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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17
AUTUMN GOSSIP OF
 WOMEN AND SOCIETY
Debutante Plans and Approaching Nupa Event-Ran Can not Spoil An Outdoor Show in Birmingham Everyone Went to See Buffalo Bill Arrivals and Departures of Well Known Persons-Other Social Topics
 Briefly Mentioned
By MYRTLE MILEA

Seldom has there been an autumn when so many engagements have been an- nounced, Town and Country thus conn ments on weddings and engagements. Each day there is not only one or two important betrothals but also plans com pleted for weddings in town and out of town. in New, York and it's vicinity and in other cities. There are several in- teresting engagements announced from the south and among these that of Miss Sue Johnston and MT. David Carpenter Chapman, whose wedding will take place in Knoxville, Tenn, on November A.
 willie Miss Laura Hill Payne and MT
 A. Wyly Smith are to be married in Atlanta on October IS. Miss Johnston is niece of the late Mrs. Richard T Wilson of this city and consequently
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SEARCH ENDED

Wichita, Kan, october 16.-After 30 years of futile search for each other, Ralph and Robert St. John met here yes terday Ralph was selling tickets for a carnival company and his brother. . wealthy cattle man of Canadian, Tex, had come to see the show.
 Ralph St. John ran away from his home in Akron. O., when he was Il years old. He wandered over the country seeking the whereabouts of his family, tracing them far as Baltimore and then to Paterson, N. J.. where he lost track of them. The brothers will go to Texas to live together.
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the Jemison public school, but which was one of the original family residences. This house holds the rare possession of genuine ghosts, and one of the most thrilling experiences of Miss Greene g
 whole life was In connection with this old haunted house.
 "As a child the spirit hands of the
 household ghosts were wont to give man ifestations of a tender liking, by tucking
 in the cover through the cold dark hours of December nights, or by laying their light touch upon her childish head as 1T in benediction. None of these considera-
 tions influenced young Miss Nimmo to cordial relations with those unseen spec ters, and until now the telling of the narrowing experiences of those nights Of the past gives the listener the most fear some 'creeps' Were it not for the same experiences having befallen later occu- pants of the house these ghostly vistants might be set down to the childish imagi- nation of the future novelist
 How. many girls of 16 are today the southern correspondent for a cosmopoli- | tan paper, such as was the Times of l Philadelphia at the time Miss Greene held | that position? For three years, under the pen name of Dixie, this young journalist 1 held this honorable post sending her weekly letters from the school in which she was teaching during the same period. Not again did Miss Greene essay upon
 newspaper work until a year ago, when she was invited by the Birmingham | News to take charge of the Woman's
 Page of that great evening paper. Only | those people, both men and women, wno | followed from day to day the splendid editorials written by her under the cap
 tion of As Woman Sees It. fully real
 lzed the scope of her observation and the
 soundness of her position on all those questions that surround the social rea- | tions, the manners and morals of our | times. In addition to her editorial work. Miss Greene contributed feature stories and news items to her department, and her discriminating taste in the selection | of poems was noteworthy"
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already been given. With Miss Alice Drexel, the daughter of Mir. and Mrs.
 John R. DreXel who really came out at Newport this past summer are those of Miss Morgan eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.sJ Pierpont Morgan, Jr. :. Miss Hope Warren, for whom her mother, Mrs
 Schuyler Warren, will give dance; Miss Louise Johnson, who will be introduced at another dance by Mrs Henry Meyer Johnson; Miss Ethel Outerbridge, the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Eugene Outer bridge, for whom a tea will be given as the family home, on December 7th; Miss Vouletti T. Proctor, the daughter of Mrs
 William Ross Proctor, for whom there will be a dance on December 27th; Miss Margaret Lee, the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henry 'Livingston Lee, who has already been Introduced at Lenox; Miss Charlotte Cram, the daughter of the late MT. and Mrs Henry s. Cram and grand
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MRS. J. E. DAVIS
 HOSTESS TO BRIDAL PARTY

