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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1932
Page
1
A fragmentary New York column notes church pews reserved for the hearing impaired, street flower sellers profiting from gardenias, a private pipe organ maker thriving, the Commodore Grill sites, taxi drivers lamenting lower tips, gray derbies reviving, and a shift in department store wood-burning displays.
County Superintendent R S Walker reports AOA OCHUL funds will drop about a quarter across independent and common schools due to lower property valuations and a reduced state per capita from 17 50 to 16 00. Comanche City Schools lose about 4500 with valuations down from 2 206 102 to 1 852 962, while state aid declines about a thousand amid enrollment near 650.
County Agent J A Barton announces Comanche's Annual Sheep and Goat Show to be held the First Monday in September on the Court House lawn. The event emphasizes educational exhibits and separate judging for each breeder to assess their best stock, focusing on ram, billy, and kid breeding stock while welcoming ewe stock.
Hon Arthur Eidson of Hamilton spoke from the courthouse lawn addressing a large crowd. He charged the State Democratic Executive Committee sought voter intimidation and urged election participation while condemning Sterling administration as marked by weakness. He contrasted administrations as honest and claimed Sterling was nearly bankrupt when elected. He warned of a proxy government in Austin and urged voting against it by electing Mrs Ferguson.
The month old son of Mrs. Charlie Anderson was found dead in bed at her Comanche home at six o clock Wednesday morning. Mrs Anderson said the baby had not been sick and was awake when she left its bed to prepare breakfast. After breakfast she found the infant dead. A physician ruled natural causes and Justice J D Bonner rendered the same verdict after an inquest. Interment was at Oakwood Cemetery at 5 p m with Rev Gordon Barrett officiating. The child was born July 13, 1982.
A two dollar and a half per bale advance and a 25 point morning rise pushed the cotton market to eight cents, highest in over a year. Dallas basis spot middling could bring 7.80 and strict middling 8.05 in Comanche. If prices reach ten cents, it may signal the end of the low mood in Comanche County as other farm products could follow. West Texas outlook is good. East and Central Texas remain poor in the cotton belt.
Ninety two absentee votes were cast by Wednesday end, up from eighty seven in the July primary. The current tally matches 1930, when 92 absentee ballots were before the runoff. That year 4507 votes were cast for County Clerk in the run-off, the highest for any office, versus 4288 in the July primary. A total of 4455 votes were cast in the last month’s primary.
Mrs H B Allen of Cisco is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs L F Elkins. Mrs Will Randal spent Sunday and Monday in Temple.
Local notice promotes a complete line of school supplies offered by Perry Brothers. The brief lines emphasize a full range of materials for classrooms.
The Comanche Chief reports it will gather election returns this Saturday and asks election judges to telephone their results. Voters are urged to vote early and judges to call promptly. message collection will be arranged by Bill Carpenter and The Comanche Chief.
Ed Sumner and Son closed one of the region’s biggest breeder sales in Comanche County selling seventy nine yearling tambouillet rams to W W A Billy Miers of Sonora. Miers plans to use the rams in his Tambouillet ewe flock at Sonora and expressed interest in buying about the same many more. The Sumner herd has drawn statewide attention after awards at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show.
Miss Zekie Bibby age 30 was found dead 200 yards from her father's home in a pasty trough from a 127 gauge shotgun with an exploded shell. An inquest found death due to gun shot wounds with the gun described as broken in stock and trigger pulled by a stick.
Mrs L T Huffstuttler and her sons from Bonham are visiting their grandparents Mr and Mrs I Morris.
The Fifth District Court of Civil Appeals denied mandamus to force election judge Bagby to allow Clinton Tucker age 20 to vote in a run off. Tucker contended he would be 21 by the November general election. Bagby followed Democratic guidelines. Chief Justice Ben L. Jones wrote the opinion, not yet filed.
Rev. S. J. Rucker pastor of the DeLeon Methodist Church for four years died Tuesday in Denver Colorado while on vacation. He reportedly suffered a heart attack while mountain climbing. A former Presiding Elder at Weatherford and other districts he came to DeLeon from Granger. He was buried in Denver with memorial services held at the DeLeon Church last Sunday.
Senator Woodville J. Rogers of San Antonio spoke from the court house lawn in support of Ross Sterling’s bid for governor. He recalled Ferguson impeachment, contrasted the two administrations, and answered audience questions amid the Wednesday event.
A car of mohair weighing about 35 000 pounds shipped Saturday from the Brightman warehouse in Comanche sold at six cents per pound. The kid price totaled twenty three cents, bought by Stokes Brothers of Lampasas and consigned to Boston. Last year mohair averaged fifteen cents, kid hair thirty five cents. The spring clip moved, fat clip coming in, according to Mr Brightman.
Mr and Mrs J B House of Phoenix Arizona visit her parents Mr and Mrs G L Morris and his father W T House during a family visit in the area.
The Highway Department proposes hard surface paving along the Pe can Belt highway with a 100 foot right of way, increasing current width from 60 to 100 feet. Estimated cost is 10,000 dollars per mile, about 300,000 in this county, to spur employment. A Goldthwaite meeting chaired by W C Dew gathered support for land donations and cooperation, with committees to negotiate with affected landowners and Judge Ely.
The McDonald Produce Company has moved to a new location in the I. O. O. F. Building beside Burks and S. Warehouse.
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