Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1934 Page: 2 of 4
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Published Every Thursday
J. W. DISMUKES
One Year, $1.50
Publisher
Six Months, $1.00
Entered at the Palacios Post Office as
second class mail matter under Act
of Congress.
THIS WEEK
In Palacios History
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
15 YEARS AGO
The B. Y. P. U. opened its 20th nn-
R. H. Coleman, presi-
Some Good “DontV*
Preachers and Editors
It is greet to be n preacher. He
has many advantages over an editor.
He wears better clothes, has donation
parties when the family larder is low,
does not have to worry about meeting
the weekly payroll, gets chances to
kiss pretty brides, hns reduced fares
on the railroads, can make a speech
and nobody enn talk back and does not
have to consider the NRA, and alto-
gether' has a glorious time.
The editor writes a piece and touchy
subscribers stop the paper. If he does
not write pieces they stop the paper
because there is no news in it. He
is in constant danger from libel suits
and irate readers’ attacks, but—and
here is where the editor has it over the
preacher—he does not have to take n
vote of his subscribers every year to
"'decide whether or not he shall stay on
th4*joh or move on to another charge.
He Is lucky—it would be wearing to
have to move every year, as would be
his lot.—Abilene (Kan.) Reflector.
The mountainous fat boy sat down
next to a thin high school student in
a crowded street car. The lean lad
moved, and moved again, but the pres-
sure continued.
“They ought to charge fares by
weight,” the slim boy burst out peev-
ishly.
“It’s lucky for you they don’t” placid-
ly retorted the bulky one. “It wouldn’t
pay to stop the cur for you.”
Don’t swim on a full stomach. Wait
at lenst two hones aft r eating.
Don’t swim if overheated.
Don’t swim until exhausted.
Don’t swim if you have heart trouble.
Don’t dive without accurate know-
ledge of the depth of the water.
Don’t struggle if caught in n swift
current or undertow. The force of the
current will bring you to the surface.
| Don’t wade into the water with the
arms above the head. You will not
tiunl session.
dent, delivered the opening address
and Dr. George W. Truett preached the
opening sermon. More messengers
were in attendance than ever before.
Every cottage and all rooms were oc- ,
eupied in the grounds and hundreds of :*_rWM,y t0 stroke ,f you 8to'’ lnto “
visitors were being entertained in Pa-
> I <fet this fir tuoitfnd
m
"A good head and industrious hand are
worth gold in any land. ”
Vacation Land in Texas
A recent Literary Digest map
in the United States
entire blank. What a
JULY
9—Elins Howe, tewing ma-
chine inventor,born 1818.
*22^^-10—The first iteambott
vacation land
left Texas an
mistake!
The South Texan, official organ of
the South Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, s: ts the world aright on that
subject, and gives vacation-seeking
James
lucios homes.
A series of articles favoring a sew-
er system for the city were being pub-
lished.
Samuel Lee, 15-year-old son of Rev.
and Mrs. W. W. Lee, of San Antonio,
fell from n motor boat while the fam-
ily was returning from a trip on the
hay, in such a way as to break his
hack. He was rushed to a Houston
sanitarium, hut died just befofe the
train arrived in Houston.
The infant dnughtcr of John Le
Compte died, just a little over three
weeks after her mother passed away.
hole.
reaches Chicago's har-
bor. 1832.
Don’t fight or struggle to swim if
you swallow water. Clear the wind-j
pipe of water first.
Don’t fail to learn Red Cross life-'
saving and resuscitation methods. Be j
capable of saving yourself or your
companions.—Exchange.
11—John Quincy Adams. Iha
'r~ 6th President, born 1767.
12—Josiah Wedgwood, noted
pottery maker, born 1730.
Weather — An
Unknown Quantity
shal.
With all this study of weather con-
ditions for hundreds of years past we
still know very little about it. Long
m t m i — • j range forecasts hnve little value while
T. L. Tucker resigned ns City Mar- fowas|s fm. 24 hourg ahead are often
very wrong.
This year, while the government
was engaged in a crop reduction cam-
paign, the wtather stepped in and
made it 100 per cent in some of the
most productive sections of America.
YOUR READING HOURS—
MAKE THEM PLEASANT.
If you squint and blink
your eyes when you are read-
ing you cannot relax and en-
joy yourself. Properly fitted
glasses will remove the Strain
from your eyes and make
your reading hours a pleas-
ure to you.
