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VOLUME 48.
FRKK HKARTH, FRKK MINDS, FRKK PKOI'LK, ARK THK MATKRIAI., AND THK ONLY MATERIAL, OPT OF WHICH FRKK OOVKRNMKNT8 ARK CONSTRUCTED.—JEFFKRSON.
HASTKOP, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, SATUKDAY, JUNE J. 1900.
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druggist, j pcarJ |5eel.
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HILL HAWKINS.
MANL'FAO'. yiiKP HV
SAX ANTONIO
BREWING
ASSOCIATION
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Special and careful attention
given to tin- Prescription !>**- j
pitrtnit'lit. nut) patroii- waited
mi «*itl\«*i dav ui night.. A full
11IIC of I'ATKKT Ml MK'INKS,
Pr.Hlfl'MKIIV. Tdll.K'l AlvTIC-
I.ICS, t'TATIONKRY, ETC., ETC.
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PR0FESS70N.IL CARPS
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; Lazoyers.
rwpmpi—
JI ut> taken the Lead in Texas on account of
—— lie Nourishing itti^s. Once Tried Always
—-— Used, For Sale In Bastrop by
V. SCHILL, Manager.
1900.1 '-
KSTA HUSHED 18<«i.
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a. D. OH.'i A IN.
\V K MAYSAKI),
E. Bastian, Sr.,
: DKAI.KK IN:
STOVES. HARDWARE & TINWARE.
OBTAIN & MAVNAUD
) Attorneys at-Law.
J BH tro|i TcxKM.
Will practice t" all il'ti tilK'I'cr an 1 i .-
' furior courts
V.—<*- pAl'L D. l'A<iK
County „ Ittorncy and
Attorney-at Law,
llBHtrOf, l'uXHH
Orrtca—Court ll'mno.
i. i . urottn. jonathan i a.ni . ii M.U* ttouU
3KOWN, I.AM vV (;AL;w (KID,...
Lawyers.
] ii< irmiK* ItQ'l Houston |
51ou. tnn Ofllct? — Hooiih \ 1 «o'• I• M''
i'r&'iu1e iu till Court*. a lulu uu«i i clem
] JKSK1N-. J 11 MH.EY
JENKINS .V MILKY,
Attorneys at Law,
All kinds of REPAIRS
TIXT WORK
A SPEt IA I.TV.
vo:-
Promptly and
Neatly Done.
T^t) MAKK R()(>M for New Orders, I will sell my present stock ut
j <ireally Reduced Prices. !( sliull lie my study, iu the future, as ii
past, to please inv friends and < ustmncrs, both in quality and price
1 banking out; and al! fur their very lllicral patronage during the .12 veart
I have douc business here, 1 ask a contiuance of stunt: at the "old stand.''
15. 1). Ordain, Pres.
E. BASTIAN, Sr.
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4C93 |.>f
T. A. IIasi.Kit, Vice-Pres.
ClIKS'l'kr Ekiiaru, cashier.
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®ASTROP
TKXAS
First National Bank,
Or BASTROP, TEXAS.
CAPITAL STOCK PAID UP, $50,000.
A UTIIORJ/LD, $250,000.
Only rompletu ol AWrart 11-lis In tbo
no< I lit)
Notary in office.
Orn< K.—Over l l Natl>>nal Hunt
ii. V. JONls
J ON KS & .ION KS,
Attorneys-at Law.
J. 9. JtIN K-
TKXAH
Pi lifts drawn <m the Principal Hunks in the I'nited States in amounts of Five
I'"liars ami upward. Money received on deposit in l rife or small amounts,
subject to cheek. Ilii- Hank U fully e'jui|iped and prepared and will be
talihful corres|ionilent if you intrust m.y part of your WuMinewe with It.
FHKE t'SK OF Ol'H FIltK-PUOOF VAl l.'I TO Cl'STOMKRS TO STORK
THEIR YAi.l'ARLE PAPERS.
UASTUOH,
QrfK k—UpHtairH iu Krhiinl HuiUlliiK
1 . KOWLKU
Attorney-at-Law,
IVxHK.
Will pru tice ill nil the lliulier ami lu
/oilor ^ uurtn
OKKI< K Ovui Klmt NhiIoiiiiI Hunk
DIR330T0HS :
W. 11 aiVEKH, P O. KI.ZN'KH, W. J, HIM,, B I). OK'iAIN, T. A. HA9LEB
W.C i'OWKI.L, II f. LCCKKTT. A. t:. KKHARD, CHESTER E KM a KU.
C. C. UK HIS.Mill I
Attorney-at-Lazo.
IpAM'ROr TIX AH.
i wot pnotlM In all tba Bl|bw and lufertor
i/uroi In ll"- -Uiii-
ku. rn' it of tlllv fiirnlslii-'l I.hmiis iivk«Uh
1.11.in1.1. ii ■ I : ■ i
li Land ClaiiM iuvuilfiiwl In all partsofl
plnlv
.'hyKK'l'
County Judge and
Attorney-at Lazo.
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liHHirop, T«'in«.
Will i mctlco In nil the hltflit-r court®
Physicians and Surgeons.
1893. — 1900.
COTTON SEED
w; will pay the Highest Price, in
Cash, ^ive 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.
Poujell Oil JVIiH Co.
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H. ^ LUCKKI T, M. I)
Physician ef Surgeon.
Hnnlroii. Texns,
OfKK'K—At W.J. Mlley'i liruK Store.
H. COMBS, M. 1)
County Physician
and Surgeon.
4M ftTROr. TEXAS.
Arvit'l-c. Krlinril A Hou'n I'niK Store.
ushioknck-- HaMiHii Coitni(«.
Dentists.
(0 OR. N. <L FOWLKK
Dentist.
0 «r Flnit National Hank.
T. A. Hosier & Co.
WANTS YOU TO PRICE THEIR
Fumiture, Carpets,
.... a.ncL nXIatting,
Before you buy elsewhere. They will gave you
Fifteen to Twenty Five Per Cent.
T1IIR1> ADVI'NTl'RK.
Copyright, 1!HH), by Harlotpiin, of x. n.)
"Hill, t an you .shoot straight?"
ankt-d si, the inoniin^:of the duel.
It was not yet day and I had
readied the little woods back <d'
the park and were taking a sip
of a Sazarac cocktail from a bot-
tle.
"Si, I never miss," I siad, tak-
ing a whiff.
Very soon after this, the other
party had arrived, the ground
had been stepped off and we were
facing eaeh other, pistols in hand.
I recalled that my < 1 I grand-
father, who used to live in New
Orleans, had this early morning
experience a few hundreds yaivsi
away under the Oaks a dozen ol
times, and I said to myself, "I
may not be as lucky as the old
man, but I'll wager anything the
other fellow will never talk about
it." The only thing I did'nt like
about the whole affair was that
the seconds did not seem as grave
as 1 imagined they should look,
and before w > fell to I made a
little talk at which ope of them
actually snickered. I said,
"(Jentlenien, I call upon you all
to witness that his blood is upon
his own head. My opponent is
alone responsible fortius. I en-
dured his insults as long as I
could."
"< ientlemen," said he, in reply,
"I shall call upon you to wit-
ness that he shall never receive
the mate-flower except through
my hands." This was a refer-
ence to the little affair of the
evening-before when the lady had
given me the flowers.
At the count, we both fired. I
had a bead on his heart. I knew
as I pulled trigger that his last
heart-beat was on. And, as i
anticipated, he reeled and fell
face from me.
It was not yet good day. My
seconds hastened me away and
we got in our earraige and drove
off. At the hotel the other
seconds called later and told us
the details of the disposition of
the body, for which they had ibis
young upstart's authority in
black and white. "I call upon
you to witness, that everything
we could do to bring .about an
amicable arrangement of this
matter, we did. He insisted on
having a shot at his rival."
"So be it," said Si.
They left us and our little party
was now dwindled down to Si
and myself and we got in a car-
riage and drove out to West Knd
for a breakfast. Hy that time
the image of young Peters began
to prey upon my mind. I could
see his face as he reeled back. I
could see his fingers relax their
grasp, in a death agony, from1
his revolver. I could see his body |
strike the ground in crumpled!
mass, and my great anger at him
having subsided these visions
began to-plague me. The fact
that the fight had been honorable,
that my grandfather had many
such an encounter in the same
old city of New Orleans, all these
things did not console me, and Si
observing that I began to be op-
pressed by my thoughts got pretty
handy with the champagne. As we
were finishing a second bottle a
messenger boy came out upon the
veranda where we were enjoying
iiii; breakfast and handed me a
note. It read: "From the giver
of the mate-flower. Congratula-
tions. You are all right. You
are a corker
. i"
Si read it
THE RIVER BRIDGE
LIVERY, FEED t SALE STABLES.
Union Hotel,
ELGIN, - - TEXAS.
llest in the City, and respectfully '
^ Hc.rtH ttiu patronage of Hast rop county. i
Tatile auppllnd with the best the mar-I
afford*. Term* reaaonablo.
ciiAs. uiu-EariB, p op't. i
j
A. T. MORKIS, Proprietor.
Near River HOdge.
• • • •
Solicit share of public patronage.
