The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-SECOND YEAR, No. SEVEN, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1918 Page: 1 of 12
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TlllltTY-HKtxD.Nn YEAR.
NVnBR oCVflHY COUNT TBX AH FIIIIIAV Jl V 20 IRIS.
NI'MnKR HKVKN
i
FOR ROAD IRK
V ' A')K ll.IK-OVMt!.ANI
HK1IIWAY MKKTINti
nui meeting of prominent cltl-l
ient waa held U Snyder Tueada)
morning to consider the matter of
permanently organising co-opera- ijudge and his aaugnier Mrtr. u;e-
tlre organisation to secure the Wile- Iphenson ot Sweetwater drove In
n.Hl.nit lllliHit Irnm aavtnati Cim I !.. m....t Tk.u An tn tVi.i
to tne racino nonnwes.. iweniyirarg Auditorium ana waited ror tne
mimhiipi war un rnllftfl and Lha fnl-I nftnnln In nm ITInallr It hMimn
lowing officer! and commltteei were
appointed': Judge M. K. Romer pres
laenli II. u i uwm tuuui
er J. W. Couch Secretary-treasurer
mm r 111... l..Am llf II LA
F inance luiuhiiucv- "
tmion P. J. Orayum and J. II
. Beara. Membership Committee: J. M
' Denaoo J. Monroe and Oay Mc
Olaun Auto run organlier J. K
. Bleckard; ruoiicuy J. r.
' bleu. Delegatea to the Shreveaport
Blackard: Publicity J. P. Cham
niMtlna Aucust 14: Judge M
RotMr Judge W. 8. Adamion H
0. Towle and J. W. Couch. A gener
.1 miu neelioa waa tailed for Tues
day July 10. In the court house at
1:50 0 ClOCa p. ra. iur wi" mi-.-.Mj
l of completing details ana to arrange
f for the eipenaea of annding oelerates
. ... i ..n-
to the national meeting
l-RKHIDKNT WIIUW IN-
IK)IKN( T IWHISKVM.l
Washington. Jilr 11. President
' - . . t IL. f.llnwln.
WllaOO Baiuro aeiu mo
i.l.anm ol UfiuloHincd to Col. h-M-
2iMwt'..cmIiiii the AMI WN
..vTLii .nn. LIuL Qufneln Boom-
U kllM In n lr billl In FwnrP.
Julr U.
"I im tmtlf ailrMl th' thp
nwi ot rour n' ilMlh I" mlrm-
d. I had nopd for othor nwi. tt-
died Mrtlni hit eonntry md dlnd wllh
(ln jillintry. I m rtd thnt hl
Hrrle rtould n" " lo thl
Irwle nd."
011 tor ftnpnMlwl BonTMlUon.
Fnnuut to Innlruelloni of Ihp
Chtlrmu of Uio Stale Kutl
CommlttM. 1 hreby ctll a Republi-
can want conronUon to b hold at
an7dT. Teiaa. on Auurt 3rd. 11.
at l:l P- m.. "r tn" '
nlMtlnt 6nty chairman and d.l-
ogatM to th. ttaw and dlatrict con-
nnllona and auch otbw buln a.
hill raaularly " for tn con-
wntlon.
All MpuMkana who hara paid
thtlr poll tal that attend aald con-
mntlon win o rBo'
T.l.a.1- rom th.lr re-ptl P-
ae(
elntta.
O. B. Clark. Countr Chairman
TKU llf 10. !
HmriTii at Audlwrtam.
Tk wlral naaUait at th. Park
auditorium uodor 1h. au.pleei of
th. Churck of enrwv " i
war. Urm eonnreraiion.
a.nd.n aad th.
. . .. i i.i.
IncnailnK Th. prenemna
neafM. . . . . w
. niiiB inslcal ana lorwim.
r plain loaicai .
WMI. of Brownwoo.
tk. aonk aerric. i
HTlTal MmUX HermWa.
