The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 147, Ed. 1 Monday, August 26, 1935 Page: 4 of 4
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San Antonio, Aug. 25.—X. Z. Alex-
ander, 57, Helotes filling station at-
tendant, who was shot in a struggle
with two holdup men early today,
died shortly after noon. His son,
Fay Alexander, 22, was slightly
wounded in the chest by one of five
bullets fired when the gunmen met
resistance.
The elder Alexander was struck
in the right wrist and body.
Young Alexander this jafternoon
gave an account of the shooting. He
had retired to a room adjoining the
store and cold drink stand section
of the station when he heard a car
drive in. Two men asked for cold
drinks and almost simultaneously he
heard a shot. The father had taken
two bottles from an ice box and turn-
ed to his “customers” to find a pistol
jammed into his ribs and heard one
of them saying, “This is a holdup,
stick ’em up.” Alexander, unarmed,
attempted to wrench the gun from
the bandit. In the struggle three
more shots were fired.
Young Alexander said he arrived
as his father was grappling with the
bandit. The second was standing
near with his pistol poised, prepared
to hit Alexander’s father on the
head. The son’s approach attracted
the attention of the second bandit,
who turned and fired twice. One bul-
let struck Alexander and he fell. One
bandit struck the elder Alexander
on the head with a pistol and then
the gunmen fled.
Young Alexander recovered and
ran to an adjoining room for a shot-
gun, but the pair had sped away in
a coupe. The car bore a license num-
ber of six figures, indicating it was
not local.
Two pistol bullets were found and
turned over to deputies.
Miss Joe Mims Greenwood of Nava-
sota was a week end guest here in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. J.
Harris.
Romans O’Hair, Milton Bodenhamer
and Marshall Lee Everett spent the
week end in San Antonio.
l-MINUTE SAFETY TALKS
By Don Herold
The Lampasas Daily Leader
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES
(Contributed)
“Mind” was the subject of the les^
son-sermon which was read in all
Churches of Ghrist, Scientist, on Sun-
day, August 25. The golden text
was: “Who hath known the mind of
the Lord, that he may instruct him ?
But we have the mind of Christ.”
(1 Cor. 2:16). Among the citations
which comprised the lesson-sermon
was the following from the Bible:
“To us there is but one God, the Fa-
ther, of whom are all things and we
in Him. (1 Cor. 8:6).
The lesson-sermon included the fol-
lowing passage from the Christian
Science textbook, “Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures”: “Goo
is mind, and God is infinite, hence
all is mind. On this statement rests
the Science of being, and the prin-
ciple of this science is divine, demon-
strating harmony and immortality.”
(page 492).
NO RUSH FOR LIQUOR
LAWS, SAYS ALLRED
Wichita Falls, Aug. 25.—Gov.
James V. Allred will oppose any has-
ty preparation and adoption of reg-
ulatory liquor laws under the repeal
amendment adopted last Saturday in
a special state election while inviting
suggestions from members of the leg-
islature as to when a possible special
session should be called for that pur-
pose.
This position was defined by the
governor Sunday afternoon in Wich-
ita Falls just before his departure
for Austin.
Should a special session of the leg-
islature prove necessary, the gover-
nor said, no laws should be adopted
hurriedly. He urged careful study
and deliberate preparation of such
legislation.
Gov. Allred said that he will ask
the attorney general’s department
Monday to determine just when the
repeal amendment is to become op-
erative. Results of the election are
to be canvassed and proclaimed of-
ficially 40 days after the election
date, he said.
The legislature may properly enact
regulatory laws prior to that official
proclamation of results of the elec-
tion, thej governor said, to become ef-
fective with formal adoption of the
amendment.
TWO BANDITS KILL
BEXAR MAN
There’s only one place in the world
where you can get certain kinds of
aromatic tobaccos that we use in
Chesterfield cigarettes — and that’s
Turkey and Greece.
Without adding these tobaccos to our
own mild ripe Southern leaf, Chester-
field would not be Chesterfield . . .
mildness that smokers like
pleasing taste and flavor
that smokers like
Threading Turkish
tobacco on strings to
hang in the sun to
ripen.
-frag,
ranee
andfL
avor
NIECE OF MRS. R. B. SENTER-
FITT HAS BOOK PUBLISHED
Miss Allah Reeves of Fort Worth,
who has recently had her first book
of poems published by the Kaleido-
graph Press of Dallas, is a niece of
Mrs. R. B. Senterfitt and has visited
in Lampasas frequently. She is the
daughter of Dr. L. H. Reeves of Fort
Worth and the late Flora Jennings
Reeves, dramatic artist, and former
resident of Lampasas.
Miss Reeves graduated from the
Fort Worth public school and Texas
Christian University; studied in piano
departments of Texas Woman’s Col-
lege, Fort Worth Conservatory of
Music and Southern Methodist Uni-
versity, with special work in piano
composition under the supervision of
Henry D. Guelick, dean of the Fine
Arts department Texas Christian
University, and training for concert
stage and graduate piano work from
Paul van Katwijk, dean of the School
of Music, Southern Methodist Uni-
versity. A number of Miss Reeves’
songs and piano compositions have
been used in radio and recital pro-
grams.
Miniatures, is the title of Miss
Reeves’ first book of poems, none of
which has been published. The au-
thor’s education in music has influ-
enced many of the verses, bringing
to them a pleasing rhythm and melo-
dy even when they are in unrhymed
forms, and a fluent style which Pat-
rick D. Moreland has termed “as nat-
ural as breathing.”
Miss Reeves’ poetry has a pleasing
style that is altogether different from
any other poet. Many of the poems
B. & W. STATION AT
BARTLETT IS DESTROYED
Bartlett, Aug. 25.—The offices and
station of the Bartlett and Western
riailroad, the only railroad in the
United States with a woman presi-
dent, was completely destroyed by
fire at Bartlett early today.
The fire, which was believed to
have started from an explosion in a
gasoline stove in a nearby negro
house, burned two negro houses and
a negro hotel.
The railroad, of which Miss Marie
Cronin is president!,, irecently ffiled
with the interstate commerce com-
mission a request that it be permit-
ted to abandon its line.
A sedan parked in front of the
hotel was left in the excitement of
the guests escaping to safety, was
badly damaged.
The BW station and office was one
of the oldest business buildings re-
maining in Bartlett, serving origin-
ally as a Masonic hall, and lumber
yard office.
Prayer Meeting
There will be prayer meeting this
evening at 7:30 o’clock on the Meth-
odist Church l|wn. Everyone is in-
vited and urged to attend.
FOR RENT—Nice apartmient with
private bath and garage. See Mrs.
B. J. Northington. (d49)
Mrs. Fannie Sale, Mrs. B. J. Nor-
thington and Miss Zudora Smithwick
visited Sunday in Austin. They were
accompanied home by Mrs. North-
ington’s son, Ben, who has been vis-
iting for several days in San An-
tonio with his sister, Mrs. Lee Mof-
fett.
Misses Bess Northington and Ada
Mae Gilbert have returned to their
homes here after spending the sum-
mer as students at the University of
Texas at Austin.
FOR SALE—Used Electric Washing
Machine.—Texas Power & Light
Company. (d47)
Rector Browning of Shreveport,
La., is visiting here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Browning.
are extremely short, some only four
.lines, but they leave you with an im-
pression of freshness, sincerity and
spontaniety. Critics hail Miss Reeves
as one of the most promising of the
younger poets of the southwest.
HOUSE LOOKED TO TO
STAVE OFF NEW LOAN
Washington, Aug. 25.—Stunned
farm officials today pinned their
hopes on house leaders to stave off
12-cent cotton and 90-cent wheat
loans.
Defending the administration’! an-
nouncement nine-cent loan and sub-
sidy to raise the final return to farm-
ers to 12 cents a pound on cotton,
Chester C. Davis, AAA administrator,
said:
“General reactions indicate the cot-
ton farmers like the plan. It pro-
tects the farmers’ income and gives
them a free market.”
Davis said the senate amendment
to provide a government loan of a
cent and a half a pound—about 90
cents a bushel—on wheat would open
the way for loans on all crops.
When Senator Byrnes (D-SC) foe
of the administration’s cotton loan
pl&<s, succeeded in having the third
deficiency bill amended to provide a
direct 12-cent loan, Senator Frazier
(Rf-ND) ,obtained atpproval [of the
wheat loan plan.
Some southern senators expressed
the belief last night that if the cot-
ton-wheat loan issue were brought
to a vote in the house, it would re-
ceive approval. But farm officials
were hopeful that the house chief-
tains would not permit a vote.
SIX HOP OFF IN
AIR DERBY EVENT
Los Angeles, Aug. 25.—Six ama-
teur aviators, bound for the national
air races at Cleveland, hopped off
from the Los Angeles municipal air-
port today for Yuma, Ariz., the first
stop on the leisurely six-day Ruth
Chatterton air derby across the na-
tion.
The other planes, one piloted by
the actress herself, and the other by
Warren E. Casey, derby chairman,
accompanied the fliers. Five of the
original field of 10 contestants were
scratched overnight, and one added.
Accuracy and safety, rather than
speed, will determine the winners of
the $1000 in prizes posted by Miss
Chatterton for the six-day event,
Warren E. Carey, derby chairman,
announced. >
Yuma was the noon control point,
with the night stop in Tucson. To-
morrow the derby entries will reach
El Paso at noon. Midland, Texas,
in mid-afternoon and spend the night
at Abilene, Texas. Other stops will
be made at Oklahoma City, Tulsa,
Miss
Springfield, Mo., St. Louis, Indian-
apolis, Toledo and Akron with the
finish at the Cleveland municipal air-
port Friday afternoon.
The entry list was limited to ama-
teur pilots with a minimum of 150
hours flying time.
Miss Bess Northington has gone
to Monahans where she will visit
several days with her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Northington.
Mr. and Mrs. Jehu Murrah of Bur-
net spent the week end here in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Tom Big-
ham.
Willis Moses, Frank Casbeer and
James Jones left Sunday for a sev-
eral days fishing trip to Teague Hole
on the Colorado river.
For Want Ad Results—The Leader
Mrs. L. A. Milner of F&bens is
visiting here in the home of her sis-
ter, Mrs. George Hughes, and other
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Clark of Austin
were Sunday visitors in Lampasas.
The Clarks have recently moved from
Burnet to Austin.
Mrs. Powell D. Harris of Dallas
is visiting relatives in Lampasas.
Cards of thanks, 5c 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. All
churchy lodge and notices for charit-
able institutions where admission foea )
are charged or any money considera-
tion is involved, 5c per line each in-
sertion.
Try The Leader's Job Printing!
THE FOOL AROUND THE CORNER
Not so long ago, a prominent person
whose name is known to millions, and
four others in a car met a fool driver on
a curve.
She was coming around the curve
on the wrong side of the road and she
was coming fast.
Today, four of the persons in that
car are dead. Just one escaped death,
although severely injured.
A fool driver, yes. There’s one
around every corner.
The driver of the car in which four
were killed was crowded off on to the
Boft shoulders of*the road, ana his car
rolled down a steep embankment.
If he had been going a little mam
slowly himself, he might have* given
the fool driver time to pull over to her
side where she belonged, and four men
would not have been killed.
Here’s a point in regard to driving:
you have to expect a moron coming at
you around every corner.
In short, you have to drive carefully
enough for two people—yourself and
some idiot who isn’t. And remember,
if you think most fool drivers are
women, that brass-tack accident statis-
tics gathered by The Travelers Insur-
ance Company show that the fatal
accident record of men drivers is 34
per cent worse than for women drivers.
e) 1935, Liggitt & Mybks Tobacco Cci,
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