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Refresh
yourself
PKISK
JOHN O. TURNER
ROSE CLOTHES
New fal! suits for men and
boys. Also new hats anH
shoes.
"Quality at a Fair Price"
EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR
BASTROP ADVERTISER, BASTROP, TEXAS. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1940
NUMBER 27
MAIN STREET
BY PKI'E SHADY
pioneer resident
OBSERV.ationscelbrates 85th
birthday
If we were overly anxious to pick
a scrap with Judge Paul D. Page we
w<>ul<iTi*t walk up and tweek his nose
and kick him on th«« shin; while we
haven't the slightest doubt but what
this perforniance would mwt with
some rcsiyfance, but if we wanted a
*ur enough hammer and tongs go
with Judge Pug*. we'd just make
..unto- sarcastic remark about hi* loy.
alty t<> the democratic party. Away
off down in Bastrop we got the in-
formation that things were exactly re-
gular out at the State Convention at
Mineral Well* We didn't even get
up enough temperature to ^pit out
our < ud. t**eause we k tw-w Judge Page
«• up there and would do enough
spitting f r all of us. Just as we
cxp*tU-d. th,. next broad" a t let the
who!,, world know how ho- it mad*
the judge when a high official in the
organisation Rat ur> and ridiculed our
great democratic President Tin
fudge'* temperature wasn't halfway
up tls-n, hut when a certain -tat-
official who hail received the nod of
tne Texa* democrat." and the i* rsonal
hupport of almost all of the democrats
in Bastrop declared that he wa* go-
ing to vot«' for \S is Willie Willkie, Use
Judge'* temperature went to 111 in
the «*had< . : •:<! he did there nd then
most adorably take -aid state off)
cial'- toboggan in camp, and when
fih,. would-be l« lter twovered from
the ojijtlouifht he onlv had breath
enough left tn say he hadn't yet de-
cided whom he would vote for
We a-e no? ijuite a hot under ti*
«<>llar a Judge Page wa at Mineral
W«IU, !>ut we ; « pretty dsdgumeo
wre when we go around to the pit.
tore show to wi a laugh or see a
gorilla and we Wave to sit through
a t«*.. ' h\ th- republic an candidate
fur president That isnH all thai
make* us urr around at the picture
H"w>. and w* e H"t talking ;*bouf
Jack Wright * picturo show either,
for h - ha- g.a d but w<- do re-
j-n? very hiltrrlt a lot of subtle crhi
« c«m that the pirtuie world i« and
Ha* been for a long <ime heaping
upon the prw dent nf tW (Imted
Stat - and hi- wife. Then there i*
un'tlii'r thing that make* u. mad
That in to - e a lot uf Upponed-<o-be
«geat Dmorrst* Itk«- Mitoe Hogg.
wh • me illus?' lOll* father brought a-
?iueh glorv and homo to Deitvsrraes
ir Texas a anv other man, r*'t a
>t her milltoroi
exp«*n«ive #urt«
lot «jf
rem an
i-srry btg city in lexa
ei vc "Willkie I >emocrat
isn't any mh^-. thing as
tw-mcn- rat, Uvxim W-llkii
furtdica > «%>miri"e
th, t'rilted State*
s e. together.
of offices* in |
and call them
There
Wdlkie
in a if I
f.jr President of
and n>> true D«
mm rat will vote for bim. Thrn tla're
4(111 an«*h« i thintr that makes u-
4 little ^ure There an- a lot ot
peopl,. ill n\er the country who have
been abundantly ble [ed in many
way* by tb< humane benovelence of
New |>e l who are ru-> inii tt-
author &nd telling ob*cen«- wnuld
funnv jok<< about hi*- wtf< Some
b<Miv awav back in the far pa-t coined
th. adag< "thw oim- dog will bit
hand tbwt feed* thi-m," and I
not ( ure that the i«
•r-ion of "killir*v the gi«
gulden egg," In our
tx- n rnlinid1 cable, wi
re*uH* of man\ politi
tratmrr- and ther<
and in all pi< t tidit
U one that a< tnullv
and pay« th#' farm
that he cannot raiM
:( >n We'll admit
of e« mt reh#'n i' n;
t;ind whv a fi< ' <1
little child and hi
the
aw
vei
tJle
• hi-
i t our own
that Ims .
time, whirl'
ba\,. 11\I'd
cal admint*
ha* never before,
will never again
e d* thi l« ggai
i cash fio land
a pn flli'ile I ! (I
"ri* dull
cannot und r
mid way lav a
mrdei it
t'
Sunday, September 15, w«l~- a joy-
ous day in the (iarlan«l Mi'ler hom
at Hemphill' Prairie when Mr. Mill,
er's family gathered to celebrate hi-i
K.r>th birthday, which was on Thurs-
day, September 12.
