Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1928 Page: 4 of 16
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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1928.
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Sincere Greetings
to Our Customers
and Friends
MAY THE NEW YEAR BE
VERY HAPPY ONE .
FOR YOU
Penney s Jewelry Store
“The Friendliest Little Store in Coleman"
VOCALS
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From a Tree, $140.
Lem
1 Abilene News)
Creswell, a farmer in the!
Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Curl are in
Coleman for a Christmas visit With
relatives and friends. Mr. Curl, for-
merly with oil companies, is now
with the city of Carlsbad, N. M.,
as an engineer and is doing some
good work.
Mrs. A C. Wright and daughter
returned Monday from Oklahoma,
where they visited relatives and
friends. The old man had the
Christmas tree decorated and light-
ed arid the little lady was well
pleased.
Garland Woodward of Big Spring
passed through Coleman last Sat-
urday morning enroute to Brown-
wood to attend the banquet given
his lather, Judge J O. Woodward,
by the bar association of the 35th
Judicial District.
The Democrat-Voice force has a
| Christmas greeting card from Mrs
Mary E. McMahan of Woodland
i Farm. Mrs. McMahan knows the
force at the office and her Christ-
mas wishes are looked forward tc
With the same pleasant anticipation
that her weekly letters are received,
B A. Pessels says he doesn’t know
which was the most interesting
sight -him lost in the woods with-
out a compass or Mayor E. P Scar-
borough standing at camp trying to
keep warm with an overcoat that
Mr. and Mrs. Noble Hieronymous
spent last week-end and Christmas
day with friends and Relatives in
Temple.
Joe .Stevens of Emory University
is spending the Christinas holidays
with relatives in Ccleman.
ML and Mrs. Jack Gandy visited
Jas. T. Padgltt is in Coleman from in Ilico during the holidays.
Philadelphia, Pa„ for a Christina — - , ,
visit with his mother and father f':r' anc* Mrs- A- Weaver and
Mr and Mrs. J. Tom Padgitt, Tin ! laughter visited Christmas day with
is the young man's last year in the’ f,lr- aiK* Mrs- W. P. Hinds.
Wharton School of Finance and
Commerce. University of Pennsyl-;
vania, and he will take up his res
idence in Coleman next July, __
xr « ,,n„n„ ~ State Representative A. L. Pearce
N. A. Jameson was i Coleman returned yesterday afternoon from
Saturday and ordeied us to atop' nin.sUrms visit with his son and
Mr. and Mrs. L„ B. Creatli vis-
' j Ited during the holidays with Mr.
’ and Mrs. R. S. Wysoman of Hico.
daughter in Sterling City.
running his "oats for sale advertise-
ment." He has disposed of over i___
Mr. and Mrs. MarshaU McCrea
^ ^ Cisco spent their Christmas va-
crop to sell on the spring market. rati011 in Coleman, guests of Mrs.
Mrs. D. C, Snodgrass and Mr. and 1 McCrea’s father and mother, Mr.
Mrs Walter Snodgrass and children !
| be admitted. On the banks of the
j river, for instance, stands a*pecan
tree from which he has gattiered
, , . , 600 pounds of nuts this year. They, ,
souiiiem section of Coleman county. \ arf, superT0r >>0C81., and Mr ores-' hit him half way between the knee
i i.of the opinion that his Colorado j Veil has soid $i4o‘ worth from that ! und the hip.
rrier bbttom land is worth more to i0np trec sfason. In. mi lu,j Jarlcv)_ and dall_h.
him man the rest of his land, above; gathered $100.25 worth from it. and ,frM£f "v fcft tastTridav morning
%;Ner „ v . ' , 111 1I12S the vie Id was $74 m 1925! ok “ chriS
Mr. Creswell has good and suf- H ,007 ,r< „ the hit-*- • nri or La'Uon- ORla - lor a Christmas
and 1J.7 la.e Bust got u.e in. ■ .and vl,.lt wlth Mrs jad^n's sister, Mrs.
the tree did not produce but if it,. WlUiam Oross
Will- turn ip a good crop every two! .. - .. '
years it justifies, its existence. • . John W. Pool was confined to his
Think whaf a gpld mine Mr. Ores-1 home last, week wrestling with un-
well would have,, with a hundred' nWnza. He made a “hole in one"
trees like that! As it is. fee has and is again able to be about.
gathered 12,000 pounds of ..pecans!' ----’’
this year. | Charles P. Miller, publicity man-
ager of the chamber of commerce.
fluent reason for his belief, it must1
Too Late to Classify
FOR RENT—Furnished room. 312
San Saba.s Phone W-767*. Mrs. Mil-
ler. 52x
LOST—Two Russian wolf hounds:
one yellow with ring neck: other
rue:
Esterbrook pen points, assorted j spent part of his Christmas Qracj-
blue.' Lost frtm* Morris *Rinchr Bill | in «* one !™'uon * Abilene *“* relat‘ves and
May.
at D.-V. office.
51 tfx friends.
