The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1908 Page: 3 of 10
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The Lampasas Leader,
Published Every Friday.
akiered at the postoffice at Lampasas
” Texas,■ as second-class mail matter.
^fBSORIPTION. PER YEAR..............$1 00
A Non-Partisan Convention.
In the anti-prohibition, non-
partisan convention, held at
Houston this week, there was a
wide divergence of opinion, and
jome of the scenes must have
$©en almost equal to an Irish
wake. Hear Louis Wortham say:
“these fanatics must not be per-
mitted to crucify free Americans
upon the cross of intolei^Bfee”
und the convention goes into a
spasm of righteous indignation
at such a threat of abridgment of
tSeir rights. On the contrary
what a silence there must have
iieen in that great assemblage
when Hon. C. K. Bell, former
congressman from this district,
and ex-candidate for governor of
iiiis great state, gave expression
So.the following local option sen-
timents :
“I, for one, regard our local
option laws as wise and salutory
ijolice regulations, and believe
itiey should be adopted wherever
ttoe sentiment in their favor is
sufficiently strong to guarantee
rSheir enforcement. I do not mean
afceir perfect enforcement, for
Haws have never yet absolutely
prevented the commission of
prohibited acts, but do we not all
Lqow that no law can be enforc-
ed even to a reasonable degree
where the sentiment of the com-
munity is strongly opposed to it?”
“Under our form of govern-
ment the laws must be directly or
■iidireetly enforced by the peo-
ifle themselves, and those who
xre elected to office . will reflect
Alcohol and Health.
Houston Chronicle.
Just at this time, when the
question of prevention or limita-
tion of the sale and use of
alcoholic liquors takes prece-
dence in the public mind over all
others, intelligent and thoughtful
readers of the daily newspapers
will welcome information from
any source which will throw a
light upon the presistently dis-
cussed question of effects of the
use of alcoholic liquor upon the
muscles, nerves, brain and vital
organs of the body.
In the last number of McClure’s
Magazine, a dignified and re-
liable publication, there is an ar-
ticle by Henry Smith Williams,
M. D., LL. D., for whom the
magazine vouches editorially.
Dr. Williams says that puzzling
differences of opinions about the
use of alcoholic beverages find
expression, and that it is natural
that they should, because alcohol
is a very curious drug, and the
human organism a very complex
mechanism.
He then proceeds to say that in
recent years a large number of
scientific investigation have at-
tempted to substitute knowledge
for guesswork as to the effects of
alcohol, through the institution
of definitive experiments.
The first paragraph following
this preliminary statement is cal-
culated to upset a long establish-
ed theory. It is as follows:
“The traditional role of alcohol
is that of a stimulant. It is sup-
posed to stimulate digestion and
assimilation; to stimulate mus-
cular activity and strength; to
stimulate the mind. The new
evidence seems to show that in
the final analysis it stimulates
none of these activities; that its
are in some measure lowering
the grade of your mind, dulling
your higher esthetic sense, and
taking the finer edge off .your
morals. (4) That you are dis-
tinctly lessening your chances of
maintaining health and attaining
longevity. (5) Thatyoumaybe
entailing upon your descendants
as yet unborn a burden of incal-
culable misery. Such, I am
bound to believe, is the probable
cost of your ‘moderate’ indul-
gence in alcoholic beverages.
Part of that cost you must pay
in person; the balance will be
the heritage of future genera-
tions. ‘Even to the third and
fourth generation,’ said the wise
Hebrew of old, and the laws of
heredity have not changed since
then. As a mere business prop-
osition, is your glass of beer,
your bottle of wine, your high-
ball or your cocktail worth such
a price?”
[fce sentiment of their constitu-
csnts or they will pay the penalty final effect is everywhere depress-
ji not doing so by soon ceasing ive and inhibitory (at any rate as
fto be in official position.”
