The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1903 Page: 2 of 8
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER.
Published Every Friday.
VERNOR & ftBNfeY, Proprietors.
J. £. VERNOR, Editor and Business Mor.
SUBSCRIPTION,, PER YEAR..............$1.00
Cotton mills erected only a few
months ago in Texas are paying
big dividends and attracting the
attention of the world. Why not
have a few factories in Lam-
pasas? Nothing builds a city
like a brigade of people who take
their dinners to their work.
Collections were only moderate-
1/ good on the first of the month,
but most people managed to get
along on what was paid in, and
will await the return of better
times to press their collections on
those who were not in condition
to pay.
W. R. Wren was in Monday.
Me is one of the most successful
farmers in this section, and will
not let a little thing like the frost
■ of last week give him a small
case of the blues. He will go
right on with his work, and when
the harvest time comes he will
gather good crops.
Blank certificates of eligibility
in the Southern Cross of Honor
may be had by calling upon Col.^
,J. H. Morgan or Hon. D. C.
Tuomas at the courthouse. Only
those whG served in the (ponfed-
erat© army are eligible to mem-
bership, but it is desired that all
those who can identify themselves
secure certificates.
Fires and overcoats were com-
fortable Friday and Saturday
morning, and it is true that Texas
can furnish'all kinds of weather
on short notice. The stove has
been taken down in this office,
and in in the effort to put it up
again, the pipe was broken, and
we concluded to go without fire
in the shop until next winter.
Lampasas has the best water
service now that it ever had in
its history, all owing to the fact
tin at there is an efficient man at
the head of the management, and
an efficient e'ity government be-
hind that man. Municipal own-
ership, once so derisively scorned
by many, is proving a good thing
in many places. Cities that own
their light and telephone service
are finding them profitable.
Little Anna, the year old child
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Ver-
nor, died at their home in Mounds,
Indian Territory, Friday evening
at half past six o’clock. The
body was brought here for inter-
ment, and was laid to rest in the
City Cemetery. These young
parents have the sympathy of a
large circle of relatives and
Mends in the loss of their first
born babe.
It is time for Lampasas to shake
off her lethargy and get to work.
The cities and towns of other
parts are progressing at a rapid
r&te, and while we have the natu-
ral advantages all around us to
make a city, we are practically
doing nothing. If the men do
not wake up and go to work soon
The Leader is going to try to get
the ladies to organize a civic
club of progressives and stir the
naen up to a discharge of duty.
You will be compelled to move
then. Better move now.
BED FRONT.
NEW YORK BARGAINS!
“Star Brand Shoes are Better”
because every pair is fully up to
the very best in make and ma-
terial. They fit the foot, wear
easy, look well and last satis-
factory. Once used you want
thorn again. Every pair is guar-
anteed by the factory. Remem-
ber when you want shoe* buy the
“Star Brand” from
THE PENNY STORE,
A delegation consisting of Dr.
Geo. F. Perry, Col. G. R. Free-
man, John L. Spurlin, J. E. Se-
crest, J. L. Talley, J. J. Durham,
F. M. Phelps and T. Kinsey went
to Stephenville Monday to at-
tend a meeting called by the cit-
izens there in the interest of the
proposed railway from Stephen-
ville to Hamilton. The business
club here received an invitation
from the people of Stephenville
tc send a committee there to dis-
cuss the matter, and there is lit-
tle doubt that the plan is a most
feasible one. Thurber is anxious
to get a road south from the coal
mines to Llano, and this will no
doubt be the opportunity - to get
it. Such a line through Stephen-
ville and Hamilton connecting
the coal fields of Erath county
with the iron mines of Llano, has
long been talked of, but no steps
have been taken offering any
definite results. It is believed a
company can be organized right
here at home to build this road
and our citizens are showing
more determination at this time
than has ever been manifested.
Hamilton must and will have a
road.—Herald.
R. L. Gulley,” °f the Lometa
section, was here Saturday. He
reports that he lost his Irish po-
tato crop, his garden and some
corn by the freeze.
$100—Dr. E. Detchou’s Anti-Diuretic
may be worth to you more than $100 if
you have a child who soils bedding from
incontinence of water during sleep.
Cures old and young alike. It arrests
the trouble at once. $1. Sold by Key
Bros., druggists, Lampasas; sep-5
Hillsboro, Texas. — Constable
Dalton and Deputy Hooks raided
a crowd of four men in a bed
room over the opera house, while
they were busy in a “game,5
this afternoon. They found the
door of the room closed and
went out at a window on to the
awning with a step-ladder. Mr.
Dalton placed the ladder ■ by the
window ef the room where the
garae was in progress. Mr. Dal-
ton watched the game a few sec-
onds through the half-raised
window and went in. The aston-
ishment of .the party was very
acute and distressing, particular-
ly as they found the door secure
against retreat. Realizing the sit-
uation they took it philosophical-
ly and wanted to know how he
got in. “Oh, I clumin,” he an-
swered, as he stood among them.
