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Twenty-Eighth Year.
Snyder Brarry County Tex Fl(1yJulf 3 I!I4.
N anther Three
A
h:w - -
MOD STREET
WORK. MONEY
WELL SPENT
Vine ton at Street (trading: and Many
Needed CuUwtn Hare Keen
Installed.
J. W. Green J. T. Kamsey anil
City Marshal O. P. Wolf have
neen doing lota of good work on the
streets. They have dene a fine job
of ratlins: and many needed culverts
have been built where none havo ev-
r been before. L. 1). Grantham has
hern bnny on that line.
This work hna put the streets np
to where they will remain good for a
long time. The money used for this
work la well spent and the people
will commend the action of the City
Council In having the work done.
J tint now the (trades are like plowod
pround and rather rough for travel
hut we hope for rain soon to settle
them down.
IIh. If ....... 1 mt U..HUI
Tiro. Howard came In this week
1 . . .
from Anson where he participated In
the ordination and Installation of Rev
B. I). Crouch late from the Lane
Theological Seminary at Cincinnati!.
from Seymour where he engaged In
union mee'lng for the best part of
two weeks; snd from niackwel)
where he preached last Sunday and
where he and Brother Onttis former-
y of Snyder are planning another
union meeting and In which Interest
they have visited personally every
. . . . .
horn offlee and shop and many of
the farms together.
Hro. Howard was at Wichita Falls
and Henrietta wniie away ano re-
ports those parts needing rain not I
having had any f.tr more than a
month occasioning considerable anx-
iety tho' crops up to last Friday were
looking fine
llro. Howard will occupy the Pres-
byterian pulpit Sunday morning and
evening. Communion service at 11
o'clock.
VTtw "fiaa" Came Arnw.
Hnm time ago the Snyder band
boyal derided to Co before the Com-
missioners' Court to get permfslr.n
to rect a hand stand on the pubic all right for ten days without rain
square. They ..pointed a spokesman jlf we have It to do
to see the court and hs went before j
them. At the proper time the Judge Mi Carter-Kenton
told him they would hear his speech. Mr. (J L. Mci'arter of O'ltonncll
He arose and In a stammering way and Miss Kdna Kenton of nc.tr Sny-
aald: "I have no speech much to nr were married here Sunday by
make. The band boys sent me In here ji:iixn C. H. Buchanan
to ask yon guys to let us build a Mr. McCarier is a young farmer on
band stand on the public square." He the South Plains. The bride Is a
mnt whit h went after. 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ken-
Actual Tarrtrr riguren.
Washington June 27. Hcmo-
erailc leader I'nderwood today told
would produce 22.tmu.uM. for the
year or 2Jt0.0t)0 more than the
estimates. The Income tax this year
he said would produce f aft.uiin.otio
' tti. (lot) 1)00 e than the cull
mates. Because the Income were not
taxed for a full year he urged that
the treasury's million duller fund for
collecting Income tax should be In-
rreaaed to Sl.fton.noo.
The figcres were official onet
from the tresmry department. He
said that there would be no deficit
In the government finance and any
such prediction was a drea n spring-
ing out of political antageniim.
' Fine Meeting at I'nlon.
Last Sunday was a fine day social-
ly and reliRlo.:ly at I'nlcn church.
Ave miles weit of Snyder.
Bro. A. J tesch preached a strong
sermon on church covenant. The
people had ccme with baskets and
boxes of provisions already prepared
and the people ah Joined force at a
moat sumptuous dinner.
The afternoon was occupied with
aong and devotional services ami
good Uika by a number of peo-
pie. It wa a meetting caNulatert to
brim people closer togecher In heart
and mind and was greatly enjoyed by
the congregation.
!
Bin J W Hunt and children left
rrt4W..UltbAb.te.
KIKHT "rTT).V IILOOMH
AltK ItKHHtTKIi HKHK
Kd. Smith who Is farming 1
miles east of town was here Thurs-
day and says his boys fonnd cotton
blooms In his field on July 1st.
