The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1932 Page: 5 of 8
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HOOVER LEADS IN FIRST
COUNT IN WHO’S WHO POLL
, CHICAGO, Sept. 17.—Republican
national campaign headquarters an-
nounced tonight the first count from
a presidential poll of persons whose
names appear in Who’s Who.
j The count as announced gave
, President Hoover a lead of more than
: 3 to 1 over Governor Franklin D.
Roosevelt in a tabulation of 2239 re-
plies from more than 28,000 persons
who were asked to make their choice
i for president. The totals:
! Herbert Hoover, 1646; Franklin D.
Roosevelt, 514; Norman Thomas, 69;
Alfred E. Smith, 10.
A formal announcement of the first
count in the poll listed no votes for
William Z. Foster, Communist candi-
date, or William D. Upshaw, the pro-
hibition party’s nominee.
Postcard ballots were mailed out to
the list of voters a week ago, and
announcements will be made regular-
ly of the standing of the candidates
as the poll progresses.
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MISSOURI EDITOR IS
WILLING TO BET HIS
FARM ON ROOSEVELT
SLAUGHTER RANCH
IN SONORA TO OPEN
LUBBOCK, Sept. 10.—Closed two
and a half years because of the high
STERLING URGES
AID FOR VETERANS
AUSTIN, Sept. 19.—Texans were
reminded of their duty to contribute
tariff on cattle coming out of Mexico,! to the aid of disabled World War'vet-
the Slaughter ranch 160 miles south | erans in a proclamation issued by
of Douglas, Ariz., in Sonora, Mexico, i Governor Stei’ling setting aside Sept,
is being opened by R. L. Slaughter,! 24 as Argonne Day.
-Jr., of Lubbock.
Two carloads of horses for cow-
Governor Sterling pointed out that
the Disabled American Veterans of
boys have been shipped from Lub- J the World War was organized for the
bock and a third car will go from j purpose of augmenting the work of
California. As soon as possible 2,000
head of cattle will be shipped to the
ranch and stocking begun.
The ranch, which covers about 250,-
the Government “in dispensing jus-
tice and relief to these men.” “To
carry on their work,” the proclama-
tion said, “they make an annual drive
OKLAHOMA TROOP RULE j DEATH CLAIMS BUGLER
AGAIN BEFORE JUDGES WHOSE “CEASE FIRING’
- NOTES ENDED CIVIL WAR
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 19.— -
Authority of Col. Cicero I. Murray MARYVILLE, Mo., Sept. 19.—
and the national guard to interfere Nathaniel Sisson,, 87, bugler who,
with production of oil from two wells ! claimed his “cease firing” ended the
in the Oklahoma City field was at- | Civil war at Appomattox, died here
tacked by the Russell Petroleum Cor? Saturday.
poration Monday when a written mo- 1 Sisson, then an 18-year-old youth,
tion to advance was filed in the state j was a bugler under the command of
supreme court. j General George A. Custer, later killed
Hearing was set for Oct. 18 after by Indians, on the fateful April 9,
the court granted a motion to ad- 1865, last day of the Civil war.
vanee the case, Sid White, attorney When two Confederate officers ap-
for the oil company, said the appli- peared under a flag of truce at the
cation for an injunction sought to command of General Custer, Sisson
prevent the military from “taking blew a call halting the advancing
over” the two Russell wells but also federal cavalry and ending the war,
would attack the right of the Cor- it was said.
poration Commission to set allow- j After the war, Sisson founded the
■ables and order the closing of alleged . Sisson Loan and Title company here
overproduced wells. i and by a curious coincidence made
White last week attempted to ap- ! the acquaintance of H. P. Childress,
peal the ease from an adverse ruling ' Confederate bugler credited with
by the Oklahoma county district j blowing the call halting the war for
court but was advised hi motion, the South.
must be written. It was filed Mon- j The two became bosom companions
ATLANTA, Mo., Sept. 19.—Clar-
ence G. Sagascr, newspaper editor
here, offers to wager his $6,000 Mis-
souri farm that Franklin D. Roose-
velt will be elected president.
In a notice on the front page of
his weekly newspaper, Sagaser said:
; “Who wants a 300-acre farm?”
i “The owner of this newspaper, the
: Atlanta Express, also owns a 300-
acx-e farm in Macon county, Mis-
I souri, which he will wager at even
money on Franklin D. Roosevelt to
be the next president "of the United
States.
j “We feel that if Hoover wins we
j will lose this farm anyway, so we are
I willing to take it on Roosevelt
| against any other farm in Macon
| county of equal value, or against its
! value in money with any Hoover en-
thusiast anywhere in the United
States.”
