The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1933 Page: 2 of 8
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Th« Lampasas Leader
Published Every Friday
J. H. ABNEY & SON
Herbert J. Abney, Publisher
Sintered at the postoffice at Lampasas,
Texas, as second class mail matter.
Subscription Price
months ........................................$1.50
4 months ....... .75
,1$ months ..................... 50
MILLION WON BY STATE I ADVANCE PRISON
FOR SCHOOL FUND t CREDIT SCORED
AUSTIN, Sept. 24.—The perma-
AUSTIN, Sept. 22.—The attorney
sl .s. court revokes
.LENIENCY GRANTED
IN NARCOTIC CASE
j (San Antonio Light)
Judge R. J. McMillan Friday re-
voked a three year suspended sen-
tence and re-sentenced Lee Shep-
Gb.erd of Lampasas, Texas, to 18
asnonths in Leavenworth penitentiary
. following a hearing in federal court
here. The suspended sentence was
revoked on the basis of complaints
from Lampasas that Shepherd had
on. several' occasions disturbed the
peace and had been charged with li-
quor law violations. When Shephei’d
.was tried and given the suspended
sentence, June 12, last, on a narcotic
-charge, he was placed under Proba-
tion officer Reed Cozart.
Mrs. Albert Cloud of Lampasas
testified that Shepherd recently had
• created a disturbance at his home.
Shepherd told the court he and his
wit’s had used narcotics all their mar-
ried li fe, but that 10 months ago
•they quit, and were, just “beginning
to realize" hew pleasant life could
jbe.
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nent fund of the Texas public school i general’s department ruled Friday
system is richer by $1,073,000. j that credits for good behavior upon
J. D. Moore, Travis- county district j the sentences of convicts could not
judge, Saturday entered judgment be allowed until after they Were
for that amount in favor of the state I earned. Good behavior credits only
against the Mid-Kansas Oil and Gas | can be allowed year by year as earn-
Company, holding it to be due from j ed, he said.
oil and gas produced from a 561-acre j Pat Dougherty, assistant attorney
tract in Pecos county, adjudged by general, said the prison system had
SO LONS ARE GIVEN
ELEVEN NEW SUBJECTS
the Texas supreme court to be vacant
public school land.
Judgment in favor of Fred Tur-
ner, Jr., for S..26,500 also was enter-
ed by Judge Moore. Turner held a
patent ' on the land from the state
but had been denied possession for
approximately five years while the
tract was in litigation. The Mid-Kan-
sas had produced the land during
that period.
Richard Berry, president of the Mid-
Kansas, delivered a check to James
V. Allred, attorney general, for the
entire amount immediately after
judgment was entered.
In addition to the money judgment,,
the state and Turner retain a one-
sixteenth free royalty interest in the
area.
Income from the permanent school
fund is used to pay a portion of
the scholastic per capita apportion-
ment granted by the state. The judg-
ment was net, all costs of the suit
being paid by the defendant.
Allred said it was the largest judg-
ment ever rendered for the state in
a land case. It was exceeded in size
only by the judgment of $1,628,000
recovered by former Attorney Gen-
eral R. V. Davidson in the anti-trust
litigation against the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company.
Ralph W. Yarborough, assistant
attorney general, represented the
state in the suit.
followed the policy of giving the
maximum “good time” credit at the
beginning of the sentence, thereby
permitting convicts to be released be-
fore they should be under the law;
unless their credit later was forfeited
through misconduct.
The opinion said that under the
law the maximum “good time” credit
on a 15-year sentence was four years,
nine months and 18 days. Under the
custom of the prison system, convicts
have obtained enough credit for good
behavior and for overtime to be re-
leased in seven years, Dougherty said.
Dougherty gave as an example of
the effect of his ruling the case of
W. A. Stone, serving a 15-year sen-
tence on a charge of participation in
the robbery of the Majestic Theater
treasurer at Fort Worth a few years
ago. Stone was released in June af-
ter being in prison only six years,
three months and eight days, Dough-
erty said. Under Dougherty’s ruling
he would have been entitled to a
credit for service of only 11 years,
1 month and 20 days at the time of
his discharge.
