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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAT 18. 1933.
THE
Democrat-Voice Editorial Comment
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
The DEMOCRAT-VOICE PUB. CO
i
II. H. Jackson.
Joe B. Pouns—
. Publisher-Manager
___________-.Editor
INFLATION.
®Thig' Wftfd 'inflation' has been
much In print during recent weeks
as applied to President Roosevelt's j
efforts to expand the circulation of
money. There is a lot we do not
know about this question, and we
imagine there are many millions of i
people who are in the same class of.j
know-nothings; but we hasten to!
say that- we are in favor of it, any-1
j way.
I "We know there is great need for |
___I more money in circulation among I
OUTSIDE COLEMAN COUNTY : the people and we believe that some
IN TEXAS: ; | such step as Roosevelt has taken will
One Year_________________L.1-- $2.00; not only releases more money from
Six Months ________________ 1.151 headquarters, but that It will have.
Three Months_________________ .65 the effect of causing a lot of peo-
______ . _ pie and financial institutions to jar j
OUTSIDE OP TEXAS: *( lease the money they are now with- ,
One Year ----------------- 12.50 holding from circulation. There is
Voice established 1881; Democrat j just Is much money as there was
established 1891, consolidated 1908 during the days before October, 1929,
Review established 1893. acquired when the crash came, but where is
1899; News established 3907, ac- ! it? And who has it?
Entered as second-class mail mat-
ter at the postoffice In Coleman,
Texas, under act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
Subscription rates
COLEMAN COUNTY:
One Year.____....______________*150j
Stx Months.....„.j______,________ .Up
Three Months ________________ .50
quired 1912.
A BIG NIGHT.
"It Is a certainty there is not near-1
j ly so much of the circulation me-'
i dium in tlie hands of tire people as
j there was a few years ago. and;
something must be done to relieve
Roosevelt is at least
to relieve the money j
A week from tonight the local )
Chamber of Commerce will present e M lla lon'
i attempting
it ann nque . .. . i shortage, and that comes in fine!
AH progressive and. puUto sp ited , *he ..masterly inactivity” of
Colt-man c itizens are expected to at- ,. ..
tend the banquet and to hegr of the j ‘hepreced.ng four years.
a> i oinpliahments of the past year ,hlf "*rs a« m ‘o1'
, . .. . 1 perturbed about inflation, but had
and of tiie plans tor the coming “
, you ever heard any of them protest
y< “V,. , .. __. ' wlien deflation was going on? The!
officers of the organization have. , . ,, B
.. • _ 1 more their dollars could buv the:
mt ed for suggestions as to what pro- ... , . . .. .
jects should receive attention during Ukefv 11 ?******.[
the next twelve months • ' j f,ek s° lon* a“ “s ‘heJ ha<l
„ , .. loaned, or with which they had pur-
?io, each person in the .community . *
... , . _ , , f chased non-taxab e bonds were in-
vill have the opportunity to suggest. . ... . , ,
... . ___creasing in value, but now it looks
something In the commercial bodys ... , ...
. ... ... mighty bad when the dollar is cotn-
program. Of course, it will be im-1 6 •'
possible for tire Chamber of
merce to work on every suggestion
offered. But a committee will be j
chosen to pick the best, of the ideas, . , .. ... .
, , , the other side of the question; and
ior the improvement of Coleman .. ,, „
. „ , _ ... so we are for inflation Renville
and Coleman county.
During the past year the stair; m<'
members of the organizS’tion have "Many Ballinger yards are m poor
done much work in assisting the: .sbapse this spring because home own-
jr mi- |
Com- lng t*own in valu<1'
"When that Wall Street gang Is in
j favor of something, it is a mighty
' good policy for the people to take
‘Stasofo
fmr // t.tler? roum ®
the caoutchouc neai
OR /RE/1RU8BER TREE*,
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COLORADO RIVER REAR
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jm/to m feewmrofae.
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TU4T TH£ MO/eCm tvooue Be.
