The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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/ Every^ CiV/zen Of Bastrop Make Plans For a "Hundredth Anniversary" Celebration
THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
'f-i.
^•STV-8FA'ENTH YEAR
BASTROP. BASTROP COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1930.
NUMBER it
larrow and Elzner
Consolidate Radio Shops
Absentee Voting
Started
. inc«ment li mwto thla wwk
T t J, . Radio Shop and B.
tier Ru.iio Shop have merged.
gentlrn .n will continue the
r,,, under the firm name of
Hustrop Radio Shop" with
ly rooms t the Elzner Corner,
they cordially invite you i >
r an,i iii pcc't the latent models
, tbr radio line. _
|Tr. firm wi" handle u fu" ,ine
j Atvatcr Kent and Crosley radios
|ie:.iairi - and Electrical appli-
L- and supplies.
|Mr. Eisner will be in charge of
^les department and Mr. Bar*
[ vv-ill have charge of the iCpair
trtment, and they expect to give
vmpt and efficient services nt all
JQfft.
| Th. latent models in radios are
Lf received daily and within a
[tort time all will be on display in
tir show rooms, arid you are urged
ivisit them and listen to the won-
ierful toned machines.
|.|il\\*S Cl.rn ENJOY
MUSICAL PROGRAM
the members of the Bastrop I.ion's
tiub enjoyed a very beautiful musi-
..•program at their weekly luncheon
k!d Tuesday at the Steymann Res-
lurant. when Mesdames E. !' ■ !'• arcy
Ray Horn gave two musical
ttftldll*
| Quite ;i number of the members
Ktv pro-Get. and several interest-
J i i, wcrr brought licfore
in fir I'l-pnsal. Several impor-
I epo- i i111j; u ill be brought up
• >.' tir.tr. and .".II mem*
•.ii't'od tn make plan- now
present, and bring someone
I h«* ■ if fieiaI ballots tor the run-uf
primary, to be held August '.Mrd,
nave been delivered to County Clerk
Tignal Jones aru everything is in
readiness for absentLc voting.
It is understood that the absent*.-
voting began Wednesday, and those
who expect to be out of the county
on August 23rd an. urged to take
advantage of this absentee voting
privilege, and cast their vote for
'heir choice.
Apply to the County Clerk with
your poll tax receipt.
IM- ballot will be as follows.
ii r a i
it
k'lti; yen
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M.vs |;tn |I'M I*:NT FOR
IEI.EPHONE < l I K li
^■ rk is being pushed on the in-
ballation of i W esui pmi-nt for the
J' ithw n Telophot < ompany in
w city. New switchboards are be
I'.• installed, and many other need
I"-) I'rriH to bi tter t!« service ll'-re.
pun completed, Bastrop will be
|jili' to honst of one of the finest
"ji|ij* i| offices in this section,
For Governor
R. S. Sterling, of Harris County
Miriam A. Ferguson, of Travis
County.
For lieutenant Governor
Sterling P. Strong, of Dallas County. t
Edgar Witt, of Mel,ennan County.
I or Attorney General
Uob rt 1 *■ Bobbitt, of Webb County |
.lame- Y Mired, of Wichita Cnin'y. .
For Slat*- Treasurer
('barley l.'iekhart, of l iavis Coui.t.v.
John E. Davis, of Dallas County.
For Commissioner of \uri«*'i1ti;r*-
.1 I'.. McDonald, of Ellis County.
A. H. King, of Throckmorton County.
For State Railroad Commissioner
W. Gregory Hatcher of Dallas County
1'at M. N'eff, of McLennan County.
Ill 11{| X FIXE XTTEND
\ M. SHORT COl ICSE
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S'TTIN^
NORfSSMEN
Gins Running
At Full Blast
it2.1 HALES OF COTTON
GINNED IN BASTROP
The cotton in the Bastrop territory
is opening fast and the gins are run-
ning full blast. Wednesday, they
put on night shifts, in order not to
delay the farmers.
It is reported that tlw crop a> a
whole will no be as great as waa
first expected, owing to the extreme
hot and dry weather that has pii.--
vailed during the past few weeks.
Through the courtesy of The
Round liale Gin and The Goodman
Gin Co., we give biilow the number
of bales ginned in Bastrop.
