The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, July 9, 1937 Page: 1 of 4
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49TH YEAR
LAMPASAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1937
RACE MEET TO BE
One hour from the garden tc the
Washington,
tions
have
Beadle
GOVERNMENT COMES TO AID
OF DOVE HUNTERS IN TEXAS
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the Methodist Church met Tuesday af-
ternoon at 4 o’clock with Mesdames
C. E. Martin and H. F. Lewis. Mrs.
Nail opened the meeting with prayer
und Mrs. Bolding very graphically led
Frank Kainer,
Weimar, Julv
AMATEUR RADIO NETWORK
URGED FOR OCEAN
RESCUES IN FUTURE
WILL OBSERVE 104TH
BIRTHDAY FRIDAY
NARUNA HOME
DEMONSTRATION CLUB
self development. Mrs. Gilbert con-
ducted a short business session at
which Mrs. Sale reported that 90 new
hymnals had been placed in the church.
Mrs. Lewis continued the study
book presenting the means of self de-
velopment. The general discussions
and questions have made this study
particularly interesting. Mrs. Green-
wood added highlights to the study
by telling of great missionary person-
alities, especially of Adoniram Jud-
MEET1NG of the
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Poultry
Fryers ..
Hens —.
Roosters
Turkeys
Waiter
NUMBER 39
HELD JULY 27-28-29
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he worked thus.
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Mrs.
your
from the
such as army
been heard by any committee and
UOURNS
in Cameron.
bridge here to-
making
most
it
HOLIDAY PERIOD QUIET HERE
L<Kd Market Report
No
a’ determined
cent on their
sand-
olives,
to the
was made fol-
sesaion of the
W. A. Paddock
right
show
Europe now are
he assisted in
arrived in
embarking
In Galves-
ranch
Ijim-
every
U to
iday
relatives to observe
picture taken of him
hangs from the wall
to conform state seasons with those
it had previously announced, provide:
A bag limit of not more than 15
nment was
embers be-
there was
nd possibly
ber, to con-
lion of the
ral revenue
and appro-
greatly in-
on a
rents
of
of
to
to
are
his
its
in Houston for
with his sister,
Below are the prices being paid
today by local buyers for the various
products:-
bushel
bushel
bushel
bushel
bushel
Miss Helen Northington went to
Corsicana Tuesday rtnd returned homo
Thursday, bringing her mother, Mrs,
C. A. Northington, who has been vis-
iting there with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Northington.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Campbell of
Houston spent the Fourth of July
holidays here with his mother, Mrs.
S. J. Campbell-Scott and other rela-
tives.
1150,000 aid to crippled and defec-
tive children. The last two alloca-
tions will be supplemented by federal
funds.
week end visitors In Austin with
relatives.
War
Re-
the
ex-
pound
pound
5c pound
9c pound
5th Texas
lanti-gamb-
ly soon af-
dog racing
lontest.”
led by Gov.
aw public
Ltute which
the certifl-
on horse
naxing one,
lea in Tex-
Mrs. Msry Haynie haa leased the
Gaffney apartments for a year and
took charge of the property July 1,
o’clock with Mesdames
... and H. F. Lewis. Mrs.
opened the meeting with prayer
Bolding very graphically led
4 of the study on Christian
bringing out the duty of
Gram
------- 88c to 42c
_____________ 90c
..... 81.10
....... 55c to 60c
81.00 to 81.10
hart’s disappearance resulted Tues-
day in an official suggestion that
amateur radio stations be linked into
a giant network for use in future
emergencies. ,
J. B. Beadle, hend of the amateur
of the Federal Communica-
' \ said a Nation-wide
chain making possible communication
with every spot on the globe prob-
ably could be set up by a national
amateur organization.
The country's 47,500 amateurs now
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Ellis and Mar-
jorie Sewell are home from a week
end visit in San Antonio with Mr.
and Mrs. L. L. Stephenson. Mrs.
