Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1912 Page: 2 of 6
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Matagorda County
FARMER
M. M. MILLER
gf MILLER & ORR
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R. L. ORR
(Formerly the Hnthven Mavlrol)
Fresh and Salt Meats of all Kinds
Phone No. 6
Prompt Service Always.
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Music Just on the rr«*s.
In the Far Off Golden Went. (Hong)
Every FeHow Has a Girl But Me. “
That Good Old Rag(New Rnbe Hong)
Devilish Glide. (Rag)
Devilish Glide Rag. (Song)
I’m Lonesome For Someone Who
Loves Me. (Song)
My Sweetheart Went Down With
the Ship. (Song)
The Wreck of the Titanic. t,De-
soriptivo Plano)
All For You. (Song)
Happy Days. (Reverie)
The Wedding Day Waltzes.
These aro tho latest out, all fine,
and will at once become popular. You
can get them at the Beacon Musio
House. Price 20 cents each. Sent
postpaid to any address on receipt of
price.
Free Delivery to all parts of the City.
^BtMWMWXnWt,W*nWU MPriffn (•:
“Pittsburgh Perfect1
Poultry,R abhit and Garden Fenc4
THIS, the most recent addition to the “Pittsburgh Perfect line of Electrically
* Welded Fences, is specially designed to effectually keep in the smallest chicks and
rabbits, at the same time affording them perfect protection against dogs, wild animals
cmr'lr Ac u rr^r^en fence it is eaurJlv effective* and is the greatest fence value
rabbits, at tne same time anoramg uicm perwu piuwvuuu ----- -—
7«> and stock. As a garden fence it is equally effective, and ts the greatest fence value
*",1^ “Pittsburgh Perfect” Fence is uncguuled. I. con-
forms to uneven ground without trouble, remaining stiff, even and strong under any
All “Pittsburgh Perfect” Fences arc tnadc of heavily galvanized Open Hearth
Wire—like old time iron wire—and is the toughest, strongest and most durable fence
wire made. THE WELD THAT HELD joins stay and strand wires
by electricity, making a perfect amalgamation, and producing absolutely the
| r i —^ ttrongest wire fence made.
EVERY ROD GUARANTEED PERFECT
MERCHANTS & PLANTERS LUMBER CO.
Phone 21. S. T. BEST, Manager
mum
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Even-
ing Dopnrtment, The Moody Bible In-
utltute of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JULY 7
MALIGNANT UNBELIEF.
LESSON TEXT-Mark 8:20-Sr,.
GOLDEN TEXT—“This Is the Judg-
ment, that light la come Into the world
and men loved the darkness rather than
tho light; for tholr works were evil.”—
John 8:19.
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HOTEL PALACIOS
AMERICAN PLAN
PALACIOS LODGE DIRECTORY
Palacios Lodge No. 990, A. F. & A. M.
® Stated communications Friday night
.TO. ou or beforB'.each full moon at Ma
sonic Hall. Visiting brethren cor
A/ diully invited J L- PYBUS, \V. M.
’ ▼ ' A. B. KELLHR, Secretary.
Lodge open every Friday at 8 p. m. for practice
PALACIOS LODGE NO. 41S, K. of P.,
meets at Odd Fellows hall every Mon-
day night at v ,,o o'clock. Sojourning
Knights given cordial greeting.
W. A . MOOR It, C. C.
W. H. CLEMENT, K. of R. & S.
LOCAL NO. 913, C. & J. of AMERICA
Meets twice a mouth, tire First and Third
e a
Saturdays, at Odd
Visiting brothers cor
Fellows hail over Best Bros,
ordiallv Invited to meet with
W, B. WILLI4, C. Sec’y
Box Ball Alleys---Tennis-
Croquet Grounds—Free to Guests, r*.
J. B. ORTMANN, Proprietor.
PALACIOS,
TEAA
TEXAS
iPaicicios~State~S8an/c
(Established August 1, 1906.)
Does a General Banking Business. Solicits
your business. Takes good care of its cus-
tomers. Has safety deposit boxes for rent.
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H. B. FARWELL, President
J. F. BARNETT, Cashier
sir
PALACIOS
LIVERY anb
TRANSFER
All kinds of Transfer
Buauiess Done
MEET ALL TRAINS
WOOD .FOR SALE.
PhoneS &.103. Main St
T. D. TRICK, Prop.
CORRECT AND STYLISH DESIGNS IN
H1GH-CLA55 JEWELRY
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H . M . SMITH’S
Tl,e Jeweler a,,u Optician
Repair Work. Eyes Tested and Correctly Fitted. Commerce Street
r fioiF
vAny\
kgent for the
E MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
Guaranteed by the Texas Fire Insurance
Commission. "Get Their Rates Ref ore
Insuring and save money. Notary Public
GEO. G. LOVERING
Civil Engineer
and Surveyor
Residence on Boulevard, six miles
northeast of Palacios.
