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The Lampasas Leader
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ASStfCLAhON
PRESS
IN THE GLAD DAYS OF OLD
Boston Transcript: To the victors
belong the spoils. And the victors
propose to have them. The senate of
the United States has adopted a res-
olution offered by Senator McKellar
CDem.), Tennessee, asking for a list
•of jobs not under civil service regu-
lations. The offering of the resolu-
tion moved Senator Vandenberg
{Rep.), Michigan, to ask what was
its purpose. The question, presum-
ably, was of the kind sometimes de-
scribed as oratorical. Senator Mc-
Kellar began the reply, but it was
finished by Senator Long of Louisi-
ana, the celebrated kingfish of the
bayous. “The answer is that we want
•whatever jobs are 'coming to us,” he
said.
Times have changed since the days
Tim the country rang with cry:
■“Adlai, get your ax.” There was no
•need of a Senate resolution to find
out where the a^ might fall. Adlai E.
Stevenson, first assistant postmas-
ter general in the first Cleveland ad-
ministration, wielded, the ax' with
vigor undeterred by civil service
xules. Incidently he was hewing his
way to the vice-presidency. He carved
for himself a mighty reputation with
the hungry. They were fed and
were grateful. There are many de-
serving Democrats in these later
times in a mood to exclaim that those
were the good old days and to yearn
for the appearance of a man with an
.ax,
'But the country has moved far in
laalf a century. Now, in order to find
out what may be done for the boys,
it is necessary to get the Senate to
call upon the Civil Service Commis-
sion for a list of the jobs that may
be made availably. Doubtless the
best will be made of a somewhat
limited opportunity. “We want what-
ever jobs are coming to us.” To the
victors belong the spoils, even if they
are not what they were in the glad
days of old.
ROOSEVELT IS MUM ON
FIGHT IN CONGRESS
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Jan. 16.—
President-elect Roosevelt kept the
news lid tightly clamped Sunday as
he watched in apparent silence the
struggle of democratic leaders in con-
gress to align their forces behind the
party program for this session.
Arriving late in the day for an
overnight visit, William G. McAdoo,
senator-elect from California, flatly
predicted an extra session of the new
congress should be requii'ed. He said
the republican administration would
make impossible the fruition of dem-
ocratic plans at the congress ending
on March 4.
Conference at Capital Set.
Starting southward Thursday af-
ternoon from New York, Mr. Roose-
velt spends that night in Washing-
ton in conference with party pilots
from Capital Hill, but if he has any
new proposals to submit to them
other than a call for a united front,
he has not disclosed it. The meet-
ing was arranged two weeks ago, be-
fore the democratic row began in
the senate over the banking bill.
If congressional leaders have been
seeking his intervention or if he has
talked with them, it is a secret here.
The only word from the Roosevelt
family home here over the week end
has been that “the lid is on.”
SHERIFF’S SALE
CHICKENS
Pure blood Jersey White Giant
cockerels for sale, also few pullets.
If you vrant real chickens, now is
your chance to get them. You will
sa^ they are the best you ever saw.
Will have eggs for hatching later on.
—A. H. Bull, Lampasas, Texas, (wp)
PRISONER ATTEMPTS MONTE
CRISTO PLAN, BUT BURIAL
RUSE FOILED BY GUARDS
EL PASO, Jan. 15.—Amelio Guer-
rero—who may or may not have heard
<of the Count of Monte Cristo—de-
cided that the best way of escaping
from prison was to have himself
buried alive. t
Guards at the federal detention
farm here—who may or may not have
beard of the Count of Monte Cristo—
foiled his strategem.
Thus—unlike the count—Amelio is
still in captivity.
Amelio’s idea was to lie quiet in
bis grave until the sounds of pursuit
died away, then rise from the im-
promptu tomb and depart from the
•detention farm. With a confederate,
be dug a hole two feet deep. Plac-
ing a straw in his mouth, he crawled
into the hole and confederate buried
bim.
Amelio breathed through the straw,
but not without consumable diffi-
culty. It was a small straw. When
the guards discovered and disinterred
bim, he had almost choked to death.
