The Comanche News (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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COMANCHE. COMANCHE COUNTY,TEXAS. APRIL 9,1908.
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VOL X NO 12
HOI. D. W. OOELL
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I DEFENSE OF BAILEY To ' ABOUT
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY COM- ■
AKCHE PEOPLE AT SKAT- /
• So RIM APR. 6
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Senator Odell is a sincere an
idid speaker, always making
lia audience feet that he is not
aking a stage play, but speak*, the grassy plain into fields
the absolute conviction of an
meat heart. No unprejudiced
kind can, hear Odell through
without feeling the Injustice
►f this unholy war on Senator
ley and wondering how the
facts in the case can get
fh the head of any one
ritbout convincing him that
luis done no wrong.
The enemies, of Senator Bailey
up bis private transactions
because he did not
them informed from time
and had done in a financial
with others or for himself,
fig* of him stand* a record
»verteen years long without a
k, without a vote against
interest of the people and
trusts, yet hlgj
pursue him with all the
ferocity, apparently think-
that a min they hats to
must htys dene greet
rong koras where If It could be
hind out. They harped on the
>ba ranch deal till the last
tie in the transaclkxi ' hed
shown them, they invest!-
belong to him and who so -
ed Bryan before he fell out with
Bailey is put forth by the party
whose onlyfcond of union is hate,
the cohesion of hate.
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6003 Acres Pu| in a Farm.
Out on the Higginbotham
ranch the farmer will soon have
the cowboy crowed through the
wires. During -V the past few
ths, thirty tenant houses
havepeen built and i there are
now thirty happy homes of
farmers who are fast transform-
Wanted a Man
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the dingerous shoals. It is
for true man and noo*o «>„ui
was never more potent than at
present. Every where the issues
are large; and the derhand for
real statesmanship i9 greater to-
dry; than every in the history of
our state. Shall the call be
heeded and the issues met, fir
shall the golden opportunity pass
by and we dwarf ourselves into
mummied creaturs of dead con
But.this is not Texas* way of
of cotton, maze and corn. doing things. Her published
A total of 3000 acres of new
land is being put in this year,
1720 of which will be planted in
cotton. Orf the Higginbotham
ranch Is the largest orcha xi in
Dawson Connty, consisting of
more then 2,000 trees all fenced
with , woven wire.
During the present year thirty
new houses will be prepared and
To the attentive ear, th* <**!|| most fi ling that her statesmen
* today stand abreast with any
of the public men of the times
But the tide of the times flow
southward, and we of the sunny
eouth must soon battle with the
waves of unwantom strength now
that the government established
by great self sacrifice makes in-
vestments safe in Texas, cap-
italists are flicking hither to in-
vest their money in lands and
cattle and oil. They having only
the enriching of themselves in
view, will seek to manipulate our
government and load oi
books with subversive -
precident has been far different,
another year will find homes on living cars, and a band oi
ready for 30 more families, while
this is the largest acreage being
as 16 what be was do* Dat in one farm it only yep-
a part of the new land
being turned intofarroes this year
It is estimated that t ie acreige per the AHmo.”' unfurled
in cultivation in Dawson county
this year will be fully tan times
that of last-Dawson County
News.1
hmior flv. Ion* H**JU*wn waited on him .mi *.nU,
fed no wrong be had__»v., v-.___
doi», but u hat he had al-
ly said was the truth, now
are going up and down the
sayiog ell manner of evil
even
A man by the name of C. L
Hamlet rented s house in Abi-
lene a few daya ago for the pur-
pose of opening upaMFro»ty‘*
joint in that city, but a commit-
tee of the belt citissna of the
and her manly hearts are still cherished principles of free gov-
resoonrive. -wT* ernment of the people, they will
beamong us with their deeply laid
responsive.
The beseiged and brave Travis,
looking down the vistas of time,
saw the future greatness of Ttx*l
as, and his call for assistance
wentforth eloquent,heart stiring
and noble. Ip that early day
ftiwIwiMOlii nigir It feO
invincible heroes sprang to the
relief of tbeir country. They
died, but the grave of each have
becaoM a cretin the temple of
fame, and the ery of
single star banner over our beau-
tiful southland, the home of a
brave and big hearted people. *
I The driving of the foe foam
the field, lot sweet 'pesos hever
over our land, and Again
scherms for the enriching of the
few at the expense , of the many,
and their untold treasures will
meet us face to face in the I
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MURDERED IN
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Old and Ineflenaiv# German
Killed for His Money.
