The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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San Saba Items.
From the News.
Little Sadie Brown, the 8 year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Brown living on the F. E.
McGregor farm ten miles above
town on the river, died Monday
night about 10:30 o’clock. Mon-
day afternoon the children were
playing about the home and a
smaller sister, about four years
old, playfully threw a small rock
which struck little Sadie on the
temple. She became sick soon
afterwards and kept growing-
worse. The doctor was called as
quickly as possible, but the little
life could not be saved. It is
thought the lick fractured the
skull and inflammation set up
which could not be checked.
A. B. Wilson and Bennie
Speegle came near being the vic-
tims of a fatal accident Friday
morning. A bottle of “high-life”
exploded in a cistern which they
were cleaning. The explosion
and the debris thrown out bruised
and cut Mr. Speegle painfully
and severely about the head and
face. Dr. G. H. Sanderson was
summoned and dressed the
wounds, several of the cuts had
to be stitched. Mr. Wilson was
farther away and except a severe
shock was not badly hurt. It
seems there was an old cistern at
the spot where Mr. Wilson is
building his new home on the
heights south of town. This cis-
tern had not been cleaned out for
years and in order to kill the
vermin which might be in it and
save the cistern itself, they de-
cided to get a quart bottle of
“high-life” and pour into the
cistern. After this was done they
decided that the next best thing
to do was to drop a lighted match
into the cistern and finish up the
job. What happened just after-
Remarkable Increase in farm Land
Values.
Uncle Sam does not come out
openly and advise everybody to
move to Texas—he would hardly
dare to do that—but his official
report of the 13th census, 1910,
shows such a partiality for the
Lone Star State that one not fa-
miliar with the circumstances
would think this census was
taken for the purpose of adver-
tising Texas.
The latest ‘ announcement of
Texas prosperity is made in the
Agricultural Statistics. The av-
erage value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported
as $14.77, while in 1900 it was
$4.70; the amount of gain being
$10.07 or 2.14 per cent. There is
no better investment than money
put in a home in Texas.—Com-
mercial Secretaries Association.
The Rockdale Reporter tells
what one woman did for the
beautification of that town. With
a mere pittance collected in frac-
tional coin she went into the pub-
lic park and had the weeds cut,
the trash raked up and disposed
of, the leak in the old oaken
bucket repaired and the pulley
oiled so that the water could be
drawn more easily, purchased
rope and had swings hung for the
little folks and had new benches
distributed through the park. It
was only a trifling sum that was
expended, but it revolutionized
the park. The Reporter refers to
this as an example of what can
be done in the way of civic em-
belishment' with a little money,
effort and no talk-festing.
A few years ago Walter Farm-
er bought a sandhill thicket near
Rockdale and announced his pur-
pose to put in a truck and berry
ward they claim they do not j farm. Some of the neighbors
know. The explosion was terific, ! ridiculed the idea, as the land
literally smashing the cistern and
injuring the men as above stated.
The News man was “twitted”
some for advising the farmers,
away back in May and June, to
get ready to plant June corn
when the rains should come. It
is quite a satisfaction now to
meet some of the honest farmers
of the county who followed the
suggestions and are now plan-
ning to take care of the June corn
they are going to make. There
has quite a good deal of June
corn and maize been planted and
the News’ information is that it
is in fine condition.
T. M. Strong, electrican repre-
senting Strong Bros., of Cole-
man, completed connecting up
all the electric appliances at the
new courthouse and the lights
were all turned on Sunday night.
The magnifieent house all aglow
with electric sparks is a beautiful
sight to behold. There are 153
lights, 79 chandeliers all glowing
like so many stars and constel-
lations.
was supposed to be good only for
corn or cotton and not much good
for that. But Mr. Farmer was
not discouraged. Now he is
raising berries, melons, goober
peas, chuffa nuts, grapes and
truck on this land and his crops
are bringing him good money
every month in the year. and he
is able to wear store clothes and
ride in a joy wagon and^talk back
to any man in the community
He has cut out corn and cotton
and increased his fruit and berry
output, besides adding nursery
products that' bring him good
profits. Now his neighbors have
come to the conclusion that there
is more in the mam than there is
in the land.—San Antonio Ex-
press.
The people of San Saba were
not able to house the crowds
which went there to the opening
of the fair Tuesday, and some of
the overflow came to Lampasas
to secure rooms. There was the
greatest crowd at San Saba ever
known at an assemblage of this
kind in the west, and The Leader
Mrs. Sannie Purcell and chil-
dren, after spending ten days at
the home of her uncle, W. H.
Willy on the Lampasas river, re-
turned to her home in Coleman
Saturday. She was accompanied
by Miss Annie Willy who will
stop off in Coleman for a short
visit, and then go on to Hereford
where she will spend several
weeks. X
Celebrated His 56th Birthday.
At the hospitable home of Mr.
and Mrs. Rube Thornal, on Mon-
day, August 7th, was celebrated
the 56th birthday of Mr. Thornal.