The are the first blooms we hare
heard reported and seem earlier than
usual.
Hanks' Irrigated Crop
Emmett Hanks Is conducting an ir-
rigate)) furm of eleven acre up the
creek a half mile from town and Is
proving the value of Irrigation. He
has 3 acres in corn and litis as
fine as one could tsk for and about
4 acrei or fine feterlta. Ha has two
acres of alfalfa which he has al
ready cut twice getting about three
tons and will cut attain before many
weeks.
Some of hi field can't he readied
ny water nut- ny diligent cultivation
he Is making good feed on that. A
tin In ditch nuts north and south the
full length of the flid and with a
force pump at the creek he gets a
five Inch st renin which keeps the
ditch full. He moves his flood gate
Kl"n a hft wan u ne
trr out to each row or crop ana
makes hit; field thoroughly wet.
Mr. H..uks Is working the Ditto
land. There are 28 acres In the tract
r.tifl with n-on.-i- ditchlnir
It could
I nearly all be Irrigated
!
' Moving to Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Francis and
jtb-Hr father Mr. J. H. Francis late
' Now Mexico have uian guests of
; 1r. nnd Mrs. A. N. Ilarkrlder. They
Ml Wednesday for Houston where
iey will reside.
j
' He Mlxmed Her.
Mrs Newt Heavers three miles
. i. j .
east of Helton was accidentally shot
land killed this afternoon by the dls-
charge of a pistol which It is said
ner nusnami was snowing nor now io
operate.
Crop JMng Well.
Reports come In from all over the
county that cotton Is growing Just
right. Feed crops especially tne ear-
ly made li beginning to need rain.
Feterlta and Sudan grass are not suf
fering. Farmers are now eonvincen
that these are the crops adapted to
dry countries. They have been Intro-
duced here on that account and It
Is easy enough for them to have too
much ruin. Farmer say we can do
ton residing a few miles west of j
s nV(r
Snyder.
The Signal Joins their many
friends in congratulations. Mr. and
Mrs. McCarier left Monday morning
. Tlireeliing the (iratn Crop.
Kd Smith has brought his thresh- ;
er back from the Plains and unload- i
ed It here this week to thrash out
some of Scurry county's grain crop
He will have everything rigged up
'to hit the bail good and strong by
Monday.
Hhlpped 'nr of lleevr. 1
Jim Ketner took out a car load of
fat caitle over the R. S. P. Mon
dry for the Fort Worth market.
MOCT I.AMHKV Mi U
l VBH.KNT Kill PTHlN
lied Bluff ( nl. June 10 -The thlr-
teenth erui'Mon of M-ninl Lassen
since May ;i lo k place todiy. last-
ing the lonsest and prohbly j
the moai vlo ent of any of its erup-i
Cons A vart column cf bl-ick smnkn f
r.wended to s height of three thou-j
and feet.
More Thou a Hundred iwrrrMtow.
H - V L. Hutchison epine In Tiiim-
.ln from Tulta where he recently
ri)Br(j a Trrr IUCceasful religious re-
. H j anmethtnc orer a 1
hlTMlrt( conversions The people
gro.itly reTlved spiritually.
.
Miss Jeslca Slngtctary visited at
K. Stephens Preached Initial Her- " Alleged o be Kaarntlally Polltir-
mon Sunday Morning to a ' l ' M Nature Temporary
Urge CongrcgMlotno. I Injunction Is Untied.
Her. J. R. Stephens arrived here
with his family last Friday and he
at once entered upon his work as
pastor of the Methodist church.
llro. Stephens preached two good
sermons last Rnndav. On liuit RiiihIjiv
nlKht there wis no nreachlnr t nv
!(f (n0 Mnpp rnrrnPB )n tn(( P(tv nn)t
tm-nv frnMI nu Pniirn.
many neonie from oilier congreua-
llons heard the new preacher.
The .Methodist people are extend-
in m him .rr.il... v.inn- ui
promise him faithful ro-opr ration.
