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HE BASTROP AI'VERTISER PASTROP. TEXAS. OCTOBER *] •_>-
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
J 0 SMITH, owner
KAIES OF SUBSCRIPTION;
On* Yt« .... —— ............
Fear Mortis ....... ......
UNRlCHa, Editor
..11.50
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.. 60
Ail Compartments Flooded;
Ail Men on Sub Dead
SUBSCRIPTIONS ABE ALWAYS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
Ytt paper i alwftytTbcfOtvcuu! t the expiration tf um pid.
fetered a. m- t.«: riMMMr at *• Poitcff.ee «t trc p under art of
March 3, lfe"0.
Caru* of Ttar.ks, Resolutions of Respect, Announcement® and Notices
of aii Entertainments tc which admuncn . charged, are charged for at
rate of one cent a word.
Church Announcement!, Club Activities, Lodge Notices and all items of
cubic r.tere?t are earnestly solicited AH copy must be in by Wednesday
Doer, tc insure publication, but thia does not mean for you to wait untu
that time to hand in copy—don't see how LATE you can turn it in. but
HC'W EARLY
THOl'f.HlS W'CRTH WHIIF
By humility and the fear of the
rd are nche1-, and honor, and life.
22 • -2-v-Proverbs.
Hum: ty leads to the highest dis-
1 ration, because it lead.- to s*«-lf lin-
pz e* en? .-Sir Benjamin Brodie.
! w'.j:d rather have the ••ntici ni
of a -: rice re man, th*n flattery from
em? for effect.
I
o-
individual .'armer. The unfortunate
< r unsuccessful farmer or the nrs-
guided farmer, still seems to believe
that, in politic*, hi an pet peme-thing
for n« thinir. He se-t-n learn? that in
co-ope rati-n he must pive h-fore he
( , operati' n i- built on charac-
ter The farmer must learn t > think
with other- work with others and
sometimes- submit to others.
THE DRIFTERS
MOW SHAM 1 HI FARMER RF
FREED
The i;;verification idea advanced
to farmer? by the extension depart-
r ent • seemingly taking deeper root
each year thr< uph the untiring ef-
forts of the Co unty A pent* and Home
denu>n-*.aUirs. It is to them that a
-r- part of the credit can be given
v.Vn the farmer? bs a whole wake Bp
a:,d <■(■' the need fur their prosperity,
which is diver-ificati^n
An item in a recent article in the
frrurn stated that a merchant was
\nr.i • - .r i' the fact that 'he farmers
V.&d been unable to pay their bill" for
t er a year "Most of them," he said,
"come hero to my -"ore ard \ ny potu*
toe1- \ ■ '.he pe-ek-or. credit. Why donf
•hev pu* it half an acre of tomatoes
and an a few hundred q.iart-1 Why
dont they make their own butter. or
rais" any vegetable* 0 No" They want
to sell the-ir < ne crop product and bu.'
everything e)*e!"
' There are many drifterw in tms world
U .:r.g with the curr nt, wherever it
i n.av happen to carry them. They
jtick to a job simply l^au^e it is easy
and if it Heoomes hard they leave
and i{< on their way. loi-fcine : >r seme
other ,<ib that is soft.
Honestly, deep down in their hearts
they intend some day to do something j
hip—but they iive only !r. yesterday j
and U morrow. Today, alive v ith on- i
portunity, has nc meaning to triem. j
The way of th' drifter? is always '
down stream—so that ot pertunitv in j
ihv.tys movinp away from them.
Unless you know where yr.'Ye vo-
t
ing and are really rowinp a- hard as
ye..; ( an to that point—you are dri.'t-j
inp.
Unless you are willinp to accept re i
sponsibilitv and really work- vou are
driftinp.
Unle.-- you -an a tuaTly -ee each
day'- wurk mc.vinp you ahead in force,;
strength and efficiency—y-ju arc
r S b ^tj? marine Baie, New Lou
don—The lire-, of "he uien who went
d n on the submarine S-51 were
r.utfed cut alrrnst Immediately afte-
she wa* rauin.ed and sunk by th-
te*c;er City of Rome oft Block Island
over a <.-« ago The deaih toil
staods at £3.
