The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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COL. JAB. L. SIAVDEN
' SPEAKS AT GOLDTHWAITE
On last Monday, the dhlef editor
want over to Zephyr to meet Hon Jas.
L. Blayden, who waa to make apeechea
for Mr. Callaway that day at Zephyr,
Mnllln and Qoldthwalte. It waa pleas-
'hut to see Mr/ Blayden meeting his old
friends, who for ao many years—twen?
♦▼•two—honored him with their com-
senre them In Washington.
Mr. Blayden found a pro-
meeting In progress, and unwil-
ling to trespass on the thus sat apart
for the morning service, which was at
10 o’clock, he spoke very briefly indeed.
, At MuUin, he had an aodlenw of about
threfc hundred people. At Qoldthwalte
& there had bean a mistake in publishing
his speaking dates, and a good many
people missed hearing him, thinking he
was to be there the aext night He had
a awry good crowd, however, and spoke
In part as follows:. ;>] . f ■ r~ f j'
“I hope none of my old friends In
* this county will believe that |n coming
here to speak.a word for my friend,
Oscar Callaway, of Comanche county,
I* am violating the proprieties. I waa
your representative in Congress for
many years, honored/by your friend-
ship and your confidence. I am inter-
ested In you^, affairs. I want to see
yon prosper and I want to see you fit-
tingly represented in the American
Congress. Then, I feel that In respond-
ing to the call of friendship I am do-
AGBD- MOTHER OF
MRS. ROCK DIES
Mrs. Wtualett,, mother of Mrs. J. A.
Rock of this city, aftef lingering for
several weeks following a fall in which
she broke her hip, passed away'lust
Sunday at the Bock residence. She
for many years made her home alter-
nately with Mrs. Rock and her young-
est son, B. W. Winslet 1, in Fort Worth.
Mrs. Winslett and her husband, be-
fore his death, lived at Osage, In Coyy-
eU county. He passed away, however,
some thirty-odd years ago, since when
she has, as mentioned above, lived with
her children. Mr. Winslett waa a vet-
enm of the Civil War, as well as of
various Indian.wars which antidated
the war between the states. A part
of their lives they passed in-Alabama, !
and two of their aone still live in that
state. One of these waa at his moth-
er’s side when the end cepe. He is
,B Z. Winslett 4 t
, Mrs. Winslett Is survived by a broth-
er, Dr. Powell, who la superintendent
of the Insane Asylum at Terrell, and
by six children and a number of grand-
children. Her children living are
three daughters, Mrs. Rock of Coman-
che, one daughter in I|opklns county,
and one Alabama, and three sons,
tyvolll Alabama and one in Fort Worth,
Texas. She was born In 1829, on Oc-
tober 4, and would likely have reached
the century make had not the.accident
occurred which hastened her death.
She became a member of the Pres-
, X__. . . w„ T f „ nl_-unrp one became a member of the Pres-
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in the heart of every man who loves
Ids friend and rejoices In the opportun-
ity to serve hra. Although a etttaen
of* another district, I am a eftiaen of
Texas, and interested in the quality and
character of the representatives who
will be selected next Saturday.
Speaking of Mr. Callaway, he said:
“I do not come to disparage Mr. Blan-
ton, nor to abuse him. I 'come to praise
Oscar Callaway and to do my level
and honest best to persuade you vto
vote for him. He pot^pesee the very
qualities that fit him for such a posi-
tion. He has already served ably and
honestly. He commanded the respect
and good will of his fellow members
although known as a fighting mem-
ber. When be fought, it was for a
cuasa^ to maintain a principle, not for
the Joy of combat, not merely to differ
from his follows. He is a student of
public* questions and though sometimes
wrong he is usually right, which Is a
tmman average- 1' •*'*"
"Team ago In a great Texas newspa-
per, I rend an estimate of the charac-
ter Of that very unusual man. Qrover
Cleveland. The pape/ said that Cleve-
land had those sterling qualities that
made him a man to be relied on. It
summed up Its eulogy U P’few words
by saying “Cleveland la a good man to
go tiger hunting with. You could al-
ways pot out your hand in the dark
end find him by your side.” That faith-
fulness, that loyalty, is a quality fpund
highly developed in Oscai Callaway.
“He Is a man of high order of Intel*
' feet. He Is capable of thinking and
trained to think. The Spaniards haev
m. a- proverb which, In describing a man
who iacka this Intellectual development
m essential In a statesman, says “he
thinks with hla elbows.” That can
duvet- he said of our frjend Callaway.
11 He uses his head-%r that purpose.
“Like all strong men, Callaway has his
enemies A man who goef through the
world without making friers and*some
enemies is not much of a map. Mr.
Blanton has achieved a great distlnc-
f tion in the latter line. The universal
hostility he has stirred up among hla
fellow members has destroyed what-
[ ever usefulness he may have had. So
far ks any service hb cpukl have ren-
dered at one time may be concerned, he
nmde it impossible for the future.
be ible.to do will be to
assigned to the mem»>er
I top, Mr. Way-
from n m«m-1
member of the Methodist church for
over thirty years. The funeral serv-
ices were conducted by Rev. J. A.
