The Lampasas Record (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1937 Page: 3 of 8
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THE LAMPASAS RECORD, MARCH 11, lt»37
GRASS TIME
IS HERE!
Let Us Demonstrate
FOR YOU
THE NEW 1937
to bear to
Philco Radio
PHILCO WAS CHOSEN BY 42 PER CENT OF ALL THE BUY
ERS OF RADIOS DURING 1936
Battery Sets as low as $39.50, complete with batteries.
Sold on conven ient terms
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Lampasas Furniture Co
‘‘The Best Place to Trade After All
J.
As he rode out Into the open, the fltjrt .dozen, or $1.60 per case, more for eggs
Best Printing done by The Record.
Mackey s Rexall Store
Notice to Users of
! Saba, Mills, Lampasas, Llano, Burnet, Me- ;!i
::
| in the past. Our representative will call on you, :>
* in person, to make the transfer to the Hydro- !:
Gas Company.
For Further Information You May Contact the
Lampasas Hydro-Gas Co
MANUEL HARDWARE CO
Distributors
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'here this fight came off).
Fwhite man even wounded,
a hundred
through ne-
STOMACH ULCERS
<o HYPERACIDITY
Miss Nadine Jones was a business
visitor IP Austin Monday.
equipment and all contracts are being trans-
ferred to I
Thinking Out Loud
(D. F. Moore, Bend, Tex.)
with bat sense |g
happiest mo-
are doing some- g|
HISTORICAL LETTERS BY
DH. GARRETT TOWNSEN
Mrs. May E. Riley of Wichita
Falls sent in the money a few days
DEFINITE RELIEF OR
MONEY BACK
THS WILLARD TREATMENT hM
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DANCE. Saturday Night. Old Fire
Hall. MUSICAL RAMBLERS. (Itc)
Best of all, the Ford “60” is just as
big and roomy—just as handsome,
sturdy and safe—-as the famous 85-
horsepower Ford V-8. And it sells at
the lowest Ford price in years.
If you want a big car for a small
budget—a car you can. drive with pride
and profit—see the thrifty “60” soon!
men out of
unless
Sixteen Boys Receive
Football Sweaters
H. Clark, manager of Producers
Produce Co., called the attention of
The Record to the fact that hiB com-*
pany.is paying this week, 5 cents per
they,
to. is it right to
people who have
a day to lay up
Culloch, and Mason Counties.
We will be able to supply fuel as well as ser
than was being paid at the same date
a year ago. I
This is worth notation, as there is
considerable talk of feed and other
things being higher than last year.' aR° to have The Record come to her
However, if the things that are sold address at 1315 Polk Street. Thanks,
are worth more, then the things that Mrs. Riley,
are bought can easily be paid for at
advance."'Somebody, a good farmer,*
whose name is not recalled just now,*
said to The Record on one occasion1
that he had rather see high prices of
all kinds—if he could get good prices*
for woo), mohair, cotton, corn, etc.,'
then he did not mind paying high
prices for what he eats and wears.'
High prices all around put money in
circulation.
Now Ford “60” owners are reporting
averages of 22 to 27 miles on a gallon
of gasoline. That makes it the most
economical Ford car ever built!
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Gordon Mackey of Temple was a
Those wanting The Record and the Marshall Lee Everett was ip Tem-
tSemi-Weekly Farm News may have pie Tuesday attending a meeting of
both a year for $2.25 for the present. J. C. Penney Co. assistant managers^
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W. J. Taylor of Adamsville was in!
Tuesday to have his name added to business visitor here a few days the
The Record list of readers. ; first of the week.
which means that chick
time is here.
Owing to the excellent
hatches of our blood-tested
Bed, and English White
Leghorns, we are reducing
the price fifty cents per
hundred. See us for started
chicks this week.
We stock KB and Red
Chain feeds, also dhick feed-
ers, and fountains. Bee,
write or phone for our
prices.
The Philco has everything that is known to modern radio to
make it perfect. You will notice the difference when you have
heard it demonstrated — its wonderful tone, its accurate selectivity,
its convenient manipulation, its pleasing volume.
