Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 1911 Page: 6 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON.
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ary 27th, 1909, at the post office at I’a
lactos, Texas, under the Act of March 3,
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Official Journal of the City of Palacios
ISSUKD EVERY FRIDAY BY
D. L. STUMP,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Palacios gets the next conventior
of the Interstate Inland
Waterway league. Yet Palacios
sent only two delegates to the Mor
gan City convention. However,
that was just three more than Port
Arthur sent. -Port Arthur News.
Not so bad for a guess; but.
speaking about folks we know, we
want to say that should you evei
meet up with Dean and Ortmann,
you will decide that they are more
than any half dozen or more you
could have sent.
Having secured the meeting of the
Inland Waterways League for noxt
year, the next thing iu order will be
foi Pttlctoiuu Lu gel busy in prepar-
ing for the entertainment of the vis-
itors, While we have a whole yeai
in which to do this, it will be well
for us to begiu preparations for the
coming convention immediately in
order that nothing may be left un-
done to show the distinguished gen-
tlemen who will be here not only the
“time of their lives” but also the
cleanest, neatest, most progressive
little city in Texas’ or any other
Slate. • It has already been prom-
ised that the visiting delegates will
he taken on a trip through the Mat-
agorda cut of the intercoastal canal;
but in addition we’ll spring a neat
little surprise by taking them for a
run over the Palacios & San Anton-
io railroad to Edna and return,which
will be completed by that time.
_Some Knocks.
used, very much eo, at
the vehemence with which GOuae of
our exchanges persist in urging
their readers to knock the knockers.
If this advice were taken seriously
and should be followed, then every
community would necessarily be-
come a bunch of knockers; for if
everyone knocked the knocker then
they would all be knockers, and
there would be no one left to knock
the knockers who knock the knock-
ers. The advice, well meant, is had
and it iB not of record that it has
ever been followed. The communi-
ty that i9 composed oirty of knock-
ers must, he a sorry sort of place to
stay. The best remedy for the
knocker is to wholly ignore him.
He knocks only to draw attention
to himself, and for the reason that
he hasn’t the natural ability or mer-
it to attract attention in any other
way. The best cure for him, there-
fore, is to give him no attention.
He’ll quit when he see3 that he is
not being noticed; but the more at-
tention he gets the harder he knocks,
for then he is deluded with the no-
tion that he is doing something, and
the more he is noticed the harder he
knocks. Let the knocker alone and
he’ll quit just for want of amuni-
tion. If you are looking for a
kuockless town, come to Palacios.
Grow Pickles.
The Beacon is advised that there
is a move under way to establish a
saJting station here for preserving
pickles for shipment to the packer-
ies, and that it will be established
if the farmers will produce the
pickles in merchantable supply.
There is no country where the cu-
cumber produces in greater abund-
ance nor of finer quality for pickles
than in the Palacios territory. This
has been proven by actual test. The
harvest continues for several weeke
and two crops a year can be grown.
Farmers not far away have found
Ibis ihu most profitable crop they
Lave ever grown. The salting sta-
tion here would insure the farmers
the same price for their product as
though a complete pickling plant
was installed. Tbo cost of this
would not he considerable, all that
is required being a battery of vats
sufficient to store the pickles in car-
load lots; and they will have to he
produced in that quantity for mer-
chantable supply. The Reacon’s
information is that the salting sta-
tion will be installed as Boon as as-
surance is given that there wifi be a
sufficient quautity grown to
the handling of the product worth
while. The salting station pre-
serves the pickles for any length of
time, hence is one of the safest for
handling, as it is not a perishable
product within the ordinary mean
ing of the term. This is but anoth-
er proof cf what the Beacon has
said about a market, and that is
whenever anything i9 produced in
merchantable supply the market
will be here for it. With most pro-
ducts merchantable supply is un-
derstood to mean not less than car-
load quantities.
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How Palacios Won the Waterway
Convention.
The following is the News report
of the choosing of Palacios for next
year’s meeting of the Inland Water-
ways League at Morgan City last
week:
The secretary also announced that
since the reading of his report at the
opening of the convention he had re-
ceived a contribution of $100 from
the-citizer.s of Palacios.
The fight for the 1012 convention
city had promised to be a warm one
between Houston uuu , ata^iuo. n
W. Dean, of Palacios, arrived early
on the ground and went actively to
work for his city. Secretary Adolph
Boldt of the Houston Chamber of
Commerce, with a delegation, ar-
rived Friday morning fully confi-
dent that he would be able to land
ihe convention, but after looking the
field over and seeing the sentiment
already aroused in favor of Palacios,
he withdrew Houston in favor of
Palacios.
