Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1924 Page: 2 of 4
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Publlshed every Friday
Entered at the Palaclos Post Office
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J. W. DISMUKES —t Publisher
MRS, EARL GRANT, Local Editor
■»ne year $1:50
Six months $1:00
ANNOUNCEMENTS
All announcements under this
heading are subject to the White
Man's Union primaries of Mata-
gorda County,
For County Judge:
W. E. MeNABB
For County Tax Assessor:
oscar barber
w. h. clement
A Word of Appreciation.
For Clerk of County Court:
RUBY HAWKINS
For County Treasurer:
C. LANGHAM
For County Allori>ey:
THOS. H. LEWIS
For County Superintendent:
W. T. POLLARD
For District Clerk:
A. D. HENSLEY
For County Commissioner:
( Precinct No. 3)
GEO. A. HARRISON
R, J. HILL
J. C. STULTING
G. R. HALL1DAY.
W. C. T. U. Notes.
(Press Agent)
Gleaning from New York dail-
ies and other papers, one is con-
vinced that a mighty fight is on
between the wets and the drys—
a fight well worth the fighting.
The subject grows in importance
and is given more and more
space in the papers. Part of a
column in the New York Times
reads: Philadelphia, Jan. 11.—
When the smoke and din of Brig-
adier General Smedley D. But-
ler's vigorous forty-eight-hour
thrust against bootlegging and
crime in this city had died down,
the soldier director of police held
himself in leash today for a mo-
ment of stock taking and consol-
idation of the advances he had
made against the foes of law and
order. With a smile of pride and
a breath of relief he announced
that Philadelphia was radidly ap-
proaching the 100 per cent puri-
ty he had set out to achieve.
The score he said was 975 re-
sorts cleaned up against a possi-
ble 1200 that had been suspected
of operating illegally. It may
be safely said that the Quaker
City is virtually dry as far as all
outward manifestations are con-
cerned. The ease and openness
with which it was possible to ob-
tain intoxicating liquors a few
weeks ago is a matter of history.
Part of another encouraging
column, this item in the New
York World, says: "A new
fleet of five police boats designed
for speed to match the fastest
iiquor smugglers, costing $100,-
000, and with double crews of
four men each, forty men in all,
is about to be put into operation
by the city. It is said that the
new boats will increase by ap-
proximately 100 per cent the ef-
ficiency of the marine division in
dealing with the liquor smug-
glers.
Another column is headed:
"Sims calls drinkers, 'Accesso-
ries in crime.' The Admiral de-
clares that men who buy liquor
make bootleggers and corrupt
officials."
The Drys are hard after the
Wets and in the end will win,
FOR SALE or Trade—High
grade Jersey Bull, two years old,
in prime condition,
5-tf J. W. Belknap.
MIDFIELD
Early Sunday morning news
of the death of Ex-President
Wilson was broadcasted through
the land. The news was not a
shock as the dailies of Friday
and Saturday stated that he was
very low. A Martyr to the cause
of the League of Nations. It is
a pity that he did not live to see
that cause triumphant, for by all
the signs of the times that tri-
umph is near at hand. The
young men of the land by the
thousands, (common fodder
when troops must be mobilized)
students of colleges and mem-
bers of various organizations are
expressing themselves as oppos-
ed to war, declaring that they
will not fight till every other
means of settling difficulties has
been tried. The glamour of war
for youth is gone, the flags wav-
ed to incite it are only "bloody
shirts.*'" Military glory has dis-
solved like a mist, revealing a
drab picture of ruined homes,
legless, armless, hopeless men,
and a debt burdened country.
And men in high places, think-
ers, statesmen, college profess-
ors are becoming brave enough
to expose war and stand for the
League of Nations. Women of
all nations have met, and mil-
lions as one declared that there
shall be no more war. And more
significant still, the churches, as
one voice, have declared war un-
christian, bestial and barbarous.
Woodrow Wilson's efforts to
make his countrymen see their
great opportunity to bring peace
to the world and end war through
the League of Nations, a cove-
nant in harmony with their most
cherished traditions and their
noblest aspirations, broke down
his health. But sustained by his
dauntless courage and his un-
shakable conviction that he was
right, his treatment at the hands
of the Senate could not break
his strong heart. In his death
we have lost the greatest man
the United States has produced.
A Humble Friend.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Henly were
Bay City visitors on Tuesday.
Joe Jordon was up from Bless-
ing on Sunday to visit relatives.
Mrs. Hannah Aikin has gone
to Sinton to visit relatives for
some weeks.
Rev. Broome, Baptist Pastor,
preached here Saturday night,
Sunday morning and night.
H. H. Agee and wife and baby
son, were visitors here and at-
tended church services, Sunday.
Mrs. Jas. S. Williams and little
son Bruce went to Palacios Thurs-
day and visited relatives until
Saturday.
