The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1915 Page: 2 of 8
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IflORADO RIVER CAN Bt MAOt
NAVIGABLE IN EIGHTEEN
MONTHS
CsAgressman Buchanan Tells Cham-
ber ot Commerce What to Do
•Work Starts.
The Colorado liivor will l>«
made navigable up to ami past
Austin within eighteen months
if statistics that are being coin
yrl.nJ by the ChamlH r of Coin
and the county officials of
•to** counties through which the
C*t trado J iver passes areot suf
M«rient importance to convince
lb** United States Government
the imports and exjx>rts o!
■iSwesand counties concerned arc
larval enough to occasion the
turning of the river to traffic.
The men in charge of tin-
BUhoring of these statistics have
■ntii June in which to collect
Cfae-ui and arrange them in the
firrm of a report and present it
tk> the Goverment for its action
If this action is favorable, i
in estimated by the men in charge
* t the navigation movement,
work will be begun at once up
■;s the Colorado and within eigh
t*en months or two years A us
tan will be ranked as one of tht
RETORT OF THE CONDITION OP THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
llASTUOP, TEXAS
AT THK CLOHK OF BUSINK&S M.VV 1, 11)15.
BESOl'BCKH
1/ohiis and discounts 1<>3. i.i
r. .< Bonds 12,500.00
Bonds 5,000.00
Banking house, furniture and fix-
tures 7,0110.00
Stook in Federal Reserve Bank.. 2,250.00
Caul* in bank 12,413^75
Cash wltl other hanks 44,X'W.rtH
Five per cent fund <125.00
•305,279 Itl
LIABILITIES
' "I'hid stoek $ 50tUU0.()0
.Surplus and undivided profits... 57,4(11.15
Circulation 12,500.00
l,e K,siu 185,318.01
1305,270.16
Above statement is correct.
Chkstek Ekhaud, G'aswek.
The American Flag; Emblem ot
Liberty,
leading river i*irts of the South
In his address to the directors
• rf the Chamber of Commerce
f*«t night Congressman Muchan
mi declared a bill had already
fj^'n passed by Congress provid
Aim for a complete survey of the
Colorado River as far as navi
^ration was considered practica-
ble. This was known as "a bill foi
thw* preliminary survey of the Col-
orado River" and was accompa
nied by an appropriation large
enough to cover the expenses ol
such a survey.
'Therefore." said Congress
man Huchpnan. "it lies entirely
with Austin whether or not she
*rill be among those cities to be
J.\u«x'fited by the opening of the
CWlorado."
4'The local Chamber of Com
me.rce has been prepared for
an opportunity as this,"
sanvl Secretary Long "and has al-
ready compiled the gr®3ter part
rtf the statistics that must come
fewn Austin, so there only re
ucuutis the gathering up of simi
b x evidence by those other places
utaog the river between Austin
ui'id the gulf."
Means a Greater Austin.
**"-*vustin has but one muin ofc-
i«««c*in secunngthe opening of the
C«jfct>rado and that is a greater
Jt«i«t n.M But those towns and
•counties between this city and
# .ulf have a twofold purpose
n.urely, one of selfpresurvation
witdone of advancement as well
Th. •se towns are in impending
tianger of flood and overflows be
cruise of a drift of logs that has
b**\n accumulating ai the mouth
«*£ the Colorado River for many
years past. This raft of logs and
debris is at present more than
thirty miles in length and not
«oly causes the lives of the in
habitants of that vicinity to be
mi danger, but also keeps them
ret constant danger of disease
and plague.
"This was one of the chief
wtisons for the survey bill, the
greater benefits to the counties
cities along the route of the
rr 'wr 'being, in a verv small sense,
at >.econdary consideration.
counties—Travis, Colorado,
Rjt««rop, Wharton and
MiOn#orda will be directly ben
wti v*i by the opening of the Colo-
acta to navigation and for the
stated the representa-
tiwp residents of these places arc
working most energetically to
fcciug about the necessary pre-
fi:; mary survey. Secretary
L.*mg said that letters would be
swvat out this morning to the
county judges of each of these
raeuotws, inviting them to Austin
aw the work of compilation
nraght be systematically handled
ajal completed without delay, as
Lnjmediate attention and accurate
rv.««cajts are absolutly essential
to «*>curing navigation, which he
fu'iiutr declared in this instance
"Viudt a dream, but a real live
opportunity, of which we con
rerT**.d must be quick to take
aitu-akiitage."—Austin American.
