The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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['HE LAMPASAS LEADER
Published Every Friday,
VERNOll J.H. ABNEY
Proprietors.
. Vernor Editor and Business Mgr
libassador to Mexico Will Continue.
Washington.—President Huer-
[a’s reminder to Ambassador
filson of the limitation imposed
jpon him in his official inter-
Dourse with the Mexican govern-
lent is not expected to change
[he status of the American Am-
lasador. Mr. Wilson has been
loing business with the de facto
government in the City of Mexi-
co, and although he has not been
ible to extend political recogni-
tion as desired by the Huerta
Dement, he will continue to
[transact the necessary business
)f the American Embassy at that
fcapital for the present.
It is not anticipated that he
Ivill be given his passports or,
lhat he will be recalled in view of
[he almost certain confusion that
muld follow among the large
American colony of Mexico, if
le Ambassador were to leave the
bountry summarily. The State
)epartment concerns Mr. Wil-
son’s work in the interest of
|Americans quite aside from any
liplomatic functions of great im-
lortance.
Talcum Deposit Found Near Selton.
Belton, May 6.—Sometime ago
b. A. Crawford, of Springfield,
Towa, found near this city what
|ie believed to be a deposit of
rery fine talcum. He said noth
[ng of his belief but took a few
samples of the supposed talcum
lack home with him.
On the quality of the speci-
iens he was able to form a com-
liany for operating the quarry or
Inine. could the property be pur-
chased at a reasonable price.
A few days ago Mr. Crawford
returned to this city and in the
same quiet way in which he had
Pursued the whole matter secur-
sd a large tract of land in the
talcum belt which lies about six
liles west of this city.
Mr. Crawford expects to begin
iperation of the talcum field in
ibout sixty days.
Four hundred Japanese resi-
lents of Sonora, Mexico, have
iffered their services to Pesqueira
the insurgent governor. The offer
ms refused, the governor ex-
Dlaining that tha struggle was
fne in which Mexicans only
phould participate.
At a State meeting of the W.
T. U. at San Antonio, Mrs.
lannie Curtis, of Waco, was re-
flected president of the State W.
fc. T. U. for the seventh time, by
vote of 103 out of a total of 108.
A troop train carrying 250
iMexican federal soldiers was de-
stroyed by dynamite and most of
fhe passengers killed, near the
sonora-Coahuila state line, says
dispatch from Nogales, Arizo-
na, of May 8. The dead are es-
timated at 200.
The Baptist Home and Foreign
lission boards had asked Texas
for $156,000'. The campaign
|closed April 30th. The home
)oard gets $71,222 and the for-
eign board gets $86,896, making
|a total of $158,118 from Texas.
nhis puts Texas in the lead for
Doth of these great interests and
lis about $17,434 more than was
|given last year. All of the other
3tates will have to take a seat
Dehind Texas on foreign missions
|as well as other things.
The Underwood tariff bill was
tpassed by the house, May 8. The
vote stood 281 to 139, five demo-
lcrats voting against the bill and
[two republicans voting for it.
Modern Merchants.
We read apiece in some paper
this week where a gloomy mer-
chant, in a gloomy establishment
was found reading bankrupt pe-
titions by a would-be customer,
and remarked that they were his
main reading. The would-be
customer very graciously advised
him that he was headed that way
if he didn’t brighten up and read
better literature. A very whole-
some advice for the use of print-
er’s ink.—Terry County Herald
(Brownfield.)
There are merchants who nev-
er have an ad in the newspaper
until their petition in bank-
ruptcy appears. Then it is too
late to do them any good. Aft-
er they are discharged from the
court of settlement they are usu-
ally too old to learn anything
new, and if they, with their debts
wiped out by judicial action, are
thereafter enabled to begin bus-
iness again it is a foregone con-
clusion in most capes that they
will find the competition of
younger and more progressive
merchants too much for them.
The mercantile business is. still
one of the best and biggest fields
of endeavor in America, but the
day has past when a lazy man,
or a man who depends on his
personal acquaintances to buy
his goods, can stand the pace set
by the hustlers who believe in
merchandising six days a week.
It used to be that the average
village stprekeeper was willing
to sit around eight months in the
year talking crops and waiting
for four months of fall business.
Today, even in the cross-roads
stores, the man at the head of a
mercantile concern works at it
ten hours a day and is not con-
tent with any “off” seasons. To
be a merchant in the twentieth
century and not be an advertiser
is equivalent to being a black-
smith and not having an anvil or
a bellows.—Dallas News.
What Is Happiness?
