The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. Twenty-Eighth Year, No. Four, Ed. 1 Friday, July 10, 1914 Page: 1 of 10
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Snyder Scarry County Tmim Friday July 10 I1M4.
Number Four
Turnty-Kiithth Year.
SWEETWATER PRESBYTERY
MEET IN SCURRY COUNTY
. T. F.
THE CUNNINGHAM-HUNT
DEBATE WEDNESDAY
E
I
MKMIIKItNIIIP OF FIIWT CIIIUK-
tian cm "iini kvioy imhi
MAY Hl'MMV
Itev. T. .1. PurvlN iif ICiiHHelvllle Ark-
niiHjut Accept I'ltNluriite In
Thla ( Ity.
Hrv. T. J. 1'nrvin of Hiiawlvllle. Ar-
ki:nn.i preached fop l lie Klrnl Chrla-
ttnln church ln.it Sunday mid Sunday
nijeht. He rnnio lo Snyder uix-n Invl-
tntlton of Hid church and the Con-
grcKitltonwiui pleaned with htm.
Hp. In n nilniHtor of npl ndlil nd-
ilnM logical lofjut nt nnd forceful
and a man of apirltiml anrl Intcllec-
tunl form.
The congregation wan no favorably
Itnprcnrcd with liltn that ne'otiuilonn
with In-ftun to oiikiikp litm nit perma-
nent pant or of t'.e church.
On Tuodny the nffirera of tlii'
church cloned a en n tract with him to
accept the pantorate for two yearn to
hojtln on September Int.
This chimb haa Iwrn without a p:a-
tor for aoma lime but It la a llv;
wide-awake rnitregatlon. The tnwn-
herahlp Includes many of our bent
people and they are faithful to every
obligation of church duty anil actlv-
Mr.
Brother Purvis come well endow-
ed by tha churchea whore he haa la-
bored one of which place la Forney
Texaa.
The Hlitnal connrnlulaia the Chrla-
tlan church and the preacher tn thua
.coming together and ahall moat cor-
dially web-nine Hrother I'urvla and
family to our little city.
VCII IKI-rriMJ
llCiiular Meeting Held Monilny Night
I ton 11 ne HtKdneoa Trannwlrd
Account a Allowed.
The City Council met Monday
night In regular aeaalon.
I'reaeut: Mayor Noble. Seeretary
Maker. City Manthtil Wolfe. Alder-
men Holfn. Mi-nroe Fl'kaa Ciirnutte
and Maxwell.
The Mayor appointed R H Cur-
ntitte nnd P. M.llolln lo audit the
hooka of the Hecreiary and treaaurer
up to end of the aenil-antiual period.
June 3nth 1KH.
An on a tn and rlalma allowed:
B. V Kvana drnyuge and hauling
riK-k
W K Cowling work on atreeta $7 S
O. N. Iedlow work on at reel a $3.75
Ice Mailt and Power CoJuiie er-
vlre ':tr'7t
8nyder (larage. auppllea for water
Worka r' 2R
W. A. June eleatiliiK at reel a. .$4 2T.
W. C. Killlllove. drart he anl
file
J. T. Hamfcey grading and
fin T
Iraa-
I r.tt 2o
drag-
t r.tt 2i
$14 40
tl 44
. II 30
gfng "
J. W. (ireen
aradlug and
glllg
IMerre-Kordyie Cn. oil .
Texaa Company oil ...
Texaa Company flaafdlne
Snyder Lumber Co material for cnl-
verta
O F
Darby work
machtn-
ery
aili..wl l(ro . mm I) lie ....
H J. Catevena. Mda
cana
Illggtiibothatn-llarrla C
ltimher
f.-r tra-h
. . . 2I o
v Culvert
. . . f r
B. F Kvana. work on eulverta M.S"
l atching File and H.aii hm
A few weeki ago aeveral Imalnea
houaea In town InaialM number of
wire flT trai and It ! H'ved that
mllllnii of the dirty peati have been
dwttrord. One of theae trapa ha
'been ke.t In the Signal office and
a big awarm of there fllea have been
Darned every day Wh-n thla eam-
palgO Marted h woM BW"rm
the tablea i thick that wnrk
enuld not be done In anv degnn. of
comfort. Now there are but (
prater alnra the fiy nulfence hna been
abated lc an eitenl.
