Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 9, 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.
How Much is a Billion?
Recently Judge Coombs of Stamford
convulsed an audience at Ranger by
telling a story of a little boy who re-
ported his father's definition of "one
million dollars" to his teacher said de-
finition being to the effect that it vas
a "hell uva lotta money." »Tudge
Coombs remarked that this was a good
definition of the average man's con-
ception of a billion dollars.
It is possible, however, to got a
little better idea of a billion dollars
than that. For example, if a certain
family became one dollar richer every
time the clock ticked off one second,
it would take 316 years, 236 days, 21
hours and 44 minutes for it to become
one billion dollars richer.
And speaking of inches, an inch is
a unit we can all comprehend and we
all know how to measure distance in
miles. Well, one billion inches amounts
to 15,782 miles, 1457 yards, 2 feet and
4 inches, or 742 miles more than the
distance traversed on a round trio be-
tween Los Angeles and Manila,or 567
miles more than eight times the dis-
tance between Dallas and Boston.
If Adam began six thousand years
ago saving at the rate of four hundred
dollars a day and lived until th; pr~-
sent day, continuing this very com-
mendable practice without i.it^iir-
tion, he would still be some $300,000
short of a billion dollars.
If a billion dollars were equally dis
tributed among the six million people
living in Texas, each would receive
about $166, and if distributed among
the people of the United States each
would receive less than eight dollars.
If one billion persons lived in Texas
the density of population would be
about the same as that of the District
of Columbia, and there would be one
town lot of about 60 by 120 feet to
each person, though many of them
would be on tops of mountains. When
the population of the earth was a bil
lion persons, less than a hundred years
ago, the density of population was less
than that of Texas today. It was ap
proximately 17 persons to the square
mile of land, but a large portion of the
land is uninhabitable.
It would take more than fifteen
years for one to count a billion, count-
ing 300 to the minute ten hours a day
without missing a single day. And
yet Texas produced last year about
two and a half times one billion pounds
of cotton, which is about a billion
pounds more than it ought to produce
for next season. A billion dollars is
what the cotton growers of the South
receive every year for a ten-million-
bale crop at an average of twenty
cents a pound, and it is twice as much
as they are receiving for a 10,600,000-
bale crop this year.
And that last, when we come to
think of it, is just about as good a
definition of a billion dollars for this
section of the country as one could
desire. • Let us repeat it: A billion
doiiars is what the cotton growers
Would receive every year for a ten-
million-bale crop at an average of 20c
a pound, and it is twice as much as
they are receiving this year for a
16,600,000-bale crop.
Louisville, Ky.—The advertising col-
umns of vour newspaper will tell you
where you can find splendid values for
your money.
» * * *
Now is the time that the money-
hoarders should act, not only for their
own good but for the good of the coun-
try as well, by taking their hidden cur-
rency from hiding places and deposit-
ing it in banks and spending and buy-
ing with some of it so others may
work.
* * * *
A. S. Thompson, publisher of the
Paris, Ky., Kentuckian-Citizen, says
that his paper is the oldest newspaper
in the United States, having been pub-
lished continuously since 1807.
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DAYS WE'LL NEVER FORGET
In order for a city to keep ahead
in the March of Progress it must keep
wide awake, progressive and alert to
every opportunity to advance its in-
terests.
* * * *
The fact that modern children are
better physical specimen than they
were even a few years ago is not, we
are convinced, due to any cycle or
any sudden spurt towards physical
perfection which will sink back into
the normal, but, on the contrary, it is
the logical outcome of better condi-
tions and better methods of diet and
exercise, though the actual conditions
such as housing and fresh air will be
found to' be the overwhelming influ-
ence. It is astounding how bad food
will nourish and inefficient food fail
in ill effect when the other circum-
stances of the life of a child are fa-
vorable to its healthy development.
* * # *
It's a good idea not to follow fash-
ions. Let the fashions follow you.
Direct your income and outgo by your
own judgment and not by the customs
of foolish people.
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Who wants to live in a town that is
only about three jumps ahead of the
hearse ? I met a man up in Kansas
City the other day from the East.
He said his home town is about the
size of the New York cemetery, but
twice as dead. He sure is a home
town booster!
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Business goes where it is invited and
stays where it is well treated.
Miss Earhart's Flight
Smilm Charli£_Says
" I'd hate t' have
V do through
life with th'
handicaps that
th' neighbor's
children have-
Recently Lady Mary Heath, one of
England's most famous flyers, had an
article in an American magazine in
which she expressed the opion that
no woman would ever fly across the
Atlantic alone, and that an attempt to
do so would be suicidal.
