The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-SECOND YEAR, No. TWENTY-THREE, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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IAI Ihe reroot Federation of llior
rniifiTini'e al lareilo. Hainuel Clomp-
era read (lie atalement of Wllllain II.
Many thai reduction of waicua and
limner hmira would he neresaary In
enalile mnniifurtiirera lo rope with
lurelKO Indmlrlea. Thla pula Inhor
orianlullona n Ihelr mettle anil
President (Innipera anya:
"Notice la Klven here and now
Hint Ihe Aniorlcan people will not
be forced back lir either Harry Mh
ioaaorlatlon or all the Hotirhnna In Ihe
United iltatee."
Conlloiilna Mr. flompora aald:
"There are tome people who will not
underatand; there are aome peopli
who do Dot underatand all that la
meant by the wllllnaneia of the pco
pie of the denincraclea lo fight and
make the eaerlMcen In order that a
better lime ahall come to the worker.
The time haa come In the world
when tho working people are comlnn
Into their own. They hate new rlnhta
and new adrantaiea. They have
made the aacrlflceo and they are
Kiilnn lo enjoy Ihe better llmea for
which Ihe whole world hiia been In
a convulHlnn. The American labor
moyrmcnt'went lo Ihe fnlleal lenalha
In auppnrt of that atruanle and we
knew luet what waa Involved.
"One word more: The American
Inhor moyement will co-operate wllh
nil other axcnrlea to help In thla
reconalructlon lime. Our movement
la not to ilealroy but to conatrurt.
And all may lual aa well understand
now aa at any olher time Hint the
ndvanlnge whkh the workera ol
America and of Ibe allied rountrleH
have Kiilni'il and which wo hnpe In
extend lo Ihe people even of the con-
quered coitnlrlea are not oln In l
tnken away from ua. And we will
realat In that allempt In Ihe litter-
moat." Mra. II. H. Harlem I'aaeea Annv.
lira. Julia A. Ilarleaa wife of Mr.
Henry W. Ilarleaa died auddenly al
Ihe family home In eaat Rnyder Inal
Halurtlay aed about 61 yeara.
The funeral waa held at I o'elock
Hunday afternoon conducted by Rnv.
A. W. Waddill and attended by a
large aalherlng of friend. The fam-
ily have lived here a lone: time and
are Jnally reckoned among our very
beat people. Ueneral eympathy l ei-
tended the bereft huahand and fam-
II)'. Tho offlclallna nilnlater read al
the funeral thla aketrh:
Julia A. Ilarleaa waa born May 7.
U67. waa married lo II. W. Ilarleai
Jan. 1. lml. Knur children wen-
born to them.
Orlen and Hammle died very young
(Jeorge C and Uura Adolle aurvlve
and are preaent at the funeral.
Khe reared three atep children:
Mra. Hadye M. Havla and Charlea I..
Ilarleaa of Hnyder and J a men II. Ilar-
leaa of Teaaa C'lly. She waa a good
mother lo thean children aa they will
all alteat and had Ihelr full confi-
dence and nffecllnn. Hho waa not a
member of any church but waa n
good woman anil her home Influence
waa aurh aa to leave a profound I111-
proaiilon for good.
Iran Hnlpiiera Wuteil.
Cnmpllmcnti of H. W. Lewie.
To anlp or not to anle
Whither 'twere heller to atrlng
Or untrlng n bean.
That la thn queatlon.
Apologlea to llamlel.
A Houalon parking houae wanu
fifty female inlppera for alrlngleaa
beana. The rale of pay 1 1 1-lc per
pound. Whether the anlpper knlf"
will be furnlahed la Information not
yet available. Hut the United Btatei
(employment Service already arcua-
lomed to the oddeat aorta of calla for
help la trying to find the aforeaald
anlpper.
Jut what conatltntea a anlpper ex-
pert la unknown here but It la aa
umed lhat the average woman rhc
haa aat by thn kitchen atnvc whit
tllng the conl-llke bottom and bark
from- pan of airing beana for d'n-
rnr will bo qualified to meet 11c
need of the Houston pucker.
