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Number 44
SPhe Lampasas Crater
41st Year
Lampasas, Texas, Friday, August 23,1929
LAMPASAS LIONS GET CLUB
CHARTER TUESDAY EVENING
Members of the Lions Club of Lam-
pasas, their wives, ladies and visitors
enjoyed a banquet, Tuesday evening
in the roof garden atop the Hostess
House in Hancock Park, the occasion
being charter night for the local Lions
Club.
The program was opened with the
assembly singing, “America,” Mrs. R.
E. Rawls playing the piano accom-
paniment. J. H. Andrew, a vice-presi-
dent of the Lampasas Club, gave the
invocation and an appetizing two
Narnna Notes
(Regular Correspondent)
The protracted meeting that has
been going on the past week closed
Sunday night. The preaching was
done by the pastor, Rev. Andrew'
Smith and Charlie Tumlinson of Lake
Victor, conducted the singing.
Miss Ada Zimmerman returned
home Friday from a visit in Taylor
with her sister, Mrs. T. Van Coup-
land.
W. L. Romans of Lometa visited his
son, T. S. Romans last week.
,T. V. McLean of Lampasas is visit-
ing his daughter, Mrs. F. M. Boden-
mother, Mrs.
linger.
Mr. and Mrs
LOVE PREDICTS NEW TICKET
IF NAME KEPT OFF
Plano, Texas, August 16.—If the
son, Winfred and Miss Sallye Zim-
merman left Friday for Stanton to
visit relatives.
Miss Vertie Crawford of Goklth-
waite spent last week in the home of
her sister, Mrs. John Bruton, Jr.
Mrs. Ed Watson and daughter, Miss
Mildred, who live near Briggs spent
one day last week in the home of Wil-
liam Zimmerman and family.
Miss Anne Laneie of Bertram spent
the week end with Mrs. Walter Hug-
gins.
course chicken dinner was served. j kamer this week.
Next on the program, Mrs. Rawls j George Harmond, Jr
played a beautiful piano solo, *A t
Love Dream” by Franz Listz.
The welcome address was given by
Roy L. Walker. Mr. Walker’s words
of greeting were very splendidly giv-
en and his address was enjoyed by
every one pi’esent.
Misses Helen Northington and Ruth
.Sparks gave “Rakoczy March” by
Franz Listz, as a piano duet. These
two young ladies are accomplished
musicians and on this occasion they
delighted their listeners with their
selection.
The response to the welcome ad-
dress was spoken by R. L. McConnell,
of the San Saba Lions Club. Other
responses from the visiting clubs were
given by Dr. H. H. Taylor, president
of the San Saba Club; R. M. Thomp-
son, president of the Goldthwaite
Club; and H. H. Ornstot,-president of
the Georgetown Club.
A reading in the form of a very en-
tertaining skit, entitled, “The Boob
and the Girl”, was given by Misses
Annie Beth Baker and Olene Cas-
beer.
Following this, the Georgetown rep-
resentatives staged a clever stunt,
called “An Initiation” in which they
picked Lion G. Tom Bigham to be the
candidate. This bit of nonsense
brought forth much laughter from the
assembly.
Dr. J. C. Godby of Georgetown gave
the principal address of the evening,
taking as his subject “Lionism.”
Following Dr. Godby’s excellent in-
spirational address, H. H. Onstot,
president of the Georgetown Club
presented to the Lampasas Lions their
charter.
The local club was organized recent-
ly with a membership of thirty-three
leading citizens of the town, who de-
sire to make the club an outstanding
organization in' civic work within the
next year. Claude Strickland is
president of the Lampasas Lions club.