Hardly had the ink dried on the
magazine pages when Miss Amelia
Earhart flew alone from New Found-
land to Ireland in 13 hours and 30
minutes, covering a distance of about
1,900 miles, thus proving that Lady
Mary was wrong. Miss Earhart's feat
has been widely acclaimed as second
only to Lindbergh's New York to Paris
flight.
She is the only woman ever to cross
the Atlantic in an airplane and has
done so twice, the first time as a pas-
senger with Wilmer Stultz and Louis
Gordon in June, 1928. She made the
first flight from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and back in an autogiro last
year, and has made numerous altitude
and speed recoi'ds for women.
Miss Earhart, who in private life is
Mrs. George P. Putnam, said after
making her trans-Atlantic flight that
she only wanted to show that a woman
could do it, and modestly added:
"Outside of demonstrating that a
woman can fly the Atlantic alone, I
don't see that I've added anything to
aviation, science, or anything else."
The value of the United States cap-
itol building and grounds is estimated
at $25,400,000.
Tennis prizes, like All-American
football teams, are rather mythical,
it seems. Helen Wills Moody has won
the famed Wimbledon cup four times
but hasn't even laid eyes on it so far.
When the late John Wannamaker
was a young man he promised a pious
friend that he would never sell play-
ing cards. It is said that to this day
no playing cards are sold in any Wan-
amaker store, but all sell poker chips
and dice in any desired quantity.
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pie, cool and freeze until ftrm.
RASPBERRY IC
Press two quarts of raspberries thru
a coarse sieve, boil three and one-
l'ourth cups of sugar and a quart of
water together until the sugar is thor-
oughly dissolved, and cool. Add the
raspberry juice and three tablespoons
of lemon juice. Pour into a freezer
and freeze, using eight parts of ice
to one of salt or place in refrigerator
tray. This recipe will make about two
quarts of ice.
SPRING CLEANING HINTS
Paper that is stuck to wood may be
removed by putting a few drops of
sweet oil on the paper, then rubbing
gently with a soft cloth. Polish with
a good furniture polish afterward.
To remove coating which forms in
teakettle, when hard water is used—
use boiling water and soda. About two
teaspoonfuls of soda is sufficient for
the ordinary size teakettle.
Announcement » » »
LOU KOP
Formerly Prominent Banjoist of
Cleveland, O., Opens Banjo Studio
Also Teaches—
VIOLIN—GUITAR
MANDOLIN—UK ELELE
IN PALACIOS SATURDAYS ONLY
Inquire at Beacon or C. L. Haynes
PILES
I CURE any case of Piles, no matter
how long standing, without Cutting,
Tieing, Cauterizing or Sloughing, and
without detention from business or
pleasure.
Consultation and Examination Free
DR. W. R. STRASNER
RECTAL SPECIALIST
Office: Ruthven Bldg. PalacioN, Texas
Musical Instruction
AND REPAIRING
On All String and Wind Instruments
H. CLIFF DRESSER
IN PALACIOS
WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS
—Send Inquiries to Beacon Office—
PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
AND LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PHONE 8 PALACIOS, TEXAS
M. K. FEATHER, Mgr.
FARM NOTES I
By F. O. MONTAGUE, Co. Agt.
We have old man Dry Weather with
us again and no prospects right now
for rain which is much needed by all
crops, especially early corn, cucumbers,
etc. Crops in a good state of cultiva-
tion are not suffering unduly but can-
not last much longer without a rain,
and continue to develop as they should.
Mother of 7—Still Young
THE woman who gives her
organs the right stimulant
need not worry about growing old.
Her system doesn't stagnate; her
face doesn't age. She has the health
and "pep" that come from a lively
liver and strong, active bowels.
When you're sluggish and the
system needs help, don't take a lot
of "patent medicines." There's a
famous doctor's prescription for
I'ust such cases, and every druggist
;eeps this standard preparation. It
is made from fresh laxative herbs,
active senna, and pure pepsin. Jusl
ask for Dr. Caldwell's syrup pepsin.
Take a little every day or so, until
every organ in your body feels the
big improvement.
The next time you have a bilious
leadache, or feel all bound-up, lake
his dclicious syrup instead of the
usual cathartic. You'll be rid of nit
that poisonous waste, and you
haven't weakened the bowels.You'll
have a better appetite, and feel
better in every way. The constant
use of cathartics is often the cause of
a sallow complexion and lines in the
face. And so unnecessary!
Would you like to break yourself
of the cathartic habit? At the same
time building health and vigor that
protects you from frequent sick
spells, headaches, and colds? Get a
big bottle of Dr. Caldwell's syrup
pepsin today. Use often enough to
aroid those attacks of constipation.
When you feel weak and run-dawn
or a coated tongue or bad breath
warns you the bowels need to be
stimulated. Give it to children
instead of strong laxatives that sap
their strength. It isn't expensive.
