Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1917 Page: 2 of 4
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THE PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
PALACIOS BEACON
Entered as second-class matter Febru-
ary 27th, 1909, at the post office at Pa-
lacios, Texas, under the Act.of March 3,
1379.
O/fice in Pybus Building, Main Street
Official Journal of the City of Palacios
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY BY
D. L. STUMP,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
The Boacon is authorized to an-
nounce John F. Perry as a candidate
for Comity Judge of Matagorda Coun-
ty, subject to the action of the White
Man’s Union Primaries.
The B. Y. 1*. U. Encampment
The greatest, most successful and en-
joyable encampment the Texas B. Y.
P. U. has ever held in the sixteen years
of its existence, will close at Palacios
with the service next Sunday evening.
This is a record beyond all expectations.
On account of the war already taking
so many young men from the state,
and conditions otherwise not being
considered favorable, no one believed
this years encampment could equal that
of last -year or the year preceding, both
of which were record breakers. But it
was the unexpected that happened, and
the largest attendance ever had is the
record for this year. And not only in
attendance, but in the purposes and
work of the assembly; in the comfort,
and enjoyment of those in attendance,
it has been the best by a large margin;
this latter especially because of the im-
provements made the past year for the
pleasure and convenience of the crowd.
At Sunday school last Sunday morn-
ing there were 2195 enrolled, surpas-
sing the largest Sunday school of any
previous year by almost one hundred,
and taking the record of being the
largest Sunday school ever held in the
state. It is hoped that the school next
Sunday morning will even surpass
that of last Sunday.
The encampment this year is also
record breaker for Palacios. Last Sun
day there were more people in the city
than were ever here before on any
casion. The greatest number of auto-
mobiles ever seen here were in the city
on that day. The number of
must have exceeded live hundred, for
one man counted three hundred and
fifty of them, mostly parked along the
bay shore, and he did not see all that
were here.
The weather has been ideal for the
encampment. While it has been
cessively dry, the cool breezes from the
gulf have prevailed all the time, and
yet not wind enough at any time to
make the dust disagreeable. Hence
everything has worked together for
the good of the host of B. Y. P. U.
people who have visited us this year,
and tj>ey will return to their homes
full of enthusiasm for Palacios and the
encampment, and with the determina
tion to come again next year, and bring
others with them.
The Palacios encampment is peculiar
unto itself, and carries the distinction
of being the greatest assembly of its
kind in the world.
More Palacios Soldiers
County Judge R. R. Lewis is organ-
izing'a company of what at first was
intended as coast defense artillery, but
which we are informed is now to be a
company of infantry for the national
forces, and has nearly or quite the full
number of enlistments to make up the
company of one hundred men. It is
a matter of pride and pleasure to say
that the first volunteer for Judge Lewis'
company was a Palacios boy—Mr. Bill
Murray, who has been in the employ
of and has made his home with Mr. H.
P. Taylor, one of our near by farmers
for several years. Besides young Mur-
ray, three other Palacios boys have
joined the Lewis company. They are
Ned Estes, Charles Law and Guy Stul-
ting. And we doubt not there are oth-
er Palacios young men in this com-
pany whose names have not been re-
ported to us. We will be glad to tell
who they are whenever the informa-
tion is furnished. There are just two
kinda of men in this country now of
army age. They are volunteers or
slackers.
i Htuum—
If it had taken Uncle Sam as long
Wonderful Stuff! Lift
Your Corns
Out
Apply a Few Drops Then LIU Corns or
Calluses off With Flngura—No Pain
No humbug! Any corn, whether
hard, soft or between the toes, will
loosou right up and lift out, without a
particle of pain or soreness.
This drug is called freezone and is a
Compound of other discovered by a
Cincinnati man.
Ask at any drug store for a small
bottle of freezone, which will cost but
a trifle, but is sufficient to rkl one’s
feet of every corn or callus.
i’ut a few drops directly upon any
tender, aching corn or callus. Instant-
ly tho soreness disappears and shortly
the corn or callus will loosen and can
bo lifted off with the Angers.
