Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 15, 1939 Page: 5 of 8
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Thursday, June 15, 193?
PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Page 5
Old Papei Recounts
Death of Washington
I
A sample of old-time journalism
is combined with a bit of interest-
ing: historical matter in an account
of George Washington's death
which was recently reprinted in
the McGregor Mirror and turned
in to The Herald office by F. M.
Sutton of tis city.
The account, which follows, was
originally printed in a memorial
edition of the Ulster County Ga-
zette, Kingston, New York, dated
in January, 1880, several weeks af-
ter the death of the first United
States president on December 14,
1799:
Washington Entombed.
George Town, Dec. 20
On Wednesday last, the mortal
part of Washington the Great—the
Father of his Country and the
Friend of man, was consigned to
the tomb, with solemn honors and
funeral pomp.
A multitude of persons assem-
bled, from many miles round, at
Mount Vernon, the choice abode
and last residence of the illustrious
chief. There were the groves—the
spacious avenues, the beautiful and
sublime scenes, the noble mansion
•—but, alas the august inhabitant
was now no more. That great soul
was gone. His mortal part was
there indeed; but ah! how affect-
ing! how awful the spectacle of
such worth and greatness, thus, to
mortal eyes, Fallen!—Yes! fallen!
fallen!
In the long and lofty Portico,
where oft the Hero walked in all
his glory, now lay the shrouded
corpse. The countenance still com-
posed and serene, seemed to de-
press the dignity of the spirit
which lately dwelt in that lifeless
form! There those who paid the
last sad honors to the benefactor
of his country, took an impressive—
a farewell view.
On the ornament at the head of Mrs. A. Tolleson returned Sun-
the coffin, was inscribed Surge Ad day from a ten-day stay with her
Judicium—about the middle of the daughter, Mrs. Hassendeufel in Vic-
coffin, Gloria Deo—and on the j toria.
silver plate, General George Wash-
ington, departed this life, on the1 Misses Nelle and Lelia Sorrell
14th December, 1799.
When the procession had arriv-
ed at the bottom of the elevated
lawn, on the bank of the Potomac
where the family vault is placed,
the cavalry halted, the infantry
marched towards the Mount and
formed their lines—the Clergy, the
Masonic Brothers, and the Citizens,
descended to the Vault, and the
funeral service of the Church was
performed. The firing was repeat-
ed from the vessel in the river, and
the sounds echoed from the woods
and hills around.
Three general discharges by the
infantry—the cavalry, and eleven
pieces of artillery, which lined the
banks of the Potomac back nf the
vault, paid the last tribute to the
entombed Commander in Chief of
the Armies of the United States
and to the departed Hero.
The sun was setting. Alas! The
Son Of Glory was set forever. No
—the name of Washington—the
American President and General—
will triumph over Death! The un-
clouded brightness of his Glory will
illuminate the future ages!
Mrs. C. W. Rische, of Austin, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ben
Ehlers.
Remember Father's Day with
cards and gifts from Regan's Va-
riety Store.
Miss Alpha Bussell is taking a
two-weeks vacation from duties at
the NeSter Drug Store.
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Now In the Time
County Home Demonstration Agent
Compiles List of Seasonable Hints
LET'S QUIT LOWING IN CIRCLES —
Mrs. Clara Shomette was the
week end guest of Mrs. Elizabeth
Russell and other Palacios friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C, Sexton and
children were overnight guests of
Mr, and Mrs. Ed Barrett, Tuesday.
rpcal Happenings
Mr. J. A. Garnett of Blessing
visited his sister Mrs. K. Jordan,
Monday.
Miss Frances Jordan is spending
the week with Mrs. J. J. Mangum at
Bay City.
Mrs. J. C. Sexton and children,
Mrs. M. L. Garnett and Mrs. Ed
Barrett were in Bay City, Friday
morning.
1 Misses
I left Saturday
for San Antonio Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Templeton
Between three and four o'clock where they are enjoying their sum- and J. W. Knight, of Houston were
•the sound of artillery from a vessel ™er vacation. week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
in the river, firing minute guns,'
awoke afresh our solemn sorrow—J Mr. and Mrs. Ira Richards, and
the Corpse was removed—a band of son, of Laredo, are here for a stay
Eddy Huffman.
music with mournful melody melt- with his mother, Mrs. I. C. Rich-
•ed the soul into all the tenderness ards and other relatives.
■of woe. |
The procession was formed and; Mrs. Charles Fox, who has been work
moved in the following order: in Oklahoma the past year came in
Cavalry, Infantry, Guard, (with last Thursday for a visit with her
arms reversed), music, clergy, the children here and at Bay City
General's horse and his saddle,
C. L. de St. Aubin is having a
very nice garage apartment built
on his propei'ty in the east part
of town, C. G. Jeffers is doing the
Mrs. R. C. Wilkerson, daughter,
Miss Lucille and 3on Buddy, have
been visiting her parents Mr. and
John Bentler the past week.
