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For Coleman and Coleman County
IN THREE SECTIONS
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1929.
NO. 50.
Coleman
pOLEMAN NEEDS to take a liUle
of the advice that is being given
in other cities,, and which is ex-
pressed in the slogan "Park by oth-
ers as you would have them park by
you.” The present season is a very
busy one and one which brings prob-
lems of conjcstion both among the
cars that are in motion on the streets
and the ones that are parked on the
streets Careless parking, as we fre-
quently notice it in Coleman, makes
it impossible for the maximum num-
ber of cars to park along the streets
in the spaces indicated. There
would be enough room for four or
five more cars to park in each
block if more care were taken in
how and where the cars are parked.
If every car parked along the white
markers there would be space for
more cats and there would be Tjo
difficulty in backing out from the
parking place. Don’t run into a
parking space at such an angle that
the car next to you can’t be backed
ouVend don’t run into the middle
of fl big parking space and leave
“almost” enough space on each side
for a car to park. In other words,
“Park by others as you would have
them park by you” and save all the
trouble, Jams, and vexations that
result from parking "just any way."
QVER ON THE editorial page
you’ll find the "courthouse dis-
cusion”; it was a little too long to
make the column this week. We
would be glad to receive signed com-
ments and opinions from our read-
ers Who are sincerely interested in
the matter of remedying in some
way, the shameful dilapidated con-
ditions of our county buildings. The
editor would enjoy publishing the
opinions of others sometimes, rather
than depend constantly on her own
ideas to fill the editorial columns.
I ET US ALL rejoice and be ex-
ceedingly glad! The town has
two Christmas presents which It has
wanted for years, and they have at
last both actually happened at one
time right before our eyes, and no
mistake! One Is the beautiful light-
ing system which will now be used
every year during the Christmas
holiday season and which we can
compare with pride to that of any of
our neighboring cities. The other
thing is also a result of action taken
ttf the city council on something
■Mch has kept dust in our eyes for
fpreng time. The street sweeper
that has served for several years to
scatter the dust in all directions,
covering more than it uncovered, has
been abolished and in its place
comes brooms to be handled in the
early mornings by a group of work-
ers who will sweep in places never
swept before, and who will sweep in
such a way and at such a time that
the dirt will be'deposited in places
other than our faces.
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£VEN THOUGH predictions have
looked pretty dark for the tur-
key market, there are some silver
linings being discovered. One re-
cent opinion is that too much de-
pendence has been placed on sell-
ing the year’s supply for the Thanks-
giving and Christmas market. In
other words, a better distribution
throughout the year would help
prices; there is no reason why tur-
key should be exclusive for these
two festive seasen tables. "There
isn’t any reason why turkeys would
not be served liberally in private
homes, hotels and cafes throughout
the winter months,” says one writer.
"Last year turkeys were very late
and a considerable part of the crop
was sold in January. It may be that
prices will be better this year after
Chrltsmas than during December.”
RjfAXiiE it is safer for Santa Claus
tltt the older people do not be-
lieve in him like the young ones do.
If such were the case, he would last
just about one Christmas, and may-
be not through that one, before
coming to destruction at the hands
of an adoring mob. Lindberg’s pop-
ularity would seem as a miniature
in comparison to that of - Santa
Claus. Even as it is, with only the
small children following him in con-
fidence, he had a narrow escape in
Coleman last week when the hun-
dreds of Coleman children scrambled
and pushed and surrounded him in
such numbers that it was almost Im-
possible for him to get to the ap-
pointed place for distributing gifts.
Surely, he will have to hire extra
planes to carry the gifts to Coleman
at Christmas time if he answers all
those Santa-Claus-glve-mes that the
hundreds of little enthusiasts
screamed at him on his brief ap-
pearance here.
Healthiest
The healthiest girl and boy in the
United States are pictured above.
They are Florence Smock of Lake
coun’y, Fla., and Hare’I Deatline
of Morgan county, Inal, both 17,
who were chosen health champions
at the National 4-H Club Congress
in Chicago.
