The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1903 Page: 8 of 8
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Hammering Prices!
That is what we are doing, and we are doing it right* Remember we are offering nothing but
seasonable goods and at prices which will save you the biggest kind of money. Examine the list of
prices here offered* When you come to this store you find that the goods advertised are ready for
you, and not just sold out. Many goods heretofore advertised are left out to save space, but th0
goods are still to be had at the previously advertised prices.
A nice line of Scotch lawn, worth 5c, our price 10yds for 25c
Figured lawns and Batiste, the 10c grade, good colors, our price 5c
Fancy Batiste, 15c grade, our price, 10c
Fancy Batiste in beautiful colors, worth 20c and 25c, our price 15c
Solid colored organdy, the 10c grade, our price, 5c
Solid colored organdy, the 15c grade, our price, 10c
Solid colored organdy, the 25c grade, yard wide, our price, 15c
Handsome white goods for waistings, 25c value, our price, 15c
Handsome white goods for waistings, 35c value, our price, 20c
Handsome white goods for waistings, 40c and 50c val. our price 25c
The best Madras cloth, yard wide, worth 15c, our price, 8 l-3c
All the best Percales, including solid red, blue, pink, 10c val. at 7c
29-inch Madras shirting, worth 10c, our price, 5c
Shoes and Low cuts still go at the same old low price. The assort-
ment is still good.
A new line of Ladies’ low cuts, $1.50 value, at 98c
Ladies’ low cuts, $2 value, at 1.38
Ladies’ low cuts, $2.50 and $3.00 value, at 1.98
125 pairs ladies and misses’ low cuts in tan colors, they are
worth all the way from 75c to $2 per pair, at per pair 50c
Gents and boys’ shoes at the same cut price.
100 pairs of gents overalls, 75c value, at per pair 29c
A few dozen boys’ work shirts, good 25c value, each at 10c
Best 4-ply linen collar, 15c and 20c value, at 10c
Best 4-ply linen standing collars at 5c
1.00 pairs of work pants, good $1 value, at 69c
Ladies’ wool skirts, worth $3, at 98c
Ladies duck skirts, about 50 left, worth $1, at 25c
Ladies’ covert skirts, worth $2.50, at 98c
10-4 bleached sheeting, extra value, at 15c
20 pieces table oil cloth at 15c
33-inch cheviot, 12 l-2c value, at 7c
Gents’ summer undershirts, worth 30c, at 19c
Gents’ summer undershirts, worth 50c at 38c
Gents’ summer undershirts, worth 75c, at 49c
Scrivins’ drawers, worth 75c, at • 38c
300 pairs of knit drawers, worth anywhere from 50c to $1, at 25c
300 pairs of the celebrated Challenge drawers, double in seat and
crotch, in sizes for stout men, made from best Pepperel drill,
worth 75c, at 25c.
Our 5-cent line of laces and embroideries is great. Worth double
anywhere else. The same applies to most everything else. Come
and see us and you will be treated right, both as to quality and
prices.
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Respectfully. WM. JOSEPH.
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Lampasas will in a few years
be ready to entertain a proposi-
tion for a canning factory, if not
for something larger in the way
of factories. We have here a local
nursery,®and these industries al-
ways raise more fruit than can
be disposed of in the local mar-
ket, besides there are already
several bearing orchards of five
hundred trees or more, while re-
cent plantings will add largely
to this number of large orchards.
In addition to the fruit, we could
furnish any quantity of vege-
tables, such as tomatoes, beans,
green corn, and <pther produce of
this kind for canning, all of
which would pay handsomely if
properly preserved. There is no
good reason why this section of
Texas, should keep its supply of
canned fruits and vegetables in
California,! or even in Eastern
Texas, but every reason why it
should be put up at home, and
the surplus shipped out to more
unfortunate sections. A small can-
nery can be equipped for a few
hundred dollars, and there is
now a process which can be
bought for less than fifty dollars
which can oe made useful in this
work. Let the fruit growers in-
vestigate and if they need help
they can get it at Lampasas.
To Teachers and Trustees.
As the state superintendent of
public instruction has ruled that
a QQntractjjbetween teachers and
trustees is not*binding until the
same is approved, and must not
be approved until the apportion-
ment is made in August, con-
tracts cannot|be approved until
that time. Thisjwill not prevent
teachers and trustees from en-
tering into an agreement, but the
contract must}*be based on the
apportionment. A.
D. C. Thomas,
County Judge.
This office has turned out some
circulars advertising the springs
during the past week. They are
similar in appearance and matter
to those issued by authority of
the Board of Trade in 1900, but
the management this year has
been exceedingly careful to take
no promises of arrangements
from any one, and state in the
circulars only what will be ful-
filled to the letter. The people
should assist Matt W. Poole in
every possible way in getting
visitors to come here, and in mak-
ing it pleasant- for them when
they come. The best thing about
Lampasas is the waters, and the
best thing for the business inter-
ests of the town is proper care of
the visitors, and plenty of them.
