The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1912 Page: 2 of 12
twelve pages : ill. ; page 22 x 15 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1912.
The Coleman Democrat-Voice
Published Every Friday.
R. G. HOLLINGSWORTH Editor
A. F. MARTIN Business Manager
By the
Democrat-Voice
Company.
Publishing
have long been neglected in the
Southwest and which are now re-
ceiving more and more attention. At
the twenty-seVenth annual meeting
of the State Fair of Texas at Dallas,
| October 12 to October 27, a practical
demonstration of this work will be
given. Such important public prob-
, lems will receive attention as thi> re-
i lation of insects to public health,
ditional reason why the common peo-
ple should come forward and take up
the burden of the campaign expense.
Favor seekers are always seeking
opportunities to pull their favorites
out of the hole in order that they
may be in better position later to
demand favors from thejr favorites.
A million dollar campaign fund fur-
nished by u million good citizens
1°
tuberculosis, personal hygiene, pub- i comes cheaper in the long run to the
lie hygiene and sanitation, the city million than if that sum was fur-
Entried as second-da-s mail matter hbeautiful, public school buddings, nished by a few. Let’s make this a
at the post office at Coleman, Texas,‘ domestic economy, beautification of million by a million!
under act of Congress of March 3. (home grounds, irrigation, the cty __
water supply, etc. There will also SM„rr, ,vr ro,„TO lv
be demonstrations of cookery, ac-! SMUGGLING CHINESE IN.
jeompanied by lectures. This is in „ „ . ~T ...
keeping with the educational policy ' .... ramls‘° ™n’ce‘
. „ * of the Fair Association, Vtetel. I Whe" contraband Ch.nese are cap-
Six Months ...................50c.1
CASH IN ADVANCE.
1*79.
SUBFCRIFTlON RATES
One Year ....................$1.00
the Fair should
1 careful attention.
give
PHONE 25
OFFICE 113 PECAN STREET.
, 1M ' r,1? I tured by the authorities the smugg-
is • S-i.o.t |jng rjng is generally out from $600
to $1,000 for each man caught and
deported. According to the method
employed in getting the Mongolian
_ \ into the United States, he signs a
A Washington dispatch says that: Paper to pay back in monthly in-
his
INCOME TAX AMENDMENT.
Any erroneous reflection upon tin with the ratification of the income stailments money advanced for
character of any person or firm ap- tax amendment by the Louisiana leg- delivery in America,
pearing in these columns will be glad- Ll- --*■ - - *’ 0
ly and promptly corrected upon call-
ing the attention of the management
to the article in question.
Notices of cljurch entertainments,
where a charge of admission is made,
islature favorable action to two oth-
er States ik all that is necessary to
complete the good work. It is ex-
pected that New Jersey and Penn-
sylvania, whose Legislatures meet in
1913, will ratify the proposed amend-
ment. This is good news and it will
obituaries, after the notice of the lhecr the hearts of men who have
death has been run; and all matters
not news, will be charged for at the
regular rates.
Next month—School,
Mexico has a Bull Moose too, his
name is Orozco.
The ordinary laborer in the Flow-
ery Kingdom seldom evqr sees a sum
exceeding $100, so with the picture
of the possibilities offered him in
America he readily agrees to pay
back from his wages earned in work
furnished by his friend or friends
of the smuggling ring any money
many' years been' fighting for! sPent that wil> insure h*m securing
a residence with Uncle Sam.
Sometimes they have to work for
five or six years, according to the
authorities, to pay back the sums
expended with the boats engaging in
this kind of business, together with j
a commission to the smugglers.
I for so
this great reform.-
-The Commoner.
THAT CANAL OF OURS.
When You Need Infomation About Land
. TITLES
Don’t wa§le postage or wear out shoe leather going
to a dozen different places. Get it all here under one
roof. That’s our business. Demand one of our ab-
stracts. It will give you all the information you desire.
OUR ABSTACTS ARE THE BEST. THERE IS A REASON.
THE COLENAN ABSTRACT CO.
COLEMAN
ESTUUSKD 1885.
MORTIMER JOHNSON, Manager.
A1'
TEXAS
We are Members of The Texas Abstracters Association and The American Association of Title Men
The primary
you satisfied?
election is over. Are
Coleman wants to put
foot foretn<*st in August.
her best
It looks as if The Bull Moose, alias
the Lion Hunter, alias Teddy, is now
really in earnest.
A certain little boy wants to know
if the business men will entertain
the Boys’ Corn Club again next year.
Philadelphia Enquirer:
We are building a canal at a cost
of $400,OOf),000, Do wd own that
canal, or do we not?
If we do not own it, why are we
fortifying it?
If we do not own it, what are we
expending $400,000,000 for? For the
mere sake of extending the commerce
of foreign nations, and with no re-
sultant benefit to our own shipping? , ,.
England says that we.'have no ; 18 v *
right to send our own ships free j
through our own canal. Some Sena-!
tors of the United States side with:
her.
But what do the American people,
think of building the Panama Canal j
and presenting it to foreign nations ? i
POLITICAL REFORM IN TEXAS, might enter into an agreement
make each the same number
IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION.
That there should be reform in the
methods of political campaigning in
, . ... Texas no one will gainsay. Discuss.
..in . nionio .xpress. jing the late campaign situation the
The announcement made by Gover- 1 Dallas News says:
nor Woodrow Wilson that he favors | ,t is Kenerully admitted that the
a restricted immigration law is not candidates who have recently been
so definite that a correct conclusion | dashinK fra tical,v over- the State,
*>>■ in detail can be formed. • ■ - ■
Several
peared in
but the ^statement made by the gov-
ernor may be taken to infer that he
believes in such a reform in this
matter a! will relieve this country
from the stigma it has acquired as
a dumping ground for pretty much
all the undesirable citizens of lower
Europe............
----------------— if this is his view it will have the
weeks ago an article ap- approval of every patriotic .Amcri-
the Democrat-Voice deny- j can citizen who is unprejudiced by.
Some of these editors who have
been letting the politicians run tneirjmg a certain report which seemed to [reason of his relations to some.Coun
papers will have to get busy now or have been rather widely circulated to try or some citizens beyond the sea.
they will run short on “dope.” the effect that farmers had been re; The United States should continue to
fused the righf to sell their products welcome all good immigrants who
upon the streets of Coleman. It was i are sound of mind and body, who are
to become public charges,
cd about two dozen times la-t. our part t^at this article was pre-
Thursday bight up at the county pared ()ut since that time we have
court house. Now the -wan is dead. |carned that there was some slight
-Jii____.'a.______L- : foundation for the fabrication that
had gone forth. Under a miscon-
f fl
maxing from one to four speeches a
day, werfc not drawing very large
audiences. Even when they inflict
themselves on picnics and other like
gatherings, as if to corral a larger
audience than they themselves could
hope to attract, it is reported that
only a small fraction of the people
thus gathered can be induced to mar
the pleasure of their day by closing
in around the speaker’s platform.
Palpably the method of campaign-
ing now in vogue in this State is in
need of some reform; even of radical
speeches during the campaign.
to that renders no service to society
of than on land which does render such
service would accord with the most
elemental sense of justice. But in-
THE COMING OF THE GKADU- * fCad °f do,nB tha‘> we> ,n actuality,
ATED LAND TAX. Ux mor,e .^eaVlIf the 'and that 18 b<!'
mg used than that which is not. To
j remark that the land lies' idle is ac-
Fort Worth Record: The Record
does not pose as a prophet, although
it sometimes hazards a prediction.
Here is one: Within ten years the j
paramount issue in Texas, and in
many other States, will be the taxing
of land to discourage ownership for
speculation.
The Record foresees the issue in
the form of a proposal to impose a
“very low tax on a homestead of rea-
sonable size, and a graduated tax on
all holdings in excess of the home-
stead, the tax Increasing at such a
rate as to make it unprofitable to
hold large tracts of land for specula- j
cepted by every Assessor and every
equalization board as a conclusive
argument why the prevalent rate of
assessment should be scaled in the
interest of the owner of that idle
land. His plea is that he is making
nothing out of it, while as a matter
of fact every day is adding to its
value, and it is that steady enhance-1
ment in value which enables him to
figure a profit in holding it idle.
The Record speaks with rare pre-
science. Within ten years—much
sooner, we imagine—we shall con-
front this issue, or one very like it.
—Dallas News.
The ‘dying swan act’ was rehears-j not untiI after gomc investigation on not likely
j and who are not opposed to our form
If Coleman could get the reputa-
tion of being the cleanest town in j struction of ?he ordinance regulating
Texas for three hundred dollars, she j P^ers the deputy city marshal had
would make a good bargain. But I asked one or two farmers to move
she is offered the money and the rep- on- sP°n as the mistake was dis-
utation too. . What do you say, shall
of government, but a sharp line
should be drawn against diseased or
mentally unsound persons, against
paupers and against anarchists, and
a reasonable educational test would
benefit the country.
she accept it or reject it?
Well here we come. What do you
think of a political party that ad-
vises young men to "get out of the
church and into the party where
they can do some good?” Oh, no, j
brother, you need not squeal unless
this mashed on your tender spot.
Talpa Post.
’ covered correction was made so far
as possible. We wish to assure the
farmers that they are at liberty to
[ sell any or all of their farm products
RELIGIOUS,INTOLERANCE WILL
NOT CONVERT.
San Angelo Standard:
You cannot convert
those whom
upon the streets of Coleman without y0a vituperate. Too severe upbraid-
any license, permit or other restric jnp wj]| arouse in the boy a spirit of
tion of any kind whatever. Not on- stubborness that is difficult to over-
ly this but they have a hearty invi- come and which you must surely
tation from the business men, and overcome if you would aid him.
citizens of Coleman to do so. A spirit of intolerance will arouse
— . defiance in the man whom you would
convert. For instance, a preacher
who wanted to correct what he hon-
estly believed to be some evils ex-
isting in his village, went at it in
Learn to laugh. A good laugh is j
better than medicine. Learn how to
We eXpected to be able to present tell a story. A well told story is a
a cut of the Boys Corn Club this welcome silnbeam in a sick room,
week, but have been disappointed. The world is too busy to care for
Owing to a defective film the pho- j your j|]3 and gorrows. Learn to keep
tographer Sailed to get a good pbo- j your own troubles to yourself, Learn
tograph and consequently we failed to stop croaking. If you cannot see
to get our picture. That means we j an(r good in the world, learn to keep
will have to have another meet to (the bad to yourcslf. Learn to hide
get the cut. i your pajnB and aches under pleasant
He wants to make theip an
••'■part of the publir*schoolfi
tivg purposes.” It thinks that if it
reform. The one reform which, it I were not for the distractions of the -
seems to us, would be most whole- prohibition issue this question of im- Moving Pictures for Education,
some, from whatever standpint con- j posing a graduated tax on land hold- Mr- Edison. th,‘ inventor of the
sidered, would be the fixing of some; ings would even now be to the fore- lnot'Dn Pirturos' believe- that their
limit on the number of speeches front of our politics, but it believes >-'reatest effectiveness will be in edu-
which a candidate makes during a that, in any event, we shall be con- cation’
campaign. What would be a proper | fronted by it within ten years. j-mtegrz
number will be determined variously,1 Whatever reputation for prophecy system’ and experiments are now be
of course; but our own notion is that, it cherishes, The News’ contempora- lntf made ,n hl!f h°me town’ 0ranire
ry need have no fear that it is jeop-
ardized by this prediction. It will
witness the event come to pass, even
as it foretells; and, indeed, we 'doubt
if even the prohibition issue, assum-
ing it not to be settled sooner, can
Are you a booster or a knocker? !
Somebody said, “Only narrow mind- 1
ed, inefficient, small souled old
grouches are knockers by instinct.’'!
