The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1931 Page: 3 of 8
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER, BASTROP. TFXAS THTKSDAY. FtfllRI'ARY 12.
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OAK HILL NEWS
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Our Guide
PATIENCE—WITH A KEEN FORESIGHT
FOR THE FUTURE, AND THE WILL TO
DARE AND DO DESPITE EVERY OB-
STACLE PLACED IN HIS PATH. THOSE
ARE TWO OF THE GREAT VIRTUES FOR
WHICH WE HONOR THE MEMORY OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Foresight, Patience
Determination
No Better Guide
for
Saving Money
OAK HILL, Feb. After a week
of warm weather. we have a brisk
northern this morning, und hog
killing is the order of the day.
Some garden work was done lust
week and also some w ork in or
c hards. Quite a few grape cuttings
were set and grafted.
I he writer und husltund paid a
short visit to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Smith, and there we saw
a garden that would drive the gloom
of the so-called depression away,
and you might think you were in the
Rio Grande Valley. We never count-
til the different vegetables; but
there were more varieties than we
ever saw at one time in February.
Mr. Millington was in the Com-
munity Monday looking after his
demonstrators.
Mrs. Vest was h< re Thursday get-
ting pictures of living rooms and
visiting others in the interest of her
work.
Mr. Willie Hlackwell and family
wer - Mo Dade visitors recently.
Mr. H. M. DeGlandon, of Bastrop
visited his parents Sunday.
Mrs. Sid Cartwright and children
ami Wallace Scarborough of Elgin
visited their parents Sunday.
Mr.' and Mrs. Rogers were shop-
ping in Elgin Saturday.
Mr. Albert Cottle was a business
visitor early in the week.
Mr. F, W. Morgan and fan >ly of
i'hville, V,' Ilenr.v Watterson, of
Dale ami Mr. Luther Owen and
family of McDnde, Andrew ami Ro-
bert Owen and Woodrow Smith
were visitors in the Edgar Owen
home Sunday.
Mr. Lester Goode, of Giddings,
was in the community Thursday
looking after the tomato hot beds,
( Id frames etc.
The writer «« gratefu Ho Men-
da mes Rogers and Fleming for the
following school news.
H iv« lieu! hy K*i-
11rial 'tin' > •« t
|< ir ii ( i n 11 p ri r r
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: i.ut# iiu i« upl't |i wtli In y^uiiK fu* i , ,r, i it*
v rhlrltft. or w rr. ifi<t < • -ir money Al r> tf \iu,i m
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•• Iftnn I'W l>u« a, For for*! Hiring r* ita
tir* i| by UUr Chemical Co., Arlington, Kor
IMFFICl I.T1KS
My little
taiinr camt
for
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to the office
new suit of
SET YOUR GOAL AND START AN ACCOUNT NOW WITH THE
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.:t: _ f ::Ti.l^..iBttliUUB5im
lli)\\ lO HHER IS M\DK
(The following short essay on how
rubber is made, was written by a
pupil of the Mexican school at Glen-
ham, of which Mrs. Lee Simmons is
teacher.)
Rubber is made of the milkv juice
of trees. The rubber gatherer works
quickly for he has hard day's work
before him. Hy the middle of the
afternoon he is at home again for the
juice dries quitkly. He goes into
small hi!4 and builds a fire in the
middle of the floor, he use- a certain
kind of nut which grows in the for-
est for nothing else will do as well.
Soon he covers the tire with some-
thing that look like a large tin fun-
nel. Then the urathcrer takes a long
strong stick, this he lays across a
wooden frame just above the hole in
Is Your Face Covered
With Pimples?
\\ ichita Fall ,
Texas "My s«in
was in i ""r health
when lu w.t; about
twenty year- « f
ape. His bl. ,,.1 ' e-
came thin • "d hi:
was pale. He \v.i<
also troubled with
his stomach and hi >
face broke out with
pimples. Finally, I
decided to have him try Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Hy the
time he had taken a few bottles of the
'Discovery' he was completely relievctl
of all these troubles, his Mood was
healthy, anil he had no more stomach
trouble."—Mrs. Beulah Singleton, 1101
18th St. Tablets or liquid Druggists.
Writr lo Dr. Pler<V Clinic In Buffalo.
