Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1949 Page: 2 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER - - . MRS. J. W. DISMUKES
ASSOCIATE EDITOR......JESSE V. DISMUKES
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RESS ASSOCIATION
LOOPHOLES
in the Law
By WILL WILSON
Past President, Texas District
*t1 Jill, A«ornen Association
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
(Editor’s Note: This is one of
a series of short case histories,
all taken from court records,
showing how legal loopholes of-
ten enable criminals to escape
punishment in Texas. Will Wil-
son, of Dallas, is chairman of a
special steering committee of the
State Bar, which is working for
revision of the antiquated Crim-
inal Code and Code of Criminal
Procedure in order to eliminate
these loopholes.)
Mr. Homeowner went out for a
short while, neglecting to close
the front door of his private res-
idence. The entrance was complete-
ly open, the door not having a
screen, and during Mr. Homeown-
er’s absence Lightfingered Harry
came in and started picking up ar-
ticles that suited his fancy.
Just as Harry had his arms
pretty well loaded, he heard a
noise behind him. He whirled around
to see Mr. Homeowner standing in
front of him. Harry dodged past
the owner of the house, ran out
the front door, which was still
. open, and disappeared with a num-
ber of Mr. Homeowner’s valuables
still in his possession.
Harry was captured and prose-
KISS YOUJL
goods GOODBYE!
cuted for burglary. Mr. Home-
owner testified convincingly against
him and he was convicted.
The verdict was reversed by the
appellate court. This court held
the defendant could not be guilty
of burglary because he had walked
right into the house through the
open door without any use of force
and had left the same way, with-
out using force. The court ruling
held that force must be used either
in entering or leaving premises be-
fore the crime of burglary can be
committed.
The State Bar of Texas is en-
deavoring to close such legal loop-
holes as this. This statewide organ-
ization of attorneys is working to
bring this about through a revision
of Texas’ outmoded criminal sta-
tutes.
Signs Of Our Times
It may be unnecessary in the
near future to dig coal out of the
ground for fuel. The new idea is
to burn the coal partially under-
ground right where nature created
it. The gas from the burned coal
is then piped away for fuel. In Al-
abama where an experimental test
of the idea has been going on, the
results have encouraged the ex-
perts.
10 YEARS AGO
The local gin had put out 865
bales of cotton and 1000 bales was
anticipated for the season.
The Palacios school opened with
an enrollment of nearly 600, the
high school had 180, Linnie Wolf
330, West Side Elementary 71.
John Ben tier, aged 77, passed
away at his home in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Lothridge
announced the birth of a fine 8 lb.
girl and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Sanders were the parents of a
baby boy.
The Oscar Cavallin family came
in from Mississippi for a visit with
relatives in Olivia and the M. O.
Cavallin family here.
15 YEARS AGO
Miss Mary Johnson and Byron
King were married at the home of
the bride’s parents Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Johnson. Rev. E. F. Kluck,
officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thorpe,
managers of the Fancy Cleaners
Shop, disposed of the business to
Harry Russell.
Twenty barrels of headed shrimp
were shipped to New York and a
regular weekly shipment of 3,000
pounds of headed shrimp would be
sent to St. Louis during the sea-
son, C. L. de St. Aubin, express
agent reported.
They’re selling “million-year-old”
ice in Alaska. It is dug out of the
the territory’s mighty glaciers and
shipped to New York where it is
in great demand for chilling drinks
at cocktail parties. This ice, it
seems, melts very slowly, because
it has been compressed for so
many centuries.
You weren’t there when he left
via the window, but you know
now that he got everything.
The police mitht catch the
crook, hut you’ll probably never
see your valuables again.
This sad story can have a happy
ending if you have Residence
and Outside Theft Insurance.
It pays for such losses, and
offers other valuable features
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Repretentlng
1' ' * .lent and Indenu'*;. r
• ertford, Connecticut
The small town of Perryopolis,
Ohio, has been made beneficiary
’by a former ciizen, who died
leaving the sum of $1,320,000 to
be spent for public improvements.
Tt has been decided to incorporate
the town of 1,500 population. Then
it is planned to spend $650,000 for
paving, street lighting, a hvpital
and other public improvements.
The remainder of the fortune will
be held in trust to provide income
for operating the proposed public
facilities.
Col. Edwin Drake’s famous oiil
well in Titusville, Pa., flowed again
last week, as a stunt to celebrate
the 90th anniversary of the found-
ing of the oil industry. But the
oil was “salted” with borrowed oil
for the occasion since the original
deposit had long ago been pumped
dry.
More people have become suc-
cessful by profiting by mistakes of
others than by reading success
stories.
20 YEARS AGO
Misses Wanda and Ouida Gray
left for Norman, Okla., to enter
the State University.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Margerum
announced the birth of a baby girl.
Cecil Kinard, Helen and John
Glaros, Dewey Hodges and George
M. Curtis won cash prizes in the
Children’s Garden Contest.
