Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1931 Page: 4 of 14
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PAGE FOUR
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 21,1931.
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2IOCAJL1S
Yesterday afternoon officers of the
chamber of commerce expressed sat-
isfaction with the progress of the
membership drive started the first
of the week.
I Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Stobaugh an*
Secretary Sim O'Neal of the cham-
---—-" j btr of commerce, returned- Saturday
A deal was consummated in this! Sim O'Neal, Jr., and Lane Hud- from Lubbock, where, they attended
city Saturday afternoon whereby S son returned to Lubbock Monday \ the annual convention of the West
<3ray, Coleman banker, became j after spending the week-end in Cole- Texas Chamber of Commerce.
owner qf the iron fence around the man with Sim’s parents, Mr. and
L. E, Collins home on College Ave- Mrs Sim 0*N?al. Both are students
nue. Mr, Gray will take the fence | In Texas Tech,
up when August weather arrives and
move It to one of his farms at Pres-
THB GREAT AMERICAN HOME.
Gee,ma7v«el AS U<5HT
HEARTED AND CAREFREE
A§ A. SCHOOL-
fCX f
1 S. H. Gray marketed wool in Brady |
| last week sheared from sheep at his
____ Presbytenanville plantation. He re-
Mr: Barclay Hollingsworth and! ceived 17 cents per pound for the
byterianviUe. bab^ were week-end gue^s shipment
of Mrs. Hollingsworths grandmoth- ---
County Farm Agent C. V. Robin- ar, Mrs. B. E. Bradford.
son and Chas. W. Pitts attended a
dairy show in Dublin Thursday of
last week.
Glenn Burgess. Gladys Wilson and
_______ Verna Dixon, enroute to their home
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nofan return- j m Lubbock from the i. L. St C. con-
ed Sunday night from California.! yention in Austin, spent last week-
i where they were called recently on jend with Mrs. E. M. Trimble.
District Attorney C. L. South Is, account of the death of Mrs. Nolan's i ---
attending court in Brady this week, brother. Mrs. J. T. Williamson and child*
■--— i — ~ . ren expect to leave Saturday for
Mrs. Leon L. Shield and children Mr and Mrs. W. E. Stepp and Bis- ^ XaUmi0 and Pieasanton for a
visited oxer the week-end in San Ah- (hop R. C. Chambers attended a pic- relatives
gejo. ture show in Santa Anna Monday, t w “* . '
'PVB1 ll!s- , Mr. and Mbs. W; <S Gillen of Lam-
Miss Anna Mae Woodward visited j pasas former Coleman qitizens, were
oat harvest will not be as heavy as j last week-end in Sen Angelo with; visiting friends and relafives and at-
anticipated. "We have had no rain Miss Ruth Hawkins.
iO three weeks." he said, "and right
now is when a little would do a great
deal of good." Mr, Savage said.
Guy Savage, in Coleman Saturday.
said- that unless more rain falls his.j
i______. ___U.. Bell
j tending to businass in this city Tues-
day night and yesterday morning.
Miss Vivian Saunders returnedjMr Gillen is engaged in the gin.
Friday from a visit in Kerville with i gpocery and market business in the
Mrs F. E Donnelly. Lam|»sas county town and saga he
Ed Bardenweper and Arch Persej - ---- is doing pretty well. It is a great
of Austin are guests of J. S. Hodges Secretary Sim O Neal of the Cole- and egg section. Mr Gillen
this week. man Chamber ol Commerce headed ,.ajd jn seVen buying days recent-
-p— la delegation that went to Stephen-!. he purchased 102 cases of eggs.
Mayor and Mrs Harry Hardy of vlUe this morning to attend-a meet- pr05pecls are good| he savs, for good
Bridgeport, Texas, spent last week- ing of citizens from other towns in-1
J terested in the completion of high-
waly No. 67.
end in Coleman visiting their daugh-
ter. Mrs. L. C. Martin.
The spring term of district court
for Coleman county adjourned Sat-
urday and District Judge E. J. Mil-
ler' and Court Reporter Hiltyer re-
turned to their homes In Brownwood
to visit their families until Monday,
when court opened at Brady.
