The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1922 Page: 3 of 8
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JAY SALE!
March 20-21
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$2,500 Offered for
Men Who Whipped and
Tarred Slaton Priest
Dallas, Texas, March 10, 1922.—
Twenty-five hundred dollars was de-
posited Friday in the American Ex-
change National Bank of Dallas as a
reward offered “to any person or per-
sons who shall secure the arrest and
conviction in a District Court of the
persons or any one or more of them
who participated in the brutal assault
upon the Rev.' J. M. Kellar at Slaton,
£•***> on Saturday night, March 4,
1922.”
At the same time a statement was
prepared and signed by members of
the Committee for Welfare Council
of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas de-
claring the action is solely for the
purpose of upholding law and «order
and the curbing of any tendencies to-
ward anarchy or contempt for the es-
tablished governmental agencies for
tite maintaining of proper relations
between citizens.
* Victim Tells of Attack.
Suffering little beyond the humili-
ation at the indignity of his treatment
last Saturday at the hands of men who
beat him, the Rev. Dr. J. M. Feller of
the Missionary Parish of Slaton, in
I.T^fwck County, arrived in Dallas
Thursday. He made a written report
to Bishop J. P. Lynch, detailing all
that had happened.
After investigation Bishop Lynch
believes that no Catholic had any hand
Keller and to the sisters of the paro-
chial school in Slaton by the Protes-
tant ministers there.
In his written statement to Bishop
Lynch, Father Keller said that after
haying visited a parishioner, who was
dying at his home in the country, the
priest had dinner and had removed his
coat and shoes, putting on a bath robe
and slippers
He had just sat down when, at about
8:30 o'clock, a knock at the door
aroused him. He thought at once that
someone had come for him to go to
the sinking man. He opened wide the
door and six masked men entered the
room. They grabbed at- him and he
stepped back. One of them, he says,
drew a revolver and fired, more to
frighten him than to hurt, he thought.
He was seized, gagged, blindfolded
and placed in an automobile between
two men, who held him, while two
stood on the running boards and one
sat by the driver. In a roundabout
journey he was taken to where four or
six other masked men awaited them.
The blindfold was then removed, he
said. •
The priest was given severe lashes
and then some tar and some feathers
were applied. He was first asked to
promise to leave Slaton before 5
o’clock in the morning. This he de-
clined to do, declaring it would be im-
possible, and that he must hold the
morning mass in his church. Then he
was told to leave by noon, and that he
agreed to do.
- His slippers having been lost, he
was barefooted, he said, when he was
left standing where the treatment had
been administered. He asked to be
directed homt and was pointed to a
light. He reached his home about an
hour after he had been taken away.
Meantime, his housekeeper had no-
tified the officers and a Marshal, or
Constable, had reached the house
ahead of him. This officer found the
empty shell from the pistol and a hat
believed to have been dropped by one
of the masked men in their haste.
These are held for evidence.
Father Keller denies that he was
ever guilty of any disloyalty or other
wrongdoing, and declares that the
charge of disloyalty must have been
based, if based on anything, upon
some things he said before the United
States entered the World War.
He has, since peace was declared
taken out his first naturalization pa-
pers, having made his declaration be-
fore 1917. He declared that he is
sure the whole transaction came about
“from thoughtless rumors repeated by
idle, rather than malicious, tongues.”
Statement by Bishop.
Bishop Lynch, when asked what
disposition he purposes to make of
the Lubbock County charge, declared
his intention of entering fully into the
matters pertaining to Slaton, partic-
ularly in the light of the notoriety
given the place in the last few days, a
situation that appears very odious to
him.
“Everyone thus far examined is of
the firm conviction that none of the
Rev. Father Keller’s parishoners had
any connection with this masked as-
sault.
“Father Keller is a splendid young
man, about 30 years old, a graduate
of the University of Freiburg, who
came to America about nine years
ago. was ordained and sent into his
first ministerial work in the mission-
ary field of West Texas.
"All his priestly life has been in
tin Diocese of Dallas. He has built
the three churches of Sluton, Colorado
aadjj Littlefield. Under his Bupervis-
*Vt}rthe church at Ilcrinleigh was com-
'pieted and cleared of debt. He built
the rectory and parochial school at
Slaton.
