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PALACIOS BEACON. PALACIOS. TEXAS
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PUNISH PROFITEERS
Texas News
Food Control Act Is Also Ex-
tended to Include Wear-
Apparel.
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Washington.—Without amendment
and with practically no opposition the
'house Friday voted to amend the
Lever food control act to extend its
provisions to inctyde clothing, con-
tainers of food, feed or fertilizers, fuel
oil and implements used in production
of necessities and to penalize profit-
„ cering by a $5,000 fine or two years'
imprisonment.
* Proposals to make tho act apply to
profiteering in house and room rents,
adapted by the house in committoo of
the' whole, were stricken out in the
final vote.
Efforts were made Friday by both
republicans and democrats to have
the amendment's provisions cover ne-
cessities other than those included in
the amendment 'as reported by the ag-
ricultural committee. Inclusion of
kerosene and gasoline was proposed
by Representative Strong, republican,
of Kansas, who said the prices of
these products had increased 300 per
cent in tho last two years, but his
ameudment was rejected by a close
vote, while that of Representative
Newton, republican of Minnesota, to
include raw cotton, was eliminated on
a point of order by Representative
Blanton, democrat, of Texas.
Attempts to bring farmers and farm
organizations within the jurisdiction of
the amendment were blocked.
Recommendations of Attorney Gen-
eral Palmer to include retailers doing
a business of less than $100,000 under
the profiteering section so that the de-
partment of justice "might go after
the Jittle ones," were included hi the
measure as passed.
SCHOLASTIC PRO
RATA IS NOW $7.50
The State Board of Education
I Fixes Apportionment for
Ensuing Year.
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Austin, Tex.—In a special session
.Friday the state board of education
fixed the scholastic apportionment at
$7.50 per capita for the ensuipg school
year. This is the same as paid this
year. A total of 1,245,278 scholastics
were enumerated within the scholas-
tic age, an increase over last year
of but 29,000.
Ttiwas estimated that the 35c school
tax on this year's values will pro-
duce net $8,6s0,000 for the available
school fund. Out of it comes 15c, or
$3,700,000, for free textbook purchases,
leaving $4,900,000. Tot that is added
$3,600,000 to come from other sources,
Buch as interest on school lands, in-
terest on bonds held by the school
fund and occupational gross receipts
taxes, and a cash balance of $557,000,
making a grand total of $9,117,000.
This is less than tho aggregate appor-
tionment, but the board calculates
that the small difference will be furth-
coming by the end of the scholastic
year.
The board bought all school district
bonds offered, some $50,000, and
adopted a resolution that henceforth
it will consider the purchase of bonds
only at the regular monthly meetings,
which are on the 10th of each month.
Bank Capital Increases.
■Washington.—The capital stock of
the Security National Bank of Dallas
has been increased from $1,500,000 to
$2,000,000, according to announcement
from the treasury this week; also a
charter has been granted to the Na-
tional Bank of Commerce, Fort Worth,
with $1,000,000 capital stock. An in-
crease in the capital stock of the
First National liank of Muskogee from
$250,000 to $500,000 has been author-
ized. The South western Reserve Bank
of Oklahoma City, a state institution,
has been converted into the South-
western National Bank with $250,000
capital. •
U. S. Troope in Germany.
Washington. — American forces
which will remain in Germany after
September 30 are the Eighty infantry,
Seventh Machine Gun Battalion, Sec-
snd Battalion of the Sixth Field Artil-
lery, Thirty-fifth Signal Battalion,
KirBt Supply Train, First Mobile Ord-
nance Repair Shop Company of the
First Engineers, Field Hospital No. 13
and Ambulance Company No. 26. This
was announced this week by the war
department.
Another Probe Proposed.
Washington.—Investigation of th«
office of the alien property oustodian
as administered by A. Mitchell Palmer
and also by Francis P. Garvan, (he
present custodian, was proposed la
a resolution introduced late Friday bf
Senator Calder of New York.
Nomination of Palmer.
Washington.—The nomination of A.
Mitchell Palmer to be attorney gen-
eral was confirmed Wednesday by tho
senate without opposition.
Leaf worms are doing considerable
damage to cotton throughout Polk
County,.. ... . .. .
The good roads bond issue for $1,-
000,000, voted upon in Karnes county
last week was defeated.
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More than $50,000 is being spent at
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
lege, and all buildings which will
house students this year are receiv-
ing more or less repair.
