Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1922 Page: 1 of 4
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For a Greater, Better Palacios Country—Agriculture, Industry, Commerce, Living
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PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1922
VOLUME XV NUMBER 51
„ THE BEACON
SPORT COLUMN
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JoeShimkus, champion middle-
weight wrestler, of Florida, de-
feated Lee Tompkins, welter-
weight, Thursday, Dec. 14th in a
fast bout. Shimkus weighed
164 pounds and Tompkins 148,
and although the latter was out-
weighed by sixteen pounds, gave
Mr. Shimkus a hard tussel and
showed Palacios fans just how
good he is. The first fall came
after thirty-five minutes of in-
tensive work, being won with a
head-lock and the second in
twenty-five minutes with an
arm lock and arm strangle.
After the last fall Mr. Shim-
kus made a speech to the large
audience, saying that he did not
i»"^-helieve there was a man living,
who could beat Tompkins at his
' weight. Tompkins' best wrest-
ng weight is 142 pounds and
Palacios hopes soon to see him in
action against a man of this
weight.
hold and although 43 years of age
gave Mr. Lewis a hard match.
JOE SHIMKUS WINS.
Joe Shimkus, one of the clean
est and fastest middle-weight
wrestlers ever seen in the south-
west, defeated Joe Kopecka in a
fast bout at the Queen theatre,
before a crowded house. With
his clean sportsmanlike conduct,
Mr. Shimkus won theVpraise of
the fans. Full details will be in
sport column next week.
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Joe Kopecky, who has a won-
derful record at 162 pounds,
challenged Mr. Shimkus to a fin-
ish match and the bout takes
place Thursday, Dec. 21st, at
Palacios and should be a rattling
good setto and the sport columns
of this great weekly will give the
result next week.
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Ex-champion heavy- weight
Vfaoxer, Jess Wiliard, who worked
V the Palacios ice plant as a
, young man, is reported as get-
ting in shape and may have a
chance to regain the title he lost
to Jack Dempsey about three
years ago.
December 14th Strangler Lew-
is successfully defended his title
of champion heavy-weight wrest-
ler of the world before a crowd
of 12000 people at St. Louis,
winning the second and third
falls from Zybesco, the challeng-
er. Zybesco won the first fail in
forty minutes with a flying mare
Lee Tompkins, of Palacios,
and Harry' Speedy Shafer, of
Springfield, 111., both welter-
weight wrestlers, are matched
for a finish bout to take place at
the Queen theater Thursday,
Dec. 28th- Shafer has a wonder-
ful record but will have to step
fast to defeat the speedy, crafty
mat artist Tompkins. This will
be a great bout.
L. W. Moore came Ihome from
Houston, where he is a second
year student at Rice, Wednesday
afternoon, Hugh Ruthven, who
is studying dentinstry at Texas
Dental College in Houston, will
be in this afternoon; and Donald
Ruthven, who is also studying to
be a dentist, will be in Saturday.
It gladdens the hearts of the
families and the life of the town
to have all these fine young per-
sons home, even only for a week
or so. Palacios high schoorgrad-
uates seem fired with more en-
thusiasm than the average high
school grad, for a greater per
cent of them attend the colleges
and universities of this state and
other states.
Palacios Boy
Climbs Ladder
Of Success
How eager we all are to lay
some claim to a genius or to one
who makes good in any way
This time we are clinging fast to
the skirts of Fernly Tatum's
coat and never intend to let go.
Fernly for years was a Palacios
boy and grew to up-standing
manhood right here, and his gen-
ial smile and kindly greeting to
everyone made him a general
favorite. He graduated from
our high school and from Rice In-
stitute with honors and the fol-
lowing clipping taken from a
Tacoma, Washington, daily tells
us that he is steadily climbing
the success ladder.
Whiting'Davis Silver Mosh
Bags and La Tausca Pearls for
Xmas Gifts at Boyd's.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Brewer will
have as their Christmas guests
their son and his family from San
Antonio.
Beautiful assortment of Vanity
Boxes and Beaded Bags for
Xmas Gifts at BOYD'S.
University of Washington,
Seattle, Nov. 23.—Fernley A.
Tatum, a Tacoman who is study-
ing in the chemistry department
of the University, has successful-
ly compounded dried apples and
other fruit products to make a
new kind of breakfast food. The
new product resembles grape-
nuts in appearance and those who
have tasted it say it is impossible
to tell that it is made of dried
apples. Mr. Tatum hopes to make
a series of products ranging
from breakfast foods to confec-
tions.
