Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1923 Page: 2 of 4
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Published every Friday
Entered at the Palacloa Post Office
as second class mall matter
J. W. DISMUKES — — — Publisher
MRS. EARL GRANT. Local Editor
Ine year $1:60
Six months $1:00
Trespalacios
Toe Prints
(By Sam R. Smith)
Crumbs From A Country Cupboard
By JESSE E. CAMPBELL
The unspeakable Turk seems
to be in pretty good speaking or-
der, for he has the whole world
guessing what he is going to say
next.
P. F. Campbell, the genial
mayor of Palacios, and Mr.
Crawford, the fig preserving
man, were in these parts last
Saturday looking up the fig and
citrus fruit prospects.
The rain, sleet and cold wave
played h&voc in this community
Sunfiay night. All the early
peaches and some lemon trees
that had bloomed and were set-
ting on fruit look like they had
been raided by the Ku Klux. Re-
ports come in from various parts,
of great loss of stock, one man
on the Carancahua lost 20 head
of cattle and others lost a good
many. The roads are all in bad
shape.
After we have been dead over
three thousand years we don't
want some ding busted relic
hunter to unearth our old car-
cass, and exhibit it around over
the country to rake in sheckles
enough to keep them out of the
poor house, like they are doing
with the mummy of old Pharaoh
Tutankhamen in Egypt. No sir.
When we've been planted we
want to stay right there until
Gabriel says St. Peter would
like to meet us.
There seems to be qnite a
movement on foot to endeavor to
hold our legislators down to a
sane effort at tax reduction. Pe-
titions and memorials are going
in|thick and fast from all parts
of the state. But, shucks, what
good will they do? 150 represen-
tatives and 31 senators out on a
junket for days, at a time when
they ought to be in Austin, or
better, at home, will pay lots of
attention to petitions to reduce
expenses. One hundred and
eighty one members of the state
legislature out on a junketing
trip, drawing $5.00 per diem only
costs the state about nine hun-
dred dollars per day. When the
petitions go in, they probably
will get together and lustily sing
"Cheer, cheer, the gangs all
here, what the h-1 do we care."
Twenty-three of the 31 senators
are lawyers, one lone farmer,
and the house of representatives
of 150 is probably about propor-
tionately distributod. Let us
throw in a query right here for
the old clod hoppers of this coun-
ty to ruminate over. How much
relief from high taxation, abomi-
nable and oppressing laws do you
expect to extract from such an
aggregation? Nil. Six hundred
and sixty-fie bills have been in-
troduced up to last Monday and
still spewing them out by the
basketful.
Spray Your Fig Trees.
Now is the proper time to spray
your fig trees. The best spray
for figs is Bordeaux mixture. We
will be glad to give you any in-
formation we can on spraying
and general information for the
care of your fig trees. Call on
us. We need your figs next
summer and you need the money
which we will pay you for your
figs. Crawford Fig Campan y.
Notice.
Just received a car load of 4 in.
and 6 in. Sewer pipe and fixtures
for house connections to Sewer
line. Call in and get our prices;
they are right
J. L, Pybus Planing Mill.
Blessings Come Disguised.
What's the reason, what's the reason?
What has happened to our season?
Did our rhymes of glorious spring-
Call that norther's beaslty sting
Dow from Oklahoma' way?
This is what we nixfersta!
Comes a norther, cold and raw,
Causing us to grab our saw
In both hands with might and main!
Saw some wood—then saw again,
Blinking at the glare of ice!
Felt like cuss'n once or twice.
Then we stop and scratch our pate,
And begin to ruminate
As we hear the cotton men,
Shouting with a loud amen—
As they realize quite plain,
Cotton weevils have been slain.
So we grin our pleasant grin,
And get ready to dig in
Our new garden—to replace
This one which has froze its face.
Great good always follows evil!
This frost smote the cotton weevil.
perfection only relative.
It all happened Saturday and Sunday and now on Tuesday it's
just as warm and fine a3 ever, and we are glad we told the truth
once more but we guess there is no such thing on earth as absolute
perfection outRide of the amen corner anyway.
golly judd, you don't mean me?
J. M. L. says in Sap & Salt: The worst literature comes from
writers whose only thought is to be "literary."
don't be a "gimme" hog,
Yes Bobbie, there's a vast difference between "thrift," and
"mean, selfish, habitual—stinginess!" One is commendable while
the other is disgustingly unwholesome. The former is healthful,
while the latter shrivels and degrades the spirit and results in one
being disliked.
our favorite holiday.
Ground-dog day passed without undue excitement, although
Mattie and I celebrated the day as usual being careful to make no
unnecessary noise, but guess he saw us anyway.
youthful efforts cast bright shadows.
We may be pardoned for a display of pride in that classy little
newspaper, "The Hoosier Boy," published at Brownsburg, Ind.,
by 9 year old Robert L. Campbell, widely noted as the youngest
editor in the world; not merely because he is our little great-neph-
ew, but because the excellent make-up of the paper and picture of
himself presented his subscribers as a New Years greeting, proves
him a modest, intelligent, and all around jim-dandy boy.
our daily thrill.
What are those goodly sounds we hear
As a rythmic-weter, soft and low?
'Tis the happy snort of the old gray mule
As he waltzes down the cotton row.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Is the very highest grade of Lubricating Oil
manufactured for motor car or motor boat
requirements. Its use will add materially to
the life of your car, in addition to reducing its
cost of operation. The total yearly expendi-
ture for operating a motor car or motor boat
with
Pennant Automobile Oil
will be much less than with unsuitable lubri-
cants at lower prices.
pm.^.PENNANT BRAN
8 "eupion oil" 8
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■iiaiiMmiS
(KEROSENE)
will give maximum lighting results or any-
where a high grade refined oil is required.
The Distillation Test of Pennant Gasoline
has been raised and we guarantee it to be
equal to any Gasoline on the market.
Pierce Oil Corporation
Office Phone
54
D. M. GREEN, Agent
PALACIOS-BLESSING
Res. Phone
303
District clerk, A. D. Hensley.
County judge, W. E. McNabb,
Commissioner, Precinct No. 1,
J. H. Pyle.
Commissioner, Precinct No. 2,
E. C. Baker.
Commissioner, Precinct No. 3,
G. A. Salsbury.
Commissioner, Precinct No. 4,
C. V. Cabaniss.
County Clerk, Mrs. Ruby
Hawkins.
" County auditor, Amos Lee.
County treasurer, W. F. Pack.
County Attorney, Thos. H.
Lewis.
Sheriff, Frank Carr.
County collector, George E.
Serrill.
County assessor, Otis Mont-
gomery.
County superintendent, W\ T.
Pollard.
County surveyor, E. N. Gus-
tafson.
Nothing Compares
With Chevrolet
Do You Want A Nice Home
In the city of Palacios? One
of the most desirable locations
on the East Bay. Corner lot
with good house and garage.
House newly painted and three
rooms newly papered. This is
one of the most ideally located
homes in thejeity. Grand view
of the beautiful bay, conveniedt
for boating and fishing, and can
be purchased cheap. Part Cash
and balance terms like paying
rent. For further information
call or write the Beacon office.
This is a bargain and will not be
on the market long.
Hastings' Seeds
1923 Catalog Free
Write today for Hastings' new 1923
catalog. You will need the information
tt gives almost daily—the most vaivj>
able and useful seed book ever publish-
ed. It contains 100 pa«es, picturing
and correctly describing the best and
most popular vegetables, flowers and
farm crops for the South.
How and what to plant In your yard,
garden and field for every purpose,
How to beat the boll weevil, bean
beetle and other pests. Full natura}
color pictures of the best Roses, Glad-
toll and other flowers. How to get 5
packets of sead of beautiful flowers
free. How much seed is required to
plant a row or acre, when and how to
plant and cultivate. Why it pays to
plant good teeda and how to get then)
as oheap or cheaper than common of
ordinary seeds.
write (or this hands-
Seed Book. It's » beaul
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TURKISH
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AMERICAN TOBACCO CQ
15
for,
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See the J. L. Pybus Planing
Mill for Plumbing supplies.
FOR SALE
Two 5-room houses and 4 lots,
close in; very cheap.
One 7-room house, 2 lots, price
for immediate sale, $1150.00,
One 8-room house, good out-
buildings, price $1500.00.1
60 acre farm, close to town,
price $3500.00.
See me for Bargains.
C. F. IFLAND, Palacios, Tex.
Palacios Home Laundry
Will wash, starch and fold 100
pieces for $1.50. Any thing less
than 100 pieces, 25 cts a dozen,
Quilts, blankets, spreads, pants
and rugs washed at reasonable
prices, Third door east of Bap-
tist church.
LODGE DIRECTORY
Stated meetings of
PALACIOS LODGE No.
990, A. F. &. A. M.,
meets on Friday night on'
or before full moon in each
month.
Stated meetings of
PALACIOS CHAPTER
NO. 135, O. E. S.
are held the first and
third Tuesday nights
at 7:30 o'clock. Visit-
ing members welcome
Mrs. Eva S. Cairnes, W. M.
Mrs. Susan B. Feather, Sec'y.
THEATRE
FRI.-SAT., Feb. 9-10-
Buffalo Bill—No. 10
"Horse Tears"—Comedy
SON.-TUES., 12-13-
Extra Program
LOUISE GLAUM in
"Leopard Woman
7 Reels
HAROLD LLOYD
in "Billy Blazes, Esq."
Admission 10->5 Cents
WED.-THURS., 14-15-
Corinne Griffith
in "A Woman's Sacrifice"
A picture of the North Country
666 Cures Chills and Fever.
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Dry Goods, Hats, Shoes
SOLD FOR LESS
AT
Brandon's Cash Store
tt cj
A fine line of STAR BRAND Spring
Shoes have arrived. Come in and
look them over. "Star Brand Shoes
are Better" They are made of All Leather
Best Goods and Lowest Prices---
FOR THE CASH
New-Way
flour
Laundered Wheat
New-Way Flour is America's de luxe brand—a
blend of selected, washed, sterilized wheat which
uses only a fraction of the berry,
We couldn't afford to mill this super-grade flour
if it were not for our big export trade, which ab-
sorbs the second-choice grain discarded in the
New-Way process.
New-Way Flour goes further—use a third less.
Begin using it today. Ask for a sack BY NAME.
TEXAS STAR FLOUR MILLS
GALVESTON,TEXAS
Millers of TIDAL WAVE Flour
1 I 1 I
3 era a erera ci"n & d
New-Way
Curtis-Sisson Grocery Co.
Phone 22
"The Home of Quality Groceries."
Phone 22
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Grant, Mrs. Earl. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1923, newspaper, February 9, 1923; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth411620/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.