The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 3000, Ed. 1 Monday, August 7, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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The Lampasas Daily Leader.
Eighth Year
MONDAY
Lampasas, Texas, August 7, 1911.
MONDAY
Whole Number 3000
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stationery as a
means of getting and
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Announcement.
s I cannot hope to ever live
Lampasas again, all of my
perty there is for sale at rea-
able prices and on easy
ms. Walter Acker,
1613 Travis Street,
Houston, Texas.
OR SALE—A boy’s bicycle.
James Abney.
. B. Wade, cashier of the City
.tional bank of Temple, who
3 been spending a few days in
up at Hancock park, left for
ne. He will return in a few
Hrs. C. E. Harris who has
fn spending some time with
f daughter, Mrs. J. H. Brooks,
k Saturday night for Baton
|uge, La., where she will visit
sister and other relatives.
me families of W. H. McGuire
1 H. Hoffmann, accompanied
Prof, and Mrs. Bethany, of
yan, who are guests of the
ffmann home, have gone to
i Colorado river to spend a
lek.
wTr. and Mrs. M. Y. Danna ac-
panied by- their son, Paul,
grandson, John, who have
n visiting at the home of W.
Hollins for two weeks, have
rned to their home at Dallas.
H. Litton was showing some
corn from his Colorado farm
[vated by his son, J. W. Lit-
The ears are large, grain
matured and well set on the
From the samples, the
should yield about 50 bush-
oer acre, and he has near
ores of corn good as these
pies. One good shower fell
this corn after the spring
s, and surely it fell at the
ortur.e time.
Eugene Philipe is here for a
few days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. Philipe. He has
regular employment in a bank at
Marble Falls, and has been
spending a part of his vacation
in Oklahoma.
Quite a crowd will go from
here to San Saba to the fair
which will begin Tuesday and
last four days. There will be
double train service from Lometa
to Brady to meet all main line
trains.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Nance and
daughters, Ollie and Madell, who
have been in camp at Hancock
Park, returned to their home on
School creek, accompanied by
Mrs. Nance’s mother, Mrs.
Daugherty, of Marble Falls. Mr.
and Mrs. George Marcus, of Ber-
tram, who have been camping
with them also, left for home.
Claude and Walter Moore, of
the Naruna settlement, were in
town Saturday. They belong to
the class of progressive farmers
who are becoming more numer-
ous each year in Texas, and who
have learned that the soil and
climate of Texas will produce
something more than cotton and
corn, and that there i§ a great
deal in cultivation.
A. B. Kirkpatrick, of Falls
county, is here on a visit to his
son, A. B. He reports both corn
and cotton fine in his section.
George Sanders left Saturday
night for Houston and Galveston,
where he will probably remain
for a month.
Prof. W. M. W. Splawn, of
Baylor Female college, Belton,
who has been visiting C. B. Smith
at Hancock park, has gone home.
W. S. Morris is getting to be
quite a stockman. He has con-
tracted for a fine registered jersey
bull from the State Agricultural
& Mechanical college and two
registered Jersey heifers from
Glendale stock farm. He al-
ready has 14 Jersey heifers and
cows at his “Oak Ridge Jersey
Farm” just east of town. The
Leader is pleased to note every
improvement, both in stock rais-
ing and farming to which this
countryls well adapted.
First Monday was properly ob-
served, the usual number of
traders being on the square, some
with very good stock, and some
with stuff almost worthless.
Walter McCauley, veterinary
surgeon, Lampasas, treats all
diseases of domestic animals.
Will attend calls day or night.
Reasonable charges. d77
Mrs. H. D. Ratliff, known here
as Mrs. Tennie Hamilton, is here
for a few days looking after some
business interests and attending
the encampment.
Hon. A. C. Murray, of Cald-
well, who was a guest of his son-
in-law, Dr. J. D. Dorbandt, for a
day or two, has returned to Aus-
tin, where he is a member of the
legislature now in session.
Ben Lowenstein and family, of
Rosebud, who have been in camp
at Hancock park for five weeks,
have gone home. They were
much pleased and will return.
Open Air Bathing at Hancock Pool.
The evenings of Tuesday and
Thursday from 6 to 10 o’clock,
and the mornings of Monday,
Wednesday and Friday from 9 to
10:30 o’clock have been set apart
for family bathing. Except on
these days at these hours, bath-
ing will go on as usual—the men
having hours from 6 to 9 o’clock
a. m., from 12 to 3:30, and from
7 to 10 o’clock in the evenings.
Ladies can bathe from 9 to 12
o’clock in the morning and from
3:30 to 7 o’clock in the afternoon.
Special rates for tickets in book
form. Call for them at the pool
or drugstores in the city.
J. N. Howard,
Mgr. Park Grounds.
Miss Kate Gray, of Gorman,
who has been in camp at Han-
cock Park for two weeks, has
gone home.
The Christidelphians are hold-
ing their annual meeting at Han-
na Springs and many are attend-
ing services.
Mrs. Dink Y/hite, of Rosebud,
who has been camping here for
the past two weeks, has returned
home.
Mrs. J. P. Sparks and children,
of Cameron, who have been
camping in Hancock park for the
past month, have gone home.
