The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1925 Page: 4 of 8
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‘•‘VflfS ernment.
* 'Comanche probably «**** had morr
fatHkfcy narjAhowcd mar® signs of
progrvs* than at present.
Comanehr probably never had more
publicity iior showed more signs of
pl'ogtv«« than at present.
I Some watermelon money coming tn-
3 to Cop\9iM*ho aimin nest summer will
lie mighty good. .*
BY L B. RUSSELL
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♦ AS WE H|T AMI THINK ♦
♦ (“Sometime* 'jest Set'’) ♦
Tr“- By J. B Kanes
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■ft awii nfial than* are
aUewel by the Federal gov-
ernment, the public may be interested
In knowing of the names of men who
commanded ranger companies in the
long ago. ' ’T4**--' ■ •
Some time about 1892 Col. John S.
Ford (“OWT Ripff published an Invi-
tation to the old time rangers to meet
and organise for the perpetuation of
reminiscences. He mentioned in Omt
'■■11 the following names of ranger
captains, beginning with Col. John C.
Hayes, and continuing with Gov. Bell,
Capt. Sutton, giviug Hayes credit for
itfiwr
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usmts t6 SANTA CLAUS
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Doe. 15, ms.
Itor Old Santa mans:
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i. ItJ* 4.
sisters Hght
and four years eld. Ibgsts Sunday
school every Sunday. » *-nd) do
hoi go te school because l am aof old
enough. . - ( ,r
Santa, we want you to bring us a
dolL K f
Bring out Mg doll, and on# Uttle
baby-doll. Also we want a pair of
gtoves and a string of pearls apiece,
aud any other littl® presents which
Mia fPtwa until there am
In seven
institutions In aa many states. Jr.
C. P. Patterson, chairman d the C
of fruit, candy and nut*-
TV— ***♦»«. friends.
Dorm and Mildred Davenport.
- . Hasue, Texas
pan men! of
vanity, is the a
the organisation.
at the Gui-
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5P6
SS
Claud Boas and Eulalia Hilky were
married Sunday aftenmoa at the
hand’s hod*. Claud b (be youngest
a«n of Mrs. John Rose ami dho of
m
To the
fine STATE OF TEXAS
• Sheriff or any Constable i
or any
county. Greeting:
■J* l~ Hoover, Administrator of
Estate of D. Soever', deceased ha
|Gm* hfc
filed in eur County
Sidney’s finest young moaT' Eulalia Account of the eendithg of 4e
f. the oldest daughter of 1G. aid said D. Soever, decent nu
So. A. AHilley, aud to A very Sad MB® bn the Piwhaid Socket of
T. W. V. STUDENTS AT
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
The gvoom and bride i teaneha county, together with
Port Worth, Dee. it—liildren
Wynne, daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
you cun spare, and also bring us lofs J- M. Wynne, In at her home in Com
anche from Texas Woman’s College,
Fort Worth, for the holidays.
i: manche Opunty.
| [plication to be
ate weU known in our community and
we wish them a long and happy life administration,
togethe r ' ..... • w | You ff( hereby commanded.
discharged Item said
G. A-Lamborth of Rising Star was
through Sidney Monday morning.
' 'Tack Hendrix and family, Arvflle
j Cox and family and Uncle Joe Wal-
. her and wife went to Brown wood on
by publication of this Writ for twen-
ty days in a newspaper primed la
the County of Comanche you give
due notice to all persons interested
in the Aecount f«v F<*.a| Settlement
Miss Wynne')* father has recently Monday to do their Christmas nhop- «f "8M Estate, to appear aud contest
*n "*nt to Comaiiche as pastor of pU^. ' , I the same if they see proper so to do,
the First Methodist Church. Thls^ts^ Newf gte<>l(, aiul family Q/ 0,Donel|Jon or before the January term, 1*28,
lieen
De*r Santa Claus: Will you bring J*1.8* WynI,p,K ftrst y‘‘*r ln T’ ^ C are here spending the holidays with!of «*«nty Court, commencing and
■ ____i„ „ , but In that time she has been -- - - -- - -- -----. •- ...— -
me some nuts, oranges, apples candy,
being tower of strength to the * >itU« wagon, pair of skates, story’ P°pU,0r her college activities. She FAd
vt>ry Mrs. Steele’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. to ** Golden at the court house of
western frontier, also the companies i000^' Remember iky little school
of Gov. Bell and (.’apt Suttop,
The invitation to organize was net
restricted to rangers, but included a
- _ Humber of other commands that had
| Last ^week we asacrled that right-
| ecusiiess was the flrat fundamental
|*. that should be taught^ and that you
i could not la- righteob4 without being
true, and could hot lie true without
being rifhteota. Ilenie, truth is the
fiuidameiital ef all fuodametitals * If
you can give the stddent a vision of
[■toU», get him to glimpse her majesty
| and power, you’ have travelled a long
m
toward educating; liim.
has bmm said that: truth ij< migh-
(^ruahed
ty and nill prevail;.’iTrulh
J Si Earth will r r again.” Truth is
ymighty nnd drxs prevgit, would be a
lcOrrcrt stiitenv.it; and trtrth is never
| crushed. TruUi is adamant. *Tla
the rock on which error breaks and
<ialls away. . i _ “ *
If truth hfl so essegtial how then
is the best way to toach truth to give
to the audent a vision of the power of
truth? One effective way would be
to' show them t lie Jtosults of error.
that ha<|
never tnken and steps toward organi-
ration. He continued:
“The regiments of Col. Hayed amh
Col. Woods in service at the sldge of
Monterey, the regnu>nt of (V>1 Hayes
of 1847-8, (of which) five companies
under Hayes and Majoy Alfred M.
Terrell were on duty on $«n. Sfbtt’a
line. They operated from Ver* <’rui i
triends, also my teacher.
Mina Wlntrr,
Merkel, Texas.
said courtty, in the city of Comanche
>f Dc*r Santa Claus: I will tell you
whnt I wish you .would bring m-.
NuU, oranges, candy, apples, big bail,
little hammer. Be sure to rememlwr
my little friends, and don’t forget my
Grandpa Preston, lie tives in your
nice town. I’m his little grandson.
Fifrt Worth, Texas, De<-.17—Miss
Johnnie Armstrong, Comanche, fresh-
■_•
is a member of the Sophmore class, 5am Steward of Mississippi is visit- °n the first Monday in January A.
having attended ^Baylor University ,nff W(| broth<>r, Uks Ste,vart> of thia D. 1926, when said Account and Ap-
last year, uiyi of the Korosophian * plicution will be acted upon by skid
Literary Society, Ottle Cox made a business trip to cour*-
Brownwoixi Tuesday. | (J'ven under my hand and seal ol
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ward of Post "aid court* at offic* ,n city
of Ormanche, Texas, this 3 day of
Dec. A. D. 1926.
J. W. LITTLEJOHN, Clerk, Coub-
Mrs. Jim Cox and son, Tom, Mr. Ty ' omamhe County.
n. s ...mpfUit, m' t W,JT ",:d T ? ?■ m K“rt”' D*putr
man In T,xn. Worn.,.-, no!,.,.. w,U " vT'L^'Tt h1‘
-pan,I ,h. ImlMays w.«h her p.n,„u, * ’ T'
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Armstrong of
Commit i*-l*e---------
n «--r.,
“ C1,y •>' ■- baptist church news noVrs
called by the presence of an enemy
tar that line. Of this command
John S. Ford was adjutant. The other
five companies of thto regiment were
stationed on the Texas frontier under
rontrm df Ltouf. pel. P. Hanabrmigh
Bell, And Jfajor |. 8. Gillett. ft
1849-50-61 companies of rangers were
calle<l into the service of the United
States. These were commanded by
Capls. Jphnjr. Grumbles, William A.
A. Wallace, H. E. McCulloch, Jerome
McCowan and John S. Ford.’
erif*^certificate. She is a member of
This ihonth closes a two years’
h*PPy pastorate for the writer with
the Comanche Baptist Chuit*b.»v Our
leaving Comanche fp in response to an
argeac. and uMS»hdCe<l rail that ha-
come to -us from tire First Baptist
Chur«-h of North Fort Worth. Our
leaving Comanche is not occasional
by reason of any dislike wo have for
the people of Comanche nr by reason
of any unsatisfactory condition ex-
latiitg in the church we are leaving.
the Sasan M. Key Literary Society,
the Youhf Woman’s Chrtstton Asso-
eiation, and fW Teacup Club.
Fort Wortli, Texas, Dec. 17- Miss
Willie Maude Greegwaldt, De Leon,
dtan Crpek Tuoaday.
ELM GROVE
Dec. 21—Rev. Frank Reader preach-
ed at this place Sunday.
