The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. [47], No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1935 Page: 5 of 6
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EVEREADY AIRCELL
RADIO BATTERY
Now $5.95
(Former Price $8.50)
Same Life—Only More Compact—100® Hours
of Service—-No Recharging.
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Lampasas Furniture Co.
PUBLIC SAFETY BOARD
ORDERS MODERN ARMS
ALLRED OPENS WAR
ON TEXAS BOOKIES
Austin, Aug. 13.—The public safety
commission moved today to provide
its personnel with modern arms and
equipment, filing requisitions with
the ooard of control for guns, am-
munition and finger printing facili-
ties.
The requisitions were signed by L.
G. Phares, chief of the Texas high-
way patrol on authorization of two
commissioners. The commission has
delayed selection of a dii'ector, but
has called a meeting for next Sun-
day at which the appointment likely
will be discussed.
Requisitions were filed for finger
print classification guides, filing cab-
inets, finger printer, finger print
cards, ridge counters, magnifying
glasses, automatic rifles, riot shot-
guns, machine guns and 9000 rounds
of ammunition.
Applications for appointment to
the highway patrol must be filed be-
fore August 21, Phares said. Exam-
inations will be given August 31 at
places to be designated later.
1ISH WAR VET PEN-
SION ACT RESTORED
eshing'ton, Aug. 19.—President
Ivelt today signed legislation re-
|g all pension benefits which the
[economy act took away from
ms of the Spanish-American
the Boxer rebellion and the
|>pine insurrection.
It of restoring the benefits has
1 estimated by the veterans’ ad-
Itration at $45,581,000 a year,
lals expect nearly 50,000 pen-
es to be returned to the rolls
the bill’s provisions. Widows
Iterans will gain approximately
},000 annually.
lile the president’s pen stroke
away one of his major 1933
Imies, officials said enough of
economy act remains to main-
favings of $100,000,000 annually,
py referred to the fact that
war veterans with non-service
acted disabilities were cut off
the pension rolls in the econ-
I program and have never been
red. All other pension cuts in
the economy act have been modified
by later laws and rulings.
The Spanish-American veterans
were the first to gain restoration of
the old pension rates for all their
members, however.
Spanish-American veterans will
now receive disability payments rang-
ing from $20 to $72 a month, re-
gardless of their private income,
cause of disability of service record.
The veterans bureau estimated pay-
ments to the average veteran will
increase from $32 to $45 under the
bill.
Remarried widows will be restor-
ed to the rolls at the full widows’
rate of $30 a month. New claims
will be created for widows whose
husbands were not getting a pension
when they died.
Under the economy act, Spanish-
American veterans were paid at three-
fourths of the rate existing at the.
time of its enactment. Those who
were paying income tax, those whose
disability resulted from misconduct
and those who did not actually par-
ticipate in the war were cut off the
Mr. and Mrs. E. Matthews, Mrs.
Gussie Harris, Carl Matthews and
Miss Bertha Matthews visited Tues-
day in Hutto with Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Matthews.
Maurice and Sam Goodman are in
Dallas this week buying fall mer-
chandise.
Mrs. Roy Davis returned to Lam-
pasas Wednesday after spending a
few days in Lometa with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Matthews and
children of Potwin, Kan., and Miss
Bertha Matthews of Eldorado, Kan.,
are visiting here in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. Matthews.
Edward Bell of Independence, Mo.,
and Dickie Lewis of St. Jo, Mo., were
week end guests of their grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Hunt. They
were accompanied to Independence,
Mo., by Mr. and "'vs. Hunt who will
spend the next two weeks there.
rolls.
Here are the monthly rates for
non-service disability restored by the
bill: 10 per cent disability, $20; 25
per cent disability, $25; 50 per cent
disability, $35; 100 per cent disabil-
ity, $60; hopeless and bedridden, $72.
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You can drive it 50 miles an hour the day you «uy it
The reason for this is as important as the
The Ford V-8 is ready for normal driving
when you buy it. There is no tedious period
of breaking-in for 500 or 1000 miles. You
can drive it up to 50 miles an hour the first
day. And after the first hundred miles you
can drive it as fast as you desire.
