Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, October 31, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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On Tuesday of this week
Mayur Harrison received a let-
ter from the Secy, of the In-
terstate Inland Waterway
League asking him to announce
that the Fourteenth Convention
of the League will be held in
the Auditorium of the Associa-
tion of Commerce in New Or-
leans, on November 17 and 18,
1919, and to take the matter up
•with the commercial bodies and
be sure our community is well
represented at the meeting.
However our Board of Trade is
not so slow as it might be for at
its meeting on Monday night
which was advertised in last
week's Beacon, arrangements
were made to send Hon. Duncan
Ruthven who is already one of
the Executive Committee of the
League in Texas and because of
past experience in such meetings
is the best man Palacios could
send. The League has not been
active during the war as former-
ly because of the scarcity of ma-
terial and labor, but this meet-
ing will be its revival and the
• beginning of activities again
and since the League has done
so much for Texas, we Texas
people should do all we can now
to help it extend the canal thru
to New Orleans and when that
is done we will get more benefit
from it than ever.
Only a few of the Palacios
people appreciate that the can-
al as we have it now is of any
benefit to us but it is being used
every day and if we did not have
this canal the Palacios Shell Co.
cauld hardly come in safety
from Houston here with the big
dredge that is to start some en-
terprise that will help start oth-
ers.
At this convention at New Or-
leans Mr. Ruthven will meet
with the Board of Army Engin-
eers and with friends in the
League expects to introduce Pa-
lacios as the SAFE place on the
coast for a deep water po*t,
which will help when our repre-
sentatives in Congress are per-
suaded by the Palacios Board of
Trade and other friends of the
cause thruout the state to bring
it up in Congress to secure an ap
propriation with which to do the
work, and a deep water way
from Palacios to the GuHj,wouid
cost so little that when complet-
ed and paid for the cost would
not be noticeable and as citizens
we do not realize what an op-
portunity we have, that there is
not another like it along the
coast and that right now is the
time to talk deep water and
work for it in every way possi-
ble for the government is not go-
ing to make such improvements
where they are not demanded
and in turn appreciated and used.
To Anonymous Letter Writer
(Continued from Page 1)
Startling Road Facts.
Texas State taxes are less than
$20,000,000 a year.
Texas pays $30,000,000 a year
more for new automobiles be-
cause cf bad roads than would
be paid if all roads were good
roads. Texas pays $20,000,000
more for gasoline than the same
mileage would require i f all
roads were good roads.
Texas pays between $20,000,-
000 and $25,000,000 more for re-
pairs on cars due to bad roads
than would be paid if all bad
roads were good roads,
Texas pays $40,000,000 more
a year for tires because of bad
roads than would be paid if all
roads were good roads.
Texas pays $5,000,000 more j bein£ such an impossible
for wagons and buggies because j I wish t0 call your
of bad roads than would be paid j t'on t0 ^act ^at this is not
if all roads were good roads. anonymous communication,
Texas pays more than $1000,-
000,000 a year as a tax on bad
roads.
Texas pays five times as much
tax for bad roads as is collected
by the State for all purposes.
Time, isn't it, to pay taxes for
good roads and stop the taxes
for bad roads.
Good roads are cheaper than
bad roads.
an
nor
do I sign this as ; Yours truly
for I am not, not by several
long shots.
M. K. Feather.
The Holiday season is near at
hand and we invite you to call
and look over our stock of many
beautiful and appropriate gifts.
H. C. BOYD,
Jeweler And Optician.
ably go by a number or possibly
by a sign of some kind that the
general public is not familiar
with. In order to answer you
then it would be necessary for
me to be familiar with the meth-
ods used by your family or your
associates, therefore if I make
any errors you will understand
the why thereof.
In the first place your intro-
ductory or salutation expression
is misleading, you address me
as; Dear Sir, why you call me
by that familiar term I cannot
imagine, for I know I have nev-
er met you, every person 1 know
in this locality has a name, and
I have yet to meet the 'Name-
less One!' but, as the preacher
says; to continue, immediately
following your 'Dear Sir'; you
make the announcement; "As
a Business man and a Citizen
you are asked to join the mobs
to clean Palacius up for the
reputation of the town is a dis-
grace to the nice people who
have to live here among the rot-
ten dross."
You immediately place me in
an impossible position ; I am not
inclined to be a joiner of mobs,
and even if I were I know my
wife would not consent to any
such doings on my part, and
and anyhow the Y. M. B. L. did
a job of cleaning on Commerce
St. that is entirely adequate,
and furthermore if you are a de-
tective and know whereof you
write, you are not doing your
part regarding said cleaning,
you are a party to the crime,
and in exact proportion to your
knowledge are you criminaily
liable, provided you do not help
to locate and clean up the
'dross'. Also I will not consent
to join a mob to tar and feather
certain people whom you men-
tion, I understand the 'Feather'
business thoroughly, but when
it comes to effecting a combi-
nation with tar, just count me
out, if a good healthy gob of
tar should become attached to
me I might not be able to circu-
late.
