Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1927 Page: 4 of 6
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Collegeport Items
James Gregory, who was accident-
ally shot in the hip last week is im-
proving.
Sie Jackson who broke his collar-
bone while trying to ride a bucking
motorcycle last week is on the way to
recovery.
James Fuson of Springfield, 111., is
a resident- of Collegeport. Mr. Fuson
! is very utui li taken up with our new
j city and expects to make it his home,
i The Women's Union gave a Bazaar
| at the Community House which was a
I great success. A delicious supper was
served and some seventy dollars wa.;
' taken in.
I Mr. S. B. Sims picked a line bunch
| of bananas last week from a tree
j which stands in his yard. There were
forty-two bananas on the bunch all
! well developed and with a fine deli-
| cious flavor.
Luther Reel, who came near losing
! an eye while attempting to pump up
! a tire is slowly improving. The acci-
: dent occured when Mr. Reei was
i pumping up the tire and the handle
came off and as he went down the end
of the plunger struck him in the eye.
The Collegeport Industrial League
held their monthly meeting at the
home of Carl Boeker. The League
were the guests of Mr. Thompson, Mr.
Phelps and Mr. Reigner. After the
i-egular business meeting a light lunch
was served and a pleasant evening
was enjoyed by all.
'W.S. Leslie Announces
For County Attorney
Old Santa is now at Palacios' Stores
M. K. Feather & Son
Notary Public
FIRE, TORNADO,
AUTO AND LIFE
INSURANCE
-BONDS-
OFFICE:—CITY HALL
GIFT
AT
—PALACIOS, TEXAS
DO YOU REALIZE IT IS ONLY—
15 DAYS
UNTIL CHRISTMAS
Christmas is coming fast—now is the time
to buy your presents, while our selection is
at its best.
A Beautiful New Line of Holiday Goods
For Your Inspection
A FEW SUGGESTIONS:—
Diamond Rings, $12,00 to ,$150.00
Diamond Bar Pins
Gent's Initial Rings, $5.00 to $17.50
Ladies' Onyx and Initial Rings, $3.50 up
Ladies' and Gent's Wrist Watches,
$12.00 to $50.00
Gent's Pocket Watches
Belt Bucklc Sets
Vanity Boxes
Cabinet'Clocks
Table Silverware
WE SELL
THE FAMOUS
"INDIA SHAPE'
UMBRELLA
Fancy China and Glassware
Bnhhprl Hair Dresser Sets
"Big" & "Baby" Ben Illum-
inated Clocks
Gold Knives and Chains
Cuff Links
Pen and Pencil Gift Sets
"Delta" Pearls
Ruby Rings
Children's Signet Rings
Fountain Pens
Flash Lights
Key Rings
Other Gifts Too Numerous
to Mention
New
Modern
Up-to-Date
Merchandise
At Less
Than City
Prices
GIFTS FOR THE BABY
—RINGS
—BABY PINS
—BRACELETS
—NECK CHAINS
—CUPS
—BABY SPOONS
—GIFT SETS
—KNIFE & FORK SETS
Its a Pleasure to Show our New Goods even though you do not
Care to Buy
We Garantee Every Article We Sell and Our Prices are the Lowest
MAKE YOUR SELECTION EARLY
A Small Deposit Will Hold Any Item You Select, until Christmas
or Until You Want It
W E KINDLY SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE
SGUDDER
"The Square Deal Jeweler"
PALACIOS, TEXAS
Platform: Colection of Delinquent
Taxes and General Law Enforcement.
To the People of Matagorda County:
I want to become your County At-
torney. I hope to see and taik over
the matter with you. I attended the
Law Department of the University of
Texas, and am a law graduate of Bay-
lor "University," and "have been prac-
ticing law in your county fur the past
two nnd a half ytitii's. 1 have just
recently married and expect to contin
ue my residence among you. Tin
most urgent business attending the of
flee of county attorney of our county
is, I think, "the prompt collection of
delinquent taxes. Such taxes have
reached unreasonable proportions in
this county. I believe that if one citi-
rc-n has to pay taxes against his prop-
erty, all should be required to pay.
You would perhaps be astonished to
learn the fact that many of our citi-
zens perfectly able to pay have for
years defaulted in the payment of
i taxes. Such a situation can be done
I away with and should be. Be dssured
jthat if elected I will devote special
j effort to this tax situation. I shall
I be diligent in my efforts to enforce all
j criminal laws without favor to any
| one or class, and without regard to
any particular cla.s of crime.
I am ambitious to become as able
a lawyer as bv diligent effoi-t and
study, I can. I want to serve you,
and if you honor me by your votes,
I will do my best.
W. S. LESLIE.
Next Year The Bugs
Are To Be Very Bad
Prof. I. T. Taylor
Announces for Co.
Superintendent
In today's Beacon will be found the
announcement of Prof. I. T. Taylor,
Superintendent of the Clemville school
for the office of County Superintend-
ent, subject to the action of the White
Man's Union Primaries.