Judge M. M. Y/hite is home
from Austin, where he went to
look after some business interests
for Lampasas county. He never
forgets to work for and to speak
well of his home and the sur-
roundings.
The committees of the pro and
anti forces during the recent
campaign have filed their expense
bills with Judge M. M. White, as
required by law. These reports
show that the prohibitionists had
an expense bill of $373.45, and
the antis an expense bill of $55.85.
C. W. F. Windell, of near Cald-
well, (to be exact, from Second
creek, four miles west of Cald-
well) is here on a visit. Mr. Win-
ded is one of the well-to-do stock
farmers of that section, owning
ing some 2000 acres of that beau-
tiful valley, and it is now worth
$75 per acre. He raises corn,
cotton, melons, potatoes, hay,
fine horses and cattle and enjoys
life. It is a pleasure to meet him.
John T. Hid and family, of
Bluffton, are camped in the Han-
na park where they will remain
for some days for recuperation.
YOUR CHOICE OF
32 GENUINE FRENCH
BRIAR PIPES
With Amber Stem, in Good,
Strong Case
= FOR $1.85 =
We have some attractive pre-
miums which go with pipes.
Ask about them
We Guarantee Each Pipe
to be Perfect
SEE OUR WINDOW
Schwarz & Hoffmann
The Obliging Druggists
Scripture Quotation.
“Lo, this only have I found,
that God hath made man upright,
but they have sought out many
inventions.”
S. J. Smith has gone to his
plantation near Shreveport, La.,
where he will prepare his gin to
handle the large crop of cotton
that is being raised in that sec-
tion. He will be absent a month.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Smith, of
Lexington, who have been
spending a few days in camp at
Hancock Park, left for home
Sunday.
Rev. J. W. Cowan who has
been assisting Rev. C. H. Doak
in the camp meeting at Brooks
crossing for the past week, came
in Saturday and preached at the
MethodisTchurch Sunday morn-
ing and administered the Sacra-
ment of the Lord’s Supper. He
returned Sunday afternoon and
preached at the camp meeting,
and will remain and help in the
meeting this week.
Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Murphy and
their two children, of Temple,
and Mrs. Standifer of Killeen,
came in Saturday afternoon.
They spent Sunday in camp at
Hancock park, going on to San
Saba Monday, where they will
meet the Temple excursionists
Tuesday, spending the day with
them; thence on to the plains,
W. S. Hoover left Sunday where they will spend a month,
morning for Philadelphia, ac-, They are in a touring car and
companying Will R. Dobbins, | will no doubt have a pleasant
who reported to the officers here j trip.
that he belonged to the United | -;--—--
States navy, and had left his' Misses Myra and Sadie Turn-
ship at San Diego, California, bull, of Ironton, Ohio, who have
last July, and desired to return, been the guests of Mrs. W. T.
Sheriff Mace notified the naval , Campbell for several months,
authorities and was informed I have gone to Houston, where
that Dobbins should be delivered : they will spend a short time with
at Philadelphia, and Mr. Hoover, friends before leaving for home,
was sent with him. j These young ladies have made
----- many’ friends during their stay in
John Cowan, of the Lion drug j our midst, and express them-
store, spent Sunday at Brooks ! selves as pleased with their visit,
crossing attending the camp | Miss Sadie won much applause
meeting. He says they have all from those who witnessed her
sorts of good things to eat out acting in amateur performances
there and he had a good time, at the opera house. They will
Like most people who live in always find a cordial greeting-
town, he enjoyed a trip to the from their new-made friends
country. here, should they return.
FOR SALE—At $125, one
dark bay surrey or buggy horse.
16 1-2 hands high, gentle and
not afraid of trains or autos.
d2t W. B. Abney.
John Raine and Miss Minnie
Foster, of Rockdale, who have
been in camp with friends at
Hancock Park, have returned
home. Mr. Raine will return in
a few days and remain until the
encampment closes.
Mrs. M. V. Smith and her
daughter, Miss Elsie, and grand-
children, Misses Bodie Lee and
Reba Whitesides, who have been
visiting C. B. Smith’s family at
Hancock park for the past ten
days, have returned to their
home at Belton,
W. T. Caldwell, now making
his home at Winters where he is
engaged in farming, while his
wife teaches school, spent a day
or two of this week here. His
brother, Hood Caldwell, is living
at -emple and his father, M. M.
Caldwell, formerly county sur-
veyor this county, lives with
Hood.
A table of statistics gathered
from the United States census,
shows the per cent of increase in
land values in the southern
states from 1900 to 1910. Okla-
homa shows an increase in val-
ues of 331 per cent; Florida, 188;
Texas, 163; South Carolina, 162;
Georgia, 160; Arkansas, 128,
Maryland shows the smallest ad-
vance, being only 37 per cent,
while West Virginia shows 56 per
cent and Virginia 96 per cent in-
crease. Lands have advanced
in every state in the south and
the high point has not been
reached.
Weather Report.
The following is the weather
forecast as reported by the gov -
ernment:
Tonight and Tuesday general-
ly fair.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 3000, Ed. 1 Monday, August 7, 1911, newspaper, August 7, 1911; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth910541/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.