The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1918 Page: 1 of 12
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TEAGUE. FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1918.
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Vol. 12. No. 83
PROGRAM at tHe IDYLWILD THEATRE FOR NEXT WEEK.
Friday, March 22.—Ruth Roland and Frank Mayo in “The Price of Foiiy.”
Holloway and Duncan in “Vengeance—and the Woman.” ‘Stingaree.”
Saturday, March 23.—Special Vitagraph Blue Ribbon feature. - And “The
Mystery Ship.* -V '
Monday, March 25.—Triangle feature, “We’re Off,” with Enid Bennett.,
And a comedy, “His Hidden Talent.
Tuesday, March 25.—Clara Kimball Young in “The Badge .of Shame.” v
And Ford’s Educational Weekly. • ’
Wednesday, March 27.—Mutual—“The Beautiful Venture,” with Anne
Murdock, And oomedy, **Artful Dodger.”
Thursday, March 28.—Bessie Love in “We Lady Bettie.” • And comedy,
“A Domestic Deception.” _
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24-YEAR COURT HOUSE
TAX BURDEN EXPLAINED?
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Fairfield Committee Tries to Explain,
but Argument Fails When the
Truth Is Disclosed.
We have been waiting patiently
for some time, in fact since the
campaign for the removal of the
county seat first started, to see
what reasons the people of Fair-
field would advance to persuade
the people of Freestone county to
dig up some $400,000 for a sump-
tuous court house during the war.
At last our patience is rewarded!
A communication last week signed
by the Fairfield committee gives
several reasons for this action,
which they submit to the people.
One reason why you should tax
yourself for the next 24 years for
their special benefit is, that when
the*town of Teague was being laid
out, a land (NOT A WARRANT)
^peculator, who at that time was a
citizen of Fairfield, had a block of
land designated on the maps as the
“court house” block, which block
was sold and now belongs to the
school.district. Although this all
happened before the town of
Teague ’^as born, yet it clearly
demonstrates, to the minds of the
Fairfield Committee, that Teague
even at that time had fell designs
on “their” court .house, and be-
cause of this fact" the people of
Freestone county are ’ asked to
burden themselves with several
hundred thousand dollars of debt
tq Btagger under for the next 24
years.
Another "strong” argument
given by the Fairfield committee
against removing the county seat
is foupd in the fact that some years
ago a protest was made to the
State Banking- Commissioner
against organizing a second bank
at Fairfield. We find that three
men then living at Teague but who
are not here now, and who were
interested in .the other bank at
Fairfield, dnhaign (juch a protest
but that the other signers to such
petition lived at Fairfield, and are
still living there. We are sure
that many of our farmers will find
this sufficient ground to mortgage
his earnings Jor 24 years in order
to satisfy the minds of the Fairfield
people who are opposed to build-
ing a "littltf'dinky $50,000 build-
ing”,but must have a sky scraper.
Still another lucid argument in
favor of keeping the court house at
Fairfield at a cost of some $40(5,-
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Condensed Statement op the Financial Con-
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First State Bank
OF TEAGUE
At the Close of Business March 4, 1918.
RESOURCES. ' ,
Loans and Discounts_______ —.$245,203.12
Banking House, Furn. and Fix.—.1. 10,500.00
Stocks and Bonds............ 3,450.00
Other Real Estate..............—1 14,475.00
Guaranty Fund and Assessment to
Guaranty Fund............... 2,569.51
Cash on hand and with
other Banks_____. $64,898.62
Bills of Acceptance *
(cotton)........... 2,690.82 67,089.44
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS.......... 4,300.00
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
and THRIFT’STAMPS—-...... 1,423.93
U. S. Certificates of Indebtedness.. 50,000.00
Total.....—.....- ..$399,011.00
LIABILITIES. .
Capital Stock______________________$ 25,000,00
Surplus-------------------------— 5,000.00
Undivided Profits__________________ 3,661.88
Deposits__________________- ^------ 365,349.12
Total.........—,......$399,011.00
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I certify that the above statement is correct.
' A. J. McKinney, Cashier.
J, A. Thompson, President
R. M. Thompson, Vice President *
A. J. McKinney, Cashier .
* J. C. BAqaiTt. Asst. Cashier :
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000, is found by the Fairfield com-
mittee in the fact that seed buyers
at Teague had cotton seed fights.
We are sure the cotton farmers of
Freestone county have been very
angry because of these fights which
have resulted in the highest prices
being paid in Teague for cotton-
seed of any town in this section.
However, we have been unable to
find any one who knows of any
mass meeting being oalled by the
Mayor. Mayor King is absent
from the city but upon his return
this matter will be submitted to
him.
The above is a presentation of
the argument* advanced by the
Fairfield committee against the re-
moval of the county seat to Teague,
and for the construction of a $200,-
000 building Nit Fairfield, the same
to be built^at once when labor and
materials are higher than
time in^he history "of the world.
Coming at a time when lecturers
and writers under the direction of
the Government are urging the
fpeople to hoard their savings to
loan to the Government, to avoid
useless building until pjfter the
war that the material-may bft used
in building ships and manufactur-
in^ munitions for our boys
France, and that all labor be
ployed in Government work, or in
raising food, we submit theft argu-
ment for your consideration.
