The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 1, 1901 Page: 3 of 8
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The Bastrop Advertiser
,
—The weather was real cool
Monday and Tuesday mornings.
THE MAI-FE8T.
Never did the first morning
of a Mai-Kent open with prettier
or more propitious weather than
I. C. Mosby will buy all the Thirteenth Annual Mai-
pop-corn in the county, paying of the Bastrop Fire Depart'
a good price for same. 1 ment, on Wednesday morning,
—Thursday, Memorial Day,wast May 20th, 1901.
Ifeaerved by the First National "Old Sol" peer
Bank and the Postoffice.
8. As an artistic decorater, our
young friend, Albert Prause,
would take the "oake" with the
best, and in the design of the
wagon of the Bastrop Amusement
Society, did magnificent work—
the front, star and crescent,
HA8K HALL.
The games of base ball be-
tween Bastrop and Whizzerville
was two of the most brilliant
contests of the diamond ever wit-
nessed iu this section. The first
game resulted, Whizzerville «r>,
Get you a pair of Rabbits,
only $1. Nothing but good healthy
Rabbits leave our Rabbitry. Safe
arrival guaranteed. Sea Side
Rabitry, San Antonio, Texas.
j. c. Mosby has just in, di-
rect from the foundry, a Bartho-
lomew pop-corn and pea-nut
rooster, the finest and largest of
the kind that ever struck Bastrop.
It is a dandy.
—Regular meeting Bastrop
Chapter, No. 95, R. A. V., to-
night. Flection of officers. Other
important business. Fvery mem-
ber urged to attend. Visiting
companions invited.
—Among the houses blown
from their foundation at Taylor,
two weeks ago, was a residence
belonging to Rev. John Furgason.
It was blown about six feet, but
has been replaced. The lot fences
were blown down, the posts snap-
ped off.
Smithville school trustees re-
cently elected the following: O.
D. Scott, Superintendent; R. W.
Nowlin, Principal, with assistants
as follows: Misses Carrie Mc-
Donald, Stella Warner, Margua-
rette Brady, .lesimine Sadler and
Nanno Maynard.
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—Mack Williams, the colored
sexton at Fairview Cemetery,
nays all things are in splendid
shape at the Cemetery, the ladies
well pleased, and he will soon
have the roads leading about the
grounds, damaged by the recent
rains, in good condition.
—County Clerk Thou. P. Bis-
hop showed us Monday morning
a small vial containing thirty-five
boll weevils, taken from three
stalks of cotton, on tho lariu of
. C. Miller. Ha says the eotton
patches are full of weevils and
unless destroyed will play havoc
with the ootton crop.
—Citizens of Caldwell county
have began active preparations
for destroying the boll weevil. At
a meeting held at Lockhart, over
8600,00 was raised, committees
appointed, who will go at once
among the farmers and urge the
beginning of active work for the
extermination of the weevil, with-
out delay.
—The following ten students
were enrolled in the Normal Class
of Mrs. K. H. Jenkins, this week:
Misses Fannie Tally, Claudie < 'ar-
michael, Willie Maude Hargrove,
and Mr. Fd M cMahon, of Smith-
ville; Miss Julia Norment, of
Hiirs i 'rairio; Miss Florence Ap-
plegatc, of Paige; Mr. Charles
Zimmerman, of String Prairie;
Messrs. Jesse and Will Dawson,
of Hemphill's Prairie, and Mr.
Dudley Parks, of Bastrop.
DEATH OF MRS. GRADY.
ned out from the
East resplendent in all his glory,
gilding the western hill tops,
and shedding good cheer and
happiness over all.
Early the crowd began gather-
ing in the town, and by 10
o'clock the side-walks were lined
with people eager to witness the
street parade.
The decorations in front of busi-
ness houses were more extonsive
than on any occasion of the kind
for many years. The front of
nearly every business house on
Main street was more or less de-
corated, most of them profusely
and very appropriately with bunt-
ing, flags, flowers and cedar.