Mr. Williams, cucumber buyer at
LaWard, for Morris & Co., of Harlin-
gen, was over for a visit to different
cucumber fields around Blessing and
Midfield last week and around Wads-
worth this week; anxious to ship the
crop from this county but the pros-
pects are slim at this time due to the
drought. Cucumbers no where have
fruited normally this year and we
simply haven't the cucumbers to ship
—and that's that! We hope and be-
lieve the growers are taking our con-
ditions relative to this attempt at cu-
cumber growing in the right spirit.
Most of us realize that any new at-
tempt is usually disappointing from
what we hoped or expected and that is
the tale in this instance. We simply
struck snags on this venture from the
very beginning—wet weather, a freeze,
a flood, and then a drought that sim-
ply left us with—yes, we have no cu-
cumbers. But no one was especially
hurt as no man put in over from one
to three acres at the nominal cost of
a dollar or two. They are no harder
to cultivate than any other field crop.
So really there is no real kick coming
on the part of anyone and the land can
still go into a feed crop—if it rains.
Those growers around LaWard who
stayed on the job are making a few
dollars out of their cucumbers even at
the prevailing price of 35c per bushel.
By the right careful picking they have
kept the vines in good shape and had
very few culls at the ear door. Others
who had just as good a crop in the
way of vines and blossoms grow surly
and careless and obtained very indif-
ferent results; which again demon-
strates very forcefully that "it is not
the land, but the man," that usually is
the difference between success and
failure.
But we certainly shouldn't throw up
the sponge and quit on our programs
of shipping truck from this county in
carloads and lots of them. It can be
done. The fellow who does that and
goes back to "all cotton" plainly ad-
mits that he is "taking the road of
least resistance" and doesn't want to
give it a thorough trial. To make a
success with this business we have got
to give it as prominent a place in our
plans in pitching our farm operations
as we have been giving our old or
former plans. To pitch it on a tem-
porary or side issue basis is usually
fatal to its success for in that case we
de not devote the proper time or at-
tention to its welfare and therefore
fail.
We are thoroughly convinced that
the time is coming and not so far
away when this county will take her
place as a leader in earlot shipments
of fresh vegetables. It may take a
different group of people to do it or it
may merely take some extra induce-
ments to get it started. Whatever is
necessary, may we get going!
Not Too Late For Sowing Sudan Grass
College Station.—A timely remind-
er that it's not too late to plant sudan
glass for summer pasture is given by
E. A. Miller, agronomist in the Texas
A. & M. College Extenison Service.
Calling attention to the fact that the
value of this crop for grazing has been
proven in thousands of demonstrations,
and that it is the summer and fall
stand-by of most dairy and livestock
demonstrators. Mr. Miller suggests
that it be drilled in 2 to 3 foot rows
at the rate of about 10 to 15 pounds
per acre. It may be planted as late
as July 1st with fairly good results
most years, he says, although April
or early May is a more desirable time.
Grazing should not begin until the
grass is 15 to 18 inches high.
Ways and means for development
of manufacturing industries and en-
terprises as a complement for agri-
culture and livestock activities are
under consideration by Progressive
Texans, Inc., with headquarters in the
Interurban Building, Dallas. The prob-
lem is based on the fact that Texas
produces 2.1 per cent of the national
manufactures, in comparison with 10
per cent in agricultural products, 7.5
per cent of minerals, largely oil and
sulphur, and 4.5 per cent of livestock.
Manufactures have increased from
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Fruit ices for summer desserts are
easy to prepare, wholesome and re-
freshing. They are made simply by
freezing a mixture of fruit juices, wa-
ter and sugar or syrup for sweeten-
ing.
Peaches, cherries, berries, plums and
other fresh fruits in season as well as
canned fruits and juices or even cook-
ed dried fruits may be used.
Ices should be frozen with the pro-
portion of eight parts of ice to one
part salt. Unlike ice cream, they are
best if they are not allowed to stand
packed very long after freezing.
Freeze until stiff and serve.
For an especially smooth consis-
tency in ices, white corn syrup may
be added. Add the syrup to the sugar
and water, cook all together. Add the
fruit juices and thoroughly blend and
cool. Never add the mixture to the
freezer while warm. Pre-cooling cuts
down the actual freezing period and
gives a better product.
PEACH ICE
Use one pint of crushed peach pulp,
a quarter of a cupful of orange and {
lemon juice, five peach kernels, one and
one-half cupfuls of water and one and
one-quarter cupfuls of sugar. Boil
the sugar and water five minutes, add-'
ing the peach kernels, cool, add the >
fruit juices and strained peach pulp1
and freeze. Use eight parts of ice to
one of ; alt or freeze in a refrigerator
tray until stiff.
