Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1918 Page: 6 of 8
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COMMITTEE Will KE FENCE BEST
First state Bank The First National Bank
DECATUR, TEXAS
At Rhome. in the Stale of Texas. at
Without Injury.
RESOURCES
N
TWO QUALITIES ARE
NOR
15 140 58
13
for slackers in this community.
15.
817,508 12
banks
Total ...
» 400,799 hl
No
Total
to turn all kinds of stock without in-
mast be built as cheaply as is consts-
4,000 00
Mi
2,617 44
51 29
1
meeting with the same number
Wharton’s section of the coin-
feet to corner W. B. line of said bik district court of Wise county, Texas,
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
500 00
33,510 41
percentage
as under execution and the proceeds
for distribution.
For the general farm on which all
hereby com-
Wise Co. Tex.
(5-10-18)
261 58
N
49 159 89
♦ 102,915 97
Total
considered.
problems of marketing and dis- mately 22 years.
REPORT OF' THE CONDITON OF
First State Bank
ELECTION NOTICE.
88 ii
2
3
county.’
(5-17-18)
522
- r $133,764 89
TOTAL
Good Ears of Seed Corn.
ures, some of which are of great ini-
of
things to be considered.
Wise. to secure the payment thereof;
dating
prayed for in the plaintiff's original
on filed In said court on the 15
I
133121
33.514 89
$50,059 58
7,500 00
2,277 69
cause why judgement should not be
rendered against you and the said
and and lots sold under foreclosure
of said lie n to satisfy said taxes, in-
erest, penalties and costs, and all
court costs; all of which, together
with other and further relief, general
Lawful Reserve with Fed-
eral Reserve Bank .... 12,182 32
Cash in vault and pet
Miss
Tishoi
as pri
the president shall cause such notice
of said election to be given by post-
ink three such notices in said dis-
trict, one of which shall be at the
414 83
1.458 00
$50,059 58
holds
among
364 91
64,026 55
1.694 22
10,000 00
Mr.
rillo,
and )
Mr
Wort
E. B.
Mi
fror
Texas
Given under my hand and seal of
said court at ofice in Decatur, this
Mi
from
4,891 16
755 94
3.624 00
768 60
Mr.
Chico
Sulph
week.
Hir
Wortl
McCri
Mr
ter,
few <
Lea
No.
Vo.
The
will h
Oliver
May :
tend.
Mr.
Billy,
relatit
Mr
ita Fi
Mr. a
Do
the 1
day.
Mi
here
Tor
in F
1,947 41
34 73
The
will c
stock
Satan
$ 10,000 00
1 (XXI 00
3,193 67
Don
pay yr
Libert
J 10,000 00
5,000 00
1.544 69
amount due from nat'l banks17,508 12
Checks on other
War saving certificates and
thrift stamps...... ....
Rev
Revs,
day fi
tentio
Pa;
your
fore
S 35.6.58 59
688 46
| 800 00
i ,000 00
J.
has I
Morel
Furniture and fixtures
Due from approved reserve
agents, net.............
Due from other banks and
bankers. subject to check,
net ..........
Cash items................
Currency..................
Specie....................
Int. in depositors’ guaran-
Jil
visite
Lit
daugt
ton. i
■ 144,945 39
. #176,614 12
to check ...
Total.........
W
the I
317 58
1,029 91
11.565 00
2,561 25
ty fund.....
Total.......
* 54,011 11
888 85
7,870 00
2,711 75
627 71
♦102,915 97
Mr.
Wortl
Stam
4,830 IX)
536 51
6,600 00
35 .000 <X)
81 00
3.250 00
25 Surplus fund ... ‘
26 Undisided profts 3,710 33
Less cur. expenses,
taxes paid ...... 1,092 89
Amount reserved for taxes
accrued..................
Demand deposits
34 Individual deposits subject
Mr
a vis
rt.
120 00
1,433 02
i ,200 00
1.375 00
1.200 00
Cashier’s checks .
Total.......
4 02
89 20
3,725 00
2,054 70
82,162 83
620 50 " .. .
