The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. [46], No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1934 Page: 1 of 8
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6TH YEAR
LAMPASAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1934
)ATE SET FOR MEETING HERE
OF WEST TEXAS SHERIFFS
The meeting of the West Texas
Sheriffs Association will be held here
lovember 26, 27 and 28. It is ex-
acted that a large attendance will
here for the meeting and the
Resident and secretary of the asso-
liation will be here soon and arrange
program for the meeting and will
rork with the Chamber of Commerce
providing entertainment for the
lisitors.
i’OOTBALL
FIELD
WILL
BE LIGHTED
ADAMSVILLE SCHOOL
OPENS SEPTEMBER 24
The Adamsville school will open
Monday, September 24, for the 1934-
35 term. M. R. Hax-dwick is superin-
tendent and J. C. Elam is principal
of the school. Mrs. Hardwick and
Mrs. Elam will assist with the teach-
ing.
Everything is in readiness for the
school opening and the teachers and
school board are anxious that all the
pupils come for the opening and all
get started off together.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR DOROTHY ELAINE PERRY
JURY COMMISSION COMPLETED
WORK WEDNESDAY MORNING
The jury commission appointed by
Judge Brewster completed its work
Wednesday morning and was dismiss-
ed. It was their duty to select jurors
for the December term of district
court hex’e. The commission was com-
posed of J. R. Key, Jim Brooks, Ross
Ramsey, J. J. Montgomery and R. H.
Whigham.
DISTRICT COURT IN
SESSION FOR THIRD WEEK
Supt. Wachendorfer informed us
Wednesday afternoon that the con-
tract had been signed and lights
fould be placed on the football field | away
lor the use of the Lampasas Bad-
gers. Lampasas has been assured
[hat all of the equipment will be here
|nd installed for the first Badger ;
jame which will be played Sept. 28, j
fith Lometa. \
The .cost of installing lights will j
|e about $1500 or $1600 and a com- j
xittee has already secured $550 in
ish donations and they hope, that
Ither donations • will be secured be-
xre the account is closed. Any who
ire to make donations are asked to
ive same at the Peoples National
^ank and it will be credited to the
count.
All towns who have placed lights
r>r their games have had quite an
xcrease in their revenue from games
Ind the Badgers feel that more local
|eople will now witness their games.
Dorothy Elaine Perry, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Perry, passed
at the home of her parents
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon by Rev. A. F.
Avant at the D$vis Cemetery on
Rocky. The family lived on East
Third Street.
MUNGER HOSTESS TO
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The woman’s missionary society of
Ine Methodist Church met Tuesday
[fternoon in the delightful home oi
Irs. W. T. Mungei\ Thirteen mem-
bers were present.
'Mrs. J. Virgil Davis was leader for
he lesson. Her subject for discussion
•as “Prayer in the Christian Life.”
he gave a most interesting and help-
ial paper, closing it with a fervent
rayer. All joined in singing “Must
esus Bear the Cross Alone.”
Mrs. C. C. Abney read the story
I’ a Busy Man’s Confessions on Fail-
p-e.
The society will assist with the en-
jertaining of the young people’s union
phich is to meet here on September
B0. Plans were made for a luncheon
be extended them in the church
|nnex. After the business session,
le hostess passed lime ice and cake.
Mrs. N. E. Loving was a most wel-
come visitor.—Reporter.
THE PIERIAN CLUB
The Pierian club met for the first
meeting of the year Friday in the
home of Mrs. F. J. Harris whose co-
hostess was Mrs. W. F. Mace. A
large number of the members was
present to answer to roll call with
federation news, and the club enjoy-
ed having as visitors Mrs. Edgar
Smith and Mrs. C. E. Roark. The
latter gave some interesting facts
about the work of the Dalhart club.
Mrs. W. F. Mace presided over the
business session at which time a let-
ter from the club’s president, Miss
Judge Few Brewster opened dis-
trict court Monday morning for the
third week of theSeptember term.
The grand jury was called back Mon-
day morning to investigate a burg-
lary. As a result of their investiga-
tion Ollie Brooks and O. L. Bethel
were charged with burglary and
their case set for Thursday of this
week. Both, men were brought here
last week from Fort Worth and are
now in the county jail.
Below are the cases disposed of in
district court since our last report:
H. A. McCrea vs. Jack Underwood
et al, debt and foreclosure; case on
trial.
Vera Thomas vs. Clyde Thomas,
divorce; plaintiff, granted divorce as
prayed.