Hi. only -inter, Mis. Cilenn Jack-
son of Elgin, was present. Garland II,
M-ller. Jr., a son, of Pittsburgh, Pa. '
and Esther E. Miller, a daughter,!
win- make- her home with her fath- '
er. wi r - both Uii-r -
Mr- Anna I.ou Miller, wife of a
win, Charles l<eroy Miller, de<-eas«'d.
and h#'r children, Daniel Bernard Mil-
ler of |>alla-, Mildred Miller Raben.;- ;
burg of Bastrop. Edith Miller Elliott
of Austin, an«j Jean Miller I>iek of
l/irkhart, wer all present.
Kate I.ove Miller, wife of a son,-
William Jurftin Miller, deceased, was
p i -ent with he -on, William Jus
tin Miller, J.*., and his wife, Charlo*. i
te, all from Italia- (Ireat grandchil-
dren pre--nt were Anna Alhn Mil
ler. daughter of Daniel Bernard Mil-
ler; Hilli,. Jean and Howard Lock. Jr.,
daughter and <oi of Mr. and Mrs. H.j
H. l-««k; and Edith Lynn Elliott.
other- nr«-M*nt included Glenn
daughter of Mr and Mr-. E. W Eliott.
Jack-<>n. nf Elgin, M E R:U>ensburg
<>f I'.a^t op. F Elliott of Austin,
H H l/ock of lioekhart, an#l Mabel
N "Ve. Mille- of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr Miller's birthday cak. wa;
baked by Mabel Miller, wife of Gar-
land I! Miller, Jr., and was a double
heart cake, decorated with Ho candles.
\ \l' Miller cut hts birthday cake
i relative*, wished him "Many hap-
py r -turns of the day."
Contributed.
rockneIazaar
is great success
Approximately simi |xop|v from all
■ mo ceiiti.il Texa. attended the an-
nual fall bazaar heli) at Roeklh on
• i• •! r. iccoidiru.' to Eath« r A l>-o.
! p<j|d.
laiilc were spread under the t>• *«-
on the church lawti and :iri elalm ate
dmn1 r wa -served. Th« meal, with
it> hug.- platter- of meats of all kinds
and bowl- of alads and vegetables,
r---h he and pi<kles, aial U-autiful
1 •'!' and l11' wa- ail donatinl. pre
par#d anil served hy th - P-insbioner-
of ti>e Kockne f'buix h
Vf'er dinner, cold drinks, and ire
ci'an were on >al. at stands about
the grounds, and many games, in
eluding th<* < v« r-popula. bingo, were
in t r"gr«-- I'riy.i"- for the bingo
• torid were <|on.,te,j by Ba.«trop mer
chun; . a'd (" cil 1 "tig of Bastrop
wa in charge. ii-m-pnI bv a bevy of
pi tt\ girl*- from the Rixkne Coni-
munit y
I ti' iutiful !!•« kne t'hurch, ix>
■ el 11 \ ■ onpbtiil, w..- open to visitors
>i! day.
a d''i''<l«"d UCcesH,
I/I'opuld aid, and
iH'ktie and the ^ur
t their great an
pieiatioii to the Bastrop (xnple for
then lite nil contributions, fm the
u-e ot 11:. t'hamfH-i -f Commerce loud
I" liking -x-'.etn a nt to Mi Long for
taking ihatg, of the announcing
conscription bill signed; all men
between ages of 21-35 to
register on october 16
Washington, Sept. 16 — Pres. Roose- The first group of conscripts—a-
velt Monday made peacetime con- bout 400,000 -probably will be called
-••ription the law and proclaimed that | to the colors about November 15. Then
on October 1<> all men from 21 to 3r> j for the next five years, about a mil-
inclusive, must register for selective, lion men will be inducted into the
military training. army for a year of training.