This drug freezone doesn’t eat oil!
the corns or calluses but shrivels them
without even irritating the surround-
ing skin.
Just think! No pain at all; no sore-
ness or smarting when applying it or
afterwards. If your druggist don’t
have freezone have him order it for
you.
Ptiixu'xn'XRTifT^xiiZii^iximtTRXirzhxr.rxRiirjxiCTffZifrxfixiixifTNXi.’XP
TRAYLOR HARDWARE CO.
BUUM OIL AND GASOLINE STOVES
We have them from $1.50 to $20.50 in price.
Also carry in stock "Kiltie" for dipping and spraying.
PHONE ORDERS (NO. 40) PROMPTLY FILLED
MXJSXl} I
4*Fk if
—CITY GARAGE*
to get an army in shape for fighting as
it has congress to enact necessary laws
for the prosecution of the war, our
country could have been invaded and
overrun by the German hordes, before
«ur troops were in shape to fire a gun.
The way the Fourth was celebrated
at Silver City, N. M., was a new one
on us at least, and doubtless so to many
of our readers. The celebration was
held on the principal business streets
of the city. From a platform on one
of the principal business corners the
speakers made their orations. A big
barbecue dinner was served, the tables
being laid along these same streets. At
night the band played from a band
stand in the same location, and people
danced on the pavements up and down
the streets as far as the music could be
heard.
Take two bottles of liquid and pour
the contents of each in a separate glass,
and note that the two look exactly
alike, act alike, smell alike and taste
alike. One is beer, the other isn’t so
the makers say. How can the drinker
tell the difference. Just got the word
of the honest brewer for it, and of
course he wouldn’t lie about it. The
one that isn’t beer is widely advertised
a “hoppy happy" drink. Anyone
can at once recognize the “hoppiness,"
but what makes it “happy,” and why is
it so described? Beer by any other
name, we are sure is still beer.
There’s going to be something doing;
in fact there will have to be something
doing and that right soon if this sec-
tion of our country is to grow and
prosper as it should and must; and
that something is that we are going to
make of the Tres Palacios river a reser-
voir for the conservation oi the flood
waters to make the crops grow and ma-
ture. Nature evidently made this river
for that very purpose, for it is certainly
of little or no value for anything else
except it be for drainage. Your first
duty is to vote for the conservation
amendment to the state constitution
on the 21st of next month, and as
soon as the election is over, proceed at
once with the organization of a con-
servation or irrigation district of the
territory which will use the water from
this river. And don’t take our word
for what irrigation will do for us. If
-you want to sec just go and visit the
LeTullc farm near Tidehaven just e^st
of Blessing. You'll see corn there as
fine as ever grew on earth. On exactly
the same kind of soil, and under the
same conditions but without the irriga-
tion the crop is burned and destroyed.
SAXON AGENCY
FORD PARTS (Made by Ford Motor Co.)
AJAX TIRES, 5000 Miles Guaranty
Firestone and Fisk Tires. Full Line Auto Supplies|
PHONE 135. PALACIOS, TEXAS
SOME ONE REMARKED
/
Recently that “there are no old women anymore.”
This is true largely because of beautiful shoes and
youthful dresses. Our patrons refuse to “look
old,” “act old” or “walk old.” Their shoes are
beautiful and yet comfortable. Their Dresses are
made from McCall’s and Pictorial Review Pat-
terns, which is a guaranty that they are of the
Latest Style, and in conjunction with our beauti-
ful Summer Fabrics make them second to none.
If you are not one of our patrons it will pay you
to become one.
TATUM & SONS
PHONE 19
PALACIOS
TEXAS
Lemon Juice is
Freckle
Remover
Girls! Make this cheap beauty lotion
to clear and whiten your skin.
