The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1927 Page: 1 of 7
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COMANCHE, COMANCHE COUNTY, TEXAS. jlMUART 7. \92T
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-PUNS LAUNCHED fOR
PAVING «t0GRAM
W£1 i
-®» ®* *5V tfa* »ect-
for sale nAVf *4“* Monday
, ft*r miles noWWjL^ blocks
leading in ”£uf». w.. rom the
public square the worxtoT l*> done
4u*iJIS. 192'<-
nuimber of cilizSn-. who ard-tlie
“ty owner* most heavily inter-
appeared before the Council
• discussejl the move with them
” were enthusiastic that "
done as soon as
eviously it had hepfr anno
that plans had L^een completed for
-the paving of mic blojJe-horth on the
it odunty m&mm\
:JK WITH BRIGHT PROSPECIS
m
m
Hint was Coman-
Visits County
und nil w
:J|0«ld b«
Prev
wo«
_ the pi
paying ___
Sgreel upon provdes
City shall pay- one-third of
paving cost and the property
owners Qn each side to pay one-third
the city payh|if, for the const
ruction for all intoipeetton*. *, tj
Mayor Eanea stated that it wap
his hope that a didinite paving
program would be planned ertending
through a period of years whereby
.A few blocks be paved each year und
Which ultimately means paved
streett over a goodly portion of the
City. In fiv* years at a rate of 8
blocks per y«Jar Comanche would
have forty blocks of paved streets
which would compare favorably with
any town* this size an*----*s “
Decern!
che^-gfeat day lor., fires in Mr. C.
^TSt. ' Clair's estimation who had an
interest in each ot two tirni happen-
ed ;w>o*sa town from one another
simultaneously.;;: ■
About 6:30 fire was discovered in
thu Higginbotham warehouse on the
TKe annual membership meeting
of the Chajpbe of Commerce, which
WCs tp hav*k been held on Thursday
Jitnuary the 6th will be hald on
Thursday January the 13th at 7 p.
m. at the W, 0. W. Hall, ihe banquet
will be served by the members of
the Woodman Circle Jrnd .will be a
7o Visit Schools
railroad gtacks havig caught in .a , turkey dinner having all the necesi-
corn ban probably tram smokers who ties company such art occa-
--------— 8ion. The following i*. tlie pro '
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l:X, WESLEY L0FT18
GOOD WILL TOUR
A New Typo of Venture.
Mr. J. Wesley Loftis of
had carelessly dropped, a match or
tototce. When discovered tits fire
wtu get. .ig .veil under headway and
would hav„ proved a serious menace
i to adjoining buildings but for ■ the
1 splendid WO.-k ot the' fire depart-
ment.
Pefttnu.H, com, maize some
groceries and some fumitur* were
destroyed in a total amount of
about $10,000.00 which was fully
! covered by insurance*..
Among other things stored in the
J wc.rehous* were seven cars of pea -
nuts which wise stack!ed...in rows ap-
proximately twenty fecti high slat
the outside sacks of which w
damaged by ^hoth ffVe
t houga those stacked in^tffe interior
were nob damagriLafall. DBul to
the fact thaMdtepil* was, so targe
that more of these
might’ be damaged and would have
caused a. serious shortage in seed
fjiam. .
Meeting called to order by Judge
••jL Laser stating objebtTietc. '• i §3^-^
ftpn * 1
At this season Of tfhe year R is P
the custom, of the average citizen to $
take stock"'tf iiimsolf, his past ac-
complislinrents an<l his opportunities JT
a-d a concnur.Uy, or a county may at I,
times just a* well do so.. *
' Comanche County eat- rs Hie yea
IV27 in a* plro^pe1o«K^edtidltiojMr:as'
it entered jui dTrifin
jf those wiicua \re h«\4f"
In pohRidn
vM
who.
many »
f ntlgvlcwed *
gtbsk-ai
R. A. Luker stating
Invocation. Ben F. Hearn
'*Banquet’r
Address, F. (1. Adams.
Address; J. R. Lanes.
Address, J. E. Hoff
Address, W. ID. Van Blarcor
re, Nath-
and Rita Dono-
Fort Worth,. Texas.
