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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

J. r. Pate says he quit smoking
last Friday. He had just come in
with his household effects and was
coming down from the depot with a
load of stuff and fire from his pipe
set a quilt afire and burned it mp.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Joe Adams has resigned as jani-
tor at the court house and George
Epplv has been employed as his sue
cessor Besides being janitor George
is constable for the precinct and II
a fellow misbehaves over there he
is ant to invite him to 20 and settle
with Squire Wilson.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

SiNty-two French women who had
married Americans. army officers or
soldiers. and subsequently had been
divorced in the United States return
cd to France ON the same steamer
this week. Most Of them returned
not because of personal differences
with their husbands, but because Of
tho inability o. ,he brides To adapt
themselves to the American mode Of
living
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12
Business Name Changed.

The Farmers Union Mercantile
Company have recently filed at Aus
tin an amended charter taking the
word Union out of the business name
and the corporation is to be hereaf-
ter STYLED THE Farmers Mercantile
Co"
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Stnart T. Box representing the
Fort Worth Record was seeing the
Snyder people this week and paid
the Signal a pleasant visit He said
he will toll the Record when he gets
home that he saw in West Texas the
Haest crops i'm the state. that the
people are making more cotton than
they can gather withoUt lots of help.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

The Fellow who thinks that Scurry
county has not made feed crop
should 20 over to where Mr. Win
ston has bcen unloading the grain
and see the immense ricks OF maize
kaffir and feterita piled mp there
ready for the thresher.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

There win be- regular services o
the Christian church Sunday morn
ing and night The membership ar
expected TO- be there and al other.
are invited TO worship with us. a
cordial welcome awaits YOU.
u. r. Hardison. Pastor.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

% ta- been reported chat several
persons came here this week under
the impression that cotton picker
were ,. -e, $3.50 % hundred tu3 le'
when tboy found il not so.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12
Maggie Wilson,
Ethel Kay
]. 4. Dunn

FL Felz Club emerged two weeks
ago from summer retirement and are
planning for an interesting season.
We are promised the usual regular
reports of the activities of this club
and also of the Altrurians who are
now getting busy again
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Senator Hoke Smith OF Georcjl
speaking before he cotton congress
i'm New Orleans advised farmers to
sell no cotton in September and ~
ter that only as the factories need
&,
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Air " A. Grimes Is custodian of
I. a.eascsool books and has osta5-
hs7fd an office or disuibuting de-
not in the Many building and has
there big supply Of all sorts of
such books as the state has prescrib-
ed for use I'm the public schools.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

G. Wilcox and daughter. Miss
Geneva. o' Snyder Texas, arrived in
Mckinney this morning for a bri'.
visit to relatives and friends. They
went to sherman this afternoon i7
their Observation-Disclosures Cour-
Ter Gazette
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

81 want to- tell you. that within the
last two weeks the pro-German elc-
ment in the United States again has
lifted it's head" President Wilson
in his Sioux Falls speech.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Mis-, Juuiu Beall OF swertwater.
Texas and Miss ZeIla Davidson oI
t.e G.. O. A. of Denton Texas were
the quests This wee. ot Miss Rut"
Buchanan
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12
PREMIUM LIST FOR
FIRST BALE OF COTTON

The report OF the sale OF The first
bale of cotton here last Friday even
inc by j. S. Eades is noted elsewhere
in this paper. The premium lis'
shows AS follows
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

NJ. II. A. Irving left Sunday FOR
Fort Worth where he VIII haveousi-
ness headquarters.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

+. II. Taylor says he has been
hearing that cotton was shedding
squares and he went out west Of
town and examined several fields
and found 70 not so.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

CT. williamson of Route two was
a prompt caller at the Signal sane
tum Wednesday TO place his renew
al for the Signal and Dallas News.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12
big Land Deal

Baker. Grayum ana Anderson
have sold 1861 acres OF the Dallas
Trust and Savings Bank land to j. ID
Sears Tor consideration of Sl7,5ou
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

n. b winston said Saturday even
ing that up to that time he had
bought 500 tons of maize.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Born in Snyder. Sept 5, to Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Watkins. a boy
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

The Signals thermpmser regis
tered "a degrees at y. m. Thurs
day.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

We don't hear much about oil
leases now. The people are settling
down 10 90 after real oil.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

DR.. Davenport is building a new
surface tank AT his Farm.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Misses Zada and Neda Maxwell
will go 20 Sweetwater Saturday
where they will teach this year
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Dr. Palmer has moved to Snyder
from Dunn. His daughter. Miss Mat
tie Lee Is teaching in the Snyder
school
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

The Altrurian club had busine-
meeting at County AttFney WI
meth's office Monday and laii plans
for . rarr of active work
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

NIs and Mrs Sam Lincecum and
Uuc daughter n. Al'n ohHHuma.
arrived this woe. Tor weeks visit
with relatives and FRIENDS hor They
made th, "trip hg ear
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Austria signed the peace treaty
Wednesday.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Minnesota has ratified the woman
suffrage amendment
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

II. N. Blackard and family return
ed to wichita Falls. Wednesday,
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Mrs Taught and Miss Hattie will
return to Fort Worth today
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Mr.. ]. ]. Gossett of Route . comes
back on the Signal list
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Ward county has caught the spell
and win 9u1 five wells.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-09-12

Mary Elizabeth of Dallas az
uomce- 20 per cent dividend
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02
BUNGLINGLY MEDDLESOME

The self-appointed representative Of
the American people at the peace
conference has undertaken to solve
every trivial question in Europe. He
is bunglingly meddlesome and is be-
ing used by the statesmen of Europe
as a catspaw just as it was predicted
he would be used
When Mr.. Wilson arrived in Eu-
rope he was feted, wined, dined and
paraded. He was applauded and per-
mite to speechify up and down Eur
rope to his hearts content. He was la
den with presents and now he is pay
ing for them.
At a cost estimated at $4,000, 000,-
900 and sacrifice of quarter of a
million of the best youth of the coun-
try this country won the gratitude of
the world. The bungling meddlesome
activity of our self appointed repre-
sentative is likely to lose the country
the respect and good will of the world.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02
o,,ack Remedies for War

(Bv Edwin M. Borchard, Professor OF
International Law Yale University;n
Ali mankind. and not least OF all
that part of it inhabiting the United
States has a fondness for the patent
N ed;cine. The cure-all, the panacea,
always finds favor, and now again we
are offered specific for the sociai
disease known as war. 1t is offered
in a bottle labeled League OF Ma.
lions" and, the name having been well
advertised, we are asked to buy 1t on
its label, with the representation that
the contents, if swallowed not too
gingerly. will give us decided relief.
Those who wish to make quick
sale resent the disposition OF some OF
the sufferers to analyze the contents
before taking, for who ever heard OF
a patient questioning the wisdom OF
the doctor? 1t seems indeed almost
sacrilegious to question the efficacy OF
remedies so sagaciously concocted for
our relief.
Ifthe world had not to suffer SO
much in the past from its misplaced
confidence in labels we might more
readily be disposed obediently to
swallow the new concoction known
as the covenant of the league of ma
tons. .,., 4,
If the league were ever established
the great game would be to OBTAIN
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02
Bailey Stands Aghast

Washington, April ~. - Especial
correspondence - Former Senator
Joseph w. Bailey in a recent open let
ter to Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer in which the question is rails
ed, who is a Democrat" brought
out a great amount of discussion both
in official and private circles in the
national capital. James S. Ford, a
Bostonian stopping in Washington
during the controversy, expressed
great pleasure over Senator Bailey's
letter and stated that it would attract
wide interest throughout the country
among "those members of the party
who have been faithful to the prin-
ciples of Democracy as laid down in
the days Of Jefferson.
Thousands upon thousands" he
continued. "have stood in silent amaze
ment at some of the acts and policies
of the Wilson administration and have
trained themselves to reconcile them
with true Democratic principles. They
have wondered who Is a Democrat as
they have seen the administration link
itself with Socialists and radicals of
the most dangerous sort, even though
those near-reds do not come out in
the open. Since the inception of the
Democratic party it has been funda-
mental principle of the party to pro-
tect jealousy the rights of the state
against the aggression of Federal
power. but the old idea Of States
rights has been utterly abandoned by
the Wilsonian type of Democrat.
States have been overriden and the
individual rights of the citizens have
been usurped by series Of admins
tration acts until now the menace of
Alexander Hamilton's policies in the
infant days of the republic pale into
insignificance"
The Bostonian further states that,
American history does not hold any
record of such wanton recklessness
with the peoples money as shown by
the present administration. 1t seems
now that what Senator Bailey calls
the arrogant officeholders' cannot talk
in terms of anything but a billion
The Democrats in power are plung cling
headlong into financial disaster for
rich and poor alike and am glad that
some one big enough in public life as
Senator Bailey has the fearlessness to
demonstrate" -
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02

control of the board of directors al
it is not difficult to guess which oa anu
err would control II. We inev;tsh,,.
would become the tools of ano,S.ys
power in the accomplishment Of +.
own political purposes, and Our no., s
ton would soon become an unenx;.hi-
one. 0's
The covenant at best Is a frag;,. =.
strument, which is likely to breaI ~
the first concrete shock. When VIZ ~.
are asked to send troops to interfs-.
in some European quarrel in uhias
we have no direct concern our co"n'
try will inevitably split into ,a.r
camps, those who wish to stay , NV,
and will interpret the covenant TO g NV.
US that privilege, and those who vii
be- disposed to 60 in. "
The proposed covenant is loose and
vague enough to permit of much IL.
depreciation. The result of internal
differences on the question OF intsr
vention cannot make for domest;c
unity. and the hesitation alone Vii
cause foreign recrimination. II i, NV
belief that the league will not work -
planned, and that it embodies om;non 90
consequences for US.
To conclude, we will, in my opinio,
be sacrificing the independence ana
best interests of the United States Nv
joining such an alliance, even If con.
stitutionaliy we had the power.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02

