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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-12
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Oscar Robson of Bybee Route 3,was
In town Saturday.
Garfield Lewis, of cambridge was in
town Wednesday.
Miss Nellie Kidwell left Tuesday for
her home at Warrensburg.
Master William Blair left Tuesday
morning for Rogersville.
Miss Ada Burke is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. C. G. Carter,of Bridgeport.
Miss Sue Jones of Sweetwateris here
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. b. D, Jones.
Miss Lou Morrell'went to LaFollette
Tuesday for visit with her sister. Mrs.
Satterfield.
Misses Lille and jessie Rollen are
visiting friends and relatives in Siever
county.
George Hill, who has been In Can
ton, N. g., is visiting homefolks this
week.
Charlie Stanbery, who has been at
tending school at Maryville, has re-
turned home. ... ....
Friends of Mrs. t. l.. Carly of Knox
vile will regret to learn that she is
very low from typhoid fever.
G. M. McClister of the Lynn Shelley
Piano Company of Morristown, was
in the city Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Martha Taylor of LaFollette,
who has been visiting here for some
time, returned to her home, Monday.
Misses Fay Grigsby and Miss Ruth
Hodge of Dayton, Tenn, were guests
of Mrs. George Duncan The first of the
week.
Mrs. TT, Murray and family, and
Miss Mia Murray have returned after
pleasant visit of several days at
Cha.btte, N. e.
DR.. G.. f. Barnett is at Knoxville
wi ere he has been i'll for several days,
but hopes 10 resume his practice here
in the next few days.
The Calumet Club rendered dance
at their club room Monday night in
honor of the visiting girls, Misses
Grigsby, Hodge and Jones.
Master Evan Cate, young son OF
Judge and Mrs. HI. n. Cate, had the
misfortune to e, his hand mixed up
with piece of machinery with the re.
suit that he lost the tip of one of his
fingers, Tuesday.
Alex Stokely, an emplovee of the
Tennessee and North Carolina Rail
road, is Carrying his arm in sling as
the result of an accident in which hi
lost portion of one of his fingers, due
to MASKING while coupling cars.
Southern Railway employees or
Wednesday began survey of The
property of the Southern Railroad ir
Newport for the purpose of making {
map which will set out this property
No map had been made since 1900.
Mrs. Hattie +. Blair will leave Mon
day for Crestment, N. c., for months
stay and will later 60 to her old home
Rogersville, where she will spend the
remainder of her vacation. She will
return early in September to resume
work in her music studio.
June Ottinger, a man aged about &c
years received very serious injury,
Tuesday when ne had the misfortune
to fall on cradle at his barn. He
received some very severe cuts about
the head and arms and will be 'slaid
up" for several months if there are nc
further serious results from the acct.
dent. He lives in the vicinity Of OF.
fingers, near Salem.
Lynn Shelley of the Lynn Shelley
Piano Co. of MorrisLown is at Athens,
Tenn, with car load of Weaver,
York and Livingston pianos. Last
week he sold the following four well
known parties there: Prof. 8. HI.
Thompson. Mr.. Joseph f. Johnson,
Mr.. w. A. Willard, Mrs. J. Z. Wat.
kins. Mr.. Shelley recently sold the
McMinn county High School at Athens
York Piano.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-12
Mistaken View.

Strange tricks our vanity will play,
and egotistic is LIES plan. A fish.
which grabbed a hook one day, at first
believed he'd caught man:
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-12
sex Ole c,lH Fox,

my idee O. wasted effort. is tryin'
t. borry dollar from your landlady."
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-12
Source Of Joy.

Among eligible women there is
more joy over one divorced man than
over ninety and nine men who stay
narried.-Judge,
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-12
Alteration,

Sunday School Teacher-"Who can
tell me what an altar is?" Small Girl
please, sir. It's where they burn
insects. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-12
America. Vast Corn FieIds.

The combined area of the corn
fields of the United States is nearly
equal to the area of France or Ger.
many.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-12
The Work We Love.

