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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1922
Page
4
The Comanche Publishing Company is recorded as the publisher and mailing entity. Entered at the Comanche Texas post office as second class mail matter.
A satirical note questions sensational newspaper claims about a million flies in two months and links it to a Texas candidate for representative who backs a pecan tariff. The piece contrasts agnostic skepticism with political rhetoric and recalls the pecan trade centered in Brownwood, Oklahoma City, and the southern United States.
The author argues people rely on loud voices as moral truth and urge careful testing of what is right. Citing Wm. Jennings Bryan the piece contends both right and expedient choices are hard, yet the truly right often aligns with expediency. It also critiques the rush to use labor-saving devices, noting women work more not less with sewing and machinery.
Fragmentary text shows Senator Morris Sheppard urging tax on safe materials as part of a tariff bill debate. The passage references eloquence of the senator, public reaction, and a broader critique of Republican tariff policy with dramatic rhetoric about the birth of new citizens and a call for fiscal safeguards.
Mr Stephens Leacock in Harper s Magazine compares British and American press styles noting quiet reading in England versus fast paced urban reading in America. He argues such differences shape public knowledge and questions whether quick news builds lasting wisdom.
The Brownwood Bulletin editor left Pioneer after Mr. Callaway urged Democrats to set aside differences for party success. Cordell Hull warned that blind partisanship harms the country, a claim the piece suggests applies to both Democrats and Republicans. The piece laments narrow factionalism threatening the party's future.
The Chief notes the return of the Prodigal author of Flotsom and Jetsom in the Comanche Enterprise and congratulates him on a pleasant trip and on letters sent from Washington to Comanche. The piece reflects on aging and new perspectives as the writer nears forty.
The Brownwood Bulletin argues against bootlegger influence in medicine and urges AMA backed liquor distribution in eight and sixteen ounce packages. It asserts doctors with bootlegging ties should be weeded out and emphasizes the need for physicians to preserve professional integrity even in hot weather.
On the Senate floor a charge claims Attorney General Daugherty cooperated with Thos. B. Felder to remove Morse from the Atlanta pension in 1911. The record notes a claimed ongoing partnership between Daugherty and Felder, which Felder denies.
Four cabinet members from three administrations tied to the Morse case were named including Gerry Palmer and McAdoo. Senator Caraway demanded the resignation of Attorney General Daugherty in a pointed denunciation.
In a Washington letter dated May 22 1922 Senator Charles A Culberson states he voted against the Esch Cummins Transportation Act of 1920 and will support repeal. He notes his early advocacy for a Texas State Railroad Commission and defense of state rate control within its borders.
An advertising note urges readers to write Thurber Brick Co in Fort Worth Texas to learn about vitrified brick pavements praised as smooth and durable for sidewalks and streets.
A reminiscence recalls a Blanket Creek summer meeting where Jim Peterson and friends stole a watermelon from Billy Burns. The incident leads Burns to declare neighbors’ children are welcome to his possessions, shaping the youths’ later conduct and respect for Christian charity.
In Comanche a noted figure Judge Hart, not a strict prohibitionist, was famed for wit and drinking anecdotes. An enduring tale has him denying drinking by shouting it as a lie, followed by another incident with his pastor near a saloon door.
A young MacLeary Hutchison, later a Porto Rico Supreme Court judge, recalled as a boy in Comanche sitting in his grandmother's kitchen and repeating the poem The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck while playing with corncobs.
A local reminiscence notes children mispronouncing and misusing words. Ned Holman’s son asks for slimmer meat for the cousin and a girl complains of dull meat when not tender while a child needles thread rather than threading.
A participant recounts a vivid example of neighborly love and forbearance illustrating community bonds and mutual aid. The tale reflects on the careful balance between personal hardship and communal support within the neighborhood.
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