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BLOOD TRANSFUSION
KNOWN TO ANCIENTS
Records Show It Was Prac-
ticed Centuries Ago.
The ancients have a way of bobbing
up from their graves and presenting
their claims to have originated some
supposedly modern method or inven-
tion. The comparatively new method
of introducing some drugs directly
into the blood stream by injection or
even the principle of blood transfu-
sion, for that matter, had their origin
Thatched Roofs Still
Common in England
One of the oldest crafts In England
is that of thatching. In Norfolk coun-
ty fiat-bottomed boats still pass along
the streams conveying men who cut
and gather reeds for thatched roofs.
When reed season is in full swing
huge piles of dried reeds stand along
the banks waiting for the thatchers.
Thatching is really one of the manual
arts hereditary in certain families in
that country. One family has en-
gaged in the occupation through four
centuries.
Only one change has been made in
the process during the 400 years. For-
I merly the reeds were fastened to raft-
far back, centuries before even the
^!L®d!ail^^den^.S"fPeCte? ??e I ers with long" strands <Tb7am¥e~bush.
Now either tarred twine or iron pegs
of the circulation of the
existence
blood.
Those were the days of hopes, when !
men dreamed of the wonders of things j
to come, according to Dr. W. F. Dut-
: ton, former chief of the Polyclinic
hospital. Philadelphia.
"Transfusion of blood and the idea i
of injecting drugs directly into the
veins,” said Doctor Dutton, “had their
scientific origin in the Seventeenth j
century. But for many hundreds of
years before that the idea of transfer- j
ring blood from human being or ani- j
mal to the veins of a human suffering i
from loss of blood or afflicted with
disease had been present in the minds i
are used for that purpose. As the
reeds are being put on the roofs their
tops are still laid in place with a his-
toric implement known as the leggett.
This implement consists of a block of
wood with comb-like arrangements of
horseshoe nails.
of those who carried on the medical
tradition.
Several centuries .before Harvey
discovered the phenomenon of the cir-
culation of the blood there Is in
Villari’s “Life of Savonarola” an ac-
count of the unsuccessful attempt
made by a “Jew” doctor to prolong
the life of Pope Innocent YIH by
means of transfusion.
“The account reads:
“•‘Accordingly the blood of the de-
crepit old pontiff was passed into the
veins of a youth, whose blood was
transferred into those of the old man.
The experiment was tried three times,
and at the cost of the lives of three
boys, probably from air getting into
their veins, but no effect was ob-
tained, the pope was not saved; he
died on the twenty-fifth of April, 1492.’
“In 1613 William Harvey began lec-
turing to his London classes concern-
ing his discovery of the circulation of
the blood. Two years later in a book
published at Frankfort, 1615, Andreas
Libavius, writing of transfusions,
said: ‘Let there be a young man, ro-
bust, full of spirituous blood, and also
an old man, thin, emaciated, his
strength exhausted, hardly able to re-
tain his own soul. Let the performer
of the operation have two silver tubes
fitting into each other. "Let him open
an artery of the young man and fit
into it one of the tubes, fastening it
in. Let him immediately after open
the artery of the old man and put the
other tube into it, and then, the two
tubes being joined together, the hot
and spirituous blood of the young man
will pour into the old one as if it were
from the fountain of youth.’
“In 1628 Giovanni Colle of Padua,
writing of diets and drugs valuable in
prolonging life, mentions transfusion
and suggests the mingling of medica-
ments with the infused blood, thus of-
fering a suggestion of possible in-
travenous medication. English, Ger-
man, French and Italian scientists
took up the work, but it was finally
discarded as ‘one of the curiosities of
medical history.’
“More ancient than transfusion is
the act of bloodletting. Without doubt
it is one of the oldest therapeutic
measures, and of such antiquity that
we are unable to trace it.”
English Cleric Hero
of Novel Relay Race
A novel race of 100 years ago is re-
called in one of the English papers and
is as follows: About 100 years ago
there occurred the famous wager in
which the men of Peterhouse under-
took to persuade Rev. Dr. Blizzard, D.
