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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE
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FOR COLEMAN AND COLEMAN COUNTY
K^*l«m KaUMiuM IUBS. »<x|Ulrw!------ MM
OWriDau New, SteWIttied 1807, acquiri*) tilt
Volume No. 34.
Coleman,Colemari County, Texan, Friday, April 16, 1915.
No. 16.
Grand Jury Finds
Thirty-two True Bills'
Eight for Felony
“ L.OV..VW. me Clly gcnoois snoutu oe vm>
pour grand jury, duly organV heartily commended for thei.* work
such at the April term, 191IL along this line -ind should'he C'.mgiat
___--A- I 1 « A...... ..l.l.J AM l,niMiw« an liffli'IOIlt a /Ilf s'*'' *
The grand jury made its report
Thursday morning and adjourned.
Following is a copy of the report:
10 the Hon. Jno. W. Goodwin, Judge
' 35th Judicial District.
We, your
ued as ________________r___
of your court, beg to submit to you
this our following report:
During our session of nine days
we have returned into your court
thirty-two true bills, eight of which
are for felonies and twenty-four for
n isdemeanors. We have examined
109 witnesses during this time and
though we find some violations-^ of
the IsAv In several parts of the coun-
ty, we believe crime to be on the de-
enu*
We want to especially report and
recommend to the ^ourt that two
more toilets be Installed in the coun-
ty jail in order to keep same in a
sanitary condition, otherwise we find
same to be in good condition.
Wo further recommend the road
money that is derived from the levy
of a road tax in each school district
be expended in the district in which
it Is paid and that this money be not
exncnded in other parts of the coun-
ty? as has been our understanding
heretofore.
We have received and examined
reports of all the officers under the
iaw required to make same, except
Jesse Johnson, Justice of the Peace,
in Precinct 3 and recommend that
he send in his report next time cov-
ering all matters not yet attended
to.
We hand you herewith the report
of the Finance Committee and re-
commend that #same be published.
In that report we find that J. W. Fer-
guson. ex-Justice of the Peace, in the
Voss district, is yet behind with
moneys collected for county and we
recommend that some action he tak-
en to recover same.
We thank the various officers, who
have assisted us in our del'herations,
E. ,M. JONES. Foreman.
pwrf ± J. Lourie to Wed.
"'"‘Hnifessor J. .fTTourie,'' teacher of
ihe Indian Creek school, left the 10th
inst for Ennis, Texas, where he will
bo married to Miss Alice F. Reeves.
Professor I.ourie’s pupils were not
permitted to share his anti-nup al
pleasures and he intended the event
to be a surprise for them, but the
news will out
1 >OMESTIC SCIENCE CLASS
WILL GIVE LUNCHEONS
Arrangements have been made
with Miss Elizabeth Brewer, dire;tor
of the Department of Domestic Sci-
ence and Art in the Coleman High
School, to give a luncheon one day in
each week in the interest of co-ope ••
ative effort irt Coleman. On Thurs-
day, of the current week, the young
ladies of that department will have
as their guests ten or twelve of the
young inen of the city. These young
men contribute 25c each, not for the
meal, but to take care of the actual
expense which the young ladies incur
in getting up the meal. The work of
the young women is contril uti-d As
their share in the enterprise.
Next week another set of persons
will have the day. Any one who feels
that he would like to be In on one of
these occasion's should see the Sec-
retary of the ChamUor of Commerce
who will take his quarter and see
that all necOHsary arrangements
made for his pleasure and pi
Covers will be spread only for t
who make advance arrangement
only the first twelve of them can
in on one occasion. It may be stated
also, that no money will be received
there.
The city schoolk should be very
Mils' * " work
TWO GRADES OF OIL FOUND
IN THE BABINGWN WELL SAYS
STATE GEOLOGIST PHILLIPS
The District Inter-
Scholastic Meet at
Coleman April 16-17
ulated on having so efficient a direr
tor as Miss Brewer. Already the
work of this department has found
recognition far beyond the confines
of our own city, .and county too for
that matter. _
County Trustees to
Meet in City May 3
The County Board of Trustees
met in special session on Monday,
April 12th, and among other things
they passed an order requesting the
district trustees to meet them at the
court house in Coleman at 1 o’clock
p. m., on the first Monday in May,
at which time the county board will
hold its next regular mt-ting.
