The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 10, 1900 Page: 3 of 8
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BASTKOP ADVERSER.
— A drizzling rain falUturday,
but it was only a drizzle.
FIND
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—A sprinkling rain aet
after tlie noon hour Monil'.
little
IN MEMORIUM.
THE HUNTSVII1E PENITENTIARY
DEPUTY 8HERIFF 0. J. JA0K80 •
U0NVEY8 PRI80NER8 TO HUNT8-
VILLE PENITENTIARY.
ctmoglng
List of Those Sent From Bastrop
—The M. &!., and P. N degrees
were conferred in Haatrc Chapter
No. 'Jit, K. A. M., Tuead' night
— Messrs. Al. and Wall Wood
■hipped their (irat lot ofteef cattle
Saturday—6 cars; about'20 head.
TASTE ;ir.
— The commissiouer'court, Feb-
ruary term, convenes n:t Monday,
12th, the lirat regular sf&i( n 'or tlit* Mr. J. C. Buchanan, I feel a personal
" Krlcud «fter frlni'l dr|>arU.
Who liatli not lout it friend t
There I* u<> union here of heart*.
That hull) not bete an emt."
Another stroke on l.lfe'a great dial,
another movement of the Master hand,
another day'a work done! "1'la the name
old aiory of life aud death.
yeara, some bringing cloud* and aome
sunshine.—hope*, sometimes deferred. j Interviaws With 8everal "Long-Timer«"
aoinetluiea fulfilled, —and alia shifting frQffl Ba8 and 0th)jr Counlieg>
scene ou life's tltlul stage How few of ,
ua realize the value of a friend until he Who ar« Known in Baatrop.
Iiun mine from ua; In* familiar step upon
street, the cordial grasp hla hand, the
friendly word of greeting,—these come
no more, ami the absence of the kind
ami cheerful face brings sorrow to thoae
who watched its coming.
In the unexpected lllneaa.aad death of
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E. H. PERKINS.
W. D. COPE.
Perkins & Cope,
"The Grocers."
year 1U00.
— Will Andrewa ia a-lng assistant
cashier at the First Naonal Hank of
liaHirnp, during the alcnce of As
aiaiant Cashier, Kugen.
— It ia seldom we lue known audi
• mild winter as the resent Just
think of it, cattie in pstures getting
fat ou growing grass i mid-winter.
—Prof, l'almer ha.- handed in his
monthly report of thtPublic Schools
of Haatrop, which, f<' lack of space,
we are forced to dfer publication
until next week.
THY 1T."
— A Public Libray Club was or
ganizeO by the t.aiies' Heading So-
ciety, Saturday. / splendid move,
and the ladies haviig it in hand, will
make it a grand su<ce s.
—The decision of the supreme
court declaring tiki present school
trustee law void, has not affected
the Haatrop schorls in the least, all
of them moving oi nicely.
—Our clever City Alderman, A.
Beyer, was a phasant caller at the
Advkktiskk olflte, Thursday. lie
brought in a lot <>( nice shoal meat,
selling readily at six cents a pound.
—The (). I). II. S. Lodge, of Has-
trop, are making big preparations
for a Grand Masque Hall, on the
22ml, of February. The members
Laving it in charge guarantee agrand
success.
— Though the weather has been
j^vcecdingly warm and summer like
. past we*li, the continued rains,
j>iferring the cold, have been decided
ly wintry. It rained a steady, gradual
rain, almost throughout the entire
day, Wednesday.
—Jenkins A Miley, attorneys, have
established an office at Elgin, the
firm being Jenkins, Miley & Webb,
Mr C. W. Webb, a talented >~>ung
attorney, joining the flrtn. J. H.
Miley has located at Klgin. J.
Jenkins will hold the office down at
Baatrop.
—Mrs. J. C. Huchanan received
Two Hundred and sixty-five dollars
from the Hastrop County Mutual
,\id Association, amount due on
death policy of her husband, there
being fifty-three paid up members in
the Association at the time of his
death, which number, at |5 each,
aggregated 8265.00.
