The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1941 Page: 2 of 8
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lawyer by the name of Del Bart£
M t he ■
•tated that he was ultra thankful
to an old
kind
fcdap
Chief lays claim
distinctions—he-
>er in West Texas
having one
of apy
and. carrying as
Want Ads', week after week,
ja weekly In Texas.
to
'T*t jf »
years ago we received a the* had t0 **
some old i
that he —----— — that he had been
W,-Be,« Dubllshed -£M
but the niece'did appear Sn the 'The negro called at Del Barto’*
StephenvUle-Empire Tribune. The
old man later died h» California *f°, “d asked
and an account, of his heath
carried In
f-
toice To Bidden
For County “ *
County ■; Dies At Desdem.
Fund Depository
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„ "The „»«« (in of ood u> > , Depcitory Fund
man Is will-power." This was a / ——— ‘,-..4
favorite saying with Dr. A. -C. 1*. Notice Is hereby given that th4 ___________
Scott, Sr.. .founder of the inter- . Commissioner Court of Comanche Commissioner’s Court of Coman- of Comanche"died' ttih"er~home"
nationally famous Scott 61 White j Texas, will receive from any bank- Che County, Texas will receive | i^d^ana january 4!after
Notice Is hereby given that
' a|MW
; Mrs O. A B
of Arlie Brown,
the s«H»thwest-Natural. Oas C
U&8» of
I the. . Stephen vilU-Tri-
bune under the heading. "Bounder
of Tribune Dies In California"
If he could wash the lawyer’s car
and obtain fifty cent* whereby
he oould, purchase something to
eat. • ■
orpora-
ndlvld-
Hospital and Clinic in Temple.. I lng corporation, or Individual bids from any banking co:
And friends of the celebrated sur- banker, as depository Funds of Co-, tlon. association, or any In I
geon—whose death occurred a few manche County Texas for the Co- ual banker, as depository for the
days ago at the age of 75—««y manche County School for the Comanche County Funds for the
that, his own chief characteristic inext succeeding two . years. <jn next succeeding two years, on the
was. having once made up his , the 10th day of February, 194.1. 10th day of February. 1941, the
mind, he stuck to his purpose. the same being the regular term saiAe being a regular
of said court. .said court.
.
7*,.;
Stephenville-Emplre Tri-
also -enjoys three distlnc-
elng one of the best week-
Texas; serves one of the
largest exclusive fields In Texas;
and la the only paper in the State
ane of whose co-owners is Mayor
and the other Is secretary to his
While there Is not too much
merit In age. yet that Is some-
thing to be proud of if It is an
■toatrious past as Is the caae
with both tne Comanche Chief and
. ■taghenvllle ESnpire.
—The Comanche Chief waSTound-
atf in ,1873 by the late O. A. Bee-
man. The first Issue went out
mMer the name of "The Coman-
che Chief", just as. did the last
•he we published last week-no ad-
ditions, no subtractions, although
during its 68 years it has absorb-
ed numerous other publications.
Sdiuur Rufus Higgs of the
Btsphenvllle-Empire Tribune and.
also Secretary to Congressman
P-un Russell of Washington. D. C.
thinks his. paper is the oldest in
West Texas.' He Is honest «bout
this but just mistaken
Last week Higgs Writing his
aohunn. "I’ll Tell The World"
'lor his paper from the dome 01
«ur National Capital, the worlcfs-
largest building had this to say
about his paper: How many read-
ers took note of the fact that the
volume number of this great mor-
al and metropolitan weekly
changed last #eek? It is No. 71,
— Whldr meanxthat this newspaper
has been published continuously
mine#- 1870. That makes it the
widest newspaper west of the
Brims River. Our good friends
deer In Comanche claim the Chief
to have this honor, saying that it
was established tn 1873, Editor
Wilkei son should look at the front
page of the Empire-Tribune and
get his facts straight. As Tne as
.....She Chief Is as a newspaper, and
as much:as we admire our friends
In’ Comanche, we want them to
know about this mistake How-
ever. in true characteristic new-
We do not hav* a complete file
of the Comanche 'Chief prior to
1913. but scattering early Issues of
the late 70’s and early 80’s refer
to “The Western Empire" of
Stephenvllle and to “The Dublin
Telephone’*-aft Dublin. - ■» -
paid
The
Del Barto hired the negro and
d hiip the amount he asked.
