The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 3346, Ed. 1 Monday, September 16, 1912 Page: 3 of 4
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J. B. Sneed Kills Al Boyce.
Amarillo, Tex., Sept. 14.—Al
G. Boyce, Jr., was shot and in-
stantly killed this afternoon, and
J- B. Sneed soon thereafter sur-
rendered to the officers and turn-
ed over ■■■ to'them two automatic
pistols and an automatic shotgun.
Boyce had but recently return-
from Canada to Amarillo, and it
was not known that bneed was in
this portion of the state.
The tragedy of this afternoon
is the outcome of the elopement
of Boyce with the wife of Sneed
during last November, the pair
going to Winnipeg, Canada, from
which place several weeks later
Sneed induced his wife to return
to Texas,
Boyce at that time remained in
Canada and during his absence
Sneed shot and killed the form-
er’s father in Fort Worth, for
which he is soon to be tried, the
"irst trial having resulted in a
mistrial. 'V
The shooting of the elder Boyce
occurred on January 13 of this
year.
Al Boyce today was armed,
lthough it appears he did not
know-of the presence of Sneed in
Amarillo. Sneed had discarded
his usual attire and was garbed
as a laborer at the time of the
shooting this afternoon. The two
men being in close proximity at
the time of the shooting, few if
any intimate friends of Sneed
were able to recognize him under
the changed personal conditions.
The families of both are reputed
to be wealthy and had formerly
been business associates, living
as neighbdrs in Amarillo. Both
were prominently connected with
the*cattle industry of the south-
west, and their estrangement
came about through the relations
of Boyce and Mrs. Sneed.
Fear of this tragedy has pre-
vailed for the last several months
and only the supposed absence
of Sneed from Amarillo at this
time occasioned surprise at to-
day’s tragedy.
Following the shooting today
many stories became current
about the time Sneed had been
in Amarillo, but no one seems to
be able to give any exact record
of his movements.
Boyce has spent the greater
part of the time in Amarillo since
his return from Canada, in the
home of his widowed mother, and
has not been much upon the
streets. He constantly reproach-
ed himself for not returning to
Texas at the time of his father’s
death and seemed to be much
depressed on account of the
trouble growing out of his con-
nection with the Sneed family.
Boyce was 38 years of age and'
unmarried.
Our Critical Friends.
I It is not a difficult thing to find
/ fault with people. Many of us
Vseem to have been born with this
/ infirmity. Why not look for the
j good that is in the acts of others?
I It may put us to a little more
j trouble,, but the result is more
] than worth the effort.—Timpson,
{ Times.
) There are people, some of
1 whom buy goods from us, who
will look for our vices with a mi-
croscope and shut their eyes to
keep from seeing our virtues.
They roar oyer the two bad eggs
in a dozen and remain silent as
to the ten good ones. They see
all the mistakes in the paper and
I miss the fine things entirely.
i And in due course they will en-
I ter* the house not made with
- hands and expect to find finger
prints in the plaster.—S t a t e
Press.
Weekly Leader $1.00 pep year
Progress.
HON\ B. F. LOONEY,
Successful C*hdi«late for Attorney General
Looney Stands for Co-operation and [ class would get ahead of them
j and that the teachprs made them
if do extra work when they missed
time from school. To my sur-
prise I found out that they were
interested in their lessons and
making greater progress than I
had thought possible, So I went
to town, bought a two-horse
plow and let them go on to
school.”—J. F. We^b in The
Progressive Farmer.
Greenville, Texas, Sept. 14.-—
Hon. B. F. Looney, successful
candidate for attorney general,
has announced that the policy of f along the border. Federal troops
Saturday and Sunday were
busy days on the borders of
Texas and Mexico. General
Pascual Orozco, father of the
rebel chief, fell into the hands of
the United States troops after es-
caping from Ojinaga, which place
was re-taken by the federal
forces of Mexico. Another Oroz-
co Was also taken in charge by
the U* S. troops but it is thought
he is not the Col. Orozco who has
been making so much trouble
the legal department during his
term of office will be that of co-
operation with the commercial,
agricultural and industrial inter-
ests of the state in the develop-
ment of our resources and that
he will hold up the arms of the
governor in the performance of
his duties.
also took possession of Oaxaca
in southern Mexico, while El
Tigre, a mining town on the bor-
der of Arizona, fell into the
hands of the Mexican rebels, It
is claimed they did not in any
way injure or molest the mines
or miners.
“Every good citizen must stand
for the enforcement of the laws,”
said Mr. Looney, in discussing
the policy of his department,
“but no man with good sense and
proper motives would want to
disturb an investment, hinder or
frighten Capital from our state or
do otherwise than encourage all
proper development of our re-
sources. While I stand for the
enforcement of law, about the
wisdom and policy of which I
have nothing to do, I do not pro-
pose to use the great power of
the office of Attorney General for
any putpose other than to execute
the law and in no sense in a dem-
agogic or ill-advised spirit.”
