The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1935 Page: 1 of 8
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THE COMANCHE CHIEF
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LTY-THIRD YEA It
COMANCHE, COMANCHE OOUNTY(. TEXAS AUGUST 30, 1036
NO, 6
lality
;uar-|
>rs in
11.00.;
SPHALT POURING BEGINS ON 10
120 Years Ago
Kronjl The Comanche Chief,
August £7, 1015
bregk ta likely with Ger-
[ny over the sinking by the
[rmans of the White Star Lin-
| Arabic, when two Americams
Ire killed. It is reported that
Irmany is anxious for a peace-
ivttiement, but the adminix-
tkm is not disposed to act
ii it has all the facts;
38 Floy Cunningham will
h •piapo at the Mrs. J. P.
ff residence for the benefit
the Weart Ward pupils,
n a goat roping contest at
ball park Thursday afternoon
large crowd saw G<»rge Mont-
tnery take first money at 17
conds. P. B. Buck was second,
iking the cratch in 18 seconds,
m McCollum won the cigar
ce in 23 seconds; J. C, Mont-
mery’s score was 33, Walter
ngford 26, and J. B. Allcorn
u u » anna a a a,
A a a a a a a a .a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a ^ a a a a a a a a a a a a /a a a a a a a a a a a a a
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Russell Gives Reminiscences of Comanche Sixty Years Ago
a a a a "a a a a a
aasraaaaaa^
Schools
Drinks
lers.
Have u-s put new rubber tires
yxfur buggy.—W. W. KilpaK
It A Son.~
We are still buying' blackeye
ase at $2.60 per hundred pay-
le in merchandise.—Higgin-
tham’s. '
Dr. T. M. - Rutherford- returned
t week from Dallas where he
tended e series of lectures at
Southwestern Veterinarian
lege. Dr.' Rutherford tells us ________
the next meeting of .Ahe tak
^oeiation will be in Comanche
d an attendance of 50 ir ex-
a a a a a a a a a
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SCHOOL GYM PLAN
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DISCUSSED
WITHDUT ANY OF THE SEASON
TUX INCREASE GINNED MONDAY
Present ,wRmte Could Be Divided
to Take Care of Payment
to Government On Bonds
Two Bales Reach Gins Here at
About . .Same Time and the
Premium Is Divided •
A„ Comanche received its first
An eighteen thousan 1 dolla. , wtUKl for the l9Sb season Mon-
EARLY DAYS ARE
CITED IN BRIEF
Location of Business Firms of
Old-Time Comanche. Recalled
By E.rl, Srttfcr; ’
LOCALS TO OPEN ALLEN NAMED WORK TO START
GRID SEASON ON DIST. ATTORNEY TODAY ON SECOND
SEPTEMBER 20 01 BOV. ALLRED SURFACED ROAD
U'j
f-By.L B. RusseHt
Twenty-Three Boys Report For
Practice Before Jangling ith
the Brownwood. High Lions
Comanchu High School will
M £>?* Auir^r ms. £• *g* J *£u*; ip'«/'Fr^““p«mL!‘^th
Hamilton Attorney Succesaor to
Tom F. Reese. Now With
Federal Government
Harold W. Allen, County At-
torney at Hamilton, wav named
Triple Asphalt Surface Will Be
Place On Stretch Through < ity
to the D. fshim Farm--—
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Pouring asphalt on j£g!hway
No. 10 in the« City Limit* will
che without any increase! in taxes bales wer< brought m, one by
now seems probable according to i John Smart who, raised the cot-
ty Governor James V. Allred last fceKin today, _to give Comanche.
uy, ywvwr w. ...J when the Indians resume rd*v Wednesday to. fill the unexpired *1< hard surfaced .street
f nnouncenwnt *e **City . », the . w,it. end of South
po.s« t!r> give . little more tE | ‘ for the. In- ! Ju.S
School Bogrd.
The Fedei al Government
The pouring ta expected to he-
• gin, at the Bob McCuIlev r si-
nly'^yeaw* "" ’V, L|>iitrict Attorney of.. the 52n*fj Main Street .W>st . a^id_j:xten<i
F«.^o w - * - „ . I vine Iiv»m wwco on muriany, . hy Opening game tor the' In- . Judicial District composed of Co- ''*'*£:«;‘‘L square.