J. R. KEY BUSIEST
MAN IN LAMPASAS
With actual excavation work going
forward on the new hotel lot on the
corner of Main and Third Streets and
interior finishing work progressing
rapidly on the old Scott Hotel, which
is the property of J. R. Key, Mr. Key
dividing his time between the two
places and spending a few minutes
between trips at Key Bros, store is
probably the busiest man in Lam-
pasas. He has requested that the
Leader force keep an eye on the
excavation work next door when he
is not on the ground. As our time
, permits we will of course be glad to
and Henry .< ■ R
Jones went to Temple Thursday of j w}th the tool house and office for
last week and mow A en mo el ’ | the construction superintendent about
Mrs. George Hammond, Sr who has j ^ gome fifteen men at
been in Lie ho&pua o oi som®lwor]c on the ground real progress is
time, lo Austin to ie m t e ome o j evjdenG getter drive by and see wnat
her daughter for a while. lliey were > ^
accompanied on the trip by Henry’s j b ° . '_
H, U. Jones of Bal
M. B. Zimlnerman and
ROBBERY SUSPECTS
BACK TO OKLAHOMA
Wichita Falls, August 15.—Two
men, arrested aboard a passenger
train as it neared this city early to-
day, were turned over to Oklahoma
authorities, who took them back to
that state for questioning in connec-
tion with a bank robbery yesterday
at Wilcox, Oklahoma.
Police said $3158.89 the greater
part of which was carried in a hand-
bag, was in possession of the men.
The men, who gave their names as
G. T. James, 28 and Paul Brooks,
19, of Cihldi’ess, Texas, were arrest-
ed after Wichita Falls authorities
had been notified of their presence
_ _ T aboard the train by a dispatcher of
According to Rev. J. J. Mason, pas- Fort Worth and DeQVer railroad, who
tor of the First Methodist Church of
RATTLESNAKE BITE IS
FATAL TO CHILD
Earl Deen Armentrout, the nine
months old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D.
Armentrout of Lometa died Tuesday
morning about 11 o’clock from the ef-
fects of a rattlesnake bite.
The child w.as playing on the floor
of its home Monday afternoon when
the snake crawled up through a hole
in the floor and struck the child, its
bite proving fatal.
Funeral services for the baby were
held Tuesday afternoon with burial
being made in the Wallace cemetery,
near San Saba.
YOUTH CONFESSES
$75,000 ROBBERY
Center.
(By Rustic)
Some of the farmers are busy pick-
ing cotton, some claim they will make
a quarter of a bale to the acre.
Mrs. M. E. Pearce of the Live Oak
community spent several days last
week in the home of Mrs. W. H.
Landry and family.
0. D. Henley and family of Big
Lake spent the week end in our com-
munity.
A. Roberts and family of Lubbock
and Eli Roberts and family of the
Long Cove community spent one day
last week in the T. G. Stone home.
Mi’s. W. H. Neeld and son, Earnest
of the Long Cove community spent a
short time Sunday afternoon in the
home of Roy Turnbo.
The friends of Chess Lockhart will
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, August jje gjad ^ know he is improving after
16.—Full details of the $75,000 bank h{g operatjon_
robbery of a payroll from the Amer- Ed Lockha;t, of Lampasas was in
ican First National bank in which our community Thursday on business.
Charles Vow ell, messenger, was gam Murphy and children of
wounded, were revealed here today j th(J Liye Qak community were in our
in a confession signed by R. B. i secti<jn Saturday afternoon.
Thompson, youthful suspect. ^ j Mrs. Wy A. Ross is spending sever-
Thompson s confession was given > aj dayS by the bedside of Mrs. Porter
and signed in the presence of Charles : Stockton of the Live 0ak community.
A- Becker, chief of police, and George | geyeral families of this section have
LAMPASAS BAND “PUTS
IT OVER” IN SAN SABA
Here is what W. A. (Billy) Smithy
editor and owner of the San Sabs
News, has to say in his issue oC
August 15 in reference to the Lam-
pasas Gold Medal Band.
“The Lampasas Band is the offici-
al band for the entire fair and it isc
covering itself with new glory. This
is the Gold Medal Band that has won
so many prizes and San Saba votes
it the best band in the world today J*
Many thanks to Mr. Smith for
these few words of praise. Of course*
we know that we have the best bantf
in the world but it is oft-times harr&
to make the outsiders see things from
our view point.
COUNTY COURT IN
SESSION THIS WEEjK
PREPARATION FOR UNION
REVIVAL ABOUT COMPLETE
this city and Chairman of the public-
ity committee for the Union Revival
that is to open in Lampasas on next
had been tipped off by an official on
the train.
Before the men. were taken back
. , to Oklahoma they were identified as
Sunday morning; August 25th, prepa- th<j pa,r who entel,ed the bank by j H
ration for this revival
rounding into shape
are fastly
Ford, assistant cashier, one of a trio
locked in the bank’s vault, and George
The large tent, under which the le ; R,ishardson, a customer, who was kid-
vival Will be held, arrived m Lam- j
pasas Wednesday afternoon and work
on erecting the tent on the east side
of the public square started Thurs-
day morning, thus enabling the work-
ers to have everything in readiness
for the Sunday morning opening.
