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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-07-26
Dallas, Texas, July Is, 1912
Baker, Grayum g. Anderson,

Baker, Grayum & Anderson,
Snyder, Texas,
The application of 1911 General
Basis Schedules increases rates In
many cases on b. mercantile proper
ty and special hazards to point
where the advance has caused gem
eral dissatisfaction throughout the
State ahong premium payers as well
as local agents. And there seems to
be good grounds for this discomfort.
II must be plain therefore, to every
one who has given the subject care
full consideration that some action
looking to reasonable reduction OF
rates based upon 1911 schedules
should be taken without further de-
lay. II the better class of Texas bus
mess which is now going In big
blocks to eastern brokers and mu-
tual shall be saved to authorized com
panies and their loyal local agents.
We have given this matter earnest
thought for months and after apply
ing 1911 schedules to many indi-
yldual risks I'm various Texas cities
and towns and comparing the results
with figures compiled from 1910
schedules, giving due consideration
to the 25 per cent reduction on the
mercantile business ordered by the
insurance board under the preyior
state administration. we finally de-
termined to request Secretary Pol
| lard TO furnish MS forms prescribed
by Section ~ of the State Insurance
! Board law upon which we might APP
ply for reductions on certain classes.
When we shall have secured said
forms and fully complied with the
provisions of the law, our agents will
be instructed to make reductions on
sprinklered and unsprinklered risks
I'm writing for this office as follows
% Deduct IL per cent on all
risks rated under 1911 special haz-
ard schedules.
CD Deduct 10 per cent from tin
al rate on b 0ncluding freproof and
semi-nreprooO mercantile stocks. al
so furniture and fixtures rated un-
der 1911 General Basis Schedules in
cities where the key rate is 81 cents
to 100 cents in elusive.
go Deduct IS per cent from fin
al rate on D Oncluding 1reproof and
semi-nreprooD mercantile buildings
and stocks therein, also furniture
and fixtures rated under 1911 Gen
eral basis Schedules In cities and
towns where the key rate Is so cts
and under
The proposed reductions will not
apply 10 risks ON our prohibited list
which is pasted inside front cover of
/ your register
Please bear in mind that the pro-
posed reduction of rates noted above
i will not take effect until the State
Insurance Board shall have filed a
certified copy OF our request for
/ such reduction with the Secretary of
your city or town or with the clerk
OF your county, in conformity with
the provisions Of section - Of the
State Insurance Board Law.
AUSTIN FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
COMMONWEALTH FIRE IN
SuRANCE COMPANY
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-07-26

A young man at Post City tho 9TH
err day while engaged in shooting
dynamite for rain set on a blast and
was a BIT tardy in getting away and
he got his body pretty well peppered
with gravel
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-07-26

DIR. w. n. Rowell and family de-
parted this week for Denton where
they will reside in the future. One
OF our best families gone. yet We
wish for them. peace and happiness
in their new home.-Anson Western
Enterprise.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-07-26

Il begins to look like Roosevelt
viii not have enough followers to
raise a dust.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For Woodrow Wilson.
For Vice President-Thomas G.
Marshall.
Presidential Electors-Jeherson b
Browne, J. Fred DeBerry. Charles =
Jones, w. Chipley Jones. Leland J
Henderson, H. c. Sparkman.
Congressman. State at Large
claude L'Engle.
Congressman, First Districts
". Sparkman.
Congressman, Second District =
Frank Clark.
Congressman. Third District-Em.
c,ett Wilson.
GoyernOr--Park Trammell.
Attorney General-Thos. F. West
Secretary of State-H. c. Craw.
ford.
Commissioner of Agriculture-W
a McRae.
Treasurer. c. Luning.
Comptroller-W. v. Knott.
Superintendent Of Public Instruc'
tion--W. N. Shests.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21
A SYSTEM TO BE AMENDED;
NOT ABOLISHED