C. W. Martin and City Engineer
Watson Purcell were business visitors
to Mineral Wells Friday
Postmaster B F. Robey returned
Friday night from Laredo, where he
attended the annual convention of
Texas postmasters.
crops.
Mrs. Kate Jefferson and grand-
------ son. Irving Seelig. Jr . of Houston,
Mr. and Mrs Ivan Coe ol Wichita |arrjved Monday for a visit with Mrs.
Falls were guests ol Mr and Mrs. jcfferson-s daughter, Mrs. Hugh
R. R. Shipman last week-end. -Lewis.
John W. Autrev, state manager Of j Mr and Mw.c.s, Jackson ol
DeVoe Pilin'. Co., visited last week- Dallas arrived Wednesday for a few
end with Mr. and Mr. R. A. Autrey. jdays visit with Mrs. G. P. Roque-
Clarence Tisdale ot Johnson City. jmore' __.
county agent of Blanco county, vis- j Henry Rockwell, manager of the
ited the first of the week with his Rockwell Bros. Lumber Company,
parent :, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tisdale, was a visitor to Dallas last week.
The formal opening of the Laka
Cisco Amusement Company’s swim-
ming pool has been announced for
Saturday and the writer has been
furnished a season ticket for the en-
tire family. It's a long way to go . Mrs. Henderson s
for a bath, but the pool is one of the j nne Scott,
biggest and best in this section of
Texas.
Mr and Mrs. Leslie Sewell, enroute Several good used grain binders,
I to Dallas from their home in Odes- j priced for quick sale. Poweil-Cav-
sa. visited in Coieman Monday night anagh Truck and Tractor Co., Cole-
Mr. and' Mrs. Sewell will visit ir, man and Santa Anna, Texas 21x.
Digtla: with Mr. Sewells mother ----— D . .
Jl: J M. Sewell. ' *nd ^ 8 R' H*‘e
Mr. and Mrs. S, R. Hale
daughter. Miss Luclle, have return-
Fave Bishop and Cleone Render- ed from a lengthy sojourn In La Fer-
son visited Sunday in Abilene with j ia. Texas. This office never did re-
sister. Miss No- eeive the shipment of fish Mr. Haje
I promised he would send when he
I left for the coast country.
Eritt Wetherman of Rising Slav
visited last week-cmi , in Coleman.
John Saunders and S. J Pieratt
yesterday morning were exhibiting
oat stalks in Coleman that had been
stripped of grain by a small worm
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gribble, who I guest of Bob- Buckingham.
live on a farm seveh miles south of 1 ., , „ “rrT: . . , ,
might hold honey, and there is some ! Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hinds and Indian creek and Mr. Sanuders said
in it, but it would be a poor contain- I family of Cross Plains visited with that barley In close proximity to the
er for water and other liquids, if j relatives-^ Coleman Saturday night oat fields has not been disturbed,
any. {and Sunday So far the damage is scattered, but
W. J. Carden,
of the oil and
Texas railroad
Stephen ville
attending a mei
deputy supervisor
division of the
Isslon, is in
with Sim O’Neal
lg of Highway 07
Association, interested in estate and
national highwrtjf f«nn Texarkana
to Presidio. T:
-Uk-
M. If. Crockett of Austin has been
in Coleman this week attending to
business affairs and visiting friends.
unless an immediate poisoning cam- Mrs. H. D. McDonald and son of
puign is started depredation will i Monroe, La,, are visiting Mrs. C. M.
spread A poison receipt furnished I Jenkins.
by County Farm Agent.C. V. Robin- Mf ^ Mrs~cjaade Vaughn re.
turned the first of the week from
son will be found elsewhere in this
issue of, the paper-
Mr. and Mrs. V. Rawlins Gilliland
have been in Vernon this week pre-
paring to move back to Colenuui to
make their future home. Mr. Oil-
Uland, former county attorney qf
Coleman county, wijt engage ip the
private practice of law, \
Dr. and Mrs, S. E. Phillips have
returned from Wapjes, wjiere they
attended the closing exercises of the
Waples school last Thursday, and
Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. Moore,
teachers in the school for the past
two years, and employed tq teach
there next year, returned with Dr,
and Mrs. Phillips for a ten days'
visit before going to Kingsville to at-
a visit in Wichita Falls and Hen-
rietta. Mrs. Vaughn's mother, Mrs.
