Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1932 Page: 2 of 4
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Published Every Thursday
J. W. DISMUKES Publisher
One Year, $1.50
Six Months, $1.00
Entered at the Palacios Post Office as
second class mail matter under Act
of Congress.
Bovs and the Farm
Some writers lament the fact that
boys are leaving the farms, as though
the farm boy had not the same right
to choose hi? vocation in life as other
boys. There would be as much logic
in asserting that the son of a coal
miner, for instance, should no: «v~-
pire to be anything but a coal mine"
Of course, if a farm boy v'
ambition to enter business
'pRsion. or is not wil'i"
• to learnintr a
Wtev stay
'ucation he •
■i or citv ii
.hly remaining a on*.'
.But for the int:-llis' nt farm b<>i
who ran secure an education it can
be denied that the cities o^'p" v id-
pr opportunities, In fact, many of
th? leaders in every field of endeavor
came originally from the farm.
While most of the trades and pro-
fessions appear to be crowded today,
farming is also overdone, a;; mav be
seen by the unsatisfactory condition
of agriculture. More farm nr" ucts
are raised than can be mark ed at a
profit over cost of production.
Whenever the demand equals the
supply we shall see better prices for
agricultural products, and wa shall al-
so see people going back to the farm.
But until that time conies the farm
boy should be encouraged to enter
any vocation for which his talents and
education are fitting.
It may be added that there are even
now excellent oppoi'tunities right on
the farm for boys who will study and
apply modern agricultural methods,
but the future holds little for the indo-
lent and shiftless on the farm or any-
where else.
-.FARM NOTES]
By F. 0. MONTAGUE, Co. Agt. j
Beautiful weather like this, (Mon-I
day) makes people much easier to get |
along with and also makes for peacs
and tolerance all along the line. Octo-1
ber seems to be the banner month in
South Texas and that is as it should
be for is there any other month in j
the year when we need pretty weather j
unless it would be September as that
seems to be our heaviest harvesting j
month in this immediate section. But,
the very name "October" seems to de-1
note the harvest time of the year when J
the "sheaves are garnered into tin1!
I,«rrn" and causes us to hark back to
tu- in-funt days of this Republic when
'*• nioneers of the Mayflow-1
' hat some sort of celebra- i
- inaugurated that would1
'hpir humility, thank- [
"ition for a bountl- j
fr»ik place, surely
f October and No-1
"Vr sentiment is nobly ex-
- t .,t that lime has, in a mea-
i sure, been held intact and fostered
! vriv by yenr, but ws fear it has lost
teh of its savour for the bigger and
better thoughts of our people and now
suggests little more to us than a hol-
iday for the school folks and a foot-
ball game for those who like their
games and sports.
Who knows but that these times of
stress and anxiety, we are passing
through will clarify our visions and
viewpoints and again more nearly
make us to see the hand of our Crea-
tor in our daily lives and to see more
clearly that this job of living is a ser-
ious and never ending thing.
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taxes can be endorsed whole-heartedly
without interrupting the success of
the campaign being waged for the
Texas Centennial. The Centennial has
[the enthusiastic and unstinted support
! of the Texas Press Association, and in
the opinion of these committees there
should be no issue between the two
projects."
CENTENNIA LAM EN DM ENT
NOT MANDATORY
Voters are reminded by the Texas
Centennial Committee that the Cen-
tennial Amendment is merely an en-
abling act that will permit but not re-
quire State aid for the Centennial.
If it is adopted by vote of the people
November 8th, the Legislature will
be governed by whatever conditions
may exist when the holding of a Cen-
tennial celebration is considered by
that body. The time, place or places
and character of the celebration will
be fixed by the Legislature, if at all.
The Amendment expressly prohibits
any appropriation for any other than
the observance of the "heroic period
of early Texas history," thus prevent-
ing the fixing of a precedent for State
support of any expositions, fairs and
celebrations in the future.
the expression of the voters Novem-
ber 8th. The State Constitution does
not now provide for State celebrations
and must be amended by Teaxs voters
if this State is to hold an official cred-
itable celebration in which it can in-
vite the other States and nations of
the world to take part. Should the
Texas Amendment be defeated, Tex-
ans can at least go to the Arkansas
party.
ARKANSAS TO HOLD ITS 100TH
BIRTHDAY PARTY IN 1936
Whether Texas will commemorate
its 100th anniversary will depend upon
As long as the United States gov-
ernment prints envelopes for 5 or 10
percent of the actual cost of the work,
leaving the rest of the charge to be
paid by the government, which of
course, means the people of the coun-
try themselves, just so long will the
public suffer from high postal rates
and perhaps other taxes.
If and when the post office also be-
gins to sell groceries, hardware,
clothing, lumber, and such.other goods,
at 5 or 10 tier cent of their real value
we shall all have to have our postal
rates increased not only from 2 to 3
cents, but to 5 cents, 10 cents, 50
cents, or nobody knows how high;
while the dealers in these goods will
be injured in the same manner as the
business of printers is now injured
by the cut-throat and tax-supported
printing of the government.