'Before the Slaton charge had
crown to its present importance, in
Jh ^jast seven years, he devoted him
' tfSp the needs of the people in the
sparsely settled district from Asper-
mo*t to the New Mexico line and from
Lubbock, to the Texas and Pacific
Railway.
Your rug* will look tike new, if you
have them washed by Forsyth & Fow-
!cr. _ U-tfx.
li»6e Ruth Hits First 1922 Homer
New Orleans, March 10.—Babe
Ruth, king of swat, arrived here todav
from Hot Springs, Ark-, to join the
Sew York Americans’ spring train-
ing camp.
The first ball pitched to Ruth in
batting practice was knocked over the
cemter field fence which ia 15 feet
high and 486 feet from the plate. K
was the second time In the history of
the park that a ball eVer went over
that spot and Ruth holds both record*.
Auto Thieving on Big
Scale it Uncovered
Ballinger, March 10.—Officers here
today are receiving telegrams from
different Texas cities and towns seek-
ing the recovery of gr information
about stolen automobiles, as the result
of the alleged confession of Rex Lewis
at Belton yesterday which local au-
thorities say uncovered an organized
band of motor car thieves. Lewis im-
plicated about twenty men, officers
say, including Jack Gordon of Ballin-
ger, with whom Lewis is charged with
disposing of stolen property.
In his purported confession Lewis
stated that the gang maintained a
garage in Waco where stolen cars are
taken from all over Texas, the num-
bers are changed and the cars taken
out and sold, officers said. Of four-
teen stolen automobiles sold in this
county in the last three weeks, six
have been recovered, and three return-
ed to owners in Brownwood, Cleburne
and Temple, according to the officers.
Two Men Indicted.
Waco, March 10.—Rex Lewis and
R. A. Wilson were indicted here yes-
terday by the grand jury, charged
with theft. Lewis is alleged to
have made a confession of car thefts
covering several counties, and impli-
cating a number of men in various
towns of Central Texas.
Lewis and Wilson had a small gar-
age here rented at a private residence,
which the officers believe they used to
change the numbers of engines. They
did not have a regular service garage.
Shumate Makes Report.
Brownwood, Texas, March 14.—R.
D. Shumate of the state ranger force
who was recently assigned by the ad-
jutant general of Texas to do special
auto investigation work under Chief
Dectective Gunning of Dallas, arrived
in Brownwood this morning from Bal-
linger where with Detectives Baird
and Schwartz of Dallas and Sheriff
Jim Flint of Runnels county he as-
sisted in roumWng up a large number
of stolen cars and placing several men
under arrest. “One of the men uHer
arrest has talked freely in regard to
the mode and plans by which the auto
thieves carried on their work. Raids
and investigations were made in the
Rowena country, and in the section of
which Winters is the center. Mr.
Shumate is of the opinion that the
gang of auto thieves just rounded up
are only a part of a vast system or
network of auto thievery that reaches
all over the country, und even have a
regular code which they use when
talking to one another over the tele-
phone.
KILL the insects on STOCK and
CHICKENS. We carry eCfcrything
needed for this purpose. Coulson’s
Drug Store. 11 x.
Cutting Off Tail of Cow Saved
a Boy’s Life.
Childress, Texas, March 9.—Joe
Eudy, living eight miles south of
Childress, today reported that doctors
believe his little boy, who h^s been un-
conscious since Monday, when he was
injured in' an unusual manner, will
recover.
The youngster was playing with
a cow, holding her tail, when hist
hand became caught in the hair and
the boy was dragged half a mile be-
fore Mrs. Eudy, chasing the exhausted
animal with a knife, severed the tail.
Remember, the propt-r place to have
prescription filled is where full ex-
tent of science, knowledge and experi-
ence is used and where proper care is
taken in the compounding. That’s at
Bowen’s Drug Store. llx.
This Man is Affected With a
Strange Ailment.
Ferris, Ellis Co,, Texas, March 8.-
Allen Reeves, who lives at Trumbull,
a few miles south of Ferris, has been
afflicted "for about two weeks by a
sickness which has baffled several
physicians in this and adjacent towns.
He was in apparent good health when
he suddenly became sleepy, and after
few days it became difficult to
arouse him. Each day he sleeps most
of the time. A few times he has left
his bed alone and sat in a chuir for
few minutes, but suddenly drops off
to sleep for a long period.
It is believed by physicians that his
nerves have become affected, as hts
sleep is frequently punctuated with
jerking and twitching of the body.
