Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME V.
PALACIOS, TEXAS, FRIDJ
First Presb.
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Thib handsome
work on wbicl wsM
three years ago at'il
of the same year, J
fated npxt SundaW'
the morning seam,
o’clock, the eerviglt
by Dr. T. C. To1 tflti
evangelist, of T-*pAc
is entirely paid *nmr
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JANUARY 10. 1913.
trian Church of Palacios to be Dedi-
Sunday, Jan. 12th, at II a. m.
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Q building,
tp less than
5shed in Oct.
will be dedi-
nrl2th inst. at
hour, at 11
o be conducted
Prehbvterial
n. The church
nd there will be
to make up a
built and
to be
obliga-
v time
stood against the building, a record
that is quite out of the ordinary,
and of which its congregation is
pardonably proud. However this
was made possible only through the
large liberality of Mr. P. F. Camp-
bell, who provided the building
funds, and then awaited the ability
of the congregation to reimburse
him. It is to the credit of the
congrscr.iion that this was accom-
plisned in much less time than Mr.
Campbeii had anticipated. Aii are
invited to attend this special ser-
vice, There will also be services in
the evening.
ss, tom-
tor., per-
tepresent-
concern-
be given,
to rover-
mount of
erson in-
should
i clerk a
ocument
commit-
that any-
will be
to present bis
’ARCELS POST REGULATIONS
The rate of postage for parcels post
matter differ* radically from those of
other classes of mail. First, second
and third class mail matter now is
transported at a flat rate for any dis-
tance. Parcels post rates are based
on a series of zones and they increase
as the distance increases. The first
zone includes all territory within a
radius of approximately fifty miles
from the post office at which the par-
cel may be mailed; the second, 150
miles; the third, 300 miles; the fourth,
600 miles; the fifth, 1000 miles; the
sixth, 1400 miles; the seventh, 1800
miles, and the eighth, all territory be-
yond 1,800 miles.
By the terms of the law, all matter
not now embraced in the first, second
and third classes of mail matter may
be forwarded by parcels post, provid-
ed a single package does not exceed
eleven pounds in weight or is not
greater in dimensions than seventy-
two inches in combined length and
girth, and is not of such a character
as to injure postal employes or dam-
rge equ.pme -t or other mail matter.
In a word, It wili include aii kinds of
merchandise.
The rates are computed on the dis-
tance and on the weight of the pack
age in pounds. Provision is made
however, for small packages weigh-
ing from one to four ounces, which
may be sent at a flat rate of 1 cent for
each ounce; but for packages weigh-
ing more than four ounces the pound
rate of postage applies.
Within the postal district of any
post office a local rate of 5 cents for
th ■ first pound and 1 cant for each ad-
ditional pound is prescribed. Within
the fifty miles representing the first
zone, the rate is 5 cents for the first
pound and 3 cents for each additional
pound. This rate increases with the
ii’Ht mce until it roaches a maximum
of 12 cents a pound for delivery within
the eight zone, 1,600 miles from the
point of mailing.
the packages bear ordinary postage
stamps they will bo held for postage.
The drafting of regulations to gov-
ern matter transmitted by parcels post
was personally directed by Posi master
General Hitchcock. One of the regu-
lations is that each parcel mailed must
bear on it the name and address of
the sender preceded by the wTord
“from ” Parcels must not be sealed
aud must be so prepared as to permit
of easy examination.
All matter which is declared unmail-
ahle by law will be unmailable as par-
cels post matter. This includes obt
scene, indecent and immoral matter,
intoxicating liquors, poisons, live ani-
mals, birds and poultry, inflammable
articles and such things as raw hides,
pelts or other articles having a bad
odor. The regulations prescribe mi-
nutely methods to be used in packing
parcels. Liquids ard oils, paste and
salves, sharp instruments, ink powd-
ers, pepper and snuff must be placed
in water tight receptacles and in
many instances surrounded by absorb-
ent material to prevent damage to
other mail matter.
Articles such as millinery, toys, mu-
sical instruments and glassware must
bo labeled “Fragile.”
One ot the interosding features of
the regulations concerns perishable
articles. In this class are placed but-
ter, lard, fish, fresh meatB, dressed
fowls, vegetables and fruits and ber-
ries. Provision is made for carrying
almost every article produced on the
farm except live animals and live
fowls.
WASHINGTON LETTER
Special to the Beacon.
