The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1936 Page: 2 of 6
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spent the day swimming,
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
REPUBLICANS HOLD
COUNTY CONVENTION
The Lampasas Hatchery will give FREE, 100 White Leg-
horn Chicks to the fanner or rancher, who brings the largest
family and comes the longest distance to attend the Texas
Centennial Celebration in Lampasas on Wednesday, May 13.
Register at the Hatchery as soon as you get to town!
Chicks win be given at 5:00 p. m.
Tom J. Taylor
MANAGER
RURAL PHONE 102
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100 Whits Leghorn Chicks
ftus, as second class mail matter.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Republican county convention
(dw)PIERIAN CLUB MET FRIDAY
”• *»• w• *-*. iiiuvic, n,. a. tvitvvii* ni
ell and J. H. Wagle. Alternates elect- nj
We will have our regular Sunday Moore of Lometa was elected county
ght service at 8 o’clock. All who chairman and P. A. LeCompte Sr. was
E. C. Lambert, minister.4-DAY DEBATE AT MAHOMET
APPRECIATION
•lone.
Mrs. Audie Powledge of Lampasas
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me.
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$40,000 STOCK ON SALE NOW!
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY & MONDAY
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Salmon .
noon at Lampasas, with A. T. Mitch-
ell, county -ehairman, presiding. The
following^deTegatbs wort elected to
attend the state convention to be held
in Fort Worth on May 20: P. A. Le-
Compte Sr., Paul A. LeCompte Jr., :
W. R. Wagle’, J. E. Moore, A. T. Mitch-
ed were: J. C. Bryan, Jim Walton,
J. B. Blackwell, Claud Whitis, W. P.
Piper, and Mrs. J. E. Moore. J, E.
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others who will join us in this ser-
vice in memory of our mothers.
The Sunday school will meet at 9:45
and we urge every member to be on
time so that we may have plenty of
time for the study of the lesson and
its recitation.
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For County Clerk:
PORTER BRIGGS
D. N. CORNETT.
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Published Every Friday
J. H» ABNEY 4k SON
Herbert J. Abney, Publisher
For Co. Commissioner. Preet. No. I:
AARON (Pete) CUMMINS JR.
D. (Dixie) SEWELL.
K. B. HALLMARK.
HOSEA BAILEY.
For County Commissioner, Preet. 2:
J. B. (Bryon) HENDERSON.
W. J. MORRIS.
J. W. (Bunk) GIBSON.
O. T. LIVELY.
The spirit that never knows fear,
Give us tasks that 'require a brave
heart
And make us a real pioneer.
‘For we find in our hearts
As we look in them deep,
That we reverence our pioneers and
tenderly keep •
Richest memory of their 'service,
struggle and noble deeds done.
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For County Treasurer:
. MRS. JOHN B. TAYLOR. ’
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J, N. Cowan of Robstown and J. D.
Tant of Brownsville will debate at
Mahomet, six miles southwest of
Briggs, beginning at 8 p. m. on May
12 and continuing through May 15.The state Highway Department
called for bids on May 19-20 for 9.3
miles grading and drainage struc-
ture and selected materials base from
Lometa to one mile south of Ogle on
Highway No. 74.For Co. Commissioner Preet. No. 4r
A. M. REYNOLDS.
P. E. PERSON.
L. D. EUBANKS.
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end of the table. There weren’t any
servants ’them* days and the girls
were ‘waitin’ on the table and they
were sure pretty girls. It wasn’t long
until Tnoficed the girls were ’waitin’
on them city chaps more than me.
Didn’t seem to pay any attention to
me. I stood it just as long as I could.