Horses will He taken care of at low
rales. Huggies, hacks ami goot'
stock kept on hand. Every effort
will he made to accommodate those
favoring me with their custom.
A. T. MORRIS, Pop'rt.
and
smiled. "I wonder how she
found it out. I would hate to
think that this thing is going the
rounds of the town. If it is we'll
just have to go. It couldn't have
come to light from any in our
party."
"I'll be darned if we'll go any-
where," I said. "I have come
down here to enjoy the carnival.
I shall not be bluffed out of it by
anything whatsoever."
"You're a corker,"
"Who sent this, boy?"
"A lady, sir," said
grinning.
"Where?" 1 asked.
"Come to the office, <i:
"All right," and we continued
to pop bottles and all the while it
grew upon me that all New Or-
leans was agog with the sensa-
tional duel of the morning, and I
said Si.
the boy.
began to cast up what was going
to happen to me when it came out (
iu black and while in the papers |
and so reached Sal and her maw |
up near Meridian. It looked to
me as though every one of the
vast mass of peopie in the street
was looking at me when we drove
back into the city.
That evening Si insisted on
• Ijning at Tujatjue's and thither
we went, just opposite the old
Kreneh market where for fifty
cents a head we had dinner the
like of which is not to be gotten
anywhere. We were surrounded
by strange company, all men
folks, and they were discussing
dueling. "When men fight with
pistols," saitl one of them in
I'r neh, (most of them were
Kreneh), "they should draw
> raws and one should fire first.
If he misses, it then remains for
0 other to tie 'ide; if he wishes to
humiliate his antagonist worse
than the pangs of death by not
shooting, but treating him as
beneath his contempt forever
more. That's how the elder
Hawkins used to fight, sir. It
was a great honor, sir, for his
antagonist to be killed by him,
after that antagonist had shot the
first shot and missed. If he had
a <[uarre| with a fellow whom he
considered beneath him he would
only consent to fight if the other
shot first: and then lie would
humiliate that man forever by
declining to soil his bullet with
him."
"Was lie any kin to you?"
asked Si.
"Yes, my grandfather," I an-
swered.
Sier Tujatpie, out of homage
lor the carnival season, had been
serving his boisterous guests with
all sort of wines and drinks and
they grew merry. So did Si. He
was just ripe enougn to stand up,
as some had finished a great
eulogy on the dueling code of
grandfather Hawkins, and say,
"< ientlemen, strange tilings hap-
pen during carnival times. It is
my pleasure to introduce to you
the grandson of that Hawkins
whom we all honor."
All the Frenchmen got up and
bowed. I bowed and made a lit-
tle speech in French. I didn't
think I was equal to it until I
tried. Well we didn't go to the
Humus ball that night. The
Frenchmen became of our party
and after we had seen the Honius
procession, they took charge of
us. We wound up at a place
t!ie Cafe des Artistes, right op-
posite the French Opera House
and there we met several of the
stars of the ballet, all in readiness
to go to st ime I ui 11 or i it her. Soon
Si had tickets and we went.
.1. N. Levegue.
TO HK CONTINI'KH.
"CPTON SCHOOL KXHIHITION."
1 mi Friday, llili day of last month, the
pupils of Upton School, under the su-
pcrintendoncy of Prof. C. A. Leecraft,
I'ioscd their session of nearly eight
months by giving at their commodious
school house an excellent exhibition. To
say that it was a success would but faintly
express its merits, for it was conceded
by all that it was the best that was ever
held in our community. For want of
time and space, we cannot mention by
name each child that participated; but
will say that all exceeded the expectation
of teacher ami friends. We will men-
tion just a few of the good things.
1. Address of Welcome, by Miss Mag-
gie Tiner.
2. Address of Welcome, by Walker
Hancock, Gussie H. Gentry and Bessie
Leecraft.
Miss Tiner spoke in behalf of teacher
and larger scholars, while Bessie, < ius-
sio ind Walker wolcorned the audience
for the little, folks,
II. Lecture by Rev. Dr. Josiah Potts,
Hugh A. McDonald. Thialecture sound-
ed like Hugh had been taking notes
from Rev. Sam Jones, but Hugh entered
into the spirit of the subject Jand cer-
tainly, from the applause that he re-
ceived we judge his lecture and chunks
of wisdom were highly appreciated.
4. "Restraining Jotham," Jotham
Higgins, Jim I'd. McDonald, Jediah
lliggiiis, Jessie 1 craft, John Rogers,
Carl Nipps,Henry Keys,Henry Williams,
Zeke Hooper, Joe Haynes, Kliza Jones,
Lizzie Montgomery, Anna Aiken, Nonie
Holcombe, Fanny White, Susie Mc-
Donald, Nancy 1*111 is, Susie Cain.
