The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLI MI; r s.
HASTKOI1, HASTKOT COINTV, TKXAS, rKII>AY, M ALM 11,17. MM I
MMIHK IS
THE
FIRST STATE K/i\K
or HISO ROCK
IiepoMt vniir money with u —
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t«i •••.t-Ufiirnig mi: uuh«tour ii
«l«if >HltH of tn|« liank nrr pro-
toc'tcd l>jr tb•« Iioptinlltint ttuur
only Kami of tlm h'ate of
THIIK."
FIDST STATE BANK o! DfcD ROCK
W*. J. SMITH, AI ruKn MAII oiui.I,, ♦
Prantdent Cuh'tr X
Professional Cards.
Lawyers.
ft. ft. OROAIN. W. E MAYKAADs
OKGAIN a MAYNAKD,
Attomyi at Law,
WHt pranttna la «1] tha klgb
Court*.
B&ftrop, T«VMk
ar mw
I. r. rowLBK. j. r. rowucn, jm.
JTX) WLEK & FOWLER,
Attorney* at Law,
Sank Building, Baatrop, Tnvaa
Will praotioa to all iba big bar u4
Inferior ftourw
PAUL D. PAGE,
Lawyer.
Krhard Building, Bastrop, Trias.
LJf.nehal Practitionkk.
Will practna In all Courts
J. 8. JONE8,
Attorney at Law,
Baetrop, T*rja
WHt practloa In all Uia lug oar aLi
Id fa Hot onurU.
JACK JENKINS,
Attorney at Law,
Haatrup, T«r*a,
Only onmplata Bat of AbaU-aol BoulU
te the oouaty.
PhyBicians-Suryoons.
NEWS AS IT HAPPENS
k4'iONAL, STATE, FOREIGN. OP
• NT f REST TO RE ADERS.
li t VkHOLE WEEK'S UO1N6S
4'^rt Mention cf Intei estley Happlt"
• * j 1 rem U«y to i,** Tnrouyn-
out tht Wo. id.
WASHINGTON.
Plans for the reform of tin- currency |
laws will It*- prosecuted Willi .1 ureal ;
ileal tit vigor t > the nu n>I•• rs of lhu
latloual monetury coiniiiisfioii during !
the summer anil full. A ampuign ol
educutIon \siI! lie started within a ;
few weeks In the hope of creating sell-
iineni In fuvor ol a liill whleh proliub-
ly will lie Introduced 111 both branches
Of congress when Ihe reglllai session
is convened in beceiuber next.
The old guard of the senate Is in
great embarrassment ovpr the persist-
ence ol Ihe head Ol tin powder tl'UBt,
Senator du I'oul, thut he be inutbt
chairman ol the >oiumittt • on military
affuirs Tht <1 uesiton, a tile Iroiti any
line point ol propriety. appcal to the
Hen ate h idei us one ol grave political
expediency in that the publlt might
send up a ery of indignation at 'he
he; il of the powder trust fixing appro-
priations lor the purchase ot powtier
for fhe army This view litis not V't
appealed to Senator du I'ont. who still
insists that Ik should succeed Senator
Warren, who noes to appropriations
B) ulTlxing his signature to th con-
tract for the manufacture and print-
ing of stamped ••nveloi1 s ami stamped
new spaper wt uppers, Postmaster lien
eral Hitchcock put an end, lor at least
four years, from Julj I next, to .1 > on-
test that has waged intermittently tor
'more than a quarter of a eentur).
Speaker elect t'hamp Clark is au-
thority lor tin statement that one of
the llrst acts ol the sixty-second < on-
giess, us lai as ihe Iioum is concern-
ed, will be to pass a Joint resolution ap-
proving tin Ari/.iiua < oustiiution. thu
vote which led Sena'or Halle) to ten-
H. P. LUCKETT,
Physician and Surgeon,
Bastrop, Taiaa
Prrwn -W. J. UWay'i Drug titora.
Fhunn 2i.
H. B. COMBS,
Phypiolun acl flurjfaorj,
Uaatrep, Teiaj.
Orrint- r Eihard A 8<>nS drun *r«
RaaiLKNCU - Kaat Baauop. Phomii
Gamble Lod^e, No. 244,
A F & A. M
Rr(l u lar ni k
leg Fourth 8M'
unlay ol^'ht ie
•a^b month
V1 •<11n(r t>rath«
ran oordlally
Tt**.J to attand.
\\ .1 Ml ley. W. M
A- O. EKit ARB, 8eor«tary.
I.
Wl h
'ttbs«'.
di r Jie res! •
•luently withdrew Mi Clark belle^ea
that the resolution sen; 10 'he senate
with the overwhelming approval ol the
house democrats will not tali to re-
ceive the same strong deuii" ratic sup-
port that it received on lh< closing duy
of the si ttufe's exciting session
'Ihe reslKtia'.Ion of Kichurtl A l.a'lin-
ger ol Si utile as se< retfti") of the tu-
t'-rior Tin sda> wits ucccplctl i)> I'tesl-
| ilt nt I ait and Walter 1-. Fisher of
t'hnuKo as appointed a. bis succes-
sor.
DO M t STIC.
In .1 tup and tin k game Sail Antonio
won limn Austin Sunda> in the ninth
iIIIt 1 UK bl a score ol t t'1 A wallop
iij 'ihird Uusi'inaii riitallklll .n 'he
ninth brought tin winning run 1010s.-.
the pan.
Word was received at the Sw,-> It.
gallon in \S iisliingtoii Suiiun> ot the
deal It ol In I'- llreiiner
nielli! el ol
Bastrop Chapter, No. 95,
r.~A7M.
Ktgular nn a e tlnf
First Saturday nig:**
In each month.
Vi itlnif Compae-
Ion* iuvned tratt«n4
all r«'gnlar and 0all-
ad wmrocaunni
i M Johk«,
M K H. r.
A. C. Eioiahd,
Snerot^irf.
Bastrop Camp No. 1252a
F<"(.ruiai
meeting
on tha
1 xt and
;ird ^ ad
nuntlay
N llfliM
ill *;VOI>
oionin.
tile Swiss I eil c I'ltl i oil In i 11 *
elect I'd to tin council in I-:'. and was
plisideiil ol tin coilleilcta im III iai'J.
and I'.' ^ ili w.i ■ ■ i .ti - old
A> cording to a etatenu ni given out
by tin Obvei Mins 11 > oui| it ol l)U-
luih. .iitiii . Si.' .i.i. b\i bodu bad
In i n taken i om t • \ .rginia in tie,
i i. in i now n tit ad wt i* still in the
in tu> .
Winlleld Jewell, a private of the
Fourteenth coast artillery from Fort
Moultrie, S i'., lying in the hospital,
Private Alfred llookhaulder of the One
Hundred and Twenty seventh In the
county jail on a chargt of assault to
murder; Police Officer Patrick Kenan
it home suffering from several bad |
cuts on i lie back ami shoulders audi
une house partly burned and two
wrecked, is the story In detail of it.
riot which took place Suturduv night
at Galveston.
Great American financial Interests
have perleetcd their plans and are pre-
pared to issue nu ultimatum to the
hia/- government in Mexico looking to
the ri'iiiement of President I'ia/. and
tin establishment o Senor Jose V
l.imuntoiir. now minister of linanee. at
the head ol the government.
Attei se> ing her a >• ai old daughtei
Kutther. i i usited to a pulp h> being
struck by an automobile, picking up
the mass ol mangled flesh and bones
and running four squares to the City
Hospital, Mrs. Mary KolTman ot Cin-
i iniiati, Ohio, went violently insane
Sunday, when informed by the officers
oi the Institution that the child wis
dead. A riot was narrowly averted
by tin timely arrival of the police di
rectly following the accident.
The senate Thursday adopted the
house concurrent resolution providing
for sine die adjournment ol the legis-
lature at noon on March 11.
Oklahoma City Friuay adopted the
commission form ot government by a
majority ol between l.-t'ti and l.aOo.