Mr Roosevelt! signed tfh<. first They will be drawn by lot,
peaeetim(. draft bill in American his- In proclaiming registration dav.
tory at 2:01s p. m. (CST) ami pro-1 Mr. Roosevelt observed.
claimed reg'stration day a moment "... Our young men will c<ime
later, two days after congress gave from the factories and the fields, the
it- final approval to the legislation. I cities and the towns, to enroll their
The war department made its see-1 name* on registration day.
ond call on the national guard Moti-
'On that eventful day my genera-
nya boys have
interesting
schedule
friendly talks
BV J. <>. SMITH
Well, the state convention, unlike
I hi- boys at the N \ A Camp on the that of two years ago was very un-
hiII just east of Bastrop are divided • eventful w ith the exception of a lit-
into two groups now, according to tie flare-up which gave one or two
Jam"s Heiser, resident supervisor. In
the mornings, half of the boys work
on the construction of the new fur-
niture shop to replace th«- old one re-
cently destroyed by fire, and tbe oth-
er half spend part time in woodwork-
ing classes and part time in radio in-
struction In the afternoon, the sch".
dull is reversed.
The remainder of the day is spent
in football practice, beginning at 4:-'!0
p. m., with a six man team, organ-
of the leaders an opportunity to get
some publicity and attention. Th«a
convention was decidedly pro Roose-
velt and pro O'Daniel and the plat-
form was about the same as covered
by Gov, O'Daniel's nine point pro-
gram.
Governor O'Daniel beat them to
the platform when he announced his.
nine point program just after the
election, and if he succeeds in car-
day night in us expanding defense (jon wi|, their ^.nerafcon. May
program, ordering ,b> ,00 men mto;^ a„ „ wjthin ()Ur hearts that
the federal service October 1 . i eption of liberty and that way .f
Approximately bO.o(M) guardsmen Hf(. whu.h We hav/all inherite<l. Mav
were induete<l into the army Monday | ^ a„ stren|fthen nur resoWik u> hoId ; ,
for a years intensive training The h h ^ t.h of frwd„m in thls dar-i on Kr,ha^ P ,el'i her,e' The fourteen-, The m is businesslike, it i*
total .tee,,gth of the guard is about ^ M> thaf ou|. chi,dren: piece.band pract.ces for an hour each fajj. ^ constructive and , ^
*.4< ,( , and all ultimately will ^ j ;uu| their children may not be robbed n'^. . . . , . , , | that the members will give it serious-
ized to meet high schools who have a rying out one-half of it the legisla-
six man team. They will play eight! ture will have accomplished morer
or nine games this season, with pro- than the last tour or five session*
bably two night games to be payod i combined have accomplished.
* , * i iiittt* VII nitty
placed n training. ! of lhejr u hlful inh(fritanct,
None of the units calle<l Monday! M(. Rooft^volt fli(1 not designate re-
,ire rom • xas . gtstration day as a holiday. He urg-
An estimated 1b.o00.000 men--citi- .,(i h(,weV<y.f that all employers, as
aTKl ;,,iien «'ke_must register at weU (|> f,.rff.raK 1(K.al and state govern-
polling places througm.ut the country , m,.m .^ncie,. give their workers ade.
October lfi. From this number, the
nation will build up over the next
five years a reservoir of 5,000,000
trained men.
"America viands at the cross roads
quale time in which to register
His proclamation observed in con-
On Wednesday night of each week J , . , i ♦;
n .. r„ . • " . . ,, and honest consideration:
the Radio (lub meets, ami a social j
is held on Thurs<iay nights, when the J First, raise revenue for social se-
boys enjoy dancing with NYA girls, curity, old-age pensions, teacher re-
from Smithville, Giddings, or Taylor. I tirement, the blind, and the depen-
Open forum, with outside speakers, j dent children. This is an obligation
is held twice each month. voted by the IState that has by no
The "Hilltopper," newspaper pub- , means been met.
... ,' ,,... ■ lication published in the Bastrop NYA !
"hat ^gislat.on | ramp, is edited by James Meager of t Second, pr°v de funds^ to
T^ie congress has debated without
of Its destiny". Mr. R«o^e|t said partisanship and has mnv enacted • assistant_editor
in his proclamation.
