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The Washington herald., 1920-11-15
Pension Chiefs Named.

President Wilson yesterday sp-
pointed Frank d. Byington. OF Mary
land, 20 be Commissioner OF Pen
sions, and Frederick A Royse. Cali
fornia, TO be Deputy Commissioner,
The Washington herald., 1920-11-15

Four rubber balls in a new cleo
trical machine messages persons
spines as effectively as the fingers
OF strong masseur.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17
Color Lest Supreme.

The Florida supreme court recently
affirmed the decision of lower court
that the color test leads the acid test
in citrus fruit in determining their
marketable condition. 4 large grower
undertook to ship grapefruit that
showed an average on the trees OF
more than one-half colored indicat-
ing ripeness, under the law. An in
spcctor made an acid test and seized
the shipment as Immature fruit. The
grower appealed 10 the courts. The
state authorities had held that the
color test was secondary and that the
fruit could not he shipped unless II
stood the acid test. The supreme
court holds that rlpeness is sufficient
test for shipment, but II the ripening
is delayed, as II sometimes Is, until
after the fruit Is NJ for consumption,
the grower may prove by the acid test
that he may market the fruit.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17

San Angelo. Texas. Sept. Prep
arations to spud in new deep tests
Tor oil in Glasscock and Howard
counties. together with the starting
OF Thad O'Day's fourth shallow well
in MrCulloch county. featured the
last weeks activities in West Texas
OIL circles
The Underwriters Producing and
Refining company in Mitchell county
has awarded a contract to d. d.
Wertzberger of Ranger to erect a
standard derrick on the Nat Smith
tract, six miles west OF Colorado
City. Three carloads of rig material
have been unloaded at the site
This company is to sink a second
Morrison well as an Offset to its
r. a p No. l. which is being cleaned
out following its shooting at 2.52S
feet several weeks ago. 4 second To-
cation has been made on the ranch OF
DR.. p. C. Coleman. twenty miles
northwest OF Garden City MORT
son No is TO be a shallow well to
test showings obtained in 7. Il p. No.
between 400 and 500 feet.
The Colorado-Te OIL company.
On the w l.. Foster ranch. is down
over 1000 feet.
The General oil company in
Glasscock county is 10 sink a well
on the Shafter tract, one and one
half miles southeast OF Mcdowell No.
l. The latter is now on the pump
and the flow has recently increased
slightly.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17
Iinkina the Americas.

For the first time North and South
America are to he linked together by
regular wireless communication. De-
spite the progress in wireless cleo
tricity the region Of the equator has
continued to set up barrier against
the Invisible messages. The most
powerful currents could not penetrate
the mysterious resistance known as
"statlc" Now. at last, this problem
has been solved. Great high power
stations In the United States can now
communicate with similar stations In
Brazil. At a touch OF the key at
New York or Washington the invisible
waves will overleap every barrier and
be read an instant later on the south
ern continent. The wireless will knit
closer the two western continents
Boys Life.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17
Gold In the Head"

|acute attack OF Nasal Catarrh. Per
lSho aye subject TO frequent "colds
E'S CATARRH MEDICINE viii
up the System. cleanse the Blood
lender them less liable TO coils.
fted attacks OF Acuto Catarrh may
.o. Chronic Catarrh.
rL's cATARRH MEDICINE Is tax.
|ernaiiy and acts through the Blood
MUCOUS Surfaces of the system.
|OruggIsts TIC. Testimonials free.
10 for any case OF catarrh thar
lis CArARRH MEDICINE Will not
Cheney a Co. Toledo. Ohio.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17
Resolutions of Appreciation.

