Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1939 Page: 4 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON. PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, July 13, 1939
Published Every Thursday
Editor - - Mrs. J. W. Dismukes
Asso. Editor • Jesse V. Dismukes
Business Mgr. - Hugh J. Dismukes
Entered at the Post Office at Pala-
cios, Texas, as second class mail
matter, under the Act of Congress.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
In Matagorda County:—
Six Months, $1.00; 1 Year $1.75
Outside Matagorda County:—
Six Months, $1.25; 1 Year $2.00
HEALTH NOTES
Austin, Texas.—"The beating
Texas sun these July days is begin-
ning to take its toll in heat prostra-
tions, from reports reaching the
Texas State Department of Health.
A simple precaution to help prevent
heat cramps and prostration is to
add a pinch of ordinary table salt
to each drink of water you take.
Laborers, mechanics, farmers and
white collar workers whose work
causes them to sweat profusely, are
in danger of having- their body salt
content become' deficient with re-
sulting heat cramps or heat fag.
Salt is a pi-ominent constituent of
sweat; the body loses large quanti-
ties of salt during hot days.
In industry, a method of prevent-
ing heat cramps is to take a tablet
of pure salt or a mixture of salt
and dextrose with each drink of
water. Workmen whose duties re-
quire muscular exertion should be
especially careful to add more than
the usual amount of salt to what
they eat and drink.
Salt deficiency may be prevented
by taking salt in various ways.
Where prepared tablets are not
available, table salt may be used.
Milk is a source of salt and will
help make up for the deficiency
caused by sweating. Alcoholic
drinks should he nvoided.
Heat cramps are characterized
by pains (cramps) in the abdominal
region, headache, and in severe
cases, by nausea nd vomiting. The
body temperature remains about
normal, likewise the pulse rate.
Body 8R't losses occur without the
knowledge of the individual until
there is a deficiency; then various
muscles begin to cramp.
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NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By JULIAN CAPERS. Jr.
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State Fair Premium
List Is Complete
Listing more than $100,000 in
-prsraiems for livestock, agriculture,
poultry and other awards, the State j
Fair of Texas is now ready to mail j
its annual premium list. This will be
the 51st mailing of the premium
list, and this year's book shows an
increase from a few thousand dol-
lars to more than $100,000.
In many cases premiums have
been increased. Competition has
again been taken from county ex-
hibits and instead each county with
a creditable exhibit will receive
$125.
In addition to the regular prem-
ium list which shows every award
offered by the State Fair of Texas,
the fair has for distribution supple-
mentary lists for special shows, as
the poultry show, the 4-H Club
Shows, Culinary and Textile, the
school exhibits and contests and
others.
Professor Carrol Cristenson of
Indiana University supplies his eco-
nomic students with chocolate drops
during examinations, believing that
the chocolate sharpens their wits.
Austin.—State officials and em-
ployes, whose compensation is de-
pendent upon the biennial appro-
priation bills, were in a state of jit-
ters this weekend, as the deadline
for signing the appropriation bills
approached, and Gov. O'Daniel noti-
fied department heads that he in-
tended to take some healthy slashes
at the appropriations set up by the
legislature to operate the state's de-
partments and the state institutions.
For the first time in years, the ap-
propriation bills are itemized, each
job and the salary being listed sep-
arately. This will permit the Gov-
ernor to cut out any that he sees
fit, by veto, but he cannot alter the
amount fixed in the bills for any
particular job. Thus, he may elimi-
nate jobs entirely, but not cut their
pay. Department heads reported,
after being called into conference
with the governor, that he appar-
ently is seeking to reduce the total
appropriations for departments and
Institutions by 10 percent. He gave
some department heads the option
of making suggestions for elimi-
nating jobs and employes, or of sub-
mitting to an arbitrary elimination
decided by himself. Nobody knew
what jobs and which employes
would be abolished, and the work-
ing forces were in a demoralized
state, with many expecting to
"walk the plank" on September 1.
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Who Wants Special Session?
