Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1937 Page: 1 of 6
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PICKED UP AT
RANDOM
PARK COMMITTEE APPOINTED COUNCIL REFUSES 1 FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD FOR
FOLLOWING LIONS MEETING TO GRANT LICENSE FORMER BASTROP COUNTY MAN
We will miss, on ciui visits in th.'
courthouse during the coming year,
Jmlno Hartford Jenkins, retiring
county judge and manager of t)>
HaHtrop Abstract Company, who ha«
moved his office from the courthouse
t i the National I'ank building
Mr. J«'iikiit.- has been in the court
house for many years, serving the
ci unty in several responsible pnsi
MOOKK HOMK SKRIOl SI N
DAM \GKD IO KIRK
The mist disasterous fire which
has iieen had in Hastrop in the past
several months occurred I a -1 Satur
day afternoon when the home of 'I
K. Moore caught fire.
The fire sweptover one room of
the house leaving an undertermined
tions, the fact that he performed thi i amount of damage in it's wake, and
duties of these offices faithfully and 'hn climbed to the roof. The tin roof
inn guve the fire fighters Rome trou.
ble and it was some time before the
blaze was extinguished.
The furniture the room contained
was scorched and charred. Quite a bit
of clothing and wearing apparel was
•e omces taiuiruny anil
well being evidenced by the fact that
he held them with the unopposed ap-
proval of the voters for so long ;4
time.
of the machine- a> illegal
and refused the license on
incident
He served as the first county sup-
erlntendent of ,,-h thai Ua ,r.„, ,,Aflame,
Count,- had. and m 1017 he | Th„
district clerk. He filled this office .1 .1 • • <• !>« •
... ... the tire was the injury of the Moore 9
without opposition for 15 years, until i , , , , ' . , .
, , , voung child who received burns a-
19,12. when he was elected county I
judge, serving tlv county two term*!
bout the face and neck. Though the
child was taken to the hospital for
treatment, the burns were not ser
ious.
in this capacity. At all times he ha--
• , ! I I t-«l I 111VII l . tut- I'll III."* writ' H"t PCI ■ . -| T . Tl J I
bo«n active in the interest* of th.- • mouth «>t January. Th'- drive is be- streets of
people he served, and loyal to th • j' m > m * made in the honor of the sec re license f„,
trusts they imposed upon him. Com. | tar>' "f Lions International. who*-* nti„n. for
ing from one of Bastrop's oiliest fa- P<1ST KI) birthday comes this month. t Every
milies, he is well known throughout 1 Postively no one allowed on Moort Tbo P >' cra.H consisted of a group y
this section. (Ranch without coming for key at songs given by a negro trio
Nor has he limited himself to af
fairs of the county. He is prominen*
in local enterprises and active mem-
ber of the Lions Club of which he ha«
been president, and always ready to
owner', home.
MARY LONG
SIGl'R JORDAN
MRS. FORREST REKD.
I D W ILLIAMs HEADS <,RO( P
Kill! IMPROVEMENTS IN
SI \ I K P\RK
Lion A K. Henry in a talk to the
n embers of the Lions ("lull Monday
night urged cooperation of the peo-
ple of lla.-ti-'p in the development of
the Hastrop County tSate Park. Mr.
Henry said Ilia' it' there was any-
thing that the people ->f Hastrop
thought should be done in the pai'
foi them to -peak up and that every
effort would be made to fulfil their
wishes.
At the conclusion of Mr. Henry's
talk a motion \sa- made thai a park
committee be appointed and arrange
monts were made to that affect, re-
sulting in the following members:
L. f). Williams, chairman; J. V. Ash, of these devices.
\ err.on Eskew, h. S. Orgain and S. Occupation l a* Revived
L Drannon. Henceforth ii will be necessary foi
The Lions discussed a drive to b* „|. peddlers offering any kind ot
made for new members during th* c|,andise for sale on any of the
the city to pay a peddler's
• of $50 wh'.ch covers oper
one year.
new business established
will be required to pay an 00
cup.ition tax equal to L' 1 -2 per cent
ot the value (if their merchandise and
iiKtures. This occupation tax is due
and collectable by the city tax col
ON MARBLE TABLES
It) unanimous vote the Hasti -.
city i-■ > 11 hi i| Monday night banned tlx
operation ot marine tables within th.
city limit- Application- were pri-
st 1 ed by several firm.- for a license
ti place automatic pav-off marble
tables in everal business hoti es
but the councilnen construed the
ope| at io||
gambling
tha basis.
