The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 88, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 16, 1938 Page: 4 of 4
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The alert, courteous voice of the
telephone operator is known to
all who use the telephone. To
the little old lady in the shawl,
the man in the big house on the
hill,-the tiny tot of six, the words
are the same: “Number, please"
and “Thank you”. Like all those
who work for the telephone
company, from executives to
office boys, the operator’s aim
is more than just giving fast,
accurate, dependable telephone
service, at a reasonable price to
you. It is to serve you in such a
manner thatyou can say,"They’re
nice people to do business with.”
SUNDAY
.40
.11.00
$4.00
Monday to Saturday
LUNCH— £■'
11:30 to 2 .... . 3
(Farm and Ranch)
There are failures in business, in
professional life and in farming.
Many and varied are the causes. Of-
tentimes failure comes through mis-
fortune, or from conditions and cir-
cumstances beyond the control of the
individual. Sometimes it comes from
lack of capital to meet emergencies,
but more often failure is the result
of poor management, and this occurs
DINNER-
12 to 2 .....
SOME FARMERS PROSPER
—SOME FAIL
McCALL JUDGED GUILTY
IN KIDNAPING BOY
Miami, Fla., June 16.—Franklin
Pierce McCall, 21, truck driver, was
formerly adjudged guilty Wednesday
of kidnaping little James Bailey Cash
Jr., a crime punishable by death.
Circuit Judge H. F. Atkinson de-
ferred imposing sentence until Thurs-
day at the request of defense counsel.
Court attaches said it was under-
stood Judge Atkinson held the view,
that a death sentence was mandatory.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Payable tn Advance)
THE
KEYSTONE
these men, and go and do
gave
INDICT COUPLE LN BOY’S DEATH
and
the
said
WEEK END SPECIALS
Ladies’
RAYON PANTIES
Want Ads Get the Job Done—Hurry!
LADIES’ SUPS
Wanted
of Rayon Panne Satin
Full cut V front and V back.
Two men with cars for
rural sales work. Must be
TURKISH TOWELS
Mr. Blake
50c
At the Moore Hotel
• '
THEY GET WHAT
THEY GO AFTER!
Big thirsty ones. Double
Terry. White with colorefl
. borders, 24x46, only ea.
Mrs. Tom Richey, Miss Ann Rich-
ey, Mrs. Harry Key, Miss Bonilee
Key, and Newton Key spent Wednes-
day in San Antonio.
ten-
ths
Steel fishing -rods 69c, IH-tb
silk line 49c, level wjnding reels
—Culver Hardware Co.
DINNER—
6 to 8 .......
went to the home of
and then went to J.
station and saw Mr.
inside the store. I
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown have re-
turned to their home in Wyoming af-
ter visiting in Lampasas with his
mother, Mrs. George Brown.
Mrs. Casbeer Snell and family are
in Lampasas for the summer.
For County Attorney:
GORDON C. CASS
For County Judge:
* SYLVESTER LEWIS
J. J. MONTGOMERY
WALTER WALKER
For County Clerk:
LAWRENCE WILLIAMS
J. W. (Jim) McCANN, JR.
JNO. B. DAVIS
JEWELL CORNETT CALLAHAN
For State Representative, 93rd Diet.:
ELLIS COCKRELL
For County Treasurer:
MRS. JOHN B. TAYLOR
Ml
Washington, June 16.—The house
overrode today President Roosevelt's
veto uf a extending low interest
rates on certain federal farm loans.
The note was 244 to 87, more than
the two-thirds majority required to
override.
The senate had already recessed for
the day and therefore could not vote
on the veto before tomorrow.
The measure would continue for
two years beginning July 1, a 3Mi per
cent rate on federal land bank loans
and for the period from July 22,
1989, to June 80, 1940, a four per
cent rate on land bank commission-
er’s loans.
The president said that if the bill
became law it would cost the treas-
ury to June 30, 1940, an estimated
3208,700,000.
WIFE AND SWEETHEART
CHARGED IN DROWNING
HUSBAND IN SLOUGH
Bartlesville, Okla., June 15.—Mur-
der chargee alleging a farm woman
directed her sweetheart to drown her
husband so they could be free to move
to a city together were filed against
the pair here Wednesday.
Neighbors of Benjamin Franklin
Matthews, 62, had been told that he
drowned Sunday while attempting to
swim a flooded slough on his farm.
County Attorney R. K. Harris said
he had oral statement from Essie
Matthews, 37, the wife, and Leonard
Overcast, 37, Oklahoma Qityi admit-
ting they plotted the death of the mid-
dle aged farmer.
“We talked it over Friday,” Harris
quoted Mrs. Matthews as saying, “and
I told Leonard to drown him. We
talked it over every day.”
“Sunday, Leonard was standing in
the slough,” Harris quoted Mrs. Mat-
thews as relating. “Frank (the hus-
band) was on the other side. Later I
went out and saw Leonard on this
side and Frank in the slough.
“I said: ‘Push him under like we
said this morning—push him under!”
Leonard went back and caught him
by the throat, pushed him back and
under and held him until he drowned.
I stood and watched.”
Then, Harris said the wife told him,
she turned to find that the children,
Gene, 9, and Rose Lee, 6, had been
witnesses to the drowning. She said
she threatened to whip the boy if he
told.
Suspicion turned to the couple, Har-
ris said, when they came here to sell
Matthews’, goats. Undersheriff J. D.
r Engle said Overcast was wearing
some of Matthews’ clothing. The cou-
ple told different stories, he said.
HOUSE OVERRIDES
ROOSEVELT VETO
Buddy Stokes, son of M. Y. Stokes,
Jr., of Goldthwaite, left for home af-
ter visiting for a few days with
Charles Stokes, Jr.
Eight-piece kitchen set, four can-
isters, waste basket, bread box, dust
pan, garbage can, white, blue or red
trim, all for 32.49.—Culver Hardware
Company. (d89w)
LEWlg REBUFFED .
FOR SECOND TIME
didn't have any par-
mind and went thru
of the house to the
body was found
FARMERS ADVISED TO
HOLD C-5-1 CERTIFICATES
Broken sizes and assorted
patterns. Re-priced for
a quick dose-out.
Only, pr.
invariably you will find
successful farmer does not
test
98c.
(d89w)
Just Received another big
Shipment of
MILL REMNANTS
Broadcloths in plain colors
and gingham checks.
VaY dyed. While it
lasts only, yd.
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free to travel and rpady
to start work at once. See
Washington, June 15.—John L.
Lewie marched up capitol hill again
today on behalf of his “blacklisting”
bill but he quickly marched down—
rebuffed afresh and angrily talking of
repraisals against “cowardly congress-
men.”
As on Monday when his effort to
turn on the “heat” met a frigid blast
from congress, the CIO leader strode
into Speaker Bankhead’s office to de-
mand a vote on the measure. But
house leaders flatly refused even to
allow consideration of the bill.
Speaker Bankhead told repotters
later that he had made up his mind
“fbr fair and sufficient reasons" not
to grant the request to adopt, pro-
cedure which would take the bill from
a pigeon hole. He said that some of
the original sponsors of the measure
thought “it would be unwise at this
time” to attempt p> pass it.
The legislation would compel cor-
porations who have government con-
tracts amounting to at least $2,000 to
accept decisions of the national labor
relations board affecting them and to
observe stipulated wage-hour stand-
ards. If they did not, they could be
put on a “blacklist” and denied fur-
ther federal contracts.
For County Commissioner, Preet. lj
PAUL NICHOLS
HOSEA BAILEY
For Sheriff, Assessor and Tax
Collector:
C. W. (Charlie) TAYLOR, SR.
ALFRED J. SA EGERT
■ RUCKER L. NORTHINGTON
J. B. (Barney) PRESTON
THEODORE R. GHOLSON
it should.
We are sometimes asked why Farm
and Ranch does not have more to say
about the poor farmers—those who
are barely getting by, or who have
made a complete failure. There is
no inspiration for others in a story
of failure, whereas, a story of success
oftentimes encourages others to
change their methods and improve
their economic position.
In every county—in almost every
community there are farmers who
started at the scratch who have suc-
ceeded far beyond their neighbors.
They have not applied for) relief;
their farms are productive and their
buildings in good state, of repair.
Might it not be a good thing for those
who are making a failure of farm-
ing to inquire into the methods em-
ployed and the system of farming fol-
lowed by
likewise ?
Almost
that the
waste any time. Seldom is he found
to be a one-crop farmer. Always you
will find that he produces a large part
of his living on the farm. He is a
balanced farmer. He has another to
fall back on. He has livestock in some
form, and he has more profitable
working days in the year, and always,
his farm is well fenced.
There are more failures found
among the one-crop farmers than
^mong any other class, and the next
in the list is the farmer who grows
some grain or other feedstuffs along
with his cotton, but who produces to
sell. The habit of selling everything
produced on the farm for such cash
as is offered and then buying every-
thing consumed is not a profitable
practice. The only profitable market
for grains and other feedstuffs is
through livestock even though the
price of livestock be low. The only
use to which feedstuffs can be put is
to feed to livestock. If you sell your
corn, oats, grain-sorghums and hay,
it is always to somebody who buys it
tB feed "profitably tr> Irrestoek.------
Lack of profitable employment on
farms every season and every day
of the year is the chief cause of fail-
ure. The all-grain farmer cannot pos-
sibly work more than 80 or 90 days
out of the 365, and the all cotton
farmer does not have profitble em-
ployment of more than 130 to 150
days. Of course there is a lot of put-
tering around, but keep a record of
a couple of months and many will find
that they have worked a much short-
er time than they had previously be-
lieved.
Men’s Dress and Work
PANTS
Alpine, .Tyne 14.—Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Black of San Antonio today
faced indictments accusing them of
an insurance death plot in the 400-
foot plunge from a cliff a't Aqua Frio
Springs of 13 year old Marvin Dale
Noblitt.
A Brewster County grand jury last
night returned. indictments charging
murder. The cases were set for trial
June 20.
The couple remained in jail, bond
not having been set. They were tak-
en into custody Saturday after the
boy. who Lad been left in their cus-
tody two months previously, toppled
from 'the cliff at an’ isolated spot
in the Big- Bend country. The Blacks
had been vacationing in that sect ion’.
District Attorney Alan Fraser said
his investigation revealed a $5,060 in-
surance policy was issued in San An-
tonio bn the hoy’s life with the Blacks
as beneficiaries.
cution penalty for ransom kidnaping
unless a jury recommends life im-
prisonment. There was no jury be-
cause McCall pleaded guilty of abduc-
tion at a preliminary hearing Tues-
day.
Although indicted also, for murder,
he was tried only on the kidnaping
charge after he pleaded innocent of
the 5 year old boy’s death.
McCall, a minister's son, was the
only defense witness. The State bas-
ed its case on testimony of Federal
agents and identification by Mr. and
Mrs. James Bailey Cash Sr., of the
pajamas found on the child’s decom-
posed body twelve -days after he dis-
appeared from his Princeton, Fig.,
home May 28.
MsCall explained he was tempted
by visions of the $10,000 ransom. He
made no effort to repudiate a
page confession introduced by
State.
In a firm but low voice, he
the following account of the crime:
“About 9:30 I
Hal McLaughlin
B. Cash’s filling
and Mrs. Cash
asked, the time and Mrs. Cash said,
‘It’s 9:30—time for you to be home
in bed.’
“I left the store and went through
an alley in back to the filling station
and came through the back door of
the house. It was locked and I cut
the screen with a knife.
“I had two white pocket handker-
chiefs which I took out of my pocket
and went up the hall to the door of
the bedroom. I went in and picked
Skeegie up in my arms and placed
two large, white, clean handkerchiefs
over his face.
“I went out the back dodr. He ap-
peared to be sleeping. I carried him
in both arms and held the handker-
chiefs over his mouth and, I guess,
over his nose, but I didn’t know it.
“I walked home. It was dark and
when I got home I put Skeegie on the
bed and shook him and called his
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“I was afraid and tried artificial
respiration to try and wake him up.
I got cold water from the icebox and
bathed his face but he didn’t wake up.
“I knew he was dead. He didn’t
struggle or move. I saw he was dead
and didn’t know what to do.
“I picked him up and started out
the hack door. I
ticular place in
the woods back
place where the
placed it there.
“Then I went home and got
ransom note—”
“T want to make this plea,” he
in conclusion. “It was the first time
I was ever involved in anything like
this. No ope else ever had money
tempt thein that much.”
Austin, ‘Texas, June 16.—‘.Farmers,
hold on to your C-5-1 (C-5-eye) Cot-
ton Pool-’Certificates,” warned J. E.
McDonald, State commissioner of ag-
riculture, today when it was learn-
ed that speculators were reported at-
tempting to buy them up.
“Funds for immediate payment,”
he said, “were made available in an
appropriation by Congress last week
of $1,800,OOf) for complete payment
of cotton pool certificates in the grow-
ing states. Of this amount, Texas
farmers will receive no less than
$509,000.”
During the past two years, Mr. Mc-
Donald has made several trips to
Washington ani| written numerous
letters" in behalf of legislation pro-
viding f6r the appropriation.
THEY’RE a typical fam-
ily of Leader ad readers.
They know what they
want . . . and they know
just where to look for it!
They’re a happy family, for
they read the Leader ads
that always serve them
well! Get the habit ...
let the ads that appear in
The Leader guide you as
they have this happy fam-
ily. They have saved lots
of time and money for them
and they can do the same
for you.
LAMPASAS LEADER
Lampasas, Texas ,
For Justice of the Peace. Preet. 1:
MURRAY W. HOWARD
THURMAN MULHOLLAN
This paper is authorized to make
the following political announcements,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic primary election in July:
For District Clerk: j
CHARLES E. MARTIN
S. A. WORD L
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The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 88, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 16, 1938, newspaper, June 16, 1938; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1198918/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.