That means greater motoring enjoyment for
every motorist. It is especially important to
motorists who are thinking about a new car
for a vacation trip — to physicians, salesmen
and all those who use a car for business. In-
stead of dragging along at slow speeds for
days, you can make good time from the start.
result. The Ford V-8 needs no breaking-in!
because of unusual accuracy in the manufac-
ture of moving parts and the smoothness of
hearing surfaces. Clearances are correct when
you buy the car. It is not necessary to depend
on a long wearing-in period to eliminate tight-
ness and insure smooth running. Longer life,
greater economy and better performance are
bound to result from such precision methods.
The Ford V-8 gives you fine-car construction,
along with fine-car performance, comfort,
safety and beauty.
Austin, Aug. 13.—Governor Allred
opened war on horse race bookie
shops in Texas today with a court
injunction intended to cut off their
sources of information.
Declaring they were draining the
state of thousands of dollars which
otherwise would go into -legitimate
business, he announced determination
to “cut the bottom out from under
them.”
The temporary injunction was
granted by District Judge C. A.
Wheeler against the Daily Racing
Form Publicity company, the Texas
News Service, the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company and
the Southwestern Bell Telephone
company.
All of the defendants were re-
strained from gathering and dissem-
inating information which might be
used for wagering on horse races in
this state or elsewhere.
The Daily Racing Form Publishing
company, moreover, was specifically
prohibited from circulating, or per-
mitting to be circulated, The Daily
Racing Form, “or any other publi-
cation of the same general kind and
character.” ■
The telephone companies were for-
bidden to furnish any equipment, in-
cluding wires and teletype machines,
directly or indirectly, to anyone where
they might be used in “aiding or as-
sisting” in placing bets on horse rac-
ing anywhere.
The petition asked that the Daily
Racing Form Publishing company
and the Texas News service be per-
manently ousted from doing busi-
ness in Texas, that their charters be
cancelled and that receiverships be
named to assume charge of their
property.
Admitting that the telephone com-
panies were public utilities engaged
generally in telephone and telegraph
business, it said the public interest
required they b.e enjoined from fur-
nishing their facilities for unlawful
purposes.
The petition quoted several sections
of the penal code to show it was
illegal to keep premises for the pur-
poses of gambling or- to assist in
betting on horse racing by “pool sell-
ing of book-making or by means of
telegraph, telephone or otherwise.”
It said ‘ several hundred bookie
shops were located in “all the prin-
cipal cities of Texas” and named a
score or so of alleged establishments,
with the addresses.
The suit was filed by the attorney
general’s department on the request
of Governor Allred, who said it was
based on information gathered by the
Texas rangers. Private counsel has
been retained by the governor, to be
paid out of his special law enforce-
ment fund, to assist in prosecuting
the case.
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(By Rustic)
The
health of the community
is
FORD V-8
our bumper feed crop.
Will Landry and wife and Mrs.
Johnnie Ivy and children were in
Brownwood recently. Mrs. Ivy was
visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry Green,
and Will Landry and wife were visit-
ing their sister-in-law, Mrs. Bill
Smith.
Mrs. N. A. Huling and daughter,
Miss Charlene, of Mineral Wells are
visiting their son and brother and
family, Dick Huling, this week.
Mrs. Mary Eden of Austin visited
her brother, Dick Huling and fam-
ily, one day last week.
Several from this community have
been attending the Baptist revival
at Lometa which is in progress at
this time.
Aaron Reeder and wife are driving
a new Chevrolet car.
Ollie Nance and family are driv-
ing a Chevrolet car.
Mrs. Will Landry is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Sam McLean of Ante-
lope, this week. Her nephew, Au-
brey McLean and children, came af-
ter her Sunday afternoon.
Dewey Kerr and family were in^
Lampasas, Saturday afternoon.
llrs.' W. A. Ross returned home
Sunday after two weeks stay in the
home of Frank Richerson in' the
Friendship community.
Jim Keen of Brownwood and Sam
Straley of Adamsville spent a short
time in the home of Mrs. W. H. Lan-
dry and family Saturday.
Johnnie Ivy spent the week end in
Lometa visiting relatives.
