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PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1930
VOLUME XXIII NUMBER 39
PALACIOSAND
TRADE TERRITORY
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By R. M. HARKEY
We sometimes think that the aver-
age town and territory around it for-
get the real issues that would help
build both town and country. There
never has been a time in the history
of our country when conditions wert
just like they are today.
In 1929 crops were almost a total
failure and the farmer who had ti
borrow money to raise cotton to bu>
feed and food for his family was plac
ed in a very bad predicament; he wa
faced with a loss of year's labor ant
was forced to ask the banks and hit
friends to help him start the crop o
1930. Now that this crop is abou.
harvested, with a price that has bee,
very discouraging, we are wondering
what will come to pass with this sam
class of farmers of 1931. We hav<
been in all directions of Palacios, am
as we have said in the past, there i
no better farming section in the Gul
Coast territory and what is termed th
trade territory of Palacios.
We have noticed in the past soin
men have always prospered, no mat
ter where they were located or wha
class of farming they were doing, bu
if you would observe what these me
have done you would find somethinj
like this;,—They raise food and fee<
first, and make the cotton crop a sec
ondary condition. If you will lool
around their farm you will find fron
three to five good cows, some hog
an 100 or more good chickens, (Here',
the thought:) Why do the merchant
of Palacios have to drive to Dane
vang to buy eggs to sell over thei
counters in Palacios ? Why do yoi
find 75 percent of the Danevang citi
zens, with their farms paid for, wel
built homes, big automobiles, and witl
ten to forty bales of cotton standini
in each yard at this time, and ver;
few of these farmers being forced ti
sell their cotton to pay bank notes-
feed bills and grocery bills? Reasoi
is very plain, Danevang farmers raiH
ed their living at home, milk cows-
Belling cream and sweet milk, raisinj
good chickens and selling eggs, alway
getting the highest prices for theii
products.
There is no reason why the farmeiv
of the Palacios trade territory, am!
the merchants and bank of Palacio:
not getting together on a balancet
farm program that they can carr,
on for a period of years, cutting ou
all individuality and working for thi
best interest of both farmer and busi-
ness man. There is a settled fact tha
you cannot get away from, the busi
ness man cannot live without thi
farmer and the farmer cannot liv.
without the business man.
In the years that we have lived ii-
Matagorda County we have known oi
men in the Palacios territory making
an enormous profit from cabbage ane
other truck products; but failure
eventually comes to the inividual, as
there is an old adage, "united we stani,
and divided we fall."
If a united effort was put forth and
good water was secured for irrigation
there are a few crops that could bt
grown successfully in the Palacios
territory, namely, cabbage, white crys-
tal onions and bell peppers; these are
hardy crops and will carry well foi
market purposes, and as a rule wil
make a complete success, but in or-
der that the farmer may receive some-
thing for his labor and a profit fron
his crop there must be grown enough
of each of these to command a placi
in the marketing world. These cai
be grown along with the other staph
crops of the farm.
This is not the all important subject
that we would care to discuss. Thi
only product in the United States to
day that has established a record ii
price is that of whole milk, cream and
butter. There are many angles to
this subject, and many ways for the
farmer to handle the milk cow, and
we wish it understood that we are not
trying to formulate any plan whereir
any farmer or business man would lose
money; we have been watching the hen
money; we have been watching the
men who sell whole milk, cream and
butter for many years, and you can
go to any neighborhood that this has-
been carried on and you will find
farmers who have sold these products
practically out of debt, and the mer-
chants who have purchased them with
very little on their books. For exam-
ple:—Why did the Carnation Milk Co
establish their plant at Sehulenburg?
Why a successful creamery at York-
town, also at Weimer, Wharton and
other South Texas towns? Why does
the town of Alvin, Texas, receive $1,-
000,000 a year from the sale of whole
milk to Houston and Galveston ? The
answer is, farmers are interested in
dairy cattle; the business men and
bankers of these different towns sec
to it that each of these farmers get
whatever dairy cows they want and in
What the Railways
Do in a Single Hour
Russell Feather,
Singapore Bound,
Writes Homefolks
In an hour, the railways earn $710,-
840 from their transportation opera-
tions.