MAHmovrwflrf. Afv^.
le-^TDRY HOTEL IN
W0UVT0N,TEXAS NOW Rl^Ef
ON THE EXACT 5-lTC OF tht
CAPITOL BUILDING
OF TEXA*.
RFMOA'KM
ooo T£XA> ♦
ROX/OX-OKUite
r
district clerk's office Wednesday by
sylvan Sanders Company of Lub-
bock against Scurry County.
“The plaintiffs declare in their
petition that they were damaged in
the amount of >6.000 in possible
earnings when the Commissioners'
Court, in January of^ this year, abro-
gated a mapping and platting con-
tract made on December 21 by the
retiring Commissioners' Court."—
Bdurrv County Times
“Young county is expected to send
a large delegation of men and wom-
en to the Seventh Annual Short
Course to be held at the College of
Industrial Arts and the Texas Agri-
cultural Experiment Station at Den-
ton on May 19.”—Graham Leader.
"Charged in a complaint with
murder in connection witli the fatal
shooting of Roma C. Prewett, 38,
Eddie Newton, about 35, Saturday
was released on $3,500 ball to await
action of tire grand jury at the Oc-
tober term of district court. Will
Boeckmann and D. H. Comparette
signed Newton’s bond as sureties.
"Prewett, farmer owner of a ga-
rage at Legion, was shot and in-
stantly killed late Friday near his
home on Medina road, 14 miles
south of Kerrville. One bullet from
a .32-calibre rifle struck him In the
chest and penetrated the heart.
"A short lime after the shooting
Newton appeared at the court house
and .surrendered-to officers. Sheriff
Frank Mortre, Justice F„ H. Turner
and a physician immediately went to
the scene and the body of the vie-’
tim later was removed to the Smith
Funeral Hoijie Kerrville Mountain
Sun.
"A deal has been made by Super-
intendent E. D. Stringer of the
Goldthwaite schools and Supt, E. H,
Smith of Winters schools, wheredy
the two superintendents exchange
locations, effective with the open-
ing of the full term of school. The
arrangement has been ratified by
the two school boards and all details
perfected.' Goldthwaite Eagle.
“The Commissioners' Court held a
conference with Leo Ehlingcr, dis-
trict engineer for the State Highway
Commission, Wednesday and talked
over tlie status of the contemplated
hard surfacing of Highway 81 from
the Colorado river to the Llano
county line."—San Saba News.
MEMORIES
MAY 18, 1923.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Gafford
wer# killed at an interurban crossing j
near Dayton, Ohio, during the early !
part ol May of 1923.
Cates & Rush and Jack Powell
were awarded contract for the con-
struction of Overall Memorial hos-
pital. Their bid was $25,075. Tlie
plumbing contract went to I/. E. Mc-
Elratli at $2,994.75 and the wiring
contract went to A. W. Luckett at
$825.
n< r<ty of the county. Even had the ers are ,lut irrigating them. Lawns |
organization not accomplished any -, rnat have been beautiiul in prev-:
thing else, that work alone meant a jous years art. drying up for lack of
deal to the citizens of this ■ water and shrubs do not look h
community and county. good as heretofore. Economy is all
flolnnan citizens will be wearing ^ right and for some it is rfecessary
their best smiles and will, of course/ that such urgent measures be taken
c. .- a Welcome haild to the many f0r those who can afloid to iiri-
ouirof-town guests dxpectPd here for gate it is foolish to allow yards thal
the banquet. ar(> worth many dollars to ruin for
Tills newspaper Joins in with the jacir 0f water, perhaps for just a
by Arthur Brisbane
The Brisbane column is pub-
lished by The Di moorat-Voice as
a news feature because of the in-
teresting comments of this dis-
tinguished writer upon topics ot
the day. Opinions expressed are
those of Mr. Brisbane, and should
not tie interpreted as reflecting
tile editorial policy of this news-
paper. Editor’s Note.
The condemned man's wife knew
nothing of his whereabouts, speed
and secrecy marked everything.
