Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1932 Page: 2 of 4
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Published Every Thursday
J. W. DISMUKES Publisher
One Year, $1.50 Six Months, $1.00
Entered at the Palacios Post Office as
second class mail matter under Act
of Congress.
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By WM. A. BLACK
Early News of Crime
By many the apparent tendency of
daily newspapers to give undue prom-
inence to stories of crime is greatly
deplored, but looking backward we
may find a similar tendency in all
history and literature, as well as in
curt-ent news. The Old Testament
contains the records of many crimes
of every kind beginning with Cain's
murder of his brother, Abel, though
■without the minute details which ac-
company modern- newspaper narra-
tives.
Before newspapers were of gener-
al circulation, certain important fin-
ancial and business houses of Eu-
rope arranged with central agencies
for "news letters," which were prim-
arily for the purpose of keeping in-
formed on commercial matters.
An interesting collection of these
letters, from the correspondence of
the House of Fugger, international
bankers, is still preserved, and show
a decided trend toward news of crime,
as well as that of business.
One of these letters, dated at Augs-
burg, December 2, 1585, contains ac-
counts of three murders, one attempt
to murder, one suicide, one attempt-
ed suicide and one accidental drown-
ing.
In another letter there is an ac-
count v£ u suHlldul, with a i'e-
cital of details, such as no modern
newspaper of general circulation
would think of publishing.
Still another letter from Moscow,
depicts the horrible atrocities being
perpetrated in Russia. It says: "The
folks are pitilessly and cruelly killed
in their thousands. They freeze to
death and perish by violent means.
Corn, cattle and all else which is
needed for man's sustenance is burnt
and altogether much wanton damage
is wrought."
Crimes and disasters loom large in
history and in the news of the day,
forming an inevitable part of the
record of humanity. Not to know
about them would mean ignorance re
arding the realities of life. But
BaTry—fff'TTie "offensive particulars
might well be omitted from o«': news-
papers. .
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CRESCENT DRUG STORE
PHONES 18 & 59
We have been hunting short cuts
back to good times but all efforts seem
to load us into a blind alley. We have
to back up and try again. Sometimd
we will learn what the obstacles are
that stand in the way and remove
them. It will be a big job but once
we know what is needed and have the
courage to tackle it we will go thru.
It would help if we realized that we
have not had any real good times for
more than a generation. In fact thie
records will show that even in our
most prosperous periods large num-
bers of our people have been steadily
going down hill economically. It is
not fair to them merely to say that it
is their own fault. We can't bring
such an indictment against so large
a group and make it stick.
For example here in Texas forty
years ago out of 228,000 farmers more
than half of them or 119,000 were free
of mortgage debt. In 1930 out of
495,000 farmers only 90,000 of them j
were free of mortgage debt. If we
had been really prosperous we would
have gone the other way and by now
would have at least 75 per cent of our
farmers and their land free of mort-
gage debt. This condition cannot be
wholly due to the present low price of
farm products. The same down grade!
went steadily on while farm products
brought good prices. I have main-
tained in these articles that our meth-
ods of taxation is the chief cause of
these hazards to wealth producers,
and that we cannot be sure of the
future until we change our system,
nor can the system be changed by
words of protest and clamor of the
mob such as were reported this week
from Kentucky. A mob protest against
a sales tax will get nowhere unless
they can show where the burden
should rest that will hurt no one who
is doing a useful work or rendering
needed service.
We must not blame the little mob
that raided the Governor's mansion
in Kentucky. Such scenes are but
symptoms of the disease. Our indict-
ment should be laid at the feet of the
men who know but are afraid or else
too selfish to act. Only this week
word came to me of what one of our
outstanding business leaders said. He
spoke respectfully of Black and his
work. He said that I knew what I
was talking about and believed if it
were once adopted the single tax would
accomplish all that was claimed for it
but—and they are always ready with
these buts—but it is too long a road
to bring about its adoption; that we
! must look for some short cut out of
the depression we are now in. These
al'e'the bane of all real
reform.
We, as a people, have steadily given
away our common inheritance. Let me
illustrate. Chicago is practically
bankrupt. The city administration
and the public schools are on the rag-
ged edge of financial chaos. The pub-
lic schools of Chicago once owned a
square mile of land that is now the
| heart of that city. This was frittered
j away as fast as opportunity offered.