8. D. Hurt and family were shop-
ondtoW?
Sophomore in Texas Woman’s Collage ping in Brownwood M
Utfl spend Ber holMnys with h£r par-1 MArvto'Woolsey tad family of pear
enfs. bfi . and Mrs. J. L. dreenwaldt,' Hasoe spent Sunday and Sunday
til
I hereby eeriify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy
of the Original RPrft now in my hands.
, v J- T. GILBREATH, ;
ComaAchSnt on
Honor Roll at
' Tar le ton
conies frodi ..
Tarleton College
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The following report
the offices of John Tail
Sti-phenvitTC:
| With the reports In for the second
six weeks, it was found that then*
of De Leon night with E. W. Woolsey and fam-1
Miss Greemvaldt has done uisuusal ily. , j
w’ork her two yi-ars fn College. She | J. T. TcitcII and family spent Sun-
is m member of llie P. W. C. A., the day with 'Ses**) Warren and family 1
Susan M. Key Literary Soclefy, and of neur Bibb. 7 jteun «.xmr that for Inst month, and to
the Teacup Club. I Lester Chandler and family spent (he largest number who have ever
the week-end with Robert Reed and been on the Jlst. To make the Hon<*r
were sixty-seven names on the Hon-
or Roll. Tbis is an Increase of seven-
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family.
Bp Hun yoth is navr t-ushe.t. LownBvtmM!!, **' I ptert. 5*enr.lt Jute btaii Frank Steele aud family of Brown-
Kod people who sinn I ri r iruth ,ll( ^nm..) of i!.. f....‘. . >... .‘I l.-T: ..tn. 1 my Prlv*,‘1fo 1«» servo as actiofc sl>,‘1>t the ''week-end with his'
lub-n error
■moiF.’’ btil ........... ..
ferrof hf,,r. 7rT~, ■ „n m,.tv - -but' {hi- ^ ^ttwhrr-uff moons 4n^aach-,',t h’K B”n- 1{ufu' Dinkard, last W-d-'
»W. 11.,:^, forever. . ^ month, Mr service with the NewbUrg nestlny. —— ---, .... ^ . ,
tn.’ii wew -k 1 u J tvhich |„s*pi,- has been to me .n iftUPV of Thera will he a.(.!hristmn« tr. e ** Satur«iay.
pat'. ist'' for 'r.p’i
I Roll a student must carry a full^
Mr. «ml Mrs. Johnnie Hurt visited course and make not less than 8ft’
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Bingham. on any subject. This is very h^rd to
There was an enjoyable singing at do „TO| those who dp it deserve a
the home of E. W. Woolsey Sunday great deal of praise. Of these sixty-
afternoon. seven, five an* registoced from Co-
h..often “on the i'T'4! of thl> Co*". ! p«'st..r of tj,e Newhne, chuveh oni P«r'’»K Mr. and Mrs. A. N. ST^b-. | c,amw“ Woo,wy f,Pent Su"d«y .nrnnehe. Two df WioJ*
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I4jp-the* tf at i ruin’ prevail
■pt i!ihtr—know"
nwfir tmih. nmy havo
v,i , . . ,C'**pl’; "bounding Jhy'and satisfr.c^6n.? 'th<> M?thndl«t t-hnreh Tl'.iM^y ntglif.
commnrd. *- .nobler people i» never to l>a touml ! fr'•
I anywhere than-.ilN1 ^iewborg -pcunle, —
U «!•>*•« not npinmi- that Col. Fo.d- j shafl thang C<hI uro.t (j^y rein- ’
Messrs Wesh-y Hurt and David 1 Aldridge^ and Elriatietli Sturry. The
Wootoey made a business trip to
Misses Minnie, nnd Rosie f’errelt
.Morrison \fUled his regular w, rp dlun?r KU',s,li of G<,Ma
_ ' hud Tn>va Payne Sunday.