P. O. Box 35. Telephone 915
E. N. GUSTAFSON & GO.
CIVIL ENGINEERS
PHONE 125 BAY CITY, TEXAS
Irrigation Drafting
Drainage Blueprinting
SURVEYING—SUBDIVIDING
OFFICE-BAY CITY BANK 5 TRUST CO. BLDG
There are two kinds of unbelief de-
picted In thlB lesson, the malignant,
cruel, vindictive unbelief of the Phari-
sees; and the Incredulity, the amaze-
ment, the unbelief of the family and
friends of Jesus. There are three nat-
ural divisions of this lesson; first
v. 20, 21) the unbelief of his friends
who, beholding his marvelously busy
life, so busy as not to take time to
eat, concluded he must of necessity
bo Insane on the subject of religion,
as no other explanation would suffice.
Secondly (v. 22-30) the malignant,
malicious, blind unbelief of the rep-
resentatives of the rulers in Jerusa-
lem who had. come down to “investi-
gate” the popular Galilee prophet,
that they might find wherewith to “ac-
cuse him.” Third (v. 31-35) the unbe-
lief of those his nearest of kin who
also sought to restrain and to turn
him aside if possible from his ardu-
ous labors. We have In this first
section another of those wonderful gos-
pel pictures, just a touch, but so graph-
ic, of the eagerness of the multitudes
to see and hear Jesus. Simply to
hear him was enough to draw together
a crowd. Yet notice his response, he
would not even pause to refresh him-
self blit tho compassion of a great
mission compelled him to minister
,unto them. What cared he for rest
i An refreshment?
Miracles Explained.
The multitude had studied Jesus as
he performed his miracles ancD ac-
counted him to be the Messiah (Matt.
12-23), but the Pharisees were not
then willing to acknowledge him, for
that would be to condemn, themselves^
However, here are these miracles that
demand an explanation, and we muBt
remember that these men came with
a predetermined motive, viz., that
they might find wherewith to accuse
him (see v. 2 and 6.) Not accepting
the plain common sense explanation
and his avowed purpose In performing
-•tniraclos (Mk. 2-10) thoy gave out that
It was by tho power of tho Prince of
Devils, Beelzebub, that Jesus perform-
ed his mighty deeds. The utter fal-
lacy of such an accusation is shown
by Jesus’ reply. He did not upbraid
them with anger though their accusa-
tion was the utmost limit of malig-
nity. Jesus knew that he must needs
endure just such contradictions of
Binners (Isa. 63:3, 4), nevertheless he
exposed their folly (v. 23-27). Jesus
here gives us ta fine example of logic,
which is simply unanswerable. No
more can a divided kingdom stand, or
a divided house stand than for Satan
to fight against himself. No more can
the thief capture his booty unless he
first finds or deceives the guard, than
for Jesus to fight Satan and at the
same time be his vassal. Satan is a
“strong” man (v. 22) and he, Jesus,
came to break, to overcome, that pow-
er, for he is inded the stronger one.
The subjects of Satan are his slaves.
In the revised version we find
the correct translation for verse 29.
“Whosoever shall blaspheme against
the Holy Spirit, hath never forgiveness,
but is guilty of an eternal sin,” thus
effectually setting at rest any thought
of a future probation after our life
here upon this earth. If when men
love their evil deeds to such an ex-
tent that they refuse to walk in the
light and resolutely set their faces
against the true Light, they commit
the last and irremediable sin.
Palacios TIN SHOP.
JNO. W. TOMPKINS, Prop.
TIN AND SHEET METAL
Woi’k Done to Order
Sftepair Work of ciii kinds
a Spociaitp.
Phone 77. PALACIOS. TEXAS
. TIME IS MONEY
j|8 The mail is quick, 'TPI F P H T"'') f\] F The telegraph is
quicker, but the . . 1 L.LLI I 1V—/j lL js instantaneous.
and you don’t have to wait for an answer.
jjg Try a trip over our Long Distance Lines.
If The Coast Telephone Company
Locomotives
Double Daily Service
&
New Orleans
and
San Francisco
Observation Cars, Standard and
Tourist Sleepers, Chair Cars and
Superior Dining Oar Service, Elec-
tric Lights and Fans,
Electric Buck Signals.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL
ON THE LOCAL AOENT OU ADDRESS
T -J. ANDER3W, Pass. A-!.
Houston. Texas.
Sons of God by Faith.
Lastly we see the kinfolk of Jesus,
Including his mother, seeking to with-
draw him from his conflict with the
Jerusalem lawyers, or, as has been sug-
gested, If they were among the friends
mentioned at the outset seeking to
protect him after this Interruption by
taking him away to a place of rest
and quiet. Jesus was, however, not
understood by his nearest and dear-
est kinfolk; and such has ever been
the bitter grief of many of his follow-
ers, a grief that is even harder to bear
than the denunciation of his enemies
with all of their misrepresentation.
