The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 11, 1924 Page: 3 of 12
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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, FRIDAY, JULY 11,1924.
Page 3
Wednesday July 16
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Y 1 yd- Natural colored Silk Pongee
2 yds. $1.00 value Sport Skirting
1 yd. Crepe de Chine _____________________
4 yds. • Batiste .......l,________________________
5 yds. 80-inch Percale ___\ .....
26 Skeins Silkine Embroidery Thread
2 yds. Colored Organdy ___
2 |da. Dotted Voile ’«***
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91-00
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GIVE FREE TICKETS TO THE MATINEE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE
DIXIE
SAUNDERS-SHITH1 CO.
Charles Pitts Loses
Buick Car and Garage
By Fire Friday Night
Fire on Friday night at the Chas.
Pitts farm destroyed the family Buick
car, garage and storeroom containing
incubators and other articles.
Mr. Pitts and family had attended
the Fourth celebration In Coleman and
returned home. The fire broke out
within thirty minutes after driving
the car into the garage and the origin
is unknown. The Cause, presumably,
was a short circuit in the electric wir-
ing of the car. The Buick was prac-
tically new, being driven only about
3,000 miles.
Mr. Pitts had no insurance on his
garage and store-room, while the car
was insured in amount $900.
In Memory: Mra. J. M. Thornton.
(By T. S. Dennis).
Our loved one sleeps, her body sleeps
Beneath a mound of clay,
But now her soul is wide a*ake;
And lives in realms of day.
Yes, in the resurrection day
Her body shall arise,
And with her soul forever stay;
With Jesus in the skies.
Candidates Speaking
and Ice Cream Supper
Camp Colorado July 12
J. M. Wood requests the Democrat-
Voice to state that an ice cream sup-
per will be held at Camp Colorado on
Saturday night, July 12, at 8 j>, m.
Proceeds will be applied as a church
benefit.
, The public is invited to attend and
candidates, also, are invit^ to be
present and make their >, Announce-
ments. - Ss
Terrestial ties no more shall bind
Her soul and body here,
And now her soul in brighter climes;
is free from every care.
Should we disturb her peaceful rest*
And call her back again,
When Christ her Saviour thought it
best;
To take Her from her path ?
And thus reward her for her life
Of righteousness below,
And let her reign in realms of peace;
With him forever more.
Tis sad to have our parting here
And have to aay “Farewell,”
But in the resurrection morn;
Well meet and say “All Hail."
Stonewall Smith and family, en
route to their home in Tahoka after a
vacation trip to the coast at Rock-
port, stopped in Coleman for July
4th.
Forman-White
The wedding of J'
Ballinger, Texas, and.
White took place at
dist Church at Alba^
day afternoon, ^Ju
o’clock. Rev. VPil
father of the bfid
ling.
Forman of
ss Mary Lois
First Metho- f
exas, on Thurs-
12th at 2:301
kney R. White, |
and pastor of the
using the ring cere-
church, official
mony. il
Decorations“were in pink and green.
The altar *f the church was banked in
beautiful jotted ferns, tall wicker bas-
’ Hetfl filled!! with pink wild roses were
placed on "either side. The hi
baskets filled with roses and ferns
were also (used very effectively.
Before jlthe ceremony Miss Una
Burch of jgreenville. sang "At Dawn
ing,” accompanied by Miss Bernice
Coursey, frganist of the church, who
also played the wedding marches us-
ing Lohengrin as a processional, and
Mendelssohn as recessional.
The ushers were Jester D. White,
brother of the bride, and Roy Dewitt
Rankin. J. White, brother of the
bride, attended the bridegroom as best
man.
Mrs. Cody Barron, life long friend
of the bride, was matron of honor.
She wore a gown of grey georgette
brocaded in blue and hat of bluf straw
with grey trimming She carried
bouquet of sweet peas.
The four pretty little bridesmaids,
Annie Laurie and Pauline Hines, Jim-
mie Lambert and Maxine Smith wore
dainty dresses of white voile.
