The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 24, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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HASTItOIN IJASTUOr (OI NTV, TKXAH, SATI KDAV, APRIL LM,
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J. R. PFEIFFER,
DEALER IN
Yellow Pine Lumber,
Brick, Lime, Cement, Guttering,
:: IProfessional Cards.
Lawyers.
B. B. ORGAIN. W. E. MAYNARD.
OHQAIN <t MAYNARD,
Attornaya at Law,
Bastrop, Texas.
Will prsotioe in all the higher Mid
Inferior courts.
and everything
necessary in the
building line.
A share of the
patronage of the
people of Bastrop
and county is cor-
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Contractor and Builder. For orders call
Develops your Plans. and see ma.
J. R PFEIFFER.
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J. P. FOWLER. J. P. FOWLER, JR.
FOWLER & FOWLER,
Attorney* at Law,
Bank Building, Bastrop, Texas.
Will praotlc* in nil the higher no J
inferior court#.
PAUL D. PAGE. J. II. MILEY.
PAGE & MILEY,
Attorney* at Law,
Erhard Building, Bastrop, Texas.
Will practice in all Mie oourte. Com-
plete Abstracts of Land Titles of Has*
trop county. Abstract business solic-
ited.
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OF BASTROP, TEXAS.
Capital. $5o,ooo.oo. Surplus, $lo,ooo.oo.
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WHAT THE LEGISLATORS AND SENATORS
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TEXAS HOMESEEKERS
ABOUT 30 PER CENT THAT VISIT
THE STATE STAY.
P. C. MAYNARD,
Attorney at Law,
Bastrop, Texas.
l) HKCTORS:
M. OHO A IN, Prealdent. W. A. McCORD, Vic Prrmdrut.
CH. STKK P.HHAKD, Caahier.
H. P. Luckett, W H lit ioa>. A. C Krhard. B. J. Hailrr.
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CAPITAL. SUCPI.US. INDIVIDUAL B R PON SI h 11.1T Y
Of tlir Mtorkh r««ud ronitrfallve n inageinrnt nre the
tlri*n(ih al ■ >.<uk ....
Organised, developed and conducted along progressive
linen. Governed by the same principle. With twenty
ye r HUCve Hlul business record, with ample cnpital, with
every lucility to properly care for all business entrusted to
it, and operated along conservate linen, it expects to con-
tinue to grow both in ability an i capacity to serve.
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J. 8. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
Bastrop, Te**s.
Will practice in all the higher a!.d
Inferior courts.
JACK JENKINS,
Attorney at Law,
Ba#trop, Texas.
Only complete Set of Abstract Books
In the county.
Physicians-Surgeons.
Another Message.
Austin, 'IV x Oovcrtior Campbell
i Wednesday St'lll tile following mes-
sage to thi' house:
To the Legislature: Ity virtue of the
authority vested In me by section -in,
article ii, of tin* constitution of the
slate of Texas, I hereby designate iitul
pre-ent to von for your consideration
anil for legislation the following sub
Jeets and suggest legislation I hen on
I Legislation ii id ml I n x :he city
charter of thr i'it> tif (iriM ia illc. ami
acts amc ndntory of said <*tt> charter
2. Legislation prohibiting officers
anil iliri'i tors of llfi' Insurance com-
panies traiisactlng business in Oils
state from receiving or contracting to
ri'i i'hi' aii> commission or othi'i com-
pensation contingent upon t!i• writing
of hulncss or the itMNU nipt ion of risks
off to temporarily dwell in spirit with ' by such compunlcM incorporated iiiiiNt
ihohc who bravi'd (luiigi'rs and priva tin laws o! this st.iti at their option,
tioiis itiiiiimerabic to achieve the lib to deposit security equal in volue to
crt.\ r:i Texas will have a teiidene) to lenal reserves on oittstamlliiK iiolleles
make tin hi iet down to hard and har anil iinnuil> bonds for the hem-tit of
nionlmis work. 11In* holdern thereof, and providing for
_ the r*'K'nUtion and niainteiiaiicc of
Cov Campbell Wednesday aproved such deposit, and terms and purposes
Legislature Takes Rest.
The legislature took a rest Wed lies
day and m arly all of Its members and
employes, together with a number of
department heads and attaches, went
to San Antonio to attend the San la
clnto Day celebration, that clt\ hav-
ing provided free transpoitatlon and
other entertainment for the occasion.
luamuch as the battle of San -la
clnto marked the successful cultiiina
tion of an emphatic protest against the
policies of Santa Ana, knoAii to his
tory as the great Mexican general, the
enthusiasm with which the solous dc
tided to participate In the Alamo
City's rejoicing on the anniversary
of that memorable clash with the .Vlex
lean dictator was, under existing cir-
cumstances easy enough to account
for. Ami it may ho that this sort lay-
HATE OF THOUSAND A MONTH
Hometeekers Pour Into Texas—Au
thentic Figure# for Pant Two Years.
