The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 24, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 4(1.
BASTROP, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1898.
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W. J. MILEY, .
DRUGGIST
Bastrop,
.Texas. . .
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,..Special and careful attention
...given to the Prescription l>e-
... }>>ir( iiit'iit. hiii) pal rung waited
, ..un either uay or night. . A full
...line of PATENT MKUICINKS,
.. Pkhkumi.iiy. Toikkt Ahtic;-
Etc., Etc.
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Cie-<& 4 '■$
PR OFESS/ON A L CARDS
Lawyers.
b. D. OROAIN. l M. OARWOOD
0hga1n & garwood
Attorney s-at-Law.
Ilmtrop. Texas.
Will prMliOe liA U tl" uiKlitr ami in-
ferior cou rl*.
PAUL l . PAGE,
K V. HIU0IN8.
page & iikit;INS
Attorney s-at-La ,v,
ItnMrop, Toxi«.
Will practice in all the Courts <>i the state,
orrn t—over Klrnt National Hank.
FIIK
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Pearl Beer.
MANUFAC'TITRKI) BY
SAX ANTONIO
BREWING
ASSOCIATION
Mas taken tln> Lead in Texas on account of
Its Nourishing qualities. Once Tried Always
Used. Kor > iU? In Bastrop by
V. SOHILL, Manager.
1866.
■ ..■ESTABLISHED lrtim.
1S93.
THE NEGRO QUESTION.
E. Bastian, S
-: DEALER IN:-
STOVES, HARDWARE & TINWARE.
All kinds of
TI2T «>, WOHK
A SPECIALTY.
REPAIRS
Promptly and
Neatly Done.
«J. W. JONKS
J. 3. JONKS
♦
jones a .jones
Attorney s-at Law.
BASTROP, - TKXAS.
Orrit'B—Upstairs lu Krharl liuiUliitK
j AS. W. MOU1US,
Attorney-at-La w.
BASTROP ... - TKXAS.
All business will WC'Ive careful net
} lomi'i attcutloii.
tirfict: -With Counlv Attorney.
J. 1\ FOWLEU,
Attorney-at-Law,
HAAlrop, TCXM.
Will practlee In all ttio IUkIx." m't ,u"
fatlor Courts
IF KIT K—Over Kimt National I'-atik.
TO MAKE ROOM for Now Orders, I will soil my present stock at
* Greatly Reduced Trices. It shall be my study, in the future, as io
past, to please my friends and customers, botli in quality and price.
Thanking one and all for their very liberal patronage during the 32 years
I have done business here, I ask a contiuance of same at the "old stand."
E. BASTIAN, Sr.
B
c. C. HIGHSMITH
Attorney-at Law.
B AST HOI' - TKXAS.
Will practice In nil tlx- ltlKlier ami Inferior
•otirlN ill the State
AliKtra l of title fill iilsliol I onus IiCROlla
tr<l aid lolicctlous promptly alU-tclcl to
Old I .and (Maim* investigate! in all parts 01
• lie State
J. -
County Judge ami
Attorney-at-Law.
Hufttrop, T«'Xhr.
Will practice In all tli* l i : lier court*.
Physicians and Surgeons.
H. T LUCK El' r, M. D
Physician Of Surgeon.
Bastrop, Ti'lW.
OFFICE—At W. J Mil«y' I'ruil Store.
C. C. 11LGGINS, M. I)
Physician and Surgeon.
llastrop, Te\a .
OFFICE.—W. J. Miley's lmw Store
H. I' COMBS, M- D
County Physician
and Surgeon.
BASTROP, • • " - TEXAS
Orrics—0. Krhar-I A Son s l rUK Store.
RKMUKKCK- TriKK Cott*se.
1893. 1898.
COTTON SEED
\kkE will pay the Highest Price, in
Cash, give Honest Weights, and
buy at any time, winter or summer,
all Cotton Seed offered to us at our
mill.
Bagging and Ties
To exchange
for Seed only
We buy and sell
everything for
CASH.
Pouuell Oil JVIill Co.
"VV". K- fowler, m. d
Physician and Surgeon.
Bastrop, Texan
OFFICE—Al W. J MHey'* Urn* store.
Merry Old Santa Claps
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WILL HOLD 1IK11I REVEL AT
Imiss E. Lister's.
luiimiiiuj
For One and All.
Dentists.
\
£)k. n. g. fowler
Dentist.
OFFICE—0*er Flrat Nallonal Hank.
samuel c. luckett,
D. P. S., (Dentist.)
orrtca— lUynli? BuIIiIIiik, Maaonic Floor.
Surveyor.
J. "
miley
Surveyor.
Hnntrop, !>*••
OFFICE.—Willi org lu It UmwooJ
.(Hiliinery, Dress Goods,
potions, Etc., Ete. . . .
I purchased, pcrson.illy, while at the Eastern
ami Western Markets, the Uirgest, Finest and I p-
0 To-Date Styles of . . .
■' Millinery, Dress Goods,
Notions, Etc., Etc., . . .
over brought to Bastrop, or carried in this section
of, country.
Miss E. Lister.
rCfr C-StSMX- -rlS'G-ar? < ■ S •£> « £? ■
While every one else is producing
stale arguments on the so-called ne-
Kro #|uesiion, I might as well join
the number. The good housenifo
lakes her cold beef and makes hash
She ban produced no new substance
—simply worked it over and given it
a new name. The writer does not
start out to offer any new thought
on the subject. He wishes simply
to clothe it in his own words and let
the reader give it whatever name he
wishes. In fact lucre is nothing
Hew to present on the subject
Booker T. Washington's Ft. Worth
speech was but a reiteration of his
Atlanta speech on "Industrial Train
ing."
That feature has been held up
ever since the world began. Even
Christ in his da} yielded to the
popular custom of his time ami
learned the carpenter's trade.
Would that every hoy and ^irl in
this land were taught a useful trade
whether or not he was called upon to
pursue it. The writer prides him-
self that he knows how to do manual
labor ind is not ashamed to perform
it when necessary. But what has
that to do with the Negro problem V
I'rof. Blnckshear says the Negro
should emigrate to Cuba. Bishop
Turner says he should go to Africa.
Such thoughts are preposterous.
This is the Negro's home. He it
a part of this government. The
thing for him to do now is to regu-
late his life by the plumb line of true
manhood, honesty, and thrift that he
may be worthy of the citizenship
given him. Father Time himself
can not completely destroy the
friction between the races of this
country. He can only decrease that
friction by pouring on the oil of jus-
tice and rip!tt living.
The Egyptians, Chaldaeans, Per-
sians, Greeks, and Romans, all in
their respective turns, had to settle
the friction between their citizens.
India and Mexico have, for many
years, had their Caste question to
contend with. Even England has
her Irish question to grapple with.
Truly, then, friction between the
rn"es in America is tint the natural
outcome whore two races—the one,
former masters, backed up by the
civilization of centuries—the other,
former slaves, unlettered, unscrupti •
Ions, taught by precept and example
lluit he was nothing more than a
brute, all stand on the platform of
political equality.
Yet nowhere in the aunals of his-
tory do we find another race making
the rapid strides that the Negro has
made with only thirty-three years of
freedom. This has been brought
about by the Negro'ssuperior training
in mechanics' trades generally, farm-
ing, domestic services, all obtained
during slavery. Coupled with that
tra! iiig were the liberality, friend-
ship and high standard of civilization
on the part of the former masters.
Nowhere else can the effects of these
superior advantages be clearly seen
as in the South.
The writer, while horn ami reared
in the South, has trav 'ad extensive-
in the North and East. He is
thoroughly convinced that there is
no section like the South—no state
like Texas-—no county like Bastrop.
The people at the North know com-
paratively nothing of the Negro
question. Many of them have never
seen a hundred negroes.
At the North the Negro is debar-
red by trade unions from nearly eve-
ry means of support save by
"llunkyisin." Even the bootblacks
have organized against him. In the
South every advantage is offered
him to earn an honest living. Then,
too, whenever it is seen lhat he is
trying to he and to do something, he
generally finds a helping hand.
Yet there is a sail side to the
picture! There exists two greeneyed logical solution. Examiner.
monsters that cause setious friction.
First, the so called "Negro Domina-
tion
else can do. As a rule, that is the
class that stays out of politics. 'I lie |
writer has s"en right here Negroes
put up for ofliccs, who never think
of supporting their families, who are
common loafers for twenty-three
months, and men of "tl ience" one
month in every two ye !s. Bah!
who could blame any intelligent hu-
in>i from objecting?
The other most heinous and das*
tard, is the brutal outbreaks of rape,
.lust lure 1 wish to stale that all
rape committed, is not committed by
Negroes. However, it is too often
true that I hey are really Negroes,
(tape committed by anyone is a
llendish crime against society, and
an ignominious sin against God's
most sucieti lawn. Everyone that
has a spark of manhood frowns
• town on such. The majority of tin
Negroes condemn it. Nearly all of
them are willing to help tiring to
Mivift justice any such fiend, white
or black, who commits such brutal
crimes against any woman, white or
black. Mot) violence, though, Is
like angry water or hungry llames.
liknows no hound.
Let members of my own race,
you who have been doing wrong,
stop it. Find out who are your
real friends and stick to them.
Some little hoys once accidcntly
pushed a blind mule into an old well.
I'hey decided that the best thlug
to do was to redII the well with the
the dirt near by. I'hey threw in
dirt and the mule begun tramping.
Hie boys never looked into the
well. Soon they turned their backs
and began to throw in dirt. When
it was nearly all in, they heard a
noise behind them. To their ,'reai
surprise, the mule w a I k u u off.
I'lie dirt that was intended to bury
him, was the means of his escape.
Fellow beings, take courage. Let
the dirt of envy and prejudice aimed
to cover you up, be the means of
your success. Keep tramplug. cul-
tivate a mauly self-reliance, be hon-
est, tie vigilant, be noble, be true
and you will find friends in the per-
sons of those who are wrongfully al-
luded to as your enemies.