Mr. Bell is right, the enforce-
regards higher functions), rather
than stimulative; that, in short,
neat of the law depends upon it is properly to be classed with
:4ie people and if they see to it,
<Ms law can be enforced as well
*s any upon the statute books.
Pi© convention was composed of
men of all political beliefs, and
’Many of the staunch local option-
aete were there. Some of the
resolutions read like they might
Biave been written in the class
mom of the Sunday school, so
Sark a picture is drawn of the
saloons. Texas is all right, and
.according to the strongest advo-
.■ tales against state wide prohibi-
tion, the saloon is a thing of evil.
Jffhat is also the contention of the
;£ate widers and the prohibition-
ikte.
The local high school boys are
organizing a football team, and
xftfnay be expected that they will
as much honor from this sport
.mi they did during the summer
ikom baseball. They are solicit-
mg contributions to assist them
iaa getting football suits suitable
iSar such rough work as they are
<3sos»pelled to engage in during
fifed exciting scenes of this game.
HWt the boys have every assist-
ance and encouragement in their
aport, for it should only make
(Stem the better prepared to
atudy. Lampasas would like to
Biave all the honors from ball
(games that can come to her.
Theo. Arbuckle says there was
nothing he enjoyed more during
Bus stay in Oklahoma than The
Baily Leader from Lampasas,
and the people with whom he
was stopping learned to enjoy it
as much as he did. Mr. Ar-
fttuckle is not yet able to go to
work, but expects to resume his
grosition with Stokes Bros. & Co.
in a short time. He had slow
3ever in the summer and recov-
®*b slowly.
anesthetics and narcotics. The
grounds for this view should be
of interest to every user of al-
cohol—of interest, for that matter,
to every citizen—considering
that more than one thousand mil-
lion gallons of alcoholic beverages
are consumed in the United
States.”
The doctor follows this presen-
tation in lengthy detail of ex-
periments on animals, on men
engaged in various occupations,
on men who drank rarely, on
those who drank regularly and
more or less heavily, and on
school children, and he gives the
results of such experiments as
made by the distinguished Amer-
ican, French and German phy-
sicians, professors and physiolo-
gists—experiments and tests ex-
tending through many years,
made upon many subjects and
under varying conditions as
stated above—and he deduces
and sums up the following con-
clusions, which must suffice for
the purposes of this editorial, as
space will not permit recital of
the methods of experimentation.
This is Dr. Williams’ summar-
ized conclusion from the evidence
examined:
“lam bound to believe on the
evidence that if you take alcohol
habitually, in any quantity what-
ever, it is to some extent a men-
ace to you. I am bound to be-
lieve, in the light of what science
has revealed: (1) That you are
tangibly threatening the physic-
al structures of your stomach,
your liver, your kidneys, your
heart, your blood vessels, your
nerves, your brain. (2) That
you are unquestionably decreas-
ing your capacity for work in
any field, be it physical, intel-
lectual or artistic. (3) That you
John Heiselbetz, one of the
prosperous young German farm-
ers of the eastern part of♦ the
county, says he knows a good
thing when he sees it, and there-
fore wants The Leader to con-
tinue coming to his home.
The city street hands and the
county road hands are kept busy,
and as a consequence the streets
and roads present a good appear-
ance and all who have heavy
loads to pull get over the road
with ease.
Will Standard likes Lampasas,
having lived in and near the city
since his youth, and has bought
him a home here. The place
purchased was owned by Dr.
Dildy in the' southern part of the
city, which the doctor bought
some time ago and improved. It
is located on Main street, just
south of and across the street
from the San Geronimo hotel.
Dr. Dildy and Will Standard
both made a good trade in the
transfer of this property.
The girls of the high school
department have organized a
basket ball club, and have their
baskets erected, their special
garments made and engage in
practice certain evenings of each
week. They find the sport ex-
cellent for developing the muscles
of the body and when they get
into 'the intricacies of the game,
they will also find that the sport
develops thought as well as mus-
cle, for it is head work after all
that gains success in sport, busi-
ness or study. May' the girls
have the greatest success.