I jumped and as I jumped I grabbed
the front* of that long table eloth and
out of the front door I went, table
cloth flying behind me, girls scream-
ing, dishes breaking, and them ‘biled-
§hirt fellers’ trying to get the meat
and gravy, pie and cake out of their
laps. My pony was hitched outside
and we beat it out of town. The
sheriff came to hunt me but I was
FOR SALE—Colonial R. O. P. sired
S. C. White Leghorn cockerels, ready
for service. Breeding certificate to
show. Call me over Rural, Lake Vic-
tor, or write me Lampasas, R. 3.—•
Mrs. Ward Bowden. (w30p)
For County Judge:
J. C. ABNEY.MERCHANTS’ ASKED
TO CO-OPERATE IN
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONBIDS CALLED FOR
-----ON HIGHWAY 74ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR
TOWN. EARLY DAYS
48 pounds Pride of Perry Flour
(with 31.00 butcher knife’free)
48 pounds First Call
Flour ....„ ......................
The seniors of the Lometa hig
school will hold their annual senior
picnic tjhls year at the Lampasas
State Park. The date of the picnic
has been set as Friday, May 8.
Nintey members of the senior class
of the Gatesville high school, Supt.
F. L. Williams and several members
of the faculty recently held their an-
nual senior picnic at the local park.
They came over in three large school
busses
playing games, boating and Ashing.
Dance Old Fire Hall Saturday night.
Music by Cockeye's Aces. (dw)
Directors of the Chamber of Com-
merce and some of the business men
met Monday evening to formulate
plans, appoint committees and get
everything in working order for the
big Centennial Celebration and Trades
Day which will be held Wednesday,
May 13, in Lampasas. The outline of
the day’s program appears elsewhere
in this paper and everyone seems*
very enthusiastic over this celebra-
tion.
There is only a limited time in
which to get the program up and it
is necessary that each business house
work with the committee chairmen
when called upon. „The big parade
will be the feature of the day. Any
individual flrm who cares to may put
a vehicle in this parade, but the com-
mittee is asking that different sec-
tions of the business part of town
make an entry together and in that
way it will be of; very little expense
to the individual merchants.
When called on by the eomnittees
it will be appreciated if you will fall
right in lime and help to make thia a
celebration that the entire trade ter-
ritory will appreciate and be proud
of. The time is limited, as the cele-
bration will be held Wednesday of
next week, | - u ‘
Dance Old Fire Hall Saturday night.
Music by Cockeye's Aces.
LOMETA SENIORS TO HOLD
ANNUAL PICNIC HERE
DANCE OLD FIRE HALL
There will be a dance Wednesday
night, May 13, at Ohl Fira Hall.
Music by June Cox. In addition to
the. regular dance we will have a con-
test of old square dance callers and
invite all of them to enter.
‘So today we've a cause, and
high and pure,
A high standard of truth
course to pursue,
Their brave records are ours
' tain and keep bright,
That Lampasas may as always,
send out her true light.'” .
night service at 8 o’clock,
will, that are not members of our
congregation will find a cordial wel-
come in these services of the Sabbath
day. 1 •
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State Senator, 20th District:
HOUGHTON BROWNLEE.
For Representative of 93rd District:
J WILLIAM DAVIS.Thia paper is authorized to make
the following political announcements,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic primary election to be held
July 25, 1935:
For Sheriff, Assessor and Tax Col-
lect ar:
J. M. LONG.
JNO. B. DAVIS.
elected county secretary for the com-/
ing year.
J. E. Moore, Co. Chairman.!Mrs. J. E. Lindsey, Mrs Clay
Fowler and Mrs. J. E. Lindsey JrM
of Llano are guests here in the home
of Mrs. F, M. Ramsay.Crushed
Pineapple
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Veopj»4By Mrs. E. L. Key)
(Note:—The following article was
written by Mrs. E. L. Key and rea.l
at a meeting of the Wednesday Study
, Club. Some information in the ar-
ticle was furnished her by Mrs. Kpte
Ltaigfieki and Rev. Buren Sparks.)
In the Sisterhood of Texas Coun-
ties, few have a more colorful history
than the county and town of Lam-
pasas. The character and exploits of
its early settlers have given it un-
usual fame among the pioneers of the
old fighting west.
When John J. Pershing was chasing
the elusive bandit, Pancho Villa, in .
