The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1932 Page: 1 of 4
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SEMINOLE SENIINEL
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Vol. 26, No. It
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s^minole. ga^nes county, texas, Thursday, june, 231932
$1.00 Pee Ybak
Special Grand Jury .,
Convenes Here Monday
First Class Postage ,'
. Rate Hiked to 3 Cents
A special grand jury was em-
panelled here Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock to Investigate the
recent robbery of the First State
Bankof Seagraves, since develop
mentoin this connection during
the past ten daya have warranted
the apprehension of four men.
Those under arrest are: Oscar
M. Herring, 851 an Attorney of
Seagraves; Edmond Meredith,
21, brother-in-law jjf Herring;
Elmer Slaughter, 39, of Terry
county, and James W. Baker, 32,
fojrm,er teacher in the Seagraves
Public school, and when arrested
had entered Texas Tbch at Lub-
bock for the summer term.
It is reported that two of the
four arrested have made confes
sions to their part of the robbery
and signed statements giving
detailed account of the whole af-
fair. The fifth party implicated
in the robbery has not been ar
rested but this is1 expected any
day. This man, according to in
formation was the "gun man’
and has a'criminal record in at
adjoining state when he has ser-
ed a penitentiary sentence. His
name is given as Jodie Edwards.
Leads furnished by Seagraves
citizens toSheriff Frank Kuyken
dall, who had Jihe assistance of
State Rangers Captain Bil
Wright, J. W. 8'mith and Edgar
Neal, all have been Wbrking on
this evidence for (the past tw9
weeks and together made the
above arrests.
One of those arrested, Elmer
Slaughter, of Terry County
,since his arrest was stricken
with appendicitis while confined
* to the Terry County jail, having
underwent an operation for this
ailment on Friday morning
■■last week. •
Meredith and Baker are now
* in the Gaines County jail, 81augh|
.ter is being guarded while recup
grating from a surgical operation
in a Brownfield sanitarium
Herring is also in the Terry
county jail. The five were in
1 dieted Wednesday and while no
' application for bonfi hasyst been
1 made, it is presumed this will be
| doue immediately. District
r torney T. W. Price stated ,Wed
; nesday that be Arould ^hdtavor
t to try some of these cases at the
[ December term of District Court
To all Patrons of the United
States Postoffice Department: ,
Beginning with next July 6th,
three cents postage will be re-
quired on all letters mailed fpr
delivery within the United States
this change in rates to be in''ef-
fect until July first 1934.
There will be no change in the
rate for post cards or postal
cards, but it is very important
ito prepay all postage on letter
mail. If postage is unpaid on
more than one ounce the addres-
see will be required to pay the
dificency at the rate of four cents
per ounce or fraction on
;8uch short-paid mail,
The above information is given
you that all may be prepared to
govern themselves accordingly,
and assist in the elimanation of
delayed mail matter that other
wise be held for the payment of
additional postage.
Dies Martis Bridge Glob •
Entertains Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. Johnnie Heath was hos-
tess to the Dies Martis Bridge
Club* Tuesday, June 22. Five
games of bridge were enjoyed,
Mrs. Glen Stark held high score.
Lovely graham sandwiches
and ice cream being served to
Mesdames Duff, Walker, Dostalik
Alley, Morris Stark, F. D. Stark,
Howard, Glen Stark, Misses
Evelyn Richards, Bernice Doss,
Nuel Mitchell, and Anna Beth
Curry.
Next meeting will be with Miss
Evelyn Richards, July.5.
—Reporter.
Report of Grapd Jury for
Special Term ot Court
In the District Court of paints
county, Texas, Special June (erm
A. D. 1932.
To the Honorable Judgq of
said Court'. ,
We your Grand Jury for the
Special June Term, 1932, of the
District Court of Gaines County,
Texas, most respectlully make
the following report of our work
as grand jurors: ,
We have very carefully gone
into all matters given us in
charge by this Court and have
returned imto.tlys Court 5 felony
bills of indictment pertaining to
the robbery of the Baqk at Sea
graves.
We wish to thank the Texas
Rangers, our local Sheriff, and
other peace officers, and our Dis-
trict Attorney for their splendid
and fast ^vork in this matter apd
for their help and assistance
given us in this matter. These
officers, have vprked hard to
bring to justice all parties con-
nected with the robbery of. the
bank and we thauk them for the\r
work.
We also commend our District
Judge for action in calling a
grand jury to take action on thjs
matter as, we believe it urgently
necessary that thi§ investigation
and the bills be returned at tips
time. , „ . ,
Having finished oujrwprk, we
ask tjiat we J>e discharged Jtor
the term. . ,
... J. W. Childegs,
Foreman of the Grand Jury.
The American Government
and Big Tax Problem
West Texas History
By Eminent Historian
Austin, Texas, June 20.— Dr.
