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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1935
Page
1
Page notes oath of new county officials and covers local political laments. Retiring Governor Col is critical of President Wilson, with remarks on naval actions and Mexico. Local society items include marriages, public notices, school reopenings, and highway project updates in Comanche and surrounding counties.
Harold Williams of Higginbotham Bros. & Co. wholesale department was appointed manager of the De Leon store this week after the resignation of Vance Singleton who had led the De Leon location for several years.
Dr. C. W. Ory has moved his office from the Comanche National Bank Annex to his residence at the corner of West 4th Street and Duncan Avenue. Dr. K. L. Ory will continue to maintain his office in the bank building.
Brightman, longtime sheriff of Anhe County, has been appointed special investigator for the U S Department of Justice in Washington. He leaves Friday for a three month training course before field work. The Commissioners Court will name a successor to fill his unexpired term as applicants are sought. The Justice Department, newly expanded under President Roosevelt, enforces federal criminal laws and has pursued notorious crime figures while targeting kidnappers highwaymen and bootleggers.
The Government allows Comanche County to buy 1500 more head of cattle from farmers and stockmen due to ongoing dry weather. Signups start January 8th with locations at Proctor Gustine De Leon Sipe Springs Maxwell Lamkin and Comanche offering specific morning and afternoon times through January 11th.
A Tuskegee Institute report by R R Morton records 15 lynchings in 1934, comparing with 28 in 1933, 8 in 1932, 13 in 1931, and 21 in 1980, noting continued historical pattern in the era.
Prof Vandegriff of Stephenville elected Beattie Schools superintendent to replace Eldon Feril who resigned due to ill health after a nervous breakdown. Feril was hospitalized in Dallas for treatment. Vandegriff, a John Tarleton and A M College graduate, has years of teaching experience in Erath County.
F A Wells of Gustine who led the Gustine Relief Office for months becomes County Case Supervisor and moves to Comanche. Miss Lela Thomas takes over as Gustine Relief Office Supervisor as Wells relocates with his family and finds an apartment at the R H Moore duplex.
Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas condemns a $1,000,000 rise in emergency relief for Washington District. He argues the dole harms initiative and self-respect while urging continued job and food aid. He says hearings will reveal city government statements and past cost-sharing on projects.
D Dingwall, one of Comanche’s oldest residents, died at his home Friday after a long illness at age 90. He came to Comanche in 1880, lived there 54 years, and ran a shoe repair shop. Funeral service Sunday at the Presbyterian Church with Dr. R Guy Davis and Rev. Gordon Barrett officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery under Masonic Lodge direction. Pallbearers named C M Moore Henry E Moore Hill Huddleston E E Anthony F L Little E R Armstrong. Born in Dingwall Scotland on November 11 1844, he later moved to Ontario Canada.
A meeting of peanut growers in Comanche County will be held in the District Court Room Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. County Agent J A Barton urges all interested growers to attend to hear discussion on the peanut program.
H. L. Cravens of Brownwood has contracted for a oil well on his McCulloch County ranch. The Cravens site adjoins the White ranch where a water well recently struck oil at 690 feet, producing an estimated 80 to 50 barrels daily by heads. Work should begin within 15 days and cementing and rod installation done prior to an accurate gauge of production.
Representative Miller Democrat Arkansas says he drafted an amendment to the Bankhead Act to grant a minimum allotment of five bales of cotton to each head of a family. The measure would exempt this amount from taxation and aims to address inequities harming tenants and sharecroppers in cotton farming.
Raymond Henry and his wife were arrested for the murder of H L McBee after a skeleton identified as McBee was found hanging from a tree near Rising Star cemetery. The couple, held by Eastland and Rising Star officials, face charges filed by Justice Will Morrison.
A man and two women were killed when their car collided with a produce truck on Highway 10, five miles east of Stephenville. Victims were Chester Ratliff 29 and his wife Alice 28 of Darwin Oklahoma and Ira Ratliff 84 of Stephenville. Ira’s sister in law Mrs Ira Ratliff 20 and Ira’s brother Everett Ratliff 19 suffered minor injuries. Three others survived unscathed.
A local relief official in Iowa sent a dollar to W. D. Jenkins after he helped a transient man in fall to buy groceries. Jenkins, who could not supply funds to transients, accompanied the man to E. H. Jones Grocery and lent him a dollar with a promise of repayment. He found the gift in his letter Monday, restoring faith in fellow citizens.
The Comanche County official family shows a major turnover with four new county officers joining district and precinct posts. R S McCharen becomes County Judge the first from the county’s north end in 25 years. I M Davis is installed as Treasurer and Hollis Burton named County Clerk, both longtime county natives and prominent local figures.
State Representative R A Luker departs Proctor for Austin with Mrs Luker as Legislature convenes January 8. James V Allred to be inaugurated around January 16 after gubernatorial canvass. Gov Miriam Ferguson to deliver final message as 20 year Ferguson era ends. E M Davis named Brownwood senator succeeding Walter Woodward. Davis a former Brown County judge and legislator.
About twenty schools from up to six counties join a boys and girls basketball tournament in the Dublin High School gym Friday and Saturday January 1 and 5. Games begin at 1 pm with Comyn vs Robinson Springs boys, 2 pm Carlton vs De Leon girls, 3 pm Lamkin vs Alexander boys, and 6:45 pm Robinson Springs vs Alexander girls. Unannounced entries include Comyn, Lingleville, Beattie, Indian Gap, Morgan Mill, Pottsville, Crawfils Gan, Celony, Kredel, Gustine and Preeter.
W P Hallmark, rep for Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation Board, reports a possible 9000 acre lake between Dublin and Comanche. The site could become a small dam if the Brazos program gains federal loan support, with the Leon River Savannah outlet above Comanche as a candidate.
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