iNToiutiouH VI tppf''tattphs
At the unanimous request OF the
Scurry County Baptist association
In It's regular session assembled,
September IL, at Dunn, Texas, the
undersigned were asked to express
in writing the appreciation of the
people OF the association OF the SER
vices OF Bro. |. ID. Huh, our retiring
missionary.
But no words. or even figures, can
express the marvellous good accom-
p,Ished by thS soldier OF the Cross,
who for so many years has lifted
high the banner OF Emmanuel among
our people, and among many others.
For many years he has labored in
this part of this great empire state,
and for a long period of this time
he has served the people OF this coun-
~ in the capacity OF missionary. For
two separate periods he has served
us.
Through heat and cold rain and
sunshine, and in the face OF drouths
storms and barriers of every kind
he has gone, and with the untiring
zeal of true soldier he has pressed
forward toward the mark OF prize OF
the high calling of God which is in
Christ Jesus. our Lord. In the
crossroads places, in the. school
houses. in all the places Of destitu-
ton, anywhere and everywhere, he
has gone with the message of re-
demption. and the Lord has honored
his efforts.
Therefore We. the Scurry County
Baptist association, count 1t great
JOY TO say to him that his services
have been more appreciated than we
have, ever been able 10 say or ex-
press. We feel it in our hearts also
to say that among the citizenship Of
our county there are scores of others
not vitally connected with the " rk
of our association who join us in
these words of appreciation; and all
of us together wish for him the best
of service wherever the Lord may
lead him. and wish for him that the
blessings of God-eyen the very
greatest-shall evermore be upon
him.
Nor would we forget to say word
of appreciation for the companion
who has so nobly Stood by him and
co-operated with him and prayed for
him throughout the years Of his un-
selfish service. She, too. has won
the love ofall our hearts, and our
prayers are that the blessings of the
Lord shall be with her life Of such
unselfish sacrifice and love for the
cause OF the Master
The services OF Bro. Hull We gladly
recommend to any others who may
be looking for a pastor or for an as
sociational missionary. May Hea-
ven's best benedictions be upon him
wherever his lot be cast,
w. II. SIMS.
c. r. BALL. Committee
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17
Nobody Knows for sure.

Joe Roemisch of Hermleigh coun-
try said Monday that the cotton in
his part OF the county will probably
make a bale to five acres
! Judge Horace Holley expressed
about the same estimate early this
week.
J +. Dowdy Of Fluyanna believes
now that It viii take ten acres for a
bale in his part of the country
The prevailing idea is that forms
that may have come on within the
last few days cannot mature will
make nothing but holly cotton and
the time has come when people don't
want bollies.
A. Rhodes says the people IN Ira
country are In fair shape. They have
some worme and the plant has not
fruited we'll but prospects indicate
good deal of cotton. The rain
last Sunday didn't reach to Ira or
Fluvanna and was light at Foch.
From facts gathered from many
farmers the conclusion is that the
cotton crop in scurry county will be
very light as compared to last year.
Mr.. T. C. Stlnson says that down
In his region near Ira there will be
lots OF cotton made.
d. A. Jones of Fluvanna says there
are some worms and that the cotton
Is not full OF bolls like last year. but
there is cotton there that he believes
will go a half bale. Out west of
Fluvanna there is lots OF cotton. II
Is better there than east of town
where there has been more rain. Mr..
Jones thinks there will be more cot
ton made than we can gather unless
we get outside help. He doesn't
think the country Is ruined by long
shot.
Nobody can tell all about a cot
ton crop till it is gathered.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17
tostick Reward to go to Former
sheriff.

tostick Reward To go to Former
sheriff.
.lAustin. Texas. Sept 9.-ln an
Inion given to Governor Hobby il
held by Assistant Attorney Cen
III Il. r. Smith thct r. |. Goodall.
FINER sheriff of Kent county. is en-
4 ed to the reward OF $500 offered
4 the state for the arrest and con-
tion of the person who slew Judge
L len c. Higgins at Claremont in
|tht county.
|Goodall arrested a man named
stwick in Cara county and deliy-
I'D the prisoner 10 two Rangers,
placed him in Jail at Sweetwa-
II is stated In the opinion that
'ltwick confessed 10 the two RAN
subsequently Bostwick com
bed suicide and there never was
bnviction,
|smith cites the law that peace
Ter In the discharge OF his duty
not collect a reward. but holds
b not the duty OF the Kent county
|riff TO make an arrest in Cara
hty. therefore he is not estopped
Zse. He also holds the actual con
ton was not necessary. as the Ne
Ih court sustained an award where
criminal was killed while being
stcd
DE reward IL to be paid out OF
years appropriation for law en-
.ment.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17
Germa and Microbes.

