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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE
10 Pages
FOR COLEMAN AND COLEMAN COUNTY
Vol. No. 41.
Coleman, Coleman County, Texas, Friday, April 7, 1922.
No. 14
SCHOLASTIC SENSUS
WILL SHOW DECREASE
SANTA ANNA LOSES
Approximately three-fourths of
Coleman county school census enum-
eration for 1922 has been reported to
the office of the county superintendent
and the reports indicate a decrease of
approximately 250 scholastics over the
previous year.
Santa Anna independent district
shows a decrease from 719 in 1921 to
463 in 1922, a loss of 256. Coleman
independent district shows 852 schol-
astics in 1922, a reduction of 8 from
fFfti Rockwood independent district
tfflows 183 scholastics for 1922, a de-
crease of 17. Other districts of the
county show no material change, some
recording an increase while others
show small decrease.
} County School Notes.
idling of the State Department of
Eahcation is to the effect that school
trustees are not permitted by law to
incur debts of the current school year
to be charged against the next school
year. This ruling has been made, it
was stated, because some schools had
contemplated running their schools for
a longer period than the funds in hand
provided for, and intending to check
against next year’s funds for teachers’
salaries and other running expenses.
Silver Valley district last Saturday
voted to increase its special school tax
to not exceeding one dollar. It was
stated the tax proposal carried by a
majority of twelve.
In the school trustee election in
Talpa independent district, held last
Saturday, two trustees were tied in
the final count, which, it is said, may
necessitate a second election, unless
the contestants be permitted to throw
heads and tails for the seat.
Money to Loan.
Will buy good personal notes or
small series of first lien land notes.
R. E, L. Culp. 13-14x.
April Rains Cover
Coleman County; Fall
Was 2 to 3 Inches
Following the fine rains of the last
week of March, the April rains which
set in early Monday, April 3rd and
continued throughout a period of
twenty-four hours, placed a fine spring
-•—season in the ground and gave renewed
activity to farming and livestock
operations. j
The week’s fainfall at Coleman was
2.08 inches and was about the saipe
throughout the county, in places heav-
ier. Practically all of West Texas
was covered, the reports indicate.
Jailed for Swindling.
A man giving his name as 0. H.
Bowers was lodged in the Coleman
jail last Friday by Sheriff W. R.
Hamilton. Bowers was arrested in
Abilene upon the advice of the Cole-
man sheriff and is wanted here upon
the charge of swindling. It is alleg-
ed that Bowers appeared in Coleman
March 25th and deposited a check
with a Coleman bank for the purpose
of drawing his balance, said to be de-
posited with a Ponca City, Oklahoma,
bank. He secured about $150 here.
The Coleman bank was later informed
by the Ponca City bank that 0. H.
Bowers had no funds there, but that
he had secured a pass book on a bad
check.
Clyde Hughes has it.
12-tfx.
Mayor Scarborough
Hollingsworth and
Taylor Were Elected
Coleman city polled a record vote in
the municipal election held Tuesday—
778 votes being cast. Mayor E. P.
Scarborough was re-elected by a ma-
jority of 100 votes and R. G. Hollings-
worth and F. W. Taylor were elected
City Commissioners.
Two other propositions were voted
upon, viz: Proposal to close one end
of a street near South Ward school
building, which was adopted by a vote
of 442 to 117. Proposal that the city
purchase and operate the Coleman
sewer system was voted down, 374 to
225.
The election was generally harmon-
ious and pitched on the plane of
friendly rivalry, barring a few excep-
tions. Following is the tabulated
vote:
For Mayor. E. P. Scarborough
430, J. F. Gordon 330.
For Commissioners: R. G. Hollings-
worth 289, F. W. Taylor 212, S. P.
Woodward 196, H. M. Thomson 205,
T. P. Sumner 119, J. II. Nance 102,
P. P. Reynolds 57, W. A. Gray 124,
R. M. Lyicins 154.
Poll Tax Ruling.
A recent poll tax ruling by the At-
torney General’s Department on the
question of payment of city poll taxes
perhaps had much to do with the large
city vote polled Tuesday. The poll
tax ruling, in substance was “that
women are not subject to the tax un-
less the charter has been amended to
include them, and where this is not the
case the men also are exempt, as to
collect from them and not from wom-
en would constitute a discrimination,0
Graduation Cards for your grad-
uates at Forsyth & Fowler’s. They
are real art, with appropriate verses.
