The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. [44], No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1932 Page: 2 of 8
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Tk« 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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A GOOD MAN
(Belton Journal)
Some two months ago a little old
man dropped in on The Journal and
asked for a job, just as probably fifty
men do every month. This man didn’t
wear expensive raiment, and when
questioned, acknowledged that he
hadn’t eaten for quite a spell. But
he was clean, used good English, smil-
ed all the while and appeared to be a
gentleman, notwithstanding his claim
of being a printer. v
He was employed, because he made
a good impression on the man who
tries to be out when pay-day comes.
His work was entirely satisfactory,
and as the days went by “the boys"
learned that he was a better man
than any who had “dropped in” here-
tofore for a job. Then they learned
he was a minister of the Gospel, and
a man who practiced in daily life
what he preached. He did not seek
to carry his messages to the members
of any denomination, but to those
who wanted to hear him preach the
Word as it is recorded, whether they
were millionaires or paupers—and not
one cent did he ask or would he ac-
cept for his preaching.
He preached at a number of places
in Belton, was encouraged by many,
and asked to cease his preachings at
one place. He ceased, as he was ask-
ed to do, and said not a word about
it, but went about making his plans
to carry on his work as he believed
at should be done.
He earned but little, not working
all-time, and divided his earnings
with the financially unfortunate, as
he himself was. The biggest pur-
chase made from his earnings in Bel-
ton was buying a Bible to take the
place of the worn-out one he carried
next to his heart, and to which he
frequently referred during the day.
Realizing that The Journal’s busi-
ness would not justify another per-
manent man, and that he could not
lay anything in store for a rainy day
from his earnings here, he gathered
his belongings yesterday and left,
with no particular destination in mind,
but with a determination to continue
his preaching wherever he goes, and
to work at the printer’s trade when
he can get a job. In bidding “the
force” goodbye, the boys told him
they hoped he would prosper and get
rich, and all that sort of hooie, which
is customary when a man resigns or
gets resigned. To their wishes he
replied, “Boys, I am a rich man al-
ready. No man on earth has more
than I have, nor brighter prospects.
What I have I would not trade for
all the wealth of the world. May
the Lord bless you.”
And he went his way.
Truly, if ever there was a good
man, this little printer is one. His
good influence will linger with the
boys who toil and sweat and talk con-
fidentially to the linotype machines
and presses in The Journal plant, and
they somehow believe that when his
“form” is “made ready” and finally
“put to press” the foreman will have
no occasion to order it “pulled for
correction.” f • .
INJUNCTION AGAINST
WACO INSURANCE FIRM
' /AUSTIN, Feb. 12.—Judge W. F.
/Robertson of Travis County District
Court issued an injunction Friday re-
straining the American Assurance As-
sociation of Waco from carrying on
.an insurance business in Texas.
. /The proceedings was in the nature
'of a quo warranto brought by Everett
F. Johnson, Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral, for the purpose of forfeiting the
charter of the corporation. It was
alleged the association had subjected
its charter to forfeiture bjf reason of
non-user for a period of 20 years or
more and that it has not complied
with state laws regulating insurance
companies.
Daily Leader 3 Months for $1.00
DR. C. H. FAIRES
DENTAL SURGEON
Special Attention Given Plate
And Bridge Work.
BLOCK ANESTHESIA
Office over Mackey’s Drug Store
Lampasas, Texas.
W. C. T. U. PUTS PROHIBITION
IN FRONT OF PARTY
(Dallas News)
Placing the question of prohibition
above party, members of the W. C.
T. U., at its regional meeting went
on record as supporting a dry presi-
dential nominee regardless of politi-
cal affiliation, at the Friday after-
noon session in the Baker Hotel. The
group also urged that the State Dem-
ocratic Executive committee adopt the
one-two-three schedule of places for
the election of three Congressmen at
Large, lest one or more of the Fer-
gusons be elected, and adopted me-
morials to the House and Senate op-
posing submission of a prohibition re-
peal amendment.
