The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 3260, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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Ninth Year
FRIDAY
Lampasas, Texas, June 7, 1912.
FRIDAY
Whole Number 3260
Petition Granted For Trustee Election.
Hon. W. H. McGuire, Mayor of
the City of Lampasas, Lam-
pasas County, Texas.
Sir:—We, the undersigned
qualified electors of the city of
Lampasas, Lampasas county,
Texas, respectfully request that
you order an election, under the
provisions of Article 4006 Re-
vised Civil Statutes of the State
of Texas, to be conducted as
other municipal elections, to de-
cide by a majority vote of the
qualified electors voting at said
election, whether said city of
Lampasas, Lampasas county,
Texas, shall acquire the exclu-
sive control of any and all of the
public free schools and institu-
tions of learning within its lim-
its, and whether the, same shall
be under the control of the Board
of Trustees, as shall be herein-
after elected, or of the council or
board of aldermen of said city.
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. Craft, B. F. Wiley, T.
C. Bivins, Henry Radford, W.
B. Winkles, S. H. Murray, C. E.
Thomas, J. A. Blackshear, J. P.
Dillingham, T. D. Harris, J. B.
Cockrell, T. J. Sims, C. O. Buck-
land, W. H. Webber, B. D. Jor-
dan, Sam Dickens, G. Word
Smith, W. A. Marcee, Omar
Smith, Roy L. Walker, R. L.
Nichols, W. Donovan, R. W.
Bridgers, Ernest J. Bradley, Alex
Largent, E. Stoneham, E. N.
Wolf, J. J. Pearson, Rice King,
R. J. Paine, F. O. Lytton, H. S.
Fay, Joe Bounds, J. F. Yazell,
Jim Williams, H. T. Pace, J. W.
Proffitt.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Be it ordained by the city coun-
cil of the city of Lampasas,
Texas, That in pursuance of a
petition by 25 per cent of the
qualified voters of the city of
Lampasas, Texas, there shall be
and is hereby ordered a special
lection to be held*on the third
Tuesday in June, it being the
8th day of June 1912; said elec-
ion to be held at the courthouse
’n the city of Lampasas, of which
R. L. Nichols is appointed pre-
iding officer of the said election,
aid election to be held, for the
urpose of determining whether
the trustees of the schools of the
ity of Lampasas shall be elected
y the direct vote of the people,
r be appointed by the mayor
nd confirmed by the council as
as been heretofore done. At
id election none but qualified
ectors shall be allowed to vote,
and those favoring the election
of said trustees by a vote of the
people will place on their ballots
the words, “For the election of
school trustees by vote of the
qualified electors,” and those fa-
voring a selection of said trustees
by the mayor and council shall
place on their ballots the words,
“For the appointment of school
trustees by the mayor and board
of aldermen.”
W. H. McGuire,
Mayor.
Some time ago The Leader
mentioned the fact that the pe-
tition set forth above was in cir-
culation and that an election
would probably be ordered.
Now the above action has been
taken by the mayor and the elec-
tion must be held.
It might be well to analyze
this petition somewhat by way of
introduction to the discussion
which may follow.
In the first place there are
more than four hundred voters
in the city, and it is reasonable
to suppose that the friends of this
movement used proper industry
and diligence in getting signa-
tures. The petition contains 37
names, or less than ten per cent
of the voters within the incor-
porated limits of the city. Some
of the signers are single men,
and probably a, majority of those
who signed this petition have no
children of scholastic age and
signed the petition more as an
accommodation to a friend than
because of any interest they may
have felt in the success of the
school.
As may be noticed from a cas-
ual glance at the names on the
petition, very few of the leading
business men put their names
upon it. The Leader is informed
that the law somewhere says that
such an election must be ordered
when a petition of one-fourth of
the qualified voters in the last
election request it, and it seems
that only ninety voters appeared
the last time a ballot for city of-
ficials was had, and there was
no alternative but to make the
order.
Now, allow The Lead'er to say,
peace and harmony have pre-
vailed in Lampasas as to school
matters for some fifteen or eight-
een years, and might have con-
tinued indefinitely butj for this
movement. If this election shall
be held and the proposed change
shall be made, the people may as
well get ready to see their school,
which has been so successful
and harmonious for the past sev-
eral years, brought into political
turmoil and turbulence once a
year at the annual election of
school trustees. Keep the school
out of politics. See that your
ballot reads, “For the appoint-
ment of school trustees by the
mayor and board of aldermen.”
The election will be held Tues-
day, June 18th, Be sure you
vote.
Probably no man who will give
the matter any special thought,
will advocate putting the school
into politics, and some may say
this movement will not have that
effect, but The Leader feels sure
the origin of this movement was
a political one, probably not
L ,. The Revival Meeting.
“With what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you
again.”—7: 2.
~ This is the text from which
Evangelist Crum preached a pow-
erful sermon at the Methodist
church, to a good sized congre-
gation Thursday night. The ser-
mon was listened to with pro-
found interest from the first sen-
tence to the last and many ex-
pressions of appreciation were
heard after the service closed.
The one chief object of the
meeting, as was announced by
the pastor at the beginning, is
the deepening, broadening, and
enriching the spiritual life of the
church in general and of the
young converts in particular, and
the line of sermons preached by
Mr. Crum should certainly prove
invaluable in producing such re-
sults, Every sermon seems to be
directed to that end and in the
opinion of many who have at-
tended all the services, each ser-
mon rises higher than all pro-
ceeding efforts.
This morning M r. Crum
preached from Heb. 4 : 16. “Let
us therefore come boldly unto the
throne of grace, that we may ob-
tain mercy and find grace to help
in time of need.” The sermon
was profoundly instructive arid
deeply spiritual and seemed to
strike a responsive cord in the
heart of every one present. The
effort of this sermon will doubt-
less be lasting.
The service will begin prompt-
ly at 8:15 tonight. Tomorrow
morning (Saturday) at 10 o’clock
Mr. Crum will preach a special
sermon to the older people. All
are cordially ^invited to attend all
the services.
Roper-Farris.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs
Elbert Clements, Thursday even-
ing, June *6th, af^S: 30 o’clock,
occurred the wedding of Miss
Ella Farris and and Hugh
Roper, in the presence of the two
sisters of the bridegroom, Mrs.
Neva Payne and Miss Eleanor
Roper and Mr, and Mrs. Muchat
Rugeley.
Rev. T. G. Alfred of the First
Baptist church pronounced the
ceremony, the bridal pair stand-
ing before a beautiful altar of
ferns, erected in the large arch
way.
The bride was charming in 1
handsome gown of embroidered
chiffon over white satin.
Immediately after the cere-
mony light refreshments Were
served.
The bride is a popular clerk in
the drygoods department of
Stokes Bros. & Co., and the
bridegroom, a young man of
sterling worth, is employed in
the grocery department of the
same firm. *
The young couple will reside
in the McHenry residence on 3rd
street.
Mrs. Pankey, mother of Mrs.
L. C. Dale, is reported as being
seriously ill at the Carothers res-
idence northwest of the city.
Remember the closing exer-
cises at St. Dominic’s Villa to-
night. The program appears
elsewhere, and will certainly give
pleasure to those who attend.
CONKLIN’S
Self-Filling
Fountain Pens
A Pen that Both Fills and
Cleans Itself with One
Operation
We Sell THem on a Guarantee to
Give Perfect Satisfaction
Schwarz & Hoffmann
The Obliging Druggists
We
Card of Thanks,
sincerely thank the fire
democratic, republican popu-
listic or of socialism, but politi-
cal, nevertheless, for instead of
proceeding on the authority pos-
sessed as heretofore, this meas-
ure would reverse the order, and
create constant political disturb-
ance.
The office fef schdol trustee is
an important, but thankless, po-
sition. No honors, no emolu-
ments accompany the office, but
the responsibilities are great and
the work no small item. The
Leader never knew of an indi-
vidual who sought the office, and
it knows the present- mayor has
exercised great care, and the
council has shown much wisdom
in the selection of school trus-
tees, while the school has been
successful and has made much
progress since the present meth-
od has beenv in use. See that
your ballot reads “For the ap-
pointment of school trustees by
the mayor and board of aider-
men,” and thus avoid an annual
turmoil and save the school from
politics, and be sure you vote.
boys and all who came so prompt-
ly to our assistance, and render-
ed such efficient aid, when the
building containing our stock
was on fire; also our esteemed
contemporary in business, Guar-
antee Tailors, who put at our
service their shop and imple-
ments. , Gratefully,
Joe Moore & Co.