OF course the jury system must
bear it's full share of the Odium at
taching to our courts for their fail
ure to administer justice promptly
and effectively. Many good cit!-
zeE in the excess of his righteous
wrath at some of the unjust verdicts
brought in by juries in criminal
cases where the facts were practical
~ ignored and the pull of the de-
PENDANT, either through money or
social standing, or both, carried the
lay, has denounced the whole sys-
tenn as worthless and fit only to be
destroyed. But he was wrong. OF
course; men nearly always are when
they render judgment on any ques-
ton in the heat of passion. Our
jury system is here to stay, probably
forever, and it now lies with the
people to remodel, amend, improve it
until il shall rightly perform is
functions like any other piece of ma.
clinery that has been correctly de-
signed and properly constructed. On
this point Melville DAWSON Post, in
the last issue of the Saturday Even
Jig Post, has this to say:
"Whilc the people are at work
making their system of justice re-
sEonsivc to their needs, they ought
II get at these possible defects in the
jury system and see that they are
rcmcdicd. The plan is too important
tc be permitted to fall into disrcpute.
All its difficulties can be easily rem
edied. With respect to the jury sys-
ten. every citizen has duty to per-
form He ought to be willing 10
bear his share in the administration
OF Justice. lie must be interested to
give those about him in the com
munity q careful and fair trial. 50
that if the need arises he may re-
ceive this sort of treatment himself.
Ii the people choose to cleanse and
purify their jury system they will
have Onc-half of the administration
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21

Some OF these days We are going
10 get a new constitution in Florida
and there is a sentiment rapidly
crystalizing among the people to get
il without much further delay. 9th
cr States have been making new con-
situations. and while none of them
will necessarily guide us. we may
:,cl some very useful suggestions
from them. The Ohio constitution,
for instance. recently completed, is
said to be a very superior document,
strictly up to date but not too radi-
cal. Frederic G. Howe, the eminent
New York lawyer, says that it is
probably the most thoroughly demo-
cratic frame work of government in
America, if MOI in the world. Some
g. it's features are limited initia-
tive and referendum, of course; II
empowers the State to regulate hours
OF labor, establish a minimum wag'
and an industrial insurance fund:
prescribes eight hours as days
work on all public undertakings;
al,clishes contract labor in prisons
One very advanced clause fOrbids
the Supreme Court to hold q statute
III constitutional if two or more OF
tho judges dissent
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21
A DECISION WHICH MERELY
DELAYS VICTORY

By a divided supreme bench, three
against two, the suit instituted by
Governor Gilchrist to test the valid
ity of the initiative and referendum
amendment has been sustained and
the amendment will not be submit
ted to the people next November. AS
We understand it, majority of the
court decided that the joint resolI-
ton to submit the amendment 10
the people had not been properly
passed through the State Senate-it
got through, but not in accordance
with the strict rules prescribed by
parliamentary etiquette and hence it
could not be considered as having
passed the Senate at all and was
consequently null and void.
The contention of Attorney Cen
eral Trammell was that the joint
resolution, having passed both
houses, the amendment was de facto
Lefore the people, even though some
of the technical requirements Of
legislative procedure had not been
observed. and they should be per-
mitted to vote upon it. Two of the
judges sustained him in this view OF
the law and, what is more to the
point, when We consider the moral
aspects of the case, undoubtedly Il
majority OF the voters also sustain
him. But this great reform has not
been lost. The action of the SUI
prcme Court merely delays it until
arorher session of the Legislature.
and that it will again be submitted
tc the people is practically sure.
The amendment just killed by the
Supreme Court was open to some OBJ
jcotions, especially as to the number
of petitioners required to initiate
legislation and this and other we'll
| founded objections will doubtless be
cared for in the next amendment to
be submitted.
The opponents of the initiative and
referendum reform have won no VIE
tOry-they have merely delayed the
victory of its friends-for the peO-
pie, and they only, can decide this
question, and nobody knows better
how they will decide it than tn"
email group of gentlemen who inter-
POSED the technicality which won on
in the Supreme Court.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21

Some of our esteemed State con-
tempOraries have been suddenly anu
ruthlessly robbed of an apparently
incXhaustible source of editorial lore
by the Supreme Court decision which
takes the initiative and referendum
amendment out OF Florida politics.
They worked that lead well while 1t
lasted and proved very clearly to
their own satisfaction several times
week that that amendment was
pregnant with dire disaSer to the
PEOPLE. 1t was much learning wasted
ir view Of the ignoblc technically
which slew the amendment without
reference to its merits.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21

rler nations, will absorb the greatar
part of public attention; but for our
part we confess TO preference for
the Mexican shindy now that Felix
DiaZ has SHE'D his hat in the ring
and proposes to drive MadcrO from
power. He is the nephew of old
Pcrferio. and therell be some class
t. the Mexican revolution from now
Oh. The name of Diaz touches the
deep sentiment of the Mexican peo-
pie and they are likely to rally to
the cause of the man who bears that
name in numbers sufficient to break
down the weak MaderO administra-
ton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21

