The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. [24], No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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E LAMPASAS LEADER
Published Every Friday,
ERNOR J. H.ABNEY
Proprietors,
ernor Editor and Business Mgr
Brannan to Give Mission in
Lampasas.
at is the difference between
lies and Protestants?
/. Eather P. F. Brannan, the
ent and well known Texas
bnary'j will explain this sub-
n a mission opening here on
y evening, 7:30 o’clock,
14, at the Witcher opera
to last for at least one
s intended for the non-Gath-
and also for the Catholics,
e Catholic religion is evidently
known and frequently misrep-
esented in her true teaching and
doctrine. Father Brannan proves
by his broad and forceful expla-
nation the dogmatical tenets,
quoting from the Bible, either
Protestant or Catholic, as one
chooses.
It will then be made known
why and how Catholics cling so
fast to their belief and practice.
A large attendance is expected
from the opening to the closing.
d-w Father V. Bouchard.
At The Sunday Schools.
Baptist attendance 150, collec-
tion $6.00; Presbyterian attend-
ance—, collection—; Metho-
dist attendance 153, collection
$7.77; Christian attendance 88,
collection £$4.62; North Lampa-
sas Mission attendance 39, col-
lection 35c.
The Presbyterian Sunday
M. A. McKnight Dead.
Messages received here this
morning announced that M. A.
McKnight, of Beaumont, had
been killed by a man named
Whitney, who was also killed in
the duel, for such it appears to
have been. Both men were con-
tractors and -builders. Mr. Mc-
Knight was a brother of T. W.
McKnight, Mesdames C. W.
Wright and W. R. Williamson of
this place, and all these accom-
panied by Mrs. McKnight, will
leave tonight for Beaumont. The
body will be buried at Woodville,
Texas, Sunday. Another broth-
er, J. F. McKnight, lives at
Hallettsville, Lavaca county.
The bereaved have the sympathy
of a large circle of friends here.
Notice to Owners of Jennets.
I will stand the Starlight Jack
“Columbia” to jennets at $20.00
for jack colts and 810.00 for jen-
net colts. I will stand this jack
and my other jack to. mares at
$10.00. I will insure mares in
foal, but I*am not doing the stand
up and suck business. I bought
these jacks last September in
Columbia, Tenn., and their
breeding is right.
B. W. Cocke,
w23 Burnet, Texas.
A Year Without a Summer.
The Kansas City Journal of
March 28th publishes an article
from the Danbury (Con.) News,
giving an account taken from the
diary of a person in New York
who kept a report of the weather
for 40 years. The summer of
1816 was the coldest summer ever
experienced in the United States
and Europe. January, February,
March and April were mild.
There was snow and ice in May,
June, July, and August. August
being very cold. Crops and fruit
were a failure. There is po rec-
ord of such weather before or
since.
The Waterloo Boy Gasoline Engines
It is claimed that the mesejuite
tree is the real spring prophet,
and that when these trees bud
out there is no longer J anger
from the cold of the spring.
Many of these trees are now full
of developed buds, but it might
be well to remember that there
was a “killing frost” on the first
day of May, 1903, and that even
school had no session, the time | the ordinary water hydrants in
being consumed in receiving new
members into the church and
Sunday school and a general re-
joicing over the ingathering.
this valley were frozen tight.
Spring may or may not be here.
J. N. Jepsen delivered at The
Leader office some - samples of
young fruit from his orchard,
which he makes his hobby. The
peach twigs were well filled with
young fruit, as were the twigs of
the pear trees. He says the Ja-
pan plums will not bring so good
but
White Crest flour
Ground by special machinery
from the best soft wheat, kept
clean, pure and sanitay from the
field to the consumer. Makes
the best lightbread, rolls, biscuit,
cakes and pastry. Hundreds of j a crop as the other varieties
families in this section use no j unless some unforeseen circum-
other flour. Try it. Sold only by I stance should arise, there will be
dw Higdon-Senterfitt Co. j plenty of fruit of many varieties
----- j this year.
A heavy wind Saturday night j
at 9:30 somewhat alarmed the
congregation at the tabernacle,
and caused a quick adjournment
of the service. No great damage
was done. The wind was follow-
ed by a rain, amounting in all,
including what fell during the
day Sunday, to 1.30 of an inch.
