The Comanche Chief and Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1918 Page: 1 of 10
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INFORMATION REGARDING
1 COMANCHE CAVALRY
TROOP BEING RAISED
of Cavalry that is be
this we^k by mt, is to
from men between the
l|MrDf M and 45 inclusive. Anyj
f hue in the draft age and from any ;
Class is eligible to enlist. Those
In the draft will he aceonntahle to |
U„ |lie local board until they are fed- j
fcralixed which will likely lie im-
| piediately after mobilization.
The troops will be mobilized at
(Austin, Texas, Camp Mabry, soon
After they are secured. This may
(Heap two weeks or it may mean u
pi onto or So. The preliminary ex-
amination of the enlisted men will
Re made at home by officers and
Idoetors assigned to that duty.
This new Texas Cavalry will not
Re limited to border dnty as is ru.
ored, but will be aepart of the
ederal Guard and subject to be
ered to any place at any time
the proper training has been
van. My personal opinion is that
ie first duty we will perform will
border duty.
; The remuneration received in
Jthe Cavalry is the same as that in
fthe infantry and the chances for
promotion is just as great.
The Government expects every
an, woman" ihd child to do their
uty. If you feel that it is your
ity to enlist this is your oppor-
nity. It is also your privilege
And advantage to go with home
Roys. I want to have 64 (tl
Minimum) enlisted by Saturday
Aight st 12 o'clock. I am depend
log on you—fall in.
f Respectfully,
O. W. Greene,
Troop Commander.
Comanche County “Over the Top
TODAY
At the—
CITY GROCERY
,J. E. Chilton
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Liberty Loan
$172,350
BBPOBT or OBAND JUBT
Maximum Quota
Raised at close of
Liberty Day
Over Subscription
$187,850
$15,500
We’re Crowing With
These Famous Old
Roosters
They’ve Been Silent Since the Death of the Populist Party
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ODDFELLOWS CELEBRATE
99TH ANNIVERSARY
Last Friday night the local I.
ID- O. F. and Rebepca Lodges cel
Rhrated the ninty-ninth anniver-
sary of the L O.O. F. Lodge with
An impressive and interesting oer
Amonjr st the local I. O. 0. F. hall.
After the opening ode led by
Mr. D. Carroll, Mrs. Carroll play-
ing the piano, prayer was offered
Rv by Rev. WUkins of Valli
Stills. After appropriate apngs
ass were made by W. H.
talker. Grand Secretary of the
ite, and Mrs. Dora Alexander,
Secretary Rebeccas of the
ate, and Rev. Wilkins. A drill
|pas then given, by the ladies of the
sbeeea Lodge. Hie program was
with music and songs
id s most pleasant and profitable
1 was enjoyed by all who were
FOLLOWING THE PRECEDENT
Fallowing the precedent of the
late Sid Thomas perhaps the most
popular editor the Chief ever had,
and whose custom if was to crow
with these well-kuown old roos-
ters when there was a democratic
victory, wc ere permitting them
to crow in honor of the event of
Comanche county’s "going over
the top” in their Liberty Loan
Quota, of the Third Liberty Loan.
It must be a powerful out of the
ordinary circumstance when w«
set them out to crow, but we feel
that in putting them forth to
their duty on this occasion that if
Sid Thomas could be present it
would be in accordance with his
desires.
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Comanche County Over the Top.
In spite of the fact that we have
suffered from the drouth terribly
and that a portion of the county
last year made nothing Comanche
county went over the top with the
loan.
Our maximum quota had been
placed at $172,350 and from the
very first there was no consider-
ation of the minimum. Only the
maximum quota was in the mind
of all.
When the meetings that» were
held in the various towns in the
county were heard from on Friday
afternoon the total subscriptions
showed $187,850 an oversubscrip-
tion of $15,500; and since the clos-
ing of Liberty Day more than
$5,000 have been subscribed plac-
ing the total subscriptions at more
than $190,000.
Small Towns Do Thair Bit.
That the quota for the county
was oversubscribed is largely due
to the fact that in all the smaller
towns of the county the quota was
more than absorbed. Some neigh
borhoods where there was not ev-
en a bank subscribed more than
what they were expected to and
among these are Newburg and Sid-
ney. During the first and second
Liberty Loans only a small sub-
scription was secured in the small
towns, but their splendid aid in
the third loan shows clearly that
all that is necessary is to wake the
citizens of the county to the reali-
zation of their duty and it will be
done.
Committees Do Exoellent Work
For this the Third Loan the
county organization was practi-
cally perfect. A strong county or-
ganization was perfected with the
leading citizens of the county on
the executive committee and then
in turn a scries of organizations
were perfected in all the smaller
communities whose chairmen were
members of the County Executive
Committee. Those committees
worked like Trojans and the re-
sults they brought in were both
pleasing and creditable. In no oc-
casion has such team work ever
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3TTEE PLANNING FOE
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
[ The Red Cross committee is plan
for the big Red Cross Drive
been seen on the part of commit
tees in the County and this team
work is shown in the results.
Liberty Day Observed Everywhere
Fridsy was universally observ
ed in all the towns of the county
and neat sums raised at all the
meetings. Among those whose
stores were closed were Comanche
De Leon and Sipe Springs, where
rousing meetings were held.
