The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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COMANCHE, COMANCHE GOU^TT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1
8 ,1922
NOMBXR.
Notice To Sportsmen—Have Just Received a New Shipment of Shot Gun Shells—The Cash Store-
ftttev-
$2,000.00 WORTH OF BOOZE POURED OUT
IN JAIL YARD AT COMANCHE BY SHERIFF
By’*'"'
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Uquor Disposed of By
Order of Judge J. R.
McClellan
LAW-BREAKKK8 TO BE
DRIVEN FROM STATE,
KEELING ANNOUNCES
-- Sheriff Ix*wIh Marshall last Mon-
«luy disposed of the valuable stock of
whiskies, brandies, wines anil ('ham-
paign that was found last fall on the
McDonald farm about eight miles emit
of Comanche. The goods held In his
possession were poured out on the
ground in the Jail yard in the presence
«f City Marshal Arthur, Deputy Tom
Edwards, -Constable McKlroy and oth-
er*.
There were T23 bottles of liquor and
two fruit Jars of corn whisky destroy-
ed, the latter being taken in another
raid. This notion was taken by order
of Mslrict .Judge It ufoy McClellan, aft-
er un affidavit had been made by Ho-
mer McDonald orf whose land tint liquor
was found, that it was not bis property,
but was brought und left there by par-
tied to him unknown.
Sheriff Marshall ha-* been holding
the liquor awaiting orders from the !
court ns to Its disposition. The feder-
* u! authorities at Fort Worth phoned
him ns soon as they heard of his “find”
saying they would come mid get the j
goosds. hut Sheriff Marshall promptly <
informed fheVn there was-“nothing do- ;
ing’’ on thut line us lie waa'acting mi-
ller orders of the judge In tiiis distriet.
and liquors captured would he disposed ■
"♦if ns Judge McClellan directed,
Accordingly, as stated above, these I
goods, about 117 quarts altogether, were
poured out oil the-grmmd last Monday:
at ^thAjall ln^CdtagflcUe,—Atlhc prea-
smt bootlegger price the liquors were
worth about $2,000.
(Fort Worth Record.)
The judgment of history assesses the
first puaitiou in- a community to that
man who has served It beat. To few
man is given the opportunity to have
the recognition , of that service and
that primacy among its citizens dur-
ing his lifetime, Burh a man was
Buckley B. Paddock, who passed from
earth Monday morning beloved fey Rif
people of tine city Into which he put
unselficb service, ami recognised aa
its foremost citizen.
These are the days when the call
to civic service is urgent and the re-
sponse la not always adequate. If
our form of democratic government
Is to lie a success the rising genera-
tion must put more of its time and
energies Into the things that are for
the common good. No better inspira-
tion can lie given the young people
In our public schools that the example
of Captain Paddock whose life was
devoted to the Interests of the com-
munity which he saw grow from a
hamlet on the plains to a metropoli-
tan city. _
Many young men are setting their
career* by the compass that points
toward wealth. The honest making
and the wise expenditure 'of money
are worthy object* of effort but the
passing of Cupt. Paddock will bring
vividly to mind that the giving of
service is the road toward true wealth.
Never rich In the material things of
life he was possibly the wealthiest
Morris and myself. J man in the community for he posses-
sed a family circle* of which he was
proud, a vast company of friends such
as few men in this world gather nlmnt
them, a community In whose building
lie wits a gr»*«t factor, a consciousness
T 1 , 1 io„ |„ ont tho hi jackers, gamblers ami i»f dntr done nnd service rendered, the
I In,, two bujjjjg. lots In r»,.to, ,nth„ lawlnswiknm WfcU. *t Sfi? |*k3 will of bt. Hly «wl hi. kW,
CORYELL COUNTY GRAND
JURY TO TAKE IT TRAIN-
ING SCHOOL AFFAIR.
