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Lampasas, Texas, Friday, February 16,1906.
No. 13
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in our store, and the best of all is thst every pair of these shoes was bought
before the advance in the price of leather. This is the largest and most
complete stock of Shoes in this section of the state, and from this assortment
we can suit any taste, lit any foot or satisfy any person, no matter how ex-
acting. You can not afford to overlook our house when you need shoes.
Come to us1 and get shoes for the whole family.
Shoes for Business Men Shoes for Farmers Shoes for Laborers
Shoes for Every Day Shoes for Sunday
Shoes for Ladies, Misses and Children
School Shoes for Bo\ s and Girls
High Cut and Low Cut Shoes
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COVNTRY
CLVB.
We want your Produce. See us .before you sell
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We have winter Clothing, Overcoats, Wraps, etc., at Bar- „
gain prices. Our buyer is now in the eastern markets, and
soon our spring stock will becoming in. Come to us for all
your needs. We have the goods to supply you. »
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Stokes Bros. & Co.
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Commissioners* Court.
The Commissioners* court of
Lampasas county metMonday in
regular session with the follow-
ing members present: M. M.
White, county judge; precinct
No. 1, W. W. Morriss; No. 2, R.
B. Parker; No. 3, Frank Kirby;
No. 4, L. H, Ligon.
: The following order was made
in regard to the levying of taxes
for the ensuing year.
There will be dtring the year
1900 an annual direct advalorem
tax of 25c on the $100, all taxable
property being estimated at its
cash value. In addition to this
there will be a tax of 4c on the
$100 as a sinking fund on the
jail and court house bonds; a tax
of lOo on the *$100 for the repair
and maintenance of the jail and
courthouse; a tax of 4c on the
$100 for a sinking fund on the
$10,000 of bonds of the Red Bluff
and Eagle Ford bridges; a tax of
15c on the $100 for general road
and bridge purposes; a tax lc on
the $100 to create a sinking fund
on $1800 of jail and courthouse
repair fund bonds. It was decid-
ed that all occupation taxes
should apply to the jury fund.
A poll tax of 25c was imposed
for general county purposes. In
addition to this, the following
special school taxes were imposed:
District No. 9, a tax of 20c on
the $100.
District No. 15, a tax of 10c on
the $100.
District No. 19, a tax of 15c on
the $100.
District No. 22, a tax of 20c on
^>100.
-^strict No. 24, a tax of 15c on
the $100. V
District f^o. 25, a tax of 20o on
the $100.
District
the $100.
District 28, a tax of 20c on
the $100/"
So. 27, a tax of 15c on
The county treasurer was in-
structed to take up the following
bonds on the 10th April, 1906 :
No. 21, courthouse and jail
bonds, issued May 10, 1898, $500.
No 22, courthouse and jail
bonds, issued May 10, 1898, $500.
No. 8, bridge bonds, issued
May 14th, 1892, $500.
No. 9, bridge bonds issued May
14th, 1892, $500.
No. 10, bridge bonis, issued
May 14th, 1892, $500.
No. 3, bridge bonds, issued
Jnly 15th, 1899, $500.
No. 4, bridge bonds, issued Ju-
ly 15th, 1899, $500.
Total amount of bonds issued,
$3,500.
P. B. McCoury was given per-
mission to build a telephone line
from Bend to Lometa.
The presiding officers and
judges of elections for the com-
ing year were appointed and
their commissions ordered to be
issued. They are as follows, the
first named being "presiding offi-
cer and the others judges:
No. 1, Lampasas, J.H. H. Ber-
ry, W. 8. Morris, WY W. Pols-
grove, C. F. Hubbard.
No. 2, Nix, J. M. Cagle, W. E.
Layne, Eric Matthews, Edgar
Sawyer.
No. 3, Bend, S. A. Baxter, J.
C. Morris Jr.
No. 4, Pecan Grove, Wm. Bear,
Dick Sewell.
No. 5, Straley, J. A. Clements,
P. A. LeCompte, Joe Straley, R.
B. Hester.
No. 6, Gholson, Frank Ghol-
son, H. J. Kreid.
No. 7, Lometa, Frank Dent,
John Spears, J. F. Fulton, Tom
Kirby.
No. 8, Kempner, J. L. Pickett,
J. A. Cowan, J. \y. Trounce, H.
L. Milsted.
No. 9, Rock Church, J. B.
Williams, J. W. Duke.
No. 10, Fowlers Valley, W. S.
Cunningham, W. J. Mauldin.
