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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

Ed. A. r. Lawrence, OF Abilene
who preached here last sunday week
for the Church Of Christ has con-
scented to keep q regular preaching
date here for that church the third
Sunday in each month.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

@. n Richardson and j. W.
Hancock were here Saturday from
Dunn They declare there Is nothing
to do now on the farm but round up
the chores and go to town and during
the mild weather the women folks
and the children like to do the
chores.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

W. A. Doak came in Wednesday
and placed the coin to got the star
Telegram He says he wants daily
news Of the war. He has a boy In the
service and 70 more interested than
DYER before.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30
Christian Science.

The Christian Science Reading
Room will be open In the parlor Of
Mrs. Watkins. 1 block east OF the
Central School building from 2:30
to 400 p. m. wednesday OF each
week The public is invited. 2ipd.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30
VIC Of Irn Entertains

Saturday. November H. Ira Grove
woodman Circle invited the snyder
Grove to meet with them.
-Four car loads accepted this sra-
cious invitation, for we knew some
thing would be doing -. .,,.
we arrived. none the worse LOT OUT
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

DR.. J, o. Lane and family were
here Monday from Fluyanna The
doctor says there is not much sick
ness there and but little doing In any
line.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

Bob Norwood and family were
here from Moran for few days Wis
itinr the Mccllnton family. Bob Is
WORKING in the oil fields over there
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

The Methodist Ladies' will hold
their Bazaar and Tea, Saturday, Dec.
sth in the Thompson building on the
Southeast corner Of the square. 90
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

IT. T. Harris and Claud Harris,
oil promoters from Oklahoma are
prospecting for oil lands In Seurry
and adjacent territory.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

Come to the Methodist Ladies' pa
zaar. December sth Tor your Christ.
mss gifts and candy.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

Comlngi Methodist Ladies' Ba-
saar Saturday. December 8, south
cast corner square. &c
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

Mr.. ]. d. Sears has been sick for
a week or two but Is now reported
better.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

Sunday services o. TIE Baptist
churcb last Sunday were conducted
by Judge ". =. Rnsser.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

NJ +. Cornollus reports the sale
this week OF the home Of IN. and
Mrs. ". r. wreh IN Colonial dla.
trict Il Mr. N. c. Robinson for
$4,000,
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30
PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT

in tires and tubes by securing the
fullest mileage they are capable OF
delivering, The conditions OF the
agreement between our patrons and
ourselves are naturally profitable.
We collect the moderate charge
for guaranteed tire repairs. The Gus
toner gets a longer lease OF life on
his tires at a surprisingly low cost.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

Chill! Chilli ChlliIll The best In
town at The Owl Confectionery. 1871
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

SECOND NoKoMIs is
"GoING OVER"
II. u. Dodge Releases Another Mag
nifcent Yacht TO U. $. for War
Service
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-30

Clerk OF District Court. Of scurry
County. Texas.
Issued this the 2sth day OF No
vember. A. D. 1917.
GUY e. CASEY.
Clerk OF District Court Of scurry
County. Texas.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
He Realized the Newspapers Power

"LFL WERE TO GIVE THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS,
MY POWER COULD NOT LAST THREE DAYS."-Napoeon.
Many who consider themselves able include among
other forms of folly contempt real professed for the
power of newspapers
Napoleon knew that there greater agency for
ing men than newspapers courageousiy conducted.
de knew that newspaper expresses not merely the
ability of an editor of thousand If it only
that its power would be feeble indeed He realized that
human beings living separately isolated be controlled
as long as they can be kept ignorant
He knew that the newspaper the meeting place of
populations and that through the newspaper his power
could be overthrown. Said he:
81 must dazzle and astonish; IF WERE TO GIVE THE
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, MY POWER COULD NOT
LAST THREE DAYS"
What an enormous gulf separates the wise Napoleon
from the average successful foolish You find your
commercial egost your literary lunatic your thick headed
politician expressing contempt for newspapers declaring
that they can make or mar
But in great man like Thomas Jefferson you find
who says
T Ihad my choice of newspapers aOitout government
or government 1thOu newspapers od select the former
And in Napoleon of gigantic BRAIN capable almost of
controlling the world, you find man who says:
1f were to give the liberty of the press, my power
could not last three days"
Success made up ability and caution not of ragg
docio and reckessness many modern kings financial
and otherwise learn to their
Napoleon knew that the newspaper the greatest de-
sroyer OF bubbles He knew that regulations based
thing actual merit that tyrannica governments are
bubbles, and ransitory to endure contact with
"A great reputation great noise the more there
made the farther of it is heard LdUS, institutions
uents nations all fdH but the noise continues and resounds
in after ages"
Napoleon at ST. Helena ordered the English newspapers
read to him when they savagey attacked him He in
sisted literal translation the most brutal attacks Each
of them developed in him fine display of Corscan rage
But he insisted rome the less in knowing what said
While still power Napoleon had followed with interest
the newspaper press Of England which he described
only newspapers in Europe free what they wanted
and therefore the only newspapers of influence.
The reader will observe that it England with her
FREE press that finally ended the of the who
dreaded free press for such good reasons.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
By EARL GOODWIN.