In an hour the railways spend
$514,38G in operating expenses.
In an hour, the railways pay $330,-
312 in wages. (Much of this total is
included in operating expenses.)
In an hour, the railways pay $45,-
288 in taxes to national, state and lo-
cal governments.
In an hour, 6,026 cars are loaded
vith revenue freight on the railways'
lines.
In an hour, 88,932 passengers board
the railways' trains.
Uvin, especially the dairy cow men
ire buying 80 per cent of all their
feed, and the bankers and business
;iicn told the writer and a committee
with him that these people were all
naking a good profit on their milk.
You have men, especially one, that
ends his butter to Bay City and lo
•ur certain knowledge, we know, that
i family name must be put on the list)
t' he receives any of this butter. The
writer has used this butter for more
lhan two years and never found a bad
:)ound during that time. There are
/ays and means that can be provided,
for any farmer who has any moral
landing in the trade territory of Pa-
acios to secure whatever cows he is
able to take care of, and there is an
)pen market for the whole milk, cream
and the butter, but the individual
farmer or the individual business man
'annot do these things by themselves
•nd from all tendencies the farmer or
business man need not look for any
increase in prices of the farm crops
frown in this territory. We have
nore on hand than ever before in the
aistory of the United States. If there
ver was a time when the little farm-
r and the business man find banker
hould get together it is now, as you
•annot live without each other, and
he year of 1931 has nothing great
n store for the man who expects to
nake an income on the farm. A state-
ment in the State Press of Monday
laid to have been made by Chairman
^egge, Chairman of the Federal Farm
Board, "That the day of the little
armer was passed and that all farrn-
ng operations should be merged into
rnc coipotation, doing away with the
ittle farm, the same as has been done
vith the Railroad, the little merchants
'.nd small banks." If this statement
e true it is now time for the small
own merchant, banker and farmer to
let their heads together, formulate a
dan of crops wherein each small par-
-,y may have something to sell every
lay in the year, going on a cash basis,
living on what you produce. There
jan be established out of Palacios i.
■jood whole milk trade and this will
not effect the buyer of cream from the
mall individual two-cow farmer. But
ihere are enough cows to start with at
this time to put an income of $150.
icr day into Palacios every day. this
milk being obtained from the larger
farmers who have pasture and feed,
also from people who would buy as
many as five cows. With all the cot-
ion crop that has been gathered at a
orice around $50. per bale, the indi-
vidual farmer, after paying all ex-
iienccs, will have very little left when
1929 and 1930 obligations are met; but
if he could have sold $1. worth of
whole milk clear profit each day which
can be easily done, he could have paid
cash for his living and had his cotton
as a surplus money crop. We can show
/ou thousands of farmers in South
Texas that are doing this very thing
this year. Why not place the trade
territory and the town of Palacios on
a sound business basis, and it only
takes the good will of each individ-
ual business man and the farmer to
vork out this plan, and if same is not
done we would ask this question:—
How can the business man and banker
prosper with farmers all around their
town raising and selling cotton at 12
"ents per pound that has cost them
1!\ cents to produce? Think this over
and see if you cannot work out this
plan of operation where all will be
protected and more can be produced
by each individual producer. If Pa-
lacios or any other town ever builds
it must have an income from some
source, and the principal source of
wealth in Texas is from the agricul-
tural production. The writer would
be glad to help work out this plan of
operation, and no great amount of
Palacios money will have to be used,
capital from outside can be secured
to help purchase dairy cows and ev-
eryone will be benefitted by this move-
ment. Every business man and farm-
er should take an invoice and see just
how things are going, We hope that
this article will be read in the spirit
it is written and that it may be the
means of starting something worth-
while for Palacios and her trade ter-
ritory.