93 57
No.
No.
Arr
Mis
days i
"19!
Dot
your i
erty I
Administrator Peden an-
nounced to the potato growers
that he would be in better posi-
tion to handle all problems of
perishables from now on than
ever before, as he has secured
No.
No.
ular term this writ with your return
thereon, showing how you have exe-
Surplus fund.............
Undivided profits, net. . .
Due to banks and bankers,
subject to check, net....
Individual deposits subject
to check ...............
Time certificates of deposit
Cashier's checks ........
Other liabilites as follows:
mt work
Federal Food
Administration for Texas in se-
curing the transportation and
marketing of the Irish potato
crop of the Colorado and Brazo
valleys. The selection of a com-
mittee to handle this valuable
thereafter unless it be discontinued
as providede by law.
L. W. Renshaw is hereby appointed
manager of said elecetion, and he
shall select two judges an dtwo clerks
to assist him in holding the same.
None but property taxpayers who
are qualified voters in said Rhome
LIABILITIES
23 Capital stock paid in.. * 25,000 00
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in .... * 10,000 00
। And pou are hereby commanded to
be and appear before the honorable
sold for fencing purposes.
Common Type of Fence.
272 99
. 64,02655
June, 1918, at the court house door
CORN FOR A GIVEN LOCALITY of Wise county, in the city of Deca-
-------- tur, Texas, between the hou-s of 10
A.
a De
To Be Eoonomical It Must Be Con-
structed as Cheaply as Is C-nsla-
tent With Durability—Weight
Fixes Price.
The s
this w
' Many
gravel
rains 1
0*ee
g
Sat
9 lea
diers
State of Texs, County of Wise.—
W e. Guinn Williams as president.
’ Gibson as cashier of said
730 36
♦ 176,614 12
And on Tuesday, the 4th cay of
A committee
consisting of 15 ।
members which,
in turn, will be
represented by
a chairman and
a secretary, will
tribution and as a result of this
suggestion the committee of 15
was recommended.
Representatives of the South-
ern Pacific. Santa Fe, the San
Antonio and Aransas Pass, and
the Gulf Coast lines were pres-
they establish a definite organ-
ization so as to centralize the nlly durable and should last approxi- Wise county, Texas.
70 feet to corner, thence south 221
ordered same sold as under execution the same lying and teeing situated in
and the proceeds distributed accord- the county of Wise, and state of Tex-
in. t. n, t- 2 . as, towit: Block No. 79. South De-
ing to the interest of the parties : . ;u: - •
. Vacatur Addition to Decatur, Texas,
therein 3 to R. L. Thompson and which said property is delinquent to
Bow
added
of the
proxer
newa
when its long period, of usefulness is 29th day of April, 1918.
vid Duncan, Alex Duncan, George
m. and 4 p. m. I will sell said land Duncan, Lacy Duncan, James Duncan
corner of Farrington lot, thence N of April,and appearing on the dock-
et thereof as suit No. 1552, wherein
455 feet corner, thence east 85 feet the city of Decatur is the plaintiff
bank, each of us, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to
15th day of April, A D,
V. CUNNINGHAM, Clerk
court, Wise Co. Tex.
Citation by Publication
The State of Texas, county of Wise
To the sheriff or any constable of
ise county. Greeting:
You are hereby comanded to sum-
mon George H. Duncan, David Dun-
can, Alex Duncan, George Duncan,
Lacy Duncan, James Duncan and the
unknown heirs of each of the above
CITATION BY PUHIAICATION.
