Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1923 Page: 3 of 4
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Trespalacios
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(By Sam R. Smith)
President Harding made just
as great a mistake in appointing
General Wood governor general
of the Philippines as the country
would have made in electing
Wood president. All he knows
is strict military rule, and hero's
our guess that he must be remov-
ed before peace can come to
these islands.
The World War left us thirty
to thirty-five billion dollars worse
off than when we entered, not
counting the worthless (?) lives,
health and strength of hundreds
of thousands of the precious lives
of the flower of our homes. And
still there are political sapheads
to tell us it was worth the price.
Besides, we don't believe there
is a country in Europe today
friendly to us. We should have
kept our hands off then, and
should keep them off now.
The Commissioner situation
has taken a decided change in
the last day or two. Mr. W. S.
Terry and J. H. Logan have
withdrawn, leaving Horn, Har-
per, Trull and Wendt in the field.
Since the man of our choice has
gone out of the race, we are
somewhat up against it. We had
about settled our mind on one of
the other four, but certain facts
were given us in town Tuesday
that nearly upset us again; so
now we are going to wait until
we have a personal talk with
each one and then vote as we
blamed please.
The gloating uf the democrats
over the election of Johnson of
Minnesota to the U. S. Senate as
a republican setback, is very ill-
timed. They totally forget the
jolt the country gave Wilson and
his war policy. The election of
such men as Johnson, LaFollette,
Brookhart, and other progress-
ives only shows that the country
is getting sick of the bunk dish-
ed out by both standpat parties,
and are sure going to make a
change. Harding and Hughes
are years ahead of their party in
ideas, but they can't control the
rabid ones. William J. Bryan is
the greatest democratic states-
man in America, but he is too
clean and progressive to lead the
democratic pie hunters. If both
parties will put their ear to the
ground they will hear a big rum-
bling inside, and if they are wise
they will heed the rumbling; if
they don't, the lava will begin to
flow more profusely.
July 18.—Account of heavy
rain in Oklahoma City cotton
took a tumble 10 to 15 points.
July 20.—Press reports that
Farmer Stubblefield lost 40 acres
of cotton by a big hail storm.
Spots in New York took an up-
ward shoot 20 points.
July 23.— Estimated cotton
yield will be one million bales
more than previous estimates.
Punch the "Jakes" good on this
report; so cotton goes down 120
points.
So we might go on ad infini-
tum ad nauseam, and will contin-
ue to go on until these gambling
pirates on the stock markets are
landed behind the bars, where
they belong. There isn't cotton,
or food products, produced any
year to much more than half
clothe and feed the world.
Taken From Palomar Kamper
FLIRTATiON
A butterfly floated around one dav
In his usual merry flight,
And saw below what seemed to him
To be a wonderful sight.
A lovely, blushing rosebud
Looked timidly up above,
Saw this charming, bold creature,
And immediately fell in love !
The butterfly then came nearer
To see the rose so rare,
And thought he had never seen
A flower so exquisitely fair.
He gently hovered closer,
And kissed this rose so fair!
Then flitted away in the sunlight,
And was lost from sight in the air.
—Marjorie Barton. Dallas, Texas.
Two Sprinters
Outrun Famed
T exas Jackrabbit
Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Franklin
and son S. K., of Floresville. are
visiting the Colonel and his fam-
ily. They came last week pre-
pared to stay several days and
they arc enjoying some of the
many pleasures to be found in
Palomar.
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.
Camp Palomar
Students Make
Trip to Gul'f
Thursday the Palomar students
were favored with one of the
most delightful events of the
year. The faculty arranged for
cars to take the students to Gulf
sulphur mines. Plans were made
to leave about seven thirty so
that it would be possible to make
the trip and have plenty of time
to see the wonderful sights of
the mines.
As it was planned, the crowd
started promptly after breakfast.
Most of the boys had seats in
private cars. The others went
in the school truck.
The cars took a trip through
the small town of Matagorda
and had the privilege of seeing
the largest bay on the gulf coast.
The truck had some bad luck
which caused some delay and
that party came straight through
to its destination. The entire
procession was caught in a rain
storm, which caused a little un-
pleasant driving for the remain-
der of the trip. This caused a
delay and the party did not get
to Gulf until about twelve thirty
o'clock.
Immediately upon arrival a
most delightful lunch was served
at the American Legion Pavilion.
Soon after lunch the students
went in a body to the great sul-
phur mine. Nearly everyone
was shocked by the enormous
machinery, for very few had
ever had the privilege of seeing
such wonderful works. The en-
tire power plant was run by one
man. This shows that this is
certainly a most wonderful piece
of machinery. Many wondered
how the mind of man could com-
plete such a perfect machine
that could run practically alone.
After the plant had been care-
fully looked over, the boys went
where the melted sulphur came
out of the ground. Here the
boys engaged themselves in mak-
ing cups of the sulphur and col-
lecting many different souvenirs.
The large amount of sulphur
that had been mined was a huge
block with dimensions of several
hundred feet.
These scenes were educational
as well as interesting. Unless
one sees for himself, he will nev-
er be able to perfectly visualize
a sulphur mine. Every Palomar
student now has. had a chance to
see for himself the greatest sul-
phur mine of the world. Cer-
tainly this will be worthwhile to
every one as an element of his
education.
Many pictures were taken of
the scenes, which will be a very
valuable keepsake to have to look
at in later years, and think back
to as one of the worthwhile days
spent in Camp Palomar.
After the mine had been well
explored, the crowd assembled
and started on the muddy road
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on the return to Palacios. The
way home was made merry by
the jolly crowd and the long
rough road seemed short. Every
one was back at camp by six
o'clock. Many expressions of
appreciation from the boys were
heard when they assembled
again. The trip was a great
pleasure as well as being a profit-
able experience.
A Bargain in Trousers.
A short time ago Mr. Smith
received a surprise C. O. D. par-
cels post package for $3.50. Up-
on opening the package Mr.
Smith discovered himseif as be-
ing the possessor of a substan-
tial pair of Se-Ro-Co pants. He
advises us that we might men-
tion to anyone wearing trousers,
size 44-32 that the same will be
sold at a tremendous sacrifice.
We suggest to him that Mr. Bul-
lock or Mr. Abney might be pro-
spective purchasers.
Oftimcs genius lies so closely
concealed that we do not recog-
nize that we are in the presence
of it.
Coach Reid attended San Mar-
cos Academy for years and never
got in a football game, thinking
he had no ability. It was acci-
dentally discovered long after he
had left the Academy.
Captains Rich and Barksdale
crossed the bay a few afternoons
since and were walking through
the rice fields toward the beacon
light, when between them and
the setting sun they beheld a
monster jack rabbit, watching
the descending orb of day and
wondering what would become
of it when it disappeared. In
the absence of a greyhound the
two "profs" decided to giye
chase to this huge rodent and a
chase it was. As the pursuers
rapidly gained on the rabbit it
did its best, but to no avail, for
it saw it was soon to be overtak-
en and took to the water. Its
swimming ability, far inferior to
our band director, caused it to
surrender to its captives, game
until the very last. With men
who can chase a jack rabbit off
the face of the earth into old
ocean, surely the Academy holds
the record.
Full line of Jewelry, watches,
clocks, silverware and optical
goods at Boyds.
Record Swim.
On Saturday three Palomar
boys, Arnold, Adamson and Gar-
rett, undertook the task of swim-
ming the bay. The accomplish-
ment of this feat has put these
boys in the limelight for pros-
pects as winners in the water
sports contest that has been ar-
ranged for a later date. The
distance of this swim is two
miles. Garrett holds the record
time of one hour and forty-five
minutes, while the other two
followed with records of two
hours and ten minutes each.
These records are excellent for
amateur swimmers and will
make history for Palomar.
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beauties. Even if you
are not ready to buy we
will be glad to show you
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Palacios State Bank
PALACIOS, TEXAS
Capital and Surplus, $65,000.00
ECONOMY
is the most essential element of
success. If you would be a suc-
cessful man you must save your
money. No matter how little it is,
you will be welcome at our bank.
OFFICERS
H. B. FARWELL, President MARY H. ELDER, Vice-President
M. LIPSCOMB, Vice-President J. F. BARNETT, Active Vice-Prea.
JOHN E. WOLF, Cashier
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Grant, Mrs. Earl. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1923, newspaper, July 27, 1923; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth411919/m1/3/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.