Squeeze the juice of two lemons in-
to a bottle containing three ounces of
orchard white, shake well, and you have
a quarter pint of the best freckle and
tan lotion, and complexion beautifier,
at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of orchard white for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly flagrant
lotion into the face, neck, arms and
hands each day and see how freckles
and blemishes disappear and how clear,
soft and white the skin becomes. Yes!
It is harmless.
the boxes, and all people who are in-
terested in the moral welfare of the
soldier boys are asked to send to Mrs.
Sherman's all their books and maga-
zines of every discription.
Mrs. Linscott will see that they arc
properly distributed among the soldiers,
as her daughter, Helen A. Linscott has
been made the district superintendent
of work among the soldiers, and she is
also president of the young people)
branch of the W. C. T. U.
The ladies are also asked to send an
article Jor a rummage sale, the money
to he used to secure temperance litera-
ture for the Soldiers.
Weird Answers.
The latest list of queer and conse-
quently humoristic answers written on
examination papers comes from the
University of the State of New York,
at Albany, which grants Regent’s cer-
tifi cates. Among those who made the
replies were candidates for teachers,
positonis, for qualification as law or
medical students, and for admission to
college. Here are some of the answees.
There were no Christians among
They
mostly
The Child at the Wheel
The new Texas auto traffic law makes
it an offense against the laws of the
State for a child under 18 years of age
to drive an automobile on any public
atreet or highway.
The child at the wheel is one of the
most dangerous factors in the operation
of the death machines.
The legislature took account of this
fact when the new law was drafted. It
was expressly provided that children
should not act as chauffeurs either in
private or rent cars. The lawmakers
sought in this way to curtail the care-
less driving to which many deaths
due.
The law is in effect. It should be
enforced.
Yet there is not a day when children
do not drive automobiles in the streets
of this and every other Texas city.
County and city peace officers have
declared that the law will be enforced
to the letter.
The way to enforce that law is to en-
force it.
The people would rather see a strict
enforcement of the law than to hear
so many promises that it is to he en-
forced.—Houston Post.
The Conservation Amendment
On August 21 the voters of Texas
will be called upon to ratify an amend-
ment to the constitution which is most
important.
Texas is not pleased with the consti-
tution as it stands, but Texans are
slow to vote for any change in that in-
strument. Some of the proposed
amendments voted down in recent
years would have resulted in much
good to the State—and there is a pos-
sibility that other well considered
amendments will be voted down in
the future.
But the conservation and reclama-
tion amendment is one that peculiarly
deserves the approbation of Texas vot-
Encampment visitors are leaving
every day in large numbers for their
homes. The last of the crowd will go
on a special train leaving here at 10
o'clock Monday morning.
IPALAUPS
Jimmy had not come up to his fath-
er's expectations in regard to his studies
at school and an explanation was de-
manded.
"Why is it,” inquired the irate par
ent, that you are at the bottom of the
the class?"
"I can't see that it makes any differ-
ence whether I am at the top or the
bottom,” replied Jimmy pacifically.
You know they teach just the same at
both ends."—The People's Home
Journal
It will, if carried at the August elec-
tion, permit the organization of reclam-
ation districts to save to agriculture vast
sections of Texas now subject to over-
flow, and other possibly greater areas
now rendered infertile by drouth.
Work of so great magnitude is im-
possible under the provisions of the
constitution which limits the tax levy
to an amount totally inadequate for
such purposes.
The proposed amendment will per-
mit but not require the organization of
such districts.
Action under its provisions will be
entirely a matter ot "local self-govern-
ment” and all the expense of such dis-
tricts when formed will he borne only
by (hose who are benefitted thereby.
In other words the endorsement of
the measure is just a matter of all the
people giving permission to a few of
the people to go ahead and help them-
selves by placing improvements on
their own land.
Surely no more democratic proposi-
tion has ever been submitted to Texas
voters.—Houston Post.
