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' THmrYFinHT VBAB 8NVUEII :un COUNTV. TKXAH KIIIDAV JILT T IBIT. . NUMIIKB HKVWi .
1. & 11. M CMIED SESSIDH THURSDAY IllMpi-:
1 "LARGE DELEGATIONS ir' " 1 f r i CALL EXTRA SESSION GOVERNOR OFFENDS
. 'INflENDANCEAI V OF LEGISLATURE MEMBERS OF THE
.i 'sraiFA AUGUST FIRST GRAND JURY
A lara deviation of Bnyi'ai
' irfiople wnl lo bVeetwater jreilenlaj
.10 attend the mBOllnn of Hi Weil
Teiu A. A Ml. Auoclatlon which
waa called by Preildenl P. C. Cole-
man of Colorado and Bocrclarjr Thoa.
F. Hodae of Hweotwater for tlx
purpon of dlaouMlnn future plana
. on the action of the locntlni hoard.
. which ha been Ihe aole topic of con-
t venation for moro than a month
5 The Convention waa called to or-
L dor and Abilene wai (ranted by
I rourtoiy twenty-five nilnutea lo ex-
plain that city's prmltlon In Ihe mat-
I ler Abilene not helm a member of
the organisation.
Abllene'a boonlor rrowd were quite
enthualaallc whew tholr apokeamen
? appeared on Ihe item to explalr
1 how Abilene not the colleae and how
i ahe expected to keep It but the
" epeakar wae rather ambaraaaed and
several tlmea (tot hli lonaue twlmxi
.lurlnii the tlmo he waa before the
five hundred men present and or'
"1 lie fully explained how Puller voted
for Abilene the "rootora" lol their
nml.l.h" and annlnuae waa warce.
i Immediately aflor the bumbfm-Jllna-
atory waa told. Secretary
I India rend the nffldavlta of Fuller
11 l y and Davla. all aontalnlni Ihe
". .n " that they nruncr oi iohtii
voied tor Abilene on the tint or ace
t
nl hnllnm. the Abilene buncli
mnduilly dlnpoiHod and the fact;
V aa they now appear were turned
over to the legal uilvlaore. who will
at. the proper time take up the A.
' ft M. Location mattarl aa occaalon
demand! meanwhile the Wet Tex-
;M A. M. AeaoclaMon remains tn
J tart ready fo bark a fair and Ju
! aett lenient ' r
HTATK IIANOKIl MllltlHIl
M.tKKH IMI'OltTANT AMIKHTS
llyron B. Parrlah. atate ranger.
4 nliy: "I arreated three inemberi of
i tl..' Apoatollc denomlnatloon ono
' prenehor and two alngere who were
i conducting an apoatollc meeting at
I Fluvanna Saturday night. The
I preacher In hie sermona made all
I klnda of remarka agalnat the Proil-
ilent of the United gtatea denoutic-
fine all the higher official! and prali-
(Ing Germany which waa very ob-
noxloui to the cltllena of that com-
munity. One of hli alngera turned
iout lo be an alien without nattirall;
lallon papora no registration card
1 and tl yeara of nge. Between aor-
moni they advlaed young men not to
go to war the preacher enlled on
thla Oerl
eaolo nnj
terman
wna
taken 'r' 0vn
bunch !'" rt
whole
i Im-
Iwalt of
tig
m gen-
AJuilng and eon-
ent and other
raae hai been re-
tartment of Juatlee
Benbenek fl In Jail
a from that depart-
Stata Ranger Byron B. Parrlih
-yianled by Sheriff W. A. Merrell
lit lolo Kent County yeaterday
Utiv niilaa north of Snyder
X'Si'll
one mil Crulckihank
n ranch charged with
a a!::rl('T ana orougni mm io
r.vr..:!-wxjiank went Immed-
rtvlng here and reg-
al hai been referred
mt of Juitlee at
f invalidation.
itered. V
lo th IV
"
:wll
W
j ferredN.
! J at San
i nwattlng
f ment.