Square Round
The Round Bale gin 65 H5L
The Goodman Gin Co. 433
METHODIST CHI R( H
HONOR ROLL
AO 1 v V
Sterling Ciub
Organized
| "Kh PROGRESSING KXPIDLV
ON NEW FIRE STATION
*'>rk is progressing rapidly on the (
I * Fire Station and city hall fori
■Bftitrpo. Workmen started the
jijinjf of brick Tuesday. It is staUd
| " t in approximately two w « ks the ,
n" will be completed.
Hie structure will be modi rn in
r ery respect, and the entire citi-
I '■'whip will be more than glad to
I ">wt of the new brick station.
I' IS ASSURED FOR
FIVE TOWNS
|'""'ton Firm to Go Forward XXith
I'lan Despite Failure « f Ibis
trap and RJgin to Granl
Franchises
Xn article in today's issue of thf
^ •y<,tte County R«*cord states
A communication was rciv ived
-Xiaynr 11. VV. Speckels from
""ton Monday stating in effect
III
I ll for La Grangi had been
J' ''.v offlofaria of the cm com*
I |:un>
Th
t assurance from llou ton put
nauglit fears that tie company
'">t pipe na^ I- ti hc'-aus ■ Has
''I'an I I Jjrjn had not note I fa ot
t 'V ' ' gas propr. ion. May<*r
ts .. • •
' ' '' said thai the company
u''' pi'-s uj> tb. two towns men
bon^j.
TL
1 '"'gram from the Mayor was
i j.' ' to th- president of tin*
( aTil'" ol Commerce and was post
b
11,1 the bub-tin.
•,|'D I F Th,, fjV(, towns which
av'' trrnnte,! franchise to the Moody
•iicra\Fs Corporation an> IjiGrnnge,
r, Schulenburg, Hallettsvill •,
^'1 hmithville, These five town««
ft gas under the new arrange-
—SmithvilL.. Times.
Thirty-five men, women, boys and
girls of lia.-trop v'ounty attended tlie
A. and M. Farmers Snort Course
which was held at College Station,
July 2* to August 1st.
Those attending from Bastrop
County included:
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. RandL, Cedar
( reek; Mr. C. Y. I'owell and Mr. W.
T. Kelley, High Grove; Mr. and Mrs.
H. O. Gricsenbeck, and Mr. John
Barton oi Bastrop; Mrs. John Scott
MiDade; Mrs. Olga Schult/, Faig:;
Mrs. Wills Green, Bastro'-; Mrs.
Nick Branton, Elgin, Mrs. W. W.
Litton, Cedar Cri< k; Mi -s M iggte
nnd ( arrie Bell Dunks, Cecilia and
KID*. Meuth, Beulah McAfee, Verdon
Martin, Wannona Sc-hultz, Freida
Lehman. Opnl Harrison, Lucille Scott
and Imogen. Kimbrough, Jim Clai-
borne, Charlie Lee, Johnny Wobua,
Virgil Patterson, Gunter Honi. Rarl
Rosanky. Coke Vest, Roy E. Callo-
way, Williams Higgins, Gerhard Leh-
mann, Theodore (Ted) Enoch and C
W. I'owell Jr.
Th. Home Demonstration and the
(Vunty Agent attended with their re
upective groups.
The programs were both interest-
ing and instructive, and covered a
wid. field «f subjects of interest to
far is, stockmen poultrynien, pecan
dairymen, all phases of wn-
iioiie demonstration work,
i H Club work and boys' 4-H
vork. Thi night programs in-
|,. • in- . icttire hows for
, rb and grov\ n folks,'
\i bii li w i I he climRT 1
immi nt for the week.
•i plendid time anil said
o much to hear and see ;
fine o f the 400(1 present j
he;: "jug of knowledge
"f. i. lire how large the jug
.,,1 ill hav. plenty left '
,11 fi.i mother trip next
, an looking forward to
■I. > s, a all the clubs and bet
, ,,, i -monstrations with th«*
,... h ii' demonstration women
i ,1, ■ ,.i :>ers, and boys and girls
4 1 club memb ra this coming year.
A large and enthu.-ia tic audience)
inet at the court house in Bastropj
Friday night and organized a Sterling
f r (iovernor Club. Addresses v* re
made by Mrs. .Jan. X. Mc( allum,!
Secretary of State, Hon. C. A.!
Wheeler, Hon. Geo. Dowell, Hon, S.
