The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1925 Page: 1 of 8
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The Llano News.
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VOLUME XXXVII.
LLANO. LLANO COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY. JULY 9, 1926
NUMBER 46
-ARGE CONCOURSE ATTENDED
TRIPLE FUNE’AL SATURDAY
Last Saturday. J ;iy Fourth was
nything but a day if calibration a*
he little village of Bluffton, w..ere
ome| twenty-five hundred sorrowing
elatives and friends gathered to at-
end tfc.e funeral of the three young
ten who met with such a horrible
oath in California, an account of
'hich appeared in these columns
tst week.
Th# remains of McDonald Caaner,
ran Barnett and Raymond Hargrove
MUCH INTEREST BEING MANI-
FESTED IN CATHOLIC TALKS
Good crowd are at the Catholic
church grounds each night to hear
Rev. F. J Led wig who vering a
series of lectures on the Catrolic re-
ligion. These lectures begun Sunday
night, when a large crowd greeted
the speaker, an i will continue through
the remainder of the weok
Tue first lecture was, ' Can a Cath-
olic be a Loyal American " in which
the speaker delivered a most forceful
argument, stating that his people held
I in Lampiisas at an early hour American principals above all else
.st Saturday morning, when friends save their God. The oth*» addresses
e* the t ec- u.-.ifi tarried the bodies | have been equally an ig
) Bluffton.
People from every section of Llano
urnet, Sau Saba and Lampasas
(unties, besides those coming from!
VALLEY SORING PEOPLE ENJOY
FOURTH ON THjr LLANO P'V-ER
SAMPLES OF COTTON SHOW
WHaT FERTILISER W 11_ _ 00
LEGION CELEBRATION WAS
WELL ATTENDED IN LLANO
The Fourth of July celebration giv-
LOW E-SC H EON LINE
* I
On last Friday evening at eight-
thirty o’clock at the home of Mr. and ' Valley Spring, Julv 6, 1922!; i
Mrs. Wm. McCoy, Mr Albert Wiley j BWUor Liano News— |. oa 8t*,lM taken trom WUI Tafc -.....................
Lowe and Mies Ida Mary Scheonline ! A few of fhe enterprising ritizens ! t.*. * . *.n ,•k< n,u^l‘ town yes-( oa ny the American Legion at the pic-
were united in marriage, Rev. J. H. of Valley Spring decided to celebrate j v ' -aV' t '-,1' °n at t,lrt ■ ni> Rroun,,s Saturday was a suc-
Wendt, pastor of the Lutheran church 1 the Glorious Fourth by a community I °re “ ;here were thrwe j from «»«ry standpoint, despite
performing the ceremony. | baroecue and picnic on the Liano i f ‘ ouf' °\tlie 8ime field, i the extreme, hot; dry and dusty weath-
It was a quiet home wedding and j river at the mouth of San Fernando ant0<1 at tlle same ticie au(l had re' It,r
only a few were present to witness 1 Accordingly on Friday evening an ad-1
the ceremoney that-made this young | v«nce guard went down, dug the pits i. , , ........... ................. I------- •'“*«’ ««• ««» county and scores
iatid, small in size and carrying no j of automobiles were here from other
At an early hour that morning,
the same cultivation There j people began arriving here from var-
the stalks from non-fertili*ed j iou.s parts of this county and
; fruit; then another sample showed I sections, especially Mason county.
couple husband and wife. They took j cleared the grounds and made ready!
their friends by surprise and very few i for the coining event
knew anything of the we-lding until1 Saturday morning early, neighbors 1 vnt' ‘ ■ ,u“'■ hi-1 h-m used to
after it had taken place land friends began to gS uer In bring- f0"*® **'*? Tf tb* ata,k* wero much
The bride is the daughter of Mr. | hig boxes and baskets well laden with I "i Ma‘’ a c<i!: of
ting and land Mrs. L. B. Kuykendall of Fairfield I eood things to eat. Long before noonl mV . *n:r>lb'ii fr’)m thw l:ind
uo doubt will be throughout the entire North Dakota, and came here with jour crowd had increased to one hand-1 W, ‘ . ,Vy ^rtllu**r an‘l tilM
w’eek .her parents last fall, remaining after j rod and nine and soon the clear warm !*,. -i* ‘ an‘I ** ful1 of
Rev Led wig is an able scholar a • rhev returned During the short time j waters of the Llano be inie alive wdh
tpltured gentleman, and
>st for-.i | in which she has resided in our town
stun* points. Automobiles to the i fu* 8f,ealc0r whh a wide range of ex- this young lo.dy has made s host
imber of at least five hundred have h!erifc,nce. Aside from the work with
>en estimated and the attendance
aeei at figures from twenty-five
indred to three thousand. No doubt
e largest crowd ever gathered for
neral services in this county was
Bluffton last Saturday, when the
mains of these three young men
ere laid to rest
The services were conducted at the
rnetery shortly after the noon hour
Rev. Len Nobles, pastor of the
lurch of Christ, Burnet and Rev. p.
