The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1934 Page: 1 of 8
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6TH YEAR
LAMPASAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1934
NUMBER IS
BEN PEAK BUYS LION
DRUG STORE BUSINESS
IEN ARRESTED IN
AUSTIN BELIEVED TO
BE KEMPNER BURGLARS j -
- | Ben Peak has purchased the Lion
Three men were arrested Tuesday Drug Store business here and is now
t a tourist camp in Austin and it is! making preparations to re-open the
Bought they are those that local: business. Mr. Peak has spent many
fficers here have been trying to lo-; years in the drug business in Lam-
ate for the burglary of the Kemp- j'pasas but for some time has been
er postoffice and Trussel’s store at | in other lines of business but has de-
hat place. The Kempner burglary j cided to return to his “first love.”
vas in January and at that time j The business will be known as the
heriff Harvey had, a finger print ex-. Peak Drug Company and will be op-
ert to visit the places and get the j erated at the same location on the
nger prints that were found at the i east side of the public square,
laces. Sheriff Harvey and Deputy J Mr. Peak is re-arranging the store
ong were in Austin, Tuesday, to ; and placing new merchandise and will
ave the arrested men finger printed carry everything to be found in a
and a comparison made of the finger , modern ; drug store. He does not
prints found at Kempner. j know just when he will be able to
Deputy sheriffs in Austin arrested open the business but it will only be
three men at a tourist camp and a short time now. Mr. Peak will
they had in thei£ possession (two : have a registered pharmacist to assist
hundred money order blanks from the him in the business and other com-
Kempner postoffice and their car ' petent help will be employed. Mr.
tracks compared with those found at Peak was reared in Lampasas and
Kempner at the time of the burglary, has spent the greater part of his life
The men arrested were Ernest in Lampasas where he has served the
Vickers. Everett Vickers and Steve public and has a large acquaintance
Henry Lewis. Ernest Vickers was here and will no doubt receive a nice
n escaped convict serving a life term patronage in Lampasas and this
and he was taken back to prison and trade territory,
the other two were held for federal; -
officers. j MRS. LANDERS ENTER-
Sheriff Harvey has had no repoit
as yet on the comparison of finger
APPLICANTS MUST
REPORT REGULARLY
prints.
CHRISTIAN W. M. S.
TAINS WITH BRIDGE
Mrs. Fanny JLaffiders -entertained
with three tables of bridge Tuesday
evening in the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Millican. High
score was awarded Mrs. Campbell
The C. W. M. S. met in the church ; geaje an(j second high, Mrs. George
annex Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Wil-
liams presided over the business ses-
sion in the absence of our president.
Thirteen answered to roll call. The
minutes of the previous meeting were
read. A card was received from Miss
Ruth Musgrave, missionary from Af-
rica, home on leave of absence. An-
other letter from Miss Ora Lee Shep-
herd was read by our secretary.
March 4 was especially stressed as a
day for special missionary offering.
The devotion was led by Mrs. Sin-
detary. The scripture reading, was
ffatt. 15:30-31; 14-15. This passage
s very suitable for missionary study.
The lesson for the day was “Christ
in the African Foi-est,” and the lead-
er, Mrs. Bozarth, introduced Miss
Culver.
Smartly appointed with the valen-
tine motif, refreshments were served
to the following guests: M'esdames J.
Tom Bigham, Bed£l O’Hailr, Jack
White, George Culver, Benton Rob-
erts, Campbell Seale, Glenn Gamel,
Weldon Cloud, Elizabeth Townsen, E.
B. Millican and Brown Mayes.
MISS GLADYS WEST EN-
TERTAINS BRIDGE CLUB
Vaughn Dane Craft as
speaker.
the first
The Tuesday night bridge club was
entertained at its , regular weekly
meeting in the home of Miss Gladys
West. High score was won by Mrs.
Melvin Brown, and second high by
Mrs. Buck Hetherly. Delicious re-
freshments were served to the fol-
The local reemployment office has
received the following information
from the Commission at Austin:'
It is very important that the reg-
istrants registered in local reem-
ployment offices should be filed in
the active or inactive file in accord-
ance with the following instructions:
Active File:
Included the applications or regis-
tration cards of all applicants who
are available for employment be-
cause they have.
1. Registered during the current
month.
2. Renewed their applications dur-
ing the current month.
3. Re-registered during the current
month.
4. Requested through a re-inter-
view during the current month to be
actively conisdered for employment.
Inactive File:
Includes application cards of ap-
plicants who are not available for
employment because they:
1. Have - been placed.
2. Have not notified the office
during the preceding 30 days period
that they were available for work.
