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OBSERVATIONS
ICV/V, BY PETE SHADY f'/W/
Since very early childhood we
have had a definite fixation re-
lative to the celestial things and
the soul of man. Our teacher was
a Christian mother. Our academy
was a bench beside the ironing
table, (we didn't have boards then.
The ironing was done usually upon
the dining table, behind which
there was always a bench for
small children,) or leaning upon
the lap of the old pedal sewing
machine. Regardless of where it
was gained, the belief in a God and
His goodness, a devil and his wick
edness, a heaven with its beauty
and happiness and a hell with its
fire and brimstone for the trans-
gressor, was so cemented into ou.
mind and soul, that all of the isms
and ologies have not weakened
this simple childhood faith one
particle. We still believe that God
approves us when we are good
and frowns upon us when we are
bad. That the devil urges us on
into evil, then punishes us when
we have done his bidding. All evil
doers are possessed of the devil
and one can do enough goodness
to become a saint, or like God.
Just two weeks ago we wer*.
trying to express our admiration
for a little runt of a man over in
India who had done good so long
that all of the people of his coun-
try, regardless of their faith 01
creed, looked upon him as a saint
In fact, his devotion to his Gid and
his sacrifices for good and happi-
ness; his apparently weak, but
actually powerful forces against
the forces of evil, had caused all
of us to look upon him as some-
thing more than just a good man.
As a matter of fart, practically
every one with an open mind and
a love for the good, have consider-
able more than just a respect for
a devout man. For we, too, be-
lieve he was a saint.
Eight days after this corner of-
fered its small tribute to this
good little man, the powers of evil
directed by the devil, enfered in
and took possession of a n m. This
man armed himself and assumed
the position of a friend and fol-
lower of the little saint, only to
blast his life into eternity.
The entire world has already
expressed its condemnation of the
beast who did the bidding of the
devil. And by its expressions of
its fears of the consequences, the
whole world has acknowledged its
belief in the divinity of the little
runt of India.
This comparison may be absurd
to you. It may sound blasphemous
coming from one of the Christian
faith. However, you may wan-
to choose the interpretation. We
nre going on believing that the
violent death of the little man of
Delhi will have a similar effect
upon the people of his time and
place, that the tragic death on the
cross of Calvary had upon the
world.
Without the crucifixtion, Christ
would have been just another good
jireacher. Without the assassina-
tion at Delhi, Gandhi might have
been just a devout man of his
faith.
CAPTAIN BRIDGES
ARRIVES IN
NAGOYA, IAPAN
Hdqs. 5th Air Force, Nagoya,
Japan—Captain John L. Bridges,
husband of Mrs. Nell A. Bridegs
of 210 (iarfield, Bastrop, Texas,
recently arrived in Nagoya, Japan,
where he was assigned to the
Fifth Airdrome Squadron, Nagoya
Air Base, as Motor Transporta-
tion Officer.
Captain Bridges was commis-
sion^ a second lieutenant in 1942
at Turner Field, Georgia. He was
assigned as Assistant Squadron
Operations Officer and Flight
Leader at Bergstrom Field, Aus-
tin, Texas prior to his new as-
signment with Fifth Air Force
Headquarters.
He attended the University of
Georgia at Athens before enter-
ing the army. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Bridges of
Fairburn, Georgia.
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NINETY-FIFTH YEAR (Established !853)
BASTRO!' ADVFRTISER FEBRUARY 5. 1948
NUMBER 48
V. F. TAYLOR
ANNOUNCES FOR
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Announcing as candidate for the
office of County Attorney of Bas-
trop County, subject to the July
Democratic Primary, V. F. Taylor,
at \ icy from PmithvSHe, announc.
ed r..s i948 politua ntentions
this week L; submitting his name
for a place on thf Democratic
Ticket.
A graduate of the University of
Texas and of the University of
Texas School of Law and a member
of the Texas Bar, Mr. Taylor vol-
unteered into the Army Air Forces
in 1911, serving nearly five years
through the ranks and attained the
rank of Captain, which rank
he retains in the Air Reserve. He
was born on the Fayette-Gonzales
County line, graduated from Fla-
tonia High School and worked his
way through the University of
Texas. He practiced law in Austin
before entering Service and kept
his residence in Austin during the
War. After returning from the
War, Mr. Taylor moved his family
to Smithville and established his
law office in the Powell Building,
from where he has been practicing
law in Bastrop Coui.ty since June,
194C.
Elected City Attorney of Smith-
ville in 1947, he has been active
in Civic affairs; he helped activate
a Cub Pack and a Boy Scoux
Troop in Smithville. Mr. Taylor
is the Post Adjutant of American
legion Post No. 180, the State
Chairman of the Legion Oratorical
Contest, Legal advisor to Boys
State, a member of the V.F.W. ann
of the Lions Club.
Candidate Taylor is married and
has a family. Mrs. Taylor is the
former Virginia Williams of Aus-
tin, whose father, R. G. Williams
was a State Highway Engineei
and later City Manager of Bryan,
Texas, for many years. They have
three children, two girls and a
boy.
Mr. Taylor states that by seek-
ing the office of County Attorney,
he is asking for the opportunity
to serve each and every citizen of
Bastrop County in a fair and im-
partial manner. He will appreciate
vour votes.
OBSERVE SECOND
ANNIVERSARY
The S & H Furniture Store is
celebrating its second anniversary
this week, with Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Sharp as owners and oper-
ators.
The S & H Furniture Store
originated on February 8, 1940,
with J. P. Sharp and W. E. Har-
kins as partners. In July of that
year, Mr. Harkins sold his inter-
ests and moved to Elgin, and Mr
Sharp became sole owner.
Located at first in the build-
ing just north of the Post Office,
the business was moved in March
of last year to its present location,
in the building between the West-
ern Auto Store and Brieger
Grocery.
TO COLLECT
CLOTHING FOR
HOLLAND
The Elsie Maynard Bible Class
is collecting clothing to be sent
to Holland. Contributions may be
left nt Walker's Store.
Several Christmas boxes were
sent from the class, and replies
of appreciation have been receiv-
ed.
Woarable clothing and shoos
given to this cause might keep
someone warm and help him to
get a new start in life.
ELSIE MAYNARD
BIBLE CLASS.
MISS STURGES
ATTENDS MEETING
IN FORT WORTH
Miss Lena St urges, Bastrop
I County Home Demonstration A-
gent, spent 3 days last week in
Fort Worth attending a meeting
of the Board of Directors of the
County Home Demonstration A-
gents' Association of Texas. Miss
St urges is Director for District 12,
| composed of 15 counties. Each
i district in the state elects one
director, a county home demon-
stration agent, from the entire
district.
The Board of Directors of tin
icounty home demonstration agents'
association is the policy making
I group and works on plans for the
betterment of the work of county
; home demonstration agents.
The State County Agricultural
Agents' Association also met in
Fort Worth at this time. R. B.
I Tate, county agricultural agent,
j from San Antonio is Director for
the County Agricultural Agents'
Association from District 12.
County home demonstration a-
I gents attending were: District 1,
Louella Patterson, Canyon; Dis-
I trict 2, Lucille Shulta, Plainview;
| District .'1, Nannie Mill, Vernon;
I District 4, Gayle Roberts, Fort
Worth; District 5, Margaret Bra-
cher, Marshall; District f>, Pauline
McWilliams, Fort Stockton; Dis-
trict 7, Myra Tankersley, Abilene,
District 8, Doro \y Wilkerson,
Stephenville; District 10, Wilma
Adams, Centerville; District 11,
Avis Adcock, Uvalde; District 12,
Lena Sturges; District 1.1, Gerald-
ine Scott, Angelton; District 14,
Velda Holt, Edinburg.
TO OBSERVE
DAY OF PRAYER
The women of the Methodist
Church will observe the day of
prayer at the Church on Monday,
February 9, at 3:30 p. m. with
Mrs. W. E. Maynard as leader.
CORPORATION
CHARTER
APPLIED FOR
The final phase of applying foi
a charter for the Bastrop County
Industrial Corporation is now n,
the process of completion, but it
will probably be several days be-
fore it is known whether the State
will approve the application, ac-
cording to Mayor Will Rogers,
president of the corporation.
All of the capital stock, $50,000,
has been paid in. There is, how-
ever, $2400 open to any one who
would like to purchase any stock,
according to Sam Gurwitz, secre-
tary of the corporation.
The corporation has been organ-
ized for the purpopse of bidding
on buildings and land at Camp
Swift, which has been termed an
"industrial area" by the War As-
sets Administration, that is ex-
pected to be advertised for bids
within the next two or three weeks,
Mr. Rogers said.
Eighty-seven Bastrop County
citizens have purchased stock in
the corporation, Mr. Rogers point-
ed out.
GRIFFIN NAMED
CHAIRMAN RED
CROSS DRIVE
Rev. J. W. Griffin, pastor of the
First Methodist Church of Bas-
trop, was named County Fund
Chairman of the Bastrop County
Red Cross, at a recent meeting oi
the County Red Cross Board.
J. V. Ash, Jr., was appointed
local chairman, Mrs. Gem Simmons
of Bastrop, rural chairman, and
C. C. Creighton of Bastron. chair-
man of publicity and display.
II. D. Carmichael, state relations
officer of the American Red Cross,
brought a message from Basil
O'Conner, national chairman, stat-
ing that, while Red Cross will be
able to reduce general operating
expence this year, the organiza-
tion is faced with increased de-
mands for other Red Cross en-
deavors.
"Our National Disaster Fund
have been completely depleted,"'
Mr. Carmichael said, "After spend-
ing approximately eleven million
dollars. An entirely new activity
must be financed, this year through
the 1948 fund drive. This is the
American Red Cross 'Nations.
Blood Program, which may take
five years to become fully oper-
ative through the nation.
"The Red Cross movement,"
Mr. Carmichael continued, in the
words of Mr. O'Conner, "Is n<.
monument to tradition, however
noble. It exists only to serve. It
is a program that Red Cross can
offer to the American people with
confidence and pride."
LEGION AUXILIARY
TO MEET FEB. 11
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet February 11 at 7:110
P. M. at the Chamber of Commerce
building.
All eligible persons are invited.
NOTICE
Rasco's Piano Sales & Service
has been closed for several days
due to illness of a relative, re-
opened for business today.
4711 POLL TAXES
PAID WITH COUNT
INCOMPLETE
With the counting of last-minute
poll tax payments in Bastrop
County still incomplete, to date
4711 poll taxes have been counted
1 paid in the County, according to
M rs. Dula Belle Webb, county tax
•ssessor-collector.
The incomplete count by pre-
cincts runs as follows: precinci.
; one, 995; two, 433; three, 556;
i four, 23; five, 90; six, 30, seven,
1(59; eight, 32; nine, 508; ten, 07;
eleven, 103; twelve, 94; thirteen,
192; fourteen, 128; fifteen, 157;
sixteen, 214; seventeen, 36; eigh-
teen, 71; nineteen, 64; twenty, 5S;
twenty-one, 090.
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MORE APARTMENTS
NOW AVAILABLE
AT SWIFTEX
More applicants for housing
! facilities at Swiftex Housing Pro-
ject were assured of living quart-
ers this week, when the Public
Housing Administration of Fort
Worth informed the local project
that a considerable amount of
furniture and equipment was avail-
able.
A. M. Sams, manager of the
local project announced this week
that he had been notified that
the availability of 171 beds, mat-
tresses, and springs to be take:*
from a housing project at Gains-
ville, which has been inactivatea.
There are now 96 families liv-
ing at Swiftex with five more
families to be added today, M?.
Sams said, and with the addition
of the equipment from GainsvilU-
it will be possible to show more
speed in preparing more apart-
ments for occupancy.
The housing project was taken
over by the Bastrop Chamber of
Commerce for operation on Janu-
ary 1, and since that time 37 more
families have moved into the apart-
ments, not including the five
families to move today.
GARDEN CLUB~
TO MEET
The Lost Pines Garden Club will
meet at the Court House annex at
3:00 p. m., Tuesday, February 10.
Mrs. E. R. Barnhill, director of
the program, will talk on bulbs,
and hostesses will be Mesdames
Oren Eskew, R. M. Wiley and
C. W. Eskew.
EASTERN STAR
TO HAVE MEETING
The Bastrop Chapter No. 61
of the Eastern Star will meet Mon-
day, February 9, at 7:30 p. m. All
members are urged to attend and
all visiting members are welcome.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to express our heart-
felt appreciation to the people of
Bastrop for their kindness and
generosity since our accident last
week.
It is such friendship that make*
the darkest clouds have a silver
lining, and that makes life truly
worth living.
BOB ROBERTS and FAMILY
RETURNHOME
FROM GERMANY
Capt. and Mrs. Walter 11. Mur-
chison are guests in the home of
Capt. Murchison's mother, Mrs.
R. II. Brieger, and Mr. Brieger.
Capt. Murchison has been sta
tioned for several years in France
and Germany. His wife joined him
there about a year ago. They re-
turned to the states last week.
JUNIOR CLASS TO
SPONSOR PLAY
The Junior Class of the Bastrop
High School is sponsoring a play
put on by the University of Texas
| Department of Drama on February
1 12, at 8:00 p. m., in the High
School Auditorium.
The play will be Moliere's three
act comedy, "School For Wives."
; Admission prices will be sixty
cents for adults and thirty cents
i for children.
Elected Charter
Member OI
Livestock Exposition
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.—K. M.
Trigg, Bastrop, is among the 250
ranchers, business and civic lead-
ers who have been elected charter
members of the board of directors
of th newly organized San An-
tonio Livestock Exposition, Inc.
Formed to focus national at-
tention on this area's greatness
as a livestock producing centei,
the Exposition will stage annual
shows in the new $1,750,000 Coli-
seum now being constructed here.
Fostered by the San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce farm ana
ranch committee, the new corpor-
ation became an actuality Monday,
January 19, when a group of en-
thusiastic ranchers and business-
men met at the St. Anthony Hotel
here to adopt a constitution and
by-laws and elect officers.
Officers elected were Joe Free-
man, chairman of the board; Perry
Shankle, president; George Mag-
gard, first vice-president; E. W.
Bickett, second vice president, and
R. Beal Pumphrey, treasurer.
Assured that the Coliseum will
be completed in time, the group
already is making plans for the
Exposition's first stock show to
be held early in 1949.
YOUTH FAIR
TO BE HELD
IN AUTUMN
A program aimed at the raising
and feeding of breeding stock will
be recommended for study and
adoption for the Bastrop County
Youth Fair, according to Sam
Gurwitz, recently elected chair-
man of the Agriculture committee
of the Bastrop Chamber of Com-
merce.
Mr. Gurwitz announced that the
new program will be recommended
to C. A. Stone, County Agent and
Miss Lena Sturges, County Home
Demonstration Agent, at the first
meeting of the Youth Fair As-
sociation.
The fair will probably be helu
next autumn, according to Gus
Novasod, president of the associa-
tion, who reported that it is the
concentus of oppinion among the
members of the association that
a fall fair should find more in-
terest than one held in mid winter.
SHORT TALKS ON
RELIGION
by
4 m REV.
rv PAUL
VERCHER
LIONS ROAR
The Bastrop Lions Club met at
the State Park Refectory on Tues-
day night, February 3, with presi-
dent, Ireland Allbright, presiding.
The meeting was called to ordei
with a rap of the gaval, and the!
pledge of allegiance to the flag
was given.
The club had as its guests the
Senior football boys and boys who
had completed their eligibility, and
the ladies who had worked on the
committee for Christmas cheer for
the children.
Superintendent Dodson introduc-
ed the football boys and Tommy
Davidson introduced the ladies.
Other guests were introduced also.
C. D. Campbell was introduced as
a new member.
A picture of the Texas-Alabama
football game played in the Sugar
Bowl in New Orleans on New
Years Day was shown to the club
by Warren Roberts of Texas Uni-
versity.
The members attending were
J. V. Ash, Sr., J. V. Ash, Jr., W. I.
i Allbright. Dr. J. G. Bryson, R. H.
Brieger, James T. Burks, C. C.
Creighton, P. J. Dodson, C. W.
Eskew, Harry Erhard, J. W. Grif-
fin, Sam Gurwitz, Frank Green,
Dr. C. G. Goddard, Cecil Long,
IC. A. Long, Dr. R. W. Loveless.
Grady Murchison, G. B. Mack,
Henry Schuyler, George Stavino-
{ha, Dr. A. C. Smith, A. J. Woehi,
Jess Walker, Henry Sebesta, Tho-
mas Davidson, E. W. Pekar, B. P.
Allbright, Lincoln Farris, Dwight
Alverson, C. D. Campbell.
Guests present were Mrs. J. W.
Griffin, Miss Stella Spooner, Miss
Mary Beikert, Mrs. Fred G. llay-
j nie, Durwood Osborn, A. J. Woehl,
Jr., John Moorehead, Dan Janicek,
Wayne Barnhill, Ray Edwards,
James Schaefer, Carl Spooner, Roy
I. Weige, M. M. Perkins, Mike
Schuelke, Jr., Bobby Dodson,
Muriel Knox, David Schurger, Ray
M. F.aly, B. A. Elzner, Jr., Walter
H. Murchison.
GOD'S SAFETY ZONE$
"Correction is grievous unto him
that forsaketh the way: and he
that hateth reproof shall die,'
(Proverbs 15:10).
"Teach me thy way, O Lord,
and lead me in a plain path, be-
cause of mine enemies," (Psalms
27:11).
"Thy way, 0 God, is in the
sanctuary: who is so great as our
God," (Psalms 77:13).
"Oh that my people had barken-
ed unto me, and Israel had walked
in my ways," (Psalms 81:13).
"Cause me to hear thy loving
kindness in the morning; for in
Thee do I trust: cause me to know
the way wherein I should walk;
for 1 lift up my soul unto thee,"
(Psalms 143:8).
"There is a way which seemeth
right unto a man, but the end
thereof are the ways of death,"
(Proverbs 14:12).
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father but
by me," (John 14:6).
As a result of an experience i
had recently, I am using this week
in my message a series of Scrip-
ture texts. One Monday morning I
was walking across Congress Ave-
nue with a group of my fellow-
preachers. Traffic was heavy, auto,
mobiles running "to and fro" until
we felt in a dizzy whirl. We were
caught by the red signal light
right in the middle of the street,
and a misstep on the part of any
one of us would, without doubt,
involve us in a serious accident.
But the Bus Transportation
Company and the city of Austin
officials had frrseen the traffic
hazard on busy city thoroughfares
and had provided safety zones all
along its line, where patrons could
stand with a feeling of security.
As we stood that morning in
the safety zone, I thought about,
the safety zones that God had
provided along life's highway. God
knows how powerful our adversary
is and He also knows how frail we
are, so He has made abundant
provision, to the minutest detail,
for our safety on the journey from
earth to heaven. "And the Lord
. . . delivered you out of the land
of your enemies on every side and
ye dwelled safe," (1 Sam. 12:11).
In the Scriptures above quoted
one can readily see that God has
marked out His way for us to
travel, and, when we willfully
choose any other way, we expose
ourselves to trouble. It is our
enemy's business to make his
way attractive, with the appeat-
ance of success and happiness, but
I remind you that it is not God's
way and we follow it at our own
risk.
Who are the enemies we arc-
most likely to meet. Are they not
fears, doubts, despair, and dis-
couragement, Satan's imps, who
compass us about ? I think the
Apostle Paul had this in mind
when he said, "For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but again-
st principalities, against powers,
against rulers of the darkness of
this world," (Eph. 6:12).
When we follow another way
and know that the way is not
God's way let us cry out to the
Lord to show us His way. "Teach
me Thy way, O God, and lead nie
in Thy path." (Psalms 77:13).
Then there is safety in looking
up and breathing the Name of
Jesus. The Name of Jesus is tha
greatest safety zone in life's high,
way, it is always accessible. "The
name of the Lord is a strong
tower: the righteous runneth into
it, and is safe," (Proverbs 18:10).
The Psalmist found a safety
zone "under the shadow of tlw,
Almighty" by the way of "the
secret place of the Most. High."
It proved to be such a blessed
place to him that he no longer
went there for occasional rest
but he took up his abode there.
And his heart is bubbling over with
praise as he speaks of God. "He
is my refuge and my fortress: my
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