The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 1913 Page: 6 of 8
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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE. COLEMAN, TEXAS.
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News Items of Other Towns
TALPA ITEMS.
S shoe box, and buried it in the alley.
' She then returned to her room, and
next day performed her usual do-
She states that thex
[From the Post ] ______f r_
Valera has lost her newspaoer and mestic duties
Coleman county only has four papers ' child was bom prematurely, and was
left where at one time she had eight. dead. It will be remembered that on
Monday night the hotel at Golds- Friday morning of last week, part of
boro was destroyed by fire. The light J the body of this child was dragged
made by fhe blaze was plainly seen
at Talpa.
The Coleman County/Fair should be
encouraged in every way, especially
should the agricultural resources be j shortly after the body was found
exhibited, for it is through the de- ( -
velopment of the county that every Brady Girls Seeks Husbands.
from its hiding place by a dog which
had eaten the head and part of the
shoulders of the infant. The arrest
of the Bridges woman was made
more for their grain crops than they
had reason to expect, and the crop
was much larger than they anticipat-
ed earlier in the season. Many of
them have met dtheir obligations for
the year and have money with which
to purchase necessary supplies The
stockmen say that water and glass
are a little scare, and they are hopeful
about rain, yet none of them are dis-
couraged, and the country as a whole
is in better condition than usual at
this season.
COMANCHE ITEMS.
community must look for future pros-
perity.
J. B. Walden says his wife will
make more clear money this year off
of her chickens than he will make
from his big cotton fields and as an
example cites the fact that she has
bargained and sold to date 100 pullets
for $50 and that she will sell many
more before the season is over.
W. G. Roberts, in Talpa Tuesday,
said: “Two years ago my son, John,
lost his watch in the field while plow,
ing, yesterday my little grandson
found the watch and upon winding it
up it ran as well as ever. It was a
cheap watch and the fact that it was
Brownwood Bulletin: Sheriff Den-
man had as his official guests one day
this week two girls, about 1> years
old, who had left their homes in Brady
and come to Brownwood to meet two
men and get married. The girls made
part of the fifty miles on foo*,, mid
were considerably fagged when they
arrived in Brownwood. Mr. Denman
I received instructions from the parents
of the girls to hold them upon arrival
here, as it was feared that the men
who were to meet them here had oth-
er than honorable intentions. Sheriff
Denman did not learn rhe names of
the men who wisely kept themselves
out of #ight after the girls had been
A Cat Story.
A Talpa man was over-burdened
with cats so he sacked up an old cat
and four kittens and hauled them out
in the country four miles and depos-
ited them by the roadside. The fol-
lowing morning he discovered the old
mother cat on the front gallery. She
stayed around that day but disappear-
ed that night. The next evening on
going out on the gallery he found the
mother cat and four kittens playing
in the sunshine as if nothing had ever
happened. The kittens were just able
to travel and he is wondering if the
old cat carried them home one at a
time. If she did she traveled about
forty miles making the rounds. He
says he is going to let them stay.
not ruined shows just how dry it has ; detained. The fathers came for their
been the past two years.’’ . daughters and escorted them beck to
‘ the parehtal roof. The girls gave
their names as May Moore, aged 17,
and Eula Woods, 16. According to
the story told the sheriff one of the
girls was dissatisfied at home be-
cause her parents would not allow
her to receive company, and the other
girl found dissatisfatcion in livfng
with her brothers and sisters, her
parents being dead. They declared to
the sheriff that sending them home
would not change matters, that they
would be back in Brownwood within
a week. .........-
SAN ANGELO ITEMS.
[Chief-Exponent.]
There is one thing old Comanche
county can be thankful for if nothing
else—she has no negroes sitting on
her grandjuries. In the other coun-
ties where negroes constitute part of
the population and are frequently in-
dicted for wrong doing, the law re-
quire that a negro sit on each ar.d
every grand jury. We have no neg-
roes to act in this capacity or to be
indicted. This is indeed a “white”
man’s country. — *
The auto accident in Ft. Worth in
which two married men were killed
while "joy riding” at an early hour
in the morning, with women other
than their wifes, is but another evi-
dence of the fact that the safest place
for a married man is at home with
his wife after his day’s work is done.
