The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 249, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 24, 1932 Page: 4 of 8
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The Lampasas Daily Leader
J. H. Abney Herbert Abney
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Entered at the postoffice at Lampasas
March 7, 1904, as second-class mail.
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THREE OVERCOME
BY MONOXIDE GAS
FROM AUTO MOTOR
In Dallas three children were over-
come by gas as they sat in a closed
automobile in front of a grocerystore
on Eagle Ford road, west of town,
early Friday night. It w;as believed
monoxide gas was generated by the
car motor. Monoxide gas from gas
stoves caused deaths of four persons
in three days earlier this month.
The children, Erwin David Shat-
ley, 5; Virginia Shatley, 8, and Ever-
ett Shatley 10, were left in the auto-
mobile when their parents went into
a grocery store to shop. When the
parents returned, the children were
unconscious. They were revived at
Emergency Hospital and were taken
to their home, recovered.
Emergency Hospital physicians
were told, that the automobile had
not been driven for several days and
that the motor was left running to
avoid difficulty of cranking it.
Let us test your headlights.—Hol-
ley-Langford Motor Co. (dtf)
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Owing to the influenza epidemic,
most Rev. C. E. Byrne of this, the
diocese (Catholic) of Galveston has
ordered that the customary annual
midnight mass of Christmas be not
celebrated this year in any parish or
mission church of the diocese. He
also has ordered, or requested, that
the earliest mass in any parish or
mission church be celebrated about
5:00 a. m. He states that this change
is not to be taken as an abrogation
of the long standing custom but is
only to be observed this Christmas.
Accordingly, masses at this church
will be at 5:00, 8:00 and at about 8:45
a. m. Confessions will be heard from
7:30 to 8:30 this evening and before
oach mass in the morning. As at
any and all services throughout the
year, the general public is cordially
welcome to attend the Christmas
services of this church.
Rev. Henry T. Schroeder, pastor.
Have you seen the many attrac-
tive and useful things at the Christ-
mas Bazaar? Prices range from 10c
to $1.00. (dtf)
BAPTISTS TO HAVE
BRIEF PROGRAM AT
MORNING WORSHIP
'Mv\
Order of worship for Sunday morn-
ing:
1. Hymn: “All Hail the Power of
Jesus.”
2. Scripture Reading — Frank
Knight.
_ 3. Hymn: “Silent Night,” No. 405.
4. Reading—Jno. Thos. Higgins. .
5. Announcements and offering.
6. Special number, “The Star of
the East.”
7. Brief sermon by the pastor. Sub-
ject: “The Star of the East,” or “Fol-
lowing Divine Light.”
We invite you all to worship with
us. Bro. Floyd Smith will preach at
the evening hour. Merry Christmas
to all.
A. F. Avant, pastor.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FRI-
DAY FOR MRS. S. E. DONNELL
Mrs. S. E. Donnell passed away
early Friday morning, Dec. 23, at the
family home near Adamsville and
services were conducted Friday af-
ternoon at the home and interment
followed in the Townsen cemetery.
The services were conducted by Rev.
J. C. Byers, pastor of the Presbyter-
ian church at Adamsville. The pall
bearers were: J. C. Scott, Dude Stand-
ard, Earl Duke, S. T. Donnell, Troy
Donnell and Fred Sparks.
Mrs. Donnell was born Feb. 15, 1860
in Dewitt county where she grew to
young womanhood and was married.
After her marriage the family moved
to Williamson county and then to the
Harmon settlement in Coryell coun-
ty and about twenty-eight years ago
they moved to this county and lived
on the Lampasas river near Adams-
ville. The deceased united with the
Presbyterian church early in life and
lived a time Christian life and was a
most devoted wife and mother. She
had been confined to her bed for
about seven months prior to her
death. Mrs. Donnell was the mother
of eight children and seven of them
and her husband survive. All of the
children were at home when she pas-
sed away. The children are: Claud
Donnell of Lampasas, Ed Donnell of
Adamsville, Mrs. J. C. Scott of Lo-
meta, A. V. Donnell of Adamsville,
Mrs. Dude Standard of Tuscola, Rob-
ert Donnell of Adamsville and Mrs.
Jessie Pruett of Adamsville.
The deceased will not only be mis-
sed by the immediate family but by
a large host of friends in the section
in which she resided for a great num-
ber of years.
