The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1922 Page: 2 of 8
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™ DEMOCRAT-VOICE
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE PUB. CO.
H. H. Jackson............................Owner
Harry Hubert ..............-.............Editor
Entered as second-class mail matter
at the postoffice in Coleman, Texas,
under act of Congress of Mar. 8, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION ^ATES IN
COLEMAN COUNTY:
One Year ...........................................$1.50
Six Months..................................80
Three Months................................50
OUTSIDE OF COLEMAN COUNTY:
One Year.........................................|2.00
Months. .................................... 1.25
Three Months...................................75
Voice established 1881; Democrat es-
tablished 1897, consolidated 1906. Re-
view established 1893, acquired 1899;
News established 1907, acquired 1912.
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character of any person or firm
appearing in its columns will be
gladly and promptly corrected upon
calling the attention of the man-
agement to the article in question.
MEbteER.
TEXA5<* / PRESS
ASSOCIATION
All West Texans will lament the
death of Mr. J. G. (Pat) Murphy, vet-
eran newspaper publisher, which oc-
curred in San Angelo Tuesday morn-
ing. Mr. Murphy had been in failing
health since vacationing in California
last summer, but his illness did not
become serious until ..one month ago.
!t Was stated his death was caused by
cancer of the stomach. Mr. Murphy
was born in Toronto, Canada, but had
long been a naturalised citizen of the
United States.. He founded the San
Angelo Standard in 1884 and for more
than a third of a century he was a
potent factor in the development of
West Texas. He was 64 years of age
and is survived by his wife and a
daughter, seventeen.
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POLITICAL CALENDAR.
LOOK!
~~~ _ .x'j* >1 Is 11 lifi hAiimtii Wi rii4"W1
Cross Crossings Cautiously” is the
slogan of the careful crossing cam-
paign now being conducted by the
American Railway Association for the
safety of the traveling public.
Such a campaign is necessary and
timely, as shown by the following
facts: In thirty years our country’s
population increased 67 per cent.
Crossing accidents increased 346 per
cent in fatal and 652 per cent in injury
cases. In 1920 automobiles were in-
volved in 76 per cent of all crossing
accidents. During that year 1,791
persons were killed and 5,077 injured
Of the latter number 116 diet! subse-
quently from injuries sustained.
There are two ways to reduce or en-
tirely stop such accidents. The first
in the public mind is, elimination of
the crossings. This is impossible.
There are 251,939 highway crossings
on Class I railroads alone. The other
way is to educate the people to the
danger lurking at the railroad cross-
ing Stop! Look! Listen!
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Mr. C. R. Stephens of
,, Ballinger,
candidate for the Legislature, makes
following pertinent observation
on a pending issue: “I do not look
with favor upon the constantly and in-
creasing encroachment of Federal con-
trol over State affairs. If the Na-
tional Congress does not change its
policy in granting State aid, the time
will soon come, I believe when the
Texas Legislature will have to refuse
Federal aid in order to control her in-
ternal affairs. Likewise I am op-
tosed to the assumption of authority
oy state officials over county affairs
that properly should be controlled by
county officials."
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To find out of you are of right
Topic.
Abilene Reporter: A sports writer
declares that the mights Babe Ruth
has done his do, and will not longer
be the idol of fandom—particularly
New York fandom. Ruth, he main-
tains, has lost much popularity by de-
fying Commissioner 1-andis last year
and by his exhibition of bad temper
in a recent game. He has also, the
writer points out, had a big hitting
slump. The great Ruth bubble, as he
sees it, has been punctured, and some
other idol will hold the fans' atten-
tion hereafter. Ruth has always been
considered a “good sport,” but a few
more exhibitions of temperament like
he displayed not long ago will quickly
lose him his popularity. -
Ozona Stockman: The Moore Na-
tional Bank, at Llano, has none but
women officers and stockholders. It
will soon be ready for business. Miss
Edna Moore is president.
