The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1933 Page: 2 of 8
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THE COMANCHE CHIE? JULY 21. W38.
BAPTIST REVIVAL TO-
'w___ HEdlN AT TATERHILL
MISS L1JCTEL PETERSON ,
WEDS ABILENE MANT*
-*- f * i i,
Ar wedding of injtejest to friend*
of tho contracting parties wa <«*•
performed at * Gustine Monday f,
afternoon, July 16, when, Mwh
(.Uriel Peterson and A. G. Hobb;'*
I were married by Rev. Homer m
I Hailey of Abilene. „
Following the wedding,., the
j young couple left ^for a short *
| visit at Fort Worth* They will «
return to- Fort Worth later and
Mr. Hobbs will conduct a revival *
meeting at the Church of Christ. ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs will make _
their home In Abilene. , . '
Mrs. Hobbs is the daughter of a
] Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Peterson
i °f: Garttat. She was a mcmW J
|®f ...the 1M2 graduating cU.-aTY *
Gustine High School. ^ *
,i Mr. Hobbs is the son of Mr. |
and Mrs. A. G. Hobbs, Sr., of
Abilene and recently received a„__
A Baptist revival is scheduled
to begin in the Tater Hill Moun-
tain community tonight where an
aihor has been erected for the
fvrVires." .
Rev. Tom Moore of Comanche
will do the preaching.
CHJtPTWrONE doui
:« ta^’tar &a **
Iowa over all la Lily's chas
we. Kart Schlemmer. duly V.l
ship's captain, slept peace- “T
THAT SECOND MILE
117HAT did Henry Ford mean, one spring morning, when he
tipped a kitchen chair back against the whitewashed wall of
hia tractor plant and talked abodt hia caraer?
- “Have you ever noticed that th« man who starta out in life with
a determination to make money, never make*
very much ?” he asked. It was rather a startling
question; and without waiting for my comment
he went on to answer it ! “He may gather to-
gether a competence, of course, a few tens of
thousands oi even hundred* of thousands, but
W ■ he'll never amass a really great fortune. But let
a man start out in life to build something better
than it has ever been built before—let him have
that determination, and give his whole self to it
- and the money will roll in so fast that it will
bury him if he doesn’t look out.
"When we were building our original model
do you suppose that it was money;w* were thinking about? Of
courae, we expected that it would be profitable, if it succeeded,
but that wasn’t in the front of our minds. We wanted to make
a car ao cheap that every family in the United States could afford
to have one. So we worked morning, noon.and night, until our
muscles ached and our nerves were so ragged that it seemed As
if we couldn’t stand it to hear any one mention the word auto-
mobile again. One night, when we were almost at the breaking
point I said to the boys, ’Well, there’s one consolation,’ I said.
^Nobody can take this business away from us unless he’s willing
Jagged Hashes of lightning broke
through the eloude. The ship rocked
end llin i The mat* (ought dee-
reratety to keep u oft the root,
while in hie cabin Schlemmer ate
and drank.. la desperation, Mc-
Creary sought the Captain.
^TWtowaJtoe. Hava a drink r
•*Vjfe'rs, IS trouble. Why yen’! you
Sohtommar lashed up. "So you
eeuld stay down hare sad look
arsuad sad' maybe And some-
tklagr* Ha shook his hand. "Nsin.
Uh-uh." The man resumed hU
eatlgg. "Vhat do you vaat, Mac?*’
“I want that chart—the oae
dawhg where the U-170 went
down ~
“Ah—I fat so. I UII you, I hag
no chart—except here, la my head."
"Yeure a Mar."
“So? Veil, nobody on die ship
flada out where ve are going until
ve get there.’’
"Teu dumb pig—we ll never get
thin unlees you set g straight
oowre*“ McCreary was disgusted,
sad determined to put eense into
the head of the man!
The Captain smiled. "Mac—rm
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like Ik gWgpl.lir mtsan So
trust each tSerr u ^-
as She pal har hand aa Schlemmers
shoulder la aa ageetlsaate gesture.
"Vet pea So sett your share.
Ulyr
Angrily she pulled her head away
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put up every dollar I've got In the
world—that’s what I think of
Schlemmer's proposition."
"When dees be figure on leav-
ing?*’ McCreary sahegf »
"Right away. I've got my thinge
aboard the boat already."
, “Oh." The tell. raised his brows.
"You Agure on coming along, hub *"
"You don't think Tu stay behind,
do your* She smiled knowingly
“Well, k don't ehape ep ae the
aort of A' trip a womae d want to
lakfkpr *’
Lily intenupted him. "Well, this
woman would. I'll be oh the boat
when she. eaile—and la be right
Schlemmer relaxed end spoke
dreamily “Me—I've always vented
to die of gout. Oitfy tew things
mosey can buy for too—food and
drink far nr belly. Caviar and
champagne—1 don't know which I
log the moat." Then turning Jo-
vially te McCreary, he asked: “And
you. McCreary* I suppose you buy
‘the bant salvage boat on the coast "
“Bure." The lad became sour.