Stephenson is the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Ellis and has just recently
returned from a tour of Europe.
by promising
to defray the ex-
A petition was
Wednesday night
all the directora
said the torso
two national
suggested that
for an agreement
filibuster. Wheel-
reporters, conced-
TENTH TORSO KILLING
VICTIM IS DISCOVERED
FIRE DEPARTMENT
CALLED OUT TUESDAY
T. R. Hunter Jr., one of the Lam-
pasas Scouts attending the National
Boy Scout Jamboree In Washington,
wns made an Eagle Scout July 2 in
Washington. He received his badge
from Uncle Dan Beard in person, Na-
tional Scout Commissioner of the
United States. T. R. has spent sev-
eral years In scouting and has work-
ed hard as this recognition denotes
and his many friends here extend con-
gratulations upon his achievements.
who re-
had the
'did the
Webster Espy, colored, died here
Sunday afternoon and funeral ser-
vices were conducted Monday after-
noon with burial in Oak Hill ceme-
tery. He was reared in Lampasas
and spent practically all of his life
here. He suffered a stroke of paraly-
sis which caused his death.
Washington, July 6. — President
Roosevelt said Tuesday he hoped to
save about 1400,000,000 on this year's
federal appropriations' by having the
various departments impound 10. per
cent of their newly appropriated
funds.
The president told a press confer-
ence he hoped to balance the budget
at the end of the current fiscal year
and that some activities would have
to be curtailed to bring about the
saving.
Mr. Roosevelt said he had sent a
letter to the heads of all departments
and independent agencies on June 23
asking them to make
effort to save 10 per
appropriations.
Certain fixed items,
and navy pay and ration allotments
and government employes’ salaries, he
said, could not be cut.
Willa May Lee underwent a tonsil
operation at the local hospital Wed-
nesday morning. She is getting along
nicely at this time.
and looks after “Grandpa.” Having
broken his hip when he was 98,
“Grandpa” Kainer sits in his wheel-
chair on the porch and gazes retros-
pectively across the fields.
As one looks at him sitting there
calmly, he is reminded of W. Ik
Yates’ last lines“The years, like
great black oxen, tread the world, and
God, the herdsman, goads them on
behind.”
Marion Berry has returned to Lam-
pasas after visiting
the past few weeks
Mrs. W. C. Thomas.
Living in a two-room house
farm which their son-in-law
from a Weimar resident, they live
Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Rollins, J. V.
Hammett and Miss Mary Frances
Casbeer visited Monday in Fort Worth
at the Frontier Fiesta.
Washington, July 6.—The senate,
excited and absorbed, began debating
the administration’s compromise court
bill today with hard feelings poorly
hidden beneath a thin veneer of good
nature.
The. give-and-take of parliamentary
discussion emphasized anew the stout
wedge that the court reorganization
proposals and the conflict over them
have driven into the Democratic
membership.
Senator Robinson, the majority
leader, waggled a finger beneath the
nose of Senator Wheeler, Montana, an
opposition leader, and let it be known
that if a filibuster develops, the sen-
ate will be kept in continuous session
until it is broken.
He turned to Wheeler, whose desk
is just behind his own.
“I think I could endure it longer
than Burt—the senator from Mon-
tana," he asserted.
•fl don't feel cocky and I am not
threatening a filibuster,” Wheeler re-
can ana tnen use only clean, tresn
and round fruits and vegetables,” said
Miss Bowman in her tomato salad
pack canning demonstration Thurs-
day afternoon at Mrs. John Vann’s.
She also stressed having all contain-
ers thoroughly sterilized and use a
rack beneath jars and acns so water
can circulate and heat containers
evenly. The club voted to have a
booth, at the Bertram Fair.
Delicious refreshments of
wiches, potato chips, stuffed
cake and punch were served
Radio Relay League.
said an amateur chain could
, listening facilities quick-
ly, assigning various groups of sta-
tions to cover certain frequencies.
The listening could be arranged in
shifts, he added, so a twenty-four-
hour watch could be maintained.
He. pointed out it would be possible
to check, fragmentary messages re-
ceived by one amateur with those re-
ceived by another, reducing the possi-
bility of an error.
