Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1938 Page: 1 of 6
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University Library. XX
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HASTROP ADVERTISER, BASTROP, TEXAS
JOHN 0. TURNER
Men's lurnislungn, Clothing
>hoes ,inH I lata
I,adieu' Ready-to- Wear
"(Jualitv at a Fair Price"
Holt Corner Baatrop
NUMBER 43
MANY VISITORS ENJOY BASTROP TRADE1DAY
ADVERTISER AND COURIER COMBINE
FACILITIES TO PRODUCE VOLUME ON
HISTORY OF THE FOUR COUNTIES
A man may build a mighty fin •
mouse trap unci equip it with all mo-
de-n conveniences and th° latest ga<t-
g. • , even putting in air condition-
ing and th«- best flavored cheese for
bait, but if that man fails to tell
folks about bis device it i* a sale
t>rt that he and the few mice who
dwell within bis habitat will be th<*
only <>n- s to enjoy its blessings.
The same in true of a fine com-
nainity It can be the best in the
world ;md have more good features
than and other section of the coun-
try, but if its citizens do or say no-
thing to bring to the attention of
rcighlioriiig communities, or boost
'heir own c/mmunity among them-
selves that community i-~ very likely
to liecome d"cadent and eventually
magnate.
An occasional review of activiti
within the community is one of the
greatest stimulants to progress that
h&H «ver lieen devised. It brings to
the community a new realization of
its usefulness and importance. Out
thurche- have found the practice oT
holding revival rejuvenates and re-
creates a more wholesome religious
atmosphere and the practice is equal
v beneficial to commerce, industry
and the social well being of any
i. immunity. /
In the field of commerce, industry,
agriculture, literature and the pro-
motion of the social and material
progress it is the function and dutv
nf the newspapers to carry the stai.>
dard and keep alive those factors
which are the life-blood of our pro.
trressfive {civilization To this end
the newspapers must constantly cul-
tivate the field in which they oper-
ate just, as does the good farmer wb i
expects to produce a good crop.
The Bastrop Advertiser and the
Courier are combining their facilities
. r the purpose of producing in maga-
zine Ix.ok form a volume entitled Tlv
Four County Ar a and Its People th.it
will review in detail th" history, agr •
cultural, commercial and industrial
progress of Bastrop, Williamson, Le >
.nd Travis counties. This book wmI
!*• published June 10 and a copy will
be made available for every family in
•he four.county area
Th'" Four County Area and Ps
Prople will l e a volume of such size
and numlier of pages as may be re-
quired t«> adequately cover the histor-
,<al bnckgound and present states .>f
ibis rich section of Texas. It will con
«a?n authnntic information about Rus-
<ip, Williamson, lee and Travis
■ • unties from the first settlement of
th,* section by Austin's Colonists up
tr the present.
While much of the space will be
• i> voted to historical subjects, the
main object of the volume will lie to
promulgate and stimulate the «g'i-
. iiltural and commercial advantage-;
h:s '-ction en jo vs. It will contain a
< mprehensive review f the ngricu'-
i ,rnI development : and possibilities
f tin four counties.
Lach community in th™ four coii.i
.- will be treated independently
*ih stress upon it« particular fen
+ ft'*
Biographical sketched of men an I
women in all sections of the area will
Ih- carried along with the complete
history of the communities in which
they reside.
There will bo a department for tin
exchange of ideas among farmers and
articles by men and women actively
engaged in agricultural |>ersuits on
the various phases of their work and
itheir special accomplishments.
In story and pictures The Four
County Area and Its People will cov
or completely every factor in to
lives of the people of the four coun
ties.
1 NOTICli TO CREDITORS OF TH R
ESTATE OF W. o. JONES.
DECEASED
.
Notice is hereby given that origi-
nal letters of Administration upon tho
Estate of W. O. Joneg, deceased, were
granted to me, tfie undersigned on
August "Oth.. 10.17 by the County
Court of Bastrop County, Texas. Ail
persons having claims against sail
Estate are hereby required to present
the sair.o to me within the time pre.
'scribed by Law. My residence -and
I Post Office address is Bastrop, Ba.-
trop County, Texas
W. B.
Administrator of
Jones, deceased.
MERCHANTS EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR
PATRONAGE OF LARGE CROWD
HERE SATURDAY
Ont of the largest crowds liastrop were Betty Maynard and Mary Ann
RANSOME,
Estate of W. O.
42 2
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
W. Newton Carl, 1). D. Pastor
(J. A. Schaefer, Superintendent
<n.
m.
I.as witnessed in many days filled
the streets last Saturday afternoon
whe n the Bastrop Trade Day Assoc.
iation sponsored their fifth consecu-
tive Trade Day, and gave away
$17;"),on in merchandise gifts ant
cash.
At 1 o'clock the Bastrop High
School Band, resplendant in fu'l
dress uniform ami under the direc-
tion of Jack Orr, gave a splendi i
musical concert, with a drill and
parade down the full length of Main
Street and back.
The block on Main Street jiiFt
north of the highway was roped ofl
to permit1 the gathering of people
there, and Cecil Long, popular man-
ager of Elkins-5.10-25 cent Store
here, directed the activities over a
loud speaker from a truck. Other
members of the Trade Day Commit-
tee assisting in the conducting of trie
program on th™ truck wire Jas. P.
Wood, chairman of the association;
Bruno A. Elzner, treasurer; C. B.
Maynard, B. B. May, A. N. Willis.
L. C. Tovvery, and Mrs. R. E. Stan,,
ifer. Sam J. C. Higgins, Arthur Wer-
tzner, J. B. Todd, and ot.lv-'- assist,
ed in putting on the shoe races and
pig races, and in handling the crowd.
Winners in the shoe races, each
of whom received a dollar in cash.
AUSTIN MUTUAL
OPENS 18TH YEAR
Church School meets at 0:45 a.
with classes for all ages.
The pastor will speak at 11 a.
and again at 7:00 p. m.
Our evangelistic campaign began
the first Sunday in January and will
last until after Easter. To this endj'za^'"n ''s '*■ the individual,
all our attention should be directed by 'I be Austin Mutual Life Insurance
The only success worthy of the
name is that which comes a a result
of true service to others This i->
just as true of a big business organ-
company, now entering its isth year
of operation, was organizel by a
group of conservative and farsighte.t
Austin business men whose fi st pui
pose was to serve faithfully and w™ll
the insuring public of Travis and
neighboring counties. In its early
days they adopted as the company
slogan the phrase, "Death claims pai I
promptly," and from the beginning
every effort was mad™ to earn the
the right to the use of that slogan
land at the s«mo time to furnish di
The Bastrop P.T.A. met in the High Pendable Potion a, the lowe t
I School auditorium at their usual
!every department and division of th.
Church. Every men her of the Church
I should feel his responsibiity and give
himself to prayer and diligently busy
himself in seeking to lead others to
our common Lord.
PARENT-TEACHERS
PUN MAY FETE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
The Strand Theatre and the Ad-
vertiser will present to you on your
• rthday, a free ticket to the theatre.
If your name appears below, there
.i free ticket for you at the Adver-
tiser Office. Phis ticket is good oniv
your birthday, and you may call
•'or it anytime before or on that date.
January 15:
JACK CLAIBORNE
January Ifi: 4
III I LY CHALMERS
OREN ESKEW
.1 notary 17:
I LA JACKSON
I innarv IS:
MRS. C. F. CLAIBORNE
January lit:
MARY EVELYN BRYSON
cost consistent with safety. In or- i
dor to do this it was necessary, n -i j
only to use intelligent care in th j
selection of risks, but to build up an j
adequate mortuary reserve fun I
which would be carefully safeguard.-i
against loss.