The best and most substantial
display on Main stroet, was in
front of M. Gloeukner's. He had
planted, and seemingly growing,
natural as life, three large cab-
bage, while swinging from an ex-
tended rope, was a ceneral as-
sortment ot vegetables, grown in
his garden, east Bastrop—pota-
toes, beans, peas, eschelottes,
onions, beets, cucumbers, radish-
es, and a plum limb filled with
plums.
At 10:M0 the procession moved
from the court house square, in
the following order:
1. "Our City Government."—
The P. O. Elzner trap, beauti-
fully decorated and drawn by a
pair of milk white horses; seated
within, Mayor O. E. Griesenbeck,
Aldermen P. O. Elzner, W. J.
Miley and Alf Griesenbeck, "Gov-
ernor" P. O. Elzner handling the
reins.
2. Smithville Band, discoursing
beautiful music.
M. May Queen Wagon, appro-
priately decorated, the lovely
queen, Miss Mamie Griesenbeck,
seated on throne and surrounded
by her Maids of Honor, Misses
Maynie Green, Tillie Elzner, Fan-
nie Black, Belle Osborn, Laura
Krhard, Estelle llannay, Lillie
Kabensburg; Mr. Leon Wertzner
as King. Morris Rector, J. N.
Jenkins, jr., and Jake Reynolds,
asguards, all of whom were mem-
bers of the recent graduating
class of Bastrop High School.
4. Rescue Hook and Ladder
Company, No. 1, and Host* Carts
No 1 and 2, all of which were
tastefully decorated.
5. The Max Hoppe Bastrop
Crown Bottling Works, was one
of the most artistically decorated
lengthy draperies, with name of Bastrop tt; the second, Bastrop
club in gold letters, umbrella and ;jt Whizzerville 0, a shut out for
canopy top, of fan draperies in
the club colors, purple and white.
Miss Julia Jung seated under the
umbrella and Misses Iva Sehueike
and Hattie Prauae under the can-
opy—the wheels representing sol-
id gold blocks, all presenting a
most beautiful picture.
9. The A. A. Elzner wagon,
representing a woodland scene,
where was gathered a picnic par-
ty, the gunner and the angler
were conspicuous through the
brush, gunning for game or ang-
ling for the finny tribe, present-
ing almost a perfect naturalness.
evincing a well conceived design
to advertise the fancy grocery
and picnic department of his es-
tablishment.
10. Alf Jung's Silver Cornet
Band discoursing sweet, soul-stir-
ring music.
11. Starcke Brothers decorated
Osborne Mower, drawn by a pair
of mules and driven by Mr. Geo.
Starcke, was a decided attrac-
tion.
12. W. S. Craft's decorated
buggy, occupied by Misses Beu-
1 ah Craft and Alice Haynie.
13. A decorated float, filled to
overflowing and piled mountain
high with a display of harness,
saddles, bridles, whips, etc., rep-
resenting the establishment of W.
S. Craft.
14. G. Guse's Anheuser-Busch
wagon, representing Malt-Nu-
trine, was a nice and pretty dis-
play of this medicinal beverage.
15. Decorated buggy, occupied
by Liveryman A. T. Morris
and wife.
10. Decorated cart, with Bronco
attached, with Master Edwin Mor-
ris and "sister," Miss Earl, seat-
ed within the cart.
IT. Master Arthur McLavy with
decorated cart, drawn by his lit-
the visitors. Bastrop has splen-
did base ball material in the make-
up of our young friends, Tom
Haynie, Charley Perkins, Earn-
est Hasler and Arthur Kohler. in
fact, there is no better on the
ametuer diamond, and Bastrop
should boast a team this season
second to none in the state.
the may pole danck, hattlk of
klowkrb and cake walk.