Billie was one of the first to get
shooting distance when they were
the prairie.
EGGS BRINGING S CENTS
MORE THAN YEAR AGO
(Continued from last .week)
Well, so much for your relation at
present. We will try to drift off some
other scattering subjects.
It must have been about 1869 or
■ 70 when the Indians killed a man by
the name of Peacock in John Patter-
son’s field. Sam H. Straley. gave me
the history that I am giving you. But
as I do not remember things that are
told me now as I did 25 years ago, I
may not get this just as it was given
me. Of course I heard the story a
long time ago but had let it get away
from me. In the main, I think it was
a man by the name of Hurst who was
with Peacock when he was killed.
The Gholson boys and others had a
small bunch of Indians on a chase
in the upper part of the county a few
days before this incident Uncle Co-
lumbus and Uncle Julius Townsen,
Frank Thompson, Jno. Patterson and
J no. Rjchardson were all in the chase
up in tlii Gholson part of the terri-
tory.
After the white men had found the
Indians and put them on the run, the
Indians had got into a little mot of
timber and had passed on out of
same, and out into the open. When
Frank Thompson’s horse (as usual
an unbroken one) became unruly and
ran out into the open, also, in full
view of the Indians. Uncle Columbus
^pwnsen, seeing what had happened
to Frank Thompson, put out to get
him and help him back to the crowd.
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0 LAMPASAS HAICHHRY j
■ ■ TOM J. TAYLOR, Manager 1;
thing he saw was a bunch of Indians
who had turned back on Frank. So
these two “pale faces’” got together
and backed up into the timber for
protection. The Indians began to
crowd their, and they had reached
larger timber plenty large from pro-
tection. Uncle Columbus said to
Frank, ‘-Well., right here we will
have to do our best and get as many
as we can." Frank said, “Ah, Uncle,
you reload and keep me in ammuni-
tion and count the dead ones as I shoot
them and we will soon have them
thinned down to a stand.’’ They had
already dismounted and taken shelter
behind some large lite oaks. “We’re
perfectly safe as long as we stay on
the right side of these trees,” said
Frank. The Indians began to play
with them, make runs at them with
their bows presented with arrows in
position, but were very careful not
to let an arrow loose from their fin-
gers. Frapk began begging to shoot
the hlg chief. Hesald, “Mr. Townsen,
I want to plug him just above the
navel, right where the two red banks
cross his belly." Uncle Columbus con-
sented and the next dare the big chief
gave them, thp boys were in good po-
sition and Frank let him have a load
right where he had planned. Yelling
something in bls own language, two
Indians darted up on either side and
they carried him off, the whole bunch
departing. They went off toward Ben-
nett creek. It was probable that the
one that killed I’eacock was in the
bunch and they separated from the
others, had started back east, and ran
into Hurt and Peacock in the Pat-
terson field.
There was a posse consisting of Bee
Straley and son, Jno., Jno. Paterson.
John Richardson, Julius and Colum-
bus Townsen and Frank Thompson,
that got right in after these Indians.
L They overtook them east of where
they killed Peacock, some 10 miles,
between .Delton and Higgins gaps.
Three Indians were killed and not a
white man wounded. There was quite
| a little fun while the fight was go
■L Ing on. Joe Straley got in close quar-
B ters with one Indian, a Startup lea-
K ther broke and J«e fell from bis
The awarding of the sweaters was
the outstanding event of the assembly
program on Friday, March 5. Sixteen’ ”
heroic football players were given
their just rewards on that great day
in assembly. —
Coach Moore made an eloquent
speech in praising those worthy men
but words cannot express the thrill
each of those boys received when
handed his sweater.
Seriously, we the student body, are
proud of our lettermen as well as
our football players of the season of
’36 and ’37. —The Badger.
Rural Ph. 102, Lampasas
Helping people who are making no
effort to help themselves is a poor
investment. This country has been
developed to its proud standing
through great sacrifices. People who
have homes wanted them badly
enough to do things while others
played, frolicked, drank liquor,
grouched, cussed the Government or
made fun of men who tried to do
something. And now every conceivable
effort is being brought
help this shiftless class.