Ink'll hi-nken ill b>,ly—but never in I ku,'T 0,,,'ul tl,if’ ',nn,”,li‘‘u‘ -j embfance of them,
pplrit, and truth was never crushed !*.ru,Tr. H» hr do« n,,t, 1 shall count It a privilege
Fh. t ha« throughout lhe ages ste-sl ! nu‘n»*°" «,Unningbai^ liolms-
(ottt. is r fcjucoii light beckoning men ">V Rn<l " ho ' ‘h”
wnvvaid and upward.
frontier protection service after see-
. It has only be, n to few man tf*',,on’ “",l u,es<' forr*" w' n
[jn each age to get a clear vision of incorporate,! ,n the general army of
feral h. Most men only • glimpae Confederacy,
fthrougli thf f"8s of er,ur and tlie
mill of super, tllion. History U*nche«
thi> i-leurly. When yon know history
you know the results of error; and
you know the progress of truth, and
aontothi’hg of the power of inilh. You-
MUSlC AND EXPRESSION
RECITAL AT SIPE’ SPRINGS ’
Muslr pupils of Mr*. W. D. farroll
*«ow ,k., „AI,to, rt.n* diA I, not'?;;.""""t? T'” "r Mr”'
fc«s«l m an,I nskfcut I ®T ^
nothing
1 tv\i<* "has ever failed.
Then we would teach history not
Kfnm the basis .of nntue-s and dates
[but "from the imsis of cause nnd ef
Meet. \Vr regard hiatoi v as the most
fM,.l «». ............... r"-?''' have «»
Un,,o.M ..........i .......... <b) bcW,,dl «>1 Counting, Cellars .u_4 .,
Mon is; re. ,111 <r, (lyamlma Pays the
Bills, Ev.i'lene -rrlisl (a) Waltz, (b)
l-'ii*f_ Violet, Noma Stephens; Slum,
ijer. Sepg, i'flu- <. Ju^kiT'eading, Annie
have been anRoeiated with the pro--1 I
grejodvr husiiwsM men of Comanehe ;
and to have been pivrinitted to have |
a small part with them in their un j
•lertakings for the general good of
the community. In that group of [
forward looking butdness nn-n is
found tlie hope of the future welfar.
rtf Comanche.
I Khali ever cherish the friendship
it Iimk been my privilege to enjoy j
at tho hands of that small group of |
ministers who have served as the pas- I
tors ,»f the otliejr' churches of the
town during my stay in Comanche, j
For every one of them I have the f
feeling of n brother.
In leaving the local Church 1 am
ir=
to i T
Comanche students on the Honor
Roll are: J. L. Aldridge, Missea John
Holman Cunningham, Dovia Myrtle
Dunn, Dorothea MeCUnahun, Elixa-
iK'th Scurry.
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enjoyable, and nlso a very creditable
»«*cllul at Sipe Springs lust WeducH-
<lay. The program was a* follows:
Duet: March of the Dolls, Rutli
Morris; reading, The Managerie Diet, , . , .
Billie Louide M' Kemie; (a) Ifaysttuk, I h“PP> U> kn°'v’ *"d wo',ld b<> P1^-”- :
rtuughi by men and women who know
[llisloiy, who know the Iwiekground of
^Pte events chronicled there! and hy
Jpeu u'.i j women vim believe in tcut,
Bkrd “tmy wnr.y. nf truth
our friends to know, j
that the debt on our new eliurHi build- |
iug was Ineui red with the full know-
Mgc and understanding of tlu* on- -
tire membership and that the rhuich
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Bte-I, t<
lb ho ,!■ i
py>'. l:'u
I nnd -WiytcVPate;; (a)^‘M n,^af'"'a, to lbls i"b,'b(-
1 . ... / .. ... ! ness nersonnl notes sitrne.l In- tb.. in.
i,
! VI- w ho (lues ItOt IslieVe i
* ..:ice < f ! .illh fimi the n i
. i\‘ vval lo i.o me
"i .....It Impossible. the
n 1C .in 'le- source o. .
of all tbngs,! KlA? f”,! Hf,thrr Dunlap; (a):
^ r■ t VA ...... 1... <t v 111 .. ri* A , l\_____ .
,hi -Minor Mood.- (b> Whlppirwill i 7^ ^!nal notes signed by the i,u
j Wt'.ltx, Pauline I'unlnp; The limp. El- W*"! ^'"dsms of the churc^ -M.f-
li- t 'link; iva,ling,-Callin’ the Young ' ;ci,'nr to ‘'°'vr th« A
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MUM,-. M;
Rohlii»on; Or.bla,
- i.-ulhuoi ,-o impark
, thlrg iliat should'.heMm-
Htopt-M'd upon the child w that nulu is
nw»IVonsil)le eredDue; tl'.at Ip* owe.- ,
fejtrriutv Jo ids Cod. h|s fellow mnn’and! K“,V" . u“d*ri,M*« I'r,,« Kyv;
M-ni-kn, (l>) I’ltiy of the Dragon
tl'Pes, Ruby I’oitmls; reacting, The
J Water 'Hottse, Hi vabeth Su(. Wllkep*
j ■ On tlx- St.-’ *e, Irene Rye and
po himself.
