The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 55, Ed. 1 Monday, May 10, 1915 Page: 4 of 4
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J. S. VEBNOB J. H. ABNEY
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Lampasas, Texas
Office orer Peoples National Bank
Will Practice in All Courts
J. C. ABNEY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
LAMPASAS, TEXAS
Office with W. B. Abney, west side pub-
lic square. Will Practice in all Courts
Lone Star Barber Shop
TOWN8EN & LAMB, Proprietors^
North Side of the Square
Lampasas, Texas
Hot and Cold Baths at all hours, Skill-
ed Workmen, Sanitary treatment.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Civil Praotioe Exclusively
Lampasas, - - Texas
Public Opinion Reflected.
“Sit steady” is the advice of
most of the leading newspapers,
though here and there one is
found disposed to “rock the
boat.” Here are expressions
copied from some of the great
newspapers of this country. The
Leader hopes these expressions
will at least be read and enjoyed
by its patrons:
The chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee says:
“This country is helpless. Sup-
pose that we should declare war
against Germany, it would
amount to nothing more than the
reoall of the ambassadors of each
country. We could not fight,
beoause there are no German
ships on the sea and no one
would consider the insane prop-
osition of sending an army over
there. I am absolutely neutral
in this war.”
New York Times: “We over-
look nothing, we take full ac-
count of all the faots—that the
Lusitania was an enemy ship,
flying the enemy flag; that she
wae oarrying munitions of war to
the enemy and had on board re-
servists sailing for service in the
British army. The undisputed
faots gave the commander of the
German submarine the right to
destroy the ship. Nothing could
give him the right to destroy or
to imperil her crew and passen-
gers.”
St. Louis Globe Democrat:
“Can it be said that Germany or
any other nation is justified in
destroying the lives of Ameri-
cans—men and women and chil-
dren—who are taking no part in
the war, who are peaceful pas-
sengers on an unarmed ship? It
ie a grave question and its grav-
ity is increased by the fact that
it ie a culmination of a series of
attacks on American ships, less
defensible in a legal sense, than
the affair of the Lusitania.
But this is no time and no occa-
sion for jingoism. Profoundly as
the people of this country are
impressed by the horror of the
situation, we realize that the Lus-
itania is not another Maine; that
ths attack was not directed pri-
marily against us, but against
England, and that our govern-
ment should be depended upon
to exact such reparation as we
may have the right to demand.”
New York Sun: “There are
times in a Nation’s life when re-
straint of utterance may be truer
patriotism than patriotic talk.
This is not the day on which to
search the dictionary for white-
hot adjectives to inflame a pub-
lic sentiment that will make
harder the administration’s task.
All Americans of undivided al-
legiance are behind the govern-
ment at Washington, but that
should not mean that loyal
Americans are behind their gov-
ernment to push it to precipitate
aotion, to force its hand in any
way, to lash it with vehement de-
mands and passionate counsel.
Let us all count ten or a hundred
or a thousand, if necessary, be-
fore giving full expression to the
indignation and impatience that
fill our souls. We shall be no
worse for it in the long run.”
New York World: “Outside
the inner ciroles of a subsidized
German propaganda, there seems
to be only one opinion in this
country. That opinion is that
the torpedoing of the Lusitania
was cowardly and infamous, and
that the American oitizens who
lost their lives were murdered in
cold blood by deliberate act of
the German government.”
Staff Special Dallas News:
“The Eastern press comments
are severe against Germany’s
methods. The New York Trib-
une declares for action which
would mean declaration of war.
The Philadelphia Inquirer points
out that it is time for a declara-
tion that the United States will
not brook the murder of its Na-
tionals ‘in any heinous crime of
this nature.’ The Inquirer tells
that to gain the ear of this coun-
try Germany must radically
change its methods. ‘Dastardly5
is the word employed by the New
York Sun in dealing with the in-
cident. The New York Times
ventures that from this govern-
ment must go to the Imperial
Government at Berlin a demand
that it no longer make war ‘like
savages drunk with blood,’ that
they shall cease to seek attain-
ment of their ends by the assas-
sination of noncombatants and
neutrals.”
Chairman Stone of Foreign Re-
lations committee: “Without ex-
pressing an opinion as to our re-
lations to this event, or as to our
duty in the premises, there are
some facts we can not overlook
and are bound, to consider. We
can not overlook the fact that the
Lusitania was a British ship, fly-
ing a British flag, and subjeot at
any time to be put into the actual
naval service of the government.
Indeed, it is said that at the time
she was attacked she was carry-
ing military reservists to' engage
for service in the British Army.
True, there were American citi-
zens aboard, but it must not be
forgotten that they went aboard
a beligerent ship with full knowl-
edge of the risk and after official
warning by the German Govern-
ment. When on board of British
vessel they were on British soil,
Was not their position substan-
tially equivalent to being within
the walls of a fortified city? If
Amerioan citizens stay within a
city besieged or threatened and
the enemy attacks, what should
our government do if our citizens
should be injured?”