About 99
won’t work
cessity, are forced
take money from
worked 16 hours
something for themselves and future
generations and give to a class that
has been little interested in them-
selves, the Government or future gen-
erations? That is exactly what is be-
ing done, by the Government. The
only kind of people that delserve help
never ask for help; people find It
out, and the lowest criminal will
often help that kind.
Tenants. Why do away with ten- Bl
apts? There are plenty of tenant ■
families in Texas and in many other; Bl
states living better than the taxed-to-i H
death home owner. They are just aa ■
necessary as labor is to Ford, Got- J
, era! Motors, or any other big bual- K
ness. We cannot all be President of 5
the U. 8. Anybody
knows that rfeople’s
ments are when they
thing for themselves or others. If you H
are going to force people to do some- Bl
thing they don’t want to do, why not Bl
force this shiftless class to go back H
to that happiest time of their lives. ■
If they belong to the grubbing hoe, H
make them take it; if they should be !
President of the U. 8., they will get m
It. One is not necessarily better than |
the other. A lot of foolish sentiment • || . M
has cost this country over 30 billions ■ ,
of dollars which the home < llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll||||||||||||||
and tax payers have got to pay. .
It’s about time for a lot of u8 to ~ ~ ~
. t Sam Elliott was in Saturday to
say what we think. ’ '
o J have The Record come to his address
for a year. “ . , .
The 60-horsepower Ford V-8 engine
was first developed for Europe, where
fuel costs are high. Two years’ usage
there proved its unusual economy.
When the “60” came to this country
this year, the Ford Motor Company
made no mileage claims—waited for
facts, written on American roads by
American drivers.
LONE STAR GAS
The HYDRO - GAS COMPANY has bought
from the Lone Star Company their Star Gas :
t and all contracts are being trans-
the Hydro-Gas Company for San H
horsy. The Indian, thinking be had
wounded Joe, made a close ride upon
him and Joe shot him off his horse.
Uncle Julius, seeing them'so close to-
gether, said he thought they were
having it out with each other, so be
rushed up on the scene and his hone
fell and threw him. So they were all
three stacked and Joe killed the In-
| dian while Uncle Juitus was getting
himself together from the fall. |
It was about 1870 when a couple of
detailed men were sent from Belton
| to the 1-ampasas men stating that
qdlte a bunch of Indians with a good
bunch of horses were headed toward
Belton Gap. The Lampasas men were
not long in getting a group together
and met the Indians not far from
Copperas Cove Towers in the open
(And, there should lie a monument to
the men
With nd
several Indians gave up their lives aa
well as all the horses that they had
stolen around BeRum Milton Town,
sen lias in his possession a rifle used
in this light, put away m good con-
dition not many years later, and 1,1
still that way. This rifle has been
In the family for seventy-five years
and was bought especially for the
benefit of the Indians. It has l»eleh-
ed forth the fiery smoke toward sev-
eral Red Skins, yet it has not many
Indian scalps to its credit. Doubtless,
however, it was Instrumental In elimi-
nating them from this part of the
imStutty."-'” " ~ —[
The men who met the Belton squad
consisted mainly of those who had
been in close places with the Indians
before: H. C. (Doc) Townsen, Jim
Townsen, Nute Higgins, Bob Mitchell,
Pink Higgins, Billie Morris, a son of
Grundy Morris, Will J. Smith, Tom
Holley and Julius Townsen. Now
Nute Higgins, Doc Townsen and Ju-
' Hus Townsen all kept little short bay
ponies. I remember those Indian Po-
nies well and have ridden each of
them many times. „ |
Billie Morris was very anxious to
get a fight with the Indians, as it had
not Heen very many months since |
your great grandfather Townsen and
some other men pulled an arrow out
of Billie’s father’s leg, and he had
no kindly feeling for the Red Skins. I
So when they had rounded up this
bunch of Indians, Billie and Bob
Mitchell fell along Bide each other
and Billie told Bob l)e was going to
get some Indians to pay for the pun-
ishment they inflicted on his father.
So
in
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Pharr, E. M. The Lampasas Record (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1937, newspaper, March 11, 1937; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1214544/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.