ow, pastor of the Baptist church of
s same place. The three caskets
re plu -ed side by side for the ser-
.
es, after winch they were carried
the different lots and laid to rest
eu friends covered the graves with
<sh flowers of love and respect. It
■s a most touching ceremony. In
it hour the vast crowd stood with
covered heads before all that re-
fined on earth of three young men
o, only a few days before, were *n
-ing the full measure of life and
esuiug their usual vocations They
1 gone from here to California and
re making good in their new loca-
wlien like a flash, the Grim
p ■ ip tea -l and sniffed out their
es within o twinkle
■’he.se young men were well and f uv-
bly known in this and adjoining
nties where they had been reared,
where their parents h i lived
a long number of years. They
re the kind of men who believed
progress, and through their efforts
e proving their faith in their a
,ies out in the Pacific State, but
end came when their bodies were
igled by an onrushtng train and
r spirits passed on to their just
•an!
erliaps never ‘fore fins an a
tnt caused
'ion as tl-v. otic u:i. i;- w > h ' t
: no other families wifi ;. j‘ - to eti-
3 the sudden sorrow that. s. viow-
!he homes of those near and dear
he.se young men.
he; have run life’s race an I as
lust merging into manhood they
making good, but the cruel cold
Id can hold no fears nor trouble
[them today as their remains sleep
[he S-ifT embrace of Mother Ear'll
hen the new: reached home of
I In the ranks of his own church, he
was, during the V ar, Chaplin
in the Navy and saw much service in
the great transportation work. He is
Past State Chaplin and Historian for
the American Legion of Texas and is
also Past State Chairman of the Amer-
icanization Committee, His work on
the lecture course has called him from
-oast to const., and this vast exper-
ten- c bus placed him among the fore-
most lecturers in this country today
Hi.- addresses are confined strictly
to his subject and nothing is slid that
could give offense to any church or-
ganisation or society
Rev. J. F. Dwan of Brody and local!
pastor of this did: let in her * also am: I
s devoting his time in the work of!
making tins series of lectures a great j
friends. She is one who possess uu xvaauy, according to this ~ — -........... <
of those most lovable attributes and j scribe I never saw a bunch of folks 1 I'3,n9* ',i!i t‘la 11 wil‘ pjy’ a£l!| Any j bile tournament, barrel races
these with her grace and ' harm, has | young and old. enjoy a swin and bath I °ne „W w’,:l ! 1 )ok at :‘»mpleH
endeared her to ail who know her. ' more th m this jolly. froUicktng crowd.11 ‘lH,t 1’’ < rea,,'fi-' ■*’■’ 5 ih-it the
8fl:tuthi Sgh‘i t t t
30111 tni. weighed ov-m* two hutid,*wd i l , ,
all! pounds. Really, according to this 14 thoro,u'h tiMt an' haVrt ™nv‘n™l
of
I he qiorning hours were spent in
mi,.a.,tig with the crowd, but this
tin.e was short, as the barbecued dm
tied was served promptly at twelve
o'clock, when the crowd began eating.
Marty compliments were passed on
th-* dinner arid there was certainly
plenty of it, as a large amount of ev-
erything was left over,
tn the afternoon came t.h-
heart of a
Near the noon hour, the boss of th j amwUnt :?ent rertIH-xinp - uni, will
cultured and lovable | Pits anno::. ;e<l the sprea is v mid it- “l ’’ 's* ""
1 . ”1 th course the farming lands of th
j made under the heavy foliage of some j flou[
mamoth pe-arts that tie the hanks ..
Mr Lowe has won
most highly
young lady.
The groom is a young man who has J mamoth pe-arts that line the batiks
resided in Llano practically all of his ! of the river. Here we were served
life. He too. possesses those quaiifi-j one of the finest meals that It has!
> ations that make him friends. He is i been our good fortune to enj >y for i
honorable in all transactions and a many a day. Thanks to our steer;::■;
tlvir.ies and his integrity has always I committee for the i e tea. and
of cold water.