Von make certain statements
in your 'ramble', that, unless
you are in a position to substan-
tiate same, would place you
where your lack of a name
would not be noticed, you would
be identified by a number, and
you would sleep upon a narrow
bed in a narrow place that would
make you think of a grave in the
cemetery minus the flowers.
Now 'No Name' let me tell
you something, get yourself up
out of your snakelike position,
shake off your centipede ideas
of activity, just try being a man
among men for a while and if
it does not suit, or you cannot
qualify, just be kind enough to
move out of Palacios with its
'dross' and impossible condi-
tions, we cannot miss you be-
cause we do not know you, and
you will feel better away from
here than you possibly can feel
by staying.
Also, let me tell you some-
thing else; If you write me again,
unless you extend to me the
courtesy of signing your name,
if you have one, I may be temp-
ted to write you such a blister-
ing reply as you will remember
for many a day, and I do not
like to do such things, I would
rather you would come out in
the open with your excessive
knowledge and help instead of
critic
atten
$100.00 invested in the Westinghouse Air Brake
Co. returned $49,856.00.
$100 (K) invested in Janny Coupler Co. returned
$18,690.00.
$100.00 invested in Burroughs Adding Machine
Co. returned $41,340.00.
$100.00 invested in Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
returned $125,000.00.
$100 00 invested in Bell Telephone Co. returned
$201,000. oo.
$100.00 invested in American Radiator Co. re-
turned $49,000. oo.
$100.00 invested in National Cash Register Co.
turned $42,870,oo.
$100.00 invested in Underwood Typewriter Co.
returned $38,325.oo.
Would you have bought stock in the above com-
panies if you had had a chance, or would you have
decided to wait and see if they panned out alright?
The CAMPBELL SALES CO. is offering stock
M in a company, whose produce will fill a greater
need to the public than that of most of the above
mentioned companies.
Come and see us; the information costs you
nothing. If you cannot come yourself, write, but
DO IT NOW, as this opportunity will not be open
long.
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Phone 39
Office in
city H.U Campbell Sale# Co.
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Everything for Your
Baking Needs
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home
made bread, biscuit
and cookies always make a
"hit" with hu«bands and
kiddies. And they're tic-
kled when you bake a
delicious cake.
If
you are not getting
aa good results as you
would like to have, why
not consult with us about the
now you are using.
We have handled many
different brands of flour
and meal and know just i
which are giving the best satis-
faction. We invite you to
profitby our experience.
Telephone Orders Given Prompt Attention
CURTIS-SISSON Grocery Co.
"The Home of Quality Groceries"
BOARD OF TRADE
(Continued from rage 1)
Mr. P. F. Campbell was ap-
pointed Chairman of a committee
to obtain data on the possibility
of erecting a sea-wall for storm
protection.
It is hoped that the citizenship
general will support our conr
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organizations
undertakings.
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Word has been received from
Supt. A. E. Wickham by the of-
ficers of the Shell Co. to the ef-
fect that the big drudge and
bardges are held up at the mouth
of the Brazos river on account
of the very high and dangerous
water. However the Shell Co's.
outfit is no doubt on its way
again towards Palacios by the
time this article reaches the
Beacon readers, and should
reach here the early part of next
week, when work will commen-
ce on the channel immediately.
The Young Men's Business
League will notify the people of
Palacios the exact date and
hour of the arrival of the mon-
ster drudge so that all those
who are interested in Palacios
and its nev^ industry may be on
the job to g"Ng it a hearty wel-
come.
"Let's do the darn job together^
—Ches. Field
TIfHY is it that more and more smokers
* * (millions now) are getting together with
Chesterfields?
First of all, fine tobaccos. Our own buyers
in the Orient send us the pick of the finest
Turkish varieties (Xanthi, Cavalla, Smyrna
and Samsoun). We blend these by a secret
method with specially choice Domestic leaf.
This method brings out new qualities of
flavor—a smoothness, a richness, a mellow-
ness that go right to the spot. That's the
reason Chesterfields satisfy.
And remember—"Satisfy" is Chesterfield's
secret, based on our own private formula,
which cannot be copied.
Every package has a moisture-proof wrap-
ping—another reason for Chesterfield's
changing quality of flavor.
un-
20 for 20c
—and the blend
can't be copied
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Dismukes, J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, October 31, 1919, newspaper, October 31, 1919; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412134/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.