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BANKERS ASS’N FOR
KEEPING BANDIT AWARD
FORT WORTH, May 13.—Describ-
ing' the reward fund offered by the
Texas Bankers’ Association for dead
BAPTISTS OPEN ANNUAL
PARLEY
NEW ORLEANS, May 15.—Suc-
ceeding Dr. George W. Truett, who
retired voluntarily after having ser-
Bank bandits as of salutary effect in J ved three years in the office, Dr. W. J.
■diminishing the number of bank hold-
ups in the state, A. A. Horne of Gal-
veston, president of the association,
expressed himself in his annual re-
port to the convention here today as
favoring its continuance.
In commenting on the workings of
the reward plan, by which $5000 is
McGlothin of Greenville, S. C., presi-
dent of Furman university, was elect-
ed president of the Southern Baptist
convention, at the opening of the sev-
enty-fifth annual session here Wed-
nesday morning.
The vote for Dr. McGlothin was
1064, and for Dr. M. E. Dodd of
CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN
STARTS MONDAY
offered for bandits killed in the act of • Shreveport, La., 1000. Dr. Dodd was
robbing a bank, the retiring president made first vice president, and the men
anticipated the report of W. W. Mas- receiving the next highest votes in the
sie of Fort Worth, chairman of the contest for the presidency were elected
protective committee of the associa- vice presidnts also. These were Dr.
tion.
BORGLUM REVAMPS HISTORY
OF U. S. WRITTEN FOR HUGE
MONUMENT BY COOLIDGE
NEW YORK, May 13.—Gutzon Borg-
lum, sculptor, in a communication pub-
lished in the New York Times today,
revealed changes he had made in the
text of the 500-word history of the
United States written by Calvin Cool- j leans> one of the most commodious and
idge, to be inscribed on the granite magnificent auditoriums in the South,
John E. White, pastor First Baptist
church, Savannah, Ga., who had been
nominated by Dr. R. J. Bateman of
Tulsa, Okla., Hon. M. P. Love of
Hattiesburg, Miss., nominated by Rev.
J. W. Lee of Mississippi; and Dr. C.
W. Daniel, pastor First Baptist
church, Richmond,. Va., nominated by
Rev. M. A. Sullivan.
The convention is meeting in the
new municipal auditorium of New Or-
of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
The Coolidge text, which read, “The
Declaration of Independence — the
eternal right to seek happiness thru
self-government and divine duty to
defend that right at any sacrifice,”
■was changed to read, “In the year of
our Lord 1776 the people declared the
eternal right to seek happiness—self-
government—and the divine duty—de-
fend that right at any sacrifice.”
Mr. Borglum, who is in charge of
the memorial, said he made the change
to identify the historical era in which
the events recorded took place. He
said he wrote “In the year of our Lord j ^ “ng
1776” to mark the Christian era and J jnc
eliminated the words “Declaration of
Independence” to convert the text into
the style of historical narrative.
“The Declaration states that the
Creator endowed man with certain in-
alienable rights,” Mr. Borglum said.
“The existence of these rights is so
obvious that it needs only to be stated.
The pursuit of happiness is one of
these eternal rights, and deriving
from this right to pursue happiness
is the equally fundamental right to
institute any form of government for
themselves that will guarantee the
people the security to this right.”
Two other changes were made in
the inscription submitted by Mr. Cool-
idge. His original text read:
“The constitution—charter of per-
petual union of free people of sov-
erign states establishing a govern-
ment of limited powers under an in-
dependent president, congress and
eourt, charged to provide security for
all citizens in their enjoyment of
liberty, equality and justice under the
law.”
Mr. Borglum changed that para-
graph to read:
the larger wing seating 7500 and the
smaller 3500.
A friendly welcome to the delegates
was extended by Mayor T. Semmes
Walmsley, who praised the Baptists
for maintaining in the Crescent City
the Baptist Bible institute. He spoke
at some length of the contribution to
the moral and spiritual life of New
Orleans the Baptist institute was
making.