The attitude of the group toward
the presidential election in 1932 was
expressed by Mrs. Nelle Burger, as-
sistant recording secretary of the na-
tional W. C. T. U.
“HistcSry will repeat itself,” -'“de-
clared Mrs. Burger. “Dry voters of
the opposite party supported the dry
candidate regardless of party in 1928
and they will do it again. One les-
son should be sufficient, but if it is
not, we will have a dry President.
Further, the nomination of a wet
President would not be satisfactory.
“More Drys Than Wets.”
“Let the wets present the repeal of
the Eighteenth Amendment as their
major issue and let the cause go to
the people on that issue alone. It
would reveal the forces which are
seeking to overthrow the Constitution.
There are more dry voters than wet,
and women will not be stampeded to
vote for a wet or a moderately wet
on the ground of party expediency.”
The group decided to check up on
the prohibition sentiment of Speaker
John N. Garner of the House follow-
ing a talk by Mrs. Josephine Collins
of Dallas, in which she characterized
Mr. Garner as a wet. Mrs. Collins
further predicted the election of one
of the Fergusons unless the State
Democratic Executive Committee is
prevailed upon to have the new con-
gressional posts filled from Places 1,
2 and 3 rather than from the entire
State.
The legal advocates of a referendum
on national prohibition have “not an
inch of ground on which to stand,
legally, morally or by precedent,” de-
clared Mrs. Lillian M. Mitchner, State
president of the Kansas W. C. T. U.
Only eighteen States have provisions
for the referendum, no legal basis for
such a procedure being found in oth-
er States, she asserted.
A feature of the Saturday session
will be a talk by Miss Florence Ster-
ling of Houston, director of peace and
arbitration of the Texas W. C. T. U.
Her brother, Gov. Ross S. Sterling, and
former Gov. Pat M. Neff will be
among the luncheon speakers.
Now is the time to do those repairs
while lumber is so cheap, see us now.
—Wm. Cameron & Co., Inc. (w)
THE SWITCHMAN’S PRAYER
An old railroad employe was con-
verted at a meeting and was asked
to lead in prayer. He hesitated a
moment, then with trembling and
clear-sounding voice said reverently:
“O, Lord, now that I have flagged
Thee, lift up my feet from the rough
road of life and plant them safely
on the deck of the train of salvation.
Let me use the safety lamp known
as prudence and all the couplings in
the train with the strong link of love;
and let my hand lamp be the Bible.
And heavenly Father, keep switches
closed that lead off on sidings, espe-
cially with a blind end. O, Lord, if
it be Thy pleasure, have every sema-
phore block along the line show white
light of hope that I may make the
run of life without stopping. And
Lord, give us the ten commandments
for the schedule; and when I have
finished the run on the schedule time
and pulled into the great dark sta-
tion of death, may the Superintend-
ent of the universe say, ‘Well done,
thou good and faithful servant, come
and sign the payroll and receive your
check to eternal happiness’.”—Ex.
Lampasas Weekly Leader 1 Year $1.50
REFLECTION ON THEIR
INTELLIGENCE TO SEE
MATMEN, RANGERS TOLD
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 11.—Adjt.
Gen. W. W. Sterling has announced
that Texas rangers will not interfere
with wrestling matches in the future.
Two wrestling matches were recently
stopped here by rangers.
General Sterling said he objected
“strenuously to the rangers usurping
the functions of the dog catcher and I
consider it a reflection on their intel-
ligence to spend their time watching
one of these affairs even though they
are admitted free of charge.”
The rangers were congregating here
Thursday for a conference with Gen-
eral Sterling Friday regarding their
duties. Sterling was a ranger Cap-
tain before being appointed Adju-
tant General.
A MATTER OF COLLATERAL
EX-SHERIFF ACQUITTED
AFTER INSTRUCTED VERDICT
(Dallas News AFTER HEATED CLASHES
Much publicity has been given the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation WAXAHACHIE, Feb. 11.—District
and its purposes, but there continues Judge Tom Ball Thursday afternoon
to be a wide difference of opinion j instructed a jury to acquit Schuyler
with regard to the lengths to which
it should go to make credit easy.