But he who was reviled and reviled not
again, who was led as a lamb to the
slaughter, answers not this strange
misunderstanding by any flash of an-
ger, but in gentleness rebukes their
interference with his plans and points
out that his nearest and dearest are
those who do his will. Jesus as our
Great High Priest Is here speaking not
As the Son of Mary, but as the Son of
Man.
The golden text throws wonderful
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Jesus, the Light, came into the world
and we must account for him. Like
Pilate, we have him on our hands. If
we refuse to walk In the light we
have committed the last and the ir-
remediable sin. If we sin wilfully
after seeing the light, there remains no
other, no more, sacrifice for sin. When
in order to continue In our evil deeds
which cannot ulaud the presence of the
light, wo choose rather the darkness
and refuse to submit ourselves to the
call of the Light, we bring ourselves
under condemnation.
Tho Matagorda County Farmer
auil liia neighbor, Ben, had a busi-
ness meeting last Saturday night
and if everything rolls off as
smoothly an soft butter in July we
will have that new spectacle factory
hatched and ruumng by 1015. Ben
got notice already that some people
are taking the measurement of their
cows’ noses and ears, and that’s a
pretty good assurance, Oue maD,
who owns the biggest cattle rauch
in existence, is expected to send in
his approval any minute, and you
know we’re'going to live high on
expectations, anyway.
Since digging into the possibilities
of this new factory for Matagorda
county, we have discovered that
cattle Bpecs won’t be all that will be
manufactured. There will be some
for ljorses, pigs, chickcus and may*
be house-flies. The green specs for
cows will be the first to be pushed;
then we’ll get out tho magnifying
specs for chickens. These are ex-
pected to siir up the world. The
glasses in these specs will be so
made that when a chicken looks at
things through them tho object will
appear fifty times as large or fifty
times as small, just according to
which side faces the chicken’s eye.
Every woman in America, who
makes garden, will waut to make
her chickens a present of these
specs. The point is here: You can
put a hair ribbon around your gar-
den two inches wide and it will look
every bit like an eight-foot board
fence to the fowls wearing glasses.
No chicken will attempt to jump an
eight-foot fencer and so your po
tatoes won’t have to be afraid of
having their eves scratched out be
tore they have time to see daylight.
But at feeding time the glasses will
have to be removed as no cbiekeu
will try to swallow a rock quarry for
a grain of corn. And let the glasses
off during the night, otherwise they
will think they arc on top of Pike’s
Peak when they gaze down from
[the roost poles in the morning, and
no mere chicken is supposed to gel
so high up in this world.
Another good feature about these
spectacles is that your roosters will
swear off fighting with each other,
or some other fellow’s rooster.
When two come together on the
battle field, and one sees the other
looking about fifty times aB big as
he is, he will think that your wife’s
featherbed is approaching him on
stilts, and will faint with fright.
When a hen has a brood of chicks
and you put a pair of these glasses
on her she will think that she is be
ing followed by a flock of ostriches,
and will run her legs off. The chicks
will run, too, to catch their mother,
and they will go so fast that even a
chicken louse of the gray hound
variety couldn’t keep up. fa that
way each chick will grow up louse-
less. After the hen has tuu her
lees off you can use her drum sticks
tor soup and remove the glasses
with joy. It’s great! But here’s
the greatest of all: Turn these
glasses around and your fortune is
made. By looking through them
from the other side objects will ap
pear fifty times smaller to the hen,
and an egg will look like a pea. No
up-to-date fowl possessing pride
will be satisfied with laying an egg
that size and so each chicken wear-
iug these specs will lay fifty eggs in
place of one to make up for the
supposed deficiency. Look what
that means to your pocket book!
There is another feature that goes
with this aLimal and fowl spectacle
proposition and that is the improve-
ment in the appearance of your
stock. People will come to you and
say to yr>ur face that you have the
most intelligent looking herd they
ever saw—such brainy and business
like beasts. The result is that you
can sell these cattle for what they
know, and not for what they can
do. In other words, you will gel
money for their brains and not for
their muscles—just as the business
man gets paid for his brains. What
an uplift for cattle!
You bet Ben and I will push this
spec proposition. We will hand
out shmples to every man in the
county and they in turn will hand
them out to the stock. Watch this
paper for developments.
By the way, I was in town last
Saturday and heard somebudy yell,
‘‘There goes the Matagorda Couuty
Farmer.” WTonder if folks are get-
ting on to me? Uuess I’ll soon have
to shavo my whiskers off.
Those Palacios advertising enve-
lopes turned out by the Beacon of-
fice, are already widely popular with
the people of the city. Many of the
business houses have been supplied,
and everybody can use them. You
oan get them at this office for 10
cents per package of 25, just what
you pay for a good blank envelope.