Mayor H. V. Campbell has desig-
nated Monday, May 19, as the beginn-
ing of a clean-up campaign for the
city of Lampasas. The citizenship is
urged to co-operate in the work and
give the city a real clean up that will
make visitors take notice of the town.
The city will furnish wagons to haul
trash from the business district of
the city in the fire limits and individ-
uals are asked to clean up and move
all trash from their premises. There
are trucks in the city that are idle
at the present and property owners can
get their trash moved at reasonable
charges.
The Chamber of Commerce is co-
operating with the city council in the
campaign and will appoint committees
in different parts of the city to see
that all sections are cleaned during
this time.
Trash and weeds are not only un-
sightly but are breeding places for
flies and mosquitoes. See that all
weeds are cut and then if you have
damp places about the home put lime
on them and keep down danger of
disease that is carried by the fly and
mosquito.
With the cooperation of the citizen-
ship ■ of Lampasas the town can be
made to attract favorable comment
from all who come into our city, and
the home people will also enjoy and
appreciate a clean city.
LOCAL MARKET REPORT
This summer will be a pleasant one
for those who use our window awn-
ings. Phone for samples. No obliga-
Wm. Cameron & Company,
(d60w)
WORLD’S LARGEST PLANE
FLIES OYER TEN HOURS
BERLIN, May 14.—The Junkers
airplane G-38 landed Wednesday even-
ing at Tempelhof flying field after
10 1-2 hours of sustained flight.
The giant plane, said to be the
world’s largest of its type, came down
easily. Owing to unfavorable weather
in Western Germany, the G-38 had to
veer from its course. The plane took
off at Dessau with twenty passengers,
bound for Western Germany.
Below are the prices paid by local
buyers for the various products on
Thursday of this week. These prices
are subject to change each day.
Grain.
Oats ...................... 42c to 46c bushel
Ear Corn .......................... 70c bushel
Shell' Corn ........................ 90c bushel
Barley ................................ 50c bushel
Wheat.................... 80c to 90c bushel
Maize......................$1.50 per hundred
Poultry.
Fryers .................... 23c to 25c pound
Hens ...................... 14c to 16c pound
Roosters .............................. 6c pound
Turkeys .................. 4c, 9c-14c pound
Eggs (candled) ................ 13c dozen
Eggs (infertile) ................ 13c dozen
General.
Cream......................24c to 29c pound
Beeswax ............................ 20c pound
Green Hides ........................ 5c pound
Cotton middling basis ................ 14c
Cotton Seed ...................... $25.00 ton
We have been accused of selling
things too cheap—Peters high Velo-
city Shells 85c. Plenty of good beef
at regular Saturday prices.—E. B.
Thomas Grocery. (w)
LAMPASAS GIRL MARRIES
AUSTIN MAN
We have been accused of selling
things too cheap—Peters high Velo-
city Shells 85c. Plenty of good beef
at regular Saturday prices.—E. B.
Thomas Grocery. (w)
EIGHT TOTS DIE AND
24 BECOME ILL AS
SERUM’S AFTERMATH
BERLIN, May 15.—Death of eight
babies i nthe Luebeck home for in-
fants and serious illness of 24 others
Wednesday caused an inquiry by the
health authorities.
The home’s physician said the chil-
dren were inoculated with tuberculosis
serum from cows, a method common-
ly in use, it was stated. All of the
victims showed symptoms of tuber-
culous after the treatment, which
was ordei’ed stopped immediately.
Miss Sue Zimmerman of this city
and W. C. Cagle of Austin were mar-
ried in Austin Wedensday morning,
May 14, at 10,30 o’clock at the resi-
dence where they will make their
home.
Mrs. Cagle is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Zimmerman of the
Naruna section and for some time has
been in the employ of the local office
of the Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company. She has many friends here
who extend hearty congratulations to
her and her husband on this occasion.
Mr. Cagle is in the employ of the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com-
pany in Austin.
We Thank You.
