The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 13, 1896 Page: 4 of 8
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BASTIJOP ADVKI'TISKU.
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BASTROP. TCXA3. JUNE 13.1896
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The t.ilUmiiiK i tlic IkinwHtit K*tH'Uliv«
Cnliin .lUv of lit*-' . ' ill;
ii M « iHiiiluiUi.
T.c.Cain • n i.irs
Hmtrop, No I i! .1. I "five.
FlttwUlmiu* Mill, S< : V J.«..)!
Hinitlivll.lt*, Vi . T '•
No 4 J. S. M«« .ill.
I iltlc HrHiK'h, No I I
II sh i«: i' W. % t t. T. ♦ A It* \ tttidcr
ce«lfti i «fk. no kihih 'ii m u "i i««in,
Culillli 1' .«• Mill Nt . ** ii I' T'lUi'lchMi,
i .: So. •• . n auu«pi«
\V(HH1 - Suite v>« u- 4 . <i « oulwn.
l.ivt- OaU Urovi* No II- 1 0 Gilbert
Alum « iv©k. No 1- - J F Him k.
Mchitdf. No. I— | H l.rnmsUi.
l.lvc Oak. No. II -tiny Woltim barker.
Kc«l Kock. No, IV- V. |i. WhitliH k.
l'lilL'4* No !• .1 W, KrllllC'lv
In a l< iter to his constituency de-
" dining renomination f. r congress.
Congressman Cockrell of Texas «!««• •
these words: Whichever faction has
a majority in Chicago will adopt tlir
miijorils rut)', make the platform ami
uominatc the candidate. \\ but will
lilt' defeated fac tion do? Then can
lie hut oiii' answer if both factions
arc lament ami sinccre in lln ir con
vi lion- separate ami appeal to (In*
people for vindication."
Phis is undemocratic. When the
ilemocrati(! party appeals to the peo-
ple ii *ln>til<l appeal to Ihcm united
aiii 1 strong. Chose who decline to
abide Iiv the decision of the majority
are simply traitors to the part)*; de-
■ -ertei■« from the Hag in the inonicnt
[ of danger.
\ssiiiniug that the advice of ( on-
Suffered Eighteen Years.
I'uIiih lli pi,ri' il i-iul sleep runic.
Mrs. Julia A 11 r< • «s r >. ..ft vhuMon, Tean.,
whose ihisimiiiii lias charge of i lie •IcclriC
light plant at ttint jihu't has been ti great
miffercr. Her iillim nls mill i-peedy euro
are he t dcscrttied hy herself, follows:
"l or |s yenr-. I suffered from ticrvousni*M
anil Iii<11:!' lion | tried e<it/ remedy r, c-
oiiilnitlli'eil hy f i liny o i frleillls, lillt I
Coiitil ifei no relief ai i. • i Two yearn ago,
Willi,' ileitis III lleil I I It r e lo.nl plivsl-
Cluns, III . liarrel. Ma . ami Slieroil, the]
A Williamson county farmer who
| had 10(1 acres of very choice land to
! go entirely lo Johnson grass, so t hi' \
■ that the cultivation of crops was
abandoned, succccded in killing it
by permitting the grass to grow, and
when it had reached the proper
height, just before maturing, lie cut
Oak Cliff College
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.
ls'.tti.
In his speech at llallas last 1« riday
flight Seii'ilol" Tillmuii riilurriiil t«■
the populists as "the political refuse
of our day and time."
The democrats of New I lui indorse
Cleveland and instruct for sound
money, while Kerr county democrats
indorse the administration.
The Statesmau sa>s "that Nat (^.
lleudersen is a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination lor Congress
in the district which Joe Sayers has
so long and so aldy represented,
.hist for instance, suppose he should
be elected, wha'. h contrast there
would be,'*
gre.ssiiian CocKrell will be followed,
vsliat must be the result? The minor-
ity tll lie too small to form a party
ot its own, ami it must as a conse
quenee, ally itself with some dis-
gruntled handful of politicians. The
l'eH'.rs, the Tillmans and the ped
tiling populists might all stand to
get her. This would be asilver party,
but not a democratic party.