It la noticed the hundreda of rock-
marhe have followed the bait into
he tmpa and thee troubleaome la-
wt. are Id a fair way to ba eiter.
nlnatcd.
lllml rvljiHtint nml l-nifluliln (Jnlhrr-
liiK nt f toll School Hoiiw
lilt Week.
The Sweetwater 1'rnnhylery of the
Cumberland I'rcHbytcrlan church met
with the SnydT congregiittinn at
lleirn S-linol homm from Thumday
f Iiihi week till Sunday night. The
attendance wa not law. owing to
the ritKh of fnrtn work throughout j
country hut It wuh nil Intercut- I
lug ii ml prolltuhh- roihIoii.
The Sweetwater I'reitbylery em-
brace a large Mi-ope of territory In !
WeHl Texan. There are peril apt I wen- :
ty el Khl organised congregation and '
a groat number of member remote ;
from any Cumberland I'renliyterlan
church.
The I'reMbylery keep a mlHlonary
In the lleid who Ih rounding up the
meiubeiHhlp and nminlxlng churchea
where he ran find enough to Juntify
an organization ami they are gradual
ly building up.
The opening tiermiin of the 1-renby-ti.ry
w.:. preached by the retiring
moderator. Hev. V. A I'laek of fad- I
do.
The tiuidiM'HH nf the ew1iiii wan
iranKBctcd In a nplrlt of love ami fi-
delity (o the ctiime.
(iood preaching wnn Ititernpentcd
with church work.
Hev. V. M lli'tmett of l-oralne wan
letted moderator by acclamation
for the cmuilnjt yenr and preached a t
line old fa'hlonend gonHl aerinon
Sunday morning.
Hro. King who furn1hed the re-
port to the Signal ayi the mllnn of
the Cumberland Fnwbyicrlan clnir h
In and baa always been to bring men
nnd women to he an veil and to pro
mote the kingdom of (od In tie
world.
SM.ll.l. IH KAT.M. AT
IIKATHS
Hr Ceow Martin of New Mexlc
a bn tlier of Mr W. I. Forreate
dh d at liitati Texaa on .lone '.'K wl'
ntuill pos contracted while then)
inn-Hug In the family of litu lirotlier-'
in-law.
It Ih nald thai aoinetlm' ago a!
Hlrk Meiienn came to In'an and n-J
malned about there Tor two or ihreo'
day before the aliment waa dlat'lio--ed
Hitiallpox In Ihe mean lime It!
wee ill several pefMOli were exposed.
Aiimilg Hleiil n ll"le ttUL'hter of
ib hi at Ion aiteiit and ittbert. The
Uexleiin nnd areiit'a daoMhier dle'if
.i ii Itr 1 :i rt lit
went from hi home to norm'
blf
hrotber-in -law Three or four of thla
family hHVe died utid then Or Mar-
tin rolilrnrted the dlfen'e He 'H-
niiier the impreH-iori that he bad
had jMiinllpon and probably ther-fore
lPKlectei precaution that otherwise
He would hme ob-'TVed
I ir Martin had recently located In
New Mexico and waa doing well In
hi profemden.
KAHM KMIIIUT AVI) SHuW
PIAN:i Ft til Al'tit ST ;IIM.
It U being planned to have h hog
Miow and ekhiblt or agricultural
produrta In Snvder AuauM 3. and
every ho ralwr In urged to bring in
hi atoek
Meara Hroxaon and Mlti hell con-
ent to let the people Mr im-ir
aamplea of farm produrta at their
office In the Faught building. that
iverylwdy may aee the collection
Tlieae gentlemen have mme good
Hliiff there lrad aud It la boned
that more will be brought In.
Their office la In a public place
where Mranaera and prospector
may eaally find It and a good col-
lection there wnl prove a t.ne ad-
vertlaement for Scurry eomny.
AT THK HAXCTrAHIFH.