News reached her* eariy this
week of what appears to have
been an unprwoked and diabolic
al murder in the .neighboring
county Stonewall. On Friday,
the 20th inst, the body of an
old and inoffensive German
named Guntam Sad wick, was
found in a field where he had
been at work to make money tv
go to his former home in Mis-
souri. When found he had the
appearance of having been dead
a day or more, he had apparently
been shot with a 22 calibre rifts
and his skull had been crushsa -
with an axe. ’ yVV .; ;p
Thera were no witnesses to
the awful deed but dream-
>v •niAmy m nAm . *.
of the future, and only the tfp- Jring neer the body and having
eat : manhood wtU bo able to on It the bridals of see of tbe
withstand their bl ^bth* breath parties, led to the inert ef Qes
and touch. TWeat, Jet Davis and MB Darrin
' pure poUsas
Ruth leas moi
safety of pure
future.
and soulms traders abut out
from tbe marts of Alabama.
Georgia atod Oklahoma, are ab
dties, to feast and fatten
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la prosecute. We
that at tbe examining trial two
of the parties above'named erase
held without bail aad that ewe
of them was allowed bail in tbe
sum of 18,400 eg amort of Ids
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reminded him that he wouldn’t
do much business then* and
that be bad better skidoo before
it was too late. Tbe man demur-
red and claimed It was non-i
toxicsting and lawful, b
lawyer in the crowd told
thought it wasn’t
thst the man who
sell frosty- in A
soon come to the
As to the out cow** ■» «■»
sty. but is saf/ 10 *****
will hunt
he
and
pted to
e would
conclusion.
other location.
tbe murderer of
I near Weafcber-
J. B.
Jeff U
*on* hung, ‘and will pay tbej*nthl* m>ar ^uturp w,ii d°t
kgs Shout him, and
ited to invite negroes to corns
help do him harm with
ir votes.
the dirk days of recon-
ictionjdown to the present
the burden of tbe white
in the South has been to
the negro out of politics,
preserve s white man’s
ion. Every true son of
[ie.r has looked upon the
of the negro in
Itias as the bane » of
government, and while
might differ regarding sl-
avery other subject they
united in tb* opinion with
to the coon.
it the times have changed,
Cooe Johnson thinks
negro children oucht to
white teachers, and there
telling how much further
t*ou)d go in mixing the races
ie Laws of Texas were not
ist it.
^might hive appesred tha
leader* in th* fight on Baile
sincere if they had
Ited men |o oppo>f
whose , caree
bcei a ro s so much dou
ground. Cone Johnson
jtd of the “cullahed gemur^ th
dMd inflaw* with Juifc ci& .__.
>d<f Ty.tr in an Sri
it re on rw.ney that didw# moat College, TyMk. Texas,
to him. This c*j of Send me catalog:
chief. Vast prairies, smiltin*
beneath (be beaming rays of a
genial sun. threw wide
arms of wel
homes for the-------- Jj®
for the enfeeble J. e<*lth *cr
induMrioui, .nd^T‘')nM* for •»“
opprtmd; *n °**n ^°rt
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met with • noble reepoose,
and Texas has tapped the veins
of the best blood of^the old
states. Her young men and fair
maidens have been the pick and
pluckeist of the offspring of the
age. Their zeal and courage has
unfurled as coble a banner as
floats over e five people. Tbeir
enterprise has made Texas the
wonder of the world, and the de-
sire of all nations. Tbe com-
mercial sky is eo bright that all
hearts throb at the sound of tbe
mstchleee name of Texas. The
States sre 611 on<
then stand
tail
commit such a crime for the
aGsuftt
d opening of the South* m eee way
penality on May 22nd.
