Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1930 Page: 2 of 4
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Published ever? Thursday
I. W. DISMUKES Publisher
One Tear 91.50 Six months $1.00
Entered at the Palacios Post Office i
second class mail matter
KNOW TEXAS
The Northern Call
During 1929 TexaB mines produced
$28,000 in gold 1,050,000 ounces of
silver, 1,000,000 pounds of lead and
400,000 pounds of copper.
On January 1,1930, Texas had 974,-
000 milk cows, a gain of 19,000 over
the previous year. There are 21,919,-
000 dairy cows in the United States.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley alone
will support a population of 3,000,000
persons when all its resources are ful-
ly developed, according to Walter E.
Dickerson.
Texas has 5,667,000 head of c&ttle,
1,028,000 hogs and5,600,000 sheep on
farms. Cattle showed an increase of
271,000 and sheep 863,000, but hogs
decreased in number 172,000.
How Do You Stand?
With regard to the boot-legger and
his gang running down the so called
"stool-pigeou" and the Law Enforce-
ment bunch, remainds me of the inci-
dent when the pole-cat met the rabbit
and said "Boy, get away from me, your
breath stinks."
Law Enforcement is not mere childs
play, neither is it going out into the
Highways and Byways and practicing
the Golden Rule. It is one of the Com-
bat Units being used in the Great War,
Right against Wrong. If this Unit
fails, the rest of the Forces will suffer.
Iu the World War, the Air Service of
the United States was far inferior to
that of the Enemy. Germany had been
in :t longer and had developed a fa*
more efficient Branch of Service in this
line but this does not bring back to the
American Mothers their sons that lost
their lives on the account of this inci-
cent. Today, there are many still in
Flanders Field, because wo could not
cope with the Enemy.
If the 18th Amendment is not up-
held, enforced and carried out to the
fullest extent, many a Mothers boy
will go down not only in defeat, but
disgrace. The World War only lasted
over a comparatively short period.
This matter will reach out over an un-
estimatable time.
Of the 150,000 that were killed, died
of wounds and disease, they were the
very best that America could produce,
Their sacra/ice gave to us the 18th
Amendment, lets not compromise with
the other side when so great a price
was paid for this Virture.
—Madeson C. Stearns,
P. C. M. E. Church.
Mose, who got put in Jail, found his
friend Sam in the next cell.
"How long you in jail fo', Mose?"
said Sam.
"Two weeks," replied Mose.
"What am de cha'ge?"
"No cha'ge; everything am free."
"Ah mean what has you did ? "
"Done shot my wife."
"Yo'all killed yo* wife and only got
two weeks, while I got six months for
stealin' a chicken?"
"Dat's all—den I gits hung."
The time has come to leave Palacios,
Soon we will all be homeward bound,
No more to watch the waves lash
Against piers and shell covered
ground.
We have lingered here the past winter,
Appreciated your kindness one and all;
Our minds can't control—they only
center
On the northern open spring call.
Later, wheat fields waves in breezes,
Combines ttirash out the golden
grain;
Kaffir, maze, oats, corn, barley seizes
A big growth, also cotton, alfalfa
and cane.
Manager Forehand has treated us nice-
ly.
His wife has our sincere thanks, too.
In return we have acted very precisely,
All residents admire them, this is true.
We go to them with all our troubles,
We consult with them for good ad-
vise,
They have seen our eyes beam bubbles,
They have favored us in our strife.
The B. Y. P. U. has used selection
Obtaining services of this respected
pair;
They are the best, without a question,
The residents vouch for and declare.
Each has a -wonderful personality
That so few people do possess;
We depend upon their ability,
All their undertakings to progress.
If good fortune smiles upon us
We again visit the City-by-the-Sea,
May Mr. Forehand be manager we
trust
Of B. Y. P. U. grounds is our plea.
—J. W. Crowdis.
Notice of City Election
By vitrue of the authority vested in
me by the City Council of the City of
Palacios, Texas, I hereby call an elec-
tion to be holden in the said City of
Palacios, Texas, at the City Hall there-
in on the first Tuesday in April, A. D.
1930, the same being the 1st day there-
of, for the purpose of electing a May-
or, two aldermen, secretary, treasurer,
attorney, and city marshal. The elec-
tion shall be held under the general
laws of the State of Texas, providing
for the election of City Officers. All
persons qualified to vote under the
general laws of this State, and who are
resident citizens of the City of Pala-
cios, are qualified to vote at this elec-
tion.
M. Lipscomb is hereby appointed
presiding judge of said election.
BEN EHLERS,
Mayor of the City of Palacios, Texas.
In compliance with the statutes gov-
erning the election of City Officers,
all persons desiring their names to
appear on the official ballot used at the
coming City Election, April 1, 1930,
will file said names at the office of the
City Secretary not later than noon,
March 31st, 1930. The names will ap-
pear on the ballot in the order in
which t.hpy are rprpived.
M. K. Feather; Secretary.
120 BROADWAY HAS MORE
TELEPHONES THAN GREECE
One New York office building, 120
Broadway, has 7,290 telephones or
more than all of Greece. In New York
there is one telephone for every two
persons in the city.
Why
Wobble?
A MONTH AGO YOU HAD IT
IN MIND TO START AN AC-
COUNT WITH THIS BANK.
SEVERAL TIMES SINCE YOU
HAVE RENEWED YOUR RE-
SOLVE. EACH TIME YOU
HAVE WOBBLED—PUTITOFF
—TOMORROW—NEXT WEEK
—SOMETIME.
DON'T WAIT ANY LONGER-
COME IN TODAY AND START.
ONE DOLLAR OPENS!
Texas Bankers Ready to Aid
in Cotton Acreage Reduction
As Hope to Insure Stability
(Dallas News)
"If the farmer will reduce his cot-
ton acreage 20 per cent in 1930, plant-
ing cotton only on the best land, the
South will have all the cotton we will
need," said Charles H. Alvord, special
representative of the Federal Farm
Board, who discussed acreage reduc-
tion in Texas with Dallas bankers and
with the agricultural committee of the
Texas' Bankers Association on Tues-
day. Mr. Alvord formerly was director
of the extension service of Texas A.
& M. College and at one time mana-
ger of the Taft ranch in South Texas.
Mr. Alvord will meet with the dis-
trict groups of the Texas bankers
Association starting Wednesday in
Put This in Your
Pipe and Smoke it
Anyone who thinks that the pre-
paration of tobacco for consumption
in pipes, cigars, cigarettes, and even
snuff requires nothing but sunlight
and some machine processes should
harken to the Department of Commer-
ce's latest estimate on this subject.
More than 110,000,000 pounds of sugar,
licorice and other materials were used
in the manufacture of tobacco pro-
ducts in 1928, the Department states.
This includes about 43,000,000 pounds
of unrefined sugar and 33,000,000
pounds of licorice.
Moreover, that "mild" taste so wide-
ly advertised and so relished by con-
sumers requires more than 34,000,000
pounds of aromas, flavorings, essences,
extracts, and so forth. These materials
include number of fruits, such as
prunes, figs, peaches and St. Johns
bread, which are dried and pulverized
especially for tobacco blending. Still
other ingredients well known to to-
bacco manufacturers are deer tongue,
or powdered vanilla leaves, made from
a wild leaf growing in Florida, Geor-
gia and the Carolinas and Tonka beans,
honey beans, gums and syrups, ac-
cording to the section of the country.
AUTO ACCIDENTS KILL
MORE THAN APPENDICITIS
Automobile accidents killed more
persons in the United States in 1929
than appendicitis and one-fourth as
many as the dread "white plague."
The lowest accident rate of any vehi-
cle used in the streets was that of
streets cars, the figures show.
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 Jud^?:—
R. F. ANDERSON
W. E. McNABB
For Tax Assessor:—
OSCAR BARBER
For Tax Collector:—
R. A. KLESKA
For Sheriff:—
JOE MANGUM
TOM EWING
FRANK CARR
For County School Superintendent:—
MRS. CLAIRE F. POLLARD
For County Clerk:—
MRS. RUBY HAWKINS
For District Clerk:—
A. D. HENSLEY
R. M. HARKEY
For County Treasurer:—*
C. LANGHAM
W. A. MATTHEWS
TENIE HOLMES
For County Attorney:—
W. S. LESLIE
For Commissioner Precinct No. 3:—
G. A, HARRISON
PALACIOS STATE BANK
AND TRUST COMPANY
CITY i ICKt. i
For Mayor:—
J. L. PYBUS
DUNCAN RUTHVEN
For Councilman:—
R. J. SISSON
R. G. PALMER
FRANK J. McCALL
For Secretary:—
M. K. FEATHER
F. A. SISSON
C. M. BACKEN
For City Marshal:—
W. H. (PETE) WILLIAMS
GUY BARNETT
THE REASON
Boss:—"Rnfpj did you attend lodge
last night?"
Rufus:—"No sah. We done have to
postpone it."
Bobs:—"How come?"
Rufus:—"The Grand, All Powerful,
Invincible, Most Supreme Unconquer-
able Potentate dun got beat up by his
wife."
Dallas, at which time cotton acreage
reduction in Texas will be an import-
ant topic for discussion.
"Bankers and merchants arc vitally
concerning with the present critical
cotton situation, said Mr. Alvord. They
will suport the acreage reduction of
the Federal Farm Board and the Amer-
ican Cotton Cooperative Association.