TURKEY BY THE TON
FOR U. S. FORCES SCAT-
TERED OVER GLOBE
ATTENTION MEN
What would be a better way to
spend Christmas morning than going
to some Sunday school. Our pastor,
Rev. J. Virgil Davis, will preach
special Christmas sermons tomorrow.
Let’s all go to Sunday school and stay
for church. Listen for the church
bells and be on time.—Roy Davis,
teacherYoung Men’s Bible class, Meth-
odist Church.
HEALING RITES LED
TO SLAYING
Mrs. J. D. Morgan has received a
message informing her of the death
of her nephew, Ralph Montee, in New
Mexico. Mr. Montee was a pilot on a
mail plane and was in a crash that
resulted in his death. He made his
home in Kansas City.
STATE CLOSES DOWN
FOR HOLIDAY TERM
AUSTIN, Dec. 23.—The Christmas
holiday period started at the Capitol
Friday. All departments are closed
and will not reopen until December
28. The higher courts have suspend-
ed business until January 4.
Gov. Ross S. Sterling will spend
Christmas in Austin, and probably
will go on a deer hunting trip before
the close of the season December 31.
He had abandoned a projected trip
to Mississippi to study the sales tax
law.
The governor and his family will
have Christmas dinner at the man-
sion. Members of the family who will
be present will be Mrs. Wyatt C.
Hedrick of Fort Worth, Walter G.
Sterling of Houston, Mrs. Winston
Wheeler of Topeka, Kan., and Mrs.
Cleo Miller of Corsicana.
Attorney General James V. Allred
has gone to Wichita Falls for the
holidays. Practically all other heads
of departments will remain in Austin.
LINDEN, Dec.- 24.—“God sent me
to heal the baby, but the devil told
me to choke it”—young Paul Oakley,
22-year-old Apostolic healer, used
those words Friday night in explain-
ing why a cripple had been brutally
choked to death.
Paul and his brother, Coy, 25, stand
charged with killing 5-year-old Ber-
nice Clayton, an invalid since baby-
hood.
The brothers are members of “the
Church of God.” They have been
traveling through rural sections,
preaching their gospel.
Tot Slain, Neighbor Says.
The little girl, said Goerge Wilson,
a neighbor of her parents, was killed
last Tuesday while the Oakley bro-
thers sought to “heal” her.
“I saw the brothers in the Clayton
home,” Wilson said. “They were
praying and reciting incantations
over the little girl.
“Suddenly they started pounding
the little child against the floor. All
the while they kept on praying.”
Fled for Life.
Wilson told Sheriff Nat Curtwright
that the brothers threatened to kill
him and he fled.
The brothers, unshaven and dressed
in working clothes, sat sullenly in
their narrow cells when questioned.
“God sent me to heal the baby,
but the devil told me to kill it,” said
Paul. He refused to say more. His
older brother would not speak to of-
ficers.
Silent on Tenets.
Neither would discuss religious be-
liefs of the “Church of God,” although
they referred to themselves as “apos-
tolic healers.”
The brothers hissed at their ques-
tioners, and cursed the accomodations
in the small stone jailhouse.
Sheriff Curtwright said he believed
they were feigning insanity. When
he locked them in the cell, he said,
they muttered and turned on the fau-
cet of the washstand. He ordered
them to turn it off, and when the
water splashed on to the cell floor
entered the cell and turned off the wa-
ter. The incident occurred again, and
finally he tied down the fixture.
The sheriff said his men would
question the child’s parents. Their
home is on the deep river bottoms
and is inaccessable by motor car.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Turkey
by the ton has been provided for
Uncle Sam’s soldiers and sailors’
Christmas dinner at far flung parts
of the world.
Up the strange Yangtse River in
China, under a summer sun in the
Philippines and Panama Canal Zone,
as well as in shivering Alaska, the
doughboys, the bluejackets and the
leathernecks are whetting their appe-
tites to feast Sunday on all the holi-
day good things shipped thousands of
miles for their special benefit.
Allowances were made months ago
for from a pound to two pounds of
turkey alone for every member of
the forces in addition to all the tra-
ditional Christmas dinner trimmings.
Roughly, the army and navy dinner
order this year, at home and abroad,
calls for 220 tons of the bird which
the Plymouth Pilgrims started on the
road to fame back in 1621.
Uncle Sam’s bill for turkey this
Christmas will approximate $100,000.
And this is a saving compared with
other recent holiday bills. For ex-
ample, five years ago, the army and
navy Christmas turkey cost nearly
twice that sum.
Turkey does not appear on the holi-
day menu just by chance or because
of custom. It is put there by gov-
ernment edict.
Both the army and the navy regu-
lations specify that turkey must be
served on Christmas as well as
Thanksgiving Day whether the cook
likes it or not.
HOOVER DROPS DEBT CONCLAVE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Presi-
dent Hoover Friday closed the book
on his interchange with President-
elect Roosevelt, deciding with the aid
of his cabinet officers to transmit the
war debt and allied problems to the
next administration in much their
present form without further commu-
nication.
In a source informed of adminis-
tration activities, it was stated Fri-
day that Mr. Hoover would make no
reply to a statement issued by Mr.
Roosevelt expressing surprise at the
president’s remark that his successoi’-
elect had considered it “undesirable”
to cooperate on the debt, disarma-
ment and world economic conference
problems.
The president was represented as
feeling that the New York governor’s
suggestion that he appoint his own
fact-finding commission had made no
change in the situation. He held
fast to his decision that such an
agency would be of little value un-
less it could continue active after
March 4.
The chief executive has indicated
a willingness, however, to deal with
any immediate problems in interna-
tional affairs. He discussed Friday
with Secretaries Stimson and Mills
the problems surrounding the debt
default by France.
There was interest in the capital
over the call upon Ambassador Edge
in Paris by Premier Joseph Paul-
Boncour, asking the ambassador to
communicate with officials here. Nei-
ther White House nor state depart-
ment pending receipt of word from
Edge.
The general feeling in administra-
tion circles is that few of the debtor
na^ons will care to treat with the
Hoover administration in view of the
fact that only nine weeks remain of
its existence.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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fied the spirit of Christmas. It
was the brightness of the Star of
Bethlehem that guided and encour-
aged the Three Wise Men on the
first Christmas Eve. Today the
brightness of the Star of Bethleheri
finds myriad reflections in the cheer?
glow of Electric bulbs which lend
color and beauty to Christmas fest-
ivities everywhere.
And so when you snap on a light
Christmas Eve, include our greeting
among the many you will receive for
a Merry Christmas.
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REDUCTION OF DISTRICT
JUDGES FROM 127 TO
105 TO BE URGED
AUSTIN, Dec. 23.—The joint leg-
islative economy and efficiency com-
mittee will recommend, that the dis-
trict court system of this State be
reduced from 127 to 105 judges, ac-
cording to reports in circulation to-
day, several members of the legisla-
ture saying they understood such
would be urged upon the legislature.
The committee clings to its policy of
giving out nothing. It also is ex-
pected a less number of civil appell-
ate courts will be sought, of which
there are 11 in Texas.
There is no surprise element in
this reported recommendation, for
members for several months have
been declaring the number of courts
should be decreased. In the Forty-
second a measure was offered by
Representative T. H. McGregor of
Austin to eliminate all courts of civil
appeals. Each session of the legisla-
ture has witnessed thb creation of
one to four new district courts.
Important changes in the judiciary
system and judiciary procedure will
be recommended not only by this
committee, but by the fee investigat-
ing and judicial investigating com-
mittees, the fee investigating point-
ing out certain defects that cause
waste of state funds, dealing with
the habeas corpus indictments and
fees.
Elimination of courts will develop
a hot fight, it is predicted, for heavy
Support of the judiciary system
costs the state about $2,502,000 an-
nually, this exclusive of local costs.
SENATE STOPS PROMPT
VOTE ON BEER BILL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The sen-
ate smothered an effort today to force
immediate action on the house 3.2 per
cent beer bill, throwing the contro-
versy into the new year with assur-
ance of prompt consideration there.
A single handed attempt by Sena-
tor Bingham, Connecticut’s republi-
can, to put the bill before the senate
failed by a vote of 23 to 48, with
democrats taking the lead in oppos-
ing the maneuver.
Defeated, Bingham drew applause
from the galleries by hailing the vote
as the death knell of hopes for “beer
by Christmas” and adding: “We will
be lucky if we have beer by next
Christmas.”
Senator Robinson, of^ Arkansas,
leading the democratic opposition,
charged Bingham with seeking “par-
tisan advantage,” adding he was war-
ranted in saying the bill would be
given prompt consideration.
Senate leaders asserted the vote
was not a test of strength on the
beer issue, but merely meant the sen-
ate wanted to consider the beer legis-
lation in the usual manner, after study
by its committees.
