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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21
OUR RURAL
SCHOOL MATTERS

Quite number cf communities
are setting aside Thanksgiving day,
Thursday. November 81. as "clean
IN day" 10 meet at the schoolhouse
with dinner on the ground and clean
up inside and out and have good
social time together Others are
planning tor box suppers also for
that night to raise funds for equip
ping the grounds with play appara-
tus
Very few schools have begun 50
far. Mos, OF them will wait until
after Christmas to begin. The seven
months term should begin hy now by
all means. The six months not lat
or than December /. and Eve
mbaths by DECEMBER 3. This ar.
rane,ment will throw May II as
closing day for all schools. My eX-
perience and observation is tha'
schools are not success that run
LONGER than that date.
strongly recommend 10 the local
trustees thst they set December ~
as the beginning OF the compulsory
term. Remember that the term this
year IS dyo months.
The program for the Teacher 3
Institute will appear next week. We
are planning for the best institute
this year in the history oi snyder
Fisher County tcacsors are tc ne
with ~. All told about one hnnefeh
twenty i've teachers are 90 be pres
ant h-sides out OF town lecturers ana
sneakers. Mr.. Mussleman, editor oi
,se roass school Journal. professor
car-ett. supouutcnjont oi tAe Train
,nr school Department of san Mar
COS Normal. ana Miss Adelin White
d. raastv now critic teacher in
cangcn Normal. are TO Doe win Ms
asrrr the entire Vcea. a glance
IA thc procram ncHt wees VAL con-
vim anyone that 81 viii not only oe
.ntcrcs,inr and prohtaol, for teach
.r7 10 attend. but school patrons and
cn.gons @, Snyder and all seurrH
county as well.
TIE state Department oi hou''-
,ton authorizes US to announce an
ot,er teachers examination Dec. o.
G. Polioulng Is a schedule
rridao >fenoon physical Geo
p,a. ceime,ry. Physiology. Book
Ar..smctic. Literature. solid Geome-
tfy.
FRIDAY afternoon. Texas History
Grammar. Descriptive Geography
plain Geonot-y. Physcholosy' BOOK
he o.ping. u,
es ca, rdav afternoon. Speiiihs
Nyrit,,e. Methods and Marosemeh''
clvicc. Reading. Chemistry HISTORY
Of Education.
saturday sf ernoon' ON''o
states History. General History f"S
s.cs plane Trigonom@sry
O. l.. HOWELL
county superintendent
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21
Merchants In Cotton Market

The Signal learns that the big
mechantile house of Higginbothanl
Bros q Co., have entered the cotton
market with practically unlimited re-
sources. This house has engaged
J. c. Ezell 10 80 on the streets and
exercise all his energies and judg-
ment to maintain the local market
standards to the fullest extent war
ranted by conditions.
There is a probability that some
OF the other merchantile houses may
get in the game and Snyder VIII
stand at the head as a cotton mar
ket.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

Three Weeks Supply OF Coal ..
ST. LOUIS. Nov. IL The south
western region tuel committee
which apportions the distribution OF
coal In the southwestern railroad
region today announced that there
is available only about three weeks
supply OF coal in the United States
II conservation measures become
necessary the first step taken ac-
cording to the committee viii be
the curtailment TO gas and electric
street lighting and electric display
signs.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

County ..'.N V3+94.' $40
The gins are running day ana
night All gin yards are full of wag-
ons waiting their turn and wagon
yard lots are full up and wagon after
wagon coming in from every direc-
tion. Cotton haulers come in at all
times of the night and in many cases
have TO wait several hours to get
their bales ginned.
Cotton is off several points rang
Ing from 81 to 3S II. Cotton seed
$40 ton.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

The fuel administration estimates
there IS enough coal TO last a wee'--
An embargo on freight shipments Is
probable in which event II is esti-
mated IL. 100000 mea will be thrown
out OF employment. This condition
will be a result OF the coal strike.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21
u rrice the Gin man at CamI

A. n. Trice the gin man at Camp
Springs was here Thursday and SAID
he had to close down "Wednesday
nipht because OF no fuel. He Is try
inc to arrange for supply and hopes
20 start up again in few days nc
has pinned eco bales this season.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

DIR Jesse of Chicago lectured at
the Baptist church last sunday
night in the interest OF the ami
saloon league.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21
DR.. Wilson BUYS Laundry

Dr. T. /. Wilson has bought the
nlant of the Snyder steam laundry
consideration {. $500. DR.. wilson
SAYS as soon as he can get every
thing in working order the lauhcrF
will be IN operation.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

Jim Dawson said Thursday that
he has received the till OF lading irr
a car OF coal enroute from Coloraf%
and thinks It will he here by Mon
day.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

On last Monday night those Pres
byterians who were so fortunate as
TO be present at the Presbyterian
Church eitoyed treat Rev. Chat-
field OF Stamford, Texas, Rev j. A
owen Of Albany. Texas. and Dr' j.
Gilmore Smith. superintendent of the
.etbyte-lan orphanage of Albany
Texas. who are touring the Abilene
Presbytery In the interest Of the
New Era movement of the church.
made their stop at Snyder. Each oil
them made forceful talk, setting
forth the aims of the church, ana
their plans by which every member
may become a helper in this great
drive. Their words
of exhortion to fall in lire has left
beneficent influence on all who heard
them.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

There has been some sort ol I"
sporting carnival going on Ior ie"
DAYS near Snyder II seems the goat
rc2ing game was the leadirE feature
hu, Il has been difficult to find who
have boen the main actors.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

Report are coming in from TIC
late cotton district that the freeze
did serious damage
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

II is unofficially estimated that
the three Banks in Snyder have at
least two million dollars now on de-
posit.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

l.. C. Ruch. the Noun Pleasant
driller at Fluvanna was here Thurs
day and said they are shut down
waiting for fuel.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

Charles Ring of FL Paso came IN
from Austin Thursday morning with
81 Mexicans and placed them with
farmers to pick cotton.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

The first half of this week mas
been fine for cotton picking ana the
farmers have been hitting the bali
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

Charlie Hairless Or. Davenport aa'
Jim Hairless are off this week on
hunting trip.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

Farmers are coming N at all times
in the day and night hauling cotton
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

II. NJ. Murphy and son were here
to sell cotton.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21

Sheriff ]. d. Byrd wont to
Amarillo wednesday night to accom-
many an attached Witness.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-21
BIG DRIVE
FOR COTTON

Up to 3 D. IN. Thursday the Snyder
,ins had turned out this season the
number of bales:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

ever, have been disclosed before. Thi~
 report shows that Siamese soIdiers
 treated for it gained in weight while those not under treatment did not, and that Costa Rican laborers under medj
 cal care were able to do/ much gmors work and earn more money than those not under treatment. The most en- couraging result of the widely extend . ed fight against the infection is the fact that the populations among whom 1t is conducted become awakened to the advantage of sanitary precautions and of securing better health eondi- tions. So long as they were ignorant of or indifferent to the danger from the neglect of living conditions pecu-, liarly favorable to the spread of this infections little could be done for it's eradication. It's conquest, like that of other infections, depends upon the CO., operation of the people among whom it thrives. Such local help is begin ming to be given and that points to ths day when hookworm will be as pre- ventable as yellow fever or typhoid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
< F E Birmingham Getting Ready To Welcome Gen. Pershing

lMl OW that General Pershing has accepted an invitation extended to him by the City Commission to visit Birmingham, no effort should be spared to make his brief stay in the city notable.
 According to present plans, General Pershing will be guest of Brming- ham only about five hours. It is to be regretted that his schedule will not permit him to pay daylight rather than 3 night visit, as he will arrive shortly after o'clock in the evening and depart about midnight.
 Every patriotic citizen of Birming- ham wants to see the man who loorned so large in the worlds affairs when the allies were struggling to defeat Germany. He is our greatest living national hero, and the fact that he mas borne hls honors modestly com mends him all the more strongly to the American people.
 Plans are already under way to make the visit of General Pershing, Friday week, pleasant for him and for the members of his staff and CT joyahle for the people of Birmingham. By all means the handicap of dark ness must be overcome as far as pos sible, ir order that everyone who wishes toNdo so may catch glimpse of our distinguished visitor.
 There will be acute disappointment if arrangements are nst made with this the principal idea in view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
CONQUEST OF THE HOOKWORM
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 N FEW years ago the hookworm A\ was joke, believed by most
 people to be merely a scientific or "high-brow way of describing lazy and undeveloped people. Thanks to the researches of the Rockefeller foun- dation, the microbe of the disease has been isolated and the conditions which contribute to it's propagation have been thoroughly studied
 The latest report of that body shows the beneficial effect of curative and protective treatment in many parts of the world. Tests showed that the mem tality of some 10000 of our white sol- diers at Camp Travis infected with the edisease was about ) per cent below normal, while, curiously, the negro sol- dier. although quite as susceptible to the infection, did not show the same proportion of mental deterioration or the same susceptibility to other dis eases as did the whites In Queens land the tests showed a retardation of about two years among school chill dren infected with hookworm.
 The i'll effects of the disease, how
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
A FORGOTTEN LITTLE NATION

i the country with the new Serb-Croat- Slovene state--Jugcslavia-un the King of Serbia.
 I. seems taht the snufffng out of Montenegro is yet to be completed. though the high contracting parties at Paris engaged in remaking the map of Europe arc putting no obstacle in the way of the Serbian government in it's attempt to annex the country. A considerable body of Montenegrtns, however. are in armed in resistance. sanguinary engagements have been re- ported between them and the Serbfans and King Nicholas ueclares that not until the last of his faithful subjects Is eNte-ninated will resistance cease
 There seems to be something in his contention that the national assem ] bIy. which voted to surrender Monfs- negro's independence. did not truly rs- spect the self-determinatien of the people,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
LUKE MLUKE SAYS

Some women get divorced so often that their children get So they expect to see a new face at the breakfast table every morning.
 Wha, has become of the old-fash- toned wcman whose dress bosom al- ways looked like a pin cushion?
 If father has ss cents left over on pay day after he settles the bills, mother Is afraid he may meet some strange blend and take her to din- Ter
 The drys seem to think that a man can't be good citizen unless he obeys the eleventh commandment The eleventh commandment is-'Thou shalt not drink
 A woman is proud of the age of her grown sons. But she isn't willing to admit that her grown daughters are as old as they say they are.
 You may have to call a small boy 10 times to get him to go on an err rand. But you need call him but once to come in to dinner
 And what has become of the old fashioned man who used to play 'I.is- ten to the Mccking Bird" on the mouth organ?
 A slim girl would not object to hay ing a thick waist if the thickness was above the waist line
 Another prize pest Is the man who holds vol tD TOT two hous while he tells you hgs busy hs ia
 A motfsf s Arson who knows what the ashy ying when the baby dcesrg 1Agw self what he ia saying.
 This wo Re- Ra esier world on the eyes If Ro uaan uen did not im- agine that osnits raea1s whiskers.
 The reaso 'Tey 2 hates to have her fellow iiaS kes snr hug her and hold her ha # aes aae her father gets mad eNiM because the gas bill -fs t,s al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

