The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1935 Page: 1 of 6
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47TH YEAR
LAMPASAS, TEXAS, • FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1935
NUMBER 31
TWO CAPTURED AFTER •} DOGS SHOULD BE WATCHED STREETS FLOODED BY RAIN
BANK ROBBERY CLOSELY FOR RABIES WEDNESDAY MORNING
IDABEL, Okla., May 14.—Two es-
caped Arkansas convicts, one facing
a life term for the murder of a sher-
iff and the other 12 years for bank
robbery, were captured and $5,000
loot from the Idabel National bank
was recovered after a pitched gun
fight here this afternoon.
Sam Day, 23, convicted of killing
Sheriff Walter '.Harris in Miller
/county, Ark., during a still raid in
1931, was wounded in the shoulder
during the fight that started when
the robbers’ car crashed into a park-
ed truck as the pair attempted to
escape after robbing the bank.
Physicians said he would recover.
His companion, Rube McKean, con-
victed in the robbery of a Dierks,
Ark., bank, admitted identity of the
pair to officers. McKean once lived
near here.
After robbing the bank, McKean
and Day dashed to their car, parked
in front, forcing Bryant Clegg, teller,
and C. R. O’Neal Jr., assistant cash-
ier., to accompany them as shields.
Nervous, the robbers backed into
•'■a truck across the street. City offi-
cers opened fire, disabling the ve-
hicle.
The robbers returned the fire, one
with a sawed-off shotgun,' the other
with a pistol. During the exchange,
Day was wounded.
“He slumped over in the seat for
a minute,” said O’Neal, who with
Clegg was in the robbers’ car during
the fight. “Then he sat up and the
other man began arguing with him,
trying to get him to give up.
“All during this time, the officers
were pouring lead at the car.
“Finally I joined the second man
in talking to the fellow who was
shot. He said he would surrender
ut he didn’t know how. I told him
I’d fix that part. He said to go ahead,
and I pulled out my handkerchief
and waved it at the officers.
“They stopped shooting and came
over to the car and got the two men.
That’s when I got kind of scared,”
the banker concluded. He was injur-
ed slightly by flying glass.
Officers taking part in the shoot-
ing were Chief Sam Sellers, Clayton
Jordan, F. D. Taft and Fred North.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith visited
the Pasteur Institute in Austin, Tues-
day, and were accompanied by City
’ Marshal Field. Mr. Smith had been
bitten by a pet dog and an examina-
tion showed that the animal had ra-
bies. He will take the treatment
i offered at the'institute. The dog did
not bite Mrs. Smith, as had been
stated in this paper. *
The dog had been fighting with
other dogs recently and all owners
of dogs are urged to keep them con-
fined and watch closely for any signs
of rabies, in order that it may be
| stamped out immediately. Some own-
ers of dogs have already had them
killed. If, you have a dog and want
it killed City Marshal Field will take
care of it for you.
One means of stamping out rabies
| is to see that your dog is vaccinated
against the disease. You may have
this done by a veterinarian or Mr.
Field will do it for you if the vaccine
is furnished.
! It is not known just how many
dogs have come in contact with the
dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. Smith
and it is well that all dogs be closely
watched or vaccinated.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
COUNCIL METTS
A hard rain began falling here
Wednesday just before noon and in a
short time streets were flooded and
in some places of business the water
went into the houses, where the side-
walk was low and drains would not
carry off the water. The gauge at
Stokes Bro. bank showed 1.87 here
in Lampasas and all nearby places
report rains as follows:
Lometa 2:25; Briggs, fine rain;
Lake Victor 3 inches; Kempner IV2
inches: Adamsviile, -2 inches.
The total rainfall in Lampasas was
brought up to 7% inches with the
rain of Wednesday. All creeks were
out of banks and Sulphur creek was
higher than it has been in years.
The water was up around the edges
of the shingles on the pavillion over
the drinking pool at Hancock park.
The creek only lacked a little of
coming across to Third street from
the bend at Fourth street bridge.
The creek was cleaned out a few days
ago and with this rise it will be in
much better shape.
Farmers and stockmen from all di-
rections report the loss of water
gaps but they are putting them back
with a smile. It has been some time
since they were ineofivenienced in
this manner and they really like it.
RAIN DRENCHES
THE DROUTH AREAS
! 3000 FARMERS BOOSTING
AAA GO TO CAPITAL
PRESBYTERIAN AUXILIARY
The ladies of the Presbyterian
auxiliary met Tuesday afternoftn in
the home of Mrs. E. C. Lambert.