The man who deserts the demo
cratic party shown his disregard for
party principles. He shows that lj;/
is unworthy of nieinbersjjjj,'!(|„,|iii
cal organizatio'; w|,it.|1 r,.11IVnl.nt.s
free ii's'i'utioiis on this continent.
silver democrat
to bolt is only to rentier hopeless the
cause he champions.—St. Louis Re-
mit
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For Young Ladies,
Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas
it for hay, than selecting the vers I*r
V'a
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dry est and hottest period of the sum-j (
luer months lie doubled up his plou \
teams and uprooted the sod, [ilowing j
deeply ami leaving the roots of tin
grass exposed to the hot, tlrv situ,
and killed it. IU' uays he has the
same land planted in com and cotton
thin year, ami out of the entire loo
acres says a hat full of Johnson grass
cannot be found,
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John ('sinaii, sr.. an old residviit
of San Antonio died Sunday, at the
age of jo years.
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ItASTlior, tk\as. Mar, lit!
To I lie ih'iihk niej of llMNtro). t'oiilitv :
A- directed |j} yoiu liseeutive <'0111-
mitte. I herew ith call a C^iunt v Coiiven-
tion of the lieimiurucy liastrop
Coimtv. to meet at the Court House, in
liastrop. at 11 o'clock A. M.. on Satur-
day. .111 ii«' llllli. 1 s',10, for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the several State
and Ibstriet Conventions. imkI Mich other Miirr.ov,,r f,,r H frco
hu*>iuess as may properly come licfore it
Your Committee recoiiiuieuilittl .111 in*.J|(
us a suitable day lor the several I'feelnet
eonveutious. same to be held *,,,
manner as each precinct eonvention
shall determine. ^ our ^iK>nfion is fur-
Moo^eeted to the. fa,,, |:1sl
t iuintyV'tvi!V""1 u declared in favor of
nominations lot county otllees. While
in the opinion of the Committee, this
action is not binding Mpon sueceediiiK
conventions, the matter i« referred to
you for such action hs you may deem
proper in the premises. Kach precinct
to have one vote 111 the convention for
every twenty-live and fraction over
thirteen votes east for the last demo-
cratic candidate for governor, at such
votum precinct, even precinct to have
at least one vote. Kcspcclfiilly,
U. M . ItAHW OOD,
Chairman.
Mas .Tri.iA A. Huown.
Informed inn that I h 1 ' rfinjirirnf.
and ili.it Ihere was Huh) hope for me. I ,
then iloeltkxl to t ry
Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine,
I wail then unable to t'et lo Hh'ep until
well on toward dnyliidit, and during alt
tIiIh time I had it deep, heavy pain in my
li ft side. / 11 If 1(1 '.f mirri Ihlr, ill,lent, hill
after 1 alilne citi"-I1.11f I 1 le of the AVrrinr
I eolild sleeji al I niirht .lust as well as 1, vit I
did. The A' rioe iIm- only remedy that
Have mi) any relief whatever I am now r
well ami 'iron::, anil I tkunl: <!"<l ever//uw/ I
0/ in 1/ li/c /or i>r. MiU*' autou."
mrs. .If I.I A A. IIKOWN.
Or. Miles' Norvlnr
RED ROCK.
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by the t'r. Miles Medical Co,, Klkhart,, luj.
Dr. Miles' Nervine Wt'MHcaUh
TEXAS STATISTICS.
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SUM 1 I I - ro-
si'in i'asm
A few years ago, J as. S. Hogg, as
attorney general, declared that Jay
Could ought to be iu stripes, and
that with a law on the statute books
as long as his little linger lie could
break up every railroad pooi iu Tex-
as ami squeeze all the water out of
the stock iu those rail roads. Yet he
made the commission a hobby and
got to be governor. A few days ago
lie met (ico. Gould, a railroad magn-
ate, at the trian and escorted him
over Austin. He is a railroad attor-
Tcxas has an area of ".'7 I ..'lot! square
miles, or 1 t.'i,h:ki acres.
It has a taxable wcatlh of §:'"iO,-
000,000.
It expended 5.'5,8(;o,t)00 for main-
taining public free schools iu lM'JI.
It has millions of acres of line
farming land at lo £."i per acre.
It has lo,000,000 acres of timber
land, with t'.7,.'iii.s,.V)0,ou0 feet ol
standing timber.
it litis -11)0,(100 acres in wheat,
yielding 1,17.'?,700 bushels, worth, at
1)0 cents per bushel, $o,7i" (5,.'$.'io.
It has Ji,500,000 acres in corn,
yielding 70,000,000 bushels, and
I I hall- M Indelson's I .ye,
•js hai- lloston iM'tmiiucr Soap.
I.t halls Merlon.' Lye.
;> lioxes Mustard Surdities, 'J.">e
ti boxes American Sardines, .'."ie
."i lli- A uv il Soda. 'J.V
3 cans full weight oysters, -*ic
II lbs haking pow der, 'Joe
ii lbs good coffee. £1 till
l'._t lbs very best eolfee. 1*1 tut
Very In--1 patent lloiir. tier sack. $1 l"
'i II'-Stai or Horse Shoe tobacco. Wic
•.'it Ihs tiesi Hice, a-1 uu
ti ii/. bottle Stewards Stiuff. '-'Ue
;"i lli- KVeil Change tohaeco, hat
'< Ihs liatlle Axe lolllleeo, !s| till
A full line of 11ry (Joods and Shoes at
tiottoill prices,
Highesi market price paid for chickens
and egg*.
Crayon Portraits given away to our ens.
touiers.
MAX II. VOKiT, Prep.
W. B. WALKER.
AUSTIN. - TEXAS
S K I- I. S
S! ini
York trying to sell bonds to build a prices.
road. These things arc matters ol J It has :17. ,000 acres in oats, yield-
current history, ami it is amusing to j ing !5,!l!i',t,('i00 bushels, which at mar-
con t enm I ate the. vnrimis chances t hut ( ket rates is wort Ii more than $ 1 ,«.hi0,-
have taken place.—Llano Times.
The Kxpress would advise the
000.
It. has It,000,000 acres in cotton,
yielding 1,780,000 bales, worth >_'"i
Populists of the Ninth district to 1 per bale, or ? 11,.ri00,000.
unite on Sayers and avoid turmoil | It has 1,400.«it;o head of horses and
and strife that will result in that gen- ! mules, valued at §."ol,000,000, or
llcmau's election in any event. The
Kxpress regrets tlic necessity of ad
vocal ing the election of anv free
of cattle,
averaging
make a sp
commissioner.
wort li
about $1!' per head.
Il lias 7,'J(IO,!t7(! head
valued at. 8"d>,000,000,
silveritc, but as one is certain to be J about 88 per head.
chosen in that district, it favors Say- It has 1,878..".of head of sheep and
ers as being in till other respects, ) goats, valued at §(!,."> 10,.' 8ti, avcrag-
far and away the superior of any i ing about 81..'15 per head.
one who could be brought up against | It has *..',800,000 lio:_'s, valued at
hi iii , as his recognized ability, popu- 88,'100,000, or about 8-i. lo per head,
lari'v, high standing in Congres- ' It has nearly 10,000 miles of rail-
and long experience make him in-I way.
valuable to the people of the whole] It has over 11,000 miles of tele-
graph lines.
tivc. — San Antonio Kxpress. It has a population of nearly I,-
I 000,000 people, and ev ery day adds
to tln ir number.
It has U.">, IK! more square miles
than the Austrian empire.
• ' It is larger tlian the (ierinan em-
pire by Ci-'.IiC,:. -ijiiare miles.