The following letter from Russell
! Feather, who sailed from San Francis-
co, Sept. 9th, via the Dollar Steam-
! ship Line, on boar the S. S. President
ship Line, Singaport bound, contains
much of interest to his many Palacios
friends.
Russell is making this trip as chief
of a Geophysic Exploration Crew
of the Humble Oil Co., expecting to
be gone two years and have the pleas-
ure of visiting many points of interest
on the Eastern Hemisphere.
Friday, Oct. 17, Date Set For |Exp^,t1°verH*lf
County-Wide Road Celebration
Judge W. C. Gray informed us this | day will be a free barbecue. Other
week that Friday, October 17, had I events will include speaking by prom-
On board S. S. President Monroe,
Sept. 9, 1930.
Dear Mother and Dad:
In the following pages I shall try
to give you a comprehensive view of
the trip from San Francisco to Hono-
lulu. After due consideration I have
come to the conclusion that a sort of
log from day to day would be the best
plan.
Went from the hotel to the ship at
2 p. m. today, after spending a miser-
able morning trying not to be excit-
ed and trying not to forget anything.
Had to claim our baggage on the
dock and 1 had some trouble because
I had five pieces. You see all the
eleventh hour equipment was shipped
to me to be taken across as personal
baggage. The man in charge was
very nice and rated me only 350 lbs.
(allowable,) there must have beem
500. Sailing time came, the docks
were lined with other people's friends.
The last call for visitors to go ashore
came and much to my chagrin all the
(honeys) I had seen began to leave.
When 1 gave my ticket to the Purser
he gave me my mail much to my sur-
prise. There was a letter from you
folks, and a sort of departure card
from Harold Barr and wife, Maynard
Green and wife, John Fox and wife,
and Dorothy Green.
We cast off and began to steam out
of San Francisco harbor. The Golden
Gate was beautiful and I seemed to be
at ease for the first time in months.
The sea was calm, that is, the motion
of the ship was not bad. Dinner time,
and I was surprised by the nicety of
the whole affair. The ship's officers
are very nice, the passengers are nice,
even we ure nice. Hope we don't
get soft on the trip.
The moon is very pretty across the
water, bed time. The state rooms
are small but very comfortable. The
beds are narrow but I think I shall
manage O. K. Wish my head would
not roll on the pillow in sympathy
with the roll of the ship. Good night.
Sept. 10, 1930.
You might say the first day at sea.
You would love the freshness of it all.
At breakfast my crew turns out in
force. The day is cloudy and the
weather remains quite cool. At elev-
en o'clock only eight of us on deck.
I check up, poor Tom Lytle has suc-
cumed to that malady which is my
mother's weakness. After dinner he
feels better. I think his trouble was
mental. We grow restless. Although
nice, the passengers are disappointing,
not an eligible girl aboard, such luck.
We resort to that old Army Game,
Poker, not very exciting. However,
we are ejoying ourselves like school-
boys. We look the ship over. Eat,
sleep and walk. Worry every one we
can. Dancing tonight but no one to
dance with. I try it with an elderly
lady—I flop. The motion of the ship
gets me off balance. Good night.
Sept. 11, 1930.
Beautiful day, good night's sleep,
the sea is rougher and it's harder to
walk about. Everyone out to break-
fast. The Chief Steward kids Tom
about being sick. I eat like a horse,
I should have been a sailor. Weighed
140V6 lbs. yesterday morning, weigh
143 this a. m. sounds bad. The weath-
er is warmer, they say it will be hot
soon.
Forgot to tell you, yesterday I re-
ceived a radiogram from friends at
the Ben Milam, quite a thrill. To-
day we learn there is a stow-away
aboard. Saturday p. m. we pass the
"Pres. Lincoln," will stop and give
our stow-away. They will take our
mail back to the states so I shall mail
this Saturday. Not much going ori.