Happiness is the greatest para-
dox in nature. It can grow in
any soil, live under any condi-
tions. It defies environment. It
comes from within. It is the rev-
elation of the depths of the inner
life as light and heat proclaim
the sun from which they radiate.
Happiness consists not of having,
but of being; not of possessing,
but of enjoying. It is the warm
glow of a heart at peace within
itself. A martyr at the stake
may have happiness that a king
on his throne might envy. Man
is the creator of his own happi-
ness. It is the aroma of a life
lived in harmony with high ideals.
For what a man has he may be
dependent on others; what he is
rests with him alone. What he
obtains in life is but acquisition ;
what he attains is growth. Hap-
piness is the soul’s joy in pos-
session of the intangible.—Will-
iam Geo. Jordan.
Good roads are becoming the
popular word with all the people
and the day may not be far dis-
tant when all of -Texas will be
checkered with good roads lead-
ing by every farm house, as well
as every village, town and city.
Let the good work proceed.
Finds Four Dead at Home.
Weimar.,Tex., May 11.—Com-
ing home from church and find-
ing his wife and three young
children dead was the experience
of Mr. Sladik, a prominent resi-
dent of this community. The
eldest of the children had been
shot with a shotgun and the
younger, with the mother, had
been burned. Part of the house
was damaged by fire. The au-
thorities are investigating.
Crooked Dividends Bring Wrinkles.
A contributor to the May
American Magazine says:
“When you get up in the
morning take a look in the glass
How do-you look to yourself?
“If you can look yourself right
in the eye and not be ashamed of
anything you’ve done, you are
far better off than many a man
with lots more money than you.
“Of course it is nice to be suc-
cessful, to have money. No mat-
ter what the game is—whether
it’s marbles or business—it is
nicer to win than to lose. Success
brings happiness, but it must be
real success. If you’ve cheated
to win, you’ve destroyed the
pleasure. There is no satisfac-
tion in being ahead of the other
fellow if down in your heart of
hearts you know he is rightfully
entitled to be ahead of you.
“Win if you can win fairly.
The knowledge that there isn’t a
page in your past to which you
dare not turn, that there isn’t a
man in the world can put his
finger on any crooked thing
you’ve done, the feeling that
whatever happens you have
played the game straight, is
worth more than all the money
and all the power and all the po-
sition in the world.
“If you are in business, no
matter what the other fellow
does, be content with smaller
profits and a square deal. Clean
money pays best. Crooked divi-
dends bring wrinkles and wor-
ries with them.
“It is worth a lot to yourself to
know you’re square. Maybe the
man who plays the game straight
will go down and out financially,
but if he does he will still be hap-
py. Yet men who play fair
don’t often fall.
“A good test of a business is
what you are going to think of
of yourself afterward.”
Indications are that a battle
will be fought by the contending
forces in Mexico at or near New
Laredo, just across the Rio
Grande from Laredo, Texas.
That point is still held by the ad-
herents of the new government,
and Mr. Carranza, now leader of
the rebel forces, is anxious to
control that territory, and is said
to have a large army ready to
battle for the position of advan-
tage. New Laredo is now the
only point of rail communicaticn
between this country and Mexico,
all other places on the border be-
ing in control of the rebels.
Saddle and Harness Business Moved
I have moved my saddle and harness Business to the north side
of the square—Stokes Bros. & Co.’s Old/ Stand. I now have
more room and the largest and most complete stock of any
business of this kind in Lampasas.
It has been my policy, since starting in business some six
years ago, to give my customers the very best to be had in my
line. This accounts for my business growing in six years time
from the smallest to the largest of its kind in Lampasas. I wish
to thank my friends and customers for their liberal patronage
given me in the past and ask a continuance of the same in the
future.
My Saddles and Harness Stand Supreme
They are home-made, and a careful
examination of these goods will
prove they have no equal in this
section of the state. Even the eye
of the superficial observer will de-
tect points of superiority in the
workmanship, finish and materials.
They are carefully and conscien-
tiously made by expert workman
from the best material money can
buy. If you are needing a saddle
or harness it • will pay you to look
through my stock before you buy.
Bring Bfle Your Repair Work
I make a specialty of repairing and
will give you the best work at the
lowest prices.
Satisfaction guaranteed with
every article sold.
v 1
Walter G. Patterson
North Side of Public Square
r
Hamilton’s Great 30th Annual
May Picnic and Spring Carnival
2--BIG DAYS--2
Thursday and Friday, May 22 and 23, 191J
Races, Ball Games, Grand Street Parade, Arena Amusements, Pike
Shows, Merry-Go-Round, Music by the Best Band and Orchestra Obtain-
able. and hundreds of other features to amuse and entertain both old
and young. Hamilton and Hamilton county will join in one gre&t effort
to please and entertain visitors for two days and nights, A cordial in-
vitation is extended everybody far and near to come'and be with us
during this gala occasion. Hamilton will throw her gates ajar and
bids you come. You will be welcome.
