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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1921
Page
2
Commissioner Blair announced that regulations permitting beer and wine for medical purposes would be signed within days unless Congress acts within a day or two. If no action is received, the bureau will promulgate the regulation.
The article outlines hog feeding options crops grown in the Southwest corn barley oats kafir darso or milo maize. It notes corn can be fed in the ear or soaked up to twelve hours with a feeding floor, oats fed whole to sows but ground when mixed or for pigs, and all small grains kafir barley dorso and milo should be ground to increase feeding value by 10 to 15 percent.
Rev Forrest Maddox conducted the funeral for Mrs Ellen Mills aged 91, a longtime Baptist member born in Forsyth County Georgia in 1830. Survivors include two sons Joe and Albert Mills and daughter Sallie Shears of Washington County. She died Friday after a long illness. burial was at Newbury cemetery. Chief and neighbors mourn the loss and recall her Christian life and acts of charity.
Property owner J. T. Luker warns against hunting fishing picnicking or trespassing on his land five miles south of Comanche. He threatens prosecution for any guilty parties.
Directors of the Brownwood State Bank, the citys only state bank, were elected from stockholders Dr J W Carver W R Lambert C C Walker Judge I J Rice Dr A L Anderson E C Andrews J H French with C C Walker named cashier The fixtures have arrived and vault construction is nearly complete for the Aug 1 opening.
Bring your car to W. B. Garner for needed repairs. The shop offers mechanic service to fix up any make and model.
Railroad Commissioner Earl B. Mayfield told Wolfe City voters that federal action interfered with Texas laws and the rail act nullifies state regulation. He cited the 1905 stock and bond law empowering the railroad commission and the 3 cent passenger rate, now challenged by Washington powers. He noted Woodrow Wilson’s act signings split party lines and questioned minority party leverage.
The Robersonville column notes a need for rain after weeks without it and lists visits among locals including Miss Fay Nelms, Miss Marjorie Nelms, Miss Mollie Roberson, Opal Rotan, Clifford Roberson, and relatives from Moran, De Leon, Dublin, Wilson, San Angelo, Comanche, and Hasse. Also mentions Ballard's Snow Liniment for insect bites and a local sale of the product in Paris.
We express heartfelt thanks to the many friends who labored so faithfully with us during the sickness and death of our dear mother and aunt. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Young Miss Ada Thomison Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Jones Mr. and Mrs. ID. H. Moore Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Parnell Mr. A. Thornton.
W G Garner testifies in 1910 and 1915 that Doan's Kidney Pills relief backache joint stiffness and irregular kidneys. He urges fellow Comanche residents to use the remedy, noting strong faith and continued improvement. Price ten cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY adv.
Mr. and Mrs. White of Leestown Pike near Lexington report rapid relief from nervous dyspepsia after using Tanlac. They praise the medicine for restoring health and energy, noting that it improved sleep and vitality enough to claim they could beat anyone in corn shucking. Tanlac is sold in Comanche by Hamilton Drug Co. and leading druggists.
A contemporary writer urges parents to revive family singing with children citing old hymns and ballads as vital to memory and culture. She warns modern tech and entertainment erode home music and stresses the value of shared song as a civilizing influence.
Trade proposal from J. R. Eanes & Co offering 150 acre black sandy land farm near Howell Springs road four and a half miles southeast of Dublin Texas. 110 acres cultivated, four room house, wind mill well, outbuildings, four acre hog pasture, debt free but open to assuming reasonable debt with a stock farm in exchange.
The Fort Worth Record notes that income tax reports show a shrinking multi millionaire class in the United States with 65 individuals reporting incomes over 1,000,000 in 1919, down from 67 in 1918 and 141 in 1917, after a peak of 206 in 1916. It mentions Texas had one taxpayer over 1,000,000 but the identity remains unknown.
Mrs Davidson about 50 walked from Waco to Gatesville toward Comanche after her husband’s illness and death. Baptist church at Waco aided his funeral. Locals collected around twenty dollars to help her return home to Comanche.
Special to the Chief reports a series of summer visits and events in Cotton Grove. residents hosted relatives from Dallas and San Angelo attended singing parties, guests from Lamkin and Sidney joined gatherings, and long time Harmony resident J H Rutherford visited family. Local repairs and workmanship offered at W B Garners garage.
A public church graveyard working day is set for Saturday August 6. Volunteers are urged to attend with tools to repair the cemetery and replace fencing. The committee members J F Banner Joe Pannell and J H Tate express confidence in a willing response.
Special notice announces upcoming publication of 1920 city and school delinquent tax lists. Save costs by paying now. CM Moorf, 4 percent tax collector. Ice Cream Powder and Junket Tabs available at Paris Smith's Drug Store.
A bill by Senator Edgar F. Witt of Waco and Senator Hart Willis of Dallas seeks to curb reversals by abolishing automatic reversals for pretrial or trial court errors in the Court of Criminal Appeals. It would add Article 743A to bar reversal unless a defendant’s substantial rights were proven. The emergency clause cites public impatience and loss of confidence in courts.
Rain keeps hindering crops as vegetation dries. Baptist meeting advances with strong preaching and good attendance. Ernest West and family visited Bud Grown at Harmony, enjoying church, singing, dinner, and old time talk. Visitors from other communities attend. Everyone keeps coming.
The Courtney family expresses heartfelt thanks for the beautiful flowers kindness sympathy and help during their great bereavement in the loss of their daughter and sister Grace.
Marvin A. Washington was killed by FE A. Preston in a Flamet church service. Preston fired six times, four hits caused instant death, then surrendered after showing a letter alleged to be from Washington to Preston's wife. Both men were prominent ranchers and church members. Washington left a wife and three children. Preston, 87, was released on bond.
BRYSONVILLE July 26 The community nears end of field work as the crop faces disruption from Mr Bell Weevil. George Stewart and family visited his brother near Comanche. Ella Wagner stayed with Carrie and Eulah Carson and attended church at White Point. Alex Norwood and family returned from Knox county. Ruth Smith stayed with Ian Taylor. Roth and Esther Smith mingled with Mrs Joe Guthrie Sunday.
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