D., to ride eight miles from St. Mary’s
church on a human horse within two
hours, the horse to be changed every
half mile. The good doctor was easily
persuaded, and a huge crowd assem-
bled to see him mount on the back of
the first “horse” in full puff wig and
shovel hat. Even Cambridge has
never seen such a scene as took place
at the winning post when Sam Gill, of
St. Neots, brought the doctor in with
half a minute to spare, Sam’s nose
streaming with blood as the result of a
heavy fall which unshipped the rider
and broke the “horse’s” nose.
i Raven Not Altogether
Deserving of Bad Name
Two ravens one which has taken
our continental name, America#, and
the. other which has taken the more
specific geographic name of the north-
ern raven, are both Interesting, croaky
and not altogether unbeautiful, for in
certain lights their plumage Is lustrous.
The American r.rven is smaller than
its more northern cousin. It is a resi-
dent of the far western United States.
It is a mountain dweller, although it
disdains not to descend to the val-
leys if man is absent therefrom. The
raven does not like man and the rea-
son is not far to seek. Man does not
like the raven, holding it with the
crow its cousin mice or twice removed,
as being a bird that is better dead.
The diet of the American raven, ac-
cording to Florence Merriam Bailey,
who knows the western bird well, con-
sists “principally of carrion, dead fish
and frogs, varied with rodents, mus-
sels, grasshoppers, large black crickets
and worms.” This collection of food
Is not altogether a delectable one from
the human appetite standpoint, but the
raven deserves well of man for making
its diet what it is.
LAW AS TO ABSENTEE VOTING
Steam-Cleaning Stone
Dirty-faced stone buildings that
blush dark with shame between clean,
new structures can now be steam-
cleaned so that they not merely look
almost as good as new, but attain the
mellow, refined look of ripe age. The
bureau of standards has conducted a
series of tests to determine the best
way of cleaning buildings. Old-fash-
ioned methods of acid cleaning, sand
blasting, scrubbing with soap powders
and hand brushes are effective, but
very slow and laborious.
Live steam cleaning was first tried
on dirty stones in the laboratory, and
then on a twenty-year-old accumula-
tion of dirt on an old bank building in
Baltimore. The result showed that
this new method could be used rapidly
with inexperienced common labor, al-
though the cost is somewhat higher
than for acid cleaning. The cost is
expected to drop when the method
passes the experimental stage.
Old Scriptural Names
Seem to Have Passed
A writer calls attention to the inter-
esting names found in certain sections,
such as the village home of his child-
hood days where the names were ah
most entirely scriptural, so there were
Matthew, Mark, etc., Rlioda, Sarah,
Joseph, Benjamin, etc. The three
sons of our blacksmith were Sliadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, the latter be-
ing shortened to Bendy. These passed,
and their place was taken by family
names—Charles, William, Henry, etc.
The Twentieth century brought a hid-
eous change in the direction of “gen-
tility!” with such horrors as Gladys,
Doris, Daphne. Sydney, Herbert
(“Bert” or “Erb”). He says: “I have
known a girl witli the beautiful name
of Irene often summoned hilariously as
‘Come on, young Rene,’ while a child
by the name of Audrey was surprised
when I told her that her name was a
variant of Etheldreda.—London Mail.
Any qualified voter who expects to
be absent from the county on primary
election clay may vote by observing
the following:
“Not more than 10 nor less than
three days prior to July 24, go in
person before the county clerk and
exhibit your poll tax receipt or ex-
emption certificate. If not personal-
ly known to the clerk, you must be
identified.
The clerk will give you a ballot
which you shall mark without assist-
ance and return to him. The ballot
will be sealed and voted for you by
the presiding judge on election day
and your poll tax receipt returned for
you to the county clerk, where you
may obtain it after election.
“If you cannot go before the county
clerk in person but are temporarily
absent from the county of your res-
idence, you may still vote by going
before a notary public at the point
Avhere you are, not more than 20 nor
less than 10 days before July’24, 1926
and delivering to him your poll tax
receipt or exemption certificate, or
making affidavit of its loss, and he
will send such paper to the county
clerk. If he finds your name on the
poll list, he will mail you a ballot
which you will mark according to
your vote and deliver to the notary
public. The notary will mail same to
the county clerk and it will be voted
in the usual way.”
WETS SEEK FUNDS FOR
DRY LAW REFERENDUMS
Rude Joke
A middle-aged bachelor, who has a
wide acquaintance in the theatrical
profession, was at lunch recently with
an old friend, a ventriloquist, who was
appearing at an Indianapolis theater.
In the course of the meal, the ventrilo-
quist invited a young woman who was
appearing on the same bill, to join
them. Suddenly, to the surprise of the
bachelor, he heard the woman say:
“Stop holding my hand.” Again, on
taking his leave, he was startled to
hear her say: “See you after the show
tonight, old scout.” It did not dawn
on the man that his ventriloquist
friend was playing a joke on him. His
friends have not been able to find out
whether or not he was waiting at the
stage door that night.—Indianapolis
News.
