Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 1939 Page: 1 of 6
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ORDER
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COME TO THE FAIR
and buy some clothes now,
'cause they sho' is going up.
JOHN
TURNER
EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAH
BASTROP ADVERTISER. BASTROP, TEXAS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER It I93i
NUMBER 2i
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MAIN STREET
OBSERVATIONS
BV PETE SHADY
They're off! We w. r. then ami
t> w tlu m leave thf harrier at. the
^'k of Sheriff Ed Cart Wright's <ix
ifvin Slime of them looked like real
old seasoned riders; some \v>
young. "> fact, young Bell wa- on)-,
ten. Then «nw were old men who
— iked as If they had ri'.deii the ran-
if« s even Itefntv w>- w ere b«m, ami
j"iodfie* kn<> ! , that wu- a |<
time ago! Some deliberately walk, i
ff at> if they were not « «|iei lalh
uing if they evil finish* d. m l
ine darted "Ut a* if they Wee trj.
if to overtake a whiriwmd. Any.
iiow, we haven't the slightest td •
vho will conic in fust o la t <><v*
-• Iiy old *on of the plants was in an
< \ tru jovial mood and told the world
:hat h< was onlv going in Nt-w
HraunfeU where h« could .t ip an i
get all the beet iif wanted.
It was a sight *.vc never be
' •, and w. ' el i . ti eri . . i
M « f i*ther folk# there who were ju-t
. green a* we were One thi? if f ir
ie, tbm i* the bigg. t th ny • ver
staged in Ba tr« p. and the men «i
are re p«.i -tbh fe ' are not til'
b< r< t.gmt-iotted i.-r it-. (iir If-
pw riant ing gratitude of th enti
rtti«rmhip of the t wt and 'ount;.
There i« alwtiy a «** t.i n element
evory « mtniitiiiv who throw them
Ives into am movement prom"' - i
1 wr the good of tb.- |>tinl« They a e
men and Women upon whom yon -a
<1« | tid not only in thing* aff^ctifw
t.-r whole rommii! tv hw . >u an
rif {tend upon them in personal a:
funk You show me a man who i> L
wity* up th* doing things, and I
will «how ymj a man everyone want .
to do timme" w•:b. for a man wh >
* " <tre«* *he dut>e« of the pu-*dfs
well will at tend bin individual dut • •
•*>1
We are f« etunate in having a g**.>d
ma>nr tv of the*e met getse, active,
puhla -spirited cit.ju-n« all over Ba
t <>p Count) W e take u hat* •"
to the m«m from Smithville and Kl-
*m who have come hrr. an ' applied
every element of thett encrgie, t >
make thi* «how a grand tir< •* W-
are Miitnudy a*ait:inf the opgv>rtun.
Ity to return the favor We ar ju*'
as unhappv 'eal ?• t at there i- '
another element ifi every r<-mmuir v j
who prrni'ttntl)' refu . to turn
hand for th h >neftt of the (nihil
There are men in thi«, a« well a
every oth^-r commun tv. who would i
not leave their t i!" of limine*
!'• l elj any put'lir <nt« > pri^e. an<i
yet th -y utay rijrht .>n the t and)
actually believe that they are shrew:!
husmeos men because thev 'a\ bum-
and take tn the profit while thelt
neighbor* urs-t out and rustle Up a
crowd. The |>iihli< slacker i- iC 'insr
to have a day of is-konm^ *om
time W (. drop in and ton a few
things from them heeau«e we are old
f lie rein and want t" r« main so, hu'
vu can take thi- fat t from old l'et<
these ytmnjfr people are wiser than
«ri are; tbev «ee more and ay mor •
I IM se aNiut enough to heai tit
rumh|in|(j , and I can a *ure you tha'
•■•me of these da\•' the publn -laei
er who thinks only of hi own inte.
e*t if KoinR to awaken and find
that he ha* made a mistake and real
>*ed it too late. If tlte public duty
mirker happens to look aero-- th
way sometime and see hi- old friend*
doing buxinesta with hi« puhlic.sp r
tef competitor, he will have no ..n>-
I" hlame hut himself.
This ictock show with it" pony I'V
and rodeo is one of tlr.- fine-!