Shooting in tlie back is the penally-
icr .enemies of Italy, which' does not.
| punish ordinary murder with death.
I Millions that heard President
\ Roosevelt talking to the country will
Mint rutuiate him on the possession
I of a "perfect radio voice,” every
word distiijel.. every idta clear, a
I voice carrying conviction. Tlie ra-
dio, putting the President, in direct
, touch with those that elected him,
| is a President’s greatest asset and
i defense.
I
What of I . ’S. Workmen?
Remember Wilson s Trips.
Mr lie,nil Finds a Job.
Swift Death in llaiy.
ether citizens of this city, in welcom-
ing the out-of-town guests to the
annual Chambero of Commerce pai -
DON’T FORGET EDUCATION.
UNt l
few weeks."—Ballinger Ledger
SAM’S CONSCIENCE
FUND.
Virtually all the .money g4ing intq
the Government's conscience fund
it's really no fund at all, but merely
a tabulation of receipts with the do-
nations being spent as needed —
comes anonymously. Some of the
donors give explanations; some do
“Getting ‘the drop' on a Valley
Mills constable, seizing his gun, and
escaping from there in a stolen car,
Otha Blackmon, a Waconn was
caught as he drove into Waco about
1:30 a. m. Tuesday and is now lodg-
ed In Waco's city jail. Charges of
car stealing in Waco and of hijack-
ing in Valley Mills are expected to
be lodged against him in McLennan
and Basque counties."—Clifton Rec-
ord.
"A hold-up was staged on Earl
Garrett Street, near the side en-
trance of the Charles Schreiner Co.
Results of tlie road bond elec-
tion held iii read district four in
1923 fellows: Goldsboro, for 43,
against, one; Novice, for 87.
against 24; Silver Valley, for 45,
against 52; Anderson, for 7,
against 30.
Plans were being made for a pure
food, health and automobile show
here.
Grand jurors in district court
here were, J. W. Saunders, fore-
man; J. Ben Harris, W. J. Allen.
II. 1). Ayres, Edgar Manning, W.
F. Barnes, Clyde Edens, K. K. Hu-
bert, W. P. Stobaugli, J. S. Rogers,
J. O. West and S. II. Gray.
Personals of ten years ago:
Will Parker of Novice had business
in Coleman Wednesday.
W. R. Glazener of Voss was a
business vLsitor in Coleman Tuesday.
Will Galloway of Pecan Springs
had business in Coleman Tuesday.
J.?A. Gafford of Silver Valley was
a recent visitor in Coleman.
Horace Turner of Santa Anna
was a business visitor here recently.
J. J. Willingham, Shield merchant,
was a business visitor In Coleman
Tuesday.
A. J. Durham left Wednesday eve-
ning for Belton to visit his younger
brother, Marcus, during graduation
from Belton high school.
The death of I)r. C. M. Alexan-
der, Coleman, in a hospital at
Temple had occurred following a
major surgical operation.
store Tuesday morning, giving local
people an opportunity to see how
movies are made. The Kier-Phlipsi
Guf Coast Studlas was here filming
scenes for 'Where Cattle Is King,'
which is to be produced at Eagle
Pass. It is a cowboy songalog be-
ing made by the Gulf Coast Stu-
dios.'!—Kerrville Times.
B. A. PESSELS
Insurance of all Kinds
Oyer First Coleman National
Phone llfi
■Part of the hundreds of school
children soon to be released from the
public schools for the summer vaca-
tion will obtain jobs.
I.et us say to them now to go to i not
■work if possible during tije summer a $1,000 gold certificate sent as a
—but be sure to have your minds gift boosted tlie fund recently. An-
made Up to re-enter seliool next other anonymous contributor added
“ear. : a $5 gold piece.