The rain did no harm, but will
delay the planting of cotton for a
few days, however it is all the
better for the small grain and the
young corn which is just now
coming up in many places. The
season could hardly be more
favorable for all crops up to this
time, and there is plenty of
stock water everywhere, while
the weeds and grass are furnish-
ing excellent pasture for all
classes of stock.
News from the. overflowed sec-
tion of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers is not encouraging, but it
is hopeful, in that so far the
levees have withstood the pres-
sure of the waters and very little
loss of life has been reported.
The property loss will go into
the millions of dollars, and the
end of this character of loss is
not yet in sight. There are 3500
refugees at Hickman, Ky., with
2000 rendered homelnss; 1200
homeless at Columbus, Ky., 800
homeless at New Madrid, Mo.,
1200 homeless at Memphis, Tenn.
with power houses stopped at
many points. River boats are
busily engaged in caring for
those whose homes have been
destroyed or overflowed by the
high waters, and every care is
being exercised to prevent sick-
ness and distress.
Guaranteed For Five Years. Sold on 30 Days Free Trial.
lliG piicg is 25 pGr CGnt lower tlicin dth.Gr high grlicie
engines. Satisfactory terms to responsible parties.
Come and see them—All sizes and styles in stock!
Also Gasoline Ehgine supplies and repairs.
s of Waterworks and Irrlgafs
Call and let me show you.
Phone 166
T. H. BEAN
The Sunday school classes of
Mesdames Nichols and Lindsey
spent the day Saturday on Sul-
phur very pleasantly; playing a
match game of baseball in the
afternoon. The first game was
in favor of Mrs. Nichols’ class,
11 to 8. The second in favor of
Mr3. Lindsey’s class, 20 to 16.
I have bought the Griffin inter-
est in the Buck & Bill barber
shop and will be found ready to
serve my old friends in the west-
ern part of the First National
bank building. I can serve any
and all who come. A neat and
comfortable place and good work
assured.
(d05-wtf) Dave Berry.
J-
Cards have been received here
announcing the approaching
marriage of Mr. Lamar Acker
and Miss Mamie Landon Blount,
the event to occur April 16 at the
home of -.the bride’s parents,
Judge and Mrs. Stephen W.
Blount, at Nacogdoches, Texas.
Lamar was for a number of years
a Lampasas. boy, but since he
grew to manhood has been regu-
larly employed as a civil engi-
neer by one of the great railroads
of the state. His many friends
will join The Leader in wishing
him and his bride success and
happiness.
W. W. Morriss, Jr., of Dallas,
came in Saturday night to join
Mrs. Morriss who has been here
for some time as a guest of Mes-
dames Williamson and Andrew.
Mrs. Proctor, of Lometa, was
also their guest Saturday night,
going on to Austin Sunday,
leaving her daughters, Misses
Lucile, Fay and Grace, here.
Miss Lucile returned to Lometa
this morning.
Rev. Twitty, of Trinity Uni-
versity, Waxahachie, was here
Saturday expecting to preach at
Adamsville Sunday, but was
rained out. He will return on the
3rd Sunday.
Dr. J. B. Townsen, of Lometa,
was in town Thursday. The
doctor carries sunshine wherever
he goes and is always a welcome
visitor to Lampasas.
In the preliminaries to the trial
of Rev. Frank Norris, charged
with perjury, a motion for a
change of venue develops the !
fact to the ordinary thinker that '■
he could not receive a fair trial
in Tarrant county, for the simple
reason that the people are divid-
ed into factions, and that all have
opinions as to his guilt or inno-
cence, which even the sworn tes-
timony of others would not re-
move. The Norris trial is now
the sensation of Texas, and the
city of Fort Worth appears to be
as much on trial as does Rev.
Frank Norris. Surely there are
some very “undesirable citizens”
in that place, judging from the
evidence produced on the motion
for a change of venue.
“A word of encouragement at1
the right time is of more real
worth than an ounce of gold. It
is more nourishing to the soul
than meat and drink to the hun-
gry. It is a better stimulant
than the richest wine, and the
strongest lever to lift from the
ruts of despondency. Many a
poor overworked wife is pining
for a word of sympathy from her
husband. Just one word, one
look, to show that the toil of
weary hours are appreciated, and
the light reflected would more
than recompense the giver.”—
San Marcos Herald.