The "Move-out," salfi at the
D. P. Moore Dry Goods store is
proving a wonderful success and
at the rate things are moving
out it is going to take a new sup-
ply of goods or someone is going
to be disappointed. Those who
haven't found time during this
Christmas rush to visit the sale
have an eye-opener in store for
them when they do get there,
H. C. Boyd, of the Boyd Jew-
elry and Variety Store, wishes
to announce to the public that
from now until after the holi-
days their place of business will
be open in the evening until 9:30.
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BRUNSWI
PHONOGRAPHS
AND RECORDS
CHRISTMAS RECORDS
ON DISPLAY
SONORA
CLEAR AS A BELL
VISIT OUR MUSIC
DEPARTMENT
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X-Mas Gifts for All-
Cards, Stationery, Books,
Fountain Pens, Games
Foley Printing Co.
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Good Times.
On Friday, December 15th.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hayes treat-
ed their son, Noble, to a delicious
birthday dinner, and the treat
was extended to friends enough
to fill up a good long table. The
occasion was Noble's — eth birth-
day, and the dinner of turkey
and its accompaniments—cran-
berries,'scalloped oysters, dress-
ing and so forth, topped by a
dessert of Bavarian cream, lovely
cake and coffee, was all the word
delicious can possibly mean, and
if any one over-ate it was an ex-
cusable oversight.
Several packages were handed
in and Noble had the pleasure of
opening them in the presence of
the guests. The first one opened
proved to be nothing but money?
The second one was a gold
knife with a card, saying:
This knife is sharp, its steel is true,
Don't let it cut our love in two."
Another package contained a
piece of hard money with a card,
saying;
Buy the best that you can find
And while smoking: keep in mind,
The giver.
Still another package was a box
;hat might have said:
"Since times are hard is it not a joke,
That so much cash goes up in smoke?"
But it didn't. Thrift that ex-
cited the most interest was a very
ieavy box, some guessed it a
hundred pounds, with the names
of the donors printed on the top,
and the wish that "every shell
would bring down a bird." Ev-
ery guest at the table, especially
every lady was happy at the
thought that she would be the
recipient of a duck or half dozen
quails the first time Noble went
hunting. But on being opened
the box proved to be full of
bricks, not gold bricks, but use-
ul bricks suitable for laying
walks and building houses. The
adies looked down their noses,
where was now their dream of a
duck or a half dozen quails.
Strange to say, at sundown the
jricks turned into a big box of
the very nicest candy. *
Many beautiful suggestions
for Xmas Gifts at BOYD'S.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Koerber
and Miss Flossie Ramige were
Houston guests the first part of
week.
Mr. Price, of Stephensville,
Texas, father of Mr. R. L. Price,
is visiting his Palacios and Bless-
ing kinfolks.
The Beacon man and family
drove to Houston Friday of last
week and returned Monday, safe
and sound and re&dy for busi-
ness.
C. F. Conner will preach at the
High School building next Sun
day at 11:00 A. M., and at the
Christian Church at 7:30 P. M.
All are invited.
The Delicatessen will serve a
good Christmas dinner of turkey
with oyster dressing, cranberries,
fruit salad, cake, and other good
things to eat for 35 cents.
Miss Hazel Hall, of Dallas,
came home Monday for the glad
vacation time. Miss Hazel is
delighted with her work in Dal-
las but it is still wenderfully nice
to visit in Palacios.
Mr. Irvin L. Cowger arrived
from Kansas City Sunday night
to spend the holiday season with
his wife and son at the C. W.
Nester home. Mr. Cowger is a
dental student in Kansas City.
Large arrortment of box hand-
kerchief's at BOYD'S.
Business Men
Don't forget the Business
Men's Luncheon next Wednes-
day at the Palacios Hotel. 12
o'clock noon until exactly 1
o'clock. Plater 50 cents.
Mr. Russell Feather is another
of out-of-town students, who is
enjoying the delights of home
life. Russell came home from
Rice Tuesday night. This after-
noon Miss Merle Bell is expected
home home from Baylor Univer-
sity and the Misses Vera Tanner
and Cecile Grant from the San
Marcos normal. The old town
is alway gay at Christmas time
when we almost celebrate Old
Home week.
Christmas Dance in Blessing
at Community Hall, Monday,
Dec. 25. Music furnished by
Bay City Ladies Orchestra "Mel-
ody Six." Admission $1.00 per
couple. Extra ladies and specta-
tors $.25. Everybody invited.
Misses Marjorie Berger and
Lois Bullock came home from
Baylor, Belton, last Saturday.
Baylor gives a longer Christmas
vacation than the other schools
and consequently these girls are
the envy of their less fortunate
friends.
FOR SALE—Ford truck in
good order. The truck is on my
farm at Palacios.
J. D. LaGue, Taft, Tex.
MENU for
Christmas Dinner
At the Park Hotel
Roast Turkey and Dressing
Escalloped Oysters
Cranberry Jelly
Creamed Potatoes Brown Gravy
Sliced Ham
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Waldorf Salad
Olives Celery Pickles
Pumpkin Pie Mince Pie
Nut Cake
Plum Pudding
Coffee Tea
75c
Plates
Each
Mrs. D. K. Withers received a
surprise visit from her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. David Stephens, of
Enid, Oklahoma, who came Tues-
day. Mr. and Mrs. Stephens
came sooner than they had plan-
ned because of the extreme cold
wave that struck in Oklahoma.
If I Were To
Die Tonight
And should go straight to
Heaven and next year my little
girl should follow me and I should
say to her when I met her in
Heaven, "How's mamma getting
along down there?" And she
should say, "Mamma's having a
hard time to make ends meet.
She moved out of the home last
week and works to pay the rent
and the grocery, bill."
Do you think I could !sing in
the.angle's "choir?
And if, a year or so later, my
little boy should come up to join
the heavenly throng and I should
say to him, "Bobby, how,s mam-
ma?" and he should say, "Things
have gone from bad to worse,
daddy. Mamma's only got little
litte sister left. Their";clothes are
ragged and torn, and the cup-
board is empty."
Do you think I could wear those
clean, white robes?
And then finally when the last
little child should come up and I
should say, "Little Sister how's
mamma?" and she should say,
Mamma is worn out with the
struggle, daddy, the county is
taking care of her."
Do you think I could enjoy the
pleasures there with my child-
ren?
I can lessen the chances of
there bein.? one more dependent
widow in 'iVxns by signing an ap-
plication now for a Southwestern
Life Insurance Policy. I will
protect my wife and children by
providing an income for them af-
ter I am gone.
CRAWFORD & BURTON
INSURANCE
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X-MAS GIFTS
Come look ot our
Bargain Wfndow
and select a useful
Gift at a price you
can afford;
9.50
11.00
Palacios as usual will have a
number of entertainments in the
churches at this glad Christmas
time. The Christian, Methodist
and Baptist churches will give
their entertainments Saturday
night and they promise to be
even better than those of former
years. The Presbyterians will
give their entertainment which
takes the form of a pageant, at
the church Sunday night. At
these various programs there
will be something to gladden the
heart of every boy and girl in the
town. In addition to the gifts
from the churches the Wednes-
day club is taking an active part
in the holiday giving.
Plain Sewing.
Mens and boys shirts a special-
ty.
Mr». R. A. Ruuali.
CI.
30x3 1-2 Pathfiinder 0 "f j"A
Casings. , 0.3U
30x3 l-S.'Firestone Fab-
ric Casings
30x3 1-2 Firestone Cordis
Casings
30x3 Firestone tubes 4 PA
Each | ,3U
30x3 1-2 Fireston tubes 4
Each laftP
Gasoline Guages AJ"
Each ,Q3
Socket Wrench Sets -fl FA
Each I .311
Nickle-plated Radiator -i AF
Caps 1.43
Foot Throttles A J" A
Each £LbvII
Motor Meters A FA
Each Z.DU
Curtain Glasses] 4 JCA
For I.3U
Ford Top and Rear Our- A A A
tainsj ObUU
Delco Lantern A AA
Eor O.UU
Rose Foot Pumps
Each
Lock Steering
Wheels
3 1-2 Rid-O-Skid Tire A 7F
Chains 4'l v
3 1-2 Weed Tire Chains 5.00
Seat Covers 4 A AA
For IU.UU
Rubber Pedal 4 AA
Tips ! .wU
The above prices are for Cash
only and are good during the Hol-
idays only.
Palacios Auto Co,
2.50
12.50
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