Washington, Jan. 2 —Something
new seems to have promulgated in a
Bureau of Entomology bulletin on
“hydrocyanic-acid gas against
household insects.” (Circular No.
Ifi3.)
“For more than 20 years,” the
circular states, “it has been the
j principal means of controlling scale
insects on citrus trees in California
and is now in general use for the
disinfection of all deciduous nursery
stock and other plant material for
shipment.
The orange and lemon industry
could hardly exist were it not for the
use of this gas, which is applied
under tents, which are erected over
the trees. The expense is one of
the drawbacks to the cultivation of
these fruits. Because of the cost of
production it is probable that they
could not be grown at all in this
country, except as curiosities, were
it not for tariff imposed on importa-
tion from countries where labor is
cheap.
“It has been fully demonstrated,”
says tha bulletin referred to. “that
this gas, which is verv deadly to all
forms of animal life, is, under pre-
cautions, an excellent remedy for
household insects.”
Full directions for use are given
From Russia comes the informa-
OLIVIA OBSERVATIONS
Deo. 29, 1912.
Most of the young folks of Olivia
enjoyed a social at the home of J. B.
Anders Xmas evening.
Mr. Dolphy Abrahamson was in
Olivia on “business” several dayH last
week.
Bert Storey and family left for their
home in West Texas after enjoying a
Xmas visit with hia father-in-law,
Mr. Anders.
E. J. Flaskins’ brother and son-in-
law are here from North Texas on a
visit. They may come to stay next
year.
DeWitt Haygood returned home
Saturday arter spending Xmas in
Roekport.
the Olivia mail boat has not been
BAKING
POWDER
AbsolutelyPure
[From a series of elaborate chemical tests.]
Comparative digestibility of food made with
different baking powders.
An equal quantity of bread (biscuit) was made
with each of two kinds of baking powder—cream
of tartar and alum—and submitted separately to
the action of the digestive field, each for the same
length of time.
The percentage of the food digested is shown as
follows:
Broad made with Royal Cream of Tartar Powder:
| 99 Per Cent. Digested
Bread made with alum powder g
| 67 Per Cent. Digested
Royal Baking Powder raised food is shown to be
of greatly superior digestibility and healthfulness.
I
COMPETITION RULES IN
RATES.
Density of Traffic a Powerful
Factor—Stock and Bond
Issue not Considered.
It has been demonstrated to the! tion, in a consular report, that there
satisfaction of Postmaster General j is scarcely a p rovince in that coun-
Hitehcgck that eggs can be transport-1 try in which there does not exist ag-
Perhaps some farmers think they
receive too much protection, like
Congressman Kent )f California, a
large sheep raiser, wbo voted to re-
duce the tariff on yool. Possiblv
some manufacturers of cotton, wool,
steel, or other articles wiil want
the tariff that prvtects them re-
dued. Perhaps some importer will
ask for a heavier ta.'iff. No one can
tell what miraclts will happen.
However, it is reunnnable to sup-
pose that in the main the importers
and those who consider themselves
solely in the light of consumers will
ask for lower tariffs and those who
consider themselvet chiefly inter-
ested in production will ask for sub-
stantial tariffs. However, it may
occur to most consumers that with-
out certain industries, now depend-
ing in part on protection, tbev
would suffer a reduction in tbeir in-
comes.
The tariff is a goo(J thing to study
over just now, befole it is revised.
Farmers can give thought to this
matter, perhaps witli profit to them-
selves.
Italy i9 now a competitor with
this country in ths production of
lemons, dates, oliyes, or-
anges, figs and other fruits of the
semi-tropical class. Italy expects
to become even a greater competitor
in these fruits as a :*esult of having
annexed Tripoli, which the Foreign
office reports produces along the sea
“palm, olive, lemon and fruit trees.”
Competition is the most power-
ful factor known in rate making. It
recognizes the mandates of no
court; it quickly tears to pieces the
well balanced tariff sheets of every
ail boat has not been common carrier that comas under
1-1 *• ir.te •«M*irr' f o Cq.,
• else no wind at all. that enter into rate making yield to
its power. The following map gives
a practical illustration of the effect
of competition in rate making in
Texas:
DUNBAR DOTS
Mrs. Ifland and daughter Lorena
spent Sunday in Palacios.
H. L. Haggard and family moved to
Midfield Wednesday.
Mrs. Welker and two children and
Mr. and Mrs. Coulman visited Tues»_jJL
day at the Viets home.
Mr. and Mrs. Naii were Bay City
visitors Friday being summoned
Spoenemen
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--------- — v-, try m wmen mere aoeB no: exisc ag- -r, , ....
ed safely by parcels post. Of course, | ricultural qocietie61 providing special f j° ’ P& “
they may not be mailed in paper bags,
but must be enclosed in proper con
tainers.
Provision is made in the law for th
by Postmaster General Htiehconk, the
maximum rate of 12 cents a pound ap-
plies on all parcels, except those
weighing four ounces or less, address-
ed to any Doint in Canada, Mexico.
Cuba and the republic of Panama. The
domestic rate ajso applies to any point
in the Hawaiian Islands, the United
States Postal agency at Shangi, to any
point in Alaska, and between any two
points in Alaska. It applies, likewise,
to parcels mailed in the United States
for delivery in the canal zone and to
parcels going to or coming from the
Philippine Islands.
-i? P-™; matter, a distinctive
set of postage stamps hgs been pro-
courses of study and lectures, in
many districts there are specialists
wlm devote their time to spreading
indemnification of lost packages. The j information concerning rational
law prescribes that by insurance the J methods. “Unquestionably,” «ay?
the report, “the moet important fac-
tor in the growth of agriculture is
recognition of the fact that honey
genial value of lost packages will be
Under the regulations^ promulgated oe^eral^HitohJlfo^k6 hi.
unique system for handling insured
parcels, consisting of a shipping tag
printed with two coupons, one of
which is torn off and given to the
sender, the second retained by the
postmaster at the sending office, the
tag itself being attached to the par-
pel apd bearing the name and address
Of the person to whom R in to bp de-
livered. The fee for this insurance is
10 cents. In the event of Iosb the
government will pay the actual value
of the contents of the package not ex-
ceeding 950.
I —UACfltSl
Gainsvllle—Natural gas has reached
this city from the Petrolia field and
WiU be turned into the local gas mains op the
before the first of the New Year.
SiiK,
is becoming more and more an im-
portant article in the world’s mar-
ket.”
Schedule O of the tariff relating to
agricultural products auJ provisions
will be taken up by the Ways and
Means (Jopimittee on January SO.
The committee will hold two ses-
sions daily in the House Office
Buildiog. The following informa-
tion has been issued:
“Persons desiring to be heard
should apply to the clerk of the
committee previous to the date set
for the bearing, to be assigned time hitched to
Bi i
spf
and fig trees, cereals and saffron.”
The third zone consists of oases,
rich in palms. The fourth zone “is
covered with palms, figs, vines and
almonds.” Cattle could he bred on
a ya9t scale in Cyrenaica; bananas
are grown at Derna. In Tripoli-
tania cotton, tobacco, castor beans,
saffron, indicus, and henna are
grown, ninety million pounds of es-
parto are exported, and Prof. Borzi
advises the cultivation of cotton,
sisal, vines, olives, mulberries and
almonds.
Sherman—The local Chamber of
Commerce recently ■contracted with
an eastern film company to make a
motion picture reel oSWfrerman views
which consumed thr
the features which w|
picture wiii us a
which 1,000 of the*
Sherman’s
women.
i vehicle
most Ml
ays
ppear in the
|||paraue in
luable mules
ainlng six of
tive young
There is to be a meeting New Year’s
day to talk up a telephone line for
Olivia. The phone line now comes
within five miles, and if we can join on
to that line we can communicate with
the outside world more quickly than
by mail.
Oliyia has another bachelor in the
person of Mr. L. Evans.
Misses Mattie Anders and Susanna
Haterius left Saturday for Charco to
resume their school teaching.
The wolf chase planned for Jan. 1st
had to be postponed on account of the
rains.
Bob Anders and Malcolm Cavallin
left Friday for a week’s hunting in
the Mitchell Point pasture.
I PAlAUC^^Jt-—1
CARANCAHUA CLIPPINGS
(Too late for last week)
The John Wliyman, Sam Whyman,
Neff and Lehman families were enter-
tained at the hospitable Howard home
Christmas day.
A merry time was had Christmas
day at the Geo. Curtis home when the
Neil, Barnet and George Ashley fami-
lies congregated there and did full
justice to the two big turkeys and
ham served to them.
Mrs. Kluth entertained her mother
and sister of Palacios last week.
The program given in the church
Christmas night by the Swedish
Lutheran Sunday school was very well
rendered and thoroughly enjoyed by
all. A pretty Christmas tree was
nicely trimmed and not only the Sun-
day school scholars but every one
present got a treat.
Mr. N. SlaiKeu and L. J. Slaikeu and
family ate turkey at the Helmer home
Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. Kniesly are enjoying
a visit from an aunt and uncle from
Oklahoma.
Will H. Vernor,advortisng manager
for the American ToWnsite Company,
was in the city yesterday afternoon
and this morning on his way to Pala-
cios, at which point his company ex-
pects shortly to inaugurate a sale of
town lots and in other ways promote
interests in that city, Mr. Vernor is
an enthusiastic booster for the mid-
coast section of Texas, and says that
from what he was able to see of the
Wharton vicinity from the cars, there
is destined to be here one of the most
prosperous little cities in Texas. “All
you fellows need is advertising; just
One of tell the glad tidings of your resources
and possibilities to the outside world,
and youfll be crowded off the fertile
acrpB by the home-seekers and in-
vestors, \unless you keep busy making
them pnbduoe yourselves,”—Wharton
Beacon 9i.
Clemville to resume her school work,
after a two weeks vacation with home
folks.
Mr. Raulerson and family, and Mr.
Markham and family spent Sunday at
the S. A. Nail home.
Mr. T. Shiry a..u Mrs. DeBolt were
united in marriage Sunday at her
daughter’s. Mrs. Case, in Weaning
A slumber party was held at Mr.
I! G.C.&S.F. 2: M.K.&T. 3: T.& B.V. 4: H.&T.C.
There are four direct lines of rail-
road running 'between Dallas and
Houston. The stock and bond is-
land Mrs. Claude Nail’s near Buckeye
Friday night. Mrs. Morgan chaperoned
a party of young people from this
neighborhood for the occasion; they
left Dunbar at noon Friday returning
Saturday. They made a short stop at
Wilson creek where they ate their
noon lunch under the spreading oaks;
they report a pleasant trip and manyr
thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Nail for their
sues on these lines vary from $29.-j hobpitulit>
PARCELS POST IN A NUTSHELL
BATES OF POSTAGE
Zone of distances
First
Pound
103 to $-15,022 per mile. The value
of these properties according to the
Railroad Commission’s estimate
vary from $.15,686 to $29,932 per
mile. The assessed values vary
from $17,863 to $32,399 per mile.
The amount expended upon them by city and rural delivery 90.05
the owners varies from $30,000 to Within 50 miles......1 .05
$60,000 per mile; the density of 50 to 150 miles.........06
population and traffic is more widely 150 to 300 miles ........07
at variance; the railroad mileage 30oto 600 miles------- .08
varies from 249 to 367 miles, yet the 600 to 1,000 miles...... .09
rate from Dallas to Houston via 1,000 to 1,400 miles---- .10
all lines is the same.
The most potential element next
in importance to competition in rate
making is density of traffic. It is a
far more agreeable personality than
any of its associates among the rate
making powers. It enjoys the dis-
1,400 to 1,800 miles____
*1,800 miles and over.
Each
/*dd’nl
Pound
80.01
^ Includes noncontiguous possessions
Law effective January 1, 1913.
Weight limit, 11 pounds.
Size limit, 72 inches in len?
tinetion of being the only influence j Ril^th uombined.
that is able to reduce rates without
decreasing the earnings and is a wel-
comed guest to both shipper and car-
rier.
Efforts have been made by the
legislatures to use the stock and
bond issues as a basis for rate mak-
ing, but tliese factors have been ig-
nored by custom and denied recog-
nition by the courts._
N
WILL BUILD STOCK PENS
As a result of persistent and ef-
Four ounces or under, 1 <
ounce.
Over four ounces consid
pound.
Fractional pounds
pounds.
BETTER MARR’
The Federal
just announc
average Te:
from 5 1 to
fective work on the part of the Board Pas*; ^eca^e
of Trade, the Southern Pacific rail- 1 e ^‘lP
road officials have given orders for
the building of two live stock ship-
ping pens at Palacios. This is a
facility the need of which has long
been felt here, but the railroad
could not be persuaded to supply
the ueed until the Board of Trade
took the matter up. Farmers hav-
—« ktook to ohip ur i’uustj shipping **
stock in will soon find good accom-
modations for loadfng and unload-
ing at Palacios.
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has increa
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