The members of the Wheeler Brook s bridal party, after the rehearsal last evening at the First Baptist -ohurch, were extended charming courtesy at the home of MT. and Mrs. J. k. Davis, who entertained them informally. Tn the party were MT. and Mrs. Davis, Miss Brooks, MT. Wheeler, MT J. F.. Taylor, MT. Karl Platowsky, Miss Evie May Brooks, Miss Lena Davis, Miss Onie Smith, Mir Rufus Fell and Mr.. T. C. Covington.
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her sister Miss Sarah Noise, she has spent the summer in Canada and New York.
 Mrs. John w. Luke, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Van Orsdal at Fort McPherson, left last week for Gin l.cirnati where she will continue her study Of miniature and portrait painting. She will spend the Christmas holidays here with MT. Luke and afterward expects to go to Chicago for further study.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry Bramlette Gray left yesterday for New York to spend a few days before sailing October 21 on the steamer Cleveland for a six months tour of Europe and the Orient. They will be Der of the winter gayeties of which their home would have been the center. have been abandoned. Mrs. Gray however, will be one of the principal hostesses of the post-Lenten season.
 Mrs. Solon Jacobs will return from New York the latter part of the week after an extended absence.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Dyas of Huntsville were guests of pr. and Mrs. B. G. Cope land last week, but have returned home.
 Mrs. c. M Haney is expected this week to visit MT. Richard Randolph and Miss Helen Rosa Randolph. Mrs. Han- ley was formerly Miss Alabama King of this city.
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Fire Under Control

Fort Smith. Ark, october 16.-A fire at Bonanza, Ark. late Sunday night which for a time threatened to destroy the busi- ness portion of the town was gotten under control after the Bonanza hotel, the city hall and the Angor building has been de- stroyed. The loss will not exceed $500O covered by insurance
 The fire originated in the hotel from an undetermined cause.
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ThaW Not Released

Newburg,s N. r., October 16.-Persistent reports that Harry Thaw's release from the Matteawan asylum is expected within the next three months are denied by Dr. James V. May, superintendent of the ln- stitution. T can state most positively that Thaw will not be released before January 1, or for some time after,' said Dr. May. The superintendent would give no opinion upon the insanity of Thaw.
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ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS
 AUXILIARY TO MEET

A meeting of the auxiliary to the Anti-Tuberculosis association Is called to meet this morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce All members are urged to attend.
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John Persons Released

Sylaeauga. October Especial )--After being confined in the town jail over night, john Persons was released on bail He
 was charged with implication in the shooting of Night Marshal F. c. Heath in the arm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Why is the soda cracker to-day such a universal food? People ate soda crackers in the old days, it is true-but they bought them from a barrel or box and took them home in a paper bag, their crispness and flavor all gone.
 To-day there is a soda cracker which IS fhe recognized staple Uneeda a Biscuit.
 Uneeda Biscuit are the most nutritious food made from flour and should be eaten every day by every member of the family from the youngest to the oldest.
 Uneeda Biscuit soda crackers better than any ever made before made in the greatest bakeries in the wOrld-baked to perfection-packed to perfec tion = kept to perfection until you take them, oven-f sh and crisp, from their protecting package. NATIONAL BISCUIT
 COMPANY
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PERSONAL NEWS OF
 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Mrs. Theodore Bauer of Boston is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Wilbur E. Kel- ley.
 Mrs. W. L. Sims continues desperately ill at her apartments in the Levert Con- stant inquiries are made by large cir cle of friends and reports are most dis couraging.
 Mrs. Mortimer Jordan who has been seriously i'll for several weeks and the ob- ject of tender solctude on the part of her many friends, has recovered suffici- ently to be out for little airing every day.
 It will be gratifying news to the many friends of Miss Annie May Beddow that she is rapidly recovering from a serious operation which she recently underwent at Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore. Miss Beddow's mother is with. her, and they both hope to return to Birmingham at an early date.
 Mrs. Clarendon Davis of Huntsville and her three daughters are the guests of the Rev. and Mrs. Claybrook at St. Mary's rectory.
 MT and Mrs. William Van Avery Bailey of St. Louis are the guests of Mrs. Baileys parents, MT. and Mrs. A. o. Lane.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. O. Lane returned yes- terday from French Lick Springs.
 sfs
 Mrs. w. A. Haire has as her guest Miss Marguerite Carter of Oklahoma City
 Mr. Richard W. Massey is spending the week in Richmond Va.
 Miss Roberta Roberts of Montgomery will remain as the guest of Mrs. J. M. Dawson for two weeks longer,
 MT. William Pittman Redd is spending two weeks at French Lick Springs. Miss Mary Noise of Savannah, who is visiting her grandparents. Judge and Mrs. J. B. Gaston, in Montgomery, will arrive tomorrow to visit her aunt, Mrs. William Pttman Reid, for short time before going home. With her mother and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Ladies: I want your liberal patron age for high class photographs. For engagements phone Bell 176. H. T. Morton. 1I7M North Nineteenth street.
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Col. w. F. Cody ("Buttalo Bill'o Re-
 ldtes Some Interesting Experiences