The pathetic part of the story is that
one oftheir wives was at Mme aTone,
sitting tip at 4 a. m., awaiting the
coming of her recreant spouse, when
his corpse was brought in. "And the
wages of sin is death.”
Pauperism in Taylor County.
Tuscola Vidette: It seems to make
no difference as tq the financial con-
dition of the country and people gen-
erally, taxes are going up, up every
year. The Taylof-county tax rate for
191^ is 41 % cents against 28 cents for
1912, with special tr« levies as voted
in certain precincts.
TAN-NO-MORE,
THE SKIN BEAUTlFIER,
IT HAS NO EQUAL,
IT HAS NO COMPETITOR,
IT STANDS IN A CLASS TO ITS PI. F,
IT IS UNIVERSALLY COMMENDED,
BV THOSE WHO USE IT, '
It Is distinctly two i.ri-isir.ilions nude
Into one: first. It serves a* a .H i- ge
‘'.''■■rthti—“ * “ " ■ ■-
rlo.mslnx the nuns
tlionmgW ... . .... ......
of the skin of nil Imimrittoa, and dlrertly
upbuilds the tissues'and aids elrculat'on
Second, it serves as an Invlsll le pmvilu-.
that ran not bo delected If i>rotn-r)v n.,.
piled, and does not rub or rub off as does
ordinary poivder. You can use Tin-No-
More during the day, as It benoiitlos the
skin when applied, tind serves as a pro-
teetlon against the sun in summer and
winds in winter. Tan-No-More is gunr-
anteed to please you, or your money back.
—Pries 30 and 35c, All Dealers.—
Wo also manufacture Freokeleater pre-
parations.
Will be pleased to mall our little Is,os-
let explaining more full” our entire line.
BAKEIt-WHBKLKR -MFt). CO.,
Uarlaml, Tex.
SANTA ANNA NEWS.
' [From the News.]
W. H. Garrett, recently of Stephen-
ville, is opening a law office in Santa
Anna, and expects to move to this
place at once. Mr. Garrett is a broth-
er of Mrs. E. M. Raney and has been
in the practice of law at Stephenville
for about ten years.
W. A. Gray of Coleman, is offering ,nJure<1 or killed, but drove oi
a $200 steel silo to the member of any nothing unusual had happened,
of the Baby Beef clubs of the county
who exhibits the finest baby beef at
the county fair to be held at Cole-
man, October 3 and 4. There are
about 75 club members in the county
and a lively contest for this valuable
premium is anticipated.
[From the Standard.]
Three children, while driving in u
surrey on Twohig avenue, were run
into from behind by an automobile
driven by a speeding and reckless,
driver. The surrey was upset, the
horse knocked down and the children
thrown out into the street. On ac-
count of the horse being gentle, a
horrible accident was averted. But
the worst part of the affair was that
the occupants of the automobile never
stopped to see if the children were
injured or killed, but drove on as if
CROSS PLAINS ITEMS.
BROWNWOOD ITEMS.
' [Brownwood News.]
J, W. Hart, who was arrested last
week in connection with the'finding
of a dead body of a new born babe
in an old well on Bell Plain avenu°,
was released from1 custody. His
daughter who confessed to throwing
the l^ody in the well, is still in jail on
a charge of murder.
At the last meeting of the county
commissioners' court a vote was taken
on the question of renewing for an-
other year the salary of Mr. J. F.
Ward, farm demonstration agent, and
the vote resulted in three against re--
newal and two for renew#). The
county, the past year, has paid Mr.
Ward $600 for his services, and the
natAmal government $400. It is un-
derstood that the commissioners’ court
will take up the matter again at its
September meeting on a proposition
from the Brownwood commercial club i
to pay part of Mr. Ward's salary for)
the next year.
The cotton men of Brownwood, co-
operating with the banks and mer-
Not to be out-done by other com-
munities the people of Coke county
have introduced to the world a new
dance, known as the “rabbit twist”
and it is said this step will undoubt-
edly become one of the most popular
of all the animal dances. The new
dance is entirely in keeping with the
spirit of the people and will no doubt
be the means of making Coke county
famous.