W. E. Edwards, returned with them
and will visit here several dayi.
Mrs. D. P. Rockmaker has as her,
guest this week. Mrs. M. A. Ruthis
of Wichita Falls.
D. P. Rockmaker returned Mon-
day night- from an extended, trip
through the oil fields of east Texas.
Mrs. Q, P, Allen of Alpine is visi-
ting over the week end with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Hinds.
L. A. Faubion of Talpa, in San An-
gelo yesterday, told a reporter for
the Stafidard-Times. that the deal
tend summer school; Mrs. Moore is j nv wj1ich the Talpa Wool Warehouse
a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Phillips, consigns its wool to Adams and Le-
I land of Boston this year is 15 cents
guaranteed with no "interest.. He
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Fishing at Lake Scarborough, as
well as at other convenient placet,
have been poor the past week or. ten
days, but nimrods cling to the belief
there will be an improvement If
summer ever arrives.
Mr. and Mrs. W, H. Evans of this
city and Mrs. E. J. Duncan and her
daughter, Mrs. R. C. Ricks of Stam-
ford, attended the funeral of their
cousin, Mrs. F. M. Marrs of Steph-
enviile last week-end. The deceased
was the mother of State Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction, S. M. N.
Marts.
The current issue of the Farm and
Ranch says that Mrs. M. F. Poster
of Coleman county has seized time
by the forelock to can 175 contain-
ers of meat and vegetables for her
1931 4-H pantry.
THE
NNOUNCING
APPOINTMENT
OF THE!
DIAMOND SHOP
( oleman. Texas
AS AN
Authorized Virgin Diamond Dealer
Qualified and Selected as a Representative
of this Syndicate Through a Thorough Knowl-
edge of Diamonds .... and an Established
Reputation for Honesty and Square Dealing.
Certified Virgin Diamonds ore genuine dia-
monds, direct from the minds to you, never be-
fore individually owned or worn, and sold only
through authorized dealers ot standard prices.
VIRGIN DIAMOND SYNDICATE
HOLLAND OFFICE: *7 SARPHATtSTRAAT
AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
Mrs- T. J. Clark, in the Overall
Hospital for treatment, has returned
to her home in Silver Valley.
Miss Jewell Baines of Novice will
receive the Bachelor of Arts degree
May 26 at Baylor College for Wom-
en. Miss Margie E. Neal, Austin,
first and only woman in the Texas
senate, will deliver the Baccalau-
reate address. Miss Baines is t lie
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. P,
Baines and for the past two terms
has made the Dean's commendation
list, which is composed of all stu-
dent* who have made not less than
a general average of “B' in every
subject.
Ed. Jayroe of Novice was In San
Angelo Tuesday marketing 2,000
pounds of wool.
Ralph Edens of Talpa was in Cole-
man this morning attending to
business affairs. He and E E.
Evans are preparing to convert their
grocery store in that city into a Red
& White establishment.
Miss Aleene Hamilton, student in
the White Chapel. Texas, school,
winner of the Texas fijterscholastic
League silver loving cup in rural
girls' declamation, was in Coleman
yesterday morning with her trophy,
displaying it fur the benefit of
| friends interested in her .achieve-
ments.
had eight bags of wool with him in
San Angelo, The Talpa man has
a combine with which he will har-
vest his oats, and expects a yield of
from 40 to 50 bushels to the acre,
he told the reporter.
W. E. Jones of Talpa is one of
the few sheep men in that section
who has sqld his wool. He received
either or 18',- cents for it, the
San Angela paper tells us from Tom
Richey of the Central Texas Trading
Company in that city.
Mrs. Barclay Martin has returned
to her home after a few days visit
with relatives and friends in Cole-
Curtis McHoose of this city was
one of the guests of honor Sunday
afternoon when Dean and Mrs. L. L.