Dougherty pointed out that the
good behavior allowances were larg-
er in the latter years of a convict’s
service in the penitentiary.
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LEGGERS WILL COME THERE, ONE-THIRD OF TAM-
PICO LAID TO WASTE
AUSTIN, Sept. 25.—Governor Mi-
riam A. Ferguson today opened 11
additional subjects for the consider-
ation of the legislature in its current
GLASGOW, Sept. 25.—American
IS GIVEN YEAR JAIL TERM, bootleggers are expected to b|egin
-- I operations in Britain next year fol-
CHICAGO, Sept. 24.—Sally Rand, ^ lowing the repeal of prohibition and
of fan dancing notoriety, was con- j the collapse of their business in the
victed of presenting an indecent j United States.
dance by a jury in municipal court! A Scottish whiskey distiller and
GGLE ITEMS
* * * *
MEXICO, D. F., Sept. 5.—One- j *
third of Tampico was destroyed and j (gy Reporter)
most of the city was inundated, with j Health of the community
a large loss of life and millions of at the present,
dollars in property damage, in yes-
CASH REWARDS OFFERED
FOR “MACHINE GUN” KELLY
AND HIS WIFE
Saturday and sentenced to a year in '< wine merchant is quoted as stating
. jail. She also was‘'fined $200
special o^oMon. A..ion0 t e sujj~ccs | costs> I that attempts are being made to sell | nip-ht.
..submitted was tne licensing o poo , The cbarges were based on her j smuggled liquor in Great Britain.
appearance in a Loop theatre follow-
terday s storm, said fragmentary re- | cotton. Some are sowing grain,
ports reaching the National Observa- The wedding bells have been ring
i OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 24.-^
is good More than 500 citizens of Oklahoma
j City have joined in offering $10,000
Most everyone is through picking reward for the capture ‘dead or alive’
halls and the appropriation of $50,
*000 for a campaign against the
spread of typhus fever.
Another bill submitted would pro-
of George (Machine Gun) Kelly, no
xnc Hwumg „avC ucc„ xing- torious outlaw wanted in the Urschel
aild j that he already has received evidence j tory and Pan-American Airways to- ing quite often in our community kidnaping case who threatened death
| lately. Earl McLean and Layern to Urschel and others during the prog-
A message sent by wireless to the qox married the 17th. Raymond Rea- ress of the trial of 12 others in the
1-1 was offered the other day,” he, observatory by way of Vera Cruz gan and Edna Reuther married the' case, and $5,000 for the capture, either
ing presentation of her act and tes- j said, “100 cases of the best French j from a steamer anchored in the port1 23rd. | dead or alive, of Kathryn Kelly, wife
tiffed that she was covered with a■ brandy at about half the wholesale said the region was a scene of deso- : John rarlile and faniilv snont. Snn-! of the desperado and daughter of
white cosmetic preparation to give j pUce, delivered by motor van from
-vide for a maximum eight-horn day j ^ a gtatue-like appearance during j London
Tor laborers on all state contracts. I her gtag.e performances. She assert-
The question of appropriating, gd that this met objections based on
>$7300 annually to continue the ma- j ^ aliegation of nudity.
J&ria control work in East Texas a &o Judge J. H. McGarry overruled a
opened. motion for a new trial for the dancer,
Other subjects submitted included ..ut granted her 60 days in which to
.adequate maintenance of state parks,
authorizing the board of education
to establish school districts at mili-
iffsry reservations, a corrective amend-
zment to the cigarette tax law and a
bill to provide for appointment by
the El Paso County commissioners
court of as many assistant district
and county attorneys for that coun-
ty as the court deems necessary.
The bill to permit the creation of
school districts at military reserva-
tions was designed to apply speci-
fically to Randolph Field, near San
Antonio. dp'*'
A hill to authorize the commission-
ers’ courts of Polk, Angelina, Trin-
ity and Tyler counties to condemn
land and open rights of way through
■enclosed pastures to afford access to
.lakes and rivers was submitted.