Rev. Alonzo Monk of Dallas, a wide-
ly known evangelist, will deliver the
messages, both at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m.
for the three weeks duration of the
services. Rev. Mr. Monk is expected
to arrive in Lampasas Saturday. Dr.
Howard Goodpastor of Big Spring
will lead the song services. Dr. Good-
pastor is expected here about Fri-
day.
The churches of the city that will
take part in this Union Revival are:
| naped by the robbers as they were
leaving the bank and canned several
miles into the country, before releas-
ed. Others locked in the bank’s
vault were T. Miller Sappington, of
Waco, Texas, a customer, and the
cashier, John A. Ford.
Oklahoma officers chased the rob-
bers to a point north of Childress,
where they lost track of the fugi-
tives late yesterday.
Texas democratic executive commit- j Methodist, Baptist, Christian, Pi es-
tee should bar from the primary j byterian and Episcopal. All members
ticket candidates who voted for Her-
bert Hoover, that action would force
the anti-Tammany democrats to run
independent candidates, Thomas B.
Love said in an address here tonight
at the old settlers’ reunion.
“If the democratic state executive
committee or county democratic exec-
utive committees should in violation
of the election laws and the penal
code commit the crime of taking the
name of democrats who voted for
Herbert Hoover last year off the pri-
mary ticket as candidates, such ac-
tion would force the anti-Tammany
democrates to run independent demo-
cratic candidates and to support them
and they would be overwhelmingly
elected at the November election,”
Love an anti-Smith leader last No-
vember said. “The man who doubts
that is a fool.”
E. G. Senter of Dallas, along with
Love a candidate for the democratic
gubernatorial nomination, also spoke.
Like Love, he disagreed with the rec-
ommendation of former Gov. O. B.
Colquitt that the “Moover democrates
stay out of the primary.” Tax reduc-
tion was his principal theme.
The sheriffs, justices of the peace,
the secretaries and all other county
officers have banded together to keep
their salaries. Reductions of these
official trusts will mean cuts in taxes,
he said.
of every denomination as well as every
citizen of this section, whether a
church member or not, are most cor-
dially invited to attend as many of
the services as possible.
MILLICAN PRODUCE *
COMPANY TO MOVE SOON
The Millican Produce Company will,
the latter part of this week, move
into their new building on Western
Avenue just across from their present
location. This new building, which
is practically completed was greeted
by J. L. Frazer especially for Mil-
lican Produce Company.
E. B. Millican, owner of the busi-
ness, states that in his new location
he will be more conveniently situated
to efficiently care for the poultry
business of this section. Mr. Millican
is experienced in this line and since
opening his poultry and feed business
has enjoyed an ever increasing pat-
ronage.
OLD TIME RESIDENT
VISITS LAMPASAS
Mrs. Edgar V. Smith returned Tues-
day morning to her home at San An-
gelo after spending the past two
weeks here in the home of her mother
Mrs. G. W. Cook.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ronald left Wed-
nesday morning for Strawn where
they will visit relatives. Before re-
turning home they will visit in Breck-
enridge and Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Monts and two
sons Winston and Wilson, were in
Lampasas Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr. Monts was a resident of Lam-
pasas 49 years ago, leaving here in
1880. This is his first visit since that
time. He is now a resident of Hope,
Arkansas, being manager of the Hope
Fruit Grower’s Association.
Mr. Monts states that when he left
Lampasas it was still an inland town,
but even though it now has two rail-
roads it isn’t as large and progres-
sive a place as he expected to find.
His idea being that the town had de-
veloped as a health resort. Come
again in a year or so Mr. Monts and
you’ll be surprised.
BLIND IN TEXAS DECREASING
IN NUMBER YEARLY
Austin, Texas, August 16.—Blind-
ness is on the decrease in Texas, ac-
cording to observations made by A.
C. Ellis, superintendent of the State
School for the Blind, who reports that
there are no more blind children of-
fered for education than there were
nearly half century ago.' He says it
is a testimonial to the efficiency of
modern science. The blind school,
like the home for Confederate veter-
ans and widows, is one institution in
which the population is expected to
diminish.