The Hamilton Park Association
J. T. JAMES, President B. F. WATSON, Publicity Director
Afternoon Rest.
Afternoon rest for the busy
mother and housewife cannot be
too strongly insisted upon.^All
other women are apt to take this
rest except the woman whose
“work is never done,” and who
needs it most of all. It is not
necessary to take a full hour’s
rest, but as much time as this
should be allowed in the early
afternoon after the work of the
dinner is over, for the simple ob-
ject of resting. The habit should
be acquired of going to one’s
room and of shutting out the out-
side world as much as it is pos-
sible, together with all worldly
care and worry. Bathe the tem-
ples, loosen the dress, and if
possible, but on a loose wrapper
and lie down. Sleep may not
come at once, but the habit is
soon acquired, and in a short
time the tired woman who adopts
this remedy will fall asleep al-
most as soon as she touches the
pillow. Even if her enforced
nap does not last over half an
hour, no period of sleep in the
twenty-four hours covering the
same amount of time will be so
refreshing or give so much rest
to tired brain and muscle.—Aus-
tralian Farm Journal.
The Prohibition Argument.
So far as we have been able to
observe, statewide prohibition is
enforced in Kansas rather better
than in any other commonwealth.
A recent cursory investigation
discloses the fact that whisky is
still sold and di^ink to excess in
the state. Even in the capital
city, the boot-legger and speak-
easy are said to be discoverable.
Drunken men are seen. Evident-
ly statewide prohibition has not
stopped the use and abuse of al-
cohol. Yet, in the opinion of ex-
perienced observers, a move-
ment to repeal prohibition would
be decisively defeated. A fine,
ruddy-faced, upstanding, deep-
chested farmer, who appeared to
be of Teutonic descent, and con-
sequently could hardly have in-
herited a bigoted view of the sub-
ject, put it this way:
“Yes, a man can get whisky
and get drunk in Kansas if he’s
bound to. It may be true that
some men who are bound to will
drink more out of a bottle than
they would over a bar'. But,
you see, when a man reaches the
stage where he is bound to have
whisky or bust, you can’t do
much for him anyway. And if
you ask that man he’ll probably
tell you that he got his whisky
habit from visiting saloons for
sociability. It’s the boys we are
thinking of. We believe a normal
boy isn’t very apt to get a whisky
habit out of a bootlegger’s bottle.
Nine times out of ten, if he gets
the habit at all it will be by drop-
ping into a saloon with his
friends for a social glass. So
far as the hardened soak is con-
cerned, maybe our law is a fail-
ure; but the hardened soak is a
failure too. We don’t want to
bring up a fresh crop. Out in
my locality resubmission would
be defeated two to one.’
day Evening Post.
-Satur-
W. G. Carlisle, of Waco, is vis-
iting relatives and friends in this
section, and is a guest in the
home of W. H. Langford on the
Lampasas river this week. He
frequently spends the summer in
camp here, and the season is
rapidly approaching when the,
parks will be full.
K. Lamity Bonner, editor of
the Harpoon, will sail for Pana-
ma, via New Orleans, May 17th.
While in Panama, Mr. Bonner
will write up the “Big Ditch,”
the people and the social condi-
tions as they appear to him. It
will be rich.
It is pleasant to know that our
county judge, Hon. M. M. White,
is always in demand at home and
abroad as a public speaker.
Having taken a medal in the
state university for oratory, he-
has kept up the practice of
speaking in public, and with his
well trained voice, excellent de-
livery, and the further fact that
he always has something good to
say, makes his services in de-
mand wherever he is known. The
Leader is always pleased to have
him honored.
HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS,
Remedy Ends Constipation.
Don’t worry and.don’t take Calomel.
Put your sluggish liver in line con-
ch tion and get rid of sick headache,
biliousness and dizziness.
Get a box of the famous Hot Springs
Liver Buttons ot any worthy druggist
today, 25 cents.
Gentle, blissful, wonderful workers
they surely are; take one tonight and
tree the bowels from poisonous waste
and gas. You’11 feel bright and happy
tomorrow.
There’s nothing on earth so good for
Constipation and stubborn liver.
Free sample of Hot Springs Liver
Buttons from Hot Springs Chemical
V0-, .Hot Springs. Ark. J. D Cassell,
special agent in Lampasas. adv. 1
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1913, newspaper, May 16, 1913; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth895287/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.