To business that we love we rise
betime, and &C tot with delight
Shakespeare.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-12

Daily Thought.
To cultivate kindness il a great
part of the business of life.-Samuel
Johnson.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-12

State of Tennessee, County of Cooke
Murray Stokely Cashier of the above named bank, &c
omn that the above statement true TO the best of
knowledge and belief. MURRAY STOKELY, Cashier.
CorrectAest: JIG. Morel H. Burnett LA Susong, Directors
Subscribed before this 9th day of June
H. s. MANTOOTH Notary Public.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-12
Greatest Wealth.

There il no wealth but life.--Rus-
lin.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
Rnnhlicnn. 20 nreanile.

A number Of leading progressive
Republicans including influential
northern editors are voicing willing
ness 20 work for a reuniting Of the
Republican party They begin Co sse
by now that the Democrats are ont
merely theorists. but under the lead
ership a. Woodrow Wilson they are
doing things IN a way 90 unite the
country upon the broad theories Of
patriotic service and public benefit.
Mr. Wilson Is not a politician. He
is a scholarly patriotic American. not
tainted with partisan bias or bifotry
tie Is devoted more 60 the welfare
Of the common people than 10 the per
petuation Of even his own political
party. on that line he contends for
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
HEALTHY BUS|-
NESS CONDITION
Digest of Reports Made Ia National
Bank of Commerce of
St. Louis.

ST. Louis. Mo-. November 80
a digest of trade conditions through
out the country compiled by the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce and made
public today. shows healthy business
and financial activity, while in Michi-
gan. Wisconsin and Minnesota, Sou
thern Iowa. Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio the report says. conditions ap-
proximate a boom era.
"a careful analysis of the business
situation at this time" says the re-
port. shows clearly that the major
ity of complaints heard about bust
ness operations during the last two
years have been without real founda-
tiou or reason Taking the total OF
AN big things done i'm business for the
last twenty months we Gnd from
government and other dependable
statistics that new records have been
set Bank rloarngs, foreign trade,
production OF gold, coal and base
metals. earnings of railroads and
crop productions. have AN. during the
twen,. our months. exceeded any
similar period
These great activities have caused
q tight money market. because we
haven't enough of the circulating me-
dium and scarce money In turn has
caused business failures to increase
materially. both in number Of failed
concerns and total liabilities.
"shrinkage In the volume Of bust
ness for time necessarily must en-
sue In q period marked by the induc-
tion Of new Administration, tariff
revision. currency reform. and pros
pect OF spirited anti trust legislation
though In the face of depressing in
nuences. the bank clearings for the
ten month sof 1913 we're S141,0O0,-
GOO. 600 as against S1i3,0O0.0O0,O0
Tor the first ten months Of 1912
"Thc crop Of wheat shows an in
crease over 1912. while corn, oats,
buckwheat. barley. potatoes. tobac-
co. etc show a decrease However. the
average price Of farm products Offset
the decrease
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
NOLAN CREEK
FLOODS BELTON
Nolan Creek ON Rampage Results In
Loss Of Eleven Idves-Other
Streams swollen.

Bolton. Texas. Dec. eleven per-
sons have been reported drowned in
a thirty foot rise which came down
Nolan creek before daylight today.
The creek runs through the center
of the city.
The rise hit Bolton about 2 a. m.
About ffty homes along the banks OF
the creek I'm town or I'm the country
nearby we're swept away.
In the heart of the city. Mrs. w.
.C Polk and her four children were
caught asIe.p in her house beside the
creek and were drowned. Mr. Polk
CARRYING the G.th child. am infant. es-
caped to high Ground hut by the
ume be had the baby safe. the other
members of the family had been
lost
Five fatalities wse reported In
another family chat of a camper.
whose name was unknown. who was
stoppiue near town and close be-
side the creek which ne used as
his water supply This camper. his
wife and three children an disappear
ed in the flood
When the Main street bridge in
this city went down i'm the rise an
unidentified man was ON the struc-
rYra lie WAS seen to eo into the
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
Missionary Auxiliary Notes

