The Pioneer Exponent. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1909 Page: 5 of 8
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gelo l*at week
MT»a MaVtie &toes, is visiting
tHgustou.
engage in the truck |
ine
Mrs. Ali
Sheriff MoCaleb of Hamilton| beqnvislting her parent
Kev. M. E. Davis of Duffau has
t called as pastor of the-Bap-
tist church ait Gustine.
--
.Elder C. A. White will preach
at the Christian church* at Proc-
Waa here last Week. • tone. tobk the train here Satur-
day for her home in Lamesa.
Scott Mack and L. A.Robiuaon
Gage, who transformed it
Mrs. A. E. Barcroft of Stanton
was here last week.
Miss Sola Milligan went- tojo# Ballinger ware here | peirfeet bower of-loveTiiiass;
Fort Worth last week. *
R. W. Higginbotham was over
from Dublin Tuesday.
Ridgeway left Wednesday
oto business. They report their
town to be prospering.
Mrs. Emile Wiesendanger and
Miss A dais Wiesendangdr were
.50
ats
.90
.98
.90
.90
.90
.45
15.90
3 90
39c
|r 50
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t heir
lance
half
Wf
The fifth Sunday meeting of
the ComadChe Baptist associa
tion Will be held at Mercer.’* Gap
Jan. 28-81. •
Th« Methodist presiding elder
camqjn this morning to hold
quarterly conferences at several
places in this county. „.
A meeting of the Pastors’'
Association was held Wednesday.
Rev. Buchanan was elected pres
ideut, and Rev. Simms, secre
tary. - __
The stocking shower by the
Baptist ladies announced to be
held at the home of C. P. St. Clair
Tuesday a’fternoon was indefi-
nitely ppstppnedfbn account of
cold weather. ~
si-
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Rev. Simms and family arrived
last Friday. He preached at the
Baptist cbtireh Sunday, and
made a good, imprepsjon upon the
people. The*family is now at the
home of J. C. C. Martin until the
household goods arrive, when
they will be at home at the par-
sonage. _
The Presbyterian 8unday
school has elected the following
officers: "D:fP. Parker, superin-
tendent: J. H. McMillan, assist-
ant superintendent; Miss Emily
Wilcoxson, secretary; Miss^ Cleo
Kilpatrick, assistant secretary;
\f n D. P. Parker organist; Miss
Emily Wilcoxon, assistant organ-
^TgMWSTs-q-MrB.—W.-- W.
1 for hrs land near Pecos.
Attorney Daniel* of Stephen-
vitle was here Saturday. *■
Ide Osburn is up in the Ham-
lin country prespecting.
Julius Brin returned this
morning from Brownwood.
Mrs. J.D. Bonner has return-
ed from a visitHn Arkansas.
— W. J. Bolin and family of route
three have moved near Wilson.
Dr. P. H.. Chilton of GormSn
was here Saturday to Monday.
' Mrs. Dr. Houghton spent this
week with relatives at DeLeon.
W. L. Lane has been out in
Coleman county visiting friends.
Mrs. Crockett Smith went to
8tephenviUe yesterday morning.
M. G. Catter left yesterday for
Durant, Okla., on a business trip.
in Fort Worth lasCweek.
Judge J. M,~PresIer was in
Austin this week at the opening
of tlie legislature.
Mrs. Harvey Lumpkin of
Stephenville has been here visit-
fog her parents
the
at >toe skating rink
ML-MMtt&iMrt
the kind ever given in Comanche
The decoration of' the rink was
un<Jer the £ direction of Ibrey
AyvAlj’
than fifteen loads Vf mist!
and evergreen were used, be-
sides thousands of yards of bunt-
ing and different colored paper
decorations. Artistic souvenir
programs were gotten up and
coffee, sandwiches and punch
Were served during the ’evening.
A six piece orohestra furnished
the music and about fifty couples
took part in the grand march.
J. ft Brysqn and Wm. Reese Among the guest., were people
■ from Dublin, BrM7i Brown-
attended court at Stephenvilte
Tuesday. * j -
Mrs. Pink Wetael visited her
daughter at Brown wood ^ last
Week. |___
wood, Haase, Dallas, Hamilton
and Paint Rock.
i.
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Monday evening, Dec. 28, Mrs.