Dinner being over, about two hours
were spent in social chats and outer-
been all that his friends could ask
H1 is head salesman at Newsom's
grocery store, where he holds the con-
ti * 1 :i •-* and respect of alt who know j taining guams
him He is indeed a young man well! So plea<ant and profitable w.i
worthy the hand he has won ( lay spent that the most of them
They are now at home t > their many
free! Is in the Faulkne- residen.:-? on
plenty j
Of course
extra o!(t, but some of
the farms are pretty well work and
tie,-,l assistance in pn-fiindii.q I;-- best
results.
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DEATH OF MRS. FLAY BIRO
the
Music is adding much to 1 jyjAici
h» • tetings and in as much as they
being conducted in the open air
! is coo! ;m-fi quite comlortabie
A cordial invitation i: ex tan.-led to
-veryone to attend t,liege lectures
Thursday night subject—“Church
or Bibb* ”
Friday night, subject—“The Truth
About Confession,”
Saturday night subject—“Toe Rod
Presence.”
This paper joins with the host of
friends in extending congratulations
f.o th.-j happy y sing couple and r.i -y
their future lives be tilled with ev
contentment that their first murrie i
"We want to itne back here one yo,n
from now and have a bigger barbo uc
and more people.
J. J. S
JIM C ROW NOV E R FIRST WINNER
IN AUTOMOBILE TOURNAMENT
Below is given the s< ores and time
lays may contemplate, iv,l may life’s Rl;ule by tf)., vario,,i, p.trU,.s whl> took
: urney be as smooth as obedience r>art ta ; autt)tl;obUj. (>
and true love
< an offer.
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GEORGETOWN PASTOR AT
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
- — - ,» -
nament ■
the picnic grounds on last Sat.urd -
j Jim fro c: i-.'e- won first, - * tur.-ag t
1 rings out of a possible tw ve
j The figures given below indi it
ii-jch sorsow in this j •'ntertainment
LUNCHEON CLUB ENJOYED
ENTERTAINMENT YESTERDAY
The Luncheon Club v is favored
".“th a splendid program at. the noon
hour yesterday First was a piano
solo by Miss Louise Weber, then two
readings by Mrs. Tony W Levy, a
vocal sole by Mrs. James Lamng a-1-
vmpanied by Miss Majoris Laniug
and a selection on tl"» guitar by Mr
Wright The progrm.i v as enjoyed
by every met. her present. It is such
this that adds to the
• gress of the Club, and arrange
; ;<*.its shout : b * wide for .v: pro
grans qici.e orten.
Rev. John Re
First Methodist
town, was in Li j
filled the pulpit
.fro. pastor of the
church at George-
no list. Sunday ami
at the Methodist
LLANO FIRM NOW SELL NG
S^AR AND DURANT AUTOS
H. A. LaFrantz, and old Liar, boy,
now handling the St.<r and Durant
automobiles out of A;, din was in
Liano this week in the interest, of his
btt.sin *s; The Star Oarage of Llano
n w the local agents for these cars
accident and their sudden death, J here and in speaking of their new
" mm on remark was, "Th-.-;. w I-'" flir! Sn-I v i.ted
[l boys and it is hard to see them • th*: they c-rtie.-ted to find . -'ales
3;;‘. God, in his wisdom has call-
on these i. , > ibileu throng this sec-
Ton. e-speciul'y it it r.vns an'! condi-
tions be- n: •; ire favorable.
h.-r. forth anl in humble sub-
:uti loved ones and friends must
tn oaedience.
one heartbroken families and all
r relatives have the sympathy of
only the friends who gather-- i
nd the new made graves last Sat-
y. but hundreds of ” ti :
u r.hl-‘ t< 'liter<1
day, aa the < loud of sorrow hangs work w
y before their vision an l their gentlem
ts beat, to a sad re.-.iin
s lingering with th - p r. as he stated it. "A
i'-iit-'v • ' - • -• '?'■*
who was in Liano dur-
W T. Field ;
ing its boom divs, but who i
sides -n Tn'.s-, Oklahoma w - -
cut -hi the F*aurr.h If is !
v fit here sin * the hr !<"• • ■
a- rass the 'river, is be »h
ur.c'*r cotta' re Tor
feels that Llant
with bitities have be * negh-- f -d i
town and
church Sunday morning, at which
time h* delivered a very forceful ser-
mon.
T!;e pastor was accompanied here
by E. H. Hereford and family. Mr.
Hereford is a member of the f..i aity
of Southwestern I’nlversity anl a
former resident of this place They
visited with rel:;tiv°s and friends
while here, and Prof. Hereford con-
ferred with prospective students on-
-'rains their advau-«-l s ho fi w.ofi-;
MRS. OR3 ENTERTAINS
the burden of life seems m r •
they Can bear, may the light of I ;
light that dark horizon and the I!
revert to the blessed assurance ■ i
ail a- we.u. and that t!
ese loved
ire . ife and are w litir
g the day
a common, union rr
iv br:n>;
1 all together around ti
£ Throne
■ Just Greater
1
o
1 :: i Walla, e a 1 f :.
Lm<> last Friday fr >m
chiWD,>fl
i.omi md visited with
relativen
j -
'ri »ro h-ra
‘t f's fie: ef^kUhor
th in »f th** * *
be found her
is; rapid rat**
i belief when
ty years ago.
xas !eoiling cii
e. should gro.i
’ He was siu
he left here
th it Llano w »
y.
Spring blossomed in the home of
Mrs W. R. Orr Thursday aftern on
when she entertained th-* Bridge : Tub.
Roses, crepe myrtle and bright color-
ed zinnias were placed at. vantage
points in the rood’s given over t th
players.
When the - :res “'ere ounted, Mrs [
E H. Qualls was m war I “2 a s.-t of ; -*
»a glasses for high Mrs Chis Wal-j
i * the consolation r- *n i Mrs U ,
D. ody the cut prize
After five gar:“s an ice course was
served to the following personnel:
Mesdames M. D 'ki iy of Gun.1 ville
Florida Harold Nevfns <i? Austiu: F.
' Limn Leslie Brown Slator Dun-
an W. B Collins G. L. Gray T. J-.
U .;•■*, .1 Ray U iss. W H. Wo da -
k -s Waiia e E H dual’s an i M; - -
!{- len R ,::ey of lion-“on.
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'<K ’ ci... ; - mu * r. • Mrs c-li-
Wilkes anri W W Watkins motored
'o Ao-rin Sunday where they visited
the score of each.
The first figure*
I is for the time in wh
dek the car made
the run r i th<> se;
on'I fi<?ire is for
; he number of rings
secured in each
| run. Three runs for
each cont-stant.
Allen Peterson
5-3 ti-2 5 Vi-3
1 -ilator Dune u:
53*-0 ti-1 8-1
j Roy B Inks
8-2 r>L-:’ 6-3
D;.n Hackworth
6 3 ri'fij-2 6-2
Wid Hardin
5 Vg-2 r. c -2 8-2
Jim Crownover
6 * 6-3 7-
L M. Tovasand
6-4 6 1 8-1
AH c. S. Johnson
P 1 i -2 6-4 6-3
ienry Will hern
5 V. 5 VI 5V4
York Ratliff
6-1 8-3 6-1
Lewis i-’ostsr
6-2 7-1 6-4
James Stotts
6-0 5>. 2 6-1
Sumner Kendrick
r. it 6-i 8-t
dinky Smith
6-0 ) 5%d
Tii - s. ore gave Jin
r. '.'row-over tc ■
irst plac* Alien S.
Johnson second.
md tied A.lleti Pet*.
■son at d Henry
Villbcrn for thJ-i,
In the runoff
Henry Wilbern wo
iie se- "-ing t »•
ing- and Allen Pete;
son eight rings
LE W: 3-P3RC *-•
On last Saturday
nigh: July 4'
nni
it the residen. of Judg * A E
Mr Sober* L. L
*WxS an.':
i, r n were unite
i in mar
rlag«
Moore perforrdn
s th(*
rem
was a qu; -* mn1
rriag^ in
wh
•ontructing partif
Htol*? •
he ’
na-ch on th(>ir m
any frier
ids .
knew of the marr
:;t t
h<» * '■
p.jtc tt-a bride
and i?ro'
md favorably kn
own thro
iugh?
Again the deatii Angel iias visited
in our midst and pic k »d from this
cinli o.io it God' , swoefosi ari l i *ri 1
! ore:-' blossoms Mrs. Lola Vue Bird
'wife of Mr.. Flu;. Bird and daughter or
Rev. ami Mrs. J. A Garrett.
She was born O Johor JO, 1906 tie„a-
[Willow- 'fit. arid died Jut:* 30, 1925
at th-j Fr-*d'-i icks‘u;rg hospital at :-:c-
1 a n.. . following un ope it.iori for ap
I pendicitis.
] On April 2. 1“l.’ she v is 'carried to
! Mr. Flay Bird To tins happy unioii
was born one son, Armon G line:
Bird, age 19 months
j The remains were laid to rest Juiy
I first in the Oxford cemetery, Rev R.
’’op- from California an i Rev L Bi!
i lings of Fr • ierb ksburg officiating at
the home uu<i gr ive.