Come in and see us. We
will examine your eyes and if
you need glasses properly fit
you with them at a minimum
charge. And we will guar-
antee that you will have the
proper lenses.
JNO. D. BOWDEN
CRESCENT DRUG STORE
PHONES 18 & 59
20 YEARS AGO
A special train brought more than
1500 Bny City people here for the big
tth of July celebration, and “everyone
was well pleased with the day and j0Wtt long held supremacy as the ban-
speak lustily in favor of Palacios hos- ncr fBvminK state of the union. It was
totality," say the Bny City Tribune. |t0 tho Unite<i states what Ellis Coun-
Dr. Wagner had a new sevon-pas- ty has been to Texas—the place where
senger Studebaker car and drove it rainfall and climatic conditions were
down from Houston in five hours. , the most favorable. This year much
The B. Y. P. U. Encampment was in ! of Iowa has been seared by hot winds
session, and great crowds of devoted with a deficient rainfall that has
and enthusiastic Baptists from ail sec-; brought disaster throughout the state,
tions of the state were in attendance. I Reports now are that there are
Two big special trains and five extra drought conditions in Russia, India,
coaches on the regular truin brought and the Balkan states und the world
people in on the opening day. Dr. Geo.' grain harvests will be the least in
W. Truett was one of the principal years. It is dry even in England which
speakers and Robt. H. Coleman was usually has an abundant rainfall,
elected president. Palacios people paid It 8Cems that we mi(rht be(,in to
50 cents for a button good for admis- think about „ morc p(,neral distribu-
sion during the entire encampment. tion of the B„od thinKS of liff to the
Family tickets were $1,50. people in times of plenty, rather than
i a restriction of production. Storage of
Mrs. Talksome: “I was outspoken in grain and cotton on a large scale
my sentiments at the club today.” j might be better than plowing up
Mr. Talksome: "I can’t believe it. I crops.
\\ ho outspoke you ? j Rainfall js uncertain and disasters
~ " come periodically. When nature gives
Mis. Davis decided to move into the ug a surp]us we might take care of
country for the summer, and was both it> looking forward to the inevitable
surprised and delighted to learn that time of scarcity.—Weatherford Demo-
an old friend of hers lived in the same crab_
| place. Meeting this friend on the
street, Mrs. Davis said: “I am a near
neighbor of yours now; I have taken
a house by the river.”
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&
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13—Maude Adams makes hit
in "The Little Minister,”
1905.
14—The start of the bloody
French Revolution, 1789,
S. Rainbow Division
•tops Gcrmaifdrive, 1918
Woman’s Christian j
Temperance Union
“For God and Home
and Every Land”
Mrs. W. C. GRAY, Local Pres.
Three Perfect Ones
A perfect compliment—“Won’t you
“Oh, I do hope you will drop in some
time,” replied her friend.—The Amer- comalnto mV'ga’rdenVTwouM'iike my
ican Girl. j roges to gee you >>—perfect Hostess.
A perfect definition of a boy—“A
noise with dirt on it.”—Punch.
A perfect substitute—Marie Corelli,
when asked why she never married,
answered, “There is no need, for I
have three pets at home which to-
gether answer the same purpose as a
husband. I have a dog which growls
all morning, a parrot which swears ail
afternoon, and a cat comes home late
at night.”—Readers Digest.
ALLEN’S
LAUNCH LIVERY
BOATS
FISHING TACKLE
BAIT
—CAMP CABINS—
—GROCERIES—
—SEA SHELL SOUVENIRS—
PHONE 78
Down mow this ^
EXTRA!
WEIGHT
ever if ironmq
Your old electric iron weighs at least iVz pounds more than the
new Ironmaster—and when you iron, you actually move EXTRA
WEIGHT equal to that of a young ELEPHANT (2200 pounds)
one foot each hour! All excess poundage has been removed from
the Ironmaster, which is built on the principle that HEAT, NOT
WEIGHT irons your clothes. That you may know Ironmaster’s ad-
vantages, we offer
$ I. FOR YOUR OLD IRON ON THIS
c/few r
Ironmaster
FULL SIZE
(JULY ONLY)
i WEIGHS ONLY
3^2 POUNDS
Regardless of make or condition,' we’ll allow
#1 for your old iron and place Ironmaster in
your home for 95c down and jll a month. We
want you to enjoy its FASTER, BETTER and
EASIER ironing! Thousands now in use in
South and Southwest Texas. Come in today
t
iand examine the Ironmaster for yourself!
i
Central Power
and
Eight Company
WHAT HAS FOLLOWED REPEAL?