1 In government will consist of a may-
or and lour commissioners, ull elect
fd by popular vote.
limning considerable day light in the
opt i at ion, the house Friday failed to
piss over the governor's veto the
daylight" bill, designed to close tho
saloons at night. The vote upon the
motion to pass the bill was Tl to
but as a two thirds vote is necessary,
the effort failed.
Five powder magazines of the Du-
pout Nemours Powdci Company, i on-
taining IX" tons ol finished black pow
der and dynamite, exploded at the
plant ol the company one mile north-
west o. Pleasant Prairie, Wis. Friday.
Ond man, K. S. Thompson, a foreman,
i I'mc vi ii ' • <u« : Ml-' VIU'c i n i ii
nf l .ir u. 111., dropped dead ol in aft
iIim ase. caused by fright. !(.">( people
\ < re injure d
[•:ni' ii II Wand.-. A'uericun finan-
cial advisor to the Nic.tragiian govern
inent, left Corinto. Nicaragua, Thurs-
day lor the I nited S'ati - Mr Wands
is coming to Amei.ia on u mission, it
is uiitlet''stootl, to p'ui" Nicaragua 1 n a
firm finaiiciul lusis <.'ith ibis • ul in
view In will consult wiiii officials of
th. state department and Aim. an
i ai ki i for ti loan to the Nnur.tgiiau
go\* t umc.it ranging Irom i' 1 ,U0>',""'>
to $ I .'.,000,110(1
Siu'i' Came Warden Kinim tt Smtth
ais iliiit he has uppolnti d abo.it tun«-
' five wardens in vnrlous parts of the
stat' \hoitt 50 per cent ot thesi ai
iild-o\ers In all cases win re no a,
ointhents bate been made, lv says
'lie old wardens will eontinin to i . rve
until the new warden a • api-uiii 'd
and (pialilietl, which in many <a ■■ ^ II
In- t b<' 11 a i dint i^' nt oi the hi tin
•a aniens
I lie t 'ill ii hotel at C.il •>, I • \ i. o '• li
id by the Saner Whiti inau 1.umber
' otnpaiiv ami ot < upletl by A (J Aut-
re), wa I urtieil Sat in d;i>. Two dw> II-
;!iu houses and tin- Baptist • "b nrh
• re ii'so b'irued I.oss >•;
MANY BRIDGES BLOWN UP
REBELS DESTROY THEM FOR
DISTANCE OF 100 MILES.
All Hope of Taking Food Supplies to
Chihuahua by Train Given Up,
Rebels Active.
J. R. PFBIFFBH
W. M ANDIUvWB
KI Paso. Tex Captain Oscar ().
."reightoii. an Amerit an and Harvard
{ratpale, with a hand of insurreetos,
many of whom are Americans. Is en-
ampetl htteeu tnib s south ot Jintrei
No fear is felt that the lusnrrectos
ire planning an attack on the city,
.then l.u ness continues as usual, but
he proximity of the revolutionists is
ooked upon as an effort to Indue. (Jen-
•nil Nat ano's L'tioft men to take the
leld Cr<'ighfoir.s men t nine within
en miles oi Juarei: and the shock ol uu
xplosion when lie blew up a railroad
i idgi was felt in the city
Creighton rein bed tin vicinity of
Jimr.'/. after a inarch from the -1111111
if about I on miles along th<> Mexican
; N'atioiutl railroad, and alter leaving in
lis wake a trail of burning bridges. His
arrival near the border was spo tarn
iar, for after releasing twenty lite otii
;*r Atnerltaus who had gone into Mex
co to investigate a mine and who had
I -itniglit his protection, he waited until
lark and then announced his presence
iy terrible explosion whit li resulted
ni the ilevastallon of a bridge at Mesa,
1 few miles south of the city.
Tied Up Railroad.