Nine Bale Marketed.
Tull Taylor wail here Saturday' ))y rar()m porporit(niw nv
from Ira with eight bales of cotton'. .nvthin.
j"" 1 name .Mods nn tine nnm wnicn
Uioy nnU l-8ft- Kv'rv fpw wM'k
(ti Ik year there have leen a few
stma . .ig bnlt's on the market and
there ni..y be more to come before
the new crop is made.
Hcalterlng Mlioers.
The prospects for ruin here on
Wednesday evening and Thursrday
Inspired us with a hope of getting a
good downpour which Is needed He-
InorM cam- in TburHdav of a nrettv
good ran seven miles west of Snyder fraud. Poetically all of the big bus-
and a Vcfc miles west of Fluvanna. A incut! Interests of the State are metn-
Isprlnkie'was reported twelve ml lea
'
northeast.
i. t. it. v.
AoMN-lation l'ottMm d.
. f). F. of Sl urry County.
To the I. O
Hrothew
Aa the people of ibis county are
behind with their work. I believe It
will be to the heat Interest of the
order and to the membership In gen
eral to postpone tne Association
meeting from July !l to July 3t
fourth Friday. So meet me at Ira on
that day.
Fraternally
UHKA McFAUhANH.
President of the Scurry County I. O.-
O F Association.
Married At t oloraiht.
Mr. Nathan I'nderwood and his
mother and sister came In a few
days ago from their heme at Ha niter
Lake. New Mexico. The formerly
lived in this comity and came to vis-
It their old friends Then there cornea 1
.mother chapter whether pre-arrang-
ed. or planned since coming here.
anyhow the young m it it Mmn had t
mnliers going his way and qnlet-
ly it is ald. be and Mlas l.lxnie
H. - lms drove over to Colorado last
indny iitnl were married
i The party took dinner Tuesday at
he Maxwell hotel and they all left
l!n their .ir Tiii'sday evening for
their New Me.i; home.
(;mmI Millet.
j A N Wocd .rd of Route :t. came
. Saturday with a bundle of mil I'M
' frnlll his crop of eight or nine acres
ia! n ( ir Kiock. It Is a fine as
I.voii will find anywhere. Scurry coun-
t v is coming acvosr this yerr In the
r. ed stuff line
"
Mexicans Hale Amerlrniit.
Tampter. June 3 Since the wtth
dr;K;il of the Coiistltiitioiuilit troops
from the Pinnro oil field' inM-American
eiltitlieiit n blllg more opetllv
expre.tHi-d and much uee'istir Is
-how u.
Hen Aduiiriil Ma'o Ins called at-
tention cf actliu fiovernor he Iira
iere ti .he situittoii. He replied that
it wn out of hl Jurisdiction being
n the state of Vera Cms. hut that he
would see tit.it military prot.Ttion
4S furnt-hed an quick Iv as pomible.
F. I. Towsend Scurry t nnnty Ag-
rlciiliurnl Agent siient Tuesday In
Snyder He says crops are looking
nood. but rain Is neeiied He says
ther- aro several crop of corn that
are promising flno yields ualeas we
should have hot winds. Cotton will
hold up for several dnya yet without
Fort Worh- Jn 17. Alleging
h "'ntlally political in Its
nt lire the Attorney oenerni tonignt
Instituted suit at Austin against the
.Texas Business Men s Association
i with headquarters In Fort Worth.
woklng the diioiolntlnn of the organ-
Ixatloti. Temporary Injunction was
i Issued aKainst the officers of the ns-
oelalon and ninety-five Individuals
I nn' corponiloiis who are also named
a defendants restraining them from
paying iiny money In the association
or Its officers.
! The mill Is based upon alleged vlo-
t.n..u .r .1- a.. .hi..t. nMhii.n. ti...
