The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1911 Page: 1 of 12
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THE SNYDER SIGNAL.
(Successor to Coming West and Western Light)
'Let all The Ends Thou Aim'st at Be Thy Country's Thy Clod's and Truth's."
Vol. XXIV No 7.
SNYDER SCURRY COUNTY TEXAS FRIDAY JULY 21 1911
Subscription $1.00 Per Year in Advance
EXTENDING ITS
PHONE LINES
THE SOUTHWESTERN TELE-
PHONE CO. BUILDING
ADDITIONAL LINES
WILL REACH FARMERS
Number of Farmers in North Part
of the County Placed in Con
nection With Local
Office
An important Farmers' Line
will soon be connected witli the
Telephone exchange of the South
-. rtll I. . 1 ri.
i wemi'm 1 i n ki fii'ii nun i rn-iinwiH'
Company in Snyder. Tins line
will be eonatrueted by R. N. Mil-
ler and he will sign contracts to
connect with the Southwestern
Company it will extend ahout six
teen miles north of Snyder in the
direction of Clairemont and when
completed will furnish service to
the following patrons:
Homer Miller residence
A. J. Riley residence
J. W. Whatley residence
P. M. Caton residence.
Manager Smith states that
there is considerabl activity a-
mong the fanners in the matter
of securing telephone service in
their homes. This makes u total of
nine Farmer line contracts.
The extension ofthe telephone
service to thefann is valuable to
i he merchants and business men in
''the city placing them in constant
communication with an important
clement of their trade.
The progressive farmers of
Scurry County arc realizing the
value and advantage of being in
such close touch with their friends
and neighbors and the business
'enters.
cry effort to repel tjie threatened
invasion of the Cholera.
Five eases of the dread disease
are being carefully guarded a-
gainst and healthy persons who
are carriers of the germ will be
strictly quarantined and duly
guarded against after being re-
leased from quarantine.
Dr. Doty health officer of this
port is conferring with Dr. Wyu
man. Ciiited States health officer
to plan protection against cur-
riers by instituting a system of
general observation which shall
keep the carrier duly quarantined
to avoid the spread of the discs".
DYNAMITES SALOON
Attempt Made to Destroy Fort
Worth- Saloon by Bomb
Thrower.
TO REPEL ASIATIC CHOLERA
Strictest Quarantine to be Main-
tained by New York Offi
cials Against the Plague
Special to Signal.
New York July 19 Health of-
ficers of New York arc making ev
Special to Signal.
Fort Worth Texas July 19
The Joe Markhum saloon corner
Thirteenth and Calhoun streets
was dynamited curly today.
The perpetrator stood in front
of the building watching two po-
licemen until they had walked u-
way to far to catch him when
he threw the bomb.
No great damage done.
GREAI VICTORY
FOR SCIENCE
PEAT WAVE j ADMIRAL NOGI
IN FAR NORTH! TO VISIT RUSSIA
GLACIERS MELTED AND DE-
STRUCTION OF LIFE IS
THREATENED
JAPANESE HERO TO VISIT
HIS FORMER ENEMIES
THE TEMPERATURE 98 NOTED VETERAN OF WAR
Streams Fed by Ice Oorges Are
Rising With Dangerous
Speed.
Valdes Alaska. -Inly 1! A
bent wave struck this far north-
ern point today and is playing
huvoo with the glaciers.
The temperature is now 98 de-
grees and is still rising.
Glaciers aretnelting rapidly un
der the fierce heat waves that
coniewith the force of a tropical
sun and the molting ice is produc
ing streams that are rising with
dangerous rapidity.
Gangs of men are at work in
an effort to save the bridges that
b ad to the mines.
Will Make a tour of the United
States During Journey
Around World.
Doth he Uld Admiral Togo were
very ppul :r iu London and re-
ceived ovations wher -v t they
went. They Wore amour the few
w ho drove to the coronal on cere
nixuy at Westminster Al bey in
an open carriage and w rf cheer-
ed nil alone' the roui Admiral
Togo is quiet and has little to It
even to his countrymen. Gex ral
.gi oh the other hand is a g ml
companion and talked confirm
ously of what he had seen and
what be hoped to see.
