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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE
Vole* Established ... 1MJ I r/min|i({aiM) ioau
Democrat Esubiished 1IW7 I Um#olidat“
FOR COLEMAN AND COLEMAN COUNTY
Volume No. 33.
Coleman. Coleman County. Texas, Friday, Friday, July 1^, 1914,
No. 29.
COMMISSIONERS COURT
IN JULY SESSION
Ordered by the court that apodal
'school tax of thirty' cents be levied in
the County Line School District No. 1,
pursuant to election held July 6,
wherein 25 votes were cast for the
special tax and 1 vote against. Also,
thedourt ordered levied special school
taxl)f 20 cents in school district No
11, pursuant to election, wherein 10
votes were cast, all of which favored
the tax.
School house bonds to the amount
of $3200 having been voted in County
Line District No. 1, the court is au
horized to issue said five per cent 20-
year bonds and levy and collect sped,
al tax of 20 cents' for the purpose of
creating sinking fund to discharge
same at maturity.
School house bonds to the amount
of $2000 having been unanimously
voted in common school district No.
11 (Concho Peak), the court is au
thorized to issue said five per cent
twenty year bonds and levy and col
LOCAL OAT MARKET
IS STEADY TO STRONG
GOOD OATS BRING 39
From the best information at hand
Coleman oat dealers have led all com-
petitors in the matter of prices since
ihe present marketing season opened,
The market of the past week on No.
3 oats has ruled about as follows:
Saturday, July 11, 37 cents.
Monday, July 13, 36.90. .
Tuesday, July 14, 37.26.
Wednesday, July 15, 38 cents.
Thursday, July 16, 39 cents.
There have been approximately 160
cars of oats shipped out from Cole-
man station by local grain dealers,
as well as several cars of wheat.
Earnest Weaver, from the Weaver
ranch topped Thursday’s oat market
at 39 cents. J, M. Crawford was the
purchaser.
Discussing the Issues.
Mr. J. K. Baker of Coleman went to
Taint Rock Wednesday, where at 8:30
o’clock he engaged in joint debate
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
llect special tax of 12 cents to create,J with Mr. Sam Sparky on the issues
sinking fund to discharge same at
maturity.
Thp monthly, reports of Leman
Browta, county clerk; T. W. White and
S. J. Pieratte, justices of the peace;
and D. B. Gilliland, demonstration torney E. M. Critz, representing Mr.
agent, were examined and approved.
The court ordered that trustees of
sch'd district No. 58 be authorized
to sell the hid school house and apply
the proceeds to the building to be
erected.
By virtue of petition the court or-
dered cut from Voss school district,
three tracts of land, viz: Fort Be: d
school land, H. T. Sims survey, W. C
Perry survey, H. E. & W. T. Ry., em-
bracing 1878 acres; which said tracts
of land shall be annexed to Miller
school district No. 68. Said petition
was signed by S. G. Summers. J. Z.
Miller, Jr., Maxie Wright, C. I Ad-
ams and J. T. Hill.
M T»x Rate 28 Cents.
The court placed the tax rate at 28
cents, which is same rate as last year,
apnorfconed as follows: Ad volorem
tax, 12 cents; Road and Bridge tax,
15 cents; ad valorem tax of one cent
fori the payment of annual interest
. .jnvr create sinking fund to discharge
bonds on fire proof vault building.
Poll tax of 25 cents levied on all per-
sons between ages of 21 and 60. Court
ordered levied county occupation tax
of one-half the amount of state occu-
pation tax.
Ordered by the court that $5065.25
of the permanent school fund be ap-
propriated for the purchase of school
house bonds of common school dis-_
trict No. 58.
Following appropriations were made
to the various road supervisors: F. B.
Simmons (Prec. ,1) $500; J. S. Gil-
more (2), $500; S. H. Thurman (3),
$270. _
Looking at the Country.
Three automobile loads of East
Texais are visiting in Coleman this
wee'CIn the party are: J. L. and
W. A. Smith, brother of Will Smith of
Route 3, Coleman; W. L. Garrett and
(ginily and W. D. Barry and family.
The visitors hail from Pittsburgh,
Texas. They came to Coleman via
Mineral Wells and, returning, will de-
tour South Texas.
Mrs. J. A, Davis of Gainesville is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. I.
Starr,
of the governor’s race. Mr. Sparks
represented the cause of Mr. Ball and
Mr. Baker spoke in behalf of Jim Fer-
guson.
