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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE
FOR COLEMAN AND COLEMAN COUNTY
VOLUME NO. THREE.
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEM AN, T! FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1912.
NO. 27.
BEATINGSAN ANGELO
BANKERS TAKE FIRST GAME —
SCORE 4 TO 3.
PLAYING GOOD BASEBALL
.'y Take Third Game fr<>m^ Angelo by
Score of 5 to 3.
Three Winners in thje State Primary.
The Coleman Bankers, with some
small change in their pockets, load-
ed out for San Angelo Monday morn-
ing to play a series of three games.
That the Bankers were feeling fine
and fit in form is evidenced by the
result »f thfe first game played Mon-
day afternoon, favoring the Bankers
by the score of 4 to 3.
El Hemphill was on the slab for
Coleman. Following is the result as
sent over by phone:
R H E
Coleman .....«..........-.................4 5 5
San Angelo ..............................3 8 7
Home run—Creed of San Angelo.
3 base hit—Bledsoe of Coleman.
Following are the names of play-
ers and boosters from Coleman:
Dennis, Bledsoe, E. Hemphill, Lowe,
Strong, Adams, Irwin, Perkins, Mc-
..... Elroy, Moseley, Harpham, Davidj
Snodgrass, Milton Collins, and Grady |
Ragsdale, bat carrier.
_ Adams of Comanche, is a new re-
Cl emit to the Bankers’ pitching staff
®knd will be given his first tryout in
Tuesday’s game. Dennis is schedul-
ed to pitch the third game.
The San Angelo Standard gives
the following account of the game:
“For eight innings the locals could
get no further than second base. In
%itr
ill
GOV. 0. B. COLQUITT.
GOV. COLQUITT’S MAJORITY ABOVE 40,000
Races of Walthall and Looney, Phillips and Townes,
Muse and Pendegrast Yet In Doubt.
MORRIS SHEPPARD’S MAJORITY ABOVE 30.000
LANE, KONE AND MAYFIELD HAVE SUBSTANTIAL LEADS BUT
Present lead may be changed in final count
EDITOR WILL H. MAYES.
HON. MORRIS SHEPPARD.
COLEMAN COUNTY
FAIR MEETING
POPULIST ATTEMPT A
PARTY RESURRECTION
w
Plans
Discussed and $5,000
Subscription Started.
Stock
9
"'a,,,: when the bombardment was
over two men
had crossed the plate.
In the ninth
inping it
looked like
the Hustlers would tie up things,but
Hemphill got
busy and
had them
shooting ducks.”
The score:
7 Angelo—
AB R
H PO A E
O’Dell, rf
....... 5 0
10 0 0
Station, 3b
....... 4 0
0 0 10
Parrish, If
....... 5 0
2 6 0 0
Scroggins, 2b
4 1
14 4 3
f Creed, l b
4 1
18 0 1
Conner, c
........ 6 0
2 7 0 0
Powell, cf
4 0
0 0 0 1
Young, ss
...... 3 0
0 2 10
Beasley, p
4 1
1 0 11 2
Total
38 3
8 27 17 7
Coleman—
AB R
H PO A E
Lowe, If .......
....... 5 1
10 0 1
Irwin, cf
....... 4 1
0 10 0
Perkins, ss
4 0
0 2 10
Mosely, lb
....... 4 1
0 7 0 1
Dennis, 2b
4 0
14 2 2
McElroy, 8b
4 1
0 0 11
Adams, rf
....... 4 0
0 0 0 0
Bledsoe, c
4 0
17 0 1
Hemphill, p
4 0
0 0 7 1
Total
....... 38 4
3 27 11 7
The mass meeting for the Coleman
County Fair, which was called to
meet Monday afternoon of this week,
was not as well attended as the Fair
enthusiasts had hoped. It was their
plan to try to have the house packed,
but when President J. C. Dibrell call-
ed the meeting to order there was
scarcely thirty persons present.
The preponderance of election re-
turns from over the state occupied:
the attention of many who would
otherwise have been present at the
meeting.
Those present, however, took right j
hold of the proposition and indicated j
their clear determination to do what i
they could to make the proposition
a go.
A number of good talks were made 1
along the lines usually emphasized
by fair promoters and a stock sub-
scription was started with a hope
that ultimately about $5,000.00 worth1
of stock would be taken.
At this meeting only about $800.00
or $900.00 worth of stock was sub- J
scribed, but this fact is not regarded I
as a discouraging fact when the
size of the crowd is taken into con-
sideration. Plans were discussed for
carrying forward the work and there
is every reason to believe it will go
forward without a hitch.
Ghost of Buried Past Will Stalk
Convention in St. Lou's to
Nominate Candidate.
Joilet, III., July 30.—The call for
the Populist national convention to
be held at St. Louis Tuesday, Aug.
13, was announced today by James
II. Ferriss, chairman of the national
committee.
The call reads:
“The members of the People's par-
ty are hereby notified that a na-
tional convention will be held al
Louis, Tuesday, August 13, 191!
10 a. m., for the purpose of nomi-
nating a national presidential candi-
date and for such other business as
may properly come before the con-
HAT STILL IN THE RING,
D. T. Oillis Writes Card of Thanks
to Coleman County Voters.
a| St.
