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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE
DONNELL CREAMERY CO.
EFFECTS ORGANIZATION <
OE COLEMAN EACTORY
At the meeting Mqnday Of local
stockholders, with Mr. J. R. Donnell,
President of the Donnell Creamery
Company of Belton, organization of
the Coleman manufacturing plant was
effected and plans for future opera-
tions gone into.
The Coleman manufacturing plant
will be styled the Donnell Creamery
Company of Coleman, an auxiliary of
the Donnell Creamery Company, cap-
italized at $25,000 and having head-
office in Belton, Texas. The Coleman
plant, according to present arrange-
ments, will have a capacity of ap-
proximately five thousand pounds of
butter fat a week.
A car load of machinery, which
includes modern creamery equipment
ture Co. vs. N. E. McIntyre et al, suit
OH note and foreclosure; on trial.
Miles Wofford vs. C H. Dumret al, J
suit on note; called for Thursday.
The early part of the present court
term wbh engaged on probate dock-
et.
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Marriage Permits for the Week.
E. D. Ward and Ella Butler,
W.A.Woodard and Minnie Williams,
Charles W. Pitts and Clement Di-
brcll.
and labor-saving devices, has been
contracted for and will be shipped out
of St. Louis the 20th inst. The ma-
chinery should arrive in Coleman
within five days following its delivery
on the car in St. Louis.
In addition to consuming all the
output of cream iii the Coleman ter-
ritory, cream stations will be estab-
lished up the line of the P. & N. T.
railway and into the Plains country
as far as Plainview as feeder stations
for the Coleman plant. Actual oper-
ations of the plant should begin with-
in less than thirty days.
Boog, the Baby Beefer.
[Ft. Worth Livestock Reporter.]
J. E. Boog-Scott of Coleman, the
man who has done more, perhaps, in
forwarding the baby beef movement
in West Texas and causing two silos
to sprout where only one has stood
before, is at the convention. "Boog”
has no irons in the fire, no axes to
grind. Ilis plaform is simply "More
Baby Beef, More Silos, More Prosper-
ity in the Land” and he is not run-
rving-fora.ny-«£fuui.
Court Orders School Tax Election.
The commissioners’ court, in va-
cation, considered a petition asking
for an election to determine whether
or not the special school tax of 25
cents in Common School District No.
88 (Elm Creek), shall be abrogated.
The court ordered said election held
on April 11, 1914, and appointed Ed
Anderson to hold said election and
make due returns to the court
in five days after said election.
Vital Statistcs.
Record of births at county clerk’s
office:
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. George, near
Coleman, a boy; to Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Dobbins, Coleman, a girl; to Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Estis, Shield, a boy; to Mr.
anT Mrs. .1. W. Taylor, near Santa
Anna, a boy.
Proceedings of the County Court.
Judge F. M. Bowen’s county court
has disposed of the following business
the past week:
H. J. O'Hair versus J. W. Mearne,
suit on note; judgment by default.
State versus S. H. McCain, embez-
zlement; verdict not guilty.
D. A. Paddleford & Son versus S.
IX Beaver et al, suit on note and fore-
closure; judgment for plaintiff.
M. C. McKinney vs. Mrs. It. H
Dick, suit on note; judgment by de-
fault.
0. B. Corbett vs. T. C. Behrend, suit
on account; dismissed at cost of
*pliintiff.
John S. Brannon and R. L. Parsons
vs. G., C. & S. F. Ry., damages; dis-
missed from docket by previous com-
promise.
First State Bank. & Trust Co. vs,
C. C. Watson, suit on note; dismissed
at plaintiff’s cost.
J. E. Stevens Hardware & Furni
*Mr. Boog-Scott is ringmaster for
the National Feeders and. Breeders’
Show and he has served well and hon-
orably in this capacity for a number
of years. There is no present incli-
nation on the part of the manage-
ment to dispossess him of his job. It
is not a political job anyway. *
Mr. Boog-Scott has heard murmur-
ings of the splendid exhibit of baby
beef that will come from the Brown-
wood country next fall, but he sim-
ply twists hts mustache and smiles,
“Watch Coleman,” he says.