ITTSTm—' - nAEPfll
W. C. T. U. Meeting
The monthly meeting of the W. C.
T. U. was held Wednesday, at the
home of Mrs. Anna Moore with a good
attendance. Mrs. Cora Ifland, pres.,
presided.
The subject was "Better Babies,” and
the answer to roll call was a scripture
verse with the word “children" or
"youth,” and “Teaching Temperance
from Babyhood.”
After the business was transacted,
Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott, of San An-
tonio, gave a very interesting talk on
“Soldiers and Sailors." Mrs. Linscott
is the president of the 14th district W.
C. T. U., also State Temperance secre-
tary of the Internation Sunday School
Association, and county secretary of
Bexar county Sunday School Ass'n.
Mrs. Linscott told about how the W.
C. T. U. were working among the sol-
diers of San Antonio, and showed a
badge which she had made which reads
W. C. T. U. The Soldier’s Friend"
and are worn each time the organiza-
tion does any public work for the sol-
diers.
At the suggestion of Mrs. Linscott,
the Palacios W. C. T. U. ladies and
their friends will send large packages
of books and magazines to San An-
tonio to be distributed among the
soldiers at the various camps in and
around San Antonio, semi-monthly.
The Palacios ladies will meet at the
home of Mra. Jacob Sherman and pack
the early Gauls,
lawyers.
Climate is caused by the emotion
of the earth 'round the sun.
Geometry teaches us how to bisect
Francitas Foiks Resolve | angT^ skcIeton is whlt is ,eft after tfte
At a mass meeting of the citizens of jnsjdes have been taken off.
Francitas held July 7th, the following ^ vacuum is a large empty space
resolutions were adopted: | where the Pope lives.
line
A circle is a round streight
with a hole in the middle.
When Cicero delivered his oration
he was perfix.
George Washington married Martha
Curtis and in due time became father
of his country.
Sixty gallons make one hedgehog.
The stomach is just south of the
ribs.
The alimentary canal is located in
the northern part of India.
The rosetta stone was a missionary
in Turkey.
The Government of England is a
Whereas, Governor Ferguson has ve-
toed the appropriation made by the
Legislature of the state of Texas for the
support of the Texas University for the
ensuing two yeafr, and
Whereas said act of the Governor
deprives the university of the money
for the conduct thereof and closes its
doors for the next two years; and
Whereas -such act of Governor
Ferguson deprives the state/of Texas
and its ambitiouifvnd deserving youth
of its rightful opportunity for higher
education; and
Whereas said act of Governor Fergu- _ ____________
son deprives the National Government limited mockery,
in this time of crises of its rightful op- Georgia was founded by people who
portunity to receive from the state of kac| i,een *xecuted.
Texas competent and qualified young A mountain pass is a pass given by
men to assist in the important work of ,i,e raiiroa(i to employes so that
carrying on the greatest war ever waged they can spend their vacation in the
in the interest of humanity; mountains.
Therefore, belt resolved, that we A mountain range is large cook
earnestly condemn the action of Gov- stovc
ernor Ferguson in vetoing the appro-1 The qualifications of a voter at _
priation for the support oi the great in i scl]col meeting are that he must be the
stitution, and we further condemn the father 0f a child for eight weeks,
attempt on the part of the chief execu- Achilles was dipped in the river
tive to control the internal manage- Styx to make him immoral,
ment of the university by dictating to Gender shows whether a man ia
the Board of Regents; and we heartily feminine, masculine or neuter,
deprecate the attempt on his oart to Gravitation is that if there were none
oust the president, Dr. R. E. Vinson, we should fly away,
and other members of the faculty after The function of the stomach is to
they had been fully exonerated by an hold up the petticoats,
investigation carried on by the Board The first Governor of Massachusetts
of Regents; and we favor the calling of Was Mr. Salem Witchcraft,
an extra session of the State Legisla- When the British got up in the
ture at once to make the appropriation morning and saw the Americans on
necessary for the conduct of the uni- the opposite hill they threw up their
versify; and breakfast (breastworks).
