The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 242, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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The Lampasas Daily Leader
Eleventh Year Wednesday Lampasas, Texas, December 16, 1914 Wednesday ■< Humber 242
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SHOPPING DAYS
TILL
CHRISTMAS
More Yuigtlde Bargains
At Your Christmas Store
Isn’t it a pleasure to shop when and where you know every
penny is replaced with “value received merchandise?”
That’s just why you always find a thrifty, satisfied throng- of
shoppers here, and especially at Christmas time. There are
bargains of some kind here every day. Tomorrow we are
going to offer the 50 gold plated candlesticks that remain un-
sold out of the 100 we had on sale Friday, last. These are just
as attractive in value and in every respect as the others—but
we are going to divide them into extraordinary bargain lots.
LOT m. t
LOT NO. 2
Gold Plated Candle Sticks
Gold Plated Candle Sticks
For One or Two Tapers
Hold Three to Five Tapers
Regular $1.25 Values
s Regular $1.30 Values
Sale Price 89c
Sale Price SSc
Additional Bargains in Goid Plated Mirrors and Picture Farmes. $1.50 values 98c
THE CHRISTMAS RUSH IS ON AT OUR STORE—SHOP EARLY
Our Show Window
Can Solve Many a
Gift Promlem for
You.
Stokes Bros. & Co.
Your Christmas Stors
Our Mechanical
Window Display
Will be in Operation
Daily from 5 to 10
p. m.
Christmas Presents
We have a larger assortment of Christmas
goods and are better prepared to fill all
your wants this year than ever before.
For your Holiday Gifts you will find noth-
ing more acceptable than Cut Glass, Hand
Painted China and Silver Ware.
We have the newest designs in Cut Glass
Dresser Sets, Vases, Ice Tea Glasses,
Tumblers, Pitchers, Lemon Dishes, Bowls,
Nappies, etc.
New and various designs in Hand Painted
China. We have both the “Community”
and “1847” Rogers Silverware—best plated
silverware made.
Be sure and see our Brass Smoking Sets,
Sandwich Trays, Bread Trays, Fern Dishes,
etc. in fact you will find Gifts for every
one at
Fox & Mills Hardware Go.
The People on the Square
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY
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Short Time Loans
Often furnish a trader, business man, farmer,
professional man or laborer means to tide over
to a certain period where funds will be in hand.
Thus a short time loan is helpful to the bor-
rower and to the lender. It is our pleasure to
help those who desire to help themselves by
using short time money. Thirty, sixty, ninety
days for the money you need now may help
you. If you need funds see us. MAKE OUR
BANK YOUR BANK.
The Peoples National Bank
J. C. RAMSEY, President J. F. WHITE, Cashier
W. H. BROWNING, Vice-President ED HOCKER, Assistant Cashier
The Daily Leader three months for one dollar.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
Powell, Tuesday night, a daugh-
ter.
You can get engraving done to
please you at HARWELL’S, adv
Robert Brown, of Temple, is
here to spend the holidays with
relatives and friends. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brown,
of the Lampasas river, and has
regular work in Temple.
Read notice elsewhere of Lady
Quartette, third lyceum attrac-
tion, Thursday night. Come
early. Concert must begin at
7:45. adv-42
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ramsey are
at home from Corpus Christi and
other points in southern Texas,
where they enjoyed all the time
they were away. Mrs. Ramsey
says the entire country looks like
an extension of the bay, there
having been so much rain all
over south Texas. A
Prices reasonable on repair
work at HARWELL’S. adv
Arthur Frazer was kicked in the
stomach by a horse late Tuesday
afternoon and for a time it was
feared he was seriously injured.
For a while after the accident he
expectorated blood and this in-
dicated an internal wound. Med-
ical aid was secured at once and
he is resting easily, and it is
hoped there will be no serious re-
sults.
Captain J. A. F. Hubbard is
again at his place with the Lion
Drug Store, after having spent
some time with relatives about
Ballinger and San Angelo.
Take your watch and jewelry
repairing to HARWELL’S. Ex-
pert work and satisfaction guar-
anteed. adv
Lady Quartette.
Violin solos, costumed songs,
cello solos, instrumental trios,
readings, vocal solos and sketch.
Third lyceum attraction, Thurs-
day night. General admission,
50c; children 25c; reservations
10c extra. Tickets go on sale
Wednesday. Concert must be-
gin at 7:45. adv-42
Miss Mary Moore, now making
her home at San Angelo,' was a
guest of* Miss Bernice Clements
while on her way to Temple to
visit her father.
