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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1913
Page
4
The city schools begin next Monday at 9:00 am though Ward building auditorium is unavailable for general exercises. Opening talks will be delivered at the High Schools by school board members and others. R F Holloway notes the readership offer: pay one year in advance for 75 cents and receive the agent's commission as The Chief Exponent subscription.
An advertisement from the Farmers Union Cotton Yard and Warehouse promotes weighing classing and storing cotton for the season. It highlights a good water supply for stock, prompt attention and courteous service as motto. Managers named are J C Dingus and M F O Briant.
An advertisement by S P McCrary invites old customers to hire him for windmill work and all plumbing tasks. The note promises readiness to handle any plumbing job and directs readers to his office across from The Chief Exponent.
Joe L. Clarke secretary treasurer of Sam Houston Normal at Huntsville wed Miss Sallie F. Chism of Graham in a ceremony at the First Presbyterian church in Graham last week. Dr Randolph Clarke performed the service. the groom is brother to Mrs. R. F. Holloway and known to many locals.
Office guidance states rural carriers must not collect loose coins from rural boxes. patrons should enclose coins or use a receptacle for easy pickup. Also warns against using dangerous explosives for illumination and endorses Hoff Harris electric lights with a discounted home wiring offer.
Mrs. D. Chas. Clarke asks for return of a missing cameo brooch and offers a reward for its recovery.
O P Scoggins was sick last week Mrs Wilson Carnes has been ill but improving P Burns and family visited Brown county R V Collins returned from Oklahoma noting Comanese county looks good Cotton picking will last about three weeks No rain lately Late feed for hogs is all in and there is meat and vegetables to supply the table Money is still craved but needs are modest
A series of visits and gatherings mark the week in Oak Valley. Cleo Spence attended Sunday singing. Edith Barbee visited Fate Smith in Sidney. Kennedy of Comanche joined Skinner. Johnsons visited relatives near White Point. J M Thompson and Cora visited Sipe Springs. Mrs Roland and daughter from Comanche visited. No church next weekend due to Brother Garrett attending an association.
A sister of Mr Englen visits family in the East while others from Sipe Springs attend relatives here. Local families socialized over the weekend and many went to First Monday to trade goods. A Primitive Baptist meeting convened at Gap for three days and Elder Parnell plans Adventist tent services for two to three weeks. Recent rain aided feed crops but the cotton crop remains weak due to boll weevil and blight, urging early maturing varieties and diversified crops.
Mrs. Janes reports a new barn. Dan Allsup and wife rejoice over a fine girl. L. Grisham and family return from the Plains finding the country dry and crops bad. P. Smith sold his farm. buyer unnamed, aiming for a Brazoria county location. Brazoria fever affects local men. It rained yesterday but little, leaving the area dry. A rain would aid cotton, peanuts, late feed, and June corn, which is planted nearby. The corn stands fair.
Mrs Hulsey moves to a nearby town and her daughter Ola will start school. Nat Loudermilk buys J T High’s old church ground lot to build a dwelling. Nissley Cream Co. runs a station with Zack Hulsey as manager and cream prices rise one cent. Irene Clifton and Twalia Clifton visit from Pauls Valley Oklahoma with Brother Earnest to see cousin J T High. Mrs M D Kelly thanks neighbors for help during her sick boy Oscar who has recovered from diphtheria. Methodist meeting ends with 82 conversions and 27 additions. Rev Hilburn assists. Zora Dawkins dies after typhoid fever. burial at the tabernacle led by Brother Smoot. family grieves.
J A Dunlap’s baby is very sick and Mrs Lasseter is ill with typhoid. Little Ruth James is critically ill and not expected to live. Creamer operates a corn mill and a blacksmith shop near town. The singing school closed after a successful run. A party was held at Charlie Butler’s as youth enjoyed a Saturday evening. Cotton picking is in full swing as the community stays busy.
Sixty bales of cotton were ginned this season when Nomer Freeman began a trip to Dallas on Saturday. He reached Comanche but returned home due to home sickness, cutting short the journey.
Tom J Nabers announces lease of the Huse Cotton Yard in Comanche with three years of local cotton yard experience. He partners with J A Archie Mayes, a pioneer yard man, promising a square deal and competitive blanket insurance rates to attract future business.
Eye comfort is worth more than a few cents a month to you and your children. There is no light so steady to read by as the electric light. If interested phone 164 for a bargain Hoff and Haris offer this month only.
A note directs readers to Carroll's Drug Store for school supplies. No further details available.
A promotional note on using electric lighting to attract customers after dark, urging bright window displays as a silent salesman. It promotes special wiring prices for the month from uy Hoff Harris P. S.
Rev W N White of the Baggett Creek Association closed a revival at Wash Board near Indian Gap last Wednesday and another at Rock Springs on Sunday night. Both gatherings were very successful according to observers.
The Torbett & White Stock Co. left Sunday for Brownwood after a successful two weeks in town. Local musicians Roy Pope and Ethan Wetzel accompanied them and will join the Torbett & White band as permanent members.
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