Even the severest critic eanno
question the fact that the history -f
VIh. the company ought to be most grati
H fying, not only to the officer- of tl
j company, but to the beneficiari •
vu more than a million dollai - i i<l
thetdeath claims. Likewise an it- tho i
prou i
tnd 1
the knowh Ige that it is being
ate<! -«i such a basis that th"\
may feel thai their own loved
will likewise receive piompt fine
-ettlement. when they shall be ■
away from tlvm.
I The growth of the company
Iwen of the healthful type, a!w
'gradual and steady, both from
!standpoint of insurance in foici a> l
] sand- of living policyholdei -
■ if tiii record of the company
'meeting time, the second Wednesday
of the month at I p. m. The attenu-
anct was good.
The president, Mrs. W. E. Maynard,
| announced that a book review would!
be given by Dr. L. W. Payne of the
University of Texaa on January 20 at
|3:30 p. m. in the main auditorium of
the Methodist Church at Bastrop.
1 n view is sponsored by the P. I
and tickets may be had for 2"h\
Unanimous action was taken
the question of affiliation with
State Congress of Parent.Teacher;-.
Tiii body voted *o assc.--s 25c per a
tivo memlx-r Cor dues to the Slate
Congress. Th< >e assessments may be
paid to the local treasurer.
'I he motion to hoM a May Fete w.i-
amendwd to include a spring carnival
and it is to be held April .'in. since May
1st coit'i - on Sunday this year Mes-
dames T. P. Ilaynie, Jr.. 1". F. Pearcy,
M. B. Perkins and Mary MureUisot
| were app lifted t" (-••opt rate with the
president in laying plans for the fete 'N' ' tuary re nrve fund. On .Inr.ui'1
j and carnival. p ,,v company ha- th. Ian-
Mi «. T. P Ilaynie Jr., r< peated he,- | 'lumber of policyholdei s. the l.i- ■
I lecture of la.-t meeting. These series '.volume of insurance in fm.e r i
of loctuie havi be n greatly apprec large-1 mortuaiy reserve fin I in
iati d by the who hav • had the pri- history, nntvvithstanding the I
vilege of attending the meetings ti that, during 10:17, $lt® 1.0! Lit* w.
hear them. Contributed. j pJiid in claims to beneficiari.- - f d>
— icrase<l policyholders,
FRIT I WDORN \ MFN'I \1. TREES ' T h. company enter-; I'.i';-' wi:'i
— |rrrdingly bright pmspect s f.e'
'Ih i i- be-t time of year t<> plant jcrntinued right to its alrea.h w
l-'io1 in.-. Pecan Ti.i-s, R<fres, . arned -logan, "Death claim
I a ' rmi' Shrub', Evergreens. Our promptly."
Chalmers for first and second race;
Seymore Bell for the colored boys
race; and Dick Chalmers for the fool
ball boys race.
Pig races, which were begun at
1:40. were won by Edgar Petty and
Rolieit Hicks. The boys kept the pig .
Mi ivhandise gifts from merchants
who are members of the Trade Day
Association were given to the fol.
lowing •
B \ Elzner, $ri.iwi in merchandis ,
to Mi E. M. Sturdivant of Cedar
Creek,
Red and White Store, $5.00 in
merchandise, to Mrs. Howard Jenkins
Cochran Grocery, ?">.0(i in merchan-
dise, to Leo Schaefer.
Booth Dry Goods Company, $">.0'<
pair of shoes, to Bill Henry.
Miss Rosalie Perry, $.'J.00 hat, to
Violet Smith, Phelan.
Otto Wolf's Baiber Shop, $1,0.)
bottle hair tonic, to Betty Hodge.
I. I auterstein & Sons, S5.00 in
merchandise, to Mrs. C. H. Karne?,
Humble Camp.
T. (i. A. Store, $.j.00 in merchandise,
to Dorothy June Dunbar.
W E. l^itz, $2.50 haml-made belt,
to Miss Stella Spooner.
Bud DeGlandon Barber Ship,
$1.35 hair cut and hair tonic, to J. R.
