Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME III.
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Annual Convention at Morgan City
Oct. 5 and 6. Palacios will
ask for Next Year’s
Convention.
The annual convention of the In*
landVVatcrways Association wil
fc held Itt'f'rloignn City. La., on tin
5'h and Gth of next month. This
organization has been the one ac-
tive body in promoting the great in-
tercoastal canal and to *he persis
tent aDd efficient work of which is
due the credit for the advanced stagt
of the work on this great and im»
portant waterway. Before anothei
year rollH round, the Matagorda bay
cut on this canal will be completed,
and which will open for traffic the
longest section of the canal yel
completed, extending from Galves-
ton to Corpus Christi, and connect-
ing with a number of large and al-
ready navigable streams, extending
It? use and benefits far in the in-
terior.
The next convention of the asso-
ciation ie^vanted at Palaciosi and
r.c of the big features cf this meet-
ing will be to take the yisiliug
delegates on a sailing trip through
this section of the canal which, will
then have been completed. To se-
cure this convention for Palacios
will be one of the biggest and best
things for the city that has ever
been done. To get this convention
it will be necessary to send a strong
delegation to the meeting at Mor-
gan City next month. Secretary
Dean of the Board of Trade is now
working industriously to secure a
large delegation from our city, and
his plan is to secure a special buffet
Pullman sleeper to /leave here with
the regular tram the morning of the
4th. The sleeper will accommodate
eighteeu passengers, and it is ex-
ected that every berth wiil be taken
acios delegatee. We are aa-
ople of MorgaTfr
dele-
will be something novel and en-
tirely out of the ordinary, and which
will be a most delightful experience
to every one who attends. Beside
the pleasure of the trip and atten-
dance at the convention, it will be a
matter of the biggest and best sort
of business for the business men
and properly owners of the city to
be well represented at this meeting,
and use their best endeavors to se-
cure the convention for Palacios
next year. If you are interested
E£pe Mr. Dean who can tell you all
about it, and will reserve a berth for
you in the Pullman sleeper.
With the buffet sleeper the Pala-
fciba delegates can go to bed on
board the car, the night before, and
Bleep as late as they may wish the
next morning, as breakfast will be
served on board. Make your ar-
rangements to go to Morgan City
next month and bring the next
year’s convention home with vou.
and thus do your city a service that
you cau always feel proud of.
Wiiai is Beer T
The poet philosopher Walt Mas-
' ' on, auswefs^his question forcefully,
yividiy and most truthfully in the
following concise words:
“Doc Wiley’s called on to decide
the pregnant question: “What is
beer?” He’ll split the subject open
wide and hand a verdict down this
year. He might consult some drearv
bum who has a dark and niournful
tale of how from affluence he’s come
to occupy a cell in jail, Beer is a
good and harmless drink if you but
lei the stuff alone; while bottled up,
like purple ink, it never caused a
sigh or groan. But if you pour it
down your throat, one bottle clam-
ors for its mate; it starts right in to
get your goat, and it will get it, soon
or late. This* drink in which such
virture lies will fill your head with
By courtesy of the Houston Post.
Homeseekers and Investors Coming.
The movement of people from the
north and east to the coast country
in search of homes or profitable in-
vestments the coming fall and win-
ter promises to far surpass the re-
cord of any previous year in the
history of our great State, accord-
ing to the reports of railroad immi-
migration officials, land men and
others in position to know. The
fact is that Texas is just beginning
to become really known at her real
worth among the' people of other
sections, and the disparagements
from which she has had to suffer in
the past have lost the their influence.
A State like an individual, requires
much time, and a splendid record to
live down evil reports. Texas bns
done this and the world at large is
beginning to recognize the fact lhat
in the Lone Star state is the future
empire commonwealth of this great,
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PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE B. Y. P. U. GROUNDS A^PALACIOS, AS SEEN DURING THE ENCAMPMENT LAST MONTH.