Waco, Texas, Jan. 0.—The death at
the Htato Juvenile Training School on
Sept. 25 of Dell Thames of Beaumont,
14 years old, will be Investigated by
the Coryelf County grand Jury, which
was impaneled at Gatesvllle this
morning by Distriet Judge J. It. Mc-
Clellan. It was charged that the hoy
dl ed from punishment administered
at the school, which is located at
Uatesvllle,
Soon after the Lad died, a complaint
was filed against II. G. Twymun, for-
merly military Instructor at the school.
He was denied jiuil nt bis preliminary
hearing, but later was released oh
bond for $4,000, after a habeas cor-
pus proceeding before Judge MoClel-I
lan. .
c, K. King, superintendent of the i
State .Juvenile Training School, who
I was exonerated by the State Board i
i of Control after an Investigation had i
* been made of TJiiiiui*h* dentil, later re- *
: signed. Just before the Board'met to
| consider his resignation, Mr. King*
ask the privilege of withdrawing it, j
! vliiOh was refused, and on lust
day the -board ajqsifnted, J. \V. Cunt-j
well of Fort Worth its Ids successor. !
Mr. King's resigns Hon becomes clree- :
[live rm Jnn. 14.
NOTICE.
Austin, Texas, Jsn. ft—The rai^s
last Saturday by* State Ranger^ and
Federal prohibition agents at Mcxia
are the tieglnnlng of a systematic
campaign to drive from Texas hi;
lackers, gamblers nrnl other law break-
er*, according to Attorney Gen. W.
A. Keeling. The Mexia raids were care-
fully planned nt a conference between
Governor Neff, Adjutant General
Thomas D. Barton, who led the raids
In person, the Attorney General and
David II. Morris. Federal Prohibition
Director for Texas. It was paid V
General Keeling that General Barton
and the rangers, with Assistant At-
torney General (>. L .Stone, ns legal
adviser, would remain at Mexia for
several days. After the ‘Mexia oil
field is cleaned up. It is not known
where the next operations are to lie
carried />n.
— Intend to clean' un Mexia and
1 make if as peaceable and law-abiding
ns nuv other town in Tex<»*.*’ Attor-
ney General Keeling said. “Tills cum-
i paitrn was planned last, week at a con-
; ferenco between Governor Neff, Gen-
«*r»tI Itsrfon, Mr
The rangers, with General Barton hi
i command, will remain in Mexia until
! lawlessness ceases.
i “This is not n spurt, but the bo;
i ginning of a systematic campaign to
FORT WORTH’S. FIRST CITIZEN
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and u Gin lot in IbaiGh. Gmr| wdll , tnk,, ^ friend to nccoin-
---------in the. announcement column will be
Ed Palmer of Gus
lino for deUhty clerk of Comanche
county. He is a splendid young man
and would make a most efficient coun-
ty clerk. He was born and raised near
exchange for a good
T. McPherson, Coffianche, Texas 2tp.
DECLAMATION CONTEST.
To the Chief:
The following regulations t
tke-Bwllettn sen! out by'TTieHtntorsohol-
uatic League will Is? of Interest to all
who contemplate entering the Coun-
ty Contest to be held here in MrircliT
The declamation required in all di-
visions excepting the Junior girls’ con-
test shall consist In selections lying in
Justine and attended the public school^he generat Held of Americanization,
Howard °r good citizenship, the Junior girls
deliver selections from standard -poe-
try. _ —-""1 , •
Always provided Hint declamations
conform to the five minnte limit for
there, afterwards going to
Payne C-ollege
years ar ‘
»4tJ -nt-
world war working hts way up to the
vwttk of- Fhrst LUmtenant, though he
was never sent overseas. He Is well
known around Gustlne and enjoys the
respect and confidence of the people.
The Clilcf bespeaks for his candidacy
the thoughtful consideration of the
voters and feels sure they will inves-
tigate his claims thoroughly before
casting their vote In the primary.
The Dallas News takes the lynch-
ing record of 1921 and makes It ap-
pear decidedly ominous, hut the St.