Nichols, Humble Camp.
Bastrop Advertiser, $.'1.00 subscrip-
tion to Victor Coy.
Strand Theatre, $4.00 value, :lt -
day ticket to show, to Mrs. Wallace
I Simmons.
Fiank Green Tailor Shop, $.'. 00 in
merchandise, to Mrs. H, C. Wilkins,
Lone Star Cedar Mill.
Schaefer's Market, $1.00 in me .
chandise, to Fred Herms.
R. P. Perkins, $2.00 in merchan-
dise, to Savanah Washington.
Hi-Way Garage, $2.00 in labor, to
Mis. Gem Simmons.
Bastrop Oil Company, $2.00 in
merchandise, to Clarence Hodgo.
Texas Power and Light Company,
5.00 electric percolator, to Jodie Mil-
ler, Piney Creek
Seigler's Market, $2.'Hi in mer-
chandise, Leo Schaefer.
Brannon's Drug Store, $4.00 lad.
ies purse, to Fred Kadura.
Bastrop Motor Company, $.'!.<h) in
merchandise, to Sam Hancock. Alum
Creek.
C. Erhard and Son, $508 in mer-
chandise, to Mrs. II M. Hewatt.
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. $U.(.i0 value,
cases of Coca-cola to A. J. Knitti
Bastrop Cafe, $2.50 in merchandise,
to Almo Lemuel, Walnut Creek.
John 0. Turner, $3.00 in merchan
disc, to Mrs. F. \V. Denison.
DISTRICT
COURT PROCEEDINGS
I'lie (l and Jury for Die January
term of court opened its ession here
on Monday, January 10.
Ill" following is a lisit of the mem-
bers serving:
John R. Allen. Bastrop; Hartford
Jenkins, Bastiop, Foreman; A. F.
And. rson, Elgin; Chas. Carter, El-
gin; .J. F. Metcalfe, Elgin; Geo. Bell,
I t ley; S. T Hillman, McDnde; Ed
Nink, Smithville; Alex Fuchs, Paige;
T. O. Hill. Smithville; W. A. Turner
Red Rock; Louis S. Fisher, Elgin.
MAIN STREET
OBSERVATIONS
Special Venire Called
for Monda\
A Special Venire of 50 people has!
Imh n summoned for Monday. January
17, in Taft Jones case.
DR. PAYNE TO GIVE
REVIEW
B< lOK
i,
BY PETE SHADY
V\ e just heard a man on the street
ripping Pres. Roosevelt up and down
the back We ran You remember
recently resolved not t<> have any
fights this year.
W. can't forget what thing- looke I
like before the Bank holiday. We re
member all those long freight train*
absolutely filled with drifting human
ity. We fe<l a lot of them, and talk-
ed to quite a few. No, we can't for
gi t. We remember the expression-,
on their faces. We saw them de.
vour food like hungry animals. W-i
really learned what a hungry human
looked and acted like. We remember
also the grave fears we had, fear«
if the future. We didn't know h*w
long it would Im- before we would ln
asking for food, and we didn't know
I whom we would ask. There was no
I >i L. W. Payne, Professor of Eng- -tar of hope in the sky
lish in the University of Texas will
give a Book Review, under the spon- ! ^there was n ronven
sorship of the P. T. A., in the Metho ,"' 1 h,,|,i A nomination was
dist Church next Thursday, .lanuii'v .made and finally an election. Wed
20 at 3:30 p m j heard about the two chickens in every
The admission will be 25 cents. 1 * « *• an«' th" two cars in every garage,
m ■ i ■ I but we had never • reived anything
BASTROP POSTAL RECEIPT FOR from a political promise. The l>eggart
l>i:t7 SHOWS GAIN OVER l! 3fi became more abundant; farm prices
| went down and. down; banks failed
postal receipts of the Bastrop post | ''V the hundreds; money could not Ik-
office during 1037 totaled $10,212.03, I borrowed; work could not be secu.-
as compared with $0511.7(1 during
103(1, according to Postmaster E. H.
