The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1928 Page: 3 of 8
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70MAN SHOT ME,’ WAS
DYING CHIEF’S WORDS
&
Happy New Year!
In this issue, the first for the New
Year of 1928, The Leader wishes to
| Wichita Falls, Tex., Dec. 29.—While [extend the season’s greetings and wish
two robbers of the First National for everyone of its readers, and this
Bank at Cisco had succeeded Thurs- j entire community, a most happy and
day in obscuring all positive trace of j prosperous year, during 1928.
their whereabouts, authorities in half! We wish to express our sincere ap-
a dozen counties in this section turn- j predation of the business extended
ed their inquiry to the statement | this ' paper during the past twelve
shortly before he died of Chief Bit ; months. Our readers have our thanks
Bedford of Cisco that “it was a ; for the promptness with which they
woman who shot me.” j have renewed their subscriptions at
Chief Bedford died the day after i the expiration dates and many new
he had been wounded in a gun fightj readers have been added to our list
[with bandits who were fleeing from | during the past twelve months, for
the scene of the robbery. j which we are grateful. It is our de-
The newest .development to rceive j termination to give you the very best
the attention of officers resulted from j paper possible and with your co-oper-
the statement said to have been made j ation we can make the paper better
by Chief Bedford two hours before he and of greater interest. We want the
W. FRANK MACE ANNOUNCES
FOR SHERIFF AND TAX COL’R.
died to Harvey Olman, Cisco motor-
cycle officer.
“I wasn’t shot by a man; it v/as a
blonde headed woman; I was looking
her straight in the eyes when she shot
me,” Chief Bedford is quoted as hav-
ing said to Olman.
news and ask that you stop us on the
streets, call over the telephone or mail
us any items that you might have
that will be of interest to the people.
Our labors have been pleasant and we
trust that we have served you in such
! a way that we may continue to re-
ceive your support.
The Insanity Plea.
Has it come to this that the more
revolting the crime the better the
chance of the criminal to escape pun-
ishment? If so, then we shall have
more revolting crimes. The country
has been shocked by the acquittal of
the murderer Remus and the con-
duct of the jury that freed him on an
insanity plea. It is now indicated
that insanity will be the defense of
Edward Hickman. .
• Irrespective of individual opinion
on this subject, the public would not
be concerned if it could look forward
with confidence to a verdict in con-
formity with authoritative opinion on
this question of sanity. What causes
natural concern is the prospect that
the judgment of sanity probably will
be left wholly to a jury influenced, not
by knowledge of mental disorders but
by conflicting testimony of available
experts, by biased testimony and by
sentimental harangues of counsel.
There long has been a conviction in
the minds of many of those identified
with crime problems that each state
- should have, subject to call, the most
authoritative board of sanity experts
available; that it should be the duty
of some such, a board to pass upon the
question of a defendant’s sanity, if
raised, at the time the crime was
committed and at the time of trial;
that the decision of such a board
should haye such- weight by virtue of
the learning and standing of its mem-
bers, that no honest jury could con-
sistently question its findings. With
such diagnosticians available, there
would be only the remotest chance
that one mentally irresponsible would
be put to death or unjustly imprison-
ed. On the other hand it should be
correspondingly difficult to make out
a case of insanity for a responsible
person.
In England, when the question of
insanity is raised at the criminal bar,
the court has available the highest
authority on mental disorders. In al-
most every instance the testimony of
such authority is final There is no
such thing as a prolonged trial, in
which alienists of more or less stand-
ing consume hours on hours in giving
testimony that only confuses the jur-
ors Nor does the court need to toler-
ate the bringing in of irrelevant mat-
ter or the resort of counsel to elabor-
ate sentimentality. The result is that
England scarcely knows of such
cases of insanity defense as so often
scandalize our courts and shock the
American public.—Kansas City Star.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Thogmartin and
baby left Monday for San Angelo, at
which place they will make their
home. Mr. Thogmartin has closed
out his jewelry store here and will
i have a like business in that city. Lam-
[pasas regrets that Mr. and Mrs. Thog-
martin are moving out of the city,
but wish for them much prosperity
in their new business and hope that
they will be pleased with their new
home.
MRS. LINDY IS AT ST.
LOUIS EN ROUTE HOME
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 29.—Mrs. Evan-
geline Lindbergh, mother of Col. Chas.
A. Lindbergh, landed at Lambert, St.
Louis Field at 2:35 p. m. on her re-
turn flight from Mexico City to De-
troit. She had left Muskogee, Okla.,
at 11:31 a. m.
En route from San Antonio today
the plane stopped briefly at Dallas
and Muskogee, but none of the party
got far from the plane while it was
refueled. Mrs. Lindbergh ate a small
lunch of sandwiches at Muskogee.
To the Voters and Citizens of Lam-
pasas County:
After due consideration and urgent
solicitation by a number of my friends
of Lampasas county, I have decided
to make the race for the office of
sheriff and tax colletcor of Lampasas
county in the coming election, and I
shall submit my name as a candidate
for nomination in the Democratic Pri-
mary Eelection to be held on July 28,
1928.