3. Have left the county, or died.
4. Have obtained positions through
other sources.
5. Have for some personal reason
requested that their application not
be considered for employment.
The foregoing will give you some
idea of how business is conducted , in
the N. R. S. Department, but please
bear this in mind, that there is no
promise of a job or a position when
you register. If and when you do
register, and we get calls for your
type of work, then as many as are
called for are requisitioned from the
N. R. S. office.
Your compliance with the above
instructions as to keeping this office
posted as to your activity, whether
working or not, will have a bearing
on when you are called again.
In any event report to this office
every 30 days, if you want to keep
your card in the Active File.
S. 0. S. FROM BEND
inald Leatherwood, James Poole, Buck
F'ariss and Oscar Jackson; Misses
Lois, Ruth and Olene Casbeer.
SENIOR B. Y. P. U.
CLASS ENTERTAINED
Miss Craft told a very interest-: lowing: Mesdames C. W. Rathman,
ing story, “The Dark Forest.'’ The Buck Hetherly, Melvin Brown, Reg-
forests and wild life surrounding the
Africans have created in their very
souls a fear and dread of evil spirits.
Christ is the only person that can de-
stroy these superstitions. Although
Congo is still dark, its lighted places
grow more numerous and radiant as
the gospel spreads.
Mrs. L. Williams had an interest-
ing paper written by Dr. Ernest B.
Pearson, entitled “The Call of the
Unknown.” Mrs. Williams told of the
first missionaries who went to Africa
in 1897. It wasn’t until 1902 that a
real missionary station was estab-
lished at Bolenge. Six other stations
have been founded and are carrying
on Christ’s work today.
The final story was told by Mrs.
Amusing games and contests
with the valentine theme were en-
joyed by the senior B. Y. P. U. class
Tuesday evening in the home of
Mrs. A. R. Bullion, ’their sponsor.
Delicious refreshments were served
to the following guests: Mr. and Mrs.
Zelmer Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. Del-
bert Yazell, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Butts,
Margaret Probst, Ruby Flanagan,
Lora Schlomach, Edwina Williams,
_ Mildred Seay, Eria Bullion, Dorothy
Perry. “A Candle Within the Heart” : Blackburn, Florine Allison, Mrs.
was her topic, and she told us of sev- Floyd Faubion, L. J. White, Harry
eral African converts who had grown
in Christian faith and knowledge un-
til their lives were “lighted candles”
to those about them. They had been
told to “Let your light so shine be-
fore men, that they may see your
good works and glorify your Father
which is in heaven.” They were fol-
lowing Christ’s command. Are you?
The meeting adjourned with the
regular benediction.—Reporter.
MRS. W. O. ALEXANDER DIED
AT HER HOME IN THE BEND
Wirth, Victor Sullivan, James Rich-
ard Key and Roger Carpenter.
GARDNER B. Y. P. U.
VALENTINE PARTY
Mrs. W. O. Alexander died at her
home in the Bend community Mon-
day, Feb. 12. Funeral services were
conducted Tuesday afternoon at the
Bend Church of Christ by Bro. C. W.
Hoover of Goldthwaite. Interment
followed at the Gibson cemetery.
Mrs. Alexander is survived by her
husband, two sons, Doss Alexander
of Pioneer, Texas, and John Alex-
ander of Bend, and three daughters,
Mrs. Jesse Doyle of Nix, Mrs. Flor-
ence Parsons of Georgetown, and
Mrs. Ruth Sargent of Bend.
Mrs. Alexander was born in the
Bend community Sept. 11, 1875, and
was reared there. In 1890 she was
married to W. O. Alexander.
Those serving as pall bearers wore
I. D. Baxter, Martin Scott, Ed Hop-
per, Elmer Deviee and Floyd Bear-
don.
The Gardner B. Y. P. U. enter-
tained with a valentine party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Allard,
Tuesday evening at 7:30. The home
was beautifully decorated with crepe
paper and red hearts. The guests
were entertained with various games,
prizes being given the winners. Mrs.
Allard, assisted by the social com-
mittee, Zula Ervin and Lucille Owen
served delicious ice cream and heart-
shaped cookies. After discussing
“The Parson’s Cat,” everyone decided
the night had been pretty well spent.
Guests were Misses Jewel Cornett,
Audell Pearce, Vada Hodges, Edna
Wright and Pauline Owen. Messrs.
Joe Fox, Emanuel Tumlinson and
Maurice Owen.—Reporter.