>8,000 for the building and the Allen farm south of (omanche. th ^ t ,j . coach- diins has been with Bracken- "jrche Coryell and Hamilton * 01,1 rJc ca . w" s t lple
remairffnw *10 000 would have to So nearly at the same time .^'en J1?*** ridee Hieh fo- t'ie uast ten In*m'n*' ‘f"u 1 .vphalt su-face with a caliche
sss mi iiilii mswsm
only 4 per cent interest and; the Rauhut Gin aijt* the j Kranklins and the second night, the Lions are CoacheF by Pat resignation of Reese Wednesday \\[j ,n ' . ' " •
I these can be paid annually o%^r, fftnn at^^the Red Gin-by Pic{ j • ,it t}](, Curia, wITii raaigiiBlI f fndlaw and telej Mr. Allen late n ( ’ . JorJ”et .highway at .he .
a ueriod" Of 2 ft vearr. thus mak- ' Shelton. Both bales vverf '.ui|d to roach last .Inner v ^the—after norm naming him as Fh ‘f-ham ffli m.
11 be held at the court houje*
ptember 2, 3 and 4.
■An iCe plant has Ken openel
Blanket i the first—ice—behrg^
iked and delivered Friday
rning.. Manager Smith will de-
er ice in the city twice daily.
munciy biiimi, - ... | i'v r ------ , .. .
The one dollar school tax is! ^,4; ..-Smart saiu hia
^ , - - . ..«• —« —, . _ . . . . , AK , now -e'-all th;* village*.'4 *-*d according to Supt. Bramlette , age and iv pi.obaldy! the .youjtg-1 • ^'*‘v
The Blanket Signal. ! now divided. 65 cents for main- v uuld average a >ale .o a «>u t.)wn<, OIi citv ot- .Comanche rat who said that the regular con- ^ person ever to hold the post-
Thi* -wHf — mark • tb** beginning
the.......first hard =urfac*ng of
10—in Co i anche
\ visitor who was in Comati-1 tenancy and 36 centx for boirls, twy five acres.
>. for the first time sidee 1000
| week exprevsec hianalf M
f at the progress Coman-'
lv had made,Y citing the vide-
lalks . around the court house
»nl new side walks in the resi-
4k
opened
|we had
reciate
1 Building, th<? new Masonic
mple, the Comanche Nationml
stem—
ta—and
tention
IEAH
mk Annex,* the Davenport build-
g. the Cotton'•Belt Depot aftd
ilway. and many new resHencei
pecially in the. northwestern
rt pf Comanche. ' 1^.
Comanche County was created
law in 1860 and was attach-
to Belj ^County for Judicial
irpose3 until 1864 when It was
tached to ‘ Coryell County. Tn
56 the county wa sorganixed
fid the county seat was estab-
he<l at Cora. John Duncan of
atagorda who ownei consider-
ile land .?jn Comanche County,
rough his agent, T. Cr Fro*t.
h«* later founded the' Frost Na
onal Bank of San Antonio, do-
200 acrea of land to the
Tmiity with the propose -that
w eountv seot he moved near
le cerrter. The removal waa
iade to Comanche m 1868. Co-
anche City was incorporated by
opectal *et in 187A and in 18W)
le .-general municipal law twoa
dopAed H lieu vsf the *i»ecla1
inrtel*.
and if the new bonds are voted |
the arrangement would likely be
chthged to 40 per cent for bonaY
and 60 for maintenance.
The building if constructed
ittrokj alsn. houve the agricultural *
ce section, the .Wnt ^-Ward^depaMihent and allvband lessons j
and practice would be held there.
- School Board members sa&.ihat
they do* not whh^W' Ulwlertake |
a bond issue unless it met with I
the approval ot the people. A{;
committee was appointel to dls-
cVss the matter with the biisinesv I.
people and r of 86 who had been
rtr'time.ttV schedule *cuM be. .fixe;! ifcm-rf Ui-vict Auu,,k,. n .hi-
..-ton,!: at an vRrlv mceFing of cobches tU,-tncL_Govern1 r Allred, who ......