I/on is Post Dispatch points out
more lynching* were prevented than
took place last year. In 72 instances
officers prevented lynching* and (14
of these' cases belong to the South,
▼ictlms of mob violence totaled C3,
or 2 fewer than In the preceding
year. Thus the numlier of threaten»*d
lynch logs prevented by southern off!
vers equalled the number of lynching*
in the whole country.—Austin States-
man.
division (both high .school and rural
schools) shall lie taken from the fol-
lowing sources only: (1) Oriarom’s
Americanization: (2) Declamations to
j he published In the Interscholastlc
' languor mid in a bulletin for which
j a charge will lie made sufficient tq
[ cover the cost of printing; (31 Se-
lections from other sources that are
approved In advance by the State
ii’linlminn: (4) “American Patriotism
that 11'1 l’row a,u^ vpr8°-
CARD OF THANKS.
We tnU*ttjjg_jj»e( hmr'of extending
’^ISpnappreclaflon and thanks
to the many kind hearted friends whe
have helped us In tbix, the sad-kst
hour of our lives, (he loss of our dear
sou and brother. A Do for Hie inapy
bountiful floral offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mason a ml chil-
dren.
IMPORTANT TO WOMEN.
While a great many of the good
women of Comanche county as well
as of all other counties in the state
delivery. Selections for the boys’ and ***** jo jmttM-
girts* senior division and junior IwiyV^1*^ poMtleal affairs and *n
DEATH OF ERNEST MASON.
Company of Dallas, 48 cents postpaid:
Poems for the Junior girls may be
taken from the following Source* only.
(l)Any poem in any of the bash* or
supplementary poem readers; (2)any
poem In “One Hundred and One Best
Poems.’’ which may he secured of the
Cable Co., Cable Bldg.v' Chicago, at 25
cents postpaid; (3)any supplementary
poetic selections published in any
number of the Interscholasth* Leaguer
(4)any poem In "The School Poetry
Book’’ by Penniman, D. O. Heath A
Co; Dallas. 50 cents postpaid; (fi>
“American, Patrioism In
verse,” listed above.
(Trent Interest was manifested last
iaar in the county contest, and it is
hoped that even a greater number
will enter the list this year with the
result that our county may be known
In the front ranks for Its encourage-'
ment of this most desirable acbool ac-
Comanehe.
i
It was Indeed a sad message re-
ceived by Mr. and Mrs. J. D Mason
on the morning of January ;♦*, from
Eldorado, Ark., Informing them of the
<leath at that place at 8 a. in. that
day ol their son Ernest. .They did
not even know he was sick nnd of
course the terrible news was n scwie
.irnmmm - * ..
He was one of a family of eight, TlvllJ
children, fonr bovs and four girls.
He was 27 years old and was born in
this county He was Working in an _______
«,(» e»id when Hkon sick. The iv?- ^fiFRVING W Y$4B_______
msina were brought homo nnd buried SENTENCE FROM Wt_n) _
In Oak wood cemetery, Rev. J. a.
iPack, pastor of the Preshyteriii n
rtinroh conducting the fuueml cere-1,
lies.
^ TtR the members of the family ex
cept two of the gir?s were i»ree*ut at women se
the funeral. Ernest was an honest, Robert J. RM
Industrious young mnn end Ms un-
timely death la mourned by a host of
friends here whose sympathy gees out
to the bereaved one* in"their deep and
unfeigned grtqf. May God beal their
wounded hearts and comfort them In
their distress.
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Henry Gore announces this week. In
lH(Xhlef as a candidate for county
He was bom and railed
Comanche county and Is at pres-
|||||i||| the school In Pel
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aversion to'votlug, yet woman suffrage
has been declared through the adop-
tion of an amendment to the federal
constitution, the Texas legislature be-
ing one of those to ratify the amend-
ment, and in pursuance of this fed-
eral law the women of Texas are now
compelled to pay a poll tax the same
as the men. whether they want to
vote, or whether they intend to vote,
or not. It is held by the attorney gen-
The k'«ciffllDfi+»w™' “ ,m"n .."V18*
pay both his and his wifes poll tax
at the time he pays his property tax.
and the property of himself or wife
stands good for the whole tax.