The State of Texas and County of
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Chico State Bank
CHICO, TEXAS,
At the close of business, May 10, 1918
( amed defendants by making publica-
tion of this citation once each week
; or four consecutive weeks previous
to the return day hereof, in some
। ewspaper published in your county,
to appear at the next regular term of
1 lie district court of Wise county, to
be holden at the courthouse thereof,
in Decatur, on the last Monday in
May, 1918, the same being the 27th
day of May, 1918, then and there to
answer a petition filed in said court
on the 15 day of April, 1918, in a
suit numbered on the docket of said
court No. 4 199. wherein Jake Kos is
plaintiff and George II. Duncan, Da-
cient to offset this disadvantage. The
labor and other costs in the construc-
tion of a fence are practically the
same whether a heavy or a light grade
of wire is used, but with heavy wire
Such a fence is exception Cunningham, Clerk District
State of Texas, County of Wise.—
By virtue of a certain order of sale
■ ■Him r nA-ArArAl _________ issued out of the honorable district
HANDLE POTATOES It Must Be Built to Turn All Stock cunandhnday
Therefore, you are
which they would require during
the season.
It was agreed that the com-
mittee would j .t in orders for [
cars as needed and only order!
from day to day so as to have no
waste of equipment and trans-
portation facilities.
Mr. Peden discussed with the
growers at both Wharton and
Eagle Lake the matter of fair
prices, in order that the Texas
potato might be placed on the
market to compete with the old
potatoes shipped in from distant j
markets and the growers agreed i
to fix a price that would be in-j
viting to the housewives and en- j
able the growers to sell in close i
competition with the old stock j
on hand and en route.
51,211 d
404 %
2,000 00
1,250 00
1,635 00
is no need of providing a fence the .2
deposited in ci urt
repared by the United at a tea Depart- Greeting: Whereas, on the 28th day
. .ont.o Azniuture I . of November, 1918, R. L. Thompson
A good job to attend to between the ......
bamy mensons la the building and re recovered in the district court of
pairing of fences. A farm fence should Wise county, a judgment against Lu- Wise. To the Sheriff or Any Con-
combine the two qualities of service cile Jennings and Tom Jennings for stable of Wise County. Greeting:—
ast Monday in May, A. D.. 1918, the
same being the 27th day of May, A.
D., 1918, then and there to show
clerk of said court, against Lucile in a newspaper in Wise County for
Jennings and Tom Jennings in cause twenty full days before the date of
become director of perishables,
the appointment effective Fri-
day, April 26. The administra-
tor was accompanied by E. W.
Coles of the bureau of markets:
A ’
"-m wrare
Overdrafts...............
Collections outstanding
Real estate. banking house
Other real estate......
Furniture and fixtures . ..
Due from approved re-
serve agents, net.....
Cash items.............
Currency................
Specie.........
Interest in depositors'
guarantv fund .........
Total...............7
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in.....S
Surplus fund...........
Undivided prolits.net .....
Individual deposits sub-
ject to check ...........
Time certificates of deposit:
the best of our knowledge and belief
Guinn Williams. President. E. P.
Gibson. Cashier.
and Eagle Lake. The Wharton placing those of “tone. wood, and
meeting of potato growers with hedge wherever theilatter are becom-
75 per cent present was held at en wire fence, it is preferable to eco- First
by eliminating unnecessary
THE REPORT OF CONDITION OF
The First’State Bank
AT PARK SPRINGS, TEXAS
At the close of business May 10. 1918
RESOURCES:
Loans and discounts ......♦ 11.241 86
Mr. Crow isca member of the
Texas Cotton Seed Crushers’ A
sociation.
seed corn is to lay too much stress up- tax, if voted, to be levied and collect-
on one thing—forgetting nil other feat- led for the year 1918 and annually
and economy. To give satisfactory the partition of the real estate herein All persons owning or having or
service it must be constructed so as after described and said land was clainming any interest in the land or
couna . . ..... - . lots hereinafter described, the same
rouna to be not susceptible of parti- , . . ,. -
_ . . * being delinquent to the state of Tex-
tiomand the court in said judgment as and county of Wise for taxes, and
SHERIFFS SALE.
resentative said he would ar-
range for stock cars to handle
the potatoes going to market
over his line and requested the
committee to advise as soon as
tent with durability. The fence that
is erected at a low initial cost is not
No. 4161 in said court, styled R. L.
