The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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43rd Year
Lampasas, Texas, Friday, December 19,1930
Number 9
JFIREMEN WILL SPREAD
^ CHRISTMAS JOY
Members of the Lampasas Fire De-
partment have for many years pre-
I
if
pared Christmas boxes and sent them
■ to the unfortunate ones who other-
f :.itoise would not have any of the good
Things that most of us enjoy at Christ-
. mas time. This year they are- plan-
ning to handle the situation on a
much larger scale and are inviting
the citizens of Lampasas to join with
them in the work.
f In this paper of Tuesday an article
I. appeared which had been written by
' Mr. Paine, President of the Chamber
MRS. BRISTOL PRESENTS
CLASS IN RECITAL
Tuesday evening, Dec. 16, Mrs. R.
E. Bristol presented her Expression
Class in a recital at the high school
auditorium before an audience com-
posed of parents of the pupils and
interested friends. Mrs. Bristol’s pro-
grams are always very clever and
entertaining and this one was no
exception to the rule as each of her
pupils did his or her part exceed-
ingly well, reflecting much credit
upon their instructor.
Coming at this season of the year,
a Christmas program was arranged
of Commerce, heartily endorsing this and the stage was made quite attrac-
movement by the Lampasas Fire De- tive with holiday decorations of a
partment and starting the contribu- beautifully decorated Christmas tree,
tions off with a check for $25.00. It autumn leaves and other Yuletide sym-
was stated in the article by Mr. Paine ! bols. This gave the scene or back-
. that all toys and other donations | ground for the first portion of the
^should be sent to the fire station. This J program which was composed of read-
plan has been changed some and you j ings by the following members of the
are requested to take your donations
to the Shelbum & Long Garage and
filling station. The firemen will re-
pair and repaint all the toys and have
. nice place there for the work. The
ash donations may be given to mem-
bers of the fire department or left
it either of the banks. Good, warm
•lothing will be appreciated in the
donations.
The Lampasas Fire Department
/wants to get discarded toys and re-
finish them and see that some of the
children here are not overlooked by
©Id Santa Claus this year. Donations
of fruit, canned goods, candies, cloth-
ijig, etc., will also be needed by them
taking care of the situation.
Give the Fire Department every en-
uragement possible and help to
read Christmas cheer in Lampasas
s it has never been done before.
ARGE CROWDS SEE ROMANCE
IF LAMPASAS AT LEROY
s The local picture, “A Romance of
jampasas,” now showing at the Leroy
fheatre in this city, was viewed by
irge audiences on both occasions of
ts showing Tuesday, and a still larg-
er crowd is expected to see the pic-
ture this evening at its final show-
jng. This is a very clever picture of
focal scenes, characterized by all lo-
jcal talent, which makes it doubly in-
teresting to Lampasas people. The
photography is exceedingly good and
clear, all the scenes are easily iden-
tified and the players do their parts
well.
The leading parts in the picture
were played by Miss Gladys Winn,
Harry Moses, Eva Virginia Harris,
Glenn Perkins, Harley Tittle, Ann
Richey, Richard Landers and Herbert
Abney Jr.
The gentlemen here, representing
the Photo-Arts Company of San An-
tonio, were pleased with the coopera-
tion they received from the Lampasas
citizenship in the making of the pic-
ture. It is understood that they will
;next be in Brady where they will con-
tinue their relationship with Roy L.
Walker in the making of a local pic-
ture to be shown in that city.
COLD WAVE HITS LAMPASAS
| A cold wind swept out of the north
'Monday and sent the thermometers
, down to freezing point Monday night.
However, the .wind subsided during
the night and the weather was a bit
warmer Tuesday morning but still dis-
agreeable with prospects of either
rain or snow as the sky is still
cloudy. A very light mist was notice-
able at times during Tuesday morn-
king with an occasional snow flake
|n the air. This is the most disagree-
ible weather we have experienced so
far this winter.
iTRE DESTROYS HOUSE
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
Fire of unknown origin completely
lestroyed a house on South Broad
fctreet Sunday morning about 2 o’clock.
[The house was the property of W. E.
5arks, who with his family was oc-
cupying the residence. The fire de-
partment made a call to the scene of
je fire but the flames had gained
much headway for them to be of
pny service. Very little household
furnishings were saved and the house
self was a total loss.
Mr. Parks carried $750 insurance
fcn the house.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hendricks were
|in Temple Monday where Mr. Hen-
Iricks had an examination at one of
Ithe hospitals. His arm has been caus-
ing him some pain of late.
class: Elizabeth Ann Bailey, Dorothy
Alice Baker, Ann Richey, Gloria Tay-
lor, John Mace Adams, Alene Walker,
June Wilkins, Rebecca Ruth Abney,
Mildred Canales, Charles Bailey, Von
Dean Winters, Eugenia Hufstutler,
George Clements Taylor, Melton Lee
Briggs, Anita Walker, Earl Lindsey
Faires, Lurline Creekmore and Nelda
Perry.
Piano numbers were given by Allene
Clark, Nelda Perry and Mary Fran-
ces Casbeer during the first part of
the program and were received with
hearty applause by the listeners.
Next, a playlet, “The Doll Shop"
was given by the children, the scene
picturing a doll shop just before
Christmas. George Clements Taylor
was the keeper of the shop and was
very busy dusting off his dolls when
a mother, played by Lurline Creek-
more, came with her little girl, Anita
Walker, to purchase a doll for Christ-
mas. The dolls in the shop were as
follows: Sailor Doll, Elizabeth Ann
Bailey; Talking Doll, Alene Walker;
Walking Doll, Dorothy Alice Baker;
Teddy Bear, L. B. Rice Jr.; Dancing
'Dolls, Eugenia Hufstutler and Re-
becca Abney; Tin Soldiers, John Mace
Adams and Newton Key; Japanese
Dolls, Von Dean Winters and Mildred
Canales; Soldier Doll, Earl Lindsey
Faires; Negro Doll, Melton Lee
Briggs. After the mother selected a
doll the curtain came down and the
next scene brought a little fairy,
Gloria Taylor, who waved her magic
wand over each of the characters who
then performed as mechanical dolls,
dancing, walking and talking. A wed-
ding party then entered with Ann
Richey as bride and Charles Bailey
as the groom. June Wilkins was the
bridesmaid and John Kyle Oliver, the
groomsman.
With this unusual little playlet, Mrs.
Bristol brought her program to a
happy close.
JUDGE RULES 18TH
AMENDMENT VOID
NEWARK, N. J., Dec. '16.—Adop-
tion of the 18th amendment, Fedei'al
Judge William Clark held today, was
invalid.
He ruled that only by constitutional
conventions and not by state legisla-
tures can such amendments, which
transfer to the United States powers
heretofore reserved to the states, be
ratified.
The only immediate effect of his
decision, Judge Clark explained, would
be in New Jersey, and any arrests
for the retail sale of intoxicants in
that state would have to be made un-
der the state prohibition enforce-
ment act pending appeal of the ruling.
Appeal would- stay the effect of the
decision until it could be ruled on by
a higher court.
Validity of the manner in which the
prohibition amendent was adopted
was tested before Judge Clark by a
group of attorneys—all members of
the New York county lawyers’ asso-
ciation—after a study of two years.
SURGEON TO END
FEUD IN OWN WAY
AMARILLO, Dec. 16.—A- man giv-
ing the name of A. Montplezier, who
said he was a surgeon on the staff
of a charity hospital at New Orleans,
today refused to give officers the names
of a man and woman he claimed threw
him from an automobile six miles
west of Shamrock last Wednesday.
The man said he was en route to
Tucson, Ariz., with his financee and
his “best friend’’ when he was attack-
ed.
He said the couple stole his jewelry
and drove away in his automobile.
“This is a private affair and I in-
tend to settle it in my own way,”
Montplezier said.
Adamsville Items
By Reporter.
I’m sure every one has enjoyed the
sunshine for these few days, though
we have several in our community
suffering with colds. Hope they will
soon all be feeling fine again. Miss
Bessie Ross was taken very ill and
rushed back to the sanitarium Sunday
morning. Last report she was some
better. Mrs. Norman Lancaster has
been real sick but seemed to be bet-
ter our last report.
The ladies from the Baptist Church
sent a crate of hens to Buckner Or-
phans’ Home this week for Christ-
mas.
S. H. Straley of Lubbock who is
visiting in the Adamsville community,
spent Sunday night in the home of
Mrs. A. J. Straley. Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
McCann visited Rev. and Mrs. Cox
Sunday. Miss Vera Burns visited Mr.
and Mrs. Roscoe Langford this week
end. Miss Dealva Childers visited
Misses Pearl and Eunice Straley, Sun-
day.
Grandmother Cox spent this week
end near Evant visiting and attending
church. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Patter-
son visited Mrs. Patterson’s sister,
Mrs. Bates, of Mason Mountain.
