The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1929 Page: 2 of 8
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The Lampasas Leader
Published Every Friday
J. H. Abney Herbert Abney
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Entered at the postoffice at Lampasas,
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BAYLOR U. HEAD SCORES HORSE RACING BILL
HORSE RACING MEASURE KILLED BY HOUSE
PRESS
Let’s Draft Them.
On the second day of April an
election will be held in the city of j
Lampasas and among the officers to '
be elected are two aldermen. The
two aldermen whose terms expire at
that time are Roy Walker and J. R.
Key. These gentlemen are both
good business men and have made a
success of their own personal busi-
nesses and are in every way capable
of handling the afiairs of the city in
a satisfactory manner. They were in
office when the sewer system was
planned and installed, .are well ac-
quainted with the water problem
which confronts the city at this time
and other items that are important
to the whole city, and The Leader
believes the citizens should draft them
for service at the election to be held
on the second of April . The position
carries no remuneration and is not
easily filled with competent men, and
due to the past record these two men
have made it would be a wise selec-
tion to retain their services if pos-
sible. We are sure that they would
be glad to pass the honors to some
citizen instead of again serving as
members of the city council, but their
services are needed by the people.
Waco, Tex., Feb. 16.—Dr. S. P.
Brooks, president of Baylor Univer-
sity, Saturday gave out a statement
opposing passage by the legislature
of the bill which would legalize horse
racing in Texas, known as the Avis
bill. His statement follows:
I believe I voice the sentiments of
the teachers of Texas in opposition
to the proposed bill at Austin to
legalize gambling on horse races.
1. Man’s weakness for gambling is
strong enough without aid from the
state.
2. All fairs, county, district or
state, can not be said worthy to live
if they need such questionable sup-
port.
3. Legalized horse racing would
bring to Texas and scatter them from
one fair to another a crowd of gam-
blers from the ends of the earth.
4. If it is claimed by anyone that
some such persons are fine business
men and promoters of the public
good, it may be answered that the
camp followers are without standing
in a reputable community.
5. When parents commit their sons
and daughters to colleges and univer-
sities, they have a right to expect
that no abnormal temptations will be
thrown around their children by the
cities supporting fairs and colleges.
6. It is not here contended that
people are made good by laws, but
it is contended that bad laws may lead
young people astray.
7. This writer does not know of
any dependable or reputable business
anywhere supported by gamblers or
gambling schemes.
If it is real estate you want to buy
or sell, write Jeff Spivey, Lampasas
Texas. (wp)
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YOUNG CLERK COUNTS
EVERY WORD IN BIBLE
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and flu take
Relieves the congestion,
prevents complications,
and hastens recovery.
REMOVES FRECKLES and TAN
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BLOCK ANESTHESIA
Office ev®r Mackey & Ransom’s Drug
Store, Lampasas, Texas.
Janesville, Wis., Feb. 15.—Mark J.
Goodger, a grocery clerk, not only is
a student of the Bible; he’s a statis-
tician of the Holy Book.
In the past six months Goodger
has read the Bible three times. He
counted 775,693 words in his first
reading, 31,373 verses the second time
and 66 books and 1,189 chapters in
his final study.
For his accomplishment, Goodger
was awarded a scholarship by the
American Bible society. He intends
to enter the ministry.
LEE BUYS BLANTON’S
WASHHINGTON HOME
Washington, Feb. 18.—Representa-
tive-Elect R. Q. Lee of Cisco, who
will succeed Representative Thomas
L. Blanton of the Abilene district,
has purchased Mr. Blanton’s house in
Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Lee are
now in Washington preparing for the
extra session of congress.
Mr. Lee’s office force will begin
functioning this week. Mr. Blanton
will return to his home at Abilene a
few days after the inauguration for
a rest. He said Monday that he would
practice law with his sons at Abilene.
Representative-elect Wright Pat-
man of Texarkana, who will succeed
Representative Eugene Black of
Clarksville, has been in Washington
several weeks and maintains an office
at the Congress Hotel, where he is
residing.
