The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1927 Page: 3 of 7
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M ©ntaiiung « or 7 key* l§der pteT* Sd^'
JANUARY 7, IffTT
Roberson Bus line
• SCHEDULES
m nnwiung o pr 7 wy*. Finder pwait
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___ „ Ferguson Seed Oats for sale. See
iff JUg.-jr*__1 phon® C* A< OromaUky SfPriddy.
•ao a. m.. 12;tt p. m,p.*. —... ,.
Leave* Comanche for Hart Worth Get the beat and cheapest- Peer-
■8’BO a m ijM - f K^ir. « * ! ,ess fcnc* *°‘d in Te«U •toilpsively
1*60 P* "•* 5:W P. m. i through C. W InnM. State AmiiL
COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE
le Dfiton heme Sdttada?
*°*n -at three o'clock bf L
Hearn. Intermept was in th* jQpfc- ' t|J&
after-
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wood cemetery,
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PAUL HELMECKE DEAD
Paul HdiTeck citizen of £emandie
for some fWrty-five yetn died at
MRS. C. K. STRALEY
i FLORIST
Cut flowers and designs. Now ia
the time to put out rose bushes.
We have some splendid one« to
.u- ~ -r 11 [
i'OK_
‘i acres
oi -Comanche. _
Soe Roy Little ,at Home Grocery,
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CHICKS—Eggs—Cockrells choice
your order now for day old chicks,
and, eggs. Also have ten Cockrels
for sale now. Stock can be seen
two miles north west from Coman-
che, Texas. - •
PATE AND GREFNF.
Tom Pate C. A. Green
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20-21
residence 'last Monday- foi1 owing;
ilincs.i of several years duration.
P fr. Hclmeck was; bora- () iober
IVK.{NT—Farm with sixty the 15th lr6l,, in Germain- and was
in cultivation aevrn miles east! brought bv his parcta to America
mnjiche. .Fair Iniprovemcfits. j as a tiny baby stopping in New
York whi re he grew to manhood. '
He came to Comanche in the late
90's entering the Restaurant and
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J.. p. Waring left last week for
Jrwsr tonw iii South Carolina
response of a message informing
him his mother was seriously 111.
Kr. and- Mrs. f. B. Chilton of San
Antortio were holiday , guests in Co-
manche last week.
Levi SraRh of- ..TpKgn, spent the
holiday if fn Cnmanchr guests of Ws
fhougbuir, Mrs. I. E. RAnsom.
Miss Laura Lou- Wapng waa a
Bwwnwootl visitor TuhWIay. It ^ !
•Mr. ami Mrs. O. C, Thrasher were
The surest i
W^*mSHtt8s
-ives out the worms and puts tl»a little
0-^oa the rood to health again. White’s
ureaat 1 cTmifuRo has a record of fifty
years of sucoewfuluan. Priro3fio. Sold I 'j
pARI8 SMITH, DRUGGIST |
WMi REESE DRUG
t; JBm
chin
!iy aa Excellent Tonic fori
Women ami Children.^!
NOTICE .
I have purchased the J. D.
Mason Barber Shop and will appre-
ciate the patronage of my friends*
and Mr,
Especial attention
cutting.
Hair cut 25e
Shavo >15
It
in- Bi«^\ynwood^^nHia^ accompany-
very critically ill. • - ';■) i
Mr#. W. A. Shelton and Mr and
f 'h*.
time
potv ’ • in ar-tioo.
He wnx married June 20, 1897 to
FQBAALE—S. CL Rrodc Island Red
S. C. English White Leghorns. Place
cockerels from my prise winning
strain, com*, gee them they are
beauties, Mrs. J H. Prater, Coman-
che, Texas, Phone 421.
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FOR 6 por cent loans see H. L.
-Stewart, Secretary-Treasurer, Fed-
eral Farm I-oan Association. .„
Sale—I still have som#
Delaine Bucks and some
plain® Ewes for sjsle. This
I* high bred stuff and fha best gheep
for this section. Big enough /or
mutton and heavy _ woolers’—Oscar
Callaway. A . •
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FRUIT TREES THAT " BEAR.