. trot.”
members of Congress objected,
on the ground that a turkey trot is an
immoral dance and the government
lean not afford to help advertise it.
Discussion is waxing warm on the sub-
ject, and protestations from Cueroites
that the “trotting” is all done by tur-
keys and not by people do not seem
to be calming the waters very much.
A “weather and crop” dispatch
.from Clarksville, Texas, says. "Many
farmers living in the river section of
Red River county have plowed under
their cotton crops and planted the
land in corn. Continued rains caused
much of the cotton to be so foul the
farmers found that they would be un-
able to save the cotton and took advan-
tage of the opportunity to plow the
cotton under and plant corn. This con
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dition prevails along the river section
of Lamar and Bowie counties also and
in some portions of this section hun-
dreds of acres have never been plant-
ed on account of the continued rains.”
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Brownwood Bulletin: Recently a In goivin„ one problem we usually
member of the Court of Civil Appeals icreate‘ a new one in its place. Back
fnr th. Northwest Texas District re-
xv you are -----
weight, take the number of inches you
are over five feet, multiply it by six
and add this result to 110 pounds. The
total will give you good health. Any-
thing over that mark is excess bag-
gage, says Dr. Royal S. Copeland,
who furnishes the formula. Aim! "a
man 60 or more years old, who is 60
pounds overweight, has lessened his
chance of living 50 per cent.’’
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peated before his Sunday school class
charges that he had heard preferred
against a federal judge in this state.
The federal official, he averred, had
been seen drinking bootleg booze with
bootleggers in a Fort Worth cafe. This
week he issued a public apology, de-
claring that he had found the charge
untrue. Criticisms of the official acts
of any public official are always per-
missible, for they constitute opinions
as to public service. But the careless
repetition of slanderous charges re-
rcpcuuuil Ui awnuuiuuo v»»«i nvo
lating to the private life of public offi-
rials is frequently the basest of gossip
and is rarely if ever justified.
Menard Messenger: Men are not
supposed to criticise women’s clothes,
their sole function is to pay for them.
EUROPEAN DROUTH.
Saturday, June 17. Last day in
which candidates for county and pre
cinct offices can file theiy names with
the county chairman.
Monday, June 19. County executive
committee meets’to determine order
of names on primary election ballot, to
name subcommittee to make up bal-
lot, and to transact other business. At
this meeting the matter of a double
primary will be determined and the as-
sessments made for the various offices
to bear the expense of the primary.
AH candidates are invited to appear
before the committee, and give their
views with reference to holding a sec-
ond primary.
June 26. On or before this day can-
didates in primary election must pay
ballot fees.
July 10. Subcommittees of county
committee meets to make up primary
election ballot.
July 12. Not earlier than this day
(ten days before primary election day)
or later than July 19 (three days be-
fore such election day) qualified vo-
ters who expect to.be out of the coun
ty of their residence tin the day of such
election may cast
______ their ballot with
the County Clerk.
July 17. The County Tax Collector
shall furnish to election boards a full
Ihrt of qualified voters.
July 19. ’ If presiding judges of
election have not been furnished with
certified lists of qualified voters by
this time they “shall send for ami pro-
cure them.”
July 22. “Primary Election Day
and “Precinct Convention Day.” Pri-
mary election opens at 8 a"v m. and
closes at 7 p. m. Every precinct
should hold a convention on this day
and elect a precinct chairman to serve
as a member of the executive commit-
tee for the next two years.
July 26, Presiding judges of elec-
tion shall make returns on or before i
this day to county chairman.
July 29- County executive commit-
tee canvass return*. County Demo-
cratic Convention held.
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A Washington dispatch, June 3,
says: “A more destructive drouth m
Europe than has occurred in 100 years
is now on, will reach its greatest in
June, July and August, and will be
so destructive that not more than one-
third of the usual average crops will
survive in that vast country covering
all Europe from Portugal to Constan-
tinople, and all south of the British
Channel and the Baltic Sea. Thats
the prediction of W. T. Foster, who
for twenty years ha? been broadcast-
ing weather reports to approximately
1,500,000 readers a week.