Music by l(Ira. H
alfe Jessup jwid VTii
ho.
Copaeflttee, Marion Wilkerson, M.
51'
Paring the holiday s sa-jon mer- »
cliants generally* reported trading
brisk and numbers of th«m parsed
their expectations
The conditions of the Banks as
i£%yi mt&ss
cordanc© with thsne of last year:
*ad-g-JHP»il shrinkage in (he money,,
<rfi hand i8 far le»s than was paid,
out ^ttir last fears .i^ed
irt* show.,a
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XI
Cotton Cih repo i
age of apppoxhmXMy ono-thini in
shrink-
1
th# number of bales
dt crease in value
* it is po. i
'{Celebrates Golden
:1 Wedding
- . peanuts.
tiaspEloyg’ wmeernIng the l ire ^ o,--. a'
I Mv. St. Clai*" stated tJuit all peanns . u ctioup
How-1 that bed beer, damaged in any man- .■'• •kin
C“■ tw, 5.(:rSd'K^-kt,v. :! ii
?SS® dz-"i'l *-■ -4
mi sens dui io me visitors vno come . ^ I/0ftift t.xpect8 to visit will be crushed lor oil and he hm> •
L. E. STOCK A RD
' School E<lrtor of tli« Texas Farm
1 ajjd Ranch wHF efcritemplate givin
Comanche - county schools a fuff
' h-' most <leligHtful social H£^e..WT7*e UP *n the Farm and
cf ' he season was the ®&n<,n that other counties of Texas
ki (a January the 1st at the ,:i «U'al se&ooU such as we
and Mrs. W. W. Kil- . ^ \\ "hat develonmonhi^dt be
occasion being: the ln rural schools Kuch 9a-..we
___ s? *!prj
amount * which fs gbotdt
offset in the peanut crop if th«
north part of the county which wa:
both good in- yield and splendid . ir
price being as whole one of
best pednuL years the county
haiL'..
'j week
vrsarv of their marri- ‘n 01r county. During £tms -pi. n-»
will
ever uua. uv-
Also to offset th» cotton shrinks
age we hav^ one of the heaviest
i turke>r -W" «ver sold in the county
.. 4lw neighborhood of a
-juarter of, millian, dollars and
practiS3ly half as much as the cot*
ton. crop. -A-
^will add mater-.
l° Th°ft^w»vb?o- as nlannad for the R ' a ^irge^numbe^'of tXpuhlfc ^cliools ther stated that none of the pekiwn* ( Masces of golden Chryaanthe- services to assiaj jn organizing Corn- ‘ ^lahi^is ^ke^i^to^condideratiVnVrhe
hlJkT wfll "S with • gravel b!m!|Wd churches in a “good will'’ tour touched in any way by-fire or water mums, Jonquils ^ and other lovely wjuty ^"Jj1 COTn]^t+ed money crop of ComancheV’ounty Sr.
. , • . ' I;i,„ tKo« bv n.eir .t higher education Mr -ould be kepi <or seed peanuts and flovers formed n charming decora- wln result m budding a better ,92fi j mll,v tu'f .»
for the
! [>ear.m crop added to
form of grevd this construction will l»e»t churches.. He has been with peanuts that had not been damaged asked to register in th®A Wedding points uncri" The scorA card srys- mnnpu «v«i. um. chon
1* jjrove compartively inexpensive..
the college for several years
irs a.v Di-
This work will he undertaken as iec.oi of the Department of Exten- , , . , . . .. . ...
soon as the weather conditions of! ■ 'vn He has charge of the corres- at the warehouse a new *l*rm n" hri,1° nnd groom
spring permit ns th#. building of this pondcncP School, all of the
character of the streets i8 difficult activities and the publicity,
in cold or wet weather. | programs at the churches are of the f«*** a*
• This work wA are sure will meet highest type. They are semi-religi-
the approval of the general citizen-' in that the gospel songs are ilus- — ... . , ,
ah*p as well as the policy outlined trnted with hr utiful pictures. They dead grass m the near by lot. This were grretc<l by Mi. and Mrs. Kil-
book in charge of Mrs W. CarpenUm. ’*m Ihfioihjeed by the county super- crop' of1 last year
grain being short.