W. M. U. WEEK OF PRAYER
'• September 25-29 has been set apart
for the observance of A Week of
Prayer for State Missions, by all the
~W. M. U.’s of Texas.
Monday’s program, “Looking at
Texas Baptist Plans,” assigned to
Circle No. 1 was opened by singing
Hymn No. 118. The devotional was
John Carlile and family spent Sun-; of the desperado and daughter
iatiori and the city had been placed day with her parents near Oakalla. I Mrs. R. G. Shannon, one of the 12
under martial law as relief work be- j Mrs. John Conrad and two children i defendants on trial.
“It was quite obvious that no duty j gan. ! 0f Long Cove and Mr. and Mrs. Lee j A group of wealthy Oklahoma City
had been paid on this brandy. It j The observatory said the floods on Green and baby from Adamsville citizens, headed by Charles Colcord,
must have been smuggled into the i the Panuco River were unprecedent- spent Saturday night in Dennis Wor- capitalist and a United States mar-
country. | ed, hundreds of persons were ioslat- j thington’s home. ! snal in territorial days, met and un-
"I believe this is just the begin- ed and thousands left homeless. The | Mr. and Mrs. Ira Pettie gave Mr. derwrote the rewards and called on
ning of what will become a large scale ; wind and the water laid waste ail and Mrs. Earl McLean a shower Sat-, all citizens to contribute to it.
appeal. Ilei bond was fi.-.ed at $-,- j bootlegging business in Britain. The | buildings in one-third of the once urday night. They received many: “Rats now are just like they were
licensed trade has been anticipating j prosperous oil port. j useful gifts. j in the old days when I was -a peace
The dancer has been arrested fre- j something of this sort for years in Ciudad Victoria also was reported Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Eisdnhuth officer,” said Colcord. “Cash wins
quently during the summer, because j consequence of the prohibitive excise (to have suffered heavily, with floods visited in T. J. Criswell’s home Sun- the double-cross where gangs are
of objections of police to^ what they i duty placed on spirits in this country, j threatening the entire north central day. I concerned.”
termed her “Lady Godiva” version of j “Everything now is working to one j region as torrential rains poured Mr. and Mrs. Marsh McLean had j Provisions of the rewards are
the terpsichorean art. I conclusion. The United States will down as far west as the Gulf of all of their children with them Sun- ■ phrased so payment will be made
The sentence is one of the most have repealed prohibition by the end California. ! day They all enjoyed a turkey din- in event either Kelly or his wife are
severe imposed here in a case of its | of the year, and when that becomes! A mesMge from charIes Dl.aytoh, ‘ nef ' i killed while resisting capture.
effective the bootleggers will have to; pan_Ameriean Airways pilot, said au- Albert Yeachange- and family from The terms also open the way for
character.
TEXAS HOUSEWIFE
OFFERS CODE FOR THE
KEEPER OF HOME
go out of business in America. ; tborifcies at Tampico, overwhelmed ' Pecan Grove community spent Sun-: permitting any fellow gangster, un-
“In addition, American distilleries | Iegg than tw0 weeks ag0 by a tropi- i day in E. A. Ruether’s home.
BEAUMONT, Texas, Sept. 24.—
Hearing nothing about a forty-hour
week for housewives and believing the
home maker is entitled to two movies
weekly and to have help with the
supper dishes, a housewife of Neder-
land, near here, has proposed a code
of her own.
Her code for housewives, received
by B. B. Johnson, county judge, in
a letter modestly signed “Mrs. L. T.
P.,” follows:
1. Every housewife shall be taken
out to dinner at least once a week.
2. Husband or some other member
of the family shall dry all the supper
dishes.
which now are being constructed will, ^ storm that took a toll of 50, re-
be turning out new whiskey which ^ lategt blow as the worst
they will be unable to sell if Pvesi- d-gter in the city-s history.
dent Roosevelt, as expected, legaliz-
es the sale of matured whiskey only.
“The bootleggers have shown that
they are desperate characters. No
one in the trade will be surprised if
they attempt to smuggle this raw
whiskey into Britain and sell it
cheaply.