The Fire Department was called
Tuesday afternoon to the home of
Sr. and Mrs. H. F, Lewis to extin-
lish a blaze caused by a trash fire.
iay soon had the flames under con-
jtrol and little damage waa done to
the fence.
They were called Monday night to
East Lampasas but were unable to
locate the fire. The alarm was turn-
tion papers in 1880. One of his most
prized possessions t<»day are these.
When he celebrated his birthday in
1933, the entire “town of Weimar
mixed in with
the occasion. A
on thnt day still
of a local bank.
Last year, when Mr. and Mrs. Kain-
er heard that thev-would receive the
first two checks imder Che old age as-
sistance law, they said they were
grateful for the necessities that |50
a month would buy them.
“We want to meet the governor;
he is a fine man to take such trouble
about old people,” the aged duo said
to the representative from the old age
Assistance commission. And they saw
Governor Allred.
“Grandpa" and his wife live about
a national organization — the following visitors and members:
Miss Euphie Bowman, Burnet; Mrs.
E|i Young, Lampasas; Miss Betty
Young, Lampasas; Miss Etha Mae
Carlile, Adamsville; Mrs. O. B. Zim-
merman, Burnet; Miss Dorothy
Brown; Messrs. Ed Young, Henry
Wilson, Geo. Hammond, Frank Boden-
hamer, John Vann Sr., Jack Pruitt,
John Vann Jr.; Mesdames W. A. Mar-
tin, Tilford Bean, John Vann Jr., J. R.
Bridges, W. S. James, John Stock-
man, Henry Wilson, A. V. Clary, Ealy
Moore, Jim Perry, J. N. Watson, A.
D. Smith, F. M. Bodenhamer, G. B.
Hammond, Ernest Jones, W. C. Brown,
Cecil Carlile, Ray Jones, Jule Jones,
Misses Lula James and Estelle Mar-
tin.
The next meeting will be with
Geo. Hammond, July 15.
Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Faires haveWone ;
Bertram where Dr. Faires has opened
a dental office. They will not be able
to get their apartment until the 15th
of this month and until thnt time they
will make their home on the
neari that place. Their many
pasas friends wish for them
success in their new home.
T. R. HUNTER JR. MADE EAGLE
SCOUT LN WASHINGTON
(Houston Chronicle)
The Texas prison board in Hous-
ton Monday recommended to Gover-
nor James V. Allred that he reduce
sentences of 21 prisoners 90 days
each in acknowledgement of the pris-
oners refusing to escape when they
had the opportunity to do so in re-
cent prison breaks.
This announcement
lowing an executive
board in the office of
of Houston, chairman.
Mr. Paddock said 20 of the pris-
oners who will benefit from the rec-
ommendation are on the Eastham
farm and one is on the Darrington
farm. The break on the Elastham
farm was June 24, when 19 prison-
ers got away and the break on the
Derrington farm was on June 1.
when several negro prisoners escaped.
The 90-day sentence reduction was
recommended for the following men
on Eastham: Hubert Allred, Roy Bar-
hill, John Burns, Charlie Garrison,
Clyde Harrington, Jesse Hill, Harold
W, McAllister, J. M. Martin, Morgan
Peacock, Frank Shepherd, Roy Steph-
enaon, L. P. Woods, Percy Belcher,
Ed B. Christian, C. C. Howe, Clarence
King. Irvin Loggins, J. H. McCoy,
Odctt McHugh, J. O. Pearson, Louis
Reneau, Otis Rylander.
The man on Darrington farm whose
prison sentence reduction was recom-
mended was Earl Bogard, a white
man, who damaged the mechanism of
a truck and prevented the escaping
negroes from using it in
thsir getaway.
Mr. Paddock said the men
fused to escape when they
opportunity ta do so
thing,” and the board wants to
them its appreciation.
The prison managers for the
part reported excellent crops on all
the farms. D. R. Vaughn, for five
years manager rff Ramsey farm in
Brazoria County, was quoted" as say-
ing his farm now has the best crops
he ever had seen on it.
