The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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BETTER FARMING METHODS
A Bank Recount
Is Dependable-
It Hupplies funds when needed, promotes system
in conducting money matters, sug^'sts economy,
furnishes receipts tor bills paid, increases pres-^
tige and is the mivier** way to handle li lances.
Keep your check account here and open it now!
ISTNATIONALBANK
St.
BASTROP,
TEXAS
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INCREASED CONN YIELD RESULTS
FROM PRIZE CONTEST Of
dV TEXAS INDUSTRIAL
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The Bastrop Advertiser
1 HILL'S HATRED OF SOCIETY
rpunc! c piiv ' Editor and
ill Ob. C. LAIN t Proprietor.
Est. March 1. 1S53. -60th Year.
Entered at Bastrop. Texas, Post-
office as Second Class Matter.
Office Bauhof Building, Main St
BRENHAM AT BASTROP.
The Brenham base ball team,
under the management of Mr.
Tucker, business manager of the
Brenham Daily Press, reached
Bastrop on the noon train Thurs
day and the first game of the
series was played at 4:30 in the
afternoon- It was a real classy
game up to the eighth inning
when Bastrop touched the visit-
ing pitched for a number of long
hits and the wir.d up was Bas-
trop, 9; Brenham, 1. Batteries:
Bastrop, Hightower and McHen-
ry; Brenham. Schmidt and Stark:
hits, Bastrop 8: Brenham, 2.
Umpire. Hasler. The teams plar
again this Friday afternoon and
Saturday.
Lockhart comes Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday.
ANOTHER INSTANCE.
""Just for fun, the frolickaome ft
warn under tiie duckling &n(
grasped a webbed foot in his jaws.
"Oh, mamma! Help! Help!"
loudly quacked the startled duckling,
trying to break away.
"Why, whp^u the matter, dearie?"
tsked Mother Duck, hurrying to the
rescue.
"I'm in deadly danger," cried the
duckling, "I think I've caught my
•not in a frog!"—The Sunday Mag-
tzine.
Confabulation* at Private Dinners
Were Particularly Distasteful
to Former Senator.
David H IIill was a tremendous
worker. He disliked to attend pri-
vate and public dinners. lie neither
smoked nor drank, and tho confabu-
lation nt private dinners were es-
pecial!) annoying to him. When he
was a senator and living at the Ho-
tel Normandie in Washington he
felt cailcd upon to attend now and
then private dinners. An old friend
called to see him one night. Hill
was out to dinner. The friend took
a comfortable arm chair in the sena-
tor's room, read one of his host's
valuable books, smoked a cigar and
waited. Hill came in at eleven
o'clock, greatly annoyed.
"There!" he said, as he yanked
tho boutonniere from the lapel of his
dress coat and flung it on the floor
and stamped on it.," four hours wast-
ed ! Four hours of twaddle, think
of it! Four hours never to be re-
covered, and all spent in such a sill)
way."
"Think of the clever men you have
met and the beautiful women," said
the friend.
"Twaddle and bosh, I say," ex-
claimed Hill. "All fribble-frabble.
What did I learn tonight? Tell me,
will you? Beautiful woinenf Bah!"
—New York Sun.
THE PLACE FOR HIM
Every day that you u.se
Paint and don't Ube
(Dasury
Pure Paint.
You are taking real money
out of your own pocket.
J L Wilbarger & Co
ALFORD BRANCH
"Champion Corn Grower of Texas."
167"/a Bushels on One Acrn.
A1 ford Branch is a wide-awalrw farm-
er boy living at Overton, Rusk County,
Texas, who, by careful preparation of
his land In the fall of 1911, so that it
was In condition for the winter rains
to sink In and to be stoned for the
use of the plant during the following
season .9 who carefully selected#the
best seed-corn that was grown In his
section and by shallow and constant
cultivation from the time the corn was
a few Inches high until It was actually
rnntune, not only kept It free from
weeds, but kept the surface for an
Inch and a half or two Inches so finely
pulverized that It acted as a mulch
and prevented the loss of moisture by
capillary attraction, has raised on ;ne
acre of second bottom land 1C7V4
bushels of corn at a cost of 13 cents
per bushel. Rating the corn at tho
iow price of TO cents per bushel, there
was a net pre tit of $a5.35 from this
acre. Adding to this the >250 prize
money awarded him by the Texas In-
dustrial Congress, makes a total of
$345.35, '.vhlch Is the interest at 6 per
cent upon $5,755.8.1, and represents
the value of an intelligent combination
of brains and work.
This young man broke his land in
the early winter with a two-horse
plow, cutting about six inches deep;
followed In the same furrow with a
team pr'ling what la known as a "bull-
tongue" that cut. ten inches further Into
the earth, but turned up no new soil,
and formed a reservoir to hold the
moisture as well as to aerate the land
and make more plant-food available.