HAS DISCOVERED VACCINE
WHICH IT IS CLAIMED IS
FATAL TO LEPROSY
THE GERMS ISOLATFD
Discovery Made by Federal Inves
tigation at Hono-
lulu Special to Signal.
San Francisco Cal. July If
Kxperiinents that are now bring
made under the direction of the
Federal Authorities at Honolulu
have resulted so the investigators
declare in discovering a germ or
vaccine that is fatal to leprosy.
According to Moses T. 'lngg.
Assistant Director at the txperl
menl station at Honolulu the
perm itself has been isolated.
The discovery if true is the
greatest in all the annals of time
CLAIMS ASSISTED LORIMER
Millionitiro Reported to Have
Intwribcd Hoavily t. Cor-
ruption Fund.
Washington I). C. July 19
Repotted efforts were made today
l thtLotimer Investigating com
mittee ; gt at ihclrulh of the
statement lilftgod to have been
made by milionnirc L C. Wyche
on a train last March when be said
that he contributed ten thousand
dollars towards electing Lorimei.
M. A. Johnson who testified
that Johnson made no such state-
ment is being cross examined today.
Typographical Union Conducts
Funeral
Fort. Worth. Texas July 18
The funeral of John h Pond .vho
was found dead iu his room on
Houston Stru t were held fr in
tbe Spelman parlors at ! o "cloth
Monday morning under the aus-
piees of the Fort Worth Typtt
graphical I'nion. The body will be
buried in the Typographical Un-
ion lot at Fast Oakwood.
London July 1!J General No-
pi the Japanese hero who captur-
ed Port Arthur from the Uussians
and assured the success of his
eoiinlry inthc battle of Moukdcn
is about to visit bis former foes.
The General u veteran of many
battles with less of the reticence
that distinguishes bis fellow conn
t ryiiirn came tO London as a mem
her of the tpttfa mission from
Japan to the ( cronat ion.
The head of the mission. Prince
lligashi Fushiinu with the Prin-
cess Hipashi Fushiina after hav
ng almost made up his mind to
return home through America fi
nally decided to go by steamer as
he came.
Admiral Toga the naval rcpre
s. ntative on the mission is going
to America at Mir invitaton of the
American government after he
makes a tour of Fngluud bile
fi 'iieral Nofi goes to Russia.
The General when seen before
bis departure seemed rather pltM
ed with his prospective trip. He
firsts visits Turkey doubteless to
see what the Germans have done
with the Turkish soldier. Then he
goes to Merlin for an audience
with the emperor and from there
to St Petersburg His host in the
'Kussuin capital is to be General
Stoessel. who defended Port Ar-
thur against Vogi and who was
1 court ttarti&led for surrendering.
The lasi time the two warrior
! met was on the day the Russian
flag was hauled flown and Stoes
scl handed I is sword to the hum
I A lio lie has now invi.. d to visit
j his ho ne. Tin- mre'htf must be tl
Interettfaif one
Cevond Kogi is slit antioipet
ing wih much p'.cnsute tn audi
Mitt with Iv Nn hoi. iv
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
Mexican Held Under Bond Charg
ed With Violating Inter-
State Commerce.
SanAntonio. Texas July 19
Hafiel Tores charged with vio-
lating the international SOtUUfM
law as to white slave trade is held
here under? thousand dollar bond
to await the action of the grand
jury.
He is being prosecuted by the
woman he is alleged to have
brought here with him from Mon
terey.
FATAL SHOOTING
AT MARSHALL
REMARKABLE
INVENTION
OUN THAT WILL PRODUCE
APPARENT DEATH FOR
BRIEF TIME
WORK OF A GERMAN
Believed the Device Will be Im-
portant to Policemen in
Handling Rowdies.