From the Providence Journal
 1GIHE rumor that Captain DAn-
 nunzio. at his convenience, in-
 tends to move still farther down the eastern coast of the Adriatic and establish foothold on the shore of Montenegro, calls to mind nation that has disappeared as a consequence of the war--a stanch ally of the allies, by the way. The King of Montenegro. now an exile Tn Paris. is father-in-law to the King os Italy. D'Annunzio, per haps seeking new worlds, to conquer, might undertake to help the aged mon arch to recover his lost country.
 Nicholas O. Montenegro was driven out physically when the Austrians at tackled his srronghole in force, after the collapse Of Serbia. But following the armistice national assembly de- clared in favor of his deposition and the ending of the dynasty; further ex- pressing readiness TOT the union of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
Arkansas a State
 of Varied Resources

lES FIFTY or sixty years ago Arkan- S sas was a state of agricultu- ral promise, but it was full of malaria and that fact held it back. In re- cent years sanitary science has made strides and it is now as healthy as any state in the south.
 The Arkansas Gazette of Little Rock has a Centennial Special" in colors, setting forth the wonderful resources of the state. Many enter prising southern newspapers have published editions in booklet form, but the Arkansas Gazette, perhaps, sur passes all of them.
 Time was when Arkansas was state of mud roads. Today it is noted for its good roads.
 In the mater of productiveness, it is the third state in rice, the fifteenth state in cotton; one of the leading states in live stock; one of the fore most. states in lumber, and one of the famous states in horticulture
 The Gazette's centennial edition comprises about two hundred and forty pages, and every few pages is deliberately illustrated
 Arkansas is not only a rich agri- |cultural state, but it is full of romance and literary importance, and all these things illuminate it's pages. The centennial edition is sure to be in great demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

ca just now of a spirit of hatred that bodes no good for the future of our country. Have we helped to win one of the greatest wars in the history of the world, and the most far-reaching in it's effects, only to fall upon one another and throw away what we have gained?
 Is there any reason why the man who works with his hands should be any the less an American citizen than the man who employs him, or vice versa? Aren't we all citizens of the same country, working obtensibly to the same ends and Y. confronted by grave problems of reconstruction that call for the best efforts of every one of us, great and small, rich and poor, the employed and the employer?
 Team work won the war for the allies. They were not making any headway until they realized the fun damental truth that all must pull to- gether under a single head and Foch was made supreme commander. Team work is what we need now in Ameri- ca as never before. This is no time for internecine strife, for petty dis sensions and class hatred. America is sti1 the land of freedom and op- portunity, where merit tells and pluck and initiative insure success, the teaching of bolsheviki and anarch- lsts to the contrary notwithstanding.
 It is painful to see the members of a family quarreling among them selves. It is far worse when mighty nation is kept in turmoil by agitators, politicians and others who are actuated by selfish motives.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
From the Kansas c1tv Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 N AMERICANS like to think of them A\ selves as progressive people. es- c = pecially in business and industry. They like to read about the restless energy and hold innovation of the great captains of industry who are always scrapping ex- pensive machinery to put in something better and newer. They have come to be- lieve America achieved and holds it's leadership because of this unwillingness to be hound by past methods.
 But the national vanity will come down a little perhaps when the revelations or the coal strike are fully grasped The great industry scent to have been con- ducted in an amazingly haphazard man ner. the evils of which appear to have been communicated to the great coA users also, to the railroads. public utth- ties and large industrial plants. Neither the coal operators nor large consumers made any effort to provide coal supply beyond the demand of the passing day as pointed out by the Stars Washington correspondent who looked carefully into the questions of production and distr'- button, there is system in netieher. No coal is stacked at the mines, therc IS none. or little, stacked anywhere.
 Consumers have been accustomed to buying their coal as they want it. Con seuuently thcre Is . big demand in cold weather and light demand in the sum mer months Tn order to have enough men available to produce the coal in seasons of heavy demand. so large force is required that it must be idle good share of the time in summer
 The situation is- like that of . club that nnaintains staff of walters large enough to serve heavy dinner demand. and then keeps the same staff for breakfast and luncheon when every few persons wish to be served. It is convenient to club members to have such service, but 1t is luxury they expect to pay for. The conclusion must be that American enterprise has failed to breath its spirit into the coal industry. It Is not up with the times. Production and distribution have rot been moderni1cd. It seems time to do . little junking, both as to machinery and ideas, and put this in dustry where 1t can serve even if Y takes little educa ting all around.
 It has been suggested by A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
TRAVELLED

Rather rough country you a about here" remarked the autom tourist to young mountaineer re s by the roadside.
 50 1t is. stranger"
 I never could understand why people are content to stay in q mountains and never see anythin the world. Now, I dare say, you @ know what's on the other side of farthest peak over there"
 Yes. do. France is about 3 miles on the other side of that m tain, stranger. Fourteen months I was movin' about a right smai them parts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
Should Visit Mercy Hom.

''The children from the Mercy Home who sang before the various clubs dur ing the past week made a decided hit said E. J. Rowe. chairman of the drive for $15,000 for this institution. "and at the Rotary club the other day man came up to me and said, Rowe, I sent you a check TOT $50. but after seeing those children I must give $20O more. and I will send you a check for that amount today. and he did, making hisa subscription $250. That was a re- suit of seeing these little fellows and hearing them sing. and I feel if more people would visit the Mercy Home and see what is being done there they would be ardent supporters of the in- stitution If you have never been there, visit will do you good Try it.v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
fLikea OId-Tfme Songs

You can hardly imagine how many people. and mostly the old people of the county, are becoming interested in the old-time songs" stated Almus A Vines yesterday. Although we are living in an age where new and pop ular songs are coming out every day and mostly what they call jazz and ragtime, there is a great number of people who stil stick to the old time songs.
 At one of the latest sings held at Piney Woods. where number of the citizens of Jefferson meet ofter for sings. we had a wonderful crowd, and a number of the people brought their lunches and stayed for the whole ses- sion of the sing. It is very inspiring and awakens many old memories when we hear those old time songs ringing out on the air"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
THE POLITICIAN AND HIS CIGAR

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 To what new complexion politics may come with women voting it would still be futile to predict. The revo- lutionary changes many anticipated have not so far been realized. Women vote much as men vote. in accordance with their personal or partisan pre- affections. The upMft has not reached the polls in any large instalments. Yet the fact that one county committee has given out orders against smoking at coming conference because the women members object to the practice will lead the old-time politician to ask, What are we coming to?" in sheer bewilderment
 Driven from his social glass as mediating influence. he has felt that his cigar at least could not be taken from him. The connection between the demon rum and politics is a closed book. The historian who purposes to write of 1t will not find his authority disputed by a reopening of the record. But it is hardly to be supposed that the politician will abandon his cigar cheerfully. even to oblige the ladies' IT at last his schivalry compels him. what grave revolutions in the entire course of politics may not be expected? :? The question should be full enough of fascination to the deep thinker to pro- duce some really authoritative philo- sophical pronouncement upon it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
Active Campaign for
 Road Bond Campaign

1.-THE campaign for the twenty-five S million dollar bond issue is making progress. The vote for rati- Ification of the amendment win be held in February, and the amendment should be carried by a sweeping ma- jority
 The roads of Alabama are now in wretched condition, and that fact will stimulate the amendment for the twenty-five million dollar bond is- sue.
 If the bond issue is carried, Ala bama will have not only the best high ways of any state in the south, but las good roads as any in the United States. But notwithstanding the popularity of the twenty-five million dollar issue, a well-organized cam paign is advisable. Every county should be ready for drive, and no citizen should fail to vote.
 If the amendment should be de- fcated, Alabama would be for years Ito come a state of bad roads.
 But let's go forward. Every man should put his shoulder to the wheel and score victory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
A FAIR WARNING.

What sort of town is thisr' asked the visiting bolshevik, with slightly supercilious air.
 This is 100 per cent American town" replied the resident. 'Umph Really~
 Well. if you don't believe it. just rear up on your hind legs in the public square and shout, Down with the goy- ernment" Things will begin to hap pen fast and you will be more or less the center of attraction"
 BLASE Sweet sixteen" but just observe her. Unblushing, sit through a naughty Sweet sixteen" may the saints nre-
 serve heri
 What don't these modern children
 knowt