The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1936 Page: 3 of 8
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REV 11. J. MORTON HAS
. HAD COLORFUL CAREER
Just* 10
oMlfcationf;
'Tfrr admTni MrationrIflwVHl. and otft once Koter off f-rash b«to.f
to Jflnd^lu a budget that wu al- The county tax rate f^os been re- ,
ready jjerlously taxed, the coun- duced to u low as one dollar In
:ty’s share of the funds to pur- some year*. .It Is $1.40ihta year
chase Supplies, pay for the use of' Moreover, this program has
trucks. supervision and other beem carried out with a cousidera-
costs devolving upon thr-rouney.ltion for the economic condition
The fact that this- a as done) of the people of. the county which i
without once taking the county, caused the Garrett administration
treasury off the Tiash basis upon {to refrain from pressing or har- j |
which it has been ' maintained assinp t'h4 people to pay taxes
throughout Judge Garrett's ad- which tney were unable to pay.
ministration is. a further tribute While vigilant in the county's In-
to the executive and the financial terest where delinquencies were
ability of Judge Garrett. i not due t^ an inability to meet
. In order to understand what. the obligations, fcastjand county,
that statement implies, one would , during Judge Garrett's adminis- j
have to become Thoroughly ac- tratlon. har-exercised considerate C
quainted with the conditions thatirpvard tor those cijlzens unable f
confronted him and his court , ,0‘ 0a>
when he took office a? the be- r Judge Garrett was married in ,
years younger than
Texas Is Rev U. J. Morton, vet-
eran Methodist minister of West
Texas, who pow lives,, in De Leon
with his yodngest daughter.. Mrs
Walter Greenwqjdt Until an ac-
cident about a year ago. in which
he suffered a broken hip. Rev
Mr. Morten had been quite active.
Rev. Morton was born In Ala-
bama In 1846, and came to Texas
tn 1869, two years after his mar-
riage to Miss Malvin Klker In
Alabama. . , , '
The family lived in the HsjfBITi
community, near Dublin, from
1882 to 1909. wheh they moved to
a farm seven miles west pf De
Leon in Comanche County.) A
Methodist church was organized
In the community near his home,
and named Morton Chapel In his
honor. Mrp. Morton died In 1916
and Rev. Mr Morton moved to
Dublin, where he lived until re-
cently. when m Went to De Leon
to live with his daughter. Mrs.
Greenwaldt.
In addition to his ministerial
duties and farming. Rev. Mr. Mor-
ton has served In various public
offices. He was Representative
from Erath County in the Twen-
ty-fifth: Texas Legislature and
served for a number of years as
Justice of the peace in Dublin.
GU8TINE BASKETBALL
, girls organized
WHITE
Clyde L. Garrett Is a product
qf the district he Is to represent
in the congress of the United
States. Born on a farm, one of
11 children'.'bis antecedents are
closely associated with the tradi-
tions of 'the South and with the
v virility *of the West. His father
was W V. Ckyrett. a Confederate
CORRECT THE
SORE SPOTS
8 o’Ctock
COFFEE
A-Penn
Motor Oil
Trifles are sometimes of
great
ed In one of the battles of the boon
Civil War. flood
Judge Garrett's taking to pub- ai?fL
11c service had family precedent.1
HU father served Eastland county d<*8C<
for 26 years as a public official,
holding the ""offices of county-
commissioner \and of justice of
the peace.
As a youth. Inured to hard work
on hts father's farm and the
farms of his neighbor, he was
ambitious and- industrious. He
showed a strong disposition to
depend upon hU. own resources,
and among hU earliest jobs was
work as a section hand on a rail-
road. From that work, he advanc-
ed school teaching, bookkeeping.
Insurance and banking and fin-
ally Into the service of the public
which so appealed to his nature
and Interests. — •
Always Re-Elected
His work as a public official
began as a deputy In the office
of the county tax collector He
later served as deputy county
clerk and as office deputy In the
sheriff's department. Three terms
as county clerk followed. At the
conclusion of this service - and it
will be noted here and further in
this account that Judge Garrett
has consistently been returned to
elective offices he' has held for
terms beyond the limits prescrib-
ed by the unwritten rule of de-
mocracy—he was named with-
out solicitation by himself or by
friends, city manager for the city
of Eastland.
In 1928. Judge Garrett asked
the people of Eastland county to
elect him county Judge They did
so And he has been county Judge
of Eastland county every moment
since he took office after that
election.
He Grows On People
For his: second term as countv
Judge, he had no opposition for
his third term he defeated two
prominent men with a clear ma-
jority, In the first primary; he
won his fourth term when the
neople of Eastland county gave
him a majority of three to one
over a good, clear* -opponent.