The only difference between that
aort of work end the limuedl.ite nccl
of the packing hoiiae la In fuviir oi
Ihe anlpper. Only the polnta ot elm
or end of thla variety o( vrgetabl-
nced bo anlpped for the atrtnr I'
almcnt from thl apeclflc vnrlety
prnbalily known In tho clrrli-a of ven-
ii'ile .llllliorllli'a na tfto Abi.cntlinli
rliisuiu II mieriue or anap boiin. j
OF IHE RED GROSS
NOTICK.
The Mnal date for mall Inn Christ-
utai parcpla for aoldlera and war
worker orerfteafl hit iwvn eitend
ed from November loth to Novnihfr
30th.
In order to relieve the dlatreia that
haa bwn orrailnQRd by the slow -rival
of Chrlitmai Parcels label
from abroad and the fear that they
would not route at all the War de
partment haa arranged to supply thf
AmerlrKii Itrd ('runs wllh labfU
which the Hod ('rnaa In turn will la-
sun to the public under the follow
ing couUltluni and restrictions:
Ppraona who have received no
Chrffttinas pnirrl label from abroad
should apply to the nrarest l('d
Crons headhunt Irrs and In the prott-
rnrn of an auihorlfi-d reproaentalivi'
of Ihe Hod CrosB nhotild make Ihr
followInK slHlfiiicnt In writing: "Thi
L'r.den.Ktncd hereby makes UH.lrn -
.ion 10 rorwani 10
I Inanel num. '
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if rerlplenl) whoso nd'ss (a
(Insert military units to which re
clplent belongs) of Ihe American Ev
pedltlonary Forces one Christ mm
Parrel. Thft underalgnwl hereby de-
clares that he or she la the near-
est lining relative In tho United
Btstes or the person for whom the
Christmas Parcel Is Intended. The
undersigned furthermore declare
that he or she haa nnt received t
label front abroad and that should
such label be subsequently received.
It will not he used. The undersign.!
furthermore doc I area that to the best
of his or her knowledge and belief J
only one Christmas Parcel will h
sent from Amerlra to the proponed
recipient and that tftls puree) will be
sent by the undersigned."
Thla application when duly execut-
ed and signed by the applicant and
approved by a representative of the
lied Cross will entitle the applicant
lo one Christmas parcel label and
one pasteboard carton both of which
a representative of the Hed Cros
will give to the applicant In per.ou;
provided however that the applicant
In tho presence ol the representative
so acting shall address the Christ-
mas purcel label In conformity with
Ihe address of the recipient of the
box shown In the application.
Very sincerely yours i
(ie. w iriv nnrr".
Assistant Manager. I
XI (TICK
MKKKTM OF
OU rSTKKU HOMHKItM
The hnyder Exemption board l
compiling a complete list of all Scur
ry county boys who are In actual gov
ernment service arid parents of the
boys who volunteered are requested
to send to the hoard the rull name
of your boy. also whether In army oi
navy or whatever war department h
is servlm. Please do this at you
earliest convenience la order that the
list can be completed. The Hgnai win (Q the DrfrtlI0 0T(r Colorado river
publish the entire list aa soon a lt'ETepy tlon ol the county will be
la completed. 'benefitted and Scurry county labm
HwmHHl ACItl-M OF I. AND
AVAIIMU.K Hilt HOl.tHKHS!
Ni w Orl-am La. Nov. 16. M tr
lihnn 8.00rt00& acres ol land In Ihej Ur bVarboroitnh says he walled on
ilx Southern Malts of Alabnma -0ft f(1pi oi flu jrn( ijlf upMemlc
'Arkansas Louisiana. MUslsstppt. Ten am ll)fre werR two or thrftf nur)
Inessee and Texas hae beun tendered nUn thnt ne enuiju't K .
jto the Federal flovernment to pro-j .
