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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1913
Page
1
The Chief Exponent asserts it has more than double the territory’s circulation of any competitor and offers free advertising if not. The paper invites a thorough inquiry by interested parties and pledges to show proof upon request.
The Comanche Chamber of Commerce led by the town band visited Beattie for a trade excursion. Prof Dubose welcomed attendees and J R Eanes presided as master of ceremonies. Speakers discussed silos good roads and local commerce before a large noon dinner.
The Comanche voters approved a $10,000 bond issue for a new school building by a strong majority. Results showed 171 in favor and 104 against. Bonds will be issued and sold to rapidly expand classrooms and ease crowding.
Representatives from Burks Simmons Co Martin Co Comanche Mercantile Co Higginbotham Bros Neely Harris Cunningham Comanche Compress Co Comanche Cotton Oil Co Smiths Drug Store Reese Co Scotch Woolen Tailors First National Bank Odom Creamery Roe Wetzell Barber Shop and Comanche County joined in the city exercises. The program ended around 430 with 5 o’clock departures as excursionists left, deeming the occasion a complete success.
Comanche sent representatives to the State Press Association in San Antonio, State Dental Association in Temple, State Firemen’s Association in Wichita Falls, Bankers’ Convention in Galveston, Shriners’ Convention in Dallas, Grand Lodge K of P in Corpus Christi, and Christian Church Convention in San Angelo. Delegates praise the hosting cities and local citizens.
The Comanche High School graduating class is one of the largest in the school's history. Diplomas will be awarded May 28 to Philip Graham Armstrong Cox Evan Palmer Merlin Jenkins Ernest Herring W J Helmsley Rector Cunningham Goddson Reiger Kin Sullivan Waldo Carson Grace Fitzpatrick Alma Reese Leah Allen Mamie King Elizabeth Chilton Grace Evans Ethel Jones Mabel McNeill Annie Palmer Helen Rasmussen Madie Hall Hallie Owen. The class will present a play The Fifteenth of January Friday night. The commencement sermon will be preached by Rev C L Cartwright at the High School auditorium next Sunday.
Dr A L Jones, longtime physician and optician from Jones Opuilarium Temple now in Brownwood, will visit Comanche about every 60 days to examine eyes and fit glasses. He will be at Stovall Hotel Monday and Tuesday May 26 and 27. Carrolls drug store offers corn care guaranteed to cure the worst corns. 1t
The article urges a July 19 ballot in Texas for a Good Roads amendment allowing bond funding with a majority vote. It argues current road costs are high, forecasts $809000 spent in 40 years to patch roads, and that a $500000 bond would fund true infrastructure gains, benefiting Comanche and the state. It calls readers to vote in favor.
The article cites a federal census showing Texas farmers spend 10.8 million dollars yearly on feed for livestock with 27 percent of farmers buying feed. Peter Radford of the Farmers' Union urges farmers to raise their own feed, noting Comanche county spends 75,672 dollars annually and that diversification could keep funds at home.
In a three game series played Thursday through Saturday in Brady, the Brady team won 1 to 0, 8 to 6, and lost 10 to 5 against the Comanche Indians. All three games were hotly contested with the opener noted as particularly good.
Grandma Fagan died at her daughter Mrs Jesse Chambers home on May 21 after a long life. She was 59 and buried May 22 in Zion Hill cemetery near Van Dyke in a large family gathering. She leaves an elderly husband of 72 years marriage and several children grandchildren and great grandchildren. The Thief-Exponent offers condolences.
The School Board elected several teachers for the ensuing year including J B Layne J C Wilkerson Ola Cunningham Stella Fletcher D C Eaton W H Carpenter Alice Alsup Ruby Granger Myrtle Paine Bessie Graham Myrtle Smith Mrs W O Reynolds Venner Hooker Willie Carnes Golda Granger Buena Hitchcock Morna McNeil and Hattie Brightman. Professor R F Holloway was reelected Superintendent at a former meeting of the board.
Those who enjoy singing are urged to attend a local singers meeting at the High School auditorium Sunday afternoon. If you can't sing, come out and enjoy the performances of others. All are invited.
An all day singing event at Rock Church is planned for the second Sunday in June with dinner on the ground. Everyone is invited to attend for a day of communal song and fellowship.
A persuasive pitch urged local businesses to target Comanche county’s 30 000 residents with a strategic advertising campaign. It claimed the opportunity would pay for itself and offered to provide actionable facts and figures via phone contact.
The Chief-Exponent circulates over 3,000 copies, praised as the cheapest advertising medium in West Texas. The assertion highlights broad reach and value for regional promotion.
Commissioners in regular session order Mercer's Creek School District No. 2 to sell the old school house known as White Point school. Changes in Creamer and Dingler Road noted.
The May term delegates road changes after Mrs Hall rejects $50 damage for a crossing on her farm. It orders a new route around her land and fences a county road. The court authorizes coal purchase, adopts a health advisory, and approves the tax collector’s report and quarterly audits. It funds five steel bridges and sets school bond and tax elections for June 1913. Wolf bounties are paid to two residents.
Circulation considered, the Chief Exponent offers advertising rates less than half those of any competitor in the territory. Merchants with online offerings should place a weekly ad in the Chief Exponent to reach the ey public.
A heavy rain Wednesday night totaled about one inch with a brisk wind. The weather prompted many residents to seek shelter in storm cellars, though no damage was reported.
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