'•dilution-, that wa« ever createil li-
the minds of men of foresight It i •
t'^imately going to have i tremen
'lou* Influence upon the economic
life of not only Ba trop, and Bastrop
bounty, hut the whole of ( entral
r< *as. Certainly we have had it pro-..
to tin that as a cotton country the*
section of Texas is out Then if we
<*' nm t raise cotton in a nominal
cotton country, we must of necessity
look to some irthei earthly product
a* a source of existence. The ea.-iest
'•"d mo*t sensible thing for the dirt
'nen bt dr or to turn to i certainly
hveatock. And there i- nothing i:i the
world that will stimulate interest in
livestock raising *i> much as the very
institution we are lair ing toda>
PKTK 8HADY.
nrrroN <;inmn<; rkimirt
<'en«us report shows that ^,.">17
halea of cotton were ginned in Ba
♦rop County, Texas from the crop
of 19.19 prior to September I a* com
pared with hale- for the cr< p
« ' 1938
William I Higitins. Ir
T. D. CHISHOLM WINS 278 MILE PONY EXPRESS RIDE
RIDERS TAKE OFF MONDAY MORNING
Jti
ill" .it.- -. ne "l the <'•"> ! oi-emei. who took «.ff M mda\ mornint. from Ba.-tiup for the 27s-mile I'-my Riders Express,
(«"; - t>> *ii. Ba-.tr> p Countv Livestix-k and Poultry Improvement A--"ciation. Thev arc, kft to rinht: Worth Sandifen, El.
•• l A I! ■' ! ■ K mniier; Mar Atkinson, Burnet; Oti> Evans, .MoDade: I • ( •!,.. Houston; Miss Mackie Norman, Lampasas;
• ■'! ■ Jen >n, I^'xingto'i; Ka> Shelburti, Burnet; and O. V. kSandifei. h;i>jin.
i l-« '< ir> foe thre.- w! . officially ytnrte i the pony ex pres.- At the firing ol the scut: by Sheriff E. D. Cart wright.
'• • .-> group t- il- st. Jame> P Wood, center, double checks the time v\ith the shtrifl, and S L. P. Pigott, secretary of the
Hi t' i unti. oi I'o-imie.vtf, kn |i> the official record of the h< rs • numbet and time started.
t i •• • t ••-.- v .nte -. v a.s l.'I-year old Mack'e Norman. > • l/imna«:i>. winner • f set.-, nd place, shown left below. The
\ • 11 u-i v. i Kii.i - -itll it ( uer i, lower right, 10 years old M lli. dropped out of th- race Wednesday morning.
BASTROP IS READY FOR BiG 2 - DAY RODEO • SHOW
(iaily d t orated w ith flatf-- and
lli.innei s. Iv.- t u«me- nu n a .1 ci:i*«: ■«
vv« :trinK liright < • lor.- I -hirt- ar i
| bandanna*, ten . allon hat> trd
! Bast! op await - wit • nthu i:i«m th
, big two-day I.vi t-fk and poultry
! .h"w and r> eo which ojjen.s t m ••
row after'noi n v. th a lug <'' -et |*ai •
ade at :i<> o'clock.
long re - s man l.vndon ,lohn-.>i aiII
lead the parade ah the opening if
th. i deo I'he fir.I big p. formal!*!"
will b.> held a Erhtird FieM ' V:-I'i
F' iday evening. Ten buck ng Brahma
.leer hav >een secured fr un lie !
l.yoi, in Wichita Falls for 'he *hoA.
. well a> 10 bucking hordes from
V .1 Akei-s and ifons Rodt • of > n-
V'ltoiuo and 2*< Brahma caiv-s from
Houston
PROGRAM
BASTROP COUNTY RODEO
GRAND ENTRY
GIRL'S FLAG RACE
CONTEST BROISC RIDING
FIRST DIVISION CALF ROPING (Tte down)
BOY S STEER RIDING
WILD COW MILKING
BULL DOGGING
SECOND DIVISION CALF ROPING (Tie down)
WILD STEER RIDING
GRAND FINALE
The above program will be the same for each m«ht with
he exception of the Pony Express Awards to he made
on Saturday night.
The livestock auction will be held
Saturday morning. The auction will
take place ar the auction sale barn
across from the railroad; the poultry
show will Ih- held in the Bastrop
Chamber of Commerce building; and
rK livestock sh w will be held in
the building formerly occupied by the
T. P. Haynie. Chevrolet, on Main
Street.
The rodeo performance will be given
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with
all contests open only to Bastrop
County Riders. I'he final performance
will be given Saturday night, begin-
ning at T o'clock. There will l e a
band concert at this time, and the
grand priz« of $500.00 dollars, and
additional prizes will be presented to
the pony express winners. The con.
tests will Ih> open to everybody.
BASTROP SCHOOLS RESUME ACTIVITIES
MONDAY WITH ENROLLMENT OF 357
I be Ba-drop Public Schools resiini-
,d then work for the fall term last
Monday morning, with a gathering in
the auditorium of the high school at
•tl i>Vlot?k
Kt*\ John Phillip*, roctor th-.?
I a | vary Fpi copal Chili eh, gave th:'
,nv.nation, in P J D«d«on. sup.
erintc-ndent ot -chools, introduced A.
(' lla-t, new hand director and in-
! utiuctoi, who presented the Bastrop
High School Band in two numbers.
I ,.v |. 11 Hardt, nastor of the
Methodist t'hurch, delivered an in.
npii a I ion* I talk to the students or
... jiaiednes . stres.in/ the impo-
,,f school work in preparing on
to meet tin difficulties of life. Karl
C Frhard. president of the Bastrop
Board of Kducation. jjH k« briefly,
pledging the w hoh hearted cooperation
,,f the boar., with the faculty and the
•ehnid.
Rt pinllip** pronoun<*•*'! "}t* ™ **
, iii -t - . tftei which the students fi1
i ed to then respective class rooms f >r
thcr opening assignments.
The t >tal enrollment of the school
fo tnts year is .'t'i7. according to Sti-
i ; • rintei dent Hudson, divided into
|cla--e- is follows: first grade, .'!S;
sei'oni. grade, XI; third grade, 24;
! f >u'th grade, .'10; fifth grade. III); six.
i tli •i i.l', II; seventh grade, 2'. ; eigli-
I th g'ad-', :I0; ninth grade, Ml; tenth
grade, MS; eleventh grade, 27.
i Mr. I>odson calls attention to me
f i.*t that i'mu! 4*> percent. « f the total
•>"• illnient is trn'isfer s'udante, with-
out which the sehiNil would force
t> cut its teaching staff Considerably,
as w '!l a- the number of subjects
taught.
Se« School May He
Started This Fall
A. - fling to infortmti n recently
COM M. COl NTV TO STAtiK FAIR
The Ci ma I County F'air will be
held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
September 22. 2.'5, and 24, at New
Braunfels with two first class rode,),
each day and a number of other i-
imi-ement attfactions.
The Fail festivities will open with
a pet parade on the forenoon of Sep-
tember 22. This para- e has attract* I
a irreut ,jeal of attention in former
years ami this year's affair will be
even more elaborate
In addition to the crop exhibits, the
fair will also feature livestock and
poultry this v «:ir.
cordial invitation to Bastivp County
The Fair Association extends a
people.
r. loved by Superintendent Dodson, ti
is probable that the new school build,
ing for Bastrop will begin within sixty
to ninety days, the actual starting
time < epending largely upon the
completion of the WPA work on
highwa.v (>■>. and the end of the co*-
•on picking season.
MR. KN1 MRS. SCHROF.DFR AT.
TKND FINERALS OF
RELATIVES
A two-fold tragedy struck in the
Bennie Schroeder family this week-
end when Mr. Shroeder received word
that his brother, ( ha lie Schroedcr,
was killed in an accident near Sur.
arland Saturday night, and shortly
after his wife was notified of the
death of her brother, Alfred Goble.
viiich occurred in an accident near
( it'burne.
Charlie Schroedcr is survived by a
wife and child; his wife is in a ser-
ious condition following the accident,
and is a patient in the Methodist Hits,
pital in Houston. Bennie Schroed"r
attended the funeral of his brother in
Houston, -md Mrs Schroder attend-
ed the funeral of Mr. Coble in C1<C
bur nr.