A few news notes picked up here
and there can give us a faint idea of
some of the conditions where repeal
obtains.
“If the ladies continue to pack the
barrooms the way they have been do-
ing since repeal I’ll bet you a cookie
that before very long you’ll see a new
organization launched and it will be
called the ‘Men’s Christian Temperance
Union.’ ’’—R. H. L. in the Chicago
Tribune.
“Also, the woman patron might sit
on a stool and clutter the bar with her
make-up box, gloves, handkerchief and
whatnot, as she is doing today in sev-
eral almost completely feminized hotel
taxerns.”—Chicago Daily News.
“First, in the newspapers that pub-
lished liquor advertisements, appeared
the paragraphs: ‘This is not an adver-
tisement for the sale of liquor in states
where such advertising is unlawful.’
Now comes the radio liquor advertise-
ment, prefaced by th? announcement:
’Those listening in, in dry states, may
now tune this station out. Tomorrow
wo shall probably find on our 100
proof whiskey bottle, in bold, black
type, ‘This hootch is harmless in
Maine, Kansas, and the two Caro
linas.’ ”—Union Signal.
“A marked increase in drinking
among boys since repeal has been no
ticed by Mr. Leeds Johnson, president
of the Madison Square Boys’ Club,
This club is an organization that has
been ministering to the boy life in a
congested section of New York City,
and Mr. Johnson says that in other
days the boys hung around the club
until late at night, but that now they
are leaving early and spending their
time around saloons and restaurants
where there is easy access to liquor.
He also states that under prohibition
the drinking of these boys was only
an occasional event but that now it is
becoming a regular habit.”—E.
Chaffee in the Christian Century.
“Expressing great alarm at ‘the
rapidly increasing use of alcoholic
liquors by young people of all ages in
our schools since the repeal of the
Eighteenth Amendment and the appal
ling effect thereof upon their physical
and moral well-being’ the Board of
Education of Lob Angeles, Cal. has
passed a strong resolution urging
school administrators, principals and
teachers in the Los Angeles system ‘to
combat this growing evil by appro-
priate instruction as to the injurious
effects of the liquor habit.’ ”—Union
Signal.
“This is a great country. We plow
under the crops so the people will have
more to eat, and repeal the Prohibi-
tion Amendment so people won’t drink
so much.”—Piekerell Syndicate.
I have many more such paragraphs
but my space is limited. A few head-
lines will suggest a little of the trag-
edy of repeal:
“Alcoholism Deaths Double in St.
Louis.”
“Drunken Driving Increases.”
“Half N. Y. Liquor Illegal, Says
Commissioner.”
“Cheaper To Enforce Prohibition
Than Legal Liquor Laws.”
"Gospel Missions Have More Prob-
lems Since Repeal.”
“Bootlegging Persists in Colorado.”
“Michigan Fighting The Bootleg-
ger.”
“Drunken Mother Forgets Starving
Babies.”
"Drunken Nurse Arrested.”
“Beer Parlor Brawl."
“Pilot Arrested On Drunken Fly-
ing Count.”
“Kidnapping Incited By Alcohol.”
And so on ad nauseum.
“Is Jim very self-conscious?”
“Is ho? Say, they call him the
Fuller Blush Man.”
IT IS COMFORTING TO KNOW
THAT EVERY DETAIL OF
FUNERAL DIRECTION
IS HANDLED BY—
A. A. DUFFY & CO.
W. H. (PETE) WILLIAMS, Manager
PHONE 54
Post Office Bldg,
fDSONSF WAlTe
and gives vacation-seeking ,^|l!p|.(,jai.Appeal,
i Texans a lot of vuluable information.; Memphis (lenn.) <>
In part it states; isays:
I "Newspaper advertising, next to
A few hours in the family car or cn]umns of the honest press, can
rad and inland South lex- almogt generally is, a forceful
"" ” influence for the community’s good.
Newspaper advertising is ns good for
the individual who reads it ns for the
business which uses it.