Pecans and berries. Hardy climate
proof Evergreens, Flowering Shrubs,
Shades. Roses, Landscape plans
made. Catalogue free. Ramsey’s
Austin Nursety, Austin, Texas.
Established 1875. (18-29)
Masons former customers. ' Miss Martha Grimm and to them
to ladies hair were bom seven children six of
whom are still Jiving: Mrs. Floyd
Baggerly and Fred Helmccke of Ft.
Worth, Willie Helmecko of Cross
Louis Adkiseon. j Plains, Robert, Anona and Moody of
Comanche.
He v,-a i burial Tuesday afternoon
at 4 p. m. services being conducted
bv Reverend N. P. Jityilkinson assist-
ed by Reverend J. L. Ray.
Mr. Helmecko was* a member of
t‘i U • iversaMr.t Church and a man
who aiwayy worked ut his work un-
til illness made this impossible. Of
hiuiit- well rrav be said he was one
v£ho gave to no one aught but kind
e** and w>o asked but to be per-
mitted to tend his own affaifs and
ways.
onville * Wednesday attending ___
>f Miss 'MaRgie Doyl^ sister
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funeral ^>f Mlssn__
of D. K. Doyle of ComancJ
New 14 barrell cistern- and stand
will sell for hay, also will trade for
coal stove. Mrs. Jim Hill.
PIONEERS PASS AWAY
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FOUND—.A black and brown lap-
robe -en the road to Jess McCull-
oughs place. Owner may have
same by, calling at Chief Office and
paying for thi* ad. G. M. Scott
MRS. S. E. ROBERSON
Mrs Sarah .Elizabeth Rolierson
die<i at her home in Comanche on
Wednesday January the 5th 1
arid wa-j buried in Dublin Ja
the 6th, I$27 funeral servine^being
conducted at the home in^Comanchf
at 1 p. m. bv Rev. Ben F. Hem. n
lllra. Hohersotj^pfas before her !
marriage P. (Robernon on
May t&4tffl8G4, Mias Sarah Eljxar
beth Roberson. -She was bom
Alabama January the 20th 1838
came to Texa^ at th*. age of eigm.,
years with her pgrepts and settled in!
I^amar County. " '
They first livp4>A>ear Belton and
in 4884-fnove«t‘'-€o neat Harmony in
Comanche County ami then to Dub-
lin in 1895'and later moved to Co-
manche in 1912.
Mrs. Roberson was the mother of
seven childrer_one dead, J. C. Rob-
erson Who d£e3 January the. 6th
1905, those living are: Mrs. G. W.
Walling of San Angelo. Mrs. , Kate
R. Keith of Wichita Falls,-Texas, T
Sf.. Roberson of Dallas,^.Misses
P
REAL ESTATE—Li have a number
of choice farms ' and ranches for
sale. A number of choice farms and
some on very favorable terms. For [George W. Tate of. Comanche, Te*-
any kind of real estate see me. P.M. pj.
Fagan. ; _____r (19~20pd)> Mrs. Roberson joined the Christ-
„ * , '- j ian chuireh forty six years ago and
^ farm, several i since that time has been a devodt
Rhode Island Red Cockrells. Single i Christian. For the past several
comb. Airheart and Owen strain, j years she has been blind ami practi-
; MRS. BISHOP BUYS
CREST STORE
ifrs. Z. H. Bishop has purchased
‘com the Crest-Over Company Inc^
their Comanche St’or„ effective Jai-
uary the lat and ha» already assu --
Qd charge of the business;
.Mrs. Bishop will continue to op-
erate a variety **|r« which V.-1I T>r *
Kuown as the Krest Store.
Price $1.50 each. Wade A. Mercer
Comanche, Tern* Rt. 5. (f-vypj.jn
WANTED TO BUY—Perfection 4
burner oil cook stove. Must be in
A-l condition. Call th* Chief office
dh
WANTED—Some one to work 100
acres of good land. Five and one
half miles south east of Comanche.
Fair improvements. See J. B.