“The duty on whiskey in this coun-
try is 72 shillings 6 pence per proof
gallon, or 8 shillings 5Vz pence a
bottle, which is a form of prohibi-
tion.
“Cheap whiskey would be certain
to find a ready sale here, because
hundreds of thousands have been
| forced to give up drinking it in con-
“Large numbers were drowned,”
his wireless report said, “and un-
The Ogle school began Monday
with Miss Edith Williams as teacher.
Sunday is regular church day at
Ogle.
derworld character or citizen who
traps or delivers either of the fugi-
tives or both, or who furnishes in-
formation resulting in the arrest or
capture of either or both, to share
in the reward.
Kelly, whose alias is R. G. Shan-
told damage and misery to the city! USED FURNITURE—Beds, $1.50 .
resulted from the storm, which au- up, springs $1.25 up, bed room suites | non> the nam® °rX ^1S
thorities regard as the worst catas- j $21.50 up, kitchen cabinets $12.50 up, | *s “ ° ’ J " an U1C 6S
trophe in the history of Tampico. living room suites $22.50 up. Also j tall> 1' / Pounds; medium, mus-
“Martial law has been declared and! good stock of New Furniture at at- I cular build’ blue or “ray eye3’ ar
salvage work and fii’st aid is being' tractive prices.—Culver Hardware
carried on under the direction qf,| C°-> Lampasas, Texas. (w)
conducted by Mrs. B. C. Knight, speak- j a minimum of two movies weekly,
ling from Acts 1:8. “Prayer that we j 4, Husband shall help children with
3. Every housewife is entitled to sequence of the prohibitive duty.”
Inquiries are received in Aberdeen
-carry out God’s plans for Texas,”
Mrs. Janies LeOcmptei “Look on
Texas,” an article dealing with the
need for State Missions, written by
Mrs. B. A. Copass, president of the
State W. M. U. was given by Mrs.
Gertrude A. Vaden.
“Texas’ Greatest Need; a Spirit of
Sacrifice,” written by Dr. W. R.
White, was given by Mrs. F. J. Har-
ris. Dr. White contrasts the love,
faith, zeal and courage of the early
Christians, with the careless, indiffer-
ent lives of so many modern chris-
kkajns, and advances the thought that
miaof the world’s ills at the pres-
ent time are due to this cause.
Because of the county-wide meet-
ing, the Workers’ Council, there will
Jbe no program Tuesday, but on Wed-
nesday afternoon at 3:30, Circle No.
J2 and the Y. W. A. will render a
joint program. Also there will be
programs Thursday and Friday af-
ternoons. All members are urged to
make their plans to attend all these
'services.—Pub. Chairman.
at least half of home work.
3. Every housewife is entitled to
10 per cent of family pay check for
pc)soqal expenditures on self for
clothes, cosmetics, etc.
6. Every housewife (except where
sickness or other emergency exists)
j is entitled to sleep late at least two
mornings weekly.
7. Every housewife is entitled to
every day from America in connec-
tion with the expected whiskey rush
when the United States goes “wet.”
HEALTH HINTS
(From State Health Department)
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 25.—Texas
lost over eight hundred of its child-
ren last year from one preventable
troops.”
Winds of 110 to 125 miles an hour
were reported.
“In addition to the damage caused
by the wind,” Drayton continued,
“heavy rains caused the Tamesi and
Panuco Rivers to overflow, inundat-
APPLICATIONS FOR
TREE ARMY JOBS ARE
ORDERED TAKEN
AUSTIN, Sept. 25.—The Texas re-
habilitation and relief commission
Monday instructed county relief ad-
ing a vast area and trapping an un- | ministrators to begin listing appli-
exti’a help for house cleaning twice ; cause. The disease responsible was
a month.
The writer admonished Judge John-
son to suggest the code to President
Roosevelt.
Mrs. David Mead of Amarillo is
visiting here in the home of her
mother, Mrs. Beulah Lockhart.
