San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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A BOOST FOR SINTON AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY NEWS
The News Job Dep:
ment for comme:
and fancy Job Printing.
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SINTON. SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1915
ttresses, Window
Ms, Rugs
e have a complete line of MAT-
ESSES and RUGS. Our line
f Window Shades will be com-
te in a few days. Don’t forget
s when in need of Fishing Tackle
, we will have the most Complete
le in town : : : :
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Hardware & FufnjtureCe.
Sinton
Texas
Commissioners Court
Proceedings;
^Commissioners Court convened
Monday, Feb. 8th and continued
in session until Tuersday night,
and then adjourned until Mon-
day in Order, to have all the
officers’ reports before them.
The following business was
transacted, to-wit:
Quarterly reports approved—
(a) R. N. Cartwright, J. P.
Precinct No. 5.
(b) W. A. Lit^e, J. P.y Pre-
cinct No. 6.
(c) G. R. Wie£ J. P. Pre-
cinct No. 3.
(d) Final report Roy Duphone,
j. P. Precinct No. 6.
(e) J. F. Janieke, J. P. Pre-
cinct No. 2.
(f) Conn Brown, County
Attorney.
(g) W. M. Stalcup, County
Treasurer.
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New Laud Company.
The Carpenter & Eddy Land
Co. has been desolved and* in its
plaice the Gqif Cxfcst Land Co.
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Road Overseer reports received
and approved:
M. T, Mahoney, Road Precinct
No. 3, .
Joe Dittlinger, Road Precinct
No. 14.
Ed Hess, Road Precinct No. 8
L.M. Ledbetter, Road Precinct
No. 11. . 1
R. vR. Longino, Road Precinct
No. 9.
B. Nelson, Road Precinct No.
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C. B. McApally, Road Precinct I
per cent, but the Court could not
legal]v accept the same for the
reason that two of the Com-
missioners were stockholders in
the bank, and under their oath
of office and the law they were
prohibited from accepting same/
Official bond of H. H, Helper,
J. P. Precinct No. 8 was received
and approved.
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The following Road Overseers
were appointed for 1912:
For Precinct No 1—J.S. Easton.
For Precinct No*. 2—Halloway.
For Precinlct No. 3 - Paul
Norton.
For Precinct No. 4—G. W;
Custer.
For Precinct No. 5— Arthur
Coffin.
For Precinct No. 6- M. G.
Wallin.
For Precinct No. 7-W. A. Dunn.,
For Precinct No. 8—R. 0.
Armentrout., '•
. For Road Precinct No. 9—R.
R. Longino.
For Road Precinct No. 10 —
Robt. Westmorland.
For Road Precinct No. 11—
Wm. Myers, Jr.
For Road Precinct No. 12—W.
N. McCleary. <
' For Road Precinct No. 13—J.
T. Touchstone.
For Road Precinct No. 14—
Bert Myers.
For Road Precinct No. 15 —
Geo. Barrett.
For Road Precinct No. 16—J,
W. Williams.
For Road Precinct No. 17 T.
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..Planting..
The Planting Season Will
Soon be here— We are
Ready for it.
Are You?
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Do you need farm machinery?
We have a full line of J.I.Caser
Farm Implements.
Single and Double Row Cell
Drop Planters.
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The Crank Shift, Seat Guide,
Texas and Ohio Cultivators—
in both single and double row.
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We are the people who sell the groceries.
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Odem Mercantile i
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Phone No. 11. ... SINTON, TEXAM
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will do our
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tjsafcwe arein
^ake you very
pnees and we in-
visit our store,
and compare
buy all the eggs
isand pay you tne
if you perfer.
r trotyl i
Grocery.
\ Dawsbn, Prop.
i Furniture &
Supply Co., and are in a position
to handle their business in better
shape than heretofore.
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iuns. Prices
and up.—Mrs. J. D.
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Will A1 bin of Taft was a busi-
ness visitor in Sinton Monday.
H. N. Swinny returned home
from Dallas the latter part of
last week.
R. W. Davis, representing a
loan Company, was here this
week inspecting some property,
preparatory to making a loan.
G. W. Grimes returned home
from San Antonio Friday after-
noon from San Antonio, after a
visit of several days in that city.
Mrs. E. McKeown came up
from/Corpus ChriSti the .first of
the week and spent a few days
with friends an d relatives and
returned home on the Thursday
evening train.
State Bank
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Capital Stock
$50,000.00
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Patronize the Bank With a Backing
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F. Green, President
D. Odem, Vice-President /■ . -
Geo. D. McGloin, 2nd V.-Pres.
J. S. McGloin, Cashier
J. A. Matthews, Ass’t Cashier
rE must continue to grow in strength. and
usefulness, and invite your patronage in the
that reciprocal relations will contribute to
’ progress.