The house bill has been referred
to the senate judiciary committee and
chairman Norris has called a meet-
ing to begin its consideration next
Monday.
LIFE STORY OF AGED
RECLUSE IS REVEALED
FOLLOWING HIS DEATH
FORT WORTH, Dec. 23.—Threads
drawn from the life of J. B. Smith—
extradited by death Tuesday—Thurs-
day were woven into a fabric of
startling design, revealing Smith’s
real name as Otis Pope, member of
an esteemed Georgia family, who fled
from Georgia law in the eighties be-
lieving he had killed a rival in love.
Bit by bit, the tqngled skein of the
dead hermit’s life has been unraveled
by former friends in Monticello, Ga.,
pressure can be brought to bear by his former home, and by acquaint-
ness of Jackson, Ga., who was thought
to^be the hermit’s sister, was only a
good friend.
Pope—or Smith—was found dead
Tuesday in his hovel here by friends
who became alarmed when they real-
ized he had not been seen for sev-
eral days. His body was found on
the crude bunk that served him for
a bed.
Georgia authorities reported Thurs-
day that Pope broke jail in Jasper
County, Ga., of which Monticello is
county seat, after his arrest for shoot-
ing Levi Waits. Authorities had
known of the aged man’s whereabouts
for many years, it was said but the
sheriff “just never took the trouble
to go after him.”
Waits, the story continues, recover-
ed from his wounds and died only two
years ago. The Pope family still is
prominent in the Georgia community,
it was said.
To those who knew him best, Pope
had told only meager details of his
past, seldom parting from the reti-
ence that served as his armor against
his fear of detection.
TROOPS ORDERED TO
LEAVE BORDER POST
MARFA, Dec. 23.—The veteran
First Cavalry Regiment of the Uni-
ted States Army has been ordered to
evacuate Fort A. D. Russell here and
entrain for Camp Knox, Ky., on Jan.
1 to be transformed into a motoriz-
ed unit.
Col. William F. Austin, commander
of the historic regiment, received in-
structions late Thursday from Wash-
ington to transfer his troops from the
Mexican border post.
Consternation reigned in Marfa
when news of the order spread.
Townspeople declared that abandon-
ment of the fort will hurt Marfa.
Located in the sparsely settled Big
Bend country of Southwest Texas, an
area devotedly chiefly to cattle rais-
ing, Marfa has thrived in recent years
through its army connection.
Rev. B. E. Huggins, a citizen of
Lampasas several years ago, now
living at San Angelo, was a visitor
in Lampasas Satui-day, en route to
Florence to spend the holidays.
BAR ATTACKS MURRAY ACTION
NEWKIRK, Okla., Dec. 23.—The
Kay County Bar Association today
adopted the report of an investigat-
ing committee criticizing Governor
Murray for charges he made at the
time he pardoned Col. Zack Miller of
the 101 Ranch from conviction for
failure to pay temporary alimony,
and upholding all actions by District
Judges Claude Duval and John S.
Burger in the Miller case.
The report found that previous or-
ders in litigation involving Miller had
been made by Judge Burger and not,
as Governor Murray claimed, by
Judge Duval. Moreover, the investi-
gating committee found all the or-
ders to have been “fair and correct.”
Governor Murray had assailed
Judge Duval in the order which re-
leased Miller from jail last month.
When the report was presented to
Judge Duval today he thanked mem-
bers of the bar and asserted the Mur-
ray pardon order was “unfounded in
law or in fact.” The action of the
bar then was spread upon the origin-
al record of the case by order of
Judge Burger.
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As a general thing, when a man
sows the wind and reaps the whirl-
wind he continues to blow about it.
The leader of the hunger march-
ers is named Benjamin, and he seems-
to have the lost tribe behind him.
A man’s home is not necessarily
his castle. The owner of a castle has
more than an equity in it.
One trouble about being a black
sheep is that the other black sheep
keep him sheared winter and sum-
mer.
A West Dallas widow says the rea-
son why her last engagement went
on the rocks was because her fiance
was a Grand Prairie widower and he
got mad because she wouldn’t lend
him her porch swing to make a sled
for his children.—Dallas News.
Mrs. K. C. Dillard and son Wins-
ton, of Austin and E. W. Feagin and
baby of Hempstead are here to spend
Christmas in the home of Mrs. H. C.
Cockrell.
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