Marble machines are operated In
Other town- in the county but -o far
the county commissioners court has
not levied a tax of any sort on thi'
particular enterprise, however 1
state tax i collected from opeiator
SI \
U'Sl IS
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I SI VPI ES DIKS IN
S A I L HI) \ Y l Ol.
LONG ILLNESS
After the
journed
program the meeting a-
Funeral services for Sen. Sidney
I Staple . held Sunday it < '.0
p. in. at the Cook Kuneral home eha
pel in Austin, were attended by hun-
dreds of relatives, friends anil a-s.ie
iate 111 public and private life, ga
thered t.i pay the last tribute of re
-pert t . one of \ustin and Central
I i'V;i ' best I ived citizen -.
Sen. Staples, -cerctary of .tat• • in
the Pat M N'eff administration and
.1 -pecial assistant attorney general
under Atty. lien William McCraw,
died at h ill o'cliK'k Saturday night
it Ins residence, .'{2nd atul Duval
\ctivc pallbearers were Kred Nic
hols, Wallace Riley. W II C.allag.
her of Austin; II V llamrick, Amur-
illo; Jack Mavher. Port Worth; .1 T.
Stedham, Kort Worth, O L. Kinsley
of San Antonio; Robert Oliver, Bav
town
Sen. Staples had been ill for about
a month, suffering from pernicious
anemia. He underwent five blood
transfusions during the period, rally-
ing after them, but his recovery* was
only temporary.
pie. rami to lexa- a .1 y -iing man
and tuilo-il law m , |HU office at
Stephen* ille He move,| to Smith*
v He itwl icgan the practice of law
• n that iity years ago Later he
was electi-il the legislature from
Ha-trop county, "iving first in th*
house of lepre entative- and later in
the etiHte
give his time
and community
and efforts
projects.
to civic
Human curosity being what it is,!
people are as prone to rush to a fire
as sparks are to fly upward. Some
are prompted by a desire to help
fight the blaze and save property
but most go just to see the fire. By
whatever motive they are attracUI
they often create a real hazard t«
life and limb and retard the operation
of the organized firefighters wh<
FEDERATION TO
MEET SATURDAY
S. J. COLEMAN DIES IN SAN
ANTONIO
friends of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Cole-
man will be grieved to hear of the
death of Mr. Coleman following an
f
lector upon the opening
business. This lax will
• f
be
any ne\
refunded
as a credit on ad valorem taxes if
the new business remains in opera
tion for a period of one year.
The above licenses and taxes do
Native of Kentucky
\ native of Kentucky,
Sen. Sta
MRS. C. B. MAYNARI) TO BE IN San Antonio.
operation in Santa Rosa Hospital in not apply to farm products grown
111
COUNTY OFFICIALS
START NEW TERMS
CHARGE OF
MAGAZINES
PROGRAM ON"
| Bastrop county and sold by
the
The Bastrop County Federation of
A'omen's Clubs will have its regular
meeting Saturday, January 9th., at-
2 p. m., at the f'ity Hall in Bastrop,
according to Mrs. W. S. Mulingt c,
I pr • .d< nt.
1 lie Ladies Reading Circle of H s-
Mr. Coleman, who for some months grower or his direct agent,
was keeper of the park here had made Tax Rate Fixed at il.rti)
his home in Rnckport, Texas. He died The tax rate for the city, includ
Saturday morning in the San Antonio ing city school tax was fixed at
hospital, where he had been for ser- the rate of tl.tit) for each $l0u of
••ral days.
Interment was held in Temple, Tet-
the home of Mrs. Coleman.
COL NT V COUNCIL TO MEET IN
BASTROP JAM ARY <> VT
COURT HOUSE
duty it is to get to the blaze as,
quickly a- possible. For this latter |trop wiH in rharpre "f lh" ',r
reason J. S. Milton, city marshal and >
chief of the fire department has re- °'herS takm* Part on the f v
quested the Advertiser to call to the Kl'atU wil1 W Mrs' T' J Sm,lh nf r,,unlV r',un<,il of " 11 ('ll,!'t
attention of every person in town delegate to the Annual will meet at Bastrop Court Hous*
the menace they' creat when they1 ^ )|nvnti"n °* thp Sute Federat'. n Saturday morning, January 0th. at
rush to a fire in their cars and get 1 ''' VV"mpn'~ riul>s who wi" KIV,> •' "'clock. All home Demonstra
in the way of the fire truck or oh- r"'1'rt ,,f th'' c"nvt,!1ti"n W5"* tion Club presidents and Council del
struct the approaches to the scene j Vtfr,,'ee "astr"P County Horn- eg;. are urged to attend and stay
o' the fire. This not only slows up! riu^ _ for the afternoon meeting of the
the progress of the fire truck but' * ■ • ' • County Federation of Clubs meeting
constitutes a real hazard to life and i
limb, and Marshal Milton request.-. (
all persons to give the fire truck a 1
valuation. This figure is the same
a- fixed for last year and i- based
01 a $1.071),<">'J.0<i property valuation
• ■I the city fixed for 19"i> a-sessmenf.