If you are a high school graduate1 The fund was, stared.in 1811 when
this year choose a college for next $250 was received from one person
par. If you are a ward or high I At the end of 1932 tile fund amotmt-
Chancellor Hitler tells German la-
bor' "My life .has fitted me to see
the needs of all classes." It ought to
have fitted him to see those needs,
for he lias been a worker, a plain
soldier, desperately wounded, in
prison, in hospitals ,in poverty.
Great Britain "gives.approval" to. But all ibis has not enabled him
the utifi arnii tice flic assumption to see th* most, important truth,
; 11. u t United States tariffs‘are; to; namely, t ha: Where there is 110 jus-
be lowered. and everybody ma<ie-i.44ft-1 here can be no success.
happv "bv ending economic warfare! --------
annum nation Th< Lf a*l,e °* Nation;; being still |
Ending M onomic warfare sounds in futile peace talk, tlie Jap-j
pleasant But what about the inter- anese continue their conquest of
national different-*-/, in wages and ( bum. A Japanese plane drops |
Jnanufae? uriV,r '"'Pn.\r;s'/ and different. on the loi bidden city ot j
standard/- nt' Jiving*' Peipuq*, warning Chinese to cea.sei
j-resisiaiide or sufier. - Efforts of Chi-1
7>:uin"'down tariff wail" to obii- j anti-aircraft guns are worthless,.
ate i'ci>i wo*k/nen and.manufat'-' l‘uui:i . 1 lie Japanese plane flies
t ijr*.:Y that need, inr mark* us. and at' 100 high.
'h' !;,n* "' - tot: lotvigu su; FrancLs Goodenough, wise!
U-bT -1.. iib!i>;*‘ uutiiar Itiat bor-
rowed from it would be pleasant for
foreigners. It. s pleasant for Ainerl-
; i tiool student make up your mind
now i.o re-enter school next year
If you do obtain a position during
He iimmer it will be a great temp-
tation to keep on working when
'/bool reopens. -The money you
will ije making will look big to you
now but. taking a far-sighted view, it
td to $602,289. The largest single,
amount in a single year was In 1916
when a total ot $54,923 came from
unknowns.
Bel ore that 1902 was the best year,
$85,868 coning in. Ueneral'ly the;
amounts have ranged from $1,000 to'
Slukiti a year In 1920 the contn-
| butiuns were $19,379, but dropped.
cans.
This country feels that. a good
worker is entitled tf. a decent, home,
automobtie •‘ducation foi .his child-
ren; . olio, bathtub reasonable
leisure.
! Sir Francis Gooderiough, wl
Englishman, predicts that when
| prosperity comes back it will rise to a
■’.height "never before enjoyed by the
, human l ace ” , ,
; Americans, asking each, other
"What do you think?" will forget,
their present troubles in a great I
burst of prosperity when the ..time j
(comes, The main thing is, pot. to j
must.; make too many foolish mistakes
now.
»rally wifi be a small sum.
You must consider what your j to' $5 000 of less until 1920 Then
earning power will be ten years from j they rose to *20.999'. In 1932 the.to-
r- Ol course, the more education' tal was $4 248
you r< reive the more your earning , After the first contribution in 1811
ixi’-ver should be, everything else be-| no others fame In untly 1827 when
tag equal
Notice-Merchants!
We will net be responsible for per-
renal debts contracted by our em-
ployee and credit extended to them
wUl be at your own responsibility .
Purchase orders are required for
company purchases. Dexter Con-1
truetion Co npany. Phone 222 13-
$6 was received,
no contributions
pened since.
In 1848 there were
That hasn't liap-
Hc cannot have that if he
compete in wages with Asiatics or
'!« European, f iling J> cem ., to $11 tvimt. temperance requires is that
a dm American- -‘liquid buy liom, worgroen .pould be able to get, as
Amu ic I worker- -pend the inoimy ,htv uswl Ut Uo, a gluss of ^
iii the United Stale- where thev ‘-e* I properly made for five cents. Big,
It H- Win. advocates bringing down; ,..ti(blisl.,<J brewers who understand
the ,-ilt pu' Amencan worker. ,nanU[atture and' distribution wdl-
0,1 “ 1'“' w;lil w,,,k<*rs 111 bring I hat about, unless taxation
A .,a, or $1 workers in Europe. 1-YnOtj |Wlde pr(,hjlj„ive.
is 6
a friend;
of . i lie United S'ates.
or its Working |x-ople.
its;
Trenton 'Mo i Republican-Time'
—"A hick town' is one where the
folks know all tlie news before th
paper comes out, but merely take the
paper to se if the editor got the sto-
ries -according to the wav they heard
them Well, that includes a lot o!
great big places!