There will be no choir practice
at the Baptist church tonight.
Mrs. W. J. Smith and her son,
Philip, from School creek, were
pleasant callers at the Leader of-
fice.
Baled oats are selling by the
ton at $12.00 or 50cents per bale
in small quantities. The price
will probably be higher unless
rain comes very soon, as the corn
crop* will be like it has been for
three years past.
Wool continues to come in
steadily, and wool men from the
eastern markets are frequently
seen on the streets. So far no
prices have been learned,
have any sales been made.
nor
New Location.
Since the fire of Thursday aft-
ernoon we have moved our tailor-
ing business to the west ^end of
the First National bank building,
where we are fully prepared to
serve our customers and will ap-
preciate your orders.
Joe Moore & Co.
„ Eph Davis, who will graduate
There have been a few cases » ,, . , . ®
£ , ■ ■., f , ^ from the law department of the
or typhoid fever reported even j TT . h. !
... ■ ... . ^ mi | ! State University this term, is
this early in the season. The fly ■ j , r, ’
. " spending a few days among the
is said to be the principal agent i,„. , f ,u. * , ,.
. ,, A . ?. * ‘ i voters of this county, seeking
m the dissemination of this dis- , . ,, |S| , . ,
' [ votes for the office of county at-
Swat the fly, poison theL , *
*i__ I torney, for which he is a candi-
date.
ease
fly, trap the fly, kill the fly.
Weather has been excellent for £>| <3. Kolb, now living on
the saving of the small grain Rough Greek, San Saba county,
crop, but farmers say unless j was here a day or two. He came
there be rain soon the corn crop
will be a complete failure. It is
just now in the state where rain
is much needed.
Fire Teaches Lesson.
College Station, Tex,, June 2.—
A lesson taught by the fire which
stroyed the main building at the
A. and M. College of Texas is
that the papers within leather
cases, inside an iron safe, will
not escape the heat of the fire ;
therefore, when putting valuable
documents in a safe to protect
them against fire, be sure there
is no leather about them.
John M. Carson, Jr., treasurer
of the A. and M, College, opened
the safe of his office, which went
through the fire, Saturday after-
noon late. The safe was righted
Friday. It had been buried be-
neath the thousands of brick
which came from above and lay
upon its face.
The papers within wooden
drawers were safe, the packages
within the inside iron compart-
ments were safe. Those papers
which were in the various open
compartments were scorched
some. There was a leather hand
bag inside in which Mr. Carson
had some papers. The leather of
the hand bag was in bad shape
and it appears to have had a bad
effect on the papers within the
bag, the action of the heat of the
leather being the cause. There
was a tin box belonging to one
of the officers of the college in
the safe, Every paper in the
tin box was unhurt, but within
that tin box was a leather purse,
and the leather purse was charred
and out of shape, and the papers
within the purse were totally de-
stroyed.
Try the Lampasas Steam Laun-
dry, under new management.
Operated by experienced people
on strict sanitary principles. We
wash anything any time. A trial
will convince you. d-61
The onion crop of this and San
Saba counties will be immense.
While not equal to the crops of
Webb, Dimmitt, LaSalle and oth-
er counties in that section of the
state in the production of onions,
yet these two counties will show
up well when the marketing time
comes. There are several hun-
dred acres in onions, and as a’
consequence several hundred
to Lampasas county in 1855 and
settled a few miles below what is
known as Old Senterfitt, later he
was a ranger, and served as a
v* | soldier in the civil war. Forty -
| five years ago he settled on his! cars of onions will be shipped
All members of the Library present home, and has lived there j from these two counties. The
board are requested to attend the continuously since. He is a good ! crop is later than in Southern
regular monthly meeting, which,! citized and had the pleasure of Texas, but usually comes on the
on account of the cake contest | meeting many of his old friends the market when the price is
Was postponed until tomorrow,1 here, among them John Nichols, good. The onion farms of this
Saturday, June 8th, at 4:30 p. m. j Alvin Anderson, this editor and section are permanent and the
Mrs. John Hall, Pres, j others. owners are prosperous.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 3260, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1912, newspaper, June 7, 1912; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth889293/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.