Ji lienvM
f B u. J A Plant paator of the
i""' wleadTy and .t.. tn-t U
VI. I . "rival --tl. V
.. i.i. Thurad.y night. H. will
Il.rml.lgh Thursday n
k. M.ted ly v- I
Hud"-
liberty Rood CtopWan I dept.
Mr J W. lloopea ha. re'urnei.
frm. conference with other f..rn
Lent a.nu and that tk. -
riDr Bond rampalun for . Ml
dollar. w.l b. launcked dur.n
the Lit k.lf o' September.
Lm IHy. To Tnfer. g.ge IgnoraT m. 1 and woin.n . . .
. . n L Howell deilre. lo re- woi-1.1 l"t. the belt n er-
8h oeool. that no tranafrr of'-icnd th. .lv -1
-ic. b. If I- ".or. efficient tha ih. krm.t
eh . h.r after July h.nc. th. nun department and m.-
ou wlah townifera ttn0 nri .
Jadgo Vong. F-mpkiymrnt Agent j ellectually fit
J0dg. Art 7; bf "
lc.on ' ' "'Xtor of
'TZTeZZ
miJTU'AI IWIIATK KXTI ItllAV
j('ti'hri-ll flint Hnmltittkjr Writ The
HHiiktm. Hnrr County Kii-
fKrllitC lliililijr.
Tim Drat rral nnlltlril vint that
I tun come to flnyder thin year camo
nolaec around for several dan that
Jtidfta Fred Cockrell of Abilene
would apeak here In the Intereat of
I Jim Ferguson.
True to announcement the Abilene
known that U W. Sandusky of Colo-
ratio waa nere 10 moot tne junge in
Joint dlacuaaton then a large crowd
juini uicij.--.iipn iQcn
suon gathered there.
I en I Jl -. ..
Thn ni1lana raa aatlmalail' al 700
JudRe Adamion announced the ar-
rangement! and Introduced the apeak
era. Judie Cockrell ipok. tint lay-
ing that Texa. never lost a dollar on
Krmnon and polntlnf out when he
lawfully Imoeached
He chined that Hobby waa elect
ed Lieutenant Oovernor on F.ritu-
on a coat tall and then taDoea n
friend In the back. Raid Feruon
urj nm
aBd that nis preaem aimune iowr
prohibition and woman tMffrage !
I. i- . ...iiiia anit nMj.IMj.il Vm
a play at pollllca and predicted Ker
mion will be eioctco ano eaieu -governor.
There wn a llllle hand rfnpphiK
by five or all pe"Pl 10 P"lnt
In the ipooch.
Th innenrinre of Mr. ffndlieky
waa greeted by prolonged cheering.
He ahnwed inme of the proven rcib
bf Forguon for which he wa Im
peached' and contended that whether
..imi..i am or not. the acta of
Kerguion ahowed him unfit lo be
nnp anil the itata wnate had ro
declared. He ld that even inJ
li not a convert to prohibition ne
k.a .ln lo the people of Tea. and
tk. f.aiir.ne.1 anvernmcnt the law"
.b.w ..bi for and no aovernor could
do more. He recited that In granting
10 women the right to vote in tne
iUl h(. w.nt a. far a. the con-
llluton nermln. Mr. Sanduaky wa
liberally applauded tnrougnou. ....
addreaa.
Mr Cockrell ha fifteen minue-
for cloalng. but failed to make any
telling point anywhere.
He finally aald the people nen.
10 tied to their Idol that It waa nee
leia to try lo reaaon wllh Ihem and
n.ilr
l-erona who were In po in m
the crowd eatlmate that luny "
m - -
L cent w.r. Hobh .upporter.
r.kn.ll went Irotn her
i.h Cockrell went from here to
.. i.i.h and f'llfton I'erkln. wai
Iher. to meet him on tha atump and
majority of the crowd there were
for Hobby
KfHTATKD PBOPf.H IN DBMAND.
-M.hed
in. -
V .ervlc. and.ken
.....li..ia r i irnnn lor irm
t. .mini women who
in vyr
luuinln and uw-
-
oM .
har. at lea.1 Hlah r.ool
Uon.