From one quarter comes the warning
that unless great precautions are
taken in the matter of collateral ac-
cepted, the operations of the new cor-
poration will only result in dissipa-
tion of Government funds through bad
loans. Another view, quite different,
is expressed in Time, New York, in
its issue of January 25, as follows:
“If the Reconstruction Finance Cor-
poration, controlled by cautious and
fuzzy-thinking directors, demands A1
collateral for all its loans, its ser-
vices will be little better than that
of an ordinary commercial bank. * * *
as an emergency organization (it)
must put aside chickenheartedness,
take financial risks, forget about pro-
B. Marshall Jr., former Dallas Coun-
ty sheriff, on charges of burglary.
The court so instructed the jury with-
out hearing arguments.
This action abruptly ended the trial,
which had been disturbed-i by clashes
of attorneys, one fist fight, with two
men being sent to jail for contempt
and three witnesses being charged
with perjury.
Maury Hughes, member of counsel
for Marshall, presented a motion for
an instructed verdict of not guilty
after a 30-minute recess shortly after
the state rested its case.
Spectators who crowded the court-
room stood up, many of them shout-
ing congratulations to Marshall. He
likewise arose, smiling, and shook
hands with friends who crowded
fits and boldly advance its credit on about him.
security which, at the moment, may
look inferioi\”
Similar Government agencies in the
past have usually gone to one ex-
treme or the other. The Govern-
ment has suffered great losses in its
agricultural loans recently. On the
other hand, a Government loan organi-
zation which was set up to help cat-
tlemen after the crash of 1921 lent an
inappreciable amount of money, al-
though it was flooded with applica-
tions. In the past it seems that both
the directors of these organizations
and the public took too seriously the
mere existence of the new agency,
when the really important thing was
the manner in which it functioned.
The Reconstruction Finance Corpora-
tion is an accomplished thing but the
matter of what it will accomplish is
something else. That accomplishment
The ex-sheriff, J. Robert Kelly, H.
W. McBride and Herbert Scales, Dal-
las clubman, were charged with burg-
lary for a robbery attempt upon the
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Fer-
ris, Ellis County, the night of last
November 17.
Previously, two other witnesses,
Mrs. Evelyn Mace and Roy Thornton,
were arrested on charges of perjury.
It was alleged they gave sworn testi-
mony yesterday (which contradicted
previous statements they had made
before the Ellis County grand jury.
All four were called as state wit-
nesses.
WE GRIND FEED
Our mill will grind your feed and
it will mean quite a saving to have
it ground for your live stock. Prices
are reasonable for grinding.—Lam-
depends on how successful it is in ! pasas Produce Company. (w)
lending—not giving away—money
where ordinary commercial banking
fails to serve. Perhaps it should
adopt as its motto: “Be liberal, cau-
tiously.”
AIKEN RESENTENCED
TO DEATH IN GEORGIA;
WIFE SOBS VIOLENTLY
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 11.—Sam
Aiken, who escaped from the Fulton
County jail 18 months ago while un-
der sentence of death, only to be re-
captured last week in Houston, Texas,
was resentenced to death today by
Judge John D. Humphries who set
February 26 as the date of execution.
Aiken was convicted of slaying his
wife and another man, and walked
out of the county jail with another
condemned prisoner 12 days before he
was to have been electrocuted.
“I feel I haven’t had a fair trial,”
Aiken told the court today before he
was resenteneed.
“If ever a man had a fair trial, this
court is of the opinion you did,” Judge
Humphries replied.
Aiken’s second wife, whom he mar-
ried in Houston under the name of
Sam Shaw, sobbed violently as he
was led from the courtroom. She
came here from Houston on money
raised there by subscription.
Leader Want Ads Always Get Results.
