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The Lampasas Leader
Published Every Friday
J. H. Abney Herbert Abney
J. H. ABNEY & SON
Owners and Publishers
Entered at the postoffice at Lampasas,
Texas, as second class mail matter.
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RANGERS OPEN PROBE
OF DOUBLE SLAYING
SAN MARCOS, Sept. 9.—Texas
rangers Thursday night investigated
the mysterious shooting of Arthur
INTEREST AND PEN-
ALTIES SET ASIDE
\ FERGUSON VOTE WRIT
PLEA IS MADE
AUSTIN, Sept. 9.—The Texas leg-
islature today definitely accomplish-
ed one of the three major purposes
AUSTIN, Sept. 10.—Texas, highest
tribunal, the state supreme court,
Friday tasted of some of the bitter-
PRE&S
ASSOCIATION
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
For District Attorney 27th District:
HENRY TAYLOR
For County Judge:
J. TOM HIGGINS
For Tax Assessor:
JNO. B. DAVIS.
For Sheriff and Tax Collector:
A. R. HARVEY .
For County Treasurer:
MISS ANNIE BROWNING.
For District Clerk:
S. A. WORD.
For County Clerk:
DAN CORNETT.
For County Commissioner, Pre. 4:
A. M. REYNOLDS, (Re-elect.)
For Commissioner, Precinct 2:
0. T. LIVELY.
.38 DIE IN SHIP BLAST
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—With an
ear-splitting roar, the wooden steam-
er Observation was blown to bits in
the East River Friday, killing thix-ty-
eight and injuring at elast seventy
•of the workmen who swarmed its
decks.
More than a score were still miss-
ing at night as floodlights were
brought up to illuminate the scene
where divers and rescue squads still
sought bodies of victims.
Morton. 15, and Harry Morton, 14, I for which it was reconvened, the re- ' ness engendered in Lone Star poli-
sons of a millionaire rancher, at their lief of delinquent taxpayers through ; ties by the close race between Gov-
home near San Marcos.
The double shooting as discovered
Thursday morning, apparently but a
short time after its occurrence. Harry
was found mortally wounded on the
ground about 25 yards from the build-
ing in which they had been sleeping.
Suffering from three bullet wounds,
he was rushed to a hospital, but died
10 minutes after arrival there.
The body of Arthur was found in a
sleeping room with a bullet wound in
the head. A pistol with four cartridges
discharged lay near by. Both boys
were clad in night clothes.
Paper Asks for Rangers.
Justice of the Peace A. M. Ram-
say went to the summer home, 10
miles north of San Marcos, and, af-
ter an investigation, returned a ver-
dict of accidental death.
Immediately afterward, the San
Marcos News asked Adjutant Gen-
remission of their penalties and in-
terest.
The bill needed only Gov. R. S.
Sterling’s signature to make its pro-
visions immediately effective. The
law would provide that penalties and
interest be charged off on all delin-
quent taxes paid by Dec. 31 ttfis
year, no matter how long the taxes
have been delinquent.
Unanimous Approval.
ernor R. S. Sterling and Mrs. Miriam
A. Ferguson for the democratic gu-
bernatorial nomination.
The woman former governor, wife
of James E. Ferguson, impeached
governor, formally presented her ap-
plication to it for a writ of man-
damus to force the party managers
to certify her nomination should it
be determined she reecived a major-
ity of the votes in the run-off pri-
The compromise bill was approved mary of last August.
unanimously by the senate and pass-
ed 106 to 8, in the house. The pro-
posal applied to all state, county and
school district taxes, leaving it op-
tional with cities as to whether they
would adopt the plan.
For Bargains in wall paper see J.
F. Seale or call over Rural Tele-
phone. (d-w)
eral W. W. Sterling to send rangers | VOTE QU 1Z PLAN
to conduct an investigation. Francis
W. Faris, manager of the News, said
Sterling promised to do so.
The boys were the sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Hunter Morton Of San
Antonio. They wex-e students of Jef-
ferson high school and had been
spending their summer at the home
near San - Marcos. They had plan-
ned to l'eturn to San Antonio soon.
Blood Stained Ax Found.
Their sleeping quai’ters were lo-
cated about 75 yax-ds from the $300,-
000 Morton summer home, which is
on a 5500-acre hill country ranch.
The long screened sleeping porch
in which Arthur’s body was found
was splotched in places with blood.
Investigators found a sheathed hand
ax in the room. Its case was blood
stained and had been cut in one place.
Three bullet holes were found in
the screen above a cot in the pox’ch.
The bodies were held at a San Mar-
cos mortuary.
The father of the dead boys was a
IS ABANDONED
AUSTIN, Sept. 6.—-Senator Walter
Woodul of Houston announced Thurs-
day that the move to have a Texas
senate committee investigation of
the August democratic primary would
be dropped. Senator Woodul was one
of the authors of a resolution pro-
posing such an investigation.
Senator Woodul told his colleagues
that in the intex’ests of speeding up
legislation and bringing about ad-
journment on Saturday if possible he
was willing to “let the matter rest.”
The Houston senator-, close friend
of Governor Sterling, said he still
believed the investigation should be
made but that “those opposed to the
i-esolution show that they ax-e deter-
mined to prevent it from passing if
it is possible for them to do so.”
“I think the people now know who’s
thwarting this investigation,” Sena-
tor Woodul declared.
The resolution had been the sub-
former newspaper man ' His wife was j ject of several days of heated de-
Miss Zilla Naylor, deputante a few j bate, with the close governor’s race,
years ago in San Antonio. Since j in which Governor Sterling apparent-
their marriage, Morton has manag- j ly was defeated, entering into the
ed the extensive Naylor interests in
San Antonio and sevei'al branches in
Texas.
RANGERS INVESTIGATE
ILLEGAL VOTE AFFIDAVITS
George Forsythe, pilot of the boat,
was among the dead.
His son, Alexander Forsythe, cap- > DALLAS, Sept. 9—The Dallas
tain, was put under police guard as i Newg says a dozen or more Texas
a 1 1 ' 1 1 ’ 1
Semi-official returns indicated that
Mrs. Ferguson had received a major-
ity of nearly 4,000 votes over Gover-
nor Sterling, who asked renomina-
tion to a second term.
The court took the motion under
consideration. It did not indicate
when it would hand down a decision.
It was looked for soon, however.
DOY ARNOLD IS X^ELD
STERLING FIGHT IS
AFTER EX-WIFE SLAIN
TO BE IN COURT
FEARS FELT FOR LIVES
OF PLANE PARTY
BRECKEN RIDGE, Sept. 10.—Doy | DALLAS, Sept. 11.—Chax-les I.
Arnold, 24, once sentenced to die for j Francis of Wichita Falls, who will
criminal assaxxlt and who later was ! be floor leader for Governor Stei’lixxg'
pardoned from the Texas penitenti-! at the Democx-atic State Convention
ai-y, beat his former wife to neath 1 in Lubbock, said here Saturday that
Saturday afternoon on the streets of< the Govexmor’s contest of Mrs. Fer-
Bx-eckenridge, according to a com- guson’s gubernatorial nomination
plaint filed against hinx after he had : would not be brought befox-e the con-
surrendered. Court records show the ! vention. He said the contest would
woman obtained a divox-ce hei-e Fri- j begin with a suit brought in Travis
day. j County District Coux-t.