Wilkersons now reside
Remember Father's Day with
cards, and gifts from Regan's Va-
riety Store.
St. John's Episcopal Church will
have services Sunday, June 18th
at 8 a. m. by the Rev. Paul Engle.
Mrs. L. Brewer brought us some
very fine peaches this morning for
which we say "thank you" most
sincerely.
By ALMA STEWART
Co. Home Dem. Agt.
NOW IS THE TIME TO:
Store Onions. Those onions that
are bottle-necks, splits and doubles
should be separated from those to
be placed in long time storage be-
cause they are more subject to de-
cay. These culled onions should be
used first. The Sweet Spanish and
Australian Brown onions are more
suitable for storage than Yellow
or White Bermudas. Adequate ven-
tilation and a location where there
is little light is essential. Light will
cause the onions to turn green,
while a lack of ventilation will
hasten decay.
Harvest Potatoes. Don't be too
hasty. Irish potatoes are not ready
for digging until the skin has be-
come tough and will not scrub up
easily when pressure is put on the
surface of the skin with the thumb.
They will keep satisfactorily in the
ground until dry weather in June
occurs, at which time they may be
dug and stored in a cool, dark
I place, well supplied with ventila
tion. Under-ventilation is import-
' ant in storing potatoes. Where po-
tatoes are placed directly on a
wooden or cement floor, moisture
and heat, both of which are given
off by the potatoes, will bring
about decay. Potatoes may be plac-
ed in dry sand, straw, or on wood-
en strips so that air may circulate
underneath, thereby taking off the
moisture and heat which are given
off in the process of curing.
Make Strawberry .Nectar. Miss
Neely, Specialist in Food Preserva-
tion, has been experimenting with
strawberries in making juice from
thoroughly ripened berries. The
product is a clear red juice with
characteristic strawberry flavor. To
me this drink is as pleasing as
pleasing as grape juice or dewberry
Bobby Margerum left Saturday
to spend the summer with his aunt
Mrs. Jackson, and family at Gail,
in Borden County.
Miss Antonia Wolters, of Dal-
las, a former piano teacher in the
Hockaday school, is here the guest
of her friend, Mrs. F. L. Harper.
holsters and pistols. Pall-bearers, A re-union of the Garrett fam-'Mr
Cols. Sims, Ramsey, Payne, Gilpin, ily pioneer settlers of this section The Wilkersons now reside in
Marseller, Little—the Corpse, was held in the grounds Sunday Gregory where Roy serves the S.
Mourners, Masonic Brethern, Citi- and it is to be an annual affair on P. having been transferred there
zens. the second Sunday in June. from Nordheim.
'HIKERS'AND'GRUNTS'
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Heady Kilowatt. Your Elec-
trical Servant. sav». "You
have 9 malor power plants
12 stand-by plants and 12
intar-connectlons with other
sources of power behind your
ejectric switch!"
Good Electric Service
Doesn't Just Happen!
YOUR service is good because C. P.
and L.'s traveling repair crews, such
L ' -A
as the one pictured here, KEEP it that
way!
In the electric business, those highly-
skilled men who climb poles and per-
form difficult work are called "pole
hikers," while the ground men are
called "grunts" because they do heavy
work that often is attuned to the rhyth-
mical "grunt" of the foreman.
Whether hiker or grunt, these men
must be intelligent, alert, well-trained
to work in all kinds
of weather and in
all kinds of emer-
gencies.
They are part of
the 1,009 of your fel-
low Texans who
give you this big-
time, big city electric
service and who are
backed by an in-
vestment of 46 mil-
lion dollars in a
large, up-to-the-min-
ute electric system-
Good service doesn't
just happonl . f .
Central Power ana
Light Company.
E. D. Baccus, investigator of Old
Age Assistance, spent Wednesday
in Palacios conferring with those
who are now eligible for this as-
sistance.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Moore and Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Shirley, of Goose
Creek, were week end guests of
Mrs. Moore's mother, Mrs. Annie
Greenwood.
John and Jack Lipscomb, sons
of Capt. and Mrs. John Lipscomb,
are spending a part of the summer
vacation enjoying life on the ranch
near Pearsall.
Messrs. D. D. Paulk and John
Hamlin, delegates from the local
Volunteer Fire Department are in
Harlingen this week attending the
State Convention.
Mrs. Henry Rugeley and Mrs.