Political observers here were sur-
prised at the Statement of Gov.
O'Daniel on the radio that a special
session is being sought by three
groups, namely, race horse gam-
blers and liqur dealers, newspa-
pers, and members of the Legisla-
ture. The real pressure for a spec-
ial session is coming from the old
folks who didn't get any money for
pensions, and it hasn't gotten up a
full head of steam yet. The real
pressure from this group will come
when enlarged pension rolls and de-
creasing revenue force a reduction
from the present averag of $13.85
per month pension payments to
half that, or less. That will probably
Ready
to serve
you
Through correspondent
connections with other
banks in key cities and
through membership in
the American Bankers
Association this Bank can
supply facilities to serve
you or your business on
a nation-wide scale.
THE
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
BAY CITY, TEXAS
happen within the next 90 days,
and that is when the squawk is go-
ing up from the old folks. The race
horse gambling sentiment is at a
low ebb in Texas. The gamblers'
lobbyists found that out when they
sought to enact a bill re-legalizing
that form of "sport" at the regu-
lar session. They not only lost, but
they barely avoided getting a con-
stitutional amendment adopted by
the house which would have for-
ever prohibited race track betting
if okayed by the people.
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Special Interests Happy
Certainly, the governor, who
never talks to newspapers or re- ]
porters, and presumably doesn't'
read them either, is mistaken about1
the newspapers seeking a special
j session. Editorial sentiment, as ex-
j pressed in papers throughout the
j State, both daily and weekly, so far
| has given no indication that the
! editors think the governor ought
to call a special session.
i So far as the legislators are con-
cerned it is likely a good many house
members would like to see a spec-|
ial session. And since 94 of the'
latter went down the line with the'
Governor, on his tax program, and
i were beaten, and now are "on a
spot" with the old age pension seek-
, ers, is is reasonable to believe the
Governor, if he has any sense of
grfetitude, will eventually listen to
their pleas. ' I
The special interests, which
fought so hard for S. J. R. No. 12,
the sales tax constitutional amend-1
ment backed by the Governor, are
certainly not seeking any special1
session. They had an ace in the
hole all the time, figuring that if
the Governor's program lost, they
would escape any further taxes, and
they still feel very happy at the^
outcome. They are now paying not'
one penny of taxes for social secur-
ity purposes—it all comes from
liquor and amusement taxes. The
O'Daniel program calls for raising
at least another $25,000,000 for
pensions. The special interests know
they will have to pay some of that,1
and they fought hard to make their
share as little as possible. Certainly,'
having escaped entirely for another
two years unless there is a special
session, they aren't seking any spec-1
ial session.
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Austin Notes
Rep. Manor Westbrook, of Fair-
dale, who stood right by the micro-
phone at every O'Daniel broadcast
throughout the session, and was
given a "plug" by O'Daniel so often
that his name became part of the
announcer's formula for the O'Dan-
iel program, knows how we do it in
business now. O'Daniel vetoed West-
brook's main legislative achieve-
ment of the long session—a local
bill providing for a rural school
supervisor for Sabine and San
Austine counties. The governor ex-
plained Lhe bill was against "sound
business principles" . . . Another
bill by G. C. Morris, of Greenville
permitting cities to fund improve-
ments by second lien obligations,
was killed by the governor because
it wasn't sound business, O'Daniel
thought . . . Morris was floor lead-
er of the successful fight to block
O'Daniel's sales tax amendment
. . . Earlier in the session, the
Governor vetoed a local bill by
Leighton Cornett, of Clarksville,
another anti-sales tax leader . . .
The fair trades act, found unfair
and in violation of the anti-trust
laws by Attorney General Gerald
Mann, also fell under the veto axe,
and the O'Daniel broadcast is not
being tuned out in many a rural
drugstore ... A joint committee
of House and Senate, named to sup-
ervise administration (if the rural
aid fund, which has bc/en notorius-
ly infested with politics for years,
By PIERCE BROOKS
Milk processing plants, cream
factories and other allied industries
are moving Texasward. Charlie
Baughman, Chief Clerk of the De-
partment of Agriculture is of the
opinion that Texas farmers and
dairymen will rise to the occasion
and that Texas within a few years
will become the leading dairying
state.
Democratic leaders, State and
National, gathered at Beaumont
Saturdy to honor Price Daniel,
youthful State Representative from
Liberty, Democratic Executive
Committeeman from the 4th Dis-
trict and President of the Texas
Young Democratic Club. Senator
Tom C'onnally was the principal
speaker, and among the distinguish-
ed attendants was Mrs. Clara Dris-
coll, the eminent National Commit-
tee-woman from Texas. Mrs. Dris-
coll is one of the World's great-
est women. Her portrait graces the
august chamber of the Texas State
Senate, a merited recognition given
her as the Savior of the Alamo.
Her personal gift of $75,000 made
it possible to preserve that sacred
Texas Shrine located in the heai-t
of busy San Antonio. In recent
months, she has endeared herself
again to all Texas women by under-
writing the risk and later destroy-
ing the $82,000 obligation of the
State headquarters of the Texas
Federation of Women's Clubs at
Austin.
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Although the Senate bill, which
' provided for setting up of crime
| clinics in the schools over the State,
j did not pass in this session of the
; Legislature, the proponents of this
jbill believe that in the next session,
the representatives of the people
I will have had a better opportunity
to study the far reaching effects
' of this measure and will whole-
heartedly join in its passage. Much
credit should be extended to its
sponsors, Howard Dailey, one of
Dallas' leading attorneys and Leo
Stamps, a well-known Texas radio
personality.
THE POCKETBOOK
of KNOWLEDGE ^
Taxes
AWTOR
VEHICLES
averaged
year
l
job in
IT "RAINFO" PUCKS
RECENTLY IN
nutissipri
<WLD DUCKS WEPE CAUGHT
IN A NA/L STORM AND
"DA/NED" TO THE GROUND
IN iJAPAN, WOMEN ARE
COMPELLED By I Hfc GOVERNMENT
TO CLEAN THEIR HOUSES
. TWICE a year, in the
indostrv today
is backed bv an
investment on
the averase
2f2% GREATER
THAN 4-0
YEARS, AGO.
14,000 MEN-
ONE OUT OF
(VERY 9
HOLD
INSPECTOR's
JOBS IN
AUTOMOBILE
INDUSTRY-
Accurate Map of Your
County Now Available
Taking cognizance of the mush-
room growth of organizations which
had as their chief purpose the col-
lection of funds from old age pen-
sioners under the guise of helping
them to get bigger and better pen-
sions, the Legislature made it a
felony to solicit funds from social
security applicants. Lawyers' fees
are limited to $10.00.
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At a time when Texans are try-
ing to decide whether to go to New
York or San Francisco, it might
be well to coin the expression, "See
Texas First." Right in Fort Worth
will be staged one of the biggest
shows in the country, The Casa
Manana, and it might be well for
every World Fair Traveler to in-!
elude the Casa Manana in his itin-
erary.
For the first time in Texas history
accurate road maps for every coun-
ty in the state are now available to
the public at cost, according to
State Highway Engineer Julian
Montgomery.
Drawn on a large scale, making
them easy to read, the maps show
all county roads, all state highways,
railroads, cities and towns, streams
and lakes, major parks, and state
and national reservations. In ad-
dition all dwellings, oil and gas
wells, churches, schools, and other
structures visible from state or
county roads are marked on the
maps.
The majority of the maps are
drawn on a scale of one inch to the
mile, but those for the larger and
less developed counties are on a
scale of one-half inch to a mile,
They are printed on uniform sheets
36 by 50 inches.
Highway Department field men
traversed every mile of road in Lhe
state in preparing the maps. The
work was done in cooperation with
th LT. S. Bureau of Public Roads
as a part of a Federal aid project
known as the Highway Depart-
ment's "road planning survey."
Before the department made the
survey there were reliable road
maps for only 27 counties, and
copies were not readily available
to the public, Montgomery said.