Sept. 12, 1930.
The sea is very calm and the weath-
er is warmer. They do not wear even-
ing dress at dinner and we are all
glad we did not invest. A very demo-
cratic bunch of passengers. I talked
to a very old man this a. m., who is
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the Philippines. Very interesting
man.
Today I must mail this. Am send«
ing a guest list, a morning paper and
some other junk. Have been having a
time with the children on board.
There are about six or seven ranging
been definitely set as the day for the
County-wide Celebration of the com-
pletion of Highway No. 58 through
Matagorda County and the big quar-
ter million dollar bridge over the Col-
orado, two miles west of Bay City, to
be held in Palacios.
Plans are now well under way for
the carrying out of the celebrating
of the most progressive event in the
history of our county, and a full'
day's program is beinjg arranged.
One of the big attractions for the' in it
inent men, Governor-elect R, S. Ster-
ling, other members of the State
Highway Commission, together with
many State officials having been in-
vited. Music by the ElCampo band,
the Bay City Junior Band and perhaps
others. Boat races, football game,
dancing, and numerous other sorts of
entertainment, with a grand and glor-
ious display of fireworks at night.
Remember this is to be the greatest
celebration ever held in the county, as
the entire county is to have a part
Million People at
S. Tex. Exposition
WITH OUR
ANGLERS
EMPLOYEES GO FISHIN' AGAIN
HOUSTON POWER & LIGHT CO.
Two weeks ago employees of the
Houston Power and Light Company
came down to Palacios and chartered
"Lady Pilot," and went fishing. They
were so delightfed with the trip and
fish catch they arranged with Capt.
Allen for the boat again last week
end. They arrived in Palacios at 7
p. m. Supper was served on the way
out to Coon Island. On arrival they
floundered and fished for red fish, they
also caught many other kinds. They
fished until a late hour, or rather an
early morning hour and at two o'clock
all retired. Next morning early they
again fished with good success and af-
ter breakfast Capt. Allen took them
to the Beacon light reef, where they
caught over a hundred trout. The
noon day meal consisted of one of
Mrs. Allen's fish dinners, which the
party said was the best they ever ate
an that good coffee—it just could not
be beat. There were eighteen in the
party and all expressed themselves as
having a wonderful time. They have
the boat chartered again this week
en(l. —One of the Party.
Prizes Awarded
in Yard Contest
BELLVILLE PARTY ENJOYS
FISHING IN PALACIOS BAY
Half Moon Reef is a favorite fish-
ing spot for a party from Bellville,
who have chartered "Lady Pilot" six
times in two months. Joe Storek, who
chartered the boat for the party says
he has been at many favorite fishing
places but none of them compare to
Palacios Bay when it comes to fishing,
comfortable boats and safety. He
brought a party of friends down last
week and Captain Allen took them to
Half Moon Reef, where they had great
success. They say they are coming
down again real soon and plan to do
their hunting with Captain Allen
when the season opens.
TRIP TO THE GULF
Mr. and Mrs. J. Rubottom, of De-
vol, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey San-
ders, of Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. and
Mrs. Hilbert, of Mo.; Mrs. Mary Sher-
by, of Devol, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs.
Jones, of Amarillo, Texas and Mrs. L.
Bruse of Palacios had the pleasure
of going to the Gulf last Thursday on
board the "Claire M." Some went
fishing, others went to gather shells.
On the return trip we stopped near the
light to fish awhile an a nice bunch
of trout were caught. Arrived home
just at sundown and all reported a
fine time.
from 5 to 9 years old and they follow
me all over.
Give everyone my regards and love,
Russ.
Friday evening, Sept. 19, witnessed
the final event in the Yard and Gar-
den Contest, which has been in pro-
gress for almost a year. The Com-
mittee had advertised and talked up
this final meeting for the awarding
of prizes, and had hoped for a big
crowd and much enthusiasm. As in
all their former efforts, little response
was made by the public generally, so
Friday evening was another disap-
pointment to the hard-worked com-
mittee.
