The Comanche Chief and Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1912 Page: 2 of 12
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habltual~*df«*>k*|k or *iintr
jer feiting hit .charter,' 'rnnkt*
this year w|U show two-third* of
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••file thiag J»P*y • if feroiagJaod'* g^et 'business triumph for ui« couetracUott of eteve-afhun-
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•ooKeocioAThDbuptkmbeb tot. »j»* . n #ny pt fa sddjtlqas! vice* are Texae. Six years ego Tiki* com- d,ed mile*, or &rt, ors'oimabing
•—r Ptffeiiiberi oD. hie wdmiiw. and et geniw wrote j#ly .tsro p*r cent of or other, Of cement sidewalks
M _ tile Oftt* tin# leteach and-every the busmens, . righta.wj^^ Ww »ee -right how
la 19 7 same insuruftte laWB th»# the CuQilX)'erciai Clutf out
wete pasted by the Tezadiegitla- there is preparing to pud c5
turj that dipnoi suit- tie*- *6Ttr In-' another CoirranciR-atew banquet.
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TOM H. BE^L, Editor and Bus:Mgr.
T. J.Cl/NN INOti AM, Assooia^eEditor
and Asek.’Bus. Mgf. £■
surance companies of the East. — Gra^d. Saline Jottrual.
These compsuiert pred-c'eel dirt
disaster* aqd m&ry <»f them quit
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Have Vt<u paid your po M tsx
OSTTCXBe-^C- H. Utmnlngttsm, Prestoeat
I', K. EttO«*,.Vlo« President; T. J. Cunning
bsm. 8<cret»rj And Treasurer; Tom H, Bell,
•ditor »nd miioucer. V *
DIRKCTOU3-D. >H. CjMuutughnm. X# J.
'Uaaumghtws. to^ h bbiTj. b. auto,’ paha
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STOCK hold:
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bsssr OAUAWAfiPArtA BmHh. w. BArrlii,
loon at ail, and then you/ will have-
the question aa nearly solved as
poaaible. If we are successful in
•touring an oth*r election nrflJriitv ^______ .
state, should go dry. it' will not the state. Soma fit them bavg-I^J You have Igvil Kt»J> 1 to do
settle it for the aatis will demand
another election as soon impossi-
ble, and we'Wifi go on from year
to year In aconHtant turmoil, the
question^ overshadowing evety-
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BinghAin, O. A. CunningbAm, K. K. Cunclng-
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trm or oorporntlon Appenrlng tn ihen* ool-
■imw will be glndly onrr«oi«S if thn mAnni*-
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aa the titpe to which your subscrip-
tion is paid, ^tll subscriptions ex-
pire on the nrst ot the month. Any
subscriber not receiving the. paper
fegufarly wilt plea«4 notify us.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION IN
POLITICS
In the matter of seleotiog a
speaker of tho next Texas House
of Representativca to succeed the
Boa. Sam Raybura we want to
eall attention to certalir^rnatters
appearing generally in the Texas
press. While we are not interest-
ed In polities, and disclaim any
attention of working particularly
lor an> one. we are intareeted
only to that extant in which it ef-
fects the welfare of the state, and
la that tense the welfare of this
town and county to a certain ex-
tent. It is srgued by certain
state. Personally, the question
does not bother, us, and we have
gped friends on both tides of same.
We are however interested in the
welfare and developement of the
state, and think the constant agi-
tation of thjs question has retard-
ed the grqwth aad developement
of the state, maay people letting
this and this alone • ■ determine at
to whether or not a man is fitted
for* public office. Ttyis is all
wrong. A man’s position on this
or any 'other one qdeation has
nothing to do with his fittedness
for any office. Of course viewing
the matter arwarjdo, every thing
else being equal, we would give
the man who seed the matters pa we
do, the benefit of the doubt. We.
however . .regret that the question
of whether or not a man is pro or
anti, ia made the one qulifylag or
determining factor aa to a his
fittedness for any position, and
that it is made to oVerahadow
every other question. But it is
sc, and wjll never be otherwise,'in-
ti I finally settled, and there ia no
use denying it or trying to hide
the tact, as some papers are 1o-
ing.
already returned, slid otVr, wiljj
do so. B'Jt the 1s*b worked good
to Texas. Many splendid home
companies were organized arui
are doing the insurance business.
Th*° companies’ investments are
mode in Texas and Texans «ra
■haring the profits. And Texans
are getting good, mfe insurance
from home folks.
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EFFECT OF *. GOOD
ROADS.
Statistics show that the rural
population of Illinois decreased
papers that the prohibition quea- eight per cent irom 1900 to 1910,
while the urban population show-
ed a nice ircreaae. It is also
■howiftbat one half of the town*
of 2,^00 population showed a de-
crease in population, while the
other half 'showed an inorease.
Naturally this caused the people
lo look around for the reason, and
iVwas found that the townslbat
increased in population were in
every case surrounded by good
roads, while those showing a de-
crease had poor road facilities,
There ia a reasqn for this. People
do not seek homes in the country
where roads are. .bad. When they
dan do so they leave the neighbor-
hood where roala are bad, always
moving to plaees where there has
been road improvement. The
•mall towns are more largely de-
pendent for th ir prosperity on the
country than are the cities, there-
fore they suffer most when the
country suffers. No argument is
heeded: ~ BulTd good rdfds.
tion should be eliminated. That
la truo in a cense and in a sense it
ianlt- The questiien can never be
eliminated: and will, never be
climated, until it is settled finally
and decisively. In the matter of
•electing r the n*xt speaker
prohibition ia cutting much ice
and 4 fight ia Being made on
Chester Terrell, of San Anionlo,
an applicaDlt for the position, be-
cause it ie charged he is*an anti.
: Jtad act U if All along the line, this
question will continue to oyer
shadow all else, to *;the detriment
of the people, and stand iu the
way of muoh wholesome legisla-
tion, ai it has already done, until
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it is settled and settled.decisive
While the writer never voted
' other than a pro ticket in his life,'
favoring looql option at alt times,-
it Is our ciahdid opinion that a
Compromise of the whisky ques-
tion oould.be effected, by intro
duoing a high license and strict
regulation measure in the nhxtf j
house, limiting the: number of
solocne tOv (Bne to every two or
three thousand paoole, placing n
high license oh same, thus placing
the business in the hands of the
most resposeible . men possible,
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place the ban on gating, restrict
the proximity to a school ' or
church, prohibit tjbe
Jack Johnson,.-the eon of Ham,
known to fame as the champion
pugilist of tha world, has again
butted Into tjb* lime light by mar-
rying anotherwhite wife. Mice
Lucile Cameron the girl who he is
accused of entioing from her
home for immoral purposes who
had formerly shirked in hU cafe,
and over . whom he’ has had so
much trouble. When we retd
such items ap this in the metro-
politan prese, it makes .us indeed
proud of-the fact that we live in
a county of thirty thousand peo-
ple, and in a town of four thou-
sand people, whose skins and
hearts are entirely white, and
where no such thing could’possibly
occur. We bavpmo leather lip
ped senegambians to marr an
otherwise peaceful existence, nor
do we want them.and further still
we will not permit themr1 in the
ooofinea-of thfc| great and glorious
county. To a Comanche the idea
of a* 'common Texas nigger ’’marry-
ing a white girl it as repulsive as
it is loathsome, and many a good
God fearinarman in this coumy
would help,■officiate at the un-
ceremonious funeral of • “ooon”
who WDulfi even entertain the idea
or aspiration. But in the Windy
City, we presume it is different—
entirely so. At any rate the
white woman who would marry a
negro is not ts good as the negro.
Johnson had one white wife who
oomaritted suicide and that was
the most sensible thing she ever
did in this opia We pity the
bride and despite the>groom. The
negro knew better. The girl was
young and unexperienced in the
ways of the world,, infatuated
with the negro his clothes, die
monds and automobile, and doubt
less sold her self body and *oul
into his keeping for an easy ex-
istence—but Great God-what a
pritee! *
Toamanwi ti h family
the Christmas g. ax.m sUgghhlS-
that old familiar air “all gujn’
out and nothin’ cumin in.”
Weather Report — Judging
from the express shipments re-
ceived in Comanche to date Dec
ember wlU be a ‘‘weT^ inontnr -
With more than nearly a half
million in our local banks- on de-
posit we ought to be able to “get
by” the holiday reas n without
being declared a-bankrupt
L’naually the m i chant who is
“big enough’’ ter* make bis aters
of real importance- to the people
is also wiseeh<u/h to coovinee-
them of ihe fact through adeauate
advertising. *.
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M. Ll, APCliS JEWornciAN
AT HJJKSE'B DBUO S'fioHK • ENGRAVER
Dr. i. l. vaughn
VETERINARY SURGEON
All calls answered day or night. Also have a new
Automobile that hires for service iflieets all trains; carries
passengers to country. Also have a first-class^Lively, sin-
gle and double drives. When you want to ride either in
city or country phone 232, Dr. Vaughn, the Livery and
Auto man, northwest corner of Square, Comanche, Tex.
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Wa would nm nd the apiintara,
sod others desiring to take ad-
vantage rf Leap Year youihave on-
ly a few more days left. If you
have nut already done so, yoli had
better take advantage of seme.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
The store that is equipped to
do a lot more business than it in
doing, at little or no extra or-
ganisation expense, faces a real
mosey making opportunity. Far
newspaper advertising will do
’the r4st. ,
Toe Chief-Exponent takes this
means of, wishing each and
every one of it* patrons and
readers a Merry Christmas, and
a Happy, Prosperous New Year.
Mav you each and every oi e
realize your fondest dreams and
expectations-
Don’t forget dear old dad at
Christmah times' when making
up your list of gifts for he is the
angel that makes any or most
all your beneficencies possible,
and usually receives less atten-
tion than any other member of
the family..;* W6 insist this isn’t
right. 'If you don’t do anything
else you can at least tell him bow
mueh yos love him and how
much he ia appreciated. . He
will appreciate that much.
It now transpires that Presi-
dent-Elect Wilson prefers to be
WUaoaM ;
able to say that the Chief-Expon-
ent goes into a large number of
homes in this county, about
3,000 in all, this of course not
covering our list outside the
county, and yet there are a
great many merchants who
seemingly don’t realize what a
fine* advertising medium they
have at hand in the Chief Ex-
ponent. Think of it wa see
about 15,000 readers to your one
every week.
The new paroles post -law will
go into effect the fir«t of ttie~
year, aud when it dbes the evun-
try will be flooded with thd ,. _____________________________
: . . .{“Uncle Bill” Adame, of Brown-
agen s an ca o^u. s .«» i ® ,WOO(j n0w Superintendent of the
mail order hoases. It will be Reformatory Appoint-
well lor our people to *hun and | ment of the" governor,’ aaicT hi *
avoid*these peopJe as they would was “vciliiu’ to be anybodyg
a pestilence, for they at*e not in- Uncle providin’ you elect me
terested in you or your com- Treasurer.” '
munitj. They contribute noth
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addressed < as Mi
rather than “Dr, Wilaon” .
“Gov. Wilson.” That la good
Democratic sentiment all right,
but it. iiTdistinctiy outclassed by
Gov, E ect Sulxer of New York,,
who prefers to be referred to ss
“Old Bill Sulz -r—Grand Saline
Journal.
All of which reminds* ua t
one of the candidates fqr State
Treasurer at the last election
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violation of position to
KEfePINCpEXAS MONEY IN
TEXAS. ^
Ttls people of Texas are now buy-
ing most of their life inidfscce at
home, - In 1911 fifty-eight Dpr
cent of tha life insurance bought
bar Texans was. purchased of hum#
companies. It is said by those in
ow that rept rt# for
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IXMAS STOCKIW
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That is the question with
so oieny of ua at thia Holi-
day season. The
at all difficult
consult us. We Will give
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if you will
that wUl be
The Christmas or Yuletide
season, generally supposed to be
a season of good cheer, is upon
ua. We should all share our
pleasures with those less- for-
tunatc, and not t#ske of jt a
season for .show. Look around
you and if yob have a neighbor,
less fortunate than yb*ffs4Jf try
and do something to make their
"Christmas as merry as rs.
We can all <k> this.. Do not think
of self ehtirely. Think of the
birth, of the Saviou r who died to
save meh,what his birth, life and
death represestk, and then, do
what He would thtve #ou do.
Also we deprecate the idea pos-
sessed by a great many that fe is
dcombent u^oirthem to make a
show whether able or not. This
is wrong. It is altogether wrong
Tha Chief-Exponent calls its
readers attention to tbe holiday
ads in this issue which present
a number of auggestions as to
what to buy for father, mother,
sister or brother, “him,” or
“her.” Tho paper does not
mean to say its advertisers are
tbe only- ones curyipg Xmas.
su>ck~ there are others—but
they do not seemingly think
enough of their stock or your
trade to make a bid for it thru
these.columns.
Again press^ifpatche* tell Us a
child has been killed by a supposed
unloaded gun In the hands of her
little brother. Last week, Ura,
four/ear old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs .“’John Evans, living near
“f-Weathford, was .killed by her
brother, Lee, aged 6, The ooy
found a shot gutf &ehind the door
where his father had left It. SAd
thihking' It unloaded patted
the trigger, tearing a grfdt hole
ing to the support of your Lame back raa.v.„ come from
schools and churches. They do ovei-%orkf or frtm disexscj In
not come’to your aid or assist iha^two former esses the right,
ance when adveraHj .overtakes reroe<Jy '* BALLARD’S BNOW
you, and care nothing about you LINIMENT. It Jhould be rubbed
except wbat they get out of yon, *n tir-tuughly. bver the aft
part, the iclief will be prompt
and satisfoctery. P.iice Zofi, 60s.
and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by
P.,ri8 Smith.—adr, #
Cill ard see mv new mountings
and make your selection before tbe
rush, Loox’s Studio, N. W. cor
ner iguare.—adv. 2w
and that is usually a plenty f«'r
wh0 you Ret, if you trade with
them. Just think for a moment
what kind of a market would
you have at home for your” pro-
duce if you and ypur neighbors
bought all their necessities from
the agents and mail order
houses. Keep Comanche county
monej in Comanche county, and MR!). C. 1. CADfWBI6HT’S
perhaps you will get your share
of it again. Send it away to Bt.
Louis, Chicago, or elsewhorear.d
ypu Vriil iwxer see it agairt. Pat-
ronize and helo build up Coman.
the county institution^.
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Chinn on display and
for sala w-v
AT H.LARDIS’ JEWELRY STORE
for .0, one to boy oipeooivo
presents for others they cannot
afford,- • It is well enough to
friend* and
arms arc dangerous, ; especialiyln
the-hands of children, Jjod parent*
should be careful to sea that they
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If y>u Buy your Christmas Pres- '
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Bell, Tom H. The Comanche Chief and Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1912, newspaper, December 20, 1912; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883368/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.