I vide rar:J hmneti for soldiers and j Mrf R nArn(M is representing
bailors aror.M:ig to a stte-nent t-'S(.urry county In a Red Cmn mre'-
ntuht by U G. nnnrd of tle l'niiedln( (H naai tnil wwft
Viatel I.ieianiail v. Service.
I TI.e Intids rnmprfse State lands
ti'Jti te honitt.-nil entry and
trui-ti of c.it-nvcr Ihiier lands are
lo tie irrl-ided in Hi aereii:
WIMOX A ItKIJUlOl H I.KADKH
WllllKin T. Kllii.
"It Ii a rnal Munfflraiic lh fore-
iiuiHt exponent nf Ihe Iniicuo or na-f More ua to not apart t t u on'
tloni project ami the chief ailyoratei clay out of each fiar aa a poclal da
of a new world rulfd by nltrulnm of thankHKlvliiR and praino to Al-
I'realdftit Wllaou got h!i menial Man ! n.lclity Uod; and
and his trulalnn In a mlnlntcrV j WlicrfMa the I'rciiidpnt of thi'Sf
homp and In tho rtimdnr srhnl and
Ihe churrh. Ills ttloss are t'lrme of
the Christian tenrher Ills rrvolti
linnnry iiniRram Is rrnlly Iho appll-
ration of the piltiriplt-a of Christian
mlmlons to the ronlnt of slutfrrafl
The position to whlrh he has led the
world Is nothinK more nor less thnn
the New ToHtament Christian post !
tlon. No body seems to have pointed
oul aa )t that In a peculiar sense
('resident Wilson has made hlmaelf
Ihe relielous leader of the new era."
This la a flipping from an article
written by Mr. Kills to show that renl
Christianity Is necessary to the per-
manent establishment of world
peace. Uen and nations who have no
personal knowledge of the religion of
Jesus Christ are apt to shape Ihet.
conduct on lines of selfishness and
even tho' the nutlons may aurre na
a basis of friendly relations there
may be those who are strangers to
divine touch and thse are apt to fol-
low selfish prompting and aeek op
pnrtunltlea lo break compact. The
Entente allies and the Aii.tnlciu. p-o
plo believe In Uwl and their systems
havo been based on principles of
right men su red by the (.olden Mule
but Just when these countries were
enjoying peace and were encouraging
the various agencies for the promo-
tion of the khiKdoin of heaven amonc
men and nations a selfish wicked
and unchristian people swooned
(own Q d1Jttroy h(Ml
nd It has
knn f n0n fvttt(trp
Hi. nl..M th- linnnnr nf I'hr Hiltl V
Mr. Kills says the basis of peace
must be Christian Iteliginn. Other-
wise It will not last. And he says the
snme rule that' appllei to nations
must upp'y lu individual men and
women
The Wentlier.
It takea an artist to tell all ahou
tho weather at this season of th
year. Last Saturday was a stein wind
er In the way of a sand storm. Sun-
day and Monday were clear comfort
able days with light frost of morn-
ings. Tuesday was a day of Ideally
pleasant weather and a new norther
began doing business Wednesday
morning and no man can know what
next. We would appreciate a good
rntn now.
Mam Meeting Itgrajn
Thanksgiving night 7:30 at Chris-
tian Churrh.
America.
Invocation Hro. Mms.
Quartette. Mrs. Hamilton Mrs.
Itosser Mrs. Waddill. Miss Wilson
Heading Mrs. Hutch Taylor.
Solo Mis. Kowden.
Address Hon K F Smllh
Piano Duct "Comrades In Arms."
Mr. Hunks Mrs. Darnes.
Heading Mrs. J. W. Frailer.
Soto Mra. R. O. Davenport.
Address Hon. M. E. Itosser.
Duett Mr. Horen. Mtss Wilson.
Address. Hon. C. S. Perkins Jr
Sexteet Mrs. Itowden. Mrs. Per-
kins Mrs. Hamilton Miss Wilson
Mrs. Waddill. Miss Nell Hlgglns.
Ilenedlctlnn. Pro. WnddW.
