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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN. TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7. 193.1.
Mills Countians New Officers Of Woodward Quits Excellent Work
Delinquents Are Kiwanis To Meet J Board of Pardons Is Being Done
At Dallas Soon
Ordered Pay Tax|
At Cannery Here
Loan Outline Be
Made For Cities
In This County
Lumber-Men, Under
NRA Code, Announce
Hours of Business
Resignation of Judge J. O. Wood-
j ward. IS, Coleman, from the state)
• .. ’ . —TTZ I * — — |board ci pardons was announced to-; •,— - , ,,
Evidence that Mills county per- Rev, R, Matthew Lynn, recently j day i is son scnator Walter c.1 Nice progress is being made at the Cornnuthltles in this coynty will
sons who are delinquent in the pay- j elected, president of the local Ki- j Woodward. Tli', resignation be- • community cannery, located on Pe-; soon have 'tin outline to use In ap-
ment of taxes will have to pay is i wants club, and, W. S. Stephenson.' comes effective January 1 i can street near the Santa Fe sta- plying for loans from the Public
s.en in a paid notice in Tire Gold-I recently elected secretary of the or- j jUiyje woodward, loiipTly district j tion. I Works Administration for water
thwaite Eagle . ganizatkm. are to go to Dallas next | judge of th 33th Judicial District. Some H young women, employed1 works systems
' Sitned by, Henry Taylor, district; Monday to attend a district meeting I was appointed bv Former Governor j by the Oivll Works Administration, j Senator Waiter C. Woodward is
27th Judicial DU- j 0f new officers of Kiwanis clubs in nr;- Moody to the position on the | are busily engaged In canning beev-; studying the plans of the PWA and
ff, Texas and Oklahoma, it was an- j pardon board and served as chair-1 es being brought in bv local, farm- and from those plans will formu-
nounced at a meeting of the local man for tome tirrr • ; ers and ranchmen. ] late tire needed outline,
club at the First Baptist church j H; recignation has been accepted j Persons furnishing beeves are giv-i Valora, JRockwood. Shield
educational building Tuesday noon. | by Governor F.etguson who thank- on half of the canned meat wh le
, . A vfplin duet, some readings and led the judge for the services he has! the other half Is retained by the
uc.Qr s oilu ta and pa> the sanit j ^ numbers urpro pninvpH h\’ tho I ■ vpfi thr> st<n#» ! nivii Works Administration. The
attorney ol the
trict of Texas, the notice said:
nil delinquent tax payers of the
state and county taxes tor the years
1885 including 1933: You are hereby
warned to call at the county col-
without delay. This notice is one of
three notices of similar import that
will appear in. all newspapers of gen-
eral circulation in this county. These
taxes, if not paid in thirty < 30 * days
from date of the last publication
hereof, will be sued upon in th? Dis-
trict Court and attorney’s fees and
other court costs and penalties ad-
ded. Pay now if you want to avoid
these costs."
lin duct numbers. Pauline Park- | r-< r-» . i
and Alan Robertson entertained j p OllTl^T '\PSlC10nt
Civil
latter furnishes seasoning and the
cans.
During the first day and half of
operation the cannery canned 540
j solo numbers were enjoyed bv the | rendered the state.
Kiwanians riwtheir Tuesday meet-’ Tire veteran judge and pioneer of
ing. i tin.- -ivTion has bicn in ill health
Misses • Francis and Sarah Lou jfo: over a month.
Stevens pleasingly entertained with ,
violin duct numbers. Pauline Park-1 t-1 n • l cams of beef. There were nine
: beeves brought in to be canned and
] employees are busy at work this
sem. Ji . sang, j TY/wc A week completing their tasks.
Dr. H. A. Robertson was a club! L/lt-S (JI fllLclCK -—
I guest.
and
Gouldbuek have entered preliminary
applications for loans. The pro-
posed outline will be of much bene-
fit to those communities.
with readings amf'Curtis Van Dal-
Mrs. Mitchell of
Santa Anna Deac
UNIVERSAL BIBU; SUNDAY
Brother of Former j FireWOrk$ RllleS
Pastor of Baptist
Church Here Dies
Mr*. W. B. Mitchell about 78. long
I time resident of Santa Anna, died
| Tuesday night at her home in Santa
AUSTIN, December 7—Governor j Anna following an illness of several
Miriam A Ferguson commends to j days duration.
j Nqbia Brown of Burkett, fell dead a I ** Ch“ * TE1[as>he Fune,'al servicfs are t0 heW
i uae.-t „„ „ ancf on next Sunday, December 10, at FloresvUle Texas, this afternoon
of Universal Bible Sunday. iwith Rev. A. A. Carter, pastor of
Lester Brown. 907 North Buchan-
1 an Street, Amarillo, son of Mrs.