The county officials of Texas
regard him of such character and
ability that he Is now serving a^s
president of the County Judges
and Commissioners association of
Texas after a tenure as pres.dent
of the West Texas association
comprising 130 counties, in the
former place, and In the larger
field of service to wdiich the 1200
or more county officials of Texas
have called him. Garrett has done
much good wtoJe for The common
people'of Texas at Austin and at
Washington.
^arm-To-Market" Roads
In this field. Judge Garrett has
devoted, himself principally to his
responsibilities as they affected
Eastland county people He and
his Court hate been constantly
energetic as the .^representatives
of tiie citizens of' their county
In this matter, and not only have
they secured, or been Instrumen-
tal In securing large numbers of
projects of a various and per-
manent character under the RFC,
FFRA. WPA and other programs,
but they have secured the Im-
provement or construction of
Importance. Seemingly
J trifling maladjustment# In tlte
l vertebrae of the spinal column
| may have the most far-regch-
l ing III effects on the health.
[ Let us give you an examination
l and adjustment to find and
i correct the«e sore spot# before
result#.
A program will be presented
the patrons of the Rewbufg |
School on Saturday evening. Sep- i
temb« r 12th. at 8 o'clock at the
auditorium Visitors are invited
to attend also, All patrons and
school children are urged to be
present, as this will also serve
as the general assembly -
Pupils should come prepared
to remain all day on September
14. as classes will begin on that
date. j
The teachers for the ensuing
term are D E Howard, Mr#. Ho-
ward. Lecta Simpson, Inez Bos-
well. and Burgess Fisher.
CALIFORNIA ORANGES
ITALIAN PRUNES.....
SEEDLESS GRAPES
fic. saw the need of paved high-
ways. With more eagerness than
Judgment they voted $4,500,000,
more or less, of highway bonds
and spent the proceeds upon ttie
construction of surfaced roads
Solved County Finance*
In the inevitable slump that
followed the flush prosperity of
the oil boom, county valuation
plummeted from .$68,000,000 to
(22.000.000 The tax rate soared
to 2.( on the dollar. Political up-
heave! and bitter, long-drawn-out
seasons of litigation followed.- Tbp
county was in desperate straJU
to meet interest and principal
payments on Its bonded debt and
to carry on Its other obligations.
Confronting a situation of such
seriousness and magnitude; Judge
Garrett's Administration estab-
lished Itself upon a policy and a
program that has carried the
county through years of depress-
ed and stringent times that com-
plicated the original problem of
Its finances, without once default-
ing on the principal and interest
serious trouble
CELERY
CABBAGE
CAULIFLOWER
Lemons .1.'...
CARROTS .....
Dr. R. B. MADDUX
CHIROPRACTIC MASSEUR-
Of floe: Vaughan ReaiAewoa. |
First House North ef Ford Sta.
Hours: 9 to 12 a.m.—2 to 6 pm
PHONE 381 *
The Gustlne basketball girls
met Wednesday, August 26. -and
organized their basketball club
for the following year. Officers
are: Doris Magness, president;
Augusteen McCay. treasurer,
Christine Adams, secretary-report-
er, tfkd Freta Smith, captain.
The Oustine girls have one of
the best prospects that they have
had in several years. Twenty-
nine girls are coming out for bas-
ketball. They are: Mary Jane
Doz. 25c
Bunch 5c
LONGHORN CAVERN STATE
PARK- Third largest cave in the
world near Burnet ahd Marble
Poll?. Texas. Eight miles of ex-
plored passages reveal matchless
carvings that have been countless
ages in the making.
ANN PAGE
Ketchup
6 Os. Bottle
2 for 15c
14 Os. BotUe
2 for 23c
SPABKLE
Ice Cream Powder
6 pkgs. 25c
Have An Expert Do -
Your Horse Shoeing
Nelson. Twain Lane, Fannie
Maude, Guila White. Freta Smith.
Orace Moore, Bonnie Humphrey.
Ports Magness. Christine Adams.
Doris Cox. Ganelle Cox. Odell
Boucher. Martha Mae Thompson.
Anna Marie - Bolton. Ruth Hall.
Ada B. Rush. Oleta Chambers.
Cliftine Terry. Frankie Stephens,
and Sarah Cotney.
This club has high hopes and
have already started working in
order to raise money to buy their
sweat .suits. Ura Mac Haggard,
coach, adds pep to the training
and Is an enthusiastic worker.
LIBBY'S CORNED BEEF ___
jANgelus Marshmallows
GINGER ALE, 12 Oz. Bottles .
BOLOGNA SAUSAGE_______
SALT PORK ____________
When Women
Need Cardui
I hav* bctri blacksmith ing, making a specialty of horse
shoeing, for more than 26 years in Comanche. I know
how to lit your horse’s hoof to protect his hocks and
-make f.nr: more safe-footed.
If you seem to Lave lost j
some of your strength you* had 1
for your favorite activities, or
for your housework * . . and
care less about your meals . . .
and suffer severe discomlorl
at cert Sin times, try Car dm!
Thousands and .thousands d l
nv.rv.r c-.v it V.r Irif ri t n'-r*' 1
EXCEL SODA CRACKERS
NECTAR TEA I ________
SUNNYFIELD CORN FLAKES
IONA TOMATO JUICE________
2 Lb. Box
Vi Lb. Pkg.
-----Pkff.
9
2H Oz. Can
GrSTINF. STUDENTS IN
ORGANIZATION MEETS
GENERAL BLA( KSMITHING and WHEEL WORK
Members of the sophomore class
Of Gustlne High School, held an
organization meeting there re-
cently and selected officers for
the ensuing year.
Clemen White Is soonsor of tlie
34 members of the class
Officers are. Welton McGinnis,
president; Preston Young, vice-
president; Bernice Wyche. secre-
tary-treasurer; Cliftine Terry re-
porter: Burnell Clements, watch-
dog
Tin* president appointed mem-
bers of the several commlttee^s.
Twelve students assembed at
CIGARETTES, All Popular Brands
RAJAH SALAD DRESSING _T- Q
wcr.v.T. say it has helped th:-r-
By iner Hsir.g the appet."
lr/. proving digestion' Card.-’
/'ups you to ge t more ncuris. <
n.rnt. As Strength rcta .
t’nneces::,r :y function: 1 ac;u
c-. inc ar.fi nc~vcu: - s.'s Ju:
to go evay.
Bud Newsome
CARD ()F THANKS
BILIOUS
.........— We wish rto take this method i
it DtthU of thanking our friends and
tatmtn neighbors for their kindness clur-
* i !r>g the recent Illness and death
““.V.. temporary and burial Of OUT beloved flus-
hing tMulta *rr err band and ‘ father, A, M Fagan
■ lion of hrrba. eom t YouJ- thoughtfulness to. llim ill
nd so rhoao dirty. * f . ,, „ t
... rundown feeling. lUlieSS Ui a SOUTCT of
Uvar .nd bow.i. r. pleasure to him and such tokens
c*.t 'ru“* of of friendship will always be ap-
• | predated by the family
Mrs A M Fagan and child-
ren
Speech Club t of Oustine High
' School last Tuesday, to elect: of-
ficers. They are Bobbye Green.
1 president: John Bob Nelson, vice-
president. Lucille Nelson, secret-
| tary-treasurer: Oscar Carpenter.
I seargent-at -arms; J V Robin-
j son. reporter
! The question on which the de-
| bate group of 1936-37 is gatfier-
i ing material is "Resolved: That,
J the United States government
i should own and operate all plants
[ engaged In the manufacture of
i munitions of war."
Mr. White, the new coach of
the club, expects to develop a
strong debate team of both boys j hundreds t»f
l and girls out of the group. . market"......rottl
—*-t--- mers and i
JVm. REESE DRUG CO.
MOTOR TRUCK
“CENTER OF EVERYTHING
IN SAN ANTONIO
SERV1DOI? SOEVER-?
EFFICIENT, ECONOMICAL
DOOR DELIVERY
Serving Dallas, Waco, Brownwood,
and all intermediate points
Farmers Produce
FURNITURE
Johnson
Motor Lines
: ' _ t _ '£ . " , *' • •" J ' • . ' *• ■
A. P, BURKS, Local Agent
Is one of the best investments a. person can make,
especially when we arc making prices so reasonable.
GIVE YOUR HOME A TREAT— * *
We have , a complete line of Furniture
and Rugs and will be delighted to have
you come and inspect our stock.
.... furnishes you I market every day in
the year for your Cream, Whole Sweet-
_ " ■ T"." , r#'* '—
milk, Eggs, Chickens, Turkeys and other
produce.- • . .
:et Prices Paid at AH Timet
Price end Quality Alwfcys Right
TURE
GEO. C. MeKENZIE, Manager
"'.X * ■ . ... t. - v-v : ",'v ---"H
. £-.1 ‘
& RUG go:
Phone M R-l
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1936, newspaper, September 4, 1936; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888827/m1/3/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.