Cooper, Sidney, Texas. ltp
Mrs. Bishop worked for W. <\
Odom for four years 'fn this
Maud* and Leva Roberson nnd Mrs. location and has beef) * "-’-'ng for
r'~ ”r *“ ° ' ”” ~ the C,r~rf . store <h ~- he past
yesr - * :ch they have L... jn busi-
n< C omanchc.
I. *syr* Mrs. Bishop’s friends *
W«i h..... d to see hot enter busi- I
— -^f and'we join them fn'
Wlsbin^ Dr, all possible success.
This makes the thir<l firm in Oo-
manche toShave a woman at its
head being Bettis A Gibbs, Robert-
son Sisters and The Krest Store.
LOST—One new roll of Linoleum on
] tjw> Newburg and Indian Gap road.
Reward for finder. Return to Doc
1 Gore or Chief Office. A. P. Burks.
' ' 20-21 c.
1X3ST—Pair of Ladi°s kid gloves
Ofeai* Pb.-t Office, finder please leave
- Office. it
WANTED—A customer for Jersey
butter, Comanche Poultry Farm.
FOR LEASE
cally an invalid but her death (#mo
suddenly as she had not been ill.
Rorn while Texas was still a re-
public she came to tK* State just
after it entered the Union and truly
it might he said a pioneer of the
State, of Teras. It was her bless-
ing to be permitted to live a life of
servic* in the building of a State in
the rearing of a family and the de-
velopment of a community «rd its
instituticr* r -.1 ’ was allowed an
unusual allotment of years in which
she might enjoy ,the fruits of her
labors and \ the as notation of her
children for whom she hed braved
a wilderness and all the hardships
of a long and serviceable life which
Is after all the greatest earthly
blessing that can come to a mother
or a parent.
Th.. Tonis Timt
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Strength ft&puUy
seorrs
EMULSION
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Rich in Cod-liver
KOc! Vittitnins
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scett ft r-.viu-. nioomfi«i<L n. j.
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See
J fi! McRHERSON V
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KB<iio Repairing
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JACKSONS RADIO SHOP
T NORTH SIDE
Car Washing
Being us your muddy car and H “Launder” it.
we are prepared to do your car washing in the moat
thorodgh manner at the following-price*—
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ROADSTERS AND SMALL TOURING CARS
75c to $1.00
^MALL -CLOSED CARS |i.oo
LARGE CLOSED CARS
«*?•-
$1.26
Edmondson Motor Co
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We 7 hanf^y ou
-^^AVe have made th« last run of the gin for the 1926
season and wish to take this occasion to thank our friend*
and customers for your patronage for the season.
It has been a pleasure to serve you and we trust that
in 1927 we shall again have the pleasure of your patronage
which we will strive to merit. | •
THE BLUE GW
. JOE McILROY, Manager .
— MRS. W. D. RIPLEY
Mrs. W. D. Tllpley who vesided
some foyi* miles north of Comanche
died Tuesday afternoon following
nn illness of some months surd was
________, buried. Wednesday afternoon at Oak-
«:I48 acres of; land one and one KfiTf-wood .Cemetery.
Mrs. RuiTev who prior to her mar-
miles arathvtafc-' from Comanche.
About 150 acres in cultivation, hal
aiice good,grass land. Want to lease
•at onco for cash- Soe us fbr par-
ticulars. J. R. Kanes & Co.
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FOR SALE—Electric Range. In
mnet eopditiotL Bargain. J. F.
ICrissom. _ - • , - . - ftp
WANTED Quilting and
telephone 459 Or see MTs. Green
West nepr grammar school. It
fOR RENT—Good farm,-tee L. E.
rainger. ltc
fOU SALE—r>oo<l Jersey
S. Emeri. *
Cow.
_ltp
POR SALE—or rent ten acre tract
If land one mile south of town,
touse ami barn. See Mrs. Bishop
^ the Krest Store. r
Ranted—Man to work on farm
Or ranch must be settled and single.
[Box 7v or phon* 168. •; . ltp
(SALESMAN WANTED—For lubri-
I eating oila, greases and paints. Ex-
> eellent opportunity. Salary or Com-
mission. T^e Jed Oil and Paint Co.
