The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1913 Page: 1 of 6
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Snyder Scurry Count)-. Texan July 18 1013.
Number 3.
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PQ3I CITY
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jf Husband Hud (one to Juin Ho . Hut
She Fulled to Greet lllnu Gov.
Colquitt Offers Reward.
Mrs. J. M. Seitz lato or rout City
wu brutally murdered on the eve-
ning of July 9th and her lifelong
body -was found In an alley. It In
believed the was assaulted by ne-
groes uii'l then murdered. 'The Star.
Telegram of Saturday prints the fol-
lowing hiory:
Angleton Texas July 11. Pho-
tograph of the Imprint of teeth
found upon the neck and shoulders
of Mrs. J. M. Seltz. whose lifeless
liody was found In an alley In the res-
idunee section Thursday morning
muy help solve the mystery of her
murder Mr. rVitz's body bore evi-
dence of a criminal- assault having
been committed upon her.
Three nerroes have been arrest-
ed. One ha been spirited out of town
The photographs of the 'imprints
show they were niado by a person
with one tooth mlsslngrOno of the
negroes h- Id In Jail here has a tooth
missing. Officers declare thattho
photo of the teeth marks corresponds
with the teeth of the neproi the mlss-
ug toot'i appearing In the same poso
tlon.
Ilody hidden In Alley.
The section of the city where Mrs.
A Sell 7. 'a body wbb found Is that in
vhirb. the wealthier citizens of the
y 'mi live. Many of these are away
i i;r the summer and their houses are
vtMi'.nt. Officer believe that Mrs.
Ffitz wan. murdered In another part
of the' town however and her body
carried to this section and hidden in
the Alley where it. was later found.
III MURDERED
'Mrs. Seltz r elvod a telegram
JL'jom her husband Wednesday saying
taf he wm ix i "tite to Angleton to
tin her. He h i I ' en In fie mercan-
1 business ) City but had
VI out u'i'l v Hi) i mi. in named Howe
s j l niniii f ;.!cr businoHS at
ep..rt. 8.n i i Lis wire to his wife
ite-1 that he wi-H accompanied by
w I l.i a e an ! h.-r little daughter
"When s-itz mill Mrs. Howe and the
' d i- M ? ' ! An. leton at 10 o'clock
jnde.l.iy n!ht and Selt was In-
jru'ed that 1.1 l'e had not been
m ilni't' iih left her boarding
li.-e at 5 ' !' l( to go down town
Hi ii k o soi'.c purchases he stated
il the had friends In Alvln and
t at po-fihly she had gone there to
'"'t. ii. !! went to Alvln and not find-
er her there returned to Angleton
( ;ii! iaiied his search for her.
' Husband Found Hotly.
4 It wuh Seitz who discovered his
V k b dv and gave the alarm. Seltz
ii detained by the officers but
t has been made against
j far as known there are no
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-'ttiien :
eloped that Incriminate him.
Mrs. Sill disappeared sho
w is known to have lnid with her sev
eral articles of value and to have car.
vied a parasol and a handbag. Her
haf shoe and hand hag were miss-
ing when her .body was found.
Citizens of Angelton. who are
much aroused over the murder have
employed private detectives to work
on the care.
Mrs Selti's relatives rer.lde at Cla-
ro nd her body will bo taken there
1.
IWtm In HrownwiKMl.
Post City Texas. July 11. Mrs .
J. M. Relti -who was muidered Wed-
nesday at Angleton. had lived here
for four years. She married about
five years ago and was thirty-one
yearn old. Phe waa born at Brown-
wood. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Iloyktn Owens. Fbe lived In Hrown
nd FastUnd counties until her mar
riage H father was once county
Judi;
Belt.-
"county. Mr. and Mrs
!oth well and favorably
..in Kxtend Thank"
members of the Altrurlan
hat the spirit cf Altruism
':ned to the Club alone.
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ii.'
!i. n demonstrated by the
iu.j Deration of our town and
W " UrciHghout the county.
n.FUwer show the pro
TZt ....c '.i fne7. to advance the
" ilth and best Interrt's c f oar rjtl.
zenshlp for which we heartily thank
you one and all.
The members of .the Club have ex-
tended a vote 'of thanks to the Doe-
tors who rendered such faithful and
efficient service to the business men
who so generously donated the hand-
gome premiums.
To our progressive townsman A.
C. Wllmoth for the use of his com-
modious building 'to It. W. Nelson
for the use of his sweet toned Bald-
win piano and to all who helped In
any way.
The Altrurlan Club.
