The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR, No. TEN, Ed. 1 Friday, August 20, 1920 Page: 1 of 12
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jllUTVI Ol'UTII YEAR.
h.WllKIt SCUKKV COl'.VTV TEXAS HUIHV AIM T SO 11120.
M'MltKK TEN
nvder Schools Have
P.
Splendid Prospects
board of trusts' of Snyder grades from one building to another
school have labored faith- j as has been reported.
to secure the bent teachers pos
for our city schools for the
-21 term. As a result of tUtir
Ing effort Snyder has pros-
of the strongest faculty In Uer
ry.
f. C. V. Hall our superintendent
s to us from Slaton. He Is a
rsity trained teacher thoroufh-
ive to tle needs of the public
ls of today. He U now In
l at our stato university at
n that he may fully keep a-
t of the times.
4 Helen Bootes of Grandview.
to us as an experienced teach-
io has attained a 11. A. degree
the University of Texas. Mrs.
eredith comes to us also as an
lenced teacher with an M. A.
' from Vanderbullt.
is. Lucy Jackson of Sweetwater
..i permanent state certificate.
'?s a graduate from Xavb-r Cdt-
lj Hovle Smith of Gamer has
Jrinanent stale certificate and
!ut one year work rccchlng
'jjl. A. degree from the I'nlver-
J f Texas.
Irene and Cora Trowbridge
oydada hold first grade state
icates.
Pearl Hudspeth of Ore. nvt'.le
permonent certificate and a
1 degree.
'. s Lu'a ib-lle Rushing has a B.
j gree and Is a graduate of the
K Texas State Normal. She has
' several years experience In
'tig.
fact th entire faculty are ex-
ceed and successful tnchVr
jj s Irene Towler of l.one Oak.
"yias a first grade certificate.
Watt and Mattie L'-e
r are uome kiiis mai
uction to our home people a
tlon to our homo people as
lf aught In our schools last win-
Id were very successful In their I
'V
her teacher have been elected.
"riing the principal but the board
' .. ..!.. I n.iilee of tl.eir ar- ;
ice.
.sslpnment have h" n m:i ! a1
cl.er.s for the different ward
td-s. Nor ha t h b-eri any
mad''' as to t i a:isf rring
I
Supt. Hall Is expected soon In our
city Irom Austin. No plans will be
made until ho arrives and takes hold
of the situation.
With this splendid faculty for this
term and with prospects for new-
buildings next year with the co-oper-n
I Ion and encouragement of all the
patrons Snyder schools should be
equal to the best In the state.
SCHOOL ItoAltl) STATEMENT
Various and sundry reports are
being circulated among the patrons
of the Snyder Public Schools that the
buildings have been cond-nined anil
that we will have no school this year
The board of trustees are unaole to
account for the origin of the re-
ports or the motives of those who
give expression to them. We d"-'-. to
assure the public that we will ha. ? a
s hool tliis year as usual and that
tarh of the three bull linns will b-
mted. The board sincerely appivi i.tte.i
the spirit of the public in so readily
agreeing to the raise In the valuation
of the property In this district and
we are trying our very best to secure
a faculty of leathers that will be
equal to (hat of any town of this
size In the state. W lire examin-
ing the record of the applicants
'with a critical eye with a view of
i obtaining the very best teachers the
I state affords for we believe that
the patrons are entitl-i to the best
school possible.
We wish the public to know that
thes-i schools do not belong to the
teachers nor do they belong to th"
board but that they d ) belong to the
patrons.
We are greatly handicapped by
the Insufficiency of the Central
BuiMing and the locations of the
ward buildings yet we are trying
to make the b-st out of a bail situ-
ation and in doing this. It will very
likely restilr In :ome inconvenience
to some of the patrons. However
you will please rest assured thot the
primary department will be taueht
:-i i ich of the bulldlncs.
It Is our desire to nmdurt th
school for the benefit of all the pa-
trons and we ask the co-operation
and support of all in order that we
niav have a school second o none
In the state. BOARD TRUSTEES.
UN
SO
The second annual reunion of the
veterans of the loth Division will
be h' Id in Oklahoma City. September
23. 26 and 27. The Itnth Division
was originally made up of men from
Oklahoma and Texas and trained at
Camp Travis Texas. However many
replacements were received from ev-
ery state In the union. The Division
took part in the St. Mihiel and the
Meuse-Argonne offensives and was
one of the divisions honored by a
place in the Army of Occupation In
Germany. Every man who trained
or serwed at any time with this di-
vision Is cordially Invited to attend
the reunion. The 90th division has
permanent headquarters In Dallas.
Texas in (barge of Arthur Rein-
hart secretary Special rates have
ben granted by the railroads from
all points in Oklahoma and Texas
to all veterans of the 90th Division
attending the Second Annual Reun
ion of the 90th Division which Is to
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INSTALLS SAFE
The Snyder National Bank has
placed In their vault a new safe for
the protection of their customers.