Be it resolved, that at said special Pompeii was destroyed by an erup-
session an investigation of the charges ,jon „f from the Vatican,
preferred against the president and I A permanent set of teeth consists
various members of the faculty be 0f ejght canines, eight cuspids, two
made, and if such charges are found to molars and eight cuspidors,
be warranted that necessary steps be Weapons of the Indian—bow,
taken to purge the institution of the|arrow> tomahawk and war-hoop,
evil; on the other hand, if the charges1
arc found to be unwarranted that the
president and other members of the
faculty against whom the charges have
been brought be fully exonerated; and
Be it resolved, that at said special
session such stepi as are necessary and
prudent be taken to remove all State
educational institutions from political
influence; and
Be it further resolved, that a copy of
these resolutions be sent to each mem-
ber of the Board of Regents of the
University of Texas, and that copies be
also sent to Honorable James E. Ferg-
uson, governor, Honorable W. P. Hob-
by, lieutenant governor; Honorable F.
O. Fuller, speaker of the House of
Turtle Mott Tins.
Mrs. Albert Law has been on the
sick list.
Quite a number of the people from
this neighborhood attended and enjoy-
ed the B. Y. P. U. services last Sun-
day.
Mr. Kearnes and wife are here on a
visit with his father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Kearnes. Mrs. Mell-
inger, and three children, who have
been visiting Mr. C. W. Kearnes' fam-
ily, returned Wednesday morning for
their home in Topeka, Kansas.
Mr. Thompson moved to the Dr.
Wagner farm, on the Blessing road.
Archie Curtis, a former Palacios
boy, is employed as carpenter on the
barracks under construction at Gov-
ernment grounds at San Antonio.
They receive one dollar per hour for
eight hours work of Sundays—min-
ium wages about $41.00 per week.
-Turtle Bay still continues to be rep-
resented in Turtle Mott, three-times-
perweek.
“The Palacios Beacon” appeals to
its readers. Strike out the letter e in
Beacon and you have an appeal to the
uncultured as well as cultured.
Typhoid fever is prevented by fasci-
nation.
Striking Features of the New
Mexican Constitution.
Women forbidden to work for three
months before and one month after
childbirth, but their pay shall be con-
tinued.
Every workman has a right to share
in profits.
Strikes end shutdowns legally recog-
nized.
Employers required to pay indemni-
ties for injuries or death. i
Equal wage for equal work, without
Representatives; Honorable J. H. Bailey, re*PectL»° 5ex °r n,tlonal,ty'
senator from this district; Honorable J. P°ub>e P*y for om!,me'
F. Hardy, representative from this dis- Man becomes a citizen at
trict, the chairman of the Ex-student' marned’
Association and also to the local county
papers and tire leading daily papers of
the state.
Mrs. Frank Stenson
John C. Yeates
Renke Lubben
Resolution Committee.
I ,ij-WAl Iin I
18, if
Churches of all kinds forbidden to
maintain schools.
All church property taken over by
the Government.
Religious worship under supervision
of the Government.
Priests and ministers forbidden to
own property.
Marriage made civil contract and
. ______ ..... contract
The Methodist Epworth League f#jjgious 0ath abolished,
state encampment will open at Port Nation proclaims ownership of all
O’Connor on the 19th, and will be at- lands and reserves right to transfer title
tended by a strong delegation from Pa- ,0 individuals.
Tb. ItZSZZSZ JSS2L 5
League encampment at Kerrville be-1 Governments with respect -
An Ambitioiis'Man
Some pessimists are continually de-
ploring the fact that the old-time all-
around man, that was really useful, is
fast disappearing and that it is nowadays
almost an impossibility to get one of
the good old sort. Such, however, is
not the case, for a Cleveland newspaper
some time ago stated that the manager
of a life insurance company in that city
advertised for a stenographer. He sent
one applicant the following require-
ments: Ability to dictate and tran-
scribe, file and index, operate an osci-
lating mimeograph, hitch pony to cart
and drive to town twice daily with mail,
sweep and dust.
