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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
4
Comanche dry goods department showcases high grade furniture including leather chairs with adjustable foot rests and a touch the button device guaranteed not to fail. Large stock offers fastidious home styling at fair prices with easy installment plans.
Rainy stretch continueds as Mercer's Gap school closed last Friday for a picnic. Neighbors from Harmony and Mercer's Gap visited, hosted and sang together. Aunt Nancy and Uncle Joe Rogers recover front illness while Uncle Burl Lewis hosts a large Comanche Stew dinner for Preston and East Texas visitors attended by sixty guests.
Comanche visitors include Mr. and Mrs. J F Redwine and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wells. J H Stuart and family visited Mrs. J R Holland. Ruby Jones returned from a week with Hardie in Comanche. Cyril McPherson and Mr White from Pottsville called on friends. Uncle Bill Payne from near Blanket visiting. Charlie Livingston returned from Corpus Christi. Lola Ross led a young folks singing with a large crowd. Boyd Howze of near Cottonwood visited. T C Walker traveled to Hasse on business. J J Cox and J R Holland visited relatives in Comanche. Ellis Donaho led his regular Methodist service. News of a death arrived this morning.
The little son of Mr and Mrs F M Graham of Mangum died Tuesday night after several days with cholera infantum. The remains will be laid to rest Wednesday evening in the Pendergrass cemetery. Friends extend deep sympathy to the bereaved family.
Mrs J B Hood remains very low while Mrs McClatchey stays with her son after a bereavement. Several residents move, travel or visit relatives including Croft family returning from Lamesa, Kay moving from New Mexico, and Miss Carrie Harris returning to Mississippi. Community members attend graveyard work, a sing at Caraway home, and a Sunday family gathering with Baptists preacher Rev Jenkins.
Weather conditions linger with heavy rain hindering travel and work in the area. Residents worry about resumed activity as skies remain overcast and officials monitor the worsening conditions. Mrs. W. A. McGlother is mentioned among local residents affected.
Four o clock Monday morning the flood gates opened and lasted until two in the afternoon causing widespread damage. Bridges on South Copperas west of Gap and near McDaniels were destroyed or washed out. Crops on affected streams are almost a total loss and upland replants are expected. Heavy rains are the worst since 1908 and farming may stall until next week.
The article notes heavy rainfall causing an abundant population of masculine-like frogs. It warns the weather clerk to monitor moisture to prevent ground saturation. Local visits include Oscar Hudson of Tolar visiting his brother George, and several church and town updates. Reverend S D Hart conducted a Sunday Baptist service and Charles Summers gave a fine talk at the Baptist church. Jake Robertson returns from Cisco Britton Training School, Uncle Jim Drennan returns from Coryell relatives.
Oak Valley reports several residents visiting relatives and friends over the weekend. W A Cade traveled to Blanket, Miss Bessie Moodie and Miss Nena McBee visited Comanche area, and W A Robertson with son Oscar went to Comanche. Other visits included Roy Johnson and Willie Roe near Comanche and Jess Dugar's family in Robinsonville. Arthur Thompson in Energy. A Sunday rain disrupted planned Oak Valley singing.
The region remains very wet and grassy with farming hindered. Mrs. Melvin Singleton is back in Dallas in a sanitarium, with Mr. Frank Singleton assisting and returning Thursday. Measles exposures prompted school closure last Friday and Miss Maudie Pitman earned a prize for scholarship and a silver dollar. Floyd Burnett, the teacher, is popular and expected to teach next term after returning home with Mrs. B. O. Glover.
Rev. R L Day attends the Southern Convention in Nashville Tennessee. Sunday School groups from Liberty join a rally at Harmony. The sister of Mr B F Leach from Colorado visits family. W O W Circle hosts a dinner at Rucker on Saturday. Twenty two travel from Gorman.
Bryson School House notes Bryson area visits by Buck Owens and family and Mr Edwards on Sunday. S P Burns to ship cattle Monday. Adolphus Carter and Willie Crocker attended Vandyke singing and soaked. Grass fine and cattle thriving. Bryson area men lament rain slow work but hope for a big bumper crop if rain comes and spirits stay high.
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