Odd Collection
One of the most unusual hobbies is
the collecting of torture instruments.
A certain American surgeon has as-
sembled the most complete private as-
sortment of them extant—including
such machines as the rack, the
squeezers, and the iron virgin, which
the perverted ingenuity of man de-
vised chiefly for use in inducing wit-
nesses to give evidence in legal pro-
ceedings. These instruments were em
ployed in legal proceedings by ancient
and modern Europe. Their use was
recognized by the law of most coun-
tries (to which England, Aragon and
Sweden were exceptions) up to com-
paratively recent times.
High University Honor
{_ When LL. D. is conferred upon a
| man it indicates that, he lias a pro-
; found knowledge of the laws of his
| profession, or that department of
, knowledge in which he is working.
, LL. D. is the oldest, highest and most
' valuable university degree and is con-
ferred only on such as have made
' themselves very eminent by tlieir skill,
learning and original work. It is sel-
| dom conferred before the recipient is
; fifty years of age. LL. D. is usually
: conferred as an honorary degree, but
! Shurtleff, Chicago, and McGill propose
1 to confer it upon the completion of re-
quired work and examinations in any
of the higher departments of knowl-
edge. LL. D. is sometimes conferred
as a third degree in line with LL. B.
and LL. M. with work in law schools.
Washington, July 13.—Plans for a
Nation-wide campaign to elect a
“Liberal Congress” and promote wet
and dry referendums in various
States were outlined in a circular
sent out Tuesday calling for contri-
butions to a campaign fund for the
Association Against The Prohibition
Amendment.
People will always get careless
about observing traffic laws if there
j is no officer on the job to enforce the
' law. Lampasas has had traffic of-
i ficers on at different times and there
| were very few arrests made during
; the time, but now there is no officer
on duty and people are driving just
about as they please. These laws
| should be observed to avoid accidents,
i which could prove fatal in many in-
| stances. Signal when you are going
j to turn, in order that cars meeting
: you and those following may know
what you intend to do, don’t turn
| around in the middle of a block, re-
j member that all cars on your right |
' have the right-of-way at intersections
of streets.
Educated Dog
Dogs have not such good brains as
monkeys. Yet from long association
with man the dog has learned to make
better use of his brain than the mon-
key, and therefore appears more in-
telligent.
Dogs have been taught to spell. Rolf,
the Skye terrier of Mannheim, actual-
ly did sums and dictated letters, and
his feats are attested by British as
well as German observers.
One night Rolf woke his mistress,
who lit a lamp and took the alphabet.
Rolf spelt out, “Listen ! Birds !” His
mistress told him that what he heard
was an owl hooting, and Rolf went
back to bed satisfied.
Partridge Has Hard Time
The English partridge has to fight
against many conditions and odds in
its battle for existence and naturalists
there tell many interesting stories of
contests in which the birds are en-
gaged, there being a large number of
natural enemies ready to slay the
bird or rob the nests of eggs and
young.
The seasons are bad; the cold rains
cause the death of many young birds;
the fox forever is after the partridge.
The birds hunt secluded places for
their nests and have been known
to build a new nest about the eggs that
have been tumbled down when the
nest was wrecked by accident.
improving on Nature
The production of synthetic cam-
phor from turpentine oil in this coun-
try appears to be an accomplished
fact. Exact details are not known,
but from one to three tons a day have
been quoted as estimates of the pro.
duetion.
The. camphor industry until recent
years has been a monopoly of the Jap-
anese, who have continually increased
the price of the natural product and
have thus forced European consumers
to manufacture camphor synthetical-
ly. Such manufacture is indeed satls-
factory, especially as it has spread to
Britain on a fairly large scale.
Famous French Assembly
The name “French Directory” was
given to the body of five individuals
(Lepeaux, Itewbell, Letourneur, Bar-
ras and Carnot), to whom was en-
trusted the administration of public
affairs in France at the time of the
revolution. The directory was es-
tablished by the Constitution of the
fifth Fruitidor (August 22, 1795), and
ruled in conjunction with the Council
of Ancients of Five Hundred. It last-
ed about four years, when, owing to
its corruption and inefficiency, it was
overturned by the coup d’etat of
the eighteenth Brumaire (November
9, 1799), planned by Napoleon Bona-
parte.—Kansas City Times.