A few days later the insurance man-
ager got this reply;
"Dear Sir—Yours of recent date at
hand. I beg to state that I am a typist
with a speed of 100 words a minute. I
am 42 years old, have been connected
with British embassy at Madagascar;
am not on I? an expert biographer, lin-
guist, telegrapher and college grad, but
have several other desirable accomplish-
ments.
“The light duties you enumerate
would not serve to keep me busy. I
fear I would get homesick. I am an
expert snow shoveler, first class peanut
roaster and have some knowledge of re-
moving superfluous hair. Also, I have
a medal for reciting 'The Curfew Shall
Not,' etc.
“Am a skilled chiropodist, can cook,
take care of horses (your pony cart
would be a sinecure,) crease trousers,
open oysters, repair umbrellas and cane
chairs and am alto the champion tobac-
co chewer of Louisiana. My spitting
record is 38)1 feet.
"Being useful as well as ornamental
and my whiskers being extensive and
luxurious, doubtless would be useful as
pen wiper and feather duster.
"By the way, I might ask if it would
be objectionable if I should practice
with my cornet during leisure hours?”
—Exchange.
SBC
DR.T.F. driskill
DENTIST
OFFICE HOURS.
PHONE NO. 96
SOUTHWEST ROOMS
RUTHVEN BUILDING
PALACIOS TEXAS
DR. A. B. CAIRNES
DENTIST
Office: Up-stairs in Hill Buildin
Phone 51
Graduate of University of Buffalo, N. Y.
Post-Graduate Northwestern University,
Chicago, 111.
All WorK Guaranteed
11
Insure with,
Barnett 5c Co.
--ALL KINDS OF--
INSURANCE
Office at
Palacios : State
Bank
Jitney Service
LOCAL OR LORO OISTARCE
CADIZ INSIDE CITY or to in flTO
rflnt B.Y.P.U. Grounds lUulOl
Trips Out of City at Reasonable Rates
W. A. TINKHAM
Call Phone No. 32, or leave orders at
the Royal Tailor Shop. Res. phone 116
City Feed Store
MILLER & HANSON,
Proprietors
ALL KINDS OF
Feed and Hay
AT LOWEST PRICES
For Cash Only
PHONE No. 29
M.K. FEATHER
UNDERTAKING
AND EMBALMING
The Service Way
Office Phone 46. Residence Phone 17
gins the latter part of tire month ajid
continues into August. Several Pala-
cios delegates will also attend that
meeting.
with
same.
If this constitution is enforced it
will mean the millennium for the peo-
ple of Mexico.
Death front Heart Disease
Ml R. G. Hatchett, who accom-
panied by his daughter, Mrs. J. Spark-
man, came here from Alvord last May'
died at the Iuka house last night. Mr.
Hatchett was suffering from heart
trouble and when he came was all but
helpless. He improved so rapidly and
ao much his daughter returned home
two weeks ago. Mr. Hatchett felt well
enough to attend the services at the B.
Y. P. U. auditorium last night and af-
ter returning sit on the porch laugh-
ing and talking with the other roomers.
All at once he fell and although medi-
cal aid was summoned and everything
done that could be it was of no avail.
Undertaker Rittenhouse took charge of
the body and this morning it was
•hipped to his home.
The Beacon only $1.50 a year.
PALACIOS FEED STORE
Carries a line of
High Grade Feed!
At Prices that will Save You Money
SEE US
E. E. BURTON CO.
Phone 110. PALACIOS. TEtyS
wm
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Low Summer
Tourist Fares
TO POINTS
West, Northwest, East
and North
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IN EVERY BRANCH
Tickets sold up to September 30, 1917
Limit for return, October 31
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