Pa. tor Howard la back home and
preached Sunday a the PreaM'er-
in church.
Paator Stephen fliici' hla nu.pit
at ihe mud hour.
Rrr J. T Purvla of nue1vllle
Ark. prearhed morntnf and evening
it the Flrat Chrlatlan ehurrh.
r..or r.rr w..
be city enaafced la revival wc-a
l.lted at tb. oihrrrHuetaln....h.dHIeme alonR win a "
San Anne.o and hla ronrreaaHon
i-lalttd at tha other awrrlre.
FOl'IITII OF Jri.V KVKXT AT WW-
COK ATTItAI TKIl I.AIH.K
mown of rKori.F
ttnH nll.rrMlMliK K Hrey of
Hinder Took Mine IliMion Time
1:12 ami I : I J 1 1
Fourth of .!uv uuri cel.brated at
(i Hioe laKt Snlurday with a rollHlng Urinative of the lor.th Dlstrlet In the
pletilc at the Fair ground It waa a;ni' l."Kl"lature addre-ned a large
great W ial eent for the eltlzetltdilp ; rov.d of home people 111 Smd-r hiHl
There wafi plenly of political Hpeaklng Almla afienn on He h.ld f Ih per
for the men and varied ammwiiienta "onal ilfe and out II I lili ideas
for the women ctilldreti and young
'people.
An abundant dinner waa nerved
There were rtv e and gamn and gen-
eral nniUHciiifiit.
i The baHebiill game hen.. en Uo;m.iI:
imd Loralne wim won by the Lorallie
team.
' There waa hoi
nltiu rari-K on (hi
and the iianieH raced wen
good
III tlieae racea there
iorea entered
K K llrumley of Snyde
With IiIh n;re and entrlea
by Wallace Jnnea and N
Nolan county.
Hpei hilly
k-ere four !
i
wan thT- '
v.Tr lllH'll'
fly nil of
In tin- llrnl hi'iil. tin- Wallii'f horn.-
Ill KltmiT. Tllll.. I IT. Tllf
linimli'V hum. Willi 111" iwxl fun
lu-iiti iimKflilt Iwu ln-l mil of lliri-i'
anil riirrli'.l off Mi'' liliu- rlliinni 'rtmi'
. 1:12 nml I 12 V
l.(HII) llINS I IIVTIM K
is Hi rimv nirvTV
Two mill nni..-'lllli IiiiIm. I'VII
Wilnrhiln) Miiklnu T.'lnl .if
3 HI Tin- Till. Mi.nlli.
A big rain fell lore W'lii'dii at-
teriioon iiboill 4 o'elor k For mMenil
' mintiti- 'he rain fell iti u r -gubir
torrent The liieilMllelllCUl Hliowt .1
1 7 liichea. He.-p . reel war put 'If
ill line tollime
Agitln during Wedtie-dnv tilth'
1 here i a me more lulu a com pun I d
by cotiildernhle Ihtinder and llglit
nlitg The night rain measured mi'-
half an ln b. 'Die raiiilall for ibe l;o
wan therefore 2 20 hen Till ad
ile'l to HI of an iiM-b on .luh ::il.
make 2 1 In' lief of rainfall l"t
July.
W T Tlioini'toti lo- In. I - r i
at bin t h r ;p
llllle
I r
Uouth of town but .)o. Mfrrlit mi'i
I W T Hr ok. in' "nth of bin.
were not Mopped Irotn plowing
j Tbn'hliiB w.i topped t"r a -bori
lime on the Kudford farm but Mo-re
watt little. If ali nilli a rialtniew
Hchooi bonne
Hood rain are r' i"rtert at I'-dar.
Fluvanna. .Iii-Mceh-iri: and n-r'1:.
n'-t Into Morden ioiiti'
The rail extend' d to within a (
tll.-H of Ira (1 A Mnriibitit. he
.11. wi ( Snvder and Mro K-lh
four mile eaat report llBl.t tiprhik-
le.
IJKht prlntle at Hunii
He.tw down) r wrtt of Ihmn
and over the cotllilrv iiboiil hoiiimi
Top
So rain at China iro
there a Miev are better
Farmers
ff wltl t
It.