If the district trustees will re-
spond, and I believe many of them
will, this meetragwill be one of great
importance.
The employing of teachers; teach-
ers’ contracts: and the general policy
of the county hoard will be some of
the subjects discussed.
It will be a good time for the. new
trustees to qualify and for all trus-
tees to get in touch with each oth-
er.
Serving as trustee is purely, a sac-
rifice; but jf you are going to be
trustee I am sure you want to be a
good one, and attending this meet-
ing will help you to bo a good one.
Therefore, please attend!
Respectfully,
J. C. GRIFFIN,
County Superintendent
The State of Texas, County of Cole-
man:
To Whom It May Concern.
I, W. Marcus Weatherred, County
Judge in and for Coleman County.
Texas, do hereby certify that on this,
the 3rd day of April, A. D., 1915, I
duly and carefully examined and tes-
ted the cotton scales of C. E. Starnes,
Public Weigher, in and for Precinct
No. 1, Coleman County, Texas, in the
town of Coleman, Texas, and I find
that said scales are true, and prop-
el ly balanced.
Given under my hand and seal of
office, this, April 3rd, 1915.
(Notary Seal.)
W. MARCUS WEATHERRED,
County Judge in ajd for Colemar
County, Texas. 15-16
Out Where the Fish Bite.
Composing a fishing party Thurs-
day morning were G. P. Roquemore
and family, R- I. Bowen and family,
William Broad and family, Miss Al
leene White, Rev. J. J. Kellam and
Ferris StevCns. The party was
equipped with two days provisions,
Tuesday, Henry Paddleford and
Albert Beyers loaded out for a three
days’ campaign on the Colorado
They are expected home today and
some of their stay-at-home friends
already have the skillet on and the
t! rcase hot.
The oil situation al Coleman is
complex, if not perplexing. In its is-
sue of March 19thr The Democrat-
Voice said: __
"In drawing the ten-inch casing the
uccummulated gas was released and
the well spouted oil half way to the
top of the derrick and left a pool of
oil standing around the well. This
caused more cr less speculation on
the part of the public, which was
eager to believe that a real oil
gusher had developed. * * * The
Babington well has a maximum depth
of 2337 feet. At a depth of 1080 feet
a stratum of oil-bearing sand, twen-
ty-one feet in thickness,, was encoun-
tered. At the time of this Strike it
was announced by Mr. Robinson that
the yield of oil was not in commer-
cial quantities, probably 2% to three
barrels daily. The oil was cpsed off
end the well carried to a depth of
2,337 feet, at which depth, Mr. Rob-
ertson says, salt water was encoun-
tered. * * * * As the well now
stands, according to the statement of
Mr. Robertson, a plug has been fitted
in the lime rock at a depth of about
fourteen hundred feet to shut off the
salt water from below, while, at the
same time, salt water from an un-
known source is finding its way into
the oil. All the lower casing has
been drawn and'there is yet to be
drawn about one thousand ft. of- ten-
inch casing, five hundred feet of
twelve-inch and about sixty feet of
sixteen-inch casing. It is the inten- ( Director, Bureau
tion of Mr. Robertson to move the Technology
derrick and sink another test well in j -------
the hope of finding the oi! in com- j For the purpose of comparison and
nercial quantities ’’ j that the public may make its own
Sample Sent to State Geologist. * ; deductions, the analysis .submitted
A sample of the oil found at 1080 j by Professor Phillips of thtftwo sarr
feet was forwarded to Professor W. j pies of oil coming from the Bailing-
B Phillips, Director, of Geology and ton well, are printed below:
Technology in the State University. ----1
,\*r. Phillips, after making an analysis Analysis No. 2409.
of the oil. replied: ’ j (Submitted April 1, 1915.)
Specific gravity at 60 deg., f., 0.821
University of Texas, Mar. 31,1915.1 ' 40.7 B
Mr; Cal Huffman. .. j Dash point 70 deg, V
C oleman. Texas. ! Burning point -70 dog. F
. My Dear Sir: 1 have your letter- Wntf.r
of the 29th with the sample of oil; nutillation■
from the Babington well, three miles '
southwest of Coleman. The oil has
ing the details relating to the last-
sample 0/ -Oil. 1 beg to enclose the
analysis of this last sample. We
have marked it on our lists as coming
from a depth of 2,330 feet,
You will notice that this oil is dif-
ferent from the oil that was sent in
by Mr. Cal Huffman, which was re-
ported under number 2409, April JM.
In the first oil the .percentage of the
fractions coming over, up to 392 deg.
T-., was 35.4, while in this second <-i!
this percentage is 20.6. Furthermore,
the first oil flashed and burned at
room temperature, wherea* thi 1 sec-
ond oil flashed af.106 deg. F -rad;
burned at 164 deg. F.
The first oil carries a good deal
more of the light oils, such as gaso
line, naptha, kerosene, etc., than this
second oil.
While both of these oils are good
the first sample represents a higher
grade oil than this last sample.
I would be very glad to have from
yoli a complete log of the well, with
as many different samples from dif-
ferent depths as ca.i now be secured.
The samples are most important for
us, i. e., samples of the different for-
mations penetrated, for they enable
us to determine the geological age
of the rocks involved.
If we can be of any further service,
to you at any time I hope that you
will not fail to call on us.
Very Truly ours.
Wm. B. PHILLIPS,
of Geology and
| question of storage and, as a repro J
j sentative of the Chamber of Com j
I metre, offered to the wool growers 1
j of the county free warehousing
j privileges and free service in caring ;
1 for and selling’the product.
*. * Messrs.. F. Beck and-G. D. Hines, j
Who were perhaps the largest pro- j
(lucent of wool present and who would \
have to make about the longest haul --------- -------------„ ---------
to reach the Coleman market, agreed; ties, will hold its annual
to market their wool at Coleman if1
suitable warehouse facilities were af-
forded.
Endorse Experiment Stations.
The Association adopted a resolu-
tion endorsing the work and sc ‘pc
of the State Experimental Stations.
The Association adjourned to meet
again at the City Hall in Coleman on
Saturday, April 24th, at 2:00 o’clock
p. m.
The District Interschoiastlc laatgue,
which embraces twenty-three coun
meet this
year at Coleman. It is not likely
that alt of the counties in the dis-
trict will be represented, but we have
reports from eight or ten counties
that debating teams, Senior and Ju-
nior declaimed and tennis teams will
bo sent. There will likely he seven
ty-five or one hundred boys and girls
from the district here Friday and
Saturday,
The program for Friday consists of
tennis preliminaries and finals and a
, baseball game with Brady High in
Commissioners' Court thF0JftsS*y, aii preliminary
__ j in debate and declamation will be
It appearing to the court that thei ^ at the high school auditorium
April Session of the
Stacy and Waidrip bridges on the
Colorado river tre now in need of re-
pairs, particularly on the Coleman
county side of' said bridges, the
beginning at 9:00 o'clock. In these
preliminary contests, the number of
debating teams will be reduced to
two, the number of contestants in
court entered into jit contract with j each of the declamation contests wilt
be reduced to two.
That will give a very interesting
program for Saturday evening at
the court house, at which time the
debate, the boys’ junior, the boys'
senior and the girls’ senior declama
tion honors for their district will be
decided. The public is cordially In-
vited to all these contests.
the McCulloch county commissioners,
in compliance with former, agree-
ment, to divide equally the expense
necessary for the upkeep of- said
bridges, except that each county
shall keep up and maintain its re-
spective approach to said bridges on
its side of the river.
Voters of Miller School District No.
68 having petitione 1 the court ■ for
an election to determine the voting
of a special school tax of 15c. the
court ordered said election held.
The court canvassing the return, 1 ^ cotk)ncensu„ roport, just is-
of special school tax election he < n. piMMj showed March consumption of
School Jj>strict No. 30 the court de- f exciugive of linters, to be
ciared said proposed increase in tax ^ ^ runn|ntr bales thi)l year, as
T?,' mi.l‘to, TO '*« 75"-
CONSUMPTION OF COTTON IN-
CREASING SA VS GOVERNMENT
Washington, Apr. 14.-—The govern-
scalps at 5c
at $2 each.
paid
and for 19 coyote scalps
CONDENSED REPORT OF THE CONDITION
- OF THE
First National Bank
OF COLEMAN, TEXAS
at the close of business, March 4th, 1915
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts ....... . .......
Stocks and Securities ......... ...
U. S. Bonds ..................
Stock In Federal Reserve Hank
Real Estate and Fixtures . -----
Cash in Vsult and with other Banks
Bills of Exchange-----------
fatal .
$1*7,707.47
... S7.I54.42
$467,219.99
5*5.9*
100,000,00
4,000 00
60,9*9.87
224.661.89
$857,65773
LIABILITIES
Cap.oU8.ock' '.............*................ WJ8K5
Surplus Fund.......................- - r......-........• — *
Undivided Preflu (net). .JjJJJJ
Circulation ................*.....*.....
DepoaiU __________-......—----------------*................. 43l.8W.60
AO 42* 50
Rediscount* ............................... ........ mi.mw
Total ......................a........ $857.69773
The above statement ia correct
t E OOLUNS, President.
In manufacturing establishments,
1,740,476 bales, against 1,679.239
bales Inst March. In independent
warehouses, 3.378,841 bales against
1,834,008 last March, Imports were
38,534 bales mgalnst 30,863 hales Let
__ , March
, . ! Exports were 1,208,573 running
The regular jury for the third wef'M 695.310 last March
of district court, wljo were summon . fwtt6n artive on March 30,
(.<1 to appear Monday, Aprft 19th,1
regular jury third week
NEED NOT APPEAR: SPEO’L
VENIRE TO APPEAR APR. 21
spindle* active on
918.533 as compared with 31,083,858
active on same date last year. Un-
ters on hand. 31,398 against 24.720.
6.0 Orange Pale
2.0 392i Light Red
..................._...... 1 1
J. E. Stullken, Chemist
Wn B. -Phillips. Din-Mo-
fuuw.wvov — -Up to 212 deg. F
rich remarkable qualities that I must; ^ ^ deg F
ask you to give me more information i to 392 deg. F
about it. How deep is- the well? ^ ^ ^ ^g. F.
From what depth does this oil come > ^ ^(y 579 t|of, p
Are you 8jyre_.that.no gasoline, kero-;to .-g) deg F
sene or other oil was mixed with
it? .
The oil burns at ordinary temper
ature and I have not seen such 141 oil: 2 0
in Texas nor heard of one, I must,
therefore ask for a great deal -more i
information, in fact, all you have or \ pproved
can get, concerning this sample. Are -
yoti yourself satisfied that it came Analysis No. 2436,
from the ground as you sent. it to us1 (Submitted April 8. 19151-
C.uld you ™,k, . *• .1 m >-' »««
I wish you would please give me at j to 55. ( B.
once all information concerning this I’'ash point, 106 deg I-
oil that vou have or can get. Burnm- point, 164 dor w
' Very Truly Yours, Water none.
Win B PHILLIPS, Distillation (Engler method);
Director, Bureau of Geology and Per tent AV*U>r
Technology ..... Up to 212 deg. F. 1.0 colorless
Technology^- ------------\v wIoHes*
sample of SECOND OIL 302 t0 222 lfi 0
SHOWS DIFFERENT ANALYSIS 1 S«2 to -482 deg
_ 1 48? to 572 deg. F.
On the morning following the dis-rM- *° r,r>2
turbance which caused the oil to spou: \
*Noik- have been informed that they need
K" Per centth°‘color! iicp Wednes^ApTp^jiVsercl
6 2 colorless ’as a venire are directed to he
17.4 colorless ‘ «>n h«nd at that time
118 rnlnrles i District Judge Goodwin and Dts-
12 8 colorless I Uict Attorney Early returned to —
11 3 Prime White 1 'trownwood.arxl there will be .no court j fr The Democrat-Voice
10.8 Cream White1 ''er‘' 'lud,W >the hal8nc0 of ,he "" "
' 9.3 Extra Pale j week. __ ,
11.4 Lemon Pate) wh(, Wanta These Peanu|a?
R. G Hollingsworth, Secretary of
the Coleman County Marketing As
fiociation, has for free distribution
for planting purposes, two bushels of
fine Spanish peanuts. The only
string to the proposition is that the
NOVICE PRESENTS GOLD
WATCH TO THE WINNER Ob
COUNTY SPELLING CONTEST
The Novice people paid tribute to
Naomi Casey, winner in the count)’
spelling content, by, preaentiag her
with a gold watch
Upon receipt of the announcement
of her success, Novice people made
up a purse of $25 and purchased a
gold watch for the winner. The
tchool, in a body/ met Miss Naomi
the amount’«f peanuts received. It WP.
j< desired that the peanuts be pro-
portioned to various person*, each
person taking only enough to plant
from one-eighth to a quarter of an
acre. 1
Proceeding to the Woodmen Hall
the watch wo 1 formally pw.sf'.nted
(, the vicior by Mrs. Emma Harlow,
who spoke a fitting tribute to the lit-
tle lady.
Other speeches of congratulation
were madr, I’lelndingl one hy Mr.
FOR SALE—A fevy Wod Jersey. — , , .
cows, fresh, at reasonable prices.] Jake Rithmel. Jake I* a good speech
i fash or. good nbte. For quick,sale, | maker, too. espocially when the occa
come onrlv and get your choice. ■ G j sion i« fitting Aoitr* Truly.
1fiA J Wm. Baker. Route 3. ’.phone 7003. ; . CITIZEN
d!wS 1«—• I *•«* _
Cream
from the Babington well, a party of
Coleman citizens went to the well
and secured a sample of the oil,
which to all appearances was differ-
ent to the first oil sample.
Directors of the Coleman Chamber
of Commerce had this sample for:
warded to the State Geologist for
analysis and received the following
reply, accompanied by Its analysis:
University of Texas
.. ri
l have vour letter of the 6th, giv-
WldtL |
Pale
8 8 Extra
238
3,8 23.8 Extra l’»le
Above 662 deg. F. 12 0 Lemon Pale
Above 662 deg. F 9.0 Orange Pal «
Above 662 deg F. 0.0 Red
27 9
INsiduc (by difference >
99.4-
0.4
100.0») I
. icinist
Approved: Wm. B. Phillin*. Director
exas,
April 8, 1911)1 Signed: J- E. Stullken, Chemist
criv-1 A nnrov
Dallas Chamber of Wool Growers Of- -
Commerce to Visit j tered Free Storage
Coleman April 23 Next Meeting, Apr.24
Dallas, April 14.—Arriving in
Coleman, Friday evening, April 23rd,
on their own special train, the mem
bers of the Dallas Chan*b*r of Com-
merce excursion party will be requir-
ed to spend most of their time talk-
ing about one particular institution
—the State Fair of Texas- Of
course, each one will be permitted to
say a little somethli g about his busi-
ness, but that something must be lit-
The vieitors will tell of tho
preparations slrcady made for this
year's fair, which assure tho greatest
array of educational exhibits, farm
displays, llwstqpk exhibits and eh-
t< rtainment feitures on record.
The Wool Growers’ Association of
Coleman county met In convention In
Coleman last Saturday for the discus-
j sion of business concerning the wool
I industry.
Members of the association pn*
ent, were: F. Beck (president), J. K
Baker, H. U. SUrkweather, J. E.
) Roog-Scott, J. T. Stotmll, Meek By
era, W/H. Ransberger, Geo, Rae, l).
II Purcell, W. C. Gay, G. D. Hines, S
p. Woodward, R, E. L. Culp, (». W.
Candler, R. H. Alexander. T. E. Gar-
rett, J. Tom Padgitt. Members ah
sent were: 8. H- WllHams, Harry
Hubert. .
Mr J. K. Baker dikeusse' the
question of marketing the wool clip.
Mr, R. H. Alexander discussed the
-''Vmt*n*ed Stateiru t of the Conditio-, of th>
Coleman National Bank
Of Coleman, Texas
A* twkn
from faport ^orriptr illtfr of
ft! c)<m of March 4th, 1^1 f>.
RESOIRCK »
fancy
Loan- , and Discount*
Overdraft* ...........................—
U. S. Bonds .......• ......
8977,376.1)2
..........'NONE
- .50.000 0C
4.800.00
* A ^
i
Real Estate and Fixtures ..........—----------
Cash in Vault ahd with Banks--------...—....
Bills of Exchange ........................................
69,821.02
$184,820.60
86,708.22
271,528.12
1778,526.36
LIABILITIES
M '
!
Capital Paid in ........
$110,000.00
i«-e— *•—> >»>>» s *♦*.!# »*'<e»s*s«
Capital Earned „
Surplus Earned ..
Undivided Profits
Circulation
Borrowed Money
Deposits .............
$778,526.66
We respectively call your attention to the above statement and
it. ro - c ^
40,600.00
..... 14,716.87
_ 120700.00
. NONE
:.... 398,309.49
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