13-14x.
ROUND ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE. |
At6ka ceme-1
Marriage Licenses Issued.
April 4.—Alfred Smedley and Lo-
rena Conner.
April 4.—Mr. - and Miss ——
Record of Births.
Reported to the county clerk:
To Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Hutton, Cole-
man, boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sidall, near
Coleman, boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. Guy Green, near
Coleman, boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cope, Cole-
man, boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Guess, Cole-
man, girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Hunter,
Coleman, girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Creel,
Voss, girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Fudge, Voss,
boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. Henry I„ Griffin,
Santa Anna, girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. Conway Stovall,
Silver Valley, boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Shelton, near
Coleman, twins, girl and boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Burton, near
Coleman, boy.
Record of Deaths.
Reported to the county clerk:
Mrs. Mandie Ophelia James, aged
21 years six months, died March 19;
cause, puerperal convulsions; place of
burial, Trickham cemetery.
Earl Shelton, aged thirteen days, in-
fant of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Shelton,
died March 29; cause, premature
birth; place of burial,
tery.
Mrs. Julia Ann Haynes, aged 89
years four months, died March 9; place
of burial, Trickham cemetery.
Baby Frances, boy, infant of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Francis, died March 30;
cause, stillbirth; place of burial, Glen
Cove cemetery.
Deeds Filed for Record.
L. E. Collins to First National
Bank of Coleman, lot 1 out of block
23, Clow’s addition to Coleman;
$4,000.00.
A. J. Futrell to Mrs. S. E. Futrell;
undivided one-fourteenth interest in
160 acres out of T. & N. O. section 24;
$125.00.
R. E. Harris to C. C'. Burns, lot in
town of Burkett, being 20x430 feet.
A. L. Hubbard to T. B. Lanham. lots
4 and 5 in block 16, Santa Fe addition
to Coleman; $75.00.
R. J. Johnson to R. L. Beaman, lots
3 and 4 in block 2, Sadler & Martin
addition to Coleman; $350.00.
C. M. Loggins to Day Ranch Com-
pany,.* 163Vi acres out of W. C. R. R. t
survey 1; cancellation of vendor’s lien-
notes outstanding.
Martin-Reo Sales Co. to R. G. Hol-
lingsworth, lot 1 and east half of lot
2 in {deck 10, original town of Cole-
man ;’f2,500.00.
J. R. Sparks to W. J. Sayre, 30x30
feet out of block 2, town of Talpa;
$150 and other consideration.
Sheriff’s Deed; W. R. Hamilton to
Chas. N. Haynes, 42.5 acres of S. S.
Tompkins survey 328; $700.00.
HEARD ON THE SQUARE.
Hurry K. Shields of Pomona, Cali-
fornia, celebrated Victor record artist
und said to be one of the biggest men
in hit linO In the United States, has
been engaged to sing in the Christian
revivial meeting to he conducted in
Coleman, beginning May 24th.
Still and Liquor Seized.
Wednesday Constable C. E. Pipes
co-operating with a prohibition en-
forcement officer from Austin, seized a
still and five gallon keg of com liquor
on the premises of G. F. Cook, who
lives a few miles east of Talpa. Mr. ij0Ve Auto Supply Company is the
Cook was arrested and complaint filed | style of a new firm to open in Coleman
against him in district court charging the new Roquemore building now
violation of the Dean prohibition law. nearing completion. The firm is rom-
The officers, it was stated, found the | pose,| 0f Lon Love and Boland Love
Garrett & Waits, local contractors
who have in charge the job^ of con-
structing the South Ward school build-
ing, have sublet the brick and plaster
work to H. C. Snodgrass of Abilene.
Fifty were present at the meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce Break-
fast Club Wednesday morning. The
members of the newly elected City
Commission were present and asked
that the Chamber appoint a criticism
committee to co-operate with the
Burglars Enter Three
Places in Coleman and
Get away With Goods
Sunday night between 2 and 4
o’clock, two or more highwaymen
operated in Coleman and got away
with a small amount of cash and loot.
The Wilson Motor Company was
burglarized and $21.36 taken from the
cash register. The burglars gained
entrance by prying open a rear win-
dow.
The American Cafe was entered
through the rear door. A small
amount of change was taken from the
cash register, besides a batch of checks
a'nd a coupon ice book.
