The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1936 Page: 2 of 6
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At Clinton w^j/
The* route allied *Pocahi*nU.s Trail1
This paper ‘is authorized to make
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SCHOOL TRANSFERS
J. C. Abney, Co. Supt.
is not serious.
Again, because of the traffic we sonable,” which seemed very well
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We have them for moot every make of typewriter.
CARD OF THANKS
A GOOD RIBBON
kAMPASAS LEADER
ly correct. The adjournment at'8
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MRS. W. H. MOSES GIVES INTER-
v ESTING DESCRIPTION OF TRIP
ern Washington, u'ondering rf these
old patriots had lived in vain, and if
The streets are well laid out, one
of.the principle being Monument Ave,.
Mias Faye Kelly of Houston is in
Lampasas for a short visit MiA
Kelly is connected with the South-
Barney Preston was in Evant for a
few hours Tuesday. He took his fa-
ther to that point.
: Audrey Dee Vernor, daughter <A|
Mv. and Mrs. Harvey Vernor* is in
Waco to spend the summer.
there io the Valentine Museum, a
wonderful old mansion built by John
Wickham in 1812, and left for a
museum, containing relits of Revolu-
tionary period and later. '
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For Cdunty.Treasurer:
MRS. JOHN B. TAYLOR.
B. W. Fox underwent an operarioi
for appendicitis Monday night at th
local hospital
The Lampasas Leader
Published Every Friday
J. H. ABNEY a SON
Herbert J. Abney. Publisher
p. m. on Wednesday being a little
ahead of time, we took advantage of
it and were well on our way to Nia-
gara City by dark.
We seemed really to have saved the
best for the last, the most extravagant
descriptions of these wonderful falls
only half way do them justice. After
G. A. McGregor is jn the local hot
His cvndit'.c
, For County Judge:’
J. C. ABNEY.
Davis, Robert E. Lee and James Stu-
art are outstanding names. Anyone
can direct you to the oldest house in
Richmond, "built in 1685, at one time
the headquarters of Washington, and
now a museum, housing pripcipally
the belongings of Edgar Allen Poe.
Across the street is pointed out the
sight of the Libby Prison, where fed-
eral soldiers were imprisoned. This
building was torn down and carried
to the Chicago Exposition and never
returned: ’ ’ . i -
And then there is the antique shop
to the left, where a quaint little old
man, intensely absorbed in his anti-
ques, so courteously points out the
beautiful gold leaf cabinet of Queen
Sheriff John B. Davis spent the past
few days in Houston and East Texas!
He returned to Lampasas Tuesday
morning.
'James Berry, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Holley Berry, is confined to his home
with a severe case of mumps.
ippines and the very best in t|ie U. 8.
The Syracuse papers stated that
the machinery ran aa smoothly as a
republican convention, which (observ-
For Co. Commissioner Preet. No. 4:
A7~M. REYNOLDS.
P. E. PERSON.
L. D. EUBANHS.
The fields of grairt'm TennesseeTeaHy^
are golden. We were told that it is
the beardless grain that has this beau-
tiful golden shean. " .
t When we passed through Nashville,
the streets were roped off in prepara-
tion for the funeral procession of
Speaker Burns, who was buried there
that day.
Crossing the Mississippi River
again at Memphis, and wonder of
wonders, no toll, we were in Arkansas
and back to the land of corn and cot-
ton, rice fields, again the negro cab-
ins with their mud chimneys and still
again the “nigger and the mule.*’
A detour off the highway the Broad-
way of America for a few hours in
Hot Springs, with her 47 hot springs
that really are hot, temperatures
ranging from 126k to 136 and numer-
ous palatial bath houses; we crossed
the line into Texas at 2:15 and drove
into the garage at home at 12:20, per-|
haps having shattered the speed limit !
but at any rate escaping arrest or I
accident.
burg, past the old slave block, past
’ the Postoffice built on a’ lot formerly
arriving owned by Washington, home of Wqsh-
I ington’s mother and the last of 13
Just call us and we will be glad to send you one at
any time.
