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Section One
Eight Pages
COLEMAN DEMOCRAT-VOICE
For Coleman and Coleman County
12 Pages
IN TWO SECTIONS
VOL. NO. 51.
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN. TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1932.
NO. 24.
Sparks
From the Anvil
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For more than a year we have
worried about Jim White's baby at
. Brownwood because we have doubt-
ed the power of predestination to
guide him arig’ht with his papa and
mama trying to raise him with a
book instead of a bottle and a cup-
board of switches gathered from
pomegranate trees. Right now is
the proper time to use them as an
aid to predestination because in a
few more years he will learn to cir-
cle switches with a sharp knife from
one end to the other so that when
the first lick is applied they will
break into an hundred pieces.
* * *
But our worries have been dissi-
pated. The baby's grandpapa came
to his relief last week and laid down
some laws that are fundamental in
baby culture. He sent the baby a
dog. Just' how many babies the
grandpapa has reared is not known
locally, but he showed a remarkable
degree of wisdom in sending the
baby a bobbed tail dog. Babies the
age of little Jimmie think that tails
were put on dogs as handles, and as
long as tails are attached the baby
involuntarily is guilty of cruelty to
animals. The dog’s tail is just about
as useful as a man's tonsils or ap-
pendix. The only thing it is good
for is to cut a few inches off if the
dog should happen to get bitten by
a snake. Our little Jimmie has a
dog that was born without a tail,
and because of the fact he has lived
se veral years longer than the life of
the average dog that is required to
wag a heavy, useless tail every time
he meets a man with a friendly ap-
pearance. And it is cheaper to feed
a dog without a tail than one with
a tail. We sometime think that
Burbank would have done the world
a greater service had he evoluted the
tail from tire dog Instead of seed
from oranges.
• * *
The dog was sent to the baby in
question because the grandpapa does
not believe any child should be
reared without the companionship
of a dog. and we started this col-
umn just in order to give the baby's
> papa .and mama some wholesome
^advice without offending them, and
predict something that might hap-
pen in the future if the grandpapa
is as foolish about the kid as most
other grandpapas are. Another es-
sential. in the proper rearing of a
child, is to furnish him or her with
a pickaninny to play with con-
: tantly before he reaches the age
of ten If he is to develpp char-
acter and personality and become a
real democrat. From a dog and a
pickaninny a baby can learn more
during its Infant years, if he ap-
plies himself, than he will ever mas-
ter in high schools and institutions
of higher learning. By following the
dog he will learn more about nature
and nature’s creatures than most
college professors know in mature
years and by observing the pranks,
the fears and the superstitions of
the pickaninny he will Inadvertent-
ly shun evil companions and dodge
dark places. The dog naturally
becomes a member of the house-
hold _ and must be fed, watered
and bathed by some member there-
of if he is to be kept properly per-
fumed. The pickaninny will be
cared for by his own mother, and if
lie needs a bath at any time he
will get it. Generally the pickaninny
should live only a few doors from
the baby he instructs so that he can
hear the dinner bell at his own
home and go there for his meals.
Unlike white children, a pickaninny
will respond to the first call to eat
and if he has played right with his
little white companion he will grab
his hat from his head—if he has
one during this era of Hoover pros-
perity—securely fasten it in his left
hand and make it to the place from
which the call came in less time
than Dan Patch ever made any of
his races. When he gets there he
will : eat f himself at the table, put
his hat on the floor, and grab the
"(jrcase and lasses” before the last
words of the blessing are spoken.
There is absolutely no lost motion
and by 1 o'clock he is back to play
with his white companion.
• * *
We just hope, for the sake of the
child in question that the grandpapa
will go to Brownwood—if he does
not live there—and complete ar-
rangements for the lad's proper edu-
cation along thoroughly demorcatic
lines and cut from the book its
mama and papa are using any ref-
erence to spinach as a baby food.
By so doing predestination will not
be handicapped and In nineteen
more years Texas may have another
genuine democrat like the ones that
have died.