Thompson versus Lucile Jennings
and Tom Jennings, and placed in my
hands for service, I, J. Lee Mann,
as sheriff it Wise county, Texas by
virtue of said order of sale which is
in words and: figures as follows
i The State of Texas.—To the Sher-
iff or Any Constable of Wice county,
feet south of the N. W. corner against the same in favor of the city [
.... A 1. . . ' spacing in which is close enough to of lot No. 3 and the S. W. corner of of Decatur, county of Wise, to secure
mittee has A. A. vuiiln dS cnair- . tax- . . i ,, , , lie payment thereof*
man; J. W. Burns, Eagle Lake; turn hoKs.. .. . lot No. 4 in bleck No. 3, thence west I P ' ’
W. E. Rogers, Wharton, all po- eig e ermines o i
tato growers; II. A. Brightwell, The factor which determines the
representing the Southern I aci- weight, so that in fences of the same
fic transportation department;(
Loans. real estate .......
Overdrafts...............
Liberty Loan bonds......
U S Cer of Indebtedness
Interval Revenue stamps
Furniture and fixlures....
Due from approved rearve
agents, net ..........
1 Due from other banks and
bankers, subject to check,
net........................
Cash items............
Currency..............
Specie................
int. in depositors guaranty
fund...................
War Savingstamps
BOONSVILLE. TEXAS
At close of business May 10. 1918
initial cost of the heavy wire is great- ner of lot No. 13, block No. 3, thence of said lien to satisfy said taxes, in-
er, but its durability is more than snfll- south 30 feet passing the S E cor- terest, penalties and costs, and all
ner of lot No. 3 and the N. E. corner court cocts; all of which, together
..... , ."2 . and special, being fully set out and
of lot No. 4 at 45 5feet corner; [prayed for in the original petition
thence west 85 feet corner the S. E. tiled in said court on the 15th day
possible the number of cars
jury to them. To be economical It
Stale of Texas. County of Wise.
We, W P.Cannon, as president, and
K. A. Osbern, as cashier of said
bank, each of us do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true lo the
best of our knowledge and belief. W.
P Cannon. President K. A. Osburn.
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this isth day of May 1918. J. W.
Carson. Notary Public. Wise County,
Texas
Correct Attest: Jack Holland. Jas.
Wimberly, J. F. Head, Directors.
Sam H. Dixon, director of farm-
ing for the Federal Food Admin-
istration, and R. C. McEIree, di-
rector of transportation.
One of the first suggestions
made by the administrator to
the potato growers was that
At the Close of Business May 10, 1918 the Close Businesa on May 10, 1918
RESOURCES
Loans and discount' .....$ 317,905 64
Witness my hand this 2 9th day of her; thence E 950 feet, the place of
April, 1918. J. LEE MANN, Sher- beginning, containing 20 acres of
iff. Wise Co., Texas. (5-24) land. . . . . . ,
’ I Herein fail not, but have before
__=—- - said court, at its aforesaid nextx reg-
of the city of Decatur, county
State of Texas. County of Wise—
I, A. C. Alexander, cashier of the
above named bank, do solemnly
that the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief. A.
C. Alexander, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn lo before me
thisjthe 16 day of May. 1918. A. B.
Vanmeeter, Notary Public.
Correct attest—W. W. Morris, Z.
B. Boho. J. H. Rowan. Directors.
State of Texas. Coun of Wise.—
We. T. S. MeCurdv, president
and V. E. Baldridge, ds cashier, of
said bank, each of us. do solemnly
swear that the above stalemeat is'
true to the best of our knowledge and
belief. — T. S. McCurdy, President:
V E. Baldridge. Cashier.
Sworn and subscribed before me, on
this 21st day of May, 1918.
Frank W. Roberts, Notary Public.
Correct Attest: Jno. L. Blanton, J.
A. McKenzie, B.O. Wilkerson, Direc-
tors.
docket thereof as suit No. 1553,
wherein the city of Decatur is plain-
tiff, and all persons owning or hayig
or claiming any Interest in said land
or lots, defendants.
