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The Lampasas Daily Leader
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR
MONDAY
LAMPASAS, TEXAS, FEBRUARY '6, 1933.
MONDAY
NUMBER 285
ROAD BUILDING WOULD
BE CUT $1,364,000
AUSTIN, February 4.—Diversion
of more than $1,300,000 from the
state highway fund—the equivalent
of 65 miles or more of concrete pave-
ment—is sought in the latest of many
legislative measures which have for
their ultimate purpose the slowing
up of road building- in Texas.
The bill by Representative Em-
mett Morse of Houston, seeking to
establish a new basis of division for
the automobile registration fees,
would diminish the highway construc-
tion resources by approximately $1,-
364,000, it was disclosed Saturday in
figures obtained from the state high-
way department.
Reported Favorable.
The bill was given a favorable re-
port Friday by the committee on
state affairs, with only a bare quo-
rum present.
Out of the 254 counties in Texas,
those four—Tarrant, Bexar, Dallas
and Harris—would be the only share-
holders in any benefits which might
accrue as a result of the enactment.
That sum is enough to build ap-
i,( proximately 65 miles of concrete
pavement, and twice or three times
as many miles of other types of
hard-surfacing. The theory of the
bill is that the changed plan of dis-
tribution would enable the larger
counties to build more lateral roads,
but by the same reason it is apparent
that the rest of the state could have
fewer miles on the state system.
Plan of Distribution.
Under the present law it is con-
templated that two-thirds of the pro-
ceeds from auto registrations should
be spent on building lateral roads,
and one-third on state highways. To
meet this aim, the legislature worked
out the following plan of distribu-
tion:
First, to insure some money to all
counties, the law provides that every
county might keep the first $50,000.
Then, so that the law would not be
unjust upon counties in which the
population is concentrated, it provid-
ed that the county and state should
share 50-50 on all collected above
$50,000 until the county had accumu-
lated $175,000.
Finally, to insure that no county
was benefited at the expense of the
state system, the law provided that
the state should retain all in excess
of $175,000.
The Morse bill simply eliminates
the last-named safeguard.
FROM 8 TO 12 O’CLOCK
Tuesday we will sell:
Nice size Texas or California
Oranges, Doz...............................10c
10c pkg. Comet Rice, pkg.................3c
Large 14-oz. bottle Catsup ............10c
Nice size Bananas, doz...................10c
Everything in Fresh Vegetables to
arrive Tuesday morning.
We Are Always the Cheapest
TOM & JOHN
Cash and Carry
at Lang’s stand (d)
VISITING PYTHIANS IN CITY
Grand Chancellor John Smith and
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal
Theo Yarbrough of the Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias of Texas, accom-
panied by District Deputy Weylon
Frasier, arrived today to attend a
special meeting of the local Knights
of Pythias lodge tonight. These men
are well versed in Pythianism and it
is a special privilege to have them
visit the Lampasas lodge. Special
efforts are being made to have every
member of the lodge to be present
at this meeting tonight. A turkey
supper with all the trimmings will be
served at 7:15.
C. A. Northington visited Sunday
in Belton.
It /
Phone 400
Fresh Vegetables to arrive
this afternoon:
No. 2 can Lima Beans, 3 for..25c
No. 1 can Lima Beans* ............5c
B. & M. Fish Flakes, 2 for....25c
Quick Cook Oats ......................5c
3 cans Spaghetti ....................25c
1- lb Vanilla Wafers ..............20c
2- lbs Fig Bars ........................25c
(Regular Prices)
Cream—Sweet Milk
Butter Milk.
GASH GROCERY
Dependable Groceries at
Dependable Prices
MACHINERY FOR CROP,
LOANS READY TO START
WASHINGTON, Feb. . 5.—Needy
farmers hoping for a share of the
$90,000,000 set aside for crop produc-
tion loans will be told soon by Secre-
tary Hyde whether he will require a
30 per cent acreage reduction in ex-
change for aid.
Machinery for disbursing the mil-
lions to help finance this year’s crop
is ready to begin turning Monday.
The first move is up to the head of
the department of agriculture, who
must, promulgate the regulations. The
bill permits him to require up to a
30 per cent acreage cut but he has
given no indication whether he will
insist upon any or the maximum re-
duction.
Force Set Up Year Ago.