Charles R. Guinn vs. J. E. Ried,
guardian, suit #over guardianship;
continued.
The State of Texas vs. O. L. Bethel,
burglary; defendant pleaded guilty
before a jury and was assessed two
years in the penitentiary.
The State of Texas vs. Joe Elder,
child desertion; defendant waived a
jury and pleaded guilty before the
sixty
NOTICE TO CATTLEMEN
OF BURNET COUNTY
I had notice to discontinue buying
cattle Sept. 11. Buying will probab-
ly be resumed Monday, Sept. 24.
A committee of three men has been
appointed to assist in locating cattle
to be bought and are as follows: R. H.
McFarland, Bertram; L. L. Holland,
Marble Falls; M. L. Allan, Lampasas.
Please get in touch with these men
when cattle buying is x’esumed.
Notice to Sheepmen of Burnet Co.
Sheep buying will begin in a few
days and ruling received yesterday
advised that no freshly-shorn sheep
will be bought and sheepmen selling
sheep will remove the pelts from
condemned animals and deliver them
to proper agent.
A. J. Cotton, County Agent.
BADGERS WILL PLAY FIRST
GAME UNDER LIGHTS
The Lampasas Badgers will play
their first football game of the sea-
son here with Lometa on Friday, Sept.
28, and will have the lighting sys-
tem installed in time for that game.
The Badgers are working hard this
year and with a much larger crowd
of fans they will be encouraged to
put their very best into the games.
The day games do not draw many
fans as most of the people are em-
ployed during the day time and do
not feel that they can lose the time
from business. The lighting system
to be installed will be first class in
every respect and will no doubt draw
many visitors from nearby places.
Sale and Transfer of Exemption Cert.
Any cotton farmer who holds ex-
emption certificates that are consid-
ered surplus, may dispose of them as
follows:
1. He may hold them over for his
REV. TIMMERMAN SPEAKS ON
BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE
Rev. N. f). Timmerman of Cameron
was an interesting speaker here
Thursday morning on the program
presented at the Baptist Workers’
. . . Conference. He has recently return-
persona] use in 1935 in the event the ed from Berlin wllBre he attended the
The State of Texas vs.
Brown, burglary; on trial.
Annie1 Browning, was read. In it
she asked that the club accept her j cou!1t and was sentenced to
resignation as president of and as a ^ays the county jail,
member of the club due to her inabil-
ity to attend the meetings. It was
with great regret that her request
was granted. Mrs. Edgar Smith, up-
on the club’s invitation, agreed to
take Miss Browning’s place as a
member of the club.
The nominating committee then pre-
sented the names of Mesdames Joseph
Allan and Sam Dickens Jr. as nom-
Willis
BROWNSVILLE MAN
GETS FEDERAL POST
fUSANNAH WESLEY CLASS
HOLDS MONTHLY MEETING
The Susannah Wesley class met
or a monthly meeting Tuesday at
he home of Mrs. L. E. Moore with
Jrs. Wallace Briggs as co-hostess.
A rummage sale was discussed’ and
|t was decided to hold one Saturday,
[ept. 22 on the courthouse square.
Irs. H. E. Stevenson held the ten-
Enutes quiz on “Know Your Bible.”
Hrs. Ryan Howard gave the story,
fMary the Mother of Jesus and Eliza-
beth.”
To the fourteen members present,
|he hostess served two kinds of sand-
wiches, punch and ice box cookies.—
sporter.
IE VICTORY WESLEY
CLASS HOLD MEETING
BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 18.—dames
L. Abney, local attorney, has been
appointed assistant federal district
inees for the offices of president and | attorney, according to announcement
first vice president, respectively. They , here.
were unanimously elected to fill said j Abney will work principally at
offices after which Mrs. Tim O’Keefe , Brownsville, Corpus Christi and La-
gave a brief but useful parliamen- j redo, he said, although he also will
tary drill.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Victory Wesley class was on Monday
Iftemoon in the church annex. Hos-
tesses for the occasion were Mes-
fames H. R. Gaddy, Harry Easters,
D. Florence and J. W. Ellis. The
president, Mrs. W. A. Berry, presid-
ed. Eighteen members responded to
roll call. Visits reported number
fty-five.
A letter was read from the home
isting the necessary articles for the
dox for our girl who the class is
Sponsoring. The purchasing commit-
3e was instructed to prepare the box
it once.
The next meeting will be the elec-
tion of officers for a new year so a
dominating committee was appointed
Composed of Mesdames Hoover, Cas-
pr and Abney.