Tom Green county will challenge
any other county in the State, with
an equal population, to produce a
smaller criminal docket than the one
here.
One of the biggest ranch deals
made in this city in several 'months
was completed when John L. Wig-
gins of Kansas City, purchased the
Wade ranch, located 30 miles from
this city, on the North ConcKo riv-
er. The ranch embraces 33,000 acres
and has been leased by Jesse Car
gile for some time past. R. R, Wade,
the owner of the ranch, resides in
Ireland. The consideration involved
in the deal is being withheld from
the public until all details have been
completed and the last of the papers
signed.
[From the Review.]
J. C. McDermott reports the sale of
a bunch of calves to a Mr. Davis of
Shackelford county.
Coleman is to hold a county fair on
October 3 and 4. They are making
preparations for a great af-fair.
The Baird boys of Coleman are at
Dressy repairing their gin for the
cotton crop of that territory. The
boys are good gin men and we are
always glad to have them with us.
CONCHO COUNTY ITEMS,
[Eden Echo.]
I. E. Procise, back from a trip to
his farm near Rockwood, Coleman
county, says he is well pleased with
the cotton crop there this year. He
reports the first picking making a
fifth of a bale and says there will be
a second picking. He thinks the Rock-
wood neighborhood will average a
quarter of a bale to the acre.
A traveler came through Eden on
Tuesday using" an ox team of four
yoke of oxen drawing two covered
wagons. It is a sight now seldom
seen, and was quite a novelty as [t
slowly wended its way through the
streets where there were all kinds of
vehicles, including several autos.
BALLINGER ITEMS.
chants
Irrigation in Miles Country.
Miles Messenger: The engineer
jind crew of fifteen men were in this
, vicinity last week making preliminary
: survey of the canal for the big irri-
have perfected the organiza- gation project under construction;
tion of the Brownwood ( ntton Ex- which if carried to a successful ter-
change. The exchange will he beat mination will be the means of placing
ed in the Arcade building and will be | at bast 100,000 acres of land sur-
aecessiblc to members only. However, i rounding this place under irrigation,
the banks will get all quotations at The dam that will impound the vast
their place of business, and will he ' *
glad to give it out to their farmer
friends at all times. This exchange
will be the only one south of Fort
Worth, and should be of great benefit
to the town, as the farmers will know
that when they bring- their cotton
Brownwood
quotations.
they will get the latest
body of water required will be located
on the Colorado river three miles
above Bronte. It is said at that point
on the river there is •a-'natural dam
site, two ranges of mountains which
terminate there, bluff up near the
i main channel <j( the river on both
[Banner-Ledger.]
The county tax rate of Runnels
county, outside of independent school
ijistricts, is 37 cents, which added to
the State rate of 45 cents, makes the
total of 82 cents. Those living in the
independent school districts must add
the independent tax rate to this, and
I those living in the city*can get theii
tax rate by adding the city tax rate.
The farmers of this section who
tested the new crop known as Feter-
eta are well pleased with the crop and
most of them are saving the entire
Vrop for seed and will plant a much
larger acreage next year. When the
farmers learn to plant crops that art-
best adopted to this section and adopt
methods of cultivating that hedge
against dry weather, there will be a
change for the better on Runnels
county farms.
Happy is the man who can always
see the bright side of life. A Run-
nels county citiz?n finds consolation in
the thought that he is one year nearer
rain. (
sides, thus making it possible for the
construction of a dam seventy-five j
[From the Bulletin.] in h/i*ht, ,A *8tf ha* '
rv a, ri j . been made and it was found that the
>e la Bridges the wonwn who wa- <lt<. u under,ai(1 wilh a s()|id k
cysrskt&t *• ■ •,"-h
wood, has made a statement setting
forth her connection with the affair.
The woman states that on the night
of Wednesday, August 20, while in
her room and alone, she gave birtn
to a girl child; that two hours later
she wrapped the body, placing it in a
NURSINC
MOTHERS
I particularly Mad tkapra-
digested nouriahmeat ia SCOTT’S
MULMOK. It creataa strength
and rich, active blond. It insures
I baby growing.
*«tt A Nww. SMM. N J.