Treating the Thermometer
•In a certain village the squire gave
a thermometer to every cottager, and
carefully explained its use.
Soon after their arrival a district
visitor entered one house, where a
now thermometer hung in the middle
of the room. The visitor compliment-
ed the owner, and inquired if she re-
membered the instructions.
“Ay, that I do,” was the reply. “I
angs ’un there, and I watches 'un un-
til he gets above 60.”
“Quite right, Mrs. Brown,” said the
visitor. “And what do you do when
it goes above 60?”
“Why, I takes ’an down and puts
'un out in the garden and cools ’un
down a bit!”—Weekly .Scotsman.
C. W. Neeley and his mother, Mrs.
W. M. Neeley, and D. E. Myers, of
San Saba, spent a short time here
Thursday while enroute home from
San Marcos where they had accom-
panied Miss Neeley who was entering
school at that place. They were ac-
companied by little Miss Florence
Neeley of Austin who was going
home with them for a visit.
Claude Alexander and O. E. Nor-
ton with the Morton Salt Co. of Dal-
las were in town Thursday. Mr.
Alexander visited with his parents
while here.
Feet Shod With Hobnails
The skin on the foot of a native
Binghi in Australia is the thickest
found on any human being, according
to “Jim Crow,” writing to the Sydney
Bulletin.
“One day an old Binghi came to me
complaining he had sore feet, and I
saw that their soles were badly
cracked. As a poor joke I handed him
a bag containing a dozen hobnails, and
told him how they were used. He sat
down, stuck them into his feet and
marched off. Three weeks later I
asked him how his feet were. He
proudly exhibited them—the hobnails
were still in the flesh.”
Price of Vanity
“Look lieah, Mose, what am yo’ do-
in’ bellin’ dem bars?” asked Parson
Johnsing of one of his parishioners.
“Pahson,” explained Muse, “hit all
cum erbout in dis way: All didn’t hub
no. trouble wid de constable1 ner no-
body, Hit would hab bin all right ef
hit hadn’t bin fo’ de women’s lub of
dress. My wimmen folks, dey wuz-
zent satisfied jes’ to eat mos’ all dem
chickens what I got for ’em; but dey
had to put de feathers in deir hats, an’
parade ’em as circumstantial ever-
dence.”
Dresses on Exhibition
The dresses worn by wives of Presi-
dents at inaugurals from Martha
Washington to and including both
Mrs. Wilsons, are preserved on ex-
hibit at Smithsonian institution, Wash-
ington. The women say the gown of
Dolly Madison is the prettiest, the
most artistic, made of heavily bro-
caded white silk, embroidered in bou-
quets of flowers in natural colors,
sweeping floor length, tiny waist,
puffed sleeves, richly simple, it sur-
passes all the others. Anyway that Is
what a Kansas woman tells Ewing
Herbert, says Capper’s Weekly.
Legendary Spanish Hero
Bernardo del Carpio was a celebrat-
ed semi-mythical Spanish hero of the
Ninth century, who signalized himself
by his deeds of daring’in the wars
against the Moors. He is a favorite
hero in the old Spanish ballads and
romances, and his exploits form the
subject of several dramas by Lope de
Vega. According to tradition, lie de-
feated the famous Roland at Ron.ces-
vailes. Finding him invulnerable,
Bernardo lifted liim in ills arms and
squeezed him to death, as Hercules did
the giant Antaeus.—Exchange.
BAPTIST ENCAMPMENT
OPENS FRIDAY EVENING
Everything- is in readiness for the
opening of the twenty-second annual
session of the Texas Baptist Encamp-
ment, Friday evening at Anderson
Park. Rev. and Mrs. T. C. Jester
and son, Billie, are here from Taylor
and Howard F. Saunders is here from
Waco. Rev. Mr. Jester is president
of the encampment and Mr. Saun-
ders is corresponding secretary.
Other officers will arrive in time for
the opening session. All of the cot-
tages on the ground have been spok-
en for and many tents will be erect-
ed to take care of the visitors. Plans
are being made for a large attendance
and a very successful encampment
this session.
Special courses will be given dur-
ing the encampment for all branches
of the church work and competent in-
structors will be in charge of all
classes.. The music is always a fea-
ture of the program and this year
Paul Harper will have charge of the
song services and Mrs. Harper is the
pianist. An orchestra will be or-
ganized and good music will be ren-
dered. Dr. Lincoln McConnell is the
encampment pastor and his addresses
will prove both interesting and in-
structive.