All Like Tcuias.
Houston. Tex \t the rate of !t
thousand a month are homeseekeri
posting illto the State of Texas
Thirty pet cent of them remain in tlw
state to become tillers of the soil and
product is of great wealth. The tig
ures were obtained from the llrst copy
of the it-ports of the auditors of th-
Texas railroads on the great liiimlgra
Hon movement from the north to the
south
At the close
this j ear "t.:!.!J
liandli d h\ one
conciifi 'tit result!
H. P. LUCKETT,
Physician and Surgeon,
Bastrop, Teisa.
Oppicb -W. J. Mlley's Drug 9tore.
PRONB 24.
Of Bastrop, Texas.
J.
H. B. COMBS,
Physician and Surgeon,
Bastrop, Teias.
Opkice—C. Erhard 4 Son's drug store
Rrsiobnck —East Bastrop. Puo.ne Gtf.
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«The Powell Oil Mill Co. l
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will pay the Highest Price
in cash, give you Honest
Weights, and buy at any
time, winter or summer,
WM. M. CUNNINGHAM,
Physician and S'irgecn.
Bastrop, Teioa.
Rnaidencn, South Main Street.
Pnotie No. 'J2.
Gamble Lodge, No. 244,
A. F. & A. M
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Regular m «t~
Ing Fourth Sat.
urday night in
eHeh month.
Visiting breth-
ren cordially in-
vited to at'end.
PAtJt, D. Paoe, W. M.
A. C. Ekhard, Secretary.
ten hills and one
tion. as lollows:
S -nate bill authorising
to trv cases in vacation.
Senate bill T'J. exempting esta'es of
'ess than ll.Utm from tiling annual re-
ports.
Senate bill I.*>. making citation for
sp,!e of land by exectitioii uniform as
to 'line
Senate bill No. 0!>. providing for
lepers' home.
Senate bill <15. providing a form of
ballot for local option elections.
Senate bill •>!, authorising state
health officers to retain indigent eon
sumptiv* to coiitiy of residence
Senate bill <4. providing for collet-
tin*! of Information as to irrigation.
Senate bill V the hoard of health
I ill
House bill I!, fish anil oyster indus
try Mil.
Senate bill 7: . diminish the jurisdic-
tion of the county courts of Crockett
anil Kd.wards comities.
Senate concurrent resolution 2. pro
\iiling I'oi publication of Texas leglsla
list- manual.
foi which it shall be held, ami legis
latlou amending existing laws relating
judges tt frateinal Insurance.
T. M CAM I'llKLL,
(io\ i rnor oi Texas.
Signed by the Governor.
The governor Tuesday approved the
hills creating tii" Stamford independ-
ent school district an amending the
Cleburne city charter, respet lively.
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| Your Cotton Seed
Bastrop Chapter, No. 95,
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Bagging—Ties Buy and Sell
* POWELL OIL MILL CO. *
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to exchange for the
Seed Ouly.
everything for the
Cash Only.
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Before Placing Your Order for . .
Cemetery "Work
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H. C. GRIFFIN,
. . . DEALER IN . . .
* First Class Granite and Marble
R. A. M.
Regular m e e ting
First Saturday night
4n each month.
Visiting Compan-
ion* invited toattend
all regular and call-
ed convocation*.
J 8. Jones,
M. E H P.
A C. Erhard,
Secretary.
Bastrop Camp, No. 73,
RegB-
lar meet
i n gs on
2nd and
4th Wed
u e id a y
nights tu
[each
month.
Visit-
ing Sov-
ere igns
are most
cordially
i a t lied
to attend the meetings of Bastrop Csmp,
No. 79.
P. C. MAYNARD. C. C.
R. J. WARREN. Clerk.
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Monuments, Iron Fencing, Etc. *
1 will appreciate your patron«tff\ and you will h« ^
glad you Kuvo m« your order wtieo you f et> your work ^
set. Write me, I '11 cull.
Yours Very Respectfully,
H. C. GRIFFIN, Elgin, Texas,
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The Buyers' «-
Guide
Ths firms whoss nsir srs repre-
sented in out advertising columss
sis worthy ot the conftdencs of s ery
person in the community who hss
money to spend The fsi;t thst thsy
sdvsrtiss stamps them ss enterpris-
ing, progressive men of busineei, a
credit to our town and deserving of
■upport Our advertising columns
comprise a Buysts' Oulds to fsir
Asaiing, good goods, hoosst pricss.