Let no ops- ba deceived into believ-
ing he getting his printing on en-
velopej^done by the government for
Wtie or nothing, as he is likely
paying for it at a very high rate
indeea through extra postage and var-
ious forms of extra taxes.—Fort Fair-
field (Maine) Review.
Those of you who are in the turkey
business should remember the date
of the tui'key grading school—Sat-
urday, October 29th, at Edna, over
in Jackson County, and make plans
to attend. "It will certainly be a
worthwhile meeting and good roads
all the way will make it easy to get
to. Up to now we know of only two
men in Matagorda County who are
making arrangements to attend. There
are several others who should go. How
many of us know what a No. 1 Turkey
is, how to divide our flock into three
groups, what a crooked breast turkey
is, why the young pin feathered bird
won't sell, and other important ques-
tions. Let several of us attend this
meeting and learn the best methods of
handling our flocks.
PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
AND LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PHONE 8 PALACIOS, TEXAS
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MURIEL'S NOVELTY SHOPPE
H-U-N-T-E-R
IT IS COMFORTING TO KNOW FEATHER & SON
THAT EVERY DETAIL OF
"Does your wife select your clothes,
too?"
"No—she only picks the pockets!"
"I'll love only you if I live to be a
thousand years old."
"And then I suppose you'll start
chasing around with other women!"
The meat killing and canning dem-
onstration for this County will be held
at the Live Oak Farm, just the other
side of the underpass, on Highway 68,
on Wednesday and Thursday, Novem-
ber 9 and 10, at which time Mr. Roy
Snyder and Miss MeEnnis will be with
us to show us the best methods of kill-
ing, dressing, cooling, cutting, and
canning the meat under the steam
pressure methods. Steaks, roasts, soup
stock, chili, etc., will be made. Are
you interested in a home meat supply
and allied questions. We have done
our best in getting these two special-
ists into this County for this demon-
stration and ask that you help us in
giving them a good hearing so that
you may have the best information in
taking care of your family meat sup-
plies right on your own farm. It will
go so far in cutting down your family
living expenses and what more impor-
tant thing can we be working at dur-
ing this economic crisis we are pass-
ing through? Remember the date and
plan to be there. None of us are so
self-sufficient that we don't need more
information and all of us realize, that
knowledge of these lessons will give
us more power in taking care of our
obligations to our families and com-
munities.
leaders in Matagorda County are
studying our relief work to the many
needy families and individuals, that
will have to be met during the com-
ing weeks. We need to begin making
a survey of the various communities
and get a tab on who will need help
and in what nature so that we may get
the necessary help from the various
organizations. It is going to take
the combined efforts of our people
who are fortunate enough to extend
the helping hand to those among us
who have to be given a lift in order
that body and sou! can be held to-
gether.
Just recently, in another section of
the country, a community located near
a large city, met for the purpose of
providing for those in need. It was
found that something like 350 fami-
lies would need food, clothing, and fuel
for the coming winter. Among that
number there was not a single farm-
er. This shows that no matter how
low prices of farm products may be,
there is opportunity for the tillers of
the soil to provide food, clothes, and
fuel for their families. This one fact
is what causes people to turn toward
the land and want to own a piece of
it.
The above is not tru? in Matagorda
and Brazoria Counties this, year due
to the August 13th storm. We arc
going to have to be prepared to help
many rural families this winter as
their crops were very largely destroy-
ed and they simply didn't harvest en-
ough to carry them through. It be-
hooves all of us to look round about
| and note those families who will be
I bound to suffer if the helping hand is
! not extended during the coming weeks.
Let us form a solid battle line against
j this spectre of want and suffering and
j may our slogan be: "It shall not
pass" and it won't pass. And who
is there who won't get much personal
satisfaction in knowing he had a hand
in helping a more unfortunate broth-
er. Surely we are our brother's keeper.
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News Notes About
Texas Centennial
We are glad to note that the civic
"What would you call a man who's
been lucky at love?"
"A bachelor!"
(Just as ijour car needs
SPARE Hires
The other day I chanced to meet
my old friend, H. Ci. Spaulding, for-
mer president of the Oklahoma Press
Association and the Oklahoma Asso-
ciated Press Papers, who has now be-
come a persistent traveler, every year
visiting many foreign countries, es-
pecially those in close proximity to
this country, searching for facts which
he may use in articles for various
publications. As an active publisher
for many years, he acquired a keen
interest in retail advertising and has
watched its effect on various sorts of
businesses. Mr. Spaulding said:
"I am more convinced than ever be-
fore that the small retail store should
be a consistent advertiser if it is to
retain its hold upon the people. It
has many advantages over the larger
store. It is able to give a certain hu
man touch to its dealings with the pub-
lic that is not possible with the imper-
sonal methods of the large concerns
It is able to anticipate the wants of
its customers, a thing greatly appre-
ciated. It knows the circumstances,
tastes and peculiarities of its patrons
and is thus able to take them into
consideration in dealing with them.