Perkins. The report shows a gain of
$700.27 over the previous year, ap-
proximately 9.3 per cent.
EXAMINATION ANNOl NCED FOR
STUDENT FINGERPRINT
CLASSIFIER
The United States Civil Sarviee
Commission has announced an open
coni|M?titive examination for the po*.
ition of student fingerprint classifier interest
in the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion. The entrance salary is $1,440 a
year, less a letirement deduction <>i
3 1-2 per cent.
Applicants must have completed a
t.year liigh-school course, or must
be senior students now in attendance
in their last year of senior high
school. They must have reached th' i-
eighteenth but must not have passel
their twenty-fifth birthday.
Don't forget to pay your poB tax.
led; and commodities could not
There was an inauguration, a few
days lull, and then we came to town
one morning and found the bank*
closed. We tried to become resigned
and commit out future to the fat«s.
Then, on that memorable Sunday
night w were listening to the radio,
trying to think of something pleas-
ant, when suddenly a voice spoke. It
was the voice of the president of tb«
United States. We listened with rapt
In a few minutes he had
told u.s why lie had closed the hanks
He had told us in such a clear com-
prehensive way that it came like a
rev.^ation. We went to town tho
next day Peopl-< looked different. In
FOURTEEN CLUBS
REPRESENTED AT
CO. FEDERATION
to
ones
I full
tailed
has
If you have a birthday this wook
and vour name l« not listed, call u
:s catalogue describes Invt of all
trees and plant*, and gives informa-
tion about their enro. fl.'t years of sc-
vice in Texa« back of our trees aid
. an; Write for free catalogue.
\.msi:y u stin nursery.,
Austin, Texas,
If your family is not already i
Wttd by Austin Mutual policii ,
phon*> or write the home office t"
details condoning its remarkaMv
low cost prote<tion. Home offi.es of
♦ he company are at 323-330 I itth
11 I.field building, Austin, Trxas,
;am J. c. Iliggin's Market, $2 50
in merchandise to Mis. Will Wats n
A. N. Willis, $1.50, 5- <)t. can Ha
voline oil, to Elbert Jenkins, Hiih
Pi airie.
Bass Hodges' Tailor Shop, $1.~>0 in
• •leaning and $1.5(1 in -hoe repairii';,,
•i S. F Tborne.
V'll n- 5-10 L5 cent Si. ■*.'.<mi m
merchandise, to Edna l.ee Hvder
Magnolia Si rvice Station, $1.50, 5
i. can Mobil oil, to Price H.-fne*,
\\ atterson.
Bastrop Furniture Company, $2.'-0
.1 si^e (juilt, to Rob And. rson
Fairmont Creanterv, $1.75, onu
ack flour, to Mrs. Henry Glass,
da-. P. Wood, $13.50 watch, >
Mi-. IIeni y Glas;
1 kew S rvice Station, $LH5, t n
. .i"' ii - .f ga-i'line, t.. Stella Hcrnan
din.
(' I! Mayna d. ■ n behalf of th>
Ha tiop Trade Day Association, ?v
p.. -sed the appieeiatii.n of the men'.
for the -upport p ople have g*.
v> ii ihi• Trail-' Day by coming to La
■ -.p to tiad. "N"U are helping the
li trop merchants and yourselve--.
''h, by trading in Bastrop and help-
inu to kei p the Trade Day alis ,"
Mr. Maynard said.
The final gift . $5(i.0d ia «a.-h w v
given away, with $25 dt) going to Mr .
Iv H. Perkin-; SI5.00 to Ruth Payne;
and #10.00 'o Mrs. St«1 In Corbell,
The n.\t Trade Day will l>e held
en Saturday, Febiuary 5, and ever*
ne i- urged ♦.> plant t" take |>art. De
finive programs and arrangement
will Im* announcinl next week
Fourteen clubs were represented
at the county-wide meeting of the
Bastrop County Federation of W
men's 'Clubs held in the City Hall in
Bastrop last Saturday afternoon.