His ex-wife, Mrs. Zelma Arnold, j “If Mrs. Ferguson has a majority
28, died from being struck over the ! of the properly certified returns from
head with a rock, according to physi- J the several counties,” Francis said,
cians who examined her at a hospital ! “she will be certified as the nominee."
here. She lived only about 10 min- j The law provides for a x-ecount. Such
utes after the attack. She also was ' a recount will be demanded by the
stabbed in the abdomen but the phy- ‘ Sterling forces in a suit brought in
sicians said this wound did not pro- the Travis County District Coux-t to
duce death. ; review the cei-tificate of the chair-
Soon after the woman was ixijured, man of the state convention,
j Doy went to Sheriff J. W. Morrow’s j “Stexiing received a majority of
office and surrendered. Witnesses , the legal votes which were cast in
who saw the beating stated that Ar- j the last primary. Our contention
nold and his former wife had been ! will be submitted in court and the
standiixg on the stx-eet corner talking j allegations of fraud and irregulari-
for about an hour before she was I ties supported by competent evidence
in a judicial tribunal. We have no
doubt that a i*ecount will conclusively
establish that Ross Sterling must be
declared the nominee.”
Headquarters for Governor Sterl-
ing here announced Saturday that
struck. The beating occurred near
the heax-t of the business district.
In 1925 Asnold was sentenced to
ANGMAGSALIK, Greenland, Sept, die by a jury at Palo Pinto whei-e
11.—A motorboat left this port to- he was tried for attacking a girl on
night to hunt for the flying Hutch- the Mineral Wells highway. Because
inson family, whose Transatlantic 1 of his youth, he claiming to be only
plane was believed to have been i 17
forced down 30 miles southwest of j considerable attention throughout the
Angmagsalik in Kjoge Bay. It was j. state.
feared, however, that George R. honest way, don’t get it at all. You
Hutchinson, his wife and two small
District Attorney Sam McCorkle of
at the time, the case attracted! Mexia, who has been investigating
alleged election frauds at the sec-
ond Democratic primary, had names,
addx-esses and ballot numbers of
girls and a crew of four, had met
death in a forced landing.
At 10 p. nx. Gx-eenwich mean tinxe
(5 p.-m. Eastexm standard time), the
radio station hex-e had been out of
contact with the Hutchinson plane,
presumably exx route from Juliane
Haab to this port, for several hours.
The motorboat was ordei’ed to
search the waters along the coast
line, especially south and west.
district judge and when tried again j about 20,000 voters in sevei-al coun-
Arnold received a sentence of life j ties whose names did not appear on.
impx’isonment. He was taken to official poll tax lists. He said he
Stephenville on two criminal assault. could px*ove that the voters whose
charges and on pleas of guilty re- ! names he had were not entitled to
ceived terms of 99 years in each case, poll tax exemptions.
Later Arnold was granted a par- | -o-
don by Mrs. Miriam Ferguson, who
was then governor.
Records here show that in 1930 Ar-
nold, charged with theft, received a
two-year term. He, having served
that sentence, was released about 30
days ago and x*eturned to Brecken-
ridge.
Friends of the dead woman say
SON OF GOVERNOR
DRAWS PEN TERM
j ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Sept. 10.
—Otis Seligman, /son of Governor
! Arthur Seligman of New Mexico and
i fox-mer assistant cashier of the First
; National Bank of Santa Fe, was sen-
YOUTH SACRIFICES LIFE
THAT GIRL COMPAN-
IONS MIGHT LIVE that she'and Arnold had had some Itenced to five years in a federal pris-
-- disagreement since his return.
After he received his death sent-
on and was fined $10,000 when he
pleaded guilty Friday to charges of
NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 9.
Billy Tyler, 15 year old high school | ence at Palo Pinto, and while an gating national banking laws,
boy, saved two-girls’ lives at the ex- j effort was being made to save him
from death, he wrote an ax-tide in
jail, a part of which x-ead:
discussion time and again. Twice it
was sent to committee, and the state
affairs committee Wednesday voted
9 to 6 to kill it.
Senator Woodul had announced at
that time, however, that he would
move today to force the state affairs ; moments and told him how proud she
committee to report. j was of his heroism.