W. C.“ Holder!, ‘graduate of The
University of TsXas and now
professor^ of historyatJTexas
Technological College, has writ
tdn a colorful acdouht of sociAl
developement'in West Texfas 'durj
ing a period of kfty yealrs of it*}
ffioAt picturesque history. Dr,
Holden ofotaifted the material f6t
his new book, titled “‘Rbllie
Burns,” from R. C. Burns of
Lubbock,'piioneAr ranchman an
cattleman. Dr. Holden is wel
known in Austin and its environ^
having attended the University
here for k number of years. He
obtained his bachelor of arts del
gree from this institution in 1923
his master of Arts degree the fol
lowing year, and the doctor ol
philosophy degree in 1928.
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Patsy Slaton.Honoree
At Birthday Party
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Suit on Hobbs Certificates of
Indebtedness Being Tried
The suit to test the validity of
the Hobbs certificates of indebt-
ness is now being tried in the
district court of Roswell before
Judge George W. Hay of the six-
th district who has been assign
ed Hqsjt upon the bench in the
fifth district this week.
The amount of tlOl.OOO is in-
volved in the suit which was
brought by James H. Shaw, bank
commissioner-ef Texas, in be-
half of tbe defunct First State
Bsfnk of Seminole, H. H. Shell,
Monson Dunneg&n Ryan Com-
pany. Stuart Iuso Board Cor-
poration against the board of ed-
ucation of New Hobbs, J. A. Mc-
Nabb, who is now chief deputy
in the state comptroller's office,
the New Mexico School Supply
Co., Treasurer E. H. Byers of
Lea county ahef several banks of
New Mexico and Colorado.
The original complaint in the
case recites the fact that the
The beau ti folia wn at the home Hobba ^cho61 di8trictj Mting
of Mbs. W. R. Slaton was thq through its board of education
scene of a merry party for wee
tots of Seminole on Friday, June
17, from 4 to 6 p. m., when sbq
entertained honoring the third
birthday of her little grandl
daughter, Patsy Slaton.
Promptly at 4 o’clock each
and with the consent of the state
enducational budget auditor,
authorized the issuance of certi-
ficates of intiebtness in amount
aggregating $250,000 to secure
funds for the purpose of pur-
chasing grounds and erecting
little guest arrived bearing a gift and furnishing school buildings
I for Gaines County.
- Those making up
the special
Epworth League Program . •
For Sunday, June 22
Songs—91 and 97.
Scripture—By Leader— Wil
ham Estep.
Subject—"Have Christian Mis
sions Made Good?”
Talk on Subject—J. M. Parker
"Effects of Christian Missions”
—Lelia Pittman.
Special |Soug—Louise Pittman
and Grade Lee Stark.
"The Jesus Way of Life.”—La
verne Burrows.
"The Unfinished f Task.”—
Mray Fraripis Ke.ndvick.
Proverbs,—Mrs. Estep.
Snyder Golfers to Play
in Seminole Sunday
in token of the day and in eager
anticipation for the games to be-
gin. With Katie. Jjoe Giddtngs
as leader many and various forms
lof .games were,enjoyed until the
refreshment hour, when the
birthday cake, topped with three
lighted candles was cutand serr
ed with cherry julep. .!
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grand jury for this special terqt
were: J. D. F. Bell, W. W. Ar-
ledge, Con Hood, Johu Buhman,
J. B, Everitt, A. J. Dow, J. W.
Childers, Nolan Barton, O. L.
Berry, L. C. Caffey, and S. M.*
Caswell.
In calling this special grand
jury Judge Gordon McGuire or
dered a petit jury panel of 36
men drawn su'bject to bis call.
This term was called for three
weeks. The grand jury after de
liberating two days returned
five bills of indictment, adjourn-
ing Wednesday subject to the call
of the court.
Baker, Seagraves school teaoh-
er, last Sunday led state rangers
to a cache of $390 at a Tenth
street residence in Lubbock
where he lived after enrolling
for the Texas Technological" col
lege summer term, it was dis
closed Wednesday after a 106th
district court grand ju ry at Semi-
nole had indicted Baker and four
(continued on page 4)
’the Snyder Club of the Kat
Klaw Golf Association will en
gage the local aggregation in a
scheduled game ou the Seminole
course Sunday afternoon..
Tahoka plays at Slaton and
Lamesa at Brownfield on this
date. _*
R. S. Newberry left Thursday
for Weatherford to accompany
his'father, 8. P. Newberry, back
to Seminole where he will spend
the summer with his daughter,
Mrs. W. G. Gibbs.
J. E. Woodard returned Mon-
day from Fort Bayard, N. M„
wb£re he has been receiving
medical treatment at a Veteran’s
Hospital for the past three,
months.