PLAN TO THROW HOMIIS
Deputy uutl Ten Other Prominent
Men lire I'niler Arrest.
City of Mexico July 13. A plot to
aasnrtdnate President Hurtn den.
Felix Diaz and Cen Ulamiuct the
War Minister hns beon frustrated by
the urrect of a deputy and ten' other
men of prominence.
It la Haiti the Intention was to use
bombs at some opportune moment
when thcie oflfclaU wcro driving
through tho streets.
Docur.K nts wero found on the pris-
oners identifying them as support-
ers of .npnta and setting fortli an
out line of the plot.
Hoveral of the prlsoneis have con-
fessed. In a building pomewhat remotely
located they practiced tho throwing
of bombs studying the effect.
(Quilting Tarty at Ciiinp Springs
Mrs. Worley gave a quilting party
on the 10th of July. It was an enjoy-
able event.
Those present were Mesdames
Irwin Ann Porter Alice Simpson
Ann Ilurrb Vlllle llorton Annie Hut
ler Kdlth Duller Julia Hawkins
Meddle Mauje Maud DeShuzo and
Mlses Mettle and Salii.t DcShazo An-
nie and Corrlo Hutler Vera and May
Jones I tattle and l.ydla Trice Imo-
gen Blmpson Susie Brown.
Mrs. Worley had an ample dinner
prepared which every one enjoyed
very much.
It was an occasion which will be
long remembered by every ono pre
ent and hope sho will give another In
the near future.
Two quilts wero quilted and were
finished by 2:30.
Farmer Found Dead.
Abilene Texas July 10. The
dead body of A. . Old a prominent
farmer of this vicinity vas fouud In
the road this morning at a point a
few miles north of Abilene.
Investigation seems to show that
hi team tan away with him throwing
him out of his wagon and kiting- him.
IlKOTIIKIl IIOWAltD AXNOI VCKS
Now see here people It Is easy to
Imagine It is too warm or that you
don't feel well when really you could
come out to church Just a eay as
go any where else. Il Is a easy for
you to go to worship with Mio peo.
pie of (iod ns for us pastors to pre-
pare senium and go to deliver them
j you and much easier than for
us to pump up enough Inspiration to
preach to your empty pews.
Don't give way now during the
warm weather to a lazj feeling and
Imagine you have a good excuse.
We are going to make the ser-
vices short. Come now. and help us
by bearing u do our best to preach
to y ho gospel. The time to let
down never comes does It? Come on
naw let's do rlrht.
We are going to have fcooJ pr-
vlces next Sunday and they will be
especially enjoyed by those who come
praying for the pastor's sermon to be
good. To them It will be.
U. C. HOWARD.
Sl'XDAV SKHV1CF.S AT
THK VAKKH H CIiritCIIKS
Iter. Martin of Sweetwater preach.
ed for the Methodist ch.Th In Sny-
der last Sunday. TUe ongregatlon
had not expected a preacher and
some remained at home while others
attended at oiher sanctuaries.
There was no preaching at the Rap
tlst hurcn owing to the fact that
Pro. Turker was engaged In a meet-
ing at Rotan.
Service were condnted hy the pas-
tors at the Presbyterian and Chris-
ten ihur.hcs and K!d. Kennedy
j trcs.t:J at the Church of Chrlt.
y
000 FELLOWS
Met iu County Association. Speech by
Hon. Hurry Miller of DuIIom.
Dunn Captured Prize for
Team Work. Kclwk-
uIih Join ANMH'la.
lion.
. Last Friday was n great day In
Snyder for tho Odd Fellows of Scur-
i
ry county. It was tho time of the
annual meeting of the Scurry county
Odd Fellows Association nn organiz-
ation composed of tho lodges at Sny-
der Dunn Ira Fluvanna and llerni-
lelgh. The three linkers met nt their
hall at it: 30 and nuin bed to the Ilup-
tl.st Taberniicle where many Odd Fel-
low and Kebckiih and others hail
assembled. The Ira siring hand fur-
nished music for the occasion. May-
or J. JC. Noble delivered un address
of welcome and Introduced Judge
Hurry Miller of Dalliu an speaker of
tli.i day.
Judge Miller Is a Pust tirand Mas-
ter In the order aiid knows mid lives
up to the principle of Odd Fellow-
ship. He made n fine speech. The
visitors were dined in the homes of
our people and In the afternoon tho
biiHlneps of the association was tran-
sacted. Vice President llou'din. of Dunn
presided. During the session the In.
coming officers elected last January
wero Installed. These are: Uhea Mc-
Farinud President; W. II. Thrash
Vice Pres.;'l). K. Ilau4H Secretary; K
M. Stokes Treasurer.
The order of Uehekahs wer ad-
mitted to membership and will here-
after he a part of the association.