Louis LeTulle of Bay City, spent
Tuesday afternoon here with Mrs.
C. L. de St. Aubin, helping her
celebrate her birthday.
Miss Parmelia Ann Martin left
today, Thursday, for Santa Ana,
Calif., where she will spend the
summer with her aunt, Mrs. W. J.
White and attend school.
Miss Thelma Anderson, of Wallis,
spent Sunday here with her sister,
Mrs. M. O. Burton, Miss Anderson
attends C. I. A. at Denton and is
home for the summer vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Deutsch, Jr.,
of Houston, announce the birth of
a fine baby daughter, and Mayor
Deutsch is very much elated over
being grandpa for the first time.
Mrs. J. E. Dorris and children
left Monday afternoon June 5 by
auto route with her brother and
family for a visit with friends and
relatives at Houston, Taylor and
other points.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Rives, of Vic
toria, were Monday evening guests
of the former's sister, Mrs. Amy
Hall. They plan to leave this week
for California to spend the summer
and visit a brother of Mr. Rives.
arsenate when there is the first
evidence of worm damage. Delay
means losing the fight. Late greens,
such as mustard, turnips and the
like, are seriously damaged by cab-
bage bugs. Dusting with 1 pound
rotenone and 3 pounds sulphur will
give results. Spanish flies are a
menace to cucumbers, cantaloupes,
and other vine crops at this time.
Combat by dusting with pyrethrum
dust.
Sweet Potato Slips vs. Vine Cut-
tings: It is generally believed that
slips produce chunky potatoes, and
vine cuttings produce the smoother,
more desirable market potatoes.
However, according to Mr. R. E.
Wright, Sweet Potato Investiga-
tions Laboratory at Gilmer, experi-
ments have shown that the date
of planting has more effect on the
shape of the crop than the kind of
plant used. Early plantings of eith
er vines or slips ha sa tendency to
produce <» high percentage of
chunky potatoes. Slips are ready
to set in the field when they are
about six inches long. Under cer-
tain conditions, where disease and
insects are troublesome, the slips
may be allowed to grow to a height
of 10 inches, and then cut above the
surface of the soil. Under favor-
able conditions, vine cuttings will
live equally as well as slips, and
will produce as high yields
ORCHARD
NOW IS THE TIME TO:
Repair Damage Done by Hail.
Pruning off damaged growth should
not be done until new sprouts have
begun to come out on the branches.
At that time it is easier to deter-
mine the proper place to make the
cuts. You can, however, cover the
peeled branches with orange shel-
lac where the foliage, twigs and
top part of the branches have been
damaged. The material can be ap-
nlied with an ordinary paint brush
of lead arsenate spray for the con-
trol of pecan nut case bearer, us-
ing 3 pounds of lead arsenate to 50
gals, of water. If pecan trees are
affected by rosette, zinc sulphate
may be added in combination with
the lead arsenate spray, using I
pound of zinc to 50 gals, spray solu-
tion.
juice. If you have some straw- Shellac dries quickly and seals the
berries that are ripe now, try male
jng some. It is made according t
the directions for juice making i
MS-287.
Fight Insects and Diseases. Sic!
dall, the bug man, says tomat
worms may be controlled by dust
ing plants thoroughly with calciur.
Canning Pineapple
damaged area, thereby preventing
a loss of sap and allowing quick
healing to take place. Where lai'ge
portions of the hard wood are ex-
posed, the surface should be cover-
ed with asphaltum paint, after the
bark has begun to heal. This usual-
ly required three to four weeks.
Trees suffering from hail damage
'•hould be watered throughout the
summer wherever possible to en-
courage the development of foliage.
Bud Peach Trees. Budwood can
be cut from the new growth ap-
Mrs. H. S. Bell of the Turtle Ba"
home demonstration club canned 32
pints of pineapple out of a dozer.
fre.sh pineapple. She says the cost pearing up to June 15. It may be
was about 4c per pint. Mrs. Bell cut, packed in damp shavings and
likes to make the sirup for canning held in cold storage at temperature
the fruit by cooking the outer trim- of 34 to 40 degrees F. for two to
mings and' cores using enough wa- three weeks until ready to be used,
ter to cover. She lets this simmer For budding peaches, plums and
until the fruit is clear, then strains other fruits where T budding is
the juice and adds sugar. She cooks employed, rubber bands for tying
in the buds are preferable to para-
fine strips. Rubber bands rot off
in 10 to 12 days, making it unneces-
sary to cut the bands. In patch bud-
ding pecan trees you will find the
use of paraffine cloth strips M
inch wide and 12 to 16 inches long
very helpful. Domestic cloth is dip-
ped into hot paraffine (not boil-
ing) and saturated. Make a conven-
ient roll of the cloth so that strips
12 to 16 in. in length can be torn
off with which to tie in the buds.