Black, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at this place. Services were at
the residence and interment at Oak-
wood cemetery. Her last days were
made easy by the mlniatrationa of kind
friends and loving relatives, and she
passed Into eternal life and the Love
of God straight fro mthe human love
which a long and Well spent life had
earned for her on earth.
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FURNITURE BEING INSTALLED
NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Mr.'Bickly, of the firm of Blckly A
Cu.,* Houston School, Church and The-
atres Furniture Company, is in Coman-
che this week, Installing thq furniture
in the new High School. If the addi-
tional cars of furniture* are not de-
layed by tbe^strlke conditions, the furn-
iture will all be installed by the last
of next week, Mr, Biddy says.
This same company supplied the
furniture for the Bipe Springs school,
another county school building which
will be ready for occupation by the
time the fall term begins. The oar of
furniture which goes to Slpe Springs
was billed out of Chicago on the 19th.
mmm
Callaway Will Make Closing
Speech Here Friday at 3:00 p.m.
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Oscar Callaway will make the clqsUuf speech in his campaign
against Tho*. L. Blanton on the Court House Lawn in Comanche on
— Friday afternoon at 8 o’clock. Here V will tell his home peoopte
what he has done, how he has run the rade which started immedlate-
ly after the July Brimary, why his opponent failed to start when the
flag dropped, and why no amount of coaxing or spurring by friend or
’ f°c has succeeded In getting Mr. Blanton out on the open tract.
We believe Wo have won the fight; hut whatever the outcome, the
fight was worth whilst The people have the truth, and If the on*
month allowed has not given sufficient time for it to permeate the dis-
Vfolct, It will keep working till the district is “leavened.” Oscar Cal-
laway has never laid down on a fight because the odds were against him,
and since the fight narrowed to him and Blanton he has found many
men of likV spirit to Join him. The 17th district MUST be rid of Blan-
ton ; if not now, then tomorrow. We hope and believe the wort: la done,
but 1f it is not it Is well started. A strong pull, s long pull, and e pull
all together on Saturday should put us over—for the honor of the
17th district, let us hope It is by a handsome majority.
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PRESIDENT OF Cl
We understood last
M,. Hell
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report of Mr. R. F.
to the presidency of
tlan
matter was not settled
way would perhaps ded
In the practice of law. We are 1
formed, however, as we go to press, th
he has definitely decided to accept tl
very flattering offer, which the
of trustees of that schopl has
^Tbls school, which has lately been
moved from Midland, has always had
a high rating for scholarship, but has
lacked buildings, equipment, and funds,
There are being supplied In its new lo-
cation and we know of no better man
to build up the school than Mr.
way. Trained under those
ns educators, Addison and
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C. M, McKinzie Letter to
Telegram Scores Blanton9s
Attack on Oscar 'Callaway
not prove the honesty of one man nor
the dishonesty of 484 others.
The claim set forward by Mr. Blan-
ton that he has saved great sums of
money by points of order and Insist
•nee that the Rules of the Honse pf |
Representatives sholl be enforced, is
preposterous. “In the last analysis,”
as former Speaker Cannon was fond of
saying, the majority of the Congress
will have Its way; and If a rule Is in-
voked by Mr. Blanton that stands In
the way, th* rule will be promptly
amended and then th£ pleasure of the
House will be done.
In conclusion Mr. Slayden declared
that “many nntrue things a re. being said
about Oscar Callaway,, and when dis-
proved are sftH stuck to by, some of his
enemies, while” others substitute other
tales. One of my fiends, he said “a
wise and excellent man. refused to sup-
port Mr. Callaway because he had op-
posed the war. When his attention was
called to the fact that Mr. Callaway
wan not In Congress when the war reso-
! lutlon was presented , he seemed really i
appointed Callaway was a
cltlsen of Comanche eounty, even I
the efforts of the President to
- % Haofi nhfiti/1fBip/l rVplTOll
Editor Star-Telegram: I. see in the
Star-Telegram of Sunday in “Lsttefi
From the Peqple,” a letter signed by a
bunch of Cogdell brothers who give no
address or other slgu of where they
live, or wire they are, but go on at
great length by inuendo and slander,
with a subtle and garbled mixture pf
a very little truth and much Inuendo
to attack Oscar Callaway.
I hare lived on an adjoining farm
to Oscar Callaway all his life and know
him thoroughly and every Incident of
hla life and of the lives of all his fam-
ily. I know thoroughly and familiar-
ly the whole story of his devotion to bis
father and his brothers and sisters as
well as the story of his political cour-
age and honesty and his devotion to the
people. I never knew a man who waa
more devoted to his family nor a fam-
ily more devoted to a brother,
This Cogdell circular has been mailed
all over the 17th district and published
In all the newspapers as political ad-
vertising. Jftflpspared and circulat-
ed by Blanton htmnelf as s campaign
document, et an expense of thousands
of dollars, and that notwithstanding his
statement, that he could not meet Cal-
laway because he had already spent an
the money authorised by law.
The feet is, Callaway never sought
to obstruct the draft or any war mean-
nre. Hie speech tn^Oomanche In Aug-
ust. 1917, did more to promote the draft
and adherence to the law than any
one thing done In the county. During
the war Callaway personally directed
and took part In the work on his form
which produced wheat and other food
products cough to feed thousands of
people. He had three brothers In the
army, all of whom nre now members
of the American Legion and one of
whom Is commander of his post.
The statement that Callaway tried
to make a speech in Gorman in 1918
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and was Informed that he could, not
make a speech of that kind there is ah-
aRfitely false. The only speech Calla-
way made or attempted to make in
Gorman In, 1918 was a speech In the
Governor’s race. He made this speech
without anw molestation in th«fafter-
noon and left there to make another
speaking date. I have understood that
after Callaway left Gorman one Judge
Jean P. Day mads a speech there.
Blanton prefers this form of cam-
paigning to coming out in the open and
meeting Callaway like a man, as he
has challenged him to do through the
columns of your paper and through
circulars distributed ever the district
I set that J1 citiscns of Lometa; Tex-
as, sent Blanton s telegram asking him
to meet Callaway there, and I under-
stand that 00 clttasaa of Bants and
move than 900 dtiaens of Carbon and
Gorman on last Saturday sent him dm-
Uar vequaste, offering to pay all ex-
penses If ho would meet Callaway, sad
answer the charges against him. He
has refused all petitions, though be is
still is the district and has ao other
Npoitkinr dates which would Interfere
with his meeting Callaway.
CaBaway's friends may expect sad
look out fdr any kind of cowardly at-
tack to be made by Blanton, In news-
papers or circulars, during the last
days df the campaign. Knowing the
character of the campaign Blanton has
waged in the past and is waging now,
we most bo ready to protect ourselves
nnd the district from his ridonsnare
Tours very truly, -
0. M .McKINZIB,
Comanche. Texas, Democrat Star Rt.
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ago, and
I, Addison i
Clark, he brings and has al
brought to his own task as an educat
or a natural understanldng of and syns- aBd
pathy with the young which are lnval- - -
uaWe assets in such wort.
Me. Holloway has been notably
careful in tSe law practice since be
went back to it a' few years
Is said to he al
with some hesitation. The men who
arc trying to get the (Msec iollege
tabllahed ln- its new and favorable lo-
cation, however, feel very eertaih that
there la no other man who can serve
them so well and by long Insistence
have finally broken down Mr. Hollo-
way’^ reluctance to accept their offer.
W. R. AND HARDY SUDER
nSbrURN FROM MARKET
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HIGGINBOTHAM BUYERS
RETURN PROMT MARRET
Mr. Cnuley and Mire Culley Weet and
Mrs. Mary Arthur have returnM. from
Dallas, where they have been buying
the fall stock/ for the Higginbotham
afaore at . Conjmnche. Mr. ant! Mrs.
LOvelace have also returned from Bt.
Louis, but wd understand they were
not buying—for the
What they bought
a hit
PROF. RAY MeCORKLE NEW
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
Prof.Ray McCorkle,' who has been
Hjipeutalendcnt of Ihe Sidney school
colnes to Comanche next year to take
a place In the Comanche High Bcbopl.
Prof. McCorkle married
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will prove t
t, W. B. and Hardy Slider returned on
Tuesday from their trip to St Loui*
where they have been for the past two
weeks doing the regular fail buying for
the atore of Slider A Lacy. Mr. SUder
reports business prospects as much Im-
proved, and the general outlook among
the hundreds of mercantile business
men In St Louis for the fail bu
season to be* optomistlc.
They had the good fotune to bear an
address while in St, J-o»t* during « two
day convention of botfnore men from
all parts of the U. 8. from Foetus John
Wade, President of the Mercantile
Trust company of Bt Louis .one of the
great banking institutions of the coun-
try. Mr. Wade waa Advisor to the
Commercial Division of Finance and
Purchases under the late Railway Ad-
ministration, and Is one of the great
figure* in banking paA business circles.
Hs was born in limbrick, Ireland, in
1809, but was brought to America at
the ags of one year. He to a self-made
man, one who knew end has known an
the vicissitudes of poverty, and who
approached his present high position
along such a gradual route that all the
ways of buslnsre are familiar to him,
foam the humbler approaches to the
highest Mr. Wade urged upon his
hearers faith in our buslnres future,
and the conservatism and industry
that are always necessary to success.
nd from 77
an
.would return to
day an article
was in Wash*
Washington,
some of you
place will
to afraid.
Mr. and Mm Conch have returned to
Osona, after spending some time in Co-
manche with Mrs. Couch's mother, Mm
Holmaley, and visiting Mr. and M
Claude Meadows in Waco.
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which will
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man who has
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form and style,
carries no means of
| flea tion. We have'
trict over
who they are or where
n»e circular to
stated that he had spent
Mrs. Bertie Wynn
have retnrned to Ban
tending the Cuiiui
spendiu
with Mm G, A.
Stives.
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Callaway, Stella C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1922, newspaper, August 25, 1922; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888976/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.