Say, Mr. Editor, can you help me
out? I’m just simply flabbergasted.
What I want to know is why in the
name of reason is it necessary for
several hundred citizens of the coun-
ty to travel to the county seat and
humbly beg on bended knees for an
expenditure of a few dollars for
! something that a ten-year old boy
could see was necessary ? I’m a great
believer in the will of the people but
darn if I believe in calling them in
every time a new plank is put in a
culvert. Whht gets my goat is Lam-
pasas County owns a half interest in
a $20,000 bridge at Bend and for the
past five years or more it has needed
an extra steel span to replace a dan-
gerous wooden approach. Now, tell
me this, Mr. Editor (or anybody else)
is it necessary for this valuable piece
of property to rust out for the lack
’ of paint; must the banisters all fall
in the river and the flooring rattle
till you can hear it five miles? Must
the sills rot till the supports push up
through the decaying wood? Must
those that cross it take their lives in
their own hands. Shall we make an-
nual trips to the courthouse, like Pil-
grims to Mecca, to beg and plead for
a safe structure upon which to cross
the big trucks of cedar, wood and
pecans that are headed for Lometa
and Lampasas ? Should a private
citizen be compelled to quit his work
and carry around a petition and get
exactly a certain per cent of signers
before anyone will act? Is there any
economy in allowing a valuable piece
of property to fall in the river with
maybe your family or mine tied up in
the wreck ? Has no one a vested
right to act where duties are plain
without a thousand or so signatures ?
Please, Mr. Editor, answer all of these
questions if you can, but if you can’t
answer all of them, answer as many
as you can . for I am laboring under
some kind of a delusion and slipping
fast.
W. T. Moore.
CAPTAIN’S DUTIES GROW
(San Antonio Express)
Capt. M. Y. Stokes, Jr., Military
Intelligence-Reserve, has been ap-
pointed welfare officer for the Tex-
as district tree army camps, suc-
ceeding Capt. E. A. O’Hair. Capt.
Stokes is on%active duty as publicity
officer of the district and the ap-
pointment is in addition to his other
duties.
Mr. and M“rs. Joe McLean and
Billy, and Mrs. Pelham Wolf have
returned from Dallas. Mr. McLean
went to a meeting o>f Oldsmobile
dealers and the ladies visited friends
and relatives. Wolf & McLean have
taken the agency for Oldsmobile cars
for this county and are expecting to
get a demonstrator as soon as the
new model is available, which will
be about March l!
BOY SCOUTS HEAR GOOD ATTENDANCE AT
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE . LIONS LUNCHEON
The two troops of Lampasas Boy The Lions club luncheon was servecl
Scouts and the Lometa troop met Tuesday in the basement of the
Saturday morning on the lawn of grammar school building by the
the court house and then marched Home Economics class of the school,
to the city hall to hear the message The club extended a vote of thanks
of President Roosevelt, that was to the young ladies who prepared and
broadcast to all scouts of America.: served the luncheon in a very pleas-
This was a part of the one-week ob- ing way.
servance of the twenty-fourth birth-1 President Blucher reported that
day of Boy Scouts in America. j the ball given in honor of President
There were fifty scouts and lead-' Roosevelt’s birthday had netted
ers assembled to hear the president’s $104.05 which had been sent the pres-
message. It had been announced ident to be used at the Warm Springs
that the scouts would be called up-
on to do a national good turn, and
FIRE BOYS PRESENTED WITH
C. OF C. BANQUET TICKETS
foundation.
The next luncheon of the club will!
this request was kept a secret until be held on Tuesday, Feb. 20, instead'
the time of the address. The re- of the 27th. This change is made ;
quest given the scouts was to collect due to the fact that Harry C. Copen-!
articles of furniture and clothing haver, district governor of the Lions j
and help local relief agencies in Club, will be in Lampasas on that j
every way possible to care for the un- date. It is hoped that the club will I
fortunate, who would actually suf- have a complete attendance of the
fer if it were not for the help given membership on that date.
At the regular meeting of the board
of directors of the Lampasas Chamber
of Commerce, it was voted to pre-
sent Fire Chief Wayne Casbeer thir-
ty tickets to the annual meeting and
banquet to be held on next Tuesday
night, Feb. 20, to be given'for the
services they render to the people of
ouv city. Early reports show there
will be several of our state officials
attend the banquet as well as repre-
sentatives from Austin, Georgetown,
Briggs, Burnet, Marble Falls, Lo-
meta, Hamilton, San Saba, Brady and
possibly others. The arrangement-
committee report they are ready to
build the tables for the banquet and
everyone is urged to buy your ticket
at once so they will know how many
to prepare for.
them.