Park Will Be
Put in Shape
By the City
MEN STARTED WORK TUESDAY
GRADING AND CUTTING
GRASS AND WEEDS.
When the hot summer days of
July and August arrive citizens of
Coleman will have a place to go for
pleasure, recreation and picnics if
the decision made by the city com-
mission at its regular weekly meet-
ing Monday night is carried out.
The city has taken over the park
north of the city, formerly known
as the Lions and Kiwanis Park, and
Tuesday morning a bunch of men
were sent out there to grade, cut
grass and weeds and do other work
necessary to make it an ideal recre-
ation center.
The pecan trees set out last year
under the direction of A. W. Luckett
are growing nicely and with proper
care will provide shade in all parts
of the park. The work is being done
by unemployed men Indebted to the
city for lights and water and there
will be no outlay of cash? Besides
' having the work done the city is
furnishing water and lights free, not
only for the park proper, but for in-
dividuals and business firms that
have plots there they are maintain-
ing.
A spokesman for the city, in an-
nouncing the plan, said that the
commission will expect owners of
plots in the pack to put them in
shape and maintain them properly
during the summer months as
workmen for the city, if allowed to
work on them, might destroy shrub-
bery as well as weeds and grass
and otherwise interfere with plans
and property of those who have
agreed to maintain plots.
Marketing
Grain Crop
Has Started
DEALERS EXPECT HEALTHY
MOVEMENT NEXT WEEK.
PRICES NOT ENTICING.
Man Shot at
Cross Plains
Known Here
Archie Davidson, 29 year old oil
field worker who was fatally shot in
a quarrel at Cross Plains Saturday
night, died at the Sealy Hospital in
Santa Anna Sunday. Davidson at
one time lived in Coleman and-was
known to may local people.
The quarrel which resulted in his
death took place in front of Walter
Farrow's cafe in Cross Plains. Far-
row was held in Jail and Davidson
was rushed to Santa Anna in an
ambulance for emergency treatment.
The bullet entered the deceased's
head about the temple.
Davidson is survived by his par-
ents, seven brothers and two sisters.
Marketing of the 1932 grain crop
has started and by next week buy-
ers expect a healthy movement if
favorable weather continues. Chas.
Wilson, manager of Wilson Grain
Co., said this morning. In parts of
the county good crops have been
made and in other parts the yield
will be light and some farmers con-
tend that the crop will not be half
what it was in 1931.
Prices are not very enticing, Mr.
Wilson said. Prices prevailing this
morning were No. 2 oats 12 cents.
No. 1 wheat 31 cents, No. 2 barley 18
cents and No. 2 threshed maize 40
cents per hundred.
Lions’ Ball
Team to Play
at 5 O’clock
NO CHARGE TO WITNESS PER-
FECT EXHIBITION NORTH
OF NEHI PLANT.
Attending Firemen's Convention
In Austin.
Fire Chief G. E. Dalton. Fire Mar-
shall Carroll Land and Truck Driver
Leonard Lee left Monday morning
for Austin to attend the annual con-
vention of Texas Firemen’s Asso-
ciation. They will return to Cole-
man tomorrow afternoon.
We have just used the baby in
question because Its father lives
thirty miles away and If he should
become irrate he will cool off con-
siderably before he can reach Cole-
man. The advice or recipe la good
in all cases and carries a “money
back guarantee.”
Judge Miller
Here Saturday
Electioneering
District Judge E. J. Miller of
Brownwood was in Coleman Satur-
day prosecuting his campaign for
re-election. “I have been too busy
attending to the business of the
people and endeavoring to carry out
promises made in my last campaign
to devote much time to meeting and
Banks to Collect
New Check Levy
On the banks has fallen the re-
sponsibility for collection of the new
2-cent tax on checks and drafts for
the federal government. Conse-
quently Coleman business men will
have no “red tape" to fear and only
a monthly "service charge" to pay
on their checking accounts after
next Tuesday, when the revenue
measure becomes effective.
