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45th Year
Lampasas, Texas, Friday, April 21, 1933
Number 27
F. W. DENT PASSED AWAY
TUESDAY NIGHT IN LOMETA
F. W. Dent, a citizen of Lometa
for many years, passed away Tues-
day night at his home here. He had
been in failing health for some time
but died rather suddenly. He had
held the office of Justice of the Peace
there for a long time and was also
engaged in the insurance business and
had a large acquaintance throughout
this county and was held in high re-
spect by all who knew him. Besides
his widow he leaves one son and two
daughters who are: J. M. Dent of
Lometa, Mrs. D. W. Nichol of Ran-
ger, and Mrs. H. F. Granau of Bell-
ville.
Funeral services were held Thurs-
day afternoon at 2:00 o’clock in the
Church of Christ and interment fol-
lowed in the Senterfitt cemetery near
Lometa.
H. CROCKETT INJURED
BY RUN-AWAY TEAM
J. H. Crockett, who lives in the
Clayrock community, was painfully
injured Wednesday morning when
i the team he was driving ran away
; and he was dragged for some dis-
j tance. He was caught in the lines
| or a rope and had to cut himself loose
with a pocket knife. The worst
bruises were on his back and he also
suffered a fracture in his cheek bone
and had the end torn off one thumb.
! He was painfully injured and will be
very sore from the bruises but is
! not seriously injured. Mr. Crockett
was alone when the accident occur-
red and was taking the team along
the road and was preparing to go to
work.
DISTRICT COURT OPENED
MONDAY MORNING
SPECIAL ATTRACTION FOR
BAPTIST CHURCH
LOCAL BAND
DR. J. G. TOWNSEN INJURED
IN CAR ACCIDENT
HENRY HOOVER OF Dr. J. G. Townsen was very pain-
OAKALLA BURIED ' fully injured Wednesday morning
- j when on a professional call near .
Funeral services for Henry Hoover Kempner. He was about five miles
56, who died suddenly at his farm in from Lampasas when the accident oc-
the Oakalla community Saturday ’ curred and states that all he knows j
morning, were held Sunday afternoon is that he struck loose dirt and then (
at the Gillam cemetery at Oakalla. | lost control of his car and went into
Mr. Hoover died while at work in J the ditch. He was knocked uncon-
tke field near his home. He was born j scious for a time and soon some par-
and reared in the Oakalla community.j ties passing brought him into Lam-
He is survived by his wife and six | pasas for medical attention. There
children—Bibb Hoover of Lometa,; was a bad cut on his neck and he
Earl Hoover of Maxdale, Carl and also suffered some broken ribs and
Pete Hoover of Oakalla, Mrs. Lena
Kincaid of Oakalla; one brother,
Frank Hoover of Wichita Falls; one
sister, Mrs. J. A. Jost, and his fa-
ther, Hop Hoover, both of San An-
tonio.
CHILD BURIED SUN-
DAY AT OAKALLA
Madeline, the 13 months old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Roberts,
passed away Saturday at the family
home in Oakalla. Funeral services
were conducted Sunday morning at
10:00 o'clock by Rev. George Brown
of Naruna. The bereaved parents
have the sympathy of a large num-
ber of friends in the loss of their
loved one.
bruises and was suffering consider-
able pain soon after the accident. It
is not thought that the injuries will
prove serious unless he is injured in-
ternally and complications arise.
The April term of district court
opened here Monday morning with
Judge Few Brewster presiding and
district attorney Henry Taylor is al-
so here. The jury was called for
Wednesday of this week. There will
be two weeks of this term.
The grand jury was empaneled
with the following members: Roy
Davis, foreman; W. T. Moore, Allen
Smith, E. A. Groves, E. H. Donnell,
C. R. Craft, C. A. Northington, C. N.
Mitchell, Albro Haynie, A. A. Reeder,
N. M. Townsen and E. L. Trussell.
The grand jury is still in session
and the jury panel for this week was
called for Wednesday morning. The
following cases have been disposed of
in court to date:
Beulah A. Stinson vs. Veterans Bu-
reau Administration, debt; dismissed
at plaintiff’s cost.
Jennie Bryant vs. W. S. Lowe, debt
and foreclosure; dismissed at plaint-
iff’s cost.
H. .A. McCrea vs. Ed Howard et al,
debt; judgment for plaintiff.
P. M. Davis vs. C. L. Yates, debt;
judgment for plaintiff.
B. W. Williams vs. Minnie Wil-
liams, divorce; dismissed at plaint-
iff’s cost.
