The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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COMANCHE. COMANCHE COUNTY. TEXAS, JUNE 8, 1032
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Woman Says Friendly Spirit Caused Husband And Herself to Locate Here
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ERRYjLANT HAS RECORITR.UN MONDAY
PLANT TO
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John Nance Garner
UNITY
By Alfred Noytt
: at my heart, the world fa
young:
Lore Bet hkMm fa trtrj rope I
,lwy na( that the fayfaxk nog
Once, we thought, mat come to a
dose:
|.Now we know the spirit of song,
Song Rot is merged in the chaot of
the whole
I Hand in band aa we wander along;
The Bowdoin Canning PI®"1
will make its next run Saturday
and will run again Monday ac-
cording to Paul Bowdoin, local
manager.
The biggest run in the h'-stpry
of the plant was made Turaday
when 13,000 No. 2 cans and
6000 gallon cans were packed,
Mr. Bowdoin said. Saturday’s run
is expected to bring the total
output equal to ^hat of the en
What should we dodbt of the yean tire run of iast ycar. Mr. Bow-
that roll?
| Heart of my heart, we can not die I
Love triumphant in flower and tree;
'Every life (hat laughs at the iky
Tefls os nothing can cease fo be;
One, we are one with a sang to-day.
One with the clover that scents tbs
[ ■ world,
One with the Unknown, far away,
One with the store, when earth
grows old.
Htort of my heart, we are one with
the wind.
One with the clouds that art
whirled o’er the sea,
[ Okw fa many, O broken and Mind.
Oat aa aa waves am*ai one wtft
il
• want scattered apeit,
ads aa a tala (hat fa faH
1 Dae, we are one, O heart tfwfagf
1, OattiflLone. wUa dfa world
myhome
YOURS
ifDSON LAY
Join said.
Bit RACE FOR
TAX COLLECTOR
Hollis Burton of. Newburg this
week makes his formal announce-
ment as a candidate for Tax Col-
lector, subject to the action of
the Democratic Primaries.
Mr. Burtpn’ja statement follows:
At the solicitation of friends
from different parts of the coun-
ty, I have decided to enter the
race for Tax Colelctor, subject
to the action of the Democratic
Primaries.
I appreciate the interest of my
friends in my behalf and I shall j
try to see as many of the voters
as possible before the primaries. I
I assure you of my appreciation I
of your support1.
J. H. (Hollis) BURTON
FIRST CRAIN
BOUGHT THORS. PLANS COMPLETE $
FOR M. E. REVIVAL
The first 1932 oats were sold
ni Comanche Thursday morning
by Carl Roberts to Higginbotham
Bros, and Cw* for 12.6c per bush-
ed The grain is being harvested
with a combine and will yield — „ - ... ...
around forty to fifty bushels to nual Methodist Revival which will
the acre, Mr. Roberts said. , begin Sunday at the local Metbo-
Th. fl„t Mr of o.l. .ill b. U* ^“^oXm8*;
.hlp'H.d from P^&'TS?U>0 taml choir
f°rdH?v.rinh^tlmmSBroi! & Co^ wil1 have ch*r*e of **>• musk,
for Higginbotham Bros. & Special arrangements have been
made for the devQtional services
for each evening. Monday even-
ing the Missionary Society will
be in charge; Tuesday, the Board
of Stewards; Wednesday the Adult
Ask Co-operation
In Mosquito Fight
A campaign has been launched Department of the Sunday School;
by the City of Comanche as part Thursday the Childrens Depart-
of a health move to rid Coman- ment of the Sunday School; and
Eggplant
recipe which has been handed
in the family suggests that an
plant should be peeled, a slice
che of the Mosquito pest: (Friday the Young People’s De-
The following statements have partment.
been iwued by Mayor J. R. Eanw. Services will be held each day,
and City Health Officer, Dr. J,; except Saturday, at 10 a. m.
O. Lane. 'and 8 p. m.
Elsewhere In this issue you . ......:--
will find an article from Dr.. T’of p To CIOSP
J. O. Lens, City Health Officer, 1 aLe 1U .
SAYS CRIEF WAS COAAPIIION SAIIE5
BOOSTING CUT j
AT THAT TIIIEjlFTEO AGGIDENT
The possiblities of Comanche | jack Barcroft, 21, route 1, Co-
County were weighed against manchej ia in a gerioua condition
those of Collin County by Mr.
| and Mrs. W. B. Cunningham when
they were married sixty years
in Central Texas Hospital suf-
fering from what physicians des-
ago on October 10 in Dekalb! cribed as a fracture of the fifth
I County, Alabama, at phrosacic vertebra, received about
1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon when
eighteen and sixteen respectively
Mrs. Cunningham said in an In-
terview at her residence in Co-
manche Saturday.