N. Y„ II you drsfr* Ire* cncluung
wrapper from madicln*.
the funnel then he dips a little of the
juice and pours it over the stick, and
hardens the juice into a thin layer of
rubber. He pours on a little more of
the juice, turning the stick around
and around until all of the juice is
none. He now has a large ball of
lubber grayish, white and streaked
with soot from th hot black smoke
li ed to harden it. He takes the
Iiu11 of rubber off the stick and lays
it out in the sun to dry more. By
the next day it will be quite black,
and is been made.They are loaded on
raits or boats, carried down the river
to the ocean. Here they are put on
board ships and brought to our
country to be made into overshoes,
erasers rubber balls, raincoats, auto-
mobile tires, nnd hundreds of other
things, and so this is how rubber is
made antl what is done with it.
Candelorio R. Landeros.
6- ^WMtST CAMP JG
Hull Movement (2,700 Miles)
The first "bulish" trend to occur
in Wall Street in a long time hap-
pened when a large-hatted Texan
rode into town astride a thousand-
pound Mexican bull named Jerry to
see Mayor Walker.
He rode Jerry all the way from
Brownsville, [ exas, to the Brooklyn
Bridge, making 2,700 miles in 2.r>4
days. The Texnn said that they
caused quite a commotion down in
Wail Street, where everybody acted
as though they hadn't seen a bull for
years.
The Mayor, however, was ill, anil
couldn't extend the city's official wel-
.•,'t t i the Wall Street symbol of
y\\ The Texnn brought along a 52-
inch pair of steer's horns which he
01 e "lit' (I to City Hall.
V [\ A* ki
A C, 1u'Xl'v
n.
pleasant
vacation
to you it wiii
st.irt out that w.iy.at least,
if you telephone ahead
for reservations.
He f ot The Job
"l'nevtiloyed. Willing to work nt
any legitimate occupation for room
and board and $lt) a week. High
M'hool and college education. Ileal
thv."
So read a ii ?i painted on a large
i.i" "t' cardboard pinned o an
overcoat worn bv a young man stand
ing on a New York street coiner.
His ingenuity was rewnrded. Af-
l tec evernl hoiiF>; of waiting, a busi-
ness man approached him and con-
ferred in low tones. The young man
listened, smiled, tore up the sign an'1
walked off with his newly acquired
employer.
It pays to advertise.
IL'-b-m Hoofers' Hope
Ou' t I i 'lem. that dustr ..•-,«.< n
glorified by Amos 'n' Andy, the wish-
ing tree in ;n nt of the Lui'ayeU.-
theatre is iheng a land ofiice busi
ness.
It is the haven of hope for jobles
negro actors. Tht more auperstitiou
Harlem Thespians believe that il i
jobless actor sits in front of the tree
on a milk can and wishes for a job
he will get in. Sitting on a milk
can isn't absolutely essential, but it
helps, they say.
I he myth started in 1H27. A negro
hoofer was sitting on a milk con-
tainer in front ol the tree and re
marked to a bystander that lie cer
tainly wished he had a job. At that
moment the manager of the theatre
emerged and engaged him to take the
place of an actor who had become ill.
Since then, it has been considered
that the tree has the power to bring
good luck.
Big shots in the negro theatrical
and athletic world bow to the tree in
passing, and some managers do tln ii
hooking under its branches when
they come to New York to sign per
formers.
fashion's Fling
Costumes dominated hv hues of)
flame antf dicer, streaked in unrt
strained modernistic motifs, blazed at !
one of New York's perennially bril j
liant spectacle-, th> Beaux Arts ball. I
given by a group of architects who
attended the Beaux Arts school ui|
I'aris.
The high spot of the evening was
a pageant, "The Skyline of New
York", in which skyscraper architect
appeared in costumes representing I
buildings which they designed. The j
Chrysler building outfit consisted of
silver metal cloth trimmed with black :
patent leather, sash and lining of
flame color and silver, and the cape,1
puttees and cuffs of flexible wood.
The headdress was an exact replica
of the buildings tower.
An amusing feature of the ball wa 1
an exhibition of modern art in speak-
easies.
School News
There will be a club meeting for
the 4 11 Club boys and girls Friday
morning at 10 o'clock Mr. Milling-
ton anil Mrs. Vest will lie present.