Mexico, an old /Westerner was heard
to say “that he could go to Lampasas
County and organize a bunch of men
. that could go into Mexico and in less
than three weeks capture Villa and
lick the whole Mexican outfit.” Such-
*- a statement was of course colored
with considerable exaggeration but
the old timer-was not far wrong in
Itis estimate. One noted chronicler of
western yarns recently stated in a
current magazine that the only man
that ever beat Billy the Kid to the
draw andtook his gun from him was
a cowboy from Rocky Creek, near the
town of Lafnpasas.
The town at one time was a rendez-
vous of frontier characters of ques-
tionable repute. In and out of this
rendezvous rode some of the fastest
gun-slinging gentry tha^ever shot
1 their way to fame -amfrpiotoriety in
border warfare. The litMe town was
pot wholly bad, for arrayed against
this bellicose element were some of
the most daring, God-fearing men that
ever championed the aide of law and
order, and in the end it was this group
of men that made the place safe for
society and human liberty. Around
the chuck wagons and camp fires of
the old west, the names of some of
these men are sitll mentioned—such
as Pink Higgins, El and Tom Wolf,
Bill Wten, Hulings and others.
To write the early history of Lam-
pasas would be to tell a tale of strug-
' ffle, of bravery, of sad tragedy and
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For District Attorney of 27th Judi-
cial District:
JIM EVETTS.
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The Pierian Club met Friday af-
ternoon for its last meeting of the
year at the home of Mrs. A. L. Hig-
don, with Mrs. W. A. Berry as co-
hostess.
During the business session, pre-
sided over by Mrs. Sam Dickens Jr.,
Mps. J. D. Jackson read the constitu-
tion and by-laws of the club in order
to refresh them in the minds of the
members before the opening of the
new year.
Mrs. Paul Nichols, leader for the
day, gave briefly the life of and critic
reports on James Lane Allen. Mrs.
J. D.. Jackson followed with a book
review of that author's “A Kentucky
Cardinal,” a story mainly of one Adam
Mass and the Cobb family.^
Mrs. J. W. Ellis gave a review of
“Aftermath,” the sequel to “A Ken-'
tucky Cardinal,” following which Mrs.
J. R. Key briefly reviewed the works
of a member of other Kentucky writ-
ers. These included John Bradford,
Jefferson Davis, Thomas Johnson, Eli-
Ztrbeth" M. Roberts, Ervin S. Cobb,
John Fox Jr., Mary J. Holmes, Steph-
en F. Foster and Emily V. Mason.
Following a critic’s report and a
report on the Junior Pierian Club
given by Mrs. J,. C. Griffin and Mrs.
B. K. May, respectively, the hostess-
es, assisted by several members, serv-
ed a delicious salad plate to those
ladies present.—Reporter.rests
here,
“I
can
of the people of many succeeding gen-
erations. To look back along the
yeqrs of the early days In Lampasas,
it B now realised that the rugged and
beautiful natural features of the coun-
try were matched by the character
and individuality of the men who
came with their wives and families
and chose this as their home. Hard
riding, straight shooting men they
had to be, to conquer a frontier coun-
try and to withstand the ever recurr-
ing Indian raids, but In spite of the
until I got over my mad spell, then
' I came in one day and paid Mrs.
i- Graeey for all damages I done her.
Them ‘biled-shirt fellers’ never did
' get paid for the crease those hot
1 victuals took out of their breeches."
Lampasas has never been an ordin-
ary town. These streets have echoed
to a remarkable variety of Occurren-
ces. Shortly after the close of the
Civil War, a contingent of arrogant
Federal cavalry clanked its way
through the square and camped for
a time io Hancock Park. No reason
was””given for the presence of the
soldiers, except to keep order in this
part of the South. Then for many
successive summers another and more
welcome class of campers, whole
families in wagons,- hacks and bug-
gies, came and camped in Hancock
Park to drink the water for their
health, rest and recreation. In the
vicinity of the springs the tents were
placed so close together, it looked
like a small tented town.. In Septem-
ber of ’73, stark tragedy was enacted
in the big square. It had rained and
rained, still continued to rain, until
theJlpqd waters of Sulphur burst over
the banks,-made their own channel
and poured through the square like
a powerful rolling river, which swept
for miles, leavjng indescribable ter-
ror, destruction and death in its wake.