Following
the radio message,
An invitation from fhe Temple
club was read by the secretary.
COTTON CONTRACT
SIGNERS TO MEET
troop 15 of Lampasas served lunch Temple is planning a special meeting
to the Lometa troop and troop 33 of or. the 20th of this month and invited I
Lampasas. E. S. Hunt, manager of the Lampasas Lions to attend. We'
the Bailey Theatre, appeared at the will have the district governor here i
time of the lunch and invited the on that date and also have the annual'
scouts to be his special guests at the Chamber of Commerce on the even-
theatre Saturday afternoon and they j ing of that day and it was impos-
marched in a body to the theatre.
Mr. Hunt is a former member of the
Boy Scout organization at Ranger.
His courtesy - was appreciated very
much by the boys!
sible to accept the invitation of Tem-
ple.
The secretary was instructed by the
dtlub to write the Lions Club aft
Brenham and inform them of the
fact that C. E. Koon, a member of
the club here, is coming there to make
his home and urge that they immedi-
LAMPASAS SCOUTS
ATTEND ANNUAL
MEETING IN BROWNWOOD j ately get him lined up in their club.
- j He has made a very faithful and en-
• Five leaders and three boy scouts thusiastic member here and the club
from Lampasas attended the annualj regrets to lose him.
meeting of the Comanche Trail Area' The Lions were invited by Lion
boy scout council in Brownwood Thurs- . Wachendorfer, to make an inspec-
day, Feb. 8. The eight were C. B.1 ti°n of the work that has been done
Taliaferro, Pelham Wolf, Frank Dick- on the school building with the -use
ason, James McGehee, Jordan Wolf, CWA labor. All of the excavat-
Rev. A. F. Avant, Warren Taliaferro ; ing under the grammar school build-
and Walter Smith. j ing has been accomplished and they
The meeting opened at the church bave equipped one class room, the
at 2:30 o’clock, and although the rain room in which the luncheon was
over that section interfered with the served, a kitchen and a canning room,
attendance, a representative number The canning plant is capable of tak-
from the eight counties in this area i°g care of six beeves in one day.
were there. In the conference groups j -
the two speakers from Lampasas were IS TOO TOUGH SO ES-
CAPED CONVICT GIVES UP
Walter Smith, “Special Activities,”
and Warren Taliaferro, “Why Pa-
tl0if? . T *• r » n , ,, (Temple Telegram)
Chief Justice J. E. Hickman of the „The road is t har than ison.
Eleventh Court of Civil Appeals at.j want tQ g0 back „ with that Ben.
Eastland, formerly of Lampasas, wasjny Greenj 81 year oW ed con.
the principal speaker at the annual Wct teom the Oklahoma penitentiary,
banquet given at the First Chnstmn oluntarily surrendered himself to
Church Thursday evening. Special | Nj ht PoIice CWef Sam Smith earI
music was furnished by a Boy Seoul, ,ast niht and asked t0 be returned
orchestra from Breckenndge and was; prjson
greatly appreciated.
The Lampasas citizens paid $200
in cash towards the work in this area
in a drive conducted for that purpose
in January. The officers appreciate
the liberal donation and wish to thank
the donors one and all.
C. E. KOON RECEIVES PRO-
MOTION WITH PENNEY CO.
C. E. Koon, local manager for J. C.
Penney Co., in Lampasas, has been
transferred by the company to Bren-
ham where he will serve as manager
of their store. The store in Bren-
ham does about twice the volume of
He still was wearing blue duck
trousers and khaki shirt issued to
him at the prison where he was a
trusty.
He had served seven months on a
two-year term assessed him on a
charge of attempted robbery in Ard-
more.
He told Smith that “the road is
tougher than prison” and that he
would like to get back in the peni-
tentiary where he could at least be
fed and kept warm.
Smith telegraphed the warden at
McAlester informing him of the sur-
render. An answer came within the
hour asking Smith to hold Green and
to get him to sign waiver for extra-
There will be a mass meeting of
all signers of 1934-35 cotton con-
tracts Feb. 20, at 2 o’clock in the
county courthouse. The purpose of
this meeting is to organize a cotton
cor. Fact association and to elect a
county committee and community-
committees. Although it is not ab-
solutely necessary that each signer
be present, it is desirable that a quor-
um of signers be there in order that
an association can be perfected. No
contracts will be accepted in Wash-
ington until such an organization is
formed. For this reason County-
Agent Graham urges everyone con-
cerned to be present at this meeting.