Ipppi ln(1 .animate purponeB of " leave f"" are entertained for
'rhe organlsnlton. and another Act'l'lm- Th Mhlnet immediately was'
-which prohibits any character of cor-
porallotl from contributing to the ex-
pensea of any candidate for office
or to promote or defeat any question
submitted to vote of the people.
It Is alleged that the asxorlatlon
has sought to mould public
sent!-
ment to bring about the repeal nr
amendment of certain laws afreet l
corporations and that the prelenne of
anv other uiirnose is a sham and a
Imtb of the association
Attorney fjeneral loney has tiled
suit to dissolve the Texas Business'
Men's Assoc hi t ion ol her wise k nowti
hs the Commerclnl Secretaries' As-
socliitlocn charging pernlclouit politi
cal activity and the Indirect contrl-
hutlon of funds to pr.-nr election
of certain candidates.
temporary
injunction ha been granted to Rtop
1 the activities of t be Aswichu ion..
Xlie Stlir xelegruin of Tuesday says
'"Officers and member of the evecn-
five committee of the Texas Business
Mens Association comprising hnih
men who are active supporters of
Mull and who are supporters of Fer-
guson in the race fr.r governor will
meet at In a. m. Thursday at the
West brook Hotel to consider the suit
filed Sat unlay by the Attrney Oen-
r;tl churning pernicious polhlenl ac-
if'Hy uintiiHt the orKanixation At
that time it Is announced a state-
ment will be Iss I in reply lo the
du iges In the suit."
The officers and committees of the
AnsoclaHon are given below
I B M. Cain Italian president: P
L. Ilowns. Temple vice president; K
K huldililge. pert Worth treasurer;
'J. A. Arnold secretary-mannaer;
vice presidents Kd S Hughes Alii-
jletie; W. H. Furiia Aliiarlllo; Hay
Wli.atiev Amarillo. H M Moore.
Austin: tieo. W Carroll Benuinoiit ;
J C Itaitgherty Beevllle: ... C. t.id-
diniiS Bretiham: Will II. .loaes. Cbil-
j dress; Frank P. West. Cli.iinie: K
C West Cuero; Boyul A Ferris.
Dal !n; .Ich n M. Simpson halias; i.
I. lll.ok. onl. I). 'iil-on. v N King
lemsoii: It. S i.euuie. Dentsoii; W
li. Burton. Ft. Worth. Hen o Smith.
Ft. Worth; L. H Keiupner. lialves-
ton K N. Karris HtllKturo; W t'
Munn. Housd n. (sc;r Wells Hons -
ton. K. J Fry. Marshall. W T Wil -
nn. Nacodochi': S W Wiiliani"
Pc.rla; H II. Woodworth. Port Ar-
ibur; 1. T Prvor. San Aiitnui.
II Horehesier. Slierin.-in ; H L.
C
P'-
nick. Stamford : O B Briuus Sul
pli ii r SprlntM : How ard I land
ht" J. W Htivis. Tea.ie. W
Seley. W.i.o; H. II Shear. Waci
L. 1 rth. Yoiikuin.
KxemtU'e (.'"inmittee - K. S.
ttnus Stamford chairman. J
Tay-
W
Has
Ha Iforil. Abilene:
Betiumont : W P
Beaumont; P. F.
T W lirkin
H t. F.idden
lohiiNiUi. Brow a-
tod; J. Hirsdi Corpus Chrtnl: J
Wlteaelle. Curslcana; J II. Bab
cok. Dallas; J K Farnsworth. Dal
las. H. Itegensburger. Henlson; H
K Finney. Fort Worth; W. Hoh
Harris. Fort Worth. M. It Paddock.
Fort Worth deorge Monlg. Fort!
Worth; Paul Waplea. Fort Worth;
'W H. Fe.thi.rnti.nr. Hnnrleita; K.t.
At'HTRIA HOY Alt WPLR
WAN AHMAMMINATKf)
Vienna Austria June II. Arch-
duke Francis Ferdinand heir to the
Austro-Hungarlan throne and Prlr-
ess of Hohenberg. his morganatic
wife were shot today by a student.