S. W.. God bold entertained in-
formally complimentary to her
^ -irtittng. The'-public at large it not one-
aspajhesdar a* mm *x« u» lhumaU«
of pure drugs, or In "regard to the ac<?iiri
filling of their prescriptions. In the buy-
ing, handling or selling of drugs, we nev-
er guess-^w* make sure that everything
Is right In every particular.
WE WANT TQ BE
YOUR DRUGGIST
rrrr.r.-'JS
Parjis Smith, Druiiisi
North Side Square. COMANCHE "*
Nr* Ginghams.
Complete line of all the latest Misses Worley and Oden
colors for spring has justarrived
at Dingus, Jackson & Co’s.
White Wyandotte Chickens.
Obod ptrHets and cockerels for rla
of Dallas. The others
were Misses Sloan Couch, Spen-
der Tarrant, Minnie Cunningham
Mattie Kanes, Ellen Moore, Cor-
Visits From the Sterk.
Born to Mr. and lira.—
James Payne, near Beattie,
Jan. 12, boy.
sale at less than usual prices- Messrs. Gib Callaway, Welburn
Conway of Brownwood; Ross Middleton, Gustine, Jan.
’Lige Woodward vfsited rela-
tives in Abline and Clyde last
week.
N. A. Palmer attended the
poultry show at Brownwood yes-
terday.
Rev. G. B. Hall left this morn-
ing for Childress to be away sev
eral day’s.
Lee George and family of ru
ral route No. 2 have.moved to
San Marcos.
Williard Lewis and children
have moved back to Cpmanche
from Celeste. .
Mrs. Anderson and daughter
two
jreciate
|\ “5 to N
s Lot
re
Kilpatrick, Miss Maggie Moodie,
Mrs. J*. H. McMillan, Mrs. D. P.
Parker, Mrg^I. C. Gage, J. H.
McMillan.
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■ Th* Wron^H«r«.
Bridget liad been .in America only a
few months,’but sl>e_ believed In the
principle of prateiMlIiu; I'o know what
■be. ought to know She tun! been'en-
gaged hh lmimlry Ctrl in a "mail family
of well to d<> people. When aalunl If
■he uhderxtood all the details of her
work- she unhesitatingly replied. "Sure
1 do, nia'aiu.'*
U<jr mistress waa hot quite snilsfled,
however, nn<T while shH was hua.T with
her ilr-i washing looked In upon her
Bridge I seemed to be doing all right,
and' she left without offering sugges-
Eggs 11.50 per setting after Feb.
1. See me at the drug store.
Pakis Smith.
J. W. McNeill says the b
floods of last spring washed the
lands so much that farmers will
have to do considerable ditching
and terracing about their places,
or tfceir lands, wili be- perma-
nently injured. He is thinking
i.f sending to Georgia for an 1m-
piutcd terracing machine to use
on his farms.
'See D. M. Herring at the A. C.
Coker place before selling your
product.
Dunlap, Henry Moore, Georg?
and James Sartwelle, Jim Eanes,
Rogers of Waco. T .
Judge, W. C. Jackson, former-
ly of Comanche, has sold his. in-
Hwmfnanmil .vrt> puoat.aof Mra»* -tofests at Haskell and will move
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Next morning thv. Ironing wii* Tu or
dor, and Rrldjp>t wax hard at It wh'.-o
^mmdslrcvv.l<x)kGtl In t6 say, "A* you
got III. - I- Ih.-x ii'i.md. JWnWNTItWil RffVPlKI tnoritps with her rwrwwtw
Geo. E. Smith.
Hiram McClain of, Paint Rock
ha* been here visiting his aunt>
Mrs. L. B. Russell.
Mrs. Arch Adams of east Tex-
an was here last week visiting
Uncle Jack Wright.
Mrs. Smith of Glasgow, K.V.,
has been here visiting h«r niece,
Mrs. DfO.Smlth.
Miss Lela Gafford of Coleman
is here viaiting her parents, Mr
antT Mrs. W A. Waldrop.
""Mr. aixl Mrs jr. W. Stephen
son and daughter of Illinois are
guests of Prof. M K. Witt.
Mrs. Harry Brin and children
have gone to Terrell to spend
Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, the
Babhelora Club gave a dance at
the rjnk'complimentary to the
following visitors and girls at
home for the holidays: Misses
Worley, Oden and Maud Sherrill
of Dallas, Alice Ballou and Olive
Souther of Brady, Bert Goforth
of Paint Rock, Mary and Rita
Harris, Isla Wyatt. »
3, girL.... .............
T. M. Roberson, Dublin No 2.
Jan. 7, boy. . >
Charley Bradshaw, near
Theny, Dec. 21, boy.
Henry McCullough, west of
Gustine, Dec. 18, boy. £
Jake Hosts, bear Theny, Dec,
11, boy . _______
W. H. Cockrell, near Gustine,
Dec. 28, boy.
E. M. McGlothlin. Lamkin,
Dec. 18
«.vfr tin. Ii.il*,,- ”
“All right, ma'am,
ph-l r'-*llc-<l without Mopping io rnlx»' |
hrr ovox from lo-r wqrk In hund.
Tho hmndry room »«« In au j
uutlioiixc ailfolulng the ham: and tvt'a-
**1011811)* thi- neighing <»f the family
horm- it i id the merry-voice of Itrl<lir«t
roaouixloil throughout t.h«* hdutM*..
Returning to the laundry House n
couple of hours later, the holy could
scarcely hstlwc her epc# not restrain j;
her mirth when she liehohl the ’fatit-
tlie hu»y iaumlry j JTTiTtT “Nicholas npd......mutlier
were tT.lh'd to Cat Hon Saturday
ttti account of a rolath'e being
1 sick ,
i
y ar t i n Wt tod wRrtl • a n d fa tn i l,v
pf Tyrone, OJ<la..,*huye been tlie
guests ofTdge Woodward ahd
family. ...... -v-.
t
L. B. Russell wjli leave J^pi»
to Fort
county.
Gents suits, guaranteed all
wool, mado to order, from #11.50
to #37.Q0Oit'-'Dingus, Jackson
A Co.
The Modern Woodmen gave a
public installation of officers at
their lodge room Thursday night
of last week, followed by a ban-
quet. The lodge now has (seven-
ty members.
Mrs. W. H, Graham of rural
route 2 had nn tqteration per-
formed upon her Saturday for
removal'oLru .ab*>ess tumor, at
the ho ne of Virgil McDaniel -in
this city. She i» still in a criti
C ll i OlliiillOll.
■ Jess—AtwtWwi—lets e<»Ul a—lot
near his home to Harry Brin who
will erect a residence on it.
N. A. Palmer’s BulT Plyinouth
it>x:k chickeris captured a nutn
Miss Minnie Cunningham en-
tertained informally Tuesday
evening, Dec. 29.' IJer guests
were Misses Mattie Eanes, Eller.
Moore, Coralie Conway of Brown
■woody—Naftnio—Greens,—Lufilc
.hoy.
C. A. Askins, Lamkin, Dec. 27,
New Ginghama. \
Complete line of all the latest
colors for spring has just arrived
at Dingus, Jackson and CoV
Bruton, Golda Green, Frankie
Hodges and Spencer Tarrant;
Messrs. J. R. Eanes, Leverett**
Little, Jidi Hplmsley. Hamilton,
Jess Hughes. W. J. Cunningham.
Representative Gaines has
beep appointed chair than of the
house judiciary committee No. 2,
before which all criminal juris
prudence bills will.come. Hfe is
also a raembe^of the committee
on constitutional amendments,
whietuwill have charge of the
prohibition submission bill/
Marriage License*.
C. G. Douglass and Rosa WiK
llama:
Rubs QU sad Vera Johnson!
W.,G. Shone and Bessie Lou
Moi^TyT
T H. Johnston and RHOottreH.
W. A. Aaron and Love Brown. •
R. A. Hartis and Flossie Me
Milliff. ’ •
T^E. Wain* and Arttg Pmrce -
* Jlrt> Carter and Gussie Wetael.