Germs and microbes are terms which
are applied to certain organisms too
small to be seen by the unaided eye.
Most Of those which produce disease
are known as bacteria. These are one
ceIled plants. They are not insects or
even animals, being much lower in the
scale of life and much simpler In
structure than insects. Man always
has made use of certain germs. with
out. however. knowing just what he
was using. for instance, yeast used
In baking aud other fermentation proc
essea.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17
co TO EXTREMES
Health faddists Apt to Become a
Nuisance.
Hard to Deny That There Are Many
Like the Unfortunate Jiggins. Who
Literally Dumb. Bell" Them
selves to Death.

The following editorial from the
Gary Times Is printed by the Journal
Of the American Medical Association
rs Il lesson 10 health faddists:
There is great deal of truth I'm the
satirlcal story of Higgins, who had the
health habit. .Ilggins lived 20 years
ago, and health was disease with
him. The Dallas News says that jig
gins took cold plunge every morning.
He said IL opened the pores. After Il
he took a hot sponge. He said II
closed the pores. He got 80 that he
could open and shut his pores at
will.
Higgins used 10 stand and breathe
al an open window for half an hour
before dressing. He said It expanded
his lungs. He might, OF course have
had IL done in shoe shop with q
boot stretcher; hut, after all II cost
him nothing this way. And what is
half an hour?
After he had got hts vest on jig
gins used TO hitch himself up like
a dog in harness and do shadow eX-
erciScs. He did them forward. back
ward and hindside up.
lie could have got job as a dog
anywhere. He spent all his time ~
this kind cf thing. In his spare time
at the office he used TO lie on his
stomach on the floor and see II he
could lit himself up with his knuckles
II he could then he tried some other
way until he found one that he
couldn't Ito. Then he would spend the
rest Of his lunch hour on his stom-
ach perfectly happy.
In the evenings. in his room. he used
to lift iron bars, cannon balls, heavy
dumb.bells and haul himself up TO
the ceiling with his teeth.
He liked H.
He spent half the night singing him
his brain clear When he got his brain
perfectly clear he went TO bed and
slept. As soon as he awoke he began
clearing II again.
JigginS is dead He was. Of course,
pioneer; but the fact that he dumb.
helled himself TO death at an early
age does not prevent a whole genera
ton ~ young men from following in
his path.
They are ridden by the health
mania
They make themselves a nuisance.
They get up at impossible hours
They go out In silly little suits and
run marathon heats before breakfast
They chase around barefoot 10 get the
dew ou their feet. They hunt for
ozone. They bother about pepsln.
They won't eat meat because It has
700 much nitrogen. They won't eat
fruit because II hasn't got any. They
prefer albumin and starch to buckle
berry pie and doughnuts. They won't
drink water out OF tap. They won't
eat Sardines out of tin. They won't
use oysters out ~ a pail. They won't
drink milk out Of u glass. They are
afraid. Yes. sir. afraid. towards
Aud after all their fuss they pres
emily incur some simple old-fashloned
illness and die like anybody else.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17
Citation BY Publication.

THE STATE OF TEXAS
To the Sheriff or any Constable OF
Borden County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded 10
summon j. II. Gordon. A. c. San
ders and d. A. Shepherd by making
publication Of this citation in some
newspaper published in Borden
County. Texas, but If there be nc
newspaper published therein, ther
by making publication of this cita.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17

V. Jones was drowned in the
RADIO river at Colorado on Aug.
The body was found last week
drift near Brondt in Coke coun-
bout $50 miles below Colorado.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17

page asi. ~ X sisi and
Vol. 76, page 1EX ~ records OF
Eastland County. X/s. or else sec
ondary evidence oEtheir contents
viii be submitted upon trial hereof
Plaintiff alleges that on or about
April /, 1916. he became the owner
and holder OF said notes and liens
securing the same for good and
equitable consideration; that same
are still due and unpaid; that lien
still exists against premises TO Sc
cure the payment Of said notes; and
that same is now a valid binding and
subsisting vendors lien.
That John Caldwell and The Tex
as Company are setting up some
claim to premises, the nature OF
which Is to plaintiff unknown but
which interest plaintiff alleges is In
ferlor to lien OF plaintiff securing
said notes
Herein fail not, but have you be-
fore said court on the first day OF
the next term thereof. this Writ.
with your return thereon showing
how you have executed the same.
Witness my hand and seal Of said
court. at office in Gail, Texas. this
18th day of August, A. D. 1920.
MAGGIE WILLIAMS,
Clerk District Court Borden County
Texas. L. S. lila
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17