All of the children were pres-
ent, and ten grandchildren. The
boys are Millard, of Lampasas ^
Ed, of Goldthwaite; Oscar and
the baby still at home. The girls
are Mrs. Bettie Ragan, Mrs. Joe
Maund, Katie, their single
daughter, and Mrs. Jennette Dale
of Smith county. Mrs. Dale has
been here on a visit for two or
three weeks. All of the sons-in-
law and daughters-in-law were
present, except Mr. Dale. He is
a nephe;w of Mrs. Sallie Hawkins
(deceased), mother of Mrs. Jim
Standard, and visited at the
Standard home about twelve
months ago. While here he fell
in love with Miss Jennette and
won her for his bride. He was
greatly missed by the wife and
relatives at this birthday celebra-
tion.
The visiting friends were Mrs.
Jim Standard and children, Leo
Brown and Alvin Smith.
The dinner prepared for this
occasion was a sumptuous feast,
consisting of vegetables, meats,
salads, cakes, pies, fruits and
everything else the appetite
could call for.
After the bountiful dinner all
of the gentlemen repaired to the
Lampasas river to enjoy a swim.
It seemed as if the day was too
soon gone and relatives and
friends had to say goodbye and
return to their homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Thornal were
both greeted with a surprise on
turning up their plates to find a
neat sum of money had been
placed there in loving remem-
brance of the occasion. Several
other nice presents were received
also.
Mr. Thornal is hearty and ro-
bust, and bids fair to live to en-
joy many more birthday celebra-
tions. A Guest.
There is prospect of a business
college being established here in
the near future/if after a careful
review of the field there is suf-
ficient inducement offered. No
bonus is asked for—only en-
is pleased to know that the rich , couragement and evidence that
valleys to the west of us are
coming into their own at last.
Regular trains will run through
from Lometa via San Saba to
Brady in the future.
More Postal Banks for Texas.
Washington, Aug. 8.—Postal
savings banks are to be estab-
lished in Laredo, Gonzales,
Lockhart and Brownwood, Sep-
tember 5, and in Lufkin and San
Marcos, Sept. 8.
it will prove a profitable invest-
ment. A representative will be
here Friday. Ask Dr. Dildy
about it.
At a special session of the
commissioners’ court of Palo
Pinto county a local option elec-
tion for that county was ordered
to take place Aug. 26th.
John Burns, a member of the
British Cabinet, declares "that
tuberculosis in the United King-
dom is “a waning disease.” “In
ten years,” he says, “in England
and Wales consumption has di-
minished 19 per cent, in Scot-
land 24 per cent and in Ireland
24 per cent.” Then, to prove the
efficiency of the work that has
been done in the United Kingdom
he shows that in . the same ten
years consumption has diminish-
ed 18 per cent in Germany, 24
per cent in Berlin as against 30
per cent in London, while in
Paris it has diminished by only 3
per cent. Finally he showed that
during an interval of fifty years
consumption had diminished over
50 per cent in the United King-
dom for all ages, while for be-
tween birth and the age of 25
years it had diminished 70 per
cent. He attributes this gratify-
ing and even remarkable decline
in consumption to several causes,
one of them is a decrease in the
per capita consumption of liquor,
and another better housing con-
ditions. Better education in san-
itation and hygiene he also names
as one of the causes. We have
more elbow room in this country,
a larger individual allotment of
space and air, and therefore it
would seem that we could fight
ttjp whiter plague under advan-
tages which the British do not
enjoy. Nevertheless, our statis-
tics will make no such showing
as this.—Dallas News.
Mrs. H. C. Blackwell, of Eddy,
is a guest of her sister, Mrs. Cor-
delia Skaggs.
C. H. Murray, of Miles, spent a
few days here this week, looking
over the city and surroundings,
and it is probable he will locate
here.
The Encampment.
From Friday’s Daily Leader.
A large photograph of the Sun-
day school training classes was
taken this morning. This will
appear in the annual program
book, together with a number of
other new cuts. A kodak con-
test, open to members of the en-
campment, is on and a cash
prize for the best kodak picture
has been offered. ^
Today Dr. C. B. Williams and
Dr. J. R. Jester, both of Fort
Worth, are the leading speakers.
Yesterday Rev. E. F. Lyon, the
new pastor at San Angelo, de-
livered a brilliant address.
President Poteat gave his
great lecture on “The Dwarf’s
Curse” last night. His two lect-
ures will be memorable! in the
history of the encampment pro-
grams.
Preparations are being made
for Baraca-Philathea day Sun-
day. For this day the railroads
have granted a special rate of
one fare plus 25 cents for the
round trip. Mrs. Mary Badger
Blailock, -of ^McGregor, whose
class originated ^this ^feature at
encampment, and who)£was one
of the leading speakers! the
Khnsas City meeting, isjhere to
take part, and her class and
band will be here for tne Sunday
day exercises.
From Monday’s Daily Leader.
Sunday was another red letter
day at the encampment. The
Baraca band, composed of twen-
ty men, from McGregor, and the
excellent singing by the trained
voices, furnished music to at-
tract and entertain.
Dr. J. E. Dildy delivered an
address of welcome to the Ba-
raca and Philathea classes, in his
characteristic manner.