If there is a more vital issue
at this time than taxation, tbs
average citizen and business man
will have a hard time finding it-
In 1890 the total cost of gdv-
eminent, Federal, State and local
was $875,000,000-$13 88 per cap-
ita. In 1919 it was $7,465,000,-
000-$71.10 per capita. In 1929
it was $9,792,000,000-$80.58 per
capita. It is considerable higher
,now. What it will be in 1935, if
the present trend goes on, chal
lenges the imagination The
hew revenue bill gives no can he
.for optimism.
Is the United States going the
way of England, of Germany, of
Austria? Are we going to be
swamped by bureaucry, waste,
duplication, enlargement of gov
ernmental activities, paternalism
and an eventual dictatorship of
officeholders?
The future of industry, of em-
ployment, of ho.ue building and
of individual progress is tied
up wit.li the problem of taxation.
High taxes frighten the investor
take money out of circulation,
paralyze busiuess. The as
sur?mcq of economical, efficient
and restricted governmental
activity' would do ffiors than any- ,
thing else at this time to bring
depression to an end. t
Beef'cattle week at the State
Fair of Texas is Oct, 8 to 15—
when beef cattle, sheep, goats,
jacks, and heavy horses will be
shown.
Crops Heavily Damaged
by High Winds and Hajl
Much damage to crops oif var-
ious kinds was dons by the ter-
rific wind and sand storm on
Monday evening of thiis week.
Many farmers in the Loop and
northeast section of the county
have had much replanting to do
previous to Monday’s storm on
account of haih, i• ii
Reports from Dawspn, Terry
and other nearby counties are
that their Sections suffered heav-
ily. ___
Revival Services to Be
Held at Methodist Church
A revival meeting will begin
at the Methodist Church, Sun-
day, July 3, at the morning hour.
Rev. W. H. Strong, pastor of
the Petersburg Methodist
Church, will assist the local pas
tor, Kev. Preston Florence, in
holding these services.
| A cordijil invitation to every
one.in the community.is extended
to attend eagh service; • < •
i More livestock is on ?feed in
Texas than ever before in the
Mrs. F. D. Stark visiting ini
Lubbock and Brownfield in the
past week end retnrning borne
Sunday.
C. M. Hawkins is visiting rela-
tives near Rosce.
Mr. and Mrs. R.O. Woods,‘of
Archer City, have returned 'to
Seminole and are now occupying
the F. D. Stark residence.
Boone Hardin and family, of
Hobbs, were guests in the C. E-
liollins borne Monday night.
history of the State, according
to Frank P. Holland, editor of
Farm and Ranch, and a director
of the State Fair of Texas. This
is owing to the huge grain crop
which was grown throughout the
State last year Another bump
er grain crop is in progress at
present Md should put giorecat
tie on feed for finish
as than before.
ing*'in Tex-'
in anticipation of the collection of
a previous levy of a tax of five
mills against the property of the
district.
The New Hobbs school district
was cot off from the Hobbs dis-
trict and in an agreed settlement
$75,000 of these certificates Wife
assigned to the new district. It
is upon these certificates that the
suit is mainly brought. $81,000
is the amount of the certificates
which were purchased by the
Seminole bank and it w&sitsfail-
ure to realize upon these that
probably caused bank to fall.
Tbe plantiffs are seeking to
have the court decree the certifi-
cates a valid debt against tbe
school district and to order a five
mill tax levy, against the district
ekeh year until the whole amount
of the certificates are paid.
;The second cause of action
Would, in the event the first claim
1$ denied by the court, have pro-
perty purchased by these certi-
ficates declared to belong to the
owners of the certificates and to
appoint a receiver to sell this
property and distribute the pro
ceeds among them in an eqult
able manner.
They also ask that the money
which has already been paid to
the holders of certain of these
certificates be returped to the
county treasurer of Lea county
and by hjm distributed to all the
certificate holefei's' according to
the face value of the certificates.
Practically all the money col
lected upou the five mills levy
bad'been paid to J. A. McNabb
for the New Mexico School Sup-
ply Co., upon the certificates is-
sued for school furniture. Mc-
Nabb succeeded in having his
certificates numbered consecu-
tively and beginning with num-
ber 1. He then had these
certificates paid according to
their numerical number. 8inee
there was never collected more
baby girl, accompanied by Colin
Hawkins returned home Thurs-
day from a two weeks visit in
Roscoe.
than a sufficient amount of taxes
Mr. and Mrs. J. J, Green andfto W hifi certificates, the other
holders have as yet received
nothing for theirs.
The case will probably not be
decided this week.—Lovington
Leader.
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Stone, Harry N. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1932, newspaper, June 23, 1932; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth577562/m1/1/?q=american+indian: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.