The Comanche Vanguard (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1916 Page: 6 of 8
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Across from Oil Mill
I. E. Owen
Phone No. 267
i
Keep "our Phone number handy.
.1/^ LT! Well do the rest
Reasonable, and Repairs are the
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Send it to Us!
so you ran CALL US UP!
Our Prices are 1
best.
Quick Repairs?
J
Trouble with Your Car?
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A
If Yon Break
LIFE WAS ONE LONG TRACED)
killed tn froul ot
*uea of Toxa*
*»»
’ Bonds and Stocks
25,407.61
COFFINS
was
820.82
210.84
Total
Burks Mercantile Co.
boat- J
Night, 163 or 77
Phone. Day, 22.
at
mots
626.94
INSURANCE That Insures
been
NONE
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n
N. A. Palmer & Company
500.00
c
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above
the
$150,000 FIRE DAMAGE AT WACO
7;
\
INVITE US TO HELP YOU TAX YOURSFLE.
The First National Bank
comancht
TEX 47
were
ppO«<-dlv
pro-
bu 5>1 in>
El Faso. Texas
NAVY
1918
FOR
IN
$379,197,701
Washington
aeml official
to
th.
on.
Wltn<«
e iiuliti*.
We carry a full and complete line of Coffins, Caskets
Robes.
COL. PAUL WAPLES
KILLED IN COLLISION
man
the
A hill providing
exchange be-
tels »a» awarding contracts
J on ‘
dfsxentlng
No. 688
I Official Statement of the Financial
Condition of
bent Ultimatum to Serbia, Which In
itiated Greatest Armed Conflict
In All History
upon
past.
33,
to
amtntv
field
FRANCIS JOSEPH Of
AUSTRIA IS LEAE
1914
Kin»
IRISH POTATOES $1.80 per bush-
el.—C. I Williams.
1.364.45
1.508.15
8,000.00
2.401.16
Texas
te suf
o and
>spit a I.
1,510.67
657.00
NONE
26.00
8
3
o
4.000.00
27.89
24,182.2:;
1*600.00
6,000.00
2,423.73
2,000.00
de
of
Sanger Bro* Sustain $100000 Loss,
Which is Covered by Insurance.
Five Persons Injured.
HUE BETTER
INCOME .
YOURSELF12
sea
atm
rear • ll-s.s of government
Mr Houston offers the
men-
each
Fai's
only
not
Trier
th
Br
ft-
lir
S fj-iain Joe A.
n’endent of pub-1
grounds, db-d In 1
w here he had been j
i going
affected
Houston, knowledge and belie>.
J. E. GRAY’. President,
E. E. ANTHONY, Cashier.
Subscribed and swnrn to before me
♦hi. 22nd day of Nov.. 1916.
GARRETT E. PALMER,
N tary Public, Comanche Co., Texas
»rrect—Attest:
E. E. DENNY’,
W. A. WAGNER.
■I. H. TATE.
L. B. RUSSELL,
Directors.
8
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0
$1,000,000 for Good Roads.
Denton. Texna A mass me. Ung of
farmers and business non tha’ pack-
the district court room arenM
We write Fire, Tornado. Life, Accident and Live Stock
anti moke Bonds
Can make special terms on Country Dwellings
WE WANT YOUR BUSINGS
Quantities ot Shells Sent Pershing
El Ts ;o. Texas Army officers ar
i7i. r'o Fire
7-xa The
n by
<b • -arf mnnt
distinction sln< e 1M2. Bishop Wil
•on had si ’■'■ j with asthma for a
number of years, and it was one of
GO UNCLE SAM ,-
would, literally "in harness."
talk with the president and the pr»
nects of addre'xdne members of the
federation in Baltimore.
• 1,000.000 Berd |«-.j-
Denton. Toxa*- With
•mall boxes out that will
t tie $ 1 ,<»n.<Hio
county failed
two thirds
ex
ordnance
more Ilian
two million rounds f smaller
nttion south to the Atm clean
month.
x. y
Fort Worth Man Was Prominent Po-
litically and One of Maker* of
St. Louis exposition.
AUTO OCCUPIED BY MILLION-
AIRE HIT WHILE CROSSING
INTERURBAN TRACK.
Brotherhoods Join A. F. of L.
Great si. iiiflcanx<• was attached tr
he announcenx :it that the brother
In od heads will address the Amari
an Federation of Labor conventioi
in Baltimore. Never before In thi
history of the two organizations havi
I. andon — Emperor Francis Joaspl
died fut-sday night at Schoenbruni
gastie. according to a Reuter dis
patch from Vienna by way of Aiu
stetxlam.