AGENT MAR8HALL AND EAST
TEXAS RAILROAD SHOT
FATALLY
FAMILY TROUBLE CAUSE
L. 0. Owynr Shot by F. V. Pat
ton Who Later Surrenders
to Authorities.
Special to Signal.
Marshall. Texas. July 19
While selling tickets this morning
l.ewellyn Gwyne agent for the
Marshall and Fast Texas railroad
was shed lour times and perhaps
fatally wounded by V. V. Patton
who fired twelve times.
(iwyne ran about one bundr. d
ami fifty yards into the woods be
fore falling
Family troubles are said to be
the cause.
Gwyne 's mother li at Sapul-
pt Oklahoma.
Patton is from an old family
In re. Pntton surrendered.
Spi ritl to Signal.
New York. July 19 An inven-
tive German has recently taken
out a patent for a pistol for pro-
during apparent death for a brief
time.
It is loaded with a bullet made-
of a chemical composition to
which is added enough powder to
propel it. The bullet explodes and
couses a thick cloud of vapor
which envelops the victim makes
it impossible for him to see ren
ders his breathing difficult and
be Bttlly fnlls into a sweon that
lasts from ten minutes to a half
mi hour. Jr is believed that the
new pistol will be of importance
for policemen as tlnv may be able
it overcome rowdies or even ui.-
manugeuble crowds effectively
without kill in? any body.
VIOLATES LOCAL OPTION
Blind Man Sentenced for Two
Years but is Afterward
Pardoned
Special to Signal.
Gonzales Texas July 19 Jim
Powell who bus been blind for
17 years was sentenced to two
year imprisonment for running a
blind tiger in I local option ter-
ritory but lias beta released from
the imposed sentence because of
i.is blindness.
The jury after parsing sen-
tence relented and r "Commended
mercy.
Ex Sheriff Drops Dead
Palestine. Texan July IB -Former
Bfctfilf W J. Fierce of Ander
Hon County dropped dead today
with heart faOart at his home
iu Palestine aged .V) years.
Some Good Qualities of Moon Bros. Buggies
AND WHY THEY ARE IN A CLASS TO THEMSELVES
fin 30 cars and their reputation
and
ail
FIRST: Moon Bros have been building buggies and they have been on the mark
is above reproach.
SECOND' Now Moon Bros build their buggies from the ground up. They do not I m the parts fr.m Dick l orn
Harry like most other factories then poit them together. They make every tr vj that goes Into the MffJ
THIHD- The material used in a Moon Bros. Bufgy is the very best selected white hi. .urv. yellow poplar and ash
iron work la done ny nana oy experienced oiacKsnmns.
FOURTH: Moon Bros patent plugless bodies are the only oins that are built without screws cr nails in the bod
This feature alone is worth $25.00 more than any other buggy built.
FIFTH: Moon Bros poles and shafts will stand the test of being laid on the floor and ha a dozen men can stand upon
them. Nt other buggy concern will let their poles and shafts be put to this test.
WF WANT YOU to thoroughly Investigate the merits of Moon Bros huggie.v They will tand inspection and no oth-
er buggy that has ever been sold here will. We have a big -tock our prices and terms are n ht we want vour business.
j y : - -
L'MMemDled porta oC
MOP BROS.
it body corner. The
Iron corner provides drainage and
prevent corner from opnng.
After the panels are glued to the
frame the groove in panels sod
poet exactly match sod the I ban
are then forced tn endwise by a
in the
in the pott
to the
McCullougii Hdwe. Co.
Motto: "Not how deap but how good."
If it is Anything in the Hardware
Line WE HAVE IT
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This cut shows bottom n
of patent iron corner uied in
MOON BROS.
plugless bodies. This is not
only the strongest baggy bod
corner nude but it is so constructed Oat
the sill cannor swell and oper the mitered
jict. No unsightly outitd cerncr troce
.t n his body.
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Barnes, E. B. & Hardy, J. S. The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1911, newspaper, July 21, 1911; Snyder, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth287828/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .