Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1928 Page: 3 of 6
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A. H. MILUCAN DISCUSSES
CO. ISSUES WITH VOTERS
As a prelude io announcing my I with special privileges to none. Hence
candidacy for the sheriff's office of j the boisterous pleasure seeking rowdy
Matagorda County, I wish to state that j element need stand in no drcnd of me 1
I am not the candidate of any click, i if I am elected sheriff, as long as they
„i— : i:— u-: 1 ' confiric their immoral and drunken
carousals, within their class, within
the limits of the law, without tres-
passing upon the presence and rights
of decent people. This does not imply
that all whiskey drinkers arc outlaws;
the statutory law gives every individ-
ual a right to drink whiskey whenever
they want it.
If elected, it's going to be my busi-
ness to strictly deal with and for the
public, as a peace officer, and to suc-
cessfully accomplish the best results
the good citizens must co-operate. I
propose Lo be open and fair in all my
official duties; my policy will be to
make good citizcns out of the erring
Ones. I propose to accomplish this
only through kindness and fair deal-
ing. Many a broken-hearted parent's
boy or girl has gone astray because of
harsh and drastic measures employed
by some brutal and ignorant officer.
I propose to employ my time and en-
ergy, employing strategy, in running
down many of these notorious thieves,
who so long have infested this section.
These birds are a menace to the gen-
eral public and should be treated as
clan or other organization, being act
uated entirely of my own volition.
Therefore, as T am my own campaign
manager, the public and my friends
should not be surprised if I am guilty
of too much self nraj«<> in espousing
my cause. The old' saying is, "he that
tootost his horn not, his horn will not
be tooted." I will further state that
since deciding to make this race, I
have received great encouragement
from many of the best people regard-
less of their financial status, in the
county, from all directions, unequivo-
cally endorsing my platform. I will
further state that, without cause on
my part, I have some enemies, whom
1 trust will be as open and above
board in their mean, uncalled for
criticisms of me, as I will be with
them in the future, if they persist.
The sum and substance of most of
my opposition will be from people who
know that my past life is an open
book that I am not ashamed of; and
they know that if I am elected sheriff
of this county that my policy will be
to hue to the line, let the chips fall
where they may; equal rights to all,
Starving Miners and Children Get Loaves of Bread
UtOCAft
Pennsylvania miners and their children receiving loaves of bread at Cecil,
Society of Pittsburgh brought in the first relief shipment. Deputy constable E.'
of the relief distribution in the Cecil district.
where the
Phillips is
New Era
in charge
it u compliment and honor to wiii a
victory over such good citizens as
heretofore named, but who are not
specifically qualified to make the kind
of sheriff that I am so peculiarly qual-
ified and fitted for, which will be to
the entire satisfaction to all who want
law enforcement with impartiality,
and with credit to myself. With this
declaration I hereby submit my can-
didacy for your vote, your moral and
influential support in espousing the
cause for which you and I jointly
stand hand in hand for a righteous
and lofty cause, all of which I will
more particularly discuss in my
speeches to be made later on at the
proper time.
Cow.' Gold Teeth Cdn-
vinces Him "There's
Gold in Them Hills!"
FOR
parasites on the human race. I pro- guarantee that they will not be dis- would be ashamed of. I was born and
pose to give this class of criminals my appointed in their sheriff. These over- raised on my father's plantation on
undivided attention, and the public will sights are going to happen in not giv- the Brazos river in Brazoria county,
be surprised to learn who some of ing every one a card, for I do not ex- 1 am a decendant of as good and re-
them will turn out to bo. pect to make a house to house canvass, speetablc people as ever trod Texas
Running down criminals will be noth- as * consider this method has the ap- soil, and I am proud of my ancestors,
ing new to me I have successfully pearance of a cheapness that I do not und they would be proud of me if they
coped with these birds before though believe appeals to the voter, and I am were living. I am an ex-student of
I have avoided notoriety as I did not surc it: doe8 not aPPeal to mo' I will the A. & M. College and Baylor Uni-
at the time wish to advertise mvself appreciate fair consideration from the versity of Texas. If the good people
and only now refer to this experience' v°ters whom I do not chance to meet do not wish to make a change in the
as being expedient as an asset towards!'n Person> or shall overlook to give sheriff's office, and thereby defeat the
successfully coping with the various'them mV carci> an<i tniKt they will: principles enunciated in my platform,
problems that are sure to arise in' honor me with their vote on my mer- j I will accept their verdict as an un-
Ilespectfully submitted herewith, I
propose to win this race on my mer-
its as a reputable man and citizen,
with due regards to the other can-
didates who are better fitted for some
other vocation. I subscribe my name
hereto as a candidate for the office
of sheriff of Matagorda County, Texas.
A. H. MILUCAN.
(Political Advertisement.)
IN QUALITY ABOVE ALL
GASOLINE-
KEROSENE-
OILS & GREASE
SEE
PAUL BRADEN
HEADQUARTERS AT TEAGUE CAFE
PHONE 83
Pierce Petroleum Corp.
properly executing the duties of the
sheriff's office.
If the good citizens do elect and give
me their co-operation, I guarantee to
give them surprising results, and this
will not be maybe so; they will be
satisfied that their sheriff will be in
the interest of the law, abiding citizen-
ship, and will be a follower of the law,
in lieu of making the law as the occa-
sion may arise, and you will find me
equal to such emergencies that may
arise
In dealing with the whiskey ques-
tion, I will not persecute the humble
class of ouLlaws, and allow the big
boys, or the more fortunate ones to
go unobserved. I shall employ gen-
erous, impartial, fair and courteous
treatment to all violators of the law
and go after the big boys first. I shall
be firm, fair and honest, and treat
every mother's son and daughter just
as I would appreciate being done by
under the same unfortunate circum
stances. Drastic measures would be
my last resort. A heart to heart talk
in many instances, will be more ef-
fective than by crushing their pride by
arrest for some minor offense, as is
done hy many supercillious officers
who delight in making a show for
praise to themselves at some poor un-
fortunate's expense. My past exper-
ience as a deputy peace officer has
been limited in this and Brazoria coun-
ty; my past experience as a plain
clothes man and detective with a pass
over the entire line of the Southern
Pacific Railway system, has been lim-
ited, but successful. I severed my af-
filiations with these subordinate po-
sitions because it did not appeal to
me in submitting to certain require-
ments that I knew to be dishonest and
dispicably mean. My experience as a
United States Federal officer terminat-
ed when I flatly refused to organize
the negroes in this, the black belt of
Texas, in behalf of the Republican
Party. The details of these and other
experiences, I will duscuss more free-
ly in the speeches that 1 contemplate
in every voting precinct in the county
at a later date.
I trust that my friends and voters
will not feel slighted if I should fail
to give them the unnecessary, but
customary card soliciting their vote
and support, for I am going to take it
for granted that they are going to
vote for me on my platform anyway,
for these declarations are my honest
convictions, and I propose to stand by
them, win or lose this race. If I am
victorious, and I have every reason to
believe that I will be, I s! all appre-
ciate the peoples' endorsement, and
its as a dependable, trustworthy and I just reprimand and will not change
respectable citizens, whose ideals
for the upbuilding of society.
my mind or lose my self respect, but
will go down in defeat with these prin-
In offering my services to the peo- ?ip'f that -1 wi!> efve[ cl?er.ish an.f
ple. I am presuming beyond a ques- ^n,d be-ln* Just. lo&lcal>- equitable
tionable doubt that they possess the
moral courage as good citizens to es- « „ ,, ,
pouse the cause of a candidate whose » fc«f he ^ecep^ of the , aw
If the good people approve
of my platform end elect me, I will be
No Watching—
No Turning-
No Burning-
Just drop in a slice of bread—
press a lever and when its "done to
a turn" up pops the toast, crisp,
golden brown, piping hot, and the
current automatically shuts off.
Come in and let us explain the
unusual features of this practical
toaster.
Central Power & Light Co.
COURTEOUS SERVICE ALWAYS
Phone 52 Palacios
platform and principles is, and should
be identical with their own. There-
fore without superflous words ambig-
uously expressed, I am not in this race
purely from a selfish motive, but in the
interest of the taw abiding people,
who so long have expressed wishes for
a man for sheriff who was all wool
and a yard wide; one with moral cour-
age to stand for and defend a right-
eous cause, and condemn an unright-
eous cause. If elected, and in execut-
ing the duties of this most important
office, you now observe that I am not
employing any political hypocracy,
such as would handicap me in execut-
ing official duties without fear or fa
voritism. If elected, I shall emulate
and employ the policies of broad-
minded, high-class citizenship. I will
execute official duties according to
law, without stooping to persecute
anyone, regardless of creed, national-
ity or previous condition of servitude.
I will never be guilty of brutally and
cowardly whipping and persecuting
prisoners, or other defenseless people
for the purpose of getting from them
a confession under duress, that they
may be innocent of. To all purposes
and intents, the prohibition law is for
a virtous and meritorious cause. If it
was legally and honestly and intelli-
gently executed, by many of these mis-
fit, supercillious officials who are and
have been elevated too far above their
sphere, some of whom have been
known to go prancing over the coun-
try making a dress parade of their of-
ficial power, overriding law and order
with small artillery girdled about their
person, conspicuously exhibiting large,
gaudy, nicVlp-plated buckles, clothed
with authority to use this artillery for
the least provocation; intimidating
and creating awe and terror among
many of the weaker class, who they
are using and abusing with these
grandstand displays, pulled off es-
pecially for the amusement, praise
and admiration of those more fortun-
ate ones, who they unhesitatingly skin
down to, as any sycophant would do
his master. Such officers brutally
using third degree methods to get
confessions, are of a lower intelligence
than the alleged law violators. Such
officers are outlaws, and it is Lhe duty
of the grand juries of this country to
bring bills of indictment against them,
that just punishment may be adminis-
tered, and they be forever barred from
holding another public office, the same
as any other criminal should be dealt
with. Any officer criminally negli-
gent, or purposely allowing a pris-
oner, to be taken from his custody to
be lynched by mob, should be prose-
cuted for murder and punished ac-
cordingly, and be barred from holding
another public office, guilty or not
guilty, because the public welfare of
society should and will demand it.
Whiskey is, and has been, and will
continue to be a hard problem to deal
with, for all the time to come. It is an
historical and Biblical fact, that in-
toxicants were manufactured some
six thousand years ago. From all in-
dications it will be manufactured as
long as civilization is in existence. It
is an undeniable fact that more peo-
ple are now engaged in its manufac-
ture than ever before in the history
of this country. Personally, I do not
endorse the illegal, nortoriously exces-
sive use and manufacture of it as a
beverage, with all of its evil envir-
onments to debauch society. There
is not a living soul under the can-
opy of heaven that can stop its ab-
solute manufacture, except the peo-
ple. The people are going to make
it as long as the people drink it, and
the people are going to drink it as
long as the people make it. Any one
manufacturing this vile bootleg whis-
key that has been known to kill
people, should be tried for murder
and electrocuted. It may be its gen-
eral manufacture is because of the
defectiveness of the prohibition law;
or perhaps, it may be on account of
the way the officers illegally enforce
the law, hy oppressing the weak with
its application and allowing others to
go unmolested, thereby oppressing one
class and favoring the other class;
thereby creating resentment on the
part of the oppressed or unfavored
class, who become outlaws. My policy
will be to stop the big boys first, then
the little fellows will be easier to cor-
rall.
I am inspired to make this race for
a good cause, and in behalf of the good
people who want intelligent, impartial
enforcement of their laws. I am not
appealing with humble supplication to
the voter for support; I am not at-
tempting any deception, such as politi-
cal hypocracy so artfully employed
by many of the high powered experts.
I stand four square for equal rights
to all, with special privileges to none,
I will not be influenced by click or
clan, or any other sources in execut-
ing official duties. I will owe my alle-
giance to the good common people,
and not to one or two, or more lim-
ited number of despotic characters
who would consider any man unfit for
sheriff who they could not use or in-
fluence to favor them at the expense
of others, or to crush and humiliate
some unfortunate.
In espousing my candidacy, no one
can truthfully accuse mo of any dis-
reputable business in my past life, or
conduct that any hig.li-mindeA citizen
and will execute the same with scrup-
ulous honesty. If all the people who
have transgressed some law of God
or man will vote for me, I will get the
largest, vote ever cast for any eandi
date for any office in the history of
Matagorda county.
i wish to state that I regard Messrs.
Mangum, Ewing and Moser as my per-
sonal friends, whom I believe are hon-
est in thinking that they are pre-em-
inently qualified in fulfilling the duties
of the sheriff's office with the same de-
gree of firmness, in upholding the
same ideals that I here enunciate, and
for which I am peculiarly fitted for
and stand for. The public should, and
will not overlook the fact that every
good citizen is not a specifically quali-
fied individual for the sheriff's office.
Tn championing my cause upon the
platform for which I stand, I trust
that you will not consider me too pre
cocious when I claim the exclusive
right, and to all purposes and intents,
am entitled beyond any questionable
doubt to all the credits in initiating
the principles and ideals as exempli-
fied in my declaration of principles
herein set forth. You will observe
that I am the only aspirant for this
office that has ever before initiated a
platform to enable the people to know
what I stand for. But you do not
know what the other candidates stand
for, except that they just want the
office, without any obligations on their
part. The sheriff's office gives the in-
cumbent more latitude than any other
office in the state. Hence the rights
and privileges exercised in this office
is more abused with the people being
more imposed upon than in any other
office. Many of the sheriffs often
make the law, as the occasion seems
to suit their fancy, more than they
are followers of the law. This is why
the sheriffs are often and appropriate-
ly dubbed, "The Law." In other words,
they employ this official power to fa-
vor some at the expense of others;
or to make might auspiciously right,
therefore, ignore the fact that the
same law was made to fit the strong
as well as it was made to fit the
weak. Therefore, it will place the
other aspirants in this race in a su-
perlatively ridiculous attitude at this
late date to even say, like the parrot,
"Me Too."
So now, my friends, if I am nomin-
ated for the sheriff's office during the
ensuing White Man's Union primaries
to be held April 28, and I believe be-
yond any questionable doubt that I j
will be, upon the fundamental prin- j
ciples herein set forth, I shall deem'
Four Billion Eggs
Imported to Great
Britain Every Year
London, England, March 14.—(Au-
tocaster.)—Great Britain's breakfast
egg bill mounts up pretty high, the
citizens of that country consuming
5,700,000,000 eggs a year. Native
fowls only supply two billion of these.
The sum of money spent by Britain
for eggs imported from outside the
British Empire, which constitute for-
ty-seven per cent of Britain's impor-
tations of this article of food, exceeds
the value of all the motor cars, motor-
cycles, cycles and rubber tires which
Britain exports.
The imperial economic council wants
something done about it. English
hens laid 72 eggs in the pre-war per
iod to their present 10,000, but the
eggs are smaller at present. Denmark
and China supply many eggs to Brit
ain: The economic council wants home
laid eggs identified so that the public
may give them preference.
nw&tzsr
Epsom Salt
Those mean little head-
aches disappear at once
and you are free to take
up the day's tasks with
vigor if you take two tea-
spoonfuls of Epsom Salt
dissolved in a glass of cold
water each morning.
25
One Pound Container
Nester Drug Co.
PALACIOS, TEXAS
The New
WHEELBASE -107 Inches
Long Flexible Serni-Elliptic Springs
MOTOR MOUNTING—Rubber
GASOLINE TANK—At Rear
Chain Driven Generator—Same as used
on Highest Priced Cars
BENDIX FOUR-WHEEL BRAKES
Nelson Bohnalite Pistons—First Used on
Star,—Now Standard on Packard,
Chrysler and New Dodge Six
WHEELS—Artillery, Wood
OVERSIZED BALLOON TIRES
LOWER PRICES!
2-DOOR SEDAN
$495
4-DOOR SEDAN
$570
SPORT ROADSTER
$495
COUPE
*495
Prices f. o. b. Lansing, Mich. Govt.
Tax Added
Portland, Ore., March 14.—(Auto-
caster.)—Bert Edwards, prominent
Salem cattle buyer, is going cut to
Star, Idaho, to stake a gold claim.
Edwards recently bought eight head
of cattle in the Portland stockyard*.
When they were slaughtered it was
discovered that each row had teeth
covered with a gilt substance. This
substance was proved to be pure gold.
A theory that the cattle suffered
with tooth-ache, and had their teeth
filled with gold through the kindness
of a rancher, was dispelled after a
thorough examination of the teeth.
Edwards is of the opinion that the
cows spent most of their lives graz-
ing on a plain virtually carpeted with
gold under the grass. Thus, in eating,
the cows got the gold in their mouths
from time to time and in some man-
ner it stuck to their teeth. The ani>
mals hail from Star, Idaho, where Ed*
wards is convinced gold must be SU
plentiful as mud.
JJiisWeek
8y Arthur Brisbane
FARMER'S WIFE MAKES CAKE.
ALL MEAT, BAD DIET.
CRIME AS A BUSINESS.
WIRELESS FLIGHT, PERHAPS.
This will interest farmers' wive^
Mrs. James Hamilton, of Pawhuska,
Okla., not satisfied with thirty cents
a dozen for fresh eggs, developed
this idea. She knew how to males
good angel cake. Eleven eggs make
a cake that sells for a dollar. Cast
of other ingredients amount to little.
Mr:.. Hamilton put her eggs in angel
cake and got nearly one dollar ft
dozen.
* * *
Many farm wives, however, fa*
from any angel cake market, can
sympathize with an Irish fan.ier
asked by an efficiency man, "Do you
know what the ducks swimming ia
that mudhole would be worth in l/ao*
don?" "I do," replied the farmer,
"and have you any idea what th#
puddle of water would be worth in
hell if I had it there?" The markit
is the problem.
* * *
Stefansson, Arctic explorer,
in a hospital, under medical r- per*
vision, a diet consisting exclui veljf
of fresh meat and water. Thoc Olds
within the Arctic Circle live 01 luch
a diet for months at a time, so.
them eating as much 'a*--
pounds of fresh meat in a day.
But it is not a good diet. Men
were put on the eirth to cultivate
it and should eat all of its prod*
ucts, the spices and the oranges of
the South, and the red meat from
the West. But if cuiipelled to cht»*«
between all meat an I all vegetables,
choose the meat.
You probably will not live as lanft
but you will think more, A vegeta*
Me diet is not good for thinking.
* * *
As regards crime, the city of Oeve*
land excels in police efficiency. The
percentage is 83, against 63 in Bal-
timore, 36 in Kansas City, 16 in St
Louis. The National Crime Com-
mission publishes Dr. Louis N. Rob*
inson's statement that police ineffi-
ciency and lenieacy in courts have
made crime aliaost the safest busi*
ness in the United States. The per*
centagc of failure is lower than in
the retail grocery business, for in*
stance.
♦ * *
In Chicago insurance companies
notify the citizens that they will in-
sure against bombing oi buildings ijy
various branches of crime, bootleg*
gers, competing labor organizations,
etc. If you can't discourage crime,
the next best is to insure against it
—although it doesn't help much if
you happen to be at home for the
bombing.
* * *
A new flying machine idea based
on "free energy" or "magnetic power
interests Lindbergh and others._It
burns no fuel, is expected to fly T3r
2.000 hours, and Lester J. Hender*
snot, the inventor, is full of hope. It
is only hope as yet, although the
working model performs well. Even-
tually, no doubt, as Tesla and others
believe, flying machine will pick up
"wireless power" from the earth, ber-
rowing- from Niagara, the Colorado
River and other sources as they fly
around the world. itiat will solve
power problems, and 1,000 miles 49
hour speed will annihilate distance,
* * *
A French flier surpasses the Amo
ican "loop record" by turning eleven
hundred and eleven aerial somersaults
with a monoplane in four hours and
fifty-six minutes. That is exactly
as unimportant as tlie numbef *1
back somersaults turned by a circus
actor. It is thinking and iaveoUig
that count, not "stunts."
• » »
Moscow statistics for 192? »K»W
four divorces for every five war*
riages. Divorces may equal mar*
riages. Some young Russians, ac*
cording to report, are divorced fivw
and six times in one year.
Russian authorities say this ij a
proof of good morals, proving Unit
younp people insist on retaining the
marriage status, even if thty cnaoge
every month, and that -#iey will not
sink to promiscuity. This must Stir
emulation in our young "trial" and
"companionate" marriage enthusiatfa*
* * *
A severe earthquake in Jen^aYsHi
makes us realize that nature and ora
mother earth jpay no attention to Ae
Importance of persons or localities.
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