The following have our thanks for
subscriptions paid during the past
week. Look at the date after your
name on the margin of your paper
and if you are in arrears for your
subscription, send the amount at your
convenience:
L. H. Cook. •
W. J. McDowell.
M. M. Bostick.
G. W. Sweet.
G. W. Casbeer.
Mrs. T. E. McCandles.
Household Furniture Store.
B. A. Groves.
Mrs. B. L. Hughs.
L. E. Littlefield.
Joe Rathman Sr.
S. H. Berry.
Mrs. M. P. Hopper.
H. C. Berry.
See Culver Hardware Co., Lam-
pasas, Texas, for canning supplies,
canners, sealers, cans and extra
tops. (w)
SENIOR CLASS OF 1930
LAMPASAS HIGH SCHOOL
**** *****
* KNOW TEXAS *
* * * * _ * * * *
In 1929 the State of Texas appro-
priated $22,780,193 for its public
schools—this exclusive of local and
district school taxes.
On road building and maintenance
and administration of the Highway
Department Texas in 1929 spent $34,-
530,847.
On higher education—university
and state-supported colleges—Texas
spent in 1929 $9,093,243.
The two largest oil refineries in the
world are in Texas—each with daily
capacity for handling 125,000 barrels
of crude.
Texas is not among the leading
states in metal production, but. in
1929 its mines produced $28,000 worth
of gold, 1,050,000 ounces of silver, 1,-
000,000 pounds of lead and 400,000
pounds of copper.
There are 254 counties in Texas,
ranging in size from 149 square
miles (Rockwall) up to 5,935 (Brews-
ter). Georgia, with 160 counties, comes
next.
OLDEST NATIVE OF TEXAS DIES
BINDER CANVAS
How is your canvas? Is it ready to
save that grain? Don’t wait until it
is too late. Let us repair it now.—
Phillip Payn & Sons. (w)
Mrs. J. M. Higginbotham and son
of Belton spent Thursday here in the
home of Mrs. Wm. Alexander.
Mrs. Lula Little has returned from
S'an Antonio Where [she spent the
“In 1787 people of soverign states, ’ past week. She is a guest in the home
establishing a government of limited
powers—under an independent presi-
dent, congress and court, charged to
provide security for all citizens in
their enjoyment of liberty, equality
and justice.”
The changes in inscription, Mr.
Borglum said, were to add the date
to continue the historical narrative
begun in the first paragraph, substi-
tute for the words “the constitution”
the description of the event itself, in-
sert a dash after the word “powers”
for emphasis and eliminate the phrase
“under the law” because the law itself
derives from the inalienable rights of
man and can be changed at will.
Mr. Borglum said he had written
to Mr. Coolidge regarding the changes
in the text.
of Mrs. J. P. Word and her friends
are always glad to have her pay them
a visit.
CASE OF MR. CAGLE
Before you buy a cultivator come
an and let us show you the Avery Jack
Babbit. Perfectly balanced. Runs free
and easy. Equipped to cultivate all
tow crops.—Culver Hardware Com-
pany, Lampasas, Texas. (w)
FOR SALE—Second hand Cultivator.
Extra good condition.—Culver Hard-
ware Co., Lampasas, Texas. (w)
COURT SILENT ON LOVE’S SUIT
Mrs. T. B. Harwell underwent an
operation in a Temple hospital Wed-
nesday and is reported to be rest-
ing as well as could be expected so
soon after the operation. Her hus-
band, T. B. Harwell and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. R. S. Nichols are in Temple
with her, Mr. Nichols having spent
Wednesday there also.
Cotton and Hendrix shipped on#
car of sheep to the Fort Worth mar-
ket this week.
Why not protect the rug and fur-
niture in that west room from the
hot sun with our window awnings.
Phone us for price on complete in-
stallation.—Wm. Cameron & Com-
pany, Inc. (d60w)
(Dallas News)
Young Mr. Chris Cagle doubtless
becomes one of the few young men
dismissed from West Point who en-
tertain no regrets. Under all the cir-
cumstances, the thought arises that
perhaps Cadet Cagle might readily
account for the sources of informa-
tion which apprised the academy au-
thorities that he had taken on mar-
riage ties in defiance of regulations.