STOKES BROS. BANK
RECEIVES COTTON
PLOW-UP CHECK
The first of the government checks
for the cotton plow-up was received
here Saturday morning by Stokes
Bros. Bank. This is the first of these
checks to be received by Lampasas
bankers. The check was for $162.00
and was issued to a party living in
Coryell County.
None of the checks for Lampasas
farmers have been received as yet,
though they are looked for each day.
diphtheria. Dr. H. N. Barnett, direc-
tor, Bureau Child Hygiene, in com-
menting on this loss, said, “Diph-
theria could be practically eliminat-
ed if parents would take their chil-
dren to their family physician and
have them immunized as soon after
they reach six months of age as pos-
sible. Parents would not allow their
children to walk in front of a mov-
ing car, so why will they allow them
to run the danger of contracting
diphtheria? This immunization
should be done as soon as possible
as the winter months are the ones
in which the most deaths occur and
(it takes some time for immunity to
occur.”
Daily Leader 3 Months for $1.00
determined number of persons, and
forcing others to flee without their
possessions.
“Heavy damage is also feared in
cities and to crops as far seuth as
Tuxpam (150 miles down the coast)
and along the wide path northwest
of Tampico which the. storm follow-
ed.”
The federal government ordered
that all means of help be sent to
Tampico with the greatest possible
speed.
The storm began in Tampico at
noon yesterday and kept on until 5
o’clock this morning. All communi-
cations were suddenly cut late yester-
day afternoon, and tonight the only
means of contact was the wireless.
cants for enrollment in the civilian
conservation corps for the second
six months camps.
Careful physical examination of
brown hair, medium ruddy complex-
ion.
He is an expert machine gunner
and sometimes wears octagon-shaped
rimless or other glasses. He some-
times wears a “low-dropped temple”
haircut.
WIFE KEEPS BODY
OF HUSBAND TWO
MONTHS IN PARLOR
SEDAL-IA, Mo., Sept. 24.—Author-
ities have seized the body of Chai-les
her
Miss Alice Millican returned Mon-
day from Elgin, where she has been
visiting with her sister, Mrs. J. E.
Fromme. \
YOUNG
MEXICAN
GIRL DIED SUNDAY
each of the “tree army” applicants L. Baker, kept by his wife in
was ordered. Names of the youths parlor since his death July 22.
listed in accordance with these in- j Two months ago as the body was>
structions will be filed for ready ref- j being lowered into a grave at Mem-
erence, but no formal applications orial Park, Mrs. Baker stopped the
will be filled out until specific author- ceremony.
ity is given later, Lawrence West-! “I can’t bear the thought of having
Ruedio Agilar died at 4 o’clock
Sunday afternoon and was buried at
9 o’clock Monday morning at Oak
Hill cemetery. Father Schroeder
had charge of the services.
brook, director of the state commis-
sion, said.
Actual instructions for the enroll-
ment of C. C. G. applicants will be
transmitted about October 10, West-
brook said. Men are to be selected
from those now on the relief rolls,
whose families are on the rolls, or
those families that will be foiled upon
the rolls unless the applicants^ re-
ceive compensation.
Only unmarried persons between
the ages of 18 and 25 inclusive and
who have dependents to whom they
are willing to allot a substantial
amount of their $30 per month allow-
ances will be eligible. Dependents
may be either of blood or obligation.
Quotas for each county will be as-
signed early in October and selection
probably will begin about October 12,
Westbrook said. ,
his body covered with dirt,” she sob--
bed. “Take him home.”
Accordingly, the body was remov-
ed to his home and placed in the
parlor, where Mrs. Baker ordered a
mausoleum erected.
The matter was brought to the at-
tention of Dr. E. T. McGaugh, state
health commissioner, who ordered
local authorities to make proper dis-
posal of the body.
Grief-stricken that her daily devo-
tion to her husband’s body, kept in a
refrigerated room and surrounded by
fresh flowers, should be broken, Mrs.
Baker blamed the situation on busy-
bodies. 4
“Someone who had nothing else to
do caused this to happen,” she said.
“They ought to mind their own busi-
ness instead of interfering with a
heart-broken widow.” ni iLminifili
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