The primary purpose of this safe is
to place Liberty Bonds for uafe keep-
ing. A reporter of tiie Signal was
shown the safe one day this week.
ond the officers of the bank would
be glad to show any of their custom-
ers the safe and explain It to them
If they will call around.
The walls of this safe are lO'-i In-
ches thick made of solid manganese
steel. It Is 62 Inches high and
weighs 5300 pounds.
It has three distinct time locks
acting Independent of each other.
It Is really a marvel and for mech-
anism the most expert possible.
The customers of this bank should
avail themselves of the opportunity
of seeing this safe and placing their
bonds for safe keeping. This bank
has placed In their offices two more
adding machines at a cost of obout
be held In Oklahoma City. Septem- $2.oou which adds greatly to their
Salvation Army
Organized in County
ber 2.'.. 26 and 27 according to
word received by Arthur Reinhart
secretary of the 90th Division vt-
erons association of Dallas. These
dates mark the first 3 days of the
Oklahoma State Fair and In addi-
tion to this attraction. Mayor Wal-
ton has promised to make it "the
let entertainment ever given any
one and that the city will be turned
over to the former soldiers during
their entire stay in the city."
A bully time and a royal welcome
awaits these vets.
quiptnent.
Sanlii I'e Come- in on II. S. & I.
On account of a washout Monday
on the Santa Fe bet wen Snyder and
Sweetw'ater. the Tuesday morning
Santa Fe train which should have
arrived here about two o'clock A.
M. came in over the It .S. & P.
track from Roseoe arriving here at
2 o'clock P. M.
This is the first time in the his-
tory of the Snyder railroads that this
has occurred.
Such an organization was formed
lor Scurry cunty at a meeting held
Wednesday morning at the court
house at Snyder. Charles H. Cope
a lie-Id representative of the Salva-
tion Army addressed the meeting
describing the various relief Institu-
tions and plans for placing them at
the service of Scurry county. County
Judge Adamson acted as temporary
chairman of the meeting.
The following advisory board fof
Scurry county was formed:
I Brady president; K. J. Ander-
son vice president; O. P. Thrane
secretary; H. W. Waterman treas-
urer; R. H. Curnutte W. M. .Morrow
J. K. Bluckard. J. R. Strayhorn Em-
mett Banks. Dr. A. C. Leslie J. Z.
Noble. Ex-offitio: W. 8. Adam-
son. M. A. Fuller.
The board will make a confidential
study of the present social condition
of the county for the Information of
the Army which will serve as a for-
warding agent for bringing to the
atmv's attention any opportunities
for its service arising locally ynd
will be the legal business and finan-
cial advisor and supporter of the ar-
my in any work which it will cany
on In this county In the future. It
will also request a prominent citizen
from f-ach of the other towns of the
county to serve as an associate mem-
ber of the board thus making It a
thoroughly representative county or-
ganization In close touch with every
part of the county and of easy ac-
cess to any person In the county in
time of need.
The members of the Scurry county
advisory' board hereby notify the.
people of the county at large that
they are willing and desirous of serv-
ing them confidentially In putting at
their service in time of need the In-
stitutions of the Salvation Army and
guarantee that any information
brought to their attention In this
capacity will be treated with the
completest secrecy together with the
maximum of results.
liKT'FKK SEED I' KG ED
SCURRY COUNTY HOW HAS
FINE PROSPECTS FOR BIG CROP
Everything Is in ideal condition I unusually fine and Juicy this year
for a record-breaking yield of all j All tanks and lak.-g are now full
kinds of c rops in Scurry county since and the ranges are In fine shape
the fine rains of this week. Maize. The peole of this section were able
Dallas. While harvesting of the
cotton has not yet begun l:i some sec-
tions of the state salesmen are nov
in the field making contracts for cot-
ton seed for planting next year's
crop. Thu Texas Chamber ct Com-
merce in a bulk-tin urging better
coutin seed for Texas says
d'KKATKST ISk'.UTY
THIN (iS
IX LITTLE
I was reminded one day recently
of the great big importance of little
things" said Mary lickford as she
took a breathing spell between scene.
whl filming "Suds" her forth-
coming production for United Artists
which will be seen at the Cozy on
"A little more tuaa iot'uvy . Today and tomorrow. I5r -toA i
. !. 1 - . I .1 . . 1 mil. 11 f I. i
kaflir corn sorghum and other feed
.stuff are well developed ami will
now make without additional rain.
Cotton is a little later than usual
for this see'lon on account of the
to pay all debts contracted during
the drought with last year's big
crop. This year the thrifty farmer
will beautify the home and Improve
living conditions on the farm thus
late hpring b it is still growing and I enhancing the value of his property
promises a big yie'd. besides adding pleasure to his fam.
Home-crown bean. peas. coin. ily.
ni'ions. tom.iK.es and other vegeta- i Scurry county binds have almost
hies are pl-mii'til on the local mar- doubled in value since a year ago.
ket.
With good crops and promising oi
o New Hank at Ho-1
.. Tex.. Aug. r - The Farm-
au Bank cf Uosro - potf.-ci-d
j .nation this utternoon v. ith a
-1 1 of 125000.00. The officer
J ' new banking institution were
i?tl. and are ai afllows: S. F.
!'J president; V. C Cress first
Lesldeut; S. P. Smith cashier
tors S. F. Neely. W. C. Cress. S
fh. L. L. MecMock K. J. Worthy.
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ltiX I.oIh Wolf Killel
Paul who is trapping for wild
1 In r"f employ of the govern-
canie in home a few days ago
xhibltlng the ukull of a big 1-
lf that he bad captured out on
rder of Teia. Mr. Paul said
hey had been chasing this wolf
' years and had been unable to
)m. Also it wn estimated that
Vtil destroyed 112.000 worth of
tnrlv IJvmI XMr Holder
h't 3 N. nakerof Manltou. Okia.
'j to the Signal a report of the
ll.l Mf f T Tliitchemnn which
ed August 4th. at Jenkins.
jjfexlco. He was born in Obion
Tennessee. April 19. 17.
i married Sept. 24. 1872. He
eft of hi wife Dec. 17. 1895.
rived by threa sons and five
ters. came to Texas m is
ecii Along (be Wa
The Slnial editor returned on tu-
belated train Wednesday morning
from a visit of a wk with our
daughter and fami1' at Knnls. The
weather was cloudy there all th"
time and ronsidcrabV diiz?Ie of rain
just enough to raus the people to
fear a scourge of boll worm though
there are none there yet to hurt.
Their cotton prospect Is good an I
Apparently that country Is prosper-
ous. Politically they are in the fight.
The Bailey men claim the county
but the Neff men and women say
Kills county is going to roll up a
majority for the Waco man. On the
way back I noticed that rain seemed
light east of the Brazos river but
heavier from there to Ranger( when
the darkness prevented further observation.
There was no track trouble on the
T-P but the Santa Fe came to Sweet-
water two hours late andj had to
feel Its way over the washout near
Pyron. and reached Snyder about
daybreak.
For the fust time in many
Scuriv count
and other fruit crops. excepting
grapes that never fail and they are
us ! prospects land in
this section will
Home
has r.o peach plumb continue to Increase in value.
i
seekers can do no hotter man irvesi
In old Scurry.
bushels of planting seed are pur
chased from dealers annually b
Texas farmers the greater part of
which is mixed as to variety and
Uliulity. It is easily possible to in-
crease the value of the Texas cot-
I had an unusually hard day
had been working since early
morning la scenes that were very
tiresome. Many other important
thitigs also had demanded my atten-
tion and altogether I had put lu
ton crop from $3 to $25 a bale by some very trying Lours
the use of better planting seed. "At about a quarter to six I called
"This great volume of new wealth ( jt a day and everyone was tired and
can be brought into existence with-I the atmosprere wasn't real clear end
out any additional cost In money and . happy and all felt the strain of
labor. The way to secure this add- the day.
ed value is to bring about co-oper- "I was sitting on the old counter
ution between business men who can ia the funny laundry where so many
handle seed and the farmers who of the scenes f my story are laid
plant cotton and have brought in just sort of giving up to the feelings
supplies of pure seed of varieties ad-j that will creep in some times and I
npted to the soil and climate giving j was about ready to cry. when my
PERS0NxL ITEMS
. -
Mrs. J. G. Moss and daughter
Mrs. K. L. Doss of Mineral Wells is
visiting Mrs. MosV daughter Mrs
S. C. Porter of this place.
Sam Bradberry and family
Weatherford are movlng4l:ack
Snyder. Mr. Bradberry will
bookkeeper at the oil mill.
of
to
be
No Worms la Hi Cotton
O. P. Isarby was out on his farm
west of town this week and made
a careful examination of his 125
acres of cotton and found no signs
of boll worms. He didn't even see
j with the Primitive Baptist I on'r mp"-
1 new Snyder In 1907. and
a faithful member until his
Mr. O. Lykes we here a few day
first of the week. Mr. Lykes states
that they have located at Lubbock
Texas.
Mr. Billle Harpole of Golden.
Texas and Milton Harpole of Lir.s-
dale spent a few days tali week in
the city the guests of their brother
N. M. Harpole.
Miss KUa Mae Sturdivmt of Aus
tin. is In the city visiting triend.
Mr. and .Mrs. N. M. Farpoie have
tor their guest their daughter. Mrs.