The dental office of Dr. Jack Gor-
don was entered and ransacked of all
new and second-hand plate gold, to-
gether with a set of teeth valued.....at
$45. The gold stolen was said to have
a value of from $75 to $100.
Probably Several in Party.
At two o’clock Oliver Dawson of the
Witt Motor .Company received a phone
call asking (hat he come to the office
and sell them some Ford parts. The
party or parties calling stated they
were calling from the city light plant,
Mr. Dawson got out of bed and went to
the office of the Witt Company where
he met two young men who bought
wheel bearings for a Ford car. The
Wen were strangers to Mr. Dawson
and were also strangers to Night
Watchman Rush Johnigan who had
accompanied them to the Witt Motor
Company.
About one hour later Mr. Dawson
received a second phone call asking
him to come up and sell them other
Ford parts which they failed to secure
upon the first visit. Mr. Dawson re-
fused the second request. Since de-
velopments above stated, Mr. Dawson
has a notion that the strangers intend-
ed hijacking him the second visit,
which they probably were precluded
from doing the first trip on account
of the presence of Night Watchman
Johnigan. Also, it is the general
opinion that the two young meq who (
had the Night Watchman accompany j
them to the W’itt Motor Company, hail;
confederates working another part Of I
town during the absence of the night'
watchman
5 WELLS DRILLING
NEAR BURKETT: PEN-
NANT IS BLOWING IN
There are five wells drilling, or rig-
ging in the Pennant field near Bur-
kett- Crabb & McNeill on the Star
lands (Harris heirs) is nearest the
Pennant well which was developed
three or four years ago as a gasser
at 2911 feet, and is now said to be
blowing itself in and producing from
25 to 75 barrels oil a day.
Three other wells are drilling in the.
Pennant field and the fifth is a rig.
Wells driling are on the Prater land,
Dick Stone land and Luke Eddington
tract, while Kirkpatrick-Lamb is a
rig on the J. P. Helms tract,
The Pennant well was developed as
a gasser several years ago, showing
three million cubic feet of gas from
2911 feet. Three months ago the well
began showing oil and increased gas
pressure. Today the well is said to
be showing thirteen million cubic feet
of gas under Railroad Commission test
and oil production estimated at from
25 to 75 barrels a day. The Pennant
is supplying Cross Plains and Bur-
kett with gas and thirteen drilling
wells are using the gas as fuel. The
Pennant well is about a half mile
across the Colemart county line in
north Brown county and about eight
miles southwest of the sensational
Pioneer field in southwest Eastland
county. 4
Babington Produrer to Be Shot. 4
Senter et al, in the Babington field,
two and a half miles southwest of
Coleman, are preparing to shoot their
No. 2 producing well. The shot will
be placed around 1100 feet.
Roth & Faurot, on the Starr lands
west of Valera, are underreaming,
depth 1400 feet.
Magnolia Company, Morris field No.
13, no report.
Prominent Visitors
to be Guests of W. B. A.
Here Monday■, April 10
still under the house of Mr. Cook and j L(1 wi|| handle gas and auto accessor- commisd.-n in any matters that may
a five-gallon keg of corn liquor con-! jeg and provide storage for automo- 'come for consideration. Mr. G. L. I has since missed lU pis o ion '
cealed in the yard under rubbish. Two i - - ~
sacks of sprouted' corn were also'
cealed in the yard under rubbish. Two j biles. The firm has a modern drive-in
suggested I
On_tHe same date the officers seized j occupy the west apartment of the new *;^new od field
two hottles of corn liquor and empty
jugs in a tent occupied by Bob Collins
south of the Santa Fe depot in Cole-
man. Complaint was filed in Federal
K build^g’.S it is anric-; f ‘’«,ero#n th, . raT
ipated, will be ready for occupancy by th*'i: /hc V'a" ‘i I ’ i C L ^
the end of the current week. The I™* tor th? 01 fie.ld Pf*l.ucts’ . M,/H
........ .................... new Taylor-Morrison building in the!H Alexander tendered his resignation
court charging Collins with violation sarae block is nearing completion and as president of the, chamber,
of the National prohibition law. * wjh be occupied in a few days by E.1
------ , The Women’s Benefit Association,
Mr. Smith, who is on the last half of j Maccabees Review No. 133, will hold
! the night shift at the city light plant, rally day in Coleman, Monday, April
come up for consideration. Mr, G. E. j has since missed his pistol from the id, at Odd Fellow’s Hall. Guests of
Dalton, local agent of the Santa Fe, (desk of the light office aud it is pre-i honor will be Mrs. Laura B. Hart of
presented the possibilities of Coleman j suiriod that the same persons got his j San Antonio, Great Commander of
