Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1941 Page: 3 of 6
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BASTROP ADVKRTISER, BASTROP, TEXAS, THURSDAY. AI'GUST tt, mi
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X COLD BEER
Kesr beer on tao or bottle. Trv
it as a ''pick-up" any time, or ser-
ved with sandwiches made from
good, deiiciously seasoned home
baked ham.
I A X SORGE
HELP FARMERS WHO MUST GIVE
!S AND LAND FOR CAMPSITE
i many inquiries that
r office, and the local
1 farmers and tenants
/ho may be called up.
of their land should
he located in Bastrop
•m Security Admin is-
jnsed the following
•enipt to answer th.<
•lis as to where they
it they ea'i do.)
vF THE FARM! It
, thing in the world
, this having to pack
a hurry and move i ff
d for and lived on —
xf farm families are
Tense. Army camps,
*j>ots, shell-loading
9c factories are being
urged r.o fast now-a-
|now just when one
aarby.
| eyes off the news,
iggies, hiwrli powered
at cars for a minute
at the unspectacular
fens«>. What happens
f a farm family that
ir.ii it formerly made
Cfort is moving at i
now, and farmers
time to move if their
r some defense area,
ve courage and hope
trm families who tro
Of c urse, these fam
to make sacrifice?
venience, but we an
arm family will su*-
lip. And if it is hu-
The Farm Security
i going to see that
r a reality.
te what we mean by
•y about how this ;u'
family that has
ill them the Phillips
it the Phillips' farm
>n«1 of dust. It's hot
|e heat waves play
and cowshed. Mrs
apron full of bean*
in the garden. He;
out in the field be
'.lack mules.
asn't expecting any
g, so she didn't look
1 the car stop. Then
up to see who had
cr>r. Her face was
expectant as she
ranger to approach,
is a friendly-looking
g and greying hair
he asked, as he
answer to his ques-
ter looking at him
a moment, an idea
rmy man, aren't
he man said, "I've
ve you. It's a court
it a Notice of Tak-
have to give it to
I've got to move."
pred at the man as
g through him and
pen pasture. Then
hand for the paper
ter.
had to give up this
about it from the
'e've been hearing
nge the Army was
•s. Phillips explain-
n real, though, un-
iper slowly. It was
•y must move. Sud-
I what this meant,
.sha nd.
the cried.
i, Mr. Phillips turn.
d the house, not.
make of the calls,
s on the mules and
ic ploughed ground
t. of the house.
op and breathing
; his wife an<l then
J. S. Marshal's of-
aid, extending his
Phillips, I ifiiess""'
h d his hat off his
the man's han<!.
said.
me," the stranger
already know the
,c land around here
lillips srid slowly.
IK for y U. But then
exactly lookin' for
lard to believe it's
got the moving i*a.
-trnnger said. "I've
te roiui here to "h •
'« got to move, to .
ft, too. But it's f>r
defense and our country. Our country
comes first, you know."
"We aren't complain'," Mr. Phillips
said and smiled as he spoke. "I was
in the last war, and if the country
needs tnis land, then it's going to get
it. Just the same, it's hard to give
up land you've been on almost twen-
ty years. We've come to love this
land,"
"Of course, the Government will
pay you what it's worth," the man
from the Federal Marshal's office as-
sured them.
"If it was just pay," Mrs. Phillips
spoke proudly, "we wouldn't sell."
"That's mighty fine of you, Mr.
Phillips." the man said. And he add-
ed. "I guess I'd better get going1."
Then, remembering the stick in his |
hand, "I've got a stake here to put
in the ground," he said. "It's got a
number on it. Sort of a reminder for
you and for us. It's the number of
this piece of land."
Mrs Phillips watched him drive thi
stake in the ground beside the elm
tree they had planed when they mov-
ed there nineteen years before. That
done, the man waved goodbye and
walked away to his car. The Phillips j
wave back. They watched him get in i
his car, heard the motor start up, and
then move on. Their staring eyes fol- j
lowed the car as it disappeared in the
dust of the road.
That's just the way it happens. And
it might happen right here in Bastrop
County before you know it. A lot of
defense plants, army oamps and mun-
itions works are being located in
Southwestern states.
What would you do if you had a
notice given to you that you would
have ten days in which to move, or j
fifteen days, or even a little longer?
It isn't simple, you know, to move1
out of the way of defense.
Some people say that farmers can
afford to sell the land and take the
money to buy other farms. And that
settles them. Well, this might be true
of farm owners, but a greaj many of
our farm families are tenants and
farm workers. Tenants, farm workers i
and sharecroppers get very little mon-
ey when they have to move, because
they don't own the land. Of course,
some of them can get jobs in the de-
fense industries. Most of them, how-
ever, have never done anything but
farm, and would be unskilled factory
labor.
In other cases, a farmer has so
much mortgage plastered on his farm
he sells out to the Government and
pays off his mortgage, he has noth-
ing left. He finds himself free of the
mortgage, but broke.