In the main street of SarapJevo the
Bosnian capital a short time after
they had escaped death from a bomb
hurled at the royal automobile.
The two were slain as they were
passing through the city on their an-
nual visit to the annexed provinces
of Bosnia and Herscgovanla.
The archduko was struck full In
the fate and the princess was shot
through the abdomen and throat.
They died a few minute after reach-
ing the palace to which they were
hurried.
""" wnin.
1 A homb was hurled by a workman
me carriage injuring six per-
: "" d 'I"1" a young Servian stu-
emptied a revolver at the art-b
'UlM 1111 tne 'Indies endi bullet
( hitting
a vital iiK-1. Anion I o
wound!
ere fount Booa Waldock
and Colonel Merlxrl. I
1 The need Ktnoeror Pram-la .loaenh
hi reported prostrate by the stuck ;
" aHHaslnnii..n of his nephew-
summoned to Vienna and went Into
"'"""f ' once.
Judge I In In ton Va Here.
Judge Thomas I.. Hlanton of Abi-
lene candidate for (Yngreaa ipent ;
ia '' bourn In Snyder Monday morn-
nn" nM 1ltc a number of cur
j '"P1" making a vigorous cam-
1 r:m for the Denirrr-aile nomination
M'1"1 hp " l0"1 of
..nrnit :.! lol. rnnrinVm t
inning lite rm e
He if 'raveling river the district In
jail automobile i.j.d in this way can
I reach a great many com in unities- -
j s Hie entire counties that he can
j not rem h by mli-oiid The ruce le-
tween Hlanton and .Judge Smith is
'warming up.
; (W rmit(mw
.lllhllPk Avinrhe
. Tm.sdHV Ihe miu of the dlate
K. M. Kiley who Is charged with
the murder of Smith of Big nrmt;.
at Slatoii several uioniliH :i ro. look
a sudden cbanae Tnesdav nioriMiig.
and was continued until iicV I. nn of
court. Monday both sides .intiounccd
reiuly for trial and the sc'i-ftloi of j
jury was at ome ciiierM lino and
several jurors had been secured
Tuesday morning howevr d l n1
aat'swife became danger mimI ' ill.
iti rase was postponed until il ne t
reKiilsr term of the hlstrlc Court
I .Mr. -I It. Kv
ner.
. mid !
ger f the Snyder Lulu Ice lnwe
Piant has recent I y rei iirned from
business trip to his old Home
Yorktewn Mr Kiant successf nil
handled the electric Inilness tti.-c
for i
niiuilier of years and t dolnn
the same thing here He Is a pnir
tlcal elect ric mini and lirlm full of
energy He is giving the people cf
Snyder good sen ice and if the peo-
ple stand by him tie will develop i
light and power business here eipul
to the best 111 auv small ell v In the
state. He bus it running tileelv new
and will mnke it heller lie Knows
In w ami bin efforts dierve .tpnr"-
Cilllilll
I'm-le Hen Davis asenred us the
oilier day tlial we would net mill
bv J nl v 4th and Col W I. i.ros-.
Iilaces lite limit at .liil 7 Jun H;i--se.l
mivh tliev .tie Knoi pri'litli'ts for
!! -n
ihey i
i ii m-s
till LMIeillIU illl tiic ri L II
n
l(.
TV
Mrs .1 I. Suits tttd i liiMrcii . ;:
in S'it:ird:iv trotn Hoaritig Stirnig.-
l it her par-'tiit. Mr ami Mn V
n:i
Mrs Harvev Sbnelr and hlv
vlKitlng iter mother at lntoti.
Hill-born; tieorge Cotter.
J S t'uMitian. Houston; W
dalt.