At 6:30 p. m. a sumptuous sup-
per wiu served ill the Wellborn build
lug here everybody enjoyed a de-
lightful feast.
At night the nssoclat Ion met iu
the hull for team work and .the first
degree was conferred on Mr. Autry
of. Ira and Mr. Cook nnd Mr. Head
of Dunn. This was a contest between
the Snyder and Dunn degree teams
and they did their work well. The
degree prize was n beautiful banner
and the Judges awarded it to Dunn.
Special prizes offerred for certain
parts In team work were won by
Olln Hardy and K. II. Hlgglnbotham
of Snyder lodge nnd Mr. Iloulden
the Noble jranil of Dunn lodge. '
Several of the stores In Snyder
were decorated for the occasion and
signs of welcome were displayed by
the II inks and the Snyder C.rocery
Company.
Odd Fellowship Is growing In
Scurry county and the lodges number
among their membership many of
our best citizens. Tho next meeting
of the Association will be held next
January with the lodge at Dunn.
IteliekHli Officer I nxtnll.il.
Snyder Itcbekah Lodge. No. 2fi In-
stalled officers last Monday night.
Mrs. Strayhorn waV Installing offi-
cer. Following wire the new roll: Mrs.
Mattle Payne. N. O.; Miss Hessle
lluchanan V. G.; Miss Willie Stray
horn. Secretary: Mrs. Sam Hull
Treasurer; Miss Maud Williams
Warden; Mrs. Joe Strayhorn Con-
ductor; Mrs. J. K. McConnell Chap-
lain; Miss Zuza Chenoweth I. O.;
Mr. It. M. Stokes O. G.; Mrs. J. S.
Hardy. R. 8. to N. O.; Mrs. J: P.
Floyd. L. 8. to N. G.; Mrs. Phoebe
Mason R. S. to V. G.; Mrs. K. A.
Watson L. 8. to V. O.
Mrs. Stokes and Mrs. Strayhorn
were elected delegates to the Dis-
trict Association which meets In Ab-
Inene In August.
Tremendous rains fell this week In
parta of Ohio and people wero made
to fear a repetition of the March
" At Zanesvllle there were 6 45
Inches of rain and fifty homes were
submerged.
SANTA I'K t.'F.TTING HEADY
TO OPF.RATF. Cl'T-OKF
The Slatonlte.
Tt e Santa Fe railroad Is now re-
ceiving locomotives for the Cut-off
and during the past wer k several big
oil burning psenger engfnes for
use between Sweetwater and Galves-
sgurr
com
ton have passed through Slaton on
their way south.
. It I understood here that these
engines are being put Into service to
give them a thorough trial' before
the opening of the Texico cut-off for
through traffic. General Manager
Fox states that the company hopes
to have the road completed by the
lust of September It Is hardly prob-
uhle however that heavy traffic
will he handled over this division out
of Slaton before the first of the year.
The rullroad company Is unload-
ing und storing GOO cur loud of coal
here us rapidly as possible to bo used
when the unt-off I opened
It Is reported here too that work
will si a it on the additional C stall
to the round house some time this
mouth and the new depot will soon
follow.
All of these facts make It appear
thnt there will be a great deal of
activity here tills full In rullroad
circles.
TWO MOICK XKW HHIIXiKS
' COVI'lt CTFD FOK
The county Commissioners Court
was In session last Saturday nnd tho
Signal Is Informed that p'uris were
pcriectvd for building a suspension
bridge over the Colorado at the point
selected some days ago near lied
! Illuff. Thh nrldge will be cf great
benefit to a large Bcope of country.
Plans werei perfected also for a
bridge. over Illuff creek.
Work Is a I read being done on tho
Pull creek brli'ge near Knapp. The
cost of the Colorado and tho Illuff
creek bridges will be about 1 41 00
ucordiug to the estimate reported by
Co m ml: sinner Stlnson.
NF.HVICKH AT FIRST
CHIHSTI IN CHUtCII
There will he regular service at
First Christ lun church next Lord's
day us follows:
Illble b'bool 8:45 a. in.
Communion 11:00 a. m.
Sermon 11:15 a. in.
Trulalng class meeting 7:00 p. m.
Sermon 8:00 p. m.
Prayer ami Praise and Choir prac-
tice every Wednesday 7:45 p. m.