Has Many Warm Personal Friends in Amazed at Rapid Growth of Magic CitProud Possessor of Some Handsome Tokens Presented to Him by Royalty Dur
 ing His Long and Eventfu Career-Farwell Tour.
 Striking Figure the Rialto-His Famous #9 Horse "Ishamoo
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Blue Ribbon Quality

Blue Ribbon Vanilla and Lemon Ex- tracts are made from selected fruits by special tested process, and are high est in quality. Best and takes less"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Mrs. Mortimer Jordan, who has been seriously i'll for several weeks and the ob- ject of tender solicitude on the part of her many friends. has recovered suffici- ently to be out for little airing every dav
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

her sister. Miss Sarah Noise, she has spent the summer in Canada and New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Mrs. Theodore Bauer of Boston is tn guest of her sister, Mrs. Wilbur E. Kel
 lev
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-17

Mrs. w. L. Sims continues desperately ill at her apartments in the Levert Con stant inquiries are made by large cir cle of friends and reports are most dis couraging.
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Mrs. Clarendon Davis of Huntsville and her three daughters are the guests of the Rev. and Mrs. Claybrook at St Mary's rectory.
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MT and Mrs. William Van Avery Bailey of St. Louis are the guests of Mrs. Baileys parents, MT. and Mrs. A. o. Lane.
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Mir. and Mrs. A. o. Lane returned yes- terday from French Lick Springs.
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Miss Roberta Roberts of Montgomery will remain as the guest of Mrs. J. M Dawson for two weeks longer
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Mrs. w. A. Haire has as her guest Miss Marguerite Carter of Oklahoma
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Mr. Richard W. Massey is spending the week in Richmond, Va.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25
crowder Cuttings.

Sunday shcool was well attend
ed Sunday morning.
The Union singing class made
us a highly appreciated visit Sun
day afternoon.
The Methodist meeting begins
Friday ngiht, Aug %. Every
body is cordially invited to at
tend. Rev. j. w. Hunt Of Snyder
viii do the preaching.
Mr. j. r. Biggs and family Wis
tied Mr.. J.W. Turner and family
Sunday.
Mr. A jackson visited Mr.. r
J.. Turner Sunday
Cotton is opeging fast. Every
body win soon be busy picking
cotton.
Our feed crops viii be rather
short this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Even Ricketts, Wis
tied Mrs. Ricketts, father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. A. r. Stin-
nett last week.
Mr.. r. J.. Turner is having
new well drilled this week.
Miss Bertha Goodwin from
Mitchell county is visiting her
friend. Miss lima Ellis this
week.
Marvin jackson visited Gerald
Lemons Sunday
Best wishes to the Signal.
The Kids.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25
Whatley Ways

A. j. Riley has gone TO Siam
ford TO get his folks this week.
Gus McClntou went TO Snyder
Saturday to meet his wife. She
came i'm ON the Santa Fee. She
spent last week visiting her sister
Mrs. Burdctt and Mrs. Myers of
Terry county
Mrs. B. L. Peterson of Polar.
was visiting w. p Peterson s
the last of this week, returned
home Sunday.
o. l.. Peterson had a narrow es-
cape Sunday He was enroute 10
Bunker Hill. riding a young horse
which became unruly The horse
was about TO fan over backwards
and trying to dismomt. his belt
caught the horn of the saddle. IT
the belt hadn { broke he would
have been hurt badly
All of Pctc's folks were 10 see
Earnest Peterson and wife W.
nesday.
Two of our boys had q narrow
escape from being killed at Der
.,,,,tt Sr,,I.,. ,,i,,Lt po,.J What
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25
sheriff's Sale

Notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of cel tain alias execution
issued by the clerk of the District
Court of Nolan county on the 9th.
day of August, 1911, in certain
cause wherein the Continental
Gin Company is plaintiff, and Le-
roy johnson defendant, in which
cause a judgment was rendered on
the llth day Of April, 1910 in ia
Lvor of the said plaintiff, Contin-
Iental Gin Co against said defend
mt Leroy johnson for the sum of
Eighteen Hundred Sixty-one and
B.100 dollars ($1s61 .46) with
ierest thereon at the rate of 10
centum per annum from date
udgment, together with all
IS of suit, | have LEVIED upon
will on the first Tuesday IN
ember, 1911, it being th
Df said month at Snyder, with
bal hours proceed to sell for
10 the highest bidder all the
title, and interest Of Leroy
0.oo in and to the following
led real estate property lev
0ton as the property of Leroy
pp, towit;
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25
Many a Suffering Woman

Drags herself painfully thru
her daily tasks. suffering from
backachc. headache. nervousness.
loss of appetite and poor sleep,
not knowing her ills are due to
kidney and bladder troubles. Fo-
lcy's Kidney Pills give quick re-
lies from pain and misery and a
prompt return 70 health and
strength. No woman who so SUI
fcrs can afford Co overlook Foley
Kidney Pills.
For sale by Snyder Drug Co.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25

The west ID Of block No. / Of the
Lundy Park addition to the town
of Snyder, Scurry county, Texas,
also the west sixty feet of lots Nos
] and3 in block No 3 of the Blank
enship addition TO the town Of
Snyder, Scurry county, Texas, al
so lots Nos. and 3 in block No.
- of the Blankenship addition to
the town of Snyder, Scurry com-
ty, Texas.
The above sale TO be made by
me to satisfy the above described
Judgment for Eighteen hundred,
sixty one and 46-100 dollars in
favor of Continental Gin Company
together with the cost Of said suit
and the proceeds applied TO the
satisfaction thereof.
j. b. BOLES,
Sheriff, Scurry Co., Texas.
Snyder, Texas, Aug. TO-, 1911
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25

Roy Davis and family who have
lived in Snyder so long that they
are considered a part or the town
left Saturday for Greenville TO
reside. Roy will be with cotton
compress there. We wish them
well and the Signal will tell them
all about Snyder and Scurry
county
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25

& Co., has rented the new Nc Der
mott cottage and will move his
family here in the near future.
w. II. Whitescarver of Snyder
with a crew Of six or more men
started work on the r. S. & p.
depot on Tuesday.
With two depots building, the
water tank going up, and brick
layers and cement gangs at work
on the new store buildings Der
mott will be going some, for the
next two months, with more good
things TO follow.
Rev, Noryile, the well known
missionary preacher OF the Presby
terrain church was a visitor here
Monday of this week.
The Baptists have been holding
a revival service since Friday of
last week, Rev. Mcknight doing
the preaching
The neighborhood was very
much wrought up Sunday night
After the services at lookout
School House. and ms they were re
turning home, Houston Foster on
a burro, and Boyd Whatley aged
II, son ofJ. G.. Whatley; and
Henry Farmer, and orphan boy
who has been living with hism-
cleLon McNeal, We're on a pony
and while racing near the turn in
the lane at Paul McDermott s
the bulTo stumbled i'm a ditch
i'm The road and the pony fell over
fine burrQ. burying the three boys
under him as he fell. The Foster
boy got off easy but Boyd What
ley was badly bruised about the
mead and face and his clothing bad
ly torn. while the Farmer boy ney-
er regained consciousness from
the time of the accident until the
last we heard from him. DR.
Browning of Fluvanna and DR.
Scarborough of Snyder Wee
called and attended both the
wounded boys. Al last accounts
the Whatley hoy was able TO re-
turn TO his home and some hope
was held out for the recovery of
Henry Farmer As usual a number
of other exciting things happened
during the night The shock
caused near relatives TO wonder
off in different directions and re-
turning and not finding the othc
more excitement followed. Sun
day was truly am eventful night.
Howard Jackman employ at
the tank gang of the Santa r. was
injured Saturday by bc
mo struck on the leg Just above
the knee by falling crow-har. H.
was hastily sent TO Snyder TO TN"
.ompany's surgeon, Dr. :. h.
Kirkpatrick lie is back again ON
he job and il is hoped nothing see
'iou, may come from the injury
Old Timer
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25

Mr. y. VI. Murray was I'm from
Camp Springs Monday and said
cotton is beginning to open. The
crop is spotted. some fields viii
not make any more than last year
but other fields are better. The
hollis are small. Late feed stuff Is
about burned mp.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25
Notice.