The first Intimation received bort
that Emperor Francis Joseph’s healU
was again the subject of soiicitatioi
was contained in a dispatch date*
Nov. 12, emanating from a Vonut
news agency, whl-'h reported that tht
emperor had been suffering for somi
days from a slight catarrhal affec
tion.
What gave some credence to thi
• us piston that his condition wa;
much graver than the official bulle
tins indicated wan the report, whicl
still la< ks official confirmation, tha
it had been decided to associate thi
heir to the throne, Archduke Charles
Francis, in the government of thi
country, and that he was to asaunn
the position on Dec. 2. on the sixty
eighth anniversary of the etnpsror’i
ascension to the throne.
*.‘wAZ
WAV’
REIGN OF 8IXTY-SEVEN YEAR
SETS RECORD FOR MODERN
MONARCHS
apparently removed
that this case
with that of toe Persia, sunk in the
.Mediterranean long ago in some man-
ner never cleared up. Officials were
loath to discuss the matter in the
absence of official information, whkii
it is und -rstood M being sought.
&<H>o<»5oo0ooooooo0ooooaociooCH>oooo<ioooaooo00COO0ooooo0e
C
Surplus fund
interests throughout the state, j Undr ’ded profits, net
Due to banka and bankers,
subject to check, net
' Individual deposits, subject
to check i 02,407.82
Time Ci rtificates of Deposit 10 112.41
Demand certificates of de-
posit ------------------
Cashiers checks--------—
Bills payable ami rediscounts
Dividends unpaid
Certificates of deposit, is-
sued for money borrowed
Other liabilities as follows:
Reserved for taxes
and
Richards, fol [
of
ry r< oni being search
positively
my of their members met in joint
Climax of Tragedies
The death of Francis Joseph is i
remarkable < hmax to the long list o
tragedies in the llapsburg family i
list unparalleled in uny other reign
dns house in Europe. He dies in thi
midst of the world’s greatest war
which he himself largely brough
about by his determination to avengi
the act of assassination ot his heir
the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, ai
the result of an alleged Serbian con
■pith< y, wbile on a alate vi«it ti
Bosnia on June 28, 1914.
FYancli Joseph was 86 years old a
the time of his death. He was bori
Aug. 18, 1830. He was only 19 yean
of age when ho ascended the throni
of Austria, upon the abdication of hit ,
unde. Ferdinand I Dec. 2. 1848. inak
Ing his reign exlend over a period
of 67 years, all but the first 28 ot
which he wa« also apostolic king o
Hungary'. It Is doubtful that If In al
hi.-tory there has been an active, au
thentlc reign that was longer.
Louis XIV, of France was noml
nally King for 72 years. He actual
!v occupied the throne for little mon
• • in half a century. X cl« er rlva,
and the onlv one of modern times
was Queen Victoria, who reigned foi
64 years.
Tho aged monarch, although he had
his
was
Capt. Joe 0/enx Dies in Auttin.
tu in. Tcxei -Captain Joe
’ 1 ’• ■' ’ "’id- ; t o |
b.-Hd k< and grounds, died
local h
"We can tel
these attacks that caused his death.
He died a he hu<l always hoped he
T^ERHAFS you are not making $3,000 or $4,000 a year. The income
tax doesn't affect you. Cheer up You may mike enough some day
to pay Uncle Sam his small tax Meanwhile TAX YOURSELF
fiet aside a certain amount of your earning* and let us pay you for keep
ing it Thi* kind of taxe* 1* not as sure a* death, but it’s a lot mor^
pleasant. Meanwhile—
--------------$’59,448.69
LIABILITIES
part in many movements for the do- Capita stock paid in——-$35.000.00
- • - • 7,100.(8)
1.207.85
Fort Worth. Texas.—Colonel
Maples, cbairman ot tbe state Dem-
ocratic executive committee and oue
of tbe loading citizens and business
U*< a of 1 > xas, w,i- Lu,- ...
bis homo two miles east ot Haudley exchange
on the Dallas Fort Worth ititei urban Rend- and Stocks.--------
line when an automobile in whicb be Peal estate (banking house)
Bishop Wilson Dies at Baltimore
Baltimore. Nd.— Bishop Alpheus
M Wilson, one of the best known
eh rgymen of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, South, and a biblical
•cholar of national fame, died sud-
denly at his residence here Tuesday.