J. M. Ely and Ruth Sparks.
Dai NovtdXutotiranl_
Tom Levissay has moved his
restaurant to the eastside of the
square, two doors north of the
postoffice. The building has been
refitted and everything is clean
and modern. Short ordera at all
hours and first-class regular din-
ners—everything the msrket af-
fords. - Your patronage solicited
Davis Mason says lie now has
conclusive evidence that "teetu-
fiil" has m.I T*nougTT iitcnhnt trr tf
to be Intoxicatiiig, as Monday
night all of it in
frosen hard.
hi* place was
Harry Slack has sold his- wsi
j dcnce to Neely Harris Chinning
j ham Co.
Oh the last might of 190b th*-
"Merry Widows” entdtaln&i _____
young inen with a leap year par Lost - J)iaroon<l-shaped college
ty. The girls each checked t- r>in, with black center, patent
boy anil escorted him to the Mu clasp Finder leave attbis office,
justie theatre, where a Special
show was’ put on. After tlit* i
show they went to the K. of P.
Hall, Where a program of music
was carried ouA and 'refresh
incuts were served. A few tain-
uteii beTdr? inidntght the cmwd-
gathered doWn on the square and
srmusi with bores, bolis, tiu pan«.
sod everything to make a noise
u«hei*ed in the new year, and
tn*M» umtl.t- a round of the tiiff*?*'
ent churches to ring tlie bells.
full fine of glass and queens-
ware at C. M. Moore’s.
The comoress has pressed 27,-
OtK) bales and bus about 8,000 on
the platform. ' \
Machine needles - for all ma.
chines at C. M- Moore’s
Single trees, double trees', dev-
ises, affkinds, at C. M. Mtsire’s..
pouble sulky
H |». ,1. W.
I F*A MM.
(it-ciaclex. flrnl-
t' tki« olTict* aul
TlCIYt). i '
pt», in
*r>* Isylmf, kts>)>
I*, t ov *t. ‘"Ap-
4, N MeX. .0
Uy hurve.. ttartUlns patently bsaW® | moy^iug for San ’Antonfd and
°,h,‘r*»'"*'*?*T**™.,V"'*'*
her of higligitt prizes at
.Brownwood poultry show.
For anything in- Insurance or
farth loans see J, K. Eanes A Go.
before you close a deal—-it will
save you money[
Misses Carrie Oden and Mary
WoHey of Dallas were the guests
• if honor at a dinner p^rty given
by Miss Minpie Cumungham
Saturday evening, Jan. 2. The
other guests wert> Misses Alma
Neely, Lucih* Bruton, Spencer
Winter Weather
Necessities
w
A
.t— 1 n- the north-
i. H rooniv, hall
-rht light*, goo.}
oort liaru, wa’er
-t*-: aTxo rro (y.
tu re, all nt-x: 2
■*' yltf- and tu alts.
All nvw«t lit* -ohl
xotneone .A. tti
’i-xiin,
pod show see
hedians at the
ry night next
d wants your
gage buainosu.
H off tarn' tttnrvntsr Varsts and xkirUi.
Willi an auxluus look <>u h<*r hont-Ht
faor* Rrldgpt oborrvwl. ’’t’m jfl.ad
you’ve cOOW. uiH um. for Ml have to
have another |i'*r>«'.''. ■
— --/— ----•
Worhins-Too H»r<|.
The ii'viier.nf the farm had tieeu en-
Jorttur hluiM-ir at the enunty ralr. wtille
hla hard work I ivg Wife xta.ved at home
to see that1 the farm suffered no h-'V
In h1a nlmen'-e.
••Well. Sarah.® "aid I be owner cyoa
Mh return, ‘Tin obout ftH tired out., In
the cows In- the I hi fn T'
"Ves; long alnee," replied hi* wife,
barely lobbing up fr/u. tiiiV'ta-u th*h(
In.hand. N’ . '
“I» the howwa unharue-ised un ,fe<Jv
- *•)•(>"’’
“OblckSM l(K-keil up?’
‘'Yes." * ,
■ ••Wood eHepped for juoiufii'?’'
•’Yes"
“Wagon heel mended nn" r»a<Jv »’
■tart In th’ morn}n^T"
“Yea."