12, at
To the Voters of Coleman County:
I want to express my appreciation
of the support given me during the
campaign just ended, and I am ex-
tremely proud of the vote I received
in my old home boxes in commis-
sioner’s Precinct No. 4, being nearly
2 to 1 over both of my opponents,
combined.
The campaign liar and scandal
monger knew his occupation better
than to drag his slimy carcass thru
that portion of Coleman county,
where I am known. I am -also very
proud of my Coleman precinct sup-
port, only having lived here two
years. I received a vote any man
would feel proud of.
And 1 want to say right here, al-
The vote of 192 counties received
up to Wednesday, in four of the
doubtful races, is as follows:
Attorney General—
Walthall .................................... 109,629
| Looney ................ 108,896
Railroad Commissioner, Place 2—
Wortham .................................. 103,362
Mayfield ........... 110,659
..Associate Justice Supreme Court—
Phillips ........................................ 78,176
Townes ...........................-........... 79,956
Associate Justice Court of Crimi-
nal Appeals—
Muse :.......... 102,693
Prendergast ......... 104,250
Congressmen at Large.
.. Hatton W. Sumners, Daniel E. Gar-
rett, C, M. Cureton, Jeff McLemore
and J. N. Browning, in the order
named, continue to lead in the race
for Congressmen at Large up to
Wednesday.
Sumners ......................... 31,002
Garrett ......................... 29,068
Cureton ......................... 25,151
McLemore .......................j.......... 24,989
Browning ............ 16,924
The majorities and pluralities as
above given are not complete in ev-
ery instance. The Glen Cove box is
not included in the counts and the
results from one or two other boxes
may not be complete. The official
results as declared by the County
Executive committee, which will meet
Saturday will be published in next
issue.
Esq. T. W. White Renominated.
For Justice of Peace of Coleman
Precinct 1, T. W. White was renom-
inated. He received 459 votes. His
opponent, D. C. Dingus, received 116
votes.
W. O. Purcell Renominated.
\V. O. Purcell was renominat'd for
Constable of Coleman Precinct one.
Pv received 451 votes. His opponent
H. T. Morgan received 251 votes.
Tip Tabor Elected Commissioner.
In Burkett Precinct No. 4, Tip Ta-
bor was elected County Commission-
er to succeed J. T. Sanders. His op-
ponents were Berry Wesley, Jim
Adams and D. Greaves.
, j Dibrell of Seguin,
BAILEY DENIES
LAW PARTNERSHIP
WITH LITTLETON
Second Game Won by San Angelo—
Score 6 and 2.
The Angelo Hustlers took second
game of the series with Coleman.
Adams, the new pitcher, was in the
box for Coleman and allowed only
five hits. The Bankers got the same
number of hits off the Angelo pitch-
er. Four errors are charged to the
Bankers and five to the Hustlers.
The Coleman Bankers cinched the
.^series fijom Angelo by winning Wed-
4B^nesday’8 game. According to report
by telephone, Irwin, Bledsoe and
Dennis led in the batting, getting 3
hits each. Dennis was on the firing
line for Coleman and Beasley was up
for Angelo. The result as reported
by telephone, is as follows:
, R H B
San Angelo ..............*......... 3 9 5
Coleman ..............._............. 6 15 4
Washington, D. C,, July 29—Nu
merous stories have been printed re-
cently concerning Senator Bailey’s
plans for the future, but most of
these have been permitted to pass
without commert jy him. He took
exception to the latest one which
represented him as planning to ostab
lish a chain of law offices over the
country, and in discussing the re-
port today, said:
“I wish you would say for me that
the telegram from Waco printed in
The Fort Worth Record of Saturday,
to the effect that I have formed a
partnership with Hon. Martin W.
Littleton and intend to establish law
offices at Fort Worth, Washington
and New York, is wholly without
foundation. Of course, if the state-
ment was made to that correspon-
dent by a friend of mine, he thought
what he said was true, but he was
entirely mistaken if he understood
me to say anything of that kind. I
have not made any arrangements
about practicing law, and I will not
consider that question until after 1
have concluded my service in the sen-
ate. But whatever I determine to
do, it is certain that I will not at-
tempt to establish a law office in
more than one place, because the
work of one office would be as much
as I would be willing to undertake.”
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Singing.
There will be an all-day singing at
Watts Creek Sunday, Aug. 4th. All
singers and organists are cordially
invited to come and those from a
distance will be cared for. Saturday
night the public li> asked to bring
lunch baskets.
Hawkins Elected Over Dibrell.
vention. The basis of representation f though defeated, I am no quitter and William E. Hawkins of Brownsville
shall be the delegates for each con-1 to use a Roosevelt coinage of ex- I ha* defeated Assoc',ate Just,ce J- B'
gressional district and four dele- j pressions, ‘my hat is still in the ring’
gates at large for each state and j before the Democrats of Coleman
territory. All citizens who favor the county two years hence,
principles as promulgated in the na- I fully appreciate what my friends
tional platforms of this party are j have done for me in other precincts
invited to meet with the delegates j of the county, where they saw to it
that 1 was not humiliated with the
proverbial goose egg.
