Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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PALACIOS,' TEXA8, FRIDAY^pKUARY 28. 1914
-•w4k
UsS.
to*i
;.a,
j likely to caplteliie on either schema
again. But the gold brick mao (till
defraud the public that
iSUttoleCamle fnroed to apeudtboue-
H and*. of dorian annually, and To
■I maintain a iargd force of ihepeotore
^Hupd clerlie tonip' their fraudulent
iebemet, Frederic J. Hack in, the
ffjS mail known joornaltet, who baa been
H writinga, eerie* of articles for the
Hi|pNM||d Daily New*, on the' Poat-j
9Kpjfl*0 Department . tella about
MmT mail order fakir* in a recent
gflo' on '•'Driving Out Fraud*."
Hn article i* a* follow*: j
jp^pTh* Pi»to«.ce Department ba*|
||§jbeeo fighting the fradulent u*e off
ffilttb mail* for many yean. The drat
direction wa* to i**ue|
■ againet the pereona orj
'• guilty of fraudulenti
flgj&M&'fiHH deny to'it the u*e ofl
■maile either in the reoeipt. or die- |
^ patoh of Mail matter. Tbi* helped!
|aome,but there were *o many wayel
to get around it that the fraud order 1
P method of *uppr*e*ioo wa* not pro-1
■ ductiv* of the moat eatiafactory re-
B dull* in the effort* of the department!
§§ topnvent the u*e of the mail service!
■ (ptbe promotion e^ fraud.' I
B 'Then the department decied to in* 1
B atitute a eyatem of proeecution I
•gainst those #b o advertiae |
fgj tampting bait for sucker* and ueei
B the'mail* in. their operations. Alii
B aorta of icbameahare been batched |
■> to pert the unwary from their j
Ilpio through the' maile. ' One of tbel
■favorite schemes of getting money!
to through the adyertieing of worth*!
^;'lmUett»ck^^lh^hiih -per valuoal
^^^^g^Mj^^Bereelilng value.!
■anedvieedH
jetiil gete hie remittaocee.B^r^j
Hof them' havo gone to priaon^^H
the laet year for ueing the
I plying their nefarloue deception.
|CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL FRAUDsI
I Then ie e oiaet of advertlewl who!
ipatroniae the want ad oolumpe ofl
many newspapers with tba view of
making capital oat of that Wide*
•preed idea among the uninformed
itbat a men oan become a newspaper I
writer by mail, and that all be has
to do ie to take a little course In a
Icorreepoodence eobool, and tbatl
I thereafter be oan make at tenet tiOOi
la month during bie apan time weU|§
ling newepepar atorias. ..Thee* afi«i
Ivertiaere oetch thouaandaof ambi-|
Itious people, but eomefimee tbeyi
Iget oaugbt in turd. ClairvoyeouJ
laetrologere and pelmieta who adH
Jvertiae \o tell you noytbing you wantl
[to know about yours*lfv or about!
lanyona olio, find almost as many I
|"euokera” nady to bite cn 1 the On-S
lemment net gete many of them in afi
year1* time,
|Perbape one of the wont frauds I
la the advertisement' of "work at
home" aohemuu. You ure told tbatl
iii yon order an ontfit from the adH
Ivertiacr yon coo use ii and the ad-gj
[vertisSr will buy your product io reH
jturn^ Usually the scheme appealed
[to poop people who oan ill afford tog
[lose a cent, and vet who hope toll
[supplement an all too meager family B
|income by doiog some litUe extraH
[work. - v k j ||
■ The list of specie* of fraud p*rpe-||
Tf* list ef apeclea of fraud perpe-
trated through the mails t* a long
... .. .. ..HSil
|one. Imperaonatiog nlatikae, pic-
ture puaile-schemes, fire maufenoa
poliaea, advartiaing for /tnveliog
cemp4t>ft>*» **d tjthihg )t
POWEROF COMP
frit Port tnd Indhpintfint
Anl«g Impf ptftrit Afidhn
of tlM Yfiaf.
-...... .miu'il-.