A cloud burst at the head of the
stream was said to be the cause of
the flood. t
With the coming of the ’80’s caine
the Santa Fe railroad. In the spring”
of ’82 the whistle announcing the first
passenger train was heard in Lam-
pasas. At this time people from ev-
ery state in the union literally poured
into Lampasas. There were not
enough vehicles to bring the daily ar-
rivals to town. There were not suffP*
cient hotel accommodations to take
care of them and this continued for
months. Business of all kinds mul-
tiplied; real estate dealers could
scarcely comply with the demands for
lots, the town spread out in every
direction, our banks sprang dp where—
no banks had been before. The first
bankers’ association was organized in
Lampasas around the year 1883. The
population at thir thne reached ten
thousand, and still they came. The ;
Santa Fe Co. built the splendid Park
Hotel on a wooded knoll (just south-
west of town, very close to where
Amy Campbell lives now). The hotel
was at that time the second largest
hotel in Texas. It was in those days
to Lampasas what the Adolphus and
Baker Hotels are to Dallas, the Gun-
ter and St. Anthony Hotels to San
Antonio. The Park Hotel was equip-
ped With an immense ballroom, large
auditorium for theatricals, attractive
lobby, bar room, broad porches, pret-
ty cottages around, owned by the
hotel. The spacious grounds, beau-
tiful live oak trees, rolling hills and
flowing waters near by, made a beau-
tiful setting for the once famous
Park Hotel. -------. \
The Keely Institute had a suite of
rooms in the hotel and received pa-
tients there. The Santa Fe built a
street car line from the station to the
hotel, a distance of two miles, for
the transportation of guests. Many
wholesale houses were quickly es-
tablished. Lampasas was rail-head-
quarters for West Texas,. Mule teams,
horses and oxens drew freight wag-
ons, many of them loaded at night.
Lampasas was the trading center for
a number of years for the people of i
San Angelo, Menard, Paint Rock and
Coleman. Lampasas was one of the
most popular resorts in Texas at this
time, and can.you imagine or believe
that at thiq time, it was difficult to
cross the streets in Lampasas be-
cause they were so congested with
every kind of vehicle and traffic?
Yes, and even street cars drawn by
little mules with bells on. At that
time it seemed that Lampasas was
destined to become a city, but the
“boom” years gave way, and Lam-
pasas once more became a quiet,
happy little place.- We can truly
claim Lampasas as one of the most
picturesque and historic little towns
in Texas; and also say that Lam-
pasas has been fortunate throughout
the eighty yeats of its existence, in
the fact that the men who have shap-
ed its destinies have been men Ou
exceptional intelligence and Judg-
ment. May we pause this afternoon
and pay tribute to the ones who have
walked before and majle our path-
way bright? i
Subscription Price
’. 12 Months ....
• Months
1 Months
HulingV residence, Yates and Noble
store, Hanna Opera House, Globe
Hotel and Higdon’s Mercantile Store..
The stone apartment house now own-
ed by Mrs. Lewis Hart, was one of
the popular hotels of an early day.
Lampasas was noted for its mineral
water and there were three wonder-
ful springs from which people drank
the splendid water for their health.
The}’ were Hancock Springs, Hanna
Springs and Gooch Springs.
Mr. Alex Higdon is one of our
pioneer merchants. He came here
when he wa-» only a few years old.
Mi«Higdon’s father was in the mer-
cantile business and later in the gin
business, which was Lampasas’ first
gin. Lampasas w>s at that time a
town of three .or four hundred peo-
ple. At the present location of Mack-
ey’s Drug Store, Charles Wooldridge
had a saloon. ,In those days they had
the bell punch law, when the saloon
sold a drink of whiskey it had to ring
the bell, which was on the outside of
the saloon and could be heard through
the business section.
Perhaps the first newspaper ever
issued in- Lampasas was “The Dis-
patch,” started in 1870.