The operating force was set up a
year ago when more than $64,000,-
000 in loans were. made. Regional
offices established by Secretary Hyde
have remained open through the win-
ter. These are at St. Louis, Memphis,
Dallas, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City
and Washington.
Last year a $400 loan was the max-
imum available for a farmer. The
average loan was $126, with a total
of 507,632 borrowers. The depart-
ment expects a larger number of ap-
plicants this year and because of
lower prices for farm seeds, labor
and\ equipment, it may set a lower
maximum.
Exceptions Urged.
Some exceptions have been urged.
Senators George and Russell, Geor-
gia democrats, propose that orchard
owners and operators be granted
loans of up to $20 an acre, the total
loan to be in excess of $400 if the
orchard exceeds twenty acres. They
said peach growers with larger acre-
ages have little chance to keep up
the culture of valuable trees without
government credit.
The bill provides that no fees may
be charged to prepare applications,
which will be received in nearly ev-
ery county either by field workers or
volunteer committees.
Applicants will be required to show
what crops they intend to' plant and
probable expenditures for labor, seed,
fertilizer and other costs. The loan
will form a primary lien on the crop
produced.
NEW SPRING DRESSES
We have a beautiful assoi'tment of
spring dresses and invite you to come
in and see them right away.
A. L. HIGDON CO. (d)
JIM CORBETT GRAVELY
ILL IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Rebruary 4.—Although
the attending physician, Dr. Geoi’ge
Fish, could not be reached for a state-
ment, intimate friends at the bedside
of James J. Corbett reluctantly ad-
mitted today that the former heavy-
weight champion’s condition was very
serious.
Opiates had to be administered
two nights ago to relieve his pain,
but he was resting more easily to-
day, apparently in better health than
an earlier statement of his wife had
seemed to indicate. Mrs. Corbett re-
ported his condition as being critical
and said that there was no hope for
his life. /
However, very little real hope is
being held out for Corbett’s recov-
ery. His most recent attack has re-
duced him in weight from what orig-
inally was 190 pounds of vigorous
manhood to 144 pounds, he is able
to eat very little and only a few close
friends, including the Kelleher broth-
ers of Boston, are permitted to Visit
him.
B. T. S. AND S. S~ CONVENTION
Local committee of B. T. S. and
S. S. district convention to be held
in Lampasas, March 2 and 3:
HomesRegistration—Mrs. E. W. Al-
lard, chairman; Miss Rozella Ro-
mans, Miss Edna Wright.
Homes—Mrs. F. J. Harris, chairman;
Mrs. W. R. Williamson, Mrs. E. L.
Key.
Music—Mrs. R. E. Rawls, chairman;
Emanuel Tumlinson, Miss Mary
Marrs, Weldon Pharr.
Coffee—Mrs. Oscar Mace, chairman;
Mrs. D. N. Cornett, Mrs. Mat
Smith.
Pages—Mrs. E, L. Key’s class.
Courtesy Cars—J. N. Howard.^
Sight-Seeing Guide—Dudley S. Moore.
Decoration—Mrs. N. B. Taylor, chair-
> man; Mrs. Gertrude Vaden, Mrs.
W. E. Moore, Miss Annie North-
ington.
BLANTON DEFENDS VOTE ON
PLAN TO IMPEACH HOOVER
NATIONAL HOUSE DECLINES
TO REDUCE SALARIES
(Dallas News)
The News has received the follow-
ing from Congressman Thomas L.
Blanton in Washington:
“The News editorial headed “Me-
• .
Fadden’s Folly” incorrectly stated
that Patman, Sanders. and I voted
with -McFadden to impeach the presi-
dent. We did not so vote. All were
against impeachment. The motion
to table took McFadden off the floor,
denied him his constitutional right
to be heard and kept him from pre-
senting his facts. We voted not to
table, so he could have his rights,
and a proper committee could inves-
tigate it.
“Congressman McFadden is the
best posted man in congress on inter-
national bankers and their schemes
and activities to force cancellation of
debts foreign counrties owe us. Re-
fusal'to hear him was unprecedented.
After he finally got the floor last
Monday I presided over the house as
speaker, and while republicans con-
tinually heckled him with interrup-
tions, all my rulings were fair to the
president. (See Record, page 2402).
Our position against tabling was
stated in the house January 23 and
with its customary fairness in pre-
senting both sides, I hope The News
will publish it with this explanation,
to-wit:
Quotes Rrom Record.
