The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1902 Page: 5 of 6
six pages : ill. ; page 22 x 15 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
THE LAMPASAS LEADER. Supplement to Vol. 14. No. 20. April 11, 1902.
Fire Queen Chosen.
Tuesday evening the Fire Boys
entertained their friends with an
ice cream, at which the contest
for Fire Queen was closed.
At an early hour the friends
of the fire department began ar-
riving' and soon the hall was
completely filled with thelbeauty
ana chivalry of the city.
While partaking of ice cream
refreshments, with the charm of
An Elegant Entertainment.
In the entertainment given at
Mrs. W. P. Darby’s on Thurs-
day, March 24th, we find a fitting
consummation of Lampasas many
social achievements. Hospital-
ity and good cheer met at the
threshold each and every guest,
and continued throughout the
evening with ever increasing
pleasure and interest. Refresh-
ments tasteful, delicious and ap-
musid vibrating over the hall, | propriate were served in the din-
the voting for fire queen was be- j ing roon on small tables whose
ing conducted, with that pecu- \ polished tops shone like glass
iiar animation that prevades \ through the beautifully embroid-
such events. j; ered doilies and center pieces,
Higher and higher climbed the ; and if, indeed, any were dis-
figures that would soon tell the j pleased, this served to soothe
chosen beauty that would grace [ their incomprehensible tempers,
the throne of royalty on San j The Ladies’ Orchestra never
Jacinto day. | played to better advantage. In
At intervals as the result was [ their own inimitable way they
called by Hon. D. W. Phillips, j held the refined hearers spell-
who presided as judge, with j bound.
Robert Wright as recording sec- j Mrs. Brandenbbrg and Miss
retary, the hum of approval for Annie Williamson played one of
the winning candidates was
heard.
To She fair ladies who have
labored so tirelessly and faith-
fully in their assistance and es-
pecially Mesdames Walter Rey-
nolds, Will Rogers, James Wains-
cott and Misses Minnie Reynolds
and Alice Greenwood, and let us
add to our best helpers Mr. Billie
Woods for the success of the fes-
tival, they vote special thanks.
Slowly the minutes passed as
the closing came nearer and j viands are proffered with such
nearer, and the interest became j winning grace. Time was re-
more intense. j lentless and the clock would not
With bounds and leaps the fig- j stop, so at the appointed hour
ures rose, and when time was j the guests departed after having
those beautiful pieces that live
not in the mind but in the heart.
Mesdames Edwards andDunk-
um charmed all with one of their
sweet songs.
Miss Phillips charmed all with
a beautiful and difficult piano
solo.
Jove was never blessed in Hebe
with fairer servants than the
three young ladies acting on this
occasion. Even those not hun-
gry, must needs eat when the
called, a hush of suspense filled
the room, and when Hon. D. W.
Phillips faced the audience and
announced that
Miss Lessie Stringfellow
had been chosen, a shout of ap-
proval was heard from her many
admiring friends.
Thus closed the interesting
contest that has been the absorb-
ing theme of weeks.
The fire boys return their most
grateful thanks to those who
have so liberally and kindly aid-
ed them, and renew their pledges
to faithful discharge of their self
imposed duties.—Our Paper
Daily.
The president has sent a mes-
sage to congress formally an-
nouncing that Cuba will be
turned over to the Cuban gov-
ernment on May 20, 1902.
so generously contributed to
that worthy cause—The Lam-
pasas Fire Department.
Congressman Slayden was here
Wednesday for a few hours, and
left at noon for Burnet, where he
will spend a few days in looking
after the interests of his candi-
dacy for re-election. He car-
ried Mills county over all oppo-
nents, and expects to carry Lam-
pasas, Coleman and Burnet on
this side of the river, and nearly
all the counties on the west side
of the Colorado. The people are
well pfc^n^d with the service he
has rendered, and are always
glad to see him among them.
There is now only a single can-
didate for land commissioner,
Mr. Terrell, of Wise county.