You ure Invited und heartly wel-
come. Come uiTfl bring some on
with you.
Thoma N. Pluukett Minister.
Thomu G. Deffebach Illble
School Superintendent.
"Hi: CAKKITL HOW YOC YOl'H."
"It is better to bear the ills we
have thai! fly to others we 1. now n it
of." and when the people to into
changing their const'.it ion. It !m i.e-t
to be sure where 'ihe thing might
lead to. They teil us It u am; in
harm to the A. M. Colleg" but It
comes mighty soon ufter the assault
on that Institution.
They any we ought to put tin- pen-
itentiary system on a solid baM. If
that system and the expensive farms
will not support. Itself why not cut
off some of the big salaries und run
the thing cheaper. They tell us the
legislature is u safe body but there
ure lots of people who will not want
the legislature turned loose to author
Ir.e limitless bond Issues. Why not
vote down the seven sided proposi-
tion nnd then take the matter up
one ut a time?
Tacky Party.
Mrs. Orvllle Dodson entertained a
number of her friend at her home
In West Snyder Wednesday evening
with an old tlniv tacky party.
Old time costumes were In evi-
dence old time games and old time
music and dancing were Indulge! in
until a late hour.
Peppermint sticks ginger bread
and pink lemonade were serred.
Mrs. Harkrlder won the prize us
she was the most beautiful lady pres-
ent.
This was a most enjoyable affair j
Mrs. Dt.dson proving herseir a charm
Ing hostess.
KcholoMic Tranxfcr Limit.
When Jndge nurlianan was ap-j
preached this week for news Items.
he said the Signal might say that all '
pemrtis w ho desire to have their chll-
dreii transf'ed from one school dls. j
trlct to another hare only a short
time now in which Vn attend to the
matter. It must be dVie before Au- j
guit lt. else It will btoo late.
J iil MASSEY
lil If
r.ipi
! Now Fntertulnlng In I la re Hack Hid
ing nt Nult Luke City.
Mr. J. W. Mussey ha a copy of
tho Suit Luko Tribune of June 2'Jth
sent him by Allen Weaver. Tho pa-
per contains a write up of tho show
attraction for tho Fair among which
nre broncho busting roping trick
riding wild horse Indian Cowboy
und Cowgirl riding and other feuts
I of wild west show don:.
The paper contains n costumed pic
j (lire of Jim Mussey the undisputed
j champion of the world. Mussey won
I the championship at Calgary Cana-
da last year und since that time has
WORLD C P!
not been defeated. He l.i one of tbejlsfied with this beautiful country.
best known cowboys in the West nnd
Is most feared of all In the contest.
it I promised that Massey will
have plenty of competition hu he
siiys he likes competition "und tho
harder the riding becomes the better
he like it.
Massey will enter the steer "Hull
doggliiR" and roping ioiite$s!s in ad-
dltlon to the burc buck riding und Is
confident of hejiig In the finale nt
all three events"
N'cIhoii Hiiyw Davenport Stork.
Mr. II. C. Davenport sold his
stock of hardware In Snyder several
days ago to Mr. DimlelHon lute cf
llarllngen und In turn Mr. Daniel-
son sold the stock laat week to R. W.
Nelson proprietor of the Arcade.
Mr. Nelson Is busy this week rear -
ranging fie hardware stock and will
put the two stores together 111 t he
Hardware llulldlng. This will mt
him at the head of a fine business
proposition a general hardware
stock mid a complete stock of racket
goods.
Thumb Cut Off.
Rudolph Abbot while handling a
sickle at the Haze shop Monday got
the thumb of hi right hand cut off.
I'm in .Men Outlive Women.
Our vital statistics show that the
fi nil women of Texas die earlier than
do farm men. The opMslte Is f r u
111 the towns. The farmers of Texas
should not let If be said that the
city man treats his wife with more
consldev.itioii Mian is given roir wives
on the larm.
The bl-'g'S' factor In the develop-
mcnt of this i-tate of aff.'in Is In my
j - pinion i.e oef ul lack of lubor-
. saving devices In the farm woman's
home. She may bine a more bounti-
fill supply of freidi air und S'inslilne
'than her clry sister but she has not
I conveniences. The enrrving of water
Is one of tin' most back breaking
tasks belonging to the housekeeper
I Then there s ehoppii'g wood for
cooking the meals milking the cow
nml a mult Ip.ii ity of c hores that
during the busy season sometimes
fall to the t of the good wi'e
many iiiHiames a good husband
the best l.ihorsuving device that
be obtained but there are t
cheap cc ntrlvani . s that can be e i
tiroc'i-. d that w ill save the wife
l.i-
hor. A kitchen sink a good pump
the well conveniently located Wn:
keep the roses In her i heeks A good
wife I the greatest Jewel on earth
and deserves the best of care and at-
tention. The Thompson Irrigation limit.