Mrs. Charles Yvaehendorfer, presi-
dent, called the meeting to order and
roll call was responded to by nine
members. It was voted to keep our
quarterly apportionment the same
amount this year.
1 For devotional, Mrs. Wachendorfer
lead John 17:1-10. She gave a very
inspiring talk on what religion means
our lives. Among other remarks
he pointed out that religion gets a
|iigh standard of values. Also that
helps us overcome obstacles we
Ineet from time to time.
Instead of our regular lesson, Bro.
.ambert gave an interesting talk on
he origin of the English Bible. The
ear 1925 marked the 400th anniver-
ary of our English Bible. It was
ranslated by Wm. Tendell, who met
be cruel death of a martyr. He was
Wrangled, then his body bui’ned. Bro.
^mbert touched also on the lives of
artin Luther and of Wickliffe. He
ave us a number of dates in the
welopment of our Christian religion,
he meeting closed with prayer by
ro. Lambert.
During the social hour Mrs. Lam-
rt served delicious angel food and
e cream.—Contributed.
Mrs. Gary Crawford of Globe, Ariz.,
visiting here in the home of her
ster, Mrs. C. N. Witcher, and also
ith Miss Minnie Crawford and Mrs.
Harman'.
Mrs. Lloyd Cross and little son of
-stin spent Sunday here with her
other, Mrs. H. C. Cockrell.
There will be preaching at the
unty-Line (Binion) school house
xt Saturday night at 8 o’clock by
v. O. W. Benold, Methodist pas-
of Briggs Circuit. Every one is
ited to come out.
red Wolf returned home Wednes-
y from Temple where he has been
ce Saturday with Mrs. Wolf, who
An a hospital of that city. Mrs.
If was resting better when he left
*rs. Arthur Criswell of Lometa en-
ed the local hospital Wednesday
treatment. ....
(To The Leader)
Saturday, May 11, the Woman’s
Home demonstration council of Bur-
net county met for the first time at
the Burnet coitnty courthouse to or-
ganize and make plans for the coun-
cil work for the year.. Miss Mur-
ray, district agent, and Miss Bow-
man, county agent, were present to
explain the work of the council and
aid with organization and plans.
Mrs. James from Naruna was elect-
ed temporary president and Mrs. Mc-
Lean Knox of Bertram was elected
temporary secretary of the council.
Twelve home demonstration clubs
have already begun work in the coun-
ty and two 4-H clubs or Girl’s clubs
organized. With such a beginning
home demonstration work in the
county promises to be a big suc-
cess. It was reported at the council
meeting that more than two hun-
dred-twenty members are enrolled
for membership in the woman’s home
demonstration clubs.
Ten clubs were represented by j
their presidents at the council meet-
ing: Mrs. W. R. Burch, Mahomet;
Mrs. Singleton, Burnet; Mrs. O’Don-
na, Fairland; Mrs. Schnelle, Shovel
Mountain; Mrs. James, Naruna; Mrs.
A. Lewis, Spicewood; Mrs. Granville
Knox, Oatmeal; Mrs. Jackson, Smith-
wick; Mrs. Jenkins, Lake Victor;
Mrs. DeWitt Tanksley, Bertram.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO
COTTON FARMERS
1. Those who have tax exemption
certificates held over from last year
must have them replaced by new
ones, in order for them to be used
this year. Certificates will be issued
to replace the old ones of the same
poundage, however, they will be a
different color. This must be at-
tended to at once. Bring the cer-
tificate, issued in 1934, to this office
and turn them in. Each certificate
will be properly receipted for, and the
old one will be sent to Washington
for replacement.
2. Those who have not ‘signed up
their Bankhead application must
come to this office and do s^ at once,
if they intend to sell any cotton tax-
free. This is very important and
should be attended to at once. De-
lay in doing this will delay the cer-
tificates.
A. J. Cotton, Co. Agt., Burnet, Tex.
KANSAS CITY,. May 14.—The na-
! tion’s dust bowl became a rain barrel
j Monday. Welcome drops . pattered
I steadily upon powder-dry areas of
| Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and
i Texas.
I Music to the ears of residents and
life itself to crops and pastures, the
rain measured from less than an inch
; in the drier sections to cloudbursts
| which put streams out of their banks
j in south-central Kansas ' and Okla-
j homa.
! Few spots in the area racked for
months by storms of blowing silt were
missed altogether. S. D. Flora, me-
teorologist at Topeka, said additional
showers were in prospect.
Liberal, Kan., heart of. the dust
area, received moisture totaling .20
of an inch and skies remained cloudy.
South of Liberal in the Oklahoma
Panhandle, rainfall ranged from .35
of an inch to 3 inches in eastern
Beaver county.