A Ukool I, ono attain- J£* ci'jS!"*,Sf
'm.- .lt» Siki nnini. rnfom,i to I,., tcriiig H>a7 with a determination to
Just as tho fhe^was being put out Pictures of St", and Mrs. Kilpatrick dlUcndedt w,ll thus lie enabled to be bci^ ^hort
_____ ______ .... . . _ irn in 1877 and 1927 v*eorm-t<\ rv a four square school. ^ Th. ^tiMn. of
field sounded this time for a fire which were an interesting part of the . Rr>uaru school is one attain-
His was destroying an old barn and register proving that time has ’nb -ho 800 points referred to, has
the re.
;\'-n
takt n lire from a match tossed jnto to the receiving line where they ■ boys or girls dub.
by Mayor Eanes wheTein paving: »i** informational in that they give
will be done gradually aa the City ia out facta that every one ought t®
financially able to do it without the * .. . ...
burden of additional taxes or a The evening.-, will consist of il-
bond issue. ~
e - r~A "" .T *
loss though small was' covered by in- patrick their children’ "and
surance- *
Discussing the two fires Mr. St
Clair said that aft far as be knew
grand-
Will Operate
Fruit Farm
iustralod songs, stories and highly ‘ this vms^the first time ro ’tly ^hh*-
colored’pictures on the screen. ,Mr.
Ix>ftis has been very rfUccessful for
several years in this very high type
of program, AH people enjoy his
evenings and ' ate invited to be
present..
tory of Comanche that two fires
had . been underway anywhere in
town at the same. tinv it brings
Co-
harvest and as much of the County
' is already sown in grain the aplen-
djd season is favorable for an early
as&ifr-K - - ""'"SfAtSkiu ssse
'Hh “kjr'ttt,-ye*r T . «t«rt thf ,purely,Mt .f 1927
enhanced the evening. Mr. L- n- earlier than it was in 1926.
Russell contributing some lively old 0. O. Bnghtman anti son, Oswell, 1 __a,—
tim© tunes, M «®cgr ^KilpaUick rrturneti Thursday from the wilds
and son Jack gave some delightful of the Big bend country below Sand- ' iURKEY CROP
duets while others assisting were erson u-here they had a sueoeasful The turkey crop of Comanche
Mi. and Mrs. Marion .Wilkerson. deer hunt To prove that the hunt County has become on* of the major
a:-
- '-i
forcibly to mind the fact that
irtanche should hftVe adtlHWenal equip- , JH. _____ ____
ment in the form of a pressuie Mr. and Mrs. D.-Chas Clarke, Cyril eras not a mere fisherman’r tale money making projects of the co-
opuld bP kept in the Green, Mrs. GfOie Kilpatrick and they were exhibiting on the streets unty. According to local poultry
re than
pumper which ivuiu
business district/ while
the lighter Mars. C. P. St. Clait*.
of Comanche Friday three big ten dealers more
4. “rr£>1
?; S: iirzet XupiJ?™, SS& ;» unarm
will operate it as a frntt and poultfy h| hAj — * . ■) u.mrer tocothor nothing could have mums formed a beautiful picture.; ffsf from tip to tip’,
deal Mr. Pratyr 'traded ‘ ----1--r-- '• A-vcl r fire that would-have taken ;_df MarehmaJ- i
$250,000.00 wort!
I
home in Comanche Tcf this thlid»«
‘h^ee acre farm which is highly im-
proved having a splendid orchard
and berry farm on it.
Mr. Prater will continue bn his
'produce busfaeza Jigye .derating the
farm in connection with ms proiluce
.husinep c
'•trk.-
William * Hooper, graduate of pfopoitlons oi UtaasUr*-
Howard Payne College, Jcnd recent-
ly connected with th* firm of Bettis
d Gibbs, at Comanche, -passed
through the city this morning on hi»
way to Los Angelea, CalifOrnth
equipment coaid answer calls fur- In the dining room where golden ( print black tail bucks, the largest have been ribppetl from, the ftu.Vf
- _ gilded candles of which weighed over 250 pounds during the Iasi few months. ^T'/s
njr-» U iupal to almost half lb« value of
the coObtyV cotton crop.