Slmillarlv. the banks will increase
annual rental charges on safe de-
posit boxes by 10 per cent to care
for a related federal tax effective
at the same time.
On the first of each month, start-
ing August 1, the bank bookkeepers
will count the number of checks
cashed during the preceding month
against each account and multiply
the total by two cents. The result
will be billed against the account the
following month. A book of month-
ly tax receipts will be kept by the
banks, who will pay collections to
the government through the collec-
tor of internal revenue at Dallas.
A possible reduction of one-fifth
in the number of checks is foreseen
by some bankers here. They believe
it will be a temporary reduction
however. They believe the increase
in the size of checks will keep the
money handled fairly constant.
Saw the Akron and Attended
Convention.
Cttv Commissioner H. M. Thom-
son and Court Reporter R. P. Haun,
enroute to Sweetwater Sunday
where Mr. Thomson attended the
reunion of Spanish war veterans,
got a thrill near 'Abilene when
speeding of the car in which they
were riding enabled them to make
part of the journey under the Ak-
ron. passing over Texas at the time.
Mr. Haun had seen it before, but it
was Mr. Thomson’s first glimpse at
the big eagle. But the sight was no
more enjoyed by Mr. Thomson than
was the reunion. Soon after reach-
ing the Nolan county town he met
the captain of his old company, Bier
Bower, and together they fought and
won the war all over again. Mr.
Thomson was a member of Com-
pany A, 2nd Texas. He was only
19 years of age when he enlisted.
If you are a baseball fan and
want to see a fast exhibition of the
national sport this afternoon drive
to the diamond north of the Nehi
plant at 5 o'clock. A team to be
composed of school boys will battle
a team that is being organized by
the local Lions’ club. "Hie Lions’
team can’t be beat this afternoon or
at any other time,” Judge A. O.
Newman said just before noon to-
day. "We are building up what will
be the championship team of the
county,” he continued, “and do not
propose to be walloped by anybody.”
Mr. Newman could not give up
the club lineup. It is likely, how-
ever, that he will be on the pitcher's
mound for the Lions and it is not
at all unlikely that Judge E. M.
Critz will be behind the bat. R. D.
Kinney, «Jr., if it is convenient for
him to be there, wll probably want
to umpire as a means of prevent-
ing over-exertion. District Attorney
C. L. South could be used advan-
tageously at first base to prevent
over-throws from the catcher and
R. R. Browning will be supposed to
provide cold drinks at frequent in-
tervals to players.
The game will be the forerunner
of other exhibitions during the sum-
mer and the confidential hope of
Lions’ is that Klwanians will try to
produce a better team.
Brave Girl
When a youth entered a Fort
Worth candy shop where Miss Ruth
Harp, above, is employed, and stuck
a gun in her ribs, Instead of taking
orders from the robber Miss Harp
called for help, and got it. The
youth was arrested. "I Just didn't
think he would shoot me,” said Miss
Harp.
Highway 67
Motorcade
Here Today
WILL GO FROM HERE TO SAN
ANGELO FOR CONVENTION
AT ALPINE SATURDAY.
Highway 67 motorcade will arrive
in this city from Brownwood this
afternoon at 3 o’clock enroute to
Alpine for a convention Saturday
before entering old Mexico.
The motorcade left Texarkana
yesterday morning and the first
stop w^ made at Dallas. Here the
visitors will be welcomed by Mayor
J. C. Smith.
State Senator Carl Hardin of
Stephenville is president of U. S.
Highway 67 Association and will
likely be with the party in this city.
Horne Sells Cattle.
J. A. and R. A. Horne were on
the Fort Worth market yesterday
with heifers and yearlings from the
Horne ranch at Valera. Their of-
fering included 103 head; 38 heif-
ers that averaged 701 pounds and
sold for $5.65; 36 heifers that aver-
aged 717 and sold for $5.65; 10 heif-
ers that averaged 555 and sold for
$4.50. Nineteen yearlings that
weighed 603 sold for $5.65.
v To Herring Tomorrow Night.