This feature of the occasion,
under the superior direction of
Miss May Wilkes, was most pleas-
ing and enjoyable. It was cer-
tainly astonishing how perfect
had been the training of the lit-
tle tots, who entered into the
amusement with an interest that
would have been creditable to
children much older in years.
crowning ok may ql'een,
At 9:30 o'clock, on the first
nighl, Hon. J. S. Jones, in his
usual pleasant manner, crowned
the May Queen elect, Miss Mamie
Griesenbeck, in the following ud-
dress:
Most Gracious Queen:
The coronation of monarchs is usually
attended with elaborate ceremony, gild-
ed pomp and gaudy show. The king or
queen lavishly bedecked with resplen-
dent gems and glittering1 tinsel, re-
ceives midst the clamor of ceremonious
pomp, the soverignty of a people. This
to the liberty loving people of America,
is but a vain display of wealth and
grandeur, which for a time may please
and attract the eye but cannot wean
away the head and heart from these
eternal principles of freedom imbibed
by the American people with every
breath they breathe. Hut this grand
display is not without its purpose and
plays its part in the great cycle of hu-
man ethics.
It is a principle in nature that man is
prone to admire and respect things
novel, unusual and far removed, while
those things seen every day, no matter
how grand and glorious, pass unnoticed.
What can exceed the magnificence and
tie Bronco, represented the Bas- j glory of the rising sun as it, spreads its
trnp Yidette, the cart being pro- j silvery mantle over hill and dale, tips
fusely decorated with copies of
the Vidette.
IS. Decorated buggy, occupied
I by Mr. B. A. Elzner and Miss Ida
Pfeiflor.
I .ate this, Friday afternoon, we
received the distressing news of
the death of Mrs Sarah Grady,
widow of the lamented Capt. Dan
Grady. She died at the family
residence of her son-in-law, J/r.
T. K. iWoore, in Hill's Prairie, at
2;45 o'clock, this afternoon, May
31st, 1901.
Deceased was 69 years, 10
months and 21 days old, had been
a resident of Bastrop county for
fifty or more years and was one
of the first settlers in Hill's Prai-
rie, and universally loved and re-
rpected for her many kindly traits
of head and heart. J/any friends
<£reatly deplore her death. The
funeral will take place at the
Baptist Church, at 4 a'clock this,
Saturday « afternoon, June lat,
1901, Rev. R. F. Gibson, officiat-
ing, after which her remains will
be conveyed to Fairview Ceme-
tory and there laid to rest beside
Itt^T husband. Friends and ac-
quaintances invited.
the forest tree with jewel point ) and fills
the smallest flower with life and beauty;
or what more beautiful than nature's
streams, flowing from rugged rocks,
midst clusters of hanging ferns, gliding
| smoothly past nook and cranny, each
19. The handsome Kensington ocld>' pk-turinu the whole face of the
,, , . Heaven's in its gentle bosom till it loies
Park trap, representing Louis Ei- .. .. „ . ,, ,, .
. ? 1 ^ 1 itself in the mighty river.' et these
lers Millinery I)epartment, was a .in, S(.on every day and have no charm to
beauty, with green and pink dec- i hire man's attention and admiration, ni.r
orations, a large hat for canopy to command respect and engender love
top, smaller ones at each end—a for that sovereign divinty who rules the
... ... .. .,* •, i universe. 8o orginally it was that the
streamer with gold letters, "Mil- . ,
,, , . j lavish ceremony of pomp and pride was
linery, while the hat advertise- 'indulged that the inherent longing for
ment of the Millinery Department liberty within the breasts of the abused
was simply superb and would and oppressed subjects might be over-
wagons in the parade, presided I |mve been a credit to a parade in wtlolmod iini1 ^""gotten in the gilded
nvnr hv Normst Kicke the I e \ i .• glamor of grandeur and greatness, that
over oj i>iiss ,\orm.i i.kki, uh a Clt.r ()f nlucj, larger proportions * . ,, , ' .