.jw- f ltr.inr.n r.nf ur iair.imui
( - AITIIOIMIUTION llll.l Al IIK
' CHAIUiKH KKIHJIHOM WITH
- y ' ;' HOMTIMI CONHTITITIOS IS
F 1 " KrilTIIKIMNrlf OK HIM OWN
y ' -.-' SJ' IIKNIIIKH.
jl j Ill " ILJL-.A
FRED. W. DAVIS FILES AFFIDAVIT OF FRANK FERGUSON TOLD t
AFFIDAVIT AS. TO
Ail VOTE
Hflnio me lite undcrelKnod notary
ptiblir In nml fnr Travln Ciiiunr. Tox-
an on thl Any pernonally npppnred.
Frrd W. Dnvlt of Anntin. T xn nnil
timliT ciitli mako-i lh followln
Htnti'inrnlH low It:
rirr.l : I vwftK iiK'ii'biT of the mm
mll(ti of five that wna aiilliuvlzift
to ftclct Inentlun of thw Went
lYxiift ARi-lPitUurnl nncl M'trluinlrBl
fVillcvc; the four other irMitWr b
I ne riincrmir Jfimt'i K. Kornimnn
8uorintctHleiil W F. Doughly.;
flricakcr F. C) rtillr and l-l-ut. tint. '
W. P MoM.y.
Rt-oond: Tlint thH Poiiniilllce on
Hi 2nth day nfTHHP. IH17 mfl In
thf nfflrn of tho Onvornor nnd pro-
ctTdtd by wrltton biillnl lo 0ntn'
Ihin i.Hwll.dl.
Third: That I rnl my first and t
nnd ballot for Kiiydi-r T.'xim.
Kotnth: That 1 did not at any time
rnst wrltlon ballot for Ablleno.
Fifth: That I volcd In the nfTIrm
atlve In a viva voce rote to makr
Abllono unanlmooH aftr the an
noiinrempnt of the result of the tic-
ond ballot which nil owed itiat on tlio
second ballot Abilene bad received
three votes which wan
a majority
of the committee.
HlKned: VUVAi W DAVIS
feworn to and su birr I bed before mr
this 6th day of July A . D. 1917.
Aliened. J. K. THOMPSON
Notary Public In and Tor Travis
Comity. Texas.
HNYI)l-:it'H gi OTA II AH IIKKN
IMISKO TO ftl(illTY-FIVK
The Snyder Signal has been noti- j
fled that Rnydor'i quota of men for
the army hns been raised from sixty-1
four to eighty five men. Thla Ik;
good news with those who are eager j
to answer the call of the colon.
WILL ATTF.XO HCKAKKIt .
ri lJ.HItH CAM HKHNION
' OF TIIF I.K(iIHLTl'ltK
-
l-'ltlT3i B. SMITH
HeprwcnUtivr
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Caton and Mr.
and Mrs. Fl. 0. Towle have returned
from a vacat'oo trip In New Mexico
Mr. Caton waa taken Ttry sick on
the trip and haa been at home ilnre
their return.
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D. FULLER PUBLISH-
ED III DETAIL
THK HTATK OF TKXAH
Couniy of llarrla
F. O. Fuller of fold HprHut. Han
Jarlnlo County Tixair hnvlng biin
duly Mwnrn on bin oath doia deposit?
nnd nay:
"Wbtm lllft lorallng Hoard of thr
' tt T'nt Aurk-llurnl and Mf-
I rhanlral Collec nmt In Austin on
1 ihn 2tHh d'iy of June to slort n H"
j wan Ilrnt nun-i-d (bat all prnrwrt-
! nn'l that nothltiK hIiohM bo k'vpii
! out by Hit nit"lii"i of thi'ttoard or-
I nvmlt rf tl- b.-llot.
1 ?nrh r.u lob'M' Mn-n K-.ilnieil liitn
i ilia f tUo vav.ou sltS
' (iov. F.'i pu-wiii ( inw.od a dcrldiv!