But we know too often, ’tie the case :
that good people contract the habit
which is as dangerou- to the mental. [
moral, and spiritual nature, as in-j
flamatory rheumatism i* t>> the phy-
sical body.—Talpa Post.
Expressions of appreciation are
still echoing back from the boys of
the Com Club. It is indeed very-
gratifying to know that the efforts
put forth by the busine fnen are
thus appreciated. It was not alto-
smiles. No one cares whether you
have the earache, headache; or rheu-
matism. Don’t cry. Tears do well j
enough in novels, but are out of place
in real life. I .earn, to meet your I
friends with a smile. A good hum-;
ored man or woman is always wel- j
come, ’hut the dyspeptic is not want- j
ed anywhere and is a nuisance as j
well. Above all, give plea-u^YSu i
will pass through this world but on cl
Any good thing therefore that you
can show to any human being you
had better do now; do r.yt defer or
neglect it, for you will not .pass this
way again.—Temple Mirror,
Every democrat in Coleman coun-
I ty, who can do so without in any
gether a selfish motive (hat prompt-,
ed the efforts on this occasion and | way «»barrassing himself financially
for that reason the
more deeply appreciate the
business men I should “"tribute ONE DOLLAR to
j the national .Democratic campaign
cApreh- j .
sions that come back, "even after the !Iun ’
hoys have gone to the several home
If these subscription* could be
such a manner that he lost all chance
of wielding any influence over the
lives of the very people whom he
wished to help. He took a certain
social organization and held them up
to ridicule and scorn in his pulpit,
declaring that “no man could be a
gentleman and belong to such an or-
1 dor." He criticised the young ladies
j who attended dances there so sharp-
ly that they considered themselves
insulted and actually left his church.
Today the members of the order are
arrayed against him and are asking
1 other preachers of tHht town “what
would you have done in his case and
j what would you do in ourij?” The
| incident has stirred the entire vil-
I luge unfortunately in the wrong way
; for the very people whom the man
wished to lead to.his point of view
; and plane of living, are so antago-
nized that they' will not even listen
j to him and consider that he js a fa
I natic and very intolerant in his
j views. It seems if the social observ-
ances of that order did not find favor
in hfs eyes that he should have hand-
led the matter in a tactful manner,
for intolerant religious views and
practices do not gain converts for
a candidate for Governor, for exam-
ple, could, with benefit to himself
and the voters, limit himself to one
speech a week during, say, three
months immediately preceding the
primary. ......
The benefits to be expected from I much longer keep this question in the
that reform would be many. Per- background. Although the Record
haps the chief of them would be the speaks of the matter as one that af-
improved quality of the speeches, facts the rural population most poig-
Not even the most puissant of our nantly, and as one which is apt to be
Texas orators is equal to the task j forced to the front of our politics by
of making three, or even one speech the farmers, our own observation has
daily, without making'one almost a been that the cities are becoming
stereotyped copy of its predecessor, more conscious of the evils this pro-
with the exception, of course, of those posal is meant to correct than is
the country. It may be that the
farmers will beconle the protagon-
ists of it, but city-folk will claim a
little local allusions which are
thought to make the proper preface
of every campaign speech. In that
way he could treat in a coniprehens-
ive and deliberate way about every
question which agitates the minds
of the men whose votes he seeks.
Thus, this reform would inure great-
ly to the profit of the suffragans.
Nor would it be less advantageous
to the candidate himself. For hav-
ing this reason to expect in every
speech a great deal of new matter, if }_______ .. ____ ___
not, indeed, the treatment of a new , though the idea may seem now, it is
subject, the newspapers would be im- J not unapt, ten years hence, to look
pelled, by a consideration of their I quite conservative. That there is an
own interest, ,to report those speech- i evil needing correction, and that this
ctr, if not in their entirety, at least i method..offers a promise of corrcct-
with much more fullness than they ing it, are hardly to be denied. In
have any reason for doing now. And this and in well-nigh every State
the same curiosity which moved the j immense tracts of land are held by
share of the work of promoting it.
Nor is it certain that such a pro-
posal would be so strenuously fought
as one’s impulse may be to imagine.