P | J e> i i their sense of outraged freedom might be
than Bastrop. The trap was oc- j lulled intodreamy sleep through a be-
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Louis j Hef in the Divine right of one man to
Kilers and Misses Mary Lou I rule over others. Hut 1 thank Ood that
Mosby and Laura Cain. ' in America we recognize no domes-day
_ ... j book, with its mystifying maze of births
20. "Low Prices, at Louis Ei- ;in,j titles, but merely one simple sen-
iors', represented by the little tence, plain as holy writ "all men are
red pony cart, drawn by a Shet- : created free and equal;" and every man
land pony, and driven by Louie,! "r womun is il kinK or ll>' virtue of
... . j . .. exalted merit and unshackled genius,
jr., the youngest driver in the ^ itbp known th< Hovt,roiRnH of
parade and certainly looked oute men aro not made by donning the rags
and manly. The cart was deco- and gems of the world material, but
beautiful queen of the
Bottling Works, i ssieted by Miss-
es Mary Hasler and Maude Turn*
mins and Masters Sehueike, the
twin brothers, who executed the
process of bottling to ^perfection,
sending forth a continuous spray
of soda water over the streets.
t5. Stevenson A Holt's float rep-
resented Cupid in one of his
capers on the briny waves, in a
beautifully decorated boat, in
which Master Dale Turner was at
the oars, and Miss Lula Jlannay
sat in the bow, daintily attired in
white, holding in one hand a
pretty little pink parasol and in
the other a bunch of cape jasi-
mine buds.
7. The wagon containing Miss
May Wilkes and her May Pole
Dancers and (Jake Walkers was
decidedly the most attractive, in-
teresting and picturesque feature
of the parade. With Miss Wilkes,
as directress, and twenty-two
little dancers, Misses Sarah Ken-
rated in red, with a large um
brella for a top, trimmed in black
rather by the raiment of a generous in-
tellect, an absorbing and unselfish love,
, , . - ... . and a pure and unsullied character, and
lace. Un each side of the cart 1 . _ „ ^
a woman who posesses these, crownless
was a red sign, with white letters, though she be, is, by Divine right, a
"Come See Filers," the entirety Queen, and such alone is fit to grace the
of which was "too cute for any- throne of resplendent virtue. Oosearch
thing " ' PftKes °f history to find a (jueen as
x, , , T T-i xt u > ours crowned by the love and gratitude
Marshals J. F. Nash, Woody I ' ,, ...
. | of a free and joyous people. Alas: We
rownsend and W. 1«. Schaefer j searc|j jn vain. Written there we find
marshalled the parade in excel- the names of Semirannis and Cleopatra,
lent style, not a hitch OCCUring whose characters and history were bet-
from start to finish. ,or buriod in oblivion's Kulf Hnd Mlir>'
who, through a deluded fanaticism, so
horribly butcherod and tortured (iod's
creatures bat history records her name
the amusements.
At the Park, the exercises be-
gan with the address of Professor
with tho prefix "bloody." Then an
..... i .. m . n i i i . e "Slixabeth, accorded to bo England's
nedy, Willie Belle Grimes, Julia I Mally at 2 o clock, p. m., report of K(l to(ully l)cr,ft of a„
(H'eaey and tender feeling that her soul
would letter have graced the body of a
rinaciou.. viking than that of a woman.
Hut le* us tun fiom the disgusting
iccords of history's queens and look to
those of our own f«tir and sunny clime.
Let mc. look mongst America's peerless
numerou:1 womanhood, where every good woman is
Belle Moore, Corinne Loessin,1 amusements for tho children, by reason of her virtue and loveliness,
Elsa Knippor, Una Craft, Norinnei Kttch n'Kht unf,or the "U8P,(-es ab-olute over the hearts of all men
WaHu it mao u nhi>.mi • * i of the Bastrop Amusement So-
W atts, it was a charming picture, «...