! Herb Cavett, Beaver county agent,
' predicted the moisture would “bring
back” the cattle industry. He said
24,000 head of cattle had been ship-
ped out of the county since last fall,
but now probably would be returned.
At Guymon, Okla., precipitation
was .16 of an inch. Overcast skies
j- indicated more likely. Rain also was
1 reported at Dalhart and Amarillo.
Mist filled the air at Guymon, Okla.
In the Colorado portion of the dust
bowl showers fell.
To the north and east of the dust
bowl, rains were much heavier. A
cloudburst at Augusta, Kan., put the
Walnut river out of its banks and
within five inches of the top of the
Santa Fe railroad tracks.
TEXANS TO ASK FOR 3 MILLION
BRADY TO RENEW WAR
ON TURTLES AND GARS
WOODVILLE SHERIFF
GETS HIS MAN BY WAY
OF CHAIN MAIL
DENVER, May 14.—Via a chain
letter, Jack Roddie renewed acquaint-
ance today with Sheriff Taylor Nich-
olson of Woodville, Texas.
Roddie mailed a “send-a-dime” let-
ter to his brother, Steve, in Texas.
The letter was confiscated when offi-
cers made a gambling raid and it
eventually was read by Sheriff Nich-
olson.
The officer recalled that Jack Rod-
die, whose name was at the bottom
of the list in the letter, was wanted
for breaking jail at Woodville four
years ago.
Sheriff Nicholson telegraphed Den-
ver police to look for the fugitive
at the Denver address given in the
letter. Roddie was there and Sher-
iff Nicholson arrived today to return
him to Texas to face an old charge
of theft.
FISHERMAN HAULS PEN FUGI-
TIVES OUT OF TRINITY
NRA EXTENSION FOR 10
MONTHS VOTED BY SENATE
WASHINGTON, May 14.—Exten-
sion of NRA for only 10 months—in-
stead of the two years asked by the
administration—was voted Tuesday
by the senate.
It sent the measure to the house,
whose leaders are understood to fa-
vor the two-year continuance, after
only two hours’ debate.
The senate then made the Wagner
labor disputes bill its pending busi-
ness.
Senate leaders warned they would
oppose the two-year continuance if
the house insisted on that.
The senate resolution would extend
the recovery law until April 1, 1936,
with price fixing eliminated except
in mineral natural resource indus-
tries and with purely intrastate busi-
ness exempt from the code structure.
HUNTSVILLE, May 15.—Ed Hen-
by, who makes his- living fishing in-
the Trinity river, keeps a close watch
on the stream and the bottoms coun-
try about it.
Monday he reported to Eastham
prison officials that Sam Grant, es-
caped convict, was in the river bot-
toms. Acting on the tip, the offi-
cers encountered Grant and shot him
to death.
Last year Henby collected a $100
reward for similar service when he
recaptured four fleeing trusties with
“Scatermatic,” his shotgun, and re-
turned them to the Ferguson prison
farm manager.
The men came floating down the
Trinity in a boat one Sunday after-
noon, and Henby aimed his shotgun
at them and said, “All right, boys,
let’s go back to the farm.”
They went.
Prison Manager Lee Simmons, in-
formed of Henby’s work, said “this
man has done valuable service for
the state.”
BRADY, Tex., May 12.—McCulloch
; county’s gar and turtle extermina-
tion ' campaign, which was discontin-
ued some time ago, will be resumed
within a few days.
I Entirely new equipment will be
used in the reorganized gar cam-
paign. The same type of twill traps
! which proved effective in the initial
! experiment a month ago will be' used.
More than 300 turtles were caught
. within a few days. The original gar
| traps, designed for snaring gar dur-
! ing their spawning season, will be
replaced by seins and nets for use at
j any time.
I A 104-foot sein, nine feet deep,
five 100-foot nets, four feet deep, and
two hoop nets with an 80-foot wing
spread will be used in the renewed
1 attack upon the gar and other pre-
datory fish. All of the good fishing
holes in Brady Creek and perhaps,
also the San Saba and Colorado rivers
are to be seined.
I The predatory fish eradication
campaign is sponsored by the fish and
game committee of the Brady Cham-
ber of Commerce. Game Warden H.
j R. Morrell is supervising the work.
! Relief labor is being used to man
the nets and seins.
BARBARA WEDS AGAIN ONLY
24 HOURS AFTER DIVORCE
RENO, Nov., May 14.—The Coun-
tess Kurt Haugwitz-Reventlow, for-
merly Princess Barbara Hutton
Mdivani, sped away from Reno today
for a California honeymoon with her
handsome new husband.