SAY COUNT! 15
DUETOREMAIN
LEGALLY DRY
ComrrjY**:,
the lUightman (lavage now stands at an early m^-F.ng of cofcchtk
'wok almost vacant- Ixccutr-drug an. school authorities. made the appo.mtihent,- was him- ' n«- • *• *
rtWwo^def 3 -ach .hitting Indians vlf ap(,;,uted l.^ict A.oru w -- ^ ^t! . ^ ^
hy-Reddin ami Turner.. West of - Through Work . • at .W ich.r,» Ealls^t the age of ^ ijown
that but not Qttite adjoining . iv Th, tir-st footbalh pract i«x* - of 88 by Govetnbr M - • . --- --------
L, a fumnV^shop of Jamas the’ season , was .feld Monday j M. Allen was born and hjkri,^5?faced ^«r
afternoon when 23 iT^unoludmg • in Hamilt»m>and is the ,no^hft: -wht,n yH.^r „
1J. EVankTi.cn. We a vague re-
r'Ss ’twteteJWr^-ssrt* SsSH ?"■ .rkattv,'*- •
lagssfjtjs’&’rsi£.ras-■».... ss?ss^r-as-gg-®*
•of that waa J. P. G,>ok*s shop, tain Aldille Hall, right end. who 'LI.I- in 19 > \ .U- v ~ __
! All these buildings were of wood, his fh st letter last season, ] graduation he retuim^ to Ham-
interviewed up to noon Monday. I sl*Hfr and Comiy
buiU box borae style. Th, only «'■, W CJt u\i. J,ft end; J. R ^ £
23 expressed tbem^elves in favor
(Continued On Last Page)
Say Dean Law Will Be
Enforced Locally
house on this block north of (Continued op Last Page)
Peddin and Turner’s drugstore
was a dwelling ~ef the p oneef
. - (Conlinued On Page 6)
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Comanche County wilt ramain
legally dry although the Dean
I Law was repealed in Satuiday’s ,
! election,' according to Sheriff
H Ree* and County .Attorney [
(C. C. Hampton. - *
The county was dry under a I
I local, option law at the time |
j State and National prohibition
j went into effect and the local
|optjon laws now hojd good un-'
| less repealed by the legislature,,
local’ officers state.
Since • the coflnty as a whole
MRS
N0.FUN05 FOR is FOUNO DEAR
PENSION PUN AT HOME HERE
in the county,1 official canvas*
of the election held Saturday
was made ;.by the Commissioners
Court Tues-lay.! afternoop, show-
ing tbat 2676y people fook part
in the* election , in the county
and that the majority favored
prohibition, old age pension, com-
mitment of the insane, abolition
MORTGABES IRE
ON IN INCREASE
Mil Are Far Uans ta Purchase
Feed and Seeda for Oops
Chattel mortgaged iecoidrd|- in
omanche County show, an in-
i-ease of—886 over that o'l the
a me date last .year according
h Miss Claudia Deputy
«ntv Clerk, who sAW that. -*wn amenimfipt____ ...
:r27 had barn recorded since *"<1 »g»«nst; on repeal, 99
COUNT! VOTES
FAVORABLE ON
Pi........ '
Complete i Returns On Standing
of BOkeo Oa Liquor Question
^_v,, Given -In Report - _ ______I | .BB. ..........
t 1 - ■ ■ * ’ tv as af'Whol* votas* to repeal its -pendent widows and the aged, he plgjv* ha 1 been pi-oduced in Ion-
With returns j from every box t focal, option law the officers ex- j reveglel at . a pres.^ conference ‘ ,j0d*gn(| Mexico, was found Tue*
CONTRACT IS LET
ON 10 IN ERATH
Bill .."Appropriating Money For . ,
Program Killed By Long ♦>'*•* Woinan Wr,^r TakeM 0wn Three' C-OUIlty
v ---- - X~ WIV by Gas Asphyxiation - i D
president Roosevelt1 is unable Says- Coroner’s Jury ’ | oOnOOlS'-tO l>effin
;Up di-y, qo precinct nor subdivi- «0 fumj< t<< finance the so- t N -
1 Vdon .can. vote on. the question of cial -W^>u;ity progiarn’s proposed^ T^e body of
legalizing liinior, utiles* the coun- ("benefi^-io crippled'-ahiLdcerf," deg» Hawbrth, 53,
was elected County. Attorney of“
“Vj Hamilton County without opposj- [
j th>n to\>k oath of “Office laVt‘
j January. •
I In commenting upon .Alien’s
' aw*drttn\ent. The Hamilton Coun-
^ 1 ty News „says, “Allen is well I . _ * ~
1?^^ th" ^fice(. ®fi- Kuu.e IbWn Strphrnttn*
District Attorney. He is. thor-. . .