Although we remained in Ala-
bama two years after our mar-
riage for financial reasons, we
were determined to taki- the, ad-
he dived into a swimming hole
and struck his head on the bot-
tom.
The youth probably owes his
life to a friend, A. C. Davenport,
about the same age, who was
i also at the swimming hole, and
vice of Horace Grielv as soon as pulled him out after the acci-
J possible and “Go West and Grow
up with the Country.”
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River Q
'studied taw
House of
from the 1
1 of the House of Representative! was born on a ranch fa Red
Texas, November 22, 1869.
a, was admitted to the bar in 1890, was a member of the Texas
Representatives from 1898 to 1902 and was elected to Congress
15th Texas district in 1903. serving centinaoqsfa once dan. He
Spcfarcr at tbs
WALKER GIVEN TIGHT CARS §
TEN TEARS Id! WOOL SHIPPED
0AM ROBBERY FROM COMANCHE
dent. Friends ‘of the youth st
the hospital today said he would
“1 had uncles living in both i have drowned if Davenport had
counties and eac.i had written | ndt been there,
us to come and make Texas our > Barcroft, who had been work-
home,” Mrs. Cunningham said. ■ ing in the field during the morn-
“We tried Collin County for a i ing, was going Jn swimming in
vear, but at the end of that { Indian Creek, a stream near his
time, could not resist the pulling j home, before he went back to
ecounts
power of the glowing accounts J work after noon.
cLn.<?T“d^iK3.,„^rcL;! hoUra srss!
ed the hospital about 9 o’clock
mane he Chief by the youthful
editor, who devoted a large part
of the paper to boosting, tty
uncle, George Cunningham, who
lived at Newburg, sent me one
of the first issues of the Chief
when it was established In 1878
and when the editor learned that
Ira were considering coming to
chances for recovery are slim.
His body below the fractured
vertebra is paralysed, but he fa
conscious. Docotrs operated Wed-
nesday afternoon in an effort te
save his life.—Brown wood Bulle-
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.Comanche, other issues fbllowed tin.
even after we had moved tol Barcroft with two ste
Collin County and we were put and Davenport
on the mailing list as soon ft*1 minir” whan fc.,
^brothers
“in swim-
on ■“t'cJsi.s, rwkir*"wta" B*rcroft
we arrived
and have
the paper since,
urging our people to co-operate
with his department In a cam-
paign against the mosquito. Tus
Retail Store
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Oliver Walker. 24. was given
ten years in the penitentiary by
a jury Saurday afernoon on an
alleged charge of robbing R. R.
Evans, eashier-of the State Bank
of Proctor of $403.00 on April
9, 1982. „
The case went to the jury at
12:45 p. m. Saturday and the ver-
dict was returned about five
o’clock.
Eight cars of wool were ship-
ped from Comanche Friday ynd
Saturday of last week according
to O. O. Brightman, manager of
the Brightman Warehouse, who
said that tfie consignment was
made to Boston and Philadelphia.
„ The shipment was handled
through the Co-Operative Assoc-
six to
their power—and if you
don’t co-operate yon will wfah
you had when the still hot sum-
into A75?,
feed with a bread dressing such as
s used for poultry, and put back Into |
the eggpladt. Bake an hour, basting
[with fot water^ into ^kha tea.( xhe , ia not only s
*ra«d' U<fV*hyfl fifraTterneancht^stlnJ < wUh^jurt ^llttie help^m you
^ ^t ri juti a. delicioui*now , can be practically eliminat-
An advance of from
nine centa vaa made.
Four additional cars were left
in storage and another shipment
will be made next week according
to Mr. Brightman who predicts
a total shipment of fifteen cars
as compared to ten last season.
it was a generation ago.
One old tin can in a back yard
with a pint of water in It will
.f a new broom is placed in a pail breed enough mosquitoes to keep
boiling water, allowed to soak for a neighborhood awake and slap-
i few minutes, then hong uo, the
of the broom is extended far be-
1 one which has apt been soaked.
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A small Slate such as children uM,
is most helpful to the housekeeper,
for memorandums. If the laundry
soap is nearly used up, If the guest
room blankets must he seat to the
cleaners, If the man of the house
said "there are several buttons on
say shirts”, note these on the slate.
ping for a month.
Pick up the old cans and buck-
ets. drain the old barrells and
tubs, and if water in holes or
cellars oil it.
If von know Of any mosquito-
breeding places, give the loca-
tion to Dr. Lane.