Many of the good people of Lam-
! pasas county know that I have been
; a life long resident of the county, and
| I am personally known to a large ma-
! jority of its citizens. Never before
! having asked the people of Lampasas
| county to honor me with their suf-
| frage, I have never held public of-
fice. Believing in rotation in office,
as a good old Democratic doctrine, and
feeling, as I do, that the people of
the county want a man who will “dis-
charge and perform all the duties in-
cumbent upon him according to his
skill and ability, agreeably to the
Constitution and Laws of the United
States and this State,” enforcing the
same with equal justice, regardless of
who the offender may be, I earnestly
ask your support, your influence and
your vote. In return for this favor
I promise you that if you will elect
me to the office of Sheriff and Tax
i Collector of Lampasas county, I will
discharge the duties of the office with
justice to all, fairly and impartially,
and will endeavor to enforce all the
laws required of the incumbent in this
important county office.
Respectfully,
(dw) W. F. MACE.
Howdy Do.
Once, we noticed a little girl who
always spoke to the people she met.
We would pass her on the street each
day as we go to work, and she in-
variably met us with a smile and a
friendly “Howdy do.” We did not
know this little girl and we went to
the trouble of finding out who she
was, just because she was such a
friendly little girl and was always
smiling.
That smile was always on her face.
It would not come off. Acquaintances
or strangers, who seemed willing to
speak, were alike recognized by this
little girl, and it made more than one
have a warm place in their heart for
her.
When we got to know this child
we found that her disposition, or cul-
tivation, was just as sunny and
friendly as it was on short acquaint-
ance. She did not cool off nor lose
interest in one just because she learn-
ed to know him.
We have also seen people who
looked like it would break their backs
if they “condescended” to speak, es-
pecially to a stranger. They seemed
not to care whether they made a
friend or an enemy. In fact, their
disposition, their unusual manner,
showed that they’d rather have nG
friends.
We have often wondered how the
man'or woman feels when he comes
to die, if he or she, has made no ef-
forts to have friends, or if he has
made a special effort to antagonize
everyone with whom he conies in con-
tact.
Friends are a treasure, and the
more one can have the better it makes
one feel, unless one is soured on the
world. And when a man of this kind
is run across it is a pity, and they
deserve to be pitied for their short-
sightedness.
The friendly smile is a priceless
treasure.—Lufkin News. ♦
W. FRANK PtIACE AN-
NOUNCES FOR SHERIFF
Wallace and D. T. Briggs accom-
panied Clifton Whigham and Miss
Burleson to Sephenville Sunday.
Miss Burleson was a week-end visitor
here, coming over for the A. & M.
dance Friday night and Clifton Whig-
ham returned to John Tarleton Col-
lege to resume his studies.
The Leader is • authorized to an-
nouce the candidacy of W. Frank
Mace for the office of Sheriff and Tax
Collector of Lampasas county. He is
a lifetime citizen of the county, being
a son of Solon V. Mace, one of the
pioneers of Lampasas county. Mr.
Mace believes in rotation in office and
has never sought or held public of-
fice. He is a man of good moral
character and always gives his sup-
port to moral issues that are brought
up. Mr. Mace makes this race on the
platform of law enforcement, prom-
ising the enforcement of all laws
without partiality, and asks that you
carefully consider his candidacy in
the democratic primary election in
July. Having been connected in mer-
cantile lines, more or less, all of fiis
life, Mr. Macp is known to practically
all the voters of Lampasas county.
Mr. and Mrs. Viron Standard have
returned to their home in Fort Worth
after spending a part of the New Year
holiday period with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Standard, in the Unity
community.
FOR SALE or TRADE—Good sec-
ond hand wagon, harness and plows.
Will take chickens, chicken feed or
wood as part pay. Call me over the
Rural telephone or address me at
Lampasas.—G. L. Biggs. (wp)
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wendt return-
ed home Sunday night from Whites-
boro and Cameron where they spent
the holiday season with their parents,
They were accompanied home by Mrs.
Wendt’s sister, Miss Rosalie Baskin,
who returned Monday to Georgetown
to resume her studies at Southwest-
ern University.
TEXAS EDUCATOR IS
DROWNING VICTIM
San Marcos, Tex., Dec. 29.—Arthur
L. Fenn, 25, of the department of
science of the Southwest Texas State
Teachers College here, was drowned
Tuesday at Norman, Okla., when a
boat in which he was riding, capsized,
according to advices received here
Wednesday. Mr. Fenn was hunting
ducks when the accident occurred.
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REV. FRANK NORRIS’ HOME
DESTROYED BY FIRE SUNDAY
Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. 1.—The
home of Rev. J. Frank Norris, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, was
totally destroyed by fire with a loss
of $16,090 Sunday morning while the
pastor was conducting Sunday school.
The residence was a one and one-
half story frame structure, outside
of the city. Only a few articles of
clothing were saved. The pastor’s
library went up in flames. The loss
is partly covered by insurance.
NEW CHEVROLET RECEIVES
FAVORABLE COMMENT
HOUSE NEAR TOWN BURNS
SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT
The home of C. D. Wyatt, at the
edge of town on the Lometa road,
was destroyed by fire Saturday night
about midnight. Mr. Wyatt was not
at home at the time of the fire, he
having been staying at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. H. R. Barber, for
the past several days. As it was the
time of the night that the New Year
was to be ushered in, the fire alarm
did not disturb many and even the
firemen did not understand that it
was a real fire. The weather was so
cold that very little could be done to
save the house.
Mr. Wyatt carried some insurance
on his house. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
Road Bonds Carry.
Marble Falls, Tex., Jan. 2.—The
bond election for the highways for
Precinct No. 4, held here Saturday,
carried by a large majority. In the
whole precinct there were 410 votes
cast for and 19 against. Shovel
Mountain, one of the boxes in the
precinct, cast 44 votes, everyone be-
ing for the highway.
Mrs. R. W. Bridgers has returned
home from Gulf, where she spent the
Christmas season in the home of her
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bowmer Ater.
She was accompanied home by her
little granddaughter, Marceyle Ater,
who will spend a time with her.
The new Chevrolet cars, now in the
show rooms of the Holley-Langford
Motor Co., are receiving many favor-
able comments on the improvements
and general appearance of this car,
recently put on the market by the
General Motors Co. There is a price
reduction on all of the Chevrolet
models, effective January 1st, and this
reduction on the different models
ranges from $10 to $60. The cars
>re shown on Saturday afternoon
for the first time and many people
crowded the sales rooms for an in-
spection of the cars. It is a good
looking automobile and carries several
changes and improvements.
1928 OUTLOOK IS EX-
CELLENT FOR LAMPASAS
| clip should be above average and the
! prices for country produce are al-
ways just a little better in Lampasas
than elsewhere. With chickens, tur-
keys, butter, eggs and cream being
sold and shipped away constantly
outside money is brought in and nat-
urally contributes largely to the good
conditions and the well being of our
citizens. Lampasas is many times
blessed with her natural resources,
fertile soils and grassy hillsides, and
taken altogether, these things make
us a very fortunate community.
This being campaign year, pros-
pects for a good county fair, and for
a number of gatherings at Anderson
Park, as well as a constant stream of
tourists, and the going forward of the
municipal improvements, things will
be lively and business in all lines ex-
cellent for the entire year of 1928.
With the coming of the New Year
it might be well worth while to look
back over the many accomplishments
of 1927, both as to individual ac-
complishments and to the general and
civic advancements.
During th# year 1927 the City of
Lampasas made one of its greatest
forward steps in the passage of a
bond issue to install a modern sewer-
age system for the town and also the
passage of a water improvement bond
issue. These two improvements will
do more toward the advancement of
our town than any other possible
moves. The year 1928 will see the
fulfillment of these two long-felt
needs. Minor street repair work,
many new residences, successful
business changes and many other
things contributed to the success of
1927. It might also be remembered
that the Lampasas Fair held here
during the past summer was an out-
standing event during the year, as
was a very successful encampment of
the Texas Baptist Assembly Asso-
ciation. 1927 also witnessed the in-
stallation and operation of another
swimming pool and the reopening of
the Abney sulphur well.
Prospects for the New Year are
exceedingly bright, the business firms
of Lampasas all being in good finan-
cial condition, the ground being well
A. R. HARVEY ASKS RE-ELEC-
TION AS SHERIFF, TAX COL’TR.
In this issure we are authorized to.
announce the candidacy of A. R. Har-
vey for re-election to the office of
Sheriff and Tax Collector of Lam-
pasas county. Mr. Harvey was elect-
ed to this office in 1924 and has ren-
dered efficient service to the people
since taking charge of the office, hav-
ing had several years of experience
as a deputy sheriff and tax collector
in the State of Mississippi before
coming to Texas. He is a very cour-
teous and accommodating gentleman
and is always ready to answer calls
sent to him either day or night, and
keeps his office work in a neat and
accurate way. Mr. Harvey believes
in law enforcement without special
favors and believes in turning vio-
lators over to the proper courts for
punishment. The candidacy of Mr.
Harvey is subject to the action of the
democratic primary election in July,
and he asks that you give his can-
didacy your careful consideration,
promising the best of service to all
concerned if honored by the voters
in the coming election.
Mrs. T. B. Pollard of Killeen is
spending this vreek here in the home ---------------, ~-T =- - -
of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. I seasoned we should have good field
Hubby. and row crops, the wool and mohair
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Ulrich and Miss
Lena Belle Briggs returned Friday to
Wichita Falls after spending the
Christmas period here in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Briggs, and
other relatives.
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The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1928, newspaper, January 6, 1928; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth891183/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.