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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1929
Page
1
1928 freight out of Comanche exceeded 1927 by 25 percent, with 719 cars shipped versus 576. Eggs and dressed poultry totaled 29 and 26 cars respectively. Frisco and Cotton Belt each posted a banner month, reflecting broader county wealth gains amid rising truck shipping.
An evening dairy school begins Tuesday January 8 in Gustine led by Supt. O B Rose. A recent dairy survey shows rising local production with three Gustine cream stations handling 25 000 to 30 000 dollars of cream annually and many farmers selling over 100 dollars yearly. The program will cover cattle quality feeding and milk production methods.
The three Comanche gins will operate Friday January 11 as their final gin day. Low cotton picking due to sickness in the country has prompted this extra operating day to aid those unable to get their cotton processed.
Up to January 1 only 661 automobiles and 40 trucks were registered in the county out of more than 2600 cars. City taxes collected total $7143.08 of $27415.88 assessed and school taxes $2766.90 of $28099.21. City Secretary C M Moore notes payments show a slight year over year rise. Also a local ad offers top price for hens from Peerless Cream and Produce Co.
Kail F. Tate accepts the post of auditor at the San Angelo National Bank and begins duties Tuesday. He previously served as cashier at the First State Bank of Comanche for several years and left that job a year ago to enter insurance.
Comanche Public Schools did not open due to a flu epidemic with attendance dropping to 25 percent in some rooms and 50 percent absent overall. Gustine Lamkin Sidney and others including Vandyke Fairview Cotton Grove Sipe Springs and Mt. Pleasant also closed for varying days.
A joint funeral will be held at the Gustine Methodist Church for brothers and sisters Uncle Nick Cox and Aunt Catherine Pettit long-time Gustine residents. Nick Cox died Wednesday in Sweetwater at 3 p m Catherine Pettit died Thursday at 5 am in Gustine. The service at Gustine will begin at 2 p m conducted by Rev O A Morton and Rev March Boiles. Nick Cox will be buried in Union Cemetery and Catherine Pettit in Pine? Burial place listed as iP Lening is unclear from OCR.
A church committee approved location and floor plans for a new Methodist Church building costing about 20 000. The structure will reuse stone from the present building and add brick upper stories with work to start immediately. Architect Wm C Meador of Ft Worth prepared the plans for the Gruach church project.
T W Haddox of Duster says his cotton average per acre reached a bale despite boll weevil pressure. He used early planting and fertilizer on a four acre demonstration patch near his station, with varied methods in each plot.
County agent reports fourteen organized 4 H clubs with 440 members including 190 girls and 250 boys. Agent devoted 75 days to 4 H club work and 71 demonstrations were given at meetings. Two judging teams trained in poultry and grain.
The Comanche County pecan crop will top 1.5 million pounds, worth about $150,000, with the Durham Brothers shelling plant expected to run through April for a six month season. Manager W. M. Durham notes supply gaps, high payroll and picker shortages, and a plan to ship pecans to workers’ homes to meet orders.
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