"But how can he expand the present
volume of trade, you may ask? My
answer is by consistent, well timed
advertising. He is already handling
many well advertised and trade mark-
ed articles for which a market has
been created and he should let the pub
lie know this fact. He should tell
them of new things just stocked, the
style, the finish, the flavor, according
to what the article may be. In a sub
tie manner he should impress the pub-
lic with the service he is prepared to
render, in a word, his advertising
should be human and not mechanical.
"Advertising should be considered as
much a part of his sales force as his
clerks. It should be newsy so the
newspaper readers will come to watch
for it. Quality should be stressed rath-
er than price. Honest values surpass
bargains. Confidence of the public is
a store's greatest asset.
"Frequent Use of a Reasonable
Space is Far Better than an Occasion-
al Plunge. And Don't Forget that the
Newspaper is Always Your Best Me-
dium."
Ijour home needs
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For your own convenience, keep "spares"
handy, 't's plain common sense. With a "6-Carton"
of first quality Mazda Lamps in your home, you're
ready whenever a lamp burns out. You're saved time
and embarrassment.
And, you save moneyl Each lamp costs 10%
less when bought the "6-Carton" way. Order a car-
ton today by mail, phone, or in person; pay cash or,
if more convenient, put the charge on your electric bill.
Let Bob White
Pay Your Taxes
ELECTRIC
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SAVE
Mazda Lamps u |Q,,
Make your home
more liveable by
filling those empty
sockets in halls,
closets and stair-
ways. The cost is
almost trifling.
AS LITTLE AS
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CENTRAL POWER LIGHT COMPANY
Bob White's cheery whistle is us
; ually admired for its musical qualities,
but, although he is not a ventriloquist,
he can also "talk turkey" to the tax
! collector in an entirely difl'erent lan-
guage. Few farmers have consider-
<d the quail as a taxpayer, but, un-
der favorable conditions, he can be
made to do that and perhaps a bit
more.
If you have a good stock of quail
on your farm, have you noticed how
popular you suddenly become around
the opening of the hunting season?
Don't you find yourself renewing ac-
quaintances with hunters you haven't
seen since last Fall?
There is a good reason for all this
and it lies in the fact that you pos-
sess good bunting territory, and, like
the fellow who made the best mouse-
trap, there is a beaten path to your
front door—or, more likely, across
your cultivated fields.
There is an enormous demand for
good game bird shooting, but compar-
atively little of it is available today.
While the number of sportsmen stead-
ily increases, everyone agrees that the
supply of game birds is decreasing.
How to turn this situation to the
farmer's advantage is described in the
fully illustrated and easily understood
booklet, "Game Birds, How To Make
Them Pay On Your Farm," copies of
which will be mailed any farmer
writing More Game Birds in Ameri-
ca, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.
More Game Birds is an organization
of sportsmen and businessmen en-
deavoring to increase the number of
game birds on the rural lands of
America. They have no product or
service to sell and their Quail Breeding
Manual describes just how to propa-
gate more of these little taxpayers
than Nature can herself.
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Newly-married husband: "I never
knew what real happiness was until
I married."
Old-tinier: And then, of course, it
was too late!"
PRESS AGAIN PLEDGES
CENTENNIAL SUPPORT
The Texas Press Association, at the
most largely attended meeting of its
history, on the opening day of Texas
State Fair, unanimously renewed its
previous pledges to support whole-
heartedly the adoption of Texas Cen-
tennial Amendment as one of its five
major constructive undertakings for
the good of all Texas, and urged Tex-
as people to assist in the patriotic'
movement to "authorize a State Cen-
tennial commemorating the heroic per-
iod of early Texas history and cele-
brating a century of our independence
and progress, at such times, places
and in such manner as may be desig-
nated by the Legislature."
FUNERAL DIRECTION
IS HANDLED BY—
Duffy and Rittenhouse
Undertaking Company
PHONE 54 Potft Office Bldg.
PALACIOS
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
FLOSSIE LEE HARPER
V oice--Harmony--Piano
SECOND and MORTON AVE.
REAL ESTATE
FIRE, TORNADO,
AUTO AND LIFE
INSURANCE
B—O—N—D—S
—NOTARY PUBLIC—
MONUMENTS
THE CENTENNIAL
ANI) TAX REDUCTION
The Texas Press Association views
th pending Centennial Amendment as
an opportunity to increase State rev-
enue through increased gas and oil
taxes from the millions of out-of-
state visitors who will be coming to
the Centennial in automobiles and
touring every part of the State. Its
committee on "lower taxation" made
a report at the Dallas State Fair meet-
ing to the Executive and Advisory
Boards, which was adopted unani-
mously by the Association and which
said in part: "It was and now is the
sense of the Executive and Advisory
committees that the question of lower
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PHONE 27. PALACIOS
DR. T. F. DRISKILI
DENTIST
Member American Academy of
Applied Dental Science
Pyorrhea, Oral Prophylaxis and
Dentistry
OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 12 A- M-
1:30 to B P. to
PHONE NUMBER 96
Southwest Rooms, Ruthven Building
PALACIOS, TEXAS
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DENTIST
OFFICE:—UPSTAIRS IN
BANK BUILDING
CENTAL X-RAY
PHONE 51
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Post-Graduate Northwestern Univer-
sity of Chicago, Illinois.
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