Thi- is also the date for the adults to
study poultry. This meeting will
be held in tin afternoon. The routine
' 'he other school work is a
lows:
Pupils on the "Honor Roll" this
month are:
I- ir t (ir.'ttlc Kvelyn Cottle, Ger-
trude Smith. I'auline Fort.
High First Dori Allen, Florence
Dunkin.
Second Grade Merlie Fort, Kat-
herine Dunkin, Aimer Scott.
Third Grade Doris Dunkin, Si-
nimi Fort, Louise Smith, Jack Fleni-
ming.
! ur'h Grade Flloween Fleming
Kenneth Smith, Gertrude Dunkin,
Re\ Dunkin.
The pupils in the fourth gratle
have been very busy working on a
large map of the I'nited States. Au
they have just finished studying the
I'nited States in their geography,
they arc now reviewing bv pasteing
; ctures, representing the products
and imlu tries of each group of
States on the map.
|'he\ havi also matle a booklet in
Fnglish entitled, "My Family,"
which is very amusing as well as
interesting.
The smaller pupils, the so in the
first and second grades, have just
finished working on their and table.
On it they have a house, "barn, hen
house, poultry, animals, and every
thing that goes with farm life.
A- it i (tearing spring time, the
pupils in the third grade fixed their
-ami tablto represent growing
fields, gardens, flowers tin bloom,
and orchards in bloom. They al-o
have a farm yard and house on their
table.
The little ones, a- ti. ual are an\-
- iously looking forward to St. Val-
• ntine' Day. Manv ha >• ulremly I
! made s< me \'al< ntines.
I |
Honor Roll for Mr*. Rodirers' room
Fifth Grade Fi> x Cottle, high'1 <
grade; Rubert Shelton, Civile Allen
Sixth , Grade Wood row Dunkin,
highest grade; Harrell Hancock.
Seventh Gratle Gordon Cottle,
highest grade; Amy Smith.
Eighth Grade Ruth Smith, high-
est grade; Irma Mae Fleming, Kgra
Shelton.
The children receiving prize- for
to nieji ure an
clothes.
He looked tired. It had not been
such a good winter. The American
people are either away up or away
down in their thinking and their
spending. \\ hi I e the stock market
was boiling they bought lots of
clothes. But they stopped very sud-
denly, so the little tailor said.
1 wondered what a tailor thinks
about. It must be a monotonous life,
going around and measuring men,
sewing up the suits and trying them
on, and fixing them over, and listen-
ing to ii good deal of grumbling.
"Do you find life worth living?" I
asked him.
His face brightened. "It keeps me
interested."
"But what are your pleasures?" I
persisted. "What gives you a thrill?"
"Well, for one thing 1 get quite
a lot of excitement in ovir-coming
my difficulties."
He went on to tell me about his
difficulties, antl as he talked I felt
a reverence fi r that little tailor and
a certain amount of shame for my-
self. How much less he has than I
have. But no complaining, no self-
pity, no temptation to surrendei I!'
is playing a game in which difficul-
ties are his opponents, and every day
in his modest fashion, he win* some
victory.
When I was in Chicago a couple
of years ago they told me about the
late T. F. Merseles who left the pri
sidency of Montgomery Ward and
Companv to become the president of
Johns Manville. Why did In do i! "
He had all the money he could pos-
sibly use. Why should a man of
sixty give up something which was
going on smoothly to tackle a new
situation?
"Money had nothing to do w!H it"
one of his former associates told me.
"He called us in one day and said1
'Boys. I think 1 have this iob licked.
So I'll say good-bye. I'm going
where there are some problem0'. "
Many a man makes himself tinhan
py, I think, because he regards hi •
dificulties as some special affliction
for which Fate has singled him out.
Difficulties are as much a part of
the program of life as the pleasures.
You're certain to have them. The
only question is, how will you regard
them? As afflictions?
Or as a part of the gan •— like
Merseles and the little tailor'.1
o——————
Friend- What b your baby going
to be when he grows up?
Dadd) A blackmailer, I'm afraid.
Friend -why, what makes you say
that ?
Daddy—Well, we have to give mm
something every little while to keep
him quiet.
I'rof. Foozle (to his cms*) -Are
you laughing at me?
Class (in chorus) No,
Prof. FoorJe Then, what elsi is
there in the room to laugh at.'