Finally, get on the. vantage
ground of grace, grit and greenback,
build thereon a fort of morality and
manhood; use as your weapons —
honesty, thrift, backbone, inte'li-
getice and economy ; use as your am
munition, common sense, duty and
good will. Lay aside lhat weight
of envy and jealousy. Then, clothed
in the armorial bearings of right,
tight it out on lliose lines if it lakes
eternity.
I make this earnest appeal to both
races because it is both a logical ami
philosophical truth that neither race
cun solve, in any reasonable way,
the two great questions now con-
fronting this government. Especi-
ally the South. Bit if these two
concurrent forces act not only along
the same line, hut iu the same di-
rection, the resultant will he the
dawn of a new era.
C. (). IIUNTER,
Bastrop, Texas.
C. Erhard k Son-.,,
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DRUGGISTS
Hasthop
Tkxas. .
Prescriptions carefully com-
pnuinl«^ ai all hours... Pat*
I NT M KIUCISKS lit all kinds.
THE COST OF JINGOISM-
The expenditure of 8Kit).000,000
a year for a standing army, aicord-
ing to Secretary Alot-r's proposition,
means a tax of about 811 on every
family iu the United States.
Ask the hod-carrier who supports
his wife ami six children on 81,25 a
day how he likes that.
And a total expenditure of 8'Wt>,-
000,000 a year for military purposes
—army, navy and pensions—means
a ta\ i.'f 821.10 on every family in
the United Slates.
Afk the hod-carrier how he likes
lhat.--New York Journal.
Spain's Groatost Neod.
Mr. If. P. Olivia. <>f Barcelona, Spain,
spends his winters at Aiken, S. Weak
nerves ha<l caused sever" pains in the
back of his head. On using Electric
11 i 11 < ■ I -. America's greatest Blootl ami
Nerve Remedy, till pain s iun left him.
lie says thi* grand medicine is what tiis
country needs. Alt America knows
that it cur -s liver and kidney trouble,
(unities toe blood, tones up the stomach
strengthen* the nerves, puts vim, vigor
and new life into every muscle, nerve
organ of the tiudy. If weak, tired or
ailing you need It. Every bottle gua-
ranteed, ouly 50 cts. Sold by VV. J.
Milky Druggist.
Protoct Your Trees From Rahbits
a farmer's wife in New Buffalo,
Ohio, had her clothing ignited by a
lire, and started to run sluiekiug
through the wine, when a big dog
jumped on iter and threw her down
and with his teeth tore off the burn-
ing garments, saving her from injury
though being terribly burned him-
self. That dog deserves to have an
immortal soul and we believe he lias.
The Meridian authorities are mak
ing it hot for the blind timers, but
prohibition shows dragon's leeth,
and for every blind tiger suppressed
two or three new ones materialize
The man who can make thousands of
dollars in a few weeks by this surcp-
titious business, will not care for a
few months imprisonment in lieu of
fine. High license offers the only
Continued success can come alone
from merit- 1 r. Sawyer's Wild Cherry
Tar Is sieadly increasing in sale because
There are some Negroes who it h i„.st cough remedy on the niBr-
are able to do most anything anyone kci w .1. Mllcy.
Don't delay this. Now is the time.
First remove all borers by digging
ihe dirt from the collar of the tree,
scraping it to he sure no larvae re-
mains. Take a newspaper at least 16
inches long and wide enough to sur-
round the tree. Tie with common
wrapping twine al the top to hold iu
place. No rabbit will ever touch a
tree thus treated. You need not
remove it, simply cut the string, the
paper iu most cases will adhere to
the tree and serve the purpose of a
protector for three years. I have
Kieffer pears that have been thus
wrapped for three years. Ii is the
cheapest and best wrap ever invent-
ed. Any old paper will answer. Try
it. You will never buy another ve-
neer or other wrap. It cost nothing,
is quickly done, answers every pur-
pose.— Western Fruit (irower.
Tho Boat Plaster.
A piece of tlam.el dampened with
ChamberlainV I'aln Balm and bound on
to the affected part* is superior to any
plaster. When troubled with a palti ill
e ehesl or lame side, or a lame hack,
give it a trial. You are certain to be
more than blessed with the prompt re-
lief which it affords. Pain Balm is
also a certain cure for rheumatism.
For sale by W. ,T. Mii.ky and C. Ek-
iiaru & Son.
A question which has often been
propounded "What became of all
tiie privates of the war of the rebel-
lion?" finds a satisfactory auswer
in this locality. Among all the ex-
uoidiers living here not one claims a
title. There is not even a corporal
amoug them. The bono and sinew
of the fatuous old Second Texas,
which participated in all the great
battles, Corinth, Shiloh, Bull Bun,
Wilderness, Gettesburg, and the
Beige of Vickshurg—all came from
this part of the country. Those that
returned came back as they went,
privates still, and through the years
since then have ignored the allure-
ments of empty titles and hollow
honors, proud of their duties per-
formed in war, and respected for
this their greater achievement in
peace. — Exchange
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 24, 1898, newspaper, December 24, 1898; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205428/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.