ROOSEVELT CALLS
SHERIFF HEARING
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 11.—Gover-
nor Roosevelt Thursday called a pub-
lic hearing on the charges against
Sheriff Thomas M. Farley of New
York City. It was set for February
16 in the executive chamber of the
Capitol. Samuel Seabury, counsel to
the Hofstadter committee investigat-
ing Tammany’s control of the metro-
polis, and Farley and his counsel, Sig-
fried F. Hartman, have been sum-
moned.
Seabury demanded removal of Far-
ley, a high official in Tammany Hall,
on the grounds that he did not satis-
factorily explain large bank accounts,
that he permitted gambling in a po-
litical club sponsored by him, and
for retaining fees, which act the coun-
sel alleged was illegal. Farley was
indicted on the last accusation by a
New York grand jury. His trial is
set for February 23.
Joe Hart is home from San Marcos
where he has been buying furs dur-
ing the season just closed.
Mrs. W. R. Williamson returned
home Saturday from Dallas where
she has been visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. William Morriss for
several days.
TEN COMMANDMENTS
THAT LEAD TO SUCCESS
1. Cultivate the habit of persist-
ence which is the most necessary ele-
ment to success.
2. Make up your mind to do the
things you dream of doing.
3. Plan the first step to be taken.
And begin.
4. Perform one hard taSk each day.
5. Believe in yourself, believe in
the thing you mean to do, and be
proud of it.
6. Do not be turned from your
purpose by your failures nor expect
too much at first. Achievement is not
a swift ride in an elevator; it’s a hot,
hard climb up a long steep hill.
7. School yourself to disregard dis-
couragements and opposition, and to
get along, if need be, without praise
or approval.
8. ®o not interfere with others,
nor try to direct their lives. You’ll
find it all you can do to make a suc-
cess of your own.
9. Cut the ill humors from your
disposition, and disabuse your mind
of the thought that you are being
slighted or overlooked.
10. Finally, be of cheerful counten-
ance. More battles have been lost by
frowns—more successes are won by
narrow margin of a smile—than this
old world dreams of.—The Em Quad.
Not second hand lumber, but new
lumber at low prices.—Wm. Cameron
& Co., Inc. (w)
SHOWER FOR MRS.
HAROLD FRANK
On Thursday evening, Feb. 11, the
Southwestern Bell Telephone employes
entertained at the home of Miss
Frances ‘Hewitt, in honor of Mrs.
Harold Frank, a recent bride.
Upon entering, each guest regis-
tered in the bridesbook with a wish
for the bride. A few minutes later
Miss Palmer and Mrs. Frank came
for Miss Hewitt to take her for a
drive. Miss Hewitt invited them in
where Mrs. Frank’s friends were wait-
ing to surprise her.
Brief horoscopes were read and reci-
pes were written after which comic
valentines were passed causing much
merriment when each guest was ask-
ed to read hers. It was found that
Mrs. Frank had not received one and
Misses Hewitt and Huffaker went in
search of one, coming back with a
large valentine box ladened with
beautiful gifts. Mrs. Frank unwrap-
ped each gift and in a lovely man-
ner expressed her appreciation.
A refreshment plate of chicken
salad, olives, wafers, pecan layer
cake and hot chocolate was served to
the honoree, Mrs. Harold Frank, Mis-
ses Dorris Berry, Merle Fletcher,
Edith Tittle, Frances Hewitt, Verna
Belle Huffaker, Mattie Belle Palmer,
Glen Ernest, Wilma Palmer, Eria Bul-
lion; Mesdames D. A. Fuller, J. R.
Frank, W. M. Pierce, Bob Fuller, C.
M. Seale, Harold Howard, Will Pal-
mer, Elmer Bounds, Clebe Rathman,
Albert Dennis and Fulton Brown, xx
Mrs. Annie Ramsey came in Friday
from San Angelo and is a guest in
the home of her sister, Mrs. J. H.
Andrew.
*
THE WREATH
' I
UNCLE JACK HAS
HUNTED FOR BURIED
GOLD HALF CENTURY
(By W. A. Chansler)
KILLEEN.—Tales of over a half
bushel of buried gold are heard here
after 50 years of fruitless search. The
treasure was supposed to have been
buried by A. J. Wolf on the land now
owned by Jim Stephenson, 10 miles
north of Killeen on the Killeen-Gate^-
ville road, in Coryell County. *
A. J. (Uncle Andy) Wolf came to
this county about 1840 when Texas
was a republic. He homesteaded a
league of land on what was then
known as the Womack grant. He
stocked his land with cattle and horses
and became one of the foremost ranch-
ers of that time. Little of his acti-
vities during the period from 1840 to
1863 are known today as the country
was sparsely settled and he had few
neighbors, the closest of those over
five miles away. All of them have
been dead for many years.
Long Cattle Drives.
However it is known that he made
at least four cattle drives to New
Orleans during this time and though
cattle were cheap the quantity he
drove made up for this. In 1864 Uncle
Andy made his last drive. He drove
four bunches of beef steers to New
Orleans, where he sold three of these
bunches and not getting the price he
wanted for the remaining bunch he
drove it back to his ranch. This
drive alone is reputed to have brought
him around $10,000. As gold was the
money in those days he brought back
gold.
After this last trip Uncle Andy de-
cided he needed a new house and pro-
ceeded tq have one built of rock. He
paid the man who built it the sum of
one good saddle horse. This house
is still standing and is used by Mr.
Stephenson as a granary.
Had Secret to Tell.
In 1863 Jack Wolf, Uncle Andy’s
nephew, moved to this country with
his mother and father. Jack was only
eight years old at this time. How-
ever his uncle had never married and
having no other relatives here Jack
became his uncle’s favored kinsman.
Uncle Andy told him that he had
something important to tell him be-
fore he died.
The winter of 1870 was a severe
one. Uncle Andy contracted pneu-
monia and was found in bed, serious-
ly ill, by one of his neighbors. He
told this man that he wanted to talk
with Jack and ordered him to go af-
ter him. The neighbor rode about
five miles after Jack and when they
returned Uncle Andy was unconsci-
ous. He died a few houi’s later hav-
ing never regained consciousness. It
was supposed that he wanted to tell
his; nephew where his money was
buried.
Jack Wolf is “Uncle Jack” now and
is 71 years old, though one would
probably guess him to be around 60.
Uncle Jack has searched all about
his uncle’s house during the 50 years
which have passed since his death.
He has taken out the floor and dug
under the hearth, searched the walls
and dug up the site of the old corral,
to no avail. But he is still certain
that his uncle’s gold is buried some-
where around the old rock house.
It has been suggested to him that
his uncle probably left his money in
a New Orleans bank of that period
but he doesn’t deem this likely as
New Orleans was a long way from
home and payment by check was un-
heard of at that time. Uncle Andy
was a moderate man. He was never
known to drink or gamble. He had
money when he died—over a half
bushel of it, Jack believes.
TESTIMONY IS SHORT
AT TRIAL OF SHERIFF
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 11.—Testi-
mony was concluded in less than an
hour Thursday in the case against
Norman L. Speer, Walker County
Sheriff, charging him with taking $1,-
000 of State money through a war-
rant. Arguments will be made Fri-
day.
According to the allegations, the
State owed Speer $1,626.95 and the
warrant called for $2,626.95.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wolf have gone
to Uvalde to spend a short time with
friends.
Adults Contract Children’s
Diseases
Adults can, and £0, contract many
children’s diseases. And, usually, they
suffer from them much more than
children do. For instance, many adults
contract worms, an ailment usually
associated with children.
they suffer intensely and take expen-
sive medical treatments, without reali-
zing that worms are the cause of their
troubles. Yet. the symptona are the
less deem itching of the nose and anus;
and abdominal pains. And, the same
medicine that surely and harmlessly ex-
pels round and pin worms from children
do the same for adults — White 3
Cream Vermifuge, which you can get afe
Wilson Drug Co., Lampasas, Texas
E. X.. Trussell, Kempner, Texas
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