I cughly versed in 1 awT energetic. t- ,and Dihblin - Is in%ohed -~x»
and will • nlorfec The law in u ] , •,, ■ „
tearless manner, j—,- _________ Cage Bio.*, of _ Bishop. Texas.
Reese assumed his new duties w*ifclow bidders for the con-
in Dallas -Thursxlay of last wSeek. j tract let last Tuesday for ira-
♦•y-r..'.
Mrs. Edith Stowe
whose ■ childron’s
plained.
There ha? been confusion !n
some quarters of the State as
to the status of prohibition, but
local ©ffiflera will continue theft
efforts towards the enforcement
of the Dean I.aw in this county.
The Legislature which, i* c*1
pected U» meet in a special ?es-
of the fee system, and- was sum September 16th. may majee
against submission* YM- amend-| gcme new law explaining or am-
ments to the State Con's*itution plifying the county local option
at special session? of the I.erfis- j laws. Sheriff Reese said. ^ ^
lature, judged giving .suspended
unuary 1st as compared to 3442
n the same date last year.
Moet of the mortgages are for
Bmm ' for money to buy' feed
nd seeds for crops, or for loans
or money' from -banks. Many
r mortgage? are given oft
purchased. Some are . grtv«n
ercahtile companies for sup-
Mortgages are taken on crops,
title, sheep, goats, turkey?, auto-
tbile*, furniture and many other
tide*. . . 1 <•
Ralph C arnes Is
Made Manager of
Ranger Store
Wednesday, says a United lYesa ,i*v' morning, in the gas filled
dispatch from WfishTngton. ! bathroom of her hom* here by
The bill appropriating .‘money i neighbors. A coroner’? jury vec-
Long’s 5-hour filibuster.
The result is
Congress '~ha3
Fhysicians who examined the
, that now since , body places! the time of Mrs.
adjourned; Appro- Haworth’s loath at la* Satur-
urovement wx>rk on_ Highway No.
10. between Stepliep.viijje^an<i Dsiq-^-
lirt.-Amount of the/bifF^y*^ ap**
proxirrsatelv <64.2Wt divided so
that <8.250 would Ngx> for coti-
Work Monday]-’—,
'■' , . ......i. , . , W I *av *n<LAhe balance for grading
11ijve schools aro schedule! io u_ntj drainage structure, the St4te
S2*n. VS**;} according to,t , Highway ~ Commissi on.....announced.
*** **<&*!?• (Supet-im- j Xhb .tretctTl? ro*d contracted
tendent. They are Duster, Bry- ■ begin* at the gravel piF three
sonville. and Oln-er Springs. | milas west of-~.Stephenville and
for the program was killed^ Mon-idiot was suicule by gas asphyxia, Three other school} began work , Extends to the- citv limits of
day night 6y ^ Senator- Huey !*. J tion. ^sst Monday—Jakehamon,-"Gux- f lyublin.
tine, and Ha**e.
a distance of around
8 l-2 mil*.
priation of funds will be delayed j day, the last day she was seen.
r„I The partially clad body wa? found J
a year.
The vote oft-the old age pen
sion amen-
was 2147 . Tor-
under quilts Jo jffhich a ga^ ho?e
Post Office Is had been run.^ Her ^djvas
« —t.s»T—rxestiqg on a pillow, and apjgar-
to be Closet! Here «\‘iy' -hr
1. , ipg her Irfe very'-deliberately.