Incidentally, Mr. Boog-Scott is bpe
of the-best known Hereford breeders
in the country, and as a toastmaster
he has few equals. He presided at
the Baby,Beef Banquet held here d.tr-
ing the Fat Stock Show, last Nov-
ember, which was tendered by The
Live Stock Reporter, *
Postmaster General Burleson v-has
announced the extension of the parcel
post service to seeds, cuttings, bulbs,
roots, scions and various kinds of
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plants, effective at once.
FOR COLEMAN AND COLEMAN COUNTY i
Coleman, Coleman County, TexaH, Friday, March 20, 1914.
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Declamation, Debating, Field
Day and Spelling Contest at
Coleman, March 20-Program
The preliminary contests in debate and declamation will .be held, at
the High School Auditorium, Friday morning, beginning at 9 o’clock.
All contestants in debate and declamation, both boys and girls, should
be on hand at this time. If there are more than two debating teams in
the County League, It will be necessary to eliminate all but two teams.
The number of eliminations necessary in the declamation contests will
have to be determined Friday morning, when the number of contestants
can be determined. All schools that have contestant., in debate, declama-
tion or athletics, should have their material on hand at the High School
and on Morris Field at Coleman, Friday morning. We publish below
the general features of the program for Friday and -Saturday:
Review lUlsblishixl 01W, •< inuredISM
Coleman N«wi Estsbttsbed lull? anjuired 191*
No. 12.
l-heldTip a northbound train at the
point (ft a revolver,-! relieved the ex-
press messenger" off $14,400, which
rnoriVy was" be\ng sent by the'/Kirby
Lumber Company from Houston to1
Urowndell for the pay roll. The rob-
ber is suid to have guined hiding in
the car before it left Houston. The
sheriff and police department are in
pursuit.
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THIN SPACE*
Friday, March 20th. '
9:00 a. rfi.—Declamatory Preliminary, C. 11. 8, Auditorium.
10:00 a. m.—Debate Preliminary, C. H. S. Auditorium.
-Track Preliminaries--.Mnrri« AUiMir Field,
INVENTS:
440 yard dash.
run
Hammer
throw.
220 yard dash.
Shot put High
Coleman High versus Santa Anna
BIG RABBIT DRIVE
TUESDALMARCH 24
The Democrat-Voice is requested to
announce a rabbit drive for next
Tuesday, Rarch 24th.
South line extends from O. K. An-
derson’s to White Chapel. East line
from Anderson’s to Gay ranch. West
line starts at Abilene-Coleman road
west of Old Silver Valley. Final
round-up in to be in Tom Livingston’s
and Bethel Baker's fields.
Everybody is invited to get in the
game.
The fortieth annual Sunday cchool
convention of all denominations will
be held in Fort Worth, March 24th to
27th. The meetings will be held in
the City Auditorium. Among the
prominent speakers, who are expected
are W. C. Pearce of Chicago, who is
Associate General Secretary, Inter-
national Sunday School Association;
and Supt. Adult Bible Class Division;
H. M. Hamil, Educational Supt. M.
F,. C., S,; Mrs. M. H. MamH, Elemen-
tary Supt. M. E, C., S.; Wilbur F,
Crafts of Washington, I). C.; E. S.
Excell, the great song writer; Robert
M Hopkins, a great minister of the
Baptist church, and others too numer-
ous to mention. It is hoped that Cole-
man will have several representatives
at this convention.
&
Luck Is
Perseverance
In Disguise
The man who possesses a snug
bank account is considered lucky,
but nine times out of ten it is the
result of perseverance.
If you would be lucky also, open
a bank account with us, then—per-
severe, Work, save and in a short
time your luck will take the form
of a bank account.
“The Old Reliable”
irst National Bank
TRACK
,1:00 to 4:80 p. m.—-Half mile
100 yard dash. Low hurdle race,
jump. Broad jump. Relay race.
4:30 p. m.—Basket Ball Game
High.
8:00 p. m. High School Auditorium. Finals in Debate. Finals in
Declamation. Presentation of Cups and Medals: Morris Cup, Athletic
team. Coleman Cap, Debating team. Talpa Cup, Boys’ Declamation.
Medal, Girl’s Declamation. Harbour Medal, C. H. S. Debater. Overall
Medal, C, II. S. Declaimcr. --------
Saturday, March 21st.
