The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1918 Page: 1 of 6
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THE SEMINOLE SENTINEL
VOL. 12, No. 9
SEMINOLE, GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1918
$1.00 Per Yeah
NEW RULES GOVERNING
SALE OF FLOUR
Recent orders cancelling all
previous rules regarding the sale
of flour by retailers to consum-
ers has been issued by the Pood
Administrator.
The administration urges the
public to follow these new rulings
to a letter and cancel the old or-
der covering sales of 12 and 24
pounds of flour to customers.
Retailers are permitted to sell
consumers a thirty day supply
of flour, basing such sales on an
allowance of six (6) pounds per
person per month provided said
six pouuds is not in excess of 70
per cent of consumer's normal
requirements.
Retailers, as far as possible
should confine their sales to their
regular customers, and must
satisfy themselves as to the
number of persons supplied by
the individual purchaser.
No retailer of wheat flour is
* permitted to sell or deliver any
wheat fllour unless he sells at the
same time an equal weight,
pound for pound, of any or all of
the following wheat flour substi-
tutes:
Corn meal, hominy (not can-
ned), grits, edible corn starch,
corn starch, barley flour, rice,
rice flour, oat meal, rolled oats,
buckwheat flour, potato flour,
sweet potato flour, soya bean
flour, feterita flour and meal.
Whole wheat or graham flour
may be sold with the above sub-
stitutes in proportion of 6-10 of
IMPORTANT BILLS SIGNED
BY GOVERNOR HOBBY
pound of whole wheat or graham
flour.
WAR CAUSES SCARCITY
OF SCHOOL TEACHERS
Austin, March 28.—A special
examination for all grades of
teacher certificates will be held
in each county in Texas April 5th
and 6th, it was announced by
state superintendent W. F.
Doughty. The great depletion
of teachers on account of the
war made this examination nec-
essary, it was announced.
C. E. Rollins was a Midland
visitor the first of the week.
Austin, March 21.—The last
step in the enactment of a state-
wide prohibition law for Texas
was taken today when Governor
W. P. Hobby attached his signa-
ture to the statutory prohibition
bill. The bill will become a law
ninety days after adjournment
of the present special session,
and thus is expected to become
effective about June-26 or 27.
In a statement giving his rea-
sons for signing the bill, the
governor said he believed the
act, under conditions which now
prevail, is “a contribution to
that policy which will help
win the war, and which subor-
dinates everything else to that
one thing.”
The house concurred in senate
amendments to the bill giving
Texas women the right to vote
in primaries and nominating con-
ventions. This bill later went to
the governor and was signed.
The bill provides that women
who vote shall pay poll tax after
this year, and shall register in
counties haying cities of 10,000
or more, and that the ballots
they vote shall have the word
“Woman” printed on them.
HIGH COST 0L LIVING
CONTINUES UPWARD
DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL
BECOMES A LAW
PROMINENT CATTLEMAN
DIED AT LUBBOCK
S. I. Johnston, a prominent
and well known cattleman, of
Lubbock, died there Tuesday,
March 19. Mr. Johnston was
pound of substitutes to eachi well known among the cattlemen
of West Texas.
The closing exercises of the
Blythe school were held last
Friday evening. Quite a num-
ber attended from Seminole.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Williams
returned Sunday afternoon from
Midland where they had been
visiting for a few days.
Price & Graham, of Odessa,
were here Thursday, spending
the night on their ranch north-
west of town.
Sheriff J. W. McCutchon, of
Big Springs, was a business
visitor here this week.
President Wilson has signed
the daylight saving bill, and by
this law all clocks v. ill be put
forward one hour on the last
Sunday in March and turns
them back one hour on the last
Sunday in October.
The daylight saving plan will
go into effect and be observed
without the slightest disorgani-
zation or impairment of existing
conditions.
Trains will run as usual, and
every feature of daily life into
which the element of time enters
will remain unchanged.
Before retiring Saturday night
March 30th, the American house-
holder will set his clock an hour
ahead, and then may go to sleep
and forget entirely about day-
light saving; though for a few
mornings he may be hard to get
started out of his slumbers on
schedule time.
Washington, March 28.—Food
prices took another jump of
one per cent January 1 to
February 15, making a total in-
crease of 21 per cent for the year
ending on the latter date, the bu-
reau of labor statistics announc-
ed today.
Only three of 16 standard ar-
ticles failed to advance while
eight increased and five did not
change. Sugar showed the
greatest increase of 12 per cent;
hens 10; round steak three; sir-
loin steak, chuck roast and but-
ter two, ham one, lard less than
one per cent.
Eggs took the sharpest decline
of nine per cent, pork chops
two and bacon one per cent.
Milk, bread, flour, cornmeal and
potatoes remained stationary.
In the year ending February
15, potatoes alone dropped in
price, the decrease being 35 per
cent. Increases were as fol-
lows:
Cornmeal 7 percent; bacon 57,
lard 51, hatn 38, hens and milk
35, sugar 30, pork chops 28. In-
creases in other articles ranged
from 17 percent for sirloin steak
rib roast, bread and flour to 24
per cent for butter.