At Talpa Tuesday afternoon At-
Ball, and Mr. J. B. Dibrell, Jr., rep-
resenting Mr, Ferguson, engaged in
a joint discussion of the campaign is-
sues.
Judge R. B. Ragsdale of Coleman
has speaking dates in a number of
places in the county on-the subject of
"Why I Am For Jim Ferguson for
Governor.’'
SANTA ANNA BUSINESS CLUB
HOLD OPEN HOUSE TO COLE-
MAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
As a special act of courtesy and
.good will the Santa Anna business
men’s club kept "open house” last
j Thursday evening to members of the
Coleman Chamber of Commerce. The
event was al-freseo in its appoint-
ments and was so complete as to be
declared a joy forever.
The affair was staged at the city
1 lake north of , the mountain. The
Santa Anna hand rendered excellent
music. Dr. W. F. Holland, mayor of
(he mountain city, in a brief but char-
acteristic speech, welcomed the invited
visitors. Judge E. M Critz respond-
ed on behalf of Coleman, after which
all uni,ted in a common democratic
cause—that of eating and drinking.
The spread embraced a stew (s. o. b.)
prepared by master hands, with chick-
en sandwiches,pickles and cantaloupes
on the side and a chaser of iced tea
and lemonade. There was no effort
at color scheme or scenic effect
in the arrangement fcnd service
of the feast but the essential
things of life were then* in abund-
ance. Good fellowship harmonized
with the other good things and it was
a pleasure to be there.
There were twenty-five or thirty in
attendance from Coleman. Following
the festivities at the lake the visitors
were escorted hack to town and given
the freedom of the moving picture
show.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones and Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Norwood of Marlin ar-
rived in Coleman late Wednesday for
a visit in the home of W. W. Weather
red. The pary came by auto, leaving
Marlin at 4 a. m, Wednesday.
Cherokee Indians have.appealed to
President Wilson to be allowed to live
in their own way on a reservation in
Oklahoma and to pursue old religious
beliefs which their people have con-
tinued for many generations.
Telephone operators in the state of
Washington must be paid a rate of $9
a week as a minimum wage. This is
an order made by the state wage com-
mission.
The supreme court of Kansas holds
that Jamaica ginger ig an intoxicant,
. ml bars its cale ^nder the prohibition
laws. The court holds also that if
vanilla and lpmon extract, cologne,
etc., actually make a man drunk they
must'be classed as intoxicants and
their sale Is prohibited.
E. E. Jungmichea] of Walburg, Wil-
liamson county, ended a sleep of two
two weeks last Saturday. Hfc went
to sleep on June 30th and physicans
were unable to arouse him until July
11. when he was awakened When he
awoke he, was unconscious of the fact
thet eleven days h:.d passed and re-
ferred to the day he went to sleep as
yesterday.
In Dallas county the Ferguson and
Ball committees have agreed to ap-
portion the delegates to the state con-
vention at El Paso on a basis of the
vote each candidate receives in Dal-
las county at the primary. Under this
agreement, which, is said to be un-
usual in Texas politics, delegates will
be sent to El Paso pledged to support
either candidate based on the number
of -votes received for Ball and Fer-
guson instead of the entire 'delega-
tion being pledged to the candidate
receiving the majority vote.
The U. S, Department of Agricul-
ture will send a representative to
Texas this fall for a preliminary sur-
vey of the territory and conference
with sheep raisers looking to use of
the $40,009 appropriation which Sen-
ator Sheppard had added to the agri-
cultural appropriation bill for de-
struction of wolves and other noxious
animals. The work will begin in Tex-
as probably early in the winter.
Huerta has resigned the presidency
of Mexico and is now aboard a Dutch
Cruiser beaded for the Dutch West
Indies. Francisco Carhojal,' foreign
their resignations. Huerta’s resigna-
tion probably does not mean the re-
storation of peace in Mexico. Carran-
za says he will accept no one ap
proved by the present congress, a
holy of Huerta’s creation. Carbajal,
on eminent lawyer of the capital, may
be acceptable to Washington, but un-
less acceptable to Carranza, yilla et
al. it means the war goes on.