The Missionary Auxiliary OF the
Methodist church meets December
sth. $3.50 p. m.
Bible study Spies
The Forty Years Wanderings.
Numbers 9-2G. Deut 29-31.
After this there will be no meeting
until after the holidays.
Leader. Mrs. Hutcheson.
Open Meeting. December 20.
At the recent meeting last Monday
officers we're elected for the ensuing
year:
Mrs. r. II. Cunuttc. President
Mrs. Olin Hardy. lst Vice Presi-
dent
Mrs. r. l.. Hutcheson 2nd Vice
President,
Mrs. II. G. Towle, 3rd. Vice Pres
ident
Mrs. W. r. Jackson. 4th vice Pres
ident
Mrs. Joe strayhorn, Corresponding
Secretary Home Dept
Mrs. r.. r.. Grimes. Recording Sec
retary
Mrs. W. r. Many Treasurer or
Church Fund.
Mrs. Sed A. Harris Treasurer OF
Foreign Department
Mrs. r. G.. Davis. Treasurer Home
Department
Mrs. G.. l.. Ezell Parliamentarian.
Mrs. j. S Hardy. superintendent
OF Publicity and Agent for Mission
airy Voice.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
TAYLoR-MoNROE WEDDING
Popular Young snyder Couple We're
United In Marriage Thanks
giving Day.

Mr. Hugh Taylor and Miss Iado
Monroe, two of snyder's most popu-
lar young people were married last
Thursday night by Rev j w Hunt
at the home of the brides parents.
Z was a quiet home wedding and
only a few friends were witnesses to
the happy event
The groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Il. Taylor of the west part Of
this county and is a young man Of
splendid character and fine prom
isc
The bride is the accomplished
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Joe Mon
roe of Snyder She is young lady Of
beautiful graces. mentally, morally,
and socially favorite among q large
circle Of acquaintances
They have both been reared and edu
Gated here and have stood in the
front along lines Of Intellectual
progress
Il is union OF two worthy lives
and they have the congratulations
and good wishes OF hosts of friends
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

an equitable tarin law that will equal
lie the burdens Of government, for
just and sane antitrust law that
will prevent the fattening of few
Off of the labor Of the many for such
labor legislation as win insure living
wages and humane conditions for
workingmen and yet have a reason
able profit TO employers. Intact the
trend OF the Wilson regime is TO re-
store TO the country the principles
and practices of a plain, simple gov
ernmeut which viii promote prosper
ity. peace and happiness to all the
country the great democratic pur-
poses enunciated by the early demo-
cratic founders of this nation
The big interests that for so long
have controlled the Republican party
are beginning to realize that II once
the country gets back TO the original
lines of government off, for and by
the people, that the days of their
joy viii come no more and therefore
they think 10 ring back their old all
lies before the allurement of clean,
honest, government shall have led
them to forget their old associations
and renouuce allegiance TO the party
that so Ions held them bound
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

Airs cullen O.. Higgins was hos
tess o the Alruriau club Friday ar
ternoou fteen members responded
tu roll aI
The following programme was rem
dpred
Lesson Third Act of Macbeth. Led
ur Mrs Howard
Piano soI. Mrs Charlie Cooper
Reading Mrs. e. r Lockhart
Piano Solo Mrs. O.. O.. Higgins.
Magazine Review Mrs Howard.
After refroshmcnts the Club adj
Iouucd ro meet with Mrs TowIe De
rDmh,r 10th
The lesson viii Dee the fourth act
D Macbeth
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

Of Sir Lionel Garden and Lord Cow
dray been followed. II may be that
Great Britain had already decided to
disregard the Monroe Doctrine and
undertake to establish colony rights
in MeXi 0. II is fortunate that VIII
son was recalled to Washington and
that Garden and Cowdray have been
retired in London
Now, since Lord Haldane has been
made the British minister the out
look is brighter
Haldane is real diplomat lie
shows respect for the Monroe doc
trine and confidence in the Washigu-
ton government to cope with the
Mexican situation. The cooperation
OF all Europe with the United states
will certainly bring the better ele-
ments Of Mexico to see the hopeless
ness of resistance
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
NEWSPAPER MAN
VISITS SNYDER
n. ". Kcifcr of Abilene Reporter
FavOrably Impressed With
Our Little city.
Abilene Reporter