I
Many of his Coieman. friends will j There is a law against shooting
sympathize with Rev J J Kellam.. fireworks in the fire limits and that
former pastor of the First Baptist ,faa- ■ will b? enforced strictly during
church, upon learning oi the death -t1P holiday season. Police Carroll,
oi Mr. Kellam s brother. T J Kel- Land said today-
lam- <?«• at Brdnte last Friday mornl The custom of selling fireworks on i
jx -p f ITT | victim; of heart attack, while on a
oe Lniorced riere!'i ,nu,r tnp DTTbpr !, He *as
65 miles west of Amarillo and ten
miles southeast of Glen Rio. Texas. |
ai the time.
Other members of the hunting
party included. I. M. Giles, father-
iii-law of the late Mr. Brown, and
Mr. Giles' two sons, Lloyd and Mor-
Thousands of churches in America j the FloresvUle Methodist church of-
and many abroad wiU stress on 'delating.
Universal Bible Sunday the place . Mrs. W. B. Mitchell; was born
and importance of the Bible in the]October 30, 1855. in Fleming county,
life of church-going Christians an,d Kentucky! She moved to Santa
in the promotion of missionary work, j Anna in 1896 but later moved to
In an advertisement in this edi-
tion of The Democrat-Voice, Cole-
man lumber men explain their
working hours as agreed to under the
NRA- code of'fair competition.
The local lumber yards are to
open at 7:30 a. m. and close at
5:00 p. m . tlie advertisement states.
All local dealers are included.
They cannot make sales before or
after the prescribed hours.
Live Stock Rodv
j
Has 75 Members
Universal Bible Sunday originated; south Texas, returning to Santa
mg- ! downtown sidewalks will also be pro-
Mr. Kellam was for a number of-hibited this year; However, merch-
years director of the Dixie Quartet, ants will be allowed to s-U the fire
an organization that appeared in ' works inside their buildings,
many cities of the north and. east-. A heavy.pepaty is attached to tho
and for. a time was. .active in Chau- violation of the laws'in regard to the
tau'qua wo'rk. • sale and shooting of fireworks in Uye
Two Coleman citizens. Claud Me*!city limits. Mr Land stated.
Clellan and T. J Allen, were memb- ---■»*'—-•—
ers of the famed quartet and Mr. which closed last week might be,
Allen later was with the same Chau- ; known as thtoe-B session, having! previously,
tauqua company with Mr Keilahv parsed, liberal measuresIP regarding Funeral
Funeral services were held for the bter. betting and boxing And it
late Mr, Kellam Saturday morning might also be termed the -four-E
a' Bronte. He had been- ill for ion b>
some time. Rev. J J Kellam., s meghhigi the male specie of the cow.
now a resident of Dallas. ; —Honey Grove Sienal-Citizen.
about fifteen years ago and is dir-;Anna about ten years ago.
ected by the American Bible Society
■v)." !::r Mr. Brown and Morris an interdenominational and inter-
G.i- were climbing a steep moun- national organization circulating the
j Jam when the former was stricken, j Scriptures annually in 200 languages
He irad lived at Amarillo for the and in more than forty countries.
1 13 year.- and.had been employ- -- —
I ed by the International Harvester
i company for the yast 11 years. He
j fcrmerly resided in this county.
He had suffered minor attacks
Membership in the Coleman Coun-
ty Lflic Stock Association, a pro-
tecjfffit- organization against cattle
thirds has increased to 75. J. Tom
gitt. secretary, said today.
Any person in the county who
owns- cattl? is eligible for memb-
ership and may join by seeing Char-
les W. Hemphill at the First Cole-
man National bank.
Prospective members are asked to
sign membership blankks arid give
Mr. Hemphill their brands.