10:00 a. in.- Baseball, Burkett versus Rockwood.
1:30 p. m. Spelling CoDtfc&t<== Awarding Overall Library.
4:00 p. m. -Baseball, Coleman High versus Talpa High.
In the earlier days when Coleman
was a good" sized town a stranger ad-
dressed the lamented Jord Ijeeper,
who had ducked in to Coulson’s drug
store to get out of the fierce south
wind. The stranger said: "Friend'
does the wind blow here this way
the time?’’ "Well,, no,” remarked
Mr. Leepcr, “some days it blows from
the opposite direction.”
Weather observation: Coleman,
Texas, March 19. Rain and snow.
Politics warming uu.................
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AWARD CONFEDERATE
CROSSES OE HONOR
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
The Lee-JacksCn Chapter of the U.
1). C., of Coleman, have designated
Saturday, April 25th, 1914, as the date
for the bestowal of crosses of honor.
It ig their desire that all those who
wish to obtain one of these momen-
toes will at once avail themselves of
this opportunity as it may be the last
this year.
You may secure an application
blank at the office of Colonel J. E.
McCord. Memorial day, April 26th,
comes on Sunday $his year and will
be observed in, decorating the graves
of the old soldiers.
MRS. T. H. STRONG,
President U. D. C.
W. HUMPHRIES, AGED 62.
44EH-HAT-URI> 4 Y,-M ARCH
Judge Woodward’s cow is not giv- j
ing much milk, but it’s rich.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Mr. C. W. Humphries, a worthy and
highly esteemed citizen of Coleman,
The evidence is not all in, but so far j P*»sed t0 his eternal reward on Sat-
not one Coleman citizen has been' March 14th, at the age of 62
caught in the act of cleaning his following „n illness extending
premises. ‘ ! over several years. Funeral services
_ _ .. ^.were conducted Sunday and the re-
Coleman’s candidate for Commifi- j mains laid to rest in the' Coleman
“inner of Agriculture will open up : cemetery. Elder J R. Lane adminis-
April 1th in Temple. tered the funeral rites.
- | Deceased was a member of the
Postmaster B. F. Robey, on Tues- Church of Christ, having been affill-
day, March 17th, draped the bulletin I ated with that religious organization
board in the corridor of the postoffice for thirty-five yeais. He was born
s.entativesof the national'government
with reference to purely local and
state affairs.’’ Continuing the reso-
lutions assure the president of the
loyalty of the independent democratic
faction to the national party, but as-
sert that ’’state issues would rfot be
sacrificed for national politics or na-
tional issues for state politics.”
The report of the auditor, who has
just finished auditing the county
books of Hale county, Texas, alleges
that there is a further shortage of
about $300 or $400 due Hale county
arid a smaller amount due the state,
men will pay the shortage
former sheriff’s account.
in the
Russians, to the number of 1,200,
are reported drowned by a tidal wove
which' inundated coast towns along
the sea of Azov.
Dr, James Dixon, a. prison commis-
sioner of Scotland, knocked down a
militant suffragette, who was attack-
ing him with a dog whip.
A bill has passed the lower’ house,
of the Kentucky legislature providing
a penitentiary sentence for every
ipan convicted of eloping-with a girl
whose parents object to the marriage.
A jury in the case of S-.D, Beach,
on trial for fraudulent calling of
votes in a city election at Corpus
Christi, returned a verdict of guilty,
assessing the penalty at two years
jn the penitentiary/
J. H. Robertson, manager of one
ot the Wood plantations in Robertson
county, Texas, was shot twice by a
negro and seriously wounded. The
negro was overtaken by a crowd of
whites and lynched.
The Scurry county grand jury re-
turned a bill of indictment against
Mrs. Minnie E. Latham, charging
her with the murder of John Y. Stew-
art. Her trial was set for March
26th. She made a new bond in $10,-1
000, It' is understood Her attorneys j
will seek a change of v^nue.
