The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 18, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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J. R. PFEIFFER,
DEALER IN
Yellow Pine Lumber,
: Brick, Lime, Cement, Guttering, :
and everything
necessary in the
building line.
A share of the
patronage of the
peopl e of Bastrop
and county is cor-
dially solicited.
'I Contractor and Builder. For orders call ;
Develops your Plana. and see ma.
I! J. R PFEIFFER.
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Professional Cards.
Lawyer*.
ft. ft. 0AGAIN. W. ft. MAYNARD,
OROAIN a maynard,
Attorney* at Law,
ftMtrop, Teta*.
Will praotlos la all tfce higher and
laferlor oourte.
j. p. fowler. j. r. rowler, jr.
FOWLER & FOWLER,
Attorneys at Law,
Bank Building, Bastrop, Texas,
Will praotlos la all the higher and
Inferior courts.
J. 8. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
Baetrop, Tex*a.
Will practice In ell the hither aLd
Inferior court*.
The First National BanK
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Capital, $5o,ooo.oo. Surplus, $lo,ooo.oo.
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H. D OROAIN. President. W. A. McCOHI), Vice-President.
CUuSTKR EKHARD, CmNrr.
M. r. I.uckrtt. W. B. Kit .«oin . A. C. Kibufd, B. J. 11 Ruler.
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CAPITA I.. SURPLUS. INDIVIDUAL RURPONSIhlLITY
Of tlie Atockh rri and loimrrvtilTe tn ttiagcuKnt me the
Mfngth of k A ual. -
OrRHnized, developed and conducted nlonc progressive
lineH. Governed by the name principle. With twenty
ye rn successful buaineaa record, with ample capital, with
every facility to properly care for all business entrusted to
it, and operated along conaervate linen, it expects to con-
tinue to grow both ?n ability an 1 capacity to serve.
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JACK JENKINS,
Attorney at Law,
Ueatrop, Tela*.
Only complex Set of Abstract Books
la the county.
Physicians-Surgeons.
H. P. LUCKETT,
Physician and Surgeon,
Baetrop, Texas,
Orncs—W. J. Mlley'* Drug <ore.
PHOMS 24.
H. B, COMBS,
Physioian and Surgeon,
Bastrop, Tela*.
Oprica—C. Erhard & Son's drug t*rs
Rbsidkncb—Ea*t Bastrop. Pbonb M.
Gamble Lodge, No. 244,
A. F. & A. M
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Regular meet-
ing Fourth Sat-
urday nljfht ta
each month.
Visiting breth-
ren cordially in-
vited to attend.
Pai'L D. PAOB, W. M.
A. C. Eriiakd, teciotary.
NEWS AS IT HAPPENS
NATIONAL. STATE, FOREIGN. OF
INTEREST TO READERS.
THE WHOLE WEEK'S DOINGS
Bastrop Chapter, No. 95,
Of Bastrop, Texas.
The Powell Oil Mill Co.
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First Saturday night
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Visiting Compan-
ion* invited toattend
all regular and call-
ed convocation*.
J. 8. Jonss,
M. e h. P.
a. c. Erhard,
Secretary.
will pay the Highest Price 2
in cash, give you Honest *
Weights, and buy at any *
time, winter or summer, *
1 Your Cotton Seed *
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Seed Ouly.
Buy and Sell
everything for the
Cash Only.
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GRANITE and MARBLE MONUMENTS
HEAD STONES and IRON FENCING
Fifteen years of continuous service in the
Monument Business, together with my will-
ingness to deal fairly with all makes it safe
in buying your cemetery work from me.
Good Work, Right Prices and Courteous
Dealings is my idea of business. I guaran-
tee my work and prices to please you.
Try your next order with me.
H. C. Griffin
Elgin,
Texas
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Bastrop Camp, No. 79,
Kega-
iar meet
i n gs on
2nd and
4th Wed
n eid a y
night* in
each
month.
Visit-
ing Sov-
e r e igns
are tnoit
cordially
1 n v ited
to attend the meeting* of Bastrop Camp,
P. C. MAYNARD. C. C.
R. J. WARREN, Clerk.
- The Buyers'
Guide
The firm* whose names are repre-
sented in our advertising columas
ar* worthy of th* confidence of *v*ry
pereon tn the community who ha*
money to *pend Th* fact that th*y
edvertte* stamp* them a* •nteryris-
lng, progressive men of fcns:a>*s a
credit to our town, asd deserving of
support. Our advtrtUing column*
comprise s Buyers' Guide to fau
dealing, good goods, honeet ptices.
MAKE YOUK APPEAL
ftn tlir pulilic tlirnupli the
columns of this paper
With every issue it c.u rir
its message into the home*
and livt-8 of the people.
Your competitor has h «
store news in this issue Whv don't
you have yours? Don't blame the
people for flocking to his store
'fliev know what he has.