Thla laat namwl requirement
ire- th. fact that. t for m.n
... . tb.r. .. d.m.nd (or
boy. and glrla wno nave i.
rltls to get education
n( lom.tm lh
i. i. . ...te of time to go to achool
..a ihev a.w UD rl'lont education
and lain find that th. doora of all
the better avid'ons are closei
against them Parent who fall I.
provide eouJi .-n-l facilities (or
their ehlldr.u urn doln an to tlw
hurt of their o n ofniii-n o a:.rt
of a buslnMt coi.cen ant to en-
rouon.n th. aocla. at C R
tocahorf. la." " -bould have
d Tommle'. Prayer Insfad of the
.nm-iKerguson ana pointing out wnere m
waa a friend to the poor and waa tin
10
MOIIK HOI.IHKIIft I.KAVK.
Hn)ik'r'a V""f Join The lli"t of Ite-
enalti Here.. Many People
Hid Them Mond-llye.
Heveral hundreil people were al
the Santa Fe Station Tueiday after
noon to aee another bunch of our
Imivi leave for the Iralnlna camo. It
waa a fine bunch of young American!
and wa know iney win help io up-
hold the honor of American Justice
and Independence.
The Ked Croia eouloocd thoin with
reeulatlon kit and they went with
the cheer of frlendi and the pray-
er of falhera and mothere.
When the special troop train came
through It connlsted of aevan well
filled eoache. with bright young men
from all over the Plalna country.
Th. following I. a list of it noble
young men who went from Snyder:
William II. Burns Otto MrBlyea
IJohn li Fargaaon. Travis Harrison.
Thoman ). Tomllnson Nathan A
Bllllngnley. Roa S. Pale Ituby 0.
Bynum Alei W. ( lift W. M. Tay-
lor William K. rawhen Homer I.ee
Olorer Vera McMullan Thotna. B.
Pryor Willie Zleglar Oeorge Allen
Ramaey. Pan D Hall. Orvllle M
w.al. Ilnllli P. Whllefleld. Chas h
Deere Klmer Jennlnga Iennle M.
Wlleon. Joe Klmer Uwll. Howanl
Karl Kicks. John S. Martin Warren
C. Fargason ( laud (llllurn Jesse W.
Illion. John I. Bower John W Whep
herd (leo. I-ester Hufkaiiee Opo
Everett Itlch. Wm. T. IlcShnio Ira
Kmmerson Armstrong Itiiert Bailey
White Wm. l-e. Pitts.
What the Hun li Huhllng Fur.
Tho Kaiser latest public speech
was significant In Ita admission thai
Oermany la fighting not on the de-
fensive but to Impose Its system
and Its "kultur" upon th. whole
world fin the occasion of a celebra
tion In honor of his succeimlon to the
throne he declared that "the war Is
not a matter of strategic campaign.
but a struggle of two world vlewn
wrestling wllh each other. Elthei
Herman principles of right freedom.
honor and morality must be upheld.
or Anglo-ftaion Jrlnclples wllh their
Idolatry of mammon must bo vie
torlous." Thnl declaration clarlflet t u time of delivery. The evceed-
Lhe Issue because It oooa away wllh 1 1 comi margin fixed by the Fuel
. r ih. tlnn thai he .....a n.abna the ahnve meth
fight to save himself. "Kultur" hss
had a free hand everwhere -much
too free a hand In this country. The
Uerman-Amerlcan Alliance aubsl-
dlaed by the Berlin government has
hoen nroseeutlng for years Its scheme
to Oermanlae this country and not
on. vok. waa lifted to oppose lie
treaaonable design. Throughout the
world. .In empires and In democracies
alike a network of Oerman Intrigue
haa enmesOied the official social and
oven the rellglou. Mfe of other lands
eraduallv transferring to Berlin the
power and the Influenc. that ahould
ahld. only at home. And atlil the
apostles of "kultur" were not sails-
fled with .th.se. peaceful conqucm
Th. propaganda of p.rsua.lon was
too mild; lu proselytes were too
eaelly won. "Kultur" demanda more
.h.n 11. eerie.. Nothing hut frsi
can enllght.il th. kuman heart as
to all of Ita virtue.. A flat sword
upon th. aknll a dagger through o
woman's heart an Infant leg wvered
at th. Joint thes. things and those
alone prmeh the gospel of "kultur"
It. orlmltlv. puriy. Th. world
Wei much to th. Killer for his
candor. He makea It plain even to
th. Hun what the Hun la flghtlni
for
Court Handles Two Caen.