They realize that their only hope of
collecting not only current loans but
those that have been necessarily car-
ried a longer period will insure the
production of sufficient food for the
family and feed and forage for the
live stock produced on the farm and
price for cotton commensurate with an
average cost of production in 1930.
They realize that overproduction of
cotton means a low price and loss to
growers.
"The solution of the problem right
now is to lessen the acreage to a point
where an average production per acre
will meet the domestic and foreign de-
mand. Some people are mislead in be-
lieving that the Federal Farm Board
alone can in some mysterious way get
them high prices for the cotton crop
of 1930. Neither the Federal Farm
Board nor any other agency can do
much to sustain prices when a big
surplus above the world's needs ac-
tually exists or is in prospect. In 1929
the South harvested 46,000,000 acres
of cotton, but the Government statis-
ticians say that 40,000,000 acres in
1930 with an average yield will pro-
duce all that will be needed.
"The acres not planted to cotton in
1930 can produce corn, grain sorghums
and pasture and will be cultivated for
less than cotton. The farmer who in-
tends to plant fifty acres in cotton
should only plant forty acres. A county
which last year planted 60,000 should
reduce this year to 48,000 acres.
"If this is done we will not have a
repetition of the disaster of 1926, from
the effects of which many areas have
not yet recovered. It is not one man's
job, nor one State's job, but every-
body's business.
"We have a new national program
as to agriculture and if the farmers
collectively will co-operate in follow-
ing the leadersship of State colleges
and the United States Department of
Agriculture and the Federal Farm
Board all will be benefited and a more
prosperous agriculture will be nearer
our hopes."
Boat Trip to the Gulf
A jolly crowd with baskets of all
sorts of good eats, including three live
chickens in a box, boarded "Lady Pi-
lot" Saturday night as guests of Cap-
tain and Mrs. E. R. Allen for a trip
to the Gulf.
After a two hours splendid boat ride
we arrived at boat harbor for the rest
of the night, where some of the crowd
started on a wading expedition to
spear flounders, while the rest were
entertained by radio. At a late hour
all retired, some snoring in circles
and some in squares.
Next morning a clear sky and mild
breeze greeted us and after getting
everything aboard we pulled anchor
and "Lady Pilot" glided the waters
to Cotton Bayou. Breakfast was pre-
pared and eaten on the way over. Up-
on arriving at Cotton Bayou all left
the boat, some fishing, some sight-
seeing, shell hunting and gathering
oysters. The attractions of all the
cities could not compare with those
hours of pleasure, viewing naturaJ
scenery and inhaling good pure salt
air.
After a long afternoon's ramble we
headed our foot-steps toward the boat
for dinner. Upon arriving we viewed
some of the fattest, largest oysters we
had ever seen which Captain Allen
had gathered for our dinner. After
partaking of a fine oyster dinner we
again started out to explore, some in
the little speed boat, some on foot and
some in the motorcycle and side car
which was taken on the boat.
All returned just before dark and
enjoyed a fine chicken supper. As there
was not much sleep the night before,
all retired rather early except one
who had his mind made up that it
was too early to retire and he insisted
in keeping the rest from sleeping.
However, after ho had succeeded in
keeping the bunch awake after having
lots of fun he let them go to sleep
about midnight. At day-break next
morning all were up and after break-
fast again left the boat to explore,
coming back at noon. After dinner,
which was a little late, wo loaded
shells, and treasures aboard and were
homeward bound after having had a
most enjoyable trip.
Those in the party were: Frank
Huitt, Richfield, Kansas; Winnie La-
Vail and son, Mat Jr., of Houston;
Esther Dapron, El Campo; W. J.
Chambers, of York, Nebr.; Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Houghton, of Sanfernando,
Calif.; Garry Gossett, Harley Allen,
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Allen of Palacios.
Professional & Business Cards
H. C. BOYD
Licensed Optometrist.
EYES TESTED FREE
If in need of glesses, I Guarantee
to please.
Office in New Building next to P. O.
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—NOTARY PUBLIC—
DR. T. F. DRISKILL
DENTIST
Member American Academy of
Applied Dental Science
Pyorrhea, Oral Prophylaxis and
Dentistry
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1:30 to 6 P. M
PHONE NUMBER 96
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PALACIOS, TEXAS
DR. A. B. CAIRNES
DENTIST
OFFICEUPSTAIRS IN
SMITH BUILDING
DENTAL X-RAY
PHONE 51
Graduate of University of Buffalo, N.Y
Post-Graduate Northwestern Univer-
sity of Chicago, Illinois.
J. L. PYBUS
PLANING MILL
Manufacture all kinds of wood
Wood yard in connection with
Plant
Glass carried in stock.
PHONE 27.
PALACIOP
Teacher—"What would the interest
be on $500.00 at 3%. Abie—pay atten-
tion."
Abie—"For 39r I am not interested."
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