Dr. M. E. Parker has resigned as
ecretary of the state board of health
and registrar of vital statistics and
will go into the United States public
health service at Laredo.
The state depository board has re-
jected all bank bids below 4.51 per
cent for deposits of state funds. There
were 123 banks bid and 18 were ac-
cepted as additional state depositor-
ies.
M. S. Munson of Angleton has been
appointed by Governor Hobby judge
Df the twenty-third judicial district to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Samuel J. Stiles of Bay
City.
Total scholastic population of Texas
for 1919-20, is 1,245,278 against 1,215,-
920 for 1918-19, or an increaso for this
scholastic year of 29,358, according to
figures announced by the state depart-
ment of education.
Dallas County, with $163,202,400, an
Increaso of $16,000,000, leads in the
list of estimates oi taxable values for
1920 filed with the state controller.
Harris County is second, with $145,-
000,000, an increase of $2,000,000. Bex-
ar County drops from $140,443,650 to
$129,000,000, a decrease of $11,443,650.
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Three million bushels of grain now
In Galveston elevators, 2,000,000
bushels en route and on cars in -port,
and more than 1,000,000 bushels load-
ing on vessels for export will make
the Austin grain movement through
the port the largest since the fall of
1914, according to the grain handlers
at Galvqpton.
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Tarrant County is the first county
to accept the benefits under the new
arrangement made by the state board
of health for a county health organi-
zation, with a physicion devoting his
whole time to rural health and sani-
tation. The number of counties to get
the benefits will be limited to four,
or possibly five, the funds being re-
stricted.
Designation of a new state highway
numbe- 45, to be known as the East
and West Texas Highway, was, an-
nounced this week by Chairman R.
M. Hubbard of the state highway com-
mission. The highway begins at a
poi on the Sabine River directly
east of Newton, thence to Jasper over
highway number 7, thence to Wood-
ville, Livingston, Huntsville and Bry-
an.
The county commissioners court, in
regular session at Beeville fixed the
county tax rate at 95c, the consti-
tutional limit of the $200 valuation.
It has been set at this figure for the
pase several years. In order to pay
the interest and create a sinking
fund to care for the $600,000 good
roads bond issue recently authorized
by the taxpayers, an additional 86c
was levied.
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A wholesale batch of appeals in
cases wherein there had been convic-
tions of alleged violations of the law
prohibiting the manufacture of in-
toxicating liquor was filed a few days
ago in the Court of Criminal Appeals
at Austin.
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The executive committee of the or-
ganization in the interest of the cam-
paign in behalf of the proposed state
road bond issue amendment, in ses-
sion at Austin, docidod not to main-
tain central campaign headquarters,
but to turn the campaign over to com-
mercial and good roads organizations
in the various senatorial districts,
each district to conduct and finance
its own campaign.
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Sheep ranch?* *'est Texas thai
wer« < w per cent of theii
uitring the drouth of 1910,
1917 and 191S will be restocked to nor-
mal by late fall by the importing of
thousands of high grade animals from
Northwestern states. This is the be-
lief of local raisers, many of whom
havo within the last two months re-
ceived shipments from Colorado, New
Mexico, Utah and Montana.
Completion of that portion of state
highway No. 2 known as the San An-
tonio post road was assured when an-
nouncement was made this week by
the state, highway commission that
Guadalupe County had been granted
additional federal aid between the
Comal County linn and Bexar County
line in the amount of $11,000, and
that Comal County had been alloted
$52,559 federal aid instead of $29,750.
together with state aid increased froir
$18,425 to $26.27?
FROM BANDIT CHASE
Five Outlaws Killed and Six
Suspects Arrested By
Punitive Expedition.
Marfa, Tex.—Three hundi'Bd Ameri-
can cavalry, troops Sunday made their
way back to the Rio Grande through
a driving rainstorm alter an. unsuc-
cessful campaign begun last Tuesday
to overtake the bandits who captured
and held for ransom Lieutenants Har-
old G. Peterson and Poul H. Davis.
The first of the expedition to cross
the border on tho return to tho Unit-
ed States, the pack and supply trains,
reached Ruidosa shortly after 8:30
o'clock Sunday night. The remaiuder
of the expedition followed.
Contact with Carranza forces, also
the bandits, and a heavy rain which
wiped out the fresh trails, resulted in
the decision to abandon the chase.
The Mexican federals were encounter-
ed Sunday night by a scout patrol and
after a conference aruiy officials de-
cided to abandon the pursuit. In the
meantime the rain had wiped out the
trails of the bandits, who wore only
a few hours ahead of the Americans.