H. M. Barett and L. H. Jackon
caught a 15-foot sawfish in shallow
water across the bay from the
pavilion.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Feather and
son, Edward, arrived here from
Elkhart, Ind.
Miss Vera Green and Leonard
Walker were married in the audi-
torium at the BYPU grounds.
A. M. Stadig purchased the Beck
property on Morton Avenue.
The marriage of Dr. L. R. Hillyer
and Miss Ruth Poynter on August
18, in Salt Lake City was an-
nounced.
30 YEARS AGO
Guy Claybourn, who saw ser-
vice with the 91st Division, was
home for a few days.
The City Barber Shop, Robinson
and Huddleston, proprietors, was
advertising haircuts for 40 cents,
shampoo 45, and shave 20 cents.
Palacios had two cotton gins and
both were operating every day to
take care of the crop being har-
vested.
35 YEARS AGO
J. D. Moore, tax assessor, re-
ported total assessed valuations
for real and personal property in
Matagorda County at $16,081,790.
The “Sterling,” Howard Stapp
captain, was taking cotton to Gal-
veston.
New water mains had been laid
and old ones were being removed.
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STEPHEN’S STUDIO
PHONE 129
CLAIMS HE HAS THE
OLDEST DRUG STORE
BASTROP—There’s a sign in
front of a local store which claims:
“This is the oldest drug store in
Texas.” This city was established
by the colonists brought to Texas
by Stephen F. Austin. The drug
store has actually been in contin-
uous operation for about 100 years.
YOUNG HOODLUMS SMASH
PLATE GLASS WINDOWS
SAN ANTONIO — Downtown
stores looked as though a hail
storm had hit them last Saturday
morning. Fifty plate glass win-
dows had been shattered by a gang
of young hoodlums who drove a car
at high rate of speed through the
heart of the business sections while
they heaved rocks into the store
windows. Damage will run into
thousands of dollars, police said,
and admitted they had very little
evidence to use in catching the
marauders.
DR. FAYETTE W. ESTILL
OPTOMETRIST
WILL BE IN PALACIOS AT THE
PALACIOS PHARMACY
EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED
— EVERY WEDNESDAY —
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PRISON SYSTEM DOUBLES
ITS COTTON PRODUCTION
RICHMOND—When O. B. Ellis
assumed his duties as general
manager of the Texas prison sys-
tem he predicted the vast farms
could be made to produce better
crops if modern methods were used.
His plan is beginning to pay off.
Prospects are good that the prison
system will produce more than
6.000 bales of cotton from the
9.000 acres in cultivation this year,
and will sell for over $1 million.
Last year the crop was about half
as big.
GOOD SAMARITAN SLAIN
BY WOMAN HITCH-HIKER
BRADY—Acting the part of a
“good Samaritan” costs Lewis Pat-
terson his life. The local real es-
tate man gave two women hitch-
hikers a lift in his car. One of the
women pulled a gun, and in a
scuffle which ensued, according to
hpr confession, the man was shot
and killed. She placed his body in
a roadside ditch after taking his
money. Then the two women drove
off in his car, which they wrecked
10 miles away. They were arrested
as they tried to buy tickets for
California in a San Angelo bus
station.
Tkcndkjr, September 8,1949
HEALTH NOTES
AUSTIN—Dr. George W. Cox,
state health officer, in speaking of
cancer, said that it ranked as sec-
ond as a cause of death in Texas,
being exceeded only by heart dis-
ease.
Last year approximately 6,900
Texans died of this disease. One
of the reasons so many people die
of cancer is because the disease
usually exists some time before it
is recognized. By then it has pro-
gressed from a small local cancer
to a large and dangerous one.
In the beginning cancer is not
painful so many persons do not
consult a doctor. Any lump, es-
pecially in the breast, should be
looked upon with suspicion. Other
suspicious symptoms are any sore
that does not heal about the tongue,
mouth or lips; sores caused by
broken teeth or ill fitted dental
plates should receive attention; ir-
regular bleeding or discharge from
any opening of the body is a dan-
ger signal. Persistent indigestion
with loss of weight is a symptom of
cancer of the stomach. With any
of these signs one should go im-
mediately to a doctor. Many times
the suspicion of cancer will have
been unfounded but it is much bet-
as
ter to be safe.
It is desirable to treat all diseases
in their early stages, but in no case
is it more important than cancer.
Periodic examinations made with
cancer is mind afford* the beat
protection against this disease.
Surgery, x-ray and radium are the
main weapons which are used to
combat cancer.
LESTER'S GESTURES . . .
Reader: “Do you make up these jokes yourself?”
Lester: “Yep, out of my head.”
Reader: “You must be.”
At a breakfast table one morning a man was
reading in the paper that a couple in Colorado were
buried in a snowdrift for 18 hours, and he said to
the waitress:
“How would you like to be buried for 18 hours
in a snowdrift with your sweetie?”
“Say,” she replied, "if me and my sweetie were
buried in snowdrift, we’d be swimming in twenty
minutes.” -«s
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1949, newspaper, September 8, 1949; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth725180/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.