Use them in all your letter writing,
and thus help advertise Palacios,
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Plant Cow Peas or Soy Beans on
Your Stubble Land
The small grain crop of the State
is new being harvested. If the land
is allowed to lie idle it will very soon
be covered with weeds that will go
to seed and greatly increase this
nuisance next year. If it has no
crop on it with roots to protect aud
hold tho soil together, and the sea-
son is excessively wet, it will waste-
irom washing and thus iuse a large
amount of its soluble plant food. If
the ground is dry and hard, the rain
that should sink in would run off
aud leave the ground tu bad condi-
tion for fall plowing.
Practically all of these troubles
oan be avoided and the fertility of
the land greatly increased bv disk-
ing it thoroughly, if it is loose
enough to prepare a good seed bed
in this way, and if not, by plowing
and harrowing it just as quickly as
possible after tho crop is removed,
and drilling from a peck to a half
bushel or soy beans to the acre.
Tho peas will grow rapidly if the
soil is properly prepared and make
splendid pasture for cattle or hogs
in the early fall, and hay if you care
to cut it, and a very profitable crop
to turn under as green manure to
add to the humus, pliability and fer-
tility of the soil.
Peas and beans being leguminous
plants, vegetable bacteria form their
nodules, or tiny homes, upon the
roots and increase and multiply un-
der favorable conditions, at a fabu-
lous rate. It has been estimated
that these vegetable animals, as it
were, double themselves every
twenty minutes, that is, they ma-
ture in that time and separate into
two individuals, each of which
ripens, as it were, in the next twenty
minutes and divides again into two
both! going to housekeeping for
themselves, and so on, in geometri-
cal ratio; where there was one a
week ago there are a billion now.
If the soil is sweet, that is, does not
lack lime, there seems to be hardly
any end to the increasing powers of
these little entities. Their special
value is in the fact that they bring
nitrogen from the air into the soil
and rapidly transform it into nitrates
suitable for plant food. \
It has been estimated that wlaere
conditions arc fsvoroUle and the soil
has been thoroughly inoculated
with bacteria from growing poas,
beans, alfalfa or some other legumi-
nous crop that the nitrogen brought
itoto the land annually from this
source could not be purchased for
less than $20 or $30 per acre. As
nitrogen is absolutely essential to
plant growth and is one of the most
expensive of the mineral plant foods,
it should be clear to every one that
it is infinitely more profitable to
grow leguminous cover-crops than
other crops of the same weight that
return just as much humus to the
soil, but do not draw nitrogen from
tho atmosphere.
Plant peas and beans on your
stubble land and plant them now.
HENRY EXALL,
Pres. Texas Industrial Congress.
I —IIATOnI
Market Review
Houston, Texas, June 23.—Out of
the nebulous future the first bale of
new crop cotton, scheduled to arrive
in Houston by Juno 20, has failed so
far to be even suggested, much less
put in an appearance. San Benito,
which broke the world’s record last
year; Harlingen and Mercedes have
intimated the first bale was being
groomed in each respective city; but
if so the fact is being kept well under
cover. Each succeeding day added to
the late arrival of the first bale is de-
tracting from the premium usually
paid for the first picking of new cot-
ton. Last year the first bale brought
over $1000 in Houston. Nearly three
weeks behind last year’s record the
first bale this year may hardly bring
a quarter of this record price or a tot-
al little above its actual value.
- The general lateness of the cotton
crop is the cause of the belated arriv-
al and it may be bad luck is being ex
perienced with the new crop, planted
in January and groomed for the first
bale. However it is believed this
week will see the first bale on the
market.
Good crop reports are apparent ov-
er the entire cotton raising country.
The best reports come from Texas
and Oklahoma sections where heavy
rains have dissipated, the fear that
the crop was about to suffer from the
high temperature and lack of moist-
ure. As a rosult of the bullish reports
the market sagged a little, sects los-
ing one-eighth during the week.
The movement of Texas peaches
through Houston produce market de-
velops tho fact that the local crop
rhis year is largo and of particularly
good variety. Reports from the sec-
tions of the State whore poaches are
an important item al! indicate that
Lhis year will show a bumper crop.
North Texas along the Red river will
(>g shipping poaches within a couple
of weeks.
In other departments Texas fruit is
loading the market. Plums, black-
berries and apples are in heavy rp-
eeipt and the demand is good. Canta-
loupes and watermelons are coming
in strong and the local demand and
the express shipments are keeping
Ihe supplies down. The market for
Texas potatoes changes little and a
rise is anticipated this week.
Nothing startling has happened in
the business world in this section of
country during the week, according
to the weekly reports of the commer-
cial agencies. Business is quiet as
usual at this time of the year, with
wholesalers in general.
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