government is ready to return the
cable lines to their owners. The gov
eminent seized the cable lines, as a
war measure, after the armistice was
signed. The war now having been
won, or at any rate the president and
retinue being about to return, the cable
lines will be returned.
AS travesty and mockery of de-
mocfacy, the people and their rights,
the seizure Of the cable lines was one
of the worst since the country went
to war 1t was done for the sole pur-
pose of controlling communications
between this country and Europe dur
ing the peace conference. The peace
conference, in the opinion of the ad-
ministration, has about completed its
work, and communication can be safe
ly had with Europe.
We trust that Mr.. Wilson decides
to become candidate for the third
time. We want an expression OF
opinion upon him and his. We want
the people of this country to pass
judgment upon the present national
administration. We want to see if the
people still remember that ale kept
us out of war"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02
GOAT MILK

Lesson is not a practical business man,
merely because he has held political
office all his life. Col Harvey has
unearthed contract entered into be-
tween Mr. Burleson and his brother
in-law on one side and the State OF
Texas on the other. Under its terms
the state furnishes the Burleson plan
tation with IFS convicts to work it
on the share system, the State receiy-
ing 60 per cent of the profits and the
brothers-in-law 40 per cent.
The guards who have charge of the
gang of convicts see to it that they do
a full days work. One of the over
seers testified that he worked the men
from daylight to dark. and if there
was any sign of laziness "18 ticks"
was the penalty. Detailed statements
of the profits derived by the Bur
Lessons from the exploitation of the
Texas criminals are lacking, but the
fact that the contract provides that
"The parties of the second part shall
pay to the parties Of the first part the
sum of SIS per month for the slops."
indicates that no possible source of
revenue was overlooked by our enter
prising postmaster general.
Col. Harvey feels that this Texas
contract is sufficient proof that Mr.
Burleson is possessed of keen business
acumen, and many are inclined to
agree with him. However, it is the
opinion that the post office depart
ment, and the country generally would
benefit were Mr.. Burleson to retire
from public life to his Texas ranch
and supervise the spanking of his con-
victs.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02
GUILT IS PERSONAL

The former kaiser and others re-
sponsible for the war and the manner
in which it was conducted aresto be
brought to trial. The peace conference
has decided upon that course. 1t is
to be hoped that the trial court will
pronounce just sentences upon these
wholesale murderers.
Guilt is personal in this case and
should carry the penalty of guilt. In
years to come blood thirsty statesmen
will hesitate to embark upon war if
they know that the. wars failure will
be promptly followed by the punish
ment of the war makers. A lot of silly
sentfmentality has been INDUCED in
about making martyrs for future gen
serations of Germans. Martyrdom is
something that few men, and no rulers
seek. As a warning to future men
who may come into power just pun
ishment at this time should be visited
upon the kaiser and his followers.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02
Napoleon Was Banished

Only few days ago we were in
formed that Belgian commission was
to try the former kaiser and determine
what punishment should be melted
out to him. Now comes the word from
Belgium that she will not undertake
that duty, holding that the kaiser can
not be arraigned for. declaring war,
for violating the neutrality of Bel
GUM, or for any other act connected
with the war. While the stand that
Belgium takes seems very remarkable
when one remembers that she has suf-
fered as result of the ruthle sness
of the kaiser and his war party, il
ought not to be allowed to prevent full
expiation by him and the other war
lords of the crimes that they insti-
gated.
We dislike to think that Mr. vii.
son, and the other peace conferees
who adhere to his views of leniency
toward the Germans. had previous
knowledge of the attitude of the Bel
gians when they determined that the
kaiser should be turned over to the Of
ficials of that unhappy country. But
inasmuch as representatives of Bel
GUM were present in Paris at the
time. and presumably in constant
touch with the "Big Four" what
other conclusion can be drawn? On
the face of the reports its appears TO
have been a bald attempt to white
wash" the kaiser and at the same time
satisfy public opinion. by turning him
over TO the jurisdiction of the coun.
try that has suffered most from the
outrages OF which he was guilty.
The long DELAY in the framing of
the treaty ought not to blind the
world to the fact that the individual
who sat at the head Of the table at
the Potsdam conference when war
was decided upon now lives in luxury
at castle in Holland. and has recent
ly purchased a chateau in Switzerland
to which he purposes to retire and
continue his life of ease OF course II
is impossible to exact from him .
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02
THOSE IA POINTS