The Brightman’s left here Satur- One local liealor alo-c has ships-
’ coffee
puitding, golden mints, cake ar. i! 4«v of the oreccdibg week and cover pod
'c wute served ^by Mcsilame? * e<! the whole distance of over 400
1 1 a ' ‘ ^.v.’ ..... ......* vi "uvu. ilieiuui v uj V V XI "kt'x/ y
hiore than 200,000 pounds of
dii.- -ed Turkey’s: * v hich figured. \Jt
r . ... —-a pc«nd 'amounts to
**« v,«’st- Eb sisr;
... ;.v:. *-yt
bark.- Brown wood -Bulletin.
MONDAY AND.TUESDAY, JANUARY tiTH
ONE MINUTE
p^y
PRICES: 15c TO 86c
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12TH
Richard Talipddsre ip
“The Blue Streak”
THURSDAY UWMTim.
H B- W“”*r in
*an?e
/ ur*5 c&iimfcni uic
'X toc*< in that City.
- Boy®, returning; f om a
about midnight discovered a uro
just Retting under ^inthere^r ’ ^ q{ ^ ^ weru Mr. ^
of the building and promptly brolre o.»car KTlpatrick; Melodise
__Ilov ard Kilpatrick, Groce Kilprtrlck
P|^| Osca. Kilpatriik 'pnB Mrs. Cyril
average price per pound pai#
ah a tjieir J JRrigfttnu-n. who served a-, guides in -the farmers’ for turkeys on foot ia
» dimatqgl' at’ ehiKy-three centv
■which r-ice according to D. f»
Baily, local dealer has been'exc edef
tiehi During tlieir four da\* of only-in one season ip rw t^t«a
jirico |>aid in gouh^- ac
hunting th- v sav «nlv four t-uck -. 'i ho jirieo paid in WAs Couhty ;w*ipr-
three of wUjcb they succeeded : in dinjrio "deftterw Is the bight -t paid in
bringing dotvn, one at the distance aj>y stvtion in Texas. Over iorvjr
cictSer
'-ricnced cents v.fl,. paid ti;c fiuuefs for
aroused bv the noise. | Harold Kilpatrick of Klt-ckwctt. Mrs
Very little fire damage was done R E u » of r^r(frtown, -
an<1 1 Mr. Kilpatricja wja born in>*Ta»-
though .considerable smoke and i.
V, i___tZ i Mr. Kilpatncia waa horn im* I a»-
water caused a considerable loRs to Alabama February TKe 29th
the stock and it was partially cover- 1852* Sarah J-nr Towr* ^ born
ed by insurance.
VITAL STATISTICS
t-
nct vefv far away .at Choco
bama, March the 18th 18H2.
loc, Ala-
W. R. Moon and
raids.
Mt. and Mntr KBpatricl^ both of
wh^ti are m vepty-fevr years of age
grew up a# boy aAd girl together
iss Zava Thel- and at Munaford. Alabama they
ma Reynolds. J. M. Grishorn and were married on January the second
Miss Effle Pwwlsp Marvin Goth- 1177, and left next day to become
“dMi" A”“ ssraii ijtanr-jsrs
Maggie Masefield, when . relatives ef Mr.
td Miss Kilpatrick lived, hater they
' - * I
e|
V. G. Godfrey
Hicks; SC E. Harris and
Dickey; L. R. Auvenahlne and
ogle IW Carrigan ^ 4rannje Gib-
son and Mias Bonnie Heks; Vaeeo
i «e and Miss Mary Reeves; J. B.
D^*
Holman Burks. ’ I 1 Ji __JL
untie H. Robineon and Mias
Bell* Gleatnn. _
C Bratton and
'Xr 'V-
cn*’
Kilpatrick lived, hater Ui
ufer Si** s
.ktoemln,
HIGGINBOTHAM’S
SHOW APPRECIATION
_____________ ___ ,tg paid even co.v after thfti
Carried by haodT uver the steep holidays Is thirty-five cents.
mountain*: and d op canyon*; for an
average of three miles.