See that you do your part towards
securing people and in assisting
to make it pleasant and attractive
for all who come.
Have you seen that big lot of
pretty dress goods at Stevens
Racket Store?
Zeno Miller exhibited at this
office Friday a piece of ore which,
according to our view, was almost
pure graphite. It was a slough-
ing off a larger piece evidently,,
anej^had probably washed to where
he found it. The piece which he
had would probably weigh a
pound or more, and shows that
somewhere in this section there
is abundance of that material. It
is used in the manufacture of
lead pencils, stove polish, and is
also frequently used as a lubri-
cant. Another gentleman, whose
name we are not authorized to
give, says he has a mountain of
this material located, and is only
waiting for it to become of value.
Lampasas will yet develop valu-
able minerals, as well as marble
and. granite.
Good cloth window shades only
20 cents at Stevens Racket Store
The high grade of merchandise
and low prices they are offering
the trade, is bringing the Lam-
pasas Commercial Company a
large business each day.
W. T. Munger is out on the
Colorado this week with his
brother and other friends trying
to entice some of the fish with
hook and line. He is taking his
annual vacation, and is pleased
to spend it with his brother.
Business seems quite dull for
the season, but when there.gets
to be plenty of moisture in the
ground, which now seems prob-
able, the business will get.better
in all lines. Really, the grocery
man is the only one who has what
the boys would call a “dead
cinch” on business. People are
compelled to eat a little bit, no
matter what the weather or other
surrounding conditions.
F. C. Whitmire, who still
makes his home at Lometa,'
though he has been at work at
various points on the Southern
Pacific system for some years,
was here Monday, and paid The
Leader a pleasant visit. Mr.
Whitmire is a skilled telegraph
operator, and is studying dil-
igently the wireless system
which has recently come into
use. It was our pleasure to fur-
nish him some literature on this
question.
The third quarterly conference
for the Methodist church at Lam-
pasas was held Monday night,
only a limited attendance being
present. The reports showed
things in fairly good condition.
Presiding Elder Scott left on the
night train of that day for St.
Louis, where he was called to a
general missionary conference.
John B. Price, one of the older
citizens here, made The Leader a
pleasant call Thursday morning.
He has an uncle who is visiting
him from Hopkins county, John
B. Calicut by name. This gen-
tleman is now 89 years of age,
and was in the first battle for
Texas freedom as well as one Of
the number who captured Santa
Anna. He says he has his hopes
fixed to live 100 years, and
thought Lampasas springs water
might assist him in living to this
age. He is much pleased with
this section of Texas.
Lampasas Commercial Compa
ny are making many handsome j
suits to order for the best dressers
of the city and county.
The killing of an officer of the
law by a saloon keeper at Beau-
mont on Sunday while the former
was in the discharge of his duty,
has stirred the state from center
to circumference. However, peo-
ple who tolerate flagrant viola-
tions of the law may expect the
legitimate harvest to be murder
and rapine.—Austin Statesman.
Advertised Tetter List
The following is a list of the
uncalled-for letters remaining in
the Lampasas postoffice for the
week ending today.
W. H. Blulock, J. M. Collins,
Miss Clara Moore, J. H. Plock.
W. H. Webber, P. M.
.Notice of Stockholders’ Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that a special meeting
of the stockholders of the Houston & Texas Rail-
road Company has been called by the Board of
Directors to convene at the General Offices of
said Company in the City of Houston, Texas, at
j 12 o’clock noon, on the 20th day of July, 1003, for
the purpose'of authorizing the making, execu-
tion and delivery of a first mortgage upon the
railroad of said Company recently constructed
from a point of connection in Burnet county with
the railroad formerly owned by the Austin &
Northwestern Railroad Company; but now own-
ed by said Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Company, thence for a distance of abouti 23.01
miles through the counties of Burnet and Lam-
pasas to the town of Lampasas in Lampasas
county, with its franchises and appurtenances,
to secure the payment of bonds of said Houston
& Texas Central Railroad Company to an amount
not exceeding the principal sum of four hun-
dred and fifty thousand ($450,000.00) dollars, pay-
able at a time not exceeding thirty years from
the date thereof, and bearing interest at a rate
not exceeding five per centum per annum, pay-
able semi-annually.
W. H. FIELD, Secretary,
Houston & Texas Central Railroad Co
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YOUR BANKING.
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No Matter How Large,
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WHEN YOU PAY
50 Cents per pound for
Baking Powder
You actually throw away
25 GENTS
of your Good Money.
Jack Frost
Is Sold Everywhere at
25CENTS
per pound, and i3 guaranteed ab-
solutely pure. Satisfaction or
Money refunded.
TAKE no SUBSTITUTE.
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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/m1/8/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.