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aches and pains, and give you puffed
and crimson eyes, and scatter cob-
webs through your brains. On en-
ergy it puts the crape; in useful
work you hate to launch; it puts
new outlines on your shape until it
leaves you mostly paunch. It spoils
your appetite for food—beer, alone
is all you beg—the good old brew,
from glass or wood—until you are a
human keg. And when your love
for beer you lose, because it fails to
hit the spot, you fondly turn to
stronger booze, and drink it mi your
insides rot.
■hout the coast country,'and
there will be a still bigger crowd
next week, and from this time on
the excursion parties will grow in
numbers till the end of the season
next spring, Palacios, of course,
receives her share of the newcomers,
but we can do better than that by a
little judicious and timely advertis-
ing, and the making of arrange-
ments and preparations for these
people to visit our city.
The Brownsville division of the
Frisco railroad will handle a very
large proportion of the coast coun-
try visitors.^ In former seasons
travelers over this line have missed
visiting Palacios because of the in-
convenience of the train service,
having to remain over night at
Blessing or hire a private conveyance
from that point in order to come to
Palacios. The new schedule now in
force on both the Frisco and S. P.
railroads, has removed this obstacle.
Passengers icturuiug f v o in iiie
Brownsville country, who desire to
visit this city, make close connec-
tion at Blessing with the train for
Palacios, having to wait but a few
minutes at Blessing. From the
west bound train passengers will
have to lay over at Blessing some
three cr four hours. The new rail-
road schedule is very much to the
advantage of Palacios, and special
effort should be made to acquaint
travelers with this fact. It will
bring many people here who under
conditions as the formerly existed
would have to pass us by both on
account cf the inconvenience as well
as want of time.
This changed train service wftfal*
so be of a.-special advantage to peo-
ple here who desire to go west. If
going to San Antonio or any other
point in west or southwest Texas,
the traveler can take the seven
o’clock morning local for Biessing,
where a wait of about three hourc
must be made for the west bound
Frisco. This train makes close
connection at Placedo with the S.
P. system for Victoria, Beeville,
Cuero and San Antonio, and by this
route the distance to any of the
points named is shortened nearly
sixty miles, with a corresponding
reduction in the cost of railroad fare.
Keep this in mind when you have to
travel down the coast or to the
west.
Ruthven market sells pure larrl ntlfie.
Get a bucket and you get the best and
save money; it goes farther. 24
Midfield Minutes.
Sept. 14, 1911,
Mrs. Lindsay of Los Angeles, Cal.,
arrived Saturday to spend the winter
here with her daughter, Mrs. R. J.
Tanquary. -N
A seven pound girl was born to B.
H. Shannon and wife Friday, Sept. 8.
Mrs. Annie Lunn, of Houston,
visiting relatives here.
A party composed of B. W. Trull,
E. C. Trull and wife, Miss Alta Gau-
mer and Mrs. W. K. Keller went to
Palacios Monday evening for a little
picnic and bath in the “briny deep.”
They all returned home Tuesday
morning.
C. 0. Jordan and wife are entertain-
ing a little daughter, who arrived
Saturday, Sept. 9.
The Missionary Society held a very
interesting business session at the
church Thursday afternoon.
B. W. Trull left yesterday for his
old home at Kirwin, Kans., win
will be ra**?h3d to. flPgy,FIqrenc'
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will take his place in the bank, hav-
ing arrived here Saturday with his
wife from Kirwin.
Mrs. C. R. Cates and three daugh-
ters, of Palacios, were here several
j days last week visiting relatives and
friends.
The Ladies Aid Society held its
regular monthly business meeting
with Mrs. Ed. Cox Tuesday afternoon.
The Birthday Social given at the
home of Miss Annie Smith was well
attended and oyerybody had a nice
time.
A party composed of Jno. Kuhn and
wife, Mrs. Maude Green, 6. C. Dyer
and T. B. Hillmon went to Palacios
Saturday and hired a boat to take
them to the gulf for a short outing.
They returned Monday well pleased
with their trip.
J, L. Jordan, of Blessing, was here
all last week, helping F. H. Fitzger-
ald build his house, which is now
nearly completed.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gaumer .en-
tertained with a social at their home
Friday evening, which was enjoyed
by quite a number of their friends.
The Missionary/. Society will give
a box supper on Friday night, Sept.
22, at the Hotel Midfield. Cordial in-
vitations are extended to everyone.
F. jri. Fizgerald will soon begin the
erection of a nice five room bunga-
low for rent purposes.
Mrs. Annie Gillespie and children,
of Belton, arrived Wednesday on a
Visit to her sister, Mrs. B. H. Shan-
non.
Rev. McDonald filled his regular
appointment here Sunday, and an-
nounced that be would begin a meet-
ing here the second Sunday in Oc-
tober. ~
A Fruitless Victory for
Maine.
At the State election hi
Monday to vote on the
repealing the prohibit!
ment to the constitute:
State, the advocates of
by a bare majority on
the returns. One hu:
twenty thousand votes
and the reported majorit;
peal was only 940. The
between the cities and th
as usual, the liquor iute:
aging to get a sufficient
cities to overcome cou
jority of 12,000 against ^
That enough illegal vote&
in the cities to make up th r „
ent majority nobody >•
dispute. However this d'
the licensed or legal sal
Maine. The statutory
in 1857 is still in force
Mother Shipton’s Prophecies.
Agreeable to\ the request of a
friend of the Beacon, we reproduce
the famous Mother Shipton prophe-
cies, and which were giyen wide
circulation by the press in this and
other countries back in the ’70’s.
The legend is that these prophe-
cies were first published in England
in 1485 bofore the discovery of
America, and before any of the dis-
coveries or inventions referred to
bad ba£n made. All of these pre-
’ ’ '* been fulfilled except
jes without horses shall go.
leciidiats fill the world with
Now the Texas Democrats are
busy trying to nominate a candidate
for president, and with the promise
of opportunity to exercise their
preference at a_ prtmary election
business has at once picked up,
and there is a lively contest on be-
tween the admirers of Harmon and
Wilson. (Jlubs are being organiz-
ed and the groat question of naming
the winner for presideut next year
will first be fought out in Texas.
But the very strong probability is
that neither Harmon nor Wilson
wiil rccoivc the nomination of the
national convention, and that is the
body that does the real nominating.
And Texas will come right up with
her usual 200,000 majority for the
nominee whoever he may be.
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hasn’t been taken from tfi2"8tatutes;
and it is a safe prediction that it will
not be. Maine hasn’t gone “wet”
yet, aDd until fuither expression by
the people the seeming victory of
the liquor interests is ^jn empty one.
Later.—T^he above is in accord
with the returns as first reported,
but when fuller reports came in from
the country precincts it appeared
that the prohibitionists had won.
Then the liquorites got busy. The
governor who was in attendance at
the convention of governors in an-
other city, hurried to his own capi-
tal, and reports were that ttoe result
was in doubt. We have small doubt
but that the whiikey administration
and its adherents will be able to
find enough votes in some way to
overcome the apparent small ma-
jority of the prohibitionists, and
that the final report will be lhat
prohibition has been defeated in
Maine by a close scratch.
Ruthven Market Will Furnish Re-
frigerated Meats.
The Ruthven market will hereaf-
foe (Ml - r\liT Hfi r« wliL ■« f*** 'Tf* „
». «** M I « vu WUO M iklU toillgcl
ated meats, just as they are prepar-
ed by the b i g packing houses
throughout the country. A dry cold
storage room has been secured by
this market at the ice plant, where
fresh meats and oysters are refriger-
ated, and can be kept in perfect
condition for any length of time.
All fresh meats will be frozen in
this room before being sold to cus-
tomers. Oysters will be kept in the
same place and for any length of
time without being put in ice, but
are frozen in their natural s’tate. A
well bred imported Durham cow
weighing about 1400 pounds, and
which was brought here last year
and fattened on the native grasses,
has been slaughtered and placed in
the cold st.oragp room, and will be
served to the patrons of the market
in a few days. The plan will be to
keep a number of beeves in storage
aii the time, so that customers will
always be served with the refriger-
ated meats, and which is superior to
the fresh slaughtered meats in eyery
way. The plan is exactly the same
fts that in use by Armour <Jk Co. ajid
the other great packcrics. The pa-
trons of the market will appreciate
Mr. Ruthven’s enterprise in intro-
ducing the modern and approved
method of handling meats, and also
the spnt.imonfc which IhTiLlwiioS—lift*
expresses, that ffye best is cone too
good for the people of F&laetot,
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Around the world thoughts shall
fly
In the twinkling of an eye.
Waters shall yet more wonders do.
Now strange, shall yet be true.
The world upside down Bhall be
x—rts*
Market Review.
Houston, Texas, Sept., 13:—Cot-
ton trading recently has been Bway-
ed to a great extent by generally
favorable crop accounts, continued
selling by Southern producers and
persistent reports of insect damage.
Despite thi? noise the bulls have
flfiMtewiittMfeK1* ut,le in
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Shalt ride, shall sleep, shall folk.
In the air men shall be seen
In white, in black, in green.
Iron in the water shall float
As easy as a wooden boat.
Gold shall be found ’mid stone
In a land that’s now unknown.
Fire and water shall wonders do;
England shall at last admit a
Jew.
And this world to an end shall
come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-
one.
in the version published prior to
1881, and which gave much uneasi-
ness to large numbers of people,
was iocluded the further prophecy
that this nation should nut twenty
rulers see. World enders made
much of this prophecy and devoted
much time and thought to its dis-
cussion, to the distress of many
superstitious folks.
Carancakua Clippings.
Miss Maude Olson who has been
quite ill is some better. t
Mr. Andrew Lof is having a large
addition and porch built onto his
house. Mr. Allie Whyman is doing
the work.
School commences next Monday
with Mr. Harherson of Turtle Bay as
teacher.
The Levi Mann family and Laura
Petersen took dinner at the Frisbie
home Sunday.
Mrs. Earl Grant and two lilile girls
and Mrs. Emma Johnson of Palacios
spent Wednesday visiting with the
Cropp and Guatin families.
The Hilts family left Wednesday
for then* old home in Canada.
Mr. G. Harris went to Galveston
Tuesday for a few days visit.
Mr. Neff’s Sunday school class was
royally entertained at the John Why-
man homo Monday night.
The ice cream social given by the
Ladies Aid Society at Mr. Petersens
last Thursday night was quite well
attended and about eleven dollars was
realized.
Mr. Fribio intends to build a sub-
stantial addition Lo his house soon,
also a porch. The well drillers will be
at his place soon to try for an artesian
well.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Brown enter-
tained their daughters, Mrs. Hallner
and Mrs. Butterfield, of Palacios, Sun-
day.
Cue of Iiie must deiigilUUl auU
charming surprise parties of the sea-
Cropp and Gustin families at the Qus-
tin home Wednesday evening, when
about forty neighbors and friends
called on them to bid them farewell
and participate in one more happy
reunion before they remove from the
neighborhood. A very enjoyable
evening was spent, games were play-
ed and refreshments were served at a
late hour. In the near future the
Mann family will move to their old
home in Indiana and the Cropp and
GuBtin families, go to Oklahoma to
seek a new home. It is with deep re-
gret that we see these estimable fam-
ilies leave our community but we live
in hopes that they will return.
market',
g indicative of
the contract
rising tendency b<
the better feeling
market.
Throughout the! week ihe mar
ket has been buoyed, short cover-
ing and considerable long buying
serving to enhance the market val-
ue. However, trade demand, crop
damage reports and short coverings
have sufficed to materially advance
prices.
The Houston produce market re-
flects little activity. Most ot the
fancy staples are coming from out-
side the State, although Texas to-
matoes, peppers, beans and cab-
bage continue in good demand and
in supply.
The chicken and egg market con-
tinue about unchanged, nothing in
excessive demand or supply, having
a tendency to upset the even status
of things in this department.
Houston bank clearings for the
week were $5,538,000.
Pleased With the Beacon.
Like other folks we appreciate
words of praise, especially when we
know they are sincere. One of the
best tests of appreciation is the fact
that when subscriptions expire they
are immediately renewed, and on this
score the Beacon feels sure that it
has no equal among coast country
papers. We have lost so few sub-
scribers that they are not missed,
while our list keeps up a splendid
growth all the time, and its circula-
tion is getting greeter all the time.
The following expressions are
from a few of the renewals at a dis-
tance received the past week :
.An Austin,Minn..reader in renew-
ing for another year, says: “I
think you print the best paper in the
State. It is good enough for a city
of 30,000. I do not want to miss an
issue.”
Auother subscriber away up in
Canada writes: “I own lots
property near there, and the Beacon
keeps me posted on the develop-
ment of your district, which is won-
derful.”
“I look forward to the Beacon’s
weekly visits with pleasurable an-
ticipations, and am never disap-
pointed,” writes a good friend from
Red Wing, Minn., iu renewing his
subscription for another year.
Many such letters reach us almost
every week, and which are most
thoroughly appreciated.
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Paper clips, the best made at the
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Dunbar Dots
Geo. W. Johnston is making mighty
good sorghum only 50 cents a gallon.
Rev. Powoll proachccl at Prairie
Center Sunday morning.
Mr. C. R. Edwards and family ac-
companied by his father arrived home
from Aokron, Colorado, last Saturday
morning for a short visit with Mr. and
Mrs. O. W. Morgan, and to look up a
location. Mr. Edwards made the trip
in his auto and was nearly three
weeks on the road. The trip
was short and pleasant. After look-
ing around here decided to locate for
the winter at least in the little City by
the sea. Mr; Edwards says this is the
most beautiful place he har seen
on the trip, which is quite a compli-
ment to Matagorda county.
Rev. Chambers preached at the
church Sunday and ate dinner with
the Dunbar .family. X
S. A. Nail is helping G. W. John-
ston make sorghum this week.
Mrs. R. T. Phillips and daughter
Lillian have moved to Blessing. Mr.
will have rooms in tire Blessing hotel.
The box supper at Prairie Center
last Friday night was a decided suc-
cess. The program was verv inter-
esting but short, there were prizes
for the most popular lady and pret-
tiest little girl. Miss Rosa Daniels re-
ceived a box of bonbons as being the
most popular young lady and M'ss
[da Nail the prettiest little gild r -
ceived bonbons also. There being
cowboys and a threshing crow pres-
ent not a box sold for less than §1.00
and going as higli as §4. $45 was the
result of a few hours entertainment.
The Prairie Oenterites were well
pleased with the proceeds and well
they should be. Bub a few of those
boys should have staid at home, es-
pecially’ those who had bo be taken
out of the window and sent home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Edwards and
father, J. W. Edwards and Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Morgan autoed ' over to
Collegeport Sunday afternoon to look
at that pretty little town and calf on
M. L. Herbage.
Mrs. Klingbill was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. M. M. Johnson Sunday.
Council Proceedings.
Mayor Ruthven in the chair. Al-
dermen present, Lipscomb, Best,
Blair and ONeal.
Minutes of last mooting read and
approved.
Petition of Mrs. Dora Heliums to
allow her to make some repairs to
her house and to close up her back
stairway, was received and allowed.
A petition was road from Thos. H.
Bonner asking for a franchise from
the city for a term of fifty years to
put in a water system. The city to
have the right to buy the system in
fifteen years, for a price to be agreed
upon by arbitration. The proposition
was considered and the conned agreed
to call a special meeting to give the
matter more minute investigation,
Bills ordered paid: J. P. Banks,
§38.30; Palacios Drug Co., §1.10; Red
Front livery stable, $4.20.
No further business the council
adjourned to meet September 20,1911.
W. B. Willis, City Sec’y.
Over in the quiet little town of
Louise in our neighboring county* of
Wharton a couple of weeks ago two
men under the „ influence of liquor
got into a row in a saloon, and
fought with pistols, resulting in the
death of both. They were but ex-
ercising that personal liberty which
the Houston Tost and Jake Wol-
ters and others of their kind so vig-
orously defend. For these to de-
precate or regret such inhuman
iiuppcuiugb wuuiu be in discredit
the very principles (?) for which
they so insistently coutend.
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