Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1923 Page: 2 of 4
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Published every Friday
Entarfed at the Palaclos Post Offlcr
as second class mall matter
J. W. DI8MUKE8 — Publisher
MRS. EARL GRANT. Local Editor
"»ne year $1:50 Six months $1:00
ANNOUNCEMENTS
All announcements under this
heading are subject to the White
Man's Union primaries of Mata-
gorda Qounty.
For County Tax Assessor:
OSCAR BARBER
W. H. CLEMENT
For County Commissioner:
( Precinct No. 3 )
GEO. A. HARRISON
R. J. HILL
J. C. STULT1NG
Trespalacios
Toe Prints
(By Sam R. Smith)
D. N. Day was brought home
from the Bay City hospital last
Friday, apparently much improv-
ed in health.
We understand Floyd Williams
has bought the fine 200-acre tract
of land just east of town from 0.
W. Rule, now of Los Angeles,
Calif.
The roads were so bad Friday
that the rural carrier over Route
One from Blessing had to double
back over the route from the
lower bridge to Blessing. The
long stretch of low bottom west
of the lower bridge was so bad
he couldn't get the car thro.
Last week we struck up a trade
with Clarence Nicholson's little
boy, to give him a bag of persim-
mons for his pup. When the kid-
die got the persimmons, he tolc
us to get the rope and tie the pup
and we could keep him TWO
DAYS. Don't tell us that kiddie
won't get through all right.
Jim Dyer, who has been in the
City Garage at Blessing for quite
a while, has opened a place of
his own and is now located in
the building next the postoffice,
where he will conduct a Ford ac-
cessory shop and will also put in
a filling station. No young man
around Blessing is more deserv-
ing of patronage than Jimmy,
for he's a square shooter.
Last Saturday C. E. Duller was
wearing a smile as broad as a
meat as, all 'cause Mrs. Duller
had returned from an extended
visit with their son, who is at-
tending Rice Institute, and their
daughter, a trained nurse in
Houston. Charlie says this thing
of having to chop all the wood,
split kindling, get up in the
morning and build the fire, then
flip his own pancakes and attend
the store all himself don't set
set well with him.
The story goes that one day
last week a colored man stepped
up to the window at the B. & M
depot and asked Agent Shepp
the time of day. Mr, Shepp told
him to look at the clock and see.
He looked up and said, "Say,
<loss, dat ar clock haint got only
one han'." A great big smile
rippled over the face of our gen-
ial agent as he replied, "Well,
times are so hard I couldn't pay
two hands, so I had to lay one
off." The colored man turned
away and walked across the wait-
ing room and remarked to a com-
panion, "Dese sho am hahd
times."
The batch of bills for the Mar-
shall sale at Francitas came out
with "Col." prefixed to our name
as auctioneer. Now, we want to
be mild and forgiving in our dis-
position. and give every one a
Safety, Service, Stability—that
means Grant & Grant, INSUR-
ANCE agents. Office up stairs
in Perry Bldg.
chance to reform, but if Bro.
VonKessel ever perpetrates that
kind of a gag on lis again we are
going to Francitas with a gatling
gun and there will be one of the
best and most efficient land men
in South Texas crippled. We al-
ways thought an auctioneer who
prefixed "Col." to his name had
several screws loose and he had
lost something out of his upper
story. We are content to be
plain "Sam" and don't seek to
have "greatness'' thrust upon us,
so we ' 'Kut the Kurnel Komedy."
That the "Lord tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb" was ful-
ly exemplified last Saturday
when, in company with Postmas-
ter Selkirk, we boarded the train
to attend the Marshall sale at
Francitas. The auto roads were
almost impassable, and how we
were going to get back home
without staying until Sunday
afternoon was giving us food for
thought. A young man at Fran-
citas offered to bring us up for
$4.00, single passenger, but we
just lacked $3.65 of having the
said $4.00. In the worry of the
occasion Mr. Selkirk ran across
Mr, Frame of Palacios, at the
sale, who said we could ride to
Blessing with him and welcome.
We didn't wait a minute to grab
the hook. This brought Mr. Sel-
kirk to his home but dropped us
in the mud four miles from home.