—o -
NOTK K
Because the night trains car-
ry only first class mail, the
Vtlvt rtiscrs will he put in the
Post Office immcdiatcL after
noon on Thursdays, in order that
they m«y leave Bastrop on the
afternoon trains.
Consequently, it will be neces-
sary that all notices, contribu-
tions and advertising to be in
the office as earlv in tin week
as possible, and not later than
noon on Wednesday.
the best notebook conte t were Ruth
Smith lna Mae Fleming antl Amy
Smith.
There will be a Valentine Box at
the school building next Friday af-
ternoon. Kveryone is invited to
come.
The BEST Gray Hair
Remedy is Home Made
To half pint of water adit
one ounce bay ni m, a small
box of Barlsi OrnqsjunJ
arid one-fourth ounce of
glycerine. Any druggist
can put this up or you can
p mix it at home at very
little cost. Apply to tha
hair twice a week until
the desired shade is ob-
tained. It will graduuily darken
Btrooked, fadod or Krny liutr ur.d mak'i It sof|
in ni KlimHy. llurtjo will nut cilor tho ncultv
U uut nUcky ur Krtuuy tbj tlo«t nul rub ofl>
For Remembrance
.A • -ell-knov n rati i crooner got a
decisive answer to his plea for
's' mething to remember you by"
w'm r ' 'I i a P iston th a
< i i apet i uil. - lightly pwt
seen and heard about it, the house
will be a very pretty country home;
when it is completed.
It seems as if spring time is here.
We have not had very much cold
weather this year in comparison withj
last winter.
Mrs. Bob Gray had as guests in
her home Sunday Mrs. Hattie F.
Barnette and family. Mr. ami Mi
Roy K. McGee and children, Bobbie
and Doris, and Mr. ami Mrs K. R.
Gray ami daughter.
I he High Grove -chool i planning
>pt
o
t re.
Ingram spent
home oi M i s.
, ed i"g of uncertain nge enme hi
way, allegedly prop'-lletl by col! ;•
h,i\- up in the balcony.
lie came out ahead, however. \f
ter a speech reminding those who
didn't like his work that they w< re
not forced to stay and listen, Iv
sang "Ninttv Nine Out if i Hundi •!
Like It. Why D.m't You?" The an I
tepee applauded his cood nature ti i
quick wit.
W.F.K
be
lb
«inning
Here'; ..
' V colli 1
R >ck.
mphill ai
all |
afternoon Mon-
f Mrs. Utli«
HIGH GROVE
(Delayed from last week)
HIGH GROVE, Feb. <i. Mr. M:.h-
lom Purcell's new home is almost
completed. From what little I have
on gettinu up a play.
tarry out their plans.
Mr. and Mis. Kton
the day SiJinluy in tht
C. Y. Purcll.
Red i.'ot i, i i Ills to
the basket hall g.tmt -.
ing our nil, i g "iiiniui
doing so. Rah! I'1" Rei
Mr. and Mr \'ia
son, Horact spent tin
<lay in the home
Shai-p.
Miss Ftiyth Robert ha-
bed a number of days on th
of having diphtheria.
Mrs, Bob Gray and Mi Ola Gray
were Bastrop shopper-, lav Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Hemphill of
Austin visited in the home of their
parents, Mr. antl Mrs I.i-h Bo wen
the past week-end.
Mrs K. F. Roberts and Mi Nina
Lee Perry were guests Sunday in the
home of Mrs. J. F. Sharp.
w
u. s.
TIRE
VALUES UP!
PRICES DOWN!
been in
occount
HPHH balance is in your favor.
Never has there been so
much mileage, beauty and
safety built into U. S. Tires
and never have U. S. Tire
prices been so low. I he whole
country knows this taci
and the Hig Swing to U. S.
Tires is increisin^ day by day.
PRICES
C. S. Ro> \l>
2! xl50 #7 ;
,'10x1.50-- 7.s.'
JJ.sx-1.7R s
2'.ix5.0ti ;i i
I . S. I'l.FRI I >•
21'x I I" t ■
THE BIG SWING IS TO 30x1.R0 ;
u. s. tires::
ELZNER RAD!0-TiRE SHOP
KLZNKK ( ( UNKK
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Standifer, R. E. & Standifer, Amy S. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1931, newspaper, February 12, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206728/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.