CT justice at all times in their own
hands. They will have it so thor
oughly and completely in their own
hands that it cannot possibly be re-
moved from them. Even a corrupt
and venal Judge cannot wholly de-
feat justice when he is confronted
with an honest and intelligent jury.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21

The humOrist, like the poet, must
have his license, hence the Ocala
Star should not take too seriously
that yarn in the Saturday Evening
Post about the Florida lawyer who
'.stood off" the mob seeking to lynch
a negro murderer, but agreed to help
On the job later on if the court failed
to cOnvict the criminal. Doubtless
the story was an invention, but
there was no spirit of slandcr or de-
famation in it, and it had humOr-
GUS point. Professional jOkers rec
oypize no limit but the sky when
they try to be funny and for mere
facts they have no respect whatever.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21

What with wars actually in prog
ross, and others brewing, and the
gents with hOmicidal tendencies in
the walks OF private life in this
country particularly active at this
time, the work of slaughter goes
merrily on in this gay old world.
The war over in the Balkans, with
the fcrocious and formidable Turk
matchcd against five little bull-tcr-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-21

We take from some recent re-
llarks OF the Tampa Tribune on the
subject that the otherwise glorious,
irtigorating and lifc-renewing eli
mate Of Tampa would have precisely
the opposite effect upon Jack John
son if he should happen to drop ia
Oh that community one of these fine
autumn mornings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25

age In a trap we encounter q moral
phase Of the affair. Perhaps the NOR
al enters more largely into the Ques-
ton than most Of us are aware, for
evidently a boy should have some
thing to say about his life's vocation.
Ordinarily the lad in the high school
is not ready to elect his life's work.
Nor is agriculture going to be taught
efficiently by the high school teacher.
The country boy, though he attends
school, spends half his time in actual
contact with things on the farm, and
in a great many cases in company
with a father who knows more about
agriculture than the teacher a be
expected to know. His practical edu-
cation is being taken care Of.
The need of the country school Is
not in that direction. 1t Is rather in
the direction Of thorough work in
the so-called cultural subjects. Super
fcially, Europeans say, is u beset-
ting sin, and nowhere is this truer
than in vi schools. To add another
milk-and-water subject would be to
make the situation worse.
What Is surprising to some Of us IN
the ranks Is that more OF the leaders
in educational thought do not en-
phasize this side. The schools should
be bent on securing teachers who
have a good education, who know life
In it's fullest measure. who car inter-
pref it as found in history, literature,
art, science, and who will give the STU
dents training I'VE should not be
afraid Of the world which counts for
80 much in later life, regardless OF
the occupation to be followed. Much
in pedagogy that. Just at present is
being hawked about, Is the veriest
rubbish. The get-rich-Qu'ck idea has
invaded the domain of education and
is az mischievous there as elsewhere.
Courses Of study are going to
change from time to time but there
is one thing that Is certain among the
uncertainties. A short cut to secure
material things, instead Of a longer
and more difficult road that leads to a
larger and more stable civilization
should have no charms for a noble
people worthy Of the highest destiny.
To enter such a way deliberately is
one of the first signs Of ~decadence. We
are confident that the good sense and
sterling qualities Of our people will
determine them to march in the way
of true progress.
w. E. BREAZEALE.
Rutgers College,
New Brunswick, n. J..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
NOTICE

l am still In the Plumbing business
In your city and l would be very glad
to give you estimates on your Plumb.
Ing work. My prices are right and
suits all. Work guaranteed and work
man like manner. Repair work attend
ed to with promptness. Put your
plumbing In good order, for the VIM
ter ~ coming soon.
Respect. yours,
]. Z. NORRIS,
JeHraeyman Plumber.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25

Mrs. J. N. HILL Homer, Ca, has
used Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound for years, and says she always
recommends it to her friends. 1T
never fails to cure our coughs and
colds and prevents Group. We have
five children and always give them
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for
a cold, and they are all Don well.
would not be without it in our
McMurray Drug Company.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
RELIEVES CATARRH IN
ONE HOUR.

The quickest and easiest way to open
up your mIIcus clogged head and free
the throal fir IN Catarrhal secretions Is
to breath" Booths HYOM Ell.
Don'. waste time with impossible
methods HYOMEI has ended the
misery Of Catarrh for thousands of de-
spairing sufferers !; it will do the same
for you if you will give it a fair trial.
Just breathe it; II kills Catarrh germs
and tnni.hes Catarrh. A HYOMEI,
outfit, which includes inhaler, costs
$l.OL. Separate bottles, if afterwards
needed, SOC, at pharmacists every.
where. Money back from G.. A Mil
ford & Co., if dissatisfied.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
The State of South Carolina,
County Of Abbeville.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
r. w. Harper, Plaintiff, against Phoe-
be MCGOWAN, James McGowau,
Sarah Chandler, Andrew Mellow
an, Nose Mctlowan, Arthur Nc
Gowar, Mary Hall, Harrison Nc
Gnwau, Austin MCGOWAN, Ophe-
liza Robinson, and the children Of
Tommy MCGOWAN, decreased,
named j. b. MCGOWAN Sarah Nc.
Gnwan and "Monk" Mc(iuwan,
Defendants.
Summons.
To the Defe' dants above named
You are hereby summoned and re-
CURED to answer the complaint in this
action, which is filed i'll the office OF
the Clerk Of thu Court of Common
Pleas, for the said County, and 10 serve
a copy of your answer to the said COM
plaint on the subscriber at his office
at AbLevilIe Court House, within
twenty days after the service hereof.
exclusive Of the day of such service {;
and if you fail to answer the complaint
within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff
in this action will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Dated this 10Th day of September,
A.. D. 1912.
J. Frank Cliskscales,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
State of South Carolina,
County of Abbeville.
IT, the nonresident defendants,
James MCGOWAN, Andrew MCGOWAN
and Ophelia Robinson:
Take notice, that a copy Of the sum
mons and Complaint in the above en-
titled action il fill d in the office OF the
Clerk of Court Of Common Pleas for
Abbev.lIe County, South Caroli1a,
wher it may he Inspected by you.
J. Frank CIiukScales,
Plaintiff Attorney.
Sept. 25, 1912. ct
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
y;sS7ssassaa5z2E
What We Never Forget

according to science, are the things
associated with our early home life,
such as Bucklen's Arnica Salve, that
mother or grandmother used to cure
our burns, boils, scalds, sores, skin
eruptions, cuts, sprains or bruises.
Forty years of cures prove its merit.
Unrivaled for piles, corns or old sores.
Only IS cents at P. B. Speeds and Nc
Murray Drug Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
Uncle Ezra Says

ChCFe Ezra SHyS
1T don't take more'n a gill Nv effort
to git folks into a peck of trouble
and a little neglect of constipation, bill
iousness, indigestion or other liver
arrangement will do the same. If
ailing, take DR.. Kings New Life Pills
for quick results. Easy, safe, sure,
and only Is cents at P. B. Speeds and
McMuray Drug Co.'S.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25

Queen Quality Shoes for Ladies al
Wilson Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25

Blankets 60c and up to $3.50 pair
ut POliakO07S. 1t
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
;aI, TIEDs1psy ss lItgTElge,

.nr do So cheaper than arv Insr-unce ron.
pans N existence Dwellings covered with
metal roofs are Insured for % per cent. cheaper
than other property.
Remember We are prepared TO prove 20 you
.ns, ours IL the safest and cheapest plan OF
:nsLrsnce known.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
AbDeviIle-G reenWood
MUTUAL
S(RAlC E
ASSOCIATION.
Property Insured, 600
February 1st, 1912.

ILRITh To OR CALL on the undersigned
w or ti,s Direntor OF your Township
for shy Information yon may desire about
aur pian OF Insurance.
~ insure 700: property sgsiDsi dss'ru'.
ton by
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-05
A Dead One.