This *as established Friday when
divers found that ths last two ocm
partments In ublch it had hoped th%r
n.i^ht havrf heeu air—the motor ate
torjedo rcomi-wn ftitod with water
None of the crww who went down ban
a chance for his life The submarine
sank so quickly that they * ►-« unatU
tc shut the water tiaht doors connect
iiiK the compartments and thus giv
their.se!v>b a fighting chance of !■
ini? brought to the surface with th .r
-hip The story of their efforts tc
save themselves will never be told
All that remains now tor those who
have toiied at the task ot rescue is u
recover and identity the bodies. nf-*r
which the submarine will be lurnec
ov.r to wreckers fir talvnge
Of the 3ti men who were aboard th-
S 51 when she was ranmied. thre>
* ere picked up alive and the bodle-
f four ni -n have been taken from th-
wreik Two of these were reocjveri
i'rliiay They were those of Walter K
1.aw ton. electrician s mate, ot *
London, and Brudy D. Lindsay, engine
man of Pensaco.a Fla
The divers whc. recovered the bodie
Friday cams upon them as they wer*
forcing their way through the engirt
room
] i v. r'h *h:* for my Boy or
■ iit' • • • >n- a Club Member?
Girls and Bo> - who are active Club
Men.tatr* art the children who clo
th ri*s TV«:r m>nd> are kept occi-
(.;• I w.th wcrth while pr- jects. nli
they f:n>i tleasure in doinp the.r Jaily I
tasK- which j«ed to he drupery.
They center on one cerain thing
which needs to be done, it may be to
ra chickens, garden, pips, farm
i -ducts - f a ceran kind, improve-
tne yard improve their bed-room.
'«arn h< w to sew, learr. to cook and
keep house, ar.d many other thinps
> h h v« ••• " ■.< * 'ul;t ' "•? to m*-n-
tn n. After 'his decision ie made they
inn their work for the year and c?r-
rv cu' tVes« p!an«
They have repul?r officers who
*, charge < f the ^e^-t'np ar.d thus
being
t iub Member must keep
an pu*
co-operntion.
• • «re ir.rerests-d in
i- kind of work «•.#
, -j ent during the year thus he learn
the valut i monty.
They are uaught to elve their en-
tire supf rt to the presiding officers
and ir. this way they learn the meei-
IT IS HERE
Dr. G. C. Dennis V. S.
Blue Bog Exterminator
Will rid your chickens and turkeys
i f Blue Bups and Fleas w nen used as
directed. Ar.d Dr. Denr.it' Chick Well
for Cholera and White Diormoea
Sold n money back guarantee, by W".
J. Miley, Drup Store. J9-8tp
county we w,
1HU
There i« an otppniza' r
County to which every won;, •
want to belong. If I v-*re
w-ite in this county I Wou
visit and later join the Bastr
ty Federated Club. The ,
this club is to bring the t< h •
ral women into closer r* •
w.th each other
The Making of «
"Miriam' he saiei, *i havt
doeti r. He tell? me 1 rr.u •
smoking at once. It'* inip,r.!-
says; one lung is air.
pi re.
She flinched, a look of ,i;- . .
over her pale younp fa
Hi ney, can't you h«M ou*
until we've coupons for a r.> w
etsts Gams Preserves.
Austin Te*—Acreage in state pre
serves has been increased by l 5,tH)0
acres Turner P Hubby, game com
mi.sioner. said Thursday Colonel Ike
Pryor of Sac Antonio Las designated
70.000 acres running along the Nue>«s
River for Jo miles In iavalla County
and Mrs C. R. Judklns and Mrs Ed
Spencer have posted 25,000 aorwe> in
Sch'.en her County as state ga:i.<
preserve- Both tracts will I* stocked
this winter with deer, turkeys and
*r * '*■ • -. - , .
other game.
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Picture Yourself
In This
Coat Dress
7
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In
ne locality is hundreds and 1 drifting.
hundred.' of miles of wheat an 1 in nr-' Th" drifter always po<5 down—
other hundred- tf miles of cotton
Two million farmers and their fami-
lies, all dependent u| ' n the f
<:th>'-r • n< or the otb-r crop ;-,.id its
market prie- Plunpinp th -ir capital
arc) !ab<.r into a -ingle crop makes
Cotton and ..'heat farmer, not a f;o.
m"r bit a gambler. He play? the
panic- apnins' all the w rid i n the one
K.nci. jinci nature on the other. A bi •
orep nc ' money n the hank > nly if
there • :■ -mall c-r'ip e!se\vh< r<- Sc.me
yc?ar- n many -ections there - a lit
tie ra ii and small cr'ps are the re-
sults. Then comes a year when it
ra:*)-; If there is no frost too late or
t • - arly; if there i- no hail; if there
is :i -hc.r* crop in Fur ope or 'he Ar-
gentine, Ind :• or Australia then there
i«. joy in the wheat area, rf one pprt
of the cotton belt m;-k*s a failure am'
lh« other makes a pood crop then
there is joy.