If yott must hwIiik the hummer, tine
It tn drive null* ami h« l|> build up. Dot
to destroy ami tenr down
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Cincinnati tn trylli* to (I* the clocks
ao as to ic<'t to work un hour earlier
In the morn in* That cold, icray dawn
la a fierce thing over the Ithiuu.
Snort Mention of Interacting Happen
Ings From Day to Day Through-
out the World.
OOMESTIC.
Ilenoiinrir.x those nhc would vtola'e
a party piodKe ratified by the voierh of
the pi.r') as euilie/.zlera of power, WIJ
llaui .1 llryan lit Uallua Tucaday out-
lined liia vI• u a ne i o the liu'lfT. urging
free ruw ruater1al«
J. I' Moikau. .If, was . 'le< ted to the
late K II liarrltnau m pla<e oil the
hoanl of dire.'tors of th« National Cltv
tnttik Ity Wall street the election la
regarded as one of the most elKulfliunt
of the tlnaiK'tnl developments of ttie
week prt^tumably IikIk at111k that har
monlcMis relatione exiat between the
Morgan Kuhn-Lof b Standard Oil groups
of flnanclera.
Cajit. Netherton of the Rrltlah
ateiiuiahlp Coined I un arilved at (inl
vent on Tuesday and reported to the
l'nlt'-ii Stuten hydrographlc hendquar
tera that three etronK atreama of oil
are Ixit>t>liiifc from the aiirfaow of the
KuIf of Mexico 1< 0 miles KouthwiKt
of Ralveaton. Soundings taken showed
a depth of 5,900 feet. It has been
known for some time that this strange
oil sprliiK existed, but never before
has It heeti reported «o acthe. The
aprliiK Is believed to come fruni an ex-
tension of the oll-bearlng stratum
which forma the Coralcana und n<-au
mom Ileitis,
The record high price established
lam Wednesday nt the local stock
yards at Fort Worth of $S.1.'> per 100
pounds for Iiurs, wa.s broken twice
Tuesday, with a load of ninety-eight
head averaging l!C> pounds, bringing
$S 271-.., and later another load of nine
ty-one head av« raging I'us pounds es
tablialied a new n < ord of IS.20,
Hearing oi argunieiit of the stales
motion for an order '>f hale of the Wi-
lms Pierce Oil company's properties lu
Texas was again postponed by the
Ttveaiy-elxt.il ilis-'t i< t ccurt Tiu siIh.v.
\\'neii the matter was tuken up Attor-
ney Cieneial Davidson said he thought
the time had come for disposing of the
property, but ilmt out of consideration
for Judge K It. Perkins, attorney for
the company, who Is tn poor health
and unable to attend to the <,'t*e at
this time, he was willing to let the
Humttlon rest until next week.
The state board of health with all
members present. Tuesday Anally
adopted the sanitary code for use m
Texas. Before It becomes effective it
will have to b« approved by the gov-
ernor, atsd Its contents will not be
made public until the governor has
passed u|M>ti same
The department t*< education of
Texas completed Its final count and
tabulation of the scholastic census fir
the year, the tabulation allowing that
there are 940,00t> school children In
Texas between the ages of 7 and 17.
and that there are .".m;,::?;.' whit" ma'e
school children, ;l?0, th:-t w hite female
school children, making at total of
770 white children There ave 3.1,-
725 male negro school children, and
U7.5IO females, making a tnt.■«: of l'*2 •
2;ii; colored school chl'dren. Accord
lug to the apportionment of the sta'
hoard of education, the districts and
counties wherein these children ate
reported will receive 10 25 per capita
as the apportionment for the coming
year, the money to he used for the
maintenance of the public schools
The live carloads of huge hollers for
the extension of the Yellow Pine Mill
Company plant and for the llRht and
power plant of the paper mill at Ot
atige arrived Mondav The paper mill
Is to he enlarged from a capacity of
t n tons da'.ly u-. «l pet-sent to thirty
tons dally.
While his wife played the piano Mon
day, Dr. Henry Thurnto.i recently of
Pittsburg Te..as, committed suicide
by swsllowi.ig carhollt actil tn his sub-
urban home at Ma,ilewood. St I.ouls
When 'lie body of l.leut-nant I un
A Sutton, Ir., the young marine ifti
ccr * ho met h's death about two \ a • s
ago at Annapolis w,ta exhumed at \r
It'igton cemetery Momlay an autopsy
^e'formed hv physicians repres ntit.g
tt-e navy department ami young St.
ton's mother, disclosed th-* tact tiiut
no hones were broken although a con
tutlon was found ovei the right eye
A monument made from a boulder
weighing over nine tons has be«n
plated at th<' foot of Madjcska Mont,
tain at Arden, the fortnei home ot the
actiess tin the lace of the monu
uienl Is a bronze tablet with Madjes-
ka's name Inscribed upon It
The will of the late II 1, Penti was
flled In the county court for probate
In Austin Saturdav An es'ate ot an
estimated value of $10,000 Is I• • 11 to
Ills willow as sole execut without
bond The Instrument It dated Julie
21, 130S.
The story of an Illinois hoy going
tvest becoming a cowboy und making
a single handed holdup of a stage
coach tsith hix passengers, figures In a
pardon granted by President Taft Mon-
day In the case of I, A Potter. Pot-
ter lived at Salem, III., and 'hen con-
victed of holding up a stage In Texas
he was sentenced, May 20, 1885, to life
Imprisonment at hard labor He has
served almost twenty four years, part-
ly at Cheater. Ill , and latterly at tho
l^>av en worth. Kan. penitentiary.
The continuance of the Harrlman
politics In the management of the Un-
ion Pacific, Southern Pat Iflc and the
chain of allied lallrouda was made cer-
tain Monday, temporarily at least,
when Robert 8. l.ovett, E. H. Harrl-
man# personal counsel and close
friend, «a* elected to succeed Mr. Har-
rlman at the head of the executive
committee of the Colon Pacific rail-
road
Secretary of State Knox to give spe-
cial attention to the development ind
protection of the commercial Interests
of the United States In l.atln America,
ha* created iu the state department a
new division to be known aut the divi-
sion of (.atln American affairs. He
hat appointed Thomas C. Dauson of
lowo. t'nlted States minister to Chile,
as chief of the new division, and Wil-
liam T. S. Doyle as assistant chief.
Ttie total surplus of railroad care In
this country Is now 110,576. according
to n roport of the American Hallway
Association. Tbla Is a decrease of <8,-
M8 care since the last report.
An official «*t!mate by the Canadian
depart in nut of Agriculture and statis-
tic plates Canada's wheat crop aI
I.R35.000 bushels.
Ten days beforo the thirty-fourth
annual eesslou of the agricultural and
Mechanical college Is to open the total
riglMration of Is 718 students, of
which 351 ate fiist year mon.
Receiver Freeman of tho Interna-
tional & Croat Northern predicts Tex-
as cotton crop this season of 3,250,0u0
bales.
Dr. M M White, a veterinarian,
was shot and killed as he was about
to enter his buggy lu Shreveport, La.,
by Hen.y Sibley, a railroad man.
White's attontlona to Sibletr's bride
of two weeks • Is said to have been
the cause of the tragedy.
Thursday morning about 3 o'clock in
illovoton, Texaa, W. E. Collins wiu
shot, and Instantly killed and his son.
aged 17. was seriously shot by a posse
lu seurch for K. D Chandler. In the
posso were Rangers White and Avert-
ed and a deputy sheriff. Some time
luBt year Chandler was arrested in
this county by the sheriff and placed
In the Wood v I lie Jail for safekeeping,
hut Chandler escaped, and since has
been at laige. They mistook Collinn
for Chandler.
FOREIGN.
An Important archaeological discov-
ery was announced Tuesday by Prof.
Itaaion Menu, who headed a govern-
ment expudltion to Otumba Iti the
State of Mexico, which baa uncovered
it burled city of great antiquity. A
pyramid similar to that uncovered at
San Juan de Teotlhiiucan has been ex-
posed The pyramid Is sixty feet In
li* i>;lit and measures 2' 0 feet square at
the base The remains Indicate that
the < ity was built and occupied in the
time of the Tolfecs.
A dispatch Horn Portlcl, on the bay
(if Naples, to the (ieneral lie It.alia says
thot Vesuvius Is active again. (Juldes
leport rumblings followed by slight
*et nii< shocks The volcano at vari-
ous Intervals has been very active in
tlie last few d.iyn
Prince Henry of Prussia announced
Monday that Emperor William had ac-
copied the protection of the enterprise
known as the Herman Arctic airship
expedition, which purposes to conduct
scientific research In the unknown pol
ar seas by means of dirigible airship.
This project was Initiated before Dr
Cook and Commander Peary reported
.having discovered the pole. The enter-
prise has ample financial resources.
Santos Dumont Monday broke the
aeroplane speed record to win a wager
of $200. With the aeroplane "Demoi-
selle" he made a flight across the
country o Hue, France, a distance of
between eight and nine kilometers In
live minutes at a speed of about ninety
kilometers (55 8 miles) an hour.
If Is stated In semiofficial circles.
In Toklo, that llaror. Kogora Takahlra
lapanese ambassador to the United
State*, who was called home to confer
with the foreign offlc. oti various mat
teis of Importance, will not return to
the United States.
Th" fedeial army headquarters of
the third milllaiy / >tie continues to
tecefve insistent rumors of an Intend
ed outbreak September 15 and 10 In
the northern pait of the republic of
Mexl< o.