000 acres, is owned in fee simple by j for funds to be used in securing aid
R, L. Slaughter, Sr., also of Lubbock, j for the disabled war veterans. This
It was opened in the then sparsely j year the drive will be held on Sept,
settled and bandit infested state of! 24, and forget-me-nots will be sold
Sonora in 1913. R. L. Slaughter, Jr., ! on thfe streets to help the American
will be manager. He has purchased World War wounded.”
an airplane and will use it in oper- i After mentioning that this month
ating the property. : marked the fourteenth anniversary
-o- | of the Meuse-Argonne drive, “when
PRORATION RULES ARE UNDER j “ Z
ATTACK IN FEDERAL COUR1 i “our great state should honor the
dead by remembering the living.
HOUSTON, Sept. 19.—A broad at-'
tack on the Texas Railroad Commis-
sion’s proration of production in the
East Texas oil field was launched
Last week the Fergusons filed a
petition in the state supreme court
j seeking a mandamus to compel the
here Monday before a three-jifdge election managers to certify Mrs.
NOTICE
day.
and when the World war ended in
The two wells were closed by mili- , 1918, both then old men, grabbed
tary order several weeks ago because 1 their bugles from the wall and in
of alleged overproduction from secret their old gray and blue uniforms
connections. danced down the street arm in arm
, T _ j , , „ celebrating the armistice. Childress
Chief Justice Lester termed the! , . , . , . ,non
,. ^ .., .. .died m Los Angeles m 1929.
proration matter a delicate situa- , ST ■ ,
„ , , . ! Sisson was born in Meigs county,
tion and during the hearing there ! _, . , „ , _ , , n
. . f. ... 5 __A , Ohio, m 1845, and was a bugler m
came an intimation that the $5,000 _ , ~
. , , , , j. yt tt I Company A, Second West Virginia
supersedeas bond granted the H. F. 1 , .
TI7:. , Jr „ , , Volunteer cavalry.
Wilcox Oil and Gas Company last
■week to reopen its 10 wells resulted
from a “misunderstanding.” Justice
Lester said he understood from W. L.
Murphy, Wilcox attorney, that Mur-
phy had conferred with opposing
Children’s school oxfords and strap
slippers, sizes 6 to 12, for $1.00 pair
at Hooper’s Store. (w)
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counsel and obtained an agreement1 OIL WORKER HURT IN
for the bond. j FIGHT WITH MILITIA
The supersedeas bond, which would j
have permitted Wilcox to run allow-
ables for July, August and Septem- j
her, despite an alleged overproduc- j
tion of more than 900,000 barrels,;
was attacked by Governor Murray
as “a monstrosity in justice” and
Colonel Murray, in charge of mili-
tary proration enforcement, announ-
ced he would keep the wells closed
regardless.
DAUGHTER BORN TO
MRS. DAN MOODY
AUSTIN, Sept. 20.—A daughter j
was born this morning to Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Moody. The baby, the sec-
ond child of the former governor, j
was named Nancy Paxton. Dan j
Moody, Jr., is 3% years old.
The girl was named for Mr.
Moody’s mother and for Mrs. Moody,
who formerly was Miss Mildred Pax- i
ton of Abilene. The baby weighed I
7% pounds.
OKLAHOMO CITY, Sept. 20.—One
man was injured Tuesday in a scuf-
fle between national guardsmen and
pil (field workers when guardsmen
closed down wells of the H. F. Wil-
cox Oil and Gas Company.
Orbe Kile, Wilcox employe, was
taken from a company lease “bleed-
ing profusely,” a neighbor said, after
he had been struck on the head with
some sort of a heavy instrument.
Kyle said he previously had been
forced from another Wilcox lease at
the point of a bayonet wielded by
Lieut. Messina Murray, son of Gov.
W. H. Murray.
After the scuffle the Wilcox Com-
pany withdrew its workmen from the
properties.
Extra guardsmen * were rushed to
the field by Col. Cicero I. Murray
after three wells were opened under
a supreme court order. Colonel
Murray said the wells would stay
closed.
A dozen guardsmen and a dozen or
more workers engaged in the scuffle.