Young Mr. Cagle had been married
for two years and the discovery of
it resulted in his resignation, a few
days after the War Department had
intimated that it would not permit
the cadet to resign on graduation to
accept a lucrative double job as foot-
ball coach and bond salesman.
The crisis suddenly precipitated in
his military career by the discovery
of his marriage solves Cadet Cagle’s
individual problem. The War Depart-
ment, however, merits commendation
for the attitude it had already as-
sumed in regard to his proposed resig-
nation. Graduation from either West
Point or Annapolis connotes a first-
class college education. The actual cost
per student was estimated several
years ago at $15,000, and it is prob-
ably higher now. This education the
United States should give to no young
man unwilling to pay for it in sub-
sequent service. Every cadet owes a
debt to his Government that he can
only repay by spending some years
in the army or navy.
Devotion to duty is the ideal incul-
cated at West Point. The concrete ob-
ligation is service.
AUSTIN, May 15.—Two state su-
preme courts, one special and one reg-
ular, still held in their hands at noon
Wednesday the decisions in the cases
of Senator Thomas B. Love of Dallas
and former Governor James E. Fer-
guson and had given no intimation of
the time a decision would be handed
down in either of the mandamus
suits, each brought to. determine the
right of the' state Democratic exec-
utive committee to bar a candidate
from Democratic primary.
An unconfirmed rumor was current
in the capitol that the special supreme
court would hand down its decision in
the Ferguson case soon and that the
regular supreme court would delay
action on the Love petition.
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 14.—
Funeral service for Mrs. Bettie
Martha Donnell, 91, native of Texas,
who died Monday at her residence,
2222 Chestnut street, were held Tues-
day afternoon. The body was sent to
Smithfield for burial.
Mrs. Donnell, who was said to be
the oldest native Texan at the time of
her death, was bom Dec. 28, 1838, in
Bowie County. She had been a mem-
ber of the Christian Church since she
was 13 years old and had lived in
Fort Worth since 1907.
Surviving her are two sons, J. L.
Donnell, Big Spring, and A. W. Don-
nell, Dallas; two daughters, Mrs. Liz-
zie Mallicote, Fort Worth, and Mrs.
Mattie Shultz, Friona, Texas; nine
grandchildren and five great-grand-
children.
BINDER CANVAS
Let us repair your canvas now. Any
size hole repaired. Slats put on and
iveted. That good non-stretch webbing
on that weak edge. Have it ready to
save the grain.—Phillip Payn &
Sons. (w)
CORPUS CHRISTI’S CENSUS IS
27,589; INCREASES IS 162%
A. T. McCrea and his family have
gone to Roswell, N. M., where they
Will remain during the sheep shear-
ing season. Mr. McCrea took his
shearing machine and will operate it
While away.
Ye Copy Writers!
Copy furnished to the printer
should be written only on one side of
the paper, otherwise a part of it is
likely to be overlooked. T ’LEASE re-
member this.
Lampasas Weekly Leader 1 year >1-50
CORPUS CHRISTI, May 13.—Cen-
sus figures for this city announced
today show a population of 27,589,
an increase of 162 per cent over the
10,522 population in 1920. Forty-nine
farms were included.
Greater Corpus Christi census
showed 30,250, with 699 listed for
North Beach.
See Culver Hardware Co., Lam-
pasas, Texas, for canning supplies,
canners, sealers, cans and extra
tops. (w)
MRS. WHITTEN TO HAVE
PIANO RECITAL FRIDAY EVE
Mrs. W. E. Whitten will present
her pupils in piano in a recital Fri-
day evening at 8 o’clock at the High
school auditorium. The public is cor-
dially invited to attend the program
which will bring to a close the work
of the year of Mrs. Whiten’s pupils.