Grandpa Garner and son, Dorsie and
wife were dinner guests in the June
Cox home Sunday. Mrs. Holley Berry
and sister, Mrs. Raymond Willy, spent
Sunday afternoon in the home of their
sister, Mrs. June Cox.
Miss Alta Mae Edens spent Sunday
with Miss Glenn Donnel.
Santa seems to be ringing Wed-
ding Bells this year before time for
the Christmas bells, as we have had
several couples near here that have
responded as they rang. On last Friday
night Herman Cox and Miss Bethel
Mitchell were married, and Tuesday
Francis Dooley and Miss Bertha
Briggs were married. Their friends
join in wishing for them a happy and
prosperous life.
Our school will close for Christmas
Friday afternoon, with a Christmas
tree for the school children and a
Christmas program prepared by the
teachers and children.
There wlere good attendances at
both Sunday Schools, church and B. Y.
P. U. Sunday and Sunday night. The
services seemed to be enjoyed by all.
Let’s all try to be present at Sun-
day School with well prepared, les-
sons.
CASE AGAINST JUDGE
LINDSEY IS DISMISSED
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—A charge of
disorderly conduct against former
Judge Lindsey was dismissed today by
Magistrate Dreyer.
The court dismissed the complaint
made out by a police officer charging
the Denver jurist with interfering
with a religious ceremony when he
interrupted Bishop William T. Man-
ning’s assault on companionate mar-
riage in the cathedral of St. John
the Divine a week ago last Sunday.
Then Magistrate Dreyer ordered a
new complaint drawn to be signed by
a representative of the church, and
when nobody came rorward to sign
it, he threw the case out of court.
He rebuked Lindsey, however, in
dropping the charge.
“You are a man of intelligence,
you are a lawyer, you are a judge, you
knew you were in church and you
knew the law,” Magistrate Dreyer told
the proponent of companionate mar-
riage.
“If you felt you were maligned you
had your remedy. I always say if a
man hurts my feelings I have the
courts to go to. A church has a right
to hold a divine service without in-
terruption. The public should be giv-
en to know that dismissal of this
complaint does not make it all right
to interrupt church services.”
DR. JOSEPHINE GAFFNEY
IS INJURED
Friends of Mrs. Gaffney in Lam-
pasas will be sorry to learn that she
was struck by a taxi in Washington
City, December 12, and sustained a
scalp wound and bruises on the body,
She was taken to a hospital and four
stitches were made on the scalp to
close the wound.
She writes she is doing well and
expects to leave the hospital the lat-
ter part of this week. Mrs. Gaffney
has been in the government employ
since last May, in the census depart-
ment, and is well pleased with her
work.
Lampasas Weekly Leader 1 year $1.50
Nanma Notes
(Regular Correspondent)
The play “The Wild Oats Boy” will
be presented at the Naruna school
house Friday night, Dec. 19.
Mrs. Jule Jones and sister, Miss
Bernice Vann who are teaching school
at Mt. Blanc, spent the week end at
home.
Mrs. O. B. Zimmerman spent Mon-
day with her sister, Mrs. M. B. Zim-
merman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kirby and little
daughter, who live near Lometa are
in the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W.^ A. Martin, now.
Mrs. J. R. Landers spent one day
last week with her mother, Mrs. Pil-
grim, of Burnet.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Ii. Trussel and lit-
tle daughter, Blanche, were visitors in
this community one day last- week.
Ealy Moore accompanied his uncle
Walter Moore and son W. T. of the
Fairview community, to Temple one
day last week when W. T. underwent a
slight operation.
LOOK!
It looks like that from our start
that Lampasas is going to make a
Happy Christmas for the needy. The
response to our appeal has been won-
derful, money, clothes, food and toys
have been coming in every day. We
want to thank those that have been
so kind and we are taking this op-
portunity to urge those who have not
responded to get their donations in
right away. Leave your money at any
bank in Lampasas for the Lampasas
Firemen and leave your clothes, food
and toys at Shelburti and Long’s gar-
age on Third street. We must have
your donations in by Saturday, not
later than 6 o’clock p. m. Let every
body be a Santa Claus for this good
cause.
Frank Baker, Fire Chief.
MRS. W. F. MACE DISPLAYS
INTERESTING BED SPREAD
Mrs. W. F. Mace has recently com-
pleted an unusual bed spread or cov-
ering which she has fashioned of vari-
colored prints. It contains 1780 circles
of materials, mostly of small prints
interspersed with a few circles of
solid color materials. These circles
have been hand-whipped together after
each one was gathered at the center,
the gathered side being used as the
right or top side. Mrs. Mace states
that this represents a year’s work,
of course not steady work but her
spare time during the year in which
she could pick up hand work.