gun. Texas, and Mrs. Fannie M. Harvey of
Vartin-Reo Burglarized Tuesday j Fort Worth, District Deputy. Fol-
ds'jg(,t. | lowing is the order of.program._
Trustees of Coleman Independent
school district, elected last Saturday
without opposition, were M.- K. Witt,
T. J. Allen, J. T. Blair. Hold-over
members of the board are W. J. Stev-
ens, R. R. Hubert, George G. Murray,
L. E. Lanford.
We have some of Gibson Art framed
pictures that make ideal gifts. For-
syth & Fowler. 13-14x.
Mr. W. R. McClellan continues se-
riously ill at his home in Coleman
although he was reported as rest-
ing well and showing some im-
provement Thursday morning. His
illness is due to heart trouble.
For a spring tonic use Penslars Sar-
saparilla Compound. City Drug
Store. 14x.
Economize In Time
and Labor
'3
A safe, convenient and
expeditious way of pay-
ing your monthly bills is
by check.
-
A checking account at
this bank will save the
housewife many steps.
The canceled check is
an adequate receipt.
4% on time deposits.
FISHERMEN! The
the lakes are
Since the recent rains, the job of
shaping and finishing some of the
constructed roads in Coleman county
has been undertaken. Finishing work
T. Morrison."new and second-hand or,’'k^al e’running and
mture' _ full, and spring is here, all that is
^ ^ „ i lackinr is some of that new fishing
Stevens & Strong is the style of a lai.k,e at Bowl,nV ' 14x.
new firm recently opened in Coleman _
with the Coleman Motor Company.
Farris Stevens and Randolph Strong
compose the firm which is making a
specialty of electrical goods and the
Delco lighting system. The firm is j.
also in charge of the Dodge garage » u"d" W fwv trra,‘° >n
and service station. ' R°-“d D‘str!^. ’ Valera to \ oss. Sim,-
_ j lar work will be started at once on the
.. . , ,, „ „ six miles of grade from Santa Anna
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. W llson are re- j jn ^ fjii-ection of Rockwood.' Un-
building and modernizing their home: der (he provisions of the road con-
on east Pecan street. , trai.tg> the contractors are required
to shape the crown and drag and main-
We want your business because we tajn the dirt grade for ten days after
know the business. Pool, the Tailor, acceptance by the court. It is neces-
14x. sarv that the shaping and maintain-
——- ; jng be done after rains. This work is
Miss Maggie Creswel! of Leudav yt,, to be done on the Coleman-Gould-
recently received a telegram from her _ busk hard-surface road.
sister in Los Angeles stating the death -
of her husband, Mr. Charles H. Scott, W), „,commend Mag-Lac Tooth
which occurred Wednesday _mornmg, | f^men who smoke. It removes
' The office of the Martin-Reo garage Odd Fellows Hall. 2 p. m. Recep-
wus burglarized late Tuesday night tion fob all rnemliers of the Review.
and the safe rifled of about $6.f>0 in
cash and several checks. Nothing
else of value was missed from the gar-
age. The burglar or burglars gained
entrance through a rear window which
was pried open with some kind of an
instrument. The small door of the
cash drawer of the safe was pried off:
and taken away together with the j
money in the drawer.
Song service. Texas State Song;
W. B. A. and others.
Opening and work by Review No.
133.
Address, Mrs, Laura B. Hart.
Question Box. Pledges for 1922.
7 P. M. Dinner at Cottage Hotel,
complimenting Mrs. Hart.
8P.M. at 1. O. O. F. Hall. Open
session; public invited to attend. Mrs.
Commander, in
Susie May Simpson,
Don't wait till all of those beauti-j chair; Mrs. Harvey, district deputy,
ful Easter Cards are gone before you lady of ceremonies.
try to get your selection.
Fowler.
Forsyth &
13-14x.
Texas Millers Under Indictment
Charged with Use of Short Weights. *
Austin, April 4.—Representatives!
of twenty mills in Texas yesterday ad - j
vised Commissioner pf Markets and:
Warehouses Baughman that the mills
will comply implicitly with the state I
weights and measures laws and will I
co-operate with the department law.