FOR SAl.K \ wardrobe trunk and
a <as cook stove. B« th in first cla-s
cord't'on. MRS W. W. DAWSON
'.v. I
GIRL RIDER SECOND;
BASTROP MAN
THIRD
M re than 5000 people gathered up
and down the Bastrop Smith vil-
li igh way this. Thursday, morning to
greet T. L). Chisholm of Thrall, as
hi completed the 2«7 mile pony ri«i.
ers ixpress trip at 2:0 ! a. m., with
a record time of t>C hours and (I
mitaites, from the time he left Ba-;
trop at H o'clock sharp Monday morn-
ing from the intersection of highway
:>•' an ' 71, until the time he arrived
back at the starting point this mo 'fl-
ing.
Chisholm's horse, No. 8, owned >y
W. H. Rriggs of Tayioc, came in to
the finish in splendid condition.
~>ther riders placed in the race ai
follows:
Second, Miss Macky Norman, I i-
year old girl 'if Lampasas, left Bas-
trop Monday morning at H:07 a. m.,
arrived in Bastrop at 2:43 1-2 a. m.
Thur.-day morning; time. Ofi hours
and .']<! 1-2 minutes; horse No.
17, owned by E. H. Johnson of Lam-
pasas,
Third, T B. Milton of McDa ie. l-ft
Bastrop Monday morning at H:H a
m., arrived in Bastrop at 4:21' a. m.,
Thursday morning; time, 08 hours
and 11 minutes; horse No. 21, owned
by himself.
Fourth, T. H. Carson of Austin, left
Bastrop Monday morning at 8j^d a.
m., arrived in Bastrop a.ta. tn.
Thursday morning; time R8 hours and
10 minutes; horse No. 44, owned by
himself.
Fifth, Oman Jenson of Lexington,
left Bastrop Monday morning at 8:07
a. m., arrived in Bastrop at 4.oJl a. ni.
Thursday morning; time, t>8 hours
atal 26 minutes; horse No. 31, owned
by himseL
Sixth, M. T. Cotton of Lampasas,
left Bastrop Monday morning at 8:IH
a. m., arrived in Bastrop at 6:36 Thu"-
s iay morning; time, 70 hours and H
minutes; horse No. 27. owned by W.
H. Berry of Lampasas.
Other riders, with 17 left out of the
original 65 early Wednesday night,
dropped out at intervals as the chan-
ces for w inning grew less.
DEARMON TO OPEN
NEW SAW MILL
J, S. Dearmon has taken over th*
cedar mill formerly operating her*
under the name of the United State*
Cedar Corporation, and will begin th?
operation of a cedar closet lining
plant and saw mill about October 1.
The building and equipment is at
present undergoing major repairs,
and being put in first class condition.
Mr. Dearmon is at present owm.r
of the Bastrop Lumber Company, a
pine plant that has been in operation
here for about a year. He employs
100 or more men which is a substan-
tial payroll for the town. This does
not include the logging or the put-
chasing of logs.
Mr. Dearmon opened the first ce-
dar mill in Basftrop several years
ago. and has been in business here
ever since. As a business man ami
civic worker, he is an asset to Bas
trop, and his business enterprises are
of great financial benefit to the town.
^- 1 1 —
FORMKR BASTROP RESIDENT
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Mrs. P. \V. Cash died from cut;
across the throat about one hour fol
lowing an automobile accident five
miles west of Corpus Christi Satur
day night, in which four others wer-
killed and three injured.
Mr. Cash was carried to a Corpus
Chiisti hospital in a serious condition
Mr. and Mrs. Cash were residents
of Rastrop several years ago, when
Mr. Cash was employed as linesm n
for the Texas Power and Light Com
pany. Since that time they have been
residents of San Antonio, where M>
Cash is a hair stylist at Joske's.
Mrs. Cash leaves her husband an-l
two children.
FARM MVRKET
Hens, heavy 11
Hens, light 'V
Fryers, heaw 12Ll4d
Rooster* 6e
Cream butter fat 2lc
Will buv and -ell poultrv
WAl.THI R FRWK
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 1939, newspaper, September 14, 1939; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236720/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.