Representatives of commercial
and civic organizations and candi-
dates for office in this and Runnels
counties will gather at Herring, on
the Runnels-Coleman county line
tomorrow night at 7:30 for friendly
fellowship. Secretary S. W. Cooper
of the chamber of commerce said
this morning that he expects the
Kewaha Quartette from this city to
make the trip and efforts will be
made locally to provide oher amuse-
ment for the occasion.
Watermelons
The first watermelons of the pres-
ent season were seen here Tuesday
and were on the local markets yes-
terday. They came from south Tex-
as.
JUDGE E. J. MILLER
greeting voters. I will likely have to
do most of my campaign this year
through the columns of your paper."
When Judge Miller was elected it
was upon a platform with three
planks, viz: "More work and less
play; More trials and fewer contin-
uances; Work *lx days a week or
clear dockets."
’The platform has been carried
out 100 per cent," Judge Miller said
Saturday. By persistent, untiring
work, with longer daily sessions,
night sessions and special sessions,
the dockets have been practically
cleared.”
Judge Miller expects to give la
detail a record of his tenure of of-
fice in a series of newspaper articles.
He Is seeking ejection to a second
terra.
K. of P. Head
Will Be Here
Next Tuesday
LOCAL LODGE WILL BE REIN-
STATED FOR ACTIVE YEAR
OF WORK.
JOHN LEE SMITH
John Lee Smith of Throckmorton,
Texas, grand chancellor of the grand
lodge of Knights of Pythias in Tex-
as, will be In Coleman next Tues-
day and that night will officiate at
the local lodge hall when the Cole-
man lodgi is re-instated for an era
of activity.
J. T. Oalloway of Throckmorton,
special deputy grand chancellor, has
been in Coleman this week rounding
up members for the coming event
COURTHOUSE NEWS
A Live Town Is Big Asset
To Any County.
A town that is full of mer-
chants who are a.ive to present-
day conditions and who are in
close touch with their trading
area is an asset to any county.
Coleman merchants know that
their customers want merchan-
dise of quality at prices that are
In accordance with present mar-
kets. They are keeping their
customers advised of their offer-
ings through the columns of the
Democrat-Voice. They tell you
what they have to sell that you
need and the price they want for
It.
Thrifty shoppers can do no
better than to scan the columns
of the D.-V. for their wants in
groceries, merchandise, etc. It
pays to read the advertisements.
Lawyer Believes
In Prayer When
Lightning Hits
Three Night
Storms Last
Week Local
ELECTRICAL DISPLAY AND LIT-
TLE HAIL ACCOMPANY JUNE
NIGHT RAINS.
It does rain at night in June, es-
pecially in Coleman county. This
fact was very forceably brought
home to people Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights when some
were kept awake by electrical dis-
plays and loud claps of thunder. The
rains were spotted, but in Coleman
more than an inch fell during the
three nights and grain harvesting
was delayed. Some hail accompa-
nied the storms but no damage was
done. The greatest damage was to
contemplated fishing parties that
had to postpone their trips on ac-
count of swollen streams in all parts
of the county. The moisture bene-
fited young growing cotton and al-
most insures big corn crops. Ranges
are fine and cattle fat.
Santa Fe Safety Supervisor
a Coleman Visitor.
Vice-President
Deaths!
Alonzo Wyatt Jones, 68 years, 2
months and 22 days old, died June 2,
1932. Place of burial, Glen Cove
cemetery
Births.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Edward Brooks, Coleman, a girl.
Marriage Licenses.
Daisy Ray Hughes and W. S. Arm-
strong, both of Coleman.
Catherine Ripley, Comanche and
J. M. Harris, Dallas.
Marie de Jesus Cordlnas and De-
metris Martinez, both of Coleman.
Thelma Kincaid, San Angelo and
Tom Stewardson, Santa Anna.
Marla Luiz Sendejos, Coleman and
Francisco Sales. Santa Anna.