Little Thomas Arch Pace Jr., ring
bearer, wore a dainty suit of white
and earned the ring in a pink rose
The bride, who entered on the arm
of her mother, wore a beautiful gown
so tainted by corruption," and pledge*
(the Democratic party to drive all
GIST OF DEMOCRATIC 4 ,
PLATFORM ADOPTED
umAniant ir tr rvt a mm i w<"M*row WiUon whose ideals, it it
MINORITY K-K PLANK s-savTrains
_____ ’ j generations."
( The platform submitted to the Dem-! “H** <-°«v*nljon "fused to jr» an
•erotic National Convention by as favoring the League of Na
resolutions committee contains half m though some of the advocates
hundred planks Moot of them com- ‘^proposal made strong pleas for
mil the party as to policy in tho event rndoroement.
of victory in November, while others j Klaa Compromise
are devoted chiefly to criticism of tho: The convention, by the narrow mar-
Remibikan administration J gin of one vote, refused to censure
The pledgee which would be taken: the Ku Kin* Klan by name, although
by the party include; | a strong molntion was adopted
Further tax reduction and revision against the principles and practices
of tho tariff. | „/ the Ku Ktux. The text of the plank
Enactment of iegudation “to restore . on “freedom of religion, freedom of
the farmer again to economic equably speech, freedom of the press" which
with other industrialists.” does not mention the klan follows
Readjaotmrnt of freight' roles and i "T** Democratic party reaffirms
rcvlaion of the tranaportation act IlU adherence and devotion to tboae
with a view to eliminating the roU- ordinal principles contained in the
section, abolishing the Rail-jCemaUtution and the precepts upon
Board and restoring to I wh*vh out government is foutvied, that
congress shall make no taws respect*
ing the establishment of religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof,
or abridging the freedom of speech
or of the pres* or the right of the peo-
ple peaceably to assemble and to pe-
tition the government for a redress of
grievance, that the church and the
state shall be and remain separate and
that no religious test shall ever be re-
quired as a qualification to any of-
fice of public tryst under the United
States.
“These principles w« pledge our-
selves ever to defend and, maintain.
WV insist at all times upon obedience
to the orderly processes of the law
ami deplore and condemn any effort to
arouse religious or racial dissension.”
Minority K-K Hank.
The substitute plsnk on the Ku Klux
Klan submitted by the minority head-
ed by Mr. Pattangall of Maine, would
add to the language of the majority
plank the following language:
“We CtJhdemn secret political so-
cieties of all kinds, aa opposed to the
exercise of free government;
The Truth About Bank Rendi-
tions In Coleman County
making serti
road Labor
State* control Over intra-State rotes.
" Operation of Muacie Shoals tor
maximum production of fertilisers.
Strict control, and conservation of
the Nation's resources, recovery of
oil reserve* “fraudulently” leased attd
vigorous prosecution of any guilty of
wrongdoing in leasing transactions
Governmental control of anthracite
industry and “all other corporations
controlling the necessaries of life,
where public welfare had been subor-
dinated to private interests.”
Operation of a government-owned
merchant marine “so long as it may
be necessary without obstructing de-
velopment of a privately-owned Amer-
ican flag shipping."
Faithful compliance with the spirit
of civil herrfce, and ita extension to
internal revenue officers.
"Adequate” salaries for postal em-
ployes.
Adoption of the so-called “lame-
duck" constitutional amendment
, which would prevent members of Con-
gress from participation in a session
after their defeat for re-election. ,i . ,, > -. .. _ . ..
Revision ef the corrupt practice ad',to ?#!*.!*« .Declaration
to prevent excessive campaign coa-i . th£, Lonrtitution
tributions and expenditures. P**d«c the
Enforcement Of the constitution' ****?'
and ail laws, with an assertion that j ™ *lax K1.*P
“the Republican administration ha*!°.r »ny. to interfere with
failed to enforce the prohibition law."
resources in time
Maintenance of Asiatic immigration
exclusion by legislation,
Immediate independence for the
Philippines.
Estabfismcnt of a full territorial
form of government for Alaska.
Protection of American rights in
Turkey and the “fulfillment of Presi-
dent Wilson’s arbitral award respect-
ing Armenia”.
Drafting of all
of war.
Sweeping reduction of sea and land
Armaments.
Promotion of deep water ways from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf and the
Atlantic -Ocean, and improvement of
inland waterways generally.
Enactment of legislation of laws
dealing with fraudulent stock sales.
Vigorous enforcement of laws
against monopolies and iUegwl com-
binations and enactment of addition-
al measures If necessary.
The platform denounces the Mellon
tax plan, declares that under the Re-
publican administration the economic
condition of the American farmers
has "changed from comfort to benk-
ruptcy’’ charges that “never before lit'Voss were In Coleman
our history has the Government been '
the religious liberty or political free-
dom of any citisens or to limit the
civil rights of any citisen or body of
citizen* because of religion, birth or
racial origin."
Platform Pleases Both Dry* and Wets
New York, June 29.—The Demo-
cratic platforin’s planks on law en-
forcement and rights of the States
were greeted with enthusiastic ap-
proval Sunday by two organisation
normally as divergent as the poles,
the Anti-Saloon league and the Asso-
ciation Against the Prohibition
Amendment.