FOR RENT—3 furnished rooms, ojl
north Pecos street, or phone X-488.
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FOR RBJNT— Five-room house with
bath. W. M. Broad. 52p;
□fflMES
FOR SALE -275 bales of sudan hay (
Bud Wheeler, three miles northwest j
of Gouldtousk. 52-2p Presbvierian Church.
FOR SALK-One coop of fine A^~ ! ..»cl Ior lht' senMon'
it an White Leghorns. Will be at j at 7:00 0-d0ck,
Mrs. J W. Mead.
'Ss'sSSfTT”
1 How- many will be present at this.
FOR SALE-One Mammoth Bronze the last service of the year? Come,
turkey tom, price $15. Will be at The Federal Council of Churches
Mead’s Furniture Store Saturday, of Christ in America lias invited aU
M’s J W Mead 52*lxi churches to unite in a Universal
j W eek of Pray" beginning Jan. 6th.
e ministerial asociation of Cole-
man voted to conform to this re-
L.) quest. Look for program in the pa-
per next week.
RiUJtD-Small amount at
~f7v;r)or may have same by
for tliis ad and describing. 1 J.
Newman, Dool, Texas. 52p
>t rrjonsiy.\Th(
by (frying ma
! Robert Cheney, with the Anzac
Petroleum Corporation, enjoyed a
Christmas visit in Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. J Babbington Lewis
visited Mrs. Lewis' parents in
Brownwood during Christmas.
J. R. Adams of Burkett wa
! Christmas shopping in Coleman
I Monday morning.
Dr and Mrs. J. F. Gaines and
; children left last week-end lor a
| Christmas visit with Mrs. Gaines'
| parents and other relatives.
Mr and Mrs. Worth Calunch ot
New Braunlels were Sunday guests
ol Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Henderson Jr.
County Commissioner George
Pauley of Valera was in Coleman
: Monday morning doing his last min
i ute Christmas shopping.
were Coleman visitors Saturday and
Mrs D. C. renewed her subscrip-
tion to the Democrat-Voice for an-
other year.
J. T and Neltc Blair spent Tues-
day and Wednesday in San Angelo
vtsjtlng friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wyatt of
Fort Worth were holiday guests in
the W. E. Fdgerton home on Com-
mercial Avenue. '
Ralph England and Tom Dibrell
of Iraan spent Christmas with home
folks m Coleman.
J. C. Dunn Saturday was exhib-
iting a Christmas card he had re-
ceived from iris son-in-law andj
daughter, Mr and Mrs. Carey Cole-
man. They are located in Iraq.
Turkey: and to pet the card to Cole-
man required 12 annas in stamps.
The card contained photographs of
the relatives.
and Mrs. E. M. Jones. Mr. McCrea
left yesterday for Brownfield and
Mrs. McCrea for Tyler.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dclleney of
Fort Worth have been spending
Christmas holidays with Coleman
relatives. Fikun here they will go
to Abilene to install a new telephone
switchboard.
M'ss Irene Henderson, teacher in
th - public schools of San Antonio,
ha been spending Christmas in
Coleman with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs J. F. Henderson Sr., and other
Coleman relatives and friends.
Maurice Barnes of Galveston has
bmi spending' his Christmas with
relatives here and at Santa Anna.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie B. HOwell
verified Mrs. Howell’s relatives in
Santa,Anna during the Christinas
holidays-. - v
Mr. cud Mrs. Clyde Dingus spent
Christmas day in Comanche visit-
ng-Mr. Dingus’ relatives and friends.
Miss Minnie and Benjamin Ro-
bey. students in State University.
Austin, arrived in Coleman Satur-
day night for a Christmas visit! Mrs. J B. Atkinson is in Cuero
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. or a Christmas visit with relatives
B. F. Robey. They will return to | nd friends. -•
their studies Jan. 3. Horace, who — - -
is m San Antonio, was nqt able
io get here for the Yuletide,
Mrs T. A. Burns of Burkett was
a last minute shopper in Coleman
Monday morning.
A O. Beach is in Mineral Wells
for the benefit of his health.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Sheffield of
Ban Angelo were Christmas guests
of Mr*. Sheffield's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Rogers.
Miss Curtis Purcell of Sail An-
tonio arrived Sunday from San An-
tonio to spend the Christmas holi-
days.: ’ .,*!,;],
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Orr spent
last week-end with Mrs. Orr’s sister.
Mrs. Earl Wlrittiker ol Colorado,
VV. E. Edgerton and W. G. Tay-
lor were Abilene visitors yesterday.
Aubrey and Kenneth Manning,
v.ho are with the Burton-Lingo
Lumber Company at Coahoma, Tcx-
spent the week-end arid Christ-
mas-day with their parents, Mr.
;.:id Mrs. Edgar Manning.
Read tiro U-V. want ads.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Martin spent
the Christnias holidays with rela-
tives in Dallas and Bridgeport.