Austin, Tex., Feb. 19.—Despite the
elimination of its “donation” feature
by its own proponents, the horse rac-
ing bill was killed by the house of
representatives Monday when that
body voted, 74 to 55, to strike out its
enacting clause.
When the result was announced,
Representative B. J. Forbes of Weath-
erford, one of the seven ministers in
the house, rose to his feet and shouted,
“Praise the Lord!” A few minutes
earlier Mr. Forbes’ vigorous denun-
ciation of the bill led to a ripple of
excitement when Representative J. C.
Albritton of Yorktown demanded to
know whether any personal reference
was intended.
Walking up to Mr. Forbes, who
stood before the microphone at the
reading clerk’s desk, Rep. Albritton
asked: “Do you mean to intimate that
those who are for the bill are not re-
spectable or decent?”
“No sir,” said Mr. Forbes, “I didn’t
say anything like that.”
Mr. Forbes had called for the kill-
ing of “this infamous bill,” and had
charged the bill’s proponents with
“toning it down at the last moment,”
because “they saw it was dead as
heck the way it was written.”
Remarks Scorching.
No less scorching were the remarks
of Rep. Harry N. Graves ofi George-
town. He characterized an amend-
ment offered by Rep. Cecil Storey of
Vernon, striking out the “donation”
provisions of the bill, as “camou-
flage to fool the children-raisers of
Texas.”
“Like the children of Ephraim,” he
said, “the friends of the bill have
turned back in the day of battle. The
amendment is of a piece with the
whole effort to get the bill through.
The measure was adroitly drawn and
was urged in committee as something
to help the poor farmer. Its real
effect would have been to legalize
betting on horse racing.
“Now its friends are willing to let
the betting feature go for a moment
in order to get the bill by, and then,
two years from now this gambling
proposition will lift its ugly head
again. We have heard about the bill
being intended to benefit stock raisers.
I say, let’s kill it for the sake of the
children raisers. This camouflage
amendment does not cut out the most
objectionable part of the bill. But
let’s cut its head off. Now is the
time to do it.”
A gallery of opponents of the meas-
ure witnessed its downfall, which was
precipitated by the offering of a reso-
lution by Ray Holder of Lancaster
for an open session Monday night “to
hear from the people.”
BURNET COUNTY TO SELL
PROPERTY FOR TAXES
VETERAN’S PENSION INCREASE
BILL IS FINALLY PASSED
Austin, Tex., Feb. 18.—The Con-
federate pension bill of Senator
Hornsby was passed finally by unan-
imous vote under suspension of the
rules in the house this afternoon. The
bill now goes to the governor for his
signature.
It was drawn to put into effect a
constitutional amendment recently
voted.
Pensions to veterans who came to
Texas prior to 1920 are to be in-
creased to $50 per month when funds
are available. This applies also to
widows who have been bonafide resi-
dents of the state since January 1,
1920. Unmarried or widower veter-
ans are to be allowed $25 per month.
The present pension is $56 a quarter.
Burnet, Tex., Feb. 18.—A consider-
able amount of property will be sold
at the courthouse here by the sheriff
on Monday, March 5, for taxes due
the county and state. Sixty-five or
seventy suits have been filed by the
county attorney.
It is the general belief that the 1930
census will show Burnet county to
have a population of more than 10,000.
If this is the case the sheriff and
tax collectors’ office will be separ-
ated. Burnet county fell below the
10,000 mark in 1920, and the two of-
fices which had been separate for a
number of years were again combined,
as provided by the state constitution.
But the opinion derived from the poll-
tax receipts indicates that the courfty
has made a substantial gain.
Mr. and Mrs. Hicks Bull are build-
ing a new home on North Main street,
j This place is nearing completion and
i is a very complete and modern bun-
i galow, consisting of five rooms and
!bath.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis and Mi-s.
; E. Jackson of Lometa spent Sunday
' here in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
' John B. Davis. Mrs. Jackson former-
ly lived in Lampasas.
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Compare our Kokomo Diamond Mesh with any other Diamond Mesh made and
render your own verdict.