Lefevre has no opposition for
superintendent of public instruc-
tion,'and Lanham for Governor
has practically no opponent.
PROGRAM.
The following is the program
for the meeting of the Texas
Veterans Association and Daugh-
ters of the Republic:
APRIL 19th.
Meeting of the Daughters of
the Republic at 9:30; afternoon
meeting at 1:30.
APRIL 20th.
Memorial Service, Texas Vet-
erans at Methodist church at 3
o’clock P. M.
APRIL 21st.
Meeting of Texas Veterans As-
sociation at the courthouse at 9
o’clock. Meeting of State His-
torical Association, at the court-
house 4 o’clock. Reception for
visiting Daughters of the Repub-
lic and their friends at the resi-
dence of Mrs. J. F. Skinner from
6 to 9 o’clock.
From Lometa.
I thought I would send you a
few items from Old Senterfitt.
Crops are good considering the
amount of rain that we have had.
Farmers are busy planting cot-
ton and plowing corn. Cattle
are mending slowly, as there is
but little grass. There is no stir
in the cattle business.
I understand Mr. J. F. White,
of Lampasas has sold his steers;
will begin to gather them Mon-
day; price unknown.
Ail the people who are up with
their work have gone fishing and
others are going as soon as they
can spare the time.
There was a crowd of young
folks attended the concert at the
Bend last Friday night. It was
quite a success.
Well, as I can’t think of any-
thing else at present; with much
success to the Leader, I remain,
as ever, ROUGH RIDER.
The Leader is requested to say
that all the business houses in
Lampasas will be closed on the
21st of April, from 10 o’clock in
the morning until 5 o’clock in
the afternoon, on account of the
reunion of the Texas Veterans,
the meeting of the Daughters of
the Republic and the Firemen’s
Celebration. When you come to
town that day, come early, and
be prepared to stay late, and do
not fail to bring your baskets
I well filled with provisions. It is
to be a great basket picnic, and
not a barbecue in any sense of
the word. Let all who can, come
prepared to take care of them-
selves and to assist in caring for
others.
A Great Rublic Convenience.
A very practical measure and
one that will conduce greatly to
the convenience of the public is
the bill that has been introduced
into both houses of congress to
j provide for a postal currency. A
! great many persons have occa-
| sion to send small sums of money
j through the mails. They can
j now findmo more convenient or
j less expensive method of trans-
mitting these small amounts than
is afforded by money orders.
To send money in this way re-
quires a trip to the postoffice or
some sub-station. Stamps are
an inconvenient medium of ex-
change and are not accepted by
everybody. It is risky to send
coin or bills in letters. The pos-
tal currency gives to everybody
an easy and inexpensive method
of sending small amounts
through the mails. It provides
that hereafter all one, two and
five dollar bills shall be printed
with blank spaces on their face.
Such bills pass as ordinary cur-
rency, but when it is desired to
pay a bill or make a purchase by
mail with one of them all that is
necessary is to fill out the blanks
with the name of the payee and
his place of businesss or resi-
dence, attach a two cent stamp
to be canceled with the sender’s
initials, sign the sender’s name
in the place indicated for that
purpose and send the money in
an ordinary envelope.
The bill thus becomes a check
on the government. The person
to whom it is sent endorses and
has it cashed at a post office ora
bank. The paid check- is then
sent to the treasurer and a new
bill is issued in its place. The
bill goes further and provides for
the issue of $75,000,000 in frac-
tional curreacy of like style, the
fee for the transmission of which
will be only one cent.—Atlanta
Journal.
Not a year has passed since
the selling of oil from the Beau-
mont wells began, and the sales
to this time are reported to be
11,000,000 barrels. Had the
means been at hand to trans-
port the oil, fire times a3 much
could have been sold, and a hun-
dred times as much supplied.
Secretary Hitchcock recently
instructed the Indian agent at
Muskogee to issue no permits for
hunting in the Indian Territory.
The Indian Territory has been
the mecca for sportsmen from
Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas,
Texas and Oklahoma.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1902, newspaper, April 11, 1902; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877250/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.