It is entirely conceivable that within
ten years a proposition to impose a
graduated land tax will be thought
by those who would suffer from it a
very desirable escape from the alter-
native of the single tax. Radical
The University of Texas deservoj
the cooperation of every fair-mind-
ed and patriotic citizen of the south
•west in the furtherance of its edui a-
tional extension work* There are
many matters of public interest that
taken all over the country the entire j the cause of religion. Just so is it
| campaign could be run on one dollar I with the boy whom you wish to cor-
j contributions, thus relieving the com- j red. Give him firm, yet tender,
words of advice, guide him in a reae-
mittec of the necessity of calling on
persons oV ability for large dona-
tions. The fact that wc expect the
democratic nominee^ to keep clear
of any obligations! to any one ex-
cept the copimon. people is only ad-‘
i* 1
enable way along the road of right
living, and do not, by sarcasm and
severity, defeat the very object yon
had in view lyhen you started to coni'
vert Jiim to your way of thinking.
newspapers to report these speeches
pretty fully wduld move their sub-
scriber* to read, with interest and
attention, all that they reported, so
that the candidates would, even by
delivering one speech a week, speak
to a much larger audience than they
do now, and would be assured of a
more effective presentation of their
candidacies.
This, we arc convinced, would be
a npjst valuable reform in the politi-
cal procedure of this State. Twenty
well deliberated speeches would do
more good both to the voters and |
the candidates than twenty hundred
such vapid outgivings as must result
inevitably from a method of cam-
paigning that rises little above the
level of a physical endurance con-
test. If necessary, rival «a(WMaterfedr—To impose ariieavier tax on land
ing made in his home town, Orange,
New Jersey. He now has operators
in Africa with instructions to “take
everything from Cape Town to the
mouth of the Nile, to be used in
teaching geography.” Mr. Edison's
idea is that moving pictures will
take the place of most of the text-
books below The ninth grade. He
maintains that children will learn
geography much more cjuickly and
will have a more intelligent percep-
tion through moving pictures, where
they can see the actual country, the
mountains and the rivers, the wild
animals the savage people at work
and at play, and the life in the cit-
ies, than would be possible from text
books.
In so far as geography is concern-
ed, Mr. Edison has an argument dif-
ficult to answer, although it „ is
doubtful if it would ever be wise to
do away with text-books, but one
can supplement the other. The in-
ventor maintains that moving pict-
ures can be used with equal effect-
iveness to teach history. He has al-
ready reproduced the Battle of Lex-
ington, and, he insists, with histori-
cal accuraney. Also he has repro-
duced Washington crossing the Del-
eware. The familiar painting of the
latter exploit, so far as accuracy is
concerned, is about the absurdest fic-
tion that ever became established.
Mr. Edison believes that with mov
ing pictures be can teach almost any
thing
i
i" school except arithmetic,
single individuals. In most instan- Maybe he is a little overoptimisticfc.
ccs perhaps these lands are being put And there is another important point'!
to some use, cultivated by tenants; i which he does not discuss, and that
but in many instances they are suf-1 i„ the effect of the moving pictures
fered to lie idle, each day adding j upon the eyes. The constant flicker
value to them, and that value accru- is excessively trying to most of us,
ing, not from any service performed ; and.it is absolutely necessary that, if
by the owner of them, but by society j moving pictures are introduced into
in mass. England, impelled by direr the schools, it shall be made certain
that this constant vibration does not
exigencies than we of this country
are likely to feel for a long time,
has already done something of the
kind by levying an increment tax.
But while we in this country have
not felt the same prossure of neces-
sity that the English have suffered,
and are not likely to feel it Tor many
generations; still the ethical and eco-
nomic injustice c,f our treatment of
have any ill effect upon the sight' of
the pupils.
Gathers a Few Plums (?). "
Sulphur Springs, Texas, July 29.—
A farmer near here gathered 116
crates of plums off twelve trees and
sold the fruit for fifty cents per
this matter, is scarcely less pronounc* orate. The trees covered only one
fifth of an acre.
y.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View five places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
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/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.