The reports of the commission- From ..Monday's Daily Leader
ers as road overseers, the reports
of the justices of the peace and
other officers of the county and
precincts were made and approv-
ed.
Mrs. Nat Gatliff was voted $5
per month relief.
F. M. Henley was appointed
public weigher for precinct No. 3.
The court in levying tbeir taxes
paid special attention to the mat-
ter of roads, and bridges, and
public schools, and these will be
amply provided for. The taking
up of the $3,500 in bonds will
add much to the school fund.
The court turned off quite a
neat little amount of business
For A City Hall.
The prospects of the immediate
erection of a handsome and sub-
stantial city hall are very bright.
At a recent meeting of a number
of representative citizens a com-
mittee was appointed to confer
with the committee of the city
council on the matter. This com-
mittee, consis ing of Messrs. H.
N. Key, W. F. Barnes and C. D.
Stokes, will meet with the com-
mittee of aldermen . tomorrow
night to consider plans for the
nue from the hall will reduce Oa*
rate of city taxes.*’
This is something that the tows
haefit©©44^4jeed of for a
time and The Deader is glad !*»
see things progressing as
are and sa always willing to helgL
The committee of citizens wh*»
were appointed to confer with thv
building committee of the cit#
council, met Tuesday night m
joint session and inspected plaas*
and specifications submitted %
C. A. Logan, the well know*
architect. It was decided
that a number of these will be
presented. Their action in the
this session and deserves credit] “atter wiU P>’°bably be final in
lor the skillful and accurate man-j dBter“,Rin« the ske and style of
'ner in which they have disposed Itbe to')din?- 14 is estimated that
of whatever came before them. |th? oity hal1 win cost *5’m- °f
_ i this amount, the citizens are to
We desire to thank the neigh- ra*se $1,000, advancing thatj
bors and friends for their atten-
tion and kindness to us during i8ure acrip cover same,
the sickness, death and burial of j building is to combine the feat-
our mother.
new building. It is understood | fo*the hS
ing called. Some doubt was ex-
pressed in regard to being able
erect the building according
the plans at the proposed cost
$5,000. The bids will be receive*!
for consideration at the aexl
meeting. The plans which Mr,
, , ... . , Logan submitted were fora
‘""-story structure. The !ow«
floor will contain a long hail (ct
the fire tfugon and.horses, quas-
Joe and John Garner,
Alice and Beulah Garner.
One of tSie best sales in real es-
tate in this county since the open-
ing of the new year, was made
this week by Word & Jackson
who sold for C. S. Ferrill, of Ken-
tucky, the 303-acre farm on
Lynch creek, known as the Levi
T. Allen place, to H. T. Hill for a
consideration of $4500, cash. By
the way, this live firm will soon
be getting out their revised list of
properties for sale, and those ex-
pecting to sell this year should
arrange with them in time to get
the benefit of their extensive ad-
vertising.
Spring ginghams of, the latest
styles jast received at the Lam-
pasas Commercial Company. It
will pay you to call. w-13
ures of city hall, fire station, and for the driyer. o!Hces & &
aud.tor.um where the entn-e town j offio.a, and # ooanciI r00m ^
can assemble on all occasions, In ] all other r00ms ne0 wM*
regard to the opera house in con- j uire would be a , * ha„
neotion, Mr. Key said : “P i ^ used 49 an auditori for alj
course it wil. not be possible to fit ! ,ic occafliong. The buildtas
up the hall suitably for a regular! , , .
r I will have a low eloping roof
opera house with all stage sceneryj in the o!d s igh *yl0 of
and fixtures. This can be ac-i u., , ** . „„
. . • chitecture. if the city hall ea*
complished by leasing the upper j, ,, , ,,
. , , , & , 11 be erected lor the money, they/
story for a term of years to some j. ,. , , .. J ,
. . Im no question about the work %€-
person or company who can fitj .
f, . . J , ginning on it as soon as the cm*
the house up for sueh a purpose. ^ can fce Jet
There is no question about the ___.. .. ■_
town needing both a city hall and j The new books which haw
an auditorium. The citizens werej been ordered for the library an*
not able of themselves to put in and will be placed on -their
through such an undertaking but shelves immediately. They a##
were willing and ready to help j standard works and were c&re-
the city to accomplish it It will j fully selected by a committee
beamatter ofa short time until| pointed for this purpose. T!<*
the city can have this new city j library expects to make an add?-
hall. It will be of stone and is to j tion of several hundred voksow
cost about $5,000. It is only a j next summer of all the latest
question of time when the reve-1 works in fiction and poetry.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1906, newspaper, February 16, 1906; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth889778/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.