O^h.* -It,
si ars.
or $10.00 par head for all. A E.
Petty, San 8aba Texas. * V22pd)
riage v as Sally-JSell B’blp was V»Tn
February the lrdh 18G3 at Vew Gustine were
Port Tennessee. At the age of 1-7 . Tue.«day[\,
she ramo with her parents to Rumetj • * _
‘(’>uritv Texas where she war. subse-
quently married November the 2nd
1885. Moving to Comanche in 1918.
Sh» was’ a life long Cnristlen and
. r church member in--'the« affairs of
I which she was always nrtfve ns
she bore her months of suffering
and faced lifes end with that forti-
tude with which reel Christians
meet those occasions of life.
Sh* is survived by 'her husband
And five children, Mrs. W W Hilli-
ard,, George Ripley, Mr*. Bernard
Riley and Miss ILV.o Ripley- all of
Comanche and Mrs. Sam Forehand
Of Santa Anna.
Mr. and Mrs. Sain Howell and
family visited his mother Mrs. S. M.
Howell at Gorman Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther . Whitehead
and little daughter Wanda Gay visit-
ed in Gorman Thursday.
- Miss JohnsL Cunnaighntn return-
ed to Breckenridgo Sunday after
spending the holdayt with her father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John
Cunnngham.., - [ .
Mrs. Hilton Burks is visittnj? her'
daughter Mr#. Babingtop Lewis at
Novice. •
Mr. and Mrs. George V. Simmons'
and children of Sherman were guests
of Mrs. Simmon’s parents Mr- and
Mrs. Jim Hill. .v *. - _ !
Dr. C. W. and Jack McCollum of
Texon wer„ Comanche visitor# Sun-
day. ' - •_
Mr. Jfh<| Mrs. Q. C. Summerlin of,
Wichita Falls report the arrival of j
a habv girl at their home tout)
Saturday.
Mr. ami Mrs. L. F. McClelland Off
Uitnarprhe visitors
Mail at Ones Six Tj -zen Mw7
■ \.un-Qiit>ine TaWcu^-Am,
I?®*’* Ship me ly nml rt #»<t <i>
ot your qXifKiKi
' • I ... 1 ili-d any rt r •
cny kind wrUt «ikJ» a Comrtu. k (or
"i.>,r S A^Tofil, Gerttcr. Mo (
WM. REESE DRUG CO. -
Big FIRE Sale
Of The R. J. Adcock Mer-
cantile at Gustine
Begins Thursday, Jan. 6
At 8:00 a. m.
teg
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,V»N"0 »Vf TtY» V»Y»YtV*V»
4—
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sooarf, Elgin
return te beta
P* Witt It tha Comanche Chief and
Wi reward. ^5 , \ (19-tl)
TV
$8*5.00 ESSAY CONTEST F?51
,, SCHOOL CHILDREN from the
•“‘fifth to eleventh grades. Closes
Jamiaw 28th. 1*27, Write for
partleulars . and free catalogue.
• Ramsey’s Austin NUrofiy, Austin,
. JW..O.-----!.*»
Vm.FS FOR SALB-yGood team
cmr’ny ffUr olds for .sale cheap. See
rorr.
PtrA^n or ’ STOT.EN-PlacV
’•ronded JL, S. op left ehonl-
«to». Prr Wu n roio from plnee. some
tVo Alro tv-o ep"vi»a hrnndcd
T» Ojr left >Jn. Rivard for Informn-
^Jtitm leading to reentry. J. Jh". l ane. . ,vvi> _..f
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-ttOfltl FOR SAT E—Reglrtered soW
nl^n pfg, both male and ^male.
V«en hogs In Comanche.
W. H. Burton. - It
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HRS. E. J. LOFTON
. Mrs. E. J. Loft* another vne of
Comanche’s honored aged citizens
PjMfd quietly lot* her eternal rest
Friday morning -at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Luther Dlvon, wHh
whom #h* b*d nvtde her home for
r. number of year*.