Moncure, Ivy Eicke, Pearl Know-1 which appears elsewhere: after
les, Katie Watts, Luella CraftJ which, the amusements consisted
Edna Lester, Jewell Kennedy, the trap and taiget shooing,
Erna Walthers, Ethel Jaques, i saddle horse and p.mv races, ba.:"
NosaJung, Corinne Cain, Gladys ball games, may pole dance a-.d
Higgins, Myrtle Hood, Wilfred
Griesenbeck, Lucile Filers, Mallie
cake walk, exhibition
Sayers' Rifles, and
drill by
delightful to the eye and charm-
ing to the heart.
ciety, tho young folks enjoyed a
delightful dance under the pavi-
lian.
who love and respect the good and beauti-
ful in life. Let us look no further than
our own little town we all love so well,
planted on our little stream, twixt two
hills, as k gem between two havens of
refuge.
To outsiders, I *ay, forgive the boast;
but we are justly proud of our litu> garden
of rare and beautiful flowers. There in
abundance bloom the lily, the daisy and I
the rose. And what wonderful ere ition-i
they are I Now they sparkle in il.eir
glorious robes of joy and gladness, then
again they droop in sadness and sorrow,
and our hearts are the true indices of then
ill or well being. They ^jvt. j,njn
and perfume to life's social stream and
so enthrall man'* senses that we are ever
slaves to their ini|>erial gentleness. And
where could we have found a fairer gar-
den from which to have chosen our queen
to grace and reign o'er the joyous May?
From tho midst of the fair we have
plucked the fairest, and lo, upon the
sunn we have found not a thorn. Its
beautiful qualities we are at a loss lo
describe and can but admire. And
strange to say, in seeking a name for
this ran* and beautiful flower, with one
accord all men exclaimed "Mamie," and
so Miss Mamie, I tender this crown as a
meager expression of the homage we
pay U) your many lovable and admirable
qualities. With this parting injunc-
tion, to perpetuate your reign o'er the
hearts of men, lay aside the glittering
tinsel of worldly raiment. Let the magic
scepter of purity and innocence grace
your hand, loves fair crown adorn your
brow and virtue's regal robes envelop
your soul and body. And may the bles-
sings of the King of Kings ever rest
upon you
Thine be ilka joy and treasure,
Peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure.
Miss Griesenbeck responded as
follows:
Kireioi'ii, Prtondi and Hon J S Jonei —
It would ill become me to stand here
and remain silent while that hearty senti-
ment is ringing in ears and nostling in
my heart, 1 therefore wish to thank you
sincerely and earnestly for your kind ex-
pressions of esteem and friendship for
me. True gratitude does not require to
be clothed in many words. Language is
frequently inadequate, in such cases, to
convey more than a mere and remote
idea of the feelings that are prompted
by such very gratifying and generous
sentiments :is you have so unanimously
uttered. In all sincerity and earnest-
noss, as your friend, I hope for you in-
dividual prosjierity in all the relations of
life and business,
The Smithville and Bastrop
Bands discoursed delightful music
both days of the J/ai-Fest, to the
great delight of all present.
A continued ruin fall on the
morning of the second day, it was
thought at one time, had finished
tho J/ai-Fest, but the weather
cleared at noon, and in tho after-
noon there was a good attendance
at the Park, very many of whom,
notwithstanding tho threatening
weather at night, remained until
the 'wee stna' hours o' the morn.'
The Smithville Orchestra fut ■
nished music for tho dance both
nights, and we hear nothing but
praise of music furnished.
lien Johnson exhibited some
pretty cattle, among which was a
2-year old Durham-Hereford
J/ale, and a 10-months of tli •
same stock ; also a fine Durham
cow. They were beauties.
Lewis Tiner had on exhibition
a fine Jack.
Frank O. Hanke, had a lot of
fine chickens, several varieties; a
Poland China hog; fine Jack and
three fox terrier dogs; a pretty
fair show within itself.
.1/isses Tillie .Jansen, Rea Dain
Telia J/aehler, Agnes Schober,
and A. It. Tabor, Geo. C. Staples,
and J/isses Y. D. Taylor, Roger
Byrne, Dr. J. H. E. Powell, Geo.
C. Staples and Jim J/cDaniel, ac-
companied the Smithville Band
from Smithville to Bastrop, Wed-
nesday morning.