WHO HAS "IT."
As a first class tonsorial artist,
John Hodges is unexcelled, and his
barber shop and excellent bath room
grow in popularity. John is genial,
but not too "talkative." studies to
please his patrons, and iu this he
certainly excels. It is the place for
a hair cut, a shave, a schampoo or a
hot or cold bath. Try him. He will
treat you cleverly.
- -The fruit prospect this year, is
not at all tlatteriug at this writing.
Many peach trees are showing buds
and a few blooms. The present
warm weather, if it continues much
longer, will likely put trees and
shrubbery forward to that extent
that a cold spell will not only destroy
the possibility of fruit, but may likely
kill the trees. A late freeze in
February last, year did considerable
damage, especially to rose bushes.
OK I' "i r.,, _
"A half dozen towns in Texas
have already organized cotton mill
companies," others arc preparing to
organize, anil we ask, why not Has-
tiopV A cotton mill would help the
old town wonderfully. No town in
the Stale offers greater natural man-
ufacturing ail vantages than Haatrop.
What we want is a cotton mill with
bran-new, up-to-date machinery, and
it will pay the town well, and the
projectors, a liberal interest on the
tnouey iuvested.
bereavement and realize the presence of
the Workman who has decreed for us
all a cessation of latior. a call forest.
Age( with its Infirmities was creeping
upon his strong frame and active mind,
and when the baud of disease was laid
heavily upon him, he yielded quickly to
its insatiate demands. The physician's
skill, the watch-care of faithful friends,
the tender ministrations of his loved
ones, could not longer hind him here,
aud now that he has gone to "that
bourne from which no traveller returns,'
I would lay upon his grave "a flower
from Memory's garland of long Ago,"
when, within the sacred circle of his
home, I tirst knew him and was prlvele-
ged to call him my friend. There was
no tenderer heart than his to wife sjd
children, no kinder hand to those who
lived beneath his roof; Ills home was a
haven of rest, where all dwelt together
In love aud confidence. He vherished
and honored Ills fau'-ful wlf<\ the ten-
der uioth< r of his little «. I'lldren, who
walked by his side so many glad years,
tier patience anil cheerfulness giving
him strength for the battle of life; he
was devoted to their children and when
at last the cloud of sorrow burst upon
his happy home, and the gentle wife
and mother was laid away in dreamless
rest, he "bore the wound that ached
from morn till night," and took up life's
woik again, meeting new responsibili-
ties wi>h a brave, but heavy heart.
The years that followed found him
always a good citizen and kind neigh-
bor, ready to promote the interests of
the community with whose well-being
he ;vas so long identified.
After a number of years, he was mar-
ried again to a pure, good woman, who
was to him a tender and loving com
panion aud made his last years very
peaceful and happy, but death came
and the home is broken again; darkness
and tears take the place of light and
joy. Death, to weeping mortals, seems
so heartless, as homes are made deso-
late' and children orphaned, and we
follow our loved ones to their quiet
graves, but our risen Lord tells us, all is
not lost iu the ashes of the tomb. May
the wife, so bereft by tfiis providence,
carry her trouble to the loving Saviour
who bears our griefs aud carries our
sorrows, and may the fatherless child-
ren commit themselves to lliai who
alone can heal their wounded hearts.
Since his •esideuce iu Bastrop, Mr
Buchanan has not been a communicant
of any church here, but he loved the
church of his fathers and was "a child
of the covenant," and is laid to rest in
hope of a glorious immortality. The
years shall come and go as a tale that Is
told, other forms shall lie down beside
him in peaceful sleep, hut God shall
watch the sacred dust and some day
waken It to life again. i>. J. (>.
Battrop, Texas, Feb. M, liKH).