CALVARY CHURCH
Rev. Clarence H. Lake. Rector
Services, Sunday. Ian. 10, UW7, as
follows:
Sunday School 0:45 a. m.
Evening Prayer and Sermon 7
p. m.
Ml are cordially invited to attend.
The Rector will preach.
I LOCAL
OFFICER MAKE ARREST
IN KANSAS
at 2:00 o'clock.
MRS.
EDGAR OWEN. 1
clcar road. If this request is not
granted hy the general public. Mr.
Milton pointed out thi.t it will be
come necessary to evoke the penal,
ties of the city ordinance which pro-
vides that all vehicle-s give the fire
apparatus a clear road to all fires.
A BIT FOR THOUGHT
BECALMED
Sheriff E. D. Cartwright and Dis
trict Clerk Vernon Eskew left B:u-
trop early Saturday morning for the
Kederal prison in Leavenworth, Kan-
sas, to bring back Johnny Engle. 2-'i
K1R.-T METHODIST CHURCH
W. Newton Carl, I). D- Pastor
Church School meets at 9:4,p> a. m
with clashes for all ages.
The pastor will preach at il a. m
will find no star above
mind upon a fixed
far star when
Strained eye
this sea.
To hold the
course,
To steer for one
wind blows,
Is task to tax the weight of all
man's force
More dreadfully than
knows.
anv storm h
of San Antonio, who face-; charges i)n,i again at 7 p. m.
of theft in Bastrop County. j There will be prayer meeting at
In the fall of 1!>M Engle stole a 7 p. m Wednesday evening.
car belonging V> Henry Rosanky. 1 • ■ 1
ftom main strict and left the ca> NflTICE Tf ANNUAL MEETING 1
parked in San Antonio, where it was ..
... . . To the stockholders of Citizens
recovered the next day Su,e Rank ,(f Rastrop:
Sheriff Cartwright sent out th> Ti1(. regular annjl meeting of the
alarm of the theft and Engle was at - stockholders of Citizens State Hank
rested in flattie-burg. Mississippi '"f Bastrop will be held at the bank-
mg rooms of .said bank in the town
of Bastrop on Tuesday, January 12,
I'.'•*■ 7. at t p. m. for the purpose of
electing Directors of said bank and
transacting -ucli other business a-
mav cme before the meeting.
PAUL D. PAGE,
40-'j President
However. Engle was turned over t>
11he Kederal authorities who wanted
ihim on charges of dope peddling,
no Kngle served ! months in the fed
eral penitentiary and uj>on his re
lease was brought hack t > face char-
ges here.
UNUSUAL KOR BUSSES!
One of those things which is
seldi m seen turiud up in Bastrop
last Saturday when the we-tt-
bound Kerrville bus broke down
leaving several passenger- strand-
ed in Bastrop for a short time. The
passengers took the unavoidable
wait goixl naturedly and soon were
picked up by another bus sent
down from Austin.
It is an unusual sight to see
one of the large motor transport-
sitting idly by with engine trou-
ble or something while other au-
tomobiles go flitting by. The
busses give good service to rhe
people and are seldom behind their
schedule or held up becou.-e of mo-
tor trouble.
ML KAGKK TO PUT FORTH It ESI
KKKORTS KOR TH K NEW
YEAR
A splendid corps of County Offic-
ial- has been established in the court
liou.-e during the past week, ready
and eager to start the New Year
right! Many of them are the same
ones whose services have been a bene
tit to the county for a number of
years; a few of them are new, anx
jious to demonstrate their abilities bv
[giving their constituents th-- b"st
1'hat they have.
! I hey are as follows: County Judge,
K B. Alexander; County Clerk, Tig
nal Jones; County Treasurer. Mr-.
Gem Simmons; County Sheriff, E
I). Cartwright; County Tax A-se-so,.
Collector, J. II Jones; County At-
torney .Charlie Talbot; District Clerk,
i Vernon Eskew; County Superinten-
dent, Fred <!. Haynie; Commissioner
Precinct N'o. I, \rthur Kuchs; Com-
missioner, Precinct No. 2, B. R>-
'anky; Commissioner, Precinct N'o. '5
Karl Callahan; Commissioner, Pri-
cinct No. 4, H A Paris.