Every cltlien of Scurry county will
Iw proud of a system of piked road
leading out from Snyder to all parts
of the county. The map shows a rond
the Kent county line to Oarta
county line with branch to Fluvan-
na to Hermlelgh and Pyrnn through
Dunn to Mitchell county west to
lJf BonI(n POUnty line to Ira and
'will build thres highway!.
Mr. John Y. Ilowen U reported
'not nolng will.
Mr. A. N. Addison of Knapn an'1
Mlsa Ida Wilson of west of Hnyder
v.-enj Piarr'ed lnnt week and resM
on the Add-on farut near Knapp.
ITU WKK(il INU I'lUM MM ATIO
WIiitohr It has tiui'n our runtom
and wai tlin cimmm uf our faiheri'
United fitatpa of Aim-rlra the Hun
Woodrow Wilson r.nd the (loverno.
of the Mate uf Texas the Hon. W
I. Hubby by proper proclamation
have named and designated for our
annual thanksgiving ay Thursda)
November ii.
Now therefore I K P. rimllh may
or of Snyder Texas do respectfully
rail attention to the proclamation
of the President and the Uovernor
and suggest that we as a people ol
aerve his day In an appropriate way
hy closing our places of business a
ten o'clork In the morning and meet
ing together at such times and placer
as may be appointed for the purpose
of worshiping Uod and returning tr
Him our heartfelt thanks for tin
great blessings that we have and en-
Joy. Done at fmyder Texas this th
20th day or November A. D. 1911
K. r. 8MITII Mayor
of Snyder Texas.
Attest: Harvey flintier.
City Secretary.
Mooney l)enlel New Trial.
Washington. Nov. 18.-The ttu
preme Court today refused to levlew
tho case of Thomas J. Mooney labor
leader under sentence lo die Decem-
ber IS for murder In connection with
the bomb explosion (Wo yenrs a no In
Van Francisco.
The last prop is knocked from un
der Mooney except posxtble action hv
(lovernor Stephens suld Kdwln Mc-
Kiney counsel for Mooney when ad
vised that the appeal to the Supreme
Court had been denied .Mooney !
now In Ht. Uueiit'ii penitentiary nwu
lnf tier.utiuA. .
Clnrmre Nunii (tend.
Clarence B Nunn aged H year
and tf1 mnnt.il riled Tuesday nltfltt al
the hfeut of hi" lather Mr. Jamt H
Nunn. He was sick for several days
with a malignant form of pneumonU
following Influenxa. Hurlal Wednes
day.
A Maslmlon'a Jaw llom.
J. O. Qulnn and little son were
here Tuesday from Camp Springs and
renewed for the Signal. Mr. flulnn
waa exhibiting tho petrified up-
per Jaw of some sort of a large pre-
historic; anlmul. It showed a lonp
snout-like nose and nurrow mouth.
Tla specimen weighs five and a half
pounds and was found In a druw
about three feet under tho surface.
This curio Is on exhibit at the office
of Itaker 0 ray urn nnd Anderson.
Mrs. Thos. Kgerlon untl her three
interesting children Geo.uc Tom.
Dorothy Helen and Nannie Hess of
Dodge City Kansas are visiting hi-
parents Mr. and Mrn. 0. C. Hurhan-
nn. I
THN w. r t. i . t.r.r
HI'NDAY HTIIOOD COI.I.Ht TIO
The various Sunday schools of the
city presented last Hnndity's collec
tions to the worthy cause of Wo-
man's Christian Temperance Union
work which was much appreciated
hy that organisation.
Pmgram l'anl'Te1M'ltlr1 .n
Thursday Nov. 28 4:00 p.
fen-
tral school building.
Opening aong
Prayer. S. L. Hives.
Welcome Address Miss Anns
King.
flespnnte. Mrs. A. W. Waddill.
Solo. MIhb ho WIlHon.
"Why we are Thankful." Prima.)
pipils.
Pjper Mr-s. W. H. Sims.
Pnnipkin Drill MI'S HibWs pu
plls.
Fivi mlnutis iirermisslnn.