BAILEY KENDRICK INJURED
IN WOOD SAW ACCIDENT
Bailey Kendrick, about 20 years of
age, was injured Thursday while
working with a wood saw near Oak-
alla. He is the son of Arthur Ken-
drick who lives in that section. The
saw blade jumped out while the saw
was in operation and it struck the
young man and cut him in several
places about the body. One foot was
left dangling.
The Briggs-Camel ambulance was
called from Lampasas and he was
rushed to a Temple hospital for medi-
cal attention.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Bro. Robert LeCroix of Lometa will
be with us next Lord’s day, Feb. 18,
We ask every Christian to be present,
Bring your neighbors and friends,
Come to Bible study 10 a. m. Preach-
ing 11 a. m. and communion services
11:45 a. m. Preaching 7 p. m. Each
Thursday ladies’ Bible’ study 3 p. m.
Prayer meeting and Bible study 7
p. m. Welcome to all.—Reporter.
Dr. H. B. Rollins and W. W. Wilson?
left for Temple Wednesday night
where the former underwent an op-
eration for appendicitis, early Thurs-
day morning. According to last re-
ports, Dr. Rollins withstood the op-
eration nicely and is getting along
very well.
business that is done in Lampasas
and this is quite a nice promotion for Oklahoma! Smith said Green
Mr. Koon. He will leave Lampasas alread bad d t0 tMa rocedOTe.
th.s week to assume his new duties, Accordi t0 gmith Green said
m Brenham. Mr. Koon has done that he and several otheI trusties
well with the Lampasas store as is
evidenced by the pixnnotion which
was offered him at this time. Mr.
and Mrs. Koon have made many
friends among the Lampasas people
during their residence here and their
friends regret to see them leave but
wish for them every success in their
new home.
Judge J. Tom Higgins and county
commissioners A. M. Reynolds, O. T.
Lively and W. J. Medart appeared
before the Texas highway commis-
sion in Austin Tuesday. The com-
mission agreed to construct two of
seven bridges on Highway 66 from
Lampasas north, one of which would
be across the Lampasas river and the
other across Simms creek.
Chas. E. Stokes, manager of the
dry goods department of Stokes
Bros. & Co., is home from the East,
where he has been selecting spring
and summer merchandise for the
firm. Mr. Stokes had a very profit-
able trip this-season and reports the
people of the East are very opto-
mistiC,over the outlook of the future
in a business way.
had obtained a quart of whiskey and
had drunk it. They then decided to
“take it on the lam.” He said he
didn’t know what became of the other
escaped convicts, but that he was
tired of starving to death.
When he approached Sam Smith
in the police office at the munici-
pal building, he calmly stated that
“I want to surrender, to give up.”
He was taken to the Bell county
jail at Belton to await an agent from
the penitentiary to take him back.
W. E. Martin left Sunday
for San Antonio where he has accept-
ed the position of manager of Som-
mers Drug Store No. 4, located on
Broadway in Alamo Heights. Mr.
Martin will be glad to have his
friends drop in and see him when in
San Antonio. Mrs. Martin and chil-
dren will remain in Lampasas for
the present, but later will go to San
Antonio to make their home.
Mrs. B. G. January and two daugh-
ters, Emma Lee and Dora Gladys,
returned to their home in Coolidge
Thursday after a short visit here
with friends and relatives.
Mrs. Austin Long and little niece
Sheron Berry, of Llano spent Tues-
day night and Wednesday here with1,
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Cobb of Cam-
eron are guests here in the home of
Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Francis.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bristol are the
parents of a 10-pound baby girl born
Thursday, Feb. 8. The young lady
has been named Virginia Ann.
—Local Market Report—
Below are the prices being paid to
day by local buyers for the various
products'
Grain
Oats ...................... 34c to 38c bushel
Ear Corn ............ 50c to 60c bushel
Shell Corn ............ 55c to 65c bushel
Barley .................. 45c to 50c bushel
Wheat.................... 60c to 70c bushel
Maize............ $1.10 to $1.20 hundred
Poultry
Fryers .................... 9c to 11c pound
Hens .......................... 6c to 8c pound
Roosters .............................. 3c pound
Turkeys .................. 6c to 10c pound
Eggs (candled) ................ 11c dozen.
General
Cream ................................ 17c pound’
Green Hides ........................ 4c pound
Cotton middling basis ............ll:85e
Cotton Seed .................... $18.00 ton
Pecans .................... 5c up per pound!
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