The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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t'uu . i ta irop, Texn*. I'osti'v
a* second clas* Mlifer
YlloS. i r\IN. £ditor and I'rop'i
Notice of Election of School Trus-
tees of Bastrop Independent
School District.
At the regu ar meeting i«f the
I Jo 11 d of '1'rii■ tees of the Hast rop
lad im;i!o111 School Ihstr ft 1 «■1 <1
oil '! u sda.v night, Mar. 12, 19>
it wasordereu that an election
i .«. died for Saturday, ApriitUJi,
1 i• 1 -, to bf hold at tho City ll>
«>1 It .strop, Texas, t r tho ] ur-
I nl eavting throe trustei s t<,
■ 'Y .1. Miley, Hartft :•«!
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For Woman Suffrose
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•i.v wsiler of the Sehoo.
Marjih 12th, 1U1*.
M. (.'. Booth,
i 'i i.\ Sc hool Hoard.
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S''InioI Honrd.
a t tinent. lu- d
■ ag ballot i
tho soldi !'
• ti'.i! ..to.) oseph 1<1
• tho food ail uiinisti r11<
..vr . «ti, meatless uay> h
..Mi vnl the meat sit ply
Tho S.iti Antonio Fxpress ol
Thursd iy has tho following ti
say of our Senator:
"The set speeches today wen
til in party advocacy of tho pri
inary suffrage hill and of tho
cause of women's political equal-
ity with men. and they were
delivered by Senators l'ago of
Hast rop, Carlos Hoe of S :n
Antonio, Kd VVestbrojk of Wolfe
City, Augustine Ii. McOoIluni of
Waeo and Charles K. Floyd, ol
An non a.
"Kach presentation was receiv
•d with closest attention; broKee
oil I v by applau.se.
"The address by Mr. Pag<
was something of political nut
persona) revelation. Tout b.\
dr. Bee was, in hrge part.
•i .m | debate with Senator
I Ktenzi M. Johnson of Houston
' ennci rning the effect that vo'o
I for women may have upon tin
| i u- ■ <|ues'ion in the £ outh Hotl
II hose Senators deeply impressed
'• audience, and the Sai
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was rot
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ntrol or
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in suffrage biii h
•i:c ■ o i':i y. wi li.-
t ii .ii tla y has • ;i "
black mi to in' . i;
ri t ol their poll•
lions and iheir soe .il
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of "st ei.d i'i|ua!1i.\
th. If ei. c
■ ys terns
the mattei
bus bet t
passed the .senate twenty tosev\;n sett.ed in the South forever, and
and awaits the signature of Gov should not b-• raised v.s a bog.\
Hobby, when women will have against the ilium lied uid decent
the ballot in the Lone Star State 'issue ol justice to
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womankind
German sympathizers in Old,i --v, U)|.
liea.a and Nevada have been heralded ,i
l> aten and afterwards t.ii'rc.i Until t d i\
and leathered and mude to leave announced his attitude
the state.
our while
been
not
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Hags I :
an equal sunragi
e ha ; not publ cl,\
on tlu
issue.
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none more than he en
tli
l hey
Anyway, the enemy spits in
Unitid States need not think 'huseiL 111-• Set,a i.nring tin
closing hours , I i'i alt. noi
uttered more c< • vineing argu
are popular. The pet p «
mostly want them hanged, an .
in time wiil see that they are.-
Houston Post.
Geo. M. H iiley.i litorial writer
monts. His final words
signaled by an ovation.
w en
"Texas history will record
that tho g itest
tendii *
tatu' , i|
d sos II
■gi>la li
ou the i'ost, h,.> tins to say anent■ to morality, humanity and publ i
the gingham dresses which arc , good w. re placed en the statu'
coming into their own again: I books by this fourth eal'ed
''Those gingham dresses are at- sion of the Twenty lifth L
tractive little girl, but it is out of turo," h • said, "and wen signe.
place to wear silk stockings with j by the greatest Governor tin
them. Get a war outfit and look ' state lus ever had. Not as
as neat as your mother did in j matter of pontics, not as a mattei
her gingl a n-, calicos and lawns, I of expediency, but i;i the naun
after the old time hoopskirts of justice and right, do we pas-
went out." 'this act for the enfratiohisemon
„7 7VT* *T„ . I of our equals and one s'auncln -
FOUPiTii LwA- j POSTOFFICE EX- patrio s,.tiie wo:,,oii. And it wi:
AMINATIGN. bo signed by the brilliant youn.
j Governor on whom all the eye*
. r, , of the best eloiu' ,ts and b *st
Tr.e I lilted Stati's Civil Son , , , t ,
. . , inteti sts ol lexas are now fixei;
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-•? iiml b llca,.Si ,„ul
.nn,-Prill Jth,19K. a ,b,
is a result nf wmcli It ls nxpected lvc,„.d,.d „„ th'„ sillt
it mnkP p.ort '.ilpiirwin tn till n r nn.
racy. progressivi^m, broau
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to maice certification to till a con
tenipl.ited vac ancy in the posi
(ion of fourth-class postmaster
at I'aige, Texas, and other va-
eancie- a-; t h %• may occur at that
office unles- it shall be decided
i*t the intere t^ of the service t>
till the vacancy by reinstatement
'i'he compensation of the post
master ■' 11. s of.h-c was S '7t' ft
the last liscui year.
Applicants intist have reached
their twenty first birthdiy on
the date ef the examination, with
the ex • ; >tion that in a State i
mindedness. In grateful recog
r.ition of the supreme service am
sacrifice of our women through
out this war, when we dictate j
Mie terms of peace in P,.tsdan
they should have a part in thosej
ie.iterations. By their heroism, I
the women of our Fled Cross I
asMiredly have earned that j
right."
The Galveston News of same
date, says:
"Several set speeches were
are declared by ,!>nd > by Senators during the
fuli age for ali afternoon preceding the vote or
the bill, l'age attracted atten
tion by his reinarlvs and th
e':oqui ne : his i.,mi very. He
says lie he i ve> tho state has no
power to la.\ hands on the pri
mary eNctions of the part it. - and
said that if the primary election
aw -hall ever bo squarely tested
in the courts it will no doubt be
where women
st:.' uto to b o
purposes at eighteen years, wo-
men eighteen ye ms of age on tin*
«1 ite ot the ex tmination wid be
admitted,
Applicants must reside withi
the territory supplied by the
post olhce for which the exau.i
nation is announced.
The examination is opr>n to all
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If you Irv/e b^eu paying
oaad aad $25 la the
past, take a look at Htyleplus
before you pay more. They
measure up to th ) standards
demanded by mja who are
used to good clothes.
Tlioy have thororirlibp'^ style. Th y have
ejf'.iin*; t a Poring, TIicn have rt liable tabrics.
Modeln and patteiLb fur men ut every age
and bnild.
By cijnccntrail n < i exiensive Ktsources and
i.i:;Sitica on certain deli.nte grades, we heighten
; fii iency and lower e.M-,
For Spring there are two trades—^21
(green label) and #25 ('-oil la'oel), Kach
the greatest possible valtn? at the price.
Styleplus distriInitors will . STVLKPLUS ClJ >THKS *1"
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citizens of the I'liited States who overthrown as unconstitional
«-an comply with the require- 'h; said that he was in favor o!
inents. (suffrage for women in this bill
Application blanks, Form 1753, and later to be imbedded in tin
and full information concerning I constitution so that the women
the requirements of the exami s i.JM e tiile to vote als'> in the
tin
ration can be .secured from
\ instmaster at t i , pi <e,> ()| Va
cy or from the I'nited S' .te-
Civil rvice Commission, \Va>h
iu^ton, D
Applit- itions should be proper
iy executed and tii.-ij with tin
Cotninission at Washington,
, at the e.'i nest pra : i, i
date.
N jvember elec lion. "When th
history ot th.^ time shall bel U1''
written," said Senator Page, ''it! 'MWoi'tioiu
.ill record that the fourth called
session of the thirty fifth le^i-.-
lature passed the great* st mm
ier of good laws for the bent tit
I) if the people and the uplifting
1. >1 mankind ever : isstd ill Tt \
gisiative session, which were
To the Patrons of the Bastrop School
The School census is now
being taken. It must be finished
l>y the 31st daj of N'arch. If
any child has been overlooked, j
• >r if there is a child in this 1
d strict that will become 7
y irs o!tl before September 1st.
1J1 or do*
i vears of age hi-fore that date,
I they are entit "d to be -nroiled •
and get the State and ('ountyj
t. and 1 will
greatly appreciate it if ,V"tJ will
n:-t me know so that 1 may
enroll them.
h.vutk' v> jknkins,
S "hool Census Taker.
It is ortlered that on tin- llr.'t
Tuesday in April, it being the
2nd day of said month, an elec-
tion be h dd in accordance with
the law, at Fiivm;i::'s llal!, in and
nepiem oei .si. foJ. t|u, (.jty nf j { ^tmp, Texas,
not become |^)V the nualiM >d electors thereof,
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Oil'
('ity Attorney
It rmen to sucei'"d
I', .lore's and .1. H.
terms « xpire,
FARMS ti ANTES.
signed by the greatest Governor
Have vou an old silver or gold j Texas ever had."
coin laid by': Vou are losing your
We have several
wish to puichasu
for out
and two
A Id en t. O
I 'e i rcy, wh se lerms • xpi h, .
when elected to serve in and for
the city of Bastrop until the
e ecti'T. -.rid qu : " e ition of their
successors.
It i< further i: 1 I'd tint .1
W. Ueuing aiiit L W. ,h>nkins oe
land they are hereby ar.pomted
elients «.i,0j .J ud|Tes °f said election, and it is
further ordered that the Mayor
a farm
interest as well as the use of the' The Lone dry bill has passed
inoaey. Thole I Cross Chapter the house and senate and awaits
can use it to the best advantage the Governor's signature to make
and the interest v. ill ac rue to
you in the comforts it gives c>ut
boys.
Jl ST KEchlVJiD
Many patterns in > ard
w id(
earpet, somethinj. m w. G> t ou.
prices. Dastrop Furniture Co.
Mississippi a bone dry state.
TI * me tsure repeals the pi sent
pi itbition i iw with regard to
,i receipt of a certain quanity
"f liquor per month, and provides
Irastic restriction in the impor
tation, ti ansportation and ;x>s
session oi liquor.
be, and he is liP.roby directed
to give the nquired published
' notice of said election
,J. N. .h:.NK!N.s, Mayor.
Attest T .1'. IIaymk, Sec'ty.
UAV, OATS, t'OPiN, CHOI'S.
in Hast rop county. What have
you to offer? Give full do I
scripticn, best price and term-.
HA ILK V KKALTY COM FAM ,
Austin Texas.
We have sold more Huck'sj
cook nnd heater stoves this fail
than for nviny years. K 'ason is a ear < f Hay, Oit\ Corn and j
they hv . h< • r, given a thorough, Che , ■« has be> n received by J. I
te?'l by many people. j B. Osborn, near the Oil Miil, and
Bastrop Furniture Co. [will be suid at close prices.
If you fiavi li.itl nny horses, imili-s, futile,
or rin> other animal that lias
itui 1 |>n- yn\i tn rtn.MVe (heir hides
sell lhem lo me. We : lso pnv the
'i.uhi- t e i-.fi prices for skunk,
possum and other hides.
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Cain, Thomas S. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1918, newspaper, March 22, 1918; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206246/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.