Houston
HoRg Houston. Jesse it Jones
Houston; J H Klrbv. Housimi K. el Carden. British Mlultter in Metl-
W. Kirkpatrlrk MKinney; F H. co looks for even worse conditions
Karweil. Orange. N. H llagland. Par anil adises British suhtcrtn m get
Is. (1. X Bliss. Port Arthur; L. J out while they may C nslitutlonal-
Hart. San Antonio; L. M Bute tain- .lsts believe that Villa would quickly
ford. Homer H Wade Stamford; S A
Lindsey Tyier: W. W. Cameron
Warn; O. K. Hunlap. Waxahadiie;
It. K. Huff. Wichita Falls; J A
Krmp W llrhlta P.IIi.
Oecbired In Published Statement that
.NegotlatltoRM Related Only to
Hiudarwi Kewumptfoa.
Oay Arthur Pierce son and busi-
ness associate of Henry Clay Pierce
head of the Pierce Oil corporation
has Issued a statement emphatically
denying published reports and let-
ters purporting to show that the
elder Pierce has aided the revolution-
ary government In Mexdo. The state-
ment follows:
"Newspaper articles Implying that
my father directly or fndtrerily fos
tered and aided the Mexican re vol u-
vr .
fact.
' When lighting In Northern Mexico
beanie general we were obliged to
retire from doing bust nee there tern-
porarily
"When Carranzn-VlllH force came
Into noRnesion of North Mexico thev
tln(MpHl IO t t0 commercial an
iivlty and made overtures In our In
terests along with others to resume
doing business therein. There were
however many practical business
ipiestlons to benefited before we
could feel asHiired muh a resumption
of our business rnuld be safely enter-
ed upon.
"If was th it Invitation from the
CarrHima-Villa forces to us to resume
North Mlro . lw.
gan the correspondence between II-
flay Piece and the agents of the
Carransa-Villa government. This op-
ening led the agents to aKk questions
of my father relating to the handling
of certain important commercial
problems ami ng them the operation
of the National l(ailwa of Mexico
My father answered impartially his
sole object being to thi nstitiitlon-
alist government lo restore commer-
cial arMvily and to bring about a
resumption of railway transporta-
tion "The fact that my father put those
communications in writing with the
Hgeitis. proves on it face the ab-
sence of ulterior motives '
Son Slays Fatlier.
Or.ark. Ark. Juno 2'- Aaron
Hueio-. Ml Hhot and kiled in-ar this
pUn e Sat unlit v. it deeNn d lodar.
did not eonitini ixiiciide. .im at first
ri'ported. Out w.tt; I'tmt to death ny
his LI year old "on. Frank Oweiti.
The boy dawns tie kilbd his father
while lie was firing on bis mother
w If h a cbi it gun.
"J:t"
W;thlliufoll.
disiatclovt reci
Dnofliclal smtr
stated that
For H licet.
.1 line 'tn Prlvatn
i-.e.t here today ir.nii
en in leii n City
'rendcnt Hiicr'a hatl
eiit his noti and diiuuhter toward
Puerto 1rii o .not w:i. making pre-
parations for bis own depm'Tiiio on
xtHTt notice The inhomatiNii waa
coineverl to the st.de dcwTt inerii .
Mr W T
family litid
out of their
ilellMII -HVK he .mil hm
-eef iior.ii Mondav
n patch He siivs. he la
feeling so ili.l.-iiehiletit tliat
seitkH now to a few ot li
tiors
tie j lit t
lielgh-
Mr Moneri tid ef ( o(i. r. nl" as in
Sin iier Thurfdav tunl was frank
eiouigli to sjiv that Scurry oiml v
needs u lot more of good road
MKXIl N HK IN Tit Tltl.K.
Kartv reH--rte Hits week ludleaiHl
that the Mexico tioiliiitor iiiiiy Ins
iltialde lo bring fetliritls and r.-tx-ls
to an agreement. It was said (hut
Villa had to return to Torn-on for
irek of ammunition and that Carran-
m kept htm from getting It. Sir Lion-
establish civil government and treat
with the Cnlted tSates. It hna been
charged that American rallrortd peo-
ple are financing the Cat ran za cause
but men close to Camasa deny it.
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