The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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C. W. Garrett, of Medina coun-
ty, is visiting relatives and
friends in this part of Texas. He
is a brother of Felix Garrett, of
the Dobyville community.
Miss Ruth Dildy, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Joe E. Dildy, has
returned to her work at Baylor
Female College, Belton, where
she is making a good record as a
student.
Major and Mrs. F. A. RamBey,
of the Lake Victor section, have
returned from a visit of several
months to relatives at Tahoka,
Lynn county.
Miss Fannie Holland has re-
turned to her work in connection
with Baylor Female College, Bel-
ton, after spending the summer
here with friends. She is always
welcomed at Lampasas.
Mrs. William Ginnuth, of Tem-
ple, is a guest for some days of
Mrs. C. R. Hubbard at the home
of Mrs. J. W. Townsen. Mrs.
Ginnuth was formerly a resident
of Lampasas and has many
friends among the older citizens.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Couns-
an, who have been visiting rel-
atives here for some time, have
returned to their home in Omaha,
Nebraska. Miss Maud, the
daughter, will remain here some
time.
The growing weeds furnish a
hiding place for snakes and other
reptiles, a breeding place for
flies, and prove a nuisance gen-
rally. Let the city fathers cut
he weeds. Do it now.
With cotton selling at 10 cents
er pound and better than that
where it is extra good, the peo-
le are bringing in quite a quan-
ity of the cotton held over from
ast year, and it is bringing a
ood price, where it has been
ept in proper condition.
John Spivey, now living at
ine, McCulloch county, sends a
ollar to have The Leader come
o him. Lee Garner, of the
chool creek section, was the
earer of the money and message,
nd he reports that it rained all
eek out in that section, and the
armers are behind with their
ork, but encouraged about the
ood crops which the moisture
ill assure for the future.
Hugh Gilbreath, of the Kemp-
er section, is among the at-
ndants upon the district court,
nd remarked in this office that
was the first time within his
^mory when he was the only
resentative from that neigh-
rhood. He makes a good juror,
ht'feels lonesome when not ao-
mpanied by some of his neigh-
re.
Misses Mary and Willie Nuek-
8, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
r. A. Nuckles, of the School
feek neighborhood on the
mpasas river, have returned
their studies at Baylor Female
liege, Belton. This is their
cond or third year at that in-
ltution, and they have a good
cord as pupils. Mr. Nuokles
lieves in educating his chil-
en as well as those of his
ighbors, and it was largely
rough his influence that the
nsolidated school was arranged
in the Unity neighborhood,
e schoolhouse is now under
y, and it is proposed to occu-
it this fall.
very sack of White Crest
qr is sold under a positive
-irantee. Sold only by
■igdon-Senterfitt-Andraw Co.
Colorado 68 Feet at Dam.
Austin, Tex., Sept. 17.—After
reaching a stage of 68 feet at the
dam, a record-breaking rise for
suddenness, the Colorado river
began to fall slowly at 10 o’clock
this morning.
A second rise is reported com-
ing out of the Llano i river, but
probably will not reach here un-
til the present flood has been
greatly reduced.
The rise totaled 28 feet, most
of it coming in between midnight
and 6 o’clock this morning.
Major George W. Littlefield’s
launch, the Terry Ranger, val-
ued at $15,000; E. H. Perry’s
boat, Nannette, and a score of
smaller craft were swept through
the spill gates of the dam and
wrecked.
No loss of life has been report-
ed. There were numerous nar-
row escapes among campers
along the river.
Aores of heavy drift have ac-
cumulated against the dam
which up to noon had not suffer-
ed any material damage. It is
feared, however, that in the
event of another sudden rise to-
day some damage may result.
Today’s stage of the river here
is seven feet higher than the
flood of last April and within two
feet of the highest mark caused
by the flood of 1900, when the old
dam went out.
Two Border Fights.
Brownsvile, Tex., Sept., 17.—
American cavalrymen had two
fights with Mexicans across the
Rio Grande today, one here and
one near Donna, about sixty
miles up the river. In both
clashes the American soldiers
were fired upon and returned the
fire without themselves suffering
any casualties.
Ten American cavalrymen in
the Donna fight which lasted two
hours and a half, this afternoon,
reported they were fired upon by
forty or fifty Mexicans and be-
lieved that they had hit seven-
teen Mexicans.
Major Edward Anderson of the
Twelfth cavalry, after receiving
reports of the shooting, an-
nounced that there were no
known casualties on either side.
Another Jewish Holiday.
September 18th, Saturday, is
recognized the world over as the
Jewish Day of Atonement, or in
the Jewish expression “Yom
Kippur.” Concerning this day
the Austin American remarks:
“The purpose of the day is to
bring the Jewish people together
in their houses of worship and
by prayer and meditation con-
template on the questions of du-
ty and destiny. It is to give op-
portunity to think of the inner
life. Self-examination is clearly
one of the aims of the day.
Though the ritual of the day
may appear public and congre-
gational, its real significance is
personal.
“Many of the worshippers even
abstain from food. The purpose
of fasting, however, is merely to
enable the worshipper to concen-
trate his mind on the things of
the spirit, and for the day give
up all earthly considerations and
thoughts. He is to enter, so to
speak, into his holy of holies,
examine himself and his actions,
and find out wherein he strayed
from the path of duty as dictated
by his conscience. It is a day
to reconcile man to God by per-
sonal efforts and noble resolves
to live better, more uprightly
and with a greater response to
the needs of the hour. It is in-
tended to bring man inner peace
and contentment.”
Five Alleged Conspirators Convicted.
Corpus Christi, Tex., Sept. 17.
—After deliberating 23 hours,
the jury trying the case of 41
persons charged in federal court
with having conspired to defraud
the 1914 general election in this
(Nueces) county, this afternoon
returned a vercict of not guilty
against 35 of the defendants,
found five guilty as charged and
reported inability to agree on the
guilt or innocence of one defend-
ant—Walter F. Timon, county
judge of Nueces county. Judge
Waller T. Burns, presiding, in-
structed the jury in his charge
yesterday to return a verdict of
not guilty against 19 of the de-
fendants, iucluding W. B. Hop-
kins, judge of the 28th judicial
district, on grounds of insuffi-
cient evidence. The government
previously had moved in court
that the cases against 18 de-
fendants among those acquitted
today be dismissed. The defense,
however, insisted on a formal
verdict of not guilty. The case
against Judge Hopkins was not
included in the government’s
motion, the court itself having
instructed the jury to return a
verdict of not guilty in his case.
Judge Hopkins, according to the
indictment, had conspired with
other defendants to keep Joe
Acebo, now under federal in-
dictment for perjujy in connec-
tion with his testimony at this
trial, in jail on election day last
November 3, in order that he
might be deprived of his ballot.
This oharge, insofar as Judge
Hopkins was concerned, Judge
Burns charged the jury had not
been proved.
The newspaper works day in
and day out for its town and
community. It never sleeps. The
clouds never grow too dark for
the newspaper to keep up the
flag of optimism seeking to give
encouragement to all classes.
But especially is the newspaper
invaluable to the town. They
labor incessantly for its every
industry, stores, manufacturing
plants, streets, municipal devel-
opment, in fact, every phase of
the town life which promises to
better conditions and advance
the cause of its people. But in
face of this the citizens, especial-
ly among the business men, ap-
pear to care little or anything
for their prosperity, their prog-
ress and development. It is
wrong. The business men and
citizens have every reason to
promote the newspspeas’ inter-
ests, especially in view of the
fact that the newspapers furnish
the real and sensible methods of
publicity and each business man
surely should need to use it. The
citizens should renew their vision
when they find that they are for-
getting their greatest benefaotor.
—Greenville Banner.
Successful men are they who
have worked while their neigh-
bors’ minds were vacant or oc-
cupied with passing trivialities,
who have been acting while oth-
ers have been wrestling with in-
decision. They are the men who
have tried to read all that has
been written about their craft;
who have learned from the mas-
ters and their fellowcraftsmen of
experience, and profited thereby;
who have gone about with their
eyes open, noting the good
points of other men’s work, and
considered how they might do it
better. Thus they have carried
themselves above mediocrity,
and in striving to do things the
best they could, have educated
themselves in the truest manner.
—Selected.
O. L. Cardwell, a Btate ranger,
was here, the object of his visit
being to take up the arms and
other equipment formerly in use
biy the local military company,
which has been mustered out of
service. These arms and other
paraphernalia belong to the
United States government and
may be needed, hence the taking
up and assmbling of all such at
Austin, where there is a place
provided to store them. In south
Texas a member of the state
guards, as these embryo soldiers
were called, concluded the gov-
ernment would have no further
use for them, and probably
thinking there would never be an
accounting, sold a quantity of
such supplies, and thereby got
himself into trouble. It does not
pay to deal lightly with our Un-
cle Samuel, for he keeps pretty
close traok of his property.
SIGNALS OF DISTRESS
Lampasas People Should Know How to
Read and Heed Them.
A Little Lesson in Penology.
There appeared recently in the
Chronicle a news item to the ef-
fect that during the recent tor-
nado the officer in charge of
something like 125 convicts on a
plantation took them away from
the prison, out on an open prai-
rie, as the safest place, and des-
pite the exceptional opportunity
for easy escape not a prisoner
made an attempt to leave.
As part of the same news item,
it was said that the officer in
charge was always fair, just and
humane to the prisoners and
treated them kindly and had
their respect and confidence.
There is a valuable lesson to
be drawn from the incident re-
lated. Prisoners who were kind-
ly treated and were trusted by
the officer having them in charge
kept the faith and did not betray
the man who was at once their
official keeper and friend.
Something like a year ago,
Governor Colquitt sent, or caused
to be sent, to near Lindale, in
Smith county, a large body of
convicts to wdrk on public roads
on the honor system, and only
one or two of the whole number
broke faith with the State.
Both of these incidents are
very significant. There is a hap-
py middle ground between re-
pressive cruelty, which proceeds
upon the ground that every con-
vict is necessarily hopelessly de-
pra\ed, and that maudlin senti-
mentality which would abolish
all forms of punishment and turn
prisons into palaces.
The state of Colorado has con-
clusively proved that even men
convicted of grave offenses can
be trusted to labor as prisoners
without chains or balls or guards
or .dogs.—Houston Chronicle.
The Safe Side.
Just to be on the safe side,
Texas farmers might as well be-
gin figuring now on a further re-
duction of the cotton acreage for
next year, and 15 per cent reduc-
tion of the present acreage will
not be too much. Of course, if
the land not planted to cotton
had to lie idle, the farmer would
be confronted with a most serious
state of affairs, but when this
land may be used to a good ad-
vantage for any one of a half
dozen crops, the cutting down of
the cotton acreage is not sacrifice
on the part of the farmer.—
Beaumont Enterprise.
A perfect town is that in which
you see the farmer patronizing
the home merchant, the laborers
spending the money they earn
with their own tradesmen, and
all animated .by a spirit that will
not purchase articles abroad if
they can be bought at home.—
News Herald.
Disordered kidneys give many sig-
nals of distress.
The secretions may be dark, contain
sediment.
Passages are sometimes frequent,
scanty, painful.
Backache is often present day and
night.
Headaches and dizzy spells may oc-
cur.
Weakened kidneys should receive
quick help.
Don’t delay I Use a special kidney
remedy.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys, backache and urinary dis-
orders.
Lampasas evidence proves their
worth.
Mrs. Ulrich Clark, Lampasas, says:
“My kidneys had been causing annoy-
ance and my back hurt me, especially
when I stooped. One box of Doan’s
Kidney Pills was all I needed to cor-
rect the troubie from my kidneys and
rid me of the pains in my back. Doan’s
Kidney Pills are all that is claimed for
them.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t sim-
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Clark had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N.Y.
w46
McCauley’s Screw
Worm Killer
In order to introduce and prove the
merits of McCauley’s Screw Worm
Killer, a deduction of 20 per cent
will be made on all purchases made
direct from the company at Lampa-
sas. This means the 50 cent bottle
for 40 cents, and other amounts in
proportion.
IT IS A DEAD SHOT FOR WORMS
Heals the wounds and keeps the
flies away. Supply your needs now,
as this offer may be withdrawn at
any time.
McCauley Medicine Co.
Lampasas, Texas
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1915, newspaper, September 24, 1915; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth894628/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.