On Labor Day , A pillow and wwsh^ cloth* had
• ! been stuffed in the cracks of
Afig-orfii^tr to "JV«ttoa?ter J. R. jd°?TT^
foa- a ad- 1462 against. - { ** av’° SenUmberW2 I Cw Smith. Comanche at br-
other totals were: For free . „ . fames receiv- wbieh fd Oax ‘1 ^ 2'1 ney, he appointed executor o'
8? £& V-U-^thr^* ^ m*t S&k, "wr”th.t ,b«,'W ta-4; ihjt »
A mtXsSm rh,r v ,k AtT’prwin r
tuMkn.1 Amendment,. 804. .K.in,t ^ ^ ""*■«
x _______ the store of that company at ahould make their purchases to-1 "BTTq ... . , *
rpn Dyke Revival >
to Begin Sept. 6th
Pa rovival meeting•>»' to he^in
U the Vaa Dyke Freewill Taber-
pie Friday fti*ht. Sapt. «th,
Ing to an annuoncemen|.
Fort Worth is
1126; Fof the suspemled sen- p
last »p..f»»Bxe 95::; for ‘ M* wor1t in th,
should make their purchases .**- „ , - . . . . , , .____
day an T Saturday. No rural* route ! Fm^nd. in whtck.._# u* e I -
4,e delivered Mornlay.! JT-1, mn.d hoMse^W. property
;gJ5{ »«S^ At: SJS ,Ur ^ ^
litfon of . the fke system • 102ff,
Mrs. widow of A. B.
• Haworth. Comanche ..attorney,
»had traveled* exten’sivelv .H Mexl-
gsfhenng * material -for the
Over P. Q. Station M
P'**drnr
*u« 1 ing'.made manager of the Cro?s
ed'the old age pensien. tw. 2 years4 agp. ^VilliaiHS Takes
boxes, Indian Mountain and * va>^ •» • -• i
Shrum, j voting unanimously for tSHIHlSt KCVlVal ]- Utcr ■ • \f. oirttiun <anaVnat,-d in -everal song*
[the p.ymHition. :...» ^ 1 ; RAlr;„« W Lk . ■ -- * 'with Mr*. W. TL Carroll of Co-
Eight!. b»*xe« roted wet nn j K- c OfJglllo m-IH> AS! , Luther Willems ha? taken‘oVer manebe,. who Vrote the music.
ShrUm 'east a IS to 15 tie * . |he Po-f tt •• Se’-vice Station) The ^o«l\ was discovered by
1. announcement \fr*. TVvia McArthur.' a neigh-
seetton - bpr, who ’ became alarmed at
Mr*. Htworth'A -absence,- and1 Ml**
- _________ > fwiW 1 Alice. \ ^ .U-
preaching. .* ->v i handI$»-<*<Mw.dUsiv/lv pro-1 ,Mr*. Hawroith had been 111 for
wv. J. L. Kbell is pastor of ducts ’and « would—also "'9irMrsJ.sbme tidie.’’ f*iend? «aW.
Q» cRUfcKT" trr~y.. ,_,J.*. ; I 1—------ ' *-*- 1 ------- * * ^ *
Gap. The vote at Comanche wa?
8*1 for repeal and 3M against
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TWAJESTie
r FRIDAY ,
Charles (Buddy) Rogers In
•OLD MAN RHYTHM** *
itATlIim^Y Matinee Only
-■ Tim McCoy In
**JUSTICE OF THE
RANGE*'
• SATURDAY Nit,e--SUN.
-* Y’aVd Mum In
' “BLAC K FURY’*
SjONf>AY an 1 TUESDAY
^s: •- l.ionel Bar.i'y^ore In.
“PI Rt lC HERO •NO.;*t**
. WEDNESDAY
,VJdnK>nd Lowe In
••*- BLACK SHEER
THURSDAY
. _ Bette Davit • la
•WtONT PAGE WOMAN”
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The
x Ritz Theater
Hill Open Tonight at 7:$«
M ith Their First Family
"Sifht—Entire Family 'for
Oaly—Me
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FftiDAY Sight, and"•
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
“THIS WOMAN OF MINE’’
)Yith Benia Hume
•SATURDAY NIGH^
. 'Tim McCoy In .
“JU STICE OF THE
RANGE” .
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Remember tev^rjr Ffidar
f Night is Family Night—
Eat ire Faadly far aaly 2k
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