He has been a citizens of Matagor-
da County for some time and has
formed a wide acquaintanceship. He
has taught at Markham and is now on
his sccond term at Clemville.
He is a self-made man, reared as an
orphan, worked his way through the
rural schools. Then educated himself
in College by working as dish washer,
cook, waiter on tables, doing janitor
work and serving as librarian for six
years. ' He graduated with high hon-
ors in B. L. and B. A. degrees. Be-
sides this he holds n life certificate,
and has made special studies in Col-
lege and by cwrespondence on rural
education and rural school needs.
He has been teaching for eighteen
years and is only 39 years of age. He
claims that he is neither too old nor
too young to make you a good County
Superintendent.
He will more than appreciate every
favorable considei-ation shown his can-
didacy.
A Letter From
C.W.Rutherford
Nevada, Mo., Dev. 6,1 1927
Dear Editor and Friends:
We are fairly well for us, but when
we get the Beacon it makes us home-
sick to be back in Matagorda County,
the best county in the state. When
they get the highways finished to the
Rio Grande Valley and the hard sur-
faced roads in Matagorda, that county
will fill up faster with new farmers
and that is what it needs. More
farmers and fewer kickers. I know
there are kickers every where, we
have them here, but they don't amount
to much, for if a man can't boost his
own town lie don't uinount to much
any place he goes.
1 have always hosted for College-
port and Palacios. It is the best
place I have ever lived and I expect to
live there again as soon as I can sell
my holdings here. Times are hard
every place you go. The new Ford
cars are taking all the money now.
Our Ford man has taken orders for
200 since Friday and others are want-
ing them—just buy off of the picture
like buying a suit of clothes from
Sears Roebuck.
We had a wet summer and lost lots
of corn on the bottom land, but a
bumper crop on the uplands. Most
of the wreat grew in the shock and
oats were no good. Not much fruit,
but good pecan crop. One man came
in here and bought over thirty thous
and dollars worth and shipped them.
This left a lot of change in the coun-
try for the kids as well as the older
people. My crop in Kansas was short
and taxes are high, so a man don't
make much owning land. eBtter own
cows or hens or fish for a living. Sure
would enjay some oysters, geese,
ducks and fish like we used to get
down on the bay. Lots of people here
would like to be there, but they can't
sell out. Schools, cars and taxes are
taking all the money now.
Well I see my time is out on the
Beacon so find check for another year
as we do not want to miss a copy.
Regards to all,
C. W. Rutherford.
Listen, Folks
The Same Treatment, Better if Pos-
sible! Have been with the Palacios
Shoe Company for five years as repair
man. I now own the shop and will
appreciate your business. Bring your
shoes that need repairing and let me
look them over. Yours truly,
I. W. Kinard.
FOR
House.
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SALE—Store and Dwelling
Apply to Amos F. Johnson,
Citrus Grove, Texas.
The astrologers and goosebone pro-
phets said this year was to be the year
without a summer. They are now ar-
guing whether summer got here or
not, but to the most of us the mat-
ter is scored as a complete discomfi-
ture of the predictors. However, the
bonafide scientists step forward and
.";ay that next year will be the worst
hue: year in some time. And they
name the bugs: Japanese beetle, boll
weevil, gypsy moth and corn borer.
These four horsemen of the entom-
ologists are gathering1 in. might for the
subduing of land, and the experts of
the Department of Agriculture ser-
iously expect them to exceed their
previous annual destruction of $2,000,-
000,000 worth of crops. That is not
a prospect either to be overlooked or
scoffed at.
Large sums of money have been laid
out in combating these pests. The
evidence of victory over them thus
far is wanting. The showing on the
contrary, is very discoui-aging at the
present moment. The Japanese bee-
tle is coming west. The corn borer
is coming south. The boll weevil is
moving north. And the gypsy moth
abound* on every border of its en-
larging habitant. Meanwhile science
has made no larger gains against any
of them.
Some day. of course, we shall con-
quer them. We shall have to. But
the immediate prospect is not entirely
comfortable. The scientists will re-
double their studies. With increasing
seriousness of the cost their efforts
will find greater enforcements in mon-
ey and in men. But, seeing that we
have been sustaining an estimated
damage of $2,000,000,000 a year from
this cause, how much of a loss will it.
lake really to arouse the public to the
problem that confronts it?—Dallas
Ngwr.
Magnolia
Petroleum Co.
Phone 137
Robert W. Margerum, Agent
T
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The New
will be on Display Saturday
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Also 200 of the Latest Records
to select from. Come in and
hear them and make our place
your Headquarters
GIVE A
VICTROLA
for CHRISTMAS
"A
J. L. KOERBER
Hardware & Sporting Goods
Palacios, Texas
The Roads Seem Rough
LET US PUT ON A SET OF—
CHANSON
BALLOON TYPE SNUBBERS
FREE TRIAL ON THESE SNUBBERS
FROM DECEMBER 1st to 10th
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Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1927, newspaper, December 8, 1927; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412186/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.