Given under my hand and seal of
said court, at office in the city of
Decatur, in the county of Wise, this
lost by bringing corn from the South Independent School District, of and
and attempting to grow it in the North at the rate of not exceeding fifty
a here it failed to mature, One of the cents on the $100.00 valuation of
most common mistakes in selecting taxable propetry in said district, such
Grain Eaten by Rodents.
Grain, eaten and wasted by
W. V.
Court,
P 9
H*
1sARe
First National bank is located in the
[town of Rhome, in said Rhome Inde-
penedent School District, on the 1st
day of June, A. D., 1918. to deter-
■mine whether the board of trustees
of said district shall have power to
annually levy and colleet a tax upon
all taxable property in said district
lor the support and maintenance of
public free schools in said Rhome
| weight wire. ... pumu • "uee o* ..... -iuu, auu me same veig a lawiui N,-m
cattle or horse3 are to he kept there the W • line ol said block No. 7, charge an dconstituting a prior lienandE P
portance. A person will often sacri-
fice everything to depth of kernel. size
or length of ear, or place too much
stress upon straightness of rows. fill-
ing out at the tip, space between rows,
etc. All of which should be taken into
consideration, but are not the only
things nor even the most important
* to Lucile Jennings, and whereas the city of Decatur and county of
the said judgment is a judgment in Wise for taxes for the year 1907, 19-
partition or two tracts or land, 131419915 71%.»%. IMS
3 delnek. aid the Bank Law- -
wires rather than by using a lighter addition n.cot.. rut and rendered against said land and
in pastures where only addition.to.Decatur, besinninE onicts, and the same being a lawful
present at
evening.
the first to be issued j
kinds of stock are kept, and on which manded that you proceed to seize and
the voluntary services of Chas. I the rotations practiced call for tempo- sell the above described property, as
L. Desel, of the firm of Desel- i rary pastures, the common type of under execution and make good and
Boettcher Company, Houston, to' fence now being adoptedin.the north sufficient deed, and to place the .
---- central states is, one which has, ap- chaser of the same in possession
proximately ten line wires and A total . ”
heigt er about four feet. The bottom thereof within ttirty days after the
vires are spaced about three inches da} of sale, and you deposit the pro-
Correct attest: J. H. Mecaskey, J.
A. Simmons, A. Y-. Leslie. Direc-
tors.
15th day of April, 1918. W. V. Cun-
ningham, clerk district court. Wise
the election, as required by law.
This the 6th day of May, A. D.,
1918. A. C. ALEXANDER, Pres.
Rhome Independent School District.
Attest, A. B. VanMeter, Secretary
Rhome Independent School District.
Meet the Red Cross solicitor with
a smile and a handsome donation to
the worthy cause. There is no room
NEW ASSISTANT FOR
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
R. F. Crow, director of the
grain and milling division of the
Federal Food Administration for
Texas, has been assigned as first
assistant to replace Herbert
Godwin, resigned.
Mr. Crow has been with the
food administration for Texas
since the early days of its organ-
ization, and n< rt to Mr. Godwin
the N W corner of at the next regular term thereof to
height a wide -pce fence with com- lot owned by s. w. Snyder, thence bountjdintute city orbegturfonsthe
parttsarow Wire" sts “less thm.“ north “ ’ feet to the place of begin- last Monday in May, A. D • 1918, the
• . . . . ning; second tract, being a part of same being the 27th day of May, A.
narrow spaced one, with more wires. P D., 1918, then and there to show
On the other hand, it is becoming gen- " “ 1° OCR •0 o, , iudsement shouid ne ho
.•rally recognized that the use of heavy D. Cates addition to Decatur, begin- renderd against you and the said
wire in fencing is economical. The Ding 65 feet south of the N. E. cor- land and lots sold under foreclosure
State of Texas, county of Montague:
We. John B. Hunt as president,
and T L. Davis, as cashier of said
bank, each of us, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to
the best of our knowledge and belief.
John B. Hunt. President.
T L. Davis, Cashier.
Sworn and subset ibed to be tore me
this sth day of May. 1918. Witness
my hand and notarial seal on the
date last aforesaid.
T. J. Moss, Notary Public
Montague County.