The Baptist Ladies Aid held a
business meeting at the home of
Mrs. Will Larsen on Monday af-
ternoon. Seven memers were
present.
If the weather and roads per-
mit, our girls basket ball team
will meet Van Vleck in Bay City
on Saturday for a game. Here's
hoping we are the victors'.
Mike Baggett and Miss Tracy
KopecK went t» Bay City Satur-
day and were quietly married
there, returning here that after-
noon. We wish them a happy
wedded life.
Farmers are beginning to be
rather impatient for a little dry
weather, in order that the spring
farming may be gotten under
way. A few of the farmers have
land ready for planting, but most
of them have been delayed on ac-
count of the excessive wet weath-
er.
Mr. Day, who was Mrs. Jim
Fitzgerald's father, passed away
in Bay City last Saturday morn-
ing at eight o'clock, after a long
lingering illness in the hospital
there, and was buried here that
afternoon, funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Broom, of Bay
City, the pastor of the Baptist
church. May God comfort the
sad ones who are left.
FOR SALE
40 acres land near Palacios,
with four room house, 600 foot
artesian well, water piped in
house and lot, large barn, 30
acres in cultivation, fenced and
cross fenced- Less than mile to
school. Price $2000.00, $500 cash
and $25 per month and interest
for five years. B. W. Trull,
Midfield, Tex.
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WANTED—Men or women to
take orders genuine guaranteed
hosiery for men, women and
children; eliminates darning.
Salary, $75 a week full time;
$1.50 an hour spare time. Cot-
tons, heathers, silks.
International Stocking Mills,
Norristown, Pa.
"Little Bits from the East"
The box of chocolates for those
who care. Nester Drug Co.
Money Wanted.
$2500.00 for several years at
8 per cent interest. Good secur-
ity. Call at Beacon office for
particulars. 3-tf.
FOR SALE.
My blacksmith shop, and lot,
tools and stock, for sale cheap
for cash. Call on August John-
son at shop opposite Green-Fox
Garage. 2-4wp.
as a
The wonderful Willys-Knight sleeve-
valve engine gives you quiet, silky action.
Closed bodies remarkably iree from
power rumbles and vibration.^ No noisy
cams. No choking up witn carbon.
No clicking valves to grind. This en-
gine improves with use! Owners report
50,000 miles without engine repair.
Touring $1175; Sedan $1795* o. b.
Toledo.
WILLY:
PALACIOS
BY THE SEA
350 miles farther
south than los
angeles, cal., and
with gulf breeze
makes its climate
more delightful
both summer and
winter.
ess
owns its own
Water, Light and
Sewer Systems
923!
Excellent Schools
home of the
b. y. p. u. encampment
of texas
home of
San Marcos Summer
School
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Six Churches
Public Library
No Negroes
SsaO
finest soft flowing
water for all pur-
poses, with climate
and health, makes
this the ideal place
for a home
Oranges, Grapefruit
Figs and
Winter Gardens
with good soil
Farming, Dairying
Poultry
Ml
Water and Land
Sports
Lincoln Said;
"Get ready and the chance will come"
Every young man, no matter how mod-
erate his circumstances, has the opportu-
nity to eventually climb the ladder of suc-
cess, if he can prove himself to be the
right kind of a man and financially able to
take advantage of opportunities.
The first and. important step is a savings
account.
Palacios State Bank
PALACIOS. TEXAS
Capital and Surplus, $65,000.00
JNO. D. BOWDEN
OPTOMETRIST
Eyes Tested
Glasses replaced
or Repaired
Crescent Drug Store
Palacios, Texas
O. K. MARKET
PAULK & TOWNSEND, Proprietors
WE HAVE ON HAND AT ALL TIMES
Superior Quality Beef, Veal, Pork
FRESH PORK SAUSAGE A SPECIALTY
HOT BARBECUE AT ALL TIMES
Free Delivery
Moore Building West of Bank
CURTIS AUTO SALES CO,
PALACIOS, TEXAS
NEW-WAY
FLOUR
Ask By Name
From the miller's standpoint, New-Way
is a costly flour, and we are the only
firm that can afford to make it. We use
the heart of the finest wheat to make
New-Way—the rest goes into flour ship-
ped to foreign countries.
No extravagance, no wasie, prices kept
low—and a de luxe brand of all-purpose
flour for all who appreciate light, white,
tender biscuits, rolls, bread, cake and
pastry. It goes further—use a third less.
Texas Star Flour Mills
GALVESTON, TEXAS
Millers of TIDAL WAVE Flour
Curtis-Sisson Grocery Co.
Phone 22
"The Home of Quality Groceries
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Phone 22
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Grant, Mrs. Earl. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1924, newspaper, February 7, 1924; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth411756/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.