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—The Texas Coaster is of the
opinion that the poll tax should be
either collected from every man or
not collected from any, and that to
require only those who have other
property to pay this tax, while those
who contribute absolutely nothing to
the support of the government, is
unjust. It says, an ex commission
er of Fort Hend county when he was
in office "prepared a lint of every
man in the county who was liable to
poll tax and suggested that they be
given to each commissioner, that they
might in turn give theui to the road
overseers in their precincts, thus
enabling each overseer to get the
amount of road work due from each
person, as it would force the citizen
to pay his poll tax in cash, by which
means a vast amount of road work
which the county badly needs could
be secured in addition to a large
amount of cash. The tax roll of Has-
trop county will show at least 1100
hundred voters in this couniy who
never contribute a cent towurd de-
fraying the expenses of the govern-
ment, but they arc always on hand,
early and late, af election time.
These 'lluencc voter; should be made
i;< pj>v something 'o ihb "fiddler"
ami as t!>"V never have rash we
known of no way in which they can
be made to p«y their poll tnx limn
as suggested above.
— Kggs selling ht from (! to H
cents ; butter 10 to 20 cents . chickens
81.2.') to $2a dozen ; turkeys 81 a
pair.
Deputy Sheriff G. .1. Jackson accom-
panied Contractor .1 8. Davis to the
lluutsvllle Penitentiary with the nine
prisoners convicted and sentenced at flu*
last term of the district court, aud re-
turns well pleased with the general
management of the state prison.
Contractor Davis came in Friday after-
noon with three prisoners from Austin,
recently sentenced, stopped over In Bas-
trop Friday night, he and Deputy .Jack-
son leaving with the three Travis county
convicts aud the nine from Bastrop, ou
(lie early train Saturday morning
Those seut need from Bastrop county
were:
T. C. llolman, convicted of the m.ir-
der of Doc Davis, 1years.
VVltl .lames, colored, convicted of the
murder of his wife, life time sentence.
A Mexlean, Llonico Dias, murder, life
time sentence.
Joe Hudson, colored, perjury, 2 years.
Ike Nichols, colored, burglary, 2years.
Olle Jackson, colored, assault to mur-
Sler, 2 years.
Joe Marble, colored, burglary, 2 years.
Wade Preston, colored, theft oi hoi
2 years.
I,cc Campbell, colored, theft over $">(),
2 years.
They bad in charge an even dozen—one
white man. one Mexican and ten col-
ored.
At Houston, eight of the prisoners
were seperated from the others and con-
veyed to the state farm, T. C. llolman,
Will James, .foe Hudson and the Mexi-
can, were carried to lluntsvllle. They
reached lluntsvllle at 7 o'clock, Satur-
day night, immediately placing the
quarto of prisoners within the prison
walls.
Deputy Jackeou says that Holuian w as
conveyed to the prison unshackled, that
be was treated as a trusty, behaved
nicely, giving no trouble, and that a
looker-on would never have taken him
to he one of the convicts In charge.
Deputy Jackson Is all praise of the
penitentiary ofllelals, who were cour-
teous and pleasingly attentive to him,
and kind aud humane to the convicts.
Tom llolman was given an excellent
position in the Machine Shops, ami Tom
expressed himself well pleased with lb"
kind favors shown him. He seemed,
Mr. Jackson said, to at once ingratiate
himself in the good will of the ofllelals,
who will make everything as pleasant
for liim as it Is possible, iu accordance
w ith prisou rules, and he will be as com-
fortable and as well satisfied as the clr-
cumstance will permit.
The new prisoners were given a bath.
shaved and dressed iu the prison clothes^
ready to begin their routine work on
Monday morning.
This was Deputy Jackson's first visit
to the lluntsvllle penitentiary, aud he
says he was more than agreeably sur-
prised, that, judging by what was seen
on this visit, he was of the opinion that
the disgrace and separation from one's
family, was decidedly the worst part of
a penitentiary sentence and imprison-
ment within the walls of the Texas
state prison.
He met our Dr. W. K. Fowler, of
Bastrop, prison physician, and Kev. S.