There are indictments against fifty-;
j four Texas millers for short weights,
I it is announced.
Woman’s Benefit Association song.
Invocation, Rev. T. S. Armstrong.
Flag Service. “Star Spangled
Banner." “America.”
Welcome address, Judge Mathews;
response, Mrs. Laura B. Hart.
Texas State Song
Solo, Miss Katherine Gillespie.
Reading, Miss Grace Dodd.
Flower fund March.
Song No, 7, “Long Long Trail.”
Song.’“Dixie Land,” by all present.
Cheer up—
come.”
“The best
is yet to
14-tfx.
March 29, 1922. Mr. and Mrs. Scott
recently moved from Seattle to Los
Angeles. Deceased was a member of
the Masonic order and the Order of
Elks.
paste
stuina and cleanses the teeth.
Drug Store.
City
1 lx.
At the Ballot Box.
1 wants a ticket,' said “Aunt Har-
The following, item from Grand-: r’ptt (Colored) as she
ambled into
mSSsSS . »£*»
the Rev. W, C. Hilburn and driven by ‘nming the names of .two candidates
his daughter, Mildred, turned over on | f»r Mayor and nine candidates for city
the Cleburne and Grandview pike Sat-: cmmlsaioner. She scratched every
urday afternoon. Occupants of the name on the ballot except one that of,
car were Mrs: W. C. Hilburn and Mr. Sam Woodward, candidate for
daughter. Mildred, and Misses Ltrtrisc com miss,oner, and turned to walk out.
Rippy and Sidna Sturges, Miss Hil- l>on k >'ou want to vote on »ewei
hum ami Mrs. Sturires were severely I question. Aunt Harriett, asked one
V~
.' of the election officers sitting at the
injured, suffering from cuts and bruis- ° election on.cers ^
es anil internal injuries. The others! “V’® j* fa th? room. Is M», . a
were onty stunned,
wrecked."
The car was
THE - thc banh ihat dialsmvmrsr
CRYSTAL WHITE WAX (Bermu-
da) ONION PLANTS, only 25c per
hundred. 3: F. HENDERSON' A
SON. 14x.
Wood’ards running on that ticket,
too!" asked Aunt Harriett. When
informed that he was not, she said
"No, sah,” and walked out.
BANK
The law governing the sale of sec-
ond-hand automobiles is quoted here
for the information of the public. The
law provides that “it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person acting for himself
or, anyone else to offer for sale or
trade any seixtmUhand motor vehicle
without tWn and there having in his
possession the tax collector’s receipt
for the license fee issued for thc year
that said motor Vehicle is offered for , , _
sale or trade.” There ia a penalty of! work of looking after Federal Reserv.
$200 provided for violation of the law. j paper in insolvent banks. Mr. Alex*
* ........ - j lier’s removal from Coleman is a dis-
GOLD FISH: We will, have the
shipment of GOLD FISH in by FR1-
I> \Y, APRIL 13, and all who hold due
tickets for fish will bring them in on,
that day and get your GOLD FISH.
Don’t forget the date. Coulson’s j
Drugstore. l*x ,
Mr. R. H. Alexander left Wednes-
day evening for Dallas where he will
have a position with the Federal Re- j
serve Bank. For the present he will
devote his time to office work in the
bank but later will have charge of the
We
Point
With
Pride—
and not the slightest feeling of arrogance
—to the excellent record for safety and the
reputation for service which we have es-
tablished.
With the whole-hearted support and the
earnest co-operation of our customers, we
hope to do even better in the years to come.
COLEMAN. TEX.
• Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Mathis, recently
of Sweetwater, are now citizens of
Coleman. Mr. Mathis, with €, W.
Clark, Tecvntly purchased the local
Coca Cola Bottling Company and is
manager of the plant. Mrs. Mathis
and Mrs. Clark are sisters.
--------—......-X— - ______:____;___s—
B. F. Robey checked in as postmas-
ter st Coleman last ’Saturday, April
1st.
tinct loss to the city; he has at all
times been identified with the civic
and commercial advancement of the
community and his influence and wise
counsel will be greatly missed. For|
the present his family will remain in
Coleaan.
Send four friends Easter Greet-
ing*. Forsyth A Fowler ha* the Gib-
son Art line. 13-14x.
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