According to ratives of that src-
What a few years ego was regi x!
id as -a. sspource for the wifes ,
nwmo/ is destined to take its place
the real occupations of
'jr-.
,Up.n. Jtl*e deer killed were among the , ^ ^ t
largest seen there in several years. ron\ancira farmers.
Although big game is scarce, blue
quajl and havelena hogs are found
in abundance. Oswell succeeded in
GINNING REPORT
The number of bales of tattoo
hringirg lorn* the hide of ono. of tinned in Gomaathe cvninby up to
the porkers after a rather thrilling December til, 1928, was Mil aa
#,"L‘ l!_ —V'1 '* J !J mmnarwi with 13824 on the corree ■
Milton
SILENCE”
^ •_- - { y ■■_a.
FTtlDAY AND SATURDAY JANUARY 1BTH, 16TO^
*1
Ruck Jon«a in
“30 Below Zero”
IUU HDeDonald ml I
Black. !“
Births
S. A, Cruise and wife
_tt. 5, girl; L. G. La^ti
Haase, Girl; Loren Vaughn
and kOei Btatiej Corporations are hi their
* fJ ECsb* JSKBSr-B Vtsr
most human of the world’s
Ethi
eh!p and while a corporation cm
appreciate Re pereentU can.
Comaieho’a fire department
(iertd splendid servtpe In stopping
tlv» blafte Of the warehouse of Hig-
ginbotham Brothers and CopaBWr
J. W. Hunter; Mrs. Rebeka Rokin
son.
ATWOOD MQVES
.
‘pprerletfUn of the splendid
line th®v ba-l rendered that firm and
Is In tuiw appreciated by the,
fi rumen who some Hmea take tre-J
"*"mendous risks In their efforts to- doj
what they fNd iytheir duty. *.
fight with hhn, which showed eonsid
erable courage after he was waun-
ded by the first shot.
METHODISTS STAGE
NOVEL CAMPAIGN
Ta the advertising carried la the
mr' ef the. Chief by Reverend
M. Wavnne pastor of the Metho-
Imrdi he has eoatianrauely re-
to a “One Day Drive** which
a novel method of handling the
------of the Church,
Cenunittees have been syringed
»r' to care for calling on the toen*
• ring their pledges
the church finances which is not
uncommon method. The mem-
ip of tho Church is invited to
'sjarES&uftffcrs:
of being seen easily bit
soliciting committee* '~^hi
n-el in.feed in that SrtBnaf
»uld be consideiW s good
away fto* borne , hy some.
ReVwrr"d Wynne U an agressfve
istor with modern ideas of aceom-
Ifchment and while" his chnrrh ad-
fert-- >mr Is no* <v>lv novel it is
|su.\Uv interesting apd9 has
J'fJct’xv ard
dtlsa sf
mmnared with 13824 on the corvee
ponding date of Mat year; a decrease
of 4210 hpto* according. to figures
‘ “ «5»
halos gto-
wtt was,
______tho
thin
li
?'a;-
tod
„ This (o buBding
Vvot'd entered huStne
In which rtf
a numbci
?Oh WO A TAYTIJ A 09
<t German was in1
business.
— _______ " ,RITRB'
-Mr. and Mrs. Ewell Thompson ofjf W* mske nil
IVilhs are Vbdting relatives la Co- *
manche this week.
sting and has proved
he church uhdmtgM------ * ‘
Irove
auffefcf
imr*.
amps —-Pren'pt*
Ices. The Comanche
i. >
bv. John H. Harris,
total * numbr of balm
entire Reason was a
Wsyear is not exerted to toash
Tho money value of thio rsaw
crop io eeUmaStd at fMOJIB. 1
T. W. BraSshsw in Ne
_____Loeatts
P. W. Bradshaw io moving
Jewelry store to tho now location.
ASvroods 1 Furniture Store in I
Pfhkard building weet of Slider a
of the squa
Residtnc
Alton Hart la erectim
on the.lot Just east o
father en Dublin
wil^oceoTv as soon
bui
l tint ef
which'
*s eomrlri
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Carpenter, W. H. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1927, newspaper, January 7, 1927; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth903849/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.