The population of Texas has mul-
tiplied many times but the number of
blind children has not increased for
a number of years.
DISSOLVED VILLAGE SELLS
PROPERTY; JAIL BRINGS $7.50
Burksville, 111., August 16.—The
village jail brought $7.50 at the auc-
tion sale of property of the dissolved
village of Burksville here today.
Fred Rehiels said the calaboose would
do for a chicken house, and bought it.
The auction brought a total of
$293.70, including $211 for the town
hall and the lot on which it stands,
which was purchased by Louis Mel-
ching, who lives next door.
Burksville dissolved itself as a vil-
lage several weeks ago to keep from
going into debt to maintain the three
miles of road which formed “Main
Street.”
Callingham, Oklahoma county attor-
ney.
C. W. Thompson, the foster father
and a Seminole, Okla., druggist, will
make a second statement, author-
ities said.
Russell Gibson, Kansas City gang-
ster, James “Cowboy” Hayes, Kansas
City real estate agent and Charles
A. Merritt, Kansas City bootlegger,
were the men who actually partici-
pated in the robbery, Thompson’s
confession said. Gibson, the only
been attending the Baptist revival at
Lometa the past two weeks.
Edgar Ross and John Nance of
Lometa were in our section one day
last week.
Lampasas County Court, with Judge?
J. Tom Higgins, presiding is in ses-
sion this week. Regular formal mat-
ters are being attended to this weeSr.
and next week the jury will do serv-
ice.
There are only a few cases on the-
docket to come before the court and
are expected to be readily attended
to.
LAMPASAS BAPTIST ASS’N
TO MEET AT SCHOOL CREEK
CHURCH AUGUST 28-29
HOTEL MEN HERE TO
START NEW STRUCTURE
The annual meeting of the Lam-
pasas Baptist Association will con-
. , . vene at 10 o’clock, Wednesday morn-
suspect arrested, will be given trial i at the gchool Creek (Unity)
in September.
Church. Messengers from the 20 or
One by one, the gang gathered here j more co.opcrating churches are ex-
until they all met the day before the | d ^ be present at the opening
robbery. For three weeks, young seSsion and remain throughout the tw0
Thompson said, he and Gibson fol-, ^ Each church fa entitled t0 tw0
messengers for the first 25 members
and one additional messenger for
: every 25 members thereafter,
j Report blanks have been sent to
' each church. These reports should be
j filled out and placed in the hands of
j the secretary on or before the begin-
! ning of the associational meeting,
i A complete report of what each
: church has accomplished during the
! past year will be presented to the as-
i sociation. Plans and prospects for
j the coming year will be presented to
ithe body.
j The School Creek Church is antic-
| ipating a great gathering. Their door
lowed the bank messenger on his
daily trips. After looking at the
“job”- Thompson told officers, Hayes
said he would do. it alone for one
fourth the loot.
The robbery was nearly thwarted
the morning it was committed be-
cause Gibson appeared without a gun,
according to the confession. The
Kansas City gangster had promised
that he would use a machine gun.
Gibson told his companions he was
afraid they would get life imprison-
ment if anyone was killed.
“Gibson drove the car we used in
the robbery,” Thompson said. “He
told us he was the best driver in , ., . „
TT j., ,, i i oi hospitality is open wide to all the
Kansas City. Hayes did the work j v_. _ ^ £ _____ .........
with the gun and Merritt grabbed I
the money and stuck it in our car.” !
Police still are searching for Hayes
and Merritt. More than $5,000 has
been offered for their arrest.
friends of the association. Make your
plans to be there for the opening ses-
sion and see to it that there is a good
representation from your church.
Visitors are always welcome.
A. C. Donath, Moderator
Paul G. Silber representing the-
Argentum Development Company of:
San Antonio and C. S. Oats, of Abi-
lene, General Contractor, for the new
hotel, are in Lampasas getting things
in readiness for work to start on the
erection of Lampasas’ new forty-
room hotel structure.
Mr. Oats has several workmen here
at this time and a large crew is ex-
pected to come in within a few days
to work on the excavation. An office
is being erected on the lot for th®
contractors and actual work on
project will now go forward.
Lampasas people have been anxious?
to have the new hotel started and are
indeed glad to see these preparations
being made.