II Morgau, of Bastrop county, chaplain
of the prison. Dr. F. kindly showed
him through the prison hospital, treat-
ing him very courteously. He attended
religious services In the prison Sunday
morning, and heard an interesting ser-
mon delivered by Chaplain Morgan
The convicts, all cleanly dressed, lis-
tened with marked attention, appearing
Interested aud appreciative of the entire
services.
Mcndav morning, accompanied by
Chaplai.i Morgan, he was shown through
every department within the prisou
walls, meeting several convicts well
known In Bastrop and county.
The first convlcl he recognized was
Ham White, tecently sent to the prison
from l.lano county. He looks older
than when he last saw him, is entirely
bald-headed, bis form Is not so erect,
nor his eye so bright, but otherwise ap-
peared to be In excellent health. He
chatted with him awhile, llain talking
very freely of Bastrop. Ham isengaged
in maUug cigars.
"Big Jim'' Morton, who assisted iu
the robbing of the Klvcrs bank al Elgin,
and was given a sentence of 11 years
and 11 months, has served tlve years and
liasti years and :i months yet to serve,
is working in the Machine Shops. He
sent bis best regards to Mr. Rivers, and
asked if Ills friends were doing anything
to get him out, and w hen told no, re-
linked "I reckon not "
Ma< k Brown, colored, Is unending the
flower gsirden in the prison.
lie saw Keuben Thompson, colored, j * P Jonoa...
I unloading a car, but did not have much I F.tfgene hrhard
so say to liiiu. , ||, J. Ivcsseltis.
Allan White, colored, Is In the Machine j \y Wood,.
Shops, and sent his love to all Smith-
ville friends.
ta>c propose to furnish the people of Bastrop ami surrounding coun-
try with a Fresh, Pure aii<] Unadulterated stock of Staple and
Fancy Groceries. Every dollars worth of goods sold by us ure sold under
u guarantee, and if not us represented, your money is gladly refunded. This
is our method of doing business, and under this method we solicit a share of
the patronage of the jieoplc of this section.
Perkins <5t Cope.
Country Produce Bought and Sold. i^.
tills prescriptions for Dr. Fowler. He
asked Deputy Jackson to give I la love,
to relatives and friends, saving be was
enjoying good health and getting along
as well as he could possibly expect.
He also saw a convict named Whlse-
nant. but does not remember from what
jaunty he was sent, but says be Is well
kuott'Jl about and around Klgin, this
county. .He is head man in one of the
Machine SlK'ps, occupying his leisure
time in making trinkets, work baskets,
Inlaying, toothplt'Ifi etc., presenting
Dcpu'y Jackson with \r general variety.
One of the presents is a phtfurc box, in
the shape and style of a bookV niade of
wood, showing the master woriij °' H
genius. The toothpicks are of dlffeV«l'ni
designs, the carving artistic and very
pretty.
Tom llolman, he says, was very pro-
fuse iu his praise of the kind treatment
of Sheriff Davis, Jailor Nash, his attor
neys, Metsrs. Orgaiu & Maynard and
Hon. J. P. Fowler, as also county ofll-
elals and others, fully appreciating their
kindness to him during his Imprison-
ment here. Indeed, lie showed deep
gratitude to every one wuo had shown
liiui the least kindness.
Deputy Jackson says that this, his
tirst visit to a stale prison, w ill long be
remembered, and that he is very glad he
made the visit to the lluntsvillc Peni-
tentiary.
—Petty theiving ia raging here-
abouts to an alarming extent. The
Iheives do not confine themselves to
any one particular ai ticle, but simply
take things as they come. A few
nights ago, four sets of harness were
stolen from Will Kansome, a night or
two after a big gobbler from Mrs.
Orgatn aud over town, chickens
galore. Sunday morring Tax-asses-
or W. II. Grimes went to his stable
to saddle his horse and ride down
town, but there was no saddle to be
found. Thinking probably a neigh-
bor had borrowed the saddle, he de-
cided to ride in his carraige, but
when he reached for his harnesa, it
waa also out of place. Officers have
been on the alert, hut so far there ip
no clue to any of the midnight raid
ers. The demand for shot guns and
atnunilion has been on the increase,
anil there is a probability of a little
shooting before the wane of many
moons.