Fire at Santa Anna
on Sunday Morning
Causes $5,000 Loss
The F. B. Crenshaw home at
Santa Anna was totally destroyed
by fire early Sunday morning, and
several occupants of the house nar-
rowly escaped injury when they
were forced to run through the
flames to safety. Loss, which was
only partially covered by insurance,
was estimated at approximately
$5,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wallace and
the several rootgers occupying the
house were unaware of the danger
until awakened by neighbors short-
ly after 1 o'clock. Within a few
minutes after the alarm sounded the
structure was enveloped in flames
and only a small amount of furni-
ture, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
lace, was saved.
Former Coleman
Man Is Severely
Burned Saturday
John Guthrie, formerly of Cole-
man County, and now in the garage
business at Bredy. was severely
burned1 Saturday afternoon while cn
a hunting expedition in Maso»
County. He was brought to the
Seally Hospital at Santa Anna for
treatment where it is reported that
he Is recovering, though he will be
confined to his bed fer several
weeks.
Guthrie was standing near the
campfire cooking a meal when a
pot of boiling coffee was overturned
badly scalding his feet, legs and the
entire right side of his body.
Sealy Hospital Graduates Make
High Grades on State Exam.
AN UNUSUAL feature of the serv-
ices being conducted at the
Church of Christ by Evangelist Bus-
by 4 this week and next is the noon
i service being held from 12:10
This gives an opportu-
nity to interested business people,
who could never leave their business
at the 11 o'clock hour, to attend the
day services.
TUOW IS THE TIME to-well, you
would never guess it. "Do your
The two nurse graduates of the
Sealy Hospital at Sanla Anna; Mis-
ses Oita Neill and Z. McKlssack,
have received high grades on their
work; before the State Board of
Nurse Examiners. Miss Ieill's grade
was 92 and likely the highest to be
made on this examination: iftiss
McKlssack made 86 on tier work.
The two young ladies are the first
graduates of the Sealy Hospital
School of Nursing and have set high
standards for further graduates of
the school.
Courthouse Wood-
work Being Given
New Coat of Paint
Complete Financial Report
of Citv of Coleman Is Made
Public in This Week’s Issue
Light Plant Shows Increase of 39 i Per Cent in
Revenue Since 1926; Total Indebtedness
of City Is Only $550,039.
Willis Ashley Is
Seriously Injured
at McCamey Well
Willis (Doc) Ashley, tool dresser
on the Jim McCamey well No. 2
Sealy Smith; interests, two and a
•half miles southwest of Valera was
critically Injured when struck by a
joint of pipe at the well shortly after
10 o'clock Wednesday morning. He
was rushed to the Sealy Hospital at
Santa Anna where an X-Ray ex-
amination revealed a double frac-
ture of the pelvis bone, a fractured
shoulder, and possible internal in-
jury.
According to co-workers at the
well, the accident occured when a
joint of casing was being raised
through the derrick t6 be set. Rope
which secured the pipe broke and
Ashley, who was Standing near the
iron “circle” on the derrick floor,
was struck across the hips and
knocked onto the circle, the impact
causing the double fracture. He re-
gained consciousness while en route
to the hospital in an automobile.
Ashley, whose home is at Santa
Anna, is well known throughout the
county as one of the first to enter
drilling operations in this section.
He has been employed as a tool dres-
ser in the various fields for the past
ten years, and has been with the
crew on the McCamey well since
work started in the area near Val-
era.
Three sisters, living in Childress,
Temple and Ft. Worth, were called
to Santa Anna Wednesday afternoon
when Mr. Ashley’s recovery was pro-
nounced doubtful. His wife and
son, Darrell Ashfey, are wtth him at
the hospital.
The Coleman municipal light plant
has enjoyed a 39’2 per cent increase
in revenue from 1926 to 1929, accord-
ing to a financial report of the city
which appears in a page ad of this
issue." The receipts in 1925 were
$55,899.54, and in 1929 they were
$93,975.35. Total earnings in 1929
above the expense of running the
light plant were $51,775.12,
Records In the report go back to-
1920, and at that time the books
showed 3U6 customers, against 1410
for this year. Beg nning in 1920
with a total receipt of on'y $2G,S87
revenues have increased every year
since that time with the exception
of one year—1922 receipts were $2,000
less than they were in 1921. In-
debtedness against the light plant is
only $23,000, including notes on ma-
chinery and $6,000 in bonds.
The water department shows
about the same percentage of g'a n
as the light plant since 1920. The
number of consumers In 1920 were
listed at” 577, while in 1929 the total
had increased to 1,525. The indebt-
edness of the water works depart-
ment is listed at $329 500. Most of
this is represented by bonds sold to
build Lake Scarborough, after the
smaller lake failed to meet the de-
mands of the increased population.
Total property renditions in Cole-
man in 1920 were $2,833,342 as com-
pared with $3,613,912 for 1929.
The total indebtedness of the city
including paving bonds is $550,039,
which is considered small for a city
that has experienced such rapid
growth as Coleman has since 1023.
Lake Scarborough has been built,
and 78 blocks bf pavement have
been laid since 1925.
Lucien White Is
Elected President
of Kiwanis Club
The woodwork on the inside of
the courthouse is being given a new
coat cf paint. Offices are being
done in gray and the hall and stair-
ways are changing from a dirty
brown to a new dark red. Offices
of Judge C. L. South and Superin-
tendent, Maud Laws have been com-
pleted and the painting around the
baseboards in the downstairs hall-
ways Is about done. Mr. Stafford,
keeper of the houses and grounds
is doing the painting, and says that
he will likely go over all of the inside
before slopping in the "good work.”
Christmas shopping early” and “Mail
your Christmas packages early.”
Such Is the annual plea, duty to
ydbrself, your family, your country,
etc. And yon haven’t much longer
to do it in, for it’s only a few more
days until it won’t be early.
At the annual banquet held at the
First Baptist Church on Friday
night, the Kiwanians elected Lu-
cien White as their president for
the year of 1930. Cecil Gray was
elected vice-president; E. C. Edens
was re-elected as treasurer and
Charles Wilson as district .trustee.
The secretary, who is appointed by
the new president, will be announced
later.
New directors ar,e: T. J. Allen, Arch
Harbour, C. H. Hufford, H. II. Jack-
sen, B. D. Kennedy, and C, E. Lan-
caster.
The program consisted of talks
given by C. H. Hufford, retiring
president, who spoke of the work
done by the Kiwanians during the
past year. The Kiwanis Club has
four main objectives which deal with
the underprtvihdged child, good cit-
izenship, business standards, and the
urban and rural relations.
E. C. Edens spoke upon the ideals
of Kiwanians and told the history
of the Kiwanis club. John Pool and
Charles Wilson in a specialty act ex-
hibited their skill at magic. M. K.
Witt spoke on “The Kiwanlan as a
More Serviceable Citizen” and Cecil
Gray on "The More We Get To-
gether." *
The banquet, given for the mem-
bers of the club and their wives, was
one of the delightful social events of
the season and Is looked forward to
each year with much pleasure.
Drops 3 Miles
Billie Brown, above, 24-year-old
office worker of El Monte, Calif., set
a new women’s record for parachute
jumping when she leaped from an
air plane 18,000 feet above ground
recently. She landed 10 miles from
the point above which she Jumped,
receiving only a few minor bruises.
The former record of 8200 feet was
held by a German girl.
Oil Pool South of
Santa Anna Center
Mrs. T. H. Strong
Dies at Her Home
Interest This Week Here This Morning
Crew of 6 Men Are
Employed to Keep
the Streets Clean
Coleman County's most active oil
arc* ! his week is the Joines Stowart-
3on px>l located approximately sev-
en milts south of Santa Anna In the
E. T. R. a Survey 96. There are
now three producing wells in the
poo! making approximately 230 bar-
rels a day. The best one of the
wells Is the Lloyu Oil Corp. No. 1
Bartholomew which has been flow-
ing steadily 140-30 barrels a day
since its completion two weeks ago.
There are five wells drilling in this
area ai this time, two of which are
near.ng the sand and should be com-
pleted within the next 30 days. The
Lloyd Oil Corp. No. 2 Earihabmew
is drilling at 1250 feet, expecting to
pick up the’ .sand around 1400 feet.
Approximately 4000 feet north of
this, Maddox ct al are drilling their
No. 1 Dickson at approximately 1,000
feet.. Three miles north and west
of th" pool Wihnott et al are drill-
ing the.r No. 1 J. K. Baker at a
depth oi 370 feet.
In the Eastland area. Tower &
McKanna have deepened their No.
1 Crowder which came m several
months ago for 7 million feet of gas.
The well has' been deepened to a
total depth of 2020 feet drilling
through toe sand at 2017. This well
is now making about 30 barrels per
day. In the same pool the Permian
Oil Co. r.nd Gibson & Johnson arc
drilling their No. 6 at 1200 feet.-This
well is located immediately south of
their No. 3- Crowder. The Diana
Oil Co. in the same pool Is drilling
their Nos. 2 and 3, Morris. North-
east of‘the pool Broderick and Cal-
vert are drilling on their No. 1 Buck
located in the southeast corner cf
their 50-acre lease.
Approximately two miles west of
the Eastland Pocl Ross et 'al are
Mrs. T. H. Strong, age 71, pioneer
Coleman County woman who
came here in 1877, died suddenly at
her home here at 310 South Concho
Street this morning, Thursday, at
10:30 o’clock. Doctors In attendance
immediately after her death give the
cause as a stroke of apoplexy.
Mrs. Strong is survived by her hus-
band and three children, Tom
Strong of Michigan, Mrs. Frank
Weaver of Waco, and J. R. Strong
of this city. Funeral services will
likely be held tomorrow afternoon,
relatives announce, with Rev. C. E.
Lancaster, pastor of the Baptist
Church, in charge.
Mrs. Strong was born in Parker
County in 1858. She was Miss Dora
Moore before her marriage. Mr.]
Strong came to Coleman in 1876!
but went back to Ellis County and)
was married October 31. 1877."after!
which he and Mrs. Strong return-
ed to Coleman where they have
made their home since that time.
Two years ago last October they
celebrated their golden wedding an-
niversary.
City Bears Entire Expense
of Christmas Lighting for
Ten Main Business Blocks
Coleman Dressed Up as Never Before for Holi-
day Season; City Will Also Decorate Mer-
ely int’s Tree with Colored Lights.
Blanton Enters Race
for Congress. Will
Oppose Lee in 1930
Abilene, Dec. 11.—ThOmas L. Blan-
ton, former congressman from .this
district who voluntarily vacated his
seat last year to run for the United
November Fines in
County Total $ 1000
cated in tire John Wiley survey 720.
The Midland Gasoline Co., which
has been constructing a gasoline
plant iii thus pool for. several weeks,
are now in operation. They have a
four unit plant with a capacity of
from 15 to, 20 thousand gallons per
day. The plant is now running
from 10 to 12 thousand gallons of
gaslAjpcs Snd from three to four mil-
lion feet of gas.
In the Overall area, Atlantic et al
are drilling at 1300 feet in their
.__ (Overall well. In the same pool
The streets of Coleman will be ( Jameson et al are drilling at around
kept clean by a group of sweepers, it i 1800 feet on their No. 1 Hutchens,
was decided at a city council meeting (One mile and a half west of the
Monday night. The sweeper which j Overall pool, Jordan et al No, 1
has been in use heretofore Is consld-1 Overall, located in the center of scc-
ered inadeguate as it throws dirt in- [tion 295, missed the Haas sand and
to the gutters and on the sidewalks ] will perhaps be carried to the Fry
and stirs up a disagreeable amount i horizon. Two miles south of the
drilling approximately at 1,000 feet; ‘ “** “ R. “T
on their No. 1 C. M. Wilkerson, lo- dayS m lwl’ V' ^wlins GlUUand’
The total amount df fines and
costs collected in the county for
the past month of November is ap-
proximately $1,000. The fines were
assessed and collected through the
county court and justice court of
Precinct No. 1. and covered a total
of 47 cases. The fines collected did
not amount to as much last month
as they usually do because of more
than the usual number of offenders
'aying the fine out in jail, or at least
making it smaller by spending a few Congress next year.
In announcing his
county attorney, says. At t;he pres-
ent time there is an offender in jai!
laying out a fine for $87.50.
The 47 cases before the courts in-
cluded 27 cases of swindling with
bogus checks. 10 cases of drunken-
ness, one case, of theft, one case of
THOMAS L. BLANTqjh
States Senate, announced today that
he will seek to regain his seat in
The city will bear the entire ex-
pense of decorating Coleman with
the Christmas lights, according to a
decision made by the city council In
regular meeting Monday night, and
it will also provide for the lighting
of the merchants big Christmas
tree on the courthouse lawn.
The money promised by merchants
last week to pay for sockets and
bulbs will not be. collected, as the
city decided to decorate the entire
business section rather than just give
assistance to the two blocks which
tad, been provided for.
The lights aro now stretched across
ten blocks including four on Com-
mercial, two on Pecan, two on Col-
lege Avenue, one on lave Oak. and
the courthouse block. Over 1.009
lights have been used, and Coleman
is able to greet the season In the
most elaborate attire she has ever
put on. The lights, strung straight
across the streets, form a low canopy
which seems to radiate a Christmas
spirit to .those driving under it.
After the holidays the strings of
lights will be numbered and careful-
ly packed away to be used again next
season when the omy expense to the
(city will be current and labor. The
i city’s work on the decoration has
(been directed by S. R. Hale, city wa-
fer and light superintendent, and la-
bor has also been contributed by
A. W. Luckett and W. T. Moore, rep-
resentatives of the Lions and Ki-
wanis clubs.
candidacy
Elanton said: "I cannot turn down
former constituents who call on me. j
particularly ex-service men who are
in distress and need urgent help.”
Blanton will be opposed by R. Q.
Lee of Cisco, incumbent, who al-
ready has announced his candidacy.
assault, four cases of affray, two (Blanton was first elected tp Con-
Shield and O’Neal
Attend Chamber of
Commerce Meeting
of dust while operating.
The sweepers will use
street
brooms and the Yellow Cab will be
used along with them to take up all
the dirt and trash. Care will be
taken to see that dirt is not left un-
der parked cars, along the sidewalk.
Overall pool. Gutzman and Aldritch
have topped the Haas sand in their
No. 1 Sealy Smi’.h located 66 feet
from the north and east lines of sec-
tion 87. The well is producing ap-
proximately 250,000 cubic feet of
gas at this time with the tools in
cases of using -abusive language, one
case of disturbing the peace, and one
case of the violation of game laws.
There were more swindling cases
than all others put together. The
two cases of abusive language were
women offenders and the four cases
cf affray were directly connected
With these two cases.
City fines for November amounted
to $233.95 which w-as an increase
over October fines which totaled
$181.90. The five days of December
have already brought in city fines
amounting to $66.55.
gress in 1917 from the old sixth dis-
trict,- which since has been made
smaller by the creatica of the sev-
enteenth district In which he now
resides.
Walter C. Woodward, state sena-
tor from Coleman, who has been
mentioned as a possible candidate,
today denied that he would make
the race and said he never had en-
tertained such intentions.
Bov on Pearce Farm
Is Bitten by Mad Cat
or in the gutter. Main streets Wiil the holo.
be swept early in the morning be-
fore traffic starts and work will
continue on other paved streets
throughout the day.
A crew of six men is now being
used cn the work with Joel G. War-
ren in charge; the group will possi-
bly be cut down to about three when
all the streets are thoroughly denn-
ed.
This provision by the city has been
under consideration for some time
and is an answer to a number of
complaints concerning the work of
the old sweeper.
In the Santa Anna area, IluJnall
& Pirtle have made a location on
their No. 1
from the east line and 150 feet
from the north line of the C. Raquet
survey No. 43. This well Is near the
foot cf Eanta Aifna mountain.
Sealy located 1170 feet Austin for treatment
The head of the cat
Eighteen Drunks
Arrested Since
First of Month
W. A. Hamilton Recovering From
Injuries Received Sunday,
W. A. Hamilton, who sustained
several painful injuries while work-
ing on a well in the Eastland Pool
Sunday, is recovering at the Sealy
Hospital in Santa Anna. Mr. Ham-
ilton's left leg Was crushed and the
great blood vessel severed when a
.dunk box fell across the lower part
of his body.
Eighteen drunks have been arrest-
ed and brought before the County
court since the 1st of December;
the majority have raid fines and a
few are out on bonds. This record
is beginning to be unusual as the
number of drunks each month Is
usually far below the swindling by
check offense, and this month so
far there have been only 13 swindling
cases considered. There are usually
more swindling cases each month
than all other cases put together. V.
uawlins Gilliland, County attorney,
says.
Ten drunks who were arrested
Saturday night and placed in jail
paid fines Monday. Constable Rush
Johnigan arrested two drunks Mon-
day to add to the list.
Curtis Richardson Recovers from
Sevc/e Case of Bene Erysipelas.
Curtis Richardson, 13 year old
son of Ocorge Richardson living
about 9 miles south of Coleman In
the Red Bank community, returned
home Wednesday after receiving
treatment at Santa Anna for a se-
vere case of bone erysipelas. Rich-
ardson's case was considered serious
for a. while but he is now pronounced
well on the road to recovery. The
Richardson’s are prominent farmers
of Red Bank.
Welfare League
Will Distribute
Christmas Cheer
Mrs. Charts Polk returned Mon-
day from an extended visit with her
sisters at Liberty and Dayton.
The Welfare League calls atten-
tion to contributions which may be
made at this time and fill special
needs of the season. Mrs. Lelia M.
Johnston, secretary for the League,
issues the following announcement:
' As Christmas draws near, we are
reminded that our community lias
several families that are in need
and distress, and. but fbr the kind-
ness of others, would not have any-
thing at this time. We especially
ask for used clothing, toys, or any-
thing that would add cheer to the
needy. A rocking chair for an
o'd man is wanted for the League
home.
“Leave your donations by the Wel-
fare League desk at the Chamber
of Commerce office on West Pecan
Street as early as you possibly can
so that the committee cn the Empty
Stocking may know on what to de-
pend.
"A former reSdent of Coleman
who Is now visiting here has given
$5 and asked that it go for Christ-
mas dinner at the Welfare League
home.”’
These and other contributions not
mentioned win be greatly appre-
ciated and will held this worthy
organization in giving the Joy of
Christmas to many who otherwise
would have nothing at this season.
Harmon Williams, son of Jim Wil-
liams. occupying a tenant house on
the farm of A. L. Pearce west of
Coieman, was bitten by a mad cat
Monday, December 2. and 'taken tq
last Sunday,
was sent to
Austin for examination and a tele-
gram from Dr. S. W. Boles stated
Potato Show for
Coleman Kiddies
to Be on Dec. 23
The, annual Potato Show for the
children of Coleman will be held at
the Dixie Monday, December 23.
from 10 to 12 o’clock in the morn-
ing. The show is sponsored by the
Lions Club and last year had an at-
The first meeting of District No. 10
of the West Texas Chamber of Com-
merce was held at the Southern
Hotel in Brownwood Wednesday af-
ternoon with representatives from
about ten towns in the district pres-
ent. Sim O’Neal and Leon Shield
were Coleman representatives. This
district was created under the new
reorganization program which took
place at the meeting in El Paso and
Ur' director of District No. 10 is
V/. P. Hallmark, of Dublin. This
district includes Coleman, Brown,
Comanche. Erath, Bosque, Hamilton.
Coryell, Mills, Lampasas. Burnet,
Llano. McCullock, San Saba, Gilles-
pie, Elanco. and a portion of Mc-
Clennan, Counties.
Mr. Murphy of the Texas Power
and Light Company, at Brownwood
presided over a part of the meeting,
but during the business session he
turned the chairmanship ever to Mr.
Hallmark. D. A. Bandeen, newly
elected manager of the W. T. C. C.,
spoke at the meeting and outlined
the plan of operation of the organi-
zation for the coming year; he pro-
SqliJherc was positive • evidence of
rabies and that the boy must come
for treatment.
The cat had been a house cat of
a family living in the house before
the Williams family recently moved
in. Harmon reached under the house
for something and the cat grabbed
HtS'h&nd: he pulled the cat out but
was not able to get it loose until his
brother choked it off. The cat was
later shot and its head sent off.
Harmon is about 16 years old. He
left for Austin Sunday morning to
make the trip by automobile' and
accompanied by his brother, Earl,
who will work in Austin during the
21 days Harmon Is receiving treat-
ment there.
Mayor Scarborough
Asks Cooperation in
Keeping Streets Clean
tendance cf between 600 and 700 iP0868 t0 develop and extend, through
children; this year they hope to fill
the theater house to the capacity of
over 900.
A potato is the only admittance
fee charged and" substitutes may be
made in the form of other vegetables
or fruits or anything that may be
contributed to the Welfare League.
The potatoes and other things taken
in are donated to the Welfare League
Home.
A special show for children will be
presented and will be announced
just as soon as It ts chosen by Mr.
Howell.
Miss Georgie Walker
of State Department
(o Be at County Meet Golson Reports
the Chamber of Commerce organiza-
tions, the production of raw mater-
ials as much as possible, and to en-
courage home manufacturing of raw
materials to the end that outgoing
shipments may be on a par with
incoming shipments.
Representatives at the meeting
pledged to raise the required quota
of membership and to support the
projects of the organization for the
coming year.
In addition to the two Coleman
Chamber of Commerce officials,
there were four other Coleman
County' representatives present;
these were Jess Garrett, T. J.
Johnson, Fred W. Turner, and J.
J. Gregg cf Santa Anna.
Mayor Scarborough calls the at-
tention of the merchants of Coleman
to the fact that the City Commis-
sion Is making every effort to keep
the streets of Coleman clean and
sanitary. Working to that end, they
have discontinued the use of the
street sweeper and have employed
men who are doing this work by
hand. One of the greatest draw-
backs they have at this time is the
habit of some of the business men
of sweeping refuse from their places
of business into the streets of the
down town section.
The Commission is making a spe-
cial appeal that this practice be
discontinued at once. The Mayor
says It is not the intention of the
Commission to be arbitrary in mat-
ters of this sort but that they intend
to keep the streets clean and that
if they cannot have the cooperation
of the business men in this matter
more drastic measures will have to
be taken.
Rubber bands in asserted sizes at
D.-V. Office. 4tfx
MisS Georgie Walker, assistant ru-
ral supervisor of the , Rural School
Division in tire Department of Edu-
cation at Austin, will be in Coleman
Saturday anci will appear on the
program of the county teachers meet
being held at the high school audi-
torium, beginning at 9 o'clock Sat-
urday morning, Miss Maud Laws
county superintendent, has been
anxious to have a representative of
the state department here for the
association meeting, but it was not
learned until this week that it would
be possible to have one.
R. E. White, superintendent of
Runnels County schools, will be one
of the important cut oi town speak-
ers to appear on the program and
will be concerned chiefly with ex-
plaining rural school conditions and
needs.
Teachers 'of both the city and
rural schools will be In attendance
at the meeting and patrons who are
interested in any phase of the pro-
gram presented to the teachers will
■be welcomed at the place of meeting
any time during the day.
Mrs. J. W Mcftorse, who under- j Mr.
went an operation at the Sealy Hos-, Washing
pital in Santa Anna Monday was!in of the
reported as resting well Wednesday ages,
night. ley
Two Large Sales
J. W. Golson reports the recent
completion of two large land trans-
actions. The H. J. Glover ranch of
1.716 acres located In the south part
of the county was sold to Lonnie
Evans, prominent Brown County oil j
(man. Mr. Glover has moved W
Hood County and taken over Utf
acres of land there. The trails*
tion was an even exchange betwr
Mr. Glover and Mr. Evans with
consideration placed at $39,480.
Glover, however. Is still a land
er in Coleman County.
The other deal concerned '
fate of Mrs. J. S, Bernard, i
consisting of 652 acres
Mrs. Belle Keatay,
cash consideration of 0
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Williamson, J. T. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1929, newspaper, December 12, 1929; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth756185/m1/1/?q=stolen%20land: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.