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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
1
Soldier writes from France about a month in the country showing contrasts between Edenic farms and wartime hardship. He describes field instructor duties, lodging with a French family, language learning, varied travel by train and auto, and meeting soldiers from multiple nations. He reassures his mother of good health and imminent homecoming.
Hon E L Knight of Dallas will speak in Comanche Friday night at 8 30 p m in the interest of Governor Hobby for reelection. Knight is a strong state speaker and expected to engage listeners.
Miss Bertha B McCulley Comanche and Mrs J D St Clair Comanche reported dead in Comanche County obituaries noting their ages and hometowns.
The Comanche Cavalry Troop recruited locally was mustered into the state service last Saturday with men from Comanche Mills Hamilton and Brown counties. Major W D Cope inspected and mustered in the unit which will be known as the Machine Gun Company of the Sixth Texas Cavalry under Colonel Winter. Drill began Monday at 6 p m at the ball park. The muster roll lists officers sergeants corporals and many privates with about forty more to be mustered to reach two hundred.
Two services are planned at the Baptist church next Sunday. In the morning the pastor speaks on Scriptural plan of Church Finance and asks members to attend. In the evening he discusses current issues including Anti Kaiserism Prohibition and Woman Suffrage for Texas.
A wartime temperance song praising Texas as dry with lines about sowing seeds and a call to patriots. The refrain proclaims Texas has gone dry and urges dissemination of the news to allies and Kaiser Bill. At the end a church notice lists services under the big tabernacle and credits W B Holland as pastor.
Coleman’s Grocery and Bakery offers almond macaroon English plum pudding oat meal wafers spiced muffins and cocoa nut macaroon treats. Fresh every day.
A roster-like segment lists numerous individuals including Earl R. Seay Carl Sexton Clifford J. Sharp Sam VP Shelton Jas C. Sills Willard G. Simpson Odis B. Smedley Herbert V. Smith Wm T Snell Henry B. Smith Walter Stanford Johnnie Stephens Thos 8 Strawn David H Stubblefield Robert A Teague Edward O Terry Willis B Wall John F Wigley Harold M Wing field Wm V White Ruben Wynne Jas S Young as part of a historical record.
B Y P U program lists July 14 activities with introductory remarks by Mrs W B Holland and scripture lesson on Seven Members. Speakers include De Alva Dudley Lois Masters Velma Herring K T Bailey Edna Lemons Myrtle Holland and Owen Wetzel. Closing prayer follows.
The revival gathering continues to draw interest and will run through Sunday. A children’s service is planned for Sunday morning and the topic for Sunday night is Locating the Buzzards.
Comanche County pledged on War Savings Day $233,458 toward a $600,000 quota. In the drive 7141 individuals signed pledges out of 10,000 eligible adults. The record lists community by community the amounts and signer counts.
A county expects strong turnout from women with estimates rising from about 1300 registered to possibly over 1500. Officials note many unregistered women may vote once registered, and all who register are likely to vote.
Last Tuesday afternoon Chas Barton of Lamkin and Zena West of this city were quietly married at the Baptist parsonage by Rev. Holland at six p m. They were escorted to the parsonage by Lurleen Todd. Barton, a new arrival in the county, has won many friends, while Miss West is a popular teacher with a wide circle of friends.
Protracted revival begins July 18 with Cottonwood Methodist on the old public road near Uncle Bob Robinsons under a large arbor. Everyone cordially invited. J. T. Ferguson, Pastor.
Lt. David Bruton and Sgt. Chas. Shannon arrived at the Bruton home in Comanche by airplane this week arriving Wednesday at 10 o clock. They departed Thursday afternoon after a rare unannounced visit that began with a 6 15 a m takeoff from Kelly field and an Austin stop.
The deep well at Downing is advancing at 100 feet per day through oil sand with stronger oil showings each foot. Preparations are set to reach 3000 feet but expectations point to paying oil at much shallower depth. The Humble lease well near ready to spud next Monday and is expected to strike oil, in a lease regarded as among the best in the region.
L Henley sold the lease on his Sipe Springs farm for 1300 dollars and immediately donated 500 dollars to the Red Cross for the Second Red Cross Fund. He joins fellow Comanche farmers in supporting the humanitarian drive with a civic gesture.
Miss Agnes Graham a Methodist missionary from Comanche has wired her parents that she arrived safely in San Francisco and will visit home in a few days after five years in Korea. Friends await her return with joy.
All members who did not report for muster last Saturday are warned to report immediately. Those able are asked to meet daily at six p.m. at the ball park for drilling. J. B. Chilton Jr., Lieutenant.
The Life article recounts a Black American stevedore in Southwestern France who writes home to his Jacksonville sweetheart about brutal fighting. He claims to have killed Germans with improvised means and describes being soaked in blood while close-quarters combat rages around him.
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