Minnie Williams vs. B. W. Wil-
The state college male quartet un-
der the direction of Prof. H. Grady
Harlan, bead of. the voice department
of the college in San Marcos, will
sing a sacred concert in the First
Baptist Church of Lampasas, Sunday
morning of April 23rd instead of the
regular preaching hour. Pastor Avant
and Mr. Harlan have been close
friends' for several years and the
quartet has enjoyed the fellowship
with Pastor Avant in other pastor-
ates. The boys always like to work
with him and appreciate his very
genuine Christian spirit.
The young men are accustomed to
singing to very large crowds and it
is expected that one of the biggest
crowds will be out for this service
that has been assembled in Lam-
pasas. It will be a program of ar-
tistry and very unusual spiritual val-
ues, for the young men are all good
singers and have sung together for
a long time. A free will collection
will be taken for them at the close of
the service.—Contributed.
WILL
ENTER CONTEST
The Lampasas high school band,
under the direction of A. B. Ronald,
will enter the contest to be held May
5 and 6 at Abilene. This is a contest
of high school bands in West Texas
and the local band is working hard
and hopes to do well in the contest
at Abilene. There are 27 members
in the local organization and of
course they will need some help in
financing- this trip and their first ef-
fort to raise money will be through
the benefit show given them by the
Leroy Theater on Thursday and Fri-
day nights of this week.
HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION
FEDERAL PEG MAY BRING
18c PRICE FOR TEXAS WOOL
The highway beautification commit-
tee met in called session at the city
hall Monday night, Mrs. N. B. Taylor; nation's clip and and direct shipment
SAN ANGELO, Texas, April 18.—
A government peg for wool prices at
a parity with foreign wools, giving-
West Texas 18c or higher for its clip,,
about twice the price last season, is
fully expected by many ranchmen.
Rumors of this followed announce-
ment by Henry Morgenthau Jr. that
all government mortgaged wool and
mohair had been placed under an ad-
vistory committee which will set a
minimum price for the season. To
date only Regional Agricultural Cor-
poration wool, more than 5,000,000
pounds in Texas, has been involved
in the pool.
How wool will be handled is not
clear. Inclusion of all wool held un-
der mortgage to Federal agencies
would mean 70 to 80 ger cent of the
* METHODIST CHURCH *
• * • * _ * • • •
Sunday school 9:45 a. m., Fred
Wolf, superintendent. Morning wor-
ship 11 o’clock. Subject of the ser-
liams, divorce; dismissed at plaint-
iff’s cost. . ! mon will be, “The Law of Sin.” Young
Mrs. Nona Howard et al vs. C. A. People’s Vesper service 6:45. Even-
Laudermilk, debt and foreclosure; ing service 7:45. The subject of the
judgment for plaintiff. I sermon will be, “Fishing in the Shal-
AN EASTER DINNER
A CORRECTION
The information concerning the
death of Mrs. H. D. Ratliff, a sister
of W. B. Hensley was incorrect. She
is still living though in feeble health.
AIDING FARMER BY INFLA-
TION PLAN DEFEATED
WASHINGTON, April 17.—A soft-
spoken word from the White House
Monday crushed in defeat senate ad-
vocates of monetary inflation by
means of aiding the farmer.
Their proposal to add remonetiza-
tion of silver to President Roose-
velt's far-reaching agricultural relief
bill was defeated, 43 to 33.
Amid Bryanescue echoes of the tur-
bulent ’96 campaign, the senate re-
sounded all afternoon to a cry for
free coinage of the white metal at
16 to 1 with gold, sponsored by Sen-
ator Wheeler (dem.), Montana, and
urged by others.
The chief executive’s opposition to
making currency inflation part of the
farm program was considered by
many senators the decisive factor in
defeating the silver amendment. Op-
ponents were amazed by the strength
shown for it and said several who fa-
vored inflation voted against it only
because Mr. Roosevelt did not want
It added to the agricultural bill.
Opposed by Roosevelt.
A moment before the vote, Sen-
ator Robinson of Arkansas, the dem-
ocratic leader and only opponent to
apeak, informed Senator Borah, (rep.)
Idaho, “the president does not de-
sire” the amendment. Borah had said
he would vote against it if the presi-
dent disapproved.
The Idahoan had been insisting
that only through expansion of the
currency could commodity prices be
lifted, the depression conquered and
the farmer’s income restored. He
contended farm relief and inflation
went hand in hand.
On Sunday, April 16, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Spivey entertained their rel-
atives and friends with a bountiful
Easter dinner.
At the noon hour the guests were
invited to come out under the shade
of a large tree where the dining table
was placed. The dining table was
laid with lovely white linen, with a
beautiful bouquet of roses and fern
as its centerpiece.