Again we urge your co-opera-
tion.-
J. R. EANES. Mayor.
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To the Citisens of the town of
One of Comanche’s oldest, if
not its oldest, retail store, will j _____ _____. .
ie Monday, June 6th, when own behalf and swore that he
J. F. Tate A Son. in business was not in Proctor on the day
here over thirty-six years, close j 0f the alleged robberv, but ad-
out their retail grocery ahd hard- mitted that he borrowed a car
ware departments, continuing only in Dublin and went towards
their wholesale business. j Comyn where he said he was en- _
KiSv’t1 rot th, Whitville Added
«Sr SSLir^rS: 5?■ JS'wT*. sltjtw To J. P. Precinct
1896 in Comanche, occuping the fifteen minutes when the bank • _ifv
..... — wss robbed and Paul Cato said Upon s petition of a majority
that Walker was the man he saw of the voters of the Whitville
driving on the streets of Proctor votinjc Precinct, the territory of
* few minutes before the rob- that Precinct was transfeired by
that the car he saw
wooden building where the Mss
onic building now stands, calling
their business a General Store.
In 1888 they moved to the
buildings now occupied fa
buildings now occupied bv the
Chief Dry Cleaners and the D
A C. Hatchery, operating groc-
ery, hardware and drygoods de-
partments.
In 1902, following s disssterous
fire on the Southeast corner of
the square, Tate Brothers erected «ince
sod as eech one i, attended to, ereM Con?anc^;
that particular item. . The CUy CoUncu jn conjunction
> e * e | with the City Health Officer is
Try stitching sheer material with i putting on a campaign to rid the
•trip of paper under the stitching, \ town of mosquitoes, and In order
•felng through both material and , to accomplish this in the right
or.
r~ and the usual "pucker” will
absent.
When painting the window frames;
make a paate of scouring powder "other
d water and coat the window pine.1 watof( ____
J?alnt spatters on the pane some kerosene or other crude oil
the two buildings occupied by them
for years.
In 1917 they discontinued dry-
goods and the firm’s name was
changed to J. F. Tate A Son, and
the wholesale business was ex-
panded.
J. F. and Preston Tate will
continue to operate their whole-
sale business in their present
the bery and---
in Proctor was the same one in
which Walker was in when ar-
rested. • ... —w-omm'
in^ht^m^ote^f * he* HuS
Oil Company most of the time
1925 and that he worked
vote of the Commissioners’ Court
from Justice of Peace Precinct
No. 7 to Justice of Peace Pre-
cinct No. 1.
. Precinct No. 7 which formerly
had its headquarters at Mercer
Gap has not Qualified, a Justice
of the Peaee nor Constable for
ran --
way it will fee necessary to have
the co-operation of each resident.
Lei each family inspect his
own place for any vessel such
as cans, buckets, jars, or any
utensils that will hold
and empty them or drop
..erosene or other crude oil
^ .... work, t is readily removed in thfl wat,r for hcro th* ffr*at 7- -,
slmply cleaning the paste from danger of the mosquito hatching uUKk meal.—Renfro s Market,
e windows. _ ‘ j out, - -——a—
- ^Highway 67 A«.’h.
lore washing, ** *'
»nt
sale ousiness in tnelr present
location, merely discontinuing
their retail department
. ..... • R ARRKniRU —__» --, -
Real old-fashioned Pit Barbe-
cue. Tnxtes good! Good for the
on the tank crew. His mother several years according to Aaron
ttom Piriat Texas And an older Ward* Commissioner. Justice Jrre-
brother, attended the trial.
The trial occupied nearly three
days. It began Thursday morn-
ing and most of that day was
consumed in selecting the jury.
AH Friday was consumed in tak-
ing the evidence and a night
session held to complete the tak-
ing of testimony. The case was
argued Saturday morning.
.. ...
cinct No. 1 has its headquarters
at Comanche with J. D. Bonner
Justice.
never been without i the^otfcra saw Barcroft
P»P«r »ln<w, Mrs. Cuon ng- i wag appareBtly injured they puH-
“! wm l’9and Mr. CunrunghaM I to^ g^^i^p the sT2p
nearly 22 when we moved to Co- incline until the smaller boys
manche and we found the town1 COuld go nearly a mile tor Bar-
and county up to our expeefa-l croft'a father and help,
tions gamed .largely from the i .
accounts in the Chief and letters i Qaw_ .
from my uncle. What impressed Ottjo DCITICS
both Mr. Cunningham and me
most, was the friendly welcome
we received in Comanche,” Mrs.
Cunningham added. "When we
moved from Alabama to Collin
County and rented a farm we
were as poor as a “church-mouse”
and the people of that County
seemed to take little interest in
us. as it was an old settled
county with manv of the settlers
already in comfortable circum-
stances. and H seemed to matter
little to them whether we stayed
or moved on. But in Comanche
it was different. The town was
Comparatively new without a rail
road, without a single church
building, water system, electric
lights, or other modern conven-
iences and the people were an-
xious for any one to settle in
the town or county who would
aid in their development
“The first Sunday I was in
Comanche I attended services in
the Old Rock School building.
