The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
.EVKN'TY SIXTH Y2AR
BASTROI', BASTROP COUNTY, THURSDAY, DKCKMBKR 26, I'ttJt
GREETINGS TO ALL
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NUMBER 31
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A Happy New Year
What Will the New Year Bring?
Outlook for Agriculture is lor Better Prices
Than iu 1929
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nial.lh ,f t h* year will ! • m 'ving
i dcfimti upwurtl trend
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\ wa,p u • 11f fi r n!y slight-
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• * il'pi' ii'K prices. Tin
i i"Wer wheat l.i -ii'ia^i wi,
I ' I" 'Ml I prices fill- It. cc, ,1 .nil
"ii hand ar. I .\\. pi ices -ti m
''' • .'"I fnntinued ^immI
I I l i.it ai .1 vrj:ctali|e cr<i)>'.
were In i iw normal for IHli'.i, with out
k I'll !', Mel pi I, , S I'l,I 111 .11 |'o-
tatm in t.'lli,; In .ow IKlMlial. price
ti 11(11mr t" I'l e
I lee t cattl' prices .how no siyn f
• inpr-vi • -it. Mutter ,i,|,| , ar
feeling the effect uf the general busi
n il.-. liii. , but probably w ill mi
prove is general biisini accelerati
Hoc- am! pork will continue to il
bi tter Ini the farmer than lambs ami
wo"l Ii the |. \tile niark.'tH improve,
as bus'III . I' .i ll I , predict, t ottotl
w ill In III I'll
1-irgcr • umber .f farm prmlucei
in- ass*, natiiig themselve in en
operalivi marketing ."gaiuzatiori-
'd'l lb' I' i il' I ill 1:11 III Mi .lid Ai :,
with thi result that prices of farm
proih I will tend ,,i bee me inert
.ihh ,nd pn di.l . i v\ ill v.<•: a I ir-
p.irt I tin price paid by the ,,n ,
• 1 Kail r> a 11; 111 ni t a, i ;
v 'air Til ti. fai'inei and' • iie
■ Vet, probably will no,
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in op-Tiites ami how
vantag, ,,f it,
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u 1" ii' bast a million fewer ill Imlu try will move c.iutiou.'ty
in Iil2t>, but not a million- nldy
"uilding ci.atH w i'l In I <:li; i v
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an I Iiu in. : nn.f;. uu (tay n|HO
• ten living "st
< 'iigre .lonal invi .ti,ratio" ,,r
Stock I' \change i wide
nmigh >sc pe t.i disturb busim «« g, n
rally by creating uncertainty umt
fear.
Outcome uf |)| arniainint con ft r
. i'c*' meeting in London in January
i entirely i,nforesecabli now Not
much lik. . hii d uf • n i.;- iat i n.i
tional complications arising, but al
ways a po:- ,' . itv ol sharp di nv
tin nt which vv ul«| disturb ■ teinati< "
ill trade if nothing worse,
\ll nf the worry over I •:;< comes
M ■ in I In el i ap«i "t the pi . ulat i\
I oom or 11,' S tick I \i ■ I ii \ p
pio\imately iuur ami a half billion
dotlai s was ! ^t bv peculator- The
■ 's have t I., compcii.'.ateil i r by
withdrawal from savin,: bank.,
iurtaiiin.'tit nl' expenditures, rcduc
tion m the 4 ale uf living. >n lie pai
of several million families Hie win-
ners who now control larger pools of
capital than before, arc going to try
tu keep from losing by hi nig careful
about the investment of their aug
minted fuiuis. They are taking a
broad view, how nr, with an cyi ■
• e n li . ,!
th" country, f ir tin g ea!- t par' .. i'
•i •' of tint niomy which changed
hands i,i the greati ^t «ii,. u ,.i
movement in bis, r> w il t
productivi u c v' ithni i' i je.
Oil i- Kit en i t iii |{( ii l-:s
KNJO\ CHRIS I M \s ! RKI s
anl) l'r(HiKAMS
The Kpiscpal, Methodist, ("hri tian
and Buptist church each wero hi ts
enjoyed p aying host to old Santa din-
ing th, week. The Kpisi pal i buret
was Ii' it on Nl unlay night, and tr
Mllidav School rendered 1 hi aulil ul
( 111 1st pageall! Ill' " g 'he pro-*
gram.
<iii I'ucsda) night thi Mcthoiiis',
llll M. pi , 1 ( 111. I ell I II II V. . r • host
t' old Santa, aid a'- had a pro-
U i am.