The newlyweds, married this morn-
ing slightly more than 24 hours af-
ter Barbara’s quick divorce from her
play boy prince, Alexis Mdivani, trav-
eled by automobile with San Fran-
cisco their destination.
The blonde Danish count was smil-
ing as the honeymoon began—a
honeymoon which signalized his loss
of some $25 bets simultaneously with
the winning of a $40,000,000 bride.
Before his dash by train and auto-
mobile from New York to Reno, the
39 year old count made $25 bets that
he would not be married within a
year.
Their five-minute marriage cere-
mony required just half the time it
took Barbara to divorce Prince Alexis
Mdivani in a private court hearing
here yesterday.
MOTHER OF SEVEN WALKS
FOURTEEN MILES DAILY
TO KEEP OFF OF RELIEF
CLARENDON, Texas, May 13.—
Mi*s. Johnnie Hall, mother of seven
children, does not want charity.
Instead, she walks fourteen miles a
day and works in a relief sewing
room which pays her little more than
$1 a day.
She lives with her husband and
children on a farm seven miles north
of Clarendon and walks to and from
relief headquarters here every day
she is allowed to work. This month
she has been allowed only three days
a week, since she had some overtime
last month.
“I don’t want charity; I want a
job,” said Mrs. Hall.
WASHINGTON, May 12.—A trek
from the dirt roots of farm political
thought began trickling into Wash-
ington today for a mass demonstra-
tion Tuesday in support of the agri-
cultural adjustment program.
By automobile, bus and train, the
I pilgrimage—which its organizer esti-
mated Would reach 3000—converged
on the capital. Prompting the move-
ment were recent vigorous protests
against the cotton processing tax.
i A lean, bronzed Texan who con-
tends most of his fellow producers
are satisfied with the agricultural ad-
justment program, was the leader
and spokesman.
As advance agent for the gather-
ing, C. H. Day described himself as
a “320-acre” farmer from Plainview,
whp signed AAA contracts for cot-
ton, wheat and corn production con-
trol. Then he gave his idea of what
the pilgrimage was about:
j “We’ve been hearing back home a
lot of noise from a small percentage
of farmers who don’t like the AAA.
We just got a little tired of this and
we. hadn’t said anything. So we de-
cided the time had come for those
of us who approve the AAA to do a
little talking.”
I Day said the movement originated
in Texas, but that invitations to join
the caravan were sent into every ma-
jor farming state.
j “This is a little like other move-
ments,” Day said. “It’s going to be
a lot bigger than we expected. We’ll
have around 3000 farmers in here
from almost every state west of the
Mississippi and from all states in the
i cotton belt.
“Our only purpose is to express our
! appreciation to the administration and
■ to congress for what they have done
for the farmers, and to assure our
| support for any sound AAA program
they want to adopt.”
| Coincidentally, changes proposed in
the AAA were discussed by another
; Texan, Chairman Jones of the house
■ agricultural committee. He told a
radio audience that pending AAA
; amendments would clarify existing
j law but would neither “regiment*’
farmers, nor permit licensing of re-
; tailers or farmer’s.
A determined drive by New Eng-
land and Southern textile interests
| for removal of the cotton processing
tax lay back of the farm movement
sponsored (by Day1. New England
j governors, joined by congressmen,
had protested directly to President
, Roosevelt that the tax, plus mounting
Japanese imports, was closing down
! domestic mills.
The chief executive designated a
cabinet committee of four—Secretar-
ies Hull, Wallace, Roper and Per-
, kins—to make a study of the textile
situation. This survey still is in pro-
cess.
Day has asked Secretary Wallace
and Chester C. Davis, the AAA ad-
ministrator, to address the farmers.
Senator Bankhead, democrat, Ala-
bama, author of. the cotton control
act, said he would ask President
Roosevelt to greet the pilgrimage.
Pending on Capitol Hill as the
farmers assembled were bills to clari-
fy the AAA law. They would per-
mit the licensing of processors or
handlers if more than 50 per cent
of any such group favored the step
or if two-thirds of the farmers of
an area so voted. Provision for an
export bounty was included in the
house bill.
ALLRED NAMES NEW
BANKING COMMISSIONER
Miss Frances Williams of Ennis,
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Bozarth and
daughters, Misses Novice and Mildred
of Taylor and Mrs. J. A. Campbell
and son Joseph, of Del Rio were
week end guests in the homes of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Bozarth and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Alexander,
Misses June and Danny Holt of Fort
Worth spent Sunday in Lampasas
visiting Mr. Alexander’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Alexander.