' )iM-r n"rv Tor tltf rlty of AblWir-:
HiipnlliM'lid-nt I'nUKltty Indlrrtr 1
thai htTP wni(; ft 'Vfral pood Mtrn.
but thai lilf pn-ficnre win Abilcof;
MiMit. (Iov. Hobby Pxnnv.vM bluHff
In favor of diner Ran AnxHo oi
Amarilln; Cotiunif l"nr DavU said
that ho waa undecided n to whether
Ihe college ahoub! he located on or
.11 of the I.m-.
n preierenrr- nir unj m
I.I ...... r.c 1 iiKlwink tiornoH'
. UHI mn ' nn .
I mm nnn Bl "4" " ' 1'
on oner jor inn '
One of the greatest objections
urged to the locution of the col
lege at Abilene was on account of
tho iu.oifflHeiit water supply. r-
miss I oner Mavin presented to th
n.mmlrten ii renorl from aome nu-
i r.mriiiM.I
iiiorny mi luni n " v
to bring the water from a certain
dnm site some distance from Ahileno
and Mr. Oavi.i Indicated that ho was
HdvlKcd thai It was practical to sup-
ply Abilene with water from thr
proposed dam slie but he did not In
dicate that he would vote for Aol -
enfti
I Axnresnlv ndvled Hie commit t--''
i . rn. Hc-koll ttrt and ftnv -
dor second and went Into detail oa
to my reamn for supporting either
one of these locations.
fwx.- - .!- h hallnt
each member writing the name of a
town on a slip of paper: the ballots statement being lasued on July flth.: Serious trrrguiarmes m toe vote
were received In a hat. : slgnl by all five members or the in which Abilene was designated by
The first ballot resulted In two board. Governor Ferguson read thlrf the locating Hoard an a site for the
votes for Abilene one vote for Has- July flth statement to me over the now West Texas A. M college are
kell one vote for Snyder and one telephone and r.sked me to authorlie alo alleged and affidavits are pro-
voto for San Anpelo; the lecond him to sign my name to It In that duc.il to sustain the claim that
ballot slood three votes for Ab!
lene one for Snyder and one for
Amarlllo. Haskell being my first
choice I eaat mjr first vote for that
city but aa Haskell received only
one vote on the first ballot and no
mem bet of the committee had a
any time expressed a preference for
Haskell. I cart my vote on tho sec
ond ballot for Snyder for tho reaa-
nn th.t uAr ! mv Mnnrl rhnlcft
and aa thla pla had received one
vote on the first ballot. I thought
that by votlnf for Bnyder on the
second ballot my second choice
would bo selected .
When Abilene received three vote
OH in SWOna uniini 1 niurnj
i
(Continued on page four)
ii it: i r in
TIIK 8TATK OF TKXAM
Coil n ty of Harriet
William V. Hobby of lltaiiiti(inl
i Jt-fTf rnfin Countj Txa Wlnx fir!
I diily mvot n upon lil o?.t.h (Iomi d-
ue and any: I wan a niemln'r n
Ihu loratliiK bend aiipoliitcd by the
Icuialiilurf lt loi-silo a WVat T)-xa
Aiii'kulluriil and Mf.-lianlral ColU-K'
bul waa not abh to accunipniiy tli
InrathiK hoard nn M ttlji n
h( MMf (f vlt wh.c tl'
.lun. f'
mm in. it of vlt wti.c thf nrv.
' .... (lT r(!. li:nt:
J '
III. office of the t!"
n' .lillli. Tin1 o'liei
t;..r) IV1. " ).: . nt
H.'rrcliiry of t'l ' H i.
iin.r cm the 2i
lnli. I .i Of till'
;ill ulo tin
1. (In Hi' llin
ballot luki'li I nut my vote loiS.ui
Ancelo anil tl.e -eni'iiiry iiiuiounci'il
tht ri'alllt of lh.it I illol to be one
vote for If.iM.'ll. .ne ti'le for Sny.lci
faj n Ai..iii wu
I r Ahllec. 1
vdnm us aniioiinred .