Feftwich of Texas Christian, Univer-
sity held open house for the student
officers and council members. Mr.
McHorse served as head: yell leader
for the college this year.
One hundred and forty-nine stud-
ents will receive diplomas from John
Tarlton College at Stephenville this
month. 103 from the college division
and 46 from, the academy division.
Among the number who will receive
diplomas from the college division
will be Miss Beatrice Burrus of Va-
lera.
Local Ladies in
Car Crash Near
Brady Monday
Mrs. Joe McCarty and Miss May
Belle Taylor, enroute from this city
to San Antonio Monday morning,
happened to a near serious accident
ten miles south of Brady when the
Chrysler car in which they were
making the journey collided with
the Chevrolet sedan occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Strickland, fath-
er and mother of W. J. Strickland
and Mrs. Fred Paddleford of this
city, who were enroute to Brady
from their ranch home.
Both cars were badly damaged but
none of the occupants received fatal
injuries. Mr. Strickland sustained a
bad cut under one eye and Mrs.
Strickland less serious injuries. They
proceeded to the Brady hospital for
treatment. Miss Taylor continued
the journey to San Antonio and
Mrs. McCarthy returned to this city.
Neither Miss. Taylor or Mrs. McCar-
IM were badly hurt.
Drilling Report
Filed with W. J. Carden, deputy
supervisor oil and gas. division Tex-
as railroad commission. Gqleman.
Texas.
c. C. Hflrpham. Win. Pollard well
No. 1, Block 5, Pleasant Young Sur.
No. 494. Coleman county; intention
tq. drill.
Arcadia Ref. Co., Fannie L Cross
well. No. 5, Roland Honneycut Sur.
No. 623, Brown county; intention to
plug.
Arcadia Ref. Co., Maggie Melrs
well No. J, S. A, <S» M, C. R R. Co..
Brown county; intention to plug.
£\tanolind Oil and Gas Co., I. Kee-
ney well No. 4. E. N, Eubanks Sur..
Coleman county; Intention to plug-
Anzac Oil Corporation, Mrs. H. J-
Martin et al well No. 1. Wharton
County School Lands survey, Cole-
man county; shut down at 1575 feet.
Arcadia Ref. Co.. Frank Golson
well No. 10, Liaac Harris Sur. No j
164. Coleman county; drilling at 1125
feet.
Bartlett and Dozier. L. D. Rendle-
man well No. 2, Sec. 151, Martinez
Sur.. Coleman county; drilling at
1485 feet.
Brown and Ekholm. Barton, welft
No. l. Sec. 279, W. Farris Survey,
Coleman, county; fishing for tools
and pipe at 1531 feet.
Eastland Oil Co., j. L. Stewardson
well No. 1. H. A. Turner Sur.. Cole-
man county; T. D. 1601 feet: I. P.
Gas 1,902,000 cubic feet, R. P. 540
pounds.
John R. Foster et al. McClure well
No. 1. Josias B. Beale Sur., Coleman
county; drilling by tools at 3180 feet.
F. A. Lane. Mrs. Ora Wagner et al
well No. 1. Isaac Harris No. 164. Sur-
Coleman county; drilling at 815 feet
A. L. Mattocks. W. P. Fletcher well
No. 1. W. N. Farrish Sur! No. 279.
Coleman county; shut down at 1493
waiting on pipe; good show of gas.
McGahhev and Mitchell. Overall1
estate well No. 2, Sec. 10. Block L
G. H. & H. Ry. Coleman county;
shut down at 58 fdtet.
We
Appreciate
—the nice business given
us on our opening day ...
and wish to thank those
who visited our new Tex-
aco Service Station and
invite them t o come
again.
We also wish ,to thank
those who placed, con-
gratulatory ads in last
week’s Democrat-Voice,
we hope each of you suc-
cess.
Come in and; see us.
Phone 806
We do wash ing-greasing-
tire repairing..
H. E. (Hub)
DeUeney
Service Station Ages*
The New Texaco Service
Station
Corner College Ave. and
Concho St.