This Easter dinner consisted of
turkey, oyster dressing, potato and
fruit salad, Gandied potatoes, cream-
ed peas, cold slaw, pies and many
more things too numerous to men-
tion.
In the afternoon the children hunt-
ed Easter eggs, while the men played
a few games of “42.” At 4 o’clock
cakes and fruit were passed to the
guests.
Those to enjoy this dinner were:
Mr. and Mrs. Matthews and son of
Lometa, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Spivey and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Frank,
Mrs. Frank and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Kincheloe and daughter, Mi’, and
Mrs. Frank Green and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Roy Cole, Mr. and Mrs.
Bretan Reese and daughters, Miss
Nadine Spivey, Mrs. Grace (a grand-
mother of Howard Spivey), Mr.
Frels (a grandfather of Mrs. How-
ard Spivey who is visiting from Yoa-
kum), Mr. and Mrs. Howard Spivey
and daughter.
The guests departed at a late hour
wishing Easter came every day in the
year.—A Guest.
SINGING CONVENTION
The Williamson County Fifth Sun-
day singing convention will meet at
Florence on the fifth Sunday, April
30, at 10 o’clock. The public cor-
dially invited. We will be glad to
have singers and quartets from other
communities and conventions.
M. S. Smith, Sec’y.
RATS CARRY OFF 260 CHICKS
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Cloud enter-
tained the senior and junior Pierian
clubs Friday night with a pre-East-
er party. After games were enjoy-
ed a refreshment plate was served
carrying out the Easter motif. Im-
mediately after serving, each girl
was given a part of jig saw puzzle
and after fitting their pieces together
it read, “Announcing the marriage of
Ethel Mae Perkins and Delbert Yaz-
«11, May 1, 1933.”—Reporter.
One of the largest losses we have
heard of from rats was that of Joe
DeSpain recently when he lost 260
chicks in two nights. We did not
talk with him personally but under-
stand that one night 165 chicks dis-
appeared and the next night 95. This
only left two or three in the brooder
house and it was first thought that
the chicks must have been stolen as
they weighed about a pound at the
time they disappeared. It was later
found that rats had entered the
brooder house and all of the chicks
had been dragged into a hole under
the goor. This is quite a loss and
shows just how much damage rats
will do some times.
Mrs. C. A. Stevens vs. A. J. Perry
et al, debt and foreclosure; dismis-
sed at plaintiff’s cost. •
A. C. Mitchell vs. S. G. Anderson
et al, debt; judgment for plaintiff.
J. L. Frazer vs. Dan Casbeer, debt;
dismissed at plaintiff’s cost.
Ima Lucile Moore vs. R. W. Moore,
divorce; plaintiff granted a divorce
and custody of child as prayed.
Bessie Stokes vs. Fred W. Stokes,
divorce; plaintiff granted divorce and
custody of child as prayed.
Maydell Jones vs. Robert H. Jones,
divorce; plaintiff granted divorce as
prayed.
Harzel Martin Kirby vs. J. Tom
Kirby,: divorce; plaintiff granted di-
vorce and custody of child as prayed.
W. H. Browning vs. Mrs. Grace
Blackwell et al, trespass to try title;
defendant’s motion to quash cita-
tion sustained.
John Lee, possession of intoxicat-
ing liquor for purpose of sale; found
guilty by jury and given one year
confinement in state penitentiary.
W. H. Edwards et al, vs. Maydell
Rawls et al, appeal from will pro-
bate; judgment probating will.
Court adjourned Thursday after-
noon for the remainder of this week.
The case of A. L. Lindsey, charged
with murder, has been set for trial
next Monday and a special venire of
72 men has been summoned for that
date.
lows and in the Deep.” W. M. S.
Tuesday 3:30. Prayer meeting Wed-
nesday 7:45 p. m.
J. Virgil Davis, Pastor.
county chairman presiding. The pur- j to Boston would be a severe blow to
pose of the meeting was to discuss . Texas warehousemen who for twenty-
the letter from Mr. Colp, previously ] five yeax-s have financed the industry
printed in the Leader, in regard to j in this state. Many believe that wools
securing sites for dams and parks on J will be sold direct in Texas, as many
Highway 66, and other probable sites warehouses now sell direct to mills-
for beautification. These sites if se- j Seeking Consignments,
cured will be built and maintained by j Which warehouses will be permit-
the state under the supervision of . ted to store wool also is uncertain, as
Mr. J. L, Gubbles, landscape archi- ; is whether or not the objective is to
tect. Mr. J. R. Key replied to this J take the financing of the clip out of
letter and arrangements have been the hands of these agencies. There is
THE SUSANNAH WESLEY CLASS
The Susannah Wesley class of the
Methodist Church met Monday, April
17, at the home of Mrs. John Rown-
tree, with Miss Lucile Lemberg as
co-hostess.