Johnnie Martin and family of the
Long Cove community visited in the
home of Roy Turnbo and wife Sun-
day.
George Jennings was in Lometa
Monday on business.
T. G. Stone and family were in
Lampasas, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mauldin re-
turned Sunday afternoon to their
home in Round Mountain after a
short visit here with his sister, Mrs.
Sam Crumley.
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(By Mrs. W. J. Morris)
In a picturesque setting among the
stately pecan trees on the banks of
the Colorado at the I. D. Baxter
place, the Sargent family held its
first reunion. Two nights and days
were spent ip fishing, hunting, swim-
ming and recalling happy reminis-
cences of childhood days. Only one
shadow crossed the delightful hours
and that was the absence of the pa-
rents, who died several years ago.
The' members of the family attending
and anxiously awaiting another such
joyous time next summer were: Mr.
and Mrs. Lyndon Sargent and baby
cf Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Alkin-
son of Dallas, Mrs. M. L. Knowles of
Jonesboro, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney White
of Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Sar-
gent of Ireland, Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Sargent of Hico, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Sutzer and daughter of Dallas, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Sargent of Ranger, Mr.
and Mrs. John Soules and children of
Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sargent and
Mr. and Mrs. Ode Sargent and sons
all of Bend, Alf Sargent of Ireland,
and M. H.' Sargent of Moran. ' Oc-
casional visitors to the camp includ-
ed: K. W. West of Evergreen, Rexine
Clifton of Star, J. W. Alexander,
Lloyd Byrd and Emmitt Lloyd, Leon-
ard Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Scott
and children, Fred Turner, Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan Boykin, Willard Baxter,
Jim Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Byrd, Mayfield Sims, Bud Ayer and
Miss Lucille Sims, all of Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson and daughter
Sophie Pope, were Lampasas visit-
ors Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Byrd and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sargent were
“spend the day” guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Young Hester near Lometa,
Wednesday.
Mrs. Elvin O’Banon of San Saba
spent the week end with relatives
in Bend.
D. F. Moore and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Moore, spent several
days the past week in pecan orchards
at Naruna and Goldthwaite.
J. W. Skipper has returned from
Temple where he was a patient in
a sanitarium there.
Mrs. Edward Tittle has returned
to Lampasas after an extended visit
with Miss Page Gibson.
Lloyd Byrd accompanied his moth-
er, Mrs. Ida Byrd to the Rollins-
Brook hospital Monday where she is
receiving medical treatment.
Mrs. Hassie Morris, Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Morris and sons .were Satur-
day and Sunday guests of relatives
in San Saba.
Mrs. E. D. Richardson and baby of
Midland have been the guests of her
sister, Mrs. Sherman Byrd.
Mr. and Mi’s. Zaro Marley and sons
were Lampasas visitors, Thursday.
Mrs. Bryan Boykin won third prize
($50) in the San Saba News contest
which closed Saturday night.
FROM THE EDITORS MAIL
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(By Reporter)
Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Hodges and
family, Mrs. Walter Ramsey and Miss
Edna Wright visited Sunday in the
Temple sanitarium with Mrs. Claud
Hodges. Mrs. Jim Wright returned
home with them, having spent sev-
eral days with Mrs. Hodges. They re-
ported her getting along nicely.
Betty Bear spent the week end
with Olive Ramsey.
Several enjoyed a party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Herrmann,
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Holloman and
family of Quitaque spent awhile this
week end in the Jasper Wright home.
W. C. Armstrong visited Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Groves.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Pearce and
daughters attended the funeral of
Tom Petrey, Sunday afternoon at
Adamsville.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bear spent
Sunday in Marble Falls.
Mrs. G. L. Butts spent the week
end in Lampasas with Mrs. Olvert
Butts.
Seth Ward Lemberg of George-
town came in Monday for a visit with
his sister, Mrs. Shaw Norris.
Mrs. A. Peeler and her son, Grover
Peeler, are home from San Saba
where they visited with relatives.
Mr. Peeler returned Tuesday to his
home in Belton.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Baker visited
Monday night in Bertram.
W. P. Graham spent Wednesday
of this week in Brownwood where he
attended a demonstration held by the
West Texas Pecan men. The demon-
stration was held for the purpose of
studying the insect problem.