Invitations to meet in Palacios
were read from Mayor Duncan
Kuthven and from the Palacios
Hoard of Trade, after which Pala-
cios was placed in nomination by O.
F. Silcott, of Choupique, La., and
seconded by Judge Medlenka, of
Crowley, and others. No other
cities were placed in nomination and
the election was made unanimous,
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- Colorado Baptist Association.
The regular annual meeting of the
Colorado Baptist Association was
held at the .'Baptist church in this
city last week, beginning Wednes-
day evening and closing Sunday
evening, Rev.M.M. Wolf,of this city,
presiding as moderator. The coun-
ties composing the association were
represented by eighty delegates.
Only routine business was trans-
acted, bupit was a must profitable
and enjoyable convention through-
out. The introductory sermon was
preached Wednesday evening by
Rev. PI. B. Morrison, pastor of the
Bay City Baptist church. The ev-
ening sessions especially were well
attended by the people of the cityl
Rev. King, pastor of the El Cam-
po Baptist church, occupied the pul-
pit at the Fresbyterian church Sun-
day morning, and in the evening
Educational Eyangelist Rev. Huck-
leberry, preached at the same
churli, both services being much ap-
preciated by the Presbyterian con-
gregation.
The convention next year will be
held at Weimar.
A Love-Sick Youth.
The following from last week’s
Port Lavaca Wave, gives the sequel
to the notice made by the Reaeon of
the young' man who tried to commit
suicide in this city some days ago:
There is a youth in Port Lavaca
that has been love-sick for some
time,and while several of his friends
knew of bis love troubles they
thought it nothing more than a
school boy affair and let it pass at
that, hut “Willie” thought different
and proceeded to business. It is
said he addressed a letter to his lady
love at Edna, and explained affairs,
so it is said, but she did not give
him the encouragement he thought
due, and it is alleged that her last
letter is the caus'e of his troubles, as
he resorted to the carbolic acid route
to go to the happy fishing grounds,
and drank quite a lot of the acid
while at Palacios last week. Two
doctors and a stomach pump saved
bis liie and he was sent home on a
stretcher on the Dena H, and is now
probably a much wiser boy and re-
grets his act of self-destruction.
to?
Bulletin No 9 of the Texas De-
partment of Agriculture, is some-
thing oycry farmer, fruit and plant
grower should have for use and
reference. It treats of the control
of insect pests and fungus diseases,
giving the best formulas for ex-
terminating thoui. A po*ial card
addressed to Ed R. Kone, Commis-
sioner of Agriculture, at Austin,
will get it, as it is free to those who
makp will ask for it.
Written for the Beacon.
Evening Thoughts
When the toils of the day are all over,
And the snn lingers low in the west,
When the children have come from
their playing,
And the birdies have gone to their
rest,
I stand looking out o’er the hilltops,
Where the last lingering rays of the
sun,
In their beanty and glory effulgent,
Are fading from sight, one by one.
And my thoughts wander back to my
childhood,
And I sigh for the days that are
fled,
When we merrily tripped to the
school house,
And our lessons to kind teachers
said.
Then how quickly we rushed for the
play ground;
Oh how careless and happy were
we,
From the time the sun rose in the
morning,
’Till he sank toward the far western
sea.
Oh, days of my bright happy child-
hood,
Full of iove and joy tongue cannot
tell.
You are fled from my life, fled for-
ever,
And I bid you a last long farewell.
And turning from you to the futnra,
I will try the dim paths to explore,
Through which I must patiently travel
Ere I reach the bright heavenly
shore.
Bon Ami.
What the Senatorial Candidates Stand
For.
Colonel J. F, Wolters’ announce-
ment of his candidacy for Ihe United
States senate, published elsewhere
in this number of The Chronicle,
increases the list of active candi-
dates to four.
Two of the candidates—Randell
and Wolters—publish their plat'
forms cf principles in this day’s
papers.
The other two—Ball and Shep-
pard—have communicated to The
Chronicle, in interviews, the facts
relative to the attitude each will as-
sume relative to the major issues of
the senatorial campaign.
The four candidates, then, staud
as follows:
For initiatiye, referendum and re-
call—Randell, Ball, Sheppard.
Against initiative, referendum and
recall—Wolters.
For a tariff on raw materials—
Wolters.
Against a tariff on raw materials
—Ball, Sheppard, Randell.
For state and federal laws forbid-
ding legislative officers to accept
fees, loans or gifts from' corpora-
tions—Randell.
Ball, Sheppard and Wolters have
thus far not stated their position on
this issue.
Against the Aldrich commission’s
plan for a central bank of issue—
Randell, Ball, Sheppard.
Col. Wolters’ platform does not
touch this subject.
All four favor a federal income
tax.
All favor election of United States
senators by popular vote.
