The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1903 Page: 5 of 8

                                
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Thia will be known as the “LOOM END SALE,” and will be the greatest Bargain Giving- and Money Saving Sale ever conducted in
Lampasas. Regardless of the high price now being paid for raw cotton, it will positively make no difference in our prices on dry .mods'
We guarantee to sell you every class of merchandise, staple and fancy goods as cheap, and in many instances cheaper than last fall ” ° Our
Loom End Goods now on sale will he just one half their regular price. It is true these goods' are iff short lengths, runnino- from one to
ten yards, but what is the difference? You who have children can use them just the same as if cut from the full bolt It is the low price th t
If you can make one dollar go as far now as two will go at any other time we think it is a good time for you to buy ^ ^
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should attract.
A Brand Opportunity
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At a great saving. This Loom End Sale covers many lines of goods, just such as you will buy later. So do net wait out avail yourselves >
this opportunity. It includes Clothing for Men and Boys, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Millinery, Dry Goods of all kinds, ^sady made Suit-• 1
Skirts for women and everything carried in a Dry Goods Store. Blue, oil red, silver grey black, white and shirting- prints all the" be-t brad
Ginghams, satteens, plain and fancy dress ducks, outing flannels, allwool in greV and navy blue. Woolen dress goods, EmbroMe'-ies Hand’
kerchiefs, Underwear for men, women and children, and thousands of articles that your eyes can see more in ten minute’s than we can’tell v
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Major Ramsdell Writes.
Major J. A. Ramsdell is now
■tfith his son, Frank, in the Isle of
Pines, and the following com-
munication from him will interest
many in this section. It is only
a part of a letter written to the
Marble Falls Messenger:
We bought all new ground and
instead of taking it from the
stump we had to make the stump.
Frank took a twenty acre tract
for himself and one for his wife,
and his sister from Washington,
D. C., took one and I took two
twenties, making in all one hun-
dred acres. We have the whole
fenced in and partly divided into
lots for cultivation, etc., with
a small stream of living water,
which is as soft as rain water.
All the water on the island is soft.
I have just bought ten acres
more across the avenue which I
think is the finest location on the
Island. Frank has jewelry work
on his bench all the time, and
then he has a good deal of medi-
cal practice, so altogether we are
keeping out of debt and I guess
we are getting along as well as
we ought to.
This is the greatest country for
the growth of trees that I have
ever seen. Our orange, lemon,
grape-fruit, bananas, pineapples
and I suppose twenty kinds of
native fruits, etc., are growing to
beat the world. We have trees
enough paid for to set all the
land we have and we are setting
out all the time.
The people here are too busy
with work to have much time for
church or school. A preacher
from Iowa was here some time
ago and preached a sermon at the
house of the president of the
Iowa colony. They called on me
to make the opening prayer,
which was said to be the first
public prayer ever made on the
Island, and now a Sunday school
is organized and they have made
me the first Sunday school presi-
dent ever on the Island. So you
see we are a pretty poor set of
wretches.
I think this is beyond a doubt
the most beautiful country in the
world. It makes us think too
much of it. We all believe it to
be American territory, but the
U. S. A. is trying to give it to
Cuba for coaling stations on the
Island of Cuba. Of course we
are fighting it, with very small
show of hope for success. If the
United States would hold this
Island, in five years time there
would not be standing ground on
unoccupied land, so to speak. It
would be all taken up instanter.
Last summer we set out about
2,000 pineapples on our ground
and have been living on them
this summer till they don’t taste
as good as they did at first. We
feed the over-ripe ones to the
chickens. With sugar at three
cents a pound and cream of our
own, they make rather fine eat-
ing. With mangoes and guaves
free by bushels and bushels,
which seem equal to apples and
peaches, we can nearly live on
fruits. Most truly yours,
J. A. Ramsdell.
Columbia, Isle of Pines, Aug. 23,1903.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Fox are
happy in the possession of a son,
which came to them Tuesday.
Mother and babe doing well.
Congratulations, good friend.
Advertised Getter Gist.