Tic was In Ids eighty third year and
whether "•"strike would hi h‘’"'/d)ed the office of bl.hop wbh
Waco, Tc .ar Property loss of ap
proximately $150,000 resulted from a
fire here, which originated on the
■second floor of the Interurban hotel,
a four story structure, the lower floor
of which was occupied by Sanger
Bros ' npartnu nt store. The blaze
started In a closet under a stairway,
rife that there had
but
Firs I
I rxc-.v York
St®.-) corporation
Inrr.-a < of 10 per cent in the
of tho employs of its steel and Iron
companies, eff - tt\e Dec. 15 next.
Wage and salary advances in other
<1 -paitnunts of the corporation also
will be equitably adjusted. It wa-
state! Ab< in rease affects in all
•bout jon.oim emplayes and proba
bly adds nearly 120.000,000 to ths
corporation s payroll. It Is estimated
the payroll is between $198,000,909
and >200.tH»0.t- i
of years, he it. oitastly refused to
seek any offi< <> for himself. His
friend prevailed on him at different
times to become a candidate for gov-
ernor or United States senator, but
be declined repeatedly.
Be served as Democratic national
committeeman from Texas in 1914,
and in that year was elected chair
man of the I'en. cratlc state execs |
ttve committee by tho
which met at El Paso.
20C.0CC Emplcye* Get Pay Increase
Nev York The United Statas
has announced an
wage*
Offers $’0,000 For Each Sub Sunk
Ismdon Robert P. Houston, mem-
ber of parliament from Liverpool and
h< ad of the Houston lln« of steam-
ers. urges • iat the British mercantile
murine tak- s< a law Intn Its own
hand* and atm ships against sub-
marines. regt •ll.s.s of
restrict ton*
British master of any British
chant s.dp 2.iWH) pound* for
German submarine he probable sinks,
up to a total of 56. between now an.l
May. 31. Th** is equal to f’O.iyj
Consignees BUmed for Car Suortaje.
Chicago --Witne.M-s b fore the Illi
giots public Ut lltim comm: lot,
agreed that tho ear shortage prob
lam would be •< U.-d if a means could
b»- reached t<| force consign es to un-
load their cars quh kl> W H. Rotcfi
ford was the first witness on the ap-
ipilca'ion of Illinois roads for a dv
•■urruge rate of $2 for the first day.
|3 for the second and f4 each day
thereafter. The cor shortage would
kllaappear In four days if conaisrnees
eta loaded their oars promptly, he said.
Petrograd The minuter of foreign
i sent a telegram to aii
Ruslan representatives in allied
count! tea declaring KuAsla's firm de
termination not to make a separate
peace under any cir. umstanoea, ac. twe<n
cording to the semi-official news
agency.
Rumors were
been loss ot life in the hotel.
Fire Chief Ed. Pauerle
Commissioner Ben O
lowing a thorough iuvestlvation
the ruins, eve
cd diligently, announced
that there had been no fatalities.
The fire, one of the most destruc
five her In several years, forced it*
wav through the three upper stories
of the hotel with great rapidity and
got a good start before the first
alarm was sounded
Five People Injured
wore sixty rooms
and each
was riding was struck by a limited Other real estate
i,........• < » . i» j,’urnj(Ur<, antj fixtures___
Due from approved
Reserve agents, net
Due from other
banks and bankers
subject to check
net
Cash items —
White Secretary Dan
for ar
mor plate for the four battleships au
thorized at the last session of con
i gress aiid approving plana for an am
i munition ship, the last veMel design
■ >d for the 1917 building program, th*
appropriations subcommittee of th*
house naval committee began work
on the IDlli estimates, the heaviest
in American history, to be presenter
to congress this winter.
The department’* 1918 figures con
template construction of half of tho
■ hips yet to be built in the great
Th< I three year program, and show total
appropriations of $379,197 ?Q'. ot
more than «66.t)Od.OOO in excess of th*
record total appropriated last «um
mer.
on affairs of state almost to the lart
Declared Pre*ent War
The ultimatum x>f July
which Francis Joseph sent
I’etor of Serbia, denouncing the anti
Austrian propaganda in that country
and demanding prompt punishment
of the aswar ins of Archduke Ferdi
nand, was - upper-dly dictated by
Francis Joseph himself, and It wa.«
this document that directly precip-
itated the war ravaging Europe. Five
davs later, after Serbfh had com
piled with all the demand.' with ths
exception of agreeing to allow' Aus
trian authorities to enter Serbia tn
stamp out t! •• alleged anti-Austrfan
conspiracies, Francis Joseph declar-
ed war.
Total $159,448.69
I0FTBXA1
County of Comanche. We, J. E
Gray as president, and E. E. Anthony
For Uniform Bills of Exchange
Panama. Nov It.
for uniform bills of <
Panama and all other A marl- '
can countries passed the assembly on
first reading without a
vote
There were sixty rooms In the
hotel and each was occupied wh< n
the fire broke out Five people
injured.
