The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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§k Lampasas Leaflet
20th Year
Lampasas, Texas, Friday, August 14, 1908.
No. 39.
\ Your Attention !
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^ is directed to tlie bargains wkick we are offering m all summer and' ligkt weight
^ goods- I kere is notkmg m tkis line in tke kouse tkat kas not felt 'ike force of tke great
^ price carving knife, and we kave kargams to offer now wkick you would do well to
^ purchase, for everytkmg m tkis line must he kigker anotker year as prices in all lines continue to ^
^ advance. In ladies fine summer dress goods and trimmings we kave some special lines to close out ^
^ at greatly reduced prices. Xkese *goods will ke seasonakle for montks to come, as tke kot season kas ^
^ just kegun. Come and look at our offerings and you will be pleased to kuy at tke prices offered.
^ In men s skirts we kave some special kargains in kotk dress and soft negligee patterns, and as tkis is Q
^ tke outing season, we would be pleased to kave you supply your wants kere and now. We also ^
^ kave a neat assortment of ligkt weigkt clotkmg, suitable to tkis weatker, and we can give you a bar- q
gam in something tkat will please you. We are headquarters for tke best shoes in tke world, but ^
we have slashed tke price on tke low cuts to clean them put. Come to us for Ducking for cotton
picking sacks. . 1
Stokes Brothers & Co.
The People Who Sell If For Less M
In the forecast of the demo-
cratic convention at San Antonio
the submissionists seem to have
things their own way, and will
probably control the convention,
notwithstanding the location.
V. W. Grubbs, of Greenville,
is announced as a candidate for
commissioner of agriculture to
fill the place made vacant by the
election of R. L. Milner to the
presidency of the A. and M.
college.
The State Epworth League en-
campment is in session at Corpus
Christi, and is said to be the
largest gathering of young peo-
ple ever assembled in Texas. It
is the only gathering of the Meth-
odist youngsters in the stale and
always has a full attendance.
The Alamo building which has
been a bone of contention be-
tween the two factions of the
Daughters of the Republic of
Texas, will probably be placed
under the control of the stfte as
are other buildings and grounds.
The fact that the Daughters could
not agree makes this course nec-
essary.
What a title! “Railroad presi-
dent, wealthy saloon keeper and
temperance advocate” is the de-
scription given of a man who is
aspiring to the office of governor
on the democratic ticket in the
state of Washington. In Texas
he would be called a republiean
on the first title, an anti on the
second, and a pro on the third,
' and he would be cast out by all.
It is said that Hon. E. A. Cal-
vin, formerly president of the
Texas Farmers’ Union, is slated
for the place made vacant by the
appointment of R. T. Milner to
the presidency of the A. & M.
College. He is a practical farmer
and would make a good head of
the agricultural department.
A sensible farmer up in the
state of Washington has this sign
on his fence: “Cherries all gone.
No use to tear your pants climb-
ing through the wire fence until
the pbars are ripe.” That may
keep a Washington boy out of
the orchard, but it would not
havo any effect on these Texas
youngsters.
J. H. Martin returned the lat-
ter part of last week from Clar-
endon where he had been called
to the bedside of his sick mother
who died just before his arrival
there. Mrs. Martin was 83 years
old and died from heart failure
brought on by a recent attack of
lagrip.—San Saba News.
The automobile as a means of
transportation has come to stay,
but the good, old faithful horse
is still in demand. It will take
all modern methods a long time
to drive Dobbin from the field as
a reliable and pleasant means of
power to get from place to place.
The electric car, the bycicle, the
motor cycle and the auto may
relieve him of some of his bur-
dens, but the horse will continue
to be in demand.
While the democrats are wrest-
ling with the submission ques-
tion in San Antonio, the repub-
licans will probably pass an anti-
sumptuary plank in their con-1
vention at Dallas. Submission
seems to be a certainty in the
democratic platform, and just as
sure as that happens, the repub-
licans will give its adherents the
anti-sumptuary doctrine.
Mrs. Jordan Everett is spend-
ing this week with the family of
her father near Naruna, and
Jordon is taking his meals around
at the most convenient places.
Dobyville Doings.
By Rabbit Chaser.