The subject of study was taken
from “Know Our Bible,” by Amos
Wells. This was given by Mrs. Ray-
mond Barber. Mrs. Charles Stokes
gave “The Love of Beth Sheba.” It
was taken from “Far Above Rubies,”
by Agnes Turnbull. This book is to
be studied at each of our monthly
meetings.
At the close of the meeting deli-
cious refreshments were served by
the hostess.—Reporter.
PROGRAM
Mesdames Norman B. Taylor, Har-
ry Key, M. M. Landrum and Herbert
J. Abney drove to Taylor Wednesday
morning to attend the meeting of the
Parent-Teacher association held in
that city on Tuesday and Wednesday.
CONSISTENCY THOU
ART A JEWEL
(San Saba Star)
The old saying, “Consistency Thou
Art a Jewel,” is well said. We have
been running a “Trade at Home Cam-
paign” for seven weeks which is be-
ing fostered by the local merchants.
The high school gets $12 for the best
article written by the students. In
this issue the students announce that
they have “Ordered their Graduation
Cai’ds” out of town. This is not the
Of the workers’ conference of the
Lampasas Baptist Association meet-
ing with the Moline Baptist Church,
Monday, April 24.
10:00—Song and praise service.
10:10—Devotional service, led by
J. M. Powledge.
10:30—My place as a layman—J. C.
Griffin.
10:50—Address—Dr. C. V. Ed-
wards.
11:30—A method of financing the
country church. (Bro. Gage is con-
sidered a pioneer along this line and
we want all our people to hear him
on this very important subject which
affects our entire association. He
will also conduct a round table dis-
cussion on this subject).
12:15—Lunch.
1:30—Board meeting and women’s
meeting.
2:30—On old time love feast.
3:00—Adjournment.
made for Mr. Colp and his assist-
ants to visit Lampasas and inspect
sites for parks and dams. At the
open meeting last summer citizens
were urged to become a member of
this organization at a minimum sum
of 25 cents for membership. This
met with a hearty response and a
goodly number paid this fee. We now
urge that every one become a mem-
ber and cooperate with this commit-
tee in making our county the pride
of 66.—Reporter.
NORGE WEEK IN LAMPASAS
Gartman Music Co., local Norge re-
frigerator dealers, are holding open
house this week. Through the court-
esy of the local dealer, a lai’ge num-
ber of Lampasas citizens were given
free airplane xddes over Lampasas.
This is an advertising campaign to
start off the season and the Norge
ship has just come from Stephenville,
Hamilton and Gatesville and left
Wednesday for Brady where they will
give free rides through the courtesy
of the Norge dealer there. Other
towns on the route this week ai’e
San Angelo, Brownwood and Coman-
che. Approximately 5,000 cii’culars
were dropped from the plane Wed-
nesday morning before leaving Lam-
pasas and the holders of the red cir-
culars will be allowed $10 on the
purchase price of a new Norge re-
frigerator. Those here with the plane
were, Paul Blackwell, local sales rep-
resentative, and Wm. S. Lewis, ser-
vice engineer of the Texas Radio
Sales Co., who are Texas Norge dis-
tributors of Dallas.
some belief that wool will be ship-
ped direct to Boston, avoiding the
warehouse commission. Boston firms
are said to be in accordance with the
plan, which does not state the firms
that will handle the clip. Buyers
are attempting to line up the fleece
on consignment pending receipt of
full details.
Buyers also are getting shorn clips
daily at around 15c a pound, with
strength of the mai’ket shown by sale
of 50,000 pounds of wool at 16c by
the Texas Wool and Mohair com-
pany. Several warehouses have re-
fused to contract their clips. Some
interest has been shown in the 5,-
000,000 pound short clip. There also
have been numerous sales of scat-
tered small clips.
Little Mohair Left.
With most :of the mohair clip dis-
posed of through the 4,500,000 pound
pool sale to A. W. Hillard & Son at
13c for grown and 30c for kid hair,,
buyers are scouring the country for
small clips. One clip of 600,000
pounds was held out by Frank Mon-
tague of Bandera and is unsold. The
price was an increase of 5c a pound
over those last season.