I have arranged with the United
States Civil Service Commission to
hold for me a competitive examina-
tion at Abilene, Sweetwater, Brown-
wood, Coleman, Eastland, Lampasas,
Stamford, Mineral Wells, San Saba,
and Breckenridge, on Saturday, Oct.
! 22, 1932. I will permit all boys in
! my district desiring to enter the
| United tates Naval Academy at An-
napolis to compete in this examina-
tion, and the four boys making the
highest grades will be appointed by
me as the principal, first, second and
third alternates for admission to the
United States Naval Academy at An-
napolis on July 1, 1933. If boys liv-
ing in my district who are away from
home attending schools will notify
me immediately their post office ad-
dresses at such schools I will arrange
for the examination to be held in the
'City contiguous to such school so as to
save them the time and expense of
being away from their work.
THOMAS L. BLANTON.
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STERLING TO FILE CONTEST
federal court in a hearing designed to
clean up litigation pending on the
subject.
Hearing on a group of suits, all
seeking injunctions to restrain the
commission from administering its
regulations in the field, was begun
in the afternoon after the morning
had been spent in so arranging the
cases as to permit them to be heard
together. Three, however, were not
put in the general classification and
will be tried later. All were filed at
Tyler.
First testimony for the plaintiffs,
under way late in the afternoon, was
of a technical nature to lay a predi-
cate for the contentions of the com-
plainants that proration in the field
is arbitrary and does not operate to
prevent the physical waste it is
claimed by proponents to prevent.
The first two witnesses were geolo-
gists who told of the physical nature
of the field—J. S. Hudnell of Tyler
and Laverne Decker of Marshall.
In the present hearing, the opera-
tors seek by injunction to invalidate
proration. The same group of cases
was heard in May before the court,
which denied the application for tem-
porary restraining orders against the
commission.
The decision of the court, when it
comes, probably will be final unless
it is overturned by the Supreme Court
of the United States, which would
be the next court of appeal.
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TWO MEN ARRESTED
IN HARWOOD SLAYING
Ferguson’s name as the nominee, etc.
While this term mandamus is com-
monly used in legal documents, many
people never bothered themselves
about the real significance of the
term until it had to do with this no-
torious election. Many people, both
for and against the Fergusons have
asked us to make clear the meaning
of “mandamus.” All right, here
goes: ‘In this case it means simply,
that Mrs. Ferguson is seeking the
power to let her man dam us.”—
Round Rock Leader.
B. A. U. SOCIAL
DALLAS, Sept. 20.—Sam McCorkle
said today that Governor R. S. Stei'l-
ing’s amended petition in the suit
contesting the nomination iof Mrs.
Miriam A. Ferguson would be filed
Thursday in 126th district court at
Austin.
McCorkle, who was district attor-
ney for Limestone and Freestone
counties, resigned his office to con-
duct the suit for Sterling. M. M.
Crane, former attorney general, C.
S. Bradley of Groesbeck and C. S.
Slatton of San Antonio, also aiding
in the suit, conferred with him here
today
The suit alleged that Mrs. Fergu-
son received several thousand illegal
votes for the gubernatorial nomina-
tion at the second democratic pri-
mary.
GONZALES, Sept. 19.—The arrest
last night of two suspects in the
murder of Charles Harris, Harwood
business man, ended an extensive
man-hunt conducted by sheriffs of
three counties with bloodhounds and
a posse of 150 citizens. The arrest-
ed men are being held in the Cald-
well county jail in Lockhart.
Harris was shot and killed late
Saturday night while going from his
store to his home in company with
Night Watchman Minter Brown and
J, B. Brown, a neighbor. As the trio
passed a corner a bandit commanded
them to “put ’em up,” and fired at
the same time. Harris was fatally
wounded.
The night watchman and the
bandit exchanged a dozen shots as
the latter fled down an alley, where
he met a companion. The two men
made their escape on foot. They
were seen several times by farm resi-
dents Sunday.
Bloodhounds picked up the trail
Sunday afternoon but soon lost it.
Lockhart officers captured the men
on a highway Sunday night.
Charges were scheduled to be filed
in Harwood some time today. The
men were to be removed to Gonzales
this afternoon.
Friday night, Sept. 16th, the mem-
bers of the B. A. U. of the Lampasas
Baptist Church gathered at the beau-
tiful home of Mr. and Mrs. D. R.