Some of the doctors have given it as
their opinion, thdt a small infection
in the finger poisoned his system to
the extent that the brain and spinal
system absorbed some of, the poison.
He still has a fair appetite and talks
when aroused.
T. W. Galloway of Friona was in
Coleman during the week on business.
He reported the recent snow on the
Texas plains as supplying ample mois-
ture for spring farming operations.
The fall and winter, he said, were dry
on the plains.
USE SLOAN’S TO
WARD. OFF PAIN
T ITTLE aches grow into big pains
J j unless warded off by an applica-
tion of Sloan's., Rheumatism,
neuralgia, stiff joints, lame back won't
fight long against Sloan's Liniment.
For more than forty years Sloan's
Liniment has helped thousands, the
world over. You won't ba an excep-
tion, It certainly docs produce results.
It pmutratea without rubbing. Keep
this old family friend alwayn handy
for instant use. Ask your neighbor.
At all druggist*—35c, 70c, $1.40.
Sloa
Liniment
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.One Faith, One Hope.
To the Democrat-Voice:
“Faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen.” Faith, in the case of Abra-
ham, was that he believed God and it
was counted to him for righteousness.
Faith with us should be, like that
of Abraham, to belieVe with childlike
simplicity what God has promised and
that he will perform it, The one
faith is the faith of-Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob in the gospel which was
preached to them, otherwise styled the
promise (Gal. 3:8); the promises were
that. God had sworn with #h oath that
he would give Abrahanf and his seed
the land of Canaan for an everlasting
inheritance and that “in Abraham and
his seed all nations of the earth would
be blessed.”
As these promises have not been
fulfilled, it follows that their fulmil-
ment lies in the future, for God’s
promises cannot fail. The gospel can-
not be preached unless Christ is
preached and Christ is preached in the
promises in that which says, “that in
thy seed (Christ) shall all the Na-
tions of the earth be blessed.” Now
we are told in Heb. 11:13 that “Abra-
ham, Isaac and Jacob all died in faith,
not having received the promises, but
having seen them afar off, and were
persuaded of them, and confessed that
they were strangers and pilgrims on
the earth.” And in Acts 7:5 it says,
“that Gofl gave Abraham none inheri-
tance in it (Canaan) not so much to
set his foot on.” So that it stands to
reason that Abraham must be raised
from the dead, by Jesus Christ who is
the resurrection and the life, to obtain
his inheritance in the promised land.
When these promises are fulfilled,
the kingdom of God will he establish-
ed on the earth, and will consist of,
first: the whole earth as its territory;
secondly, the restored Jews in Pales-
tine as God’s most favored people;
thirdly, all nations as the subjects of
his dominion; fourthly, Jerusalem
the seat of Government, Jesus Chris
as King, the redeemed saints as the
associates of the 4Cing. The King-
dom will destroy ail the other king-
doms, the curse will be removed from
the earth so that it will yield its in-
crease, blessedness, peace anil pros-
perity will follow till fihally the mor-
tality of man will be wiped put and
death destroyed, that God may be all
in all.
RACHEL RUTHERFORD.
Make your arrangements now to
pay on the first of the month the ac-
counts you are running this month,
Colemun Retail Merchants’ Assn. llx.
Bank
and
New Com Insect Ap-
pears; Threaten Texas
Washington, March 12.—A com-
paratively new corn insect that prom-
ises to become a serious pest has
made its appearance in Southern Tex-
as and New Mexico, according to re-
ports to the United States Department
of Agriculture, It is a boring cater-
pillar, closely related to the larger
cornstalk borer of the South Atlantic
States, and has been identified by the
bureau as “diatraea lineolata walker.”
At least two generations occur annual-
ly in the Big Bend region of Texas,
and the fullgrown caterpillars of the
second generation hibernates in the
corn stubble, underground. During
Fedruary many fields were found in
this region in which 25 per eent of the
corn stubble contained hibernating
caterpillars.
According to representatives of the
bureau who have investigated the sit-
uation ,the distribution is imperfectly
known, but the pest is believed to in-
habit most of Southern New Mexico,
particularly the Pecos River Valley,
and is numerous in Southwestern Tex-
as. Apparently, it is said, this pest
is moving northward from Mexico,
where it was abundant and very inju-
rious last season.
