Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1922 Page: 1 of 4
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PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1922
VOLUME XV NUMBER 39
Oil Communication
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(By Charley Morris)
The questionaire submitted to
Mr. Rutledge through the col-
umns of the Beacon a few weeks
ago, should not be construed by
any as casting any reflections on
Mr. Rutledge's honesty, as we
know nothing from persona!
knowledge of Rutledges acts out-
side of this territory. Deep
down in our hearts we harbor nn
ill will or resentments for Mr.
Rutledge and would be just as
quick to turn and defend him
should conditions seem to justify
it. Should we have been the
contributing cause of injuring
the innocent, we would make the
supreme effort to rectify it.
Answering Mr. Rutledge's
question No. 1: In the first part
of that sentence, will say he is
partly right. I do not own one
dollar in the company and the
pecuniary interests which I own
in the few leases out there is not
a drop in the bucket, considering
the large indirect interests in-
volved in the responsibility of
making the location for the Tay-
lor No. 1, and outlining the
structure there, realizing that I
have gofc to continue to make 100
per cent good, or be criticised
unmercifully by just such inex-
perienced men as Mr. Rutledge,
besides carrying the responsibil-
ity of having; endorsed and re-
commended the buying of a large
number of leases on the Taylor
No. 1 tract which was purchased
from Mr. Rutledge, and the
knowledge that a great many of
those people spentjjtheir last dol-
lar, in some instances for leases,
from the position that I could
spot a well, not only over the oil
but get in the center of the pool.
Should this well be completed
and a gusher developed it would
be the means of having thousands
of dollars at our back to develop
other rich portions of oil territory
with which Palacios is surround-
ed, which would bring great
prosperity, and Mr. Rutledge
and his stockholders would get
the initial part of this new pros-
perity. The latter part of Mr.
Rutledge's statment No . 1, is
wholly and altogether wrong.
He surely cannot be sincere in
making this statement, that I
predicted that he would get oil
at the various numerical depths
he specifies. All of my state-
ments of that character were
published in the Beacon from
time to time and made clear in
articles written by myself, under
headings—"By the Beacon
Qil Reporter." However, I rer
ment, probably will be denied by
300 or more people here, the lat-
ter part of No. 3 is wrong. Some
of the good people here co-oper-
ated with him except myself, and
I had given him more trouble
than all his stockholders. When
did you get that idea in your
head Mr. Rutledge? Did not you
tell me the last time you were
member at ono time when the
depth of the well was some twen-
ty-four or twenty-five hundred
feet in depth, and in the pres-
ence of Messrs. Rutledge, Davis
and Taylor, Mr. Rutledge sug-
gested that we all make a guess
as to what depth the gusher
would be found. Each register-
ed his guess on a piece of paper
and it was found that Mr. Rut-
ledge's guess was 3400 feet, Mr.
Taylor's 3600, Mr. Davis 3900
and my own guess was 3920 fee
|,o the oil. Mr. Pavis tjien madp
$ wager wjth Mi*. Rutledge tha"
1 would be nearer right than the
other guesses. Mr. Rutledge
Stated that was his opinion too
but he would make the wager, as
ft woifld be a goqd bet should hp
Ipse.
Iijs fclo, 2 paragraph—Person
ally I know of only one stock
holder here.
The first part of his No. 3 stat-
AAVrfi. Vf
about the 23th of July,
that if they had all co-operated
ike myself and one or two oth-
ers here, what you would have
done. Have you not mentioned
on numerous occasions about my
magnificent co-operation, always
at your beck and call, willing to
go any time, day or night for the
interest of you and your stock-
holders, without one penny of
pay. When did I give you so
much trouble? Just very recent-
y was it not; long after the Tay-
or No. 1 quit functioning and
he signs indicated it was going
i;o its grave by you or some in-
visible one.
I can not answer No. 4, so I
lave agreed to give you the ben-
efit of the doubt.