ton in the nearest county where q
newspaper Is published by publish
ing the same once each week for four
consecutive weeks previous to the
return day hereof, to appear at the
next regular term OF the Honorable
| District Court OF Borden County,
Texas to be holden at the Court
house thereof in the town OF Gail,
Texas, on the third Monday after
the first Monday in September, A.
L. 1920, the same being the 27th
day OF September. A. d. 1920, then
and there TO answer a petition fled
in said Court on the 22nd day of
May. A. d. 1920, in suit numbered
on the docket OF said Court, No.
ESQ, wherein Thos. @. Patteson is
plaintiff and j. H. Gordon, A. C..
Sanders. d. A. Shepherd, John Cald-
we'll and The Texas Company, a pri-
vate corporation. are defendants. the
nature OF plaintiffs demand being as
follows, to-wit:
Suit to set aside two attempted
releases of certain notes hereinafter
set out, said releases being part Of
and contained in certain deeds dated
and described as follows:
First deed, dated April l6, 1903.
given by A. c. Sanders and J. II.
Gordon, conveying the lands herein
after described, TO d. +. Shepherd,
recorded. Vol. 10, page 212. deed
records OF Eastland County, Texas.
Second deed, dated April 16, 1909,
given by A. c. Sanders and j. II.
Gordon, conveying the lands herein
after described. to d. r. Shepherd
recorded Vol. rs, page 254, deed re-
cords OF Eastland County, Texas.
Suit to establish debt of following
notes against A. G. Sanders and lien
OF notes established and foreclosed
against following tract of land. to-
wit, 1886 acres Of land out of Sec
ton rs. Block 3, Houston & Texas
Central Railway Company Survey in
Eastland County, Texas. said notes
having been given as part considera-
ton for said land by A. c. Sanders
to ]. II. Gordon. being dated May 20,
1907, numbered l TO 8, inclusive,
payable to ]. II. Gordon. due in TO
9 YEARS from date; first seven notes
for 10000 each. and last note for
$1,000 interest from date at per
cent per annum; providing for past
due interest tC bear interest from
maturity at s per cent per annum;
and providing for 10 per cent Of
sums due thereon to be added as at
torney's fees in event same were
placed in hands OF an attorney for
collection, or If collected through the
probate court.
That on May 30, 1907 in due
course OF trade and bushes. J. II.
Gordon transferred all OF said notes
TO Delta National Bank. a private
corporation. and at time when
said notes were in the hands of. and
owned by the assignee of said J. II.
Gordon. and without the consent OF
and against the will and wishes OF
the then holders and owners OF said
notes, said J. H. Gordon executed
the certain instruments above des-
cribed attempting TO release said
notes.
That the defendant, d. a. Shep-
herd. had fun knowledge that said
notes were not then held and owned
by said j. II. Gordon at the time OF
the pretended releases and convey
ance to him by said 4. c. Sanders
above described
Defendants and each Of them are
notified to produce the originals OF
deeds recorded as follows: Vol. SO,
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17
Feed and Produce Business Changes
Hands,

W. A. Merrill has bought the Hen
derson Bros. Feed and Produce bust
ness on North Clairmont St.. and is
now prepared to furnish all kinds OF
Feeds and Farm Seeds. Also will
pay top prices for poultry, eggs and
hides. l4c
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-09-17
USE "DlAMOND DYES"

Dye right Don't risk ma
terial. Each package OF "Dia-
mond Dyes contains direc-
tions so simple that any
woman can diamond-dye a
new. rich. fadeless color into
old garments, draperies, COW
erings, everything, whether
wool. silk, linen, cotton OF
mixed goods.
Buy Diamond Dyes - no
other kind-then perfect re-
suits are guaranteed even II
YOU have never dyed before.
Druggist has Diamond Dyes
Color Card" - 10 rich eolors.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-11-25
Problems, measures and
events of interest to her
as mother, home max
err and citizen.

