Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1927 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, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1927
VOLUME XX NUMBER 34
WAR IS OVER: SOLDIERS GO HOI SATURDAY
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Hug-the-Coast Highway Moving Rapidly
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its Completion Meatis the
Coming of Thousands of
Tourists Annually io Palacios
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Events are progressing rapidly in
connection with the building of the
above road. Its importance to Pa-
lacios cannot be overestimated. Were
this Highway constructed, thousands
of tourists would pass through Pa-
lacios every year on their way to Cor-
pus Christi and the Valley. Matagor-
da County with its long Coast line and
its 1100 square miles of land, much
of it undeveloped, would come in for
much more atention.
Calhoun County will vote on a $260,-
000 bond issue September 17 to build
a hard surfaced road from its East-
ern to its Western boundary along the
"Hug-the-Coast" route. The County
Commissioners of Jackson County
have promised the residents of the ex-
treme southern corner of the county,
that just as soon as the election called
for September 17th to vote $175,000
to finance Highway No. 12 is gotten
out of the way, they will call an elec-
•fy^ion to finance the 4.5 miles along the
Hug-thc-Coast route. The intention
is to vote $100,000 to fill in this short
gap between Calhoun and Matagorda
1 Counties. It will then be up to the
County Commissioners of Matagorda
County to complete the road into Pa-
lacios.
CONGRESSMAN MANSFIELD
VISITS CITY-BY-THE-SEA
Hon. .T. J. Mansfield, Congressman
from this, the Ninth District, came
down from Columbus Friday of last
week to visit with friends and to con-
fer with General Hulen and other offi-
cers of Camp Palacios in regards to
their want program to be presented
at the next setting of congress. Ac-
companied by W. C. Gray and P. F.
Campbell, he called at the Beacon of-
fice. Congressman Mansfield is quite
a power in Washington and always
has the interests of his district at
heart and Palacios people appreciate
what he has done and will stand back
of him in any movement he may fos-
ter. He is still working hard to get
:_^',he Intracoastal Canal into Palacios
i and firmly believes it will be accom-
plished.
MRS. F. I'. ARNOLD DEAD
Mary Jane Shoemaker was born
in Pecks Run, West Va., Dec. 25, 1858,
and died at her home in this city,
August 20, 1927. She was married
to Floyd P. Arnold, Jan. 16, 1876, who
with the three children, O. C. Arnold,
of Palacios; Mrs. Lillian Martino, of
San Antonio; and Mrs. Lura Sart-
welle, of Houston; survive.
In early girlhood she was converted
and joined the Baptist church, but
later united with the United Breth-
ren, and constantly practiced the
1 teachings of her Master, sweet and
humble in manner, friendly toward all
and never an unkind word for anyone.
She loved her Bible and as long as
eyesight permitted was a diligent
reader.
In 1909 Mr. and Mrs. Arnold with
their family moved to Palacios from
Kansas and during these years she
formed many close friends.
Her genereal health prevented her
mingling with people very much but
all who came in contact with her
learned to love her and admire her
for her many excellent traits of char-
acter and in the words of the poet
we feel we can say, "to know her
^ was to love her," so aptly did it fit.
She was a devoted wife and mother.
Funeral services were held al the
home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. G. F. Gillespie,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church,
and remains were interred in City
Cemetery.
James Pettis
Found Dead At
Home Saturday
The lifeless body of James Pettis
was found early Saturday morning in
the yard of his home, the Harriman
place, about six miles north of Pala-
cios by Dr. J. R. Wagner, who had
been treating him for some time for
auto-intoxication. Authorities were
notified, an inquest held by justice of
the peace, F. A. Sisson, and a verdict
rendered that death was caused from
heart failure some time during the
previous night. Deceased was a bach-
elor, aged about sixty years and lived
a very recluse life. Interment took
place Saturday afternoon at the Haw-
ley cemetery east of Blessing.
Boyd Building
To Be Completed
By September 1
The double store building, being
erected by H. C. Boyd, just east of
the post office is rapidly nearing com-
pletion. Workmen are putting on the
finishing touches to the East room,
which is to be the new home of the
Central Power and Light Company.
Mr. Boyd expects to have it ready for
occupancy by the first of September.
JUDGE ARTHUR HARRIS
RETURNS FROM CHICAGO
Judge A. Harris, who has been in
Chicago for the past several days on
business appertaining to the sale and
conveyance of some of the county's
road bonds, has returned home, arriv-
ing last night.—Bay City ribune.
Boy Scouts of
Brenham Here
For Encampment
The Brenham Boy Scouts came in
Monday for their annual 10-day camp-
ing trip and are enjoying all the facil-
ities here for a real outing, boating,
fishing and bathing. Many of these
scouts were here last year and knew
just what, good times were in store
for them, while the others had heard
about it they never imagined things
were as fine as they arc. There are
about twenty scouts here this year
and they are accompanied by scout-
master C. H. Lake, and assistant
scoutmaster, Rev. G. G. Kincaid, and
are located in the B. Y. P. U. grounds.
GUSTAFSON RESIGNS CORPUS
CHRISTI DISTRICT JOB
E. N. Gustafson, who has been divi-
sion highway chief of the Corpus
Christi district, state highway depart-
ment, according to the state papers,
has resigned to accept the position of
resident engineer in this county, to
which he was recently appointed by
the highway department and the com-
missioners court of this county.
Mr. Gustafson will, in all likelihood,
begin his work within the very near
future.—Bay City Tribune.
TEACHERS
INSTITUTE
Matagorda County Teachers' Ir.sti
tute will meet at the B. Y. P. U.
Grounds, Palacios, Thursday, Septem-
ber first.
The initial meeting will be held at
1:30 p. m.
George B. Wilcox, Assistant Pro-
fessor Rural Education, A. & M. Col-
lege, will be with us Friday and Sat-
urday, as conductor of the Institute.
Supt. Ralph Newsom, of the Tala-
cios Schools will have charge of the
assembly programs, assisted by other
members of the Palacios faculty.
The Palacios P. T. A. will welcome
the visiting teachers in an informal
social gathering at the B. Y. P. U.
auditorium, Thursday evening at 8
o'clock.
Friday evening an excursion on the
"Martha Washington" will be a source
of diversion and entertainment.
Meals will not be furnished at the
cafe on the grounds this ye«i m they
were last year but may be secured
at the Palacios hotels and cafes in
town.
Mrs. Claire F. Pollard.
Sneak Thieves
Visit Palacios
Friday Night
The jewelry store of M. J. Scudder
was looted Friday night about twelve
o'clock by a sneak thief who got away
with the contents of the cash drawer,
about $150.00 and a number of wrist
watches and rings.
Mr. Scudder had a number of re-
pair jobs to finish that night, so about
11:40 he took Mrs. Scudder, who had
been at the store all day, home. Be-
fore leaving they bolted the back door
and locked the door to the store room
in the back of the building. Mr. Scud-
der took the watches, etc., he had on
display out of the window,-- put them
in a box and placed it in the safe, but
did not lock the safe as he was to be
gone for such a short while. They
went out of the front door, which has
a spring lock, and in about fifteen
minutes Mr. Scudder returned to find
he had been robbed, for as he opened
the front door he heard a scrambling
out of the back door.
It is thought the thief had entered
the store some time during the early
pai-t of the evening and was hiding
in the store room as there were evi-
dences of where some one had stood
behind some barrels. He must, have
had an accomplice, who was waiting
on the outside to help, and as soon as
Mr. and Mrs. Scudder went out of the
front door the man in hiding broke the
lock to the store room door and open-
ed the back door for his pardner and
to have everything ready for a quick
getaway, and no doubt if Mr. Scudder
had not returned so soon the robbers
would have made a real cleanup.
Mr. Scudder says he has been in
business quite a number of years but1
this is his first experience with looters
and he can't say that he enjoys it.1
He is very thankful, however, the loss,
is no more for he realizes it could
have been so much worse. j
General Hulen
Visits ElCampo
MEETING WITH ARMY MEN HELD
TO DISCUSS HIGHWAY
NUMBER 71
Last week Post Commander Lin-
cecum of Sam R. Craig Post 251, vis-
ited Camp Palacios and extended an
invitation tc General Hulen to attend
the barbecue to be tendered by the
American Legion to General Hutchins,
Commander of the 71st Brigade, Tex-
as National Guard.
"Doc" came home walking on the
clouds,—General Hulen said, "I ac-
cept your invitation with pleasure,
provided you arrange a conference
with a committee from your Chamber
of Commerce on Highway 71."