W. H. Stay ton, national vice presi-
dent of the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment, declared:
"We are satisfied with the law-en-
forcement and State rights planks, as
they express our principles as accu-
rately as we could have stated them
ouraelvea.”
IT’S THE TASTE THAT TELLS.
Try M-B ice cream and ices and you
Joe Anderson and J. R.^Glaxener of
1923, coming on to be heard the above
entitled and numbered cause, camd
plaintiffs and defendants by their
respective attorneys and announced
read)' for trial; whereupon a jury be-
ing waived, all matters both of law
and of fact were submitted to the
Court, who after hearing the pleadings
and -valence of the parties, is of the
opinion that the law is with the plain-
tiff* and that they should recover as
prayed for in plaintiffs' Original Pe-
tition on file herein.
And it further appearing to the
Court that in' this cause and after
hearing the evidence herein and being
fully advised in the premises, the
Hon. J. 0. Woodward, judge of the
35th Judicial District of Texas, did in
Chambers on the 18th day of January,
1923, issue a temporary injunction
heroin against the defendants, enjoin-
ing said defendants from collecting
or attempting to collect or enforce the
collection of any taxes assessed
against the capital stock of the plain-
tiffs, First National Bank, of Santa
Anna, Texas, or the stockholders of
said hank hereinafter named, in excess
of the amount due on the valuation
and rendition of said capital stock of
$32,000.00 a* rendered and listed with
the Tax Assessor of Coleman County,
Texas, and further enjoining and re-
straining said defendants from adding
to or attempting to collect any pen-
alty on said rendition in excess of
said sum of $32,000.00 or. adding to
Mime i ru-ltr it ir vniiBsnp or to estimate any inter-
NOW LOOK AT IT tOLRSELr. est thereon and requiring said defea-
ts it not s fact that land is render- dants to accept payment of said taxes
ed at an average of $8.54 per mere? upon said valuation and tp issde re-
Doe* anyone render cattle. hor*es,: ceipt for the same; and it further ap-
automobile*. or any other property at | pearing that bond was duly executed
a value greater than 40% ? Should | in accordance with said order and in-
the banks have to pay more than spy- junction duly issued and served upon
one else, in ratio to the value of their defendants.
Certain misunderstandings, wilful,
and otherwise, have arisen over the
county which tend to reflect discred-
it upon the good faith of the pres-
ent Commissioners’ Court and also up-
on the Banks of Coleman county with
regard to the rendition by the bank*
of their investment for taxation. The
impression has been created that the
banks, conniving with the Court, have
been escaping tnetr just part of the
burden of taxes paid into the county
and State, as well as the schools.
THE FACTS ARE THESE:
Acting in concert #ith the First
National Bank of Santa Anna as plain-
tiff. the banks of the county brought
injunction proceedings to prevent the
collection of taxes upon t higher ba-
sis of rendition than 40% of the total
capital, surplus and undivided profit*
of the hanks of the county. The case
was tried before the District Court on
the 14th day of Feh., 1923. and over-
whelming proof being offered by the
banks that other property in the coun-
ty was rendered at from 25% to, 35%
of its actual value and that to require
banks to pay on a higher percentage
rendition than this was unjust, and
also cases from the higher courts be-
ing cited showing that the hanks of
otner counties in Texas had not been
to discriminated against, the District
Judge very properly ruled that the
hanks were right in their contention
and that • rendition of 40% was cor-
rect.
investment T
The rendition of batik stock is made
on a basis of 40% of its actual value.
For example, the Coleman National
Bank has an investment of approxi-
mately $312,000, In rendering for
taxes, 40% of this investment’ is ren-
dered. or $124,800. The same is true
of all the banks. Confirm this by ref-
erence to the tax rolls or ask the As-
sessor or Collector.
The Commissioners' Court ha*
IT IS THEREFORE now further or-
dered, considered snd decreed by the
Court that Mid temporary injunction
issued herein January 18th, 1923, be
and the same is hereby In ait respects
made permanent, and it is further or-
dered snd decreed by the Court, that
the plaintiffs, First Nations) Bank of
Santa Anna. Texas.
(Names of defendants left out)
It is further ordered and decreed
District Court made its ruling only
After a fair and impartial hearing.
Would you, had you been on the Dis-
trict bench, have made a fair ruling
under the law? As one of the people,
who are the Court of last iresort, do
you see where anyone has the right
to make other tluin a fair decision in
the case?
Do you think any man should claim
your vote because he says he will
change something which is just and
fair and make an unfair thing of it,
especially when he hasn’t the power
to make such a change, even if he
wants to?