Your Town.
More towns die for want of
confidence on the part of the
business men and lack of public
spirit than other cause. When a
man in search of a home or a
business location, goes into a
town and finds everything brim
full of hope and enthusiasm of
the prospects of the place and all
arejearnestly at work to build it
up, he soonJt>ecomes imbued with
the same spirit and as^a result
he drives down stakes and goes
to work with the same interest.
When however, he goes to a
town where everyone expresses
doubt and apprehension for the
future prosperity of the place,
moping about and indulging in
mournful complaints, he natural-
ly feels that it is no place for him
and he at once shakes the dust
off his shoes while he pulls out
with all possible speed for some
other place. Consequently try
to make a live, enterprising town
out of the town in which you live.
When you are working for, or
saying a good thing for your
town you are accomplishiug all
the more for yourself.—Ex-
change.
Money to Burn
$
If you have money to hum
Keep it in the house where it may be burned, lost or
stolen, but if you want to keep it safely where it
will always be ready for you when needed, de-
posit it with us. A bank account will give you
a better business standing in the community
and a prestige that you may never have
enjoyed before. If your name is not on
our books, we will be pleased to see it
there before the close of the year ’08.
Capital $50,000
Surplus $20,000
7Ae
Peoples National Bank
of Lampasas
DIAMOND RINGS
DIAMOND PINS
You Will Find Them Here
Watches, Chains, Jewelry,
Phonographic Records.
Reliable Repairing.
E. H. Roberts
Leading Jeweler «
School Books
and f|
School Supplies
Everything Complete
We take in exchange
all the old State adopt-
ed books that are in
good condition.
The
Obliging Druggists
SCHWARZ & HOFFMANN
ONE-WAY
COLONISTS TICKETS
TO 'CALIFORNIA POINTS AND
THE NORTHWEST . . .
GREATLY REDUCED RATES
H. & T. C. R. R.
On sale September 1, to October 31,
1908.
For further information, call on
agents of H. & T. C. R. R. or write
x
C. K. DUNLAP T. J. ANDERSON
Traffic Manager G. P. A.
Houston, Texas
W. D. Francis
Physician and Surgeon
Will do a general practice in Lampasas
and surrounding country Special at-
tention to diseases of the eye. Office
over Schwarz & Hoffmann’s.
(Don t Scratch) Is sold by druggists
everywhere on a positive
guarantee to cure Dan-
druff and all Scalp
Troubles, Tetter, Ecze-
ma, Itch, Ringworm,
Chapped, Sunburned
Face and Hands, Pim-
ples, Itching Piles, Sore,
Sweaty, Blistered Feet,
Cuts, and all Irritations
of the Skin. Does not
stain, grease or blister.
Two Sizes, 50c and
$1.00 bottles. Trial
Size 10c. Mailed direct,
on receipt of price.
HOOPER MEDICINE CO., Oallas, Texas.
For sale by Lion Drugstore.
The Daily Leader 3 months $1.
JOE E. DILDY,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office atLion Drug Store,
Lampasas, Texas.
Jno. W. Ellis
Physician aQd Surgeoo
Office at Lion Drugstore
J- D. Dorbandt. M. D. Tbos. Dorbandt, M. D
DORBANDT& DORBANDT
Physicians land Surgeons
Office over Key Bros.
Phone at offices and residences
USE VITAE ORE
For all diseases of the Blood, Stomach, Liver,
Kidneys, Bowls and Female Organs. V.-O.
makes the sick well, and the weak strong. Sold
for 25 years. Guaranteed absolutely pure.
For sale 'by W. J. N. QRACY, 1164 Western
Avenue, Lampasas, Texas. 1-1-09
J. 0. Matthews. W.H. Browning
MATTHEWS & BROWNING
Attorneys at Law,
Lampasas, Texas.
W. B. ABNEY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Civil Practice Exclusively
Lampasas, - - Texas
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1908, newspaper, October 16, 1908; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth890970/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.