Total excavations on the Isthmian
Canal for August show a reduction
from the pr< vious month, the figures
being 2,7' 17b > nine yatds. against
2,843,:"*.n cubic yards tn July Con
crete laid during August amounted to
7.04.1 cuhi<* yards, aaauist 8,15*5 In July,
'while 454 677 cubic yards of till wet0
1 placed In dams tn August,
H. A. MUNSON KILLED
MEMBER OF POSSE HUNTING ES-
CAPED ANGLETON NEQROES.
ARMED MEN ARE GATHERIN6
Houston and Veleeco Trains Carry Ofti*
cer* to Scene. But Negro Made
His Escape.
Sandy Point. 1>x -II Armour Mun-
son, a prominent cltixeu and atockmau
of Hiaftorui county, of Angletou, who,
with six other cltUens formed a poese
seachlng for the three escaped negro
prisoners who are ohargtnl with killing
J. T. (Tut) Harden at Chenango a
low nights ago wfill« he w aa endeav-
oring u> arrest theiu, was allot and
killed edneedav afternoon by Steve
Hayes, a brother in law of ono of the
fleeing negroen.
The posse, of which Mr. Munson was
a member, believing thnt they would
be able to secure some luformatiou
from Hay s which would aaalat them
In their search lor the two negroes,
rode to liM house, about a mile and
a quarter from Sandy Point, and
found him seated on the front gallery.
The members of I he party pulled
their hopscM up In fiout of the tiouse
of the negro Hayes and as aixin as oue
asked the negiv to come out to them
he turned on the gallery and ran into
the JvouMe. and, alter obtaining his
shotgun, he rushed to a window and
opened ttie. The first load of shot
fiotu the shotgun etruck Mr Mutusou
in the face, killing him instantly and
knocking him from tils saddle The s.«
ond charge killed the horse upon
which J. O. WHIWi was mounted, whlie
the third charge wus fired at Horace
Kelly, another member of the po s.i
as the negro wils leaving the house.
As soon as the other members of the
posse roallzed t.hat Mr. Mutisou had
been killed Uiey surrounded the homsu
und opened tlis- with their revolvers,
but the negro pulled some boards loose
from the aide of his house und es-
caped to Oyster creek bottom, about
lotty foot away from the house. It
whs while running into the bottom
thai iis« fired ou Pousoman Kelly.
W hen Haves escaped into the crerk
bottom he a as followed by the re-
maining members of the poaso, but
they did not suc< eed ill overtaking
him.
An Investigation after the shooting
developed the fact that Mr. Munson
was killed by u charge from a shot-
gun, while the horse of Mr Willis wa-s
killed by a rifle bullet, which would
indicate that two persons were doing
the shooting, and which has since led
Uie officers and citizens to believe
ttiat. Cha. Itw De Laney, one of the es-
caped prisoners, was being hartnired In
tne house when the possemeu rode up
to the place unexpectedly.
Inetead of seurohing the house, the
members of the ,io-.s«- follow, d Hayes
Into the creek bottom and sufficient
time wa.s theroby given De I.aney to
escape should ho have been concealed
in the building.
ThUs killing aroused the entire
country surrounding Chenango and An-
gletou. where Harden was well known
and liked, and now the killing ot Mr.
Munson has only tended to liu reasn
the feeling of the whites toward the
negroes
In the vicinity of Sandy Point, where
tlie shooting ot vv eoncstiay afternoon oc-
curred, at s o'clock at night more than
100 armed men from various adjoining
counties weno assembled, ready to be
gin the man hunt In earneet.
Sheriff Anderson, accompanied by
Deputy Sheriffs Yom, Hlllt ndahl,
Smith, Cain, MeClanahan and many
possemen, reaohed Sandy I>lnt shortly
after 8 o'<'lock on a special train over
the International ami Great Northern,
Trainless Twelve Day*.
Rrowusv11le I'ex The first train fcr
twelve days arrived in Hrownsvllle
Wednesday, bringing nearly a carload
Of mail which has been accumulating
at different points sln« e the washout-..
The river is now in its banks again,
and still going down
Rangers to Guard Taft.
Austin, l'"\ Rangers will he sent
to El Paso and S>n Antonio on the
occasion of I' r • ; d • • n t I alts visit t<e
t hose titles.
Cut Hi* Throat.
Georgetown I'ex Prosper Csskey,
,t well knowi t tG/.i i of Florence, hav-
j lug many relativ s in Williamson
county, dressed himself for Hie occa-
s on, went to his batn and cut his
! thtout from eai to • ar Wetlnesday
Seven Thousand 8aies.
Mart, Tex Cotton receipts to da'e
are 7000 bales. There Is no notice-
able falling off in dally receipts but
I many farmers sey thAt Mart has i
| ready one Uaif her receipts tor thia
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