As for tenants and sharecroppers
getting new places; that's even liar-
der. There are already too many
tenants and sharecroppers. They were
being pushed off the l'nd before the
defense program came along. The
agency that knows most about these
dispossessed families is the Farm Se-
curity Administration. For six years,
we have been helping fr mi lies thatj
have had to leave the land because of
dust storms, soil erosion, depression!
and mechanization.
Well, let's go ahead and see what
happened to the Phillips family.
They were among the five hundred j
families which had to leave that de- j
fense area. To all these families, the
Farm Security Administration sent a
letter. The land was being bought by
the War Department, the letter ex-
plained. Some families would have to
move within ten days. Farm Secur-
ity placed its resources at the di u
posal of the families living on the
land.
"An appointment has been made
for you," the letter continued, "with
a Farm Security representative on
such-and-such ;■ day at such-and-
such a time. If you will come in then,
the representative will Ik> glad to
discuss your sitaution with you."
Naturally, the people came in, the
better-off in cars, some in wagons,
some on foot. Some in Sunday cloth,
es, and others in sun-faded overalls.
The land-owners had already found
out what was up when they came in.
They didn't want to move, but, well,
defense came first, so that was all
right. But the hitch came in the fact
Chat the check for their land wasn t
going to come down for ceveral mon-
ths. How were they going to find a
place in the meantime?
They hail tried to borrow money on
the gilt-edged promise of the Govern-
ment to pay them for the land, they
said, but they could get only a part
of what the government owed them
and that at eight percent interest.
Farm Security immediately decided J
that eight percent wasn't right; in— i
stead it would advance the landown- I
or money on 'he security of the
Tieesury's promise to pay.
But the land-owners, once they get
their money, had to find other farms.
Well, Fr.rm Security made a survey
of farm lands in the locality, and
compiled a list of farm: for sale.
Some farmers wanted advice on the
price of their l;*nc'. A man didn't
know what to ask to- his place. He
didn't want to ask for too much or
too little, either. Okay, the Farm Se-
curity Administration representative
went over the farm with him. There
was the land, the house, and he must
not forget the crops he would lose
if he moved, and the la-n and the
milk.-hed. An inventory was worked
out that wes fnir all around.
And another thing began to hap-
pen. Auctions began to come a half-
dozen a day where families had to
move, fr amities chat were going to
move a long way, vr weren't going
to reioAin in agricultuie, and to g-t
rid of some of tnei- possessions. With
so many auctions, however, the mar-
ket for farm equipment, livestock
and household supplies was soon
glutted. Here FSA workeis stepped
in to schedule the auctions, to cut
down competition, and to ijive the
sellers a better chance of getting i
fair price for their belongings.
Tenants and sharecroppers raised
other problems. When their landlords
sold out, they would be left with a
wagonload of household furnishings
and farm tools and hardly anything
else, except for debts. Moving time
came, -ind the families, embarrassed
as if u were their fault, confessed
that they had no money for food un-
til they could get going again.
Well, some money was found for
that, but there were still many other
| tenants, sharecroppers, and farm
workers who had no money, no land,
and no place to go. To replace the
world they once lived in, the Farm
Security Administration brought into
existence a truly new organization.
This organization wi;s a non-pro-
fit corporation, called r. relocation
corporation. It had power to borrow
money from FSA, to buy or lease
land, to engage in farming and dairy-
ing activities, and many other things.
This relocation corporation rented
thousands of acres of land as a haven
for the defense refugees. Pie-fabri-
cated houses, costing no more than
SH50, were set up. Families without
money lived in the houses and made
a living clearing land to prepare it
for farming.
And the community, uprooted by
land purchases, was recreated, not as
the rural slums it was before, but as
a center of good living. The Church
for example, found a place on the site, i
Everything human and valuable a-
bout the lives of tenants and share-:
croppers and farm laborers is being
maintained, continued and cultivated I
in the new community.
Well, that's the way it worked out..
And if any of you farm people who
read this are ever called on to move
because of national defense activity.
take comfort in the knowledge that
somebody i s look nig after you. And
if you know anybody else that has
to move, tell them to call on their
local Farm Security Administration
Supervisor for just the kind of help
we've been talking about.
POSTERS ON FLAG
ETIQUETTE NOW
AVAILABLE
Beautifully jfcolored |K>sters illus-
trating the proper display of and
respect^ which should be rendered to
the Flag of The United States of
America are now available at the U.
S. Army Recruiting Station in tho
Post Office building at Austin, Tex-
as according to Sgt. E. B. Long, Re-
I cruiting Officer.
The poster illustrates graphically
how our flag should be displayed, the
salutes which should be rendered hv
both soldiers and civilians on various
occasions, and the principle days on
which it should be displayed.
Also available in colors are posters
illustrating ever authorized medal and
decoration of the United States Army.
As long as the supply lasts, those
posters, 20 by 28 inches in size and
suitable for framing, will be given
upon application to the recruiting of-
fice to all veterans' organizations
.-nd auxiliaries, civic clubs, schools,
chambers of commerce, and all others
who will frame and display them pro-
perly for the information and use of
their organization membership and
the general public, Sgt. Long said.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1941, newspaper, August 14, 1941; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236819/m1/3/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.