It was voted to donate ten dollars
ward having the church piano and
ran tuned. Punch, cookies and sand-
iches were passed by the hostesses
iring a social period.—Reporter.
|T. J. Childres, Jr., and Robert Mar-
left Monday morning for Austin
tore they will attend the Univers-
of Texas this fall.
Mrs. Joseph Allan’s resume of her
trip into Old Mexico was interest-
ing as well as educational. She pic-
tured for the club, many interesting
and beautiful sights in several of the
Mexican towns. She described the
night views of Monterrey, the float-
ing gardens of Uochimilco which is
often called the Venice of Mexico;
Cortez’ palace with its garden of or-
chid trees in Cuernavaca*; the Mex-
ican shrine in the hill town of Taxco;
the pyramid of the Sun, the pyramid
of the Moon, and the Temple of the
serpents in San Juan. Teotihuacan; j
the little church built on the top of a
pyramid in Cholula; and the cathedral
and the palace of the president in
Mexico City.
Mrs. Sam Dickens Jr., in regard
to the work of the federation, gave in
detail “The Beatitudes of Club Wo-
men” as given by a Minnesota club
woman.
Mrs. W. H. Moses closed the day’s
program with a well-rendered piano
solo “The Poet and the Peasant.”
The meeting adjourned after which
the delicious punch, sandwiches and
cookies were served.—Reporter.
do some work at Houston. He will
be assistant to D. W. McGregor.
Abney was graduated from the
University of Texas in 1920. He
practiced law for a time in Omaha
and came here in 1927. He is a
member of the law firm of Abney and
Whitehead, and will continue his
practice in addition to his new duties.
Carlos Watson, also of Browns-
ville, has been assistant district at-
torney for some time. It is under-
stood he may continue in this ca-
pacity, working mostly at Houston.
act is in effect at that time.
2. He may sell them to another
cotton producer living in the county
where certificates were originally is-
sued.
3. A national certificate pool is be-
ing organized, and at an early date,
the producer may suiTender them to
the county assistant in cotton adjust-
ment for sale through the national
pool.
All transactions must be made and
recorded in the county agent’s office.
Burnet county will have in the ap-
proximity of 1,000,000 pounds of sur-
plus certificates to go through the
above channels.
Those, except producers who plant-
ed cotton for the first ime in 1933
or his year, who have not received
their certificates, call at county
agent’s office immediately without
fail.
Harvey Payne, assistant in
cotton adjustment.
COTTON EXEMPTION CERTIFI-
CATES MAY BE TRANSFERRED
HOUSE BILL WOULD
CURB CONVICT AID
TALK OF ANOTHER SPECIAL
SESSION GROWS IN HOUSE
AUSTIN, Sept. 18.—Talk of an-
other special session grew strong and
more convincing Tuesday night.
AUSTIN, Sept. 18.—The house act-
ed today to deter persons from aid-
ing in the escape of prisoners from
the penitentiary by passing a bill to
make the offense punishable by life
imprisonment. Senate action was ne-
cessary to send the bill to the gover-
nor.
The bill grew out of the escape of
three desperate convicts from the
death house of the state penitentiary
at Huntsville with the aid of a guard.
Other house bills passed and sent
to the senate included:
To appropriate $6,000 for eradica-
tion of sweet potato diseases.
To change the date for final pay-
ment under the pink boll-worm claims
Any surplus of cotton exemption
cei’tificates may be transferred from
one producer to another by the exe-
cution of the necessary forms that
are now obtainable in the county
agent’s office. A price of 4c per
pound has been fixed by the secretary
as a transfer rate.
Any certificates not transferred
locally may be assigned to the Na-
tional Surplus Pool which will act
as a district agency in the disposal
of surplus certificates. It saves time
and trouble to get them transfex*red
locally if possible.
NUMBER 49
FUNERAL SERVICES FRIDAY
FOR MRS. J. C. GARDNER
Funeral services will be held Fri-
day morning, Sept. 21, at 10:30 o’clock
in the Methodist Church for Mrs. J. C.
Gardner, who passed away at 1:20
Thursday morning in a hospital at
Levelland. The service will be con-
ducted by Rev. J. Virgil Davis and
interment will follow in Oak Hill
cemetery. The body will be brought
here by Wright’s funeral coach of
Temple.
Mrs. Gardner made her home in
Evant for a number of years but last
January she and her husband went to
Levelland to reside and she was con-
fined to a hospital for several weeks
prior to her death.