Coleman, Texas
wV
Deliver
at
C. R. Jeanes
Where
Quality
9 a. m.
and
3 p. m.
Grocery and Market
Phones No. 5 and 275
Rules
The Saji.,Angelo Times this morn-
ing said;, "Albert Livingston of Tal-
pa, one ol the oldest registered De-
laine breeders in the country, is also
a lover of'good dogs. However there
are few wolves for the dogs to run
in that section now. There is a
government? trapper stationed in that
territory today.
W. T. Moore, manager of the local
telephone exchange, was a Dallas
business visitor the first of the week.
A. I, Edwards and L. H. Johnson of
Echo were In Coleman yesterday
morning with a truck load of wool,
about 2.000 pounds, trying to find
out from local sheep men the best
market in this section,
wool from here has been sold at
Brady.
Many farmers this week have
started threshing their oats in an
effort to save the grain from the
army worms that are eating it from
the stalks W. H. JJghtner started
in a field Saturday in an effort to
salvage 40 acres of his oldest crop.
Rev. P, F. Squyres, pastor of tire
First Baptist church in this city, de-
livered the commencement address
at the Bowen school last Thursday
night. Teachers in the school were
J. H. Kellett, Mrs. Terry Smith and
Miss Rosa Lee Lightner.
Miss Elizabeth Gordon of Corn-
wall, New York, arrived in Coleman I
Wednesday night lor a few days!
visit with' Mrs. Evelyn Gordon. Miss)
Gordon will return to her home
Monday. She will be accompanied
by Josephine and Robert Gordon,
children of Mrs. Evelyn Gordon, who
will visit with their grandparents.
Mrs. W. J. Carden. Mrs. Ella Mul-
ker and son, H. T., left this morn-
ing for, Fort Worth, where they will
visit With Missas Flo Ella Carden
and Frances Mulkey, students in T.
W. C. 4
Mrs. Jv Bi Pentecost and daughter,
Miss Weda Pentecost, of Winters and
Mrs. Joe-Tatum of Coleman were
Shopping in Brownwood the first of
the week.
Mrs. Margaret West of Gravett,
Arkansas, arrived in Coleman yes-
terday afternoon fpr an extended
visit: with her brother and sister,
John Western! Mrs. Ruth Jones.
Mrs. West 'is 90 years old, but she
made the trip iroro the Arkansas
town to Coleman alone, whipped
J, W. Golson at the Santa Fe pas-
senger station when she arrived and
wanted to walk alone to homes of
relatives, ,
J. P. Chldwell, county surveyor and
bee man said this morning that
Moat of the [he will sttfrt at once extracting hon-
ey from his, 400 colonies of bees,
probably" 3,<i00 pounds. Mr. Cald-
well has four apairies scattered in
different parts of the county and
in each there are 100 colonies of
bees.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe K. Garner an-
nounce the arrival of a son, Joe E.
Gamer,.Jr., Wednesday.
Friday and Saturday
ORANGES
Full of Juice
Per dozen
12c
BANANAS
Nice Yellow
Ones
Per lb.
4c
LETTUCE
Fresh Firm
Heads
each
5c
SPUDS
New Red Spuds
Number One
Grade
10 lbs.
25c
COFFEE
RICE
Morning Joy
Hrand
3 lbs. Sugar
Free
3 lb. Vacuum
Pack
Per can
99c
Whole Grain
Best Grade
5 lbs.
25c
CRACKERS
”* Supreme
Salad Wafers
2 lb. size
Per box
27c
JOWLS
Fine for
Boiling
Per lb.'
10c
SYRUP
Mississippi
Cane Syrup
Per gallon
57c
FLOUR
Purest Brand
48 lb. size
Per sack
89c
MATCHES
Blue Star
Brand
Six .Boxes
for
13e
GARDEN AND FIELD SEED—See U» Before You Buy
MARKET: Oiy market is supplied with the best beef Coleman County affords—
a trial will convince you of our quality.
See Our Windows hr Other Specials
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Williamson, J. T. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1931, newspaper, May 21, 1931; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748408/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.