L. Staple of Austin and Judge T. |
L. Mi'Cullough of Dallas, Judge I'aul
D. I'age. presiled.
After the speaking a Sterling Club
was organized with Judge I'age as
Chairman and E. S. Orgain of Bas-
trop as Secretary. Practically all
of those present becoming members
of the organization.
Supporters of the candidates elimi-
nated in the first primary are lining |
up against Ferguson. Many of the j
voting boxes of thl county were re
presented in the audience. A 'vigor- 1
ous fight will be made to carry this
county for the Hon. Ross Sterling.
KIXX ANIS CLI'B SPONSORS
MONTHLY TRADE DAY FOR
ELGIN TO BE HELD EVERX
FOURTH SATURDAY
FORECAST Pi;tO COTTON
BALES AT U,vl 2,00n
XVashingto: . Aug. 11 An indicated
cotton crop of 1 l,.'S()2,000 bales of
."•00 po<!! ils gross ig!li w as fori ■ .i t
Friday for this year by the Depart-
ment of Agricuture basing its fore-
cast op the condition of the crop Aug
1, which was 02.2 per cent of nor
nuil.
The Vigust I condition indicated
a yield of 155..'! pound.-, per aei ,
omparei) with !5.">.(l pounds last year
and ir.r.,1 pounds, the 1SIPJ-2H aver-
age yield per acre.
Last year the Aug. I condition was
ti'.U) per cent of normal an<l th •
-X average condition on August I
was (17.2 per cent.
I'he indicated production was cal
culated on the basis of the area in
cultivation July 1 this year less the
ten year average abandonment, or
14,252,000 acres.
The producing acreage, condition
August 1 and indicate total produc-
tion by States follow:
Estimate by States
Condi- Indicater?
Acreage tion Production
County Citizens
Active at Short
Course at A& M
gre
me
*s a in
irI an
■ •lor!;
full no th
might be
thai it wil
var XX
Saturday August 23rd, and each
Fourth Saturday thereafter has been
selected as Elgin's Trade Day.
On that day the merchants will of-
fer special sale prices and bargain
that will make it very profitable for
the people for miles around to visit
Elgin and do their shopping.
At thiiv o'clock on that day at
the city park ten cash prizes will be
distributed and at night then* will
be a concert by two bands, the Amor
ican Legion Band the Ki-.vnn<-<
Boys Band.
A block will be roped off, th •
str( et washed and a big st reet da e
and old fiddlers eoritect will t.n
place.
Election returns will als > be pn. •
• I at a prominent place.
Everybody is invited to come
Flgin Saturday. August 23rd, nn!
irtiii-iate in the fun.
In the old fiddl rs contest there
will bi $25.00 in cash divided into
five or six pri7.es. Every old fid
dler is invited to conio and bring hi«
fiddle.
There's a hig time promised to
e« rybody and it's all free.—-Elgin
Courier.
State—
Virginia
X. Carolina
S. Carolina
(-eorgia
Florida (.
Missouri ....
Tennessee
Alabama ...
I .ouisiana
Texaa
(tklahoma
Arkansas .-
New Mexico
Ariona
California
All oth.T
States
Lower Cali-
fornia ....
88,000
1,606,000
2,245,000
:t.t>s t ,ooo
100.000
365,000
1.200,00(1
..3,590.000
2,013,000
16,835,000
3,803,000
3,020.000
109,000
200,000
268,000
72
74
74
71
72
64
61
62
54
61
60
46
30
02
02
IS,000 70
100.000 ....
Lower California. Old Mexico, not
included in United States totals.
XX'ifl I'm going to give you
eee of my mind. Tlector.
Henpecked Hector: Ju-t a
helping, please darling
Si 4 ral repn entative people from!
Bastrop County had part on the var
ious program., at A. and M. July 2d
to August I.
Mrs. li. M, Handle of Cedar Creek |
president of the Home Demonstra-
tion Clubs for District (i was a pro ml • |
neiit. figure each day a' the Hour.
Makers Program for the women. She |
introduced speakers and other in-
teresting people aided on special com-
mittees and business sessions. Her
report for District Six was 100 per
cent financially. Every club did its
part for the 4-1! Club Scholarship
fund. In this report Bastrop County
was 100 per A nt. Each club sub-
scribed its 50 cents making a total
of $5.00 for the In IJ. D. Clubs of the
County.
Mrs. XV, XV. Litton, Cedar Creek,
gave the report for Bastrop County
Home Demonstration Council and
was pronounced by the Statl Presi-
dent as the best given. This report
included the accomplishments and
demonstrations not complete for the
If. 1>. Clubs and Council for 1020 and
1030.
