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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1917
Page
1
The Comanche County Exemption Board held a preliminary meeting and then convened for regular session to prepare the county list from 10 000 names. Officials plan to issue appearance notices next week with examinations starting August 13 for 144 men daily. Exemption claims must be filed within seven days of notification and proofs within ten days.
The article discusses free speech during the draft era, citing Judge Rose in Baltimore who directed a verdict for the accused and defined the limits of free expression. It emphasizes that anyone may voice opposition or support a law without criminal liability if no evasion or illegal acts occur.
Captain L G White resigns his pastorate at once of the local Methodist church with Rev H B Clark appointed to succeed him. White is praised for leadership and community service and for his wartime service at Leon Springs and in recruiting a National Guard company. Clark has previous service in Comanche and De Leon circuits and returns to the local ministry.
Hasse melon growers shipped two cars of melons from Hasse on Wednesday. A buyer purchased the lot delivered at the car, paying 10 to 25 cents per melon. Local growers announce a successful sale and hopeful prospects for future markets at Comanche.
A Comanche county farm owned by C. B. Williams was raided last Saturday night. Auto bandits reportedly abducted Williams and forced him to reveal melon locations before looting his watermelons. Police surveil F. BeAdams Jno. D. Waring and Dr. I. M. Cochran, with arrests anticipated.
Mrs. Bob Carter, a longtime county figure, was injured in an auto accident in St ui while riding with her granddaughter Mary Jane Carter. The car was nearly demolished. Mrs. Carter, nearly 80, was bruised but not seriously hurt, and a letter from her granddaughter noted she was doing as well as could be expected. Friends express regret and hope for a swift recovery.
Visite of the Stork reports the birth of a boy to Mr and Mrs Taylor near Sidney and other names listed including Sir Newt Bizham Bea Beattie R O Bagley and A C Lynch near Sidney.
Fix IT. Yes we will fix any broken casting as good as new or your money back. Take it to our service department. Higginbothams.
Deaths reported for Mrs. Mary Jane McKinzie and William H. Massingill Lamkin.
A Red Cross Auxiliary staged a patriotic travelogue style revue Friday night in Comanche. The fundraiser featured six nations from America to Japan with tableaux, songs, dances, and hospitality themed vignettes, followed by refreshments and a parade of horse-drawn hearses to stations on West Main Street.
From Japan the party toured two Central Powers nations Turkey and Germany at Mr and Mrs Wm Dingus home. They viewed the Verboten zone and met the Kaiser then the Grand Sultan with Turkish ladies and dancers. Coffee and war bread sandwiches were served. Red Cross Auxiliary netted over 120.00 and planned free repeat performances Friday on the square.
Local Red Cross appeals for 60 pairs of government specified knit socks. Instructions and materials are available at Red Cross headquarters on Monday Wednesday and Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. for anyone able to help.
A large group of young women and men from the Baptist church gathered at the pastorium Monday evening for a B Y P U social with games and refreshments for the attendees.
Miss Minnie Cunningham chairs registration for Comanche County under the National League for Women’s Service. Women may sign up voluntarily for nursing ambulance driving home hospital work clerical duties or other war support roles to aid the front and home industries as men enlist or are drafted.
Presiding Elder S J Vaughn announces that Rev L G White is released from Comanche station. Bishop E D Mouton appoints Rev H B Clark to fill the unexpired time until the next annual conference. Call for prayerful support from Methodists and other Christians for Clark’s pulpit work during the year.
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