Leah the Palmist.
Leah the Palmist and Physiogno-
mist has been stopping at the Com-
mercial Home, since Monday last,
and has been visited by a great many
of our leading citizens who were
anxious to have their future unfold-
ed for them. Palmistry is an inter-
esting study and by its means your
past and present are told, and your
future foretold.
Leah will remain in the City until
Sunday anil all who may wish to call
and consult her, may do so at any
hour from 9 a. m., to I) p. m., and
also rest assured that they will be re«
ceived in the greatest privacy. Sit-
tings 50 cents.
IuBtallation of Officers.
The following officers of Hastrop
Lodge No. 113, Knights of Pythias,
were installed ou Monday night,
Ian 20th.
PURELY PERSONAL.
W. I). Cope...
K. T. Herrian..
,J. V. Nash
K. II. Perkins.
John IliKhsmith, scut from William-
j tton fur !i" )ours for murder, has uu t?u*y p • ^ lift)'nio. Hcprcsnitiilui\
' pu.-ilkui iu the pilsou drug store, aud i Paul D. Page Alternate.
C. C.
V. c.
Prelate.
M. of W.
K. of !{. A S.
M. K.
M. K.
M. A.
W. K. Thompson I. <1.
Tlico. (Jriesenbeck t). <i.
C. H
lioy Orituee visited Austin this week.
Miss Smile Kennedy Is visiting her
sister at the Capital city.
District clerk K. J. tirieseubeck visited
Austin, latter part of last week.
Tom Wood, wife and baby, visited the
home folks, near McDuff, Sunday.
Tax-assessor W. H. Orlmes went up
to Klgin Wednesday on business.
Mrs. Louis Filers and little daughter,
I.uclle, have returned from Austin.
M. Burleson, of Smithville, spent a
part of the day Thursday, at the county
seat.
Our next Representative, J. S Jones,
J£s(|., left Tuesday for Hoby, on profes-
sional business.
postmaster C. C. Watterson, of
WatteiSjn, was among the visitors to
Bastrop Mpnday.
Hon. J. prowler left Saturday last
for Lexington, ity-. to l,lttc'«' 11 la daugh-
ter. Miss Lllllo, atV*100'-
Miss Strong, of lloi?#'0" a,1(' MlssMc-
Cu I lough, of Moore vllKvarev'8"lnK
Hastrop, guests of MIm Orgitnft-
Kx-CouiiuleslonerS 11. J. Wamel,
Cedar Creek, w as in last week, and en-
tered hi* son at the public school.
Supt. T. S. McDowell and Trainmas-
ter J. 11. Bean, of the Katy, passed
through Bastrop Monday, going north.
Miss Alma Scallorn of Upton Is taking
a course of study under Mrs. S. J. Or-
gain, and Is domiciled at Mr. K. M.
Trigg's.
County Treasurer C. H. llaynle and
little son, Hi, visited Mr. Haynle's
daughter, Mr. C.N. Whitehead at Dal-
las, since last Issue.
Deputy Jackson returned Tuesday
afternoon from Huutsville where he had
conveyed the prisoners sentenced to the
penitentiary at the last term of the dis-
trict court.
Surveyors Jeff Reagan, Z, Hale and
James A. Petheran are here surveying
the laud east of town, the property of
the Katy road, aud are dividing game
Into fifty acre tracts.
Oeorge Young, who has been attend-
ing the Galveston Business College, re-
turned borne Monday to spent a few
weeks. He will return to the College
about the 1st of March.
Mr. Hatcher, a prominent merchant
of San Marcos„was here prospecting this
week withe the view of opening a large
mercantile establishment here, provided
he can secure a suitable store house.
Mr. J. 11. Mlcktlbrough, of Nava-
sota. was a pleasant caller at the Ad-
vkktiskk otllce, Tuesday. Mr. Mlckel-
broi.gh married Mrs. Dederlck, nc«
Miss Georgia Johnson, grand-daughter
of Col. Phil Claiborne.