Fitch to observe their monthly busi-
ness and social meeting. After a
short business session presided over
by the president, Dr. C. T. Harkey,
the meeting was then taken in charge1
by Mrs. Geo. Bean, the social direc-
tor. Games and contests were heart-
ily entered into by all present, and
everyone enjoyed the merriment.
When the hour for departure ar-
rived we were all served an abund-
ance of delicious sliced watermelon
and it is amazing to know the amount
of watermelon some of the members
can eat.
Upon departing all the guests ex-
pressed their appreciation of the
lovely way in which Mr. and Mrs.
Fitch entertained and also expressed
j the hope that they would do so again,
at some early date.
Reporter.
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Coleman Fountain, of Leander, ac-
companied by his little nephew, Minet
Hallmark, was a visitor in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pitt for a
short time Sunday. They were ac-
companied home Sunday afternoon by
Mrs. W. H. Fountain, who has been
visiting in the Pitt home.
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A. P. Tittle, who has been seri-
ously ill at his home in North Lam-
pasas, the past week, is improving
and will soon be able to be around
again.
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Floyd Faubion is confined to his
home on account of illness. He was
taken ill suddenly Tuesday night
while operating at the Leroy Thea-
tre and was removed to his home.
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Mr. and Mrs. Sam Elliott of Frank-
lin, who have been visiting their
mother, and their grandmother, Mrs.
S. E. Jackson of Lampasas, left Tues-
day for their home.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Williamson
spent Sunday in Austin where they
went to take their son, Tom, who is
attending the University of Texas.
EACH BEAUMONT
COP MAY SOON WEAR
RADIO RECEIVING SET
BEAUMONT, Sept. 20.—An amaz-
ing plan to equip all foot officers of
the force with radio receiving sets is
being considered by the Beaumont
police department, it was learned to-
day from Chief C. E. Kennedy, who
said that preliminary study indicat-
ed that the plan is practicable. A
light, compact set weighing two or
three pounds could be hooked to an
officer’s belt, the chief believes. An,
earphone, when not in use, would
hang from his lapel or vest, an ear-
phone vest, an “aerial” would go in
his pocket or possibly in his cap»
Steel taps on the heel and toe of a
shoe would serve as a “ground.”
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EX-PRESIDENT OF TEXAS
BANK KILLS HIMSELF
LOCKHART, Sept. 20. — Albert
Koennecke, 53, former president of a
defunct Fredericksburg bank, killed
himself here this morning by taking
carbolic acid, according to the in-
quest verdict of Justice G. M. Mills.
Since the failure of the bank at
Fredericksburg, Mr. Koennecke cams
here and had been at the home of his
son-in-law, Milam Johnson, for some
two or three months.
According to Judge * Mills, Koen-
necke went into the bath room at
the Johnson home this morning and
drank the acid. He died shortly aft-
erward. The funeral will be held
Wednesday at Fredericksburg. Sur-
viving are two daughters, Mrs. John-
son and Miss Cora Koennecke of
Lockhart.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Buckland and
daughter, Wanda Lee left recently
for their home in Ventura, Calif. They
were accompanied by Mr. Buckland’s
brother, Jack, of this city. Jack
plans to study in the mechanical
shops of the airplane factories in
California.
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Kline McGee has returned to Aus-
tin where he will resume his studies
in the University of Texas.
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Mrs. W. M. Kelly of Uvalde is
visiting in the home of her sister,
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Fitch.
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Graves Landrum has gone to Aus-
tin where he will attend the Univers-
ity of Texas this term.
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Mrs. Grimlin, who lives in North
Lampasas, is reported seriously ill.
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J. A. Henderson of Bend was in
Lampasas Tuesday, and was a caller
at this office. Mr. Henderson thinks
the government cotton reports have
a tendency to lower the price of cot-
ton, when the actual conditions of the
crop does not justify the slump in
price.
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Mrs. Joe Adkins of Brady is a
guest here in the home of Mrs. J. P.
Word. Gerald and Jim Adkins ac-
companied their mother here and
then went to Austin on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dickens of this
city are the proud parents of a
daughter, Betty Ann, born Sunday,
September 18th, at Temple.
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Misses Ada Mae and Melba Gil-
bert have gone to Austin, where they
will enter the University of Texas
this term.
Miss Helen Willerson left Sunday
for Waco, where she will attend Bay-
lor University this term.
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