Editor Lampasas Leader
Lampasas, Texas.
Dear Shu-
Being a reader of your paper and
seeing so much about the repeal ques-
tion, would like to say a few words
about it. From what I see and from
what I hear, some of the good folks
say I don’t see how it could be any
worse to repeal the present law than
it is now. I know there is lots of
drinking going on in the country in
violation of the prohibition law, and
I don’t see one-third of it. I was told
by a good man that he was gather-
ing hogs out of woods last spring
and he found twelve stills and ten of
them were in operation; and you
know they could not have been in a
very big territory as he was hunting
hogs afoot. A man told This man of
a certain man tha't was in the moon-
shine business and sold $200.00 worth
of whisky in one week. Now that
was done in a prohibition territory.
What would he have done if he had
been the only one in the business?
Now, I am not a prohibitionist, but
I don’t believe in violating the laws.
I believe when a man violates the
laws he should be pulled for it, re-
gardless of who or what he is. Now,
I am going to talk straight goods.
It is or has been done in Lampasas,
Williamson, Burnet, Mills and nearly
all of the counties of this state that
nearly all of the folks that were
brought to court for bootlegging were
some poor white person, pegro or
Mexican, while the biggest ones were
not bothered at all. I know .what I
am saying. Tell me of anyone ever
having been bothered for it that was
worth $3,000; and anybody knows
that there are lots over the country
that have done it and nothing said or
done about it. What is the reason?
Because people have got to living so
fast and in such a way they have got
to where they are afraid to say any-
thing for fear some of their folks
will be caught or maybe one of their
best friends might have to pay a fine
or go to jail. Now I know what I
am saying for I was talking to a
mighty good man who is a strict mem-
ber of the Methodist Church and a
strong prohibitionist. I said to him:
anybody that will make and sell
whisky or beer in violation of the
law is a mighty sorry kind of man.
He said yes. I told him that I con-
sidered a man a little worse that goes
and buys it from the bootlegger
worse than the man that sold it. He
said yes he is the worse of the two.
I said well, what would you think if
a person was to tell you a certain
man was buying beer from a boot-
legger? He said I couldn’t hardly
believe it. I said I thought so; now
I don’t care whether you believe it
or not but he does and it is not
hearsay either, for I saw him with
it in his hands and drinking it, my-
self. This man said what? and nam-
ed the man. I said yes, your son-in-
law. I said if you have any doubts
about what I say I will qualify to
every word I have told you; go get
him and if he denies it I will get a
dozen men that have seen him buy
and drink it.
I expect there are men in your
city who have seen lots of such things
going on and won’t say anything for
fear it would hurt them in business.
The trouble is the people have got to
where they don’t want the honest
truth told. If a person goes to tell-
ing the actual truth he gets to be
about as popular as a pole cat would
be at an afternoon bridge party with
a bunch cfe high society ladies.
Wishing you lots of success and
wish you could be with me for a h'«lf
hour as am fixing to devour a big
melon.
I am respectfully,
W. P. Abbott, Thrall, Texas.
August 9 ,1935.
Mrs. Claud Donnell is spending the
week end in Temple with friends.
Mrs. Ida Landrum of Bryan is vis-
iting here in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Claud Donnell.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tittle left
Wednesday morning for their home
in Taylor after having been here the
past few days during the illness and
death of Mrs. Tittle’s father, Walter
Reynolds. Their children, Jeanette
and Gayle, will remain for a longer
visit with relatives.
Rev. Wm. Harry Moore, who has
been confined to the local hospital for
the past two days, is reported to be
improving nicely. Bro. Moore went
to San Saba to preach Monday night
and took sick while he was over there.
Dillard Toliver of Waco came in
Tuesday for a few days visit with
friends.
Miss Meredith Campbell came in
Monday night from Albany where
she has been visiting for the past
month with her sister, Mrs. W. H.
Wylie.
Ted K. and Miss Jessie Standard
visited Wednesday in Temple.
Furniture-Furniture: Two big loads
extra good second hand furniture re-
ceived this week. Be sure to see us.
~Culver Hardware Co. (w).
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