J. H. Nolan and W. A. Miller left
yesterday for the Menard section
to attend to business a little bit
and hunt turkeys a great deal.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Welch spent
Christmas day in Santa Anna vis-
iting Mr. Welch's relatives.
Ben Rogers of the Shell Petro-
leum Corporation has been spend-
ing his Christmas hunting and vis-
iting Mrs. Rogers’ relatives in Fort
Worth,
Barclay Hollingsworth and wife
arrived in Coleman Saturday eve-
ning for a Christmas visit in the
R. G. Hollingsworth home on Live
Oak street.
G. A. Rush of Lubbock is spend-
ing his Christmas holidays with his
daughter, Mrs. Sim O’Neal in the
O’Neal home on Walnut street.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo V. Cook and
baby left yesterday morning for
Colorado, Texas, for a Christmas
visit with Mr. Cook’s relatives and
friends.
Ike Bowen, student of business
administration at Texas University,
Austin, arrived Saturday night to
spend the Christmas holidays with
his father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs, R, I, Bowen on Pecan street.
The writer last w'eek-end enjoyed
a Christmas letter from Dr. L. P.
Allison, Brownwood, who has just
returned from New York, where he
visited Mrs. Allison and Miss Mary,
who are taking special iastructions
in music in the metropolis. Dr. Al-
lison witnessed, some major surgi-
cal operations in the big hospital he
visited and was glad to return to
his native haunts. He was- former-
ly surgeon in. charge of the Overall
Hospital in this city and has -many
friends in Coleman county.
Will Galloway was in Coleman
from Glen Cove Saturday doing-his
last minute Christmas shopping and
completing arrangements for a final
deer hunt.
J. C. Smith, C. G. Maddox and
Lem Creswell returned last week-
end from a deer hunt in south Tex-
as. Their sojourn was cut short on
account of tlio forced return of Mr.
Smith to his duties at the Central
State Bank after Hays Hemphill
was hurt 011 the ranch.
County Commissioner J. S. Gil-
more of Santa Anna was a Cole-
man visitor Monday.
J. C. Alexander of Stephcnvillc
is visiting in Coieman.
Sarah Rebecca Brown, student in
Simmons University, Abilene, Is
spending the Christmas holidays
With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Browi|.
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“Hello
1929!”
Wilh the dawning of 1929 comes a Glad New Day,
filled with hope and the promise of good things.
Let us each and every one determine to do our best
to make 1929 a good year—one that will not only count
for ourselves, individually, but also in the advance-
ment and prosperity of this section. This may be ac-
complished through united effort andVunderstanding.
With every earnest wish for your imisperity in the
New Year.
First National Bank
Coleman, Texas.
Abilene Morning News
CITY DELIVERY BY 8 A. M.
R. P. RICHARDS
at Fords Drug Store
Mr and Mrs. Otis DriskiU and
family of Ranger spent C rfelmsy
with Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bviqg^g
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Orr spent
Christmas day with friends and rel-
atives in Rising Star.
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WE WISH YOU A
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
NEW. YEAR :
And for the nice business given us the past few
j | months since we opened our store here.
I WE THANK YOU
Miss Loma Groom of Simon is
spending the Christmas vara' on
with Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Le ns- S'
ter. if
Jimmie Malone of Stamford hanij^f
returned to Coleman to spend the! |g
holidays. J-j
Mrs. T. C. Stinson of Glen tv-vej
is spending the Christmas holidays!
with her parents, Mr. and Mi -T. i'J|
B. Slayton.
Lessie Mae Reily, student ofr*T. |l
C. U., is, in Coleman vtsiting duviug jjj
: the Christmas vacation. UE
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:' Caskey and J. B. Livingston of
:; Abilene were in Coleman chirm the
■! holidays.
: Henry Hardin is sp< tiding the hi-1
: idavs in Ran Angelo.
Mr. and Mrs. John Alton spei-t
the week-end and Christmas vii-i
friends and relatives in Huso.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ferries vi -
I ited with relatives in Baffingtf
Christmas day.
Rev. and . Mrs. Syris Sewell i f
j Abilene are visiting with friends an f
I relatives in Coleman.
£ i
We assure you that during 1929 we will he found
working earnestly to better our service to our pa-
trons.
Selling Quality Merchandise for Less
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HANDELMAN’S
Corner Commercial Ave and Pecan St.
Coleman, I exas.
1928
We thank you for jour
favors of the past.
We solicit your patron-
age in the future.
We wish you joy now
and forever more.
Harbour s
Jewelry Store
1929
With our Resolutions to Better our Service To Our Patrons.
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FOR THE BUSINESS OF 1928
We thank each and everyone of you and because of the many
new friends we have made we are very proud.
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DURING OUR TWENTY YEARS IN
COLEMAN
We have always tried to keep abreast of the tiroes and have
grown as our city has grown—may 1929 find us just a little ahead
of the times in service to you.
We hope we may have the pleasure of serving you
during 1929 and many years to come.
K
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Williamson, J. T. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1928, newspaper, December 27, 1928; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748433/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.