Dance Saturday night June 20, Old
Fire Hall. Music by Cockeye’s
Band. *, (dw)
A deal was completed WednesdJ
of this week by which H. V. CampbJ
acquires sole title to the ranch proJ
erty known as the Eldredge al
Fields ranch. This; ranch covtA
some 8000 acres of land in the nori
endof Burnet county. Messrs. El
dredge and Fields, purchased til
ranch some forty or fifty years agl
It was used exclusively for s'heep an
horse raising. The old ranch houl
was the scene of many' gay partil
in the early 1900s. Some years ad
Mr. Campbell acquired the Eldredfl
interest, and this week bought oil
the Fields Estate interests. Th
property is_divided by the Georg!
town highway; about three thousand
acres lies to the east of the hign
way and the remainder on the west
At present the' ranch is divided inti
four separate places; the largest a
which is leased to Mrs. J. S. Cotto
and contains some five thousand acres
NO RAIN FOR WORLD’S FAIR. INDIANS SAY—Threatening sides as the parade preceding opening
of Dallas’ 125,000,000 Texas Centennial Exposition brought only laconic "No rain" comments from the
Alabama-Coushatti Indians in the line. They were right — -
passed Mississippi
College, then through Jackson, the'
capitol and a city of beautiful homes.
Entering Alabama, ’ then oft thru
Bessemer, the home of the Bes»r-“—
the 11 Ije . routing of Cornwallis’, do,wn
For District Attorney of 27th Judi-
cial District:
JIM EVETTS.
For County Clerk:
PORTER BRIGGS.
D. N. CORNETT.
Leslie “Tootle” Landrum, son of Dr.
and Mrs. M. M. Landrum, spent the
, week end at home. “Tootie” is at-,
| tending summer school at Temple.
For Co. Commissioner, Preet. No.
AARON (Pete) CUMMINS JR.
D. (Dixie) SEWELL.
K—B. HALLMARK.
HOSEA. BAILEY.
J. M. LONG. 1
JNO. B. DAVIS.
For County Commissioner, Preet. 2:
J. B. (Bryon) HENDERSON.
W. J.—MORRIS.
J. W. (Bunk) .GJBSON.
O. T. LIVELY.
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for a visit to Williamsbbrgh, the lit-
tle city which Johr\ D. Rockefeller ts
restoring, and the hom&of the College
of William and Mary, tyhich is the
crossed Washington bridge at 178th,
driving down Riverside Drive to the
city, and took the usual sightseeing
trips to Chinatown Statute of Lib-
erty, Battery Park the various parks
and cathedrals, and, the day being
terribly warm; we were glad to be
back in Englewood apd on our way
to Syracuse, even knowing that we
had hardly “touched” New York City.
The drive up the Hudson, over the
Storm King highway is all that song
and story says of it. A stop at West
Point, a drive around Albany, and
we reached Syracuse in time to find
a 2-room apartment conveniently lo-
cated for the assembly.
The City of Syracuse is most beau-
tifully located, nestled among the
hills in the edge of the Finger Lake
region. The weather was shivdry
most of the time, and pne night a
light frost, but was invigorating,
which was fortunate for us, since we
must travel about pretty rapidly to
see even half the things we wanted to.
Naturally, we drove down to Ithlca
on Coyuga Lake and out to Cornell
University, to Syracuse University, to
the old Fort, and as many places as
could be crowded in.
The history of this section is close-
ly connected with the Quendago In-
dians, so Indian names are very com-
mon every place.
A Presbyterian assembly stands
alone in interest, and this one was no
exception to the rule. There were
speakers from England, Porto Rico,
We wish to express our sincere ap-
preciation to allmeighbors and friends
who were so kind and thoughtful of
us during the illness and at the time
of the padbing away of our brother,
J. T. James. Your kindness and ex-
pressions of sympathy helps to light-
en the sorrow.
His brothers, sisters
and familes. (wp)
501 and beautiful brick and stone houses
hanging to the sides of the hills.