Short buslnen meeting.
Program Committee.
P?gl.nilnii Thuru'lay morning the
weuther Is gil - u a positive touch
winter.
1 Note for the Good Ho.uls ionu.i
Issue.
IN
THR OH. NITI'ATION
IN ATTIlVTISCi ATTKKTMI
The oil situation la quite Intercut
Ing In the fact that tho drill at the
Dunn well conlnoea going down. A
showing of gas and oil waa manifest-
ed at 142 feet and drlllora expect
ed to shoot the well to determine
Just what extent oil existed but th
new well was so close t the water
well which supplies water for the
engine. It was decided to pass thla
oil sand and go on down to thn a eat
showing.
Attention Is also being- attracted
In the Oarxa-Kent Held aorth of Sny-
der It la reliably stated that the
Oaria-Kent company haa been taken
over by a strong financial company.
and permanent development a are ex
pected In that territory.
Iteporta are to the effect that Ihe
new Dana-Kent company will take
rare of Ihe old stockholders.
Scouts from several big companies
hare been In the oil fields several
dnys and the Hun Oil company scout
advised observers lhat the forma-
tlons in the Dunn fteld are tho most
attractive he had vwnr seen. This re-
port with Iho existing showing of
oil and Kin liar. Inspired an tinsuaal
IlitereMt In Iho developments. Re-
sults will be watched with much con
cern. by thnimuid of people.
Ihch have been moving slowly
this week on account of Ihe hittft
prices aked. however some of the
off -net land hart been sold at a fair
figure.
Tho proxperU for ell la a week
nearer than lr week s Issue nf the
Signal and while hope la high. It
Is possible wo will to tearing down
nlf rastlea aome day and wilt never
realixe a dollar on our holding.
Those who are holdins leasetyjd
"cash In" and set a IHtU ' V:kel
change.
We will- endenvnr to keep our
rouders advised as the drilling pro-
presses. nUtMF.It HXYincit IIO HIIJ.KH
IN II.ITTI.H IN IWA.NrK
Tlie Signal Is In rorn.pt of a letter
from Miss Pearl Clift of Hale Center
enclosing a report of tko death of
George. Krott son of Mr And Mra.
Guy H. !ott formerly ol Hnyder.
Hhe writes that Mrs. Scott Is In poor
hfulth and her bereavement there-
fore Is the more distressing.
MIh.4 flirt writes the following tri-
bute: Nolilr Hoy ime.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Guy
ii Hcott onc citlsene of Soyder will
ho sorry to learn or the deal) or
thplr son Georpo H. who waa report-
ed killed In arllon Oct. It t It .
Georue was born Ort. R IKflS at
Amarillo Tt x.ih. He en tin ted at Kl
Paso July H 1317 He belonged ti
Co. A 141 Inf. 3th Division.
George was a bright octlve In;-
who could nuiutiMr his frienrii by hla
aeqnalntnnres. Ho graduated at
llronle Ilititl tMinol My II. I91T.
wllh the highest honors of hit clans.
He was ft very devoted son and
brother. He In survived by hia par-
ents nnd an only aUter KPabeth.
who reside at Hale Centir Texas.
The family resided here lor sev-
eral years and have m ny fr! nd
In Scurry county wh will sympa-
thise with them. We nm Oeorgo as
a bright manly honorable youth.
live CaMiialtJfH In Hare War.
Wlnstnn-Sulem N C Nor. 18.
Five persons two whites and three
negroes are known to he dead and
JO Injured as n result of promlacu-
ons shooting here last night which
followed the efforts of tl mob to ttko
a negro from the local Jail. 7
The negro was arrested tor shoot-
ing James chltdruHn a farmer at-
tacking hli wi.'e and Inter shooting
Sbertrr Flynt.
Tho eleven young men w:j canu-
lu la.it week to go to tralnlrg camps
and found that they were to not go
have been honorably dinrharged and
pn'd for their lime and will go Intra
iho records as elirniin rf the war.
Vote for the 'lend Honda brmlv
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