Til buy It and dt It up with the
finest equipment money dan get.
Then I'll take her out te sea and
mavj i^our
Use
diet* opened tile skirt of tho uncotucUno captatttand /emoted the chart
'Poted by ftaltih Bellamy and Prederik Vogrdiug)
hlemmcr again licked his lips
’ou don't want, to f*H asleep. d(
only protecting you, too. Suppose
something happens vhen ve get
there—suppose ve don't bring up
thentuir the first time? .Then every
man In the crew knows how to get
It. I know what I'm doing." He
r rose and put n cajoling hand on
I McCreary’s shoulder. "Sit down,
Mac." The lad obeyed. ''How long
I you been on this Job? A reek! I
been twelve years. Twelve long
: years. You think this la the first
I time I try?" A loud crash of thun-
der made him pause..,' “Dirty
I weather. Bure' l expected It-. I
|, been hoodooed from the start. But
i no hoodoo’s going to stop ms—
not ings going to stop me. You re-
member the John C. Truck##?"
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N.st Week: more business advice cornu*. BebbtMerriu Telephone Company
“I stay avake.” “
"You were a Utile balmy <hli
morning when the ^gun^begun to I
bother you. You.were ravlng-dWut
Helped By Oardul
LAMKIN
Hummmr Steve studied the Cuptuin. “/ don't blame you"
irated by Ralph Bellamy and Prederlk Yoyedimf)
sink her. That's thd ainbftion of
fay life. If I go with you an’ We get
what ae go after. tf'II be the last
diving Job I'll ever take."
“Yah—the last.” The significance
cf Schlemmer's remark was lost
upon Lily and Mac. "Vhen are you
ready to Join us?"
“I made a contract last week to
blast, up that pier they condemned."
Stive rose and started for the door."
"Vhere you going?" Schlemmer
wasslaimed .
"To break that contract." Btevs
left.'
Schlemmer lea bed over and spoke
softly to Uly. "Now. Hebltag. we'fe
‘ - - -——■ • ---
there when they haul up that chest
of gold—an' don't forget “It"
"I thought you trusted Sqhlem-
"I do." she mid. "But has a
man. and you know what 1 think of
seen—all men."
McCreary , pretended gravity.
“Me, toor '
“You. too' "she excUliJied grimly
“At tllat moment the Captain en-
tered the room and earn# up to the
'-table at which the pair were
seated.
“Captain .Schlemmer—meet Steve
McCreary" 1 A--
The men shook hands, and as
they looked at each other they
measured (hemneivcs calejklatlngly.
sad Instinctively On the water-
front men isarn to be suspicious
sad to trust bnly to their own Judg-
ment of one another
Ae Schlemmer lighted a cigar, he
remarked. “Uly has told me a treat
deal about you."
• ■ "She slipped me plenty of low-
dews on you. tee." Steve replied.
"She tells me you are the best
nbpdereea man on the Pacific Coast."
Mm captain continued.
- "Sbe's a Mttle conservative Sklp-
pee," tbs youth confided, tm the
beat In the world."
“Tab? Veil, dot’s the kind of a
■nan ve need. And ve need diving
equipment, tea,”
TPM rum ever take a look at that
salvage risk of Me?” Lily
A nagging backache, with
bladder irregularities and
a tired, nervous, depressed
feeling may warn of Some Bis-
.ordered kidney or bladder Con-
di tion. Users everywhere rely
on Doan’s Pills. Praised for
rriore than SO years by grateful
users the country over. Sold h <
all druggists. ' >
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an tmr ——r—-- ----
The woman was venomous. "You
-thick-headed fool I- You put In
twelve years. 1 give up every dollar
I've get. and you promise that har-
_boV rat an even split."
'Keep your ehirt on. Lily Vby
be cheap? Vhen you make prem-
ises. make Mg owes." - —
"Yen don't know McCreary." she
cautioned. “If he brihga up that
dough, he'll want his share—and
he'll celled, too."
Schlemmer shrugged his shoul-
ders. "Vhjraot* He'll be entitled
to H.” The captain rase and went
te a Bfnrbe window, where be steed
tAoklag owT. ^ "You don't knew hew
might Mbw ewt of the pump—toe
might rOttn la the Joint between tap
air heee add the helaset—the pipe
Ha# might be fouled, or eat awta
railing plate or something-"
. With dawning comprehension la
her eras Lily exclaimed "Oh—" aad
reached far the whiskey bet He. Tor
a moment I was scared." She
toured herself a drfak. “Here's
hoping you die of gout."