Tb:tt speech on America neu-
delivered by President
WS&son to the members of the
A-wtriated Press m New York,
('lis Jefferson day s[>eech at
IcatuLoapolis, was a grand effort
moji will be thoughtfully read by
nil * he world
TJ> war will end some day, but
wiil ilw bugles when the "sound
trtioe" find this a better oi
wv>rse world than when they at
tnned the summons to the fraj
tti one of the mysteries of reve
fot on as im]>entriable as tlx
iM.u.sk of fate,
The painting by .1. L. Ferris,
entitled "The Birth of the Amer-
ican Flag" adorned the large
calendar issued by the First
National Hank of Bastrop in 1915.
The Bank offered a prize of five
dollars for the best essay writ-
ten by any pupil of the Bastrop
City School, the subject to be,
"The Birth of The American
Flag."
Miss Mary Lou Brown, whose
essay follows, was awarded the
prize for neatness in writing,
ordiliness and diction, this essay
would be a worthy effort of a
much older and more experienc-
ed i>erson:
"The Star Spanned Banner in
triumph shall wave,
O'er the land of the free and the
home of the brave."
As interesting and romantic as thehis
tory of the country itself, is the story
of the sacred emblem of our national
liberty. Into our Hag has gone tin
strength and lieauty of tin- ideas oi
countless gallant men and gentle wo-
men. Love of the country so charac-
terized the lives and enkindled tin
souls of these men and women, that
the story of their heroic deeds auu
noble words have come down to us .so
gloriously that they inspire and en-
courage us.
In order to tell the story of our flag
whose one hundred thirty eighth birth-
day we will celebrate this June 14,1915,
we must go far back into the past una
trace its growth. Let us recall the
various standards that floated over
our land before it was resolved by an
act of Congress, "that the Ilag of the
Nation be thirteen stripes alternate
red and white and thirteen stars,
white on a blue Held."
From tradition we learn that as
early as 980 and probably not later
than 1400, the Norseman and Danes
landed at several points at the North
Hast of the Continent, and even as far
South as the rugged shore of New
Kngland. In 1347 an expedition was
sent out from Iceland and landed some
where near what is now Newport,
Rhode Island at which time the his-
torical "Bound Tower" was built.
Certainly this expedition planted some
standard on our shores when they
took temporary possession, but we
have no record of its design.
In 1492 Colutubus planted the Span-
ish Ilag in the name of Ferdinand and
Isabella on San Salvador, one of the
Bahama group, also six years later
at tiie mouth of the Orinocu in South
America. However, he supposed that
he ha-, reached Asia.
According to Humboldt. John < 'abot
and his son Sabastian landed at Lab-
rador in 1497 and planted the "Bed
Cross of St. George," the royal en-
sign of Henry theSeventh. If this !*•
true, then for the-first time the English
Ilag floated over American soil.
Counting, however, from permanent
settlements, we find that for one hun-
dred sixty nine years after the found-
ing of Jamestown in Virginia and one
hundred fifty seven years after the
stout heat ted Pilgrims step|>ed from
the Mayflower to the wild New F.ng-
land shore to the adoption of thestars
and stri|K'h in 1777, for these many
years the Ilag of the Mother Country
was our flag; so let us recall the na-
ture of England's royal ensign of this
time.
In 1192 St. George, Bishop of Capo-
dacio gave to Richard Gour de Leon
i, Imnner which was called the "Red
Cross of St. George." It was under
this standard that the unsuccessful
Klizabethan colonies were founded
| This "Bed Cross of St George" was
Kogland's flag for more than two cen-
turies and a half.
I'nder James I the royal badge of
the Scots, the "White Cross of St.
Andrew''was united with the "Red
Cross of St. George," This combi-
nation was known as the King s Col-
or* and the first permanent settlements
in this country were made under its
protection.
All pictures of New Kngland Hags
from 1707 to 1770 show a red or blue
design, field white with a pine tree or
globe in the upper corner. During
last years prior to the Revolution the
pine tree design was used particularly
in Massachusetts, whose coins also
bore the same emblem. InTrumbull's
celebrated picture of the "Battle of
Bunker Bill" in the rotunda of the
Capitol at Washington the flag is red
with a pine tree on a white corner Held
The Conneticut patriots used a state
banner bearing the arms auJ motto;
"Qui traustulet sustinet." Thru out
the colonies the courageous men who
hastened to Washington's aid carried
various standards, yet in each brave
heart was the same overflowing love
for liberty.