(n the aerond ballot I ruA my von-
lor Amarlllo. and Ihe HccrcMry of
tho board anntiO'Ttd Hie n-iolt of
that biill'it lo be n-ie vole for Amarll-
lo. one vote for Snyder nn'l Ihre-
. rf Al ne. I tabulated Ihe
inteK ri announced. HdlevlnR Ihnt a'
nnloi-liv of the Inhaling boatd had i
vr.H for A blleiie. I thereuo-l
.......... . ;
on voted "aye" on a viva voce to.
make Ihe mdecllon of Abilene- unnnl-
moun. Had I m.t believed that a
Jorlty of the locating board had
already voted for tho selection of
Abilene ! should not have agreed
to a motion to nnke Hip selection
: of lhat place ti'iar.lmou.i '
. After Ihe comnittleo adjourned It
' noneared from the nross reports' that
three of the five members denied ;
having voted for Abilene on the see-
1 ond ballot and thereafter a ronTer-
ni-A ht.li! in Austin at which I
was not flreent which resulted In n
telephone conversation Governor
Ferguson told me that Mr. Fuller
was In Austin had signed the state-1
ment and that he (Ferguson) knew
that Fuller had voted for Abilene
on the second ballot and he (Fergu-
son thought the best thing tn do
was for ua all to rUn the statement'
nnd et the matter be dropped.
After this statement by Governor
After tnu statement oy uoTPrnor.
Fercuson I authorized him to sign .
my name lo the statement lasued.
with the reservation given by me to
the prexa at that time
W. p. HOIWY.
1 Sworn lo and aubscrlbed before
mn. thla 13rd day of July. A. D 1917 .
innnur .
Notary Public loa nd for Harrii!
I County. Teiaa.
B. S. I'LAfltV I
-j t ii i I
AITI.Iavlta I'lUil Wlilili tJiiMlna l-
K'lllty of the Vote by M III. N Al.l-
' ti-ne Wan Desiulintfri na Nlte for
New AKrlrllhlirnl nml Mecliankal
Culleur nml lllnnie OuveriMir.
Hoiiffton. TfXaa. July 2Sflpeak-
er F. O. Fullwr of th Texaa Houne
of Il pr'nentatlvea lHUcd a rail hern
today lo Ihe members of the house
of represent at I veH to meet In ffperlal
sciiHlon at AiiHton AukuM 1 to con
Htrler whether Aitlrles fif hnpeneh
ment shall be preftcnted aifalnsi
(Jovernor Fericuson.
w.
The action is the otitg.owth of dlf-
feretices b'lween the governor and
iiiemlieii of the legislature over the
aluiinistr.illon of the Kate's Educa-
tional sMem. In hl.i call Speaker
Fuller charges that Gov. Ferguson 1
vetoed bill.- appropriating money for
the support of tho Stale Cnivcrslty
and that this veto wafl
for thj
wmngful purpose of forcing tin
lto:i;d of Itegenl; of that innlltu
linn to do the governor's bidding.
ri.peiMU U V m lllf HIHU'M m mr i r-
moval of Or. Vinson. The Governor
' in charL'ol with niaking the Ktalr
nt lhat the Cnlversliy would not
a'tain open lis doir until Vin on
and several member of the facility
v.-.k ivmf.-.P.l.
Mr. Fuller says tli" gorcrnor "re-
moved tii-riilnTH of the n-t;ud of II'-
gonls without pood and
Silffirien'
course. In order to appoint someone
who would carry out his wishes" In
removing rrenttieni vm-urn aim ai-
legt-a "he has sonuM lo suspend the
law in order to suit his- own desires."
three of the rive member or the
Board voted agaln.it Abllen.
col ItT Hoi sk mMR
- IH ItECEIVIMi TAINT
The County Commissioners have
contracted to paint the court house
and Ihe work ( rapidly progressing
which la adding much to the appear-
a nee of the structure.