Many preachers of Atlanta, Geor
giai in their sermons last Sunday, |
gave pulpit utterances favoring ai
new trial for beo M, Frank, under j __
sentence of death for the murder of I biml„shi the m0it
Mary Phagan, fourteen-year-old sm-D rfu, shj <)f lhc Uniteil states
ploye of a pencil factory of winch , ^ WIlK fotmft„y ptacwi in com
I< rank was superintendent miMion last Thursday at the Norfolk
A . District Attorney in Southeast l^'avy A ard. ( aptain Grant •> h-r
T' \.i . has instituted suit against the • n nmnder, *fl*H*^ I’ncc c{
Beaumont & Gulf Railway, a part of !thp |5^0-000 for hul1
the Katv system, for penalties ag machinery, bql with armament added
greeting $8,100,000, alleging Cola ^ *we"e,i eevetal)
... , . , , •....., I million dollars. The Texas has a dis-
tion of the lgw in not having prov. i , „t of 27)000 urns,28,1)00 horse.
its locomotives with electric *,ead' i power, und a speed of 21 knots, tV |
she can make over 22 knots. She |
] carries ten 14-inch breech loading
Another American faced the firing titles, - twenty-one 5-inch rapid-fire
with a streamer of green in obser-
vance of the memory of St. Patrick,
patron saint of the sons of “Old
Erin." A patron of the office, ob-
serving the emblem of green, was
heard to remark, in substance: "That
ought not be allowed, St. Patrick was
a Catholic.” Tolerance! thou art in-
deed a gem of the rarest ray!
Prohibition Democrats to Organize,
The following call has begn sent
out from the Thomas H. Ball cam-
paign headquarters, Southland Hotel
Dallas, to the press of Texas,:
To the Democrats of Texas:
A rmiss meeting of Democrats who
i favor Hon. Thomas H. Ball for gover-
! nor, is hereby called for Saturday, the
i 28th day of March, 1914, to meet-at
their respective courthouses of each
in the accounts of a former heriff l 0l,nl-v at ~ ^ll 0 °'oc^ P- m , for the
and tax- collector. .It is alleged that Purpose-of organizing a Tom R*1F
taxes were collected and receipts is- * and selecting a county chairman
ued. the stubs being marked “cqn- H,ld * precinct chairman for each yot-
cetled.” It is announced that bondt- precinct. 1 .lease send me the
September 19, 1.851, and had l>een
recognized as worthy citizen of Cole-
man county for fifteen years: He is
survived by a widow and five children.
Three of- hig children are residents
of the county. Two daughters, Mrs.
Tessa Bren-on and Mrs Wessa Hall,
reside in Bisbee, Arizona, and
Brownsville, Texas, respectively. The
Dertioerat-Voice extends sympathy to
the surviving relatives in their hour
of bereavement,
BASKET PICNIC APRIL 4
CENTRAL SCHOOL HOUSE
name and postoffice address of every
iiffiier elected. A. W WALh’vl Mgi
John P. Lenfesty of Chicago re-1
cently gave out a statement in I<oW-
don to the effect that Theodore-Roose*
velt, after receiving the hospitalities
of the Brazilian government in Rip
Janeiro, presented a bill for $3,000 to,
the Historical society of Rio Janeiro
for a short speech. Mr. Lenfestey,
upon arrival in New York, the 15th
inst., is quoted as saying: .“Every
Word of it is true. Roosevelt, put the
Brazilian authorities to an expense of-
at least $40,000.00 for his entertain-
ment and then turned around and
charged his hoNts $3,000.00 for a
speeeh that lasted but a few min-
utes.”
COUNTY CHAIRMEN NAMED
FOR SENATORIAL DISTRICT
Mr. J. K, Rakfer, chairman of the
constructive Democratic organization j
in this 2t»th Senatorial District, has i
announced the names of county chair- I
men appointed by him to arrange for j
the primary meetings on April 4th,
(he county conventions, April 6th, and |
the state convention at Fort Worth,,
April 14th. County chairmen appoin j
ted are as follows:
Brown county R, G, Prater. Run- j
pels R. P. Kirk. Coleman Hurry
Hubert, Concho- Hayne P.. Ypung. j
McCulloch—Joe Adkins. San Saha - • |
W. P. Leverett, Comanche Hilton!
Burk. Appointment for Erath, Mills
and Llano counties will be made w ith
in the next few days.