THIS WEEK
IN I'AI.ACIOS HISTORY
;i FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
Twenty-eighth Annual Encamp-
ment of the State B. Y. P. U. was
in session. Dr. George W. Truett of
Dallas, delivered the keynote ad-
dress. Miss Olivia Elder was at the
registration desk.
Engineers were working on the
proposed highway to Port Lavaca,
a continuation of the Hug-the-
Coast-Highway from Houston to
Corpus Christi through Palacios.
Camp Hulen was being put in
readiness for the T. N. G. Encamp-
ment.
The Stunt program sponsored by
the Library Association was a
grand success and over $30 was
realized.
F. R. Atwood disposed of his
interest in the Ideal Grocery to his
co-partner, E. G. Frame.
20 YEARS AGO
The B. Y. P. U. was in session.
Every cottage and all rooms in the
grounds were occupied. Dr. George
W. Truett preached the opening
sermon.
The infant daughter of John Le
Compte died following the death of
her mother about three weeks.
A series of articles favoring a
sewer system for Palacios were be-
ing published in the Beacon.
Now is the time of the year we
have to be bored with the other fel-
low telling us all about where he is
going to take his vacation.
25 YEARS AGO
Dr. Wagner had a new seven-
passenger Studebaker car and drove
it down from Houston in five hours.
Two big special trains and five
extra coaches on the regular train
brought people in for the B. Y. P.
U. Encampment. Robt. H. Coleman
was elected president. Dr. Truett of
Dallas was guest speaker.
More than 1500 people came over
from Bay City and other points
on a special train for the big 4th
of July Celebration.
I FEATHER & SON
REAL ESTATE
I
AUTO and LIFE
FIRE, TORNADO
INSURANCE
BONDS
—NOTARY PURLIC—
Infa
lUDtanr
met and organized at Austin . . .
The State Prison system cannot
legally bid for the State's printingl
work, a contract that runs into
thousands of dollars a year, Attoi*-
ney General Gerald Mann held,'
since the prison system is not a
"responsible bidder," under the
law. The printing contract is a fat,
fat plum which has built up for-|
tunes in the past for several Austin:
firms which have enjoyed a mo-
nopoly on it for years ... A con-
flict in the near future between old
age and youth, is seen by Dr. Hom-
er Rainey, new president of Texas
University. Dr. Rainey, in an open
forum talk, pointed out that in
1850, there were 890 adults to every
1,000 youths; today there are 2,200
adults to every 1,000 youths. "In
1930," he said, "we had 6,500,000
people in the U. S. over 65; in 1960,
we shall have 23,000,000. The situa-
tion already is acute in Texas. We
are at the beginning of the old age
problem. It will be increasing in-
sistently for the next 20 years."
•Is One of Texas' Many
Outstanding Assets!
SULPHUR, FROM ITS VARIOUS SOURCES,
IS ONE OF INDUSTRY'S MOST ESSENTIAL
COMMODITIES.
GOOD ADVICE
A radio fan says:
If your sweetheart is a blonde
and you love a brunette, trans-
former.
If she gets grouchy, tickler.
If she wants to meet you for
lunch, meter.
If she wants a fur coat, resistor.
If she continues to insist, elimi-
nator.
Radio services are coordinated
by five nations to guard passenger
planes on Atlantic routes.
Sometimes you're lucky enough
to take advantage of things, but
sometimes you have to make ad-
vantages.
PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
& LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PHONE 8 PALACIOS
M. K. FEATHER, Mgr.
ITS PRESENCE IN TEXAS, THEREFORE
CONSTITUTES ONE OF THE STATE'S MOST
ATTRACTIVE INDUCEMENTS TO THE DE-
VELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY WITHIN ITS
BORDERS.
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.
MINES:—
NEWGULF, Wharton County, Texas
LONG POINT, Fort Bend County, Texas
HEADQUARTERS
Second Nat'l Bank Bldg.
Houston, Texas
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1939, newspaper, July 13, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412153/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.