NOTH E OI . I'OCKHOLDER
MEETING
I Notice is hereby given
gu'ar annual meeting of
holders of The Kirst National Bank
of Ba-tr ip, will > •* held in their bank-
ing rooms in the town of Bastrop
Texas, at I o'clock P. M >n Tuesday,
January 12th. for the purpose
of electing a board of director* t^
-erve during the ensuing year and
for the transaction -f any other iu-
ine-is that may properly come bef n>>
the meeting,
H G. GRIE.SE.NBE< K
• 1 Ca-hier.
1
ot' dark, of light that's
the marrow of the
light and darknes«
nervous
This agony
ended,
Cuts against
soul
Unlike the quiet
blended
That guides th
of the mole.
Strained eyes will
thi? sea,
And stars without a wind were Houston
futile find'
Yet helms in hand we watch for what
may be,
And wait f >r s >me far w ind to life
th' mind.
* Tohn Dillon Husband
MOTHER, #5 YEARS OLD, VISIT-
DAI GHTKR, 7'>. HERE
SUNDAY
Mrs. Emma C. Putney of Eagle
Lake, who is 95 years old and unus-
ually bright and active, spent Sun-
day in Bastrop with her .laughter
craping Mrs. C. A. Hemphill and her grand
j daughter. Mrs. Karl Morris, in th®
lh me of Mr and Mrs. Morris.
find no star above. Mrs. Putney was accompanie 1 l>>
her grandson, R B. Hemphill, r
SWIMMING POOL IN BASTROP COUNTY
STATE PARK N EARING COMPLETION
IRIBI IK P
W H
MD STAPLES
1. \LLAGHER
•no
Putney 01 Eagle I
OKKICK sPACK
laughter,
ike
Miss Ma*.;
SCARCE HERE
UKKSHING MILL
! Office space
come as scarce
j the Ba#ti'op
moved it'-
m Ba.-tr.>p ha- be-
as hen's teeth. Wluf
County Abstract Co.
f fu-es from the co"rt-
BEAl I Y SPOT ONE
MOST ATTRACTIVE OK
KIN11 IN THH SOUTH
OK THK
The swimming pool in
< ounty State Park i.s nearing com-
plftiof and.will be ready for use thi
-ummer The pool in an oveal shape
is lined around the top with green
tile. V. each end of the pool a dial-
low waterspacp is walled off f >r the
children. With its completion Uk
people i 11 have at their disposal
of the best equipped and largest iu-.
"Sen Staple- was labor's best
t •••end." W H Gallagher, chairman
f the legislative board of the Bfo
therhood of I.i c>motive Engineers,
•id here Sunuay
"In the passing of Mr Staple*."
hi tribute said, "friendship has lost
a peerless exemplar, sncerity, fide!
Bath houses have been completed
j-f <1 ind are located at the north end of
the pool. A broad sidewalk leads
I from the bath house to the pool and
the Ba-trop r'n" around the pool. Diving boards j,v ull(| loyalty a true exponent; ju'
1 ire located on the e -t rim of th- t,,'.,. and need a fearless champion,
pool and steps leading into the wa the Texas bar an able, honored and
'*r are just acros« the pool from the trUst#,i practitioner; the state a citl-
living boards. '/en who ha< served her with h• >n r
Since the pool is >val in shape the
■ leepest part will be in the -enter .f
•tie pool, the water reaching a depth
f nine feet. Hie shallow parts will
e found around the edge and on
each end with the-, place- rang'ng it
dt
ind distinction; >rganized labor
wise counsellor, whose unself -h
voti -n to the principles of -ocial be-
eficeiue for which it stand placed
hi mjii the forem -st rank am-ng the
When (,ov Pal \| Neff \sai el*^-t-
''d govcrtv r 1 lexa , Sen Staplee
wa appointed Secretary of stata,
serving durini! the N'eff administra-
tion, and neai the closing days of
lh.it nlm 1 n 1 stra11 on -en Staple.- was
appointed t" si-rve for 1 time as sta'«
1 reasurer.
I pon assuming hi. duties as .ser-
relary of state, Sen Staples moved
to Austin and ha- made his hom«
there since that time the family mak-
ing their home at Duval street
While a resident of Smithville, a
division point of the Katy railroad
lilies. Sen. Staple.- became interested
111 the problem of labor, particular-
ly of the railroad brotherhoods, and
for a number of years -erved as af"
lorney for the railroad brotherhoods.