’Inrough Alabama and Georgia the road, every inch'of which bore some
soil seemed poor and worn out, small historical interest.
patches of cotton and corn, peanuts A marker points out the birthplace
and truck gardens, and always the of. Patrick Jtyuiry, also of Henry, Clay,
“nigger and the mule,” since
country is too rough for farm ma- < Princess Ann street in Fredericks•
rhfnery used in the west.
.* Tiie time changes to eastern stand- ’
aid time at Atlanta and
abogt noon, the narrow streets wer
terribly congested,‘so we were glad horse chestnuts planted by him when
Setfool children from the age of 6
te IB-may be transferred up to Aug-
ust 1, 1936.
Any child within the age limit may
be transferred from any district in
the county to any other district in the
coifnty, provided a godd reason is
given for transferring.
_ Under the new transfer law, all
transfers must be made in. the Coun-
ty Supertinendent’s office. The blanks
cannot be sent out -to the various
districts as has been done the part,
few years.
Please transfer your children at
your earliest convenience to avoid
having to rush to attend to this, mat-
ter the last few dajfs.
(w37)
1770 and purchased from a great great
granddaughter in The ‘family who
must have some money. ’ Then there
was the fruit bowl of pressed glass,
of the waffle and bulls eye design,
with the thread like marks And clear
ring which was indicative of its more
than 115'years, bought of a modem
descendant who abhored antiques and
the mate of which'was purchased only
last week by Mrs. Perry, wife of the
Governor.
Then there were the bronze tongues
plaques and kettles which must have
dated back to 1700, and which we
want to believe are genuine, even
though later, in New York City the
guide points out a place where anti-
que bronzes are “made while you
wait.”
A tOur through the Lucky Strike
tobacco plant was most interesting
and instructive, and especially so,
since for miles along the highway,
we had noticed the log huts for cur-
ing tobacco, and the immense storing
barns.
St. Johns Church, with its burial
ground in front, is famed for the
Patrick Henry speech, "As for me give
faHs-ow-the- American side, from ev-
ery angle, we crossed over into Can^“~
ada, and on down Lake Erie towards
Detroit, through one beautiful farm
after another. The principal crops
were alfalfa, bai+ey and tobacco.
Again we noticed the tobacco houses,
also enormous hot houses for stall-
ing the piant$ indoors early.
Every home had. its little English
garden In front, or to the side, grow- I
ing Ins in many colors, spireujieonies
and soma plants we do not have in the
South.
Then there were the apple trees,,
peach and pear trees, and many na- I
five forest trees.
It was late.-w'hen we crossed the
Ambassador bridge at Detroit and
with Texas still 3 days aWay, we did
not wait until the Ford plant opened
the following morning, but we were
pp and away,/and in Toledo, Ohio,1
for breakfast.
Tire and rubber manufacturers are
much in* evidence in Ohio, in every
town beautiful parks and monuments,
and the Texas Centennial advertised
on large bill boards.
Crossing the Ohio River into Ken
tucky and'driving past beautiful es
(Note—At the request of ’ The
Leader, Mrs. W. H. Moses kindly con-
sented to write'for us i
esting description of an automobile
trip recently made by Mr. and Mrs.1 driving down The great white way one
Moses and son, Willis. The trip was has a feeling of treading on sacred
to Syracuse/ N. Y„ where Mr. Modes ground,
attended the Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church as a delegate. The
many points of interest visited by ; a boulevard with a monument on ev-
them are very ably described in this ; ery block. Stonewall Jackson, Jeff
article which we arc pleased to have " ‘ “ - — -
for our readeds.—Editor).
A trip of 4‘J95 mites, covering ex-
actly three weeks from Lampasas to
’ Canada and return, with only one flat,
and that as the car stood in the gar-
age in Syracuse, will furnish food for
thought ifor a long while.
The stately pines, the negr\i...cab-
ins with chimneys made of1 poles ami
mud, in the midst of acres of cotton,
the saw mill just off the highway,'
primroses by the wayside, bamboo,
palmetto -palms and moss-covered
trees, all interested us through East
Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Monroe. La., beautifully located on
the Ouchita River, is remembered by
a wonderfully built concrete bridge Ann design, brought from France in
bearing the marker “Built by Huey
Long—1935,” also another over Red
River with the, same inscription.