Most of the prize-winners, a few
interested friends, and two members
of the C. of C.—C. W. Nester, presi-
dent, and Mayor Ruthven—made up
the crowd.
Does Palacios have any enthusiasm
for anything? Is not the beautifica-
tion of our town a matter of interest
to every citizen? We wonder if all
the effort expended and the time
spent by the committee in this work
of almost a year brought commen-
surate results. Is the Chamber of
Commerce interested in the work we
have tried to accomplish, or does it
regard the Ladies Auxiliary merely
as a committee to serve banquets and
suppers? The lack of any interest
and enthusiasm by few except the
contestants and the Auxiliary makes
one wonder.
Followng is the list of prize-win-
ners :—
CLASS I.
1st Prize—$25.00, Mrs. E.G. Frame.
2nd Prize—$5.00, Mrs. Strickland.
3rd Prize—Electric Toaster, Mrs. F.
A. Sisson, (Central Power and Light
Company.)
4th Prize—Shrul), J. P. McDonald,
(Stephen's Nursery.)
5th Prize—Shrub, Mrs, J. F. Mc-
Glothlin, (Law's Nursery.)
6th Prize — Garden Tool, Helen
Glaros, (Koerber's Hardware.)
7th Prize—$1.00 Cold Cream, Mrs.
Ed. Adkins, (Bowden's Drug Store.)
8th Prize—$1.00 Mdse., Helen San-
ders, (Brandon's.)
9th Prize—$1.00 Garden Seed, J.
C. Wilkerson, (Golden Rule Grocery.)
10th Prize—50c Garden Seed, D. S.
Prinzing, (Burton's Fee Store.)
Houston, Texas, Sept. 25.—(Sp.)—
With more than half a million people
expected to attend the fourth Annua!
South Texas Exposition to be hold
at Sam Houston Hall, Houston, from
October 29 to November 9, plans are
being placed under way to take care
of these great crowds of people.
W. R. Ray, Exposition manager, has
arranged with the various Texas rail-
roads to offer reduced fares from ev-
ery point in Texasf. He points out that
through taking advantage of these
rates, in many instances the round
trip ticket to Houston will
SCENIC DRIVE
TO GALVESTON
SKIRTS COAST
SPANISH TRAIL TOURISTS AF-
FORDED SIDE JAUNT TO
TREASURE ISLE
Galveston now is seventy-five miles
closer to the south, southeast and
other sections of the United States
with the opening of the new scenic
highway between Orange, Beaumont,
Port Arthur and Galveston.
This route connects with the Old
Spanish Trail, officially known as U.
cost "less iS" highway No. 90, between St. Pe-
than the one-way ticket would ordin-
arily cost.
In addition to the agriculture,
tersburg, Fla., and San Diego, Cal.,
and provides a saving in distance to
Galveston and an interesting drive
along the shore line of the Gulf.
Fourth Annual South Texas Exposi-1 This is the fi,'st time in the history
of Galveston, which is nearing the
century mark, that more than one
route of ingress and egress has serv-
tion will include the Thirty-Second
Annual South Texas Poultry Show;
the Twelfth Annual Rabbit Show and
the Fourth Annual Agricultural Show,
Many outstanding exhibits are be-
ing arranged for the occasion, among
them a groat furniture exhibit; a
ed the city. On April 12 inauguration
of ferry service to Port Bolivar open-
ed another highway to Galveston.
Since then a steady stream of cars
splendid group of industrial exhibits; has moved across the ba-V- relieving
an exhibit of more than 1,000 articles
manufactured in Texas; a raw pro-
ducts exhibit and many others. The
best carnival attraction on the road,
the Beekmann and Gerety's shows,
have been engaged and will present a
gorgeous midway with 20 distinctive
shows and a dozen exhilirating and
sensational rides.