Very respectfully,
D. T. GILLIS.
and come at this time.”
The call declares that the domi-
nant planks of the platform are:
1. Congress shall issue all money
and regulate the value and the vol-
ume.
2. The public land for actual set-
tlers.
3. The government to control the
railroads and those public utilities
which by their nature are monopol-
ies.
4. The initiative, referendum and
recall.
5. Protection of labor.
G. H. Connell Home Burned.
The home of Geo. T. Connell was
destroyed by fire in Brownwood
Monday afternoon, the fire originat-
ing from the explosion of a lamp
which was being filled by his daugh-
ter. Miss Annie Connell.
J. E. Albright of Glen Coye was
in the city Tuesday.
N. T. Southwell of the Indian
creek community was a pleasant cal-
ler at the Democrat-Voice shop Wed-
nesday. He >s a son of J. R. South-
well of Falls county, who made the
race for representative to the legis-
lature from that district and came
in to see if he could get the latest
news from his fathers race.
IPENCE
wets me
BaM hasortMt)
Our bunk bus grown becimse the people of this
thin community H/iL/JiVk In our bunk.
T)o YOUR bunking with
“THE OLD RELIABLE”
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF COLEMAN
Capital Stock $100,600. Surplus and Profits, 1140,000.
R. H. Alexander, Cashier. L E. Collins, President.
Sam Thurman Elected Commissioner
Sam Thurman of Glen Cove, was
elected County Commissioner of Pre.
No. 3. His opponents were J. A. Nor-
ris and J. M. Summers.
The returns in hand point more
conclusively to the nomination of
Controller Lane to succeed himself
and indicate that Kone is to succeed
himself as Commissioner Qf Agricul-
ture. The count up to Wednesday
was as follows:
Controller—
Barker 136,650
Lane 160,005
Commissioner of Agriculture—
Kone 106,198
Singleton ............................. 95,793
Gilmore Re-elected Commissioner.
J. S. Gilmore,, of Santa Anna Pre-
cinct No. 2, was re-elected County
Commissioner. His opponent was
Mr. — Lightfoot.
Edwards Elected Treasurer.
State Treasurer Edwards, in the
vote counted to date, has a big lead
His nomination seems assured.
Mayes Elected Lieut.-Govemor.
Editor Will H. Mayes of the
Brownwood Bulletin will preside over
the Texas state senate during the
next two years. Mayes defeated
Wiley Mangum Imboden by a sub-
stantial majority.
James T. Robinson Re-elected
James T. Robison is re-elected
Commissioner of the Land office over
Charley Geers by a substantial ma-
jority.
District Clerk's Race is Close.
Elsewhere is published in tabulat-
ed form the election returns of Cole-
man county. The results were gath-
ered from phone messages and may
not be correct in every instance. The
Glen Cove box is riot included in the
returns as they appear, hence the
vote at that box does not appear in
the totals of any of the candidates,
except that of the county judges and
that is from hearsay.
. .The totals in the district clerk race
show a majority of 28 for Pittman,
omitting the Glen Cove box. We
have been informed that with all the
vote in the majority is reduced to
twelve.
The democratic executive commit-
tee will meet Saturday to canvass the
returns and declare the results offi-
cially.
County Nominations.
In the Coleman county election the
following officers were nominated:
For Representative—E. A. Mc-
Daniel. c
For District Clerk—B. H. Pittman,
majority, 28.
For County Judge—F. M. Bowen,
plurality, 182.
For County Attorney—R .B. Rags-
dale.
For County Clerk—Leman Brown.
For Sheriff—W. L. Futch, plurali-
ty, 289.
For Tax Assessor—Sam Berry,
plurality, 289.
For Tax Collector—S .H. Gilliland.
For County Treasurer—Jeff L.
Reese, majority, 217.
For County Superintendent—G. W.
McDonald.
For County Surveyor—J. A. McEl-
rath.
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 1
—F. B. Simmons.
For Public Weigher—Carey Brad-
ford, plurality, 146.
For County Chairman— S. H.
Phillips, majority, 207.
County Clerk’s Records.
Marriage license issued to:
William Taylor and Miss Sophia
Menges; A. B. Loudermilk and Miss
Virgie'E. Boles; Leek Bird and Miss
Ivy Harris; S. A. Jackson and Miss
Ethel Mask.
Births reported:
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Mow
on July 26th, a girl.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Nel-
son on July 21st, a boy.
Bora to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Steph-
ens a. girl.
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Born to Mr and Mrs. Henry Seals
on July 26th, a girl.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crof-
ford on July 18th, a girl.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Be Kipgston
on July 23rd, a boy and a girl.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. Allen
on July 26th, three girls,
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John Wagnon Dead.
John Wagnon died Wednesday aft-
ernoon of typhoid fever, after an ill-
ness of four or five weeks. His fe-
mains were buried in the city ceme-
tery Thursday afternoon. A wife
and one child survive him. The Dem-
ocrat-Voice offers sympathy to the
bereaved relatives.
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Hollingsworth, R. G. The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1912, newspaper, August 2, 1912; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth726974/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.