The Dallas News: “The exi-
gencies and necessities of war
can not be pleaded in mitigation
of a crime that is at onoe inex-
cusable and indefensible. The
Lusitania had been marked for
destruction in the full knowl-
A N all-weather body on the famous 1915 "Wonder
Gar ” chassis. When closed, a handsome, snug
coupe. When open, a racy roadster, as clean cut in
appearance as any runabout at any price.
Every Road is a Maxwell Road”
This car is an up-to-date, economical automobile for
year-round use of one, two, or three passengers.
It has all the power—all the strength—all the en-
durance of the other Maxwell Models.
Fully Equipped. Electric Starter $55 extra
edge that a- neutral Nation and
people would be among the vic-
tims of its destruction. The ad-
vertised warning given on the
day the Lusitania sailed was es-
sentially an act of Uriah Heep-
like hypocrisy. It was not ex-
pected nor hoped that it would
deter neutral citizens from tak-
ing passage on it. Greatly as
Germany had forfeited the
world’s confidence, the men and
women and children who board-
ed the Lusitania did so in the
belief that Germany had not be-
come maddened to the point of
assassination. That advertised
warning had but one purpose. It
was meant to predicate a plea of
irresponsibility. It was part of a
defense fabricated in advance of
the commission of a crime that
had been resolved on and sanc-
tioned.”
Observing Kiddle.
In a Hiawatha school one of the pu-
pils read: “The pig won’t go over
the. stile,” and the teacher asked what
was meant by “stile.” “A tight dress,”
the little boy answered.—Kansas City
Star.
Sureiy Something Wrong.
The following was in the personal
idvertisement column of the London
rimes recently: “I contemplate with
ornpiaisai* and reciprocal equanim-
ty ycur ultimatum of renunciation,
he antepenultimate disruption syn-
chronising with the psychological con-
Icmeration of conflicting tempera-
nce tal emotions prognosticated pre-
destined finality.” Had she jilted him,
r what?
Immune From Appendicitis.
The famous surgeon and traveler,
Dr. Nicholas Senn, while visiting the
hospitals and towns on the African
East coast, was informed by the phy-
sicians he met that they had never
come across a case of appendicitis
among the black natives who live
mainly on fruit and vegetables. Doc-
tor Palier also found the same ex-
perience among the Brahmins of In-
dia, who are strict vegetarians.
ML Pleasant School Closes.
Mt. Pleasant school, in which
the teacher and patrons have
'shown a great interest, closed
Friday, May 7, after a very suc-
cessful term of six months.
On Saturday the people gath-
ered at the school house and an
excellent picnic dinner was en-
joyed by all who were able to at-
tend, several being kept away on
account of having to work in
their crops.
Maxwell
Cabriolet
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For Sale in Lampasas By
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W. E. MattHews, Sales Manager
In the afternoon all were en-
tertained by music, and a short
program which the school had
prepared.
The following is a record made
by some of the pupils in spelling:
No words were missed by either
Ora or Mary Ulrich during the
term; Herman Miller, Bessie Gil-
breath and Evelyn Miller only
missed one word each; Essie Gil-
breath, Bessie Adams, Vanoe
Gilbreath and Charley Miller
missed two words each. Several
of the others only missed four or
five words each. x
Paint and Not
Residence For Sale
A splendidly built home on the hill; seven large
rooms and two rooms in basement, bath room and lava-
tory, with excellent fixtures, electric lights, fine chan-
delier, telephone, large sleeping porch screened and cur-
tained; servants house, carriage house, barn, sheds,
garden, fine shade and ornamental trees; best neighbor-
hood in the city; half block of land; abstract title clear
of incumbrance. Can make an attractive price and good
terms on this desirable piece of property. See me at
The Leader office.
J. E. VERNGR
Paint was so high the last few years
the market was flooded with trash.
What is trash?
It looks like paint and pretends to be
paint, but isn’t worth painting. It
costs a painter’s day’s-work to put-on
a gallon of paint, good or bad; and a
painter’s day’s-work is $3 or $4.
Aud that to the price of a gallon.
That is the cost of a gallon. Devoe is
$5 or $6 a gallon ; and trash a half-dol-
lar less.'1
But Devoe is all paint and more too;
you add oil to it: a gallon is 5 or 6
quarts of perfect paint for the painters’
pot. But trash is three-quarters, two-
thirds or half paint ;you pay a half-dol-
lar less for nobody-knows-what-it-is.
K) gallons Devoe is enough for the
average job; it takes 15 to 20 gallons
of trash. And the wear same way.
Unfortunately, they both look alike
when first put-on.
d-w DEVOE.
W.F. &J. F. Barnes LumbeFCo. sells it.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 55, Ed. 1 Monday, May 10, 1915, newspaper, May 10, 1915; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth905828/m1/4/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.