No. 5. Mr. Davis was appar-
ently endeavoring to go on down
with the depth of the well. If
there was an under current
working in opposition to this I
was not aware of it. I will make
affidavit that I have never writ-
ten Mr. Davis a line in my life,
f there did not exist any matter
of differences between myself
and Mr, Davis, it would not be
Mr. Rutledge's fault, for he tried
as hard as any man could have
done to create those diffei-ences.
As to Mr. Davis writing him not
0 put another dollar in this well,
is certainly a surprise to myself
as well as the people here. He
did not indicate this change of
leart by his actions here, how-
ever I will give Mr. Rutledge the
benefit of this doubt also.
No 6 Is a teetotal misnomer
almost all the way down the line.
There was no contract made to
raise any certain amount, but the
statement was made that we
would try and see what we
could do, thot is one or two men
did and others said nothing. Mr.
' Hutledge at the same time stated
le would put up three-fourths of
what we could raise. Did he do
it? Answer—No. In conclud-
ing this No. 6 paragraph, will
say I never claimed to know any
thing about your books.
Will pass up Nos. 8, 9, 10 and
11. I have nothing to say of that
matter as I have no say coming.
No. 12 Will say that as far as
1 am aware of Dr. Thomas Sem-
mes, of South Richmond, Va.,
has no connection in this contro-
versy whatever. It is very like-
ly you stated to me that this
gentleman's family as a unit, was
the largest stockholder, just as T
stated in my other article. The
other article also stated you con-
trolled more than 9U per cent,
which is correct according to
your statement to me. No one
has stated that you have taken
even a dollar of the company's
money, it was commission. You
were not directly accused of any
thing in the questiopairp. only a
few pertinent questions were
asked! The Palacios people owe
Mr. Rutledge nothing by right of
contract or agreement is the con-
census of opinion among the peo-
ple here.
In conclusion will say that the
part of Mr. Rutledge's statement
alluding to geologist Hinton's re-
port on the log of this Tavlor No.
1, intimating that Mr. Hinton
had a pecuniary interest in the
ownership of leases around the
Taylor No. 1,1 will state that Mr.
Hinton positively does not own
any interest in leases around the
Taylor No., neither does he own
any leases or any thing of value
in this—Matagorda County.
I will make the following agree-
ment with Mr. Rutledge as fol-
lows: Finish the Taylor No. 1,
uuwii Io the depth the deeper
production is found in the coast
country. Begin in a reasonable
time and I will transfer and as-
sign all my right, title and inter-
est to any leases I may hold in
that body of leases.
Brahma Cattle
Industry Given
Boost in Daily
In Sunday's Chronicle of Sept.
17th is a very interesting article
about the growth of the Brahma
cattle industry in the South coun-
try, written by Dr. William S.
Jacobs, pastor of the First Pres-
byterian Church, Houston.
brahma bull on price ranch
Dr, Jacobs makes special men-
tion of the very excellent work
)eing done by Mr. Jas. W. Sart-
welle in the breeding of high-
grade Brahmas; and also the
splendid work that Mr. John T.
price had done with his herd.
In the photogravure section of
the same paper are thirty photo-
graphs showing the Sacred cattle
either in groups or taken singly.
Of the thirty pictures made, ten
are of cattle on the Sartwelle
ranch and seven of the Price cat-
tle. The others are taked on the
Borden, McFadden and Pierce
ranches.
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Notice to Music Pupils.
Mary Louise Pybus began her
class in the Dunning System
of Improved Music Study at her
home last Monday. She still has
a place on her program for a few
other beginners. Advanced pu-
pils also desired. For further
information call 115.
In the advertising columns of
the Beacon will be found the ad
of James W. Rugeley of Bay City,
who has the justly celebrated
Acala cotton seed for sale. Mr.
Rugeley's ad gives the many su-
perior points of the Acala cotton
and will no doubt find many buy-
ers among the cotton growing
people of Palacios and vicinity.
Mr. Rugeley is so well known to
the people of these parts that it
is quite unnecessary to add a per-
sonal recommendation.