Th. Couny Court ground' out two
turns" of g'lst Thursdsy.
H P. Wellborn vs. M. L. Fentnn
nt al. lull on note dismissed as tn
Fenton. Judgment for plaintiff
igatnat olhen.
The State vs. Z. F. Samples un
lawfully allowing fence to reman
at the old oil field south of town.
iawiuuy siiowu.e . .... ......
around land of another. Complaint nil but one running for each ortlco
quahsed. This esse wa based on theou ahould go to the polls durln.
fencing un of a part of the ground business hours to avoid the rush
METHODS IN CITY
NOTIt'R.
Ileelnnlne Amtiit 1. 191. we the
underlined lnerrhanjtl of Snyder.
win mnae only one nenvery to eacn
home per day within Ih. City limits
only.
All orders taken in the morning
will b. delivered In the afternoon.
Alt order taken after twelve
o'clock will be delivered the follow-
tng morning.
W. hav. adopted th. above ml.
after due and careful consideration
mainly for the following reasons:
1. Due to the increasing scarcity
of competont labor not subject to
military .ervlce.
i. To curtail aa far aa possible
the einense of doing business there
by eliminating the necessity of rais
ing pries.
S. In order to co-operate with our
government In the great movement
for the conservation of th. resources
of the nation by mora economically
operating our business.
W. realise this action will to a
certain eitent work a hardship on
a few for a short time. But th. c-
tlon Is In keeping with the spirit of
the limes and we believe our friends
and patrons ar. patriotic enough to
we that the move la a good on. t
this time. We know that you will
give ua your hearty eo-nperallon In
our effort lo keep down aa far as
possible the constantly advancing
prlcea
Farmers linlnn Mer. Co.
Ileninn Smith
J W. Templetnn.
C. R. Iickhart Oro. Co
Harpole Taylor
lllgglnbotham Bros Co.
C. S. Perkins.
Wlllhelm Wenninger.
Bulks Win Be Closed.
W. th. undersigned banks will
closed Saturday. July 87 11 n
account of the primary election.
The 1st Slate Bank at Trust Co
The Snyder National Bank.
The First National Bank.
TO Ki lt t TKTOMKItH AND
FKIENni.
On and afler Aug. 1st. 101 . '
'III sell wood and coal for cash only
v.i..k.M nailera mtiat be Dlld for
L f handling the fuel business ab
solutely nerensarjr au i.r.er ....
ask u. to open an account for you.
A minimum charge of .50 will hr
made on all foal drayage dellverlei
of lee. than 1000 lbs.
(Signed) W. T. Bale and Son.
By J. I. Baie.
.1. C. Dawson. !
TV. Will tVmalB Irry.
Judge Calhoun of Austin hsa held
the Statutory Prohibition U Valid
and now the rime will go to the Su
preme court and will almost certain
y he suslalneo as sgreeable to mo
constitution and then net year a eon
stltutlontl amendment will be aub-
mltted to th. people and the ouee-
tlon will be aetlled.
Marriage Announced
Th. Signal I. In rec.lpt of th. fol-
lowing new. Hem:
"Mr. Harold S. McOregor and Mra.
Agne. Jones announce their marri
age which occurred at . Pawhusk.i.