No department of government
is more influential in either accel-
erating or throttling progress ^
than that of the Attorney Gener-
al, and in standing for a sensible
enforcement of the law* Mr.
Looney shows a keen apprecia-
tion of the responsibilities and
possibilities of the office, a clear
understanding of the needs of
state government and a patriotic
desire to serve the people honest-
ly* faithfully and intelligently.
When the policy outlined by Mr,
Looney is made effective it Will
result in improved public high-
ways, more interurban lines, bet-
tere rural schools, more steam
roads and better facilities for the
transportation of products, open-
ing of our mines and develop-
ment of Our latent agricultural
resources.
Better Schools and Better farming.
Salem Township, in Granville
county, N. C., voted a special tax
for gchools two years ago. * This
gives them double the number of
teachers at much better salaries
and also increased considerably
the length of term.
A patron of one of the schools
in this township, came into my
office a short time after the be-
ginning of the term, and in talk-
ing about the school, made this
statement:
“I had always been in the
habit of stopping my boys from
school whenever I needed" them
to dig potatoes, or gather corn,
or plow. This year however, I
found trouble in carrying out
this custom, for the boys began
to kick when I suggested that
they stay at home to work on the
farm, even if it was for only one
day at a time. They complained
that the other members of the
Grown from vigorous plants,
gathered by skilled labor, pre-
pared in the best manner, and
then hermetically sealed, so as to
reach the consumer with all its
original aroma, Denison’s Cof-
fees are taking the best trade
everywhere. Try it. You will
like it. Sold only by Higdon-
Senterfitt Co. dwtf
Wire thrown upon the streets
or roadways is a very dangerous
thing, and may be a menace to
life. It was only a week ago
that a woman living near Dan-
bury was seriously injured
through the entanglement of her
saddle horse’s leg in a stray
piece of wire on a public road.
The use of much baled hay leaves
a lot of waste wire lying about,
unless special precautions are
taken to put it out of the way.
Carelessness in this regard is the
cause of numerous accidents,
many of which are never report-
ed and the public never learns of
it. The strength, softness, and
pliability of hay wire makes it
doubly dangerous, and the pos-
sibilities of accident is greatly
increased thereby. Keep your
waste wire out of the road and
sidewalks.—Alvin Advocate.
Daily Leader 3 months for $1
'$ -}--——
A young man who recently
graduated delivered an essay in
which he used many high-
sounding expressions, among
which he advised his brother and
sister graduates to “hitoh their
wagon to a star.” A young la-
dy followed him with another
graduation essay, and secured
the admiration of the audience
by saying that the stars were too
far away to hitch wagons to. She
then stated that the young man
she was looking for was the
fellow who knew how to hitch a
team of mules to a self binder.—
Alva Pioneer.
It Will Please You.
Ground from special wheat,
prepared by the best machinery,
carefully oared for from the field
to the consumer, and made for
the best trade, White Crest Flour
gives satisfaction to every user.
People in Lampasas who have
used it pronounce it the best ev-
er brought here. Try it, and you
Will want no other. Sold only
by Higdon-Senterfitt Co. dwtf
Daily Leader three months $1.
Land For Sale
Having moved into.the city of Lampasas
with the intention of remaining here perma-
nently, I desire to dispose of all my country
property and will be pleased to consult with
prospective customers. The lands are free
from debt and reasonable terms can be given
on any or all of them. Here is a partial
description:
No. I—420 acres, eight miles east of Lampasas, fenced
sheep proof, about 55 or 60 acres in cultivation and some
more that can be tilled, (rood country house of three
rooms, chimney, two wells, two tanks, young Orchard, two
fields, three pastures, plenty of sheep sheds and outhouses.
No. &—485 acres two miles south of Lampasas on the
Georgetown road, fenced, no other improvements. 100
acres can be cultivated. Would make a dandy dairy farm
or small sheep ranch.
No. 3—236 acres two miles east of Lampasas, about 45
acres in cultivation, good land, 25 to 50 more can be culti-
vated, 15 to 25 acres could be irrigated, fenced with seven
wires, creek front for more than half a mile. No other im-
provements. Would make an ideal suburban home.
Lands will surely be higher in the near
future and here is an opportunity to get a
home footing for less than it can be bought
in the future. For further particulars see
me at The Leader office.
J. E. Vernor, Owner
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it’s worth do-
ing well.
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at all times is
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 3346, Ed. 1 Monday, September 16, 1912, newspaper, September 16, 1912; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth889523/m1/3/?rotate=180: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.