The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 152, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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The Lampasas Daily Leader.
Eleventh Year Tuesday Lampasas, Texas, September 1, 1914 Tuesday Number 152
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For Particular Men, Women and Children
ARE SOLD ONLY AT
Stokes Bros. & Co
THE PEOPLES WHO SELL IT FOR LESS
Mrs. W. W. Allison is visiting
this week in Bartlett and Temple,
and the laundryman is quite lone-
Homer Malony has a place in
the grocery department at Stokes
?ros. & Co., taking the place of
ewis Criswell, who will go
“back to the farm.”
The 0. K. Tailor Shop. Phone
0-2R. Cleaning and pressing.
Work guaranteed—we call for
and deliver. d54
Gale Oliver is here from Yoa-
kum to spend a few days with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Oliver. His two children have
been here several weeks, and
seem muoh at home with the
grandparents.
FOR SAL E—An excellent,
gentle, family buggy horse and
buggy for sale. See them at my
home.
d49v? L. H. Baggett.
J. B. Flanagan, recently of
Palestine, is with the Higdon-
enterfitt Co. He is skilled in
handling clothing and men’s fur-
nishings.
/Ess Belle Fletcher again ap-
trs at her place ip the ladies
dy-to-wear department at the
jdon-Septerhtt Oq., where she
l be pleased to sea her friends.
J. E. Hickman, now living at
ublin where he is engaged in
the practice of law, is here for a
day or two looking after some
matters oonneoted with the Mark-
ard estate. \
J. N. Howard’s familiar face
again appears in the shoe de-
partment at Stokes Bros. & Co.,
where he will be pleased to see
his friends and attend to their
foot troubles.
Miss Mary Brown has gone to
Wichita Falls for a two-weeks’
visit. She will be greatly missed
in Sunday school and church cir-
cles, where she is a constant and
devoted worker.
Col. J. E. Morgan is again at
home, having spent two weeks at
Mineral Wells, where he enjoyed
every moment of the time, and
made many new acquaintances
as well as renewing old ones.
Miss Annie Lee Harris, of Fort
Worth, will teach a class in china
painting, decorating, etc. See
window display at Schwarz &
Hoffmann’s drugstore. For fur-
ther particulars ring Southwest-
ern phone 172, ring 2. adv 156
Prof. W. W. Hart, superin-
tendent of the city schools at Col-
orado City, Texas, is here for a
few days before returning to his
work. His wife and little son,
W- W. Hart, jr., have been
guests in the Daniel Culver home
for some days.
Mrs. C. L. Moody and her
daughters, Mrs. John Light and
Miss Annie Moody, and a little
granddaughter, all of Houston,
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. D.
Culver, jr. Mrs. Moody is a sis-
ter of Mr. Culver and will be re-
membered by many of the older
citizens, as she formerly lived
here.
The Last Chance
To see the minstrel and vaude-
ville features of the traveling
musicians and actors. Prices
only 5 and 10 cents, with 5 reels
of motion pictures thrown in for
good measure. I guarantee this
the best show ever given in Lam-
pasas for the money. The last
chance tonight. C. N. Witcher.
Mrs. J. D. Dorbandt and hei
daughter, Miss Allie, are a
home from a pleasant visit t(
Houston and Galveston.
Mrs. Woodson Mitchell (nee
Annie D. Cox) will continue her
class in art during the coming
school term. All branohes, in-
cluding drawing, water colors,
oil painting, china painting,
leather work and tapestry,
taught. Phone 76-2. Will be
pleased to show samples of work,
adv 54
“Take Paris or die in the at
tempt,” is the order issued b
the head of the German forcei
and it looks as if that city whic
has seen so much of war, woul
be taken. The British are re
oruiting their foroes as best the
can, aud the French have calle
for all men who are subject t
military duty to report at onc<
The war cloud looks dark acroe
the waters.
Weather Report
The following is the wea
forecast as reported by the g
ernment:
Tonight and Wednesday pa
cloudy.
Route to Be Re-Established.
The following letters show that
the Evant-Adamsville route will
soon again be in operation:
Washington, Aug. 29, 1914.
J. E. Vernor, Lampasas, Texas.
My dear Mr. Vernor:—After
weeks of persistent efforts I have
* succeeded in inducing the post-
office department to take the pre-
liminary steps looking to the re-
establishment of the star route
mail service between Adamsville
and Evant as you will see from
the enclosed copy of a letter just
received from the fourth assist-
ant postmaster general which, no
doubt, will be of interest to your
readers. Yours most truly,
James L. Slayden.
* Washington, Aug. 28, ’14.
Hon. James L. Slayden,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Slayden:—With
reference to your personal call at
the department yesterday regard-
ing the restoration of star route
service between Adamsville and
Evant, Texas, I beg to state that
in view of the representations
made by you, an advertisement
has been issued inviting propo-
sals for carrying the mail be-
tween Adamsville and Evant
three times a week. It is prob-
able that an award of contract
will be made-, if a properly exe-
cuted proposal at a reasonable
rate of pay is submitted in re-
sponse to the advertisement. In
view of the fact that both offices
now have excellent facilities for
the receipt and dispatoh of mail,
it is believed that service of
greater frequency than three
times a week, merely for the sup-
ply of persons residing between
the points named, would not be
justified. Sincerely yours,
M. M. McLean,
Acting Fourth Assistant Post-
master General.
Save the Crops.
Laborers to gather the im-
mense crops that Scurry and ad-
jacent counties have produced
this season are in demand, and
unless some steps are taken at
once much valuable feedstuff
will go to waste. This is a mat-
ter that should engage the earn-
est attention of our business men
as well as the farmers of the
county.—West Texas News (Sny-
der).
“If you got any good truck,
save it, save)it.” So ran the an-
cient slang song. It was poor
language, but excellent judg-
ment. To grow a crop and then
let it go to waste is a sin against
the soil and against the seasons
which made fruition possible.
Scurry, however, should be able
to oare for its own. The fall
season will be long and clean
and cool. Men can work every
day in the fields, from dawn till
dark if they wish. A few hands
can harvest an amazing amount
of crops if they go to their tasks
like soldiers and stay like stay-
ers. But even if your farmer
friends should lose a little of
their field wealth, they may at
least congratulate themselves
that their orops were not driven
into the ground by the plunging
feet of cavalry horses. Some of
the fairest farms of busy Bel-
gium have been devastated by
the hosts of war. In some Texas
counties there may be losses. In
B elgium there is not only loss
but tragedy, not only grief but
heartbreak, not only death but
despair.—Dallas News.
Beautifying the City.
The city and county of Los
Angeles are getting ready for
1915 Panama Exposition by ar-
ranging to spend a million dollars
for beautifying private grounds,
school grounds and public high-
ways.
Outside the oity, alongside the
cement and asphalt “good
roads,” more than a hundred
miles of rose borders will be
planted. These climbing bush
roses, in all colors of the rain-
bow, will be supported by iron
trellises, and will be specially
cared for. In the San Fernando
Valley there are twenty-five ad-
ditional miles of roses already
planted.
The school children will com-
pete for $25,000 worth of prizes
for the best floral effects along
ordinary country roads and on
the school grounds. A similar
system of prizes will be offered
within the city itself. And own-
ers of private homes will have
a chance to compete for tempting
bonuses.—By Request.
Most All Birds Are Friends.
Austin, Texas.—If we are to
believe specialists who have
studied the matter, many birds
have been grossly libeled in the
past, and their slaughter has
been a veritable “slaughter of
the innocents.”
W. S. Taylor, Professor of Ag-
ricultural Education of the Uni-
versity of Texas, hesitates to give
any bird a bad name. Indeed,
the English Sparrow is the only
bird he has been known to un-
sparingly condemn.
He says: “Birds, like human
beings, are not-, all bad or all
good, but the good predominates
in a least 95 per cent of our
feathered population.
“The quail or bobwhite feeds
freely upon chinch bugs, boll
weevils and weed seeds. He has
been known to eat 5000 chinch
bugs for supper. He probably
would have eaten more had he
not feared a restless night. The
bank swallows, cliff swallows,
killdeers, fliokers, blackbirds,
night hawks, and other migrating
and resident birds are each
enemies of the boll weevil. These
birds deserve the best protection
that can be afforded them.
The ill feeling against our
hawks and owls has been deep
rooted in practically all people
for so long that it is very diffic ult
to lead even the reading public
to believe that practically all of
these birds are beneficial rather
than harmful. There are three
hawks that do more harm than
good—the sharp-skinned hawk,
the Cooper’s hawk and the gos-
hawk. All other hawks are
friends of the farmer, and, like
the owls, feed largely on mice,
rats and rabbits.
“We do not attempt to make a
plea for the English Sparrow.
It is a pest wherever it is found
and deserves to be killed. But
we do appeal to the better judg-
ment of our men and women,
boys and girls, and ask them to-
give to the birds that protection,
that they so richly deserve*’*
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 152, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1914, newspaper, September 1, 1914; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth897596/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.