“Mr. Speaker, within my breast
there is not the slightest unfriendly
feeling toward the president of the
United States. There never has been.
I have never cast a vote in this house
for personal relations. I did not vote
to impeach President Hoover. I vot-
ed against tabling the McFadden res-
olution. I thus voted to send it to a
proper committee. That resolution
should have gone to the judiciary
committee. If I had been the presi-
dent of the United States I would
not have wanted such resolution
tabled, when it .affected my integrity,
and I would have insisted that this
house send that resolution to the
committee on . the judiciary, the prop-
er committee of this house, to have
it investigated, and let that commit-
tee report as to whether there was
truth or falsity in the charges.
“I have never yet let but one in-
fluence control my vote in this house
and that is the democratic caucus.
Whenever it speaks I obey the will
of the' caucus, but no speaker has
ever controlled my vote; no majority
leader has ever controlled my vote.
It requires a democratic caucus.
FROM 8 TO 12 O’CLOCK
Tuesday we will sell:
Nice size Texas or California ,
Oranges, Doz...............................10c
10c pkg. Comet Rice, pkg.................3c
Large 14-03. bottle Catsup ............10c
Nice size Bananas, doz. ...v.............10c
Everything in Fresh Vegetables to
arrive Tuesday morning.
We Are Always the Cheapest
TOM & JOHN
Cash and Carry
at Lang’s stand (d)
BROWNING SUNDAY SCHOOL
CLASS MEETS TUESDAY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—T h e
house today refused to reduce its
members’ salaries and insisted the
capitol restaurants continue to func-
tion through federal appropriations,
but it did place a limit on the size,
and consequently the cost, of congres-
sional funeral delegations.
The price of haircuts and shaves,
the tastes of pigs knuckles and bean
soup and expenditures for funerals
formed the business of the day in
considering the $16,588,000 supply bill
for the legislative branch.
Representatives Whittington of
Mississippi, and Mitchell of Ten-
nessee, democrats, led a vigorous
fight for reduction in salaries, but
were soundly trounced.
Twice Whittington : unsuccessfully
tried to reduce them from $9,000 to
$7,500 but overwhelmingly was defeat-
ed by a non-record vote." Mitchell
wanted the salaries cut to $5,000 a
year. Only one vote, in addition to
his own was cast for the proposal.
Then, he withdrew his proposed
amendment to prevent members of
congress hiring kinfolk as secretaries
and other employes at the capitol.
Tendency Jo Discredit.
It was Representative Schafer, re-
publican, Wisconsin, who tried to “get
the government out of business under
the dome of the capitol” by eliminat-
ing appropriations for the senate and
house restaurants aggregating ap-
proximately $60,000 a year. He was
told by Representative Boylan, demo-
crat, New York, “if you knew the
good taste of pigs knuckles and bean
soup served there you wouldn’t want
to close down those eating places.”
In denouncing Whittington’s pro-
posal to cut congressmen’s salaries,
which normally are $10,000 but which
were reduced to $9,000 through the
economy act, Representative Cochran
of Missouri, chairman of the house
expenditures committee, said:
“There is a tendency upon the part
of the press of the country to dis-
credit the congress, claiming there
are certain abuses here.
“We are accused of getting free
shaves and free haircuts. I can go
aci’oss the street into an outside bar-
ber shop and get a haircut and a
shave for 50 cents.
“I can go to the barber shop in the
house office building and get a hair-
cut and shave for 60 cents; but if I
go into the barber shop of the capitol
downstairs a haircut and shave will
cost me 75 cents. I get no shaves or
haircuts free. Nevertheless, the peo-
ple of the country have been led to
believe we can go into the barber soop
every day and get service for noth-
ing.”
Passed as Reported.
Before the measure was passed and
sent to the senate, the house, how-
ever, reversed itself and voted 69 to
61 to leave in the bill the restriction
forbidding attendance of more than
two senators and two Representatives
at the funeral of a deceased member
at government expense. Earlier the
house had adopted an amendment by
Representative O’Connor, democrat,
’New York, 63, to 60, striking out the
limitation.
There will be a call meeting of the
Browning Sunday School Class Tues-
day morning at 9:30 at the home of
Mrs. Harry Key, Jr. This is an im-
portant meeting and all members
are urged to attend.