“Well, then," eonrluded the exhaust-
ed owner,, with a algh of relief, "let me
have rnv »upper. I’m goln’ to* Pirn In night,
_ . »• ».n •• V.J1-------
Some wfiokstvgo.l, W. McNwhiT.‘ir, 'lnt' To,ri T5R«tx>ti,
business.
j fff?mu IWffHN H , • tzr.jtorv* -!. y- - - -,
Mr. KndckW <d Wfiltucy i* j bought the Will Mott* far in of fit H»h* AcUms. Gib Callavyay, Jim j
her** visiting his mother. Mrs. J. the Chas. Hortm*fiJfW‘m of* Danes, Eugene Bwffian, Jack
He will likely 7rt and-^ic Will Haney farm UtmninghaiiK
[of 10 acres, paying- about $4,000
W. rutiningham
locate here.
L. McNecse and family havr^Tor the three places. Tlrwy join
moved t<Y tiiis place from Gor
man. He jias a jxisition in VV. O.
Moore’s blacksmith shop.
F,. F. Gillmnn off Coke county
was he^g last week-shaking
batids with old friends. He will
soon movwto New Mexic'i
Elbert Wte\4ait and family .of
A farewe.il Imp was uyLve» #t Vlie
rink Friday evening, Jan. t, Sy,
the Bachelors Club for the visit-
ing girls and thorn* wlm were
j Ips farm north of town —
Isvstweek in our writeup) of
-the chicken show we left? out tie j here from college,
name off H. J. .R tiille, who is
thq secretary. . *- • J
There*will be specialties be-
tween the acts of the Whitman
Cokl Cream and Camphor Ice tor chapp-
ed hands ......... ‘......10c ant! 25c
Hot Water Bottles for cold feet, (.rice1*
from* ...... ..... SI.35 to’$2.50
White Bine and Tar for coughs, tomes in
two,sizes.7/..... ,..... . .25c and 50c
Reese's Cold Tablets for bad eok1s. 25c
. Stearns Branchials for bronchia! Jroul>-
* ' les . .. . v . . '. t -- - - -. 25c.
Ghe Wm. Reese Co.
DRUGS. JtWElRy o' ST/HIONERy
Fnr'nld « Ix-L'lnnln't’ tell on mf."—Nvwt
York Herald
who is with tttt_
ahs. is one el
best dressed,
stage, Evejy
Gents snita, gusrsnUwd
-wnnl, made tq order, from #11 50
to #87.00' at 'Dinifrs, Jackson
A Co
Comedians at the opera house
Briar Grove have moved to Ncor- hj|?ht nf,xt w*wU 1
4, ■ ■ • M . . •« 13 aAoIm MB V. , X • . SS I ^ M|| | . . ,
Mr. F. E. Wallace of Gaines
ville and Miss Artie Pierce, wh.o
rives near town, were, married
Sunday morning, Rev Simms
performing the ggremony.
Whitman
Yotm/f Mules for Sale. .
Unbrqken. old- enough to work,
cash or credit. E. S. Ba£HY, 2 J
rniles north of Proctor.
ryt -county—near Botrtn—where
he Jfcg»u#ht 100 acres of laqd.
Misses Pearl and Eul^ Moore
and Nlr. Mike'Dixon of- Dublin
attended the presentation of
"The Giafisman”7here Monday
Kfi^u Claru May RnshelV will he
one of the bridesmaids at the
all marriage of Iter coCTSHf, Mt#B
L/nvse Atkinson. 1o Mr Deluney
at Angleton January 21. She
left ibis morning for that placg.
You remember the
Comedians, who played
here last season.
a week
TB8.V Will 0C
carriage paint at
Implements and farm machin-
erjTnot in use should be under
the shed or in the tool house.
Rust is pne of the best friends of
the implement maker. •
Keith CnlttnrrttaB sold his home
in the western part of town to
G! W. Hail, the real estate man.
-■ The pi ir e wf ent ton is going tin.
*-* «-♦»»■»»■«♦ a»-
and[Themice paid here yesterday
ranged from 8.75c to 9.664. ■
Axes, mattock a and sprouting
hoes, all kifids, at C, M Mooffe’s
Others May Coire and Qo
Hu« I im h*r« all lk« ym raund ptpiinl •<»
ttrve mjr Kiuloffliri wa«U. I bav«,«<*atl)r
mtlallrd a
New Clothes Cleaning Machine
And I tm now hollar prepared 4bkn eve# lo
make poor old elollieB now. Miop lo«a<«d on
1 North Side NUk Squaro. ] '
OILL&v The TalIorf Comanche
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