We have it in stock sizes 26-in. to 48-in. high. We also have Poultry Netting,
all sizes, Galvanized Barbed Wire, (catch weight) 80 rods Galvanized Barbed
Wire, Galvanized Smooth Wire, sizes 9 to 16.
We have this week unloaded a car of 28 gauge Galvanized Iron Roofing.
If it’s Hardware you want for the Farm, Home or Ranch—we have it.
Fox & Mills Hardware Co.
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MISSING AUSTIN GIRL
IS REPOTRED LOCATED
Austin, Tex., Feb. 16.—Whereabouts
of Miss Fannie Lee Minter, University
of Texas co-ed, who disappeared sev-
eral weeks ago, and Jack Griffith,
charged by the girl’s mother, with
kidnaping, may have been fixed by a
chain store credit system, it was re-
ported here today.
Sheriff Coley White refused to com-
ment on the report.
The manager of a local store, a
part of the system, said to have
traced the missing couple, also was
reticent.
PAT CROWE, NOTED OLD BAD
MAN, DIES BY OWN HAND
“EQUAL RIGHTS” GIVEN
TO WOMEN UNDER NEW LAW
Austin, Tex., Feb. 15.—Women
were given further “equal rights” to-
day. A wife now has the right to
manage and dispose of her separate
property without the necessity of her
husband joining in the transaction.
A bill by Mrs. Laura Burleson Neg-
ley of San Antonio, one of the two
women members of the house, con-
ferring equal rights on. wife and hus-
band in administering separate prop-
erty was signed by Governor Moody
today.
Walter Reynolds went to Temple
Sunday where he met Mrs. Reynolds’
sister, Mrs. B. E. Poore, of Columbus,
Ohio, who will spend an indefinite
time here in the Reynolds home.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 18.—Pat Crowe,
notorious bandit of 20 years ago and
kidnaper of Edward A. Cudahy Jr.,
son of the millionaire Omaha meat
packer, shot and killed himself here
today.
At the height of his career Crowe
was known as a genuine “bad man”
throughout the west and in some
eastern cities. A daring bank robber
and highwayman, he turned his at-
tention to kidnaping in 1900. He re-
ceived $25,000 of the $100,000 ransom
he and his gang demanded for the
Cudahy boy.
NEFF APPOINTMENT
MAY BE REJECTED
CANCER HOSPITAL BILL
FAVORABLY REPORTED
Washington, Feb. 18.—Senator
James E. Watson of Indiana, chair-
man of the senate interstate com-
merce committee, who voted to report
favorably on the nomination of Pat
M. Neff to the board of mediation,
said today Neff’s chances for con-
firmation were “very slight.”
“I am sorry, but I believe Neff
has no chance of being confirmed,”
Watson said.
Hoover, it is believed, will not name
Neff again if he is not confirmed.
The report here is that the place will
go to a North Carolina man.
TWO BOYS SHOT BY
TURKEY RAISER, ONE DIES
Austin, Tex., Feb. 18.—House Pub- Brownwood, Tex., Feb. 18.—Colbert
lie Health committee returned aj Jones, 15, of Goldthwaite, died in a
unanimous favorable report Monday j Brownwood hospital today of gunshot
on senate bill by Beck to establish a wounds received on the Valvin Dalton
state hospital for the treatment of
cancer and pellagra and also to do re-
search work on these two diseases.
The bill, as it passed the senate,
farm here last night. Earl Nowell,
17,, also of Galdthwaite, was slightly
wounded and will recover.
Dalton said at the examining trial
carries no appropriation nor does it that he heard a noise at his turkey
locate the institution. It provides a ! roost, saw two figures there, called to
method of locating the hospital and ! them and then shot. He was released
leaves the vitalizing appropriations | on $1,500 bond to appear before the
to the future.
grand jury at Goldthwaite.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wilson have Mrs. F. M. Ramsey and her sister,
started the construction of a modern Mrs. J. W. White, are visiting in Llano
bungalow on the corner of Seventh in the home of their sister, Mrs. J. E./
and Chestnut streets. Lindsey.
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The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1929, newspaper, February 22, 1929; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth891408/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.