Single crc.p farminp eventually in •
poverishes th< most fertile soil. No
people have a right to leave an im-
poverished «oj| to future pen->rp.tion«.
The poorest anei most wasteful furr-
ing on this coritim-nt Is now being
done if on our cotton lands in the
So th and upon our whea* lands r f
the Northwest.
"What are you doing?" w««- asked
of a farmer recently as he wii ruin-
ing ross the woods "I'm hunting
to: „jy mowing machines". He had
been mowing weeds on an autumn day
and had left his mac hirie- frt :t "picc
of brush". Flight month« later he
c e uld'ot rememl>er where.
Frem an economic pf'int of view,
ore of the me^st pitiful sights in
world is a row of plows, harness, bin-
ders and other farm machinery stand-
ing out in the rain and weath-r. The
farmer of North Dakota who kee^is
h - machinery indoors during the.-
wint'-r is an exception and ne>t the
rule- arec rding to official records. A
vhee| for 'arm machinery would ceisi
from ff.fi.oo to fKki.oo. y,.t to save
that sum he- will leave his machine ry
which cost- him from $.'100 to $"00,
out in the- rain and weather fe.r 12
months. 'I his alene is «nouph to
keep him in debt.
There is abundant proof that ti -
farme-rs are- e xploited, nnd shame-le«s-
ly «o. A farmers v. ife- goes to b /
merchandise at large figures whi h
brought her husband much le^-. The
average urban skilled worker ge ts h,s
two dollars for much less time and
hard work than the farm family can
give- fe.r their one. For half a c< n-
fury these conditir ns have ie-e;, driv-
ing (he se ns and daughters off ri-t
the farm and into the- city The move,
ment will continue unless we ran deve
lop farm co-oj>erBtion in selling in
buying, and eventually, in producing
Co-operation requires much ef tbe-
ne ver up. And he finally either goes
over the- falls c.f failure or lands in
some still poe I i,f medie>crity. where
he remains all the re t r,f his iife-.
Dc-n't be a drifter!
Ambition doe -n't mc-an thinking
wonderful dreams, while you float
with the tieie.
Ir means taKir.p off your ceat roll-
ing up your sleeves, and pulling your
boat u: stream! — Selected.
Bonds Approved.
Austin. Tes.—13« nil# have been ap
proved by the att rney general's dc
part; .i.r.t as follows Lawn (Tay!< r
Ccuntyt Indeie-mle-nt School lilstrli',
llfe.ot'O, 6 per cent, maturing serially
Mission, Waterworks Improvement.
160.000, 5s per cent, maturing seri-
ally; Jasper County Road Dibtrict No
3. $',L',000. S'-s per cent, maturing
serially; Castr County Common
School I>is*rli t 1« for J20.000, 6 ptr
cent, maturing serially
Dad's One Home Job Lost
Through Modern Invention
M
ODF.R N invent! n ha- taken can is
the
I) MI.V KOI I INF
Coal Supply Dwindles.
Washington—The supply of antra
cite iual In the I'nlted States :a 5,-
000.000 tcus short of the- unt
available at this time last >• ar t/ureau
of mines statistic dlscl<>st<d Sunday
Large r e*xpurtb were u greater fact- r
tlu.n 'he coal strike In causing the
shortage, it was said.
only thing thai
n..icK ,i man popular ir >un;l
bouse lurinc he ! -us' w
Utisv working lic urs, namelv. the
.1,1 f.-.shi- "cd can-opener that
"wouldn't work" wlicn te nii -nt
finger* fied ' ■ n anipulate it
C;.-1 - • ■ . his at • ays, h -ret -
f.ire, be« the '-ane of a womao's]
xistenre.
\sk Dad
cr won I he
jie r tin n hi-
fro!:. the V it
for his as-v
"I've cut
hi -rnc! - ild ca
lie ' .'!•<•
en"
No soon-
to his j 3-
■oe
w
i r>.'(
i ,...