IB. t. HUfiHCS.
i^ OlCPBTITlON ia th* moat powarful I '
® S!S*sSw«tfjj||
ram ia blightad. It is th# only auvaraigu that #• H
and rule# on land and eea. Fraud vaaSela thakiariH
and. hurl defies at governmental rate-rankun bi’-ig
*PP*»r*noe of riiia iavitftl* moasruh ifH
Tfc* grautaat event ia the eommereldl
to« PMt year was the eatabUshment of uM|
“f> a«*ged by T*xm marehnata, plying h*twd
Waaport, and th# HtebUahmaut of * ft** p*ri vk
of :nations can pan to had from this count*? wltfl
Priyata aatarpriaa. Its affaat upon ooumarue wK
and th* lowering of ntaa has axtandad tha trad* 1
hundreds ef miles hit* the interior. 1
The Teu* jUbbaru purohea* from the Athatiol
approximately #960,000^00 of marebandlae per au|
volume moves via the stotomhlp lines An ibereasfi
nut only aorvaa to reduce the profits of too jobber# 1
trude territonr of the l>xaa dtolers. There ia no sf
tain—not excluding death end taxes—as an inereaal
«dmn Up independent ateeaahip line is in tha fiJ
:!»wissas -*i
• - A ^*, P*rt injects tote th* makhd* nfttou of ■
of oompetihon arato needed in wuter traffic. Jt tal
ncu dene# to fight competitive norte-it ia pro^M
ment of toe harbor and port fseuitien at Freeport %
pleted to accommodate ffweaty-fivo-foot veeeela ntl
pendituro on the part of the Federal OovfiUll
perpetuate competition In port# and
No more profitable iuvostmeut oan bo HPHHp
derod the pubho. _ ;
lion tons of etofi would move tbrul
the cao^l for Houston and Oalv*e- |
in getting this project before the
1 Board of Boginer*. and it to tbofr
I Intention to petition Coagreia for
an early appropriation for tbla work.
mrmmmmam *
|P*nflfifiL TCXM FfifiM
■Fotar Radford in dellveringoan of
hla ieotura*. told the following
Mhuaiegstoryt
B “Tb* avoraga Texas farmer tal
iaarnhanad by a Connationtt clock,I
I button* hla Chiaago euspaodere to!
W* Detroit oyfrnlia, puts on a pair
pf aboas male to Cleveland, wiibe*
[ in n Pittsburg basin, uesn Cincinnati
|soap, dries on n cotton towel made!
[in New Hampshire, sit* down to al
| Grand Rapid* table, aata breakfast
food from Battla Creak, bieouita
[mad# from Minnesota flour, Kinans
City bacon and Indiana grit*, fried,
io Omaha lard, on a St. Louie stove ;|
[buy* Irish potato*, grown In Miebili
gau and canned frnit put up In Cal>
iforoia, seasoned with Rhode leland
■pieiii fills hi* pipe with Keotnokyl
(tobacco, put* on his hat made ini
[Philadelphia, harnesses bio Missouri!
mulP» rid on Iowa com, with Newi
York baraaos, and plows his farm,1
which is covered with a Massaohua-
aatto mortgage, With an lodlauai
pletr. At oight he erawle under a
Haw Jersey blanket* and is kept
awak* by a dog, peouiiarly a Texas
produet, and wonder* why he ia ool
poo*-
P sm jUBM rowan tr
- lUMMOPt
I Washington D. C.,isa. 20 Wml
cn i production sod farm vain#
•etimataa of tbe'principal crops ofl
Taxss hav* boon given out by tha
rilto'.Mportiog board Of to* united
Stataa Department df Agrleuitum.
| SEVERE PUNISHMENT |
i. . - I
OfUr^OapM ofFifs Tears*
I 8laa&|, Relieved by CsrdsLH
m
iOffloial Statement of-'
[ Condition Of H|||i
I Palmoios Statog
At Faiaoio*. State of Tei
filoee of bMlness <m to*
sBfSrs^raS®
I UBaotpc*#' ■
I Loan* and QiigpUnts, par- ggf
1 konfil or aoltfitapef
8 vwnwewcu*, w,*}:* • • fetgJJwS
[Loans, real estate.........