Hon. W. E. Maynard is spending the
week at Galveston, in attendance, as
delegate from Gutteuburg lodge, upon
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows, of
Texas, In session at the Island oity
He is expected home to-day.
SEE "IT."
PROFITAB
There has been golifg on, ft*
Sales, Closing Out Sales, Clearing
Sales, Invoice Sales, Clearing
Sales and Cut Price Sales, so we *\U
call ours a I'kokitaiu.k Sai.k!
One that will he profitable, both tu
our Customers a id to us.
We start our sale to-day, aud wMI
continue all the year. We can aru) wiU
sell you goods as cheap as any of that
above menrioned sales, not only to-day,
but Uvkky Day. Compare our prim-*
aud you'll give it up:
Mens Shoes th^t were $1,B0 now $f .K«
Boys " / " $1.25 " fl.ttft
Ladles <• / '< *1 . sn.OO
11' '• " 11.00 " '*Ms>
" $1.76 «' fcLSSfcg
" $1,00 14 80?S
Mens Knit Undershirts that were
now 2">c
Mens Knit Drawers that were 85 no« i
Mens Work Shirts that were B0 nov
\teng Socks 6 and 10
Mens Blk Half Hose 10 per pr 8, f
Mens Tan Halt Hose 10 per pr
Lattto' j Hose from 10 to 35
Children's ,?ibvb"d 1,098 5
Chsldrens Ilea v K,Mn,d "08e l'
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Heel and To
Tent for Sale-
10x10 feet atjuare, 7 foot Bide
wall—H oz duck, flood as new.
Apply to Hilton, at Commercial
Home.
Plymouth Rock Egga.
J. K. Slinson, has eggs for aale
from Inhibition and Prize Plymouth
Rocks, at 82 per setting of 15. Ad-
dress, P. (). Hox, A., Austin, Texas.
W.IXTKH To Ski.i..—A one-half in-
terest in (Jcnt's Furnisher's Huainess.
Owner has too much outside and
other business. It will take about
81 *>00 to purchase u lia!f interest.
(lood business. Will stand investi-
gation. Apply t<> Kd. Dwycr, Smith-
ville, Texas,
bi \ "Tr."
—''Princess in t'alien," by Julia Kd-
wards. Call it News Depot aud get
■.ample copy of New 'i ork Weekly aud
begin this very Interesting story. 10c a
week.
3 for 25
Childrens Double
Heavy Kibhed Ho!**'
Childrens Uibbed Wool lloso w
now 20c 3 pr for 50c w
Ladies Heavy Fleece Lined V^fK
3Be out price 25c , /
Ladies Union Suits woftb 75c noi
to 50c
Mens Heavy Cotton Wool Lined Un«|
shirts and Drawers the best ever
lered for the money only 50c
Fancy Dress Calico B and 0c
Domestic brown 4 5 and
Domestic bleached B 0 and 7^0
A Pair of Large Linen Towels wortfei
50c have been Helling at 35c now
Cotton Flannels Be to 8o
GLASSW iKB.
A nice Lamp complete. 25c
A Sugar Bowl Butter Dlsh^poon Stand
and Cream Pitcher four ♦ oes 25c
A Good Syrup Pitcher 10c '
A Good Water Pitcher '25c \
Heavy Goblets the kind you drlVi' nalla
with 35u a net &
Odd Pieces in Glassware 10c to 25*
Tinware and Granite ware in a1
ance at prices that cannot be u
sold
Last but not least we are Agents foil
best Tallowing Establishment
America, Twenty yeara exper {
ought to mean soiretblug. Our
speak for themselves. They
walking advertisements and one
der brings another. Try us.
SPOT CASH
RACKET "
— STORE.
Mrs Lockett's Building.
THE . .
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.. AND . .
Confectionary".
J. 0. MOHBY, PrQfl r.,
IIIOOIS BI immno . - Main Sri
Bastrop, Texas.
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