Cloth strips do not cut into the
bark and will enable the budder to
increase his speed.
Fight Insects and Diseases. Peach
and plum trees need to be sprayed
now with lime sulphur to prevent
brown rot, scab and leaf spot. One
and one-half pounds of lead arsen-
ate may also be included in the
spray. You can buy the lime sul-
phur jind mix 7 "ounds with 50 gals
of water—enough for 15 to 20 trees
—at a cost of about 5 to 10 cents
per tree. Isn't this a cheap price to
pay for good trees?
Grape and figs should be spray-
ed with a 4-4-50 bordeaux mixture
to control brown rot on grapes and
fig rust. This spray is also used
on grapes to control mildew, leaf
folders, leaf hoppers, and aphids.
For fig rust, continue spraying at
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ryman were'30-day intervals until September.
the pineapple in this sirup
Recipe for canning Pineapple:
Select ripe orange colored fruit
from which the spines may be pull-
ed out very readily. Cut off the
stem end and twist out the top.
Place the pineappe on its side on a
table and slice crosswise. Peel each
slice. Cut out core and shape the
slices with a sharp round cutter in
pieces of any desired shape.
Juice or simp for canning the
fruit is best made by cooking the
outer trimmings of the meat of
the fruit. Add the cores and enough
water to cover. Simmer until the
fruit is clear, then strain the juice
and add sugar to make desired
sirup.
Cook slices or pieces of fruit in
sirup 8 to 10 minutes or exhaust 5
minutes in the can after the hot
sirup has been added at 150 de-
grees F. before sealing.
Seal and process in water bath
No. 2 cans for 15 minutes, No. 3
cans and pint glass jars for 20 min-
utes, quart glass jars for 25 min-
utes. Use plain tin cans.
Cool quickly to prevent overheat-
ing, as this affects the flavor and
color.
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Did you ever stop to think
how many different kirds oi
merchandise are required to
keep that modern miracle, an
automobile, running right
and looking good? Gasoline
and motor oil, ol course —
they're essentials; but haw
many more! . . . You get ct
spot on the upholstery which
must be removed; yoUjpeed
a cleaner — and a poliih —-
for the paint; tires, tubes and
such accessories as fan-belt*,
windshield wiper blade*#'
dustcaps and the like; baF~
teries, battery cables, spaxfc
plugs; repair and testing
equipment; a long list oi sp»-
rial lubricants . . . And yot>
yourself: on a trip you want
an insect-repellent and a
sunburn lotion; there's a
hurry call from home to fetclt
a bottle of furniture polish, a
can of household oil . #*#
We've provided them all tot
you at your Humble Servic*
Station ... Next time you m*
the Humble sign, get out and
ask the salesman to show
you around; see for yourseii
how well equipped with fo>
cilities and products the sta»
tion is ... Then you'll und«p>
stand that our invitation to
stop for service where yon
see the Humble sign is truly
a phrase with meaning!
called to Matagorda, Tuesday, by
the illness of his father, who is
past 4 score years and due to his
advanced age little hopes are en-
tertained for his recovery.
Pecans need a second spraying
HUMBLE
OIL A REFINING COMPANY
A TEXAS INSTITUTION
MANNED BY TEXANS
torn., tt>». >r humble oil • refiiiin*
At a meeting of the Commission-
er's Court this week James F.
Houlihan was accepted as County
Auditor, to succeed Amos Lee, who
resigned/some weeks ago, after be-
ing in the place for a number of
years.
A grass fire near Wehmeyer's
home on south bay caused the
alarm to sound shortly after one
o'clock Tuesday afternoon and gave
the boys some unexpected practice.
The blaze was soon extinguished
and no damage done.
Mrs. Dick Loggins, of Austin,
spent the first of the week here
with her parents Mr. and Mrs. j
Ellis Jensen and other relatives and
friends. She was accompanied by
her sister-in-law, Miss Loggins,
who teaches school near Temple.
Wednesday of last w'eek Mrs.
Loretta Chappell, Mrs. L. W. Chap-
pell, and children, Marie, Terry,
Mrs. Charles Luth<*' and Mrs. Doris Jean and Zava Ruth. Mrs.!
Dora Menefee leave Friday for an Klein and two children, and Mrs.!
extended auto trip which will in- George Herrin visited with Mr. and (
elude a visit in California back Mrs. L. D. Chappell. Mrs. Loretta
through Chicago and then to New | Chappell has latjelyy returned to
York, and they expect to take in Texas after a year's\visit in Ne-
both World Fairs. ibraska and California.
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