(K,l 11,111 Ilk Mi. rss. 11. Hf« tmisicpl reading, Picking Daisy Pet- . , . ,
1«. .......... mu. 1?.,; %.\± zl.
I h luvn set going that th*> pastor j
•>t the churcti hopelessly dn debt and i
is now '‘quitting.” ’Bids rumor j» ‘
10() per cent false and does both the;
church and the retiring pastor a ser- .
ions Injusthr.
WP would commend the good peo- j
pie whom it has been our privilege to
to the
Raw-men: and that tb achieve the full! Nocturne, Esther Dunlap; 1-n-
toieasurc t,f success he must true 10
all three. Xhd when ;he knows his-
tory he will know th(,s. He will know
that all human progress has been in-
itiated, piloted and propel Id by rtien
wrlio realized their responsibility, and
were true to it in all of it* phases.
We .would have our boys and girls
lenow that therc i* but one ’’sure fourt-
tion,” truth; lh«t all Hue is pass-
I wing. When they-Intow the history of
their race they will know this
I
METHODIST CHURCH
('a.M-itde, Ki:ron Jacks; reading, En*r
Inn's Wedding, Rondn 'Miwtt; Eight
Hands, Esther Dunlap, Miss West-
hreok. Ruby Pound* end Mrs. <’ar,
roll; (tt) Vrlse, (h) By five Waters
• of Minnetonka, (c) Cngmian, Miss
Maiy Hop,-, Westbrook; nodlng, The
I nius-ent Husband, irbne Rvc; 11
'IVovatore, Mrs. Cnrr',, *nd Mlsa
Westbnsik; reading, Mr*. Walker;
liildian Song and Dance. Ensemble.
Three of th* pupils of Mrs. Carroll
in (kvmanchc, Luelta Carter, Oty
Masters and Luker.
loving Heavenly Father. • :
The Flr*t Raptist Chun-h will i-ver
continue to Invite you. ' v, ■
J. C. BOYD, Pastor.
Owing to the fact that next Sunday
night will be the teat service of Bra
J. (X Boyd M -jpaatoi of the Baptist
L-hurch In Comanche, there will bg no
vlees at this church Sunday night,
the congregation being dlsmiaaed to
glM tbeirr the opfuotunitg to attend
ihc services at th« Baptist church
-r Sunday morning and other soh-
vicei for the day aa usual.
ft- J. M. WYNNE. Pastor.
md:
LIKE BEGETS LIKE—llg winning#
prov* that any body ran ndm priae
winner*. Buy chicks or eggs from a
pure bred strain which boa kept It
blood lines dean, fa other words ped-
igreed chickens. Beginners can not
afford to dickor in mixing blood linen.
, ....— i—r-M-- ----— - lt’4 hard enough for th® big breed-
Therr wllr be preaching hj' the gas- er*. My policy la-on# flraln and one
feed. Cockerels—eggs.
.. R. L, RILEY. Fancier S t. R.
I. Reds./Pur® Owen Strain. V
Comanche Student
Wins Recognition
At University
Austin, Texas, Dee. IS—Aa recog-
ait ion of excellent work done In tho
study of political science at the Uni-
vendty of Texas, nine students have
been eleried ’ to meteboeshlp la Ft
Sigma Alpha, honorary political sci-
ence fraternity among unlvendtle*.
They are Misses Mildred Etlls, Luf-
kin; Virginia Lowe. De Leon) Amelia
Williams, Cameron; ‘YV. ft. Evans,
LubbockT-A1va C- Bonds Austin; J.
Anton Rauhut. Comanche; 8terUng
Takeuchi. (Austin; Bascom Nelson,
Wichita Falls; and DeWitt Roddick,
Fort Worth.
Since the establishment of th« ini- f
tial chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha at the
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A Merry
Christmas
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TO ALL OUR FRIENDS
AND CUSTOMERS
—To all who have contributed to making our entry to
Comanche one of the outstanding successes and pleasures
- of our business cAreer.
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-j—Tq all our merchant friends who are co-operating to
make this a livelier and greater Comanche-- ^
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We Wish Most Sincerely
A Very Merry Christmas
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