The opening service will be Friday
evening at 7:30 when the announce-
ments will be made. The song service
will follow the announcements and at
8:10 a lecture will be delivered by
Dr. J. M. Carroll.
Everybody is invited to attend
these services.
Mrs: E. T. Jordan of Gonzales is
here visiting her sister, Mrs. N. M.
Smith.
“Soldiering” on Work
Not Modern Monopoly
The cynics, who know that the world
is getting worse all the time, are sure
that Idleness and “soldiering on the
Job” are faults of the Twentieth cen-
tury. In the good old days everyone
worked hard and conscientiously.
But there have always been honest
workmen and the other kind just as
there are today. There Is a curious
old French epic written by one who
called himself the Grocer of Troyes in
the Thirteenth century. Here is one
passage quoted by M. Langyois In his
“Life In France in the Middle Ages”:
“When I finally make up my mind
to work I take with me a young mate
who knows nothing of the job, but I
insist on his being paid the full wage
of 12 deniers. When, at last, I get
on the roof, I lay one tile in the time
it should take to lay eight or ten. I
ease off and sing a song, then, takg a
siesta between two slopes of the roof.
It Is then time to knock off for dinner.
After that, it is soon supper time, so
we leave work for that day. Of course,
with piece work it Is different I i can
do as much in one day as In five days
by the hour.”
Such is the speech that the Grocer
bard put into the mouth of g t[Jer 700
years ago.—Youth’s Companion.
Methods of Naming
Newcomer to World
Choosing a name for a new baby
is always a matter of anxious consid-
eration.
But in many lands this anxiety has
been minimized by the laying <jo\vn of
rules to guide the choice, says a writer
in Science magazine.
For Instance, in Egypt the parents
take three candles and the one that
burns the brightest and longest deter-
mines the child’s namg.
The Hindus allow the mother to
name the baby. Then, when the baby
is twelve days old, if the father does
not like the chosen name, he selects
another.
Then the two names are written on
slips of- paper and held over a lighted
lamp, > the one that burns the brighter
befng the name adopted.
Egyptians place 12 names in the
Koran. One slip is drawn out, and
the name on It is the name for the
child.
Chinese girls are not named. The
boys are named by their mothers.
When they reach twenty the father
names them over again.
Good Start
Attached to the early morning train
going east was a car for laborers. The
lattice gate between this car and the
one in front was closed, so that no one
who belonged in the front passenger
car would stray into the special car. A
passenger standing on the back plat-
form of the regular passenger coach
peered curiously through this lattice
gate and the open door into the ear
beyond. A wag in the laborer.?’ ear
promptly bleated out. “Ba-a-a, ba-a-a.”
Immediately li Is comrades took it up,
and “B:i-a-a, ba-a-a.” they went in
chorus, In solos, in duets, for all the
world like a cattle train loaded with
sheep. It ended in a howl of laughter
from all the men and as the car pulled
out of the station it was evident they
had put themselves In good humor
for the day’s work.—Springfield Union.
Celtic History
Tl)e term “Celtic Renaissance” Is
applied to the intellectual awakening
and the renewal of interest during the
latter part of the Nineteenth and the
beginning of tlie Twentieth century, in
the languages, literature, history and
customs of the native inhabitants of
Ireland, the Scottish highlands, Wales,
Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of
Man. This movement may be said
to have started with the publication
of .1. G. Zeuss’ Grammatica Celtica in
1833. The Society, for the Preserva-
tion of the Irish Language was estab-
lished in Ireland in 1877 and this was
followed by the Gaelic league in 1893.
The movement was not confined to
Europe, but spread to Canada, the
United States, Australasia, Argentina
and other localities inhabited by per-
sons of Celtic strain.
Fate’s Grim Jest
About the middle of the Seventeenth
century, when so-called witches were
being persecuted in England, there
were many fanatics who went about
the country seeking out persons ac-
cused of witchcraft and forcing them
to confess by means of examination
and tortures. One man In particu-
lar, Matthew Hopkins, received the
title of witchfinder-general because of
his industry in the. search. In a single
year (1644) he brought 60 persons to
the stake. Being finally accused of
witchcraft himself, Hopkins was sub-
jected to his own favorite test of swim-
ming, and, lmppeniug to float, was de-
clared to be a wizard and put to death.
—Kansas City Star.