Abilene Reporter:
y. II. Keifer has returned from a
two days visit to Snyder. the county
seat of Scurry county He reports the
fall of rain there Friday night much
heavier than I'm Abilene, the amount
OF precipitation being estimated at
three inches and two weeks previous
to this time OLD Jupiter Pluyius had
visited that place almost daily. Sny-
der. like Abilene Is soaked To the
core. 10 required four big horses to
pull the bus from the hotel 10 the
Santa Fe depot Saturday afternoon
and thirty minutes was consumed i'm
making the trip The rain Friday
night was accompanied boy some sleet
and snow. mingled with the mist ON
Saturday afternoon Deep Creek,
which runs within o. stones throw
OF the court house square was ON a
rampage.
The cotton receipts at Snyder for
the present year have gone some
thing over the Eve thousand mark.
but the crop is practically gathered.
Apparently the town Us more prosper
Gus than lots of little Texas cities of
It's size
The people of Snyder are clated
over the fact that the Post Cotton
Mills. at Post. aS miles from Snyder
are now In operation Much dini-
Guilty has been experienced in getting
skilled labor to operate the manu-
facturing industry twenty-five eX-
perienced men came in from Georgia
last week and the wheels we're start
ed This rs said 10 be the only plant
OF IFS kind In the United states, only
bed sheets and cotton rope are made.
II is 20 arranged that seed cotton can
be fed into the gin stands at one end
OF the building and viii come out
hemmed sheets ready to go on the
bed it is claimed that not q single
bale of cotton las been shipped out
OF Post city In two years, G.. w. Post
the father OF the town, buying the
entire product and storing it for the
mill
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
The University Girl,

The University Girls meet the gen
eral demand OF the opera going pco-
pie. II is not alone as am orchestra
that they excel, though their work in
this line Is equal to that OF the best
organizations in the field Nor is DO
only as a singing company that they
win popular favor Their solos. quar-
tettes and choruses. together with 9th
or novelty features OF their programs
are Of sufficient merit 90 hold and in-
tcrest any audience while their SUE
perb instrumental effects they pre-
sent an entertainment OF many pleas
ant surprises and splendid feature.
To miss this YOU will miss q treat
Ladies free ~ accompanied hy ous
paid reserved seat ticket Remember
the date. December 9th
Tickets on sale al the snyder Drug
Store.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
Train Was water Bound

The heavy rains of Monday night
caused the lake between HcrmIeieh
and Wastella 10 pond mp over the a.
S. g T. tracks so that &c was deemed
unsafe for the train to venture
through the flood and the regular
train due here at 1915 Tuesday was
run back 90 Roscoe and held there
until Wednesday morning so we had
no through train ou that road 600
Wednesday
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

G.. W. snowden a prominent farm
er and stock raiser in Kent county
was In Snyder this week He has
been in the west for 25 years and
he says this country has a great fu-
ture and he believes that jubilee
time is right now ready TO come. In
speaking Of roads from here 10 Kent
county. he says there are no roads.
Some grading has been done but
there Is no travelling now on the
grades
The only way 10 get through now
with a vehicle is to get on next TO
the fence and pull through the wat
er Certainly these conditions ought
to appeal 20 public spirit for bond
issue 10 build good roads.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
HIS MAJESTY
THE DEVIL" !"
Weather Was UnfavOrable and Audi
ence Small. --Presentation Was
Rare Treat

Last Saturday night was the date
for the appearance at the Court
House Of Mr.. and Mrs southers in
their famous presentation His Maj
esty, the Devil" The weather was ex-
tremely unfavorable and only few
people braved the storm.
Those who were there were well
entertained. Mr.. Southers is strong in
ip 1ersonatlon and presented the
forcefqlly.
N southers is not called to so
strong lines In her role, but she plays
an adequate support for her husband.
Financially the Mission ladies did
notsncore success in this number,
but they do not regret having brought
these people here.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND
or TEXAS APPROPRIATED