The destruction of the bridge has
Med up tht road, which for a time had
been open us far n ('andoluriti It al
to put an end to the hope of sending
1 "elief by train to the city of Chihuahua
Coming upon the American mine
prospectors at l.allego. about 100 miles
south on the Mexican National Hull
!ti;id Creighton Intoi tiled them that h
intended to destroy what remained of
the railroad, and il they wished to
reach KI Paso he would allow tliens to
precede him on two handcars.
The handcars w. re put In action, but
the Americans fearing 11 possiule at-
!aek referred to remain under Creigli-
■r\x- ' . '• fill" Iriwt CrplvV
ton t iller",: a statloi. and tftre out the
■ . graph itist: 11111 nts, which lotig had
; ecu in disuse because of the ( titling
nf the win s.
"Hert Cri tiiliton said, tiirowing
the telegraph keys to the miners, "tako
se aloti for souvenirs."
When the party reached a point near
Tuare/.. Creighton tohi t>i' mining men
tfl proeeed on foot, ft tl <1 ill el <• Hi' v
were mistaken by the Mexican federal
troops for Insurgents and tveie llretl
ni on he would return tilt fire
l>. T. Smith. W T Swyoi-r and Mar-
tin < anitly. who led tin mininc party
reached KI Paso Monday iiiil told tie
tory of tin it trip <1. ightou < ame
here from Nt iv York ' if
The Soil Preparation.
Austin, i ' \ I Ne 11 i, tlirector
nf fanners' i 11 ^'it 111 • - for the stu'. ngri
1111<r.tI department, relumed Monday
until an extensive trip to the South-
est, Including the counties of Bee,
Vietoriu, l)e Witt, Kurm- Wilson,
V tscosli, \\ a llltlgtoi,. I.e., Aus ;ii,
Wlnir'on, Maiu- onla and others He
is state lectin r iitu! loiintl Im fann-
ers \ ery nun h i 111« r- • il Imany
BASTROP LUMBER CO.
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BASTKOP, TEXAS
Contractors and Builders
Will Develop Your Plans
I> E A 1. t. B 9 IN
Long Leaf Pine
Sliinyh's, Sash, Doors, l uiUicrs'
IIar<l\V2ii*<', Taints, Mouldings,
(.hiss. Wall Taper, Itrirk, Linus
(' 11M' 11 (, Klc.
Let us maKe an estimate before closing
your contract.
FOPEt&N.
Sit I (I V tit tl ' > I' • , t lie lot
turj. b ailing t In lion > ot
I oitil ti Monthly, in Pr m
ilisetK t , made an 11111 <• t 1
iastrop Cainp, No. 7<^f
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mi 1. Il v, in th I • r ol
ir.iilm attftt lvs It'otii 1 ei
' xplaiitt tl that in r'l I
would have thirty and C
t v 01 e ■: 1 adnati'.'bi . no
u1 rt ii ' nnhle tuarclti I
llriti- Ii mw>. be 'titled, I1
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oinniutis
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pV( Hiou h«
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H. C. W P ' O'arti
to attand tha ru"e;tuxt ' Raalrop Catc^
No. 7tt.
It DAVIS, Clerk.
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Patronize Ho/iie Industry.
Buy Your Cemetery Worh
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First C!:i>8 Work. Lowest Possible Prices.
Courteous Trent men t Your Orders Appreciated.
wwn k i s New Marble Works.
TEXAS.
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of ( 'ill il t . I . 1
tu the Iti't th
11 at lug 1 ft 11111 •
di was lost for
Alter huv Ing <
ami tor., up t nough
top 1 otiimunit at ton
and liiriingi a baud
was I w iif t 11 tig' 'I in btt
a fort 1 ol Iou federals
gagt'ici lit 100k 1 'lie e ut
lint Ii tula neat Sum lilo
letlei al; welt kllietl tiefuPtt 1 h rebels
111 re forced to retreat, h aving tin dead
I.>011 the field H is re| or tl thul
uuiolii: t In si were six Atnern an
A botij of I-0 Insurrtctos wa.t rut
io pieces by State 1 limits at San Hut
Uillto, Pueblo Sat 11 (Iit> . llcconlillg to
leports Mole til.ill lil'.V wele lt tiled,
elevi 11 etiousU woundt <1 a ml twenty-
I seven tnptnred. Owing to the fact
1 that the rurales l ave ndopted tin reto
I lutiotilHti 111 • t i< . of umbUshiDg tIn i-
1 enetn>. none were I tilt d
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raili'i ;ni
■ell I Ol It
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he nrsi
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laces he found that f I " fat tie 1
: • i'lu'ed t In ii soil i.ii ly uinl 1
11 o he Ii w lib . t III pit •
w ith tho re all that ' he
i ll ml v tun i d Th t ■ • ie 1
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ii ti 11 are waiting for lain ami
>e ahlt to do any t b■ 1 1 itt i t u
01111 . II e t li i 111 ' soil [>t' 1 a rat ■
lone wonders.