Mr. Paddock described other busi-
ness considered by the'board as be-
ing merely routine.
SENATE TOLD FILIBUSTER
IS VAIN HOPE
wood
( by telling of great i
r alities, especially of Adoniram
[son while Mrs. Nail told of the re-
markable life and influence of Laura
Haygood in America and China. The
I session closed with the Lord’s prayer.
Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Martin served a
. cold pineapple drink to the 16 mem-
bers prwent and Martha Jane and
Wesley Nail.—Reporter.
H was supposed that it was a trash
fire. ' •
■is ard t«e
argaret, of
ng here in
Wonff and
18.
I mourning or white wing doves or an
aggregate of 15 of both species in one
day, and,
Not more than one day’s bag limit
in possession at any time.
An open season Sept. 1, to Oct. 31
in Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Garza,
Kent, Stonewall, King Cottle and
Childress counties and in all other
counties north and west of these.
For the remainder of the state, an
open season Sept. 15 to Nov. 15.
The state game, fish and oyster
commission pointed out that under
both federal and state laws, mourn-
ing dove shooting would be permit-
ted in the Panhandle section Sept. 15
to Oct 31.
In the remainder of the north zone,
mourning and white wing dove shoot-
ing will be permitted from Sept. 15
to Oct. 31.
The newly-created coastal zone will
see shooting from Oct. 1 to Nov. 15
except that portion of the zone south
of the Texas-Mexican railroad from
Corpus Christi to Laredo where the
season will be open Sept. 15 to Oct. 31.
EXECUTION HELD UP
IN SNAKE CASE
San Francisco, July 5.—Robert S.
James, convicted of the “rattlesnake
murder" of his wife; got at least a
few more months to live when his
appeal was ordered resubmitted by
the state supreme court today.
James, a Loz Angeles barber, whose
real name is M. R. Lisenba. was con-
victed of killing his wife by thrust-
ing her leg into a box containing the
reptiles. She wh?- foomL L'ing face
down in a lily pond at her home~atJd"
at first was thought to have drowned.
The jury recommended no leniency
and date for James’ execution awaits
action by the high court. This was
due June 30 but the court reached
no decision and ordered the case put
on the Los Angeles calendar for Sept
1. At that time it may be reargued
or merely submitted again on briefs,
with decision due 90 days' later.
Austin, July 2.—The federal gov-
ernment came to the rescue of most
of Texas’ dove hunters today by
changing its regulations to conform
with state laws in a majority of in-
stances.
A previous order would have seri-
ously limited hunting in many sec-
tions; Qpder the new order, however,
one section—the northern portion of
the old south zone, embracing about
20 counties—will have no open sea-
son.
The new regulations promulgated
, by the bureau of biological survey of
. the U. S. department of agriculture,
Oats
Ear Corn
Shell Corn
Barley _____
Wheat ___
FEWER CLEMENCIES
FORECAST UNDER PARDON
BOARD SYSTEM
Austin, July 1.—Bruce W. Bryant,
chairman of the new and powerful
state pardon board, believes the num-
ber of Texans-leaving prison on clem-
encies under the constitutional amend-
ment adopted a few months ago will
be less than under the old system of
mercy grants by the governor.
The state’s prison population,
around 5,004) a few years ago, now
has swelled to approximately 6,300
and Bryant said he saw little chance
of a steady decline.
“It is not that we intend to be
harsh,” the gray-haired clemency
head explained, "but thnt our pardons
will be based entirely on merit and
we always will keep in mind that
punishment should be sufficient to
deter crime.
“Without intending to criticize any
particular governor, the fact remains
that many clemencies in the past were
granted because of political pull or
family contacts. With the pnrdon
board appointive and each of its mem-
bers selected by a different agency,
there is no possibility of political in-
fluence.
“We .Will endeavor to reduce to a
minimum th? release of convicts who
should serve their full time. But we
hope to free a larger number of
meritorious prisoners than was done
under the former system.’’
