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The Lampasas Daily Leader.
fOURTEENTH YEAR
WEDNESDAY
LAMPASAS, TEXAS, OCTOBER 3, 1917.
WEDNESDAY
NUMBER 178.
PROCRASTINATION
In the affairs of the alert
business man, procrastina-
tion is an unkown quantity
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<g) 1917—STROUSE A BROS.. INC.. BALTIMORE. HD.
However, when it comes to the
matter of securing that new Fall
suit or overcoat, he is only too
prone to put off its purchase
until ttie season is not only far
advanced but until best selec-
tions are no longer to be had.
Apply the principles of good business to
the purchase of your Fall wardrobe. Do
it now and do it here! You will secure
100 per cent, service, style and value for
every dollar you expend.
Made by STROUSE & BROTHERS, Inc., Baltimore, Md.
loom large in the assortment. They are
the choice of so many meiwwe are con-
fident they will meet your requirements.
Stokes Bros. & Co
The People Who Sell lt For Less
House Cleaning Time
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0 ©Jn It is again house cleaning time
and we are prepared to sell you
all your needs such as Brooms,
Hardwood F loor Brushes, Ceil-
ing Brooms, O-Cedar Mops,
Cotton Mops, O-Cedar Polish,
Linen Mops, Japalac, etc.
Our Stove Department is now ready for your inspection,
you need a stove be sure to see ours before buying.
Fox I Mills Hardware. Co.
Phone 70
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Crop Falls Off 452,000 Bales During
Month.
Washington, Oct. 2—Deterioration
during September over almost the
entire cotton belt caused a loss of
452,000 bales in the prospective pro-
duction of cotton, and leaves the 1917
crop at 12,047,000 equivalent 500-
pound bales. The department of ag-
riculture in its final condition report
of the season today announced a de-
tA
dine of 7.9 points in cotton’s condi-
tion during the month, caused princi-
pally by boll worms and weevils.
Cool weather, drouth, shedding,
wilt, blight, lack of potash in fertil-
izer and, in the extreme eastern belt,
storm damage, also caused loss. Dam-
age from the recent West Indian
hurricane was. small, the area affect-
ed being comparatively small pro-
ducing territory and the crop there
Huns Rushing Troops to Stem Italian
Drive.
Washington, Oct. 2.—Alarmed by
the success of the Italian drive over
the Bainsizza plateau, Germany is
withdrawing large numbers of Aus-
trian troops from France and from
Galacia and Bukowina and rushing
them to the Italian front to meet the
renewed offensive of General Cador-
Official dispatches received here
from Rome today say the second
phase of the great battle is about to
open.
Great as was the Italian victory on
the plateau, the battle there is by no
means finished, according to today’s
dispatches. Only the first phase of
the campaign is past and the Italian
troops are now preparing for a re-
sumption of the action on a greater
scale. The Austrians aware of the
Italian purpose, are making ready a
strong defensive.
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Large Meteor Falls South of Hilsboro
Waco. Oct. 1.—A meteor weighing
several tons fell tonight and com-
pletely buried itself on the farm of
Harry James, two miles south of
Hillsboro, Texas. Many persons saw
the meteor which was the size of an
ordinary automobile, falling through
the air and there was some excite-
ment in the vicinity.
Take Cow With You When Joining
Army.
Washington, Oct. 2.—Soldiers in
the American army may not only
keep a cow but they can feed it-at
the government’s expense, provided
they consume the milk, says a ruling
of the judge advocate general. The
decision was rendered on the question
of whether feed for a cow kept by a
detachment mess could legally be
purchased from the rations savings,
in view of the regulations that “such
savings shall be used solely for the
purchase of articles of food.”
largely picked.
Picking of cotton is general and is
being pushed except in the northern
part of the belt, the department of
agriculture reported.
“There is complaint,’ ’it says, ‘of a
scarcity of pickers in many sections.
This is attributed to a migration of
negro farm hands during the winter
and spring, volunteering and selec-
tion of men for military duty, can-
tonment work, and the heavy de-
mands for labor in the saw mills, cot-
ton factories and kindred industries
throughout the south. With favor-
able weather at prevailing prices for
the staple, no cotton will go to waste
in the field this year.
“In northern and eastern Texas,
Oklahoma and Arkansas, boll worms
caused serious damage,” the report
says. “In the weevil infested area,
now embracing all or portions of the
states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Alabama, Florida and Georgia, great
damage resulted from weevil activity.
“Rains fell over much of the drouth
stricken area of Texas and plant
growth was stimulated but a matur-
ed top crop in that section is extreme-
ly doubtful. Much of the crop along
the northern border of cotton produc-
tion will require a late frost to reach
full maturity.”
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We have plenty of sweet milk, but-
ter milk and good fresh butter. Give
us a trial. Phone 288.