He rook cognizance of the current
world situation and served notice that
the United Suit#-s i< ready and abl"
t«i defend at any cost the heritage ot
its freedom.
"Time and
law establishing a selective method of
augmenting nur armed forces. The 1 Il^lJT'v fiC
, method is fair, it is sure, it is demo- IHvIIIlilUII 1U VI
cratic—it is the will of our people."
The proclamation was accompanied
j by a statement explaining in detail
distance nave tieen, manner jn which the draft will
bring
I Dale! with Bob Williams of Dallas. Texas schools up to the national
average. 'I his calls for a study of
tl>e Texas school system with a view
to insuring the greatest possible ef-
ficiency in its operation.
war
vhortened." ire aid. "A few week
have -een great nations fall. W'e
cannot remain indifferent to the
philosophy of force now rampant
j Third, increased facilities to care
for the insane so that they need not
| languish in Texas jails. This ia a
humanitarian proposal.
operate.
Sept. 17—German long-range guiisi
He concluded with these words: j French c?asl P°u fl Dover area; Fourth, provision for retirement
In tbe military service thev (the ' Z1 troop slups l'°l>orte<i stealing u- of the SUite general tund deficit in
i i _• ... _i—-1 *— —i - constitutional in-
,a 1 draftees! will be intelligently led. i UmK d'annel ghost four years and a constiti
the world The terribW fate of na- , omfortablv dothed, well fed, and ade- !"'« Crouds waters, spurring fears hibition on appropriations
it may be used to cover troop-landinp i of tax levies. Irooii business dictates
in excess
tions whose weakness invited a* , quatelv armed and equipped for ha.".
Utck is to., well known fin a- all. t ic uamine Ry the time thev get
\\" muse ami will marshal! °'r 1 physically hardened, mentally disci-
great potential strength to fend off pjjnpd an(j j>r,Iv trained in fundu-
war from o„r shores. We must and m,.mals th(, f)l,w of (.riticai muni.
will prevent our land from becoming tion> from factoTy to combat units
a victim of aggression. will meet the full requirements for
"Our d-cision has Uen made. It - advanCed training
t.he Will Of our people." ..,n th(. mi|jtarv serx-ice. Ameri-
Con-cription became law on tie cans from ,valks of rich and
day that ih,- fiist two contingent. j)ot,r counts,- bre<I and city raised,
national guardsmen '.>6.000 militia- farnu,r. student, manual labour and
men from .'51 states-were mobilized white collar worker, will learn to live
foi a year of intensi\ - training wi. i | f,jd<, sjde to depend upon each
th,. army. None of the guard uni' oth, r jn miHury drills
W lis
Th. affai,
iiiciall) . I* ath
extended foi
lnding rnmnuii
are from Texas.
11i«> first units mobilised Monda
tiie -is-ond report.- October 15
waherson news
Watterson, Sept. HV Did I hear i
litt'l bird "a> that winter was on th-
way. well believed for a few day*
that r> - "o|e mail himself wa.- - f-
but 1 wish he would send a little ra '
rwith ' Seem- all the color.<i people
are leaving out, tho-,, that arc r ■'
through gathering crops had lx-tt.
hurry or then wonH b any help let"
N|r itNi Mrs. Jack Moncure a t
chilrfre' liitl Mrs J, H Hendiiv -p< •
S tnila. in Dab' with Mr, and M*
and maneu-
and to appreciate each other'
(Continued on back page)
attempt; big British guns shell Nazi • this proposal.
cross-channel bases.
British claim 185 Nazi planes shot Fifth'. effectlv° bud et cantro, ,un*
down over England in Sabbath raids, c'er a director appointed by the Gov-
largest "bug" for single day since|ernor of the State- Mor« >-'ood t)Usi"
war began; German pilots acknow- ntkss'
ledge they are meeting stiffening re- j sixth sele<-Uon of a State auditor
sistance at London; Buckingham pal- a legislative committee instead of
ace hit again by bomb, pilot wno; by the Governor, a recommendation
drops the missile plummets to death; whjch reveals the present Governor
two daylight air raid alarms sound in as not desiring to have ail tihe func-
I/ondon. j tions of State Government and State
Fascist troops under Marshal Rod- j spendinjr UIKier his thumb.
olfe Graz.am w.de„ spearhead thrust SeVenth, deposit of the 105 dif-
:nto northwestern Egypt; British bar-; fcrent gute fund< in the State Trea^
ass advancing columns with bombers, | surv subj,<t to direct je^klative up
armored cars and artillery fire.