Mrs. Badger Blailock, ofg Mc-
Gregor, conducted a symposium
in connection with her Baraca
work, and proved herself a capa-
ble worker in that line. Her
demonstration of the work, as-
sisted by her class, of sqme 25
men, was revelatton to many and
no doubt accomplished good.
Graduation exercises were held
and a large class was awarded
certificates of proficiency in Sun-
day school work.
Dr. Beauchamp, of Dallas,
spoke on the importance of the
work of the Sunday schools and
Sunday school teachers at the 11
o’clock hour to an immense au-
dience.
At 8:30 p. m. Rev. J. M. Daw-
son, formerly pastor of the
church here, delivered an excel-
lent discourse.
From Tuesday’s Daily Leader.
Monday was a busy day at the
park, and following the strenuous
day Sunday the attendance was
considerably diminished.
The first address of the day
was given by Rev. E. G. Town-
send, state president of the B. Y.
P. U. on the subject, “The En-
larged Place of the B. Y. P. U.
in Church Life.” At 11 o’clock
Dr. M. E. Weaver spoke on
“Financing the Church.” He
was requested to give his address
to the denominational press.
Last night Rev. D. R. Pevete,
one of the secretaries of the Bap-
tist General Convention and man-
ager of Houston Baptist sanita-
rium, delivered an excellent ad-
dress.
The singing during the week
will be led by Mr. L. H. Miller,
of Austin.
The date of the next encamp-
ment was fixed by the bqard of
directors yesterday for July 9-30.
The Baylor College Alumnae
raised money sufficient to erect a
club house on the grounds at
once.
The ladies of the B. W. M. W.
will erect a similar house. The
committee on lots was kept busy
all the day leasing lots.
Today the devotional exercises
were led by Rev. E. S. Cornelius,
of Marble Falls, and addresses
were delivered by Dr. J. F. Piani,
and Rev. Carroll Smith of Bart-
lett.
The World’s Cotton Production.
Statistics gathered from all
cotton producing countries on the
globe show the world’s produc-
tion for 1910 to be 19,171,000
bales as follows:
United^ States.........11,483,000
British India......... 3,508,000
Egypt........... 1,535,000
Russia............... 900,000
China............... 725,000
Brazil............... 360,000
Peru ............... 128,000
Mexico........ 135,000
Turkey............... 105,000
Persia................ 92,000
Other countries...... 200,000
Total ................19,171,000
Many efforts have been made
by the European manufacturers
to become independent of the
American producer, but produc-
tion has been found unprofitable
except in well defined areas, but
the Lord made the South a cot-,
ton ^country and all efforts to
wrest > from it the balance of
power in production has proved
futile.—Commercial Secretaries
Association.
Hon. W. H. Browning, cashier
of the Peoples National bank,
and his daughter, Mrs. Lila
Brooks, have gone to San An-
tonio and from there will go with
Miss Exa Browning to Puebla
and other , points in Colorado,
with a hope of a complete resto-
ration of the health of Miss Exa,
who has been severely afflicted
with a nervous trouble for some
months. Mr. Browning expects
to be at home again within two
weeks, but Mrs. Brooks and Miss
Exa 'will remain until about the
10th of September.
Mrs. J. H. Brooks left for Dub-
lin Monday evening to be with
her aunt, who is dangerously ill.
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YOUR KIDNEYS.
Don’t Mistake the Cause of Your
Troubles- A Lampasas Citizen
Gives a Valuable Hint.
Many people never suspect their
kidneys. If suffering from a. lame,
weak or aching back they think that
it is only a muscular weakness; when
urinary lrouble sets in they think it
will soon correct itself. And so it ^ is
with all the other symptoms of kidney
disorders. That is just where the
danger lies. You must cure these
troubles or they may lead to Bright’s
disease. The best remedy to use for .
ills which are caused by weak or dis-
eased kidneys is Doan’s Kidney Pills.
Read the experience of a resident of
Lampasas who has tested Doan’s:
Henry Spreen, of Lampasas, says:
“I strained my back while lifting
and after that whenever I caught cold
my kidneys became disordered. At
such times I was obliged to arise at
uight to pass the kidney secretions.
My back also pained me severely and
I lost strength. Recently a friend ad-
vised me to try Doan’s Kidney Pills
and I obtained a box at Schwarz &
Hoffmann’s drugstore. I received
great benefit from their use and can
therefore recommend them highly.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50cts.
l^oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and
take no other. 40
Notice of Estray.
The State of Texas, \
County of Lampasas. /
Taken up by John Nance and estray-
ed before John Nichols, justice of the
peace, precinct No. 1, Lampasas coun-
ty, one brown mare mule, about 2 or 3
years old, no marks or brands, about
18 hands high, in pasture of John
Nance, about 12 miles north of Lam-
pasas, Texas; appraised at $40.
The owner of said, stoisk is requested
to come forward, prove property, pay
charges, and take the same away, or
it will be dealt with as the law directs.
Glivdn under my hand and seal of
office this the 4th day of August, 1911,
w41 J. E. Morgan, Co. Clk.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1911, newspaper, August 11, 1911; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892608/m1/3/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.