A large audiciici gri • ted Santa .'
each chuicti, and tm programs were
v • i y nuH'h . njoyed
HAS0EST FREEZE IN YEARS
VltlTEP BASTROP LAST WEEK
t I IM l«n MIS Slil.sl os
ON li \( UK OK COTTON
( IIRIS I'M AS M [ .ill K |,i; uK.N
DKKKO VI Ml I llalHSI ( iii R( ii
Oue to the inclenvnt weeathei tha
prevailed over last week rid t • spi
cial mil ic which was to ha-e he a
rendered a' tin Methods;-: chu;' a '
Sunday wa p ;tp tied until Sunday,
I eei mber L'.'t b
Special niu ic and sung ha. b en
pi i pared by the choir und. i the up-
ervision of Mr VV .1 1{, i:, i , , h jt
leader and Mr- K K, I'i an , organ
ist.
Iu a rec< nt story of the progress
mad' in (ira\ Price of the Alum
(."'reek c ;nnu,ni'.\ an l one of the tiins;
prog'"' ' i i h bey- ,n the county,
we stated that he made a net profit of
$1 . nil "lie acrt of ground We,
were in ciTo, mi! make the following
c riectii n .
On the ont acre of ground cultivated
by this young future farmer of Bas-
trop ( aunty, the total cost of pro,
duct ion w as $ The total crop
value, a market price was $10(1.75,
young
I a\ ia,• a, net profit for tin
man of $t>l.si
ll's report aim shows that hi> crop
netted him |4 a .00 more that the one
xt to it. lie stated thsit his success
was dm to the plowing cf his land
several times, and also the u-c of
III 1 i /. ; .
THt CAI • AJN'S DAUGHTER
By James I'homas Kields
curding to the older citizen* who
i.ave uvisl in Bastrop ail or practi-
tally all of their life, Bastrop was
visited by one of the most severe
fieey.1 . during the last week that it
l as witnessed in many years. The
thermometer went as low as 17, and
about 7 inches of snow covered the
v; i'i 'Iii'ti. I he -now began falling Kri-
day night and continued through Sat-
urday.
No accidents have been reported
and as lar as , an be learned the stock
vv as not hurt.
j Farmers are very elated over hav-
ing a splendid season in the ground
! for next year
n v mks o.mh i kl) krom
rki) ( ross rom,
\\ vvi ii crowded in the cabin,
v> al vv i uld dare to sleep—
wa i ilmglit on the iH-ean
And a mi ia wa a th • d, p.
I a t' in fill thing in w inter
I'i be -iiatti r, d b\ the blast
Vtul to hear tin rattling truni|n'.
Thunder "Cut iwa.v the ma-t'"
ii we I uddercd Man in ilence,
Kor the stoutest held Iin breath,
W hilt the hungry -ea vv.i-> roaring
Vnd th breakers talked with death.
A wi -at there in the darkness,
Kaeh one busy with his prayers,
"VSe It!'' the captain shouted
\ ',. ' aggereil down the stairs
But his little daughter whispered,
As 1 trek lis icy hand,
" Isii t l iod i i' a ( he ' t ail
Ju t the same as on the land?"
I lien vv. , id the little maiden,
lv , II better illt el,
*t I v .ire,I safe to harbor
I When the morn was shining clear
Through an unintentional error, tho
name of .lung, |'au| u wus 0||l.
mitted fr. i i the list of new members
enrolling wita the Red Cross.
-iOi 1n i.ii.iskk l"S vv vrdrouk in-
< i i OKS (. vi v \ ^ ok
\r >i i < i is n \i i s
his
John (tilln rt i ..w has twenty fiv
ditti-i' ntj mi form: hanging in
wardrob. at th. M, t, Coldwyi
Mayer -tudio.
I he new addition this military
<' "'vti.ui came from "His (ilorious
Nil,lit, Met en ii dilvvyn M tycr picture
tii which C.illK'rt is starred and vvhicn
l n Mori,lay at th. I MX IK Iheatre.
liill.erts uniform range from those
\iiu 11 an doughboy
cossack co tuni' he wore in a recent
|.cture. | he l.ite-i 'kri. snug and
'"i lul. ri iiiiuix'ent of the uniform*
he wore in " I In Merry \V t,|ow."
• ■ ' I Han v more directed the new
(iilbert feature from Willard Mack',
adapt.iion of the Molnar play "Olym
" ' he upporting i ast is headed
l>> Katherine Hale t)we'„ Niine,-
O'Niil, Hedila Hopper, Oustav von
Seyffertit/ and Oort Hill.
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Schaefer, H. A. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1929, newspaper, December 26, 1929; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206669/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.