Au6tir. Texas, Dec 2. state su-
pcriutcad ut Dauchty tod y am
r1rneed the cpport.or wout of the
available school fund for December.
uad,- which IS ccuts is appor.ioued
to each OF 1.O4S.570 .rch1l.stlos iu
Texas TIE ar.Curt apIorioa'd is
luproxlus.cIy $3.50. 600. Tie total
aprortioument FOR the fiscal year is
81 per capi.1. wtieh is the largest in
the history ID. tine state.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
n. :. a =. Train watcrbound

The rains have continued this week
with systematic regularity. The rain
gauge shows for December up 10
Thursday the fth. 2.25 inches The
country is wetter than for many
years. People are mud bound and the
roads In some places are almost i'm
passable The high water has inter
fered with tranic on the Roscoe. Sny-
der a Pacific. After backing on from
the Hermleigh lake Tuesday. the
train came through Wednesday. but
the rains continuedand caused an
other rise to submerge the track and
the Roscoe bound train ran 20 Herm-
leigh Wednesday evening and came
back To Snyder and remained here
over night. waiting for the flood 20
subside
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

Born. northeast of snyder. Deem
her 2 to Mr.. and Mrs Charles Nor
ton. a boy
Born. in West Snyder, November
30. 20 Mr.. and Mrs Fritz r.. Smith.
boy
Born, near Ennis creek, December
/. 10 Mr.. and Mrs j. G. Morton. @
boy.
Born December 2. near Dunn. to
Mr and Mrs. W. G. wood q boy
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
nranhmothcr CoIe ra..c, Awnr

Mrs Eliza j Cole. aged eighty
four years died Tuesday morning
at the h,me of Mr. Huffman in East
snyder She has lived here for a long
time and was known and revered by
a large list of friends
She was member OF the Baptist
church and died In fun faith in the
religion of her God which has sus-
ta.ued her throughout a long and
useful life
Funeral services were conducted
at the home Tuesday evening and the
remains were taken 20 Canyon school
house Wednesday FOR burial
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
COTTON TAKINGs INCREASE

Splnners takIngs OF American cot
ton TO date since Sept L. are 429S,-
600 bales against 3,Si1.OOO last year
and 3.7i1,OOO the year before. The
Increased taklnes by American mills
are larger in ratio than the increas-
ed takings by foreign mills
These figures indicate a much lar
ger consumption of American cotton
than last year, for the mills have
taken an increase OF $4,000 bales or
less than one-third crop. Assuming
that this increase IS for the replen-
Ishing of depleted reserves and that
the mills will take no more during
the remaining nine months OF the
cotton year. than for the same period
in 1912 and 1913. the total takIngs
by September !, 1914 would amount
to a half million bales more than
they totaled on September !. 1913.
The consumption OF American cotton
last year was 100000 bales. There
fore total American crop ot 49,
4OO. 900 bales 6 his year will not eX-
ceed the worlds demand. and by so
much as IL falls short Of that figure
the spinners must encroach upon the
reserve.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

j.. ". porrIman was here tbo other
day and whispered to the Signal that
our old time friend W. ID Huffman
has done got well OF the California
fever and IS back at Idiot Draw Iiy-
iul peacefully and content So glad
tu set back that he .s In no hurry to
leave home even to visit DTS friends
in town
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

W T. Thompson said here Monday
that bic biz irrigation lake was full
10 the brim and then came the big
rain Monday night This lake covers
IS acres - land and is about rs feet
deep Mr. Thompson viii have wa
ter enough 90 irrirate his valley
farm
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

The rainfall in Snyder was 3.7s
inches during November and In Dec.
up to the morning OF the 5th. 2.25
inches had been recorded. This makes
total since November I Of 6.04
inches. There Is no doubt but that
these numerous slow, general rains
have soaked the ground