They were not all youthful, as
one cf them had p0017^ bm Mtb
year. They were released on
bond. Mr. Dalton says there
won’t be any gambling here
while he is constable if he can
prevent it.
J. E. Fisher is authority for the
statement that Prof. J. N. Gam-
brell, of Prairie Lea, has shipped
from Luling since Christmas
something like $500 worth of fine
Poland China pigs. He shipped
three pigs over the Aransas Pass
the first of last week that looked
to be three or four weeks old, for
which he received $62. The cost
of their raising was as near noth-
ing as it could possibly be, the
success oi line nog railed. Oeiil^
largely due to a great big oat
patch planted early in the fall,
which keeps the swine in tip top
condition all the winter. When
we visited him last year Mr. Gam-
brell had as pretty cows in his
pen as there are in the county.
These go well in connection with
the hog industry. His poultry
yard is another source of revenue
to him, and his chickens would
take blue ribbons at any poultry
show. It would pay the mer-
chants of Luling to pay the hack
fare from here there, of every
farmer in this county if all who
saw Mr. GantbrelPs method of
farming, would do likewise.—
Luling Signal.
Only one suit of any importance
was tried during the recent term
of the district court, that of the
City of Lampasas vs. the First
National Bank for thxes on its
surplus fund. The bank was
represented by Messrs. Matthews
ifc Browning and the city by
Messrs. Acker & Abney. It was
a royal fight, and the city won
the suit, and the bank at once
gave notice of appeal. There
were four divorces granted and
one suit of trespass to try title
was tried. Not a criminal case
of any character was b-fore the
court for action, and not a jury
was ernpannelled during the en-
tire term, for the purpose of mak-
ing a trial. It has,come time for
people to dwell together in peace,
and the litigation here is almost
entirely settled outside of the
courthouse.
Considerable excitement pre-
vails over the state as a result of
the killing of a constable by a
saloon keeper in Beaumont. The
constable was trying to enforce
the law, and the saloons defied
him. The shooter has been de-
nied bail. One of the results is
that the saloons of Aust.n and
Houston have agreed to close on
Sundays from 9 in the morning
until 1 in the afternoon, while
those in Beaumont say they will
close during the entire Sabbath.
The law requires that they close
from midnight to midnight, but
no doubt those who propose the
short closing hours think they
are making a great concession.
The Houston Post remarks edi-
torially that the killing of the
constable at Beaumont has done
much for the cause of prohibition
in Texas.
The present term of the public
schools of the city will close on
the 22nd of this month. There
are eight in the graduating class,
and the board, has their diplomas
ready for their reception when
they stand the examination and
finish their course. Following
are the names of those who will
complete the course this term:
Lillie Smith, Kittie Word, Ethel
Fletcher, Mattie Labbaitte, Annie
Mackey, Helen Maekey, Ruth
Phillips, Charles Spreen. Do
you notice the preponderance of
the girls in this report? Only
one young man to graduate, and
he the son of an honored for-
eigner who believes in the public
school and has kept his son at
.... ’ n Af fV> o 1 n of
there were more boys, but the
larger part of the finished pupils
turned out. by all the schools in
these day3.are girls. Soon the
women will have charge of affairs
and possibly it will be a better
world then.
CJff'Od Roads.
The 28th legislature at its reg-
ular session failed to enact into
law the bill providing for work-
ing the shcrt term convicts on
Hermit of Marble Falls.
Marble Falls, Texas, May 2—
Edward Eddans died yesterday
at his home in Marble Falls. The
scraps of his history procurable
the county roads, but this should j read like a romance. He was born
not prevent the press of the state ; in France of English parents
from continuing to agitate the I eighty-one years ago. His father
question of good roads. Texas ' fought in the French revolution,
needs a good system of road ^ it is said. He himself was a sol-
building’, it is absolutely necessa- dier in the late war on the Federal
ry and the press should urge the
governor to bring the matter be-
fore the extra session for farther
side. He was for years a sailer,
twice rounding Cape Horn. He
had lived in Burnet county since
discussion. The objection was ! the 70s and for the past eight
made that it would cost the state j years lived a hermit. His little
too much to withdraw the neces- ! house, a marvel of architecture,
sary number of convicts from the j still stands attached to his goat
With the books received from
the “Book Reception” given last
week. %here ought to be a nu-
cleus for a good library. Over
three hundred good books thus
donated will form a good start.
The people of Lampasas should
have been among those remem-
bered by Mr. Carnegie' in the
matter of libraries, and we could
have been but for *our own neg-
uAU mmi-i-vrcnee in diis
and many other things. It may
not yet be too late to make a suc-
cessful application to him. We
must have security of $1000 per
year for the care of the building,
if he does anything for us, and
surely this amount could b©
easily raised, if we would but
take hold. Other places, no more
favorably situated, have suc-
ceeded in this and other things,
and there is no reason why we
should fail in anything. We must
“hang together, or we will be
sure to hang separately are the
words of some man who believed
in working together for a common
object. Get together on every-
thing, and what we want will
come to us.
penitentiary. Surely no one ex-
pects to obtain good roads with-
out considerable cost, but it
should be evident to all that, the
general good resulting from first-
class county roads will largely
overbalance the cost.