(i..od rain WedneMh tiU'ht -li.ided
'en mile weal of SliV.ler
(ioo.i downpour rep..rted from Kn-
nln r.omtrv Shng lCiiMoiiKh aald
It wa the blaaeal et at l.i place
IhiiiI half the county I wet
The ruin rem bed not :il"'
Curry farm toward the et
The rnlnn of lift week
i ttie
d to
have been heavier moat everywhere
In the county than in Snvder
The outlook for a log crop In
thta rountrv hi not leen better for
many year perhip never ltl
it tht time of year than now.
SfTltllV FIIOIM I FM
WiVK FIMC IIHIN
Hd Nation came lo the Signal of
flee Tueaday with two atalk. cf corn
. ... ....j
'mm KmlKflt lianas r o ' ni"-"---
" A lp .ne.)
atuio im ...... -
patch that went Ilanka'
l rial weni ninii mm
; bttttr ud bad threa Mr on tt.
ired 10 M f .nd had two ra.ond.t.o.n. h.ok awfn. aood He b
... k.iL -a i. Mr lalio m.lte and Fcterlta well headed and
(AXIHOATR FOll KKFHKMKN'T-
TIVK OF Till-: IO.Vni. iAAi-
lHI.ATIVK IMNTIIICT
T M- Wli) He Want to l.i. to I lie
Mature nml What He Will
llti Then.
T. r Haker .amlioaie j.-r repn-
T V
iilboill pllbllr ileHtloH Illld lllH hjieei Ii
I met with general approval
i He Halil lliele are qtM'SllOlM llliil
! will come before the legislature Hint
1I1 need men of ability men who im
'lay iiflde piejudbe nml work for the
;Miienil good He Hal'l the national
(honor In Kale In Hie luinilf of Woo(
gutinihg and nit"- j row W'Uhoii and that the leaner In-
line half mile track ten-Kin will be pnilerled with Mall as
governor. Cy lone Havla In Con Breda.
I Maker In the I.egiHtature and I'.ok
Wolfe an illy immhal.
Horn ill. TeniteMnee 111 wiih
brmiKlit by hh parent to Jio k eoiin-
ty. when l; monltiN old. grew' to
toiinx maiilMiod there and began to
tenih mhool at !!. taiiL'hl til last
mi IiiiiiI In .liiikminrii.
Oil ..lt.l-- .1 Ili-Kt I.TIK III
in linullnil liliitl li wlilili
lavor
farmer
may gel cheaper money lie anv lio
Inrnier can make ten per cent to pa
d'-bt and have n Ih lux b ft.
He anv-H the Ial eg1ln(tire paaacd
n rural credit bill but It wa killed
by a ingle HiiiiM He any be baii't
ho much to ttay about what hi? oppon-
ent ha done a again! the faM Mint
be didn't do attvlbliig He will favor
ii warehon-e bill i-a- k.-d up b Mm-
ntllte He aald he waa one of tin tirt
men to ever htiiud behind a batik
i.Mititer and advocate lending tnoiic
io kuiiiII farui'TH
He nant Ihe Slate ittih' r-!' at d
Ihe A H- M college m n I (it :i Itied
aratel and he want Mo-tn malntulti
. I llhcrallv Want" the .enll-ti' tat v
i -inducted mi aa to tii'aln Iim-K He
IjIkI" ntie i (iliipeteii1 rn:i tin ger .--'a-lio
iiiMltutloti i an pretpiT Utb
.r Mti--e tn-iK-ii'i ih ith .-'r.l a'.i l"'t
It v
Mr Mak- r tci'-rs lib' rnl -u.-'
'nf nil .-'In' atlnnal I liM I ' uMon and .ill
I'-vluni''
He wiitit. lo fate from ihe A 1 " "
li-y lleiieral the autborlM 'o -ue rail-
mad and pine.. mi li lhi"I nt m M..-
1 1 tltil of the rallr. .id ' "tn i:j I- '"0
He fhvor wol.lrrr all 'h'- onvl' "
Mide the penitent In 'hat .;m '"
.lone to profit :nd wli-ti there j i
Mirpt'ia of labor work -hori teim tn n
on M... .iblb roadi-
Mr llnk'T i a plain .ra'l'al -a.-. I
Y.ht.iit.-d. bM-lneca ntHti .itid pro. ii-
I-.! If .-t" l'-d 'hill he tt ill I ll'-w )..
f dolnc Moil' thh.g
H.e cn-wd heard Ki-n ..Mix.!'