Annie Jewel McMichael, and De-
wart F. Briscoe, both of Doole.
successful fight for life in the Scott
& White hospital at Temple and
was returned to hts home two weeks
ago, was at his hardware store this
morning greeting friends. He visit-
ed the store for the first time yes-
terday since his return. He has not
fully regained his strength and his
visits to the establishment as neces-
sarily of short duration.
In Wreck But Not Injured.
Rufus Higgs who. with J. W.
Clements, owns the Stephenville
Empire-Tribune, carired off big
honors at the Texas Press conven-
tion in Mineral Wells last week. The
paper was awarded the A. H. Belo
cup for the best all-round weekly in
Texas, and the Beard award for, the
best-set advertisements, and Higgs
was elected vice-president of the
Press Association.
gain, the east one-half of the south-
west one-fourth of block No. 27 of
the subdivision of block 19 of Clow’s
Farm addition No. 2 to the city of
Coleman; $2,000.00.
Warranty Deeds.
„ C. W. Jones to E. K. Jones, a cer-
tain track of land out of block No.
18 of town of Valera; $10.00.
F. M. McKinney to Chas. M. Or-
Mineral Deeds.
Beeco Oil company to Harry
Gutzman, 160 acres of land out of
the E. N. Eubanks survey No. 270;
$10.00
Harry Gutzman to R. L. Van
Zandt, 160 acres of land out of the
E. N. Eubanks survey No. 270;
$10.00.
“I came very near not being he,re j j G Fitzhugh of Galveston, safe-
today,” were the first'words spoken | ty supervisor for the Santa Fe rail
by Kirkland Baker to a Democrat-, roacj was a Coleman visitor last
Voice representative when the^ *at"; night and this morning and was a
caller at this office, inquiring about
& Baker last Saturday afternoon.
The paper representative learned
later that young Mr. Baker was
thrown from his bed at the Mrs. E.
K. Thomson home on College Ave-
nue early Friday morning during
the furious electrical storm when
a bolt of lightning struck the roof
of the house. A hole was torn in the
roof Just over where Mr. Baker was
sleeping and set fire to the house.
Very little damage was done by the
bolt or from the resulting fire and
by afternoon Saturday Mr. Baker
had regained his equilibrium.
It was one time that Baker called
for aid from a higher and more
powerful authority than “Your Hon-
or,” aqjj he unconsciously thought
of the prayer of the negro whom the
bear was chasing.
Civic Clubs To
Play Baseball
Game June 29
The eyes of the baseball world will
no doubt turn to the. lot north of
the Nehi plant W e d n e s d a y,
June 29th, as the all-star, all-city
teams of the Kiwanis and Lions
tangle in what promises to be one
of the highlights of the baseball
season. After overhearing the rash
statement of Judge Newman, cap-
tain of the Lions’ team. Charlie
Wilson, captain of Kiwanis team,
came back with the spirited remark:
“I calculate that with my expert
twirlers, Press McCord and Charlie
Hufford, and with such renowned
hitters as Lucien White. ^Howard
Heffner Jackson and Cecil Gray, the
Kiwanians just cannot be beaten;
I do hope, however, that the Lions
have a few practice games so the
game will not be just a breeze for
us.” From Judge Newman wc have
"We are building up the champion-
ship ball club of the county and we
do not propose to be walloped by
anybody and certainly not the Ki-
wanians." From all indications in-
tense rivalry will flare up, on the
diamond next Wednesday as these
two ball clubs meet in what promises
to be a close baseball game.
a series of advertisements Texas
railroads are running in newspapers
at this time. The first of the se-
ries appears this week in this pa-
per. The advertisements will eive
salient facts about Texas railroads,
operation, present number of em-
ployes and salaries paid as compar-
ed with those three years ago. Your
attention is respectfully directed to
the series.
Home at Store. The Sealy Hospital School of Nurs-
ing has mailed invitations to friends
A. J. Horne, who recently made a I throughout this section requesting
Yeggs Break
Safe and Get'
$100 in Cash
RUSHING WELLS ECHO STORE
ENTERED AT EARLY HOUR
SUNDAY MORNING.
