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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1924
Page
2
Comanche Publisher urges civic effort with a call to extend a cleanup day into a broad campaign. Editor Davis Doyle highlights community duty, moral living, and Comanche as a model Texas town. He cites Gandhi and family life, urges restraint, and envisions Comanche as an attractive place for good people.
President E. B. Stewart of the De Leon Watermooth Growers Association calls a meeting at city hall Saturday after noon April 26. Pink Scott will report on the executive committee meeting from Dallas April 7. Members and others interested urged to attend and sign up as new members.
Public notice from V. Bryson prohibits hunting and wood hauling in pastures 1 control without written contract. Violators will be prosecuted.
A Kansas City style editorial argues Texans should support a capable governor with independence from factional pressure. It defends Pat Neff's right to advise, critiques national conventions, and urges a united Democratic slate of capable, principled leaders to pursue constitutional government and individual liberty.
Card ad from Floresvie Texas offering red top cane seed at 3.15 per hundred pounds f o b here. They claim no Johnson grass contamination but do not guarantee. J N Flores & Bro. Floresvie Te ys.
Committees have been appointed to organize Comanche's participation in the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Convention at Brownwood. Three key projects are before the people of Comanche and Comanche county, and organizers aim to present them prominently.
The speaker contrasts Moses bearing the law on stone tablets with his personal sacrifices and trials. He recalls sin, idolatry, and repentance, noting Moses returning to Sinai for forty days to renew the law, while urging humility before the divine and devotion to spiritual lessons.
The Comanche County Workers Conference held in De Leon featured W H Gage FL EL Suttle L B Smith Walter Martin J C Bord and Missionary Milton among locals with visiting pastors Ira Parrack Ponder Gordon Barrett and Missionary Daniels. Carter chaired. J C Bosd served as secretary. next meeting set with Gnetine church in one month. women led by Mrs W O Williams provided meals and strong support for the campaign effort.
L B Russell reports the death of William H. Rogerson in Stephenville, an itinerant master hand compositor famed for fifty years of roaming printing offices. A veteran of pre mechanized type, Rogerson was a natural rover who rarely settled long enough for lasting friendships. He is remembered as part of a vanishing race of printers and is wished rest in peace.
The Comanche Chief lists candidates for multiple offices subject to the Democratic primary. State Senator Walter C. Woodward of Coleman appears alongside others including J. R. McKellan for DistrictIndee, Jom W. Edmson, Mark Callaway, and more across county and district roles.
Grstine Tribune notes Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Neel marked fifty three years of marriage last Sunday. The couple, parents of ten, are praised for a life of virtue and community respect, with hopes for many more happy anniversaries.
Elder W. A. Shultz will preach at the Church of Christ Saturday 8 p m and Sunday 11 a m and Sunday night. Also advertised Turkey bells and poultry supplies from Slider and Lacy.
The speaker quotes Governor Neff saying Underwood and McAdoo are good patriotic men but not suitable leaders. He asks who the governor expects as an unexpected choice and asks for clarity on who this Moses is, naming A Luker of Proctor Texas route 2.
By order of the city council all persons using the sewer line will be charged an advance of twenty five cents per month to take effect on May 1 1924 J R Eanes Mayor
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