The Vichy government takes form-
er socialist premier I/eon Blum into
! \N RKYNOI.DS REGISTERS VT custody in connection with P%wh
I TIHIIRAN COLLEGE
Seguin. Sept. 17 Figures released
b\ Registrar A. G. Gustafson reveal-
ed the i nrollnient at Texas I Ait hern
College showed an eight per cent
increase over lust year's registraton.
A total "f 17s students havt. regis-
ter«'d a- compareil with last year's
total of 16,'i.
Dan Reynold- was among th,- -tu-
• ient- registering from Bastrop
'war guilt" cases.
pj'opriation. This is more good busi-
ness.
Kighth. consolitiation of 'State d"-
paitments to increase efficiency and
I economy.
Ninth, additional taxes to meet th>
needs indicated, the manner of rais-
S* pt. IS—Nazis say German long-
range guns on French coast, firing 90 . ... ....
mil s, have begun to shell Ixmdon 'nK to ' e husness ot the Legis
.1 \< h
T.
11.
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and
\MI i N<; I:\ND ru ri.w
IN TAYLOR
lature.
The governor is now visiting with
the members in their homes, which
will go a long way toward creating
good will and securing co-operation.
The members and the governor will
feel that they know and understand
each other better which will result in
a freer and fuller discussion and more
We <*rtfl't
avi rage
horse, k
caught a
W,. din'
dt\ uIiimIh
for the
iindi i *t
intelhg
low «ng
III ' I lit
utall
ihI why
it h
mid
an
Steal
«• would b
li«nitentu r
thai
to tl
tmd> > tnnd win ome in
would enslave unforMinale.
imipoe nf fattening *i--
i ut m- In fni t, t h- I', a re i lot of
thing w, can't undrrmwl. and rigid
now the nno; mviteri'Hi human re
.ictiftii W|> car think of i- whv any
one living in the Smith should t«•• 1
• a oti to < ondetiln the pres'nt adro
'lintiiitimi of th* I filled Stii" i i
v iniii. nt. W«, don't know how mm >,
peopl,. feel ,i we do; c rtainly thi
Ti i fain, d Mi xiern
Ira, fiiuure of the M
of Ti xa*. is phas ing a
melit at the HMO I'u
Octobet r th. rhne fi
Tipiej! i)r>'t
:\U Suite Fan
return • ngag:-
, which o(h n-
tM formance -
iiaily 111 bp pro\
the 110 piece Nj
th d I' .nr vi -itoi b
tional Or.-he-tr'a
in oi.p. win, iitipn c
I. not )>• liking
■lilv SI . thone wh
Mow- vet w have
fif,. most IV billed
it, Ho N w Deal
out a eiv rgetit
> are opjaising it
a nimole i ode of
upon the phtlo
z'
h\ that "right will prevail." Th.
' re w,. art -erenelv belnvinv that
n Sovtiiilh t the nolid south will pine ■
damp of approval upon its gieat
'ceefiii'tin and Uader, fVanklin De
I a no Houirv-It.
t II IDS I I \ N <111 IK II
Sunday Si lio.il at lf a. ni
J L, Hood, -upcrinteniteiit
Rev. Woodrow .1 one i of Smithville
will pr ich it th.. Sunda;. evening
ervice. at t p m Come ami worship
with u at thi- hour- If
Chemurgy *ill b,, sji cmllv --t >«•
e«| ni tlh' I'.MU State Fair, and ig'iin
th * Teva • institution leads llv na
tion in pre entitle new outlets for
T \a agriculture The Cheniurn •
show lM.|ii|i I-. Id with th« co o|>era
'ion and under the diret'tion of t!i
I 'st Ti va Chainl.- r of Cnmnv roe
I in\| I \ I ,i i B( N | \ \ mis FOI .
I i\\ I N(, Bid 1 I III N KSS
liomingo Bunivn, I. died at his
home heri it " o'clock l ist Thursilay
lemnirg. Sept mbci I 'j, following .,
bi ll f 11llle > -.