Carrying a safe from the Rushing
Wells store at Echo to a wooded ra-
vine five miles away early Sunday
morning, yeggs hammered it open
and escaped with $100 in cash.
Knobs and chips off the safe were
found in a pasture about a mile
from the ravine, indicating the bur-
glars had tried to open the safe in a
field. Nearness to the highway and
a farm house evidently caused the
men to haul the safe further to the
place where it was finally opened.
A check up by Mr. Wells revealed
cash taken amounted to $100.
Checks and papers were unharmed.
The safe was located by Sheriff
Frank Mills and Deputy Sheriff H.
T. O’Bar. R. T. Redies, fingerprint
expert with the Abilene police de-
partment, was called to this city to
aid local officers in conducting an
Investigation of the burglary. A
number of clear fingerprints were
found on the safe, he said.
Sealy School
Nursing Will
Have Program
WILL BE PRESENTED AT SANTA
ANNA HIGH SCHOOL
TUESDAY. NIGHT.
Mrs. J. A. Stobaugh of this city
and her daughter, Mrs. Mae Allen
and two children of Breckenridge,
narrowly escaped serious injuries
last Thursday morning as they were
coming from E^dy to this city.
Four miles this side of Brady the ra-
dius rod on the car they were driv-
ing broke and control of the car was
lost. None of the occupants were
hurt, but the car was slightly dam-
aged.
o fthe lodge in the county in at-
tendance at the scheduled meeting.
The lodge owns the hall over
Gober Brothers grocery store and
the meeting Tuesday night will be
held there.
Band Concert This Evening
The following program will be rendered this evening at 8 o’clock on
the court house lawn by the Coleman band:
The Imperial Life Guard ________________________________________ Hall
Dusty Trombone _________-_________________________________ Fillmore
After The Dance ___________________________Caesar. Frisch & Motzan
Melody Shop ----------------------^______________„_____K. L. King
(Variations by Euphonium and clarinets)
Songs from the Old Folks __________j________ Arr. by M. L. Lake
American Soldier_________________________________Francis A. Meyers
Gypsy Festival (overture)___________________________- A1 Hayes
Exalted Ruler________...___________i_._________________________ Hall
Band Concert Friday Night
The Coleman Band will render the following program in honor of
College students who have returned home for the summer, Friday. June
17th, at 8 P. M. on the court house lawn.
Program.
1. Chicago Tribune _______________________--s...________..... Paris Chambers
__________ ___ _ 2. What’s the Use____—____________________________Jones and Newman
and Is anxious to have all memberff] 3. Triplets of the Finest_______ —............... ...... Paul Henneberg
(Trumpet Trio—J. E. King. Jr.. Burl Williams, Leonard King)
4. Sleepy Town Express ...-----------------------..._______ Haven Gillespie
5. Overture to "William Tell" ___________...._________________O. Rossini
8. Good Evening____*_________________Seymour, O'Flynn, & Hoffman
7. Marche “Milltalre"______________________________F. Schubert
8. The Stars and Stripes Forever ....--------------John Phillip Sousa
Weatherred to Address Runnels
Masons Tonight.
Judge W. Marcus Weatherred of
this city will make the principal ad-
dress at the Ballinger Masonic
lodge’s George Washington bi-cen-
tennial entertainment at Ballinger
tonight.
Saturday Is
Last Day For
County Filing
COMMITTEE WILL MEET MON-
DAY TO ARRANGE TICKET
AND MAKE ASSESSMENTS.
Saturday, June 18. Is the last day
candidates for county offices have
to file their nam8s with the county
democratic executive committee for
places on the ballot to be voted July
23, County Chairman F. B. Simmons
announced today.
The committee will meet at the
court house in this city Monday aft-
ernoon. June 20, at 2 o’clock to ar-
range the ticket, assess candidates
and transact other business that
might come before the committee.
Candidates Filed.
For Congress 17th Congressional
District: Thomas L. Blanton. Abi-
lene, Texas; Joe H. Jones. Eastland,
Texas.