• The Democrat-Voice is requested to
announce that a basket picnic, will be
held at Centra) School House, four
miles east of Glen Cove, on Saturday,
April 4th.
The public is invited to attend with
well-filled baskets and participate in
the pleasures of-the day. In addition
to the social features of the day there
will he basket hall and baseball games
by matched teams and all candidates
| will he afforded an opportunity to
make public announcement of their
; candidacy.
Remember date, Saturday, April 4,
and place. Central School House,
j three miles west of Central church.
Stop and Consider!
Ju“i for one moment Will it pay
you to risk ruining your good health
i just for two or three cents a meal
by eating poor food? Cheap
packed can goods arc the most dang-
| croqs of food. Did you know thfct?
If you want good, pure, wholesome
| food, wo can supply you at very
reasonable prices. We handle the best
| uf hrAnds and quuality of can goods
, that we can get the only kind you
i can afford to eat
We appreciate your trade and will
; do ou$ best to merit, the same.
! 1248 i KINNEY'*TfENDERSON.'
lights, and its cars with
couplers and airbrakes.
automatic j
£
Cental
Surplus u4 PsufMs $
; squad in Mexico last Sunday night.
‘ At. Pearson, Chihuahua, Oscar Allen,
•imln- .d i -a-itchtnan by the Mmb *■
! Company, was faithful tn the dis
! charge of his duties and paid the
i mil!', tb it .Mexican 'Aitiawi \ <■ i.
Allen \va« a Texan, He is survive’
! by a widow and several children.
The Mexican government through
| American Charge O’Shaughneaay has
informed tiie t/niied States that it
j will refuse to meet the cost of main-
j tenauce of Mexican prisoners intern-
| ed at Ft rt Bliss, Texas. The note
| handed the charge d’affaires quotes
j extensively various international au-
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should 1>« borne by
gurrs, a lot of smaller gum- in her!
>acondary battery, and more than
Limn hnivc jnok>• .
thorities
that the expease
the United State
f-M Wynne Cater, seven-year old
or of Fam Cater, prominent farmer j
of Temple, was instantly killed Tues- i
ri.iv afternoon by a motorcycle on the;
Temple-Belton pike. The child in
company with his two brothers and at
! little g>rl was returning home from]
"f school. Ed Apeli, who was riding the
fated machine, was oh his way to
Belton, and according to eye witnesses
was traveling 'about twenty miles
J per hour. The' machine was the
| property of the city of Temple. April j
support of the contention was not a rider of long experience j
and hail just borrowed the machine
for the trip. The Temple Telegram,
commenting on the tragedy, 'says:
of j "*We will npw have a cessation of the
motor *pa*ding evil. It l» deplorable
that human nature is *o eon*truct*d
that it require* an extreme ahock
such as the tragic death of the little
rhild oa the TemplenBeltoa pike yes-
terday, to bring us to the poiat of
suppressing a menacing evil.” A
charge of negligent homicide wa* filed
against Apeli
Not heeding the suggestion* |
President Wilson, who issued an ap-
peal several days aro for harmony
in the Democratic party in Tennes-
see, the state executive committee of
the "independeat” faction of the par
ty in session is Nashville, endoised
the administration rtf Govern ot Ban
R. Hooper, Kepublieaa. “While w*
endorse the administration of Presi-
dent Wilson,” the resolutions adopted
declare, “w* regret that he listened
to tb* importunities of certain repre-
Four miles north of Beanmont, near
the etatiou of llelbig, a lose robber
Jmm
STATEMEN POE THE CCffomm
to
OE THE M
Coleman National Bank
of Coleman, I ex as
At the dose of business March 4, 1914
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts
, $401,429.93
U. 8. Bonds
50,000.00
Banking House and
1 iUurrd h,.
26,418.21
Other Real Estate
34,678.97
Cash and Ex change
$106,934.49
Bill* of Ex change
. 27,616.95
134^51.44
$647,078.66
A
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock
$200,000.00
Surplus mad Profit*
38,160.78
Cireolatioi
47,400 00
Rediscounts
86,109.00
Deaosit*
S26.408.8S
$447,071.61
1 certify that the above is correct. C F. Dumas, Cashier
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