An efiort is to be made to close
the membership on December 15.
=5=
Modern Woodmen
Elects Officials
For Coming Year
Modern Woodmen of America
lodge here has a new official family
today.
The new officers were elected at
a meeting held Monday night at
the Woodmen hall.
Officers include: Wesley.W. Wil-
liams, counsel; George Hanke, past
council; Glen Elkins, advisor; Carl
Elder, banker; Lee Griffin, escort;
T. V. Langston, watchman; filbert
Gatlin, sentry Ralph Stubblefield,
chief forrester; and Dr. J. M. Nich-
ols ‘and Dr. M. C. Barnes, exam-
ining physicians. '
Vernon Sewell Is secretary of the
organization.
Gilliland Gets
Shaw’s Approval
As Loan Lawyer
SINGING CONVENTION
AT GI.EN COVE SUNDAY
RAE-ECHO H. D. CLUB
She was a member of the Metho-
dist church, joining that orgnniza-;
tion when only 12 years old, and.
The Rae-Echo home dcmonstia-
tion club met Friday afternoon, Dec.
1, with fifteen members and three
visitors, Mrs. H. B. Wilson. Mrs. W.
F. Jordon and Miss Florence Dib-
The Tri-County District Singing
Convention will be held at Glen Cove
n?xt Sunday afternoon, beginning at
two o'clock, according to a notice
received in this office from Mrs.
Lum Gray, secretary.
| The convention is interested in
having representative* from Run-
I n:ls, Coleman and Tavlor counties
| according to Mrs. Gray.
I Tlie date of the meeting was
! changed at the last meeting, held
| at New Central, to the second Sun-
day in each month.
A cordial invitation Is extended to
everyone to attend. 1
V. Rawlins Gilliland, deputy coun-
ty clerk and local attorney, has
been confirmed as attorney for the
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation In
Coleman county, it was- announced
today.
Mr. Gilliland's appointment was
mnde several days ago by Congress-
man Thomas . L. Blanton, Abilene,
and later confirmed by James H.
Shaw-, state manager of the cor-
poration.
He suceessds E. M.-»Ciitz, res|pt* *
ed, Mr. Gilliland already lias ntv^‘
gun his new duties.
Court of Honoi
Scheduled Here
Court of Honor for outstanding
Boy Scouts of the city is scheduled
for 7:30 p. m. Friday night at the
county court house.
Troop 14 is to hike out into the
country a few miles Friday after-
noon but will return for the cere-
monies and then go to their camp
for the night.
The scouts are anxious to assist
in collection of toys here for needy
children. Roger Gideon and Monroe
Cheney. Jr., are leaders in the work
and will call ior the toys when re-
quested. t
Tire public is invited;
was a charter member of the Santa
Anna chapter of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include: J. E. Garner,
Tell, present.
Mrs. Raymond McElrath, retir- j
ing president of the club. • who • is ;
services were ’ held at
Amarillo Monday morning with Rev.
J. B. Horton, pastor of the Pierce
Baptist church, officiating. Inter-
ment whs made at the Llano ceme-
. tery. Amarillo. Co-workers
pall bearers.
T. tuple, and J. F. Gardner. Val- j jo*n‘ng the Independent club, was j
entine, botli by a former marriage; elected an honorary member of the ;
and W. I. Mitchell and Miss Inez Rae-Echo club for life.
JAMES
Funeral services lor Mrs. Martha
Alice James. 71. were held last
, Thursday with Re\. P. F. Squyres.
VU1P pastor of the First BaptLst church.
|Mitchell, both of Santa Anna, Mrs ! Miss Oertrude Brent, county home
|J. R'. Kirkk pa trick of Sinton. and I demonstration agent, gave a demon-
Mrs, J. S. McKenzie of FloresvUle; I stration on making cookies,
and sewn grand-children. One son,, At the nexa meeting of the club.
1 1
THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE’S
CHRISTMAS OFFER RATE IS
S' ................ lus Mrs'i A native Texan, Mrs James was
B; .ui and two daughters. |wrn June ig62. Slye had resided
LUo L-v. 8. r.nd Marlene, one; his L, this ,county for the past flght
mo:hf: Mr Nobia Brown. Burkett; ,vears ghe die<i Wednesdav at the
four brothers. A: E. Lawrence. ‘ and I home' of
Clyde Brown,, Burkett, and “
dehtli. . I the home of Mrs. Harry Dibrell, the
Funeral arrangements were made;club will exchange gifts,
by Mead morticians. --
J. E. STEVENS CO.
MORTICIANS
.aiM b:u.