Hheriff Horn From Vacation
Sheriff W. A. Merrell and wife
have returned from a vacation in
South Texas and the sheriff la back
on his Jon. tie says ne sarucit some
prenj rouail cuuuir. 1 liry unm mr
ta-ln In ntn Ur anif Wra Mall
rlp In an auto. Mr. and Mra. Nell
Oroaa also came In with them.
I i ill Jl t'lili If M
County AtUtrtiey of Travis County
li.Mtrtirtttl lo Asrertaia Author-
ity For Perwiiwil I'se at
Hlate iNtllrr
Houston Post from Austin Texas
July S3. The apes ranee of Htati
Hangers q (he Travis county eourt
house at the time (Jovernor Fergu
son visited Ihe prand Jury Saturday
la belnx unfavorably commented on
by the foreman and some of the oth-
er members of Ihe grand Jury and
alrfo by some county officials. Why
there was a nereaalty for having the
rangers In the Court house durlnr
the hour when ihe novernor was be
fore the grand jury Is a question thai
none can answer and M C. Ahram.
the foreman of the grand Jury Is
utiorcd as having remarked that the
prexenre of the ranters was an Insult
to every member of Ihe grand Jury.
No blame however Is attached to the
ranKer as It Is thoroughly under-
stood that they are employes of the
State nml subjert to orders.
Humors are In circulation thai
noon after the fJrand.Jury resumed
ttielr. dclltii'i nll'-ns ihl.f morning in
structtons were given tho County
Attorney to mike an investigation
ax to Mhut n-iiborlly the governor
had In ultin C'f Stale ItanRerw an his
pi-r;'ir tl bod) ruard at the expeii!r
of the -itatc.
ltH t JMisM TO UK OH
JMKI IN NNYOKII
Mrs. K H. It.unes lias rerelved
full Iuki rurt I fn - an to the organiza-
tion of a !t-'d Cross society In Snyder
and nurhorlU'M the S'lgnnl to an-
ni.lince a nun" meeting of the people
of Snyder and Scurry county ts to
be held at the city Park Auditorium
Sunday evening. July 29. al " o'clock
for the purpose of discustdng Ihe mat
ler and go Into ome kind of perma-
nent organization.
Mrs Ilarne.i hut disrUKxcd the
question with a number of our clt-
1"'" d'bul.n. ss men. and much In
' troeHt hns nlre;tlv been manifested ai
Is Indicated by the large number of
member already signed.
Dry ifood nn-rchanfs will derorate
their show wlndowi with Ited Cro.s
paraphernalia and wax figure Itd
Cross girls.
Itl.iekard Mrother:'. Eoff A fingers
nnd J. C. Holland have offered ser-
virt's and use of sewing machines.
Other tailors and hotels have offer-
ed to supply linen etc. and the Sny-
der Isuindiy lias off'red their service.
I.et every individual man. woman
and child turn out at the meeting '
Sunday evening
Itemember 7 o'clock Sunday eve-
ning at the City park auditorium.
THE HOI MM V CI. I'M
ELECTS NEW OFFM'EIN
At a recent meeting of the Snyder
Houndl4) Club following the regu-
lar routine business officers for the
ensuing year were elected the terms
of J. P. ChambiesK. president and
J. A. Eubank secretary having ex-
pired July 8. Following are the new
offlrert and directors: Clifton 8
Perkins Jr. President: Dalton
Moore vice-president ; Orvllle Dod-
son secretary-treasurer. Director.
Marshall A. Fuller. L. T. Stinson A.
0. Irwin two year term: Dr J. E.
Meadnr and J. A. Eubank onr
year term.
The Club Is in a prosperous condl
tlon and much Interest Is manifested
In the future welfare of the organf-
latlon. i.a. if tw x
Wwhen he will V
County Ton .
Judge W. 8. trt .! Cake
over me juij iiir t o0 pi.r k for ft
inn wm -
rtnrflnr nut'11
-
grindlnit out
docket.
Lockhart Oro Co.
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