1 By some chance three or four sites
were leased, retained and are still
owned by the Board of Education.
These isolated spots show what might
have been had the public schools of
that city retained the ownership of all.
These sites are just as well used as
any other and the' school board re-
ceives its income from ground rent-
als just as promptly and surely as
any of the privately owned sites. If
the city of Chicago had retained title
to all of this land and leased it to
users on l-easonable terms the lease
rentals would more than carry the
present school burdens of that great
city.
The Republic of Texas followed the
old Spanish Law and reserved all sub-
soil mineral rights. Its successor, the
State of Texas, for some twenty years
followed the same course. The land
owner had all he had bargained for
but he clamored for more and so we
gava away these valuable mineral
rights.
If the State of Texas had retained
for all of its people the common right
to all these minerals and if we had
pursued the policy later established of
dividing 50—50 royalties and bonuses
for mineral rights the State could now
have an income very much larger than
is now received from gasoline tax;
gro3§ receipts taxes on oil and gas;
sulphur tax; cement tax; ctc., without
one cent of added cost to the producer
of these industries and no added bur-
den to the consumer. Just figure that
out for yourself and see what might
have beyi. However, the State has
reserve power that it can use and that
is taxation. We can still work out
a program by which the people of
Texas can share in these natural re-
sources whether it is the land on which
cities are built; the land on which
farms are made, our native forests
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or our minerals in the ground. We
can declare that our land is the com-
mon inheritance of all and find a way
to give security of possession to thie
user, which is necessary, and yet have
our schools, state, city and couatry
governments all share in the benefits
from this common heritage. This
change must be made thru a srries
of va&rs so as no', to upset business.
It " Is something that must and I be-
lieve will be done and the sooner we
decide the better it will be for all
concerned. This is not the last word
in human progress but it is the first
necessary step and all short cut3 to
avoid this change will but delay and
hamper our progress.
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CENTRAL POWERS I t
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LEOLASEASTRUNK
SAN ANT0NI0.TEXAS
LIGHT COMPANY
No Free Service
There is a growing belief on the
part of business men that many con-
cerns are carrying the idea of socall-
ed free service too far. The fact is
that no such thing as free service ex-
ists. All service which costs money
to perform must be paid for by some-
one.
Take such a simple example as that
of free delivery of merchandise sold,
and it may readily be seen that the
maintenance of delivery trucks or
messengers adds to the merchant's
expense of doing business. He must
pass this expense on to his customers
in the form of an increased price for
his goods.
While this is fair and proper in
principle, the injustice lies in that
the customer who does not demand
delivery must usually pay as much as
the customer who does. If no one
required delivery the price might be
correspondingly reduced. That this
is true is illustrated by the "cash and
carry" stores and in a modified degree
by the cafeteria system.
The same principle applies to all
business which supplies "free" facil-
ities or service to customers. In the
long run someone has to pay, al-
though it is not always the customer
who receives the benefit of the extra
service.
Anthony Novello of Baltimore, who
found a bracelet worth $22,500 and
tried to sell it for .$10, was sent to
prison for "stealing by finding."
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COLDS AND SORE THROAT
NEURITIS, NEURALGIA
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headaches, or any other pain. There
is hardly an ache or pain Bayer
Aspirin tablets can't relieve: they
are a great comfort to women who
suffer periodically. They are always
to be relied on lor breaking up colds.
It may be only a simple head-
ache, or it may be neuralgia or
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neuritis; rheumatism. Bayer Aspirin
is still the sensible thing to take.
Just be certain it's Bayer you're
taking; it does not hurt the heart.
Get the genuine tablets, in this
familiar package for the pocket
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Political Announcements for
office which appear in this column
are made subject to the action of the
White Man's Union Primary:—
For County Treasurer:—
C. LANGHAM
ROY SHOULTZ
J. R. SLONE
For Sheriff:—
T. J. (TOM) EWING
HARRIS MILNER
D. O. (DAVE) DODD
For County Judge:—
W. E. McNABB
For Tax Collector:—
R. A. KLESKA
BERT CARR
C. J. STEVES
For County Clerk:—
MRS. RUBY HAWKINS
For Tax Assessor:—
OSCAR BARBER
For District Clerk:—
A. D. HENSLEY
For County Attorney:—
THOS. H. LEWIS
For Commissioner Precinct No. 3:
A. G. SKINNER
G. A. SALSBURY
CHARLES MORRIS
GEO. A. HARRISON
city ticket
For City Secretary:—
F. A. SISSON
JOE B. FEATHER
C. L. HAYNES
MRS. B. E. SAILOR
MRS. RUBY REDMON
For Mayor:—
DUNCAN RUTIIVEN
For Alderman:—
R. G. PALMER
C. L. GASS
I read a newspaper article the other
day that gave carrots credit for "sav-
ing the day for Valley farmers." Just
how literally true that statement was
I don't know, but I do know that these
bits of health and beauty are always
capable of saving the day for the per-
son who is confronted with the prob-
lem of planning meals that are
'healthful, appetizing and economical.'
From the many, many splendid reci-
pes in my files calling for carrots as
the chief ingredient, I've selected a
few that I think you'll surely enjoy
having.
Walter J. Davies of Chicago, who
died in the poorhouse, divided a secret
hoard of $7,000 among his fellow in-
mates.
A farmer near Vancouver, Canada,
who needed a set of false teeth, offer-
ed the dentist oats in exchange for
the molars.
J. A. Livingston, Editor and Pub-
lisher of the Rusgellville (Ark.) Cour-
ier-Democrat, says:
"There are many indications that
the depression has reached the bot-
tom and that an upward trend is in
the offing—in fact, has already set in.
The trend is nationwide and will reach
every town and community. It will
therefore be local in its effects.
"Economists tell us that thie time tio
sell is when prices are high, and that
the time to buy—whether real estate,
bonds or other investments, or wanted
merchandise and other necessities—is
when prices are low. It is just as
wise and sane and sensible to spend
sometimes as it is to save at other
times, and we are convinced that NOW
is the time to spend. Commodity
prices are lower today than they have
been in reccnt years—lower, perhaps,
than they will be again for years to
come.
"The dollar you saved when prices
were higher will buy more than it
would have brought when you saved
it; therefore you acted wisely in sav-
ing. If it will buy more now than it
would buy next month, next summer
or next year, you will show the same
wisdom in spending it now that you
showed in saving it when prices were
higher. You get the advantage of the
'breaks' both ways. If you continue
to hold the dollar until prices are
again normal, then you have gained
nothing. Your dollar will buy no more
than it would have bought at the time
you saved it.
"Regardless of your object when you
saved your money, you did not mean
to hoard it permanently in currency.
Whether you mean ultimately to put
it into some permanent investment, to
buy or improve a home, buy furni-
ture, an automobile, clothing that you
decided you could do without during
the depression, or even if you have
merely allowed your pantry to run
low, we believe now is the time to buy
—to spend. Whatever or however
spent, you will get more for your dol-
lar today than at any time in recent
years, and probably more than you
could get in the future for years to
come.
"Think it over—not from a Nation-
al or Community Angle, but from a
Personal Angle, to Determine Your
Own Course."
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LENTA L X-RAY
PIIONE 51
Graduate of University of Buffalo, N.7
Post-Graduate Northwestern Univer-
sity of Chicago. Illinois.
"Can" and "Will" are cousins,
Who never trust to luck;
"Will" is the son of "Energy,"
"Can',' the son of "Pluck."
"Can't" and "Won't" are cousins,
too;
Always out of work,
"Won't" is the son of "Never-try,"
"Can't" the son of "Shirk."
DR. T. F. DRISKILL
DENTIST
Member American Academy of
Applied Dental Science
Pyorrhea, Oral Prophylaxis and
Dentistry
OFFICE HOURS: " * A M.
1:30 to 5 P. M
PHONE NUMBER 96 f
Southwest Rooms, Ruthven B"ilding
PALACIOS, TEXAS
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J. L. PYBUS
PLANING MILL
Manufacture all kinds of wood
Wood yard in connection wit?
Plant
Glass carried in stock.
PHONE 27. PALACIOS
CARROT SUPREME
One cup sugar, one-half cup boiling
water, one-half teaspoon maple flavor-
ing, carrots, butter, salt and pepper.
Dissolve sugar in water, boil for
five minutes, and add maple flavoring.
Wash and scrape carrots, split or
slice lengthwise and steam or boil un-
til nearly done. Drain and put in a
baking dish, dot with butter, and
sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour
over all quite liberally maple flavored
syrup, and bake in oven to a nice
brown, basting occasionally with the
syrup. Bake for one hour at 376 de-
grees F.
SCALLOPED CARROTS AND
PEPPERS
Steam four large onions, cut in
quarters, and six good-sized (though
not too large) carrots. Mince as fine
as posisble three sweet, green pep-
pers. Then arrange in layers in a
greased baking dish, first onions, then
carrots cut in slices, then a sprinkling
of green peppers, repeating until all
the vegetables have been used. Now
pour one and one-half cups of cream
sauce into which one-fourth a cup of
grated cheese has been stirred. Cover
with one-half cup of buttered crumbs
and bake for about one-naif an hour
at 350 degrees F.
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flOAD, $ ETC.
SORORITY SALAD
lb Cottage cheese
qt. Finely shredded cabbage.
% c Grated carrots
Mayonnaise.
Mold a little cottage cheese on the
center of a salad plate and surround
with a border of the shredded cabbage
mixed with the carrot and enough
mayonnaise to moisten it pleasantly.
Garnish the cheese, if desired, with a
carrot flower, using wedge-shaped pet-
als cut from a thin slice of carrot,
and a slender strip of green pepper
for a stem.
ASCOT SALAD
6 Medium sized white turnips
1 c Diced cooked carrots
1 c Chopped celery
1 t Chopped parsley
Peel turnips and cook in boiling
salted water until tender. Cool. Scoop
out a small portion from the cenetr
of each turnip and cut in small pieces.
Marinate the whole turnips in French
Dressing and chill. Mix the cut-up
turnips, carrots and celery. Marinati
and chill. Fill the centers of the tur-
nips with the vegetable mixture. Ar-
range on crisp leaves of lettuce and
sprinkle with parsley. Serve with
French Dressing.
Federal taxes not included above;
Uncle Sam is still figuring HIS!
CARROT PATTIES
Line patty shells with a light paste,
and fill with the following:—Mix one-
half a cup each of cottage y.heese,
cooked mashed carrots, cleaned cur-
rants and sugar. Add a pint of rich
milk and three beaten eggs, with sea-
soning of one-half a teaspoonful of
salt. Pour into the lined patty-pans,
and bake for ten minutes at 375 de-
grees F. until the crust is firm, then
reduce temperature to 300 degrees F.
and bake until the filling is firm. Serve
cold, with a garnish of thin rounds of
stale cake soaked in sweet fruit juice,
with a piece of the fruit in the center.
CARROT MUFFINS
Follow the recipe for wheat muffins,
or any favorite muffin recipe, and mi*
the last thing with the batter one-
half a cup of boiled and sifted carrots
for every cup of flour used in the reci-
pc. *
nd, what a pile it makt.
In the year 1931, Cen-
tral Power and Ligftf Company
paid $646,479.06 for !ocqV~-
county and state taxes. An av-
erage of $1771.17 per day!
Of course, the company
i^can not manufacture money to
pay these taxes. The only reve-
nue Central Power and Light
Company receives is money
paid by its customers for services
rendered. So,when you pay your
electric bill, only a portion g6es
for Electric Service. A big slice goes for taxes.
Perhaps it has never occurred to you that you are, in this manner,
paying more money than you thought for taxes. And, if these indirect
assessments were not included in your electric bill, the levy would be
on your shoulders in direct taxes.
Governmental agencies have virtually made your power and light
company a tax collection bureau. While our business in the past five
years has made an increase of approximately 50%, during the sa»~
time our taxes have in-
creased overTHREE HUN-
DRED PER CENT!
In other words, our taxes
have been increasing SIX TIMES
as fast as our total gross reve-
nue. In spite of this mounting
tax burden, Central Power and
Light Company has, through
economical and efficient oper-
ation, effected residential elec-
tric rate reductions which aver-
age 37% throughout South and
Southwest Texas.
A FEW PENNIES
a day pay for your Electric
Service. Yet, it takes lots
of these pennies to pay our
tax bill. If laid side by side
the pennies requited for
our 1931 taxes
would stretcji
over a distance of
765 miles, or
as great as from
Brownsville to Mcoipbisr
Tenn., and then some.
BROWNSVILLE
CENTRAL POWER
AND
LIGHT COMPANY
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