Re-Organize County
Health Committee
In response to a call from the Coun-
ty Health Nurse, Mrs. Patricia Mar-
tyn Gossett, a goodly representation
of the committee appointed when Miss
Frances Mayfield was County Health
•Nurse, met at her office in Bay City
Wednesday afternoon. A number of
othets from different parts of the
county who are interested in this work
were present. As the committee had
not' been active the past year and
some members had moved out of the
county it was decided to re-organize
and elect new officers. Mrs. G. A.
Salsbury, of Palacios, was chosen
chairman, with Mrs. C: B. Robertson
of Bay City, vice-chairman. Mrs. O.
E. Zigenhals of Bay City, was re-
elected secretary.
Plans for future work were out-
lined and the meeting adjourned to
meet subject to call from the president.
Auto Wreck
Fire Extinguisher
Saves Shrimp Boat
Quite a lot of excitement occurred
early Monday morning at the old ship
channel, when one of the shrimp boats
caught on fire, caused from a leakage
of gasoline during the night. A num-
ber of boats were near around, all
getting ready to go out when the
blaze burst out, and if it had not have
been for the prompt action of How-
ard Stapp, Jr., who was there too
making ready for an early morning
start and who has the Fire-Eye auto-
matic extinguishers on his boat, the
fire might have, been a very disas-
trous one. The boat however, was on-
ly slightly damaged and belongs to a
Mr. Carpenter.
CLASS II.
1st Prize—$15.00, Mrs. O. E. Sailor.
2n Prize—$5.00, Mrs. J. F. Barnett.
3rd Prize—2 doz. Easter Lily Bulbs,
Mrs. J. L. Pybus, (H. B. Farwcll.)
4th Prize—Palm or Shrub, Mrs. C.
Luther, (Green's Nursery.)
5th Prize—Shrub, J. W. Barr, (Le-
Compte's Nursery.)
6th Prize—Garden Tool, Mrs. Geo.
Williamson, (Traylor Hardware Co.)
7th Prize—$1.00 Mdse., Mrs. Eliza-
beth Russell, (Nester's Drug Store.)
8th Prize—$1.00 Mdse., Mrs. San-
dusky, (Toggery Shop.)
9th Prize—$1.00 Flower Seed, Mrs.
C. W. Nester, (Ruthven's Gro. Co.)
10th Prize—Pair Garden Gloves,
Mrs. Geo. Harrison, (McFarland's.)
Honor Prize went to Mrs. J. C.
Stulting.
The Committee desires to thank all
those who have assisted them in any
way, and especially those who con-
tributed to the program Friday even-
ing.
Many inquiries have come during
the past week about the abscnce of
lights on Commerce Street along the
Golf Course, and say it sure looks
dark and dreary over there evenings.
Mr. C. L, de St. Aubin, owner and
manager says that just us soon as
these intermittent showers are over
with the lights will be turned on
again, and he hopes to see everybody
in Palacios strolling along that way
and stop over for a game or two.
A party of five young people from
Palacios and one young lady from
Blessing attended the show in Bay
City Monday evening and all went fine
and dandy until they started home.
When at the first curve coming out of
that city, the driver in some way,
missed the corner and went into the
ditch, turning over two times, and now
these young folk are wondering just
how it did happen and why some of
them were not more seriously injured.
Members of the party were Misses
Dorothy Stramblad and Ellen Brote-
markle, Messrs. Charles Stramblad,
Henry Lawson and "Butts" Huddle-
ston, and Miss Margaret Sanford, of
Blessing. The latter received several
bad cuts and bruises, but is recover-
ing nicely, we learn. The car be-
longed to T. A. Stramblad and is
badly wrecked.
the giant causeway of some of its
burden as the main artery of motor
transportation, thus providing two
different approaches to Treasure Is-
land.