The following is a list of the
uncalled-for letters remaining in
the Lampasas postoffice for the
week ending today.
Miss Lucy Atkinson, Anastacio
Cordoba, Julian Guenteos.
W. H. Webber, P. M.
The Home Circle Society of
Lampasas and Burnet county was
organized by the state organizer,
R. J. Parsons, in December 1900,
over 2 1-2 years ago, and has an
almost unprecedented record, in
that no member of the society
has died since it was founded in
this county, and hence the mem-
bers have not paid out one cent
(except the $3.25 membership fee)
to carry this protection for the
past 32 months, which thoroughly
demonstrates that the “Home
Circle” plan is the cheapest in-
surance in Texas. The Home
Circle has a number of very
commendable features namely:
first, it’s a home institu-
tion with the beneficiary money
in one of our home banks, ready
to be paid out in one hour after
notice of death is given; second,
when a member is called upon to
pay an assessment they know
exactly who it is that gets the
benefit of their dollar—home peo-
ple—often it is a neighbor, friend
or relative; thirdly, women are
admitted on equal terms with
men, which makes the protection
mutual, enabling husband and
wife to carry protection for each
other at actual cost, as not more
than 85c a year can be collected
for expenses. The fees are very
small as it only costs $3.25 to join
($6.50 for man and wife) which
includes the advance assessment,
after which nothing is paid until
a death occurs. The “Home
Circle” is rapidly becoming the
most popular insurance society
in Texas, as is evidenced by its
almost phenomenal growth in
this state the past 3 1-2 years,
having built about 90 Circles with
about 25,000 members. In this
section oLthe state “Home Cir-
cles” haveVbeen instituted in the
following counties: Bell, William-
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son, Coryell, Hamilton, McCul-
lough, Brown, Coleman, Co-
manche, Erath, Eastland, Mc-
Lennan, Bosque, Johnson, Hill,
Ellis, Falls, Milam, and Robert-
son. Organizer, R. J. Parsons,
is now in Lampasas for the pur-
pose of securing applications
enough to fill this cirletoits max-
imum membership (750), he
hopes to secure the co-operation
of all the members and feels con-
fident the desired results can be
obtained. Mr. Parsons expects
to canvass the counties of - Lam-
pasas and Burnet and requests
those who desire to give their ap-
plications, to see him as soon as
possible. He has a neat Home
Circle button free, for every
member. The Home Circle is a
splendid home institution and
richly deserves the most liberal
patronage of the people of Lam-
pasas and Burnet counties. We
hope to see the circle full in the
next 60 days.
Clean Your Clothes.
We are especially prepared to
clean and press your clothes in a
first-class manner, and guarantee I
to give satisfaction. Bring your i
soiled apparel to us, and we will
make it look like new.
The Troy Steam Laundry.
T. P. P. Berry, one of the best
berries in the land, was here yes-
terday and renewed for The Lead-
er and the Dallas News. Thanks.
A number of elections have
been held on the prohibition ques-
tion since last report. Following
are the results as far as we have
been able to learn:    Wilson and
Runnels went anti by small ma-
jorities, while Comanche and An-
gelina went pro by good major-
ities. The Waelder precinct, in
Gonzales county, also went pro.
There are two elections yet to be
held, one in Brazos county, which
was ordered under a peremptory
mandamus, and the other in
Kaufman county. The last round
of elections has resulted in 12
counties and one precinct going
dry, while 4 counties and twp .
precincts have remained as they
were. There have been no elec-
tions held in counties where pro-
hibition formerly prevailed, ex-
cept Hunt, and it gave a majority
of over 2000 for prohibition.
ARE YOU COIN© WEST?
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California or Ariz.
$25.00
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Mr. Hayden, recently of Lott,
Falls county, has purchased what
is known as the Dock Arrington
place, just beyond the H. & T. C.
depot and will move there and
also open a store in that section
of Lampasas.
Ward, the Artist,
Is giving the cheapest prices ever
made and guarantees his work.
Rates from Branch Line points slight-
ly higher.
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September 15 to November 30, 1903.
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