At the time of his temporary burial
Amelio had 25 days to serve for a
violation of the immigration laws.
United States Judge Charles A.
Btynton gave him four months more
for trying to depart from custody.
K 'he- Tenths Preventable
I'bne-tenths of all the diseases ot
the .A merican people can be traced
directiy to constipation, doctors say.
Constipation throws into the system
poisons which taint and weaken
every organ of the body and make
them easy victims for any germs
which attack them. Prevent constipa-
tion and you will avoid nine-tenebs
of all diseases, with their consequent
pain and financial losses. Herbine,
the good old vegetable cathartic,
will relieve constipation in a natural,
easy and pleasant way. For sale by
Wilson, Drug Co., Lampasas, Texas
E. L. Trussell, Kempner, Texas
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
County of Lampasas.
Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue of a certain order of sale issued
out of the Honorable District Court
of Lampasas County, on the 9th day
of January 1933, by S. A. Word, Clerk
of said District Court for the sum of
Eleven Hundred Severny-two and
38-100 Dollars and costs of suit, un-
der a decree, in favor of H. V. Camp-
bell, Frank Matush and Fred Ulrich,
respectively, in a certain cause in
said Court, No. 4255 and styled H. V.
Campbell vs. B. H. Marshall et al,
placed in my hands for service, I,
A. E. Harvey as Sheriff of Lampasas
County, Texas, did, on the 10th day
of January 1933, levy on certain Real
Estate, situated in Lampasas County,
Texas, described as follows, to-wit:
Lots Nos. Three and Four , in Block
No. Fifty-Eight of A. H. Barnes Ad-
dition to the town of Lampasas, Tex-
as, and levied upon as the property
of B. H. Marshall and Sarah Mar-
shall, deceased and that on the first
Tuesday in February 1933, the same
being the 7th day of said month, at
the Court House door, of Lampasas
County, in the town of Lampasas,
Texas, between the hours of 10 a. m.
and 4 p. m., by virture of said levy
and said order of sale, I will offer
for sale and sell at public vendue,
for cash, to the highest bidder, all
the right, title and interest of the
said B. II. Marshall and Sarah Mar-
shall, deceased, in and to said prop-
erty.
Witness my hand, this 10th day of
January, 1933.
A. R. Harvey, Sheriff,
Lampasas County, Texas.
By—J. M. Long, Deputy. (wl5)
ATTORNEY GENERAL RULES
ON CONGRESS ELECTION
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 15.—Primary
elections in the Fifteenth Congres-
sional District, to choose the Demo-
cratic nominee for a successor to
John N. Garner, can not be ordered
by the Democratic Executive Com-
mittee prior to calling a special elec-
tion by the Governor to fill the va-'
cancy. D. W. Price, chairman of the
executive committee, was told Satur-
day b y Gaynor Kendall, assistant
attorney general. The committee
was in session at Uvalde and ad-
journed without having taken any
action,
Democratic leaders in the district
had planned to hold the first primary
February 18, and the second, if it
was necessary, March 4. They
planned to ask Gov.-Elect Miriam A.
Ferguson to set the final election
date for March 28.
INFLATION ACTION
NOW IS UNLIKELY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—An in-
creasing clamor for currency infla-
tion of some sort as a means of eas-
ing the nation’s financial situation
has opened the doors to legislative
consideration, but it is generally con-
ceded that definite action at this ses-
sion of congress is highly improbable.
Hearings on various inflationary
proposals, including the remontiza-
tion of silver, are to be undertaken
by the house banking and currency
committee at the direction of Chair-
man Steagall, probably the latter
part of this week.
Seeding to relieve the credit situa-
FERGUSONS START PLAN TO
CONTROL HIGHWAY BOARD
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 13.—As hope
for an amicable adjustment of the
terms of office of Highway commis-
sion members disappetred, the Fergu-
sons Friday started the preparation
of their bill to obtain control of that
body by raising its membership to
five, providing for that number of
districts and for the election of a
member in each district for a six-
year term after the first two years.
The Fergusons would appoint the
members for the first two years, which
would be during the incumbency of
Mrs. Ferguson.
The measure is being written by
BRITAIN WARNS JAPAN
tion from another legislative angle, Luther Nickels of Dallas, who suc-
the house judiciary committee hopes ■ cessfully led Ferguson counsel in
to report this week the McKeown-1 combatting the election contest of
LaGuardia bankruptcy revision bill ; Governor Sterling, and Nickels has
designed to permit creditors and deb j served formerly on the commission of
tors to come into federal courts and ; appeals to aid the supreme court. He
settle their difficulties in simple ‘ said Friday he was writing the meas-
fashion. ^ ure.
Far reaching technicalities have j Bill No Pushover,
arisen to impede the committee’s pro- j During the recent bitter campaign,
gress, but once the measure is smooth- ; ]\frS< Ferguson repeatedly said the
ed out, early consideration by the • present commissioners were extravh-
house has been promised by Speaker I gant and incompetent and that if
SLiiw Wirn; BiiCAUSJi
“THE SINK WAS ALWAYS FULL
OF DIRTY DISHES,” IS
GIVEN DEATH
(Houston! Post)
If it is true that Sir Francis Lind-
ley, British ambassador to Japan,
has protested to the Tokyo govern-
ment that the tense situation created • Garner. President Hoover only last, elected she would do her utmost to
by Japan’s military threat to North-
ern China has jeopardized British
interests in the affected regions, a
portentous development has occurred.
The result may be to arrest Japan’s
enterprise of seizing Jehol and per-
haps taking a slice of Northern China
proper.
Japan is bent on completing the
military conquest upon which it has
set out, but even the militarist cabal
at Tokyo is likely to listen to reason
if Great Britain does the talking. The
cabal has tumbled its nose at the
League of Nations, and has treated
Wednesday recommended to congress
that such legislation be enacted.
GOV. CONNER SAYS SALES TAX
AIDED STATE DEBT RELIEF
remove them. The term of Cone
Johnson expires and Frank Denison
of Temple is slated to get the six-
year term. Efforts to induce Judge
W. R. Ely of Abilene, the chairman,
and D. J. Martin of San Antonio to
resign failed after some negotiations
MARSHALL, 111., Jan. 14.—Hubert
Moor, former Robinson, 111., school
teacher, today was convicted of first
degree murder for the slaying of his
wife, Marjorie, and the penalty was
fixed at death.
The jury reached its verdict after
deliberating throughout the night.
Mrs. Moor’s body was found last
August along a road near here in
her husband’s car. There were two
bullet wounds in the heart. Moor,
who was arrested later, made a con-
fession, authorities said, in which he
declared he was disgusted with his
wife’s slovenly housekeeping.
“I got tired of always finding the
sink full of dirty dishes,” his con-
fession said.
| A plea of insanity was presented
; at the trial.
1 Following the finding of Mrs.
I Moor’s body, Moor said he had been
stopped by bandits who hit him over
i the head, left him lying in a ditch
| and abducted and killed his wife.
His story was doubted when it was
found there were no marks on his
clothing.
On the witness stand Thursday
Moor sobbed out a confession of the
slaying, declaring “God told me to
shoot her; I heard him.”
DALLAS, Jan. 16. Governor Mike and now the Fergusons are moving
Conner of Mississippi told business \ to gain control of the highway body
and professional men of Dallas today }n their own way.
that results of a 2 per cent sales tax j With the appointment of Denison
in his state in the last year had been and two additional members provided
almost uniformly good. I jn the bill being written, the Fergu-
ihe governor declared that the tax ^ SOns would have control of the corn-
had increased the state income of Mis- j mission even if the courts should
with disdain the American warning j sissippi by $2,500,000 in a year, had , hold that Ely and Martin are privi-
that Washington would not extend ! augmented the most drastic economy j ]eged to serve the remainder of their
SENATORS NEARLY COME
TO BLOWS DURING PAY ROW
recognition to territory seized by
force of arms. But defying Great
in pulling the state out of a bad con- \ terms of two and four years, re-
dition of indebtedness and had aided i spectively.
A bill to increase the commission
membership to five will have hard
Britain when Great Britain warns : in reducing materially the taxation
that her commercial interests are in- , °f farm land and other real property.
volved is something else. | Conner made the address at a sledding in the legislature. It might
Japan was ijornijerly (an ally of ! breakfast in his honor when he ar- j pass the house but its fate in the
Great Britain and there is still a spe- ! rived en route to Vvichita Falls for ! senate is dubious.
cial friendship existing between the
two nations. A British protest against
any Japanese action is sure to re-
ceive respectful attention in Tokyo.
But Japan is respectful of British
protest also because it knows the
power of the British empire and the
a night address.
Conner declared, however, that he
was not a “one-taxer.”
“Every form of revenue should re-
ceive its equitable share of taxation,”
he said. “In Mississippi we tax pos-
sessions, income, privileges and con-
habit its spokesmen have of saying i sumption, and we believe that is a
what they mean and meaning what j fajf division. I wouldn’t exempt! ° e&-s a^Jie -mies aj ca mg
they say. property holders from taxation if j akenfion to defects in the election
In. defying the League of Nations, 1 could, for they are great beneficial--; aws as disclosed by conditions in the
Japan has counted on dissension in igs °f government; in normal times, | ^ ^ ^ 1
that body. While the members of J the greatest,
the League were trying to agree on
ELECTION LAW DEFECTS
POINTED OUT BY STERLING
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 12.—Gov.
Ross Sterling sent a special message
WEDDING PROPOSALS
SENT CONGRESS VICTOR
HAYS, Kan., Jan. 15.—Here’s a tip
for unmarried women seeking mates.
Simply run for congress—and be
elected.
Since the election in November of
Kathryn O’Loughlin as representa-
tive in congress from the sixth Kan-
sas district, she has received through
the mail proposals of marriage from
four men.
The cowboy, who gave his age as
58, said he had read about Miss
O’Loughlin once being a broncho
buster.
The banker believed she would be
an ideal stepmother for his 12-year-
old daughter.
One of the farmers admitted he
was impoverished.
The fourth proposal was from a
wealthy retired farmer who urged
Miss O’Loughlin to give up politics
and consider his offer of “freedom
from all cares and worries.”
WOMAN, STANDING IN FLOODED
DITCH, SAVES LIFE OF MAN
• WAXAHACKIE, Texas, Jan. 15.—
Standing for fifty minutes in water
iip to her knees in a roadside ditch,
a woman tourist from Oklahoma,
Saturday saved the life of R. H.
Pulliam, a Waxnhachie farmer, as
she held his head above water.
Pulliam, driving home from Foi’t
Worth, was forced off the road at a
curve by a truck. His car overturn-
ed and he was thrown into the ditch.
The car toppled over on his legs and
he was held in the water.
The Oklahoma woman and her hus-
band arrived in time to prevent his
drowning. While the woman held
Pulliam’s head above the water, her
husband went for assistance in re-
moving the car.
All songs are beautiful—until some
amateur tries to sing them.
a policy towax-d the Sino-Japanese
trouble, Japan figured she could car-
ry through her plans. A direct com-
munication from London, however, is
something different from a half-heart-
ed admonition from Geneva, lacking
the unanimous backing of the League.
Had Gx-eat Britain been as vigor-
ous as a member of the League in
' demanding that a check be put on
j Japan’s policy of conquest, British
interests might not today be thx-eat-
ened in China.
STERLING SILENT AS NAME MIS-
SING FROM CEREMONIES FOR
FERGUSON INAUGURATION
ner and the late Dan Garrett. These
“They are not the chief beneficial-- i ai e ^iat ^le governor cannot cah a
ies now, however, state government ] special election until vacancies actual-
now does most for the man who owns j ^ 0CCU1 and then^ must give thix-ty
no propex-ty, and we feel that this is j c*a-s_ n°rice, causing a^ hiatus and
the most painless way to let the lat- j depriving the district of x-epx-esenta-
ter pay his share. Evex*y citizen j ^on duxing the interim.
should be tax-conscious, even if he’s
He asked that the law be amended
only contributing the ‘widow’s mite.’ j Provlde for elections immediately
It will do more to px-event socialism | ’vacanej is certain and thus pro-
and other dangerous ‘isms’ than any
other factor.”