To the people residing along the
Henry Exall state highway,- they
have sought to coerce into voting,
against moving the county seat by
claiming that Teague is after such
route. The facte are that this
route has been formally and de-
finitely settled by the state, the
route laid out, and state aid al-
ready appropriated. The removal
of the county seat will have no ef-
feeS=-ott-this route one way or the
other. The only thing necessary
to have this highway is for’ the
people along the route designated
to do their part, and the people of
Teague, vyhen the matter resolved
itself between either on East a
West route, urged the Highway
Commission to run it through
Freestone county whether .it touch-
ed Teague or not. We ftould like
to have the najnes and addresses
of the Fairfield people who asked
it to go to Teague if it didn’t go by
Fairfield. We would advise the
people along this route, however,
to examine conditions closely, and
ascertain why the Court paid the
engineer employed (who so far as
we can learn hasjjever had charge of
any important road construction),
$2400 more than any other engineer
offered to do the work for, and
that nduch more than is ever paid
by any County or road district. It
would seem that this Court had a
mania for letting contracts out of
the ordinaiy, and it is time that a
halt was called.
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If the people of Freestone coun-
ty vote to move the county seat to
Teague, a court hohse will not be
built until the war is over, and
then it will not cost more than
$50,000.00, and the same rate of
taxation required to pay for the
one already contracted for at Fair-
field lasting TWENTY-FOUR
ye&rs can be paid for in FOUR
,>MU ■ S1. £uM AhMyaPH
will not have to be hauled 10
miles, that will be .a credit' to the
County, will be large enough for
the needs of the,'people for many
years, and will cost only $50,000.-
00. .Why should you mortage your
income for TWENTY-FOUR
YEARS to build a court. house at
Fairfield, when you can pay. for it
in Teague in FOUR YEARS?
Judge Boyd stated publicly that
he had been informed by the poun-
ty Auditor that the taxable values
of the County would be raised from
the present valuation of about
$8,000,000.00, to $13,000,000.00,
and that nearly all of the increase
would come out of Wortham and
the Eastern part of the County, in
order to raise sufficient revenue to
care for this $400,000 debt we are
threatened with, and will have if
the county seat is not moved to
If this is true, and we
are not uneasy at Teague because
our renditions are already Bky
high, when the people of Wortham
and along the Tripity river get
through paying on the increased
valuations, the} will discover that
they never know, what taxeg,really
were. If the taxable values of the
County are raised fifty per cent,
and- only a small” section'"'^.,the
County has to take care of this
increase, the peoples of Wortham
and along the Trinity river wilt
have their renditions multiplied by
three or four the prgpent values.
Possibly they love the town of
Fairfield so well that they are per-
at any Teague.
fectly willing to pay this increase
for the next twenty-four years,
rather than move the county seat
to Teague.
The present Court has set pre-
cedents in letting contracts that
the people of Freestone county can
not afford to establish by voting to
sanction them. The "Block Sys-
tem” contract, the court house
contract, the contract given th?
inspector who condemned the old
court house, the contract given the
road engineer, all of these have
shown such a marked disregard of
economically administering the
people’s affairs, that we feel Bure
that Freestone county voters have
become weary and desire a change.
The only way we saw to stop this
useless expenditure of the people’s
money for a fine court house at
this time, was in having an elec-
tion to move the county Beat to
Teague, thereby postponing the
building of any court house until
after the war.
We submit to the candid con-
sideration of the voters the propji
oRitionS laid down by ub from
time to time, resting upon the fair
judgment of the ^people to settH. •
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which we feel
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right
in moving
the county seat--to Teague. _
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’ Teague Chamber of Commerce.
John Riley, W. F. Storey, M. A.
Webb, J. Wed Davis, J. E. Woods.
T. L. Childs, R. M. Thompson, E.
G. 8etzer, Dr. W. P. Harrison. T.
Clark, ,8. E.-Tucker, Robert F.
Riley. (Advt.)
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Report of the Condition of the
First National Bank
TEAGUE, TEXAS
At the Close of Business March 4, 1918.
RESOURCES.
Loans.. .........j............____$256,825.81
U. S. Treasury Certificates......110,000.00
U. S. Bondsl____——............. 50,000.00
Federal Reserve Bank Stock......... 1,800.00
Banking: House, F. and F. and
other Real Estate................... 13,993.90
CASH—.— ......................—^180,440.42
$613,060.13
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock____T....................._$ 50,000.00
Surplus and Profits................65,165.24
Circulation...... ...................... ' §0,000.00
Bills Payable_________________________._v None
Deposits..........I....,............. 447,8§4.89
„ - ~ $613,060.13
CAPITAL..___________________$50,000.00
SURPLUS AND PROFITS... $65,000.00
DEPOSITS........v_.__._ $447,000.00
‘ This bank, with its largre Capital, Surplus and
Profit Fund and its connection with the Federal
Reserve System, can protect the interest of its cus-
tomers and supply their needs good years and bad
years alike. * )
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John Riley, President
W. M. PbcK, Vice President
^ ' . • i Robt. F. Riley, Cashier
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Stringer, William J. The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1918, newspaper, March 22, 1918; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1048391/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.