“It is almost inconceivable—n com-
munity without a newspaper and with-
out advertising. Our design for liv-
ing is largely moulded by advertising
of one kind and another. We know
which foods are healthful, through
newspaper advertising. Our ideas of
home charm, home health, home com-
forts come from newspaper advertis-
ing. The advertiser has developed n
sense of pleasant taste. Advertising
is good reading. It is usually good
English, even good literature. It is
cultural influence. In recent years
advertising has been giving us the best
in art.
“Society—every class—owes a debt
to the man behind intelligent use of
newspaper space to advertise his pro-
duct. For the most part he is trust-
worthy. The dishonest advertiser is
out of the picture, or on the way out.
Through self scrutiny, through pres-
sure from newspaper executives and
through realization that false, blatant,
irresponsible advertising in the long
run just doesn’t pay, the advertiser
hns recognized that he has much the
same responsibility to be fair, honest
and constructive.
“As for the advertiser, his business
reflects his advertising wisdom. The
QUALITY
FOOD MARKET
“The Friendly Store”
(Next Door to Post Office)
-SPECIALS EVERY DAY!—
STEVE and BROTE
by bus or
ans are at the famous resorts along
the gulf. Their lowland neighbors
leave home in the early morning and :
at nightfall are in the cool, cedar crest-
ed hills with their sparkling streams
and comfortable lodges and camps.
Long, hot, expensive trips are elimin-
ated and at the journey's end the va-
cationist finds a land as interesting as
any he might have found after days
of tiresome traveling.
Where, for instance, might there be
btU.tr bathing, fishing oi sailing than
the gulf coast, with its attractive port
and resort towns, Galveston, Palacios,
Rockport, Port Aransas, Corpus Chris-
ti, Boca Chiea and others, stretching
from the Louisiana line to Mexico and
providing every aquatic sport the heart,
desires? Or what morc desirable place
to spend a few days or weeks than in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley with its
miles of citrus fruit groves and its
cl. an, modern cities, among hospitable
people who believe in play as well as
work and have provided the means for
thiir fellow Texans to enjoy them-
selves whenever they can And time to
visit this garden spot.
South Texans of the coastal plain
who se.k a higher altitude find it eas-
ily in the Hill Country where, too,
they find scenery rivaling that of Colo-
rado. Here, about Boerne, Comfort,
Center Point, Kerrville, Fredericks-
burg, Junction and other cities of the
region urc centered numerous camps
PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
AND LICENSED EMBALMEllS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PHONE 8 PALACIOS, TEXAS
M. K. FEATHER, Mgr.
FEATHER & SON
-REAL ESTATE-
FIRE, TORNADO,
AUTO AND LIFE
INSURANCE
B—O—N—D—S
—NOTARY PUBLIC—
For Kodak Finishing,
Enlarging, Copying or
Other Photographic Work, go 9
Blocks North from City Hall,
then 1 Vi Blocks East, or leave
Films at—
MURIEL’S NOVELTY SHOPPE
H-U-N-T-E-R
for boys and girls and for their elders, j chestnut about the mouse trap and the
hotels and lodges affording all modern j world heating a path to its inventors j
conveniences and comforts and un- j floor is full of worms. The mousetrap ; PHONE 27.
equalled opportunity for rest and play., inventor and the butcher and baker
Westward stretches the vast Edward’s | and candlestick maker are ail in the
plateau, with its great ranches, to' same boat. WITHOUT AI>\ ERTIS-
terminate in the cool canyons and tow- ING FOR THEIR SAIL. THEY ARE
ering crests of the Davis Mountains. | SUNK!”
This great region, from coast to; " ~~ „ , . , .
mountain, is Texas’ playground, and i Teacher—"In which one of his bat-
cvery year more Texans are learning ties was Gustavus Adolphus kilk .
Pupil (after reflection)— I think
J. L. PYBUS
PLANING MILL
Manufacture all kinds of wood
Wood yard in connection with
Plant
PALACIOS
MONUMENTS
that it isn’t necessary Jo journey far
for their favorite sport, or for a change
of climate and scenery or to thorough-
ly enjoy themselves while they relax
from iveryday affairs and gather fresh
energy for the work ahead.—Houston
Chronicle.
it was his last battle.”
Fortune Teller (soulfully) — “Our
spirits are in harmony. I can sense
an aura about you.”
Patron—“That ain’t any aura, lady;
that’s hair tonic.”
Campbell and Prinzing
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PALACIOS, TEXAS
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