In October 1775 General Washington
wrote to two officers then about to take
charge of cruisers; "Please fix on some
flag, by which our vessels may know-
each other." They decided upon the
pine tree (lag mentioned above.
The first stripped flag was flung to
the breeze and kissed by the free air
of Hea\en," at Cambridge, Wash-
ington's headquarters. January 1st.
177(1 Washington said with character-
istic directness, "We hoisted the
I'nion 11,ig in compliment to the Unit-
ed Colonies and saluted it with thir-
teen guns." This Ilag had thirteen
stripes, alternate red and while, and
the united cross of St. George and St,
Andrews on a blue field. When re-
ported in Kngland it was alluded to as.
"the thirteen reliellious strifes.".
In 1""" a navy of seventeen vessels.
varying from ten to thirty guns was
ordered; says Lieutenant Preble,
"The senior ol the lirst five lieuten-
ants of the new Continental Navy
was John Paul Jones. He h;is left it
on record that the "Flag of America
was hoisted by his own hand on his
vessel the 'Alfred' the first time it was
ever displayed on a man-of-war."
The time had now come when those
noble little colonies wished to hind
themselves together as the United
Stales of America. In June 14, 1.77
the American Congress in session at
Philadelphia resolved; "That the (lag
of the thirteen United States be thir-
teen stripe.i alternate tvd and white,
the union to be of thirteen stars, white
on a blue Ut'ld, representing a new
constellation thestars to be arranged
in u circle."
Just what suggested the Stars and
Stripes is not really known but it has
In-en said that the words, representing
a new constellation "refer to the con-
stellation Lyra, symbol of harmony."
this suggested the stars. As to the
stripes, some writers ref:r us to the. war it was raised
stri|s", which, in absence of uniform,
'marked the rank of Continental sol-
diers, by orders from headquarters at
Cambridge. July 24, 177*>. Others,
however, point to the Ilag of the Neth-
erlands, It had become well known
to the Puritans during their twelve
years stay in Holland l>efore coming
to America and its triple stri|ie, red,
white and blue which perhaps suggest-
ed the stripes and colors.
Still others believe that Washing-
ton found in the coat of Arms of his
own family the idea from which he
draw the design for tlw Ilag. How-
ever careful research fails to discover
any connection.
Thus we see that we are indebted
for our national flag to no one thing,
but to the binding of several things.
Our flag was not made, but grew.
Three weeks before the resolutions
were passed by Congress a committee
of General Washington, Colonel Ross
and Bolssrt Morris, w as appointed to
report upon a general standard for
the colonies. These three m<>n were
among the most prominent in the
colonies. General Washington was
not only the greatest man of his time
but he stands out as one of the worlds
heros; Colonel Boss distinguished
himself in battle ami Roliert MorHs
the financier of the devolution, was
the lirst man to lay the foundation for
financial supremacy. The great bank-
ers and capitalists of America today,
possess genius like unto his own.
The kten foresight of the American
banker has maJe the American dollar
standard the world
the financial
around.
This committee called upon Bets\
Boss, widow of John Ross, who kep
an upholsterer's s'sop on Arch stiv. t
I hiladelphia, and after passing int<
a back parlor to escape the public
eyes, asked Mrs. Ross if she could
make a Ilag after a design that they
showed her. She agreed to try. She
suggested changing the stars that
Washington had drawn with six points
the English rule, to five points the
French rule, because it was more sim-
ple and artistic. Her suggestion was
accepted. Our flags have always had
the five pointed stars, our coins the
six pointed. So the charming lb ts\
Boss made the first flag and continued
to make flags for several years.
There is an entry of a draft on the
I nited States Treasury, May 1, 177",
"Pay Betsy Ross L 14, 12s 2d for flng
for fleet in Delaware river." Altho
the men of the colonies did the fighting
that won Americun independence, th-.
women also did their part. It was
largely due to the courage and
bravery of the women that the men
were spurred on to final victory. Some
of the women had a very active part
in making history and one of thes
was Betsy Ross. Her f>ouse in Arcl
street, where she made the first Ilag is
still standing.
Among the works of art along Rev-
olutionary subject, the most artistic
and probably the ls>st known is th.
celebrated picture of "The Birth ol
i'he Flag," by J. L. Ferris, the well
known artist. This picture shows
Betsy Ross plunnimg to make tin
Ilag for Washington and the other
members of the committee.