Premier Lloyd George went out of
his way, it seems to The Tribune, in
his speech to parliament, when he
said:
Before the war was over we stated
our peace terms. On behalf of the
government | made a considered
statement, considered by every men,
Der of the cabinet, as to what we con-
ceived to be the terms on which we
could make peace. That was last year.
At that time those terms received the
adherence of every section of opin-
ion in this country. There was no
protest from any quarter A few days
afterwards President Wilson pro-
posed the famous fourteen points,
which practically embodied my state
ment"
We have known ever since the
president paid us his fleeing visit
that the plan of the League of Ma
tons adopted was the British plan.
We now know that the first secretary
of the League of Nations is to be an
Englishman. The genesis of the IA
points was British.
Where is the substance of those
great triumphs Mr.. Wilson has won
right and left since he went abroad?
Wherein is the victory for Mr.. Will
son personally the United States or
the world? What has he accomplish
ed?
AS matter of cold fact Mr.. Wilson
has done nothing in Europe except
promote discord On every vital
question he has been a catspaw in the
hands of the English diplomats. His
press agents have tried to make the
American people believe he was a SUI
per-statesman molding the peace con-
ference as he willed. The truth is
gradually leaking out.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02
SURPRISING CONFESSION

President Wilson was asked to ex-
ert executive influence in the New
England telephone strike. Mr.. Will
son replied that he was unable to act
because of his great distance from the
country. The telephone strike was a
matter of great import to the country.
A great section of the country was
practically paralyzed commercially
and industrially. A great industry.
taken over by the government, had
come to a standstill The head of the
government was 5000 miles away and
admitted that he was incapable of act
ing.
The average man knows that vital
affairs have been neglected because
the head of the administration was
galavanting over Europe. But the
average man was assured at the very
start by Mr.. Wilson, himself, that his
absence would hardly be noted as he
could keep in close touch with con-
gress and the people.
The surprising admission of the
president, that he had incapacitated
himself has revived the question of
whether such incapacity does not
amount to an inability, as contem-
plated by the constitution, which au-
tomatically transfers authority to the
vice president.
1t is great thing to have a per-
ambulating chief executive.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02

commensurate with MS
crimes. He is a million times more
guilty than a common murderer. But
he should be put in position, per
haps on lonely island shut OH from
with his friends, where
he con contemplate at his leisure the
havoc that he wrought: Mental retro
spection, free from all Interruptions,
is the punishment best fitted to the
kaiser's case. At all events. neither
the Ienient attitude of Mr.. Wilson,
nor the declination of the Belgians to
serve as judges, should prevent the
bringing to justice of this arch
criminal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02
AS A RIDER

The president insists that the COW
enant of league of nations be made
a part of the treaty of peace. The pro-
posal is at once an indictment of the
league and of democracy with which
we are greatly concerned. The presi-
dent, of necessity, must be afraid of
one of two things, viz: that his pro-
posed league is without merit, or, that
the people of the United States will
fail to recognize its worth. If the
league is without merit the entire idea
should be rejected. That the people
will fail to recognize the merit of the
league is gratuitous assumption and
comes with poor grace from one who
is making the world safe for democ-
racy.
Friend and foe of the proposed
League of Nations claim that the
move is one of the most important
ever made in this world by organized
society. If it is of such Importance it
should be made only after due delib-
Grafton and separately from all other
considerations.
The American people are not going
to have a League of Nations damned
down their throats If the covenant
is made a part of the peace treaty
and cannot be separated from that
treaty the senate of the United States
should and will refuse to ratify the
treaty. Such necessity is deplorable
but it exists. The League of Nations
must stand upon its own feet. 1t will
be adopted and put into effect only
after the people are convinced that it
is the right and proper step. The at
tempt to force it through as rider is
one of the most wicked assaults upon
the people that has ever been made.
Senator Borah of Idaho is leading
the fight against the league as pro-
posed. We commend the senator and
trust that he will continue his fight
to. the end confident that finally, if
not already, he will have the great
majority of his countrymen with him.
He is justified in his fight.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02
Canyon County Warrant Call

On and after May 18th I will pay on
at the office of the coun-
ty treasurer warrants drawn as fol-
lows:
Current expense fund to and includ-
ing No. 413 of 1919 issue.
Road fund. all warrants.
Road and bridge fund, all warrants
Special bridge No. 2 to and includ-
ing No. 667 of 1918 issue.
FERN R. HART,
County Treasurer.
Dated Caldwell, Idaho, May 2, 1919.
$3.50
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-05-02
Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our many friends
for their kindness and sympathy dur
ing our recent bereavement.
Mrs. J. E. Weeks.
MFR. and Mrs. c. L. Weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Weeks,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. |. Weeks,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Weeks,
Harlan Weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Hurst.
Clair Weeks.