But in order to vote in any election
these poll taxes must be paid before
February 1, and the object of this no-
tice Is to ipipress upon every woman
In the county the utter nselessness of
falling to pay this tax, as It can and
will be collected sooner or later
through process of law. And besides,
whether n woman believes In woman
suffrage or not, the right of suffrage
Prose' and h** ,MVf>n eon for ml upon her sml un-
der the law she is as much respon-
sible as the men for the kind of gov-
ernment we live under anil the char-
acter of those who hold positions of
trust ami .administer public affairs.
Let every woman as well as matt pay
her and his poll tax before February
1, and be in a position to vote When
the time comes.
It should be borne In mind also that
those wild will tw twenty-one between
now and the November election can
vote in all elections this year by ob-
taining an exemption certificate from
the tax collector, but this exemption
certificate, which takes the place of
a poll tax receipt, must be secured
before tbe first day of February.
This should he of particular lnter-
MR8. IDA HFNTFR
Texas, June * J2 1022.
18 RELEASED
rved on It, the esse of
ddle, from McLennan
|County, convicted of mnrder and sen-
tenced to 09 year*, was reversed nnd
dismissed by the Court of Criminal
Appeals today. . f , >*- *
Although the higher court some
weeks ago held that grand Inries upon
which a woman served were Illegal,
the original question as to the nncou-
stltutlonsllty of snob grand Juries wi
raised In the Riddle case
Riddle was convicted of the
der of Mrs. Ida Barley on Dec. Ifl
Austin. Texas, Jan. 11.—Because th«T
defendant wns Indicted by an llleiral
grand Jury, made^ so by reason that/ ; to yomwer people "who have
never yet paid a poll tax.
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Born, at Hamilton, Texas, on"1
a career of unstained honor. What
other wealth can compare with th
Overcoming tlir handicap ^TTTpnsrd
ty ti lack ofnffTTooT advantages. Cap
ain 1‘addOck was on** if the cultured
men of the city for he bad lived much
that others must leurn trom._books
and he had employed to the ad-
vantage the books that came into his
hands. His military career can be
matched by few in the anual# of War.
Of bis rich expeflenTe in life he gave
freely to his friends, old sml young,
for he was as young In spirit as the
first voters of hi* city, and within ten
days, propped up among Jhi
hq gave a keen nnd valuable I
view to a young woman reporter
The Record. The subject was a
road to the northwest and thq
was published In the January first edi-
tion. The girl whd hgd never met
the Captain before, wns charmed by
his personality and pgid a beautiful
trijmte to him in reporting to the
editor, Such wns his sympathetic
touch with young people^ ^ well as
those of his own age. .
At an age when rnanv men are
tent to rest on honors won and Just
drift with the ebbing current ft life.
Captain Paddock was active in fur-
thering the Interests of Fort Worth.
The writer rememb*'rs him at the
union station meeting in the Chamher
of Commerce in the fall of 1920. When
some of the represent nt I v«s of the
railroads were speaking In platitudes
and evndjng the real Issue, Captain
Boddock rose and put a series of dear
fair nnd insistent questions (hat made
evasion Impossible. The cullder of an
important railroad lilihself, and for a
number of years its president, Inter
a director of a large railroad svstem,
he was first Interested in a fair set-
tlement of the question at Issue. He
was Just and that Is one of the Oiifst
things that can be said of a man.
For eight years Captain Paddock
served h1s etty as its chief executive
and it was in no routine compliment
that the Paddock viaduct, the most
imposing and longest of the structures
spanning the Trinity river, was named.