"rail. u»r—." be mid absently, ae
•hr." McCreary grinned. "Thet old
tpbs not much on looks, but she's
M| Iks aduM 1
"Excellentthe capfain ox-
Maimed, and them paused. "Veil.
Mb do. pern (eel about It?
L. Itm »Yt «•" «« togotbor.
But tncr.T~*«HIC!2Il rs Mk-
to aak.~ ' r
-Veil?" .J
• "How some the Carman govern-
ment don't know there's aM that
go|d aboard tho U-111 which was
sunk during (he war? When you
ooeaped after the sinking, and got
odf the island. to which you had
gruff*, why didn't you notify your
government T“
"Because I ves dead. And for
M>roe million dollar* I stayed dead.-’-
Miv captain grinned. ‘1 changed!
mv name'and identity " \
Hummm!" Steve studied the
Cantaln. "I don't blame you.”
MChlemmer leaned forward lm-
prosalvel.v "Lm the only man In
the world who knows Vhere It Isa.
Oold—free million dollars in gold—
at the bottom of the sop—In slaty
fathom How's that for a Job. my
(rtond? It-will be a lot of fun—a
great adventure—^
"Alt I'm interested In Is the
-e?,. ■ v • M .....
With Your Life
sheet the only man dot epa bring
dot Mid ttp from ybdrp H laY'
“Wbaprto nr
"Vbon vo gp| there, i'll toll yon."
' “You're goiag to tell am aww! If
you don’t, thoop am are ready to
listen - to gas-.......11 take this ship
over add wsIR head back heme."
Schlemmer wed ferione. “That's
mutiny. She’s registered la my
name.”
"Yeah, but she really (belongs to
a lady named Idly. Now give mo
that chart!" He moved toward
8chlemm«v. who lotroated before
hie menacing advance.
The skipper was tsrriftod. "Vail,
Mac—I change my mind—1-you got
It—." Tho. captain fumbled with
the safe os McCreary stood watch-
ing grimly. “Yah—you get , It—."
Turning, quickly, ho leveled a gun
at ..Steve. “In the belly, you ver-
damter hund! dot out!” i
\ Ae McCreary hacked a Way fropi
the menacing figure of Schlemmer.
the cabin rocked suddenly. There
was a terrific Impact and the sound
“if splintering planks. A wall of
the cabin crashed tnwartl with a
tremendous Inrush of water. Both
for tho envelope.
“It’s all right Karl. Youve got
half ef K. fro got tho ether half.
Jest a matter ef mathomstlos. Kart,
rift y-gft y. We’re partners new.
Bettere that we’re Memos# twins
—Joined up by a piece of paper. We
need each other now. We're coin’
to stick together—whether wo Ilk#
It Or not. Yon can take a nap now,
Karl."
The little, craft moved on and on.
until It was ultimately picked up
with the two unconscious men In
It. They were revived and taken
to the West Coast of the United
8tales where Captain Schlemmer
again tried-to raise capital for his
venturs. I.il^o Harnum. he believed
there were suckers to be fleeced In
all circles of life. This time. how*,
ever, he cultivated the acquaintance
of an ambitious scientist,, yrhe
longed to explore the flooi o(. (ho
sea for spocinwna. Hchlemmor. too,
iongcil-Au explore tho bottom Of tho
'ocean for specimens of fine gold-
gold that would make him rich for
ho IPHlCj lfY*rd the harbor at tbs
old rrMfMsr In Mfch be was te ge
ee ble treasure beet.
Lily Mttle suspected what was ee
his mind. She soon found out. how-
ever. when oho discovered thet the
Captain. Steve, and the ship bad
.sailed without her.
Schlemmer wee a suspicious man
He would not give any member of
the crew dellnite onlMns directions—
• not even McCreary. When the old
see dog himself was noj at the
wheel, he allowed the mate to aall
It almleaoly. Into the teeth of a
storm the mate guided the creff
while the Captain rested In his
cabin below. The bow. was headed'
for Jagged rocks that Jotted out of
tHP-angry ee#
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Mix* Geraldine Johnaton loft
Thursday for Floydadn where ahe
will spend several weelu with
relative*. 1
O. B. Rom aqd family returned
Friday from College Station
whore Mr. Rom has boon attend
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY
J, F. Banner of near Gustine
dfeq hojinJ-ci Snndav with a din-
ner on hi* birthday. All tha child.
MCm wore present
Relatives present were: Mr.
and Mrs. C .L. Gafford of Fort
Worth; Mr. aad Mrs. WRUo Oar.
rtor aad family of Dublin, Mr.
had Mrs. T. .C. Fnpaan, Mr.
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The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1933, newspaper, July 21, 1933; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth890530/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.