Lavern Peoples underwent an oper-
ation for appendicitis Monday even-
ing at the local hospital and is get-
ting along nicely.
AUSTIN, May 13.—Irvin McCreary
of Gatesville was named state bank-
■ ing commissioner today by Governor
! James V. Allred, succeeding E. C.
j Brand of Sweetwater,
j McCreary will take office next
j September. The governor explained
j that the appointment was made well
j ahead of time to give the new eom-
I missioner opportunity to sever his
| connections with all private banking
j institutions, as is required by law.
j McCreary, vice president of the
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company,
was born in Gatesville 38 years ago.
He has had 19 years executive ex-
perience in the same bank and twice
served as a member of the executive
of the Texas Bankers’ Association.
He also is a former treasurer of the
association.
Married and the father of one child,
the new commissioner not only is
widely known among bankers thru-
out Texas, but also is active in/ the
civic affairs of his home city.
WASHINGTON, May 13.—Texas
senators and representatives decid-
ed finally today to ask congress for
a $3,000,000 appropriation for a fed-
eral exhibit at the Texas Centennial
In 1936, but privately expressed the
opinion the final allocation would be
much lower.
They recalled that the World’s Fair
in Chicago obtained only about one-
third of that amount and that no
state had received more than $1,000,-
000 for such. a celebration.
Cullen F. Thomas, president of the
Texas Centennial, remained optimis-
tic, however, after a meeting which,
lasted one hour and a half.
“How much do you really think
Texas will get?” newspaper men
asked him.
“I think we’ll get $3,000,000,” he
replied firmly.
Thomas came to Washington to in-
sist the delegation ask for $5,000,-
000 but accepted a compromise. He
said reports from Washington that
the final appropriation might be close
to $500,000 struck “Texans with a
dull thud.”
He remarked that whatever the
finel allocation is, it should not be
earmarked for a specific city or proj-
ect because “that would make for
controversy between competing lo-
calities for a division of the spoils
—the rock on which we split at Aus-
tin.” He referred to the difficulties
of getting a $3,000,000 appropriation
from the state legislature.
Senator Connally and Representa-
tive Lanham said they planned to
introduce bills in a few days call-
ing for the $3,000,000 appropriation.
They said they would act on behalf
of all the Texas senators and repre-
sentatives and in accordance with the
wish of a joint congressional com-
mittee named last spring to investi-
gate the extent of federal participa-
tion in the hundredth anniversary of
Texas’ independence from Mexico.
It became known that Representa-
tive Maverick and Chairman Buch-
anan of the house appropriations
committee asked the meeting to con-
sent to earmark certain portions of
the fund for specific purposes, Mav-
erick insisting that San Antonio,
home of the historic Alamo, be re-
membered and Buchanan suggesting
that the American Legion’s proposal
to construct a permanent museum
near the University of Texas at Aus-
tin be accepted.
CONVICT SHOT TO DEATH
BY GUARD POSSE
CROCKETT, May 13.—The third
man to die as the result of a break
from the Eastham state prison farm,
Sam Grant, 40, was killed today in
an exchange of shots with a posse
composed of guards and peace offi-
cers.
The death of Grant in the Trinity
river bottoms seven miles southwest
of the prison farm left only R. G.
Tipton-at liberty of the four convicts
who fled last Friday. Their leader,
Jack Peddy, was slain the night af-
ter the escape, in which Virgil Welch,
a guard, was killed. Harry Litlow,
under 35-year sentence for robbery,
was captured Saturday afternoon se-
riously wounded.
Mrs. D. N. Cornett, who was in-
jured in an automobile accident about
two months ago, is able to be about
again. Her many friends are happy
to learn of this and to see her in.
town once more.
F. L. Wolf of Clarksville came in
Tuesday evening for a short visit
with relatives here. He has been in
Mexico on a fishing trip1 with friends.
—Local Market Report—
Below are the prices being paid
today by local buyers for the various
products
- Grain
Oats .....................
. 45c to 55c bushel
Ear Corn ............
.............. 75c bushel
Shell Corn ..........
.......... $1.00 bushel
Barley .................
. 50c to 65c bushel
Wheat ..................
...... $2.00 bushel
Maize ...................
....... $2.00 hundred
Poultry
Fryers .................
. 15c to 17c pound
Hens ....................
11c to 13c pound
Roosters .............
.. 5c pound
Turkeys ..............
. 6c-9c-12c pound
Eggs (candled)
.... 19c dozen
General
Cream ................................ I9e pound
Cotton middling basis ..............ll%e
Cottbn Seed ..................... $30.00 tow
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