The punitive expedition is making the
return in single column, with three
cavalry troops leading pack trains,
machine gun troops and other units
following. The troops are acting as
rear guards.
The six days below the border re-
sulted in the killing of four bandits
by troops and the death of one by ma-
chine gun bullets from an airplane.
Nine bandits said to be part of the
Renteria band were captured at Coy-
arne, in a dance hail, by Carranza
forces. Reports that Jesus Renteria,
leader of the bandits, had been killed
w-ere brought to the border, but could
not be confirmed.
It was announced at Southern de-
partment headquarters that the re-
quest of General Pruneda, Carranza
commanders, for aviators to scout in
the vicinity of i'alomas, >vnere a band
of Villistgjs were reported, would not
be granted. The reason for the re-
fusal, it was stated, was that the
troops went into Mexico solely for the
bandits who captured and hold Lieu-
tenants Davis and Peterson, and they
were not sent for the, purpose of pur-
suing any other bandits.
According to Southern department
headquarters information, Jesus Ren-
teria is supposed to be at San Pedro,
>'n a mountainous district to which
onl^ three trails approach. It is not
considered practical to attempt to
reach Renteria with the forces which
were sent across the border. There
are five towns by tho name of Saa
Pedro in Chihuahua, but the one where
Renteria has gone is supposed lo be
the San Pedro miles 30uth of Chi-
huahua City.
The Palomaa referred to in Con
eral Pruneda's request is about, fifteen
miles Southwest of Chihuahua City, it
is believed. According to information
gleaned by army scouts, Pancho Villa
is now thought to be in the vicinity
of Parral, but his broth or, Hipolito,
is believed to be at or near San Pedro,
where 'Renteria is reported to have
gone.
Twenty Germans Escape.
Columbus,' Ohio. — Reports from
Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, at .mid-
night, indicated that 18 of the 20 or
more interned German sailors who
escaped from the stockade Sunday
had been recaptured. Six of the num-
ber were caught within the camp. Two
others were apprehended at Chilli-
cothe and it was reported that five
had been arrested at Circlevllle. Five
others were captured in Columbus as
they reached the city upon a traction
car from Chillicothe.
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Poles Report Big Victory.
Copenhagen.—Polish troops have ad-
ministered a crushing defeat on the
bolsheviki and the soviet forces are
being pursued everywhere, tho 1'qlish
general staff at Warsaw announces.
Quebec Welcomes Prince.
Quebec, B. C.—The princ of Wales
was formally "••■■'oomod to tho prov-
ince and city Friday,
Pershing Sails September 1.
Washington.—General Pershing ca-
bled Secretary Baker that he planned
to sail from France on the transport
Mount Vernon Sept. 1.
Italians on Way to Hungary.
Paris.—Italian troops are on their
way into Hungary, according to re-
ports received Thursday.
Stills in Po3toffice.
Birmingham, Ala.—Two stills, one of
which was warm frpm recent opera-
tion, were raided Tuesday In the base-
ment of the new million-dollar post-
office now being built at Birmingham.
Sightseers Spilled.
Los AngeleB, Cal.—Twenty-six per-
sons were injured, several of them
seriously, Friday, when a Van Nuys
electric car crashed Into a sightseeing
bus carrying 30 motion picture actors.
A number of the injured were women.
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House Overrides Wilson Veto.
Washington.—Repeal of the day-
light saving law whs carried Tuesday
over the president's veto by tho house
on a vote of 223 to 101, seven more
than the necessary two-thirds.
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NEW HIGHWAY ROUTE
IN TEXAS DESIGNATED
Florida-Colorado Road Be-
gins at Orange and Ends
at Texline.
Austin, Tex.—The highway commis-
sion, which concluded its monthly
meeting Wednesday, designated the
route of the Florida-tn-Colorado high-
way through Texas. The highway
enters Texas at Orange, thence over
highway No. 3 to Houston and Rich-
mond; thence over highway 36 to Bell-
ville, Brenham, Caldwell, 1 Cameron,
Temple, Belton, Lampasas, Goldth-
waite; thcnco over highway 7 to
Brownwood and Coleman; thence to
point of intersection with highway 30;
also on that portion of highway 30
beginning at intersection with high-
way 7 to Abilene and Sweetwater;
thence on highway 7 to Snyder, Post
and Lubbock; thence on highway 9
to Plainview, Tulia, Canyon and Ama-
rlllo; thence on highway 5 to Chan-
ning, Dalhart and Texline.
The commission heard and took un-
der advisement the petition to have
changed the designation of part of
the Puget Sound highway No. 9 from
Pleasanton to Jourdantown. in Atas-
cosa County, a distance of seventy
miles. A. J. Bell of San Antonio rep-
resented petitioners, and former Rep-
resentative Frank M. Burmeister of
McMullen County appeared for the
opposition. Petitioners desire to have
the route run from North Pleasanton
along and parallel with the San Anto-
nio, Uvalde & Gulf Railway, instead
of along the present public road be-
tween Old Pleasanton and Jourdan-
town.
Action on the application to change
the proposed route of the oil belt high-
way from Blanco to Goldthwaite was
deferred.
Bids for 100,000 additional number
plates were opened, by the state high-
way commission Wednesday. Award
was made at 16.6c per pair* on condi-
tion that tho plates arc up to standard
specification.
The commission plans to abandon
the seal system at the end of 1920
and adopt instead annual number
plates.
THIRTY-THREE FATAL
ACCIDENTS IN MONTH
Total for die State Reported
Since September 1, 1918,
!s Placed at 207.
Austin, Tex.—Thirty-three fatal ac-
cidents were reported to tho Texas
industrial accident board in July,
the largest number reported during
any month of the fiscal year, which
began' September 1. The total num-
ber of fatal accidents since Septem-
ber 1, 191S, is 207.
In July 4,304 accidents were report-
ed, bringing the total for the fiscal
year up to 42,518. Number of claims
filed was 1,261, a total of 8,889 for
the year; amount of compensation
paid by the insurance' companies $78,-
326, total of $622,920 for the year;
amount of medical expenditures, doc-,
tors' bills, medicines and hospital feeB
made by the insurance companies $15,-
295, total of $151,259 for the year.
The total expenditures made by the
insurance companies during July was
$93,622, a total of $814,180 for the fis-
cal year.
Food Stored in New York.
New York.—Mayor Hayland turned
over to the federal authorities Fri-
day a report by fire inspectors show-
ing that enormous quantities of food
were stored in warehouses and In
breweries and other buildings hur-
riedly pressed into service for the
storage of foodstuffs. Half a billion
eggs, 5,000,000 pounds of butter. 8,000,-
000 pounds of sugar, 7,000,000 pounds
of flour, 45,000,000 pounds of flour
45,000,000 pounds of coffee and 15,-
000,000 pounds of fresh meat were dis-
covered.
More Money Wanted for Fleet.
Washington.— With the approval of
President Wilson. Acting Secretary
at tho Navy Roosevelt Friday sent
to Secretary Glass for transmission
to congress estimates for additional
naval appropriations totaling $18,600,-
000 "to permit of expeditiously plac-
ing and maintaining in a proper state
of repair all of the fighting ships of
the fleet."
Plane Given Up For Lost.
Paris.—The French airplane Goliath,
which has been missing since it left
Mogador, Morocco, for Dakar last Sat-
urday, generally was given up as lost
in aviation circles this week. It car
ried eight passengers.
Governor of Sonora Resigns.
Douglas. Ariz.—General P. Eliae
Callos. governor of Sonora. has re
signed his position In the cabinet ol
President Carratiaa as minister of in-
dustry. commerce and laljfcr.
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Calomel Today! Sick Tomorrow!
—I Guarantee Dodson'-s Liver-Tone
Don't take nasty, dangerous calomel when bilious,
constipated, headachy. Listen to me I
Calomel makes you sick; you lose n
day's work. Calomel Is- quicksilver
and it salivates; calomel injures your
liver.
If you are bilious, feel lazy, slug-
gish and all knocked out, if your bow-
els are constipated and your head
aches or stomach is sour, just take a
spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver
Tone instead of using sickening, sali-
vating calomel. Dodson's Liver Tone
is real liver medicine. You'll know it
next morning because you will wake
up feeling line, your liver will be work-
ing, your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and bow-
els regular. You will feel like work-
ing. You'll be cheerful; full of vigor
and ambition.
Your druggist or dealer sells you a
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone for a
few cents under my personal guaran-
tee that it will clean your sluggish
liver better than nasty calomel; it
won't make you sick nnd you can eat
anything you want without being sali-
vated. Your druggist guarantees that
each spoonful will start your liver,
clean your bowels and straighten you
up by morning or you get your money
back. Children gladly take Dodson's
Liver Tone because it is pleasant tast-
ing and doesn't gripe or cramp or
make them sick.