Mr*-Lofton whose maiden name
was Miss Jetinie Elizabeth Fester
born in tn« state of Alabama,
Leecmber 2, 1847 and while an In
taut was taken by, bar parents to
nas reared and where she was
married to E. J Lofton, October 17
1866, the following children wire
rested: Mrs. Mary Lofton Mi
who ia deceased, Mr* Emma
Atlant* Ga., Edgar
ft* A,
• NOTICE
I will run my thresher at my
hony on Tuesday January 11th to
thresh maise or any kind of seed.
W. L. Tatum. itp
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THE FIRE LAST WEEK did not damage our.stock to any af$preciable
extent and the only manner in kRich these goods are hurt is from smoke.
ENTIRE. STOCK TO BE CLOSED OUT. We intend to sell this entire
stock at sacrifice prices for casli, before bringing in our new stock. This
is your chance to save money by buying goods that are not damaged al
all at a big discount. [ ~-i •
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tendered us durihg the death
>ur dear
burial of our
man, Ath
7 rinkiad,
Tens,
___ J. Lofton
sha, Tex si ,
Leon, Texas, Ex cell Lofton,
mancr
Sam T. La*
Texas, Mrfe. ) ttther Dixon. Qo«a*n
1
Mrs i.oPci; came t> wwx wr.n
her family In 18*2 an I rea c.1
Bi 11 veil. RUis county *Dre ih.ey
resided, until 1900 when .Vhf\ o)n*rd
to Coptinehc. Mr. Loff ■> \\:i|
i Christinn vuencheF" TPH; FF h»ai
isH
-) Mrs ;
.Hie Chi
imiT spe
Irving i
Christinn ;neach«T"fTI?!; Tri ^mry
‘I 19*4 r~* '>i~- F-
Mrs J.ofloH became n monbfr of
Christian church 38 years ago
,„r.? nmxsArsTr
lifo was a constant- Inspiration to
thorn who know har. She suffered
mveh durtrui th^ latter r^ont
and patient
cheerful and pntiont. and.
life or' earth cattte te *
closcil her eves and peacefully
ed Jnto perfect ri*at. "4r
Surviving. Mr* Lofton are si#
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish te express our thanks
and appreciation for the many kind
deeds and loving words of sympathy
also the beautiful flora) offering
and
--- mother and
grandmother. Mrs, E. J. Lofton.
May God’s blessings reel on all
you*
MR. AND MRS. LUTHER DIXON
AND FAMILY,
MR. AND MRS. 8AM LOFTON
MR. AND MRS. JACK LOFTON
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\ HERE ARE A FEW OF THE PRICES IN
‘ THIS SLAUGHTER OF GOODS
-MISSES AND CHILDRENS dress coats $5.00 to 15^)0 values your riioiee
_ —.........................______...Z_______ $2.00
BOYS LONG PANT SUITS with extra trousers I8.5G to $15.00 values
your choice —x________——____________________...____$8,00
ALL MENS DRESS HATS, Caps, suits, shirts, shoes etc., go at propor-
tionally low prkai. j ;
WOMENS APF^AREL also reduced to the low level as suggested by above
prices.
EAT AT
. TEXAS GAPE
WHEN IN ’"BROWNWOOD
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roi«VH
ZOO YEARS
haarlem oil has been a ^ .Id
wide remedy for kidney,', liver am*
bladder disorders^ rboumotimn
■umbagoand «r ii Aek 1 cou'Iitk
.y. ujy.^.r ■ ■
e*wecf intsrnal sProilrt* vital
or*s*>« Threo olsro. A3 Insist
«l the origtfisrf genuine Gv w» Mliuk
C w
. 9 cans Na 2
3 cans Na 8
2 can* Perff
^ can* Pink
6 Boxes of
tJE
Any Snuff,
5 Gallons K<
Genuine Sani
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GROCERIES AT BIG SAVING * t - ..
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Honest, Devoe ____________----^^..1__27 1-Bc
for -O.---JVjltytL.Tgb
Coffee, per pound-----—------- 30c
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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/m1/3/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.