It was a spontaneous tribute to Fort
Worth’s first citizen whose whole Ufa
hnd bridged many difficult placed ’ In
the career of this community and
vAiose aspiring soul and indomitable
courage was always climbing from
the level of today to the heights of
tomorrow and carrying the people of
this city with him.
We cannot he unmindful of the fact
that Captain Paddock was a pioneer
In the newspaper profession In this
city, that he practiced law and #aa
useful In other capacities. He was a
man of many talents whose life touch-
ed that of hiss fellow men at »anv
points of contact. His widow, hi*
cniidren-und gmndchitdreii will hr su«-
( OMM1S8IONER8 VOTE
NO HOME DEMONSTRATION
'WORK FOR COMANCHE
...... „ ’ « , • >»• [yd
The -Commissioners Court put Its
final veto on Home I lemonst ration
work for Comanche county by tbe
vote of three members of the court,
Messrs. Payne, Harris and Roberson,
Mr. Naltora tho other member of toe
court not votlpg, when the question of
the employment of a woman agent
was brought before that body last
Monday. ~~ ‘
- Prof. J. B. Layne on liehalf of some
two hundred or more petitioner** again
addressed the court as on a former
occasion setting forth the greut ad-
vantage that would acerue to the wo-
men and girls In tbe rural districts
by the expenditure of $*,2U0 Which
would be an infinitesimal amount com-
I»ared wHh the great benefits these
women and girls would derive from
It, and calling attention to the fact
that the extra tax for Ibis purpose
would not be enough to lie felt b,v
anyone. The petition lie presented
from citizens In Precinct one ami was
addressed to CommlKsionor-.'Payne.
The petition set forth the reasons why
it was desired that the cotiuty em-
ploy a woman to look after the Home
Demonstration work.
Commissioner Payne produced peti-
tions signed by more than 400 citi-
zens In his precinct he Kald^pfotest-
ing ugninst tho employment'cfa'x^
imm demonstration x agent tor tilts
county. The iietltlons themselves
not set forth the reasons for such pro-
test, but nu'cply asked him to oppose
the employment of such agent. Mr.
Payne stnted tljiat he would act In ac-
cordance with the request of the
larger numlier of petitioners and vote
agninst the appropriation of fends for
sneh purpose.
Uw. L. J. KIttle^wtipjwMr-pfSsent,
stnted thatjjhn--*tnTTPndood ty had been
wi by some who circulated
petitions against the employment of a
woman for this work that it would
cost the county $2,000 to $3,000, nnd
that she believed many of the signa-
tures bad been obtained through mis-
representation of the true facts. She
stated that she was there at the re-
quest of the A. A M. authorities who
wen* pushing this demonstration work
tn the--state. — —— --—----------- ••
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In order to (
in its territ
Chesapeake
.00,
'z'%. 1 **
shown at
Harrisonburg,
exmtest Is
course, will
those In the i
Birds to be
be hatched after Ji .
entries mus* be made
tendent of the
Railway at
lng, before October 81,’
awarding of prizes,
be counted tor actnal
per cent tor heavy
riage and breeding,
nlng prizes will become
of the railroad
to a vote and the result was At above
stated. This settles the matter and
Comanche county will not have any
woman demonstrator, at least for the
present.
Mfi. J. D. Wartng, Misses Mart on
Waring und Jeffle Thomas, and
Merritt motored toBteplias* ItTTPBatur-
day. HByneWwrtTijc returned with
them gnd spent SnndAy with home
t folks.
H. Kid^Mi
HARMONY.
Special to the Chief.
Harmony, Jon__
hard to improve tine
niony. Two evenings
M|s*i»t in pcHctk-lng the ‘
Mrs. Jim Edward* and at«
Rogers. ‘ , •- - - ‘
Forty-two and similar IM
eomlttg llie popular past
gatherings tor young nn<
sixteen of the young people
day evening at Mrs. M..
where forty-two and other
enjoyed.
Saturday night
clmllongcd_jill--wurgraers to a
inqtidrqrTHie church. The
torious. We Intend to have
community meetings about tw
month' with varied programs. The
meeting will be Fr+daj
Quite a few at
Mercer Gap Sunday^ afternoon.
Mr. O. A. Thomas led
lng Sunday night. It was well
ed, although some went to a
at Will McKenzie’s,
The trustees and other
community worked If
making Improvements at
rotorv to applying
Messrs Zola Boyd and
from near Sidney visited
of Mrs. Jno Boyd last
Aunt Mary Rogers
Mercer Gap
spent a few days with
daugh
9th, to Mr. gjli4r^MrB- tained'In their-sorrow by tho solemn
Comanche, an 8-pound boy. They
call the youngster Thomas Tnlmage
Sm it.' - t . ^
Bam Burned.
Charley Harvey, living In the south
part of town, had the misfortune to
lose his barn and contents Wednesday
by fire. He had some corn. And a large
tity of alfalfa hAy stored in.lt
“ was a total lots. The origin
fire
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iriMf (Dial Sit W
Joe II. Eidfon, District Attorney
T!»e Voters of Comancbfe county will
be pleased to know that Hon. Joe H.
Eidson has consented to serve them tor
a second term aa district aatturuey as
manifested by his announcement for
re-election, which is found in the an-
nouncement column of the Chief. To
say that Joe Eidson has made an effi-
cient and capable official is but to echo
tho verdict already rendered by all
who hare watched his course during
he time be has occupied the responsible
position to which he was elected by
the peoople of this Judietal district. A
young man of the highest personal
charge ter, conscientious - and faithful
to every trust Imposed upon him in pub-
lic and private life, he has never falt-
ered in the discharge of duty and has
never disappointed those who placed
their confidence In him. His ability
aa a lawyer ha* l>een shown in the hls-
otry of the cases that have been dis-
posed of, an he has coped with tbe abl-
est lawyers In the district in many im-
portant trials. In our opinion the dU*-
trl<*t has never had a man to occupy
this responsible position who reflected
more honor and credit upon himself
and the people whose servant he was
than Joe II. Ridson, our popular dis-
trict attorney, and he will receive the
cordial endorsement of the votejrs at
the coming election..
Aiighter Mrs. Tom Me:
Miss Gladys Clark of
the week end with
mony and _
ernoon
I rk, Eva Franks, Rena
Fletcher and Millie Bmlth and
Zola, Vernon and Hugh Boyd,
Smith and Elmer Fletcher
to Mercer ' - -
MJss Eva 4inrt Clarence
tended a party at Mr. Tom
Friday night.
Mis* Opal Payne of
visited at the home of Miss
Owen Saturday afternoon.
i|rs. Charles Rogers ftg.vi
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Comanche.
Mr. R. L. Thpmas from
kaft visited Ms i:
Thomas Sunday
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WIL8GN NOTES.
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
pride In a life lived tor the service
tor the community, literally bullded
into that city which hts vision and JiD
his spirit has set upon the high road
toward supremacy In the great ~
west, in the memory of one who
a breva soldier, a great friend and a
good citizen.
Mm 1)7
^iETmISo,
lOS$ SWINE ROOM’ TALKIN'
Bout he jes' eechin'
STAHT A SYAHDKN
Y*SSUIi, AH KNOWS SI
BOUT PAT-- HE DOOES
t>E EECHIK' EH KH boots]
CR ATONIN'.'
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Si>eclal To The Chief:
Wilson, Jan. 11.—We"
shower Monday night.
Itov. Lee Ollbreath fill
lar appointment at tih* _
urday nnd Hnnday.
| Mrs. C. It. Dewees is stUt
list.
There was a party at
last Thursday night.
School Is progressing
will be a box supper at the
house Friday night, Jannary
the benefit of the school and
athletics. Everybody Is ini
dal program *
I/ORENA AFFAIR AGAIN
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