women that were left wondering
how it all happened; and they are
lust now begin ing to get 1T INTO
their heads.
To the men who dahble in poll
tics now and then, as most OF the
men of New York do, it was all
perfectly simple. They wanted to
elect Wadsworth, who seemed
about to be showed under. At the
same time, the democrats wanted
very badly to elect MIR, Smith,
their candidate for the governor
ship of the state. And so a secret
agreement was made to the effect
that republicans would vote for
Mr.. Smith for governor while dem
ocrats in turn were to vote Tor
Wadsworth for senator. The re-
suit was that Mr.. Wadsworth ran
about 100000 votes ahead of his
ticket, while Mr.. Smith ran nearly
a million ahead. Mr.. Wadsworth
was elected; but Mr.. Smith, even
with this tremendous lead, was
still defeated because of the ire
sistable republican landslide.
By the side Of this performance,
what the women did out at Yon-
Gala, Oregon, looks like an exceed
ingly trivial matter The latter
involved only a single small city;
the former an entire state, and
that the most populous state in the
Union. This may or may not in
dictate the difference between wo-
men and men in their capacity for
political trickery. At any rate, it
is to be hoped that women will not
generally go in for such tactics in
the future, but will try to stamp
them out instead.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-11-25
Shoe on Other Foot

In New York state, the political
game worked out the other way
and on much larger scale. Here
the women were almost solidly OPP
posed to the reelection to the
United States senate of Senator
Wadsworth, whom they regarded
as slippery politician with ques
tionable record. But in spite of
all their efforts, he was elected by
the comfortable margin of about
100000 votes. Here it was the
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-11-25
Every Woman's Goal

conclusion that may be
Ey drawn from the results OF the
recent election is that men doubt
the Judgment OF women in the
vactical affairs Of life. There
were three women candidates for
congress on the winning republican
nsket in different parts OF the
country. Two Of them were de-
feated, though their states, Mass
a6ausetts and Michigan went over
whelmingly republican. The third,
Miss Alice M. Robertson, was
elected, though her state, Okla
hsma, is normally democratic.
The explanation seems to be that
she is business woman and so
men have confidence in her judg-
nent in practical affairs.
The men are probably right In
he matter. Women know too
little about the affairs of the world.
1t is for them to turn their minds
to the study Of public questions;
and as these are mastered, it is
safe to say that the naen will be
found willing to honor their wives
and sisters with high public office.
1t is NOT a matter of sex, but OF
study and sense. We are novices
at present and can ask little. The
important thing is that we not re-
main in this benighted state.
When election comes again, we
must be as well, or even little
better informed, on all questions
of public interest than are the
men. This is the goal which every
woman should set for herself.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-11-25
Women Up to Tricks

Out in Yoncalla, Oregon, the
women seem to have slipped over
a Knockout to the men perfectly
unawares.
They decided to stand together
and to elect women for the entire
municipal ticket. Moreover, it
was agreed that it was all to be
kept dark secret until the votes
were counted.
The mystery is how they were
able to live up to this program;
but they did so with the result
that the last man was swept unex-
pectedly out of office. In fact it
was all so quiet and so sudden
that the men are hardly able even
yet to understand how it was done.
One of the jokes is that the wife of
the present mayor becomes mem
Der of the new city council. He
did not even know that there was
any opposition to his administra-
ton, much less that his wife was
running on the opposing ticket.
If the women had had a wrong
Jul purpose, their political prank
would not be looked upon so good
naturally. However, they had
been trying for long time to get
the city cleaned up and the laws
enforced. The men were careless
and Indifferent to this effort: and
so the women did the one thing
they could do, which was to take
affairs into their own hands.
1t is still true, however, that it
was poor tactics. 1t would have
been far better to have fought the
ISSUES out IN the open, inviting all
right-thlnking men, Of whom there
are very many, to join in the cru
SADIE. Then the issue would have
been right against wrong, not wo-
men against men; and everybody
would have felt that the fight was
fair. Now the lineup is wrong;
and the men are liable to repay in
the future by fighting IN the dark.