Unless one had seen the) Mississ-
ippi River nearer its mouth, there
might have been a feeling of disap-
pointment at the narrowness of the
river at Vicksburg,—Naturally, the
narrowed point in this vicinity would
haw been selected, on account of the
cost of construction as well as the
high bluffs at this particular point.
This was the first of 10 toll bridges
crossed on the trip, costing from 15c
to IJ.55. Usually the toll bridge has
been built by private corporations,
with the promise to deed it over to the
state after it has been paid for in
tolls. >
Vicksburg is a city of steep hills.
One recalls the siege of Vicksburg
ending July 4, 1863 when the city was
surrendered to Grant and which was
one of the turning, points in the War
Between the States. Driving through
the National Cemetery the road fol-
lows the line, first of the Confederate
forces, with markers for each respec-
tive batallion, then circles around the
side nearest the river, following the
line of the Union soldiers.
Leaving Vicksburg, the drive thru
deep cuts, lanscaped on either side
Wftk wild snow bails, honeysuckle,
climbing roeee and a wonderful as-
oMtawnt of forest trass, in a drizzling
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Prine have sold
their interest in the City Bakery to
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bevins. .The Cot-
tage Bakery secured the services of
J. B. Prine as baker. Mr. Prine is
well qualified to assume this post with
the Cottage Bakery, as he has had
many years of experience. When in-
terviewed this afternoon Mrs. Bevins
made the following statement, “The
Cottage Bakery will endeavor to car-
ry a complete line of plain and fancy
bakery products at all times. We are
happy to be in business again in _______,
Lainpasas, and feel that we can take pital for treatment,
care of the bakery needs of Lam-
pasas and surrounding communities
as-those needs should be taken care
- • , ~ _ i of.” Miss Maxie Mae Ueckert of
tetes and breading farms, the Ken- ( Benjamin( Knox, county, will be the
tucky Colonel, beautiful women and lady t|w Cotta<<? Bakery
fine race horses were much in evi- ,
d*nce‘ i The only results that the Leader has
Our highway wound over beautiful been ab,e t0 obtain of Sunday.9 Kaniefl
hills, through the cave district, Cave the Hill Country League was the
City and Collins Cave, with every- Llano-Brady set.to. In this Rame <
where rocks and white pine baskets. lUano came off with the )ong pnd of
and even rattlesnakes for sale for j an g t() 1 Lampasas w;as to
25c each. have played Fredericksburg, blit due
Entering Tennessee a sign read to the Umpa8as Club disbanding
Speed limit, drive carefully, be rea- Fre(ieflic|lg))Urjr gained a victory by
the forfeiture route.
For State Senator. 20th District:
HOUGHTON BROWNLEE.
For Representative of 93rd District
J. WILLIAM DAVIS.
Hylie Tombow, former resident of
Lampasas, now of Houston is spend-
ing a few days here with relatives
and friends.
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the following political announcements, out on the highway again, thru a youth.
subject to the action of the Demo- Fcrt McPierson and patd the Federal > And s»-wa rushed on towards mod-
cratic. primary election to, be held ' ........
. July 25, 1936:
For Sheriff, Assessor and Ta* CoL
Neahing the capitol city we turned
to the right to visit Mount Vernon,
the home of George and Martha
Washington from 1752 until their
death. This old shrine was in dan-
ger of being cut up and sold by the
heirs when the “Mt. Vernon Ladies
Association” which was formed in
1858, bought the property and restor-
ed the buildings, and are gradually
recovering the original furnishings.
The drive along the Potomac River at
6 o'clock in the afternoon will long
be remembered, and on to Washing-
ton for the two following nights.