Ancient “Small Ad”
The to-let “ad” in 79 A. D. was not
totally like our own in phraseology,
hut painted conspicuously In red and
black letters on the sides of buildings,
and was in vogue in Herculaneum and
Pompeii, according to the reports of
the excavators who have been imcovei1-
Lng the ruins of the ancient cities—
hurled in 79-A. D. One $uch advertise-
ment is said to have been translated
as follows:
“On the estate of Julia Felix, daugh-
:er of Spurius Felix, are to be let from
the first to the sixth of the ides of
August’on a, lease of five years, a bath, j
i venereum and ninety shops, bowers j
md upper apartments.”
BAND CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT
The Lampasas Municipal Band, di-
rected by A. B. Ronald, will render a
concert Friday evening at 8:00 o’clock
on the courthouse lawn. Everybody
is invited to come and hear the pro-
gram.
Roscoe Bolding began work as
bookkeeper in the Peoples National
Bank Thursday morning. He has
been with the Texas Public Utilities
Co. for the past six months as store
keeper. Newt Landers is now store
keeper.
Hugh Gilbreath of Kempner has
been quite sick and went to Temple
to the hospital Sunday, but is some
better now and returned home Wed-
nesday evening. He will return in
about two weeks for another exami-
nation.
John W. Carpenter vice president
and general manager of the Texas
Public Utilities Co. of Dallas spent
a few days here this week on busi-
ness.
Chas. E. Stokes will leave Satur-
day night for St. Louis and New,
York where he will buy new stocks
for the dry goods department of;
Stokes Bi’os. & Co. He will be join-
ed in New York by Mrs. Lelia Arm-
strong from the ready-to-wear de-
partment of the store. Mrs. Stokes
will accompany Mr. Stokes as far as
Dallas and then go to Colorado to
visit her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. F.
Lawlis.
VOTE BEFORE GOING AWAY
The official ballots for the demo-
cratic primary election afe now in
the hands of the county clerk, and
those who will be out of town on the
24th may vote now. Take your poll
tax receipt with you to the county
clerk’s office and a ballot will be giv-
en you and it will be deposited at
your voting box on the day of the
election and counted as though you
were there in person. This law makes
it very convenient for those who want
to vote but have already made plans
for pleasure' or business trips that
will keep them away from home on
the day of the election.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Sanders and
children with the Texas Public Utili-
ties Co. of Dallas are enjoying camp-
ing in. Anderson park this week.
They ard occupying the cottage that
has just been erected there by the
company, for its employes.
Bedell O’Hair began work at Mick-
ey’s Drug Store Thursday morning
as bookkeeper, taking the place of
O. B. Townsen, who is to leave here
soon. Mr. Townsen has been with
Mackey for several years and has
several propositions in view' and
doesn’t know just yet what he will do.
Mr. and Mrs. Muchat Rugeley and
little son came in Wednesday after-
noon from Austin to spend a few
days here with relatives and friends.
Parking spaces were being marked
off Thursday moi'ning on both sides
of Third street in the block just west
of the square. This space becomes
congested at nights when people are
attending the Leroy Theatre and if
these spaces are parked in the situa-
tion can be greatly relieved. Park’
your car in between the white lines
and pull up close to the curb and
more space will be left in the center
of the street for passing cars.
The front of the Piggly Wiggly
store, on Third street across from the
Leroy Theatre, has been freshly
painted and presents a very neat and
attractive appearance since the new
signs have been put in. This store is
operated by Chester Alexander and
Charles Oliver. Both of these gen-
tlemen were reared in Lampasas and
have a large acquaintance in this
section where they were formerly in
the grocery business. Messrs. Alex-
ander and Oliver first opened a Pigg-
ly Wiggly store in McKinney but de-
cided to return to the old home town
and are now permanent citizens of
Lampasas. They have Piggly Wiggly
fixtures in the building and you wait
on yourself. These stores are not
usually found only in towns much
larger than Lampasas.
The west bound Santa Fe train-
Thursday morning was five hours
late due to a wreck near Heiden--
hamer at about 2 o’clock Thursday -
morning. A freight and passenger
ran together and the engineer of the
passenger train was killed and sev-
eral people were badly injured.
J. C. Wimberly says , if the person
who carried from his place 50 feet of
yard hose a few nights ago is through
using same, he will confer a favor by
returning .it. If he wishes, he can
rturn it as quietly as he carried it off.
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The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, July 16, 1926, newspaper, July 16, 1926; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth891858/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.