Theatre Gossip
$5.95
Daily £ Sunday
ONF YEAH
Regular Rate
RY MAIL ONLY
In Texah. Arlsan-
six Months
.•Dm]
On!'
$3.00
$2.25
$4.50
Daily Only
One Year
Regular- ItatT Sfi.OM
. her daughter. Mrs. E. R.
®ert {Stephens. 512 West Second street.
Brown. Cross Plains; three sisters, shr wfts a member of the Baptist
Mrs . Eula. Hunter, Mrs. Mae Beav- church
p: and M. s Marie Brown. Burkett. six daughters survive. They are:
H. mojn-T was injured in an au- Mrs. J. W Pruitt. Breckenridge. Mrs.
tomdbilo act-dent while the family Myrtle Utley. High Rolls. New M?x-
w.is enronte to Amarillo to attend . Jco. Mrs. H. N. Alexander. DeLeon,
Inner;-; Sl)« remains in ser- Mrs. L. J. Phelps. Arlington, Mrs. G-
ious condition in an Abilene hos- p. Luitliy. Tahoka. and Mrs. E. R.
pita! w here she was taken following Stephens, Coleman.
MATINEE FOR GOLD DIGGERS!
OF 1933: WOMEN WILL -
LIKE FIGHT FILM
Harvey Watts Of
Valera Honored
flood .Only Until December 2-')th. 1933
the accident.
THE DAILY CHRONICLE
INDEPENDENT H. D. CLUB
Complete Market and Financial Deport*
‘N.ne Leased, New* Gathering Wires Numerous Feat
Tiiiu !v Pi's .ograph.-; a:, p. Page of the Best Comics
THE SUNDAY CHRONICLE
The Indepchdeht H D. club met
Monday afternoon at the home of
B 1 Dunn with eleven memb-
er'- and :.vp vi :tor.->. Mesdames Dick
. I W:!lie Henderson. Nan P
Ayr- Raymond McElrath and Miss
Jana Louis; Byers, present.
Pall bearers included: R. B. Wil-
liams, T. D. Strickland, Everett Clif-
ford, Carl Elder, Oscar Ward and j
John Simms.
Funeral arrangements were made
by J. E. Stevens company.
Howell Calendar
Fri-Sat: "Beauty For Sale.”
Sun-Mon-Tues: “The Prizefighter
and The Lady;"
Wed-Thurs-'Fri: "Gold Diggers of
1933."
Dixie Calendar
Fri-Sat: "Fiddlin' Buckaroo."
Wed-Thurs: "I Loved A Woman."
An Oklahoma newspaper reports
One of the Howell pictures for the
coming week will have an especial
appeal for women while another
likely will be more attractive to the
opposite sex.
“The Prizefighter and Tlie Lady"
GEORGETOWN, Dec: 7—Harvey
Watts, Valera, Texas, was recently
initiated into the Scholarship So-
ciety of Southwestern University,
This is the highest scholarship hon-
or which can be given a student in j
the university, as it is necessary for ;
the student to rank among the top j
ten in the junior or senior classes |
before election to the society. ‘ j
Assuming all responsibility of
necessary details, performing
an experienced and economical
service.
PHONES
Day 21
Night 1.92 or 170
strawberries measuring five tp five i is the thriller for the women folks
and one-half inches around. How ’and will be shown Sunday, Monday
many States does that make in the | an<f Tuesday. ‘‘Gold Diggers
up-to-the-minute news
ght pages of the most
many -pictal ..feature}
ifopular comics and a;
_______________________ _ ____ and Tuesday. "Gold Diggers of
v ' L Sno-'-ra-s read an es 1 1161 that have ratified the 11933.' a musical comedy, will be the
v'on Thanks .n ine and Miss Oer- re|,eal ^endnmt? - Clarksville-' appeal picture for the men of this
. cookie demon-! Tiraps' lRrea B<Hh Bre sa,d t0 b? «ccllent'
Tt
>r P.>( RI«E TOjjJAY .