This Species has been known to be
present in Southern New Mexico since
I 1913 am} was studied in a preliminary
way there by a representative of the
bureau in the early spring of 1914.
A HOT WATER BOTTLE IS
.... ............. H HI kjJH| PRETTY CLASSY to warm up cold
sure men, women and children. It! fl'et:. Ever try one ? Fine quality at
Outlaws Short Skirts
Bare Arms.
Newark, N. J., March 10.—Shirt
sleeves, as well as short skirts and
bare arms are prohibited in a rule pro-
mulgated today by the board of direc-
tors of the Fidelity Union and Trust
Company, one of the largest banking
houses in New Jersey.
Beginning April 1,' the rule sets
forth, the 200 girl and women em-
ployes of the institution shall wear
“an ordinary garment over which
must be a loose jumper waist, with
long sleeves, the fronting coming well
around the neck and with skirts reach-
ing to within twelve inches of the
floor.”
On the panic date men will cease to
work in their shirt sleeves and will
don “a coat of some kind with long
sleeves.”
LIFE; you know life is uncertain,
death rate a 100 per cent, then why-
I not let me protect you, and your fam-
ily with one of our policies, we in-
pays to insure,
man, Texas.
Jess R. Pearce, Cole-
Colemun Horse Wins San Angelo Race
San Angelo, March 9.—In the first
horse race in San Angelo of interest
since the 1020 Air, “Red Bird,” owned
l.v F red laylor of Coleman, defeated
“Barney,” belonging to P. L. Fuller,
Snyder banker. The quarter-mile
dash for a stake of $500 a side was
at the fair grounds in 26M> sec-
s. “Boss” McAnnaly of Santa
na rode the winner, while Bruce
Norton mounted “Barney.”
special prices
Store.
'Blue
now «t Bowen's
Drug
llx.
Law” Foes Plan Nation-Wide
Meet At St. Louis.
Washington, March 8.—A national
anti-blue law conference will be held
at St. Louis June 23, 24 and 25, the
Anti-Blue Law league of America,
“Inc., announced today. It is expect-
ed at this conference, it was stated,
to settle the question of whether or
not the people of the United States
want blue laws and interference with
their rights as to the observance of
Sunday.
Looking for Buried
Treasure; Men Digging
Earth Near Coleman
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A story of hidden treasure makes
interesting reading, whether anything
material comes of it or not. About
eighteen years ago a bank was robbed
at Colorado City or some other town
in that vicinity northwest of Coleman,
so the story goes. •
At about the same time, and not
knowing anything-about the bank rob-
bing Zach Dibrell, as a boy on his
father’s ranch two miles northwest of
Coleman, remembers seeing a man
riding across the ranch with his horse
in a lather. He paid but little atten-
tion to the incident, He also remem-
bers finding an old grubbing hoe in a
pool of water on the ranch premises
and thought little of that.
Last a year a man employed on an
adjoining farm to the Dibrell ranch,
which now belongs to J. B. Atkinaon,
was found digging holes in the earth
under the large liveoak trees on Mr.
Atkinson’s premises. After consid-
erable interrogation the man told the
following story: He had met a man in
Oklahoma who, on his deathbed, told
of the bank robbery and of the bury-
ing of $8,000 in gold under a liveoak
tree a short distance northwest of the
town of Coleman; he said he was be-
ing pursued .and, finding an old grub-
bing hcMj_ he buried the treasure, ex-
pecrijurftoVeturn and recover it later,
uniflhat n<\had thrown the old grub-
bing hoe in &pool of water. For rea-
son's best known to the robber, he
failed to recover the buried treasure,
and on his deathbed related the inci-
dent to bosom friends.
The farm-hand who, last year, was
digging on the Alkinson premises,
disappeared, but others are digging
there now; Zach Dibrell among them.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank the people of
Coleman County for their help during
the misfortune which visited us when
our household goods were destroyed
by fire.
Mr. and Mrs, I. F. Cooper
and Children
We have a wagon load of these bargains. In other towns these items are all AoM in a few hours. In one city
the police had to be called to handle the crowd that this sale drew. This is best bargain in Aluminum ever sold in Cole-
man. NO ’PHONE ORDERS OR MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED ON MONDAY.
Gray Mercantile Co
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Hubert, Harry. The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1922, newspaper, March 17, 1922; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth746668/m1/3/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Coleman+County%22: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.