T
TO THE
AUTOMOBILE
PUBLIC
We have moved and are ready for business in our new location
on Commercial Avenue, in McElrath building across street from
Witt Motor Company.
DON’T FORGET OUR LOCATION
And we Invite you to come around and pay us a visit.
Holley Chevrolet
Company
Chevrolet Sales and Service
PHONE 60
lend n. much pleased..hears that
President. Ri/isevelt will goto Eng-,
land to attend the economic parley,!
making a record crossing on the
United ^tate . cruiser Indianapolis.”
Tlie President aunuunos that he:
uii. "uo present intention" of at-j
tending .he conference. Perhaps he!
rememben what happened after
President Wilson made such a trip.)
visiting en fain tile at Buckingham:
palace and getting his portrait .sub-
: tit tiled lor Garibaldi?, in many Ital-
ian homes.
That Buckingham lodging and;
Garibaldi substitution cost tint
country many millions of dollars, to
ay nothing of the depression.
I
West Texas News j
— j
"Tlie city of Cross Plains entered; o
into, voluntary receivership Tuesday 11
morning. The action was taken up-1 f
on recommendations of Dallas Scar-11
borough, of Abilene, attorney for I
city. . S M Buatt. city .clerk. was'|
named receiver. |
"Members of the city council j I
poined out to the Review editor yes- j I
terday tliat the advantage in taking j.1
the action voluntarily was that the !
city clerk here would automatically j i
h become receiver and that a man I
could not be apointed by federal | .
court and demand immediate liqui- I
C! - -go will not be ..urprised that dation of debts. I
fiamte-l InMiil. at present residing in According to the receiver there
Greece tfiould b. inspecting mines | no prompt change of policy
of iigfuto a low grade coal, near the w‘th «tty- business but that the out-
villat'i- of Devi. Backed by British I dned progrum of retiring municipal
capital Ml Insuil expects to supply' obligations wUl be pursued."—Cross
fuel t,., |aii.i- on the Black sea and) Plains Review,
thf Aegean. If he succeeds, as l¥?
probably will, pt^rhaps, when condi-
liange, North ami South Da-
T101
kota will invite Inin to come ami
| show them how to utilize the endless
-' applies ol lignite that they possess.
Nov. they import expensive coal
j from -the East Why not from the
i lignite where it lies, distribute it in
j electric current?
; -In Italy. Ugo Traviglia, secretly j
; tried and convicted of treason for-
, djsclo'ung Italy's naval plans to a'
r foreign power, has paid with his life ;
j. It Was a typical prompt MussoHni |
event f
! The condemned, man was tied in a j
f chair, in::-,biu.lt to the firing squad j noeived
Before his death, he begged pardon, mfrrp
| of the squad that was to kill him,1
1 and shouted: Long Live Italy!"
"J. Thomas Davis, head of John
Taileton College and a director in
the West Texas Chamber of Com-
merce for the past three years, was
voted the foremost director In the
organization ,the award being an-
nounced from Big Spring Wednes-
day night." -Stephenville Empire-
Tribune.
“A great deal of unauthentle and
misleading information is being dis-
seminated concerning the establish-
ment of so-called reforestation
camps in various counties of Texas,
Lawrence Westbrook of Austin,
chairman of the Texas Relief Com-
mission, outlines communication
at the chamber of com-
Tuesday.”—Colorado Record.
“Suit' for *6,000 was filed in th*
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