'nnd almwi
have faith
He wna
ole
r hv aiiplnn-i
In hi hi
ihlrodnied
llat 'be
.VI CKVT INCIlCsK FOH
M M'Hil M ' T F HI
IMMfdte Ihe Fart that we Have Al-.i
."Wi.tMMt Mori ii-hola-llc In Hie
l.ne Slur Stale.
A ut In
Jnh
lHap-' t are
HpjiorllolUOi nt
that the M-lioat1
w 111 be tin reaaed tM1
to t: m-
per lapita whbh la .'.oc more th.ifi
given for each pupil "hen the lat
apnortlonnu nt ' made 'if 'hl
er'i appori lonmrit. all evept J
centa a I read ha ben alloted W F
I 'might V. atate niperlmeiol-nt of
public Inat ruction. -tn.ale there
will I an Hicreaae of about M.
rholattlc thl year The known in-
i reate alrerd i "ee
IKK IMHK HFIIIKTH
- 1 CIWI- iH.. .-v ar. .
- Ike lloren here eriy mi. .
is i. f.m nir Polar. He av
ikmh
m..e aad Fcterlt. we
. i ha
1 ' ' " m . w(h f
-n alck about a week with fever
and ht la afraid he la la for a .pell.
....
lnti-rcdM of I'ei'uiiNou nml Hall De-
fended In Hnder by Simuik
M -a ken.
Announcement vkk made here
early thin week lh.it Judge Jim Cun-
ningham of Abilene would Hpeak
hen- on Wednesday aflernoon In be
half of .1. K. Kergu on for governor
The friend of Col. Hall got b'1'V
and ecured an agree nt to a Joint
dlcUhin liet Ween Judge Cuillllllg-
ham iind (lev J W Hunt
! Il It; cMimaicil 'hat about two hun-
dred and fifty men heard the iI-mim
hlnn and Judging by ihe volume of
apphniM' a large m.ijorlty of the
i n.wd h.i b voiabb- 10 Mall
Judge Frit It Smith liHn-diM'-d
Jiidre riiniilurliatii
The peak'T nald ihai nnatlv all
hi. life be bad 1 11 a probltdtloiilst
He wuh no in 1 v 7 and again In I'1 11
an: voled for Judge Huii.kov Now
be want to ieave prohibition out of
tb.. iueHflon and give attention to
ihe upbuilding ot i he material In-
terest of the State lie faw.r Ker
guon beciniM- Kergirott would turn
down all proponed legislation on the
llijiior iiieatlon He devoted a large
.:lt af hi peech lo crltlctum of
Mall i iititiecibni with a HouMon
('luh tt Jlng to almw that Mull I I"-
tertftcd in the profit of ih
lbUor
talea He def. nd the Ki-rgUon en-
utit plunk to hhow that a law lo
llx n tit would hrtli'' iniumllate re-
lief He contend that Hail' prlipotd-
Hon to b ud a million b liars of the
'veliofd tutid io home Liner would
Hike loo long in rea h all ihe houe-
people Hi- defend Mie prUafe iharacter
of Mr 1'Vri'iit.oii. ajlng that hi
couiM ha been that if a tralrhf.
-iieceHfiil LlOttieH mail
r I hi ni ar introduced b
Judge T I' I'Tklna who ald 'tie
f t had
fighting 'be
III! It.
pi nt hi-
lists of '
Hr Hunt m
i no l
oMIiitloii
he
npalri
'It. -I
'll.e
aid'la'
j-'iou e
I'to
itr i k' I
ItMlMI-l r Cl l'lt fi.ftk
vt u nmi F in I H t l
Third nniwl Mm-Hiib Held saiur-
dai. Jul 1'onrlli 1"h in
rne.perou I'oniltltoM.
