The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1923 Page: 1 of 4
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THE SEMINOLE S
Voh. 17, No. 40
SEMINOLE. GAINES COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY,.DECEMBER 27. 1928
A GROWING EMPIRE SEMINOLJf SCHOOL OPENS
OF WEALTH AGAIN MONDAY
Nuturing influences are fast
developing Texas as a manufac
tn ring state The industrial cen
ter is shifting from the North I for the second half of the years
to the South. In a few years work..
$1.50 Pbr Y&ah
the fact that some few had under ! REAL ESTATE DEALS RE*
After a two weeks vacation,
the Seminole public school will
open Monday morning Dec. 31st
Texas will be one of the leading
manufacturing states of the
United States. We have the
raw material for hundreds of
factories and sooner or later
eastern manufacturers will be
compelled to come to the raw
material. Read the absorbing j
story of Texas as “A Growing
Empire of Wealth” in the Semi
nole Sentinel January 10th
issue.
Classification of new pupils
and a readjustment of the daily
schedule will be the first item to
receive attention.
This notice is given because of
stood that school would not open
until after the first.
Mr. Luther Thornton and
Miss Annie Bachman were
married last Sunday afternoon
at Seagrayes. Rev. C. B.
Thompson officiating.
Write Draughon’s College,
Abilene or Wichita Palls, for
Special Holiday Offer and
Guarantee Position Contract.
PORTED THIS WEEK
W H. Mitchell this week sold
240 acres of land 9 miles east of
Seminole,% belonging to L. B.
Post, of Hurley. N. M., to J. M.
Gardner, of Lamesa. He also
sold 040 acres, 4 miles east, to
P. D Mock, of this place.
Start the new* year right by
trading with Richards.
PASSING THE BUCK
Of recent years successive
legislature bodies, hearkening to
the call of those who would
SOUTH PLAINS FAIR DATE spend the public revenue rather
SET FOR OCT. 1-4 , than consideration for those who
must pay the public tax, have
Lubbock, Dec. 17.—The Pan-
handle South Plains Pair dates
for 1924 have been set for Oct . 1
to 4, inclusive.
Plans are already under way
for an enlargement of the fair
•and for improvements to the
grounds and buildings.
Thirteen counties entered the
proceeded on the theory that
there would be plenty of revenue
always. The State's treasury
was, during a majority of the
years, not operating upon,,, a de
ticiency. Then, as during the
38th legislative session, state
rnents were prepared purporting
to show the amount of revenue
county exhibit contest in 1923 available, actually in the State
and preparations are being made
to care for 20 at the 1924 fair.
Thirty-eight thousand people
attended the 1923 fair and pro-
visions will be made to handle
00,000 in 1924.___
FEDERATED CLUB PROGRAM
FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 3
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1. Exposition and Prepara-
tion.—Mrs. Stone.
2. ‘‘The Cask of Amontilla-
do. ’—Mrs. Dan Cobb.
3. Introduction: The Order of
Narration.—Mrs. Floyd Stark.
4. “A Coward.” — Mrs.
George.
5. “Without Benefits of
Clergy.”—Mrs. Cox.
Leader. —Mrs. Stone.
goes to prove once moreT^e rule
Thou,
Leo Holmes catne down from
treasury and to arise under tax
laws then in effect. Then as
now, economists disagreed with
estimates submitted, t'hen as
now, the higher estimates prov
ed most alluring because more
harmony with legislativeC-ten
dencies, and approprkjtkms
made accordingly. AID-, *>vhich
‘Hr
and the State Treasury, is help-
less in the matter. Legislative
appropriations become charges
against the State treasury.
Essentially the tax rate must be
fixed with reference to the a
mount or obligations legislative
ly created. Hence it is that,
although the aggregate sums
appropriated by the law-making
was 3212 cents. - The total of
assessed valuations was one-bil-
lion, six hundred thirty five mil-
lion, two hundred ninety-seven
thousand dollars ($1,685,297,000).
For the year 1923, the rate is 75
cents upon the estimated total
assessed valuation aggregating
close to three billion four him
dred million dollars (?!>,400,000,-
MR. AND MRS. STONE
ENTERTAIN r
On Thursda"
and Mrs If many CUS-
lydnferthTuTo. , ♦«
in their attractive4n«l
mas decorations, <$P"
tlstieally arrange! f y
dence every where. * I v<U
Games of “42” f«‘
and pleasure wei
after the arrival
C. E. Rollins winjj^^J
After the eonelu ’
of the program, tbr^
the guests was calle
mas tree, beautiful
eats. Numbers were
all present and Miss Elijia
Stark and Master G L. Farrar,
Jr., were chosen to distribute
the presents as they were taken
from tiie tree by Santa Claus, in
the person of II. N. Stone.
It is needless to say that every
rv<"V>’
mas urof, ueaiuiums. N j? ‘
and heavily ladened v '
rrar.v
one enjoyed the evening's enter-
tribunal control the rate, yet hi jOOO). Still the demand for pub taimnont, as the host and hostess
the public view, responsibility | lie spending exceeds possibleLre ^ weu known for their abB*
■er 1h-
chickens before they are hatch
ed. Certainly it is imwjfta to
pledge the delivery of a ftiven
number until at least an approxi-
mate number of eggs have pro-
gressed to the .pipping stage
As revenue producers, recently
enacted tax law’s seem posessed
of cautious tendencies not dls
similar to those imputed to the
ground hog;they see the shad
ow of a treasury' deficit and
falls upon the automatic tax
board. Ho much for the Auto
matic Tax Law.
Prior to 1907, the year in
which the automatic tax law was
enacted, the legislature, itself,
lixod the state tax rate, It colls
for no great stretch of imagi-
nation upon the part of any of
public revenue by several mil
linn dollars. Tfie State's tre/is
uryisinthe red and must re
main in the red for the next two
years and more, a situation by
no means creditable. As a
ity and splendid taste in arrang-
ing unique programs for the
pleasure of their guests.
Those present were: Messers,
and MesdatnesChilders, Dudley,
L. 1). Richards, Halley, Rollins,
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State government we have been, Duff( 0arroH Cobb( Cox, Austin,
on a spending spree and it isjrj l Cobb, P. D. Stark, Farrar,
—...... -..... •...........- y-igh time that we sober up. T. O, Stark, Rufus Mitchell, Will
us to .subscribe to the belief tliafThat it has been somewhat of a j R|ct.ard«, Britton Cullies, Me-
in these circumstance*, ^;« .&gdIhilariou« debauch the size of our Oullough and Mrs, Jones, of
islative mind was consVt“aj
concerned wHai every fucti?
trtbutlng to th'-y^ so to b
Brownfield Monday evening to j promptly retire,
spend Christmas day with ftisj The State advalorem tax rate
parents, Mr. and Mrc R. B. I is now at the constitutional limit.
Holmes. Leo is employed in the
Brownfield State Bank as book-
keeper.
Mrs. F. D. Stark entertained
the members of her Sunday
School class Wednesday evening
with a six o’clock dinner. The
members presented her with a
beautiful cut glass vase.
It should not be. Every con
scientious student of taxation
in Texas in its relation to actual
needs of the public service, is
bound to agree that, taken as a
whole, land and other property
is bearing a tax burden clearly
out of line with ability to pay,
and certainly out of tone with
pr ncipals of economy. Yet the
Felton Childers came in Mon-j m (Xju)Um rate must continue
day to spend the holidays with ! H s,.em^f indefinite]y. The auto-
home folks. He has recently i e UJ;tl j,. tax board, composed of
turned from a trip through ( ai - ^u, (j,>Vernor, State Comptroller
forniaand other western states-
pass the buck, an
back home were s
here let it be said
paying public wish kf sieaf
those most concerned wit
tax figures offer mute yet con
vincing testimony.