^|feet, so there is no further
uncertainty along that line. Col. J.
M. Stanley, who is in charge of the
surveyors, stated that he was making
a preliminary survey of the main
canal together with cross sections and
when completed he would make a re-
port with blue prints to his associ-
ates and then the matter would be
acted upon definately within a few
weeks. We learned from Col. Stan-
ley, that in the event the project goes
through the Smiles country will tie
thirty feet below the surface of the
dam, which will easily irrigate every
foot of land adjacent to this place.
( onditlons at Lampasas.
I-ampa»as Leapt-r: While it is now
definitely known that the cotton crop
will be small, possibly no larger than
l*st year, yet the merchants are hope-
ful of a good fall business, and have
laid in stocks accordingly. The far*
mors have received and are receiving
\nother Year of Drouth.
(Ballinger Democrat.)
We were handed the following pro-
phecy this week. We are in hopes
the gentleman is mistaken but we
print it for its uniqueness: “The
Jupiter drouth goes out the 2nd day
of September, 1914. The drouth will
be worse another year than this.. My
advice is put in small grain, oats,
wheat, milo maize, kaffir corn and let
cotton alone or plant very little.- -G.
B. A Farmer.”
Gas Demonstration Near Bangs.
Bangs Enterprise: About 1000 peo-
ple witnessed the gas demonstration
given by Mr. Hart and son last We<f-
nesday night. At well No. 3 on the
Strange ranch, a gas range was con*
nected with the well and hot coffee
was served to all who cared to par-
take. At well "No. 1 later in the even-
ing the gas was released and lighted
and the sight was truly marvelous.
A two inch pipe was securely attached
and lighted and at a signal from Mr.
Hart the gas was released and it
came forth with such burst of sound
and flame that the most stout hearted
quailed perceptibly before the mighty
power of such mysterious force. It
appeared that the monster, like some
giant destroyer mad with rage and
power, was hissingly defying even
creation. Wheq considering the
strength of the flame from this two-
inch pipe one can but wonder what
would be the spectacle if the entire
well were released and lighted. The
statement that the pressure of this
well is five hundred pounds cannot
be doubted by one who Witnessed the
demonstration. Th,e weakness of man
is demonstrated when standing in the
presence of this mighty force, but his
strength and ingenuity are seen when
you view the quiet, soft lights of stove
and mantle of most delicate fabric,
safer than the ordinary coal oil lamp.
Coke County Maize Crop.
Robert Lee Observer: N. C. Brown
cut his maize crop last week. Off of
four acres he cut 2,300 bind.!. He
sold 500 binds at 5 cents and could
have sold the entire lot at this price,
which is $29.00 per acre for the first
crop. He now'has a good crop com-
ing on. This maize was not irrigated,
but the river overflowed it in July.
Can You Find a
* , »
Better Line?
Bain Wagons
Superior Grain Drills
Canton Disc Plows
0 5 * -j’- ; }
P. & 0. Buggies Surj
ries and Hacks
Our Prices and
Terms Will
Please You
J. M. Sewell & Company
Looking at the Bright Side.
Hamilton Record: It is said to be
a long lane that has no turning. We
have had five years of drouth and it
is yet rather too dry for prosperity
in most sections of Texas. Still we
can count our numberless blessings.
We have not heard of any place be-
ing so dry that it was necessary to
ship in water for any purpose. Enough
?orn for- bread and to fatten a few
hundred head of porkers has been
raised. There will be some cotton and
feedstuff. Anyway God is the same
as when He fed the Isrealites.
his maize, and gave the two the same i
cultivation. The maize yielded only
about half as much as the feterita {
and besides the fodder of the latter ■
is said to be fine for stock. Those ]
who have observed the new crop be-'
lieve it will prove to be a much bet-
ter grain crop than either maize or
kaffir corn for this section and yield
fa'r superior to either.
«Tk» Km 303
tMltow 7k«at 4M
Dr. W. A. Griffis
DENTIST
COLEMAN, TEXAS
Office over Bull’s Dry Goods Store
Dublin Furnishes Water to De Leon.