Bryant stated relatives and friends
of individual convicts were the worst
enemies of prisoners in general be-
cause they consumed so much of the
board's, time with repeated appear-
ances in behalf of the men in whom
they were interested.
“We could pass on three or four
clemencies," he said, “while we
arguing with someone who wants
relative’s case considered out of
Tegular order."
The board has discontinued
practice of granting furlough and
tensions with the time out of pris-
on being counted on the man’s term.
It still gives furloughs in emergen-
cies but the convict loses histime.”
BOARD URGES CUT IN -------------
TIME OF 21 PRISONERS PRESIDENT CALLS
----‘ . FOR SAVINGS IN ALL
DEPARTMEN
f» . ;
The Lampasas Volunteer Fire De-
partment was called Saturday after-
noon to the Football Clubhouse on
the Grammar school grounds to ex-
tinguish a Are which started in the
football uniforms stored there,
cause for the fire could to found, but
it wgs thought that the heat from
the low roof had caused spontaneous
combustion. The football shoulder
pads, shoes and helmets wer* des-
troyed. The lose of thia equipment
is estimated to be 8306 or 8406.
Cleveland, July 6.—The headless
body of a man. described by Chief) plied, “but this compromise has never
Detective Inspector Joseph Sweeney
as Cleveland’s tenth torso killing vic-
tim, was taken from the Cuyahoga
River near a railroad
day.
Inspector Sweeney
was discovered by
guardsmen, in Cleveland for strike
duty at the Republic) Steel Corpora-
tion plants. j
The detective Inspector said that
the head of the victim had been lev-
ered cleanly as in all of the previous
killings. The appearance of the body
indicated to him, he said, that the
mad killer who has been at work in
Cleveland for mon than two years,
had taken another victim.
The 4th of July holiday period was
a very quiet affair in Lampasas. Many
people took advantage of the holiday
on Monday to make short trips away
from town and a large number of the
local people spent the time fishing on
the creeks and _rivers around here-
There were no serious accidents
among the local people and that is
one thing to be very thankful for.
Such holidays always take the lives
of many people along the .highways
or in various ways. There were no
fatalities in or around Lampasas over
the holidays.
At a meeting held Thursday after-
noon of the Steering Committee for
the Fuir Association and the Cham-
ber of Commerce, it waa decided to set
July 27-28-29 as the dates for a race
meet and carnival which will be held
at the Lampasas Fairgrounds. It was
voted not to have a livestock show in
connection with the race meet as the
stock is not in good shape in the
summer. The livestock show will
held sometime in the fall.
The business men will be asked
underwrite the meet
pay the sum of $10
penses if needed,
made to this effect
and was signed by
of both organizations. The same pe-
tition will be circulated to the busi-
ness men this week asking them to
help underwrite the fair, and make it
a success It is understood that this
sum will be naid orrty’If necessary to
defray expenses. ,
Dr. H. B. Rollins, president of the
C. of C., and Walter Walker, preai-
dent of the Fair Association, appoint-
ed Clyde Northington as general
chairman over the two organizations.
The following committees were also
appointed by the presidents: Steer-
ing committee, Clyde Northington,
chairman; Fred Wolf, H. V. Camp-
bell, Dudley Moore and S. R. Adams.
Racing committee: Dusty Bales,
chairman; W. C. Gillen, Kyle Oliver,
W. C. Alexander.
Clyde Northington, general chair-
man of the race meet, appointed the
following committees to be in charge
of the meet:
Advertising Committee — E. A.
Shanks, chairman; Clyde Hetherly,
Harry Moses, E. M. Pharr, Herbert
Abney.
Grounds Committee—B. K. May,
chairman; Henry Campbell and R. J.
Paine.
Entertainment Committee and Con-
cessions—H. V. Campbell, P. A. Le-
Compte and J. L. Frazer.
Ticket and Police Committee—J. L.
Frazer, chairman; R. S. Nichols, Os-
car Bolding, Jack Adams and Walter
Walker. .
probably the oldest living white man
in Texas, who last year received per-
sonally from Governor James V. All-
red the first old age pension check
to be issued in this state, Friday will
celebrate his 104th birthday. His
wife, Anna, who last year received
old age pension check No. 2, is 96.
The biography of “Grandpa” Kain-
er is a graphic story. A son of a
pcaSliht, he was born in Weis Kirch-
en, Moravia. He was baptized, as
was his wife, in Ohrnsdorf, Moravia.
As a lad Kainer was apprenticed
to a “scheiferdecker" or 'slate roof !
craftsman, f
that the boy became a master of the
trade himself.
Practicing this profession, he trav-
eled over the empire. Still standing
today are places in that realm which
bear slate roofing which Kainer help-
ed to construct. In
palatial mansions
building.
Until he was 37
Then he returned to Moravia to marry
a childhood sweetheart—Anna Manof-
sky. His wife wanted a home in pref-
erence to traveling all over the em-
pire.
Thus it was that in 1876 the two
built a home and planned to settle
down and rear a family.
But fate decreed otherwise,
clouds zoomed across the skies,
lations between France and Prussia
were at a breaking point. Having
no desire to become a soldier and un-
able to travel in his trade because of
his wife and home, the duo turned
their eyes, toward freedom-r-a thing
they had heard so much about from
relatives in Texas in a place called
America.
A month after their wedding, there-
fore, Mr. and Mrs. Kainer applied for
passports to Texas. The day after
they left, all emigration
country was stopped.
Mr. and Mrs. Kainer
Galveston 22 days after
from Bremen, Germany,
ton they ^purchased two oxen and a
wagon and started toward the inter-
ior of Texas. They arrived, finally,
at High Hill, in Fayette County,
where his wife’s relatives lived. Here
they settled anil began farming in
1871. •
The land was fertile, nature kind,
and the soil yielded heavy crops. Mr.
and Mrs. Kainer prospered. Years
glided by and six children were born.
Five- now live in Weimar—Ed, Emil
and Adolph Kainer and Mrs. John
Sluber and Mrs. Joe Freis. One oth-
will" take considerable'time to di7 f Mrs. Joe Hruska, lives
cuss.
Repeatedly, too, Robinson tangled iGrandpa”j?f®i,y‘!d^hi!' ’}aturali“-
with Senator Burke, Nebraska, an-
other opposition leader. He poured
scorn upon the questions asked by the
Nebraskan a fid finally, declining to
answer any more, sat down and stuck
an unlighted cigar into his mouth.
President Roosevelt conferred with
Wheeler and with Senator Bone
Washington,The latter a supporter
the compromise bill.
Some observers
might be a move
that would avert a
er, questioned by
ed the discussion had dealt with th*
court bill, but said the parliamen-
tary situation was unaffected by the
conference.
President Roosevelt, asked about
the conference, merely laughed and
said he and Wheeler had agreed to
tell reporters the talk covered the five mi,e" f™ra hcre> and “'though
improvement of justice in the Uni- ,<sceive lheir mailton a route out
ted States. > Colorado Count, the farm is in
’The senate debate began in a good-; F®yette County,
natured way. Questions were asked
with a smile and answered with a
smile. The courtesies were scrupul-
nuPly But The “great de-
bate" was scarcely two hours old be-
fore it underwent a decided change.
The smiles became growingly in-
frequent. In the end some of the
amenities of parliamentary proced-
ure, evan, were forgotten.
During the formalities that started
the discussion, the original Roosevelt
court bill—proposing a maximum in-
crease of six in the membership of
(he supreme court—was buried be-
yond recall, and the administration
compromise placed before the senate
in its stead. -1 ....."
The compromise calls for the ap-
pointment of an additional "supreme
court justice for every incumbent who
continues to serve beyond the age of
75, with such additional appointments
limited to one each year.
Eggs (candled)----16c dozen
Geaoral
Cream --- ---- ---------.... 23c pound
Cotton middling basis..............12c
Cotton Seed 120.00 ton
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