COMMERCE EDUCATOR
MAY BE CANDIDATE
FOR STATE OFFICK
CONSTITUTIONS WILL TOM CASBEER BUILDING
BE BASIS OF COURSE TAKING SHAPE FAST
Austin, August 20.—Requirements
of the recent legislative act making
studies of the constitution of the
United States and of Texas compul-
sory in all state-supported schools
giving credits toward degrees and to-
ward teachers’ certificates will be met
by the University of Texas by a three
hour course on American government
in which the two constitutions are em-
phasized, Dr. C. P. Patterson, chair-
man of the department of government
at the university, announced Monday.
This course will be offered this fall,
although the legislative requirement
does not go into effect for another
year, Patterson said. The reason for
the course being offered is so that
juniors and seniors may be allowed
to take the course while undergradu-
ates.
The Tom Casbeer Building,
just across from the site of the
new hotel is beginning to take on
shape. All the tile work is complete
and Thursday work was going for-
ward on the roof. It will now be on-
ly a matter of a few days until the
modern garage and filling station
building will be ready for occupancy.
Messrs. Bill Shelbunr and Sam
Long will occupy this new structure
operating a garage and filling sta-
tion. These gentlemen state that
within the next three to four weeks
they expect to be installed with com-
plete working equipment and full line
of automobile accessories.
Mrs. M. W. Herring and son, Hoov-
er, of Dallas^ are spending a few
weeks with Mrs. Herrings parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Hoover of Rume-
iy.
The home of Lillie Hamilton, color-
ed, was destroyed by fire Saturday,
and very little was taken from the
house before it was burned. The
flames had gained considerable head-
way before the alarm was sounded
and the fire department did excellent
work in saving the adjoining proper-
ty.
W. E. Moore left Tuesday for
Jackson, Miss., where he wil join a
party of some 150 agents of the La-
mar Insurance Company, who will go
from Jackson on a special train to
Chicago. From Chicago the party
will go on a tour of the Great Lakes
aboard a large boat, “The South Am-
erican.” The trip will also include
a visit to points in Canada. In ord-
er to be eligible for this trip, the
agents of the above mentioned com-
pany, had to sell a certain quota of
insurance, and Moore, who is
their local representative, more than
filled requirement;.prnd for doing so
he is getting this nice trip with all
expenses 'paid.
- J--
The. -speed of the new liner, Bre-
men, shows how anxious some per-
sons are to get to America.—Indian-
apolis News.
A MATTER OF CARELESSNESS
THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED
Recently it has been very noticeable
that a number of parents of Lampasas
have been permitting their children
to ride on the front and back bumpers
of their cars as well as the running
boards. This, to us, is very danger-
ous, having witnessed the death of
one young man who was thrown from
the running board of a car on a oerner.
Of course it is a thrill for the' child
—guess it would be more of thrill
for the parents were the child killed
through their carelessness. Any
number of rough places and especial-
ly rough - corners in Lampasas could
throw a full grown person from the
outside of a car, much less an ^res-
ponsible child. It does seem that anq
ordinary reasonably bright adult
would know better than to allow a
thing of this kind. Far be it from
us to attempt to tell the modern day
parents how to “rear” their children,
but for the child’s sake keep them off
the outside of moving automobiles.
Mount Pleasant, August 15.—J. M-
Bledsoe, head of the department of
mathematics at the State Teachers
College, Commerce, Texas, has- vir-
tually decided to run for state sup-
erintendent of public instruction,
Bledsoe said he would issue a state-
ment later.
Bledsoe served in the state depart-
ment of education from 1914 to 19T7
and was president of the Texas Stat®
Teachers Association in 1926. Th<B
Texas education commission was or-
ganized during his service in the lat-
ter office.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Blackmon o£'
Lampasas have returned home after-
spending several days in this city-
While here Mr. Blackmon underwent
an operation in a local hospital and
is doing nicely. Mrs. Blackmon was.
the guest in the homes of Mrs. Har-
vard and family on North Ninth
street and Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Reidt
and family on South Thirteenth street
while attending his bedside here.--
Temple Telegram.
Mrs. J. F. Gilbert and daughters?.
Misses Melba and Ada Mae, left Sun -
day for Moody to spend a few days?
with relatives. /
So extra charge for
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