In the Senate.
Austin. Tex.. A pi I'
nit f Tuesday morning
\n Imitation to visit llillsboro from
II Sllivel). seel etarv of tile Texa Nut
tjioweis' association, was received
a lit! laid on the fable.
Petitions from Hill, Trinity. Ariin-
-.n.- and Tarrant counties protest lug
against the Cuteton bank bill were
read.
\ hill by Terrell (McLennan)
muring ■idequnt" r< a I road depot
. ilities was finally passed
Senator Hudspeth Introduced n n-s
nlntion condemning free hides as loin:
:i ilutx Is Imposed on manufacturei'
art teles. The resolution was adotitei'
and will bi forwanletl to niombers o'
1 ollgresn.
\ letter was received from C I'
M- tea If of San Angeln president of
t!ie .Southern Cotton tlrom-rs assocla
•ion and a prominent member of the
I' rnicrs' Cnion. protesting against
tin passage of the Curetou bill and
indorsed that of Senter and Himii-
St nate bill provltliug for a coin mis
mi charter for Amarillo was called
up ami now Ib-s on tie- table pending
tin return of Senator Veale
House bill ritnendlng the charter of
the eiix of l in I In- >vas passed to third
rending
K-llie. Hinlspetli and Watson Intro
tic • <1 the following resolution, wiiieh
was det'lnied out of ortler.
Whereas, the citizens of the state
of Oklahoma have recently killed four
Texas lattlemen by hanging, and
Whereas said hanging was the
milv tiling known to this senate not
provided foi In the t'tireion l.ovc
banking bill; therefore be It
Resolved. That tiovenior Thomas
M Campbell be required to imiliedi
a 1"I) tleclare will against said state
and hereby apropiia'f ill the tine col
leeted from the Waters Pierce Oil
compel!) that attorney general's dc
partment don't p.n its friends foi past
favors fot the nut pose of pacing ex
pellses of said war"
Itotli house" of the legislature Mon
da> cleared their < alenilars of all bills
repartt d by committees and ieturn"d
from the print shop exeep: the K• i-k
l ftilteritiarv railroad bill, wllt li li t i
bee|| .vt for 11 special Oltlel' this week
and was iwBiittcd U> slant! for that
time
New Bills in the House.
No. -42 by Mr. Fuller Fixing the
time of tiling bills of exceptions and
statements of facts In civil and crim-
inal eases lii county and district courts
at within thirty days after adjourn-
ment of court.
Nt> 1:: b\ Mi .1 'iiktns Providing
for appeal of bills of exceptions.
In the Hiose.
Austin, I'ex . April 21. The house
was tailed to order Tuesday. Chap
lain Sears of the senate conducted the
opening prayer.
A resolution was offered In Mr Mr-
Lain it al thai Miss Clara l.ltttnan lie
employed In the house at a salary of
if!1'" a month.
Mr Tarvet and Mr Bowles objected
to 'lie adoption of the resolution be-
cause the house had last week adopt
id a resolution leaving this i|Uestlo-i
up to the speaker. Mr. Howies said
if tills was adopted it would lead to
tavoiiiism and resolutions would be
introduced to i" employ eve|> steno
graphet who was let out.
Mr. Jenkins said If any member
would tisw ami show that the house
actually led atiothei steuograph.-r
In* would vote for it; otherwise lie
would not.
Mr. Jennings moved to table the res.
oluiit)< which motion overwhelmingly
pre* ailed
The teachers' certificate bill, b\ Mr
Harmon, was laid before the liousi
Mr Jennings offer-tl an amendment
pioviding that legislators lie given 11 f•
jobs as leachtM's Refei | i I to tic
t Oinmit tee oil oil lieu t Ion
Mr. Perkins offered an amendment
dcllnli tlegt'ee from a llrst cla
collet: as one net tired In the • omple
tain of twenty full course- each
coui'st to consist of three recitations
a Week fill ill least eigl:' tllOUt li
Adopt tl.
Mi lialieligee offered an amendment
reijuli .11g qualltlcattoils in the see in >
i of pt agog> to secure teachers cer-
tifies t< s. Lost The bill was passed
tlnall>.
Bill
Indep
pass •
Bill
ludt |.t*nd
lltinllv.
Senate
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trict
St
bum
of the lit st t| «i a it •• r of
hanieseekers had beetl
road through its torrt-
tory. Of tins number 2,|n'J viited lex
as In Jaiiuarx. l.siiJ came In February
ami I t ame in March.