All favor liberal appropriations
for the improvement ot Texas har-
bors and navigable waterways.
ihe issue of statewide prohibition
has no proper place in a senatorial
campaign. Yet this issue undoubt-
edly wiil influence a considerable
number of the voters. Wolters and
Randell oppose statewide prohibi-
tion; Sheppard and Ball favor it.
Randell, opposing statewide pro-
hibition, voted for a hill in congress
which proposed to prohibit inter-
state shipment of liquors from wet
into dry territory, on the ground
that majority rule in any state is
entitled to be respected and not in-
vaded through federal government
agencies.
Ball and Sheppard have joined in
a request for a preliminary sena-
torial primary, in May, 1912, to
eliminate all but the two uieu re-
ceiving the highest vote, these two
to contest again in the regular July
primary, the one receiving a ma-
jority of all the votes cast to be the
party nominee. Wolters and Ran-
dell have not yet spoken on this
proposition.
Geographically, Randell repre-
sents North Texas, Sheppard North-
east and East Texas, Wolters and
Ball South Texas.— Houston Chron-
icle.
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We have Lanterns that don’t go out
nights, 50c up. R. E. Clement & Son.
Will Resume Its Work.
The Lite Ary Society of Palacios
College will resume its work Friday,
Oct. 13, 19^. *
We,Lave a greater student body,
from which to draw, than ever be-
fore. Our meetings are going to be
interesting and instructive. We
meau to work and thereby furnish
something worth while.
We most cordially invite you to
attend these meetings. Watch for
our announcements.
, * Pjogram, Oct. 13.
1. Roll Call—How long 1 have
been a member of “This Society.’
2. Ten Minute Talks—Advantage
of College <‘Literary Society.”
—H. A. Echols.
3. Piano Solo—Miss Mattie Chap-
pell.
4. Correspondence—M i s s Mary
Huckleberry and Hugh Stephen-
son.
5. Vocal Solo—Miss Allen.
6. Wit and Humor—Miss Jeannetl
Lewis.
7. Debate—Charles Fothergill and
Reagan Wyche. Resolved: That
Art Galleries, Museums and Pub-
lic Libraries should be left open
on Sunday.
8. Piano Duet—Misses N 0 r i n e
Franklin and Mary Stewart.
9. Critic’s Report—Mies Jeannett
Lewis.
Egyptian Wheat Wanted.
Mr. Sisson, the produce buyer
and shipper, requests all farmers
who have grown Egyptian wheat to
bring him samples of their grain.
He expects to make a car-load ship-
ment soon, and desires to know the
grade and quality he will have to
ship. Mr. Sisson says this section
produces the Egyptian wheat of ex-
csllsst stud, nsks us to soy to
the farmers that he will buy all
they can grow of it next season.
The splendid results from this crop
during the past dry season demon-
strated that it is a sure and easy crop
to produce here, and with the mark-
et assured there should be a large
acreage planted next year.
A subscriber m Ohio missed re-
ceiving bis copy of the Beacon la6t
week, and he wrote--us about it in
this way: “We failed to receive a
copy of the Beacon thiRweek, which
we miss very much, having become
so much interested in the city by the
sea and its good people that we
look forward to Tuesday of each
week when it is delivered to us
equally anxious as we do for our
home papers.” Such expressions
are very much appreciated by us;
and it is a pleasure to furnish copies
whenever one is miscarried by the
mails, and which, of course, must
happen occasionally.
n%LAiji—
Local Market Report.
Corrected weekly.
Rice, per barrel $3.00.
Cotton, per lb. liqc,
Corn, per bu. 75c.
Hay, per ton $8.00.
Beef, dressed, per lb. 7c.
Hogs, dressed, per lb. 7^ to 8c.
Hogs, live, per lb. 6c.
Chickens, per doz. $4 50.
Eggs, per doz. 20c.
Cabbage, per lb. - 3c.
Potatoes, per bu. $2 00.
Sweet Potatoes, per bu. $1.50.
Butter, creamery, per lb. 35c.
Butter, country, per lb. 30c.
Milk, fresh, Der qt. 10.
Figs; per bu. $2.00
Oysters, shucked, per gal. $1.40
Oysters in shell, per bbl. $2.00
The Musical Event of the Season.
To those who may hesitate to attend
the Soiree Musicale at the Hill build-
ing Friday evening, Oct. 20th, a posi-
tive guarantee will be given by the
B. Y. P. U. ladies as to ttye superior
excellence of the program offered
them.
As to Mr. Brannan’s playing, we
need not depend on newspaper clip-
pings, for there are many citizens of
both Palacios and Blessing able to
witness that he plays the violin with
a master hand. Go and take the
children along, take your sister or
somebody else’s sister, and an even-
ing’s rare enjoyment will be yours.
Admission 50 cts. Children 25 cts.
Reserved seats 75 oents.
’ Wait for the program.
IA(‘QN |
Bulletin No. 196 of the Texas
State University, is an interesting
publication, giving the experience
of twenty young ladies and gentle-
men who supported themselves and
paid their way through the three
years university course. The pur-
pose of the Univereity is to help
those who endeavor to help them-
selven, and any young man or wo-
man without means will find that it
is not such a formidable undertak-
ing to secure a finished education at
our splendid State University.
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PALACIOS DRUG CO.
New Restaurant
The New Model Restaurant will be
opened by Mesdames Lawson and
Davis in the Schley frame building on
Commerce Htreet, lHt door west of
Scliroeders’ pool hall. First meal will
be served to-morrow evening (Satur-
day) at 6 o’clock. Wo solicit the
patronage of all who dppreciate goed
things to eat at a reasonable price. 1*
Washington Letter.
Washington, D. C., Cot. 10.
For the third time, the plans for the
San Diego Panama-Callfornia Inter-
national Exposition, 1915, have been
recast and enlarged. This was made
necessary by the constantly enlarging
scope of the Exposition. Frank P.
Allen, Jr., Director of Works, an-
nounces that work will begin on the
buildings in November. It is predict-
ed that this Exposition will be the
most beautiful, ^unique and artistic
ever held.
THE NAVAL REVIEW.
President Taft is expected to review
the Atlantic fleet at New York on
October 31st. It will be a magnificent
naval pageant. On the same day the
Pacific fleet will be reviewed at Los
Angeles.
Foreign nations are likely to wond-
er what this great dual demonstration
means, but it’s really none of their
business. If they learn something
about our ability to put a great fleet
in active service at short notice, that
is merely incidental.
SCHLEY’S FUNERAL.
Dying as he had hoped to die,
quickly and without ’’pain, Admiral
Schley was acclaimed, even by those
who had. opposed him in life, a
naval hero and a great commander.
His funeral was one of the biggest the
Capitol ever saw, and many thous-
and residents turned out to see the
cortege pass, and to bow reverently
while the corpse of a brave man was
borne past them.
TROUBLE IN PANAMA.
The recalling of the minister to the
United States from Panama, Dr. Beli-
sario Porras, is taken to portend in-
ternal troubles in the small ropublio
down by the canal. The approaching
election of a presidont of that country
is at the bottom of it all, and the
United States is very desirous that a
legal election shall be held, to prevent
contests and disorder thereafter. Dr.
Porras may be a candidate for the
presidency.
PAINS MR. CARNEGIE
The little affair Detween Italy and
Tripoli is donbtless very distressing to
Mr. Carnegie, just as he seemed to be
getting along very nicely with his
plans for universal peace. However,
it is a pretty good demonstration of
the need of doing something to stop
wars and substitute arbitration. The
directions of the King of Italy to
“shed as little blood as possible”
seem to indicate that he is with Mr.
Carnegie at heart, and as soon as he
shall have finished this job he may
join the Peace Society.
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A Problem For Inventor*.
Among the interesting problems for
inventors is that of producing an elec-
tric light which can be turned up or
down as freely as a gas jet or a kero-
sene light. Various devices have been
employed for this purpose, such as in-
serting a resistance to cut off half the
current or uslug a lamp with a long
filament run in scries with h short
filament, but v-diile a reduction of the
light is thus nttalned at will the oper-
ation of the lamp Is not economical,
because the best efficiency Is only ob-
tained by running a filament at a high
temperature.
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J/’ctncy Cookie
A nice assortment of the best
cakes you ever saw, there is
nothing that compares with
them : : : : :
S'or Tjable fyoe,
or to take alone for lunch. Trv some
with ice cream or sherbet. They are
being sold at
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Fall Goods
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Consisting of Woolen Dress Goods, Si
Satins, Outings, Gingham, Etc.
Boys’ and Men’s Suits and Extra Pants.
Boy’s and Men’s Hats, Shoes of all kinds.
Prices on all goods are as low as they can be
bought anywhere, quality considered. . . .
C.L.AIdrich
Southside Commerce Street, Palacios
Wireless and Shipwrecks.
Throughout the world there Is a
shipwreck about every sixteen hours,
and the general adoption of the wire-
less system of communication promises
to cut this rate down very materially.
It is estimated that the system has
already been the inenDs of saving
marine property valued at $12,000,000,
and of snvlng nearly 6,000 lives.—Phila-
delphia Record.
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One 16 inch Potato Digger.................................$10
2 Peoria Rice Drills......................................$70
1 Roden Lane Double 20 Disc Cut-away Harrow...............$5$
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