Senator Woodul repeated Thursday j But Billy wasn’t impressed and in- I something and can not get
material witness while he lay in j rangers are in east Texas investigat- ! that he had seen hundreds of letters | sisted he had done nothing unusual. ! honest way, don’t get it at all. Cou J
a hospital with a fractured leg and; ing all8ged illegal voting ar the dem-j from “bankers, newspaper men, law-! “Aw, shucks, I didn’t do anything,” | see what fate has done for me. l‘
pense of his- own and never realized
he had played the hero’s part.
He died in a hospital hex-e Friday
from burns suffered Thursday in res-
cuing them from a flaming garage.
His mother sat beside him in last
Eight other former employes of
the bank, of which Governor Selig-
man is president, were given lesser
When an evil thought enters your 1 sentences and fines when they als0
” to similar chai-ges,
mind, do not let it get the best of Ple&ded guilty
Dismiss it at once. Do not ! fiIed a^ainst them approximately"
you.
think of it. No matter how easy
anything looks, there is always a
way to catch you. If you want
it the
$70,000 in their accounts.
HIGHWAY BOND BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
internal injuries.
Three separate investigations were
begun immediately, one by the De-
partment of Commerce, one by po-
lice and a third by the District At-
torney.
! ocratic primaries.
District Attorney Sam McCorkle j specific instances of alleged fraudul-| girls, didn’t I?"
of Mexia said the rangers were in | ent voting. The alleged illegal vot- j He was pouring gasoline into a
possession of a large number of affi- ! ing was not confined to East Texas, container at his grandmother’s ga-
davits made by persons unable to • but was done all over the state, Sen- ! rage. The girls, Camille Sanborn
show poll tax receipts. He said the ; ator Woodul said. and Clarabelle Trunsler, both 15,
The 44 year old craft, which serv- a£pj^vjts were found in the drawer I “I’ve seen enough of that to be- stood by looking on.
ed as a labor ferry during the week a desj. -n c}ty Da.ll at Kilgore. j lieve that the election should be gone Suddenly an automobile backfired,
and a sight-seeing boat on week-ends, “These affidavits, of which there i into,” the Houston senator added. ignited the gasoline and the three
was transporting between 120 and 200 arg more ^an 1,000,” McCorkle said, j The speaker said that even the op- were showei-ed with flaming fluid.
ponents of the proposed investiga-
AUSTIN, Sept. 11.—The Texas
yers, ministers and laymen” citing | he said.. “I had to take care of the j have sacrificed my life for nothing.” j senate Saturday afternoon unani
TO DRIVERS OF CARS
mously passed the house bill provid-
| ing for state assumption of county
j indebtedness on state highways. The
! bill had been so amended that it was
men to Rigers’ Island, where a $9,-
000,000 penitentiary is under con-
struction.
Explosion Gives No Warning
It was twenty-five feet from shore
when, without warning, the boilers
exploded.
Those on the dock saw one of the
steel drums hurtle into the air like
a giant skyrocket.
The steamer was lost to sight in a
cloud of steam and smoke.
Torn bodies were tossed in all di-
rections. One was hurled a distance
of 500 feet.
“are evidence of a system by which
transients who had no legal right to
vote were herded to the polls and
voted.”
NEW YORK DEMS INDORSE
PARTY’S NATIONAL TICKET
M’DONALD SAYS DROP
IN COTTON UNJUSTIFIED
AUSTIN, Sept. 9.—J. E. McDon-
ald, Texas commissioner of agricul-
ture, said today the mai-ket decline
in the price of cotton after the gov-
ernment cotton estimate was announ-
ced, was unjustified.
McDonald said the dx-op in price
was “the result of market manipula-
tion and thoroughly demonstrative
that our cotton marketing system is
wrong.”
He said “cotton at the present
price is far under the cost of produc-
tion and we should not overlook the
fact that at the present price of 8
cents a pound, the 1932 Texas cotton
crop will bring no more money to
Toxas than the 1931 cx-op.”
ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 9.—A reso-
lution indorsing the democratic na-
tional ticket headed by Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Speaker
Jolxn N. Garner was adopted by the
New Yoi'k democratic state commit-
tee at its meeting here today.