The Constitution says that all prop-
erty shall be rendered on an equal
valuation—if the banks are required
to render at 66 2/3 valuation, the land,
livestock and other properties must
be rendered the same. There is no
reason to discriminate against a
bank any more than there is against
any other citizen of the bounty.
Following is a copy of the judgment
of the Court in the caae above referred
to:
DECREE OF THE COURT.
First Natl Bank of Santa Anna,
Texas, No. 2771 v*. Commission-
era’ Court, et a). In District
trict Court, Coleman County, Tex-
as, January term, A. D. 1923.
On this the Mth day of February,
plaintiffs on said-capital stock taxes
for the year 1922.
S. J. PIERATT
County Judge
(Political Advertising),
Wednesday, July 16th
Flowing within your reach is a Niagara
of Bargains—better values, better mer-
chandise and better service, all for a sin-
gle dollar. Better come in and take ad-
vantage of these sensational values.
One lot Percale House Dresses for, each...............91-DO
3 pair Silk Lisle Hose, black or brown, for......91-00
3 yards Tissue Gingham, silk stripe, for.............91-00
7 yards Domestic for ...............................................91-00
Children’s Gingham Dresses for ..... ................. $1.00
Dotted Voile, 2 yards for ...................._....................91.00
1 lot hats, trimmed with wild flowers, each 91-00
3 pair summer Unions for women for
91.00
Women's Pure Tread Silk Hose, $1.25 to $1.50 values,
.................................91.00
Dollar Day at, per pair .............._
Men’s Union Suits, 2 pair for
91.00
Boys’ Union Suits, 2 pair for
91.00
LEON DRY HOODS CO.
of orchid georgette in pinkest tone,
trimmed in ecru lace and pastel shade
of ribbon. Her picture hat was in
white with pink trimming. She car-
ried an arm bouquet of pink rose buds.
The bride is the only daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. P.' R. White, of Alba,
Texas. She was educated in South-
western University, receiving her A.
B. degree from that institution.
Last year she was an instructor in
the Ballinger High School.
The groom is the eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lon Forman, of Coleman,
and is employed in the First National
Bank at Ballinger.
Mr. and Mrs. Forman left by motor
immediately after the ceremony for
their home in Ballinger. The bride’s
traveling dress was of brown crepe;
hat of same color, and accessories to
match. ' ,
—Contributed.
Family Reunion—Seventeen Present.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stevenson; Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Stevenson and family,
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Stevenson and
family, and Mr. Frank Stevenson of
Johnson City, were guests in the J.
Stevenson and T. J. Henderson
homes in Coleman from Saturday un-
til Monday.
J. B. Stevenson and J. C. Stevenson
are brothers, Mrs, J. B. Stevenson,
Mrs. J. C. Stevenson and Mrs. T. J.
Henderson are sisters. All dined in
the Henderson home Sunday and cele-
brated Mr. J. C. Stevenson’s 67th
birthday, which would have been on
Monday. Mr. N. E. Stevenson at-
tended Sunday school and church at
the First Christian church and met
quite a number of Coleman people.
He is Sunday school superintendent of
the Chrsitian church at Johnson City.
In the afternoon ail except Mrs. J. C.
Stevenson and Mrs. Henderson went
for a drive out to Lake Scarborough,
and the oil field south of town.
Miss Bernice Mullenix of Alpinq
grand-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Stevenson, was included in the crowd.
The visitors reported a pleasant visit
and said they liked Coleman and its
natural resources—including natural
gas—so well that we may expect
them to come again.
We have one of the finest places in
Coleman, lot 75x125 feet, all modern
conveniences, seven rooms and bath,
well located. This is a piece Of prop-
erty that is offered at a wonderful
low price.
We have 181 acres, 70 in cultiva-
tion, 30 more tillable, highly improved,
good house, two wind mills, everlast-
ing well water, well located, four miles
north of Talpa. Will take City prop-
erty in Coleman as trade.
We have a large tract of land that
is near Santa Anna, to cut up in 40
acre blocks or more; will take a small
cash payment, long time on balance.
This land is located on pike road, gas
line and water lines; will make price
according to choice of tract selected
by purchaser.
We have about ten farms north of
Talpa in farms of 100 acres to 240
acres, all Improved black land, with
road to each farm; will sell on long
easy terms, with small cash payment;
priced $30.00 up, according to select-
tion.
170 acres of land on the river near
Stacy, will trade for Colema* dty
property.
R. E. L. ZIMMERMAN
Insurance—Loans
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Is going to give away absolutely free a thirty-one piece din-
ner set Satnrdiy July 12. Come in and let as explain it to
yen. We also have a free demonstration of Womba Coffee.
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