A very interesting program conipo
ed f di ciis-ions of the following to.
pi. > was heard:
Federation News Mr-'. Jesse Mill< ,
Elgii
Delegate'.- report of the State Fol
orali ii. and Motor Vehicle Safety
Mr C B. Maynard, Bastrop.
imith . 1
I'.i: aii i nlai v 1 av. Mi U
Dufi', Elgin.
P.ible Mr (> I' Foer«
vill. .
Ii tenic' i-mal Relationship Mi .
W. I' M lynartl, Bastr-ip.
Health Mi H. M. Wnugh. Bastri p
Ai i aiigenK iit - were made during
the b.i in. - ne-. ting to make a lio
oral i ntribution to the scholarship
fund, K ng each chib in th« F"d'i i
tior, to c 'iitribute o cents or more
dep. ndini upon the size of the club.
Mr W Miilingtoii, president -if
the i tin' v I d rati in, w.k electod
del.-c 111 t • th' di -trict F. ilerat i "I
ni." ting, and Mr.-. Jesse Miller
l-.igiii wa- iio-en as alternate.
Pint - e iM'gun at this m• < tin
' tor annual all.day meeting in M i>
!whieh will be held in Bastrop th
year The following committee .-ha
men were appointed:
General chairman. Mrs. C i! May
naid; publicity chairman, N'1 R !
I Statidifei ; credentials. Mi !•' W.
Denison; pi "gram, Mrs. T. P Hayr
'Jr.; nominatng committee, Mr (
W. Webb; election committee. Mi
j Paul Farris; Mrs. B. H Smith -
servo on program committee a.- re
preventative of rural clubs. Other-
i will Iw appointe l at a later date
fact, the world looked different, and
within a few days men of known
ability were called in by the nation's
chief and the machinery for recovery
began to be assembled. 'Rio nation
made a right-about face, and 1* gan
a progressive march to recovery and
prosperity.
Being human, Mien did make mis-
takes. This wa.- natural and to b**
i xpected and should be forgotten.
But there are those who failed to re
reive the exact consideration they de
sired, hence b-vame the defamers of
I the good movement the president had
made. Time went on and the cri-
tics became bold. Personal animosities
reached so gr,4at a state that we could
not go to a movie nor pick up a po-
pular picture review of public af
fairs without seeing the clieapett
sort of criticism poked at the great
head ol the nation
Then there canii the second elec-
tion, and the people of the tfnitcJ
I State. poke in the m ■ t emphaticly
definite niann r that a populace ever
spoke The criti. and slanderers then
jiea ed ti function for a time, till
tlie few manipulators of the nation'-
trick out of
fairly drop
■ vt' ing Now right
dent .lid th' critics
L. i wealth pulled theii prize
the bag, and the butt, m
out of
I back on t he
pi.
jump biting tl'.e I -ni! that fed them.
No, we can't ' rr••' yn . Mr. Presi-
dent. and we linn, '.ly believe that be-
fore thi ye i •. r. the World wfl'
be convinced that a libera! form of
den- .o-ati-' g. vc nir-'-nt «•■ • ?i;• - nearer
being t'- i'. than anything that
has eve - I . en practiced ince th.
sp >il< i i nation's wealth were
di ven i|', ,,t" the temple by a just an.I
tair administrator of the common
rig
>f llis sub iect -
PETE SHADY
MI>>|()N \K\ >Ot IFri V TO MEET
« I I'll MRS. R ANSOME
MONH \V
I he Methodist Mi-sjonary SuciNv
will meet on Monday, January 17, ! -•-
winning at 10 o'clock ,i in in th^
hon e of Mrs. W B. Ran ome
Phere will l>e installat >n of new
officers, followed with the plrrfee
service.
A covered dis). luncheon will h.
sH*r\'cd at the noon hour.
Don't forget to pay your ooll lax.
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