—Our merchants are receiving
numerous letters from St. Louis
visitors expressing their appreci-
ation of the kindly courtesies ex-
tended them at Bastrop, the fol-
lowing written by Mr. John Ten-
nent, of Tennent Shoo Company,
of St. Louis, to the Meyer Bros.,
of Bastrop, is given as only a
sample, of the many:
Dkak Slits: I returned homo on last
Thursday evening with tho St. Louis Kx-
eursion after passing a very pleasant
time in your state. I do not know of
any trip that I have ever made that gave
mc more pleasure, as we were all receiv-
ed with open arms by our friends.
1 write to thank you very much for the
cordial courtesios received and only
regret that I could not remain longer.
When you visit St. Louis I hope to have
the pleasure of reciprocating and will do
all in my power to make your visit a
very pleasant one. 1 assure you that I
will never forget my trip in Texas.
Yours very truly,
John B, Tenns.vt.
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Have your clothes tn«< lo by
your home tailor where vou «-au
mo them ACTUALLY mudo
to order. Prices no higher,
work ami lit much better. Sam-
ples ot' Linens for Sutwaje-
Suits received.
WM. KESSELCS,
"The Tailor."
THE WILL SIM MOMS KILLING.
Charley Schilling spent several
days in Bastrop this week. Char-
ley is living in Pecos City, near
where Will Simmons was killed
a few weeks ago. He tells iw
that Will Simmons was guard of
a convict gang. There were f v«
guards and eleven convicts. The
eleven convicts made a sutfclen
break for liberty, and securing
weapons killed three of I he
guards, Will Simmons being the
first guard killed. In the fi#ht
seven of the convicts were killed
and the remainder recapturwd.
Will Simmons was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Simmons, of th*«
Cedar Creek neighborhood.
—The Ladies' Reading Circle
held its meeting Friday of liv-it
week, and elected the following
officers:
Mrs. W. A. MoCord, president.
Miss Belle Jones, 1st vice-president.
Miss Paul D. Page, 2d vicc-preskk-r:.
Miss Dru Orgain, recording seeretwj-y,
M is? Maggie Green, correspond!!^
secretary.
Mrs. J. B. Price, history leader.
Mrs. B. D. Orgain, critic,
Mrs. O. P. Jones, musical directranw
Delightful refreshments*, fm>-
vided by Mrs. W. A. McC«vJ
wore enjoyed at tho eoncltusioa
of the meeting.
NOTICE.
The regular monthly nwAhi?
of the Library Association
place on the first Tuesday in .i'azieT
(next Tuesday) at 5:30 o'otuek,
p. m.
All officers and members are
requested to be present.
Mrs. S. J. ()k<;ai.v,
Pres. L. A.
May 81, 1001.
I'NCLAIMED LETTERS.
List of letters remaining Unclaimed
the Bastrop, Texas, Postoffico for the
week ending M.iy HMM:
Baldwin, T. J. Mrs.
Houston, .Sarah
Hooks, Ella
Meeks, Leatic Miss
White, Emily
Yancy, C. H.
Persons calling for any of the
named letters, will please say ADVEB-
T1SED and give date of list and [im I-
cent. Chas. P. Zieoknhau^
Pos'm^iaor.
NOTICE.
Owing to the condition of the
house I am now occupying, wal
be compelled to close up for re-
pairs and set the time for clowing
une 10th. Now if you want any
work in my line, come bof *"«
that time. J. S. Blaoo,
Photographer.
LIST OF PATENS.
Granted to Texas inventors this
Reported by C. A. Snow Sc Co. L
Attorneys, Washington, L\ C.
Riley, San Antonio, Bit Attachment.
For oopy of any of above patent* s^ra4
ten cents in postage stamps with
this paper to C. A. .Snow &• Co. Wash-
ington, D. C.
Viwirdcd
Cold M«da!
Part* Exposition M)C.
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For sale by W. F. Schcfer.
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