Park Hill Dairy.
Weekly Leader One Year $1.00
Liberty Loan Pace is Not So Fast As
Officials Desire.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 2.—The
pace set for the first day of the Lib-
erty Loan must be quickened. This
was the decision reached unofficially
tonight as returns began to come in
on the first day’s sales. No final fig-
ures are yet available, but it appear-
ed tonight that the first day’s sub-
scriptions amounted to about $150,-
000,000. This is just one thirty-third
of the total of $5,000,000,000 which
the secretary of the Treasury wants
to see subscribed. There remains
twenty-six days in which to gather
in the other thirty-two parts of the
subscription.
There was some disposition to be-
lieve that the subscriptions of the
first day would be found to be larger
than the figures estimated tonight on
account of the fact that the farmers
are subscribing to the second loan in
far larger numbers than they did for
the first. But this must be offset by
the fact that many huge individual
subscriptions were recorded in the
first day’s totals—and these may not
be repeated.
There was no disposition to feel
that the pace of the first day would
not be bettered. The real campaign
has hardly been begun yet. Posters
and dodgers have been displayed, but
the speakers’ campaign has not had a
fair start. The literature which the
treasury department has prepared
showing the necessity for and the
benefits of the bonds,- has hardly had
time to circulate. When it does the
department believes that the huge to-
tals will begin to roll up in rapid
fashion.
The estimated subscriptions of to-
day would more than take all of the
$3,000,000,000 of the proposed issued
but would not provide for the 60 per
cent over subscription which the Ad-
ministration expects to add emphasis
to America’s stand for the war.
The first meeting of the Pierian
Club has been postponed until Friday,
Oct. 12. Mrs. C. D. Stokes, Pres.
Dr. Norman B. Taylor
DENTIST
Office Over Townsen & Lamb
Office Phone No. 294
LAMPASAS, TEXAS
....HOUSE FOR RENT—Six rooms,
with bath, back and front galleries,
and garage. House formerly occu-
pied by Bob McLean.
Dr. Walter McCauley.
Red Cross Headquarters Moved.
The ladies of the Red Cross are re-
quested to meet Thursday at the
Fire station instead of the former
headquarters. The Red Cross has
moved to the fire station hall and the
meetings and work will go on there as
usual.
The Methodist choir will meet for
practice this evening after prayer-
meeting. All members are requested
to be present.
Forest Litton has gone to Shreve-
port, La., where he will have a posi-
tion on the S. J. Smith plantation.
Mrs. Litton and the children will fol-
low in about a month.
Called for Military Service.
List of men notified to report for
military duty and for transportation
to mobilization camp at San Antonio,
October 7, at 2 p. m. Men will be en-
trained October 8:
David Homer McMahon, Moline.
Chas. Wachendorfer, Lampasas.
Chas. A. Phillips, Bend.
Posey Evan Phelan, Lampasas
Thos. Otto Eddy, Lampasas
Thos. B. Scott, Bend."
Albert Carl Straley, Adamsville.
Walter Owens, Lampasas
John C. Adams, Moline.
John C. Palmer, Lampasas.
Jack M. Eddy, Lampasas
Clinton B. Crawford, Kempner.
Fred G. Taylor, Adamsville.
Jack Skinner White, Lampasas.
Winter is coming sure. Better get
your coal now. Phone Cassell’s Drug
Store. (d-80)
Coal makes a hot fire—you will
need it this winter. Phone Cassell’s
Drug Store now. (d-80)
Coal will be higher in November,
better get it now. Phone Cassell’s
Drug Store. (d-80)
Body is Held.
San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 2.—The
body of Ira W. Morgan, 22, of Com-
pany I, Fourth Texas infantry, who
was found dead in an ante room of a
local bar yesterday, is being held
pending advices from relatives. Ac-
cording to employes of the establish-
ment Morgan was found dead, a bul-
let through his heart, when they
rushed into the ante room following
a pistol shot. Military records show
that Morgan enlisted at San Angelo,
Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Heflin have moved in-
to the Dr. Francis house on corner of
Th'jrdi and, Walnut. Mr. Heflin is
decorator for Stokes Bros. & Co.
Ships to Offset Submarine Losses Ar<
Now Assured.
Washington, Oct. 2.—The Unite<
States will prove equal to the task o:
building enough ships to offset al
submarine losses for the next year
She will increase the present tonnag<
sufficiently to continue sending muni
tions and supplies to Europe and stil
have enough vessels left to transport
the new national army.
This is the view taken by official;
of the United States shipping boarc
and emergency fleet corporation
These officials are confident the 6,000,
000 tons of vessels which the Britisl
controller of shipping states will b<
needed by next spring will be forth
coming. This total, they say, may b
exceeded by several million tons.
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The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 178, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 3, 1917, newspaper, October 3, 1917; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth906838/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.