More than $2,000,000 has been spent
by Galveston and Jefferson Counties
in constructing this road, ferry land-
ings and providing ocean-going fer-
ries to make this direct short-line
highway available to motorists de-
siring to go to Galveston. Officials
estimate this drive will bring 75,000
additional visitors to Galveston a year.
Bolivar Peninsula, traversed by this
highway, is regarded a paradise for
hunters and fishermen, and is rich
in agriculture, oil and scenery. Texas'
newest oil field is adjacent to the
highway and already several largo
producers have been brought in.
After leaving the Old Spanish Trail
at Orange or Beaumont, tourists de-
siring to continue on this trail after
a sojourn on Treasure Island may do
so by following State Highway No. ft
out of Galveston to Houston.
The drive along the new scenic
highway includes a seventeen-minute
ride on large Diesel-operated, ocean-
going ferries, which have a capacity
of thirty-five cars each. These ferries
traverse Galveston Bay and give the
visitor an opportunity to view the
ships from practically every foreign
nation arriving and departing at the
port of Galveston.
Large passenger busses use this,
new route and connect with transcon-
tinetal bus service at Beaumont or
Port Arthur, Texas.
The scenic route is part of the Hug-
the-Coast highway system, which wiil
eventually reach from the State line
at Orange to Brownsville, and will be
one of the most unusual highway sys-
tems in the United States when eom^
pleted.—Galveston Daily News,
Buy Your Season
Football Tickets
BANKS MANGUM FUNERAL
IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
IN HISTORY OF BAY CITY
The funeral of Banks Mangum, 20-
year-old son of Sheriff and Mrs. Joe
Mangum, who died at Temple Friday,
held Saturday afternoon, was one of
the largest in the history of Bay City.
The ceremonies were held at the
Presbyterian Church and conducted1,
by Rev. P. E. Engle of the Episcopal
Church, and only n part of the throng
of people could be accommodated.
Immediately after the church ser
vices the cortege slowly wended its
way to the cemetery where, beneath
a veritable mountain of flowers this
young man, stricken on the eve of use-
ful young manhood, was laid to rest.
The ballbearers were: Clive James,
Billy Stinnett, Edward Badouh, Mau-
rice Broughton, Maurice Reed and
Bert Steves.—Bay City Tribune.
The deceased was well and favora-
bly known in Palacios. and the Bea-
con joins the many friends of Sheriff
and Mrs. Mangum in extending deep-
est sympathy.
Mr. and Mrs. Yancey, Mrs. Golight-
ly and Miss Faye Golightly, of Bay
City, attended services at the Chris-
tion Church Sunday evening.
The first football game for the Pala-
cios team occurs next Friday, Oct. 3,
with Edna in Edna, and in anticipa-
tion of this, next week will see some
hard practice on the athletic field af-
ter school. The team is gradually
rounding into shape and the team
spirit is great.
Sale of the season tickets will con-
tinue until the day of the first game
in Palacios. The-prices are $1.00 for
aults, and 50c for children and school
pupils. These season tickets will ad-
mit the holder to all football games
played in Palacios in which the local
team participates. Three or more
games will be played on the local
field, according to the present sche-
dule.
The first game here will be on Fri-
day, October 17th.
WAYSIDE CLUB MEETING
The regular meeting of the Way-
side Club was held Wednesday after-
noon at the home of Mrs. Batcheliter,
with Mrs. Batchelder and Mrs. Kirk-
patrick hostesses. Twenty members
and three visitors were present. Roll
Call was responded to with the names
of a Good Magazine. Mrs. Batchel-
der, the delegate to Co. Federation in
Collegeport, gave a very interesting
report of that meeting. The Presi-
dent appointed the Nominating Com-
mittee to select officers for the next
year. An interesting program on
Education, under the leadership of
Mrs. Calvin Douglas and Miss Minda
Barr consisted of a reading, clippings
and articles on the subject. After a
social hour the hostesses served very
delicious refreshments.
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Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1930, newspaper, September 25, 1930; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth411483/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.