Mrs. Gardner, whose maiden name
was Miss Laura Harrison, was born
August 27, 1875, in WilKamson
county near Bartlett and grew to
young womanhood there. She was
married August 27, 1897 to Dr. J. C„
Gardner and they made their home
in Laneport, Leander and Granger for
a time and in 1918 the family moved
to Evant where they continued to
reside until moving to Levelland last
meeting of the Baptist World Alliance
and was asked to speak on that sub- ! January. She united with the church
ject. A summary of his talk was during her girlhood and lived a true
SHEEP PELTS MUST BE
DELIVERED MONDAY
law to Oct. 23, 1934.
Those who should know say that j To require each unit of a chain
store to obtain a license to deal in
fish. The fee would be $5 in cities
of more than 7,000 population and
$2.50 in smaller cities while whole-
sale fish dealer licenses would be re-
duced from $200 to $100.
The senate passed and sent to the
house a bill to validate Lubbock city
ordinances defining certain boundar-
Jim Ferguson wants a natural re-
sources commission to regulate oil
and gas, and that if the house will
support it he will call another 30-
day session at the end of this one,
next Tuesday.
Representative Jesse James of
Cameron announced that 104 mem-
bers of the house have signed a
pledge they will support the new oil
and gas bill.
Some believe the governor will
veto the bond bill on the ground the
amount of bonds issued is too low, if
there is to be another session.
Some house members say the new
oil and gas commission bill will have
no trouble in the senate.
Mrs. T. J. Casbeer and daughter,
Miss Mary Frances, and Mrs. E. A.
Shanks left Monday morning for Aus-
tin where Miss Casbeer will enter the
University of Texas.
County Agent Graham states that
all sheep pelts, from animals killed
in the purchases of the government,
must be delivered here Monday morn-
ing at the Santa Fe depot between
the hours of 8 and 12 o’clock. The
pelts must be absolutely dry and free
of holes. A representative of the
County Agent will check them in
and they will then be checked over
to the relief administrator for ship-
ment.
Each producer is urged to refrain
from turning in any green hides as
they will be turned down. Monday is
the only day in the week that pelts
will be received and they will only
be received between the hours of 8
and 12 o’clock.
All vouchers will be completed
when both the live sheep and pelts
have been delivered.
INTERMEDIATE BYPU
PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY
A house bill to levy a tax of 10
cents a pound on oleomargarine con-
taining imported fats was approved
by the senate state affairs committee.
Mrs. J. C. Ramsey returned Tues-
day evening from Fort' Worth where
she has been for the past few days
with her niece, Miss Ellen Mae Bai-
ley, who is entering Texas Christian
University there this fall, Mrs. Ram-
sey reports that there is a large in-
crease in students this year over last,
especially in day students.
Meditation period.
Special music—Anna Lou Moore.
Sentence prayer.
Song—“Send the Light.”
Scripture Reading: John 20:19-23—<
Lee Ray McMasters.
Records—Sec. C. T. Harkey.
Verse to Remember—Pres. George
Taylor.
Program: Group Captain—Marie
Morgan.
Topic for Study—Native preachers
and Bible women.
At work in Africa—C. T. Harkey.
Preaching the Gospel in Cuba—
Nora Lee Burns.
A Steward of the Word—Anna Lou
Moore.
Another Faithful Evangelist —
Hiram Ross.
Closing prayer: Leader—Mrs. G. C.
Miller.
as follows:
“As is commonly reported in news-
papers, war talk is rampant, and the
old animosity between Germany and
France seems as strong as the hills.
Nobody wants war, but everybody
fears war, and conditions are such
that it might break out any time.
The Polish Corridor, the seething ten-
sity in Austria, the Balkan hotbox,
and the frank aggressiveness of
Adolph Hitler, to say nothing of the
periodic scabbard shaking of Musso-
lini, all serve to keep Eui’ope in an
uproar. Fx’ance is defiant, militar-
istic, with soldiers everywhere, is
fearful of Gexmany, and German re-
venge crops to the sux’face without
much impetus. England loves to
trade rather than fight. She has
come back considex-ably since the war
in a business way, even shaking off
the depression quicker than her neigh-
bors, and feels on the upward mend,
but she fears for the political futux*e
of Europe. Some of the cx’oss sec-
tions of French and German life ex-
pressed the candid belief that Ger-
many and France will fight again,
and they had better get ready.
“Only American prestige and Brit-
ish stability can hold the things down
to a safety. But the avalanche caught
them, and could do it easily again.
The Germans were the most
courteous of all to the travelers.