During the last third of a century,
Sen. Staples took an active lead in
the welfare of organized labor and
"as recognized as being in the fore
front 111 its interests. At his death
he held the post of assistant attor
ney general representing the Texa*
labor board under Atty. Gen. Wil
liam MeCraw
Surviving are his widow, who prior
to her marriage wa- Miss Augusta
Mercer of Mineral Wells, who wa«
secretary to U S Sen. Earle B May
field; and his daughter, Sidney Mar.
garet Staples, aged 12.
For many years Sen. Staples wan
associated wuh Merton l„ Harris
at Smithville and Austin in the pr e
tice of law Mr Harris also j* an
a sistant attorney general in charge
of University of Texas affairs.
Honorary pallbearers at Senator
Staples funeral were former Gov.
Pat M Neff; Gov. James V Allred;
William McCraw, Charles W Webb,
i T, C. Taylor, Dr M. F. Kreisle, Dr
Charles Hackett, Dr Thomas D. Mc-
Crummen, Di* J. R Nichols, W. A
Keeling. M. B. Blair, F L. Hawkins,
Richard I'ritz, John H Sharp, W C
Morrow, T B Greenwood, Mertoi
L. Harris, Will Hart, Walker Fisher,
C. B. Maynard and H. A. Wroe.
The Rev. S, G. Posey, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, was assist-
ed in the service hy the Rev. M. FT
Sadler, pastor of Central Christian
I church. y
Pre- Pat. M N'eff of Baylor Uni-
versity, former governor of Tejca*
under whom Sen. Staple served aa
secretary of state, -poke in eulogy
of his friend and former a-soeiat %,
stressing hi leading characteristics
that 1 re* a'H 'v>n"r- '°yalty and steadfastness
the .nock- convictions of right. "There
wn-. not a mireh on his private re-
cord tior on his long and varied ser-
vice to his country and his state", th«
former governor - ted
H-' lauded hi; family life, his de
votioti to his friend- and his readf
lies- to itand against all odds for
what he believed to be right. "Sid
ney Lee Staples got much out of
life," -aid Mr. N'eff "He got much
joy out f his family life, because h*
pu much into it He got much ou*.
of friendship Ireoause he gave muc^
of himself to hi- friends. He got
much out of his contacts in public
life because he gave freely and f hi
best to whatsoever duties were his
''When a man ha lived >u*
friend lived, -he day of his going
h 1 rue should riot ! •• * day if grief
It 1 • the d iy f coronation; the day
of being accepted into the kingdom
f..r which hi- fe ha< been a training
C itirse."
Aft* r Mr N'eff's -alk ended th*
i|u.n-!"t -ang igain "It Is Well With
My Soul" and the pallbearer* ro-'.^
to -.ike charge if the casket.
At the cemetery the service was
1 ef. The Rm P >sey read the com-
mitment and the Rev. Sadler gav*
BY
I bourn' to the First National Bank
Bring your fee<i to Charles Cry building, it took up all the available
-up's Crushing Mill at Hill's Prairie j office space in that location
Crush corn, 20 cents per 100 pounds | All the officer above Booth's Dry
for amounts less the 500. and IS centr Goods store are filled and the >ff«c-
for amount* >ver Hay, 2.' cent- |>-'r es in -he Citizens State Bank Ruild-J purify ing the water as
1C0; meal, 1 4 amount ground ing Hre occupied rhrough the plant.
door pool in the south. The pool, with!depths of from one to f-or feet
a capacity of LI,000 gallons of wat-i
er. i.s equipped with a giant refiiter
ition plant which will keep the wa
ter circulating through the pool an !
(biu-k into the plant and in this way
it passes
Lights have he,-n placed 1 the
des of the pool ai.d when the oval
filled to capacity the light wil! be
tvler water
Water will be furnished the pool
•"rom a well to be drilled within the
ext few Weeks
great Texans who have helped
i/.ed lain r win '.he position >f
• nd usefulness it holds ti our
\l|s!;tl Vl
rg an-
ti m >r
•ate "
" in
FOR SALE Hou ehold g-^wis and
garden implements, Friday, Saturday
and M mday, January S. '. and 11 at
I Ot;IS It \ RoN pi ii e 4 J I
the prayer and the benediction Th -
ouartet -ang "I.«'ad Kindly Light"
ind "\bide W th Me."
Gathered about the grav.- we1--*
scores of friends fn-m Smithvii e, th--
former home of Sen. Staples, from
Bastrop and other c°'trai lexa'
t wits, a well n* men and w- meJ'
from all w ilk- f life 111 Austin
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1937, newspaper, January 7, 1937; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206887/m1/1/?q=staples: accessed February 18, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.