A conservative estimate of the
dau-age to the stock of Sanger
Br- - Is $10" opo, fully covered by
One hundred and Insurance. The hotel bulFMng wai
were killed and damaged to the extent r>f about $40..
The fur
Impr- nbhinga in the hotel, estimated to
wor'h about $10,000, were
tectcd oy insurance.
John Nichols, negro chauffeur, '
He was thrown 25 feet, but fell clear
of the wreckage and escaped unin-
jured.
Worth Mor® Than Million.
Colonel Waples had been a promln- ‘
ent figure in the political life and
business activity of the state for
many years. He took a prominent
Will Be Largest Appropriations foi
Warships in American History.
•offered serious inroads
health for many years
strong enough to keep a firm grlf
at Tyler,
complete
flrc of the contents
’•ore of Goldstein A
■ ' t"- d a!i of $7'.,00<». The
oi-fg nated in the mil-
'pa ’ .< nt The stock was
! ♦ p> i-> Insurance and tho
$2t*.0(M).
convention. 1 as cashier of said bank, each of uf
He was re- do solemnly swear that
elected to this place by the recent statement is true to the best of our
Democratic convention at
an<j give n an ovation at that conven-
tion for his services to the party
during his incuuib< ncy.
Report 159 Lives Lost tn Train Wrack
Laredo, Texas,
fifty nine persons were killed
many more or less seilously injuied and Insured for $40,000
m a railroad wreck on tbe
ix< anic line to Vera Crus, mar Ja- be
lapa, on Nov. 12, accotdlng to a re-
port reecivi-d here. The wreck la
said to have been due to the <-ngi
mrr running nt too higli a rate of
speed our a dangerous part of the riving h*re from Golurnmi.s report th,
road. According to this Information, shipment of large (iuantitios of ar’il
tbe engine and all but one of tbe I*TV -hells to retailing'* punitive
train of live cars left the track and pedition In M< xico. The
rolled over a cliff. Tho passengerx department also has st nt
were liter ally ground to pieces.
Russia Reaffirms Al.egianos to Allies headduatlers during the Inst
the army officers say.
velopment of Texas, and hud
neas
His wealth is estimated
than a million dollars.
Helped Make World's Fair.
In 196| Colonel Waples was chair- ,
of the ext- ufive committee of
World's fair at St. Louis, and
was one of the hardest workers for
the success of that exposition <>n the
committee.
While he had been a prominent
figure in Texas politics for a number
h<- steadfastly refused
»• -slon. buf their meeting at Balti
ore will b« the result of carafullj
worked out agr<i*ment that th* twe
forces shall join hands in workint
for the gon tnl betterment of the or
gnnized railway employes.
After receiving the brotherhont
heads. President Wilson saw Chair
tn n Adamson, author of the eight
hour law.
\fter their 15 minute confemnei
with the president, the brotherhooi
head.* would admit only that thej
had congratulated Mr. Wilson on hli
re election. W. S. Stone, head **f th*
•nvineers, declared that ho could not
tel! now ..— ----- -----
ailed if the eight hour law was noi
put into effect Jan. 1.
that bettor later."
Tho brotherhood head* appeared
well pleased with the Situation They
w«'re particularly elated over theft
amputation I
w 1th pan I
W ■ /
bl,
The First State Hank
ef Comanche, Texas
at Comanche, State of Texas, at th«
close of business <»n the 17th day of
Novemlier, 1916, published in the Van-
guard, a newspaper printed and pub-
lished at Comanche, State of Texas.
. on the 24th da) of Novemtier, 1916.
RESOURCES
Paul Loans and discounts, per*
■ ai and collateral $79,601.61
Loans, real estate
(Overdraft*
Interurban cur bound for Fort Worth.
The automobile wiss hurled 40 feet,
pinulng the body of Colonel Waples
undern-’ath and crushing his skull.
He died within 25 minutes The in*
terurban car was derailed and plung-
ed into a trolley pole, but noue of
the pwuengi rs was seriously in-
jured.
The only other occupaut of the car < U( . ,-y
was John Nichols, negro chauffeur,'
Interest in Depositor* Gunr-
anty fund
Other resources as follows:
Assessment Guaranty fund
i'c
the
of his right 1<
gr<-t-
Sinking of A-abia Admitted In Berlin.
Washington Announcement by tho
semi ufiu tai Ove* an News ag< ncy
that a German submarine sank U>u
British Imi-r Arabia made a deep ini- ed the district < ourt
press ion in official quarters here ani good roads for two hors and fortv
~;..J all possibility min ■■t** and fi”alh decid-■! >>n a mil
might take iu plac-j It on dollar county wide iasne. Plat!