Economy to have your suit
cleaned and pressed for one dol-
lar. We do that with our sani-
tary steam press. We call for
and deliver.
Mathis & Haines, Tailors.
The first quarterly conference
for the Methodist church at this
place for the current year will be
held at the church tonight. All
the officials are expected to be
present, while all the members
of the organization will be wel-
come. This is the business body'
of the church, and if you care to
know what it is doing, it is your
privilege to attend and thus find
out.
Revenue stamps of all denom-
inations and for all purposes may
now be purchased at the bank of
Stokes Brothers. In addition to
notes, deeds and other docu-
ments, many articles of merchan-
dise are required to have stamps
placed upon them and cancelled
before such goods can be legally
sold. Ignorance excuses no one,
and it would be well for all
dealers to have a copy of the
late internal revenue law and
study the same.
Watch HARWELL’S for watch
work. adv
Weather Report
The following is th® weather
forecast as reported by the gov-
ernment :
Tonight and Thursday cloudy;
probably rain or snow.
FOR RENT—My store build-
ing 34x90 feet, north side of my
office, now occupied by Fox &
Mills with their buggies, etc.
dtf W. B. Abney.
District judge holds Lunacy Law Invalid.
Houston, Dec. 15.—Judge Mas-
terson in the Fifty-fifth district
court today held the state law
providing trial for lunatics be-
fore physicians was unconstitu-
tional. Trials, he says, must be
before juries in the old way.
General Maytorena, command-
er of the Mexican forces at Naco,
Mexico, on the border of Arizo-
na, at last acknowledges that he
has received orders not to fire
across into the United States ter-
ritory. Possibly the cause of
this acknowledgement is the fact
that three regimsnts of Uncle
Sam’s troops and quite a lot of
artillery are being placed in po-
sition to return tho fire, if any
more Mexican bullets come across
into the Arizona country. Just
how much more patience this
government will exhibit remains
to be seen. Patience is a good
attribute, but sometimes ceases
to be a virtue.
Be Careful About Fireworks.
The Leader would be pleased
to see the present holidayfseason
pass without the usual display of
fireworks, but has little hope of
such an event, hence a word of
caution.
The most dangerous of all the
elements is fire. Nothing begins
to compare with it in the destruc-
tion of property, and familiarity
with it as a useful agent makes
people generally careless in re-
gard to its dangerous qualities.
Th« property destroyed in Lam-
pasas by fire would make a large
fortune to one or more individu-
als, and many of these fires were
the direct result of carelessness
by the owners of the property or
others.
For some unaccountable rea-
son it is the custom to celebrate
the anniversary of the birth of
the Savior of the world with fire-
crackers, Roman candles, toipe-
does and hundreds of other dan-
gerous fireworks, the object be-
ing to “make a big noise,” at-
tract attention and “have a good
.time.” These celebrations are
always attended with more or
less danger both to person and
property. Numbers have lost
limbs and received other serious
injuries which will be carried
through life by the careless use
of fireworks.
But the greatest danger is from
fire which may be originated by
the use of these ways of cele-
brating. Firecrackers frequent-
ly burn long after the explosion,
and other toys of this character
lie dormant and seem harmless
when there is great danger.
Really there is danger in all
these methods of celebrating,
were there no danger from fire.
Hence the word of caution.
Usually the mayor issues a
proclamation setting apart cer-
tain sections of the city in which
those disposed may celebrate
with fireworks, and this fact
sometimes seems to give license
to use any part of the city for
such purpose, notwithstanding
the inhibition and the dili-
gence of the officers whose duty
it is to enforce the proclamation.
A few years ago the building im-
mediately adjoining the fire sta-
tion on the east was one of the
favorite places for those who
would set off Roman candles, and
night after night the youths as-
sembled there and made the
place lurid with their toys. At
times the missiles would light
upon adjacent houses, but for-
tunately they did not burn. Ar-
rests of such persons would stop
them and deter others from like
action.
Let us have a “safe and sane”
holiday period. If fireworks
must be used, let them be re-
stricted to proper plaoes, where
there will be no danger to prop-
erty, and safety for all. Lam-
pasas can not afford to have any
serious fires. Part of the low in-
surance rate at present enjoyed
is because there have been so
few fires in the past several
years. Let us keep up and im-
prove on the record, and thus
protect our property from the
most destrctive of all elements.
Be careful.
Watch out of order? Take it
to HARWELL’S, next door to
Leader office. adv
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 242, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1914, newspaper, December 16, 1914; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth897699/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.