More than half the distillers of
Kentucky, it is stated, have agreed
to join in a movement that will re-
duce the 1914 output qf whiskey 20,-
000,000 gallons on actouh^ of the
large stocks and over-production dur-
ing the past five years. Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois distillers also are said to
be taking like steps and instead of
beginning their 1914 manufacture in
November or December will postpone*
operations'until January and then
will make only one-half the usual out-
put. Distillers are pointing out that
depressed demand is'not responsible
for the proposed curtailment. They
say statistic, show consumption of
whiskey has increased from 20,000,-
000 gallons to 35.000,000 gallons in
the past four years and that in the
same time .production has jumped
from 20,000,000 to 46.000,000 gallons.
A disoabh from Hopkinsville.
Kentucky, says; . "Despairing of re-
lief in the natural course of nature, a
union service of all denominations
here has been called to offer united
prayers that generous rains might
come and break the drought now ex-
isting in this part of Kentucky. The
record- breaking dry conditions have
existed here for more than a year and
this summer the drouth has grown
worse. The tobacco and corn are lit-
erally burping up in the fields, pas-
tures arc ruined and gardens a fail-
ure. There has been nothing like it
since 1874.”
CULLEN THOMAS SPEAKS COLEMAN BOYS OLE
TO CROWD OE 600 ON JO FARMERS INSTITUTE
BEHALF OF THOS.BALL
Tuesday was Ball day in Coleman.
Cullen F. -Thomas, a gifted orator of
Texas, was the speaker of the after-
noon and was listened to attentively
for two hours by an audience approx-
imating 600 people. The speaking was
staged at the Howell theater, the
speaker being introduced by Mr. Wal.
ter Woodward, a local attorney. Upon
his'arrival in Coleman
Mr. 'Thomas
was met at the.station by a reception.: ^'disseminated to'other*members"of
Messrs. Sam Mathews, Earnest
i rammell, Claude Gray, and Jim
Deakin left Wednesday evening for
College Station to attend the Boys
and Girls’ Agricultural Association,
which meets in conjunction with the
Texas Farmers’ Institute.
These young farmers and cattle
feeders are representatives of the
Coleman county baby beef club and
they are expected to bring home with
them a store, of knowledge which will
committee of Ball enthusiasts and a
brass band <ind was escorted to his
hotel by a train of automobiles.
Mr. Woodward, in Ijis introdutory
remarks, reminded his hearers that
although there were business issues
arising in this campaign, there was
also an important moral issue, an is-
sue ns to whether the liquor interests
.'■ hall continue .to hold the balance of
power in Texas. Mr, Wo'bdward
praised the character of Col. Thus. H*
Ball and paid a high tribute to the
speaker of the hour, the Hon. Cullen
F. Thomas, whom he characterized as
the brave, courageous and intellectual
giant of Texas. ' 1
There were many ladies in his audi-
ence and Mr. Thomas opened his re
marks by complimenting them upon
their interest in the cause of good
government, as evidenced by their
presence. He stated that although
they had no voice, -their influence
tended toward' the higher ideals of
life; that while man was the head, of
the..family, ftoman was the neck that
turned the head whenever she desired
and he hoped they would turn the
head toward the cause of Ball at the
polls os July 25th.
The speaker states) that the present
campaign had to do with the destiny
of Texas, " —
cheap magistrate in the governor’s
the baby beef club.
answer to the call of the people, that
as their candidate he would become
the executioner of . the saloons and
drive the criminals from the state,
that the day of hi-s inauguration would
be the doom of the liquor interests In
Texas. He aRked his hearers if they
were not their brothers’ keeper and
said the cities were calling for help.
The speaker stated that Mr. Bnll was
endorsed bv his Home people of Walk-
er county, that he had helped make
Walker county dry and since his re-
moval to Houston had worked in the
same cause. He said he was not
against Jim Ferguson,but was against
it* things that stand for him.
Ball’s Private and Club Life.
The speaker stated that there were
some prohibitionists weakkneed on
account of some things in Ball’s pri-
vate life, which, he said, were mag-
nified. The Houstofr f*TriT), he said,
was not a blind tiger, was not that
kind of stench; that although the
club dispenses liquor he was sorry
they did and hoped some time they
would not; that Mr. Ball belonged to
it for social reasons; not because of
the liquor but in spite of it; that
many officers of the churches and
J
A dispatch of July 11th, says
curious freak of lightning is report*
ed at Canyon City, Texas, when, dur-
ing a storm, lightning knocked a
'ing off the finger of Miss Mary Jen-
nings. The girl, it is stated, said she
felt a jerk as the ring left her firger,
but that she was uninjured.
of
that Texas- did not want a 1 the A . M. C. A. belonged to the club;
^ that the business men congregated
chair, hut a big man who was ideal in there at midday and ladies were often
A | his public and private lifn. He rtat entertained there. The difference be-
ed that for four years there had been! *ween Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Ball,
an aching void under the dome at! lhe speaker said, if Mr. Ball is elect-
Austin, that from 1910 to 1914 Texa pd he wi" Put the dubs of of the
had had the smallest governor of any liquor business, while Mr. Ferguson
state in the union, and that now the! would veto any legislation on the sub-
public was longing for a big man, a j P'0*
man who was capable of relieving! Mr. Ball Played Poker.
—-*-*—! the conditions of the blind, the insane ! They have charged Mr. Ball with
PIGS FOR SAI.t A few nice Poland l and the penitentiary system which ! being a high toned saloon man. .This
ntteUtsr* n'the^ith of 1 Chinas, two month- old, $3.00' each, i wa-> being conducted at an annual la- ' not true. It keeps us busy explfcin-
provisional president. All members j ......... ’phone 8. E. Byers.’phone 5703, j of » "’i^n dollars; a man who would , »>£ ^arges which are. untrue and
of .'the Huerta cabinet have tendered ! Coleman, Texas. ■«».«* I 0U8t fnm Te«» th* li*”T interests | which are circulated by hireling*. It
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FAIR COMMITTEE WANTS COLEMAN DEALER SELLS
PERMANENT FAIR PARK TWO 800 TON SILOS
‘The Old Reliable’
Fir^t National Bank
Capital Stock . . $100,000
Surplus and Profits $155,000
\
THERE’S A REASON.....
For this bank having grown to be
more than five times as large as w} en
it began business nearly 29 years
ago. Efficient service to the public
and a service which the public ap-
predates. If you are not already a
customer, we invite you to become
one and let us prove to you our abil-
ity and willingness to serve you.
L E. COLLINS, Pres. R. H. ALEXANDER, Cash,
V
The arrangement committee fur
the Coleman County Fair is desirous
of purchasing permanent grounds on
which to conduct its annual fairs. The
committee would like to have opinions
and suggestions from the public and
have issued the following call:
To The Citizens of Coleman County:
We'-have been-"having street fairs
in Coleman1 for the last few years,
each of which was a success in every-
way, growing from year to year, un-
til now, we have grown out of the
W. A. Gray of Coleman report the
sale of an 800-ton Perfection Metal
Silo to T W. Windham, a ranchman of
Brown county; also to P. W. West, a
Tom Green county ranchman one
800-ton silo and two silos of 600-ton
capacity each.
So far as our knowledge extends
these are by odds the largest silos in
Texas The largest one of which we
have record was erected near Coleman
last year by Boog-Scott Bros., which
is of 600 ton capacity.
street fair class and in order to take
care of our future County Fairs we Marriage Permits for the Week,
must make an effort to locate in a H B. Wooten and Ardi* Mountain,
permanent place. Right at this time C.-C. Puckett and Mrs. Mary Shel-
there is a location right near town, j ton.
which we believe can be bad at a good
figure, and can be had on terms.
Now. what do the people think about
it? We all know we have the best
county in the state, and why not all
of us get together and do wh*t;we are
to do, so as to avoid doing it over each
year. We have always found that
it pays well, when we do anything, to j
do it up in proper order (make it per j
manent) and avoid Working the same i
thing over each year,.which is throw !
ing away what we do, (like living in a
J.
ris.
D. Hager, Jr„ and Mary Har
and saloons which contributed inmat'i
to our asylums ami penitentiaries.
He pointed out by way of compari-
son the ravage of the tick to the
rattle industry and the efforts of the
goverment to stamp out the pest; and
reminded his hearers that they should
rise up and help rid Texas of the
tick on the body politic-
saloons within her borders
New Orleans was threatened with
bubonic plague due to rats, and the
people were making war on the cats.
Texas was infested with 4,000 rat
holes, out of which come disease and
death. The speaker stated that the
man from Temple had left his bank
and farm for the purpose of protect
is charged that Mr..Ball plays poker.
He has played a gentleman’s game of
poker, wherefore he' is not man
enough to clean up the saloons in
Texas. In other days Mr. Ball was one
of the boys, but there’s one thing he
won’t do, he won't lie about it. Mr,
Ball did play poker; when the/wired
the 4 000 1tl" *1'm The other day to find out if it
that while wa ,ril<'* h,‘ answered "Yes ” 1 <fo
i not know whether he won, or lost, or
whether he played for money, but be
: that a it may, it wa* before he was
j a candidate for governor. It is more
i becoming to him to acknowledge his
| error and quit it than in the others to
turn state’s evidence. Lots of good
j men play poker, many of them Far-
ing and upholding the saloons and I *fu*on me,n- "° dob“t ' Her>ry Clay,
was against further regulation; that Andrew Jackson. Sergeant Prentice
the state may desire to raise the tax.- and ma">' ptbpr
on saloons or close them at night !ioker Mr. Ball i* a human being with
fall, or some other exigency might I '"’Perfections;)!* is probably not ready
arise, but Mr. Ferguson has stated if I *° “ t™»IK>fted the ?ther wor,<1
elected he will veto any further li • but d^P‘t* hw '"’Perfections, he is a
quor legislation. ' I man with grit and grain, a man with
Mr. Ball, he -dud, had come out in Continued on last page.)
j*
Ralph Clemer arid Mary-Edwards.
Paul Ransberger and Mattie Chap-
man.
J. L. Watters and Annie May
Gregory. " *
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For the quarters beginning Septem-
ber 1, 17,000 Texas Confederate Vet-
erans will receive $22 each. This an-
nouncement was made July 11th by
Captain George W. Kyst'er, state pen-
rented house, all the work that we do j sio" commissioner At the previous
on a rented place, we secure no .re ;i«rt" they received $20 each, and
turn9) before, that 115. rhe increase was
The Fair committee has given this j lnad,‘ Posf,ibl® b>' the collection of a
matter some thought, and feel NOW | "f 5. «nt>t ™ the $100.00
is the time to make the start, and if j t’ri,P'valuation,
we will start out right we will have f ~
our fair pulled off this next October, j 8FH\I( ES OE E8(), 1. ft
on our own grounds and all the work 1
we expend on it will stand for other
years. **
We would like to have a line from
every good man of the county, giving
us his views along this line, If pos.
slide, would like to hear from you on
or by the 22nd of this month
WHITE
IN DEM \M> AT HYMEN’S ALTAR
The services of Esq. T. W. White j
as administrant of marriage rite* is j
much in demand these Julif days and j
he is proving himself equal to ail
occasions and emergencies.
Tuesday at high rioon in the countv )
Your- for’* BIGGER and BETTER I clerk 'office, Esq. White officiated at
COLEMAN COUNTY, FAIR
Arrangement Committee 'for
Fair.
the marriage of Mr C, <\ Puckett
19H and Mr« Mary Shelton. The Contract,
ire parties are prominent residents
’— >y. Jiving in. the neighbor
Sam Trimhli* on the Wing. i bond outh of Valera..
The Democrat Voir > is in, reciefit}' Tin day night at II o’clock, Esq
ot the follofcing postal card; white’was aroused *fmm his slumlier
"LoitinviHe,1 Kv., July 13, 1914 j and after brief preparation presented
Democrat Voice, Coleman, Texas: ! Wm-glf before Mr: H It. Wooten and
Wife and I s,-e here; will go on t** j Mi* Ardi* Mountain, whom he unit
Lexington and-Mt PterHng Have; ed in the bonds of matrimony. Mr
-«*en nothing n* goo m old Coleman j and Mr», Wooten'are residents of
cqpnty Pleas** send D. V to Mt.
.sterling until further i otic*
F TRIMRliE
I
Burkett, The Democrat-Voice offer*
eongratulaiion* and best wiahe* to
all parties concerned
A PROSPEROUS CAREER
For twenty-two years this Bank has
had a steady, conservative and profit-
able growth, enjoying to the fujle^t ex-
tent the confidence and goodwill of the
community. Its resources and facili-
ties are at the commandof individuals,
firms and corporations, who are seek-^
ing unsurpassed banking service.
The Colemap National Bank
"The Progressive Bank" _
Coleman,, I exas
Capital . i . ,
Surplus and Profits
200,(X)0.00
45,000.00
! Of fit 'lilts t.M) O/WlitIMKS
J. E McCord, President D. A: Paddle Mid, Vice-President
W R. McClellan, Vice Pres. H R. Starkweather, Vice Prea.
C. F. Dumaa, Caahier
R. I. Bowen C. P Roqueiunre J. H. Tucker
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