He used five hundred pounds of com-
mercial fertiliser that bad been recom-
mended by a reliable house as best
adapted to the successful growth of
cors upon his black, sandy land, which
had &*«n in grass for a number of
vears and bad an ample supply of
humus. He used seed-corn that was
popular In his neighborhood, known
is tho "Bloody Butcher." Ue states
that he mt le as much corn on the one
:icr= by Me better methods abov«*
mentioned as his father made on t/en
acres prepared and cultivated In the
old-fashioned way.
The picture below is a graphic Illus-
tration of the value of using Improved
methods,
I ( to U PU ACS«C>
10-YEAR AVEPAGE OF fEXAS
(51 BU. PER ACRE
GENERAL AVERAGE OF ALL CONTESTANTS
-0WEST PRIZE-WINNING VIELD
New Shipme
Of the latest styles for each depart!
just received. The splendid business1
have had this Spring caused us to mabl
special trip to market. We have re;
ishea our stock and are in position to fi
ish your every need in wearing appi
Going on a vacation? Then let us s!
you our line of Trunks, Suit Cases and Bi
J. MaHOLT & c
aoi
7V2 BUSHELS PER ACRE m
Head Poacon That new mem-
ber whose pew is just back of me
can't sing a little bit. Why, be puts
everyone out on our side. Can't you
ftfk him to move his pew?
The I'astor No; but I'll try to
get him to join the choij.
A" Torpid IJvcr Is a An* fleld *
for the Malarial 'ienr ami It
thrives wondurfully. Th cer-
tain rp*ult In such cases is a
sp>'!l of Chills.
IHERBINE
Va « l owerf«l Chill To«le sad]
Liver Itfgiilalur.
It puts the liver In healthy.
Vigorous r ndlti >n and cures
the chills by destroying tho
dlsravi K'rn < w; -h Infest t!i«
system. Hcrblno is a 0u«: antl-
perlodic medlclnc. rn'>r^ pffec-
tlve tun the syrupy mixtures
that sicken the stomach; be-'
cause it not only 1-.IN t!i- dis-
ease K'rms. but n <* !T ^tl""tf
lo tho liver, stomach and bow-1
•Is, thus putting t • system In
oondltlon to successfully riist
the usual third or s nth d ly
return of Hie i-!..T. li Is
a cleansing an l Invigorating I
medicine tor tho whole body.^J
Prl«*e 30r ptr Botllr.
|Jsmesr.asllsrd.Frop. St.Louls.Mo. 1
Stephens Eye tslve Is s hesling
ointment for ors Eyes.
^fBgoAwoRrtOHMtNOtpBy]
by W. J. Miley C. Erhard 4 S r..
JEWELRY INDUSTRY GROW3.
The phenomenal growth of the
i jewelry industry, as well as that of
1 diamond-cutting and setting, is
shown in recent figures of tho year's
importations in these lines. In round
figures, during 1U10 there were lm«
| ported into this country diamonds
! and other precious stones to the
value of $48,000,000. Under this
: general group diamonds formed s
! very large proportion of tho total, s
part of them coming in in the nat-
ural form, to be cut and set in the
J United States; anotlier part cut, but
not set, the proportion set before !>♦.
ing sent to the United States being
' extremely small and included under
the general head "jewelry." The
value of uncut diamonds entering
the country in 1910 was $10,280,-
000; of diamonds cut, but not set,
$?fl,.V)U,000; of other precious
atom's, Cut but not set, $7,7BO,000,
and of jewelry and other manufac-
tures of gold and silver $3,250,000.
Taking the entire group of diamonds
and other precious stones the total
for 1910 is $47,730,000, againat
$4?,500,000 in 1907 and $14,500,-
MuO in 1900. ju -
uARGEST PRIZE-WINNING YIELD
Tile general average of all contes*
tntB was fifty-one bushels to the acre,
while the general average for th"
State in 11HJ was but twenty-ono
bushels. If all of the corn growers
In Texas had averaged Just what these
contestants averaged, at the prevail-
ing price, the crop would have I iought
one hundred and sixty-odd million dol-
lars more than It. did.
In lfHl the average corn crop of
Texag was bushels to the ncre.
Seventeen hundred and forty-six con-
testants for the prizes offered by the
Texas Industrial Congress, comlntf
from one hundred and sixty-one coun-
ties, averaged 31bushels of corn
pel acre. All of the prlzvs were won
in seventeen counties. In 1912 there
were 4,|)3U contestants from 205 coun-
ties. Fifty-five counties won prizes,
and 16 of the 17 that won In it'll won
again In 1912. This clearly demon-
strates that the work of tho Congress
Is constructive, permanent and cumu-
lative.
The Congress keeps In touch with
all contestants, makes suggestions as
to preparation of soil, conserving mois-
ture and fertility to make plant 'ood
available, as to seed selection an_ the
best methods of cultivation, but all
of these are subject to any changes
tJiat the contestant thinks best to
make; tho only object being to offor
suggestions that cause tho farmer to
Investigate and with all the Informa-
tion at hand to determine the best
methods to adopt.
EVENTS IN BASTROP.
The following items are taken
from the Advertiser of Friday,
May 20, 1885, twenty-eight
years ago:
Wm. D. C. Joues, Jr. re-
turned home Tuesday. Willie
has beeu a student at the State
University at Austin. Willie
is <|uite sick at the residence of
his uncle, Col. G. W. .Jones.
Mrs. George M. Deeherd and
family left last week for Aus-
tic, where they will make their
'future home. C pt. Deeherd
occupies an important positiou
in the state treasurer's office.
The first watermelons of the
I season were brought to town
Saturday last by Mr. W. C.
| Collins, raised ou Mi. John
Tyler Reid's faim.
Prof. L. Heiligbrodt informs
I us that his collection of insects
will be brought back to Bas-
trop and aie now en route
from New Orleaus.
The Bastrop Lie Factory be-
gan operation ou Wednesday
last, turuiug out two hundred
and fifty pounds of ice. Thanks
to Messrs. Erhard & Cloptun
for a chunk.
CEDAH CREEK ITEMS.
June 27, 1913.
The fish fry au l picnic on
last Friday was a graud suc-
cess. Abundance of fish were
caught, and a most excellent
dinner was spread upon the
ground.
All seemed happy and enjoy-
ed themselves immensely.
A school meeting was held
iu the afternoon for the pur-
pose of enrolling pupils aud
electiug trustees for the next
year.
Messre. K. Mtirchison. F.
M. Litton and II. LI. Alexan-
der were elected trustees for
the ewuiug scholastic year.
The entertaium^ut at nigh!
proved quite successful.
A very large, appreciative
aud attentive audience was
present.
The prizes were awarded to
Sallie Litton, Mary Simmons
and Eva Hill.
'•The Ln-t Leaf"—a charade
!—vas rendered with good ef-
fect. The performers acquit-
ting themselves well. At the
close the ''Drunkard's Dream"
was recited by Mr. James L.
Mayuard. It is but a just tri-
bute to Mr. Maynard to say
that he rendered the piece with
unusual depth of expression.
The people both old and
young were indeed held spell-
bound by the seutimeut of the
piece and the soulstiiring
energy of the speaker.
All them returned home
happy aud we hope with better
thoughts for the future.
A. C. Handle and S. H.
Morgan, accompanied by their
wives, expect to sturt to La
Grange Tuesday eveuing to be
absent a week in attendance'
ou the district conference.
A J/exicau hog was caught
by Mr. Hector Littou same
where between his father's
farm aud the river last week.
(J|uite a curiosity, a.s it has beeu
a long time siuce a hog of that
kind has inhabited these parts.
Those desiring to see the wou-
der can fiad him ou exhibition
at Mr. L's house. Jim.
The death of Mrs. C. H.
Filers, wife of ourtowusmau,
Mr. Louis Eilers, which oc-
curred at Austin on Tuesday,
June 23, 1885, cast a gloom of
sadness over our commuuity,
where she has loug lived, re-
spected aud loved for her
many noble womanly virtues.
On Thursday sveuiug last at
the residence of Jno. M. Fin-
ney, Esq., Mr. Joseph C.
Sims and Miss Ella A. Rod gets
were merried. Capt. Finney
officiating.
Weduesday night last was
t. u e occasion of a pleasant
gathering of Masons of Bastrop
with their families, at the
court house, for the purpose
of installing officers elect, for
the eusuiug Masonic year of
Gamble lodge No. 244 and of
Bastrop Chapter No. 95. The
following officers were install-
ed :
Gamble Lodge No. 244.
John S. Wilson, W. M..
Chester A. Erhard. S. W.; C.
F. Petty, J. W.. Geo. F Han-
uay, Sec.; J. 11. Goodmau,
Treas.; D. H. Bell, S. D ; D.
S. Green, J. I).; A. J. Batts,
Tyler; R. A. Gi
Richard Burger,
Bastrop ('haptl
T. C. Cain, M.
A. Morris, E Iv
ell, E S.; C. B. A|
II ; C. A. Eihail
John S. Wilson
A. A. Erhard]
.id V.; W. J. BelL
Johu A.
Geo. F. B,
11. OoodtnWTTreii
Batts, Guard.
Hon. Dyer Mooj
the officers of the
Chester A. Erhard
C. Caiu as M. E
theu proceeded to
officers of the Chajj
t h e installation
were over, the ase
luvited to partake o(
cake aud lemonade
eveuiug was spent
autly.
Koh
Ice Tea Time
COME HERE FOR THE TEA.
WE CARRY THE BEST.
Golden Gate, Liptons and
Tetleys—3 Good Ones.
In the Meantime Don't Forget
Lustro Coffee
Peoples Cash Gro. Co
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