Matagorda Co.
F air at Bay City
Nov. 9, 10, 11
The Bay City Chamber of Com-
merce will pull off the biggest
county fair ever held in this
neck uf '.he woods on the above
dates, and it is being advertised
throughout north Texas, and we
may expect a large number of
farmers to be there to see what
can be done in Matagorda county.
Oscar Barber has been placed
in charge of the Agricultural ex-
hibit, and being an expert along
that line and a hustler, we know
it means some show worth going
to see.
He is asking Palacios to join in
making it a better show and is
asking us for a good line of sam-
ples of our country produce, and
especially samples of Sudan
grass, peanuts and citrus fruits,
which we alone can supply this
year.
If you have anything good in
the way of farm crops and are
willing to help boost our county
by showing it, report same to P.
F. Campbell and he will see that
room is made for your display
which you can take to the fair
personally or leave it with him at
the City hall about the 7th or 8th
of November and he will see that
it is taken to the Fair and shown
among the Palacios products.
Farmers who have seed corn or
other products to sell are invited
to show samples and take orders
for same, and if you cannot be
there to sell same, the one in
charge can take orders for you.
Some of our Palacios people
have been traveling through the
Northern states the past few
months, and report to us that
they did not find a single place
where climate and farming con-
ditions are as good as at Palacios.
Kansas and Oklahoma crops are
not only destroyed by hot winds,
but the people who are there
must endure the hot dry winds,
while we can enjoy the cool
breeze from the Gulf and be as-
sured that our crops will not
burn up with climatic conditions.
Count your many blessings at
Palacios and its opportunities for
pleasure as well as profit, and if
it has any equal this side of Par-
adise, report it to the Beacon
man.
Come to Palaejos where you
have to shovel neither coal or
snow.
Mr. afld Mrs. Wm. Berry came
home last Saturday from a two
months' visit with Colorado and
Kansas relatives and they say
Palacios has never looked so good
to them and they have always
been fond of Palacios, tpp. Mr,
Berry says there are no crops
there this year and the hot winds
piade them most uncomfortable
day-time and night-time. He
did lots of advertising for Pala-
cios with her cooling breezes and
abundant gardens.
B.Y.P.U. and
S. S. Convention
Meets at Bay City
We 'earn through T. C. Gard-
ner, State Secretary, that a big
District Cnnvention of the R. Y.
P. U. and Sunday School workers
of South Te*as will meet at Bay
City >fov. 21st and 22nd. The
Baptists and their friends are
very happy over getting this
Convention and will entertain in
a great way. Palacios is expect-
ed to enter wholeheartedly in
this program,
X Eftrl Mead, Educational Di-
rector of the First Baptist Church
at Beaumont, is the president of
the convention and is an enthus-
iastic worker.
McMahan—Bogard.
The wedding; of Miss Abbie Lee
McMahan and Oscar Willis Bo-
gard was beautifully solemnized
at the Second Presbyterian
church Monday evening, Septem-
ber 25, at 7:30 o'clock. Services
were read by Rev. James F.
Hardie.
The church was simpiy deco-
rated with ferns and palms, with
pedastal baskets of white asters
and ferns banking the aitar and
organ. Palms formed a semi-
circle before the altar and made
a pleasing background for the
grouping of the bridal party.
Mrs. T. C. Spencer sweetly ren-
dered "At Dawning" as the
bridal solo. She was accompa-
nied on the organ by George
Heinzelman who also played the
processional and recessional
marches.
Following the ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Bogard left for an ex-
tended trip to Indianapolis, Cin-
cinnati and other eastern points
of interest and will make their
home in Houston after Novem-
ber 1.—Houston Post.
Mr. Bogard has a host of Pa-
lacios friends who will rejoice
with him in his happiest of hours.
"Oscar" as he is better known
here taught at one time in the
high school and exerted a re-
markable influence over the
young folks under him. He was
an especially good coach on the
athletic field and under his in-
spiration the Palacios high school
held the All-High cup and had
representation at the district and
state meets. The Beacon joins
in wishing for the young couple
the maximum amount of happi-
ness in their journey through
life.
Deepening of
The Intercoastal
Canal Urged
Washington, Sept. 27.—Army
engineers have concluded a sur-
vey of the intercoastal water-
ways from Galveston Bay to Mat-
agorda Bay, Texas, and have rec-
ommended that this section be
enlarged to a depth of nine feet
and depth and width of 100 feet.
The project would cost $1,450,-
000 for new work and $150,000
annually for maintenance, sub-
ject to certain conditions of local
cooperation, a statement issued
today by army engineers said.
Do you like Tamales? You
will like our Gold Medal Tamales
every can guaranteed to please
you. A. J. Tatum Grocery Co.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Berthelson
and daughters, Misses Julia and
Anna, returned this week from a
several months sojourn in Europe
most of the time being spent in
Denmark with their relatives.
Mr. Berthclson said the best fed
and the best dressed people he
saw while away were the Ger-
mans. Their stock were the most
abundant and the fattest and the
people spending the most freely.
However, to the Berthelson fam-
ily there is no place like home
and "home" is in America, in
Palacios.
S. T. Davis, president of The
Economy Oil Co., left Wednes-
day night for St. Louis, to spend
several weeks with his family.
He expects to combine business
with pleasure and will go to
Chicago and other eastern cities
before returning to Palacios.
Schools Opened
Monday With
Big Attendance
Our schools opened last Mon-
day with both teachers and pu-
pils on tip-toe and full of zest,
for their work. At the high
school there were chapel exer-
cises with talks by the teachers
and also a number of the patrons,
a larger number than usual of
the latter being present, express-
ing their confidence in the pres-
ent corps of teachers. Every-
thing is moviag along smoothly
and this promises to be a banner
year for the schools, despite the
fact that the condition of the
buildings and furnaces is not as
it should be to do first class
work or up to the standard re-
quired by the state supervisor.
In the East Bay school they
had an enrollment of 110 the first
day which later in the week was
increased to 115, this being the
argest enrollment for several
years. At their chapel exercises
they bad the good fortune to
have present Miss Louise Pybus,
who presided at the piano play-
ing their marches and the accom-
paniment to their song. A
splendid representation oi the
mothers was present, who gave
evidence of their pleasure and
delight at the splendid beginning
that was being made. The teach-
ers of the East Bay, as do those
of the High School extend a cor-
dial invitation io the mothers and
fathers to visit the schools often.
There is a total enrollment in
both schools of 361, a large num-
ber in both schools being new
pupils.
The teachers in charge for the-
year are: Miss Linnie Wolf,
Supt.; Prof. Earl Rogers, Prin.;
Misses Rowena Clement and
Olive Boone; Mrs. W. C. Gray,.
7th grade; Mrs. Bulah Bowden,
6th grade, Miss Claire Partain,
5th grade; Miss Eunice Tray lor,
4th grade; Miss Victoria Elder,
3rd grade; Miss Lorena lfiand,
2nd grade Miss Liila Mae Bar-
nett, 1st grade and superintend-
end of East Bay school.
Up to this time the board has
been unable to secure a Domestic
Science teacher but hopes to have
pne in the very near future.
Rubberset Shaving Brush and
tube of shaving cream Saturday,
only 59 cents. Nester Drug Co.
Deutschburg
Fair Friday,
October Six
Great preparations are being
made for the Second Annual
Fair to be held at Deutschburg
Friday, October 6. There will
be exhibits of stock, Jersey cows,
poultry of all kinds, fruits, veg-
etables, canned goods, pies,
cakes, bread, etc. Don't fail to
attend.
My business has out grown
my space. On or about the 5th
of October next, I will move all
new merchandise to the Hillyer
Building. Until then I will sell
everything in my line at a re-
duction. J. K, Paulk.
COAL! COAL!
Two cars Coal
expected soon
Palacios ICE Plant
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