Mr. S. said if we didn't get a
way to get home to go with him
to his home and stay over night
—and the silver lining in the
clouds began to shine thru. While
we were negotiating with a col-
ored neighbor to ride with him
as far as he went our neighbors,
John Williams and A. J. Beard,
drove up to the sidewalk with a
load of hogs they were taking
home, and Mr. Williams sug-
gested there would be room for
another pig, if we wanted to go
home. With a real "grunt" of
satisfaction we climbed on the
wagon. All this kindness of
friends and neighbors goes far to
relieve the sting of the thorn as
we pluck the sweet scented roses
along our psthway; and we de-
sire to say to Mr. Frame of Pa-
lacios that if he ever gets up our
way we will open the door and
let him drive right through the
hose—if by so doing he can get
around a bad place in his. journey.
A Special Invitation.
At the high school building on
next Lord's Day at 11 a. m. Dr.
W. W. Stone will preach a ser-
mon on the work of the Holy
Spirit in conversion. A special
invitation is given to those who
have been telling that we "the
Church of Christ of Palacios, do
not believe in the Holy Spirit."
Come and hear and learn our po-
sition on this all important sub-
ject, or as the preacher would
say when marrying a couple,
"forever after hold your peace."
Dr. W- W. Stone.
Jewelry the Gift Su preme at
BOYD'S Store.
Orange Trees.
Orange, grapefruit, lemon,
kumquats, limequats now for
sale by the Jewel Nursery.
Albert Law, Prop.
Bargains in ladies' and men's
knit underwear at Boyd's Vari-
ety Store.
Palacios Home Laundry
Will wash, starch and fold 100
pieces for $1.50. Any thing less
than 100 pieces, 25 cts a dozen.
Quilts, blankets, spreads, pants
and rugs washed at reasonable
prices. Third door east of Bap-
tist church. Phone No. 88.
Ford Batteries $16.50.
Fit Overland, Dodge, Buick,
Chevrolet and other cars—13
plates, 6 volt, 80 amperes. The
Ford Battery is the finest exam-
ple of Battery Engineering.
Guaranteed and sold by The
Old Reliable, Palacios Auto Com-
pany Inc.
For X-Mas.
Radio Receiving Sets, Tubes,
Batteries, Rectifiers, Loud Speak-
ers, Etc. We'll be glad to dem-
onstrate to your satisfaction
without obligation on your part.
Palacios Auto Co. Inc.
NOTICE TO HUNTERS
We now have the pastures for-
merly owned by Mr. Fred G.
Lock west of Turtle Bay, and the
public is notified that all of these
pastures in addition to all of the
other pastures are posted accord-
ing to law against hunting.
Sartwelle Brothers.
To Our Customers And
Friends.
We have removed our stock of
goods and repair outfit to the
Hillyer Building five doors west
of the building we formerly oc-
cupied. This room has been
newly repaired and we are here
with a much larger and better
stock of shoes, etc., prepared to
fit you with any style, quality or
price that you may wish. It is
our aim to continue to give you
the best that can be bought for
the least money and invite you to
call and see us in our new, clean
quarters.
Our stock is new and com-
plete. Yours for business,
Palacios Shoe&Harness Store
E. L. Hardy, Manager.
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R,S
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OPTOMETRIST
Eyes Tested
Glasses Replaced
or Repaired
Crescent Drug Store
Palatios, Texas
O. K. MARKET
PAULK & TOWNSEND, Proprietors
WE HAVE ON HAND AT ALL TIMES
Superior Quality Beef, Veal, Pork
FRESH PORK SAUSAGE A SPECIALTY
HOT BARBECUE AT ALL TIMES
Moore Biiilding West of Bank
Free Delivery
Palacios State Bank
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PALACIOS, TEXAS
Capital and Surplus, $65,000,00
There is but one way to accumu-
late money and that is by SAV-
ING. The only way to get along
in this world is to live within your
income and save regularly a por-
tion of it. A little money and a
good credit established by con-
sistent saving will accomplish
wonders.N
OFFICERS
H. B. FARWELL, President MARY H. ELDER, Vice-President
M. LIPSCOMB, Vice-President J. F. BAIINETT, Active Vice-Pres.
JOHN E. WOLF, Cashier
Phone 22
Now is the Time
to make that
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We have the Ingredients:
Orange Peel, Figs,
Lemon Peel, Dates,
Citron, Currants,
Candied Cherries, Raisins,
Pecans, Almonds, Brazils,
Walnuts, Filberts.
Curtis-Sisson Grocery Co.
"The Home of Quality Groceries
Phone 22
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Grant, Mrs. Earl. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1923, newspaper, December 14, 1923; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412020/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.