COMMISSIONERS’ COURT IN
SESSION THIS WEEK
J. F. HAIR IN RACE FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 14.—
J. F. Hair of San Antonio has an-
nounced his candidacy for the nomi-
nation in the Democratic primaries
for the office of Lieutenant Governor
of Texas.” Mr. Hair says he pledges
himself to a fair, just and impartial
discharge of the duties of the office.
FOR SALE—Second hand Cultivator.
Extra good condition.—Culver Hard-
ware Co., Lampasas, Texas. (w)
NOTES OF FROST BANK
IN AIR FOR 48 HOURS
FALL NEAR QUINLAN
QUINLAN, Hunt Co., Tex., May 14.
•—A promissory note and other val-
uable papers, evidently blown from
the Citizens’ State Bank of Frost on
May 6, fell to the ground two mites
southwest of Quinlan May 8.
It seems that these papers had been
afloat in the air about forty-eight
hours, coming from the tornado.
Bostick, Eunice Elnona.
Butts, Norman E.
Bean, Tilford H.
Briggs, Porter Hayes.
Bailey, Jim H.
Collier, Mildred.
Clark, Iva Rue. I i
Carpenter, Rogers.
Cook, John W.
Cloud, Weldon D.
Earnest, Lillian.
Greenberg, Lillian.
Goodwin, Hollie.
Grantham, Arline.
Garner, Audrey.
Hawkins, Shelby G.
Harrell, Irene.
Harmon, Doyle Ray.
Heine, Ruby.
Herman, Lennie Mae.
Kirkpatrick, Robert Hull.
Lytton, Everett R.
Leonard, Ernest E.
Leatherwood, Carlton.
Mace, Ava Loene.
Morse, Estelle.
Millican, Alice.
Myers, Evelyn.
Moore, Robbie.
McGee, William Kline.
McLean, Perry A.
Northington, Rachel Pearl.
O’Hair, Jo.
O’Hair, Mildred.
Roberts, Dorothy Helen.
Rogers, Henrietta.
Storm, Clarence W.
Trussell, Oran D.
Walton, George Edwin.
Walker, James Clyde.
Williams, Martha Lorane.
Witten, Georgia Opal.
Young, Alice Glenn.
CARE IN GIVING CREDIT URGED
DALLAS, May 14.—Twenty-five per
cent of the American population has
incurred monthly obligations larger
than their incomes, one of the eco-
nomic consequences of installment
selling, Dr. Clyde William Phelps, head
of the department of economics, Uni-
versity of Chattanooga, estimated in
an address here Tuesday before the
annual convention of the National As-
sociation of Credit Men.
While installment selling has un-
doubtedly had a stimulating effect on
business, it has also, in many cases,
had a disastrous effect on consumers,
Dr. Phelps declared.
“These ill effects should be guarded
against by closer credit cooperation
to prevent overbuying on the part of
the people who are unable to budget
their incomes and plan ahead.”
The association adopted “quit sing-
ing the blues” as its theme song.
We have been accused of selling
things too cheap—Peters high Velo-
city Shells 85c. Plenty of good beef
at regular Saturday prices.—E. B.
Thomas Grocery. \ (w)
STORM DAMAGE NEAR VERNON
We have been accused of selling
things too cheap—Peters high Velo-
city Shells 85c. Plenty of good beef
at regular Saturday prices.—E. B.
Thomas Grocery. (w)
HAIL KILLS FARMER
WORKING IN FIELD
LUBBOCK, Tex., May 14.—J. C.
Clack, 39, a Levelland farmer, was
killed Tuesday when caught in a se-
vere hailstorm while he was working
in a field. He was badly bruised and
succeeding in reaching his house, but
died a short time afterward.
Houses and property in Levelland
were greatly damaged by the wind
and hail.
The Lampasas County Commission-
ers have been in session since Mon-
day of this week as this is the long
session of the court. The commis-
sioners are serving as an equalization
board and are reading oyer the tax
rolls of the county.
Readers of The Leader are remind-
ed that next Tuesday, May 20, is elec-
tion day. On this day the voters will
se'lect a congressman to fill the un-
expired term of R. Q. Lee, deceased.
