The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 713, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 26, 1906 Page: 1 of 4
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The Lampasas Daily Leader.
Third Year
TUESDAY
Lampasas, Texas, June 26, 1906.
TUESDAY
Whole Number 713
$
These Goods are
all out on Tables
marked in
PLAIN FIGURES
Gome and Supply
yourself with
Linens
while they are
going so cheap
Special Sale of linen
■ III
Tomorrow we will put on sale every piece
djess goods, table cloth, napkins, towels, doilies,
the house. The prices at which we will offer these should
induce every ledy in Lampasas to supply herself with
linens.
of linen
etc. in
72 inch Table Linen, worth $1.50 will go tomorrow
at...........................................
64 inch Table Linen, worth 75c, will go tomorrow
at...........................................
72 inch linen, worth $1, will go tomorrow
at............................................
$1.05
38c
89c
Linen Towels will go at about one-half regular price
Napkins in the bolt cheaper than you ever bought them
Stokes Brothers 6 Como’y
The People Who Sell It for Less
J
Lightning Strikes Courthouse.
Monday evening about 7:30 a
bolt of lightning struck the elec-
tric wires somewhere near, the
courthouse. All connections were
burned out in the courthouse
building in the second story and
in the garret. So great was the
force of the shock that fuses in
the light fixtures were burned out
and the wires burned through,
allowing the globes and wires to
fall to the floor. Everywhere a
connection burned through, the
tarry insulation was set afire and
each end was a little, torch.- The
lathing and woodwork in a dozen
different parts of the courthouse
caught afire at once. The fire
was first discovered by the jani-
tor, Mr. Williams, who gave the
alarm. The fire department was
called out and responded prompt-
ly. In the meantime, Judge White
and A. S. Elridge, who were at
supper at a nearby restaurant,
ran over to the building and with
the assistance of Air. Williams
and JackTownsen they managed'
to put out the fire in the garret.
The pressed steel ceiling was
burned through in various places
and torn off by the shock. In
one corner of the district court
room, at the floor, the tin on the'
wall-'was torn loose, the- heads of
the 'nails melted off and some
nails drawn. Had it not been
for the quick work of those who
were nearest the courthouse at
the time of the stroke of light-
ning, and the immediate response
of the firemen, the entire court-
house would have been destroy-
ed.
The lightning-ran along the
large wires and cables of the
light company until it reached
the transformer at the Barnes-
Higdon corner, when its voltage
was so reduced as to become
harmless. The greatest loss
was about $75 in this instrument,
which was entirely ruined.
On account of the damage to
wires there were no lights last
night. A number of people who
were on the streets at the time of
the shock state that they felt it
distinctly, some of them being
nearly knocked off their feet.
They say that a blaze ran along
the light wires all over the busi-
ness part of town. It was very
fortunate, that the lightning
struck when it did, while there
were numbers of people on the
streets, or we might be minus a
courthouse today.
Mrs. Theo Arbuckle is spend-
ing several days with friends and
relatives in Burnet.
Money to loan
The Peoples National
Bank
is prepared to make a
large number of loans
and to make them
promptly.
W. It, Williamson,‘Pres.
J. 0. Ramsey,®V-Pres.
J. M. Brown, Casher w31-d-fri-tf
Texas Public Buildings.
The appropriations for public
buildings to be erected in Texas
by the United States government
include the following:
A new postoffice at Dallas,
$15,000; postoffice and court-
house at Fort Worth, $150,000;
postoffice and courthouse at Ty-
ler, $40,000; pqstoffice and court-
house at San Antonio, $45,000;
postoffice and courthouse at Gon-
zales, $50,000; postoffice at Cor-
sicana, $50,000; postoffice and
custom house at Eagle Pass,
$50,000; postoffice, courthouse
and custom house at San Angelo,
$100,000; courthouse at Texark-
ana, $100,000; postoffice at Pal-
estine, $9000; postoffice at Green-
ville, $8000, and for beginning
construction of suitable commo-
dious fire proof building for post-
office, United States court and
other governmental purposes at
Houston, $100,000. Total, $717,-
000. J
dress goods.
From June 25 to 30, we are go.
ing to offer to sacrifice our stock
of Dress Goods. It will be a
splendid chance for a|new dress,
etc. Our Straw Hats remain in
the bargain column. We are of-
fering some other lines in our
bargain sacrifices that you ought
to avail yourself of. Come and
see them.
The Penny Store.
The Rain.
A splendid rain fell all over
this section Monday afternoon
about 6 o’clock, amounting in all
to inches. The rain was much
needed by the farmers, as corn
was getting almost past redemp-
tion. However in a great many
places corn will make an average
crop and all late corn will produce
well. Cotton was in good shape
but rain was very acceptable.
Farmers are all rejoicing in the
fact that they were saved from
utter failure of one crop.
JOEL' CHANDLER HARRIS.
Southern Author Recognized by
Southern Newspaper.
The much loved southern writer
Joel Chandler Harris, to whom
the world is indebted for Uncle
Remus, is about to receive sub-
stantial recognition in a new
form. The Dallas News announces
the consummation of a deal by
which-.^t secures the exclusive
rights jn the Southwest to publi-
cation of Uncle Remus’ stories,
illustrated in color by J. Condq,
the artist who lias1 drawn- the
pictures for the Urasle Remus
books of the past. The service
wjll begin July 1. This is a step
in the right direction, as the Har-
ris stories are really instructive,
as well as entertaining to young
and old alike. The News is to
be congratulated and commended
for this recognition of the South,
whose merit is winning favor
more and more.
The official call for the Four-
teenth National Irrigation con-
gress has been issued and is be-
ing sent to the governors of
states, mayors of the cities and
other appointing powers. The
congress will be held at Boise,
Idaho, Sept 3 to 8, inclusive, and
will be the largest assembly of
the kind ever held. Texas has a
great interest in the result of this
congress for success is expected
in the movement started some
time ago to have this state in-
cluded in the benefits derived
from the national reclamation of
arid lands. It is expected that
Texas will send the largest num-
ber of delegates of any state rep-
resented.
Texas contains a larger area of
arid land than any state in the
union. This would all be the
more valuable and productive if
reclaimed through irrigation. At
the meeting of the Irrigation con-
gress, which is to be held at
Boise, September 3 to 8, 1906,
the attention of capitalists will be
directed to the great field for
profitable investment to be found
in this state through national
reclamation and private enter-
prise.
Privileges for Sale.
Persons desiring to buy priv-
ileges of any character during
thet^. O. W. picnic July 3 and 4,
will apply to B. C. Greenwood
and J. E. Hooper, committee.
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The Gonzales Inquirer, one of
the most progressive and enter-
prising daily and weekly papers
in the state, has installed
Mergenthaler linotype in
chanical department. Threse
chines are getting to be used^H^1
more and more in the smaller off'
fices and do a great deal towards
making an attractive appearing
sheet. The publishers of the In-
quirer, Messrs. Reese & Beach,
are to be commended for their
enterprise in putting this ad-
dition to their mechanical equip-
ment.
a new 8^y
irese ma\ men
Brownwood is to have a new
hotel in the near future. This is
greatly needed and will add j
much to its popu larity with the j
traveling public.
IT’S FINE
Banana Punch
Out-o’-SIght j I
q. :• • , V '*'• i ■'&
Vanilla Cream; 1
Schwarz & Hoffmann
Meet me at the Fountain
Mi i 4
Wires Saved Court House.
In conversation with Frank
Beauman, manager of the light
company, he expressed the idea
that the light wires in and about
the court house saved that build-
ing from destruction. It seems
that the wires being charged
with an electric current, would
be more apt to attract the bolt
than the tower, but had it not
been for the presence of the
wires, the clock tower being the
highest point in this part of town,
the lightning would have struck
it, and as there were no wires in
it to carry off the current, there
would have been great destruc-
tion and- probably the fire which
would have been started would
have been too large to be con-
trolled by the fire department.
However, as it was, the current
passed along the wires, breaking
them in places and doing very
little damage.
MisaLeveretta missionary who
has spent some time in China,
now touring in Texas, will lect-
ure at the Methodist church Fri-
day, June 29th, at 8:30 p.m. A
full attendance of all the mem-
bership of the church and the
public is requested. She will
give a special talk to ladies only
Saturdc^ afternoon ac 3:30. dl6
IS IK
Burnet vs. Lampasas.
The Burnet team has sent word
to the Lampasas management
that they have secured four new
men and will be here Thursday
and Friday for a series of games.
Burnet is loaded for bear, and
will make it lively for the home
team. They have the reputation
of being a fast set of players and
are every one sluggers. Steffens
who pitched the game for Lam-
pasas against Burnet last week,
said that had it not been for the
wonderful support given him by
the Lampasas team that he would
have been batted out of the box.
The Burnet boys saw after the
first inning that they could not
do anything by batting balls to
the infield, and then they tried to
hit them clear over the fielders.
The new men are said to be
excellent players and will mate-
rially strengthen the team. The
first game will be Thursday, the
day of the H. & T. C. picnic.
This will mean a good crowd here
and great interest in the game.
Lampasas boys will go in to
win as usual. They say however
that Burnet is the worst bunch of
sluggers that they have been up
against the season.
The management has arranged
for a canvas fence around the
park and the posts for same have
been put up. The canvas has
been made and fitted, and will be
put up today. This will add
much to the satisfaction of the
game, making it possible to col-
lect from all who see the game,
and doing away with the neces-
sity for so many ground rules.
The. management is to be com-
mended for their energy in this
ter.
should be. needless to urge
an| loyal citizen of Lampasas to
go out to the game. The team
has played with such uniform
success, and has played so little
at home that every one should
be anxious to see a good game.
The team needs the money.
Come out and support them.
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The game which was to have
bfieen played between Temple and
Lampasas on the 29th at Temple
has been called off. While Lam-
pasas never had much idea of
beating even the crippled
leaguers, if they had made a
good showing with them it would
have been impossible for them to
get games anywhere near home.
As it is, the local teams about
like Killeen, Burnet, Llano, and
other teams are strengthening for
them, and there is a prospect for
some good games without such
an expenditure to bring the teams
here.
Depositors’ Security
In addition to its or-
dinary available as-
sets, this bank is still
further fortified, and
as follows:
Paid in Capital Stock
Surplus Fund
Undivided Profits
Additional Liability
of Stock Holders
Security over and above
all other assets
$ 50,000.oo
10.000. 00
- 12,000.oo
50.000. 00
- $122,000.oo
First National Bank
Lampasas, Texas
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 713, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 26, 1906, newspaper, June 26, 1906; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth894704/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.