The quickest way to “do” the city
was by sightseeing tours? calling at
the Capitol, White House, Pan Anwr48Pcndin,f the mQlninK viewing the
lean Building, Bureau of Printing and
Engraving, where, incidentally, we
saw the bonus bonds being printed,
Smithsonian Institute, Botanical gar-
dens, etc.
We weiig off quite early for An-
napolis, visiting the Port and Naval
Academy, then the old State House
which is still being used, of course,
with some additions. Here; is the
room where Washington made his
famous address on resigning as Com-
mander -in-Chief of the Army in 1775.
On the same lot is t)»e old British'
Customs House, built in 1694.
Through Baltimore and out the old
Post road, through a corner of Dela-
ware and, we ferried across the Dela-
ware River into New Jersey.
This being our only chance to see
the Atlantic Ocean, we circled aound
by Asbury Park, with her beautiful
boulevard streets, palatial hotels,
continuous board walk and wonderful
beach, then on towards New York
City.
Just when we were feeling terribly,
far from home, a man at Asbury ask-
ed if we knew anything about Quan-
ah, Texas, another man, driving along
the skyway in Jersey City called out
“Hello, Texas, take me back to my
home in Texas,” and so, the world js
small after all.
.Making our way up the Jersey side
of the Hudson River, in order to
avoid the traffic of the Hudson River
Tunnel and lower New York City, we
stopped in Englewood for the night.
All along the. route are “Tourist
Home” signs so it is never any trouble
to find lovely "rooms with bath” at
any hour.
Order your suit from John F. Peel-
er, tailor made., Let John F. do your
cleaning, pressing, suit fitting. Op-
posite. post office. Both phones, (w)
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
prison, then on through South Caro-
lina, with her old colonial homes
apple orchards, beds -of Eaiter Lilies, the very principles for which they
hydnmga and Confederate mcmv- fought and died were to be sacrificed
ment on almost every ttrwn -rquaje.
At Spartainburg, South Carolina,
we spent the night in the loveliest,
little log cabin, and the following
mornipg went through the Dayton.
Cotton Mills, one of the many for
whiclrthis section is famous. On this
particular morning they were weav-
ing rayon, dotted scrim, pique, plaid
handkerchief apd other fancy ma-
terials,
A short distance north of Spartain-
burg is the-marker of the Battle of
Cowpens, between the English and U.
I S. troops Jan. 17. 1781, also the Kings
I Mountain National Park.
j In North Carolina the" hedges of
tred- bprberry, which we have tried in
vain to groiv, were beautiful, also
the iris of many shades; snow' halts,
mock oranges, wonderful big pines
and silver leaf maple, then in the
fields patches of tobacco and still the
“nigger and the mule.”
Lanville, Ca. stands out as the last
capitol of the Confederacy. All along
the route are monuments aHd mark-
ers of incidents during both the Rev-
olutionary and Civil wars.
—At Goods Bridge, Anthony Wayne
stopped the British in 1871, here also,
Lee’s army crossed the river on the
retreat at Danville in 1864. i
-w-ft is with the feeling of deepest rev- '
erence that one approaches the his-
toric city of Richmond, Va. The
-Richmond^ that still seeins to belong
so peculiarly to the South, even
though, her history is so closely con-
nected with the earliest colonization I
of America, with George Washington I
and Patrie Henry, and later, with I
our own Sam Houston and many other i
a most inter- l,atr^ots whose spirits seem ever pres- I
, „ ' ent. From the moment of crossing <
! | the bridge over the James River, and
with "mines absolutely without any the battle ground of the seven days
bottom to them,” to quote a native, battle of .Savage Station, utld across
|1.00 ;»,-jieie the streets of the resident dis- the Chicahoihiny bridge near which
75 trict seem to be cut out of the cliffs* Lafayette and Cornwallis camped;
Returning to Richmond, we rushed
; on towards Fredericksburg over a
. Bessemer, the home of the Bessemer . oldest college in. America.
Altered at the postofflea at Lampaaaa, 3teel works. then through Birming- I The route called "Pocahuntes Trail”
Toxas, as second daag j^il matter. barn_ ^nter of the coal district, ; follows the McClellgn picket line, past
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