The young folks in their party were
intruded upon by Mr. and Mrs. Higgins
and all had a real roistering time. Jim
| Etl as Jotham, ind lessie as Mrs,
C. Erhard & Son..,.
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DRUGGISTS
Rastrop,
1'kxas, ,.
... Prescriptions carefully com
....pounded ai nil hours.... Pat«
...-KNT Mkim< ini s ol all kind*.
Jedidah were real laughable in the
rendition of their special roles, Jessie
made a capital, old-fa 'lioned, old lady.
This piece was well re i i\ <1 by the au-
dience.
5. Speeches by Edward Hill, Richard
Lasifer, Louis Cain, Edgar Lau for,
William Matthews and Walker Han-
cock.
li. "Where They Grow," by Emma
I'ei i is, Callie \\ illiarns, Susie Hancock
and • tllic Matthew i was .veil rendered
and received merited applause.
7. "He tried to tell his Wife," A. E.
and Miss Daisy Seal lorn.
Scene Breakfast Table Tab and
.Miss Daisy eating leisurely. The trou-
ble began when Mr. Young, the hus-
band tries to tell his wile Miss Daisy
the news result, a domestic row of
ludicrous intensity.
s. "From Down East'"
Mr. Jeremiah Pike II. A. McDonald.
Mrs, Susannah Pike Maggie Tiner.
Mr. Algernon Style Roy Callaway.
Miss Mary Wilson Mattie Williams.
Miss Arabella Wilson Kffie Williams,
In this comic dialogue, each of the
characters were truthfully portrayed.
Miss Maggie Tiner acting "old woman"
almost perfectly, showing the peculiari-
ties of the "Down East" yankee woman.
!•. " I'lio Koutpict of Flowers," by (,'res-
sie \ oung, Susie Hancock, Emma Ferris
and Callie \\ illiauis, was a little gem
spoken by four sweet little girls.
10. "Frog Hollow Lyceum" Subject,
"Woman's Right's." We cannot men-
tion the names of all who particpatcu in
I his piece:
Polly Snipper Miss Ethel Williams.
Betsy Seruggins Miss 1 >aisy Seal lorn.
Anna Kliza Sliinkins Mi Maggie
Tiner.
Jane Jones Miss Jessie Leecraft.
President Burns A. E. Young.
S'ey Peleg Swipes H. A. McDonald,
Samuel Slabsides Clyde Williams.
Felix Riddle Will Haynes.
All entered into the discussion of the
subject, with amini ition, and though no
decision was rendered, many thought
that had then1 been judges Miss Ethel
Williams would have been the winner.
11. "Summer Songs" was a nice little
piece by two nice little girls, Mabel
Gentry and Ada Hancock.
12. "What can we do to help Mama,"
Mabel, Ada and Irene Laufer recited
this ami recited it nicely.
I.'I. "A School Girl's Trouble," this
was Prof. Leeeraft's favorite, and Misses
Susie McDonald, Nonie Holcombe,
Lizzie Montgomery and Jessie Leee raft
certainly reflected credit upon him as
instructor. There were many other
pieces, but we will mention only one
more, and that was
14. "Married by the New Justice of
the Peocc." Will Haynes as Justice
Dobbs; Clyde Williams as Simean
Sackett; Miss Daisy Scallorn as Eliza
Ann Carter, and Jim Ed McDonald as
Cicero Snowflake "negro boy." Did
extremely well, Simeon and Kliza Ann,
after many trials, were finally united
"into the Holy Bonuses of Matermony"
by the fresh Justice of the Peace without
using Cicero as a witness.
Miss Rosa McDonald and Mr. «>lli
Johnson, with the stalle Hros, from
Rosanky, furnished the music, and
Upton thanks them for their efficient
assistance.
Among the visitors from other com-
munities, were County Judge Price,
who favored lis with the l>est address
upon education that we ever heard,
Charlie Haynie, our County Treasurer,
Prof. Powell, of Rosanky, J. T. Mc-
Donald and family, of Snake Prairie,
; James Brown and sisters, of Hill's Prai-
rie and many friends whom we had not
| seen for sometime.
I The trustees for next scholastic year
' have been elected and we understand
that they have almost received the
amount requisite to employ Prof. Lee-
craft for next term. We hope that the
j people of Upton will sustain them and
that we may keep the Professor in our
j little town. We honor him as a man,
admire him as a teacher and love him
j as a Christian preacher.
Respectfully Yours,
B. B. G,
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 2, 1900, newspaper, June 2, 1900; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205497/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.