The Swiss were fine. The French the
most cultured, their great institutions
of art and beauty, and Paris was
the most beautiful city, and running
true to form, the most wicked. Eng-
j land is steeped in tradition, and rev-
els in her beautiful countryside, al-
though what can surpass the beauties
of Bavarian and Tyrolese and Ber-
nese Alps? Americans can leaxm a
great deal, and we create the best
impressions by not being harshly
critical, but admix’e what is beauti-
ful in art, culture and countryside,
and we can learn a lot in the way of
industry and frugality and common
sense. But we must keep Europe
from fighting. We can’t remain iso-
lated any more, the world is too small.
If Europe is deluged, we can’t stay
in our own bailwick and act like a
disinterested spectator. Let us talk
and believe in peace and allow Chris-
tian principles of bx*otherly love, fair
dealing and “open covenants openly
arrived at,” with a sense of sacrifi-
cial cooperation to pex-meate the
world.”
Other speakers of the day were:
Rev. L. E. Strickland of Rockdale,
Rev. T. M. Vaughan of Rosebud and
Rev. W. H. Gage of School Creek.
About 100 registex-ed for the morn-
ing session.—Contributed.
Christian life and a host of friends
deeply sympathize with the bereave
ed ones in their great sorrow.
Besides her husband she leaves twoi
sons, Cecil Gardner of Selma, AJa.,
and Clyde Gardner of Evant; andher
father, W. D. Harrison of Houston,
and a brother, D. J. Harcison of Hous-
ton. She was the only daughter of
W. D. Harx’ison of Houston, a former
citizen of this place. ,
NEW HOMES BEING »
BUILT IN LAMPASAS
It looks good to see the improve-
ments and new homes that are being
built in Lampasas at this time. Among
the recent impx-ovements are:
Mr. and Mrs. D. Sewell have re-
modeled and repaired their home oni
South Walnut street. This gives
them a mox-e attractive and muchi
more comfortable home and it is ani
addition to that part of the city.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Townsen aid
erecting a new home on North Grand
Avenue. They are building where
their old home stood and will have
there a modexm six-room home which
faces west.
J. C. Scott of Lometa purchased
two acres of land north of the P. E.
Townsen home and is erecting a resi-
dence and a filling station with gro-
cery store. He will have sufficient
acreage thei’e to erect toux’ist cottages
in the future if he sees fit. It is a
nice location on Highway No. 66.
MORE WATER ALLOWED
BY CITY FOR OCTOBER
The continued di*y weather has
caused the city council to continue
the 10,000 gallons as a minimum for
the month of October. The council
I’ecently allowed a minimum of -8,000
gallons for the months of May and!
June and 10,000 for the months'^of
July, August and Septembex*. This
same amount will be available to con-
sumers during October at no extra
cost.
SCHOOL BUYS LAND
FOR ATHLETIC FIELD
The Lampasas public school has
purchased two blocks of land just
north of the Abney Plunge along
Burleson creek, and this will be used
by the school for an athletic field.
They will not get the use ofj the land
this year but next year they plan to
have all athletic events on this
property. This is an excellent piece
of property for the school and is con-
venient to the high school and gram-
mar school.
At some future date the school
may grow to such an extent that it
will be necessary to erect more build-
ings or a junior college might be
found to be necessary. This would
be an excellent location for any addi-
tions that might be necessary.
MJr. \and Mlrs. Lewis Scotch ©|
Dallas who have been visiting rela-
tives here and in Burnet for the past
few days, returned Wednesday to
their home. They were accompanied
by Miss Dora Schlomach and Carl and
William Schlomach of Burnet, who
spent’ the day and returned that
evening. ^
L. B. Rice Jr. underwent a tonsill-
ectomy Tuesday in the office of &
local physician and is convalescing
nicely.
_ i
—Local Market Report-
Below are the prices being paid to*
day by loeal buyers for the various
products:
Grain
Oats ...................... 48c to 50c bushel
Ear Corn ............. 60c to 70c bushel
Shell Corn ............„......... 80c bushel
Barley ........... 50c to 55c bushel
Wheat .................. 80c to 85c bushel
Maize .......................... $1.50 hundred
Poultry
Fryers___________________10c to 12c pound
Hens ......................... 6c to 8c pound
Roosters_________________________ 3e pound
Turkeys .................... 4c to 7c pound
Eggs (candled) ................ 20q dozen
General
Cream .............................. 17c pound
Cotton middling basis ................13c
Cotton Seed .................... $40.00 ton
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