\nd 'ir-
D he- '
A certain specified daih routine of
habits pets monotonous to every per-
son with ambition. In fact ti.i ele-
ments are the prerte-s* l«s«on- in di-
versions. The «un ej^.o. ne>t shine day
ir. and day out. Neither does the*
weather su,y at a particular tempera-
ture every day. Some time* it" hot,
again coed, then cold, at time- «te.rn:y,
anci at others calm, at intervals cloudy
an'i at others rainy, giving us con-
tinued change front time to time
which is apparently necessary to our
general health ami welfare.
Bu-ine-ss men and housewives c an
lessons from the habits e f
the elements In their daily routine- of
life-. To think of something different
• riot only good for the person but i'
has its reaction -ii the community,
r- Hilly se i. 4- perse.n thir.!;s up an idc-a
and conveys it to his felle.w- ii'iei then '
it germinates into something that re-
acts e.n every person in the c-i'ii.mutii-
ty. There are times when certain !
thinrs are out or season, for instance;
r. snow ball fight in August in the
the - -uth is c.ut c f the- epic 'i n but th'-rc-
; re many thinps that can be* -ub*ti-|
t uted.
Just at this time as in all other
times the welfare of a city and it* (
growth ran be given attention W'e
wonde r il some one can think up so.ii.-
thing different for the general ge od |
if Mas?re.p tha'c will react to the ad
' anta e ol all the pe e p|p. Sor 'ebe.ely
i Ivanceel the ideje of ne w fire- e-cjuip-
• >e nt recently. That was a good
n tight and something diffe-renc
' > cinder if that c an't i>e lairrieel along
i something else can 1-^ taker up.
I ets get it c f the daily routine and
e-p something worthwhile gt ,ng all
e time-. It will he* bette r for ye>u
•tie r fe.r tie te,wn ne! be tter fc>r the
mmunity. Bastrof and the people
1 are und it, first you know. And *h
t ade at he me- hah t > a pood ■ ie. De
J )U clo it ?
Timber Returns Top Billion
Washington For the first time In
the l.lstory of the I'nlte-d Stnte*s. for Kt
service receipts from the sale • f na
tional fore t tl in leer for a three months
period passed the million dollar rnsrk
The chief forester reported Sunday
thut for the first quarter of the flsi al
year receipts totaled f 1,056.165
From El Paso to Lo« Angeles.
Austin, Tex A bus line from EI
Paso to Lcs Angeles, Cal., a distance
of 1.100 miles, has been established,
offering another proof ot the old
legend that humanity will aot stay at
home, and also demonstrating pre g
re-ss In the nation's highway system.
nar\
do .: ;• th
1 ave t j
( eor<'<."
"Let
the cry
opened
Iv did it
sent, '!
fitu'er '
But
dome
est < \ i".i- e
Some arid
'itnc l-'-r
'lich has
rati ii 11 ;-
the I'c.vl--
suit is that th'-rr
marl - t ever
cvluch do awa
! Ie- knows!
fttIe down
del bear that wail
hen, and a frantic call
lance
my lin-e-r with that
1'ci -r again!' . would
: :i '-nteririrf
• tlle llt "I tle-vi-r c
with it! You'll
an for
1 bctwe ■ n these two
r ;:crs at. . the y ire , ■; «• r;it'•■! by
a small trT\. 1 hi two metal
handles which '"tt the harp
ened wheels ir htid witl the left
baiid ind si rr'A is Mimed with
the ri^ht hand The >pcner is
thus workc : irourd the celge c-f
the can It cuts smoothly and
evenly, entirely removing 'he liel
iml leaving no jagged edge*
-\n ther. more elaborate type ot
•pener -s screwed to the edge o.
th- table or to a <;helf above the
•i:k, much as a meat-grinder is
v cheel The can i- held so that
•s rmi is between the two cutting
thev are worked hv a
ives.
me;
e'lis
the
out.'
just
me!
!1 - -per Orel with a rotarv no-
In using this type of opener,
s advi ible to ;ii ice a saucer
cr the can, as a small amount
1 ' qtiid it i or • ,i;t; • ■ lia! e to
1 Itve-r
Mn-
n w:
alwri
these
.pen
do not come
n
lad
sil
IW
i< .h. and i
e1 for llSTU-
mce-V:
be ah
tied up
m'urn.