Material in the spread is estimat-
ed to be worth around $25 and every
circle is of fast color. These pieces
of materials were given Mrs. Mace by
friends and she pi'izes the covering
very highly.
This attractive spread is on display
at the Frazer-Taylor Furniture Com-
pany.
THELMA MITCHELL (Colored)
DIES IN THIS CITY
Thelma Mitchell, (colored) 17 year
old daughter of Ford and Ethel Mit-
chell died in this' city Wednesday
morning at 1 o’clock following an op-
eration for appendictis. Thelma had
been attending school in Austin and
was brought home on account of an
attack of appendicitis.
Funeral services were held for the
deceased Thursday afternoon at 3:00
o’clock and burial followed in Oak
Hill Colored Cemetery.
—Local Market Report—
Below are the prices paid by local
buyers for the various products on
Thursday of this week. These prices
.re subject to change each day.
Grain.
Oats ...................... 37c to 39c bushel
Ear Com .............. 50c to 55c bushel
Shell Corn .............;.......... 70c bushel
Barley .................. 40c to 60c bushel
Wheat............60c to 70c bushel
Maize ................ $1.15-$1.25 hundred
Poultry.
Fryers .................... 12c to 16c pound
Hens ..................... 8c to 10c pound
Roosters .............................. 6c pound
Turkeys No. 1...................20c pound
Eggs (candled) ................ 23c dozen
Eggs (infertile) ................ 23c dozen
General.
Cream......................16c to 19c pound
Beeswax ............................ 15C pound
Green Hides .................... 2%c pound
Cotton middling basis .............. 8%c
Cotton Seed .................... $26.00 ton
Pecans .......................... 8c up, pound
BAND PLACES CHRISTMAS
TREE IN STAND ON SQUARE
In expression of their Christmas
cheer, A. B. Ronald and members of
the Lampasas Gold Medal Band dec-
orated the band stand on the public
square Tuesday evening. A beauti-
ful tree adorns the center of the stand
and is lighted with electric globes
of various colors while a big star has
been placed at the top of the tree.
Colored globes of red and green have
also been placed in the lamps around
the edge of the stand.
The stand presents a very attrac-
tive appearance at night and has been
complimented very highly.
HOUSE COALITION BEATS FINAL
VOTE ON DROUTH RELIEF
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Holding
their own lines rigid, the House Dem-
ocrats separated enough Republican
stragglers from the majority today to
beat back an attempt by administra-
tion leaders to put an unaltered $30,-
000,000 drouth relief program through
that branch in preference to the Sen-
ate’s $60,000,000 fund.
By 205 to 159, the move to sus-
pend rules and pass House measure
was defeated, it requiring two-thirds
of those-voting to secure passage.
The dispute was the most spec-
tacular of this session in the House.
Led by Representative Garner of Tex-
as, the Democrats lost only one vote—
Black of New York—to the Republi-
cans, while 16 Republicans and the
lone Farmer-Labor, Kvale of Minnes-
ota, joined them. Seventy-one either
failed to vote or were paired.
Although blocked in their attempt
to prevent a vote on the Senate’s $60,-
000,000 proposal, the Republicans plan
to seek action again under a more
liberal procedure later in the week.
The House Agriculture committee
now proposes to consider the Senate
proposal with a view to attempting
to eliminate the provision for loans
for food and clothing to which the
administration objects.
Meanwhile, the position of the ad-
ministration for a $25,000,000 limita-
tion came up for debate in the Sen-
ate where the $60,000,000 was voted
last week without even a record vote.
Senator Watson, (Rep.), Indiana,
said the local headquarters of the Red
Cross in every State and county in
the country have ample funds to meet
every emergency.
“I talked with Judge Payne (John
Barton Payne, chairman of the Amer-
ican Red Cross), this morning and
he said he was prepared to make the
statement the Red Cross can care for
all drouth sufferers with funds in its
treasury,” Watson said.
In view of the Red Cross survey,
Watson continued, the President felt
amply justified in making a recom-
mendation of $25,000,000 for drouth
relief.
SOCIALISTS GET FEW VOTES
AT POLLS OF TEXAS
AUSTIN, Dec. 16.—Socialism and
Communism have no interest for the
people of Texas, the official vote
for State officers shows. The figures,
still to be formally announced by the
State Canvassing Board, show that
on Nov. 4 the highest Vote cast for
any Socialist candidate was 1,305 out
of a total exceeding 300,000 votes.
A. E. Gay, opponent of Pat M. Neff
for Railroad Commissioner, polled 1,-
305 votes, compared with 268,774 for
Mr. Neff and 38,305 for J. E. Gay
Jr., the Republican candidate. That
was about as much as any Republi-
can candidate for State office l'eceived.
There was but one Communist candi-
date—W. A. Berry, who received 282
votes for United States Senator
against 258,929 for Morris Sheppard,
Democrat; 35,357 for D. J. Haesley,
Republican, and 790 for Guy L. Smith,
Socialist.
STATE TO GIVE PRESENTS
TO ITS 14,000 WARDS
AUSTIN, Dec. 16.—None of the
State’s 14,000 wards in eleemosynary
institutions will go without a pres-
ent at Christmas. The Board of Con-
trol Tuesday authorized the superin-
tendents of each of the institutions
to spend $1 an inmate out of the gen-
eral maintenance fund in the purchase
of individual presents for the inmates
who fail to receive presents from the
outside. At the Orphans’ Home and
thb Juvenile Training School few out-
side presents are received and the
State will furnish gifts.
THEY STOLE CHICKENS
FROM THEIR WIVES
TEXARKANA.—Three drunks stag-
gered down a Texarkana street at 3
o’clock in the morning, each carrying
two dead chickens. Three policemen
halted the merry trio to determine
why.
“Where did you fellows get those
chickens?” queried the officers.
“Shh—we stole them from our
wives,” said one of the jubilant trio,
and all three broke into a chortle.
“Why did you steal them?” queried
the astounded coppers.
“Well, our wives and children are
at home hungry, so we decided to go
out-and get them some meat,” replied
the spokesman, beaming with pride
over the achievement.
“How did you think you’d help them,
then, by taking their own chickens
and giving them back to them?” ask-
ed the officers.
The wandering three went into a
huddle, and a look of surprise slow-
ly spread about their faces, as they
replied: “We didn’t think of that.”
Fined in municipal court on charges
of drunkenness, the three were jailed
when unable to pay the $10 fines.
“Here’s your chickens,” called the
desk sergeant, “get to work and pick
them for your wives,” and he hurled
the fowls into the cell. In a few min-
utes the air was filled with feathers.
While the husbands dined on jail
fare, the families ate chicken ‘pro-
vided’ by them.
MAN HELD IN JAIL WHEN
HE DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF
WHERE HE BOUGHT LIQUOR
CADILLAC, Mich., Dec. 15.—Re-
corder’s Judge E. J. Millington, who
is holding Frank Harrand, 38-year-old
farmer, in jail indefinitely because
Harrand claims not to know from
whom he obtained liquor that made
him drunk, said today-that any per-
sons arrested on charges of intoxica-
tion will be treated similarly if
brought before him.
Harrand has spent most of the time
since Nov. 7, in jail here on a con-
tempt citation. He was arrested for
intoxication at a dance on that date,
and when questioned by the judge
said he did not know the identity of
the person from whom he obtained
the liquor. He received it from one
of a group of men gathered outside
in the dark, he said.
Millington did not believe Harrand
told the truth and sent him to jail.
Later the circuit court upheld the
action.
SALARY INCREASES
FOR U. S. EMPLOYES
Lampasas Weekly Leader 1 year $1.50
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The first
of the government’s annual supply
measures—the treasury-postoffice ap-
propriation bill—was passed today by
the senate.
The bill as approved by the senate
carried $1,085,529,303. It now goes
back to the house for agreement to
amendments.
The senate added $1,190,380 for pay
increases to government employes;
$750,000 for a new northern transcon-
tinental air mail, and $35,000 for a
coast guard station on Green bay,
Wisconsin.
In addition the senate amended the
bill to provide for salary increases,
to government employes.
BLANKET TAX TO AID
UNEMPLOYED URGED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—A blan-
ket tax of five cents weekly on em-
ployes and 10 cents on employers was
advocated in the House today by
Representative Laguardia (Rep.) of
New York to provide relief for those
out of woa.k.
He said he had prepared a bill tp
that effect which would include other
forms of taxation.
“It is the duty of every person in
the country to give some kind of re-
lief,” he said.
ROCKEFELLER GIVES
TO AID UNEMPLOY3IENT
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Half a mil-
lion dollars has bden given by the
Rockefeller Foundation to the emer-
gency employment committee, which
is raising a fund of $8,00.0,000 to pro-
vide jobs for unemployed heads of
families in New York.
The gift, announced today, brings
the total contribution to $7,276,511.
The Rockefeller family recently made
a personal gift off $1,000,000 to the
committee.
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