I am selling millions of bottles of
Dodson's Liver Tone to people who
have found thnt this pleasant, vege-
table liver medicine takes the place of
dangerous calomel. Buy one bottle on
my sound, reliable guarantee. Ask
your druggist nbout me—Adv.
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The Reason for "She."
She—"I never could see why they,
call a boat 'she.'" He—"Evidently
you never tried to steer one."
Fresh Meat.
"At last the wolf is at the door."
"Well, coax him in and we'll eat
him."—Boston Evening Transcript.
Thfl occasional use of Roman Eye Balsam
at nisht will prevent and relievo tired eyes,
watery eyes, and eya Btrnin. Adv.
The average man is to lie seen every-
where—except in the mirror.
Costly Knowledge.
Cal let—It's u good thing to tench
your boy the value of money, as you
are doing.
Hostess—Well, I don't know. He
used to behave for ten cents, but now
he demands a quarter.—Boston Eve-
ning Transcript.
If it were not for the easy marks in
this world there wouldn't be so much
"doing."
Some finished orators don't seem to
know when to quit.
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Give Colicky Babies
Mrs. Winslow's Syrup and watch
the smiles that follow. This has been
the happy experience of many mothers
after being sorely tried over baby's fret-
fulness, sleepless nights and other disorders
due to stomach and bowel troubles.
MRS. WINSLOW'S
SYRUP
The Infant*' and Children'* Regulator
i9 purely a vegetable preparation that cajises stomach
to digest food and bowels to move as they
should thereby overcoming constipation, diar-
rhoea, flatulency, wind colic and similar trou-
bles. During teething time it is especially good.
Contains no opiates, narcotics, alcohol or other harm-
ful drugs. Absolutely harmless. Formula on every
bottle. Agreeable and useful as a household remedy.
At All Drattitts
ANGLO-AMERICAN DRUG CO.. 21S-217 Fritaa Sc. H.Y.
antral StIUAo*nU t H.roU F. RitdM & Co, Ino.
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HAD THE SPIRIT OF GERMANY
Old Man Green Might Have Been a
Model for Some of the Hun
Statesmen.
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A senator was discussing one of
llie German counter-propositions.
"The spirit of the thing," he said,
"reminds me of old man Green.
"Old man Green's house was over-
run with rats, and he hired a rat-
catcher for $2 to clean the rodents
out.
"The rat-catcher worked like a Tro-
jan. He killed a whole packing case*
of nits. Then he said to the old man:
job is clone. You'll have no more trou-
ble with rats, and you needn't bother
about these here dead ones, neither.
I'll cart 'em away myself.'
"'How much do I owe you, friend?'
said old man Green.
"'Two simoleons, like what was
agreed on, boss.'
"Then tho old man pointed at the
huge packing case and said in a pro-
testing voice:
"'Don't 1 get nothing for all them
rats?' "
The Mai|| Point.
"Has Scrlbson found anybody to
produce his play?"
"No, He's still living in hopes."
"If he can keep his landlady In that
frame of mind, well and good."—Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
Cholly's Type.
"I can read Wholly like a book."
"You're fooilsli to strain your eyes
over a small type."—Cleveland Press.
QUEER OLD "MAGIC MIRROR"
One in British Museum Known to Have
Been Used by Aztecs and
Ancient Mexicans.
Crystal gsizing and the use of magic
mirrors played an important part in
religion and wizardry In the pnst, nnd
though (almost every nation had its
own method these did not' vary a»
much as it would be supposed.
Thus while Japan had in her inner
temples mirrors which only the priest
saw, and which were always to reflect
the good and the beautiful for the
gods, (he ancient Mexicans taught
that their god Texcatllpuco had ti
magic mirror in which he saw ev^r™-
tliing that happened each day in the-
world.
A real nhs4rllnn mirror with its
strange, textile string still attached Is
in the British museum now and was
used by the Azteow and ancient Mexi-
cans for various purposes and very
probably for crystal gazing. It is
much I lie same as the other crystals
used by so-called "wizards,"' so far as
its shape Is concerned. Even in recent
years crystal gazing has been prac-
ticed, and it is said by those who have
tried It that the mirror or crystal
seems to disappear into a mist after It
lias been stared at In complete silence
for a great length of time, and then—
If ever—the visions appear.
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All the world loves a winner—with
the exception of the loser.
The ability to say "no" Is the real
secret of success.
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of ill-health! Try It.
It contains the vital
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all the nutriment of
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