We are having some very warm
weather, though the crops look
well. The boll weevils are work-
ing on the cotton some.
Several of the Dobyville peo-
ple took a day off and went to the
fair at Lampasas last week.
Brother Head conducted a
meeting at Dobyville the past
.week.
Mrs. Della Bennett, of Rock-
port, visited her father and moth-
er, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Alexan-
der the past week.
Mrs. Bennett and her sister,
Miss Eunice Alexander, have
gone to Brady to visit their sister
Mrs. Dena White. Sam Alex-
ander and wife also went to Bra-
dy. His wife is in very bad
health, and a physician at Brady
is attending her. (
Ruben Alexander and wife are
visiting in Kimble county.
Mrs. Joe Wolf’s little girl,
Hazel, who got her arm broken
a week ago, is doing nicely and
will soon be well again.
Grandma Taylor has been
quite sick, but is doing as well as
could be expected of a person as
old as. she is.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith
have a new baby at their home.
James Lewis, of Beaumont is
visiting his father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. McAnelly.
A new son is reported at the
home of Bennie McAnelly.
Cotton Pickers.
I will have 110 acres of good
cotton ready to pick about Sept.
1st. I want a family of 7 or 8
hands (white people) to pick
same. I have a good three room
hou&e, plenty of pasturage, wood
and water. Apply to me on the
farm or address me at Purmelia,
Texas. w39 C. W. Payne.
More Old Muster Rolls.
The adjutant general’s depart-
ment at Austin will at an ea^ly
date issue another circular relat-
ing to old muster rolls on hand,
and giving all information con-
cerning them. This circular will
deal especially with the muster
rolls of thirteen old Texas Ranger
companies that have been found
in the basement of the state cap-
itol. These old rolls, musty and
yellow with age, were recent-
ly copied in duplicate, and the
original will be forwarded to the
pension department at Washing-
ton to be filed for verification and
approval.
These rolls contain the names
of the rangers who fought for the
protection of the Texas frontier
between the years of 1855 and
1860.
W. H. Webber is attending the
state republican convention at
Dallas. It is seldom he gets away
from the postoffice, and The
Leader force heartily wishes he
may enjoy this vacation and the
association with people who have
the same political belief which he
has. The time was when he was
the republican party of Lampa-
sas county, and he still deserves
to be its head and to enjoy most
of its honors.
J. N. Jepsen has the thanks o£
The Leader for some fine speci-
mens of fruit (peaches and figs}
from his home orchard. He if
always doing some one a kind-
ness.
While some campers in the
park thought it might frost, the.
thermometer in Lampasas showed
a variation of 32 degrees Monday*
the high point being 92 and the
low point 60. Monday was a.
disagreeably warm day.
The commissioners’ court is-in.
session this week, this being one
of the regular quarterly terms
required by law to be held. A.
full board is present, but there
seems to be nothing out of the
ordinary before the body.
Mrs. W. A. Dumas and chil-
dren' have arrived from Rock-
wall, and have rooms with the
husband and father at the Hug-
gins boarding establishment. Mr*
Dumas has employment with
Fox & Mills.
Bexar county reports an as-
sessed valuation of over.sixty-five
million dollars, being an increase
of eleven million dollars over the
valuation of last year. The peo-
ple will learn that the “full ren-
dition law” is all right, and state,
People of Lampasas have a
right to the satisfied look they
wear. They have witnessed the
largest number of campers in the
history of the place, an excellent
fair has just been held with a
county ana city tax rates will be
reduced.
A collision occurred Sunday
night on Galveston Island, just
beyond the bridge, between a
good attendance, Mollie Bailey j Katy train loaded with excursion -
and Booger Red have given their j ists, and a north-bound I. & G*
entertainments, and there is a | N. train. The engineer of the I.
regular moving picture show in : & G. N. train was instantly killed
addition to the other attractions. ; and about thirty persons serious-
If you are not satisfied with the ! ly injured. Galveston needs
entertainments which have been j more than one bridge over that
offered here this summer, you j arm of the bay, and will be com-
are indeed hard to please. pelled to have it soon.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1908, newspaper, August 14, 1908; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth890556/m1/1/?rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.