Mr. Foster’s prediction follows:
“Six months ago I sent this fore-
cast of the great coming catastrophe
| to 100 prominent citizens of America
and Canada, charging them to tell no
one. My purpose was that they might
be witnesses to the forecasts. I now
release them from privacy and ask
them to inform all their neighbors,
friends and the newspapers about the
facts of the forecast. That drouth
will end during the fifteen days cen-
tering on October 8, 1922.
“Another most disastrous drouth
will begin in all of Australia during
the fifteen days centering on October
30, 1922, and at least two-thirds of the
crops of Australia will be destroyed
during December, January and Feb-
ruary, 1922-23. Their crop season
is during our winter. From one-third
to on«-half of the crops in all the East
Indie* and all of Oceanifa west of
meridian 180 will be destroyed by
this great drouth.”
Brady Standard. The U. S. consti-
tution guarantees life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness to everyone un-
der the protection of its flag. That
includes those who fled the tortures
of the Spanish Inquisition, and the
persecution in England and the old
countries. Yet the klan would re-es-
tablish the flogging post, and admin-
ister justice with c<
nf
justice with coal tar and feath-
ers|. The constitution guarantees ev-
ery citizen a trial by jury- The klan
substitutes for jury trial, mob law.
The flag of our country was designed
to wave over a brave, patriotic, va-
liant and fearless people; never over
a masked mob, no matter whether
their intentions be good or bad.
in 1907, the average American ate
180 pounds of meat a year. This
has dropped to 156 pounds a year.
Meat-eating has been declining since
city men discovered that a heavy noon-
day lunch tends to make them logy
for the rest of the day. On the other
hand, especially among women, light
lunchers incline to become candy
fiends.
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Eighty-five warehouses carrying
cotton in storage and which are un-
der the jurisdiction of the State Mar-
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kets and Warehouse Department, show
a total of only 4,304 bales in them,
according to T. R. Bolin, State mar-
keting agent, who has made an inquiry
th
Ryzon
longer. Thoapoci*1
lure i* the
“a BAKING
» POWDER
Ryzon, • slow,
steady raiser, has
Order a
CM today. X
Hare RYZON
hat tllcalfl
to thmtr tho
homo folk*.
x, uai
greater raising
power. Provides
home baking in-
surance — no bad
luck. Yon may
mix batter today.
Set in cool place,
bake tomorrow.
fore he leaves the city that he is in
fair physical condition, who adopts
a policy of moderation in his vacation
activities and who follows a few sim-
ple camping rules known to any one
who has spent much time in the open,
will beneat by the experience. The
Boy and Girl Scout movements have
resulted in the training of many young
people able to cate for themselves
properly in the open, and former serv-
ice men are especially well qualified
to instruct m camp regulations.
Health officers may help in the cam-
paign for better camps by inspecting
the sites generally used by tin can
tourists, but the camper’s health is
largely a matter of his own choice.”
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what
into the report that a shortage of cot
ton exists in Texas. Cotton in pri-
vate warehouses, in the hands of cot-
ton buyers, on the compresses and at
export points in the State is not in-
cluded," said Mr. Bolin. “Many of
the warehouses reported no cotton on
hand.”
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Feminine Determination.
Alice—Do you really know
you want?
Virginia—I’m rather undecided.
But I know that I want it.
VACATION HEALTH.
Persons who feel the vacation spell
’ the fol-
from a
Dallas News: They’re drawing up
a list of the twelve greatest women,
but they’ll miss it. The deserving ones
aren’t to be found in the headlines.
Brownwood News: The British
parliament allows King George fif-
teen million dollars a year for general
expenses for the royal family. When
we can see the figures and thus can
appreciatively approximate the lux-
ury of king?, it is not hard to under-
stand that Ireland has something to
be mad about.