Dublin Progress: Water tanks have
been busy again this week on the
Texas Central line hauling water from
Dublin to the division point at De-
Leon for use in the engines ’in and
out of that point. Some of the tank,
cars have been allowed to shrink and
as a consequence there has been a
loss of much good water between
Dublin apd DeLeon, but Dublin has
plenty of the water and if the Texas
Central can afford to haul it for the
privilege of maintaining the division
point at DeLeon, Dublin can spare the
water in all the quantity that may be
needed.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall'a Catarrh
Cure.
F. /. CHENEY * CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney tor the last U years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, O.
Haifa Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood art mu-
cous surface, of the system. Testimonials
•Wt fW. Price 75 cents per bottle, gold
Tabs Boll's Family nils ter eewetlseileo.
Sam Gilliland Goes Visiting.
Baird Star: Sam H. Gilliland and
family of Coleman, spent two days
this week with his brother, W. E.
Gilliland. Twenty-six years ago the
writer came to Baird to establish the
Baird Star and Sam, who had been
working with us as a clerk for J. D.
Windham & Sons, fit Tecumseh lot
two or three years, went to Coleman.
He married about 23 yeans ago and
some of his children are grown and
the eldest daughter is married, this
is his first visit to Baird in 2 > yeare.
Sam found a lot of old acquaintances
in Baird that he knew a quarter ot a
century ago, among them If arty .Mey-
er, T. E. Powell, Dr. Fraser, John
Laird, J. B. Cutbirth, Jim Whitt, Otis
Bowyer, P. S. Bell, Henry Lambert
and others. He tried to see all of
them but his time was limited end he
failed to find some of them.
More About Feterita.
Roscoe Times: P. T. Woodward
brought sixteen heads of the new
crop, feterita, to the Times ‘office to
show to the editor what the new crop
really is. The heads resemble to
some extent, maize and kaffir corn,
but have a larger, whiter grain than
either. Mr. Woodward received a
small package last Mpring from the
department of agriculture and plant-
ed them at the same time he planted
his
the
sec-
OZONA ITEMS.
[From the Optimist.]
R. G. Peacock last week sold
ranch in the southern part of
county, composed of about 15
tions and all his horses and cattle,
to Theo. Saveli of Sonora. He re-
ceived $4 an acre bonus for his land;
$25 per head for cows and calves,
everything counted; $5.0 around for
saddle horses and stock horses.
Fleet Coates was q pleasant visitor j
in Ozona first of the week from the
ranch. He is preparing to fence the
entire ranch in wqlfproof wire. He
says he has about twenty-six miles
of fence to build, which will be a job
to occupy his time for a good while.
J. E. McCord & Sons
Land Agents
Taxes paid, land sold for taxes. re-
deemed, titles perfected and ganerw
information given to land owner* aad
purchaser*.
PHONE NO. $$.
NOTICE.
Mrs. Clara Ransom, local represen-
tative for the celebrated Spirdla
Corsets. Interested parties phone
197. tf
Mother of Eighteen Children.
“I am the mother of eighteen chil-
dren and have the praise of doing)
more work than any young woman in
m]r town,” writes Mrs. C. J. Martin,
Boone Mill, Va. “I suffered for five
years with stomach trouble and could
nst eat as much as a biscuit without
suffering. I have taken three bottles
of Chamberlain's Tablets and am now
a well woman and weigh* 168‘ pounds.
I can eat anything I wanf to, and as
much as, I want and feel better than
I have at any time in ten years. I
refer any one in Boone Mill or |
vicinity and they will vouch for what i
I-say.” Chamberlain's Tablets are'for I
sale by all dealers.—Adv.
DENTIST
4
DR. E. L KNOX
Office Phone No. 8
Res. Phone No. 235
Office Over Baxter Bros. Store
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HEAVY HAULING
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JIM PRINCE
PHONE 66
r
Caught a Bad Cold.
“Last winter my eon fright a very
bad cold and the way he coughed was
something dreadful,” writj*') Mrs. Sa-
rah E. Duncan of Tipton, Iwa “We
thought sure he was going into con-
sumption. We bought just one ‘bottle
of ^Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
that one bottle stopped his cough and
cured his cold completely." For sale
by all dealers. Adv.
for
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