Tics dear ones untimely death v .
a sa 1 shock to her many friends,
mourn her d *ath with husband
family, but. we can only say, "grieve
;io,. iear l -ve’ one. and frie-nls," for
w-tiib v.e Ids our blessed Shepherd
wins a precious lamb into His fold
where joys never cease and happlnens
untold. O what sorrow fills our
hearts when v look in th 1 home and
her preset!•• * is not there, then the
seat at the church is vat ant that was
heretofore occupied by darling Loii
to meet you with a stride and cheerful
word willing and ready to assist in
any effort for G > i’-t r ins'* A true
model of Christ Himself, k-iving an
example for his follower;.
Now mourn not dear laved on e;,
Jesus doet.il all things well,
When he calls, come homo pro- ion
Lola with Me, forever I well.
Till, precious tr---u ~. p. our g,.,
tor’s gain,
Live tile life as she pure and whit-
not one stain,
i on Heaven’s brigh and flowery
ain,
■ d see sweet Lola’s face again I
|
A Loved On-
auf.omo-
base-
hah games and other activities for
the amusement, of the crowd The
tournament probably proved the most
nt. -resting and the score made by
the various contests its is jiven In
another column.
1: !: - U.iscball game. Bi ,at was ail
’- a 1 r t:y the u oi of five to
rwc The game was iosely contested
until the latter part, of the game, at,
which time the visitors ran the score
■p as indicated.
That night came the Ing dance on
•he Rainier c otton platform and this
■ it.; fencti in w-i.s well attended, as
1 V stated that, the largest number
of iatn.ers ever seen on a Llano floor,
•vs * i iking part in this function
’■in* Legion wrqa well pleased with
tl.e du. • efforts and feel that it. has
been rewarded for ail the efforts put
forth in providing th.u celebration for
Llano.
I. M MORGAN <4 CO SECURE'S
TWO OTHER LARGE CONTRACTS
J M Morgan and t empatiy, con*
trade a for the Llano s bool build*
j mgs. ' ore I two or.tc>r contracts last
I we.-k - '• ti v. ii roc iv » the attention
imp arty within the immediate
of th
One of tiiese jobs is a |l.1,000 00
'em i c erected at Itrown-
Je.ld :nd the other cul:; for a school
b ... I l a- Wingate at a cost of $;I0>-
OOO.o c
Mr Morgan expects to finish the
new high > bool buil'liag here by the
t" t. of the corning month, and work
if ■ uieileg the old building is un-
I'-- way The contractors have been
sc: . hat delayed ori the old building
work wi 'ing for floor au i window
... in , The walls have been torn
-nit on both side and in the rear for
p.rpose of setting in additional
windows arm giving more light For
or ■ time the workmen have been at
i -...an (still on this job, owing to the
ielay in tins shipment.
Mr Morgan is giving Llano a ttao
job o.i the n-w building and no doubt
the work on the old one will prove
quite as satisfactory
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LLANO LADIE3 HAVE ART
EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY
3ads
for a lor.
numbers
3ARTV VIS.TED FALLS CREEK-
LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
A party - out posed of M (’ Wilkes
inu wife T. J W . ci.Ts and wif-
Mi.-ses Vera Diggers. Marie and Flute
B. Pfeiffer of Bastrop, Dorathy Belle
Wilkes and Brownie Byfield an l W'
B i (Ulus and wife visit-1 Falla < -e>
last Sunday afternoon, where they
nedine
■atui
heit had
HUPP
>r and
atte
nded the
Tow
ifld
(;aiu
p me*
V* [flf/r f\lt
it ni#
tit Thei
were
■*>1 iff
tbe Hapf
>er h
/ Mrs. W
xf.kins
D
u fatfa
er. Mr
pfu' ff .
r an
1 little so
n and
ir.i(
Me.'lames F E. Jackson and Allan
Newsom, who for sometime have been
uig.ii.c-l in the work of Fireside lu-
lusfr: • - have flnisherl their course
md now have on display an art ex-
hibit at the home of M:s Jackson, to
wine' h- pub! is cordially invited
o sc*
■ Iiflie- hav<» devoted much of
* r tiro* to this work and the ex-
“ibir wi-: h they now offer the public
is one that is well worthy the time
his deration of all lovers of art.
-d with
C T J - "ART A'
GROVE FRIDA t
Mr-
A I .
Kuykendall, and old U inn hoy,
omponevi by his wife, arrived in
tno for the Fourth celebration from
*.r home in Dallas They 1 * ft ihe
, ,% g -t t-/ for G.iiveston and oth-r
tn-.-, but >h stated that he would
irn her* within the next few lay*
np -nd th.- r -maiader of his vac a
u Tbi* was bis first vmit to the
vn ^ : "191 and he stated that he
s igr*** ably surprised to see the
r am Hint o? imrroverreots that
r-* taken plat « b<*re since he I ist
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