, tlons were drawn and pn-senled ti-
the commUst<m«»r*’ court and
election was old rrd for Dec. 21
tasus I* $1«'rt.i»en larger than the
defeated a week a-n Twelnv thous
and dollars •• tr he sport in Danton
j connecting n n roads to the square.
affairs has
three I
change |
the final t< Hi. t.„- $1,1.1!) ,. i |
bond issue in the county failed t.»
get the needed t x . thir ls major t
tbe vote standing 1.742 for and 1,4’1
against
..v
4
4
Dr. A. E. Acton
Texas
('omancne,
Special Want Ads
Rate, 25 words, four weeks for 60s.
t
(
The
F. E. ADAMS.
%
(I
*
12:00 noon
1:10 a. m.
4:38 a. m.
2:33 p. m.
’ eaves
Arrives
Everything good to eat in the way
of Meats, on north side square at Al-
len A Harris Meat Market. Phone 257.
T. J. England was one of our Sat-
urday raliers who entertained us very
LOST 4)n the Newburg and Coman-
che road, a long gray overcoat. Find-
er please return ami receive reward.
—H. N. Gooilson. It22
V
w
TWO SECTIONS of land on the Pecos
river, 25 miles above Pecos city.
State debt $2.92 1-2 pet acre. Taxes
and interest paid for 1915. Apply at
this office for further information.
WANTED To buy a good pony, well-
gaited will pay cash for one that
suits. Also second-hand small saddle.
Ring Line 19 two longs. 22-23c
WILL TRY TO PLEASE YOU
A. D. Backstrom
PHOTOGRAPHER
FOR SALE—Gentle horse with phae-
ton. Safe for ladies and elderly peo-
ple. L. B. Russell.
DENTIST
More than 25 years practice in Co-
manche. All work guaranteed. Office
upper Door of the Campbell Building,
north side square.
FOR SALE OR TRADE FOR FARM
—Largo Hous , good barn, good well
and windmill, good orchard. One
and half acres land, well located, for
ale or would consider trailing for a
farm. -A. A. Harris, office in n ar of
First National Bank. 22-24tf
I
FOR SALE—Two mares and two
horses, nil nine years and under, gentle
wur^i stock; also a new Mitchell wag-
on, hi n one season, a sot of wagon har-
ness with collars and bridles. - B. A.
Ward, at J. A. Botler’s, half mile
south of brie plant. 22-24p
?
REGISTERED DUROCS FOR SALE
Just weaned and ready for delivery,
a’ my home, Blanket Route 3. W. r.
Payne. 24
I. M. Cochran, D.D.S., Phone 118
Lester M. Hall. D.D.S., Phone 118
DRS. ( O( HR W & H ALL
Dentists.
Comanche, Texas tf
Office phone 456 Over F. & M. Bank
YOUNG HORSES. MARES and Colts,
and young Mules, for sale cheap. R.
A. Allen, Comanche, Texns, Route
5. 19-22
Gerat Opportunity for
Renters to Secure Homes
The Federal Farm Loan Act w ill go
into effect in the early part of next
year which will enable farmers to se-
cure loans on farm lands at a low
rate of interest not to exceed 6 per
cent and probably less. The high
price of farm products and especial-
ly cotton will continue hight for a
number of years. The farm loan act
and the splendid price of farm prod-
ucts should enable farmers to own
their own homes. I have a number
of ><oo<l farms for sale at the right
price. Come and see me at the First
National Bank.
agreeably.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
Frisco Line
North Round
North Bound
4outh Bound
Jouth Bound
Cottnn Belt
. 11:16 a. m.
.. 4:55 p. m.
FOR SALE- Pony mare cheap, 15’z
hands high; weight about 1000 lbs.—
Apply at Cotton & Son’s shop. 19-22
FELLOWSHIP
(Too Late for Last Week. )
Nov. 14.—Miss Ruby Ashley of
Runnells county is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Swindle.
Walter McCay surprised us all by
going to San Saba and getting mar-
ried.
Our good old friends Mr. and Mrs.
Brewster, have left us and gone to
Lampasas to make their future home.
Mr. Mills and Miss Eva Isham of
Newburg, attended singing Sunday
evening.
Mr. an<l Mrs. Joe Ashley of Runnells
county are visiting her parents and
other relatives.
Texas
R. W. H. Hamilton
OPTOMETRIST
Comanche • •
Save the pieces and I can
^et them duplicated for
you.
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