He graduated in medicine be-
fore he was 31. returned to his
native town of Oalnesvtlle to en-
illness of five months.
Funeral services were held,
the Desdernona Methodist Cl
on January 8 and interment
made in the cemetery at
place:-'
Mrs. Brown, was bom in G
, ,'!fl*. September’29. 1868 and wi
s..a.i christened Nannie, the daughl
t&m of
negro returned the following I ter practice and one of his first
week and wSi^'toelawyert car I patients - Was a^^young lawyer.
We
Tlie
bune"
name
again. This continued for several1 *ho*e ttwo^n*eded treatment
the * nsgre n omi^^hT^fonnmlj campal5ilng*The lawyer was run-
Del Barto that he wanted some ;-*ttog for Congress
legal/ advice.-------- ; • •
J --- , His studies in cancer and his
The negro owned forty acres i philanthropies made Dr. Scott a
of pasture land near Angelton, 1 truly great man. The hospital
' ‘ ■ -Iwhiel
do not ' know Just when
Stephenvllle Empire-Tri-
wu established under the
it la now using, but it must Texas. An oil company had offer
have been some
ago!
12 or 13
„ Anyone desirmg to bid shall de-' Anycne' c.'es.r.ii';* IvU ........^
liver to the codnty Judge of said deliver to the County Judge of oJ Mr MrB jaine8 j,
county jOn or befort^the ^10th day ^ebruarr''* 1941 Movlril ***** *'*r P*rTOt* l°_j
posar stating the rate of interest sealed proposal stating the rate Bl^ingt^%hJ.t*Or«(nV<Cretek
on said school fund#’of the county of Interest on the said County ! m unity tn Erath County. In earl
for the term between the date of Funds for the term between the1 young "Womanhood she was marj
the said depository. selecting the said depository. Jty Wh«re they resided ‘ until h|
Said bid shall be in the hands - Said Wd shall be In the hands death ■ ■■
of the County Judge not later of the County Judge of CSmanche
than 10 a. m. on the day of said County not later than 10 a. m. on
seen
Mr. V; Our Oeorge will
the hospital a long time.
Mrs. V: Why? Hare yott
the doctor?
Mr. V: Nq, but I have seen the
nurse. ............• - ,-t
■—■■■■■■ ■— H1 — ■ > . which he headed at the time of, hmn iu n. m mi unj, u 1 .u... !
years ed to lease the land for $10 an hi* death has 17 buUdlnga of vary- meeting of the court, the same be- the .day of the meeting of the
acre. This was a sum of $400 and; ing slses. a staff of 54 physicians m. the 10th day of February 1941 court, the same being the 10 day
the negro wanted to knpw if it^ ancVto it annually come thousands m _ — — -■------- “||i
from all parts of the South and
be In was a
fair deal.
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Transmutation—.
Teacher: Can anyone tell
Del Barto first got his "car,
washer” to grant him power of
attorney. Then he got the facts
of the ease. The negro's forty
.acres of land were
large producing field,
turned down an offer of $1000
me Then he turned down an offer of
what cause! trees to become petrl- $4000 and later he turned1 down
lied 7- an Offer of $10,000 for the lease
Bright Student: The wind makes 0f the forty acres,
them rock. . .. 1. —- 1
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Liza, the negro cook
H H,
Judge..
Texas.
But last week M Barto signed
answered a lease for his colored client, and
the telephone one morning, and he received $40,000 for the lease,
a cheerful voice-inquired: "What .piuji a-one-eighth royalty. Del
number is this?" Barto said that hts fee was $15,000.