IL mas been demonstrated in the past week that manv
poor may be saved from the bitterness of reess
winter tnere could be organized plan to conserve the
enormous amount Of wasted frewood on Government
rvaons IN tins city There is also enormous amount of
hrewood and fallen timber to be collected each fall on the
privately owned expanses of woody ground in this CITY,
The owners OF such land should the wood themselves
sell 1t at fair price, give it some poor person. or allow It
to be distributed through organized charity 1t is wrong
to let it rot.
As for the Governments own lands such as Potomac
Park and Rock Creek Park it crying shame that any
OF the wood chopped down there should go waste The
Government departments much of it they and
there attempt to utilize this fuel but some of it rots
That poor should be cold while wood spos on
the ground In this District every year is bitter shame
The Associated Charities announces that has saved
the wood In Potomac park to which Mrs. Bates Warren
called attention through The Times last week One hun
dred and fifty cords worth 500 at present retail prices;
enough wood to bring warmth and comfort to thousands
of poor people, would have been pitched into bonfire BY
the Government because there has been organized effort
to it. No would think of throwing away that much
coal it would be criminal burn up that much foodsu
it should be announced that the Boy Scout corn in Po
tomac park is to be burned up instead of harvested the
whole town would rush forward with harvesting knives
The thing to do is to organize to prevent the waste of
the valuable fuel which drops right off the trees in this
town.
Anyone who wants to accomplish real charity will
ganize permanent plan the wood for the benefit Of
the poor of Washington 1t belongs to the Government is
controlled by the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds
the only thing standing between this wood and the poor
man g wood box is a lack of effort.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
This WILL Happen

ence is. We only know that she
stands apart from the rest; that
she has attracted and interested
US.
We begin to observe her more
closely. We like this quality about
her and that one. At last, some
day, the definite thought comes:
"She's fine, that girl. l wish 1
knew her better."
With that thought, whether she
ever knows it or not, we have be-
come that girls friend. The next
step is to make her a friend of
ours. 1t is this step that many
find so difficult.
Yet it is very simple. The way
to make a friend is to be friend.
One has only to show ones friend
ly feeling in natural, simple way.
Let the new friend see that one
likes and admires her and that
ones wish is to be friendly. If it
comes ones way to do her a serv-
ice, that service should be done.
In other words, the next step is
to attract the newcomers atten-
ton, and give her a chance to
make up her mind.
II one arouses In her a reason
able degree of interest, one can
cultivate it and the friendship will
develop. II she does not respond.
there is nothing to do but retreat
as delicately as one can.
One cannot force friendship
upon another person, however
much one may desire it. Neither
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
Elizabeth Jordan Writes on Importance of friendships
The ideal friendship which eof
They're tof all gifts