The first actual using of the stars
and stripen in military service was at
Fort Stanwix, renamed Fort Schulyei
on the site of Rome, Kneida county.
New York in 1777. On August1777
Fort Schuler was beseiged by the
Knglish and Indians. The hrHv'egai*-
rison had no flag but they promptly
made one. The red was stripes of a
red fietticoat furnished by a woman,
the white was from shirts torn up for
the purpose, and the blue was a piece
of Colonel Peter Oanswoots' military
cloak. The seige was raised August
22, 177(1.
I'he glorious thirteen stars and
thirteen stripes were used at Brandy-
wine September 11, 1777, at German-
town October 14, 1777. and they trium-
phantly ftoatvd over the surrender of
Brrgoyne. The same Mag cheered the
starving, but gallant patriots at Val-
ley Forge the next winter, it wived at
orktown also, and at the close of the
thruout the entire
colonies and waved a beautilul bene-
diction over the gallant fore-fathers
and courageous great-grandmothers.
W hen Washington became preside! t
there were thirteen states in the Union,
none having U-en added since 1777
In 1791 Vermont was admitted and in
1792 Kentucky. Pecause of these ad-
ditions the Senate passed a bill in-
creasing the numbers of stars and
stri|H's to fifteen each. When the bill
came to the House it caused consider-
able debate. Said one wise prophet,
" I he Ilag ought to 1m> permanent, we
may go on altering it for one hundred
years, we very likely may number
twenty states in fifteen yeans. How-
ever tint bill passed and for twenty
three years we had a fifteen stripe Ilag
but one by one the states came knock-
ing for admission.
In 181(1 a committee was appointed
to again alter the flag. At the sug-
gestion of Captian Samual C. Held
the numlier of stripes was reduced to
the original thirteen and and the num- !
Im*i* of stars to be increased according
to the number of states. The lirst flag
of this new design was made by Mrs.
Held, the numlier of star s was twenty. !
Since that time twenty eight stales
have l een added also great and vain- I
able colonial possessions.
Today the sun never sets on the
American Ilag. Creat is our wealth, j
great is our domain, great isourpow- j
er—but greater than these are the
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when buying Underwear from us.
t
We handle the best makes of
Men's Under-Garments.
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colors stand for peace, prosperity and
liberty. And we pray that never will
it be f diowi'd by men who haveshoul-
dt red their bayonets for any other
purpose than to gladly right grevious
wrong or bravely defend our homes
against invasion, Meanwhile we
reverently bow our heads and each
loyal and brave heart murmers silent-
ly:
"In God we Trust."
REPORT
OF THK CONDITION OF THK
First National Bank
At Bastrop, in the State of Texas, at
the close of business May 1, 191.").
kksoitrcks;
1. a Lo a ns and
Discounts $220,9 <0.8.r
Total loans $220,9H0
2. Overdrafts, secured 172.
;j. a U. S. Bonds
to secure circu-
lation (par val-
ue) 12,500.00
Total U.S. Bonds 12,500.00
5. Subscription to
stock of Federal
Reserve Bank..., 4,500.00
a Less amount un-
paid 2,250.00
tl. Hanking house, 5,500.00;
furniture and fix
tures
s. Due from Federal Reserve
Bank
i). a Due from ap-
p r o v ed reserve
a g e n t s In New
York, Chicago.,
and St. Louis..
h I) u e f r oin ap-
proved reserve
agents in other
reserve cities....
10. Due from banks
and bankers [oth-
er than includid
in H and 9)
13. a < )utside checks
and other cash
items
b Fractional curren-
cy, nickels and
cents 817.55
Irt. Total coin and
certificates
17. Legal-tender notes
1m. Bedemptior fund
with U. S. Treas-
urer (not m o r e
than 5 per cent on
circulation (125.00
Due from U S Treasurer..
STATE OF TKXAS.
5,22(1.(14
2,250.00
1,500.00 7,01*1.00
3.1,311.*! 3K.73.8.4*
2,81.1.54
403.20
1,280.1
0,383.00
4,750.00
025. Ot)
Total *305,894.50
uahii.itiks:
Capital stock paid in $ 50,000,00
Surplus fund 25,000.00
3. Undi-
vided
profits *30,078.55
Reserve for + .10,078.55
I jess current ex-
penses, inter-
<st. and taxes
paid .1,017.40 32,401.15
4. Circulating..
notes 12,500.00 12,500.00
7. Due to banks and hank-
ers (other than included
in 5 and 0) 015.34
9. a Individual
deposits sub-
ject to check.. 185,31s.0J
h Deposits requiring notice
of less than 30 days 185,318.01
Total *305,894.50
State of Texas, County of Bastrop, ss.
I, Chester Krhard, Cashier of the
above ..med hank, do solemnly swear
that the statement is true to the
Is'st of my knowledge and belief.
Chkstkk Khhahd, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 7th day of May, 1915.
(skai.1 F. A. oikiain, Notary Public,
Bastrop County, Texas.
Correct Attest:
A. C. Kkiiard,
B. .1. 11 a st.I'll, > Directors.
W. A. Mi ('okd, I
brave and loyal hearts of our citizens. I 1 1 -
When our eyes rest on our lieloved For the host LAWN M< )\VKIvS,
banner we are thankful that Its bright i The Homo Hardware Co.
To the Sheriff of or any Constable
of Bastrop County. Greeting:
^ ou are hereby commanded to sum-
mon Seymore Maynard, Mrs. Ilertha
Lacey and Virgil Lacey bv making
publication of this ('itatinn once in
each week for four successive weeks
previous to the return day hereof, iu
some newspaper published in your
( ounty, if there lie a nt*wspa|>er pub-
lished therein but if not, then in any
new ► j. a per pnlilished iu the 'Jlst Judi-
cial District; hut if there be no uews-
pajs-r published in said Judicial Dis
trict, then in a newspaper published
in the nearest District to said 21st
Judicial District, to appear at the next
regular term of the District Court of
Bastrop County, to l>e holden at the
court house thereof, in Bastrop Tex-
as, on the second Mondav in June,
1915, the same being the 14th day of
June, 1915, then and there to answer a
petition filed in said court on the 5th
day of May, 191.,, in a suit, numltered
on the docket of said court No 019".
wherein Tignal Jones i PUintiil a J
Seymore Maynaru, Miss Nanno M.,v-
nard, Mrs. Bertha Lacey and Virgil
Lacey are defendants^ and said r>eti-
uon alleging that plaintiff and defend-
ants are the joint owners in fee simple
of the following descril>ed land
and premises: Situated in Bastrop
County, le.\as, Ix-ing In the corpora-
tion of the town of Bastrop, ltnii kn(,*ri
as a part of Farm l>>t No. Kaxt of
Main Street in suid town, and i«
shan' No. 5 shown on iilot in th" di«
vision of the estate of C. B. Maynard,
deceased, which said plot and report
of partition dividing said estate is re-
circled in book K. on f>77 to f>so
inclusive of the Probate Records of
Hastrop County, Texas;
1 hat plaintiff is the owner of one
equal undivided one-fourtt part of
said land and premises, and that the
defendants, Seymore Maynard, Miss
Nanno Maynard, Mrs. Bertha Lacey
are pach owners of an equal undivid-
ed one-fourth part of said land and
premises: that plaintiff and defend-
ants are sole owners of said land arid
premises so far as known to this
plaintiff.
Plaintiff prays that he have judg-
ment for the partition and division i.f
said land and premises; that Commis-
sioners Ik- appointed ami a Writ of
I artition be issued, and for posses-
sion of that portion that judgment of
the court may Is-ascertained and de-
ciared to l>e the proiwrty of plamtitt.
Herein Fail Not, but have vou be-
fore said court, at its aforesaid
nt xt regular term, this writ, with your
return thereon, showing how you have
executed the same.
Witness, l,.e p. Olive. Clerk of the
District ( ourl of Bastrop ("ounty.
Oiyen under my hand and the seal
of said court, at office in Bastron
I exits, this the 5111 day of May, 191,V
, LKK D. oij'VV.
< lerk District Court, Bastrop Co.
Did it ever occur to you that
the Southern cotton states con-
sume at least three times as
much meat and corn as the |m>o-
pie and teams of the wheat re-
gion, and that crops of food that
are asm-plus elsewhere are cir-
ed essential for consumption in
our section with an all year round
industry y
MULES FOR SALE.
I have two good mules, (' years
old, which I offer for sale Well
broke and will s<>|] cheap.
H. I). Hiogins,
Hastrop, Texas.
v*,or '"'st assortment of
Mshinpf Tackle, see the line car-
ried by The Home Hardware
Company.
For
call on
Oinpany,
stock.
cotton
The
•'flopping HOES,
Home Hardware
tlK'y have a large
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