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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1922
Page
8
Wm. Connolly & Co., a large Hamilton mercantile house with forty years in business and other town outlets, has filed a bankruptcy petition. Liabilities are not yet learned.
D C Bailey, The Produce Man, calls for a carload of chickens to be brought in Saturday and Monday with payment promised. Easy deal emphasized by Bailey.
Special to the Chief reports a real good shower on Saturday followed by cold Monday and hog deaths. The piece mentions Sunday school attendance, churchgoers at Harmony, meals with Mr. Couch and Mr. Rape, and visits by Mrs. Sallie Fletcher and Miss Bula Fletcher to Mrs. A. J. Huggins. A. J. Huggins’s relative R. R. Gore and family hosted Aunt Ollie Fletcher overnight.
Iva McKenzie visited her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Gore, in Comanche. Iva McKenzie spent Tuesday night with Miss Ruby McKenzie. Mrs. G. C. and Alfred McKenzie called on Mrs. A. J. lllug gins Tuesday evening. Mrs. Eddie Rogers and Mrs. Chas Rogers visited Mrs. Oscar Callaway Tuesday.
Hazel Dell reports the arrival of a ten pound girl born Monday January 30 to Mr. and Mrs. FB Salyer. A musical at Mr. and Mrs. Jno Williams, visits from Miss Greene of Brownwood, and a party at Mr. and Mrs. R A Smith are noted. Local youths attend events. Mrs. W W Reed improves after illness. Mrs Tol Carter and Mrs O Hayes host a birthday gathering for Orris and Martelle. Seed Irish potatoes available at Todd and Jennings.
Special to the Chief reports Indian Creek Church four miles east of Comanche in the Garden Spot of Comanche county hosts pastor J D Kursell preaching twice a month, Sunday school every Sunday at 10, and singing prayer meetings on the second and fourth Sundays. motto this year is the community for Christ.
Feb news from Rucker notes a rein improving ground for plowing after a recent rain. J. B. Dyson, sick with pneumonia, shows improvement at Victor. BE M Allsup remains seriously ill with a severe neck carbuncle. Mrs Annie Gilder, wife of Andrew, buried in De Leon cemetery after an appendectomy at Graham Sanitarium. Sympathy extended to her three children. Ida Pittman and daughter visit BE M Allsup from Olive Springs. Liberty singing convention praised but weather dampened attendance. next one planned for May first. Brice Allsup of Enloe attended to his brother BE M Allsup and returned home.
A light rain fell last week with fair conditions reported at writing time. Velma Roch hosted a youth party on Saturday. T B Ewing is improving while on the sick list. Eph Cox and family of Board Church and Ernest Godsey and family of Gustine visited J E Colley and family Sunday. Bessie Briscoe returned to Rule after visiting home. Charlie Carrigan’s son shows pneumonia improvement. Proctor youth attended a party at Mr Smith’s in Bagget Saturday night. Willis Woolsey Dave Hart Cib Lane Ethel Woolsey Pearl Hancock and others attended church at Hasse Sunday night. E P Hart visited daughter Mrs Davis in Hasse last week. Preston Woolsey traveled to Cross Plains to visit his sister. Clyde Abernathy’s baby with pneumonia is better. A E F Rambo made a business trip to Fort Worth last week.
Miss Louise Burks hosts As You Like It and Friday Bridge clubs with high scores earning cards and markers. Miss Stella Hicks guest prize. Mrs Emil Weisendanger and Mrs Jack Moore win top honors. Other hostesses include Miss Marion Waring and Mrs Karl Tate. menus feature fruit, cheese, tea, and candy. Community notices urge thoughtful voting.
Personal mentions list residents and guests visiting De Leon Santa Anna Comanche Brownwood Dallas Fort Worth Coleman and Coleman area. It notes farewells to relatives, travel for funerals stock purchases millinery shifts, and community acknowledgments including J B Layne's selection to lead tarleton summer normal.
A brief note reports Messrs Joe E Williams T S Mc Kinley Jr George Scott and Mrs T S McKinley and Miss Eulalie Williams of Hamilton traveling through Comanche last Wednesday en route to New Mexico for a short stay. They are traveling in a Buick Six.
Elsie Hill, a leader in the National Woman's Party, confirms her marriage to Albert Levitt and states she will keep her maiden name for legal matters. She notes no law requires name change and calls it a matter of custom. The couple wed in Chicago with Levitt described as a university professor.
The state and county announce a sheriff sale by Utterback Harris Co against O Thurman and Zora Thurman. The 100 acre half of the 400 acre Elizabeth Walker survey is levied to satisfy $758.68 plus costs, to be sold March 7 1922 at the Comanche County Courthouse. L. F. Marshall Sheriff A J Lloyd Deputy. 25-28¢ Seed Trish Potatoes can be four at Todd Jennings.
Prof H L Gantz announces candidacy for re election to county school superintendent. He emphasizes full time service and proven capacity managing educational affairs and expects endorsement from voters in the upcoming primary.
Mrs S P McCrary returned from Dallas where she won an invitation to a banquet honoring the president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America. About 600 attended as a notable program featured the guest address on the country’s conditions. Judith Irene McCarty, Judith Irene born to Mr and Mrs Judd McCarty, won a 100 percent prize in the Better Babies Club.
Special to The Chief reports a healthy community with widespread chicken pox recovery. The entry lists numerous visits and relatives sharing Sundays at homes of McNutt Moore Horn and others, with names including Luther Williams J W Moore O G Cottrell Tom Johnston Babb Barrett Hulsey and Gressett.
Washington dispatches describe the U S role as headquarters for treaty notifications and enforcement, with the United States taking international leadership to promote peace. The conference favors association of nations and periodic conferences, giving moral influence over sovereignty while avoiding a super state.
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