It is more than one-third larger
than France, and more than double
whole pop concern is made up!.. , , ,, , , .
1 1 1 1 the size of («reat Britain and Ire-
land.
politic
2tm 1 lli sack Liverpool Suit
.'.HI
s p 'ekages Soda for
ilooil Family Lard,
JMi
Leaf bard.
.o;
Smoked Itaeon
Dry Salt Macon
.U.V"4
.00
.jll 1 li- I tried (■ l a pes,
81
"i < ial. Brilliant < til
.7<>
!! lb, Tomatoes, per do/.
s.*
lh-. Tomatoe.- per do/.
Jit
or per can
.o:
<to,m rioni
|{e t Flour
en
Dried Peaches 10 Ihs,
SI
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Kvaporated Apples
.OS
Dried Apple- •■good' J."> lli
s fill
*1
.00
Kveii Change l ohaeco per
111
.20
l.arge Water Ituckct .1 «■ 11 \ .
17 11
Ill) Ihs New liiee
$1
.00
(iooi 1 M olasse - 1 'er I ial.
.20
I'l 'ine M ola- -e- 1 'ei t. il.
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Plll e 111 iyllt Mo|l|s-es 1 'er (
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llesl SUi.'1'l' House ,\|ola--e-
,iii |ii« lli--! Iteali-
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('o|<J t :l<lo 11 i -h Pot aloes pe
hit
j;r
1 Mikes M1 xttire | .ihacci- 1 'i
r lb
..10
t Miions |-j ihs, for
2't
Fancy l.iglit brown Sugar
Jo lh
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(iootl I'lowii ;|ii ||is i
or
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Uring anyhod\ V price-
ami
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heat 'em: price* alu.n- the lowe-
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Klegant I Ionic accommodiitioiis. high course of study and an experi-
enced and highly accomplihlutl faculty. A more healthful ami beautiful
location cannot be found. I'upils admitted in January for the Spring
session, Special terms to those entering by January 10, 1 HIM*,. Write for
catalogue.
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G. W. SCHAEFER ®
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Having reopened the old
r? n
I lie San Antonio Kxpress state as a Congressional rcpresetita
'Southwest I cxas need.-, a — Si n Antonio Kxpress.
John I). Mel 'all announces himself
as a candidate for ri'ilroad commis-
sioner.
says:
t't ttiiiiissioner in her business and i?
cutillctl to one," and asks that John | ,"1- "'v ! il l|,,w
I). McCall be that one. lie would democrats sympathise with Jutlgi
(llasscock over the way the pops sat |
Ion him. Now, instead of s\mpa-|
tlii/.ing with him we are tickled to |
death at the mess he is in. 1 lie
Judge oiiolit to have known better, j
Ktlhjeel to change without notiee.
Yours, Kte.
\\ li. wai.kk n.
At the stand formerly occupied by
sr.WAP PER BROTHERS,
Will carry Full Lines of
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, CARTS,
SURRIES, ETC.
Also, ( iiMlpleti l.ities of
SAIMH.KKY. II MINKSS. AM. NOTIONS.
All of which will be s.ild at \ery low
figures for spiii cash. I as!, a liber-
al share of the publi< patronaoe . , .
;w.
HI t i \ i t r w i oin i>
A. MitAfcMi
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Texas
Favoring a dollar that i
100 cents wherever it show's its face,
and a silver dollar that is worth a
gold dollar, the Chief tan not con-
scientiously join in the wild demand
for free silver at the present ratio of
]«; to 1. We believe it would give
this country a ftO-cent dolla', just as
it has done in Mexico, and result i"j0f parties himself. Served him right
silver monometalism. 1 his craze i W|, glly W(, |<ri()iv now that the
will subside, as all crazes subside, i prip corporation is ou its last legs
sooner or later, and time w sli demon- j 11|)(| |l4old Joe Sayers will clean
strate the soundness of oui position. j ||1(1 (IqI<I, no matter w ho runs.