NOTICE ,
On account of the zone meeting of
the Woman’s Missionary Society,
which will be held in Goldthwaite
Tuesday, the meeting of the Meth-
odist ladies here will be called off for
this week. As many members of the
auxiliary here as can possibly go to
Goldthwaite for the day are request-
ed to attend this zone meeting.
Mrs. M. Y. Stokes, Pres, of Aux.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. W. Jones and
daughter are here from Rising Star
to spend a short time while Mr. Jones
is looking after business interests.
Mrs. J. F. Coker is home from
Temple, where she visited for a few
dajrs.
Mesdames J. H. Guthrie, Joe
Chamberlain and Tom Hudson and
son were here Saturday from Burnet
as guests of Mrs. H. R. Barber.
Torbett Pierce who is attending
Peacock Military Academy at San An-
tonio returned Sunday evening after
spending the week end with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pierce.
SPRING CAPES
The new spring capes are all the
rage at the present time. See those
now on display at our store.
A. L. HIGDON CO. (d)
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
“Spirit” was the subject of the les-
son-sermon in all Churches of Christ,
Scientist, Sunday. The golden text
was from John 4: “God is a spirit,
and they that worship Him must wor-
ship Him in spirit and truth.”
Included with other passages from
the Bible was the following from
Galatians 5: “This I say then, walk
in the spirit, and ye shall not fulfill
the lust of the flesh. For the flesh
lusteth against the spirit, and the
spirit against the flesh, and these are
contrary one to the other, so ye cannot
do the things that ye would. But if
ye be led of the spirit, ye are not
under the law—if we live in the
spirit, let us also walk in the spirit.
To have one God and avail yourself
of the power of the “spirit” you must
love God supremely. “The flesh lus-
teth against the spirit.” The flesh
can no more unite in action, than good
can# coincide with evil. It is not wise
to take a halting and half-way posi-
tion or to expect to work equally with
spirit and matter, truth and error.
There is but one way, namely: God
and His idea, which leads to spiritual
being.—Reporter.
SMALL BOY DIED .
AT LAKE VICTOR
—THE NEW—
Larue Brown, the seven-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Brown,
died Sunday afternoon at the home of
his parents near Lake Victor. He
had only been ill for a few days and
his death was quite a shock fo the
many friends of the family in that
section. Larue was an unusually
bright little follew and was loved by
all who knew him. He was the only
child of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, and the
many friends deeply sympathize with
them in their sorrow. Funeral ser-
vices were conducted Monday after-
noon by Rev. A. V. Feild and inter-
ment in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.
FURNISHED ROOMS—Have fur-
nished bed-rooms, in business district.
Can save you money. Address P. O.
Box 205. (d86)
COTTON BAGGING FOR
COTTON BALES URGED
BY TWENTY NATIONS
(Progressive Texans, Inc.)
The campaign for the substitution
of cotton bagging for jute in the bal-
ing of cotton, which in the past has
made little headway, has received
new and powerful impetus through
the action of the Master Spinners
and Manufacturers Association of
Manchaste'r, England, proposing to
penalize the use of jute and put a
premium on the use of cotton bag-
ging. More important, the resolu-
tion has been given the endorsement
of twenty nations.
The method proposed is to change
the rules so that cotton will be pur-
chased on a net weight basis. Since
jute is heavier than cotton, the ex-
cess freight is a penalty. Jute gives
small protection against weather and
stains and, besides, sheds fibers that
mix with cotton and cause breaks in
spinning. The spinners are moved
by their difficulties in spinning.
Adoption of cotton bagging would
impair jute business, but it would
create a market for about 200,000
bales of low-grade, short staple
American cotton annually.
Numerous American cotton mills
already are offering to pay for sev-
en pounds extra cotton on cotton
bagged bales, and it is expected that
in the ginning of the . 1933 crop there
will be a very material inci’ease in
the bales protected by bagging of its
own manufacture.
EMILIO AGUINALDO ATTACKS
FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE BILL
MANILA, P. I., Feb. 5.—Gen.
Emilio Aguinaldo, who led the Philip-
pine insurrection against the United
States in 1899-1901, Sunday attacked
the provisions of the Hawes-Cutting
independence bill in a speech befoi-e
the annual convention of veterans of
the Philippine insurrection.