Sunday, August 14, at 9 p. m. the
meeting was called to order with the
General and his Chief of Staff, Col.
Dallas J. Matthews, Mayor Zumwalt
and a delegation from the Columbus
C. of C., Messrs. Jackson and Arnold
of Garwood as guests of the El Campo
C. of C.. Vice President G. A. Rives,
General Hulen explained that Hi-
way 71 was the Key Military Hiway
into Camp Palacios, leading directly
from Camp Mabry to Camp Palacios
and was of vast importance in time
of war as well as peace, as a short
air line from the North, East and
West into Palacios-by-the-Sea. He
stated, "It is said an army lives on its
stomach and for quick, economical
transportation of men and supplies,
Hiway 71 is a military necessary."
He offered all the aid he and his staff
could furnish in hastening the con-
struction of this, the most important
north and south road.
The General expressed surprise at
the City Hall being tilled witn people
as he had expected to meet a small
working committee of the Chamber of
Commerce.
The Colorado County delegation
told of their splendid preliminary
work preparatory to their bond elec-
tion and their success seems assured.
The Citizen commends these men
for their interest in this road and as
these men are veterans of great war
experience, we know there is grave
need for us to heed their advice, for
by experience their statements are
full of wisdom. Get busy, keep busy,
C. of C., this paper is with you.—El
Campo Citizen.
G. A. CAMP
PROMINENT VETERINARIAN
EXPECTED HERE MONDAY
Dr. Louraine, of Gonzales, will be
here next Monday to give the dairy
herd of Wm. Elder the Tubercular
test, and will also vaccinate dogs for
rabies. Dr. Louraine was here during
the camp with the 111th Engineers
and is one of the most efficient vet-
erinarians in the state. Anyone hav-
ing work to be done by him please
notify Mr. Elder.
The Intermediate Girls of the First
Baptist Church with Opal Bonner as
their guest, enjoyed a 12-days camp
at B. Y. P. U. grounds, beginning the
8th of August and lasting until the
20th of August.
"Stewardship and Missions" were
the study course selected, Vivian
Church and Esther Bullock, each mak-
ing 100%. Each girl proved herself
as understanding the book. No grade
was under 90.
Before camp broke the girls voted
Nina Paulk the most industrious girl
in Camp. The girls also voted thanks
to Mr. Bullock for his kindness to
them during the camp; to Mrs. Bul-
lock for the many things she did to
make the camp comfortable, to Mrs.
Elder who furnished milk during the
camp; to each of the mothers, who
contributed "good eats" during the
camp; to Mrs. Elliott, who worked
unceasingly for all the pleasures of
the camp and who had planned the
menus. The girls also voted for a
similar camp next year. Those pres-
ent were: Joe Beth Robinson, Max-
ine Robison, Mary Elizabeth Best, Es-
ther Bullock, Nonnie Paulk, Dorothy
Berry, Mary Ella Foster, Vivian
Church, Mary Allene Elliott, Opal
Bonner, Mrs. J. A. Derrick, chaperon,
Mrs. Teague, assistant chaperon, day
guests, LaNelle Richards and Grace
Evelyn Barnett.
1927 Encampment of 36th
Division T. N. G. At Camp
Palacios Best Ever Held
The soldiers are gone!
Palacios-by-the-Sea is again back
to normal after helping entertain
6296 officers and men of the 36th Divi-
sion Texas National Guard while at
their permanent home, Camp Palacios,
for a two weeks annual training en-
campment, August 6-20.
The troops comprising the largest
national guard organization camped
in one place in the United States and
the largest body of soldiers of the
regular army, reserves of the national
guard, stationed at one port in this
country were dismissed by Gen John
A. Hulen last Friday until the annual
encampment at Camp Palacios next
year.
The exodus began last Friday even-
ing when the big guns and material
and over 500 horses of the artillery
and cavalry units were loaded aboard
many cars and sent to their destina-
tion, and about 6 o'clock Saturday
morning the first train load of troops
pulled out and continued with such mil-
itary precision and clock-work that by
2:00 p. m. the last of the 20 special
trains had left Camp Palacios carry-
ing the soldier boys back to their
homes in different parts of the State,
The movement called for the deliv-
ery of 125 units, located at eighty
different points over the entire State
of Texas, ranging from El Paso, 876
miles distant from Camp Palacios;
Lubbock, Canyon and Amarillo, 611,
715, and 742 miles, respectively, and
taking in districts such as Wichita
Falls, Denison, Longview, Jacksonville
San Antonio and East Texas and low-
er Uio Grar.de Valley points.
Used Fourteen Railroads.
The movement involved the use of
at least foui-tecn railroads, including
the Southern Pacific Lines, on whose
rails the camp at Palacios is located.
Since the camp became permanent
last year, the Southern Pacific lines
have laid four separate tracks near
the camp, where the trains may be
loaded and unloaded in fleets.
The airplanes of the Division Air
Service left with the departure of the
first train, and Saturday night the
camp was deserted with the exception
of a few caretakers.
The weather waj ideal during the
two weeks training encampment and
the boys went back home feeling that
they had spent fifteen of the most
pleasant and beneficial days in their
lives.
Daily Toil.
For 12 of those 15 duys each com-
pany of infantry and engineers and
battery of artillery toiled four and a
half hours each morning. For the
first few days they were on the drill
grounds, with the veterans teaching
the rookies squads "east and left" and
the rest of the disciplinary drills that
a soldier in any branch of the service
must learn. After that came firing
on the ranges, then practical exper-
ience in combat tactics on the field for
the infantry, who charged with fixed
bayonets in long waves of skirmishes,
the engineers building bridges and
wire entanglements and the artillery
firing in simulated enemy positions
while the air service planes buzzed ov-
erhead directing their fire by mes-
sages dropped on the ground and by
radio.
Parades.
Then in the afternoons cainc regi-
mental parades and guard mounts
with the martial music of bands and
the glitter of shining brass on uni-
forms and equipment, and column af-
ter column of briskly marching in-
fantry and engineers with rifle on
shoulder, artillery pieces moving at a
trot, and planes swooping by in for-
mations at the divisional reviews.
And after that came baseball and
boxing and other athletic events with
j a cooling swim in Tres Palacios bay
' on the edge of the camp to top off the
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It was a strenuous military training
program with plenty of exercise and
athletics thrown in on the sid<? and
its effect on the health and morale~ftf
the troops was apparent to all who^x^
saw them when they arrived at Camp
Palacios.
Camp Praised.
Major General John A. Hulen, com-
manding the division, declared that
the camp was the best from the
standpoint of training accomplished
that the national guard of Texas had
ever staged. As outlined in orders
from General Hulen to his regimental
commanders and subordinate officers,
the purpose of the camp this year was
to train the smaller units to include
the company, battery and air service
squadron in combat, tactics.
It was on parades and reviews that
the division excelled even the expec-
tations of its own officers. Governor
Dan Moody,, commander-in-chief of
the National Guard of Texas, who
spent three days in the camp, during
which time he witnessed two divisional
reviews in which the 6200 guardsrnent
marched, was warm in his praise of
the smart appearance of the men.
"Finest Review."
,"I have seen regular army units and
national guards from other states
pass in review many times, but here
on this field this afternoon was the
finest, review I have ever witnessed,"
he declared on Monday after the re-
view in his honor.
Air Unit Here.
The work of the air service during
the camp received much comment.
For the first time since its organiza-
tion, the air service unit attended
camp with the remainder of the divi-
sion and the co-operation between the
air and ground units in the various
tactical phases of the training was
carried out smothly, and the value of
a highly trained flying squadron was
brought home to the other branches
of the service.
(Continued to page 2.)
SOLDIER SOMNAMBULIST
WALKS OFF TRAIN
Ennis, Texas, Aug. 22.—Thomas
Ewing of Wichita Falls, on one of
the troop trains returning from the
two weeks' encampment at Palacios
stepped off the train as it was moving
one mile north of Garrett, Saturday
night about 11 o'clock, receiving a
fractured shoulder.
The youth, walking in his sleep,
passed through the door of the coach,
which had been left open for ventila-
tion by the guard, who did not notice
that Ewing was not wide awake. The
young man rolled down the embank-
ment and walked to the highway,
where he was picked up by Foster
Estes and brought to a drug store
from where a physician was summon-
ed. He was taken to the Municipal
Hospital where his shoulder was giv-
en medical attention. He remained
there until Sunday afternoon, when he
left for his home in Wichita Falls.
The youth's absence was discovered
by his brother, who notified the con-
ductor of +he train, who ordered the
train's return to Ennis in search of
the young fellow.—Dallas News.
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