General election officers have
been appointed* The full list
will be given later. •
Officers for the holding o f
School TVustee Election*:
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No. 1. Sinton. J. W. Benson,
Presiding Officer; Walter ^Cox,
Judge; W. A. Custis, Clerk.
Successors to W. G. Trotter
and D. W. Martin to be elected.
No. 2. Sodville. W. H. Wyatt.
Presiding Judge; W. A. Dunn,
Judge; Miller Harwood, Clerk.
Successors to R. E. Moore and
C. T. Whatley.
No. 3. Sap Patricio. M. L.
Mahoney Presiding Judge;
Richard Karnes, Judge, Jim
Wier, Cl£rk.
Successors to Pat Martin and
G. R. Wier, to be elected.
No. 4. Gregory-Taft. M. K.
Hunt, Presiding Judge; H. V.
Fetick, Judge; W. P. Mullen,
Clerk.
Successors to E. G. Hodges,
and J. A, Harrell to be elected.
No. 6. St. Paul. W.R. Hamil-
ton, Presiding Judge; Wm. Mc-s
Cammon, Judge; Ernest Max-
well, Clerk.
Successors to G. L. Ashby anc
D. C. Hunter to be elected.
No. 7. Odem. J. W. Wright,
Presiding Judge; J. F. Janieke,
Judge] Alva Humphries, Clerk.
Successors to T. D. Cook and
W. D. Skull to be elected.
No. 8. Portland. C. H. Mc-
Gary, Presiding Judge; H. C.
Bam land, Judge and F. S Smith,
Clerk.
Seccessors to Jno. G. Davis
and ChasH Alvord to be elected.
No. 9. Ingleside. R.J. Williams,
Presiding Judge; R.C. Muckelroy,
Judge; T. J. Secoy, Clerk.
Successors to R.G. Black, Chas.
Hultgren and R. M, Stoval to be
elected, there having been ho
previous election in said district.
Sinton State Bank was chosen
ffiTSSSniPie proW
election were canvassed and re-
sults declared, showing .501 votes
for prohibition and 508 votes
against prohibition, showing a
Majority of 7 votes against pro-
hibition.
In the matter of appointing an
Agricultural Agent for the year
1915, in view of the present con-
dition of county funds it was
decided to employ- no Agricul-
tural Agent this yerr.
Other business- -unfinished at
the time this was prepared will
be given next ^reek.
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of Mr. R. R.
Insur-
Taken Up.
One Jersey cow with jfoung
calf, one ear marked, but no
brand. Owner can have same
by paying for care and this ad.
1-3. > 0. K. CROW.
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ahee. agency to Mr. J. C. Russell.
Mr. Redus has been engaged in
this business since the infancy
of our city and although he has
divided his time with other lines,
he has built up an insurance
business which ranks as one of
the best in this section of the
state, i Mr. Russell will give his
full time and expects to extend
the volume of the agency. He
is one of the oldest of the new
comers and is personally acquain-
ted with most of the people. He
will office in the Redus Land
office.
We wish for.him much success.
Ice cream at Vermillion’s. 1-1
Our work guaranteed at Citi-
zens Auto Co. 1-1
Dr. P. Warley of Rockport,
was here on business Wednes-
day.
Rev. 0. C. Grow and wife of
Skidmore were in Sinton Thurs-
day.
Dr. H.M. Benett of Falfurias,
was in Sinton this week looking
after business matters.;
Redus Land Co. leased 50 acres
of land for gas and oil for W. D.
Scull of near Odem this week.
J. G. Moore has moved his
tailoring business into the rear
of the Katz building formerly
occupied by the Texas Furniture
and Supply Co. We understanc
he will close out his stock of
groceries and confectionery. *
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At a meeting Of the Board of
Education o f Common School
District No. 1, Wednesday eve-
ning, it was decided to suspend
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theotheirf;.
to the limit' and the
ing prepared for
exceptionally fine
past' two or . three
given the farmer *»,*.*,
tunity todp the work a
good. ' .
While a light rain
doubt he welcomed in
soften up the surface a bi
ground generally is in
condition
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$15.00 Suits. Feathering. 40-tf
Ben Ivey and Herbertf**^™
of near Taft, attended t
number of the /M
Courae'at the Tabemade l
evening of last week.
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Copyright 1910, by the SUaderd Adr. Oe.
>U can’t keep up without a Bank Account.
adds to the value of but one thuig—MONEY
All else decays before it; SAVE your m
tHe Bank. : : : : :
school for the remainder of the
as County Depository, on a bid 1914-15 school year on account
of 5 per cent on daily balances, o f the available maintainance
The Bank of Commerce bid 6.06 fund has been exhausted.
placed
they ai
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THE GUARANTY FUND BANK
THE BANK OF
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SINTONi
Capital and Surplus $35,000.00
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San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1915, newspaper, February 19, 1915; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth716903/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sinton Public Library.