It is about time to shear the
sheep, and those who own that
kind of property say that it al-
ways rains aoout shearing time.
May it rain abundantly.
If Wade McGuire is missed
from his accustomed place next
week, just remember that he owns
something near two thousand
head of sheep and that it is time
to save the wool. He will be in
again as soon as shearing is over.
Nelson C. Munger, cashier of
the Houston National Bank,came
in Sunday morning to spend a
few days visiting his sisters,
Mrs. M. Y, Stokes and Mrs. H.
F. Lewis and other relatives.
Rev. C. C. Greer came down
from San Angelo last week and
after spending a few days here
returned to that place, ac-
companied by his two daugh-
ters Misses Kiltie and Leah. Bro.
Greer has rented the City Hotel
at San Angelo and is doing a
good business. He will probably
remove his family to that place
in the near future.
Jack Townsen, son of J. W.
Townsen, and -Miss Ada Dorr,
daughter of Dr. Dorr, of Burnet,
had an experience Sunday after-
noon which they do not desire to
repeat. While they were out
driving, the horse became a little
obstreperous, and as a result the
occupants of the buggy were
thrown out just in front of the
residence of Thos. Colbert. Nei-
ther of them was badly injured,
•thono-h hath were much frighten-
ed. The buggy, the rubber-tired
runabout owned by Norman
Townsen, was completely wreck
ed, and cannot be repaired. The
young folks were able to be out
ag'ain Monday, but both will be
more careful in the future with
horses they may happen to have
in charge. It is fortunate that
there were no worse results.
Sheep.
The sheep industry in all sec-
tions of the state is reported to
be in a flourishing condition.
There is a good and steady de-
mand for wool all over the world,
and good fat mutton commands
prices ah till American
markets. A good market for
dressed mutton has been found
in England’, to which country,
large quantities are now shipped
in cold storage. This results in
an improved market for fat Tex-
as mutton. Every, farm should
keep a few sheep. The wool
clip alone will prove a great aid
to the farm, as it brings in ready
cash when there is no other crop
ready for the market. The mut-
ton sheep can be easily and
cheaply fattened for market in
the winter. The sheep is well
Worth his keep, and when allow-
ed the run of the fields in fall
and winter, adds an additional
fertility to the soil. Lampasas
farmers should diversify in stock
raising as well at farming.
shed. There he milked his goats,
churned the milk and tended his
chickens and garden. He lived
almost exclusively on the pro-
ducts of these. He is said not to
have drunk any other milk or ate
any other butter than that fur-
nished by his flock.
He was a member of the Metho-
dist church of Marble Falls and
to it he has bequeathed all his
earthly belongings, naming Dr.
T. M. Yett, president of the First
National bank, as the executor
of his will. His one social duty
was a scrupulously regular at-
tendance at church. Only severe
illness ever kept him away. He
was deaf for years, but although
minister and the singers could
not reach his understanding the
spirit seemed to penetrate his
soul. He frequently gave way to
tears and shouts of pious rapture.
His remains were interred at the
city cemetery at 4 p. m. yester-
day.
A Cotton Mill for Taylor.
The business men of Taylor are
making strenuous efforts towards
the establishment of a cotton mill
in that city. By invitation of the
Taylor Board of Trade, A. T.
Taylor, of Houston, an experi-
enced cotton mill operator, has
submitted to the Board a propo-
sition which may probably event-
uate in the early establishment
of a cotton mill in Taylor. The
Leader congratulates Taylor upon
its prospects and at the same
time would suggest to our own
Board of Trade, that no better
location can be found in Texas
for a cotton mill than Lampasas.
Let us not be content with the
artesian well but go ahead and
inaugurate an industrial enter-
prise that will utilize our abund-
! ant water supply. If we cannot
reach higher, let us at least have
a canning factory. The fruit
crop this year will justify if. Be-
sides, it will encourage truck
farming. It will also encourage
irrigation by deep wells. Lam-
pasas should not remain only a
distributing center for drygoods,
groceries and farming imple-
ments. That is all very well, but
Lampasas should now- create
something from the raw material
and thus furnish labor to needy
hands. An industrial enterprise
of some -nature—a cotton mill or
cotton seed oil mill —would offer
inducements to home builders to
come among us. There will be a
large fruit crop this year and it
should not be permitted to waste.
There will also be raised a boun-
tiful supply of vegetables. A
cannery is a factory and it has
become a truism that, one factory
begets another. Talk up the
canning factory and perhaps in
time the cotton mill or the cotton
seed oil mill will oome. It is high
time that Lampasas should be
moving along the line of indus-
trial endeavor.
The refinement is not a mere
outside polish a It is purity,gen-
tleness, and grace in the heart,
which like the perfumes of a
flower breathes out and breathes
all the Jife in sweetness.—Anon.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1903, newspaper, May 8, 1903; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth876646/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.