The Comanche Chief and Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1916 Page: 2 of 10
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tifce crushing mors soj an advance market of 38
1-3 per ceut'hms been sewtred.
to have the, r
Prince Albert
open for you
firing up ever]
JTtjr *T*HR Prinw
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C. feet, every Prince
Albert peckege, hee
a reel meeeece-to-roa
on Ite revere* tide. Yon II
Kp reedi— Proc#** Patented
W July SOth. 1*07 “ That menne
that the United State* Oovarn
meat ha* granted a patent *a the
proeeee by which Prtn*l Albert U
made. And by which lon^ bit. tnd
Ibedpan* are —toed/ Slby
k where tebacee la anldyaall Sad
Prince Albert awehlng yea
Publishers.
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m. H. CARPENTER
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W. H. Carpenter,
: W. H. Csrpenter, J. R. Eanes, Qeo. L.
0. A. Cunningham, E. W, Harris, S. P.
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Cunningham, Q. A. Cunningham, J. R- Moore, Mrs.
J. Thomas, Qeo. L. Sullivan, ~ ^ __________
ONI DOLLAR PER ANNUM
THE QUESTION OP VOTING November 7 has
a practical value aside from the discharge of duty.
This is presidential election year and our represen-
tation in alt state conventions will be based on the
■umber of'votes we poll in this election. It is to
6qr interest t9 have as many representatives in the
-osnventions as possible. In south Tqxbs they mus-
ter a full vote and have a full representation in
conventions. We, of north Texas, sleep on our
rights and south Texas dominates every state con-
vention held.
WE HAVE HAD MANY FAVORABLE COM-
MENTtf on an oditorin) we gave last week on the
wbject of s county road system. We do not thinE
there is half such an pbjssttoli to fixation as there
is to the waste of taxes. .We do IWt tlllltk 11)41
roads in the county and roadsHhat are so situated
as to be accessible to all wiH cost as much as we
pay for poorer roads today. Comanche eounty
roads have been improved over a hundred per cent
since the purchase of the gasoline tractor and grad-
ers by the county some tour years ago. Tlds i8 the
result of a definitely planned system of work iu
the various prerinets. The same ride Would apply
to the county aa a whole. We need more macliin-
ery—a roller, a rock crusher and a couple more
good traetor graders. The !eost of these would not
he excessive and would he a wise expenditure of
the county’s funds ami we feel safe in saying that
another four years under this plan would see Com-
anche county with a set of entirely good roads.
THIS IS THE LAST CALL before the election
for the support of the proposed amendment to the
constitution regarding raising the tax limits in
school districts and permitting a county unit tax.
A vote for this amendment is not a vote to raise tax-
es nor to impose taxes. It is a vote to'PERMIT
those districts that want to vote such a tax to do so.
You are not committing yourself to taxation by
voting for the amendment: This newspaper Would
not at this particular time support a county unit tax
for Comanche county. But we cannot feel that it
would be right for us to so cast our vote as to
deny Erath or Brown the privilege of having one
if they want it.
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A Bhindsr
It was bathing time and f(*n the
bedroom of twin boys ea% the
sound of hearty laughter a *4 l0$jl
crying! ‘ -Their father went *p to
find toe cause. _ for**
'‘What’s thu matter up WreT”
he inquired.
The laughing twin pointed to his
brother. “Nothing,” he giggled,
only nurse has given Alexander
two baths and hasn’t given He any
at all.”—American Boy. j
LAST WEEK we promised an article from the
jHjn pf W. J. Cunningham which is indeed an article
worth the reading. We are producing it this wee-k
with this apology for not having done so last week.
Our columns are always crowded. We do not use
“plate matter,” which is in reality the cheapest
form of news. Our columns are filled every week
with live items of local news, so there conies occa-
sions when something must be held hack, so on this
occasion it was the article from Mr. Cunningham
and ap article about the educational rally recently
held. We beg the pardon of Mr. Cunningham and
the contributor of the article on the educational
rally for this, hut there comes times when, as this
instance, the coRt would be too great for to have
carried these two articles—would not have cost ns
less than between $10 and $15.
THERE IS A GREAT CRY going over the coun-
try for city manager plan, and it has some good
points. There is no question that one man of ef-
ficiency employing capable assistants could ably
administer the affairs of the city at a greatly re-
duced cost, but such a policy would be very dan-
gerous. It would be very dangerous in the fact
that these appointments would soou build up a po-
litical machine which is ns dangerous toward cor-
ruption jis *the open field plan is toward inefti-
efency.
Thfe city manager plan of city administration
can very easily be adopted by small towns in this
maimer. Let the city council employ a city man-
who shall be held absolutely responsible for
of affairs in ail detnils. TJn*n
this city manager appoint hjtj assistants with
approval of the t^uuuoll. Such a plan will be
roid of corruptness except by a corrupt council,
will be efficient in the fact that one man will
7e tfie power to lay out the work and administer
be safe ip the fact that plans will have
[>g)g<f£pted by the council before they are put iu-
effe.tti We are not charging for this friendly
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EXTRAVAGANCE
Thrift is the talk of the times. We arc told
that, we should save and prepare for the rainy
days that are sure to come, that we are living in
an extravagant era, an, age of luxury and of foolish
expenditure. • '►
Newspapers, magazines, preachers and teachers
are all using “Thrift” its the text for their disedur-
ses. It is their special message to the people. Yet
at no time'lvas thfnhJioen greater profligacy in pub-
lic expenditures than today.
Congress is imposing war taxes in times of peace,
doubling amj trebling the Income Tax, adding
Federal Inheritance Tax (thus milking n double
tax for the States also levy oil inheritances) so that
even the dead must pay, placing special license tax-
es on every industry, and levying stamp taxes tluit
have not been heard of,except in times of war.
Fifty million dollar* have been spent on tin*
highways of New York—more than half of it fool-
ish- or for graft. Every municipality, every State,
as well as the National Government, is loading ad-
ditional obligations upon the tax payers.
Why preach thrift to the people and not to those
\vho are in authority?
When the Constitutional Amendment to auth-
orize an Income Tax was proposed, it was urged by
President Taft, as a matter of preparedness so that,
in ease of war, resources could be provided, but
just as soon as the authority was giveu, the Amer-
ican Congress imposed an Income Tax and within
three years has doubled it and added surtaxes thrrT
.will euable thy Government to take as much as
fifteen per cent~oT>iome incomes.
The people murmured at a billion dollar Coi»-
gress. Now they stand face to face with a two-bil-
lion dollar Congress, aud the end is not yet.
The preachers of thrift are doing well to talk to
the American people, but it is time that the Amor-
ican people, staggering under their huylen of taxes;,
should demand thrift of those whom they placed
authority, or replace them by others.
Unless our governments. Municipal. State and
National, learn to he thrifty, they will exhaust all
our resources in time of peace, and make the lumber
on th epeople so heavy that the shadow of war will
seem like the shadow of a pestilence.—Leslie's.
Two Sides to the Story
With pathetic tears ou kcr ba-
by cheeks, little Ethel ran up to a
big. stalwart policeman.
‘“P-p-pleaae, sir,” she libbed,
“will you eome and lock a bad
man up?’
“ What 'a he been doing ?”.askcd
the man in blue, gently.-—;*]
“Oh—boo— boo,” wailed Ethel
“lie’s b-h-broken up my hop wif
’is tiusty bicycle.”
“lias he?” replied the liohbie,
angrily, as he saw her tegfe flow
afresh. “Where is he?” j
“Oh, you’ll easily eatel)jhim,”
"They’ve just carried ’im ht«> that
chemist’s shop on a shutter]” —
A rgonaut,
DON’T YOU LOVE TO RECEIVE A LETTER WELTER OH
ELEGANT STATIONERY? YES; AND YOUR FRIENDS WILL
ENJOY YOUR COMMUNICATIONS MORE IF THEY itt
WRITTEN ON OUR EXCELLENT PAPER.
WE CAN GIVE YOU A WHOLE BOX OF PAPER AND EN-
VELOPES FOR A SMALL SUM. JUST THINK OF HOW MUCH
YOU MUST FAY FOR POSTAGE, THEN THE PRICE OF OUR
BEST STATIONERY WILL SEEM SMALL.
WE CAN SUPPLY ANYTHING YOU NEED FOR WRITING
AND WHEN YOU BU YOUR STATIONERY YOU-CAN “RELY”
UPON IT.
The W in. Reese Co.
Doctor (to tattooed T^my) : alI, 0h, an’ per’aps you’ve eome Mount Ararat, surely.”
Hallo, my lad, who tattotad you
like this?
Tommy: Me father, sir!]
Doctor: Ah ! I sA*. Sortdf illus-
trated by the aUther, eh 11
—London Opinion.
Irate Business Man: Y«o book
gents make me so angry mwi your
confounded nerve and impudence
that I cannot find words tocepress
my feelings.
Agent: Then I am1 the vtfp mau
you want. I am sellingRetion-
aries.
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What Better Messenjr?
Over the garden fence Be con-
versation had suddenly tuned ac-
rimonious. , fL
“An’ if yore boy, Webern ties
any more cans on our pore log’s
tail,” was Mrs. Muggins stem ul-
tima! inn, “ V ’ll ’ear ’bout it.thats
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TIM OuMm Tbit Don Not Affoct
Because oI Iti tonic and Itntlw
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wiv that saucepan wot you borrow-
ed last Monday.”
“ 'Krbert,” asked Mrs. Grubb,
shrilly, “wot have you been doin’
to Mrs. Moggiu’s dog?”
“Nothin’, iiia,” replied the small
boy unblushingly.
“Geo! Mister,” ahe returned, “I
ain’t seen a paper for three days.”
—Harper’s.
A Desperate Chance
The prisoner, up on a criminal j(
charge was asked by the court if
‘There, said his mother, tri-, he had yet secured an attorney. ,
uinphantlv. “An’you returned 'et
saucepan yesterday, didn’t you,
dearie?”
“ Sent it back by ’or dog.” said
Herbert, calmly.—Tit-Bits.
T1VK BKOMO QUININE la beitattl
Qulnlnr and doe* not caof- " “
ntiffinK in head. Rrmrmhe
k for the aiarnaturc o 1 K.
PHKIWT POSSIBILITIES. We were asked
day this week by a gpod friend of ours if laat
when The Chief Exponent was giving peanuts
boosting, we nVgTly knei£^nie possibilities^ in
He was thinking the editor just made a
<gU<*S.'MW<v-w£P do the public this credit
.did;ifftBii»«stilN,^UP0!wibiIity in the Peanut-
oil mills began the crushing of them, but we
not exp$ctlt" For from two to five years, and
(iotuwe dre prdne tw fdan-’the outcome is mushs
That is that the mfetket has realy been
rpJthlPI thq,a9tqaj value, o^thej put. That isfthat
/sold foriBWe than could-be realized out
them by the crusher* 'end1 sW Result there has
a’ rigid decline, the peanut market. $1.37
bushel was the high point reached as far as we
ow and we doubt IfRl.37 could be realized at this
eW th*drtul!W¥A^ ‘the worth
by ud Jfjr.(thetpiMdnot*
ction of a year ago and feel we have been
hty lHgCFBlRgntll M MMBttH'Ufe firmer a mar-
R1LEY
Although up to a brighter sky
You .turn a brighter brow,
The littje girl you bade, “Don’t cry!’’
Jdust disobey you now.
UfaiJle the Ijttle cripple's chair
►She’s kneeling, tearful-eyed,
Although she knows that you fore'or
Arc on the sunny side.
Amid the «land that’s ever new,
Amid new singers’ ranks;
There’ll be the same deep joy for you
A*.on the Deer Crick banks.
For with your posies in her hands
*. And on her lips your hymn,
There little orphaned Annie stands
To kiss her Uncle Jim!
0 you who sang The Days Gone By-
In your own perfect phrase,
1 hear your treble far on high,
Singing the day of days.
The veil that hid God's mystery vast
Lifts as a curtain does,
APd now, Jim Riley, at the last
You know who Santa wuzl
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lief-Exponent that oil mills of the state took up
No gobhle-uns’ll git you, Jim!
You’ve gone across the night
To find amid the seraphim
The raggedy man in white 1 ’’
And in the paths of children’s feet,
Lit by the children’s smile,
You go unfaltering to meet ^ ►
The true cross-bearing chile!
• [ ■ * ' ‘ t • ’ if '
The funny little fellow cries,
In vain for yon to stay,
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You’vfc gone to seek beyond the skies
The Land of Whereaway • • ■**
And' “Good-by, Jim!" the Dwainie eU
Sighs neath her Spirkland hat.
She need not say, “Take keer o’ yourself!”
• * God’s looking out lor that I b(». ,
*New York World.
Copyright ttll by
RpyrnoUa Tob—bC<s
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“No; I haven’t any money,’
was the reply. ” ** y
“Then the court will appoint
one,” kaid the judge. “Now, there
are Mr. Smith, Mr. Brown and Mr.
Greene,” pointing to the young
News to Her. |attorneys waiting, briefless and
traveling iiihii one night breathless, for something to turn
found himself obliged to remain up, “and Mr. Alexander is out in,
in a small town on account of ihthe corridor. ”
washout ou a railroad causal by I The prisoner eyed-ths-t
n, which wa* stiH attorneysTinfi, after a criti
the heavy rain»
coming down in torrents. The tra-
veling man turned to the waitress
with: .
|. “This certainly looks like the
Flood.”
J “The what?’’ -----------------------
“The Flood. You’ve read about
critical sur-
vey, said: "Well, I guess I’ll take
Mr. Alexander.”—Argonaut.
Doctor {examining recruit) i !
And do you always stutter like-
this?
Recruit: N-n-no, sir. Only
the Flood, and the ark landing on w-w-w-when I t-t-t-talk.—Punch.
Slip a few Prince Albert
smokes into votir system!
Yodle heard many an earful about the Prince Albert
patent d process that cuts out bite and parch and lets you
smoke y<U'' fill without a comeback! Stake your bankroll that
it proves 4t every hour of the day.
PTince Alfcrt has always been sold
without c pens or premiums,
prefer to givlquality I_____
There’s sporfemoking a pipe or rolling
your own, bujj’ou know that you’ve got
it tobacco! We tell you
fill barig the doors wide
| come in on a good time ’
fittle so often, without a
regret! You’ll
'has been wasted
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Carpenter, W. H. The Comanche Chief and Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1916, newspaper, November 3, 1916; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth875043/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.