n was standing dose to
judges desk when the sen-
was pronunce and appear-
entirely unaffected by the
wa. Tbe crime for which Ce-
m must hang was committed in
a pasture, McLennon’s body hev-
coast line with torts that will
make our state the gem of the
sooth’s sees, and • flood? our
chanels of commerce with the
wealth of nations. But for this er j
;of jroeperiiy are we getting our
■elves reedy ? Ob, we ell want
to have our nets spread to make
ng been found thrown out of *8^** catch of fi*n b itarr we
. , . . i* AiirMlvfci ffir (SHm
he wagon in which he and the
iecu**<i had been traveling over-
end to Metieo.
piepiring ourselves for the tides
thst will flow this wsy. and trst
our manhood andxfcr brains ss no
people havp ever te n-tested
Today Texas is the pride of her
There were shout 6,603 D*tno-
rats gathered at Luflun to hear P^ty and the harbinger
lenstor Bailey laat Saturday. ho^*. ;
was his opening speech a P«r«#'
eir glory end strik-
off their mantelet, we dare
not rit indifferent We do not
want the undtrtirahle drift ele-
ment from those ststee to flock
this way and bsfoul us with thier
business or views in ths ballot
box. Shell we show ourselves
worthy of thier oomradship in
statehood, or fad to 'stand man-
fully at sir aidsT One que:lon
already burns In our hearu. It
is this. Shall we continue to
allow tbe money interest of priv-
vate enterprises dictate our pub-
lic policies, end elect to our pub-
lh offices men who do not speak
the voice of the people, but tbe
dictates of gigantic corruption-
ists.
We are soon to elect men to
legislative offices of stale and
nation. Shall we elect the rsp-
resenatives of the people, er the
rspreeeoativef of the foreign is
tereets of the large dtlee? Shall
tMrie for figured mammies to
sit in itlkoce till the battle Is
fought, or shall we elect fret,
un bought citizens who with
flowing words are ready to fight
the battles of the people against
the greatest of odds?
Tbe call is for tbe noble free.
Shall we b**a' *nd spring to the
call ofirtttle, or shell we sit ia
other ttetM «r, Lf money tb. victim h*d.-te~
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kail FreePreee.
.Tisil Mam im TraaMs
. Toung man by the aeme ef
Allen Smith, who recently came
to this country from Tennessee,
weot to Comanche one day liwt
week and procured, a marriage
lioeme for Rata Martin, age 14
and hiasri£ Afu*r tUmIsm
and having the ceremony pre-
formed he learned that aa irate
father-in-law was Making kt
him. end tt is aald Smith euyed
in tbe tall Umber until he e«rid
reach tbe boms of a relative nmr
Dublin. Tbe father. Geevge
Martin, went to Comanche St me
bow the license was obtained.
He found, so His alleged, theft
Smith bed sapra that the fh4
was over eightaea peers <>u
Complaint eras made mi
8mitb was srrectad by tbe Mir
iff of Comanche oountg- .
Mr Martin M said to be a feed
law-abiding cMtma of tha Alarm
Creek neighberhoot -Stapkm-
ville Empire.
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The Nstionsl Convention ef
the Populist party, which met in
St. Louis last
Thomas E. Wstson of
for President and Samuel L w*i-
liami of.Indiana for Vice Peeri-
cowardly silence tnJ die. Tkd The platform adopted «-
day calls for great, clean true
souled men; end Texas has them.
Let Ui have them.
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A negro boy by the name of
the Anglo Jshn Barr was lenebed in Mis*-
n the empaign «nd much en- S**o" Wood Co*, in h.r reir. |ii»iw>l * Y«* «>*y* »r> for th.
Her people are of the liberty-lov- j murder of a twelve year old boy.
ing, self governing people on Burr approached the boy from
Bj; thes; triats art no’/oehind where he was fishieg.snd
husiasm was manifested.
affirms the rrnriples e the
party. Tbe delegation from Ne-
braska and Mionemta bolted eke
convention when it refuted
p Htpone nominations until after
the Democratic convention had
seed. Nebraskahs admit thskr
loyalty to Bryan.
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Who Loves I he coon my
on money that does tjmriron-
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Two negro me i were hang
the reach of the spoiler, shot him with a shot gun and near M Ala. a
t sfste must have great threw his body in the river. The ago. One w as hung for m
he helm, to gild^tbe negro admitud the thootin: but and one for erfy
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The Comanche News (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1908, newspaper, April 9, 1908; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888945/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.