
John Cass, a steeple jack
from Houston began yesterday
morning painting the smoke
stack for the steam engine.
This plant will be placed in
first-class condition in order to
be ready for an emergency.
With this equipment Teague
should have as good lights and
power as any town its size, if
not better.
The big engine began Wed-
nesday morning at 5 o’clock
pulling the compressor at the
city pump station as well as
pulling the big pugtps so The
water in the city mains now is
coming out of the deep wells
at the plant, and complaints of
muddy and impure water are
over.
School Case. ”
The case ;of the Teague In-
dependent School District vs.
First State Bank et al was de-
cided Tuesay ‘and the verdict
from the jury’s decision was
that the bank and the bonds-
men of the Brazos Valley In-
vestment Co. are released and
the Brazos Valley 'Investment
Co. and its Federal Receiver
are bound for the school funds.
It was a difficult matter to ob-
tain just what the verdict was,
as nobody knew. The above
seems to he the general opin-
ion in Teague.
COTTON AT HIGHEST J
MARK SINCE THE ’60S
Demand in Dallas Is Active
and 16,476 Bales Sold Here
Wednesday.
for justice
Died in Dallas.
Mrs. Frank Yerby died in a
sanitarium in Dallas/Tuesday
at 9:30 p. m. wfrfeTe an opera-
tion was performed on Oct. 20.
The remains werk shipped to
Teague Wednesday and inter-
ment was in Hopewell cemetery
yesterday afternoon. She is
survived by her husband and
five children, two of whom are
married and live at Keechi and
and the other three with their
parents. Mr. Yertjy bought the
G. F. Stilwell place west of the
railroad when he moved to
Teague two years ago from
Oak wood.
Mrs. Yerby had been a mem-
ber of the Primitive Baptist
church for the past 20 or more
years. Her death is mourned
by the many friends of the
family in this section.
Census* Enumerators Wanted.
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Eighteen^ census enumerators
are wanted to take the census
of Freestone county. The work
will be distributed as follows:
2 enumerators for' justice
precinct No. 1.
2- enumerators for justice
precinct No. 2. %
2 enumerators for justice
precinct No. 3.
1 enumerator for justice
precinct No. 4.
3 enumerators for justice
precinct No. 5.
2 enumeratoj
precinct no. 6.
2 enumerators for the City of
Teague.
1 enumerator for justice
precinct No. 7.
1 enumerator for justice
precinct No. 8.
Applicants will ber required
to stand a simple test of their
efficiency which test will . be
held at Fairfield, Teague and
Wortham, by the postmaster
at each of the places on Satur-
day, November 1st. The cen-
sus will be taken irj January
1920, but applicants must qual-
ify this week. Applications
should be made by applying to
the undersigned or to the
postmasters mentioned for ap-
plication blanks which when
completed should be sent to the
undersigned. A card admit-
ting applicants to tj?e test will
be sent to each applicant, but
should the aplicant fail to re-
ceive such admission card he
should apply to the postmaster
holding^the test and he will be
admitted without the card.
Enumerators make from $7 to
$10 per day when engaged in
this work. .
Mrs. Roy ^piitfi,
Supervisor of, thejGensus, Hills-
boro, Texas.
Cotton on the North Texas
market the last week brought
the highest average price since
the days of the Civil War, ac*
cording to J. S. Ownby, Dallas
cotton factor. The prices rang-
ed from 38c to 45c a pound, ac-
cording to the grade, and 16ng
staple in some instances
brought 50c. With an active
demand for every bale offered,
the sales for the last week
reached a total of 52,917 bales.
.Thursday * reached- the high
mark in prices, while Wed-
nesday was the banner day in
point of sales, 16,476 bales be-
ing disposed of on that day.
TTie interior movement of
cotton the last week was vir-
tually at a stand still due to
the continued inclement weathr.:
er which prevailed over the
State. There was virtually no
ginning or picking reported in
the Slate the last week. The
heavy rains and overflows in
the lowlands has caused con-
siderable loss in cotton, and
the damage to the grade has
been great. The decline of ap-
proximately 180 points in the
contract market from the high
level of Tuesday has not been
followed by spots, according to
Mr. Ownby. The spot market
is holding firm around the high
level of the week.
There has been little or no
delay in thb export movement
of cotton from Galveston. Due
to the longshoremen’s strike at
New Orleans, which has tied up
the export movement of cotton
from ^lat port to a large ex-
tent, many bales- of cotton
that ordinarily would be routed
by way of that port have been
diverted to Galveston for trans-
portation abroad.. This_ situa-
tion will be relieved 'following
the settlement of the strike.
Special Meetings.
Special meetings will begin
in the Presbyterian church on
Nov. 2, to continue ten days.
Services will be held in the
church every night next week,
and day meetings are planned
for homes, stores and other
places. The pastor will do the
preaching and the music will
be in charge of Mr. Mallard of
Tehuacana. A cordial invita-
tion is extended to the public.
The following visitors at-
tended the Hawker-Bell wed-'
ding: Mrs. John Newsom of
Buffalo, Miss Ruth Finch of
Mexia, and R. T. Bell and son,
John, of Coolidge.
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Bale Brings $300.00.
C. C. Butler brought in a bale
of cotton Monday, weighing
670 pounds which he sold1 to
J. R; Sheffield for over 40c per
pound,the bale bringing $270.50
and the seed sold for $29.50,
the two bringing exactly $800.
Just received a shipment of
Rice Hotel Coffee. It is the
best that is put in a can. Try
one at $1.83, both stores.—
Alexander’s Cash Grocery.
Misses Irene Measles, and
Tommie Gamewell will k begin
iHf
Gamew
City Hog Pens.
There seems to lie a public
demand for the strict enforce-
ment of the ordinance relating
to the keeping of hogs \^thin
the corporate limits of Teague.
All pens must contain not less
than 1600 square feet of space
for the 'first hog and ( 800
square feet for each additional
one kept. Or pens may be
covered and the iiottoms slat-
ted so as to relieve the ordi-
nary unsanitary condition.
Within a reasonable time from
the publication of this order an
inspection will be mady and
fines will lie imposed where
violations are found.
P
\1/|7 will appreciate
^ your account
and will make your
banking easy and
pleasant for you.
Introduce your fronds
to us. We will b/glad
to co-operate with
them. -
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TEAGUE, TEXAS
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Capital......$ 50,000.00
Surplus and Profits . $ 78,000.00
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Resources Over .... $750,000.00
OFFICERS
John Rilky, President
W. M. reck, Vice Pres.
Robt. F. Riley, Cashier
Wilburn Uurry, Aset. Cashier
Burt Middleton, Asst. Cashier
DIRECTORS
D. M. Worthy
J. Wed Diivis
Kobt. F. Riley
W. M. Peek
John Riley
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Stringer, William J. The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, October 31, 1919, newspaper, October 31, 1919; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1048465/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.