One of the latest tricks now is to
take one of the new 1922 silver dol-
lars, place a half dollar on top of it,
then take or send it to your home
newspaper and renew your subscrip-
tion for another year ■’
If you haven’t
the new dollar an old one will do as
well. See if you can work the trick.
—Tioga Herald.
Brownwood Bulletin: Citizens of
Cucro, through their Congressman,
i Mr. Mansfield, made application to
coming on them might read
lowing suggestions, clipped
leading journal, with profit:
"The coming of the vacation season,
when thousands of city people feel
obliged to migrate to thinly settled re-
gions for recreation, brings the peren-
nial revival of interest in vacation
health. The discovery last year that
several summer camps in the vicinity
of New York were hotbeds of disease
and that the children sent to them
were worse off than if they had been
kept at home is a pertinent reminder
of the dangersof an ill managed camp.
In one camp near New York 20 per
cent of the children developed typhoid
fever, and other contagious diseases
were found present to an extent which
should serve as a warning to all camp-
ers.
“The fact is that a vacation may be
and often is more harm than bene-
fit. A person of sedentary habits and
sheltered life can not suddenly plunge
into the violent activities of most va-
cation diversions without subjecting
himself to a disturbing wrench. If
he tries camp life with no previous ex-
perience and no competent aid, he is
extremely likely to waste his time and
to return from his vacation less fit for
work than when he started. One test
of a good camper is whether he leaves
his camp site as clean as he found it,
a test which few automobile camping
expeditions can survive with credit.
“The camper who makes sure be
ip---
A bank at Llano is to be operated
solely by women officer*, and stock-
holders. But there will have to be
Home men, working in their shirt-
sleeves out in front, to make a go of it.
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The careless placing of a banana
peel cost Robert N. Russell of Dallas
his life. The young man slipped on
a banana peel in the lobby of the sixth
m i__hi*
floor of an -office building, lost his
balance, fell over the banister, and
haded on his head on the second floor
landing. At Wichita Falls last week
a careless person with a rig*ret set
fire to an automobile during the prog-
ress of a ball game, burned up the
grandstand worth $25,000 and de-
stroyed eighty automobiles thst were
parked alongside.
.......——ooo--*-
Mrs. Anna Kress of San Antonio
Head to be seventy-five years of age
and was killed by an automobile Sun-
day morning a* she left St. Joseph’s.
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The Ford-for-President boom semi
to be having carbureter trouble.
. .......- —OOO'-----
Several men of our acquaintance
would like to have this man s job:
Robert Guibert went to Paris as offi-
cial taster for the Quebec liquor cora-
His job is to sample va-
ot liquor, to make sure
part of Canada will import
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Don’t Blame the
Merchants
FOR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
GRIER M. GRAY.
Mr. Grier M. Gray of Burkett, pio-
neer citizen of the county, authorizes
the Democrat-Voice to announce his
candidacy for the position of County
Commissioner of Prec. No. 1, which
precinct embraces the voting boxes,
Coleman, Echo, Burkett, Camp Colo-
rado and Madge.
Mr. Gray is a successful -farmer-
ranchman and has lived in the county
since the late seventies. He served
as Cour%; Commissioner for four
years; during his first term H. A-
Orr, deceased, was county judge, H. D.
Walker county clerk, and during the
second term the lamented B. F. Rose
was county judge. Mr. Gray is thor-
oughly familiar with the duties of the
Commissioners’-Court and if elected
can be depended on to give the public
honest and efficient service. He is
not advocating any special reform leg-
islation in county affairs, other than
the policy of doing right and conserv-
ing the county’s funds wherever pos-
sible. He favors a practical and
economical system of road building.
During the four years he was a mem-
ber of the court more than 100 miles
of public road was opened up and there
was not one instance of disagreement
between property owners and the judg-
ment of the court.
Announcements
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The Democrat-Voice is author
to make the following announcemTOv=
subject to the action of the Democratic
Primaries in July, 1922:
Congress,
District:
17th Congressional
W. J. CUNNINGHAM, (offtileA)
J. B. DIBRELL JR., (of Coleman).
For District Clerk:
W. E. GIDEON.
(Re-Election.)
ounty Judge:
. PIERATT (of Santa Anna.)