Governor Approves
A list in. I'ex 1 lovt rt 11 ■ 1
Tin silit> ap| 1 on tl I he 11'
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hllitlea of lit:: t< d won
ii ay t'ligHgt In hi.
ng time of puynieflU 0
i ikes. Aft to | 1 '.ft' I
1 r frout on 11 a 11 ■ > 1 at
more tban . 1 et
\\ ilia < 0111 • A o '
al hills; Uojul la ior
os. Wood, St:'ith. Kisln 1
Si itrr.v i ouiit.it , ami a< t 1
aw in relation to hutilini
laud, so ns Io • .1 in 1
li It lVC
I eI t'lly
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Iturniit,
iiiiiending
g on inch
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Fate of toe Americans.
KI Paso. I • x M ie h t i" is beini'
Xpre.-sctl Its to lilt 'a •• Of fltteeli
\n . rit mis who wi n 1 ikeu prisoners
hv the ledei 11 troop.-- at 1 a-a tirande
1 Wet k ago Wliether the men are
oni tied in 'he little inn 'on "d
ni ipe jut I in the town or w In 1 liei it
have hot*!; more severely tiealt
1 utisiim conjeet lire It il th® OplB
Ion of soiiit that the tmn ha1 • been
hot.
The First National Bank,
0P BASTROP, TEXAS.
Capital, $5o,ooo.oo. Surplus, Slo.ooo oo.
DtBr-CTORSi
* . OlOAI It, r *att)rnt. W. A. UcCOM U, Vloa Praaidcat.
CH. 0TKR KIHAKD, Clthltt.
1a f i.wca -tt. «' u a-^.it a ?. 1, '.hj, f). j. II**lev.
dAflTAl.. SURPLUS. INDIVIDUAL Br.RrON11BII.ITT
Ofth«8tockb ff« «tid coii«ffT ilT« tuAuugcru«nt art
itmnfth of • i.muH .
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Organlted, developed and rondaeted nlong proyrrssWn
line#. Governed by the ttame principle. With twenty
jK' T* successful business record, with ample capital, with
• ▼ery facility to properly care for nil business entrusted to
It, and operated along conservute lines, it eipecta to eon
tinne to grow both in ability and capacity to serve.
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will pay th© Highest Price
in cash, give you Honest
Weights, and buy at any
time, winter or summer.
Your Cotton Seed
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Bagging-Ties
lo exchange for th©
Seed Ouly.
Buy and Sell
everything for the
Cash Only.
POWELL OIL MILL CO.
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W. T. WROE & SONS,
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Buggies, Carriages, Saddles,
Harness, Whips, Lap Robes.
417 419 Congress Avenue.
AUSTIN
Elegant Lin* of Suit Cases.
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Cotton Fire at Austb.
Austin. 'If l *o hundred ami tift>
halt h of t otton ii ml two box tars were
damaged I Im and water at ' is
well's oil mill Monday and a port Ion of
the plat form was destroyed
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cao do tha flnaa
print 114. and w%
can Ao lhat claaa Jim! •
httla ' naapar tKaa ftM othar falltrw Waddtag twtikilona, lattar br>>|a. Mil baa ta
aat* bi'la, «va^ai«u , ivJ^or%, aaida, •«*.. *0 racaiva tha aatoa taraful
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