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The Lampasas Daily Leader.
By Vernor & Abney.
Lampasas, Texas, Friday, March 25, 1904.
Volume I. Number 17.
If anything is to be done in the
way of bringing an extraordinary
number of visitors to, the springs
this summer, it is time to begin
work. It has been some years
since the people as a whole here
have made an effort to bring vis-
itors here for the summer, and as
a consequence there has been a
large decrease in the number for
the past two years. There is no
reason why every boarding house
and hotel should not be filled with
boarders during the months of
June, July, and August, and at
the same time have the park fill-
ed with the people who rather en-
joy camp life than to stay at a
hotel. It has been done, and it
has been done by the means of
advertising alone. Half of the
people of Texas who spend the
summer away from home do not
know yet that there is such a
place as Lampasas, and conse-
quently never put this place on
the list when they begin to con-
sider the outing for the summer
months. Others who have been
here may go elsewhere, unless it
is kept before them that this place
is still open, that the springs still
run, that there is hospitality, and
a hearty welcome for all that will
come. That board can be had at
reasonable price, that camping
grounds are free, that baths are
to be had for a trifling sum, that
there are here the finest shade]
and a climate surpassed by no
place in the universe. All these
things are absolutely necessary
to the comfort of the people who
would go away from home, ai/nd
Lampasas has them in the super-
lative degree. True there is a
manager who has leased the
springs, and it is true that he
expects a profit on his investment
and it is also true that he should
have a profit. But there are oth-'
er people who can also make a
profit on the fact that we have
such surroundings. The visitors
to the springs each year are
worth much to the grocery trade
of the town. They supply a.ready
home market for the fruit and
vegetables raised here. They as-
sist the chicken market to keep
its equillibrium during the dull
season abroad, and the fact that
there are plenty of visitors makes
the dull season pass off as if there
were no dull season. Thousands
have come here in the past, and
thousands can be induced to come
this season, if the people here
will work to that end. Do not
leave all the expense of the mat-
ter to the manager. He has
enough now for two men, and
needs the combined support and
help of every man, woman, and
child in town in a united effort to
make Lampasas what ft should
be, the chief resort of Texas for
the summer.
Topic for next Sunday C. E.
will be, “For My Own Country”.
Everyone invited.
Texas advancement in science, I ular occasion, and when he retires
in literature, in social enjoymen from the rostrum there seems to
and in civic improvement, is
largely indebted to the various
clubs of women, who are always
laboring for the advancement of
this state in every way. When
they take hold things must move,
and they have taken hold, from
the ordinary literary and civic
clubs to the women who devote
their time, labor and attention to
the higher advancement of men
through the channels of church
societies and the W. C. T. U.
They have their regular meetings,
their regular programs, and have
the press department in many of
the cities of Texas. Lampasas is
not one whit behind other cities
in this respect, as we have here
some of the best women of the
place engaged in all these socie-
ties, and their work tells, in the
home, in the church, and in the
various reform movements which
are taking place. A good library
has been established, and is prop-
erly cared for, and other im-;
provements which the most care-"
less observer cannot have failed
to observe, have' been made by
the good women here. Let them
keep up their good work, for
while here .and there they may
find some opposition among the
men, the majority are with them.
The Dallas News devotes a page
each Monday to this character of
work and reports from clubs and
societies, and Lampasas should
have her share in that page.
Wake up your press superintend-
ent, good sisters, and let Lam-
pasas be represented before the
world. If you. have any minor
matters to tell home folks about,
The Leader is at your servip^any
day in the week.
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.WAV. .WAV.
an exhilaration, an animation, an
uplifting about him which you
had nevei noticed before. Anoth-
er man in the same profession
will likewise make a such an ef-
fort, and he will labor, toil and
struggle through his allotted
time, and finally conclude his ef- !
fort, exhausted, nervous, broken ]
broken down. It is the same way ^
with the work of women. Onep|j|
will do the ordinary work of thej ^jgjfc
the day and seem refreshed by it, ^
while her neighbor will be broken I
down before she has half finished
her work. It is wonderful to see
this ease and this struggle, but
all close observers have witnessed
it. The youths of the land should
be taught among their first les-
sons to adapt themselves to their I
work, to cultivate skillfulness inr^
their labor, whether physical or
mental, but above all to go about
their employment cheerfully and
with a happy contented spirit. It
is this kind of training that will
make the w irld better.
! Hatch This Space
One Thousand Ladies
and Gents Hats to be
given away absolute-
ly FREE
H
TUESDAY, MARCH 29
They will be worth
25c to $15.00 each
Barnes, Higdon & Co will have
theiriEaster Show Windows open
Saturday nigh#;.. 1 Everybody
should see them.