Fun■ ral sei vice were held Thur-
ii.>\ aftciiioon at i o'clock at tin t i
ii111\ i ider, i, with II \ Paul < Bed
officiating, Interim nt wa in Fair
Mew l "i initios I'ill bear i wi ri
Victoi Carter. \ uniu F.-ki w. \ I
In (ilandeii, I .in- Davis, Bi-n Sim
nn inil V\ vlii Hill I.eStieur,
Domingo Buniva wa- Imrn in Lytic,
Teva-, on May ii. !!io;i, son of I'o
Illillgo and Juanita Bunivn. I hey
i nine to liastiop in I 1:: He wa- .
no mbci of till Caii olii Church
Si rs iving him a hi- mother, Mrs
11. Buniva. and the following broth-
er ii I on,. - ■ r te org. Buniva.
1111' , III., John Bnriva, Rocktlale,
I'eti and I ne t Buniva, Bastrop, and
Mi loin I Chalmers, Bastrop.
V nnmhe of frond and relative-
from out of town Wtfie innmg thosi
w ho
in ral.
in
attendance at the fu
Tex.i ha more than ." .0iH> com
nion chool- and ni'Te tha^ I.HKI in
depetui-1 t cho.d tliilricts. Much of
the r> s tun for tin -upi i rt of the
v'hool >steni I- devived from t'e
ere t i'i| iiMiHjrce* of the State
llosv ir,i Whitworth "pent S ji ia
ill *e. home of Me- Be tha Nite
family
Mi I„ ,■ Alexander. Mrs \i:
Kanisev and little \l.nv Fran i . Sp
of Ccd.ii Cfl k Mr Aubrev Rtiulriv
,.f Hill Frairie. Mr- Lillie llu<
a: <1 tiarland Hefnet and gn
-pent Wednesday ui tlie home of ^l
i n| M W !• Watterson.
We ate glad to know Mr- T
Nite wa- able to return from th ■
pitnl hod Tuesday, and is now doit g
fine i| the Imnie of her daughvi
Mi- I ornic Osljorn and Mr. Osb"
V-Mi.i g thus, from he i attend-- •
th I'.a lar in Uix'kiie Sundav ssc
Mi-- Minnie Hefner, Mr- Mabh Sn i*
and on-. Mv. and Mrs. John Hot-
NT I,il!i Mucker and on, Mr m-i
Mr-. Carl. !.,| Hefner and childn
.I.'he Vrnidd Thurman. Mr. and M
llilph Holligan, N|r. and Mrs 1't
llefn v, \|r and Mrs Otto Hefrei,
Mi and Mr Will Miller, Will 1,.
Boo Holl gan, < lydi. Bill, Henry it .
Albect Hefner, Tom I Ado!-
ti 'ir?.'. and son, (Hal Nite. C <
Wa'ti en. \|r- Frnt <t \\ nr.
and Wallace IT fiter.
Mr \\ a line II fner and -on- .
.Honnrid With Shower
On la if \\ edne-daj atti'l noon, Mr
W I Wattcr-on honored \li--i Te-
j ti.ce Simmons, bride. leet, with a
mi'cellain ous hos\er. The houst . a
I 1 lautit'ully deC'Tiited and the ta i
made attractive with lovely floss *
I Afti" ti guest., arrived, van .
g i - were plavnl a tnl pri,*,e- i
luari'id which were in turn pies •-• • ,i
(Continued on page i
itself.
London air ministry reports Hit-
ler'.- fleet of troop-carrying barges,
-hip" lashed by channel gale, driven
to shelter.
Churchill warn Britain avrainst false
.op, s that invasion |>eriod this year
is ended. -ay> Hitler "steadily" mask-
ing fleet to storm England by land;
dt - pit. fogs. Nazi raiders set fires thorough understanding of the sub-
in l ondon in furious nightlong at- ject- involved.
\ dance, featuring Jack Amlung tack-, return by daylight to continue The very large vote received by
and his Craz-. (iaiig. svill take place raids which informed Germans term Gov. O'Daniel leaves "o doubt as
Friday. September 20, in the SIMS'l I'oaviest of war but with -till great u whast leadership the people of Tex-
Hall -tarimg at P: '.0 Amlung and assaults to come. as desire and with this fact befor
thi bey are returning t. Taylor by Italian motorized columns push 10: the member-hip, 1 feel sure that the
dance follows miles into Egypt after three day- of mxt session ssill see a much closer
lighting in intense desert heat; Brit-i^o ,>pe ation Ixstweeu ti>e legislature
ish declare Italians' gains cost them and the • xecutive department.
" ;l > Then, too, the governor has learn-
ed much during the pa.-t tsso years
and he can and svill accomplish far
more in every respect than he did
New rates for post office box : during the past two years.
rentals, slightly higher than the
priftiit rates will go into effect ti
tiie Bastrop office on Cctolier 1, ac-
cording to F. F. Pi arcs , postmaster.
and- r instructions received from th.
third assistant post master general
at Washington, D. C.
|io) ular -i quest. |>.
tl.i laylot Bastrop football came.
Mars John Meison, vocalist with
he Vnilung Band svill be featur vl i-
sviii Sugar Can- and February, well-
known radio comedians.
Mr Mikc fiuzatt. Jr., who ir
chatge of thi danc ■, announces th it
free copie- of tlv t'razv Gang photo-
graph and -ong "Heah Com- A
Man" ssill be given to th fi"St hun
di'i'd people in ato tidance. Hi an
nounee- that a thirty minute floor
-how ssill I pie-ented s nni : tne
• luring the evening.
\FW I'OST OFFICE BOX KF.N-
I \I.S IN EFFECT OCT. I
Of course there ssill be some of -
structionists. but on a whole I be-
lies that tin ni xt legislature will
u ally accomplish something in the
way of constructive legislation.
Ni xt week I ss'li discuss some of
the proposed tax measures which will
I ii,. new rats s pi i ijuartcr svill lie likely b« .-ubmitted at th- next ses
SI UVH I HELD FOK Mltv
M MO riil(>G
Funei al service- ss iv h !d front
S'i- hom,. this. Tlutrsdav, morning at
lo ::n o'clock for Mrs. Mary K. Trigg,
piutie* i'i sident of I la.-troii, whose
i- t> : loss -: lock boxes \ i. I, til) cent ;
lis'k .Mixes \'o. 75 cent '; lin'k box-
N'o. $1.00. I'reviou. rates were
I cent.-, till cents, and 75 cents re-
!>*<•;is-* ly.
Bo\ holders are n minded that the ■
sioti i f th.
F O R
•nth o eurred at the local hosn'ta!, i- no g aeral delivery on Sundas nor
ai ls \\ ■ dne-das morning
lies John I' Phillips, rector of
the < ah ais Episcooal Church, read
the set-vie Interment ssa- in 1 air-
si.sv Ccmet rv
V more ext n led obitUa"y will ill
i pear ill tie\! we k's issue.
CARD OF TII VN K>
We wish to take this nn'tlnxl
■ pressing our appreciation to our mans
ft*i• r.d* for thiir kindties-e^ and t'o
tliv beautiful floral offerings -ent
at the death of our son and brother.
Mrs D. Bunts** and familt
The fa'm known as the Dan Moore
■ r Jamt - I Moore place, consisting
of L".U acre (Ml acres in cultivation*
of good farming land, heated in what
u known a- Jenkins' Prairie about 10
mile- South of B.'i t.l'op. lllooi! -• sen
room re-iderce, tenant h m-, wiLh
rooms, two tank-, good ss*-!l and
wind mill. I nnl to be -old on a<
count of the death of Mr l-'orrest
I •• cotton ginning cen«it- report Reed and owter T".■ i- n<> .u-rifice
>hows that 'J.'JOS bah's of cotto,. were sale, but the land ssill ill on reason-
ginned in Ba.-trop County from the able term- It" nte- sted. write M-
crop of l'.MO, prior to September |, Herb* rt Olive . F.vcutor, h uit,. ot
as . iinp.md with II,">I7 'Kile- for the Mr I or-, f R ed. ilee<*as«-i!, Betbdl
crop of I'.'o'.i, areonting te> Wiliar. Bid.-., San Vr-. ni.*, .n \|i Mary
1" Hiv-st n . Jr., .s)Mvsal .*gent. ! 1 *>ni.: ii F 1 . N" ! Ba*tmp ;'7 '
holiday- i^rly i>ox holders ca„ g« t
their mail from the office svh' ii thi
v mdow - are closed.
BVSI UUP COl N IA til N s 2.20s
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1940, newspaper, September 19, 1940; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236772/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.