So far during the Mexican
trouble only one victory has been
reported to the credit of the fed-
eral army, and that is now more
than counterbalanced by the fact
that the insurrectionists have re-
covered Jimenez and Parral—the
cities which the federals had
taken in their one reported vic-
tory. There is to be much trouble
yet in Mexico, but it is hoped the
United States will not become in
any way involved, though a strict
watch of American interests is
observed.
Program Lampasas County Farmers’
Union.
The Lampasas County Farm-
ers’ Union will meet at Smith’s
school house April 26th and 27th,
1912. All locals please take no-
tice and send full delegation,
prepared to lead the discussion
on the subject assigned you be-
low:
FRIDAY, APRIL 26th.
10:00 a. m.—Best Plan for
Marketing Our Crops, Topsey lo-
cal.
11:00 a.m.—What Benefit is
the Warehouse to the Union,
Taylor’s Creek Local.
NOON.
2:00 p. m.—How to Prevent
Double Taxation, Ogle local.
3:00 p. m.—Meaning and Ben-
efits of Co-operation, Oak Ridge
local.
4:00 p. m.—Benefits From Di-
versification, Nix local.
There will be an open session
Friday night to which the public
is invited to attend. The meet-
ing will be addressed by local
speakers on union subjects.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27.
10:00 a.m.—Ought a Farmer
Go in Debt for Dry Goods and
Groceries, Lampasas local.
11:00 a. m.—What is Wrong
With Our Mortage System, Clay-
ton local.
Mr. and Mrs. Palm Childre and
child have gone to Star, Mills
county, to attend the funeral of
xMrs. Childre’s sister-in-law,
Mrs. O. N. Hamilton, who died
suddenly at her home near Star.
Mrs. Hamilton was a young
woman, and leaves a husband
and four small children.
NOON.
2:00 p. m.—Home Conven-
iences, Smith’s local.
3:00 p. m.—Should Farmers’
Sons Study Agriculture, Stanley
Chapel local. *
John Treece, President.
New oil fields are being dis-
covered in Texas and Oklahoma,
and the known fields are being
extended. The yielding territory
near Wichita Falls has been con-
siderably enlarged, and oil has
been discovered near Bay City
on the Texas coast.
John McLean, of Lometa, was
here Monday and enjoyed shak-
ing hands with his old friends.
This editor has known him since
18/0, and has always found him
“just and upright” in his deal-
ings. He has lived at Lometa.
for more than twenty years.
.Sam Sparks, who has served
as treasurer of the state of Texas
foi the past five yearsji stepped
down and out on the first of this
month, and J. M. Edwards suc-
ceeds him under appointment of
Governor Colquitt. There are
se\eral candidates for the posi-
tion at the ensuing election, Sen-
ator Bill Adams, of Brown coun-
ty, being among the number.
R. C. Eddleman, one of the
prosperous and progressive farm-
ers from the Adamsville section,
was among the pleasant callers
on The Leader, leaving sufficient
cash to put his date ahead.
Floods have broken over the
levees further in the Arkansas,
Tennessee and Louisiana sec-
tions and great damage is re-
ported. Many people are ren-
dered homeless and millions of
dollars in property have been de-_
stroyed. The U. S. government
and the several states and com-
munities are raking steps to re-
lieve the suffering. There were
like floods, but even mere severe,
in 1897 and 1877.
J. H. Savage, now living out
near Topsey, was in Lampasas a
day or two. He was formerly a
resident here, having been in the
butcher business for some time.
He is now living on the farm,
where he is getting rich growing
farm products, raising good
chickens and Duroc jersey swine.
There are two places to be fill-
ed in Texas for congressman at
large, the legislature having fail-
ed to redistrict the state after the
last census, and there are at least
sixteen candidates for these two
positions, and nearly every one
of them has applied to The Lead-
er for favorable mention of their
aspirations, some of them urging
that their entire platforms should
be inserted, but not one of them
sending a penny or any other
sum to defray the expense of thus
getting their announcements be-
fore the public, claiming that as
there are over one thousand pa-
peis in die state, the expense
wobld be too great for them to
undertake. As there are at least
sixteen of the applicants, and as
it would require the entire paper
for at least eight weeks to give
publicity to their platforms, this
paper has concluded to treat them
all alike, and make no mention of
any of them. This may answer
many inquiries, whether it satis-
fies their desires or not.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. [24], No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1912, newspaper, April 12, 1912; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892533/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.