For five years ending Febru-
ary, 1918, food increased 66 per
cent, every article advancing
more than 40 per cent.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Rutledge
left the first of the week for La
mesa. Mr. Rutk^^ receiyed^t^ch jiu'ch owners reside,
message stating that his father
was dangerously ill, at Bangs,
Texas, and he went to attend his
bedside. Mrs. Rutledge will
visit relatives at Lamesa while
he is away.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dublin,
of Midland have been here sev-
eral days this week. Mr. Dub-
lin was looking after cattle in-
terests in this county.
LLOYD A. WICKS FOR
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CHANGE IN PAYMENT OF
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
The youngest child of Mr. and
Mrs. I. H. Terry has been quite
sick for the past few days, suf-
fering from an attack of bron-
chial pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Elam left
the first of the week for Pyote,
where Mr. Elam has been em-
ployed by the Scharbauer Cattle
Company.
Carpenters have been busy
for the past several days erect-
ing a five room residence on J.
W. Childer’s ranch west of Sem-
inole.
Austin, March 28.—By the en-
actment by the legislature of an
amendment to the law creating
the state highway commission,
the collection of registration fees
will be greatly facilitated, ac-
cording to chairman Hancock, of
the commission.
When this law becomes effec-
tive owners of cars shall pay
their registration fees to county
tax collectors in the counties in
... . . . . _ ■ —
At
present the registration fee
must be paid at the headquarters
of the commission at Austin.
For this service, the tax collec-
tors shall receive one-half of one
per cent on the collections made.
The law has also been amended
so that cars may be registered
quarterly instead of semi-an-
nually, as now prevails.
REPRESENTATIVE’S WIFE
TO PRACTICE LAW
The following letter was re-
ceived from Mr. Lloyd A. Wicks,
of Ralls, Crosby county, this
week, relative to his candidacy
for District Attorney of this,
the 72nd Judicial District:
March 22, 1918.
The Seminole Sentinel,
Seminole, Texas.
Dear Sir:—“This will authorize
you to place my name before
your readers as a candidate for
the office of District Attorney
for the 72nd Judicial District for
the ensuing term, subject to the
action of the Democratic Pri-
mary.
“I am 33 years old. a graduate
of the schools of Michigan and
Illinois, and have been engaged
in the practice of law for the last
ten years. I came to Crosby
county in 1907, and have lived in
this county since that date.
“Am at present County Attor-
ney of this county, filling the un-
expired term ofR. A. Wallace,
who resigned and left.
“I appreciate the high duties
devolving upon the incumbent of
the District Attorney’s office,
and feel fully qualified to fill the
office creditably and efficiently.
If elected, 1 pledge to the citi-
zens of the district an energetic,
prompt and just prosecution of
all indictments for felony found
in my district, and a proper and
faithful discharge of all other
duties of that office.
- “I respectfully request you to
bespeak for me through your
columns from the voters of your
county a fair consideration of
my claims.”
Yours truly,
Lloyd A. Wicks.
Everyone is invited to attend
the Easter services at the Meth-
odist church Sunday, March 31
—next Sunday, at 11 a. m.
W. R. Chancellor and Frank
Ingham, of Midland, were here
looking after cattle interests the
first of this week.
J W. Byrd, formerly a citizen
of Seminole, but now of Okla-
homa City, was a business visitor
here this week
C. B. Richards last week sold
a bunch cf heifers belonging to
Henry Hart to Bud Taylor, of
near Blythe.
J. B. Belcher, of Lamesa, was
here Wednesday on business.
J. W. Childers visited Lamesa
Sunday.
District couit will convene
here next Monday, April 1.
Austin, March 27.—Mrs. Em
ma Boone Bledsoe, wife of rep-
resentative W. E. Bledsoe, of
Lubbock, was today granted a
license by the board of legal ex
aminers of the third supreme
judicial district to practice law
in Texas.
W. O. Wilkison and family, of
Gaines county, are here this
week visiting relatives and Mrs.
Wilkison is having her tonsils
treated. Mr. Wilkison says cat-
tle are doing very well in his
section of the country. The
shinery land is going to produce
early grass and this will be a
great-help to the stock raisers.—
Lubbock Avalanche.
Presiding Elder Lyon, of Lub-
bock, was here the latter part of
last week. He held quarterly
conference at Blythe Sunday.
WORTH THE MONEY
AT TWICE THE COST
That Sears, Roebuck and Com-
pany believe in advertising, even
in the face of unfavorable condi-
tions, is proven by the fact that
they are now distributing 35,090
mail order catalogues in a radius
of 150 miles from Big Springs.
When you figure the cost of
these catalogues at $2 or $3 each
for the price of preparing same,
paying 7Vi to 10 cents each for
postage, 1 Vi cents for preoaring
for the mail, and freight on two
carloads of these catalogues, you
can readily see that they are
putting up quite a sum to adver-
tise in the drouth stricken West.
—Big Springs Herald.
S. C. Doss has been employed
to collect all accounts due the
firm of Williams Bros. & Co. A
prompt settlement to him will
be appreciated —J. J. and Andy
Williams.
A. M. Bell, of Westbrook, was
here looking for two-year old
steers this week.
Build, Repair and Paint for Thrift’s Sake
If the fence is falling down, have it reoaired, for thrift’s
sake. If you rent, save by owning a home—be thrifty. Please
do not let the country run down for the want of repairs, Let
us help you or there will be weeping and wailing all over the
country.
A. G. McAdams Lumber Company
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Stone, Harry N. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1918, newspaper, March 28, 1918; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth556080/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.