Okla.. Monuay. July 11. ml
lUnkln Thompson Visit. Home
tinnkln Thompson who Is on a
hatlleihlp In New York. ram. borne
Tuesday morning to visit his parents
Mr. Ind Mrs. T. J. Thompson. This
I. his first visit since he online.!. It
Is learned that Ben Wiakom Is on
Hie Virginia coast and Charlie Nohl"
li at Seattle. Those three boys went
swny together.
Notice to Women Vofc-rs.
Von mint make out your own lick-
..nnrr. You should icrntch
tike your time .nd vot. right.
AN I'NMMITKH AMOI'NT
tlF I'll HAP .MONF.V
I am In rerelpt of official sn-
iiuunceiuent from the Ffieral Lan'l
Bank of Houston that Hi y have on
hnnd one hundred million dullar. to
put out In ths country at the very
low rate of five and one-ti:ilf per rent
Interest. All fsrmers and land own-
era who pay more than seven per
cent interest should lake aovnntage
of this opportunity.
August Interest paymenti on dol-
ed loana must be paid In time for
your secretsry-lreasurer to get lame
to the bank tn order that credit may
be given prior to August 1. Th. irml-
.nnu.l payment come August 1 and
February 1 each year. Please make
your arrangements accordingly.
Following eltract from a l.ttet
from the bank explain. Itielf:
"We are being asked In a few In-
stances to extend th. date of pay-
ment. On this question we advise
you as follows: Immediately upon
laklng the mortgage! of the borrow
era we Issue bond of tho Bank
equal In amount to the aums loaned
based upon the lends mortgaged
These bond. w. sell In order to gel
money for th. borrowers. On theie
honda we ar. required lo make aeml-
annual payment of Interest. Th
holder of the bonds expect their
money. The system would fail In ten
days If we did not make these pay
menta In full. For the present at
least there Is no use to write tu-
tor extension of time We must have
the money or sell lite farm under nilr
Deed of Trust. The time may and
will come when the Bank has ac-
cumulated a surplus sufficient tn en-
able It It nrrmnmodete association
and borrower bill lht lime Is not
yet."
J. p. CHAMIII.F.SS.
SerrHtary-Treasure"
I'lant-lloblnson Marriage.
Hev. J. R. Plant of Hermlelgh and
Mis. Vera Robinson of Ih. Mt. .ton
community were married lat Sun
oay afternoon at the home of the
h.M.'a narenta by Prealding Klder
J. T. Orlawold. The bride la a splen
did lady and the groom I. the popu-
i nn.lor of Ihe Hermlelgh mimu
ndlsl church. He Is now serving his
second year on the Hermlelgh rircun
-j v.. Jnm eood mlnlslersl work
there. He has been In pastoral work
In Scurry and Oaria counties ror sev
eral years and hss always carried up
good' reports to the conference
tt . I'rmt til Vot Krl.
Th.. ainI suggests to Ihe ladles
of Scurry county that they go to the
polling places esrly tomorrow
vote. Thn westber Is nmrc pleasant
.. iha morning and ordinarily inns'
men wait until the atternnon lo vole
Th... .tn be an unusually lam.
number of voter and Ihe preclncls
-a h. iiAllinff nlacei are api i"
ruuuu r-- -
be crowded and women will become
weary In walling for tneir lurn. ..
rating early they may aoW th.-
...... ..a in case any should want
to ... ihe presiding officer for In
struction he will nave mure
explain matters.
Oo as early In the morning as con-
venient ano have It over with.
Nice Shower at Fluvanna.
II
.nd Mrs. J H Tate oi r
... TueHilav and
vanna
I were in n"'
the rain rlouo' passed over the
after
country
between nnyucr .
rhey decided lo remain here
night. A card from Bro. Tate
van
nna
for th
wrltlet
Wednesday states that tne
at Fluvanna showed a five-
Inch rain there Tuesday after
guage
eighth
nootk
Sixty One Absentee VoWrs.
There were l P'UP wh
Hied their primary eicn.m
with the county clerk this week be-
. . ih. eniinlv These pen-
ton iai
pie hau planned to go away and
could not have been here to vote and
H absentee voter law came In
hndy for them.