Beal estate(banklng house)
m
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MMoif
W. mciOUB MRALB tn
■ - TEXAS*
9 Precious and cami-pfeeloaa mstaieal
Itonslcting of gold, lilrer, co^er(S
llaad and ainc produced in Texas ini
11911, had a valnk of #269,798* which 1
III $38,798 mors than th* output of!
|th* previous year. The most impor-1
I riot of thaaa minerals.is ailvar,-tal-i
sad at $249,721, or »l par Seat of
A* total. The petual pioduotion of
I diver in 191»„co»»pared witlj that
darnels* of ifiJ271 ■
I ForUltore andPIxture#
2255=.....SS_J
jfipeoi#...............s.OI.18
lot. ia Dep. Ouar. Pond... t
Other reaonrcsa aa follows t
|. Aesesement for Onar.|mdaiws«
I ■ UABlLinto. :8i§ij
Capital Stock paid in.....| | :
S*M“e fond...............'
UndlvidedProfita.net...... fiE
Individual Deposits, sub-. 4TB
Jectto cheok^T..........mjS
Time oertiflestee of deposit S.t»
Cashier's Cheeks
r
swear that the shovel '
'^ourknowi
£'HHS||
I 'WltneeamyH,-' - ■ I
a.
on the date Satl
Correct- Attest:
[
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*om-
lillgiSglSi«lig^iMrighte to
■ guaran-
: vrJ7 riodtojHH^Ktbe art of traoa-
■ ptolatiHMHn^i.miri make dia-
jnoode out bf egg rbell*.
g * ADVBBTiSINO KBOIOAL NOSTRUHB I
IP . The' edvertieer -of- medict! nost|
| ramaend medical appliance* usual-I
Hs ly fioda bimeeif able to do a land of-
B flee business until e postal inspector
came* aVonod and find* out wbat bej
la doing* Some of them advertieol
9 remedies wbiob have about as much
P therapeutic value as bread pille end
1 . rad colored water, w^l* others exf
Si,/ <g«tiat* upon the yirtuaa appllA
■j/'^ilBSa toat ere about w oeefol io of-|
'^fiaattpg a cure aa a etri oft tied arcundt
^^ppBtto finger io useful in etaylug
iv^^lrheiimaiiem, But they get bue-|
a-plenty to rails of It all.^K
fM The frudalent prpdoce oommiision I
i^'4‘;A*mo is a twtodri that oatcheai
trltlathiaga goes is
ri
..-AftoUlipe, ttoteto^agariingH
/lato. ratwp to. |#a eeaounta aalee
^HBHRUeuch good raturoa iedyad
I y»t the exosUrara of the hoaloaaa
I'" ■
honao gals to be
I housabeld word iaal
ytwettoo*. But aomafioo
aHof lhouaaoda. of ahi»-[
■Hmstot Ik* koosa sails
■■ .skip .with corn-
g-rktUro* aa well, laav-
^&i*,Dtb. lurch.
. mOUS NAMES j
r.ssdfr fictitious
icheri* for ds-
L *pii* of tha beat
lean do, tboua-
riayra
UC **d the rriiog
ISSBH
nhahaatoaa* kouaasflll tbeor-
hoUM
|CRhsr in-1
Fguod. aod
■M larger
Bihair /n-\
■tie money ■ ^ f-J/’; ’ V
'thaw ar* hut t^HpBI
kind# of frauds whichykaa tha msfis
UamaBnm. -.
Tba dapartmeot fioda it rtUher
j bard to combat these evil# because I
[tba Federal eourta fall to realiaa tbel
[netiouwide operations of tlw ini
Idividuals brought before them thru!
[ tba work of tba postoBee inspectoral
In a number of instances personal
why have robbed the people of mil-1
liona of dolrira have received jailf
•entraoea of only a few mouther K|
tf all the courts uphold the sotlonj
of the diatriet judge Id the oortherni
dietriot of Iliiooia tba Postoffioe De-I
pertmant will make short shrift ofi
many Of tha people who ora tbel
maile for fraudulent purpose*. For-1
marly it was bold that it was necei-l
•ary to prove that soma parson Bad!
actually been defrauded. But-to tbel
case of Engane M. Stockton tbaf
court bel(^that oonviotion might foUl
low “If it wee tha iotaot of the dato
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^■tboroughly dafioed'tbla aubjaot. Ha
■!9HHiil!IWHMlBlWHMaaid. in part, the bill pravided for al
faodMt that soma ora ahould ha da- state warahouaa eommiaatoa far iba
Ifraudad" and that gives th* depart-1
meat a maaaa by which it era drive
lout thouaanda of uatSirful ueert of|
[the
bM
wTMflMfiT ofiifii MEtnaip
^4J^po*IT**t*n, Texas, Jan. 17—Morel
^ftnaoSOdalegetaa wars hero today)
[sixain attaodaooa upon Iba lnterooaaril
[?4>oD>aal convaotioa that was oglled
^through tba Gaivaatoa Commeg|l»l
'!. Anoetstion. Prsotieelly eyery pert
^4^*°dtown between Corpus Cbrliti)
. end Galveston, inoludlog nil aorta of
^Mlnlnnd towoa on riyara and atreama,
[s^qwaa repraaeatad at tba maatiog.Hi
.pThe convention had a* its purpose)
plana for aalabliablog a boat liaal
[Mraalong. tba canal and from tha dia-
lillcusslons of today tha delagatda]
seemed to think a boat linaH|H
S^aha ia operation within a vary ahortl
Illlltimc and that poaaihly two Maaal
^Hwould bo aatahtiahad.
Tha amount of traffic now avail-1
B? 'Stable for tha oanal was told of ini
!> vl forceful manner by many speakers
[?<i?1aod tha amount that oould be madej
^Havailabla was also liberally die-l
oneoed. . ;
ferl Thirteen eltlam lying along to* oft-i
pal enbsaitrid data ahowlag that Mi
i ; (foreign exports from tbamT thmj
■■'.•f'Jtha port of Gaivaatoa would ■■i
‘i'.-Mto uoraxlmatolv 41.000 IAb*. TT;.-5ir;‘
^BaasweUto# raeotooatotal of
(ko Iras of toiaita -
••oora a oumber of bar#*a to P
j thriven aod small stream*, bring-
ing oommodities to poisin on tha
oaoai an# aarrytog beofe. supplies
brought io by tha ship*.
Tha mattar of retpovlhg low
Ibridgea qyar different atreama to bol
used wilt be taboo upat oneawith)
Itha County Commissioners at the!
[several eouotlei effected, nraaram
«■
m gimwowrci
■Film h
BPort Worth, Tex., Jen. '80—The
[Farmers' Union of Texas eloped it*
imeating bam today. About 1,000
[delegates Were from over the State)
and much interest was manifested
In the railed aeaeion. The two daya
meeting waa devoted prioefpally to
the Oualay-Williame warehouse|
|bill, rad th* visitors ware attaotlvaj
Uataoera white Ctoraaca Qaaritl
purpoaa of, orgaohing a wapehouae
•yatamla Taxes undar tba aupar-l
[viaion of tha State. Tha bill pra-
•eribaa far tba aampliag of oottoa at
gins and also that tba gin uumpie
•ball ha graded by a atari, ofirifr of
a hooded Warahouaa. The purpose I
of tbaaa proviaiona are to pravtot
the outtiog of tha balsa after beBlgj
wrapped. Th* warahouaa corpora-1
tiona era to ha oompoaad of at laaat TaxaS. i
100 par eaul of the farmers and stock
j raiser* rad sn to ho financed hr tha
jaubecriptloo of pna-half tha oapitall
jrrquirad. The bill included num-j
jaroua oth*r previaioaa of vital Im-
portance to tha f*rmdrv Among tha
Iprominant Farmers' Udion officiaril
nttanding this convection warn
Maaara. G. B. Barratt and A. C.j
[Dnvla, of Atlanta, Os., who aracon- j
nactad with tba Nattodaimm|Bj
Ition of farmora. Wmmmm
■ Commaroa Tax.—Davelopmoaia Ini
)tha Klondyka oil Bald* alnea tha
ntrinking of Ml, wih ba pnahH
throughout tha autlra yaar, aod ml
)nll probability alargor anmbar ofl
I wolf a will b* aonk. It ia expected)
bofoN too aod of tha yaar to riava at
■a train load ofofiripm this
T-. ■ totoTieiir ratatora. BOObO
^09J,Wh«SS^.raT to* «*ri minW3dTT rauM hdvo'baab 1
the Uoivanit mltoa In «9#.«l#| Iriab priatoaa, 45,«WfBNo, United State logical Survey wee eathar oondfUoisT
|1869. gmduatad froiglaw depart- WdO,000l^ahaia. value, ItaiAtoj in 1885, when 169,342 ounces with or ha. *p*«t l4 ya*rf in n
meat of UoiynvM^ of Georgia 1801, May. 7,000 aerm, 106,000 buabela, , 0f #isi jgg VIN produced. **. too famoua;eottou prod
Koro, wheat and oata ere the only ** *TA7*.,(^' . .. while IhaTorthl
TO, 1866. ■■ ■.* , t$J' • ' ' crop# whom yield aod valuo io 1018 TtIu# ot other precioue and exp^Moedlg
■Returniug than in Texas ho ha* *xe**ded that of the previous year. t*nri-p*ecioua matala produced in l$y expieriaima
cam* a member of iba GoaatltOtion- Tha cotton crop iaa million belao Taxm ia 1912 ii: Zinc, $16,412;' 18yaera ia thaoB
nl eonyratioa of Taxaa in I860, was toort, and th* value ia also aayaral riad, $2,989; eoppar, $119, and geld, me to ray that with
ejected Diatriet Attorney,of tha Firat million dpllar* uoder tha 1912 ig- $62. to winter; with]
Judical District of Tkxaa in M87, ■**•• ,, nXAB ggrOND IM OinGK. “f thorough |
Ibutwra raaeoyudby tha Edmuod . IT | HTfil HECON®^Hf QUICK. h»ta B0 ^
J. Devi. mOitniy nfpnntrim Ha ’ flITT HEJMIIIKB HLXBE. dfiHnrtho B
- .. " *“ “*WA*® Horn than a milliou dollar* worth w* h*'[#
**^^009^BtotoiilMoH^to9k BaaidaabeingkattogImprovementa of quicksilver waa produced in tha OTOood, totUOgO
foiled Stotee^H^H^^Mm^^H
|
?-
1876; I paying eottvittoe prodnoe pay rolk.
3*?5rtari^
1880, member Iff
Agrionltoral^H
lege, oodiiarot
f Jndgaf
[of the f
Hiatoriori^^^Q
Ray dutioo', VXB
* —* "-rassrasBB
wt7'™] siBftttfsaara iH—
■rally, mam- Irafrato from throwing trash la tna|ritait repotri. HMry*d a brother editor Stall
of I etreata by providing convenient pUee* I Frior to the diaoovery ot quick, quit rubbering at a flash f
f Camp, ofdapoahf | rilrer in Brawiter oounty, Califernri I petticoat flitted by I
- Lbrniidwl ns s‘ oountry town by ntfaw- Lpri of tho"u3t*^tato^W^^^^^^oato^5k!^rfcB
tolfltoora»htjycloth-JWriwav*ft ** J* ploaalogri^t thautbil
put oburch.
that ot mm
uHal.__
,. lecture of axplotiva ceps. drum, elac- 7*#gl*d akirta, at lei
|Bi5i5«Laf2^n^hr2SSpTl2rtSlU^SSIKlffl21^!^Km!
fHiueatradlaarvio* to the' ganaial d*yalopmaalLmLra|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B
^ that the of yow oowmonlty, and am yon on|"™i . '.’V '.'X -r
P^Uoiridjriek'W |[T<r t |n||M- p*®!|
■ritproriog Hl« MM INF UUNBT N NBINf
plao la to Baaumoat Tax. Jra. 20-Th* Fad-141
■ from this I ami Dapartmaat of AgrieuUun
Hwbrih |aoupunoadItabothuatoa of tha 191$ .
■m. It ialriaa eropof raxaa. Tha total sate. IU—
Hwlll maka aga la 808,000, tha oroduatton' A-
■workjm. e#i,000 baeh.la, rad tha total
^fcwlU ha I vain* >8.220.000. Qompamd ■■ •
tartfuat|h*aoraago ahowo
:-,':,0:^''-.'.floNhm aad *twat>^^M
long akirta tba woman u
■fflM did. Aa near as I havo I
iraritmmt flfinta it our, tho ftoh>l
oiothra mm
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