PINEAPPLE ICE
1 c Water
1 t Gelatin
M c Sugar
1 lemon
1 c Crushed Pineapple
Put water, gelatin and sugar in
saucepan. Stir until sugar is dissolv-
ed and boil three minutes. Remove
from fire, add lemon juice and pineap-
YOUR READING HOURS-
MAKE THEM PLEASANT.
If you squint and blink
your eyes when you are read-
ing you cannot relax and en-
joy yourself. Properly fitted
glasses will remove the strain
from your eyes and make
your reading hours a pleas-
ure to you. "
Come in and see us. We
will examine your eyes and if
you need glasses properly fit
you with them at a minimum
charge. And we will guar-
antee that you will have the
proper lpnsps.
JNO. D. BOWDEN
CRESCENT DRUG STORE
PHONES 18 & 59
For Kodak Finishing,
Enlarging, Copying or
Other Photographic Work, go 9
Blocks North from City Hall,
then lVj Blocks East, or leave
Films at—
MURIEL'S NOVELTY SHOPPE
H-U-N-T E-R
feather & son
-realIestate—
FIRE, TORNADO,
AUTO AND LIFE
INSURANCE
B—O—N—D—S
—NOTARY PUBLIC—
T
J. L. PYBUS
PLANING MILL
Manufacture all kinds of wood
Wood yard in connection with
Plant
Glass carried in stock.
PHONE 27. PALACIOS
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DR. T. F. DRISKILI
DENTIST
Member American Academy of
Applied Dental Science
Pyorrhea, Oral Prophylaxis and
Dentistry
OFFICE HOURS: {Jo 12 A.?M^
PHONE NUMBER 96
Southwest Rooms, Ruthven Building
PALACIOS. TEXAS
DR. A. B. CAIRNES
DENTIST
OFFICE:—UPSTAIRS IN
BANK BUILDING
CENTAL X-RAY
PHONE 51
Graduate of University of Buffalo, N.Y
Post-Graduate Northwestern Univer-
sity of Chicago, Illinois.
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$93,000,000 in 1900 to $1,500,000,000
in 1930, and Progressive Texans feel
that its industrial output should run
to "at least 10 per cent of the Na-
tion's total." John W. Carpenter, Dal-
las, is president of Progressive Texans,
with Hubert M. Harrison, Longview,
as secretary, and William C. Edwards,
Dallas, as managing director.
Texas in "Baby Stage" of Industrial
Development
(Dynamo in Breckenridge American:)
Progressive Texans, Inc., an organ-
ization formed to "foster and encour-
age industrial development in Texas;
to piomote a greater industrial con-
tcii usness among the people of the
State; and through co-operative activ-
ity to help Texas manufacturers in-
crease their sales to jobbers, dealers,
and consumers," find a large field for
activity in the mohair industry. It
is rather astounding to discover that,
although Texas in 1931 produced 80.6
per cent of the total mohair crop of
the United States, there is not a single
manufacturing plant in the State for
any phase of its processing. It is
even more so when it is learned that
in 1931 the nation produced 19,111,000
pounds, and that Texas produced 16,-
400,000 of this. Texas is in the baby
stage of industrial opportunity and
development.
Insect Spray
Keeps Cats and Dogs Away
The problem of keeping cats and
dogs out of flower beds, shrubbery and
in general where they are not wanted,
appears solved by the United States
Department of Agriculture. Simply
spray the flowers, shrubs, or premises
with a dilute of nicotine sulphate spray
and cats and dogs will avoid them, the
department says. The spray is harm-
less to plants and is very offensive to
animals. It is widely used against
sucking insects. As cats and dogs
have a keener sense of smell than hu-
mans, they can smell the spray even
when it is applied so thinly that peo-
ple are unaware of its presence. Com-
mercial preparations usually contain
40 per cent of nicotine sulphate. Such
preparations should be used at the
rate of one and one-half teaspoonful
to a gallon of water. The spray evap-
orates and should be renewed after
rains., or about once every two weeks
in ordinary weather.
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The Sulphur Industry
—IS ONE OF TEXAS' MANY OUTSTANDING ASSETS. _
j —Three Mines Produce Practically all of the Nation's Supply
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SULPHUR IS INDUSTRY'S
MOST ESSENTIAL COMMODITY
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Its Presence in Texas, therefore, constitutes one
of the State's Most Attractive Inducements to
the Development of Industry within its borders
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Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.
"The World's Largest Producer of Crude Sulphur
MINES:
GULF, (Matagorda County,) Texas
NEWGULF, (Wharton County) Texas
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HEADQUARTERS:
Second National Bank Building,
Houston, Texas
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