Associate Justice of Court of Civil
(Continued on Page 3—Sec. X.)
Opponent of
Tom Blanton
Spoke Here
JOE JONES BELIEVES VAST
SUMS CAN BE SAVED TAX-
PAYERS BY EFFORT.
Joe Jones, district attorney of
Eastland county and candidate for
the 17th district congressional seat
now occupied by Thomas L. Blanton
of Abilene, spoke to a large crowd of
their presence at the commence-
ment exercises of the school Tues-
day evening, June 21. at 8 o’clock
p. nj.
Graduates are Vera Mae Banks.
Marie Barker (deceased), Vay
Crossland. Gladys Norene Hayes,
Mildred Fern MeSwain, Blrtie Lee
Peel, Jewel Ora Smith, Sybil Alma
Vinson and Arvella Bently Vowell.
The class flower is a red rose, class
colors red and white and the class
motto Non Nobis Solum.
The program that will be present-
ed in the Santa Anna high school
buildings will consist of the proces-
sional: invocation by Rev. Hal C.
Wingo, welcome address by Mayor
W. E. Baxter, violin solo C'Traum-
erel"—Schumann) by Miss Besse
Evans, commencement address by
Edward H. Cary, M. A., M. D., F. A.
C. S., president of the American
Medical Association, Dallas; piano
solo by Miss Louise Gray. Florence
Nightingale pledge by members of
the class with Mrs. Myrtle Moon
Lovelady, R. N., leading. Presenta-
tion of diplomas by G. D. Mahon.
M. D.. F. A. C. S„ surgeon Baylor
Hospital, Dallas. Valedictory, Miss
Sybil Vinson; school song, students’
chorus; benediction. Rev. W. T.
Gray and the recessional.
Midland Gasoline Company Moves
„ Offices to Ft Worth.
The Midland Gasoline company
has moved Its offices from the plant
in the Eastland pool to Ft. Wo^th,
where an office has been opened in
connection with the office of F. C.
Nickel, president. Charles Mercer
has moved from the plant to Fort
Worth and is in charge of the of-
fices there.
Gone to Devils River.
State Senator Walter C. Wood-
ward, Claud McClellan, Dr J. F.
Gaines. Bill Simmons and W P. Sto-
baugh left Tuesday morning for the
Devils river to fish. They expect to
return tomorrow with fish tails, not
tales. Negro Buck was taken along
to cook the, fish in case any are
caught.
JOE JONES OF EASTLAND.
|in Coleman county is a candidate
for office or has a brother or sister
•who is and naturally they have
friends on both sides.”
Mr. Jones was listened to atten-
tively and was frequently applauded.
"A vast amount of money can be
saved the taxpayers if the govern-
ment will quit printing and distrib-
uting. at fabulous cost, nonsensical
pamphlets such as I have with me
today.” He exhibited a number of
the pamphlets and gave the cost of
printing and distributing them, but
referred directly to but few because
of the time he had to devote to the
Acorn McKaughn
Announces For
Justice of Peace
In the announcement column this
week will be found the name of
Francis (Acorn) McKaughn as a
candidate for justice of the peace of
precinct No. 1.
In making his announcement Mr.
McKaughn said: "I have been rear-
ed in Coleman county and was edu-
cated in Coleman schools, finishing
in Coleman high school with the
class of 1928. I am asking for the
office, not because I cannot make a
living otherwise, but because I be-
lieve It is a stepping stone to the
study of law. It is my aim to dO
the right thing as far as possible
and try to be fair to each and ev-
ery person with whom I might have
any dealings. I assure each voter,
that if elected. I will devote all my
time to the office and transact all
Coleman countv voters at the court | business promptly. If you care to
house in this city at 2:30 Saturday <*•“«» the P°IlcV of the past and
(Continued on Page 3—Sec. 1J
put in a new young man I will ap-
preciate your vote and Influence.”
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Williamson, J. T. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 16, 1932, newspaper, June 16, 1932; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth747645/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.