The IH
MM .-lull me in
jl .nti Satnrdav
t. d tK lr new oPue
elr
i (or
4 T
the enaulna
enr
Ko.ltuie lualne- wa tn.n-acted
;.nd ttie dub round to be in a
ver (.roapi'roii- condition
Tie liK'lmi of ofTber.' reulted tn
tru- followlra
W It -lotnaor. Prefrl-'int.
T I' I'lrMni Vice lrealdetit.
M M liotd. Hereiarr-Treaanrer
"
Hardin and i W Harn
Ireted aa two ear term Utree-
inr
.
W" " J'1' " 'Jrl
d-M and J A Knbank I the re-
llrlna .eerrtary t-ea.ur. -
t Tll rub Mart iff the
me ciuo mm
Iflth bright proapecta.
CAHIt .S IS ltK Ot.MZKI) AH
HIIST Cllli:F VIIJ.A CtN'-
TlttH.H MHtTH WINK.
1'rei.ldeiit btM-(a Hum a tieim
Self Kb-cli'd. o liupoiiance
AtlH be.
The K.-rp iiil goveriiinenl of Mexico
held a prcHldeiitlal elect ton Iii"t Hun-
ihiy. An election there la niirilly ear-
ned out on plaiM dl'faterl by the
I" nd of ihe government. The I'real-
denl dcehircn the reult and he un-iK-uiKei
pn-tty iimkIi whatever atilta
him
They bad all elecliton ttiere lant
O't' ber ami flen Huerla nullified It
hetaiihe the vole wa too nmnll. On
tlif last ncMiidofi It wan predicted
that llmr'u woubl declare a friend
ectcd and would then llp uwny
from hbi unhappy coimlry or nullify
It or light to a flnlfih
Atinoiirii ement came Monday thai.
Iluertn h I in -1 f. had been elertod and
probably would try to defend hlmaelf.
In the meantime the bmarh b-
Iw''''ii i arranr.R arm vina nan ueen
treated. (arraii7.a In recopnlien ny
'the army a tint chief and Villa haa
futl (ontroi r the northern war tone.
The eotmf ItutlonalltttB consider the
election a farce and II la their purjioae
io move on Mexico city and flnlah
(heir work
j 1 la reported that the vote In Mex-
ico ('ity amounted tn nearly none
The -H-ople were indifferent A Judge
if one town ntd he waa ItmtriKted
In prepare the ballot unit ce that
A the oln wre recorded for Huerta
il. i-nd ll!iiti';uet imd Mint he refiiHcd.
no -a i-hen-upoti be n arre ted for con-
HM tempi l.il eM lipid ntilj fled to Vera
i 'rut.
. 'illa t! a l if the duty of
II .'i xbaiis io -land together for peace
id he acci .' v'-n- '.i-!i'i under f ar
j :i 1 1 7
If th.
. Im f will glvi
vupf-rt
'Ity and
i lt:i-e Hull I
; nf t-a- t.
-Ii I. I ' I.
i .i:.d Mn- Aria
...d ram.-
:i! di inn '
lit 1 1 I : v t i i i(n. i (sit
i I wi1
II"
opa
1 for wnnt of rnlu
i Ltiod and heat
ji'i.era'l. he aa.
l
uNtlll
lr. (Uker. A'MlnlnM'iifa
H n T F Haker . andldate for
lEepreaentattte will Haa in trie m-
tcr.at of tl andidary at Camp
Sprnlg Saturday i lutnorrow I after-
MHin and at Hunn Saiurdaf afternnfin
Jiilr la and at Ira. on Friday after-
noon. July 24. day before the elec-
tion He earnestly invite the farmer In
i on.e out and hear Mm
Mm Ii V. Moawell wh haa been
tire for teral weeka vlalllni her
parent. Mr and Mr It F Hararo
left Tuesday ewntnp fr her ham
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The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. Twenty-Eighth Year, No. Four, Ed. 1 Friday, July 10, 1914, newspaper, July 10, 1914; Snyder, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth288060/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .