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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1924
Page
1
Comanche County Democratic executive committee met to set fines and ballots for the upcoming primary, determine runoff rules for offices without a majority, and assign expenses. They fixed filing deadlines and listed assessed fees for each county office, with the ballot containing names of numerous candidates and offices for the August primary.
The Old Settlers picnic at Vandyke on Wednesday was a pleasant affair. The Chief cannot provide full report in this issue but promises details next week.
The Woman's Missionary Society will meet next Monday afternoon at 4 o clock in a Social Service session led by Mrs. W. G. Dingus. The topic is Child Welfare.
The county commissioners set the year tax rate at 40 cents a dollar this week a two cent cut from last year on an assessed value near 14 million dollars about one million less than 1920s figure Taxpayers note that despite a six million drop in renditions since 1920 the rate was reduced by ten cents from earlier times
Following is the list of grand jurors drawn for the next term of district court opening in Comanche on July 7. Names include J. Williams De Leon route 8. John Isham Comanche route 5S. G. McKenzie Comanche star route. Lon Foster Sipe Springs. John Roberts Comanche May route 1. M. Carraway Comyn. EK. W. Owens De Leon. AL. Jenkins De Leon routed. J.T. Walker Dublin. R. Fob, & T. Brandt Lamkin. Walter Wooley Gustine. J. Romanes Comanche. W. M. Durham Comanche. E. E. Akers De Leon. Smith De Leon route 4.
In a Golden Anniversary feature, Rev. Ernest H. Wylie and his wife are noted for twenty five years of marriage and their time at Central Christian church of Comanche begun in 1880. The Smithville Times recounts gifts from friends, including a silver bread tray from Bastrop, and the couple’s plans for a second honeymoon.
A. W. Bulay and family of Livingst on Polk county are visiting his mother Mrs. Bulay and sister Mrs. Walter Garner. Bulay has been Polk county superintendent of schools for several years and seeks re election without opposition. He is another Comanche county boy making good.
Local commerce will suspend operations this Friday afternoon at 4:15 in tribute to Jim W Carter who sacrificed his life in an effort to serve others. Nearly all town business houses signed a closing agreement acknowledging Carter’s service and sacrifice.
Ida Euphrates Patterson McGuire, born 1892 in Mississippi, died June 12 1924 at Blackwell Sanitarium Germany after an operation. Survived by husband A J McGuire three children Dale Dorothy and Glen, her father, stepmother two sisters and four brothers. Funeral held at Methodist church De Leon with Rebekah order and Golden Rule class providing service.
Jim W. Carter a long time Comanche firefighter died instantly when a live wire snapped between his hand and a joist as he and fellow volunteers breached the roof to reach the attic of J. J. Tate's burning residence The fire began in Dewey Dodson’s home and spread across the block Carter 38 left a wife Gussie Wetzel and children Louella 14 and James Jr 6 His funeral was set for Friday with Odd Fellows services and town businesses to close In the Dodson fire Kennile Sullivan warned occupants and Dodson’s insurance stood at 600 for his home and 500 for household goods Tate carried 1500 on the house and 900 on furniture
West Texas Today reports on the sixth annual convention in Brownwood in May. Notable figures include attendance around 18 000, 41 bands with many bandsmen, 21 special trains and 189 Pullmans, and 3 750 parked out-of-town cars. The illuminated night parade featured 6 000 plates and a coronation with 2222 duchesses and attendants. Costs and other figures are noted for Brownwood.
The following licenses have been issued: Perry A Ward with Frances Irene Reese R Gay Jr with Alice Mary Ory Guy Ferman Hooper with Eunice Wade Guy Coleman with Edna Evans H G McBee with Georgia West Marvin Petty with Inez Gray Plus ad for adding machine paper two rolls for 25 cents at the Chief’s office Chinese proverb about governing a country like cooking a small fish.
KFPL in Dublin will air a Comanche Texas program on Sunday June 29 at 3 30 p m. W H Rowland director with assistants Velma Tate and Truth Wetzel will present the home talent on 242 meters.
The Farm Bureau Cotton Association plans a June 27 picnic in Sidney with a barbecue and basket dinner. Speakers include John E. Owens of Dallas and Judge J. P. Hoff of Comanche, highlighting county booster activities for the Comanche County Fair.
The writer declines Col. Miller’s invitation to attend the Old Settlers' Picnic at Vandyke, located between De Leon and Comanche, noting vacation time is not available. Col. Miller often thinks of them from peach bloom to luscious fruit.
A P Mercer presented the Chief with four fine onions from Comanche county. He planted 10 000 onion slips in March and later pulled every other one to sell as green onions. The remaining onions grow large and touch in rows, with forty to fifty bushels already gathered from the patch.
Dr C E Moore, pastor of the First Christian church in Brownwood for six years, resigns to accept a call at the First Christian church in Lockhart. He is noted as a popular, influential figure in Brownwood and Brown county. Moore plans to leave around September 1 for Lockhart.
Public notice restricts hunting and logging on pastures owned or controlled by C. V. Bryson without a written contract. Violators will be prosecuted. The note ends with a quote from Madame de Maintenon about envy and highest stations.
Farmers in Cochman County press the grasshopper war as dry weather intensifies feeding. County Agent Barton urges vigilance and reports 25 acres of cotton eaten in one case. Since June 12, numerous farmers have received poison and joined the ongoing campaign against hoppers.
A county Democratic executive report states Ernest G. Allbright will not be a candidate for Congress in Brown or Taylor counties. The Brownwood Bulletin quotes that Allbright is omitted from Brown county ballots for failing to follow the election law and from Taylor county due to an application error.
A Bruyere quote celebrates uplifting books that raise spirits and inspire manly, noble thoughts. It asserts the work’s excellence and the quality of its maker, urging readers to seek no other test of value.
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