Hold Your Precinct rnnvrnllims.
n.niember Ihe democratic precinct
conventions to be held in Ihe sever-
al precincts Saturday to elect dele-
gates to the County convention
Your chairman may forgot to call
tbeve meetings hut any number of
d...m'crate may orgnnlio and transact j
the business Just th. lame.
IN
fill. Ill T 1MlK IN HOIIRIir.
Three drilling contraeuiv. been
closed in Scurry county th. past
WMk.
Mr. J. Ilurrlt Mitchell of Los An
geles California ha. eloftd a drill-
ing contract with Messr. Nelson and
Snuffer for n blck of acreage ly-
ing between Hermlelgh and Camp
Sprlnga for a test to commence at
once. Mr. Mitohell baa hla rig ani
material ready to go to work. Mr.
Mitchell I. Interested In th. firm of
Mitchell and Son. who brought In
the first well In Colemaa county on
the Gray rancb.
Contract for ..rly drilling has
been let on th. W. A. JobnMn ranch
north of town to Tutoa Oklahoma
parties drilling to commene. within
90 day..
Another contract ka. been l.t by
Messrs. Matthew and Qrlfflth to
Wichita Fall driller oa their block
of acre.ge In went and south of Flu-
vannn. Thl. makea a total of four
bonoflde contreM for Scurry county
ty. Thla I. the block of acreise on
which MaJ. John W. Otlley ot Marl-
etla Oklahoma mad. a survey Kim.
weeks ago and p:edletd that oil
nlll be found' In paying quanHllei
In the Penmylvinla sand at a depth
of from 1100 10 1500 fool. MaJ. Ot-
tley years ago located the gourlaka
Saraloga. Markbam and other big
fields In Texa. and predicted the de-
velopment of oil In aourtieaetern Kan
aas and northeastern Oklahoma
which has since been proven up In
Iho wonderful lluller county Kansas
field said lo be th. bent steady pro-
duction In Ih. country.
In pulling the casing out of an old'
well on the Ren BeynoM'. ranch
northeast of Snyder a lew daya ago
a steady flow of ga wa. obtained.
This Is about 7 mile northeant of'
town.
Messrs. J. T. IT. Harris J. B.
Milcholl. E. Matthews and W. W.
Griffith mad. a business trip to
Wichita Falls this week. Thoy re-
port a successful round with the el-
contlon that Mr Urllllth. who se-
parated from the crowd and got mix-
ed up will an oil witch who took
him out and tangled' him with a
lltijtle hob." For fvuther Informa
tion speak to Mr. tlrltfUb about th
matter
Mrs I. T T. llsrrl. and daughter
of Ryan. Oklahoma are at tho Man-
hattan hotel the guest of Mft Har-
ris who is developing tile oil In
dustry of Scurry Ootialy.
t.KT THK I'AHH ON
YOUR OIL I. KAMI
If you have aoy land that you
have not loosed for Oil flas and Min-
eral come to se. ua and learn how
we enn get you Immediate cash for
same. Make up your mlnif what you
will lake for the lease per acre and
list It wllh us at oneo
t'ome In and let u. fully explain.
Youra truly.
The Snyder Oil Lease Biebange
J. P. OnambfcMa Mgr.
Suyoer Trxil
Officii Phlne 1. Reiddean Phone
399
Mure Must On To France.
Petnskey Mich July 11. "Many
have gone but many more nut go
before our glorious Uak fci accom-
plished." snld Vic. President Thomas
H Marshal In attdreaalng selects who
left here for Camp Custer thl. after
noon.
"You mav not return but ha vbo
sacrifice bis life for his country can
never dirt I do not believe a man
ever dies until he hu. done his work
or refused his opportunity to do It.
We have those who havo refused to
jtulmrrllie for the various war funds.
They already ore dead but not bur.
leu'. I don't know when their funerals
will be but I don't care fur I shall
not a'lend."
w. A Merrell and wife ami Neill
dross and wife have returned from
Ranger. They report that a good bus-
Inos. town but an Inconvenient place
tn live.
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