There was a Union Sunday School
with Dr. A. L Hamilton, as
superintendent The Presbyterians,
Baptists, Methodists, and Episco-
palians took time about holding
■reaching services in the school
building. The Methodists built the
rock church which was recently
4
Still Beat Cotton
Gathering 326 crates of bertfaa
Monday from his six acre patch
Prof^ J, B. Layne so)
$162.00, an average of
"W acre. Mr. Layne si
despite the low price of
they beat cotton even at tea
cents per pound. Mr. Layne esti-
mates that he will gather a total
of 1000 crates from bis patch.
Several years ago Mr. Layne
made 1026 crates and has made
a good crop each year with the
exception of-two years ago when
the hail ruined his crop aad he
gathered only two crates.
Citisens of the Whitville ter- j dowT, %boQt two ymn aftar
icloudy If wash
tage places should* be oiled. In-
'fii j sport your prcmlsles nnd back of
.stievi betore you^aoe of business.:
We have noth malarial nnd
Licumber season Is st hand
rafale tq add to the
this most scceptsblc
, ' rrvlnjti
Irs. Eari Bean of Fort Worth
visiting hsr sister, Mrs. Up
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wallow fever variety of mosquito
here. .
DR. J. O. LANE, City-County
Health Offlfce*------------
SPECIAL ~ON BATTERIES
Guaranteed Battery as Low as
$8.78 with vtmr old Battery.
DUDLEYS’— Di»t r ibutesa
Efarriaon Smith" 'Batteriee
Meets At Alpine
The U-.. Highway No.' 67
Association will hold Its annual
meeting in AtolMrSaturday,
June 18th., according to the an-
nouncement of Carl Hatdie, presi-
dent, of the U- S. Highway No. foot and Hon. Henrv ZweifaL
ri-'
,
67 ifascH-iatiofa
* -A motorcade will leave Dallas
pt 7:90 a. m. Thursday, June
16th, and will be Joined by
gationa of the variyus dtiea dar-
ing the day.
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ritorv will be allowed to vote in
the Constable and Justice race
of Precinct No. 1 at the coming
primaries, Mr. Ward said.
W. W. Kilpatrick
In New Location
Sterling To Speak
At Dedication of w. W. Kilpatrick, who for more
Granbury Bridge j
, .——^ , of the Squayc. moved in to the
Governor Ross Sterling win be; Lindsey building ncjir Marchcl s
among the speakers at" the Bra tvs j BeSutv Parlor oft the East- Side
Rive Bridge Celebration at Gran- 0f the Square Wednesday. 1
Ritz Theatre
FRIADY and SATURDAY
June 8-4
WARNER BAXTER, IN
“The Cisco Kid”
Wttk CtocMl, aainnn
' aPll l'.dmund Lowe.
“DOGS IS DOGS” C—edy
,k.: :
Afurv next Tuesday. Jnne 7th. ac-
ronling to announcement from___
that city. Other speakers will be ahop.
The interior of the building
was remodeled to accomidate the
State Highway Commissioner Ely,, .«• —......-...............
Amon G. Carter, Editor of the nnavoa Mnontoyw
Fbrt Worth Jtfar TclegriMfn: Ex-
Attorney General Jewel P. Light-
Special amusement features are
also being arranged.
Mrs. J. S. Thompson or Mason
spent the week end in Comanche
with her eon, A. E. Thompson
Buys Limit Cafe
Reeye* Marne**. Wednesday,
purchased The Limit Cafe from
Chas. Dobbu, taking charge of
tiie business Wednesday.
Mr. Magmas, until recently, I
wae agent far Magnolia products. I
we came to Comanche which wae
the first church building in town.
That dfnomination had previoue-
lv had a building but along with
the other churches were worship-
ing in the school house, when
we rame to Contanche;
“At the time I came to Co-
manche County, many of the
dwelling* hofh in the town :<nd
countv, were made of logs, and
these was said to be only one
lane tn the county. This was
about seven miles out of Coman-!1
che on the tinsel Dell road ‘ on
what then was known as the
Odnll farm. Them far about a
onartars of ; a mile a rail fence
w«* on each side of the road
and 'it w»* known • for miles
around aa *^fae Lane.”
“Mr. Cunningham eras suffer-
ing from dispepsia when we mov*
ed to Comanche aad the doctor*
advised him te travel. We .Rid
no money to do this on, so we
decided to combine travel with
brafaMM aad Mr. Opuinfahani
SUN.-MON.-TUE8.
June 5 6-7
WILL ROGERS'IN
“Ambassador Bill”
Special Matinee Sunday t P.M.
10c and 28c
UNIVERSAL NEWS REEL
fWED! aad TOUR.
James Dunn and Sally, Ellen
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“Over The Hi#
With Mae Marsh
\KSOrs FABLES. ^
•COMING!!
WHEELER and WOOLSET
_IN—"
^GirrCraa^”
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