Correct Attest: Z. B Shurhet, .1 M
Huckabee, C. E Brown. Directors.
TOTAL ............1133,764 89
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in.......$15,000 00
Surplus fund.....J.......... 5,300 00
Undivided prolits. net ..... 2,934 67
Individual deposits sub-
ject to check............106.342 97
Time certificate of deposit 4,000 00
Cashier’s checks ........ 187 25
rhe fence lasts so much longer that
‘ this cost of construction is distributed to place of beginning All situated and all persons owning or having or
, liver a much longer time. That this is I jn Decatur in Wise county, Texas, claiming any interest in said land
appreciated by a majority of farmers . or lots, derendants.
Is indicated by the increase in the and it H ordered and decreed by said | Given under my hand and seal of
of heavy wire that is being judgment that said property be sold said court at office in the city of De-
■ - - catur, in the county of Wise, this 15
day of April, A. D., 1918. W. V.
CUNNINGHAM, Clerk District Court
8:30 Wednesday
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 1Sth day of May, 191s. R L.
Thompson, Notary Public, Wise
county, Texas.
12,352 71
175 30
2.757 00
1,806 75
Paradise State Bank
, PARADISE, TEXAS
Al the Close of Business, May 10,191s
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts . . 1 57,392 454 1
Loans, real estate ........ 200 00
Overdrafts........ .... 81248
Bonds and slocks ........ 1,000 00
Real estate, (banking house) 3.500 00
fifth railroad representative
later to be named. The person-
nel of the section of five from
Simonton will be announced
later.
Texas crop grew out of two ’ necessarily economical, for it may be
meetings held April 24 by Ad- [ short lived.
ministrator Peden at Wharton Wire fences are very generally re.
a commission
Be it ordered by the board of ti us- cuted the same.
tees of the Rhome Independent , Witness. W: V. Cunningham, clerk
- . P of the district court of Wise county.
School District that an election be
held in the building -in which the
red cedar, steel, or cement line posts make dereof within 60 days, showing I
set a rod apart. ami ends and braces how you have executed the same.
of the same materials as for the line ci.. . .. . . . . ... ,
Given under my hand and the seal I
posts nt distances of 40 rods, is now ,
t - . ot the district court of Wise county.
being built on many farms and is " 1
proving serviceable and economical at n} office in Decatur, Texas, this
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts .. I
Overdrafts ..............
Real estate (banking bouse)
Furniture and fixtures
Due from approved re-
serve agents, net........
Cash items
Currency.......... ..
Specie...................
Interest in depositors’
guaranty fund........
Other resources—
TOTAL .........
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in
Surplus fund
Undivided profits, net
individual deposits, sub-
ject to check, net........
TOTAL ...........
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts, per
sonal or collateral .A.*
Overdrafts ............
Bonds and stocks.........
Real estate (b’k’ng house)
Furniture and fixtures . .
Due from approved re-
serve ag'ts net I
Cash items.........- ...
Currency................
Specie..................
Interest in depositors’
guaranty fund...........
U S Treas. Cer of Indeb.
Other resources as follows:
War Cer.-thrift stamps
Farmer Must Be Familiar With Pre a.
vailing Conditions; Before He Can at public vernine, for cash, to the and the unknown heirs of each of the
Judge Properly. highest bidder, as the property of above named defendants, and said pe-
---- i> i ti... . . . , , ' ition alleging that theretofore, on to-
। The best ear of corn for a given lo- ' ° ‘ -ucile Jennings wit: April 1, 1918, plaintiff was law-
ent at the two conferences and cality is the ear that will give the D virtue o -aid order of sale in par- ully siezed and possessed of the fol-
agreed to render every assist- greatest profit year after year if plant- tition. ! owing described lands and premises
ance possible. The Santa Fe rep- • d in that locality. we must be fa And in compliance with law, I give to-wit. part of the George H. Duncan
miliar with the conditions prevailing this notice by publication in the En - surge yint iswounter oxanbegin-
In n locality before we can properly 8lish language, one a week for four Miller per-emption survey; thence N
judge corn for that locality. The consecutive weeks immediately pre- along the W boundry line of said Mil-
sample of corn which is best for Mis ceding said day of sale in the Wise lef survey 936 feet stake for corner;
sour or southern Iowa should not he Icount ’ v thence W 150 feet to southwest cor-
planted at all in Minnesota or the Da- count Messenser , a newspaper pub- [ner of a tract owned by Alva Stew-
kotas. Millions of dollars have been lished in Wise county. ard; thence S 936 feet, stake for cor-
apart. Su li a fence constructed from ceeds thereof in the court for distri-
• ! N ' ' re with a strand of barbed bution.