Mrs. Nick Branton, Elgin, Ramsey
Club and Mrs. Litton were parti-
4,40(i,000 | cjpants in the Living Room program.
1,072,0001 Mrs. Litton was awarded Second
1,106,000 jn district Six on her Living
Room and received $">.00 as money
prize.
Carrie Belle Dunks, Paig", Grassy-
ville Club and Iniogene Kimhro, Alum
Creek Club took part in the appio-
priate Dress ( ontest and Style Show.
The 1030 Farm rs Short fours-'
was pronounced the best. The pro- i
grams for all group, were very in -1
I err sting.
ry~ —— —
SI00.OOO.'lOft I N X BS'I'ED
IN MINIXTI RI GOLF 1
42,000
782,000
030,000
i;uo.ooo
20,000
153,000
164,000
1,201,000
632,000
07,000
' '2,000 I
2-4,000 i
6,000
".3,000
mall
According to the records of the
superintendent of the Methodist Sun
da School, XX. A. llaslcr, there wero
thirty tluee names appearing un liitj
Horn r Roll for thfc month of July,
The officers of the. Sunday School
ce wry elated over the attendance
rccord in general, and urge .'Very
member to make every possible ef-
fort to be present .. very Sunday.
'I he following are the names of
! those appearing on the honor roll are
( radle Roll:—
Ray Johnson 1
j Joe Edward Eskow.
Mr . Ciaft, Teacher
BeginiU'is I lavs No 2
Alary Evelyn Brysor
Alex XX'augh Jr.
Elsie Petterson
X\ ilma Lee McPhai(.c
James Cruft
O. B. Johnson
I'ili/.abeth Stevens
Gordon Stevens
Primary Department Claxn 3, t. r —
Mi^> ( ora Mi ley, Teacher.
Miss Inez Schilling, ^..crotary.
Phillip Dibrell.
Junior Dept. Class 6, 7, H. « , Jo, ii
Mrs. B. D. Orgain, Asst. Supt
Mrs. Eva Hoyt, Teacher.
Esther Peterson
Audell Sanders
Jean Dibrell
Intermediate Cla«s No. 12
No report
Intermediate Class No. 2;t~~
No report.
Intermediate ( las,s No. 20—
A. J. Reynolds
Fred Hoyt
El wood Craft
Frank Darby Orgain
Senior Class No. It—
No Report. ,
Young Peoples Class No. 15—
Miss Annette Booth
Mrs. Bob Rogers, Teacher.
Xdult Class No. 16—
Mrs. M. ( . Booth
Mrs. XVilkes ,
Adult ( lass No. IS—
Judge Ah ...u.Jcr
Mr. Cochran
Rev. Walter Dibrell, Teacher
General Office;-. No. 10—
M. ( B'e-th, Superintendent
Walter Hasb'r, Secretary.
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MAN', HOOKS RETURNED TO
LiltRXRX Dl KING PAST WEEK
" Ves, granny. I'm to be married in j
lune."
"But niy dear, said gTandma, "you
ni" very young. Do you feel you ara
fitted for married life?
I am being fitted now, exclaimed
the prospective bride. Seventeen ,CwH«(k employment period.
More than $100,000,000 is invested
in the sport, the department reports.
XX'a^hington. Aug. II Phi* mini;,
tore gull" fad has a stanch defen b r
in the Commerce !)• partment. Of-
ficials there point out the Tom
Thumb courses have proved a boon
to ninny communities during the
gowns.
Youth: I nay, what are all the*#
notches in your clgaret ca«e?
Vamp: Husbanda!
Won't you spond more than $250
on my ring? I want a deared one.
All right, dear. Well boy it on
credit, then it will cost $300.
Husband- How does a woman look
wil-nitrite's really startled?
His wife: Give me $25 and find out
1 ri mswer t i the appeal to return
book.- i utstunding from the Bastrop
Public Library, many of th patrons
responded iplendVIJy Thl .ire
yet a few books thai have not been
i. turned, and the association urgvw
each reader to return their l>ooks.
or else, they will be forced to impo
HX stated fine for non-return.
The Librarian, Mrs Karling, urge*
every local citizen to look through
their books, and see if they harp
not at some time overlooked 4 turn-
ing one.
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Schaefer, H. A. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1930, newspaper, August 14, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206702/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.