There are two candidates for this of-
fice, Mrs. R. Q. Lee and Thomas L.
Blanton. Do not forget to vote.
VERNON, Texas, May 14.-^-Hail,
high winds and heavy rains damaged
homes, crops and automobiles north
and east of Vernon at about 10:30
p,’clock Wednesday morning. Rain
neared flood proportions, washing
early cotton and other crops before
it at the communities of Doans, El-
liott and Harrold, where precipitation
totaled two inches during the short
duration of the storm. No one was
reported injured, although several
homes were damaged.
Several homes and small shacks
were destroyed near Oklaunion. Hail
and torrents of rain at Elliott serious-
ly damaged early crops and hail-
stones, reported as large as hen’s eggs
fell in Elliott.
At Fargo the heavy rain washed
highways badly and leveled many
cotton fields. Oklaunion reported heavy
rains, but no property damage, white
Odell, in the northwest part of the
county, escaped the path of the storm
and reported only a light shower.
W. P. Abbott, who lives southwest
of Lampasas on what is known as the
Dave McCrea place, now owned by
W. M. Aynesworth, was in town Mon-
day. He reporte about 3 inches of rain
at his place last Saturday. Mr. Abbott
told the reporter that he had three
turkeys setting, two had 19 eggs each
and one had 20 eggs, total 58 eggs.
They hatched 57 turkeys. He says if
anyone can beat this he would like
to hear from them. Two of Mr. Ab-
bott’s brothers from the oil' field on
the Abbott farm near Taylor were
here to see him a few days ago and
reported they had six producing wells.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gilbert and
daughters, Misses Melba and Ada Mae
spent Sunday in Mites in the home
of Mrs. Gilbert’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hester. Mrs. Gilbert’s sister, Miss
Pansy Hester, was married Saturday
to Wallace Burdett of Moody.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hill went to Mid-
land Sunday to spend a few days in
the home of Mr. Hill’s sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Alexander and
their daughter, Mrs. Doyle Moore,
left Monday for Dallas where they
will visit in the home of their daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ellerd. They
will also go to Oklahoma to visit Mrs.
Alexander’s parents before returning
home.
A. R. Harvej7 and J. F. Everett went
to Waco Sunday where they will spend
until Tuesday in attendance at a meet-
ing of Spanish War Veterans.
HAIL CAUSES HUGE DAMAGE
ELECTRA, Tex., May 14.—Electra
suffered from its worst hailstorm in
its history Wednesday morning. Win-
dows were beaten in at Thompson^
Waggoner and First Ward Schools,
but little damage was done to the
high school. Drifts eight to twelve
inches deep were still piled against
houses and fences in the south part of
the city late in the afternoon. Every
business house and residence in the
city was flooded by a downpour of
rain which followed the hail.
The Southfield oil field community,
four mites south of Electra, twice laid
waste by storms in 1929, was again
hit by a twister, but practically the
entire population had taken refuge
in storm cellars. Power Stations of
the Gulf, Magnolia and Texas Com-
panies were damaged and a residence
was unroofed.
Mrs. E. E. Black and little daughter,
Kathleen, of Temple and Mrs. W. T.
Campbell of Houston came in Tues-
day afternoon for a visit in the home
of their father, J. R. Key.
Mrs. Sam Anderson, who lives in
the Rumley community, was operated
on in a Temple hospital Friday and
is reported to be getting along very
nicely.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Etheridge on their farm near Kemp-
ner was destroyed by fire Thursday
afternoon, May 8. The cause of the
blaze is not known.
Miss Perla Dickason, who has been
teaching school at Brookesmith is at
home for the vacation period.
m
The rainfall of Tuesday night
amounted to about .12 of an inch in
Lampasas.
Cards of thanks, be per line each
insertion with a minimum charge of
25c. Obituaries, 5c per line each in-
sertion. Lodge and church resolu-
tions, 5c per line each insertion. AH
church, lodge and notices for charit-
able institutions where admission feea
are charged or any money considera-
tion is involved, 5c per line each in-
sertion.
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