Two vaudeville performers
were talking about pugilists.
81 think Jack Johnson's aldead
one," said the taller of the two.
"Why?" asked the other.
Because he's on top of the
scrap heap."-New York Tele-
graph, *
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-05

WHAT TO 30 FOR POISON
Opium.
By w. C. Cotton, M. D.
Opium poisoning may be
known by the contracted pupils
lof the victim, and by the slow
breathing. At first the breathing
is slow and full, but it gradually
grows slower and shallower. The
pin point" pupil is the most
characteristic symptom.
Give emetics-a teaspoonful of
mustard in warm water or a
tablespoonful of strip of ipecac.
Remember that opium poison
ing may result not alone from the
drug in its original form, but
from laudanum, morphine, pare
goric and the various soothing
sirups and cough cures that de-
pend upon opium for their action.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-05

sf1early HobsUnized. The saloon
lobbyists tried to smile.
The vote on suffrage will be
taken. in November. It is almost.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-05

U. S. shoes worn in Japan, Ko-
rea, Siam, Egypt, Portugal, AT
RIGA, Liberia, Dutch East Indies,
Alden, German Oceania, Salvador,
and score of other places, be-
sides being popular in Europe,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-05
An Old Friend.

can old friend appeared to me
very unexpectedly the-other day."
can old friend?"
eyes, the bottom of my coal
bin. "-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-22
FLOWERS AND AUTOS
ASKED BY VETERANS

Flowers aad autos are desired b.
Pho 0mm'tees having IN charge the
decoration day service for the W. y
Plemons camp United Confederate
Veterans The Old soldicry Of tho
south IL planning 90 place a rev fra
grant blossoms upon the graves OF
departed comrades az LlanO Gene
'ery SUNDAY afternoon al 4:2D
o'clock. leaving the court house thlr-
'y minutes before that time
In order chat this design may be-
arrisd ont fully b. IS necessary Tor
the friends 20 assist This may be
done in two ways Furnishing mean.
1i transportation either automobiles
Dr carriages. or flowers with which
10 s-rew 'be mounds Beneath which
-sp0se bodies OF those who have or.
Tered themselves in behalf 81 tho
southland If Is hoped by The com.
uittees that there may Dc a ready
respOns" 70 both these department
lf aid. as hey are absolutely neces-
sary % the success OF the decoration
service
Transportation Is IN charge Of Can.
Tain Miller. while the flowers are ln
charge 70 Captain Ozier Phone or
.lIl upon these gentlemen iu person
you Rill help
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-22
Something ENtraor,iinary.'

4 personally conducted flrst-Dlass
,pec.l, Train Excursion through the
Rocky Mountains TO the world IA
nous Yellowstone National PARK and
return. under the auspices OF THE
CAMP S"-the new monthly mag
a.na of Southern Methodist Un.vcr-
si-t ar low rates and consuming
about D. days tickets 70 be good
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-22
until October 2lst for return and al.

until October 3lst for return and al
loving stop-Overs en- route. will
leave Dalla, and Fort Worth August
9Th For complete Itinerary, ex-
pense particulars. and Photographic
literature illustrative of the jour
uey's superb attractions free OF cost.
Address Frank Reedy, Bursar, South.
eru Methodist University. Dallas
Texas IS5-3gc
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-22
New snits Tilcd

The following suits were filed yes
terday with Clerk &c. u Hardin ~
the district court In Amarillo
J. L. Smith versus J. n. Garry % al
7. =. Russell versus j. W Willing
ham.
Maggie Eleanor Turner versus VIII
liam r. Turner
NJ r. Carmean versus Mark Cullen
81 al
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-22

Meats and lard al wholesale price
to an who cali az our plant Niece.
Butt Packing Co tqGtfc
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-22
S A L E

That we have before the public
history of retailing have such
Ladies RdyW all classes Millinery
Furnishings we'll White Goods greatest
starts Saturday Morning June D. and
delay the values
this and make placing
merchandise bound to make this sale
Early shopping advised
impossible for us to wait all trade in the evening
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-22

Nce-l glasses Ask l. X Pittman.
no r A.. ST. SO charge for exam
nation l91 Be-
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-22

Eyes examined and gIasse, ffted
without the use of drugs by J. y PITT.
man. ITO q lth street SO charge
for examination I95 tr
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-22

oh. you y. - q taIicab Rearing
ID ~ Ptple .Yf or i14. i9ftfr
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-22

". hope youth ger the Motorcycle
given 5v Fret G. Pope 1873 g.