A great many Of the letters in
my large mail have to do with
friendship.
Girls, dozens OF them, write ask
ing me to untangle knots in friend
ships. Young men write for ad-
vice along similar lines. And, from
both boys and girls come countless
letters asking how the writer's can
make friends"
Usually these letters end in much
the same way. l am "self-consci-
Gus and shy" confess the writer's
And In this confession lies the
secret Of much OF their trouble.
The cumulative effect OF the let
ters is to make one feel, at first,
that the writer's are perhaps ex-
aggerating the Importance OF their
problems and their troubles. Sec
ond thoughts convince one that
they are not.
Our friendships are OF immense
Importance to US all. They may,
and often do, influence our lives
more vitality than our love affairs
affect them.
The ideal friendship. which en-
dures for a lifetime, Is almost the
finest thing life offers. 1t is pure,
unselfish, self-sacriflcing and loyal.
To possess such a friendship is to
possess the greatest Of all the
gifts, save one. To be without 1t
is to be poor, indeed.
The Lonely Ones Outside Of Friend
ships Garden.
So we cannot wonder that boys
and girls, seIf-conscious, inarticu-
late and craving companionship,
should agonize over their failures
and their loneliness.
All around them they see friends
and friendships. why can't l have
friends like those?" they ask
themselves. No answer coming,
they grow increasingly self-con-
sClouh, lonely ana sny.
To them friendship is a garden
protected by a high wall. They
know that It Is beautiful within.
They know that It has It's exits
and its entrances. They know.
too. alas, that thus far they have
not found the key
To all these lonely ones, wan
dering outside of the walls, there
Is this TO be said: Friendships
garden has not one key, but many.
The first. perhaps, is magnetism.
Another is sincerity. Another is
loyalty. Many individuals have
several keys to the garden. Few,
indeed, lack at least one.
But there is little satisfaction
in entering the garden, making
one or two turns with q chosen
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

companion, and abruptly leaving
it again.
One must learn how to conduct
oneself there. One must realize
that friendship, like all other hu-
man relations, has definite obliga-
tions. One must learn what these
obligations are, and how to meet
them.
One must learn that friendship
is, and should be, a matter of slow
birth and slow growth. With a
dozen persons say, we are in daily
and fairly close contact. For nine
of these persons, perhaps, we have
a pleasant and friendly liking.
We are glad to have them around.
We do them good turn if we can.
But wnen they are not in our line
of vision we almost forget them.
For two, possibly, we have a diff
ferent feeling. These two we al
most dislike. We would dislike
them if we permitted ourselves to
indulge in such useless emotions.
As it is, we do not approve of
them.
We do admire their characters,
or their dispositions, or their man
ners. When we are with them we
forget them, but with an effort.
Then Comes the Person Who Is
DiffereHt.
The twelfth pc on is, In some
way, different. We are not quite
sure at first just what the differ
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
.0 0 A Dinner Your
O11NN-OEClO y Wife Didn't Cook
tcOpyrigh.. lsl7. Inter national News s.rvIoel

Copyright; IntrrA ssrIoe)
Husbands do not forget the little meones in married fe
which mean so much your wife.
VI course silly at times when wife
mat there should something Of celebration the anniversary
of marriage.
II was an important event to you both at the time.
not important for her to keep memory fresh about
the happest event in life partnership?
e e are other trivial incidents at the me but
traugh with momentOus proved with the
speak OF them make her little gift in
tion.
remembrance expecting dinner she compelled
erse would happiness into the heart of that little
WIG - VI SOufS on The anniversary Of marriage
other things perhaps extra good seat at the theater
Il" "evA Gnu TIP TO some interesting point.
~ CANNOT have too breathing spots to remember in after life
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

can one, with dignity, remain the
devoted friend of a person who ig-
nores one; but one ca. and must,
retain a friendly feeling, untinged
with bitterness.
II the friendship develops, II
may enrich life. II II does not. the
fact should not too greatly disap-
point.
The Sad Human Experience Of
Rejected Friendship.
1t is, of course, a. sad human ex-
perience to have ones offered
friendship rejected, but there is
nothing humiliating about it. One
has offered gift-one Of the best
gifts one has to offer, a gift be-
yond price. II it is refused, the
rejection need not reflect upon
either the giver or the gift.
1t simply means that that par
ticular gift does not appeal to that
particular person. 1t may be, per-
haPs will be, eagerly accepted by
another and often a more desirable
friend.
As to the giver and the manner of
giving, a number Of my young
correspondents seem to demand fixed
rules. Of course, there are none.
Some persons have what we call "a
gift for friendship" They are mag
netic and extremely popular. Others
lack magnetism and make few
friends.
But some of the rarest and finest
friendships in the world have been
between individuals, both supposedly
cold and unresponsivc, but in reality
as hungry for human affection as
the rest of us.
To sum up, if your friendship Is
not accepted by the one to whom
you offer it, offer it later to an
other, with dignity and without hesi-
tntlon--for it Is a gift of which you
need never be ashamed.
heh you nave 1Ound your irehu'
follow the rules-for now, in actual
friendship, there are set rules to fol-
low.
The first Of these Is to be loyal.
Hold your friend and the interests
OF your friend at least as precious
as yourself and your own interests.
The second is to be sincere. Be
yourself with your friend-your
best self.
The third Is TO be unselfish. Do
not try to monOpoliEs your friend.
DO not resent her affection for
Others.
In these ways you prove yourself
a triend--which brings us back to
our starting point. The best way
to make q friend il to be a friend.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
A NEW HAND AT AN OLD GAME.
Continued from First Column.)

NOOHIInued from First CoIumn.)
hasten the day Of Government ownership
votes for women will exist throughout the nation
for no community will persistenty declare "OUR women
are unfit, unintellgent unreliable"
Few Americans individuals or as States will be ound
to say:
In spite Of all you may do insist on CHASING OUR
mothers with idiots and children
The vote will be given to all the women of the country
as should be- and given to all of the country
by the national will, the National Congress
None Of this of course applies to the National Capital
In which AND all classed with the idiots
governed from above with nothing say about their own
laws. (But even this viii change-n tine)
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
HEARD AND SEEN

The conductor on the Anaeostia
line who assaulted q man who ten
dered the wrong transfer must have
been reading those classic lines Of
Mark Twain:
Punch, brothers, punch;
Punch with care;
Punch the head
OF the passengaire."
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

Columbia Heights Citizens Asso-
citation organizes for campaign for
the Government ownership of street
cars. The committee in charge is
composed of w. /. Swanton, Harry
] A. L. Barker, DR.. Seneca B. Balm.
II. W. Nichols, and ]. Clinton Hiatt.
I urge on these gentlemen not to
be bashful, but to become real
leaders.
Conduit Road Citizens Assoeia-
ton gets in on the movement 10
bring about suffrage in the District.
| / urge the association not to be
timid or bashful, but to make as
loud noise as possible.
II hear a lion in the lobby roar"
wrote James Branston in "The Art
of Politics"
Let's get the District Of Colum-
bia lion in the lobbies of Congress.
When Clarence Wilson issues his
food pledge cards / trust every one
will sign. Let's reduce our waist
line-and the waste.
Ever stop to think that consider
able Of the sugar shortage may be
attributed to the extraordinary use
Of sugar in preserving fruit this
past few weeks?
My friend, Frank Phillips, expert
apiculturist of the Department of
Agriculture, is out to stir up the !
bees into producing an extra hun |
dred million tons of honey to Offset |
the shortage in sugar. / think it's |
a hundred million; at any rate it's q
lot to ask bee.
Keep a bee yourself next season.
He will rob all the neighbors' flowers
and turn over to you a supply of |
honey which will be the nearest ap-
proach in nature to getting (tor
you) something for nothing.
But wait. Do we have to pay a
license tax to keep a bee?
Postmaster General Burleson
may be superstitious about that um-
brells Of his, but he defies everything
and calls for 13-cent stamps. /
Henry Minor. member Of the Lib =,
'rty loan machine at the Treasury,
Ind Mississippian Of great favor in
lis sphere, was seated at a lunch
able. In front of him was a news
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

William Jennings Bryan being
chased by a bull:
Why didn't Bryan shoot the bull?..
be asked. He certainly knows
how"
With that, a spark which had been
smoldering In the fringe of the table,
cloth burst into fame. / don't know
which created more excitement. the
IRE or the Jest.
The "Mister Johnny Alumni As
sociation" is about to be formed.
Membership confined to Capitol
Hill kids who used to ride on the
back Of ]. r. Ferris ice wagon.
nominate for president Edward
Louis Hillyer, secretary of the
Union Trust Company.
Do you know any candidates for
membership? If so, let US have
them.
Vincent de P. Simonton, attorney
and assistant to the solicitor for tie
Department Of Agriculture, is only
one Of the many who have told The
Times Of their inability to get coal.
The thing viii h irritates Mr.. Simon
ton and every one else in his pre-
dlcament is that those in authority
make statements indicating there Ia
coal enough % 90 round; but lnat
coal dealers will not or cannot sell it.
Mr.. Simonton delicstely lays part
Of the blame on the authorities. In
his letter he says:
Having a supply left from last
year, and relying with the balance Of
the credulous on the statements Of
the Federal trade commission and
fuel administration, / took no steps
to replenish. have now a few
shovelfuls left, and / find this the
condition in Washington. The coal
1ealer with whom transacted busi-
ness in the past has ceased to deal
n that elusive commodity. Other
iealers with whom / talked over the
telephone either told me that they
we're not taking orders from any
me, or that they could not supply
ne unless l was a regular customer.
some would not even answer the
telephone.
Another well-known Congressional
will return to Washington
wearing the shoes of his former
:hief. W. W. Lufldn, who for years
las been the alter ego Of Repre-
Gussie Gardner Of Massa-
husetts has just been elected to I'LL
us boss's chair. The Honorable Gus,
s we all know, was the first House
member to don the khaki.
Clarence Wilson, food administra-
or for the District, will please take
office:
Lots of Turkeys at Fair Prices"
his is the promise of a newspaper
eadline based on a statement from
ir. Hoover's office.
Near beer has a far off taste.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
Let Us Save the Wood

ksht NoWI Splendid Chance For Bright Charity work.r
Le' US see that all the frewood Government
ana private property Il from
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
A New Hand At An Old Game

New York State,
thanks largely to
President Wilson,
has decided that
New York women
shall no longer
be classed with
idiots, 1 n di a n s,
and dogs not per-
mitted to vote.
This picture for
which the world
has long waited
will soon repre-:
sent this entire
nation.
The moral half
of the human race
is not forever to
be kept subject to
laws made eXclu-
sively by the i'm
moral half.
W ON e n who
pay, in their
household bills,
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

taxes laid upon them arbitrarily by trusts will be permitted
through legislation to say something about those trusts
about trust taxation, and food prices.
Even the choicest red-faced bullnecked whiskey-
soaked opponent Of woman suffrage will admit the truth of
this statement:
WoMEN's FIRST THOUGHT ALWAYS, IS FOR
THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN
When vote politicians will ask themselves every
day. What do for the chldren-how can we please
their mothers?'
Womens votes will put end to dirty streets and gut
terS Fairgrounds for children.
Women's votes will supply enough schools and the
right kind
Womens votes will help to regulate trust extorion and
Continued at Bottom Of Last Column)
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

Let's get the District of Colum-
bia lion in the lobbies of Congress.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

Ever stop to think that consider
able of the sugar shortage may be
attributed to the extraordinary use
Of sugar in preserving fruit this
past few weeks?
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

Henry Minor. member Of the Lib
erty loan machine at the Treasury,
and Misslssippian Of great favor in
bis sphere, was seated at a lunch
table. In front of him was a news
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

When Clarence Wilson issues his
food pledge cards / trust every one
will sign. Let's reduce our waist
ine-and the waste.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

II hear a lion in the lobby roar," !"
wrote James Branston in THE Art
of Politics"
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

Postmaster General Burleson
may be superstitious about that um-
brella Of his, but he defies everything
and calls for 13-cent stamps.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

But wait. Do we have to pay a
license tax to keep a bee?
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

Conduit Road Citizens Assoeia-
ton gets in on the movement TO
bring about suffrage in the District.
/ urge the association not to be
timid or bashful, but to make as
loud q noise as possible.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

Near beer has a far off taste.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

Keep a bee yourself next season.
He will rob all the neighbors' flowers
and turn over to you a supply Of
honey which will be the nearest ap-
proaeh in nature to getting (for
you) something for nothing.