The convention, which was attend-
ed by an estimated 4,000 delegates,
adopted Auginaldo’s suggestion .that
the veterans refrain from taking a
stand on the measure in its present
form until the return from Washing-
ton of the Philippine Independence
Mission.
He suggested, however, that the
veterans be prepared to take a firm
position against it in case of action
by the Insular legislature before the
return of the mission.
Aguinaldo’s address was his first
expression on the independence act
and had been awaited by legislators
with interest because of the standing
of the insurrector leader, who headed
the Philippine revolutionary republic.
“The bill as it is did not come of
any campaign on our part,” said Ag-
uinaldo, “nor was it requested by any
of our. countrymen. It was an out-
come, since 1930, of efforts of mon-
eyed American and Cuban interests in
sugar and other industries, assisted
by hundreds of thousands' of Ameri-
can laborers who have been clamor-
ing for it.
“The only thing that appeals to us
in the whole bill is the grant of in-
dependence.”
He concluded by citing objections
against the bill, raised at a mass
meeting here last December. These
included the«lack of tariff autonomy,
immigration restriction and retention
of American military bases in the
islands.
Leroy Theatre
“Where Lampasas Is Entertained”
(Perfect Talking Pictures)
SHOWING LAST TIME TONIGHT
Warner Baxter & Miriam Jordan
—in—
with John Boles
Six hours to live. Six hours to
love. Six hours to fulfill a lifetime’s
hopes and desires.
Which is man’s greatest love?
His love of life?
His love of friend?
His love of country?
Or his love of woman?
Or another love greater than any
of these?
A mai’velous picture! You’ll say
it’s “splendid!”
Extras:
Vitaphone Merry Melodies
M-G-M Sport Thrills
Show starts 6:55 p. m.
Admission: 10c—25c—30c
TOMORROW (One Day Only
Our home town movies! Look out
for the cameraman! Did he get your
picture? If he did you will see your-
self in the movies on our screen!
Something different! Lots of fun!
Also regular picture program
James Dunn, Boots Mallory and
El Brendel in
“HANDLE WITH CARE”
A TAX FOR THE PERPETUA- .
TION OF THE DEPRESSION
Mr. and Mrs. Andy McCrea of Jar-
rell returned to their home Sunday
after visiting in this city with Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Hallmark and Mr. and
Mrs. W. K. Glover.
(Bartlett Times)
The Texas legislature is contem-
plating passing a sales tax. Jim Fer-
guson, speaking for his wife who
makes better preserves than she does
speeches, recommends a three per
cent sales tax.
This means that, were the pro-
posal to become law, three per cent
of the sales made by Bartlett mer-
chants would be taken by the gov-
ernment.
There aren’t many business houses
in Bartlett which could give the gov-
ernment three per cent of their sales
and remain healthily solvent. Con-
sequently the tax would of necessity
simply be dropped onto the heads of
the purchasers, which means that the
price of retail goods would go up
three per cent.
Now the crazy impoverishment of
this land of plenty results from the
sad fact that the average man’s shop-
ping now necessarily consists mostly
of window-shopping. The goods are
there to be used but the average man
can only press his nose against the
window and wish. This results main-
ly because of the scandalous differ-
ence between what the farmer gets
and what he has to give. He gets a
nickel a pound for his cotton when
it’s ginned and gives a dollar a pound
for it when it’s sewed up into a shirt.
And the Texas legislature with the
wisdom of donkeys seriously contem-
plates passing a three per cent sales
tax. In other words, the Texas leg-
islature seriously contemplates rais-
ing the price of a farmer’s shirt from
a dollar to a dollar and three cents,
while cotton remains a nickel a
pound, in order that Prosperity Shall
not Perish from the Earth! The
Pee-pul must be served!
Miss Bess Northington, a student
of Baylor College at Belton, came in
Sunday afternoon for a visit with
her mother and returned Monday to
Belton.
WALKER IS SUED FOR
$2,079.07 HOTEL BILL
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—The Daily
News says James J. Walker, former
mayor, is being sued on a $2,079.07
hotel bill in connection with his 1931
trip to San Francisco to argue for
Tom Mooney’s release.
A supreme court justice authorized
an attorney for the Crocker Hotel
company, which operates the St.
Francis in San Francisco, 'to nail a
copy of the summons and complaint
on the front door of the Walker home
hei*e. Walker is in Europe.
The allegation is that Walker left
San Francisco without paying the
hotel bill.
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