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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
4
The Comanche Chief notes that club boys who attended A and M short course report strong work by local club girls and argue for a demonstration agent. Observers tour the Cuthbertson farm, four and one-half miles from Comanche, where grapes reveal county potential and attract dozens of carloads of visitors.
Honorable Tom Connally’s address praised Texas ambition with the line Texas lifts her eyes to a great tomorrow. The speaker’s rhetoric centers on a hopeful vision for the state’s future.
W H Rowland urges a Sunday school driven revival inviting families to attend at 9 45 a m. He condemns lax church attendance and warns against succumbing to sin. In joint column, J K R Kanes promotes persistent effort to develop Comanche sandy lands into a prosperous, spiritually sound community, urging cooperation and practical action now.
The piece surveys a clash between modernist science and fundamentalist doctrine within Christianity. It notes two scientist opponents of fundamentalism, the physical evolutionists and biblical scholars, against a backdrop of 600 plus denominations and questions what constitutes true belief and infallibility. It reflects on Jesus dialogue and Paul’s teaching about God and worship and asks how an average person should decide which denomination is correct.
Wallace Garage announces price reductions across Touring cars and roadsters with $615 in savings for winning models and about $40 off on closed cars. An anticipated failure notice will be issued next week.
The Chief reports a national advertising push by Texas Power and Light Company to attract textile manufacture to Texas. Through General Manager John W. Carpenter the utility has been a leading Texas advocate, publishing ads in Textile World Manufacturer's Record and other outlets to boost local resource development.
Fort Worth motor accident leaves W C Garrett of Ballenger Street Drug Co. with a badly hurt right leg and multiple bruises after a motorcycle collided with a car traveling about 80 mph. He was confined to bed, unable to bear weight, following the Wednesday morning crash. The Garrets recently moved from Comanche to Fort Worth.
Next Wednesday August 12 is Pioneer Day in Texas by state action. Co man che county has no official services yet, but people will pause to honor pioneers living and dead whom Texans owe a debt of gratitude.
Local film fans welcome the Paramount celuloid epic The Thundering Herd based on Zane Grey. Directed by William K. Howard, the romance of the Old West follows pioneers of two caravans facing Indian attacks and a buffalo stampede as Holt rescues Lois Wilson amid a dramatic climax. runs next Monday and Tuesday at Majestic Theatre.
The Gore family thanks friends for kindness and sympathy shown after the death of Myrtle Harley Gore wife and sister. Prothers and Sisters.
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