-,s one
i id his
c lay-
genius
din t c c.tit..«-t with the foen|, it
" t necessary t wash them, and
■ c .in therei. n be scrcwed tr>
■ t.iblc or shelf and remain as
pern: inent tixttire
It es alre.oh been pointed out
it tbi■ -• ii {■ ri .i-■! uprners leave
-nil
,i.
the me h.-.ni al
-liitinguisliecl Ihi- gen - j
ti t entircl- nei Irclc-l;
can opener. ,me| the re-
atc ne>\v on t';e|
impr ivc I t-.-j.es j
V it Ii mil', i if the
, ' t edg'-. wh h will
the
ael-
■I
it endanger the haods
rker Ibrrr- is an addit: nal
toods Will
vantage in thi-. for the
ii ' be iagged and bre.ken when
t' ey arc tnrne.; i in < f the cans.
In thi< rtishtr>g. complicated age,
t'ie housewife should lake advan-
tage of every device that will pre-
■ nt t!-c duties of the home freim
lecenerating into drudgery For
1 ere is no time nor place feir
• irudgerv todav, in the life of the
.e oriian a ini i- taking an active pail
ind interest in the world's woidc,
ne ' rollers I !;e rim of the well as in her
' ibor and nceinveni- ric e tl at at-
nde- l the us.- of e(H. , ,| | ti. ,i,j nc,i
kind
The simplet of these improved
can-onencrs consists of tv.o scissor
'.V- pieces which govern two small.
own.
I >esigr
Ml3
C anton crq><?, (>r< .
cloth, wend ru
sat;n i rcj'e- are .c • • ^
the materials thar .rt
rccommetuito; ft ■ *
dress. It m.i\ i>c
trimmed with cv: -
tit- Chine.
Visit Our Picce-fji c/i
Department
and choose •■-
terials anii (<< * r-
like Ii e s t . ^
Ntarcian! I)r j*
patterr :n v.
Helrci!>e wii s. 11 w
evr rv step in '
makintr of th-'- <
Always bin
STANDARD-DI SK Al K
PATTKHNS
Including lU I.Kohl
Booth Dry Goods Co.
"The Popular Pr
Pecan Grower* Elect.
San Faba. Tex.—At a n.ee-tlnjr of the
lie-nd Pecan A'ociatlon, J N Alexan
der wan eslecte-d president for the en
Huiiif yeur Other offirers wire elect
eel as follow*: W. J Millican, vice
president; \V. T. Mooje; tei re-tary :• v.
treasurer.
Woman Robbed of Jewels.
New York—Two pearl necklaces
valued at $?00,i"- and other Jewelr>
valued at JBO.OuO to $100,000 were
stolen Friday Irorn .Mrs Jape P I onc>,
hue, daughter of the lute Frank W
Wool worth, whei with her two sl^teri
inherited Ills $50,000,000 estate.
Kountxe Attorney Named.
Kountte, Te* Thomas H (oe. at
torney of Kountue has b«esn appoint
ed by Governor Ferguson as Judge i
the 75th district, Including Tyler, Lib
erty, Montgomery und Hardin ('oun
ties Judge I'oet nucc-eedr Judge J
M Coombs, who resigned
New Outbreak Cattle Plague.
Houston Tex !>r Imes r i <irtee
a new outbreak of hoof and mouth die
esse Friday at We-bster
SWINGING THE PENDULUM OE PROSPER
-o— --
An ad in this Column will sell any-
tiling you ant t i sell. If you want
f" buy anvlhing advertiae for it in
i >ip rulumn.
Pecan Crop Short. in
t-imIthvllle Tex.— A few pecans ari
being brought to market and the- fnrro w
ere report that the crejwn are getting jt
what little crop there is as fast as the) jfi
tiegln to open Not eneiught will is &
marketed here to ^hlp out ®
The gr.Ielen mernent is when vr i
1 art reading th* Bastrop Advertiser
Good Cotton Crop.
Kllgore Tex f'ottfin yard# at Kll
gore have received "725 liales of cot
icc this &ei«a«.n Thia numlier of ha lei
is consider*;) iSgnlfleant In view of th
Nothing will do more towards swirifjing the tide of prospe r'
that of conservative business methods. The art of saving p.irt (i
earnings is the primary effort towards this end. Why not st. it
hank now!'
You Are Helping Yourself
Vou are helping yourself in every instance that you put your ii
in this hank. Besides you are laying a positive security of iiuh
ence that only you. yourself can takeaway. If you save const
you will spend conservatively.
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