Albany was selected for the state
convention and the date was fixed
for October 3 and 4.
With the state oi-ganization solid-
ly controlled by Tammany Hall and
its upstate allies, the adoption of the
resolution indorsing the national
ticket was interpreted as ary indica-
tion that Tammany will swing into
line behind the Roosevelt-Garner ban-
ner on election day.
tion admitted that thei-e had been il-
legal voting.
“They say there are illegal vote^
cast every election,” Senator Woodul
said. “If that’s true then it’s high
time we did something to stop the
pi-actice.”
“I’d like for this state to get back
and play this game according to the
rules. Every sportsman likes to see
all games played according to rules.”
Senator Woodul repeated his as-
sertion that both of the candidates
for the democratic gubernatorial no-
mination had made charges of illegal
voting.
TEXAS WILL HAVE
85 NEW SOLONS
ILL-SMELLING BOMBS
BARRED BY NEW BILL
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 9.—The
senate Friday passed a bill by W. W.
Williamson of San Antonio making
it a felony to open or explode an
ill-smelling bomb or a similar device
in a theater or other public gathering
place.
Jasi Like An Ostrich
A medical authority saya that &
person who tries to cover up skin
Flemishes and pimples with toilet
creams and powders is just as foolish
as an ostrich that buries its head in
the sand to avoid danger. Skin erup-
tions are nature’s warning that con-
stipation is throwing poisons into your
blood stream and weakening your whole
-constitution. Remove the constipated
condition and you will strengthen your
system against disease ana clear up
your disfigured skin. The best way to
do this is with a course of Herbine, the
vegetable medicine that act3 natur-
ally and easily, which you can get at
Wilson Drug Co., Lampasas, Texas
E. L. Trussed, Kempner, Texas
LONGVIEW LAWYER
GETS FORGERY TERM
TULSA, Okla., Sept. 10.—Rufus A.
Underwood, former Tulsa attorney
and more recently a l’esident of Long-
view, pleaded guilty in district court
Friday to a charge of forgery and
two charges of embezzlement , and
was sentenced to 18 months on each
charge, the terms to run concurrently.
The forgery charge, eight years old,
was that Underwood signed the name
of County Judge Boyd to guardian-
ship papers through which he alleg-
edly defrauded A. A. Cummings of
Tulsa of $1500.
DALLAS, Sept. 11.—The Dallas
News says new members will con-
stitute a majority when the Texas
house of x*epresentative convenes at
Austin in Januai'y.
A check of Texas Election Bureau
returns from the second democratic
primary shows 85 of the 150 mem-
bers of the house of the Forty-third
legislature will be newcomers. In
several cases incumbents failed to
seek renomination at the primaries
and in othei’s they were defeated.
Nine of the 16 senatorial seats up
for election this year were filled by
new men at the primaries. In 15
districts the senators were hold-
overs.
In the business section of the city : the general belief the house would re-
there are signs at all crossings ject the proposal, and that the final
which say STOP. The signs do not draft would be prepared by a free
say “slow-down”. Many drivers do conference committee,
not pay any attention to the signs, j One of the senate amendments
Billy grabbed the burning can and j Also some drivers cut corners. Some would provide that the state retire
cai*ried it to the street. The flames | day there will be a serious accident ’ the bonds issued for procurement of
seared him from head to foot. j and somebody crippled or killed, rights of way for state highways as
The girls escaped through the door ; Why not observe these signs and well as those bonds issued to aid in
without serious burns. j avoid accidents? Construction.
THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER
TEXAS WAGES DROP
AS JOBS INCREASE
AUSTIN, Sept. 10.—The bureau of
business research of the University
of Texas reported Friday there was
an increase of seven-tenths per cent
in the number of workers on pay
rolls in August over July.
The increase assumed an unusual
interest, the bureau reported, since
it was the first time since 1929 that
.the number of workers in August ex-
ceeded the number in July.
Average weekly wages per work-
er showed a slight decline from the
previous month.
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