Iiurlng the tlscal >eat isti7-ns, from
.1 iiI> tl> Julie, ll.tiM hoineseeker.t visit-
t tl the gulf coast t ountry. I'p to Jan
I. 1 It, II.t more i-anie, and to these
are to In- added the figures for the
three months first given and the tig-
tiros for this tlscal year may total 17,-
000, although the best period has
passed
The si# Hgures are nftlclul. but tlo-y
have left reii' i only to real homeseek-
t-rs arriving only on the two special
hoiiiest-ekers' days per month, and
onl> the Interstate business coming
on tli is,- trains carrying passengers to
whom tickets were sold north of Ok-
lahoma is considered.
Is Is shown that during the las',
fiscal year nearly 1.000 homeseekern
per month were brought in South
Texas alone, and thai many over 1,000
per month on an average are now com
ing In
lu the country in Texas thus devel-
oped are growing and 'iOin 11 are be
Ing delivered In freight, express and
refrigerator cars the garden products
that can feed a nation. This season
too cars of cabbage and onions havo
been shipped eail> cucumbers arc
even now being shipped by express
and when the cabbage and onions sea-
son closes Id about three weeks then
cucumbers will tu In strong, and fol-
lowing these will lie cantaloupes and
muskniclons ami watermelons.
Good Crop of Peaches.
Marshall, Tex Col Chatterton and
Hon. Y. I> llarrtsor. of the Caddo
t.nki Orchard company, which is one
of the large ;t orchards in this so'
Hon. stated Tuesday that they would
have a ver> tine crop ot peaches this
year on their place In the eastern po;
tion of the county There will not be
a lillge crop of Kile i las this season,
hut what there are now on the tre--s
bid fail to be very large and line,
but the other peaches will have .i
large yield.
Reports of General Rain.
Houston Tex. Reports show rax
I to have fallen Tuesday night as far
jso'iih as Trinity county where It waj
light. North anil Central Texas having
n eelved the bulk of the rain The
more southern points visited received
a nice rain, but apparently not the
! volume of the more northern sections
W hat fell was of bellellt, but not as
much as could be used with prollt t, >
the farmers
A Fire at Liberty.
Liberty. T-x Fin which orlg!ni'"d
I Pi the ti.ar of the dry goods establish-
ment of II c Wood about midnight
Wednesday destroyed one of the prin-
cipal liu si lie- -i block- in tl>' town, • n-
talling a total loss of approximately
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uoo. Thursday morning the tiro
still burning, sweeping timing',i
residential district of the town
by Mi Lee i renting th--
lldellt school tllstri t
finally
by Mi I .i'e t i i'ii t ing Robt
lit school dlstrict W a.s
Bronte
w as
•rt Lee
pass-'d
Trains Collide.
Nacogdoches lex The southlsiunl
I'exas a- New Orleans passeug. r train
rind a northbound freight train ran «o
geth-'t Wednes.lay afternoon at Ma r
Neither of the trains luft the track,
hut the two engines are considerably
damaged ami some damage was also
bill I* Mi
< 'of.-r
If My I it illtlepelltleil! s
was passed llnully
ate bill by Mr Ward
charter bill, was pa-.-
Iticorpot at
school tils
the (Me-
I tlualiy
ilon
W e I
t h<-
i Oil'
ot her
Inn t
ears
til the
II W's bill ''li el
title,<
Several pass
collision, in*
w ho is in it
'tigers
ludtIK
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In the Seriate.
Ti e following hills
in ti e senate Mond iy
S'uigeon and -illiet'
li
otitic I'll
a s
lie.
tlo
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Providing for
lu the land of
and i onip-
She
i e r w
hi t-fi
PU-l i •
mriH't
to il «
E c. k h a r t
man. Tex
io for the
del l! 11
t om pauy
over tin
state ret
stem of lit
treasury department
1 i's de(iartnient
S1 urgeon ami ot to t s
stat,- school lands and i
accounting
llolsey A ifiiaran'ee bank bill
I errell Vin- ndiiig the l exirkin i
clt> charter
K'datlng
uii'th'iil
link
' hi
Tay lot
Dorchester
11 II I loom
Has Prope'ty.
i 'hi ster I! I Vll' lli -
last • jght mouths has
, .-iv. | of the W at e "-4
in Pexa - formally
■ n His of lie company
■ ; v er, Robt 11 I K k
W t'dnes la\ after-
was i-.'presett>d
of Vustlti an 1
by J P
g ■ liei al
l.iglitfoot. assistant
el
Another Csr of Eggs.
Yoakum Tex S \ Came* A Jn
shi'tpel ano'lier solid tar if
M >uday l ie* demand is still g <1
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 24, 1909, newspaper, April 24, 1909; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205789/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.