Liza was In no mood for trifling Naturally the lawyer had every
and said with some asperity: r^ht to be thankful that he had
"You all ought to know. You been kind to the old negro. *
done called it." ■*. 1 __ '
■Father.” said the minister’s
Southwest and from Mexico. Cen-
tral and South America. Back of
it all was a quiet, modest, kindly
man (this writer met him just a
few weeks ago and will always
treasure the experience* who nev-
er tired of working and studying,
then newly-established in Temple;
built it -up steadily; afterward,
founded the King's Daughters
Hospital, which has grown Into j hlvlrT’s name
one-of the largest tn the 8tate; I hand’”
and then he and the late Dr. R. R. | . 1
White started the hospital which ^____
bears their names. Raying $1,003
down on a- former convent build-1
ing. ’ , . -
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Tonic
One Sunday morning the pastor
of a Negro congregation noticed
that an old face had reappeared
among his flock* and after the
Lockridge. County
Comanche County
27-29!
February 1942.
H. H. Lockridge. County
Judge. Comanche.County
Texas. 27-29
Pat. a truck driver, stopped sud-
denly on the highway The car
behind crashed Into the truck and
its owner sued the Irishman.
"Why didn't you hold out your
hand?" the /Judge asked P*t.
"Well.” Irt said Indignantly. "If
he couldn’t see the truck, how In
could he see my l
1
18 years ago. He was
successful farmer and buslnea
man and important wells wer
brought in on the Brown lan
during the* Deademona oil boon
They were the parents of 1
cnildren. eight boys and four girl
all of whom lived to be grown wit
the exception of a son who die
In infancy.
1 Knew It. Dear—
For an hour she had listened to Remember the Others—
the conversation qf a fatuous ad- Jones (purchasing a new ovei
mirer. : coat).: But I cahnot wear thli
"I was hit by an automobile it Is three slse* too large for mi
last week and knocked senseless." Mrs. Jones: Remember, dea
he remarked, during a lull, it has to go over the radiator c
She: "When db you expect to the car in cold weather That
get your senses pack, sir?”
what we must consider first.
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the same az you did before you *hd congregate mean
were married?" thing. Do they?"
must the same. I remember
when I first feii-in love with her.
I would lean over the fence In
front of her house and gaze at
her shadow on the curtain, afraid
to go in. And I act exactly the
same way now-."
-a:
hmg. Do they?" A*; dLr- , \
* -Perhaps, ihy son; perhaps their This is the
do." said the clergyman.—"But
there is a vast difference between
a ‘congregation’ and a ‘collection'."
"Daughter." asked the father,
"is that young man serious in his
intentions?"
“Ouess he must be., dad." she
&r +Yepnea. "He'S asked me how much
I make and what kind of . meats
we have and how you and mother
are to live with.’*- ’
first
seen you atl
!.me." he said. "I'm sho’ly glad
tje you hese."
“Ah done had to come,” ,ex-
p’ained Ra.rtu? "Ah • needs
strengthenin'. I'se got a job white-
washtn' a chicken coop an’ build-
in' a fence roup' a watermelon
patch.”
"These eggs are very small,
complained the housewife to
grocer.
"Straight from the farm this
morning,' madam.” declared the
grocer..... - - -..........
"That’s the trouble, with these
farmers.” she ra*‘"***>T*': _ __________ _______________|_________________
so anxious to get thFTr’ eggs sold| Spinster: That’s nothing.. I’ve ,11.000 students. Otrls made an
That they take them off the nest been looking for one for twenty, average of 1 346 grade po nts to
Men may be smarter than wo-
men—but not in "book learnln','
University of Texas' officials be-
* * ’lieve, A current registrar's report
Mrs. Neighbor : I’ve been looking • shows co-eds ranked well above
for my husband for two hours, men students among the school’s
too soon.:
years and haven’t found him yet, boys’ 1.134 points.
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1941, newspaper, January 24, 1941; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888569/m1/2/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.