A Signal man drove out one eve
ning this week to the suburban home
of Mr. W. T. Thompson and took a
look at a real Irrigation plant In act-
ual operation. Mr. Thompson has a
large lake that covers 25 ncres when
full and will furnish water for a
great srope of his farm. It Is so sltuat
ed that the lead ditches will reach
all parts of the farm between the ng.
dam and the creek. There are three j
lateral dltrhs leading from the main j The rain may b tardy In coming
one through the maize field and Into but Scurry county already ha quite
the cotton. The application of the ! a lot of feed made and cotton Is .In-
ter has had a telling effect. The cot- Ing fine Tull for the county Fair
ton Is well grown and filled with
square blooms and bolls. The matre
Is as good as one could ask for. It -'
Is a big proposition and rss cost a Mr. Sadler an.f.lneg hter. Miss Jo.
tdg lot of money and labor to ht:lld came In a few days ago from Floyd-
It but It derr.oni-' rates the value ofjsd.i. Mrs Scarborough came Lome
Irrigation. from there several day ago and then
Mr. Thompson is trying to avoid ' went to Dallas w here It is learned she
the error that so many people are has been lci.
apt to fall Into of undertaking to
cover too much ground. The work
and water bestowed on a few acrea
Is better than to butcher up a big
field.
Mr. Thompson Is building two
large silos on his place and ho la
mnklng the feed stuff to put In them.
Ho bus some good crops that have
not been Irrigated and Mr. Jlrn Rus-
sell right by him has a fine field of
maize and kufflr corn that have nev-
er been touched by Irrigation.
Iir.
Lowe Write To Fncle Hen A-
Ixiut lliirlingcn.
Harllngen Texas July 8 1913.
Mr. II. F. DiivIh
Snyder Texas
Dear friend:
As I promised to write to you af-
ter I was here long enough to form
winie opinion of this country I will
now try to write you a few lines.
This leaves all well and well snt-
; Crops of all kinds are Just fine. The
I first planting of corn Is almost ready
j to gather nnd will make from 75 to
j 80 bushels to the acre. Some corn
i Just big enough to plow und somo
knee high und some beginning to
tnnm l und some still planting. Cot-
'ton I up shoulder high has 100 and
HO and K.o squares nnd bolls to
i the stalk. We huv some boll weevil
' but us to the present they have dona
but very little damage ami with the
remainder of this month if it will
quit raining ami remain like It has
for the 3 or 4 Hist days I think they
wilt play out to such extent that the
cotton will be safe. It now looks like
it would make u bale to the uero or
j more June was u rainy month all
though it now looks like dry weuth-
j''1' ()r '"'" we would rather not
"vo ral" H '!' Irrigate when
' "lr rops need w-itlng. We have got
j "r hay pet It will make four or
j "vw l r "' r' wlH "' rpal'
f"r '"I"K ' '' '!" again. Wo
will get three or tivo cutting of hay
on or the same ground. This country
gnms Just anything tb.it grows out
"f Kf"111"1 We have I" en citing
vegetables of si me kind every day
hlll": w l.""i'.l '-'re which was the
j 2"!l1 '"' November ai. l now I see my
first
ormges and baiiaiiu.-c Crape
fruit figs growing that I ewr saw
and grapes why. it be. its Calit irnia
to grow grain s I'eui he do well
here. We have been ha sing sweet jm
t.ito pies 'or a month Sweet potato
make from 4 to . hundred bushels
per acre. Irish potatoes d'l well.
Straw merries end etb. r Kinds of ber
r!es do fine.
This is a I n..- i I. ii Ken i oM.t rv. The
talk Is now to go to raising corn
and more bogs. No trouble to raise
corn ami with IrrU .it i n it makes t ;.
hog and corn pro
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Well I will el os.. y ..iking tii.it
are glad that we .ire down hTe In
this coast country I e.. from th
Snjd.r Signal that your country h is
good rainr and g. od crops of whi'h
I am preinl to learn
Respectfully our friend.
A S LOWE.
The street sprinkler )uit Its beat
this week and the fire toys got out
with the lose Wednesday evening
and gave the stretts a g. i d mater-
land
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acrikss in
good
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