H. & T. <J. Excursions.
Colonist rate to Calfornia and inter-
mediate points $26.65. Date of sale
March 1st to April 30th and Sept 15th to
Oct. 15th 1904.
To New Orleans and return April- 8
and 4; limit to return April 9; rate
$18.95.
To Dallas and return April 24 and 25;
limit to return April 28; rite $5.55
To Houston and return April 20 and
21; limit to return April 24; rate $4.40.
To San Antonio and return April 18
and 24; limit to return 22nd and 28th:
rate one and one-third fare.
T. P. Mason, agt.
It is wonderful to see the skill
and the .difference in skill as made
manifest by people in their ordi-
nary avocations- See _ the aver-
age day laborer for example. One
man takes hold of his work with,
a zeal and push which makes you
understand at once that he knows
his business, and will go home at
night with a cheerful mind and
as happy as a lark over his duty
well and faithfully performed, his
mind active and his whole de-
meanor pleasant, while his fellow
laborer, who works by his side,
will labor, groan, strain, find fault
with his tools complain at his
employer, and go home at high!
completely exhausted, dispirited
and worn out. One enjoys his
’work, takes a pride in doing itjn
the very best way, and in using
both body and mind, becomes .a
skilled workman, his wages are
increased and he is promoted as
soon as there is a vacancy above
him. An instance of such promo-
tion presents itself as this arti-
cle is composed at the case in our
good friend Dave Watson, who a
few years ago began work as an
ordinary laborer for the Santa
Fe, and now finds his services in
] demand away from home at many
times the compensation he drew
when he began as a “snipe,” It
might add interest to inquire for
those who began when he did. It
is so in all trades and professions
One man will make a speech so
J. /. CAMPBELL.
The Houston Chronicle, in re-
cording’ the death of J. I Camp-
bell, gives the following particu-
lars of his life, which will be read
with interest by the many friends
here who held him in high esteem:
Mr, Campbell is survived by
his wife and one son, Ira Lee
Campbell. Three brothers and
two sisters are still living. W. rf.
Campbell, a stockman of Childress
county. C. M. Campbell a lumber-
man of Temple: Mrs. J. E. Ste-
phens of Coleman. Mrs. ,L. W.
Campbell of Dallas, and Mrs. J.
M, Presler of ComancH&.
Mr. Campbell was born in Aus-
tin county, , Texas, | August 31,
1850. His father was Cyrus Camp-
bell; a Methodist minister, who
immigrated to Texas in 1828, grew
up with the country, fought for
the independence of the state
against the Mexican troops, and
forged the fetters that bound
Santa Anna after his : capture at
the battle of Safi Jacinto.
The family lived on a farm, and
there James Ira Campbell spent"
the years of bis boyhood and ear-j
ly manhood. It was while living
in Austin county that he married
Miss Sarah McHenry Lee.
In 1880Mr. Campbell sold his'
farm and moved to Albany, Texas.
A short time late* he opened his
first lumber yard at De Leon, Co-
manche county. His business
prospered and more yards were
acquired over the state: He and
family subsequently removed to
Lampasas. There they remained
until nine years ago when they
removed to Houston.
Mr. Campbell’s health began
signs of giving way about five
months ago, a* d the J- I- Camp-
bell Lumber Co. was changed from
to a corporation,
HI Our Plan for Giving Them Will be Announced later.
| Watch This Space
fSTOKES
BROS
Merchants and Bankers.
ENTHUSIASM IN
BUSINESS
Counts for as much as capital.
Every man should be filled
with enthusiasm if he expects
to make his business a success.
If you feel a languid interest
in your business, mark down
some goods and tell the town
about it through the newspaper
Make a Good
Liberal Cut
In a few articles. What if you
do lose a little on the adver-
tised goods? - You will have
brought a crowd to your store
and aroused enthusiasm m
yourself and among your cus-
tomers, which is indeed worth
ftiuch to you. Instill some of
this life into your business by
Advert I s in g / n
The Leader
stock of *500,000.
In business;, financial and re- ^ O*
ligious Circles I physician and Surgeon.
One man win mane a speecn so state Mr. Campbell and the m ^
easily, so eloquently, g0 ready bers of the family to which he be- | g attention given to the diseases of women and children
with his words, his arguments so longed have long been khown an J Advice given as to use of Lampasas springs water. Office
knitted together that one would highly respected. News of hm f oyer Bif 4 building. ’Phone in office and resxdence.
think weeks had been spent in J death will be received everywhere
polishing his work for that par tic- | with deepest regret.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1904, newspaper, March 25, 1904; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth900379/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.