When the main business district
was first settled it centered veryclose
around the public square. Let us pic-
ture and observe the length and the
breadth of the big public square. Af
that time it was covered with grass
and .mesquite trees, and everybody’s
cow grazed there without being mo-
lested. Pounds and pens were be-
neath the dignity of a pioneer Lam-
pasas cow.
The court house was built in the
center of the square in 1884. At this
time Lampasas began to grow.
A piece of ancient masonry is what
was the “Star or Graeey Hotel,” now
the “Keystone,” built in 1870. If
stones had tongues, those walls could
a story relate of Indian times and
other thrilling events out of the long
ago. “Yes, Tve been coming to Lam-
pasas a long, long time, ever since I
was a boy." The speaker’s hair was
white. “I always stopped at the
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bright romance, woven by the lines Graeey Hotel” and then he chuckled.
“I never will forget one'Sunday even-
ing. I stopped there and when the
big old bell 'on top of the houie rung
for supper, I walked in the dining
room and blamed if that whole long
table wasn’t lined with ’biled-shirt
fellers’ from Austin They were All
there, lawyers, doctors, teachers and
other little known nothings, with
shoes shined, hair greased, mustaches
curled, even to their breeches creas-
ed, and I Just had on my old cowboy
In the Sunday morning' service at
the First Presbyterian Church tribute
will be paid Mothers in a special way
in a special program that has been
prepared for this occasion. We are
very anxious to have the entire mem-
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rough life they were compelled to
lead, they were men of judgment, taste
and vision. Lampasas ii proud to-
day of the pioneer men and women
who through their struggle and sacri-
fice helped eend out.from this little
town many citizens who have gone
out in all lines of human endeavor
and won renown.
It has furnished some of the big-
gest cattlemen and trail drivers that
ever pointed the nose of a big herd
northward along the old Chishojm
trail. Lampasas has been recognized
as a leader in church and educational
affairs. It has produced some noted
school men and preachers.
On Feb,. 1, 1856, Lampasas Coun-
ty was created by an act of the leg- Jlard to find. I stayed in the county
islature. As to the early establish-
ments in our town, dating from the
very earliest beginning, the “Hughes
Mill" and big double log residence to-
gether, were the first buildings in the
little town. They were located on
Sulphur a short distance above Fourth
Street bridge. The original purpose
of these buildings were notrto start a
town but to grind wheat and corn for
the settlers. However, this soon start-
ed other small buildings and the town
of Lampasas. The fires lighted in the
old chimney of the log house was the
first home fires iri*. the little town.
Among the first residences to be built
were two small houses across the
street north of the Producers Pro-,
duee house. Lampasas County has
some very, very old residences near
the town that were built before Lam-
pasas ever existed. These homes are
still retained and lived in by the suc-
ceeding generations. The “Snap
Bean” home, five miles west of town,
built in 1851 of native rock and by
slaves. The floors in this home are
the same as when built, only the large
open hallway has had a new floor, and
it has been said that in years gone
by the light fantastic toe tripped
through t>his bld hall so much that
perhaps this was the cause of a new
floor in the hall. This home has been
built 85 years, one of the oldest land-
marks. Snap Bern’s son, Tilford
Bean, lives in the home now.
-The Phillip Smith residence on the
Lempasas River was built in 1869.-
The lumber was hauled from Austin
and it- required two years to build
it. The Allan Brook home on the
Lampasas River, built of rock. It has
>een said that there were some small
holes here and there in the stone
walls of this home through which the
family -could watch for the Indians,
who often caqie around.
'Among other buildings 'and resi-
dences in an early day were Tom
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We want to express our apprecia-
tion to the various candidates and
olkers who participated and helped
with our box supper at McCreaville,
Wednesday night. You helped us tp
realize a nice sum for the church. Z
(wp) —The Committee. )
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DANCE OLD FIRE HALL\
There will be a dance Wednj
night, May 18, at Old Fire
Music by June Cox. In addition to
the regular dance we will have a <on-
had her tonsils removed at the local | test of old square dance callers and
hospital Tuesday morning. I invite all of Qiem to enter.
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