The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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THE SEMINOLE SENTINEL
Vol. 11, 'No. 88
8EMINOLE, GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1917
$1.00 Per Year
TOM GREEN COUNTY
TO SET EXAMPLE
San Angelo, Sept. 29.—Tom
Green county does it differently.
Located in the center of the
great drouth stricken region of
West Texas where the total rain-
fall of the past twelve months
has been far below normal, the
once productive farms are bar-
ren. The vast grazing lands
have been depleted and the mul-
tiplied thousands of*sheep, goats
and cattle which formerly thread-
ed their way over the hills and
valleys, have been shipped else-
where for pasturage. Some of
the people, probably not con-
versant with'the possibilities of
the West, even though drouths
come occasionally, have left for
other fields. But the real citizen-
ship of the county remains and
is preparing to hold the popula-
tion intact by furnishing employ-
ment at living wages to farmers
and their teams, and laborers
generally of Tom Green county,
until planting time next spring.
In addition to providing em-
ployment for the farmers and la
borers of the county, the plans
of the citizens call for the con
struction of one of the most
elaborate systems of highways
to be found in Texas. At amass
meeting of the citizens the situa-
tion was discussed. It was de-
cided that something must be
done to hold the farmers here or
the agricultural industry would
be greatly damaged. It was de-
cided to call an election for the
issuance of $200,000 road bonds
and to pay this money to the
farmers and laborers for the con-
struction of roads during the fall
and winter. The election has
been set for October 20, and
present indications are that the
vote will be overwhelmingly in
favor of the bond issue.
The plans of the ptizens are:
To issue $200,000 worth of forty-
year road bonds bearing interest
at 5 oer cent per annum. With
the money derived from the sale
of these bonds, employ Tom
Green county farmers and labor-
ers on the construction of roads.
With ttie calling of the election
the commissioners’ court adop-
ted resolutions providing that
only bona fide citizens of Tom
Green county, Septr 1,1917 may
be employed on the roads. It
also adopted resolutions provid-
ing that a man and his team
should be paid $5 per day of
eight hours and that men with
out teams shall be paid $2 per
day of eight hours.
HERRING-HOOVES
In 1780
The French Comte de Rochambeau said to the Pres-
ident of the American Congress:
“We are your brothers and we shall act as such with yon;
we shall fight your enemies by yonr tide at if we were one
and the tame Nation."
In 1917
We have sent back this identical message to the
French Nation. Let us add this:
“We will lend yon money, alto, to conduct the war."
I APPLICATIONS ASKED FOR
NORTHWEST ASYLUM
Austin, Oct. 1—Governor Hob-
I by, as chairman of the board to
locate the site for the new north-
west Texas Insane atoylum, auth-
orized to be established by an act
of the regular session of the
thirty-fifth legislature today an-
nounced that all communities
within the territory in which the
institution is tube established,
should file at once with the gov-
ernor their applications, as the N
committee will shortly make an
I inspection of the sites.
In selecting the site, the board
I will be guided by the following
considerations: Accessibility and
convenience to the greatest num-
ber of inhabitants; water supply,
building material, fuel supply,
fertility of soil and healthfnlness
of location. The site must con-
tain at least 500 acres. The in-
stitution is to be located north of
the Texas A Pacific railway be-
tween Fort Woith and El Paso
and westof the SantaFe railroad
between Fort Worth and Gonza-
les. _
I DEMENTED MAN
SHOOTS PASSENGERS
One day last week a passenger
I on the Q. A. A P. train, between
jQuanah and Paducah, suddenly
ime demented sad began
Buy a Liberty Bond
/
- Mr. Marion Windsor Herring _ .. 4 ^
ud MU. Ell. May Hoover were|at,*;,iin‘t wort
married at the residence of the
bride’s uncle, T. B. Hoover, near
Big Springs..Texas, September
16tb. Rev. Fulton, of Coahoma,
officiating.
Only near relatives and friends
of the bride and groom were
present.
Immediately after the cere
mony the happy couple took the
east bound T. A P., for Hillsboro
and Lampasas where they wili
spend ten days visiting relatives
after which they will be at home
in Stamford, Texas.
The bride, who for a .number
of years lived here in 8emnole,
has many friends here who wish
for her and the one of her choice
a happy voyage through life.
FIRST STATE BANK
SEMINOLE. TEXAS
Rev. J. B. McReynolds will
preach at Bessie the second Sun-
day in this month. He will preach
at 11 o’clock in the morning and
again at 2 in the afternoon. Let
everybody in that community
come and bring dinner.—J. W.
C’-ole, Pastor.
Mrs. C. C. Cothes and son,
Reeves, left Thursday for Allen,
where they will visit relatives
for a few days.
District court was in session
here the first of this week. The
grand jury returned one bill
Gordon B. McGuire, attorney,
of Lamesa, was here this week
Georee Murfee, auditor for
McAdams Lumber Co., with
headquarters at Lubbock, was
here this week auditing the books
of the yard here.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Mitchell
left Thursday for Italy, Texas,
where they will visit Mrs. Mitch-
ell's parents for a few days.
E. B. Warren, county attorney
of Dawson county, was here on
business the first of the week.
D. Cowling andJ..B. Brown
were in from the northeast part
of the county Thursday.
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Attorney Morrison, of Big
Springs, was here this week at-
tending court.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Slaton left I Thursday.
Thursday for the North Plains.
Mr. Slaton has leased a ranch
north of Amarillo. Mrs. Slaton
will go to Texhoma where she
will put the children in school
this winter.
shooting unoffending passengers
in the car. The rumor states
that he wounded two men badly
and that they are expected to
die. One of the wounded men is
said to bear the nsdie of High-
tower and lives somewhere In
Oklahoma, but no other names
were learned.—Childress Post.
Walter Hightower, who in em-
ployed on the Armstrong ranch,
west of town received a message
stating that his brother had been
shot. He was on a trip to Hock-
ley county when the message
arrived here. We learned that
Mr. Hightower’s brother died a
few days later. Walter High-
tower returned from a trip there
TO LEAVE MONDAY
FOR TRAINING CAMP
J. J. Williams returned Thurs-
day from El Paso where be visit-
ed his wife, who isin a sanitar-
ium there. She has been sick i
for several days.
Tom Ancill, of New Mexico,
was here the first of the week on
business.
J. M. Caldwell was up from
Midland the first of the week.
Peter Toms, of
here this week.
Stanton, was
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL MOVING PICTURES
Annette Kelierman, in
NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6th.
Admission 20c and 35c
Rowsey Theatre
The following list of men, call
ed for military service by the
local board for Gaines county
have been duly passed upon by
the proper local and district
board and are hereby certified
as selected for military service
and not exempted or discharged:
16 O. R. Boman 11
14 D. P. Murohy 54
20 R. L. Hines 51
31 H. M. McReynolds 71
40 G. W. Warden 124
36 John E. Webb 115
These men are to report Sun-
cay, Sept. 7, and will leave for
training camps Monday morning
Sept. 8. ___
For Black leg Serum made by
[the Purity Biological Laborator-
ies at Sioux City, Iowa, see Cos
A Heard, Seminole, Texas. Bot-
tle containing 10 doses $4.00,
bottle containing 20 doses $7.50,
j bottle containing 50 doaes $17.50.
Miss Veris Miller, of Lometa,
| has been visiting at home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Dow for the past
I few days. She is a grand daugh
I ter of James Dow.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Olive, of
j Dallas, were here this week the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Armstrong.
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Stone, Harry N. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 1917, newspaper, October 4, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth555930/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.