4. WILLIAMS, (of Coleman)
For County
M. M.TllLYAMS7(of ColeianT'
L. G. MATHEWS (re-election)
PLEAS WILLIAMSON (of Whon).
For County Clerk:
L. EMET WALKER (re-election)
For Tax Assessor:
GEO. M. SMITH (re-election)
For County Tax Collecter:
J. C. LEWIS (of Talps)
TOM W. MARTIN (of Coleman)
J. T. RILEY (of Coleman)
----lira,
MARLIN SMI—,
(of Coleman R. F. D. 3.)
For Superintendent of Schools:
C. L. SOUTH.
(Re-Election.)
Business Cards
For Sheriff:
H. F. RUCKER, (of Coleman).
W. R. HAMILTON, (Re-Election).
C. E. PIPES, (of Coleman).
DICK PAULEY, (of Valera).
For County Treasurer:
MRS. LEILA COLLINS.
(Re-Election) ,
B. H. PITTMAN.
(of Coleman.)
N. (NOLAN) BARMORE.
(of Glen Cove.)
MRS. S. A. (CLINT) SMYTIjL
(of Coleman).
For County Commissioner Prec. 1:
R. D. KINNEY.
J. C. JONES •
G. M. GRAY (of Burkett).
Security Abstract Co.
H. W. SADLER, Manager
Office in Rear of First National Bank
Coleman, Texas.
CULP & PEARCE
REAL ESTATE and LOANS
CULP BUILDING
Coleman .... Texas
Dr. J. M. Armstrong
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Coleman, Texas
Office over Mayes Drug Store
Kes. 'Phone 463 Office 'Phone 411
For Public Welaher. Prec. No. 1:
H. M. (SHORTY) BROWN.
T. L. STAFFORD, .
T. F. ROBB,
For Constable Prec. No. 1:
■ A. D. BURDICK.
J. C. BELL.
BERRY BISHOP.
For Commissioner Prec. No. 3:
TOM LANDRUM.
J. H. CANDLER.
GEORGE PAULEY,
(Re-Election.)
JIM SKELTON,
When you overlook an account and you receive
merchants.
‘Duns’’—don’t blame the
When YOU'VE made a promise to pay, broken it and the creditor insists
on HIS money—don’t blame the merchants.
Dr. J. M. Gordon
DENTIST
Office: Culp Building.
’Phone 175.
Office Houra: 8 to 12 and 1:30 to i.
For County Commissioner Prec. 4:
0. H. KELLEY.
(of Coleman-Glen Cove Rte.)
GEO. STINSON.
(of Glen Cove.)
1. B. FARMER.
(of Novice.)
G. F. GIVENS.
(of Talpa.)
For Public Weigher, Prec. No. $•
J. C. SMITH.
(of Talpa.)
For Public Weigher of Prec. 3:
J. W. TABOR (of Valera).
A. P. BLEDSOE (of Valera).
When you buy goods with the understanding that you will pay for them
at a certain time and you don’t do it and you are reminded of your negli-
gence—don’t blame the merchants.
J. E. STEVENS COMPANY
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When YOU habitually neglect y/nnNaccount and your word can’t be de-
pended upon any longer and yourlaccount has to be closed—don’t blame the
merchants. '
FUNERAL DIRECTORS,
EMBALMERS AND
AMBULANCE SERVICE
And when YOU go elsewhere
is declined—rfor your credit
blame the merchants.
an account and the accommodation
follows you wherever you go—don’t
Day ’Phone 21
Night ’Phone 411
COLEMAN RETAIL MERCHANTS’
ASSOCIATION
HORNE HARDWARE COMPANY
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
ANDEMBALMERS.
Automobile and Horae Drawn Heart*
Day ’Phone 152. Night ’Phone I"
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