Chief. I The countrv is safe.—Llano Times.
Product i
(Kitchen
Queen
Baking
? Pouider
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The
of chronic kickers ami men whose
ias always been an unknown
quantity. And the Judge too is
something of a kicker ami a "jinur"
"If democrats will only act har-
moniously throughout the district
there is no bar of electing a popu-
list to ollice, while iu the -state, they 1
are only wasting time." very truth-
fully remarks the Satesman. I>e-
mocraev is divided on the money
question, and it will take time It) de-
cide which side in right. One thing
is certain, a true ilemocrat cannot be
driven from his party, which ever
way the financial question is settled.
To yield to the expressed will of the
majority, is true democracy. As
the Lock hart L'egislcr says: "A
party collar man is one who known
he is not smarter than all the others
of the party. He who says he does
not wear a party collar, i« one who,
is puffed up with j rcjudice ami
ignorance."
Js il not very remarkable that
| every lawyer w ho joins the populists
i becomes a candidate for ollice, ami
still very strange that nearly every
lawyer who joins that party has pre-
viously been defeated for office? For
instance Harney Gildis is a fresh calf
in that herd ot p liticians. ami liar
ney wants to go to congress. 1 he
democrats failed to send him. I In-
j News would suggest to the pops that
when a lawyer applies to them for
initiation into their order, they alum Id
see that he has no mercenary motive,
has never been defeated lor ofllee,
and will not be a candidate until he
has served a probation for two
years. Honham News.
I lie increase in values within llit-
past ten \ ears amounts to about
§; <)<),(J00,000.
\\ In n Judge (ilasscock started to ;
the Lockhart populist convention lie ]
had his double-barrel gun loatied, j
Col. Hill .Makeinson having loaded;
one barrel lor (icorge. After the |
''wild ami wooly" had nominated
• icorge. he got up to fire off the |
aforesaid gun, but unfortunately Col.
Hill had "chawed" the wad that lie
put in his barrel, so when (icorge
llrcd, the <11• I thing kicked ami laid
(Icorge out Mat of his back. Moral:
(Icorge. always load your own gun,
am) don't "chaw" the wad for yon
might get hurt. —Llano l imes.
. . . AN KI.Kli \NT I.INT. o|
Dpess-CHakinq
is knocking at your
open and you will be
The watermelon season is near,
and the average "coon" is happy.
Jack Frost
kitchen tloor.
rewarded with belter biscuits, cakes
etc. You will also save half the
money you have been spending for
first class baking powder. "Jack
Frost" is the latest scientific bread
raiser. It will pay you lo try il.
( Mil, !•'■* cc it- a p ai ml.
Li i: i . (i ii.i., Agent.
Use It. None Better. Complete and Varied Stock of
Soltl in Hastrop by
A. A. KLXNKI! AMI
I!. T. IIAIiKNSIU'li'O.
KsrAIII.lsHI.il IN 1 M.'SM.
T- W- HOUSE.
Banker, Cotton Factor
VVIl
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Collections a specialty, with facili-
ties for making them, in all co antics
in this State and the Southwest, upon
the most liberal terms. Huy and sell
Kxchange on all points.
Correspondence solicited, ami
prompt attention given to same.
Consignments of cotton, wool and
hi les solicited, and liberal advances
made on same.
ill I
IWTTKWN II \TS . .
Wilh us is a spec
ialty
A competent person will lie at the
head of the Dress Making and Mil
linery Department.
MISS F. CHAMBERS & CO.
Summer
, JVIusic
. . OF . .
Mrs. and Miss McDowall.
SIX WEEKS TERM.
Class
2!{ MAIN FTKKKT.
Summer Music Class will open Monday, June
ist and close July ioth with Recitals.
Special Teachers' Course in the Art of Study
and IIow to Teach.
Beginners given careful daily attention.
I- TI'.liMS, lor >i\ week*' Course.
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