At Sipe Springs speeches were
made by Rev. J. E. Milton and
Garrett E. Pamler, .while at Co-
manche addresses were made by
Mrs. Dora Alexander and W. H
Walker and Judge J. H. Arnold,
who made one of the most master-
ful and best speeches the editor
has ever listened to.
County Flag to bo Raised Fridsy.
In honor of Comanche's going
over the top her Honor Flag will
be raised on Friday at 4 p. m. at
the court house. Sgt. McCann of
the American Aviation Corps who
saw service in France under the
name of Paul D. Oaks will be the
speaker of the occasion at the flag
raising.
It is intended to make this flag
raising truly a county flag raising
as the flag is a County Honor
Flag and delegations from mil
parts of the county will be pfei
ent at this time.
All Comanche’s business houses
will close for this occasion at 4.
p. ra. en this day.
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Comanche, Texas, April 30, 1918.
To the Hop. J. H. Arnold. Judge
52nd Judicial District of Texas:
We, the Grand Jury for the
April Term,* 1918, of the District
Court of Comanche County, Texas,
herewith submit to your our final
report:
We. have been in session eight
days during which time we exam-
ined ninety witnesses.
We have returned ten felony in-
dictments and sixteen misdem$an
ors, making a total of twenty-Mx.
We have received and examin-
ed the report of the finance com-
mittee, and are pleased to pot* ‘
that the eounty officers have bean
keeping the eounty’s affairs in a
very creditable manner.
Four Justieee of the Peace mads
reports to us, to-wit: Preeincta
No. 1, 2, 3 and 6, the others mak-
ing no report < '
We visited the county jail Had
found it in good order and only *
two ifimatoa.
This terra of the •grand jury
seems to have been the shortest h
many years, which we think speaks
well for this county.
We wish to thank the Court, the
District and County Attorneys, ths
Door and Walking Bailiffs and MI
concerned for courtesies, and as-
sistance during our deliberations.
There appears no farther busi-
es* to come before ns, we respeet-
ully ask to be finally discharged.
Jno. P. Hoff, Foreman.
D. 8. Jennings, Clerk.
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THRIFT STAMP DRIVE TO BE
LAUNCHED MAY TWELFTH
A Thrift Stamp Drive will be
launched in Comanche eounty
with the intention of raising $50,-
000 in the week beginning May
12th
Mr. M. J. Norrell, postmaster at
Santa Anna, who is working un-
der the direction of Louis Lipsits,
will spend that week in Comanche
county and will have‘personal jjh
pervision of the campaign.
Mr. Norrell was here last Mf|A
day and started preliminary or-
ganizations for the campaign $*i
will return for tBe opening day of
the drive.
The campaign will dose, with a
street sale in Comanche on Sat-
urday. May 18th, which Mr. Not-
re 11 with conduct. •*'
[ iur mjc mg iwu xjrive
already plans are being made _
the amount faked of the
which it a little over
CO. LIBERTY LOAN FLAG | Comanche County jollifioation
TO BE RAISED FRIDAY meeting.
L It is expected from reports that
This is the County Flag—Tba Rais-
ing WQl ba a County Raising.
people of the county are
wider awake to the needs
works of the Red Cross today
they were some time
the campaign was on
■ ‘ * to raise this amount
On Friday, May 3rd, at 4 p. m.
the Comanche County Liberty
IC a„0 Loan Flag will be raised with sp-
end it prop***4* ceremonies at the court
mm,home.
of the oeeasion will
by Raul D. Oakes (Sgt.
who saw service
speakers
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one of the largest crowds that has
been in Comanhoc in a long time
will be here for this occasion, as
from many of the smaller towns
auto parties are being formed and
will drive in.
It should be borne in mind by all
that this is COMANCHE. COUN-
TY’S FLAG and that evary citi-
of Comanche Countv has su
interest in ths flag and should be
the flag bearing the
•21 Bant to Canty Travis
On last Si
sent 21 men to
at Camp Travis on the 8
via Waco. Those sent from Com-
anche were:
R. E. Harry
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Sunday the local board
o to the training comps
ravis on the 8:42 train
J. H. L. Cox
E. L. Mullins
Mark OoshiW'
H. R. Horner
Cries Caldwell
l;pW
■/L. E. Morgan
H. Hayes
Jno. W. Walker
I. L. Mullins was sent for the
Comanche board from New Mexi*
no. ■ y tedLafc
wore
On Wednesday, May 2, two men
■Ri sent to Fort Sam Houston
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I via Frisco by Waco. They were
>. M. Hayes and Jack Reeves.
On May 7
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COMANCHE HIGH PULLS 2
POINTS AT A. A M. MEET
Comanche High School team
scored two points in the eighth
annual intcrseholastic track medt
at A. & M. College, when its team
finished third in the mile tf
race, the most exciting event
the entire meet. First place
the relay went to Greenville H
School The Comanche
were Tarris, Pinson and
Woodward and J. Woodward.
Twenty-five high sohools enter-
ed the meet and first plaea went
to Hillsboro.
This indeed sounds good i
Indians who have a habit of
ingout for all the honore that
to be pulled down. The boys
turned Sunday from their trip i
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Carpenter, W. H. The Comanche Chief and Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1918, newspaper, May 3, 1918; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth890563/m1/1/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.