YARBERRY’S THIRD
TRIAL IS POSTPONED
MA ASKS STATE BONDS
FOR RELIEF
METHODIST MISSIONARY
SOCIETY
The missionary society met in so-
cial meeting with Mrs. P. H. Yar-
brough, Tuesday afternoon. A num-
ber of interesting items of business
were discussed and disposed of. All
fii-st time that the students have pur- I bills of society were met and approv-
chased their cai’ds out of town. In ed. All were delighted to be out of
fact, this is an annual performance. 1 debt again. The meeting was then
Thousands of dollars are spent an- | turned over to the leader for the af-
nually by students sending their ternoon, Mrs. M. Y. Stokes, who ably
money out of town for cards, and discussed “The Ministry of Healing,”
annuals. The local newspapers print i from our study book “Christ and the
their school news “free” all the year, j coming Kingdom.” The beliefs of
Mrs. E. L. Key left Tuesday morn-
ing for Taylor to attend a district
meeting of the Parent-Teacher Asso-
ciation. Mrs. Key is president of
the local organization.
The local newspapers pay taxes to
keep up the school system. The local
newspapers give prizes, badges and
medals for honors. What does the
out-of-town merchant give the
schools ?
If the local print shops receive the
drder they could send it to the en-
gravers and receive a discount, this
would at least help some. As it is,
we send all the money out of town
and it will never return to us. We
have heard much comment from the
public about the “Trade at Tome”
campaign and the inconsistency of the
high school students.
our church in regard to our hospital
and golden cross work were freely
discussed by all. Each member ex-
pressed their thanks for the blessings
received in our revival just closed.
Delicious refreshments were serv-
ed by Mrs. Yarbrough, assisted by
Francis and Mrs. Lyles to sixteen
members and two visitors. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Harry
Easters.—Reporter.
C. W. Roberts' is here this week on
business. Mr. Roberts was formerly
in the newspaper business in Lam-
pasas.
AUSTIN, Texas, April 17.—A joint
resolution calling for issuance of
$20,000,000 in state bonds for relief
work was introduced in the Texas
senate today.
It provides for an election on July
15, this year, for an amendment to
the constitution authorizing issuance
of the bonds, to bear interest at not
more than 4% per cent a year.
The resolution was introduced by
Senator Walter Woodul, Houston,
who recently was sent to Washing-
ton, D. C., to confer with Reconstruc-
tion Finance Corporation authorities
on relief funds for Texas.
“Thorough investigation indicates
absolute necessity for providing funds
for sustenance of families rendered
destitute by the depression, pending
revival of business,” said a state-
ment signed by Gov. Miriam A. Fer-
guson and members of the joint leg-
islative committee on unemployment
relief.
BEEVtLLE, April 17.—The third
trial of Newton Yarbei’ry for the
slaying of Dorothy Dorcas Symons,
Aransas Pass choir singer, set for
district court Monday, was postponed
until November 30. Continuance was
granted on application of the state,
and was based on the illness of Mrs,.
F. H. Symons, the girl’s mother.
Mrs. O. W. Bradley visited Sunday,
in Temple with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wachendor-
fer and Dr. M. L. Gaffney are in
Houston this week to attend the
state meeting of the Lions club. Mr.
Wachendoi’fer is president of the
local club.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Abney arrived
Tuesday afternoon from San Antonio,
where they have been spending the.
past few weeks.
John Taylor, newly appointed game
warden of this county, was a visitor
Friday in Lampasas. Mr. Taylor has
been with the department for nearly
seven years and has a lai’ge acquaint-
ance throughout this section. He is
now in charge of Burnet and Lam-
pasas counties and is also working
in the south end of Llano county and
the north end of Blanco county.
Mrs. W. S. Hetherly returned home
Sunday from Temple where she re-
cently underwent an operation and is
getting along nicely now.
Mrs. S. C. Littlepage, Miss Virginia:
Littlepage, Miss Mildred Barett of
Dublin and Mrs. Elmo Littlepage of
Goldthwaite ai’e guests hei’e in the
home of Mr. and Mi’s. Marshal Wells,
—Local Market Report—
Below are the prices being paid to-
day by local buyers for the various,
products:
Grain
Oats ...................
... 20c to 24c bushed
Ear Corn ..........
.. 30c to 35c bushel
Shell Corn.........
.... 40c to 45c bushel.
Barley ................
... 25c to 30c bushel
Wheat ................
... 50c to 55c bushel
Maize ................
70c to 75c hundred
Poultry
Fryers ...............
... 12c to 15c pound
Hens ..................
........ 6c to 8c pound:
Roosters ............
.................. 3c pound
Turkeys .............
....... 3c to 6c pound
Eggs (candled)
.................. 7c dozei*
General
Cream ................................ 13c pound
Green Hides .:.................. l%c pound
Cotton middling basis .........„..6%o
Cotton Seed___________________$8.00 ton*
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