Mclvin Newton of Cisco and Mrs.
Harpole's sister. -Mrs. Bialf..rd of
Dallas.
Mr. R. L. Smith of WeatherforJ.
came In Tuesday on business and to
visit friend and relatives.
T. C. Hoy came in Tuesday from
an extended trip into East Texas.
J. W. Hancock. Frank Wilson and
Byron Durham have returned from
an extended trip into New Mexico.
'e locating at Jenkins ha was
Identified wltl the Lone
Church at that place.
t farm three miles from Sny-
i sell at 150.00 per acre. Au-
1-alty Co.
.Miss Ruth Buchanan Is expected
to return today (Friday) from the
C. 1. A. where she has been attend-
In; school the past year.
Tom Biedsoe who was one ilme
county judgn of Taylor counly and J
who disappeared in Ma'ch. t ft 13.
has returned to Abilene surrendered
to the sheriff and will fa:9 chir?es
In connection with alleged f irping
cf county warrant.
Miss Pearl Rye of Benton. Ark.
and Miss Ella Mae Sturdivant of
Austin are visiting MrsJ Sam Cas-
tevens.
pref'-rence to those vari-ties that
will yield a staple from (tie and one--i'.'e:ith
to one and one-eighth in-
ches long. The supply of se-d cot-
ton of this character Is limited and.
in order to purchase them in 'iiianti-
ty. orders must be placed within the
next two months the collier the bet-
ter. Much of the difficulty in sellin'?
the large amount of low grade cot-
ton now on hand. Is due to its short
or perishable staple not entirely to
grade. It Is becoming increasingly
difficult to sell the extremely short
staple cottons.
"If a community wishes to estab
llsh its reputation as a cotton mar
ket it should at once take steps to
bring about co-operation of farmers
and business men to the end of hav
ing a community grow one variety
of good staple cotton.
"The time to begin such an effort
is now and the way Is to Induce deal-
ers to purchase good seed and farm-
ers to buy It.
'The influence of staple on value
of cotton is strikingly shown In mar-
ket quotations on cotton issued week-
ly by the United Stotes Bureau of
Markets branch office at 303 M
South Erray Street. Dallas which
will be sent free to any citizen of
the State on application."
saitRV corxTY tomato
The rainy weather continue to
bold on and people are becoming
fearful that bollworms may get Into
the cotton.
County Clerk W. M. Orry Issued
marriage license Aug. 14 to Mr. D.
H. Smedley and Miss C'ara Ware.
August 13th to H. M. C. MjCaity
nd Miss Ruby Steven.
J. S. Hart and family of pnyder
are visiting at the nome of their
son. H. S. Hart and family Sem-
inole Sentlne'.
Eugene Th. mpson has resigned as
business manager of the Amarillo
Tribune and moved back to his home
In Pallas.
In our absence from the office
Saturday we found on our return
a great big red luscious tomato on
our desk. It stated that this toma-
to was grown by Mr. A. N. Epps.
We are sure that no county could
beat this for tomatoes. Of course
we are oorry that Editor Hardy did
not get this tomato but we did It
justice and frankly this tomato gave
our family a good meal.
Any good thing that comes to the
editorial desk gives Joy to the whole (
mother came up to mo in her own
s-Aiet comforting way hand handed
me the mosrbeautiful red rose I have
ever seen and it was full of the
fragrance of the roses that grow out
i:i the California sunshine. She had
been over to the new home a friend
had jusr bi-.-.tsht and In the'garden
she saw this rose and she picked It
and brought it right over to me.
"That doesn't seem so much when
I tell it but it means worlds to me.
Tl e rose was beautiful and perfect
but it wasn't the rose so much that
made me happy as it was that mother
had thought of men and the little
pleasure she could give me. I did
cry then good and hard but they
weren't entirely tired or unhappy
tears they were mostly tears of Joy
and gratitude that I had been al-
lowed to enjoy the wonderful palship
a real mother can give.
"More than ever at times like this
does my heart go out to the poor lit-
tle orphans It has been my privilege
to help a bit and to every girl who in
not so fortunate as I to hare my
mother always with me. Seems like
every time when clouds are darkest
she is right there to do some little
thing that makes the sun shine thru.
And I will never forget the little in-
cident of the rose."
SIX ICHES OF RAIX
Since Wednesday morning. Aug.
11th. to Tuesday morning Aug. 17
Snyder and surrounding country has
had 6 inches of rain. Deep Creek
has been running high and flush
for several days staying bank full.
Washouts on the Santa Fe between
Snyder and Sweetwater caused that
train to be detoured round on the
R. S. & P.
Rov. J. W. Morton received a mes-
sage Thursday saying hi son Is ser-
iously sick at Caddo Mills and left
force no matter who may be holding here as oon as he could get a train.
down the chair. ( out-
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