The writer hereof, is more or
isr-rR.. -f.tiwiHaV- with T$xm legisia-
itks I iors and legislative bodies cover-
ht Iing the past twenty four years.
Inuring sixteen years, he him
served in the State legisla
four years as a member of
Roscoe.
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A guest.
Dan Whitaker and family ar-
rived Saturday of last tfec’fc
from Roscoe and will make their
home here. Mr. Whittaker re-
cently purchased the residence
occupied by Mr. and Mrs, Oar-
l M
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\ , ' T ... . j roll Cobb near the Presbyterian
spending the public substawephe House of Boprewiitative.'^^ and he a|1(, (anlHj, are
will not disturb them; they will
not awaken them. If, upon the
other hand, the tax payers
and twelve years as a member of
the Senate. During all this
perod of time, part of it when
s lould conclude that they too, the law making tribunal fixed
have rights, rights which by | the rate and part under the
every rule of fair dealing should | automatic tax law, there was
be considered, then they must! never a time, never a moment
wake up the consciousness of I oven, that any legislative body
those who seemingly forget | had the nerve to fix Hie tax rate
them.
Organization, these days,
means everything. Everybody
is engaging in it except the aver
age tax payer. Right now there
is something for grown folks to
do, not the least of which is that
of giving a little more care to
matters of public service and
tiie relation these bear to tax
levies. It may be of public con-
cern, that harking back to 1907
when the automatic tax law was
enacted, the total State tax rate
at the limit and then go home
and try lo explain the why of it
occupying same. He also has a
farm west of town and will put
this in cultivation the coming
year.
Mrs R M. Halley received a
message the latter part of last
week from her parents at Yell-
ville, Ark., stating that their,
home had burned together with
all content. Mrs. Halley's
to an aroused constituency. |mother received l^nful but not
Members knew too well what
would happen and hence didn't
doit, much less appropriate up
to the ceiling of the rate and
then some, to the extent of a
matter of four million dollars
and more up in the garret.
serious burns.
C. C. Onstutt and family ar-
rived Monday afternoon from
Hamilton County and will farm
in Gaines County the coming
year. He recently purcbaced
8H0 acres of land near the Holmes
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There was no automatic tax law school lious west of Seminole.
by which responsibility could bej Mr ftnd Mrs. Jim Hughes and
passed on ward. Facts and Fic
tion.
Write Draughon’s College,
Abilene or Wichita Ealis, for
Special Holiday Offer and
Guarantee-Position Contract.
Jess Hood is spending a few
days with his parents at Alexin,
Texas. He will return about
January 1st.
Start the new year right by j
trading with Richards.
Gaines County
Abstract Office
N. R. MORGAN, Owner
Seminole, Texas.
PROMPT
We Thank You:
We take this method of expressing our thanks and ap-
preciation to our good customers and friends for their
nice business since our re-establishment, Sept. 1st, and
especially for your loyal Holiday business.
We wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
C. C. COTHES, Druggist
PHONE 72
SEMINOLE, TEXAS
son, of Kot&n, spent a few days
this week visiting at the home of
J. E. Hughes, nine miles south-
east of town. They returned
home Wednesday.
Jack and Bill Thompson, of
Lamesa, came over Saturday to
spend Christnas with their par-
ents, Rev. and Mrs. C. B.
Thompson. They returmd
Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs.’W. G. Gibbs left
last week for Wichita Falls,
where they are visiting relatives
for a few days. They were ac-
companied by Ben Hollitield,
J. T. Gam mill and Woody Pen-
ny, both of Sulphur Springs,
have been visiting here the past
few days.
Mrs. Ernie Jones, of Roscoe,
is visiting at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. J. W. Childers.
Mrs. E. C. Estep left Wednes
day for a few days visit with
relatives in Ptainview.
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Stone, Harry N. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1923, newspaper, December 27, 1923; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth576687/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.