AUSTIN, Jan. 14.—The order of
ceremonies incident to the inaugura-
tion of Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson as
governor of Texas on next Tuesday,
adopted by a committee of the state
legislatux-e, does not provide for par-
ticipation by Governor R. S. Sterling,
out-going executive.
“We were given to understand that
Govexmor Sterling,did not want to be
in the procession,” Senator John
Hornsby of Austin, chairman of the
senate inaugural committee, stated.
“We did not want to embarass either
the governor or ourselves.”
Arrangements were made to hold
the inauguration in the hall of the
house of representatives. Mrs. Fer-
guson was inaugurated in the' same
hall in 1925 when she became the
first woman ever to sex-ve Texas as
goverixor. In most instances, inaug-
urations are held in the open air im-
mediately in front of the capitol.
It had been generally expected that
Governor Stex-ling would not partici-
pate in the inaugural because of ’po-
litical enmity that has existed be-
tween him and James. E. Ferguson,
husband of the governor-elect, him-
self a former governor.
Governor Sterling refused to di-
vulge his plans on inaugux-ation day.
“My time here is up at noon next
Tuesday; there’s nothing for me to
do after the stroke of 12 on that day,”
he said.
It long has been customary fox-
outgoing governors to participate in
cex-enxonies incident to inducting a
new chief executive.
Plans for the inaugux-ation call for
C. M. Cureton, chief justice of the
supx-enxe coux-t, to administer the
oaths to Mx-s. Fex-guson and Lieu-
tenant Governor Edgar Witt.
vide continuous representation. He
also submitted a remedial bill which
was introduced in the senate by Wal-
ter Woodul of Houston. Garner will
Carl Cloud, who is recupex-ating x-etix-e Max-ch 4 when he becomes Vice
from a recent operation in a Temple Px-esident.
hospital, is reported to bet getting In the meantime px-eparations have
along nicely now. He is able to eat been made for a double primary in
everything brought on his tray and j Garner’s district to insure a single
his many Lampasas fx-iends hope he j democx-atic candidate to combat the
will soon be able to return home. republicaix already announced.
AUSTIN, Jan. 14.—A physical en-
counter between two members of the
Texas senate today threatened as
membex’s of a free confex-ence com-
mittee ax-gued over the amount legis-
lator's should be paid for their ser-
vices to the state.
Senator Archie Parr of Benavides
rose from his seat and, with a paste
pot in his hand, started towax-d Sen-
ator Ben G. O’Neal of Wichita Falls.
O’Neal stood his ground and other
committee members pushed Parr
back into his seat.
The interchange occux-red when
Pax-r declared the senate’s action in
cutting salaries fi-om $10 to $8 a day
was “horseplay.” Senator O’Neal, ad-
vocate of the $8 salax-y, rose and said:
“You don’t mean to say that I am
guilty of horseplay, do you, Sena-
tor?”
“I don’t know who’s doing it,”
Parr responded.
O’Neal x-epeated his question in
identical words, and Pan- expressed-
ly exempted the senator from Wich-
ita Falls fx’onx his accusation. Then
O’Neal added, slowly:
“I don’t give a damn what you
say!”
Pax-r jumped to his feet again,
shouted, “I don’t give a damn what
you say, either!” grabbed the paste
pot and stax-ted for O’Neal. They
wex-e sepax-ated and amicable rela-
tions restored.
Lampasas fx-iends will be intex-ested
in the birth of a son Friday, Jan. 13,
to Mr. and Mrs. Will Miekow at the
Memorial hospital in Houston. Mr.
and Mx-s. Miekow live at Columbus
and Mrs. Miekow is a sister of Mrs.
J. C. Abney of this place and has
many fx-iends among the Lampasas
people.
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