wire ou the top. Osage orange, locust. I Herein fail rot, but due return
and H. W. Nott, representing the
Santa Fe. Mr. Nott will serve
as secretary.
Eagle Lake’s section of the
committee consists of I. L. Ter-
rell, Fritz Engelhard, Fred Wil-
len, potato growers; F. Stoldt,
representing the Santa Fe trans-
portation department, and a
CITATION BY PUBLICATION.
The State of Texas and County of
Wise. To Any Sheriff or Constable
of Wise County, Greeting:— All per-
sons owning, or having or claiming
any interest in the land or lots herei-
nafter decribed, the same being de-
linqunt to the state of Texas and the
county of Wise for taxes, and the
same lying and being situated in the
ounty of Wise and city of Decatur,
nd state of Texas, towit: Lot 3,
block 15B, Devereux Addition to the
city of Decatur Texas, which said
roperty is delinquent to the city of
Decatur and county of Wise for taxes
or the year 1 907, 1908, 1909, 1910,
*•11, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916
917, aggregating the sum of $17.40,
neluding interest, penalties and costs
aid taxes having henn legally levied
ssessed and rendered against said
and and lots and the same being a
awful charge and constituting a
rior lien against the same in favor
1918. W.
of District
(5-10-18)
WILL SECURE TRANSPOR-
TATION FOR NEW TEX-
AS CROP.
1 a Loans and discounts $88,705
2. Overdrafs unsecured 297 46
U S bead* and certificates
#-
0--al
a a T to Si
,50P-*
PMkga —g
■ Hrdj
of indebtedness owned al
unpledged .............. 00
6 Liberty bond*......... 3,00000
9 Stock of Federal Reserve
Bank(50 |>er cent of Sub. 800 00
10 a Value of banking house
.................. 1,700
b Equity in banking house 1,700 00
11 Furniture and fixtures.... 1.500 00
]Independent School District shall
vote at -aid election. And you are hereby commanded to
rats A copy of this order signed by the [be and appear before the honorable
nne mtce an many farn woula ph. president and attested by the secre- strict court of Wise county, Texas, and special, being fully set out and
F ' t v t , ehe1 ..... I t the next regular term thereof, to
ah •e furmer s tax s. ' ' ' • be held aat the courthouse of said [petition filed in said court on the 15
proper notice of said election, and ounty, in the city of Decatur, on the day of April, and appearing on the
REPORT OP THE CONDITION OF REPORr OF THE CONDITION OP
LIABILITIES
Capital stoek paid in.. 4 50,000 on
Surplus fund.......... 8,000 00
Undivided profits, nei .... 7,475 34
Due to banks and bankers.
subject to check, nei . 15,267 31
Individual deposits subject
to check..... 236.65b 36
Time certificates of deposit 31,650 00
U S Government .... .25,282 50
Cashier s checks......... 1,028 85
Bills Payable-Rediscounts 25,000 00
Reserved for taxes...... 437 25
Totti................ 61
State of Texas. County of Wise:—
We, Guinn Williams, as president,
and II. T. Bridges, as cashier of said
bank, eaeii of us. do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to
the best of our knowledge and belief
Guinn Williams, president: H. T
Bridges cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this IKih day of May. 1918. E. >’.
Gihs >n. Notary Public Wise county.
Correct attest: J. H. Golaz, O. •
L. Hartsail. C. W. Pearson, Directors.
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