The Hamlin Herald from Hamlin, Texas • Page 3

REPAIR HAMLIN, JONHS COUNTY, TEXAS THE HAMLIN HEHALP mi EMM AV equal in each instance to one-half of the State Occupation Tax, which said taxes shall be paid annually in advance, except where otherwise provided by the State laws, in which event the same may be paid as is provided by the State Law. -Section 3. All receipts for the. City not specifically apportion ed by this ordinance, are hereby made payable to the General Fund of the City. Section 4.

All monies collected I under this ordinance for the specific items therein named, be and the same are hereby appropriated and set apart for the specific purpose indicated in each item, and that the Assessor and Collector of Taxes, the! City Treasurer and City Secretary, shall keep these accounts so as to readily and distinctly show the amount collected, the amounts ex- i ponded, and the amount on hand at any time, belonging to such funds, it is hereby made the duty of the Tax Assessor and Collctor of Taxes, and every person collecting money for the City of Hamlin, Texas, to deliver to the City Treasurer or City Secretary, at the time of depositing any monies, a statement showing to what fund such deposit should be made and from what source received. Section 5. That this ordinance shall take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 15th day of June, 1937. JOE CULBERTSON, Mayor, City of Hamlin, Texas.

Attest: J. B. EAKIN, (Seal) City Secretary. AN ORDINANCE LEVYING TAXES AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE LEVYING TAXES FOR THE USE AND SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF HAMLIN, TEXAS, AND PROVIDING INTEREST AND SINKING FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING APRIL 16, 1937, AND ENDING APRIL 15, 1938, AND APPROPRIATING EACH LEVY FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE. DENTON.

A strange combination of deserts, canyons and fertile valleys awaits the visitor who heads down from Lubbock to the land of the Possibly the most interesting route is across the line into New Mexico, where Carlsbad Caverns provide interest and beauty. Swinging back into Texas by way of Guadalupe Peak and into El Paso, the traveler may catch his first view of Old Mexico in the city cf Juarez, with its ancient missions and motley population. Immediately south of El Paso the cultivated areas of the Rio Grande Valley appear, and in the midst of the oldest community in the state are the missions of Ysleta and Socorro. Southeastward the Davis mountains, rising a mile above sea level, are famed for their scenic beauty, healthy climate and historical importance. Here is Mount Locke, where the University of Texas is building the McDonald Observatory with the second largest telescope in American.

No good Texan can skip a detour into the Big Bend country down in the southern tip of this western section. The continually producing Shafter silver mine is located here, and farther on are the impressive Los Chisoa (The Ghosts) After a good look at the San Helena Canyon of the Rio Gran with its walls, the visito can well understand why the state i trying to acquire enough land in thi territory for a state park. Two dred and fifty thousand acres of th proposed 1,000,000 acre tract has a ready been acquired, and the Me ican government is planning to mate the Texas acreage with land ju across the border. The completed if ternational park will include 2,000 000 acres. GIFT TEA HONORS MRS.

RICHARDSON USELESS WORRY Today is the tomorrow you wo ried about yesterday and all well. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAMLIN, TEXAS. Section 1. That there is hereby levied, and there shall be collected, for the use and support of the Municipal Government, of the City of Hamlin, Texas, and to provide Interest and Sinking Funds, for the Fiscal year beginning April 16, 1937, and ending April 15, 1938, upon all property, real, personal and mixed, within the Corporate limits of said City, subject to taxation, for the year 1937, a Tax of One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation of property, said tax being so levied and appropriated to the specific purpose herein set forth: (1) For the maintenance and support of the General Government (General Fund), Sixty Cents ($0.60) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation of property, and (2) for the Interest and Sinking Funds, Ninety Cents ($0.90) on each One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) valuation of property, to be apportioned as follows: For Waterworks Bonds and War- rents, Forty Cents ($0.40) For Sewer Bonds, Thirty-five Cents, and for Street Improvement Bonds, and Street Sweeper Warrents, Fifteen Cents Section 2. There is hereby levied and shall be collected from every person, firm, association, or corporation pursuing any occupation taxed by the General Laws of the State of Texas, an annual Occupation Tax, Shoes Made Good At New IN OUR SHOP J.

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MARGUERITE HARBERT AND JAMES RICHARDSON, WED The wedding of Miss Marguerite Harbert to Mr. James Richardson was solemnized Sunday, June 13, in the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. H.

Littleton on Jackson Avenue, with Rev. Littleton reading the ring ceremony. Mrs. Richardson is the daughter of Mrs. Lola Harbert of Hamlin.

Mr. Richardson is with the General Crude Oil Company near Odessa, where the couple will make their home. Mark Twain once talked of gratitude. He said he did not care for gratitude of the noisy, boisterous kind. he exclaimed, some men discharge an obligation you can hear the report for miles LOST Hamlin and Abilene, a Whatnot stand in a bed- ticking sack, which also contained some laundry with Model Hotel stamp.

Return to MRS. E. R. BURNS. Hamlin, Texas.

A pleasing disposition is more convincing than argument. ALL GIFTS suffering from something like infantile paralysis. It may be necessary to take him to the Shrine hospital at Dallas. Miss Doris Pope left Saturday for Pecos to visit her sister, Mrs. Richard Hinkle.

Attractively Wrapped Free of Charge (By JOHN P. HARDESTY) Choose COOL Rev. J. R. Bateman, Methodist pastor, is attending a ten day school for pastors at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, which began Monday.

Bro. Bateman informs the writer that the meeting scheduled begin at Neinda the first Sunday in July haa ben postponed one week. Word has been rceived that Wick Miers, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.

E. Miers, has been made manager of a gin company at Balmorhea. This is a year-round position. It will be remembered by friends that he lost an arm in a gin accident some months ago. We are glad to know that he has been promoted to this good position.

In last up of the funeral service for B. E. Miers this writer inadvertantly left off the name of Wick as one of the brothers surviving. The writer deeply regrets this error. Rev and Mrs.

J. R. Bateman are enjoying the privilege of having their daughter, Miss Mary Ellen, at home with them for the summer. She has ben teaching at Reagan, Texas. She has secured a position in the Terrell schools for next year.

A book review was given Thursday evening at the Methodist Church by Mrs. J. M. Steele of Rule. A supper was served by the Methodist ladies.

In the county rally of the B. Y. P. U. at Sardis last Friday night, McCaulley B.

Y. P. U. was awarded the attendance banner for the ensuing month. Miss Frances Mills of McCaulley, was elected president of the Union for next term, and the July meeting is to be held at McCaulley the scond Friday night of the month.

Miss Ina Burke, retiring president, was elected sponsor for the Intermediates, and a meeting tc organize them ino a county-wide rally is called to meet at Sylvester on the afternoon of the fourth Sunday in June at 4 There will be a special service at the Baptist church next Sunday in honor of Appropriate music selections and a sermon for fathers will be given. Fathers should make it a point to attend and help to make the day worthwhile. Miss Ora Stephenson, teacher in Port Arthur schools, is home to spend the summer with her mother, Mrs. W. H.

Stephenson. Mr. and Mrs. Garland Davis went to Abilene Wednesday to take their foster son, Don, to the Hendrick Memorial Hospital, where he is tb re- I ceive treatment. The little boy is 4 For the Hot Days Ahead: FOR DRESS-UP.

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