Local Chronicle Agent. Postmarier. V
afiey or Mail Dyrecf dation- D< ;>t,
fob Chronicle,. Hoitston. 'Texas
W ben Ar.-overinj This Ad gl?a*e Nlciiiiim This paper
rude Br<
(ration.
In the
HOi
eived the
The hos
leshment
turkey
red Mr.
prize.
less served a delicious re-!
t’al.e of sandwiches, cook- 1
iffee Plate favors were j
_ ;The latter is to be .shown Wednes-
Post mortem examination by hay, ■ Thursday and Friday after-
Smithsonian scientists reveals a I and nights. Matinees will be-
Lira t
shooting contest
A ‘ ' baby gorilla's brain weighed about a |Pn at two P- m
liurd of the average human brain. -
Can it be that the gorilla is slip- In the meantime there are to be
ping?—Mexia Daily News. shown some excellent pictures at
! the two local movie houses. "Beauty
r'
JeBk,*oo> bSHSS
■ si»«4f» ,£mSL
Ls
Th
will
y" No sooner is an office holder
mei tii.; December 8 sworn in than folks commence to-
ll Mr Get i ge Hanke. I cuss him out—Stamford Leader.
ead’s Fall and Christmas
SPECIALS
for Sale," a picture filmed to please
every kind of appetite for enter-
tainment. comes to tlie Howell Fri-
day and Saturday of this week. It
packs a human, dramatic punch as
well as racy, swift comedy. Phillips
Holmes. Una Merkel, May Robson
and Florine McKinney have the
leading parts.
Max Baer and Primo Camera,
two of the best in the pugilistic
world, .are teamed 'with Mynra Loy
in the thriller for the woman theatre
fans. Baer is a handsome, tall, lithe
hero type. It is said to be a great
love story as well as a great fight
story in which racketeers take an
important part. Included in the case
are: Jack Dempsey and Walter
Huston.
We were fortunate in securring about the best lot of
storage goods this week and are now ready for you to
visit us. We believe every item is reasonably priced:
Good merchandise and guaranteed. Remember we
trade for most every thing in the household line.
On all sides Is heard praise of
"Goid Diggers ol 1933." musical film
coming to the Howell Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of next week.
It Is supposed to be better than
"42nd Street." Included in the cast
arc: Warren William, Joan Blondell,
j Ruby Keeler. Ginger Rogers, Dick
Powell and Aline McMahon besides
200 gorgeous dancing beauties.
Mead’s Furniture
Ken Maynard, tail Texas cowboy-
actor, comes to the Dixie Friday and
Saturday in "Fiddlin’ Buckaroo." In
Che picture lie is a government of-
ficer masking as a bandit to thwart
his evil companions and rescue a
kidnapped heiress.
V
and Undertaking
"I Loved A Woman" brings Edw.
G. Robinson and Kay Francis to-
gether as lovers for the first time.
Competition in the business world
I between the two adds interest to
ithe plot. Genevieve Tobin has a
i leading part in the film '
j ____' 'Li ~
Coleman, Texas
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B. A.PESSELS
Insurance ol all Kind*
Orer First Coleman National
Phone lit
TERRIBLE ! YES_
SO WHY TAKE CHANCES
WHEN YOU CAN GET
BLOW OUT PROTECTION
FREE
THIS TIRE IS A LIFE-SAVER!
rOU never can tell when
Y‘
-*■ you’ll have a blow-out
with ordinary tires on your
car. The way to be safe is
to make sure you get the
new Goodrich Sjlvertown,
with the Life-Saver Golden
Ply. Because this amazing
invention makes you 3
times safer by eliminating
the CAUSE of blow-outs
beforehand.
And just imagine —you
don’t pay a single penny
extra for this Golden Ply
protection! thanks to the
Goodrich crusade to save
lives, we can give you this
new Safety Silvertown for
the same price as any
standard tire.
Why take chances? Thai
blister — that blow-out in
the making — may be in
your tires right now. Comt
in today while prices are
still low,
Goodrich
Silvertown
WITH LIFE SAVER COURN PUT
A. G. BEACH SERVICE STATION
Plume 428
ORAN M. CLARK—ANDY ISHAM
CONOCO PRODUCTS
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