Lost and found one box con.
tianing pair glasses and mount
ings. Please turn them i'm at II G..
Towle' s jewellery Store and get
reward for same
II. G.. Towle.
Snyder Texas.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25

Keep your vital organs in good
condition II YOU would have health
through the malarial season.
Prickly Ash Bitters cleanses and
strengthens the stomach. liver and
bowels and helps the system 90
resist disease germs.
For sale by an druggists
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25

Hot weather saps the vital ener
gy and makes the hardest worker
feel lazy To maintain strength
and energy. use Prickly Ash Bit
ters. II is the friend of Industry.
For sale by an druggists.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25

Mr.. Oliver was in Saturday from
Crowder and said tina; coffin is
opening prematurely He says he
picked dozen bolls with one
hand and held the output in the
one hand an the time.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25
Advertised Letters.

August %, 1911
, Beatty, W. G..
Banuelos, ST.. Canute.
Clark, G. r.
Esteage, Bob.
Rioe Tomas
Sorrels, Miss Natha. (2)
X. Nelson, p. NJ
Snyder Scur1y County, Texas
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25

] will crush Maize. Corn. and
Kaffir Corn at my wood and coal
yard every Saturday and Monday
JIM DAWSON.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25

On Farm or Ranch Lands Any
amount from two to twenty thou
sand dollars. W. w. NELSON.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-25
De, mott Town Talk

W. W. Fisher Of Big Springs
Texas is here in charge OF the Full
Ter gin.
The well at the Fuller gin has
been drilled to a depth of BOP it,,
for the purpose of getting a better
grade of water and more of it,
Grandpa" w. H. II. Smith,
the father Of Dermott, has return
ed from a visit to friends and rel
atives at Lockney, Plainview and
other points in the plains country.
p. s. McDermott is building an
s room cottage in the same block
that his store building is in. j.
w, Knight Of Fluvanna, has the
contract It vii be used as
hotel.
G. NJ. Knight OF Fluvanna is as
sisting his father in building his
contracts.
f. L. Hutchinson Of Albion, Ok,
our genial telegraph operator Of
the Santa Fee system, is having his
office painted, and put in apple
pie order.
Miss Ruby Reid of Polar. Texas,
who has been visiting in Mills
county, returned home Thursday
of last week.
CALVIN Scrivner, from Mills
county was here the past week, Vi
sitting his uncles, Boaz and War
rem Scrivner Cal is always wei
come in these parts, for he is jol
ly good fellow.
A. f. Jackman, foreman of wat
err service crew, and Jack Snyder,
foreman Of steel tank gang arriy-
ed here, Thursday Of last week
with crew of twenty men to put
up the water tank tower. pump
house and other buildings connect
ed with the Santa Fe water ser
vice.
c. NJ Knight, Jim Davis. Boss
Ladders, Boaz Scrivner and a
number of others went to the pic
ME at Post last week.
Uncle George Edmondson has
been caught red handed holding
out trump cards, and it is thought
l that he has other things up his
I sleeve since he and that land
agent have got so intimate.
Arthur and Ethel McNeal of
Moody, Texas, are here visiting
/ the McDermott family.
] Claude and Arthur McDermott
Ileft Friday for a fishing trip TO
Bull creek They have as their
guests. their families and Arthur
and Ethel McNeal of Moody, Tex
as. We are expecting an invite to
a fish fry some of these days be-
fore long.
j. j. Vandigriti' who has the con
tract for drilling the Santa Fee /
wells is here again with his assist |
ants. O. j. Cox end y. f. Kincan- |
non. They are to drill two more |
wells and probably three. The wa
ter has been approved by the san !
ia Fe chemist and the work order
ed to proceed.
The surveyors were here Sarur-
day of last week and Staked of
the depot platform and extra
tracks A gang Of POO or more men
are here and the work of track lay
ing. depot building and other de-
tails will be FASTENED to compile
ton.
The death of Mrs. Flippen on
Tuesday of last week east a gloom
over this community Her many
friends and acquaintance viii
miss her i'm the walks of life We
extend our heartfelt sympathy TO
the hereaved family.
Mrs Bass lIaInett of Fluyanna.
was am out gong passenger. Fri
day of Jast week. She has gone ON
a visit to friends az Alternately. !
Texas.
The manager of the townsite