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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS.
The Coleman Democrat-Voice
Published Every Friday.
the color line how would it do to have
him meet Champion Jack in the ropes.
The colonel is spoiling for a fight,
both gladiators are in trim and no
training would be necessary.
R. G. HOLLINGSWORTH Editor
A. F. MARTIN Business Manager
Looking Ahead.
At Waxahachie friends of M. M.
— - - Crane of Dallas have started a move-
By the Democrat-Voice Publishing ment lookinK t„ the securing VTf his
Company. appointment to a place in the cabinet,
--------------------—---—r—*• j 0f president Woodrow Wilson.
Entered as second-class mail matter,
at the post office at Coleman, Texa , | Jn a private epistle to the Demo-
under act of Congress of March 3, j crat-Voice in which he explains that
18^g he is going to move back to this com-
munity, an old Coleman county citi-
zen closes with the following rhetori-
cal flight: “I’m coming home to
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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Six Months ........................ ___
CASH IN ADVANCE.
headed by banda playing either mar-
tial strains or Sabbath music. The
police did not prevent the delegations
parading as they arrived on that day,
but required them to do so quietly
and did not permit them to create any
loud noises, such as would appear
to be a breach of the Sabbath.
Quite a good deal of complaint was
h.ard from certain quarters of the
town on account of mosquitoes a few
days ago. The proper officials were
notified and soon nothing more was
heard.
That’s where Coleman differs from
some of her neighbors who take the
mosquito pest as a matter of course
because they have always had it.
The Coleman City Council resolved
early in the spring that they would
PHONE 25
Senator Ben Tillman telegraphed j not tolerate a mosquito in the city
Woodrow Wilson after his nomination ; limits in 1912. In their effort they
as follows: “I have' prayed to live to { have not been entirely successful but
see a real democratic-president before ; we believe the progress they have
1 die. Next March my prayers will | made fully justifies the attempt,
be answered. Congratulations to you ===========
and our country.” ! Roosevelt announces that he will
a==^=^^== j continue to stand for the nomination
r---corrected upon call- Congressman Jas. L. Slayden says by the progressive republicans, stating
LSthe attention of the management1 that democratic success this time is a ; the nomination of Wilson by the dem-
ing the a ..... ....That is floubt- I ocrats has not chanced his heliaf
OFFICE 113- PECAN STREET.
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character of any person or firm ap-
pearing in these columns will be glad-
to the article in question.
Notices of church entertainments,
where a charge of admission is made,
obituaries, after the notice of the
death has been run; and all matters
not news, will be charged for at the
regular rates.
We are on the map now.
the Boy Scouts.
We have
Flynn was easy. Teddy and the big
stick is the white man’s hope.
It looks now like Teddy will be the
only one to convene in Chicago.
It’s a winner—that get together,
stay together, pull together move-
ment!
Now that we’ve got a brick plant
, up and going let’s turn our attention
to the creamery.
Conditions in the Treasury Depart-
ment seem to be deplorable even if
they are not at a “standstill.”
Coleman invites every member of
the Boy’s Corn and Cotton Club to be
her guest on July 17th and 18th.
The first bale of 1912 cotton was
sold at auction in Houston, and
brought the fancy sum of $410.» , ..
The Houston Chronicle wonders if
there would be any anti-paint and
powder planks in a suffragette plat-
form.
foregone conclusion. That is doubt-
less true but it wont hurt to keep
plugging away with the fight, the re-
publican leaders are wisP old owls
and may have something up their
sleeve. *
The leaders of the progressive
movement in Michigan have decided
since the nomination of Woodrow Wil-
son, that a third party is not neces-
sary. They will support the National
Democratic ticket. Perhaps the Roose-
velt movement may form an easy
stepping stone over into the Demo-
cratic ranks.
The Minnesota Progressive Repub-
lican League, through its president,
George S. Loftus, announces it will
support Wiljon for president Dr. Har-
vey W. Wiley, former chief of the bu-
reau of chemistry of the department
of agriculture, also climbs into the
Wilson band wagon.
ocrats has not changed his belief,
that a new party is needed. Gover-
nor Osborne of Michigan, an ardent
supporter of Roosevelt for the repub-
lican nomination, states that since
Wilson’s nomination there is no nec-
essity for a new political party, that
the issue now is “Wall Street versus
Wilson.” Governor Osborne goes
further and says “republicans can
vote for Wilson without leaving their
party, as the real republican party
has no candidate.” The distinguished
colonel may find himself without a
following if he persists in his mad
revolt.
The Taft administration has been
beset with scandals from the begin-
ning. The latest is the resignation of
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
A. Piatt Andrews who charges his su-
perior, Secretary Franklin Mac Velgh,
with neglect and surliness, stating
that subordinates in the treasury de-
SAN ANTONIO’S DILEMA.
Beautiful San Antonio, the historic
Alamo city to which all native Texans
look with pride and admiration, is
confronted with a municipal problem
■ of no little concern. The low and
stagnatc stage of the San Antonio
river which winds serpent-like through
the city, and the apparent hopeless-
ness of any improvement except by
artificial means suggests the imper-
ative need of applying immediate
remedial measures.
The Express, discussing the situa-
tion in its issue of July 3, says:
"It is possible to increase the flow
in the stream by pumping water from
an Artesian well at the head of the
river, sufficient to prevent the stag-
nation which is now threatened.
"It is possible to clean out the bed
of the river and narrow the channel
so as to confine the channel to such
limits as will assure a steady flow and
prevent the menace to the public
health which exhibits itself in the un-
pleasant aroma at certain points along
the river bank.
“If these suggested improvements
should prove ineffective but one thing
would remain and that would be to
fill up the river and make a boulevard
to take the place of the stream, or to
cover it and make a subway of it.
“It would be no difficult engineering
feat to straighten the river to a con-
siderable extent by cut-offs where
thero are sharp bends in its meander-
ings, and the building sites thus re-
claimed and the saving of expense of
maintaining numerous bridges in the
business section would considerably
more than compensate for the 'cost of
the straightening process.
“Unquestionably something must be
done and it is time to, thoughtfully
consider what that something must
be.” '
The Cololorado-Coneho United Con- i P^ment have been hampered at eve-
federate Veterans Association, com- j T tum by Mac Velgh » idiosynerac.es
prising ten counties, will hold its an- an<* incapacity for decision. Andrew*
nual 1912 reunion at Ballinger onAug;1^ of res.p»at.on contain. a scath-
1, 2, 3. A committe of Ballinger citi- >"* arraignment of Secretary Mar-
zens have the matter of arranging en-1 Vel<* 8 administration of the govern-
tertainment well in hand, and the re- ; fina"cej and created a mo-
union promises to be a very successful ! fou"d se"sat,°* >" offle,a< c,r('les'
one. The Santa Fe will give very low
rates for the occasion. Since the Chicago brawl and the
strenuous Baltimore convention,there
A San Antonio citizen advocates the
selling of die International Fair As-
sociation’s property, pay the debts of
seems to be a nation wide demand for
reform in the methods which are to be
employed in nominating presidential
the Association and use the balance to i candidates, if the dignity of the coun-
build a mammoth stadium. He sug-
gests this plan would give thP stock-
holders a chance for their money and
If Roosevelt’s following continues at the same time provide the only
to fall off the' colonel may have to j place of its kind in the south to hold
throw in with Orozco in order to be at jubilees and other celebrations.
the head of something.
le INew
liam) R.
Charles F. Murphy, of the
York delegation and Willi:
Hearst each pledge their support to
Wilson and the democratic ticket.
Coleman county has twice as much
land planted irt peas this year as ever
before. We ought to be able to pass
judgment later on, as well as peas.
Among other telegrams of congrat-
ulations was the following from Dr.
Wiley: "Hearty congratulations; we
shall now have a real pure food pres-
ident.” ""
If some of the money spent for bat-
tleships and pensions were spent for
improving agriculture and the condi-
tions of farm life the country would
be better off.
Two cases of bubonic plague are re-
ported in Havana. Quarantine offi-
cers are taking all precautions, in-
cluding fumigation of the warehouses
on the harbor .front.
More oats are being stored in Cole-
man than ever tbefore. That may save
some of us from having to'pay seven-
ty rents for them in the winter. At
any rate the foreign dealer won’t #et
it.
Hon. Joe E. Lancaster qf Plainview
is making a vigorous campaign for
congressman-at-large along progres-
sive democratic lines. Not only does
Mr. Lancaster's politics suit us but his
affiliations are lined up all right as
well. He is a brother to one of Cole-
man county's most worthy citizens,
Mr. T. J. Lancaster, who lives down
among the derricks of the Trickham
oil fields.
The General Federation of Women's
Clubs in annual session at San Fran-
cisco, representing 900,000 women of
our country, is demanding regulation
of the press. The Sunday comic sup-
plement is declared to be “vicious,”
because of its bad effects upon the
morals of children. The women decry
the publication of the details of di-
vorce, scandal and crime; the "news
facts,” they say, “we must accept, but
the unsavory details are no longer
legitimate ne>ws.” Is there any one |
who will say the women are wrong in
demanding these reforms?
•A courageous stand for the sanc-
tity of the Sabbath Day was taken
by the Police Board of Baltimore in
connection with the meeting of the
Democratic National Convention. Del-
egations arriving in Baltimore on
the Sabbath preceding the convention j
FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1912
J. E. Stevens Hardware
and Furniture Co.
‘Funeral Directors
And EMBALMERS
DAY OR NIGHT PRONE. .
NO. 21.
and crew. In addition, there will be
three wireless telegraph operators, so
that one can be on <juty all the time,
and the dynamos for lighting the ship
and running the wireless system will
be above the water line. Two captains
will be in joint command, one of whom
will devote his entire attention to the
safety of the ship and its passengers.
—Youth’s Companion.
•‘YOU WILL NEVER BE SORRY”
THE POWER OF HABIT.
try and a sensible policy of disposing
of so important a matter are to be
regarded. Senator Jonathan Bourne,
republican senator from Oregon, pre-
dicts that the 1912 conventions will be
the last ever held in the United States.
Ex-Governor Campbell, a leading pro-
gressive democrat of Ohio, concurs
in the opinion of Senator Bourne and
believes congress should reform the
method of selecting presidential can-
didates; he suggests the enactment of
a statute which will provide for the
election of delegates by districts in-
stead of by state conventions, per-
mitting the people to vote directly
for them.
For doing your level best.
For being kind to the poor.
For being courteous to all.
For hearing before judging.
For thinking before speaking
For standing by your principles.
For stopping your ears to gossip.
For being generous to an enemy.
For asking pardon when in error.
For being honest in business deal-
ings.
For giving an unfortunate person
a lift.
For promptness in keeping your
promises.
PREACHER PLAYS
ROLE OF DR. JEKYL
AND MR. HYDE.
may be sent to the penitentiary for
life, so recently Graham was given
a life-term as an habitual horse-
thief.
Gray-Graham went before the su-
preme court of the United States and
asked that the sentence be annulled
on the ground that the law was un-
constitutional.
The superme court has decided
that the law is constitutional, and
therefore the strange psychological
partnership of preacher and horse-
thief will have to stay in prison, un-
less a pardon intervenes.
Progressive Republican Introduces A
Reform.
Washington, D. C., July 5»—Repre,
sentative Norris, a progressive repub-
lican from Nebraska, introduced be-
fore the house today a bill providing
for the election of delegat** to the
national convention at the preferen-
tial primaries, together with the nam-
ing of first and second choice for
presidential candidates, the candi-
dates having the majority of the pres-
idential votes to become the nominee
of the party. (
THE PROMISED LAND.
Madero won the presidency of Mex-
ico upon his promise to cut up the
big estates and give the common
people a chance at the land. The new
revolution started because he did not
immediately redeem his promise. Now,
he is ready to act. He has worked
out a scheme of land purchases
through a commission and a land
bank, and nearly 4,000,000 acres have
already been acquired for distribution
among the people.
Sounds good, doesn’t it? But there
is a fly in the ointment. . It is said
that the price which the government
pays for the land is about five times
its true market value, and that some-
body is going to get millions of un-
earned profits at the expense of the
multitude of small buyers.
It is a lohg, long way to the prom-
Inasmuch as Teddy doesn’t draw j were not allowed to parade the street j ised land in Mexico.—Dallas Dispatch.
The boy of today will.be the man
of tomorrow The training he re-
ceives and the habits he forma •>:!!
determine the trend of events in a
great met sure during the generations
following.
The pover-ef habit is so. an
thing to shake off. In early life j*
the time to form habits. Th boy of
today who forms the habit of indus-
try, whose mind is trained *o seetc em-
ployment, and whose hands ar> ma r
skillful oy honest toil will bo the • :an
of tomorrow who makes himself felt
in the business world, in the school
room, in the pulpit, at the bar, in the
common walks of life, or whereever
his profession or calling places him.
He learns in early life that success
is the reward for intelligent effort; he
forms the habit of doing things and
he gathers inspiration from his own
achievements. - '.
But the boy of today who is al-
lowed to loaf and loiter from day to
day without employment for either
mind or muscles, will be the man of
tomorrow in name only, while all the
graces and virtues of manhood will be
sadly deficient in his make-up. This
is the class that aimlessly tramp from
place to place across the fertile acres
of our broad lands which so liberally
respond to the hand of intelligent in-
dustry, while he sees nothing in it
but slavery. He is the man who
through a misguided conception of
the real problem of life, or lack of
ability to cope with them, falls an
easy prey to the enticing influences
of vice, and ends his career in a fel-
lon’s cell or at the gallows. .While
this is a dark picture, yet it is not
Overdrawn, We, as parents, can not
be too careful of the boy or girl who
has been educated to think and act in-
telligently; those who have formed
the habits of indsutry, and are cap-
able of bringing things to pass.—Ex.
The size of the lost Titanic is sur-
passed by that of the German ship
Imperator, which was launched at
Hamburg last month, and the luxury
of the Titanic will at least be equaled.
But provisions for safety will excel
those of any other vessel now afloat.
The new ship will have a double bot-
tom throughout the whole length; it
will have many water-tight bulk-
heads, fore and aft, and will carry
life boats enough for both passenger
Charleston, W. Va., July 4.—Rev.
J. H. Gray evangelist could drive
the devil out of the stolidest, cus-
sedest mountaineer, but he couldn't
do a thing with J. H. Graham, the
horse thief.
Graham was Rev. Gray’s private,
untrained devil. Graham was to
Gray, what Hyde was to Jekyll—his
other self. Hyde had nothing at all
on the dual personality partnership
of Graham and Gray.
James H. Gray was a most de-
vout man who knew the Bible bv
heart and wore side whiskers and a
Prince Albert suit.
But every once in a while James
Gray would ‘disappear and some-
where in the West Virginia moun-
tains James H. Graham would bob up.
and somebody would miss a horse.
James H. Graham,the horse thief-
unkempt, ragged and with whiskers
stubble—didn’t look just like James
H. Gray, the preacher. But James
H. Graham, horse thief, and James
Gray, preacher, were the same.
Gray would arouse the country-
side to religious ecstacy, and then
as Graham he would steal a horse
and skip the country.
He just couldn't keep the Graham
in him down.
Gray wduld build a church in a
churchless place and then as Graham
the shabby might prowler, would make
off with the old roan of one of his
flock.
A whole country would ride to the
court house to hear Gray preach, and
a few days later the same folks would-
be chasing him, as Graham, the horse
thief, racing away on Deacon Smith's
mare.
Gray was caught three times and
sent to the penitentiary—as graham.
And he never stole anything but
horses—this man Graham.
After each release from prison
Gray went back to preaching, deter-
mined to suppress Graham. And the
Graham part of him would just wait
and wait, until Rev. Gray had be-
come a regular hero in the communi-
ty, when the housewives were mak-
ing their best pies for him and moth-
ers were washing their Johnnies' fa-
ces, because the preacher was about
to make a call, and then—why, Gra-
ham would suddenly break loose and
drag the Rev. Mr. Gray back to
horse-stealing.
There is a law in West Virginia
under which an habitual criminal
ANNOUNCEMENTS. |
The Democrat-Voice is authorized
to announce the following persons as
candidates for the various offices
mentioned, subject to the action cf
the Democratic primaries to be held
in July, 1912: 4jjf
For Representative:
HAYNE P. YOUNG
For Judge, 35th Judicial District:
JNO. W. GOODWIN
For District Clerk:
B. H. PITTMAN (re-election)
W. E. GIDEON.....
for County Judge:
D. T. GILUS
T. J. WHITE, (re-election.)
F. M. BOWEN
For County School Superintendent:
G. W. McDONALD(re-electioi
For County Attorney:
R. B. RAGSDALE,(re-election)
For Sheriff:
W. L. FUTCH, (re-election).
JNO. R. BANISTER
J. T. SANDERS "9
For County Treasurer:
JEFF L. REESE
MRS. Pearl Gann CHADWELL
For Tax Asseasor:
C. A. HEMPHILL
SAM BERRY
D. C. NEAL
W. P. NUCKOLLS
H. R. (Reed) STEWARD
T. W. DUKE
For Tax Collector:
S. H. GILLILAND(re-election)
For County Clerk:
LEMAN BROWN,(re-election)
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 1:
F. B. SIMMONS v
For County Commissioner, Precinct
No. 3:
J. A. NORRIS
J. M. SUMMERS
For County Commissioner, Precinct
No. 4:
B. D. WESLEY
L. D. GREAVES
J. R. ADAMS <,
D. S. (Tip) TABOR
For Public Weigher:
W. T. MILLING
J. W. MARSHALL
S. D. SHAW
BERT BROWN
C. E. (Charley) STARNES
CARY BRADFORD
For Constable, Precinct No. I:
W. O. PURCELL (re-election)
" H. T. MORGAN
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It is our business to guard againSt land troubles. We show
up the title from the State of Texas to sundown to-day.
Our abstracts are used in a majority of the land deals in
Coleman County.
OUR ABSTACTS ARE THE
BEST. THERE’S A REASON.
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Hollingsworth, R. G. The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1912, newspaper, July 12, 1912; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth724860/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.