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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
To the Voters of scurry County

To the Voters of Scurry County
Realizing that it will be impossible
iO1 me 70 see saeh OF you ana solicit
your support OF my cananacy Tor
County Clerk of Scurry conuty, | am
addressing to you this open letter
asking your careful consideration o.
my claim Tor election to this office.
For tne last Ia rec or more years /
have been working in the office Of
the Scurry County Abstract Com
pany. which has given me a general
knowledge OF business, and my re-
search work having been in the
clerks office, have become familiar
with the work OF hat office, and |
feel that should ! be so fortunate
as to be elected. that can promise
you faithful and efficient service.
realize that a public office is
public trust; also, that our women
heretofore, have not generally been
given an opportunity to prove their
ability in the public service. This
fact shall add to my zeal to give my
self untiringly to the effort TO meas
ure US to the highest standard
should you favor me by electing me.
am in the race to stay until the
last vote IL counted.
In announcing, have used my de-
ceased husbands initials, Mrs. II. II.
Gotten. In all probability my name
will appear on he ballot as Mrs.
Kate Gotten. Do not let this confues
you.
Yours very respectfully,
Mrs. Kate Gotten.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
First Baptist Church

Last sunday was a very fine day
with US. and we hope to make next
Sunday even greater. At the morning
hour, f1:00 O'Clock. Neutrality-suspicious.
plar service will be held at our
church. At this time there will be a
great number of visitors from other
towns. and very large local at
tendance. There will be reserved
seats for the members of this order.
bat we shall try to find room for all
who come. SO no one need fear that
he will not find room, for we viii
make room.
Teachers meeting at 500; sun
day School at 9:45. The evening
service at 700. Junior Union at
$500 p. NJ Prayer meeting every
Wednesday night.7:OO o'clock.
Ths theme for the evening hour
winll be announced at the morning
hour. Come one. come all. Help to
sing. and make yourself at home.
w. II. Sims, Pastor.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
Altrurians with Mrs. Buchanan

Mrs. c. X. Buchanan was hostess
to the Altrurian Club on Wednesday
March "a
In the absence OF the president
and vice-president. Mrs. Anderson
presided over a very brief business
session.
A part OF Brownings poem Pip
pa Passes" was 70 have been the les
son for this meeting. but on account
OF the late arrival OF the books, there
was no time for preparation. and the
Introduction was read and discussed.
and the remainder OF the lesson post
poned until next meeting.
Mrs. Buchanan n her very interest
ing manner. gave us some informa-
tion concerning the locality where
the events related in the poem took
place. And Mrs. Hugh Taylor's
clever readings charmed all
A most delightful social hour,
made doubly pleasant by guests.
followed adjournment.
The hostess. assisted by her little
daughter. Doris. served delicious
ice course TO the club members and
Mesdames Funk, Monroe, Grantham
and Cunningham.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
.BRUNKS COMEDIANS ARE
PLAYING To LARGE CROWDS

Brunks' Comedians are playing TO
large crowds here every night this
week This company carries 25 peo-
PIE and their acting is good. They
have played towns south and east OF
here and have had great success.
They were at Colorado last week and
report the best attendance there OF
their whole tour They present in
teresting programs and the people
are well pleased. II you haven't
been to this show go tonight and
Saturday night. They are in their
big tent on Scarborough street and
the price OF admission is low.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
W. l.. LESLIE APPOINTED
JUDGE 32nd DISTRICT

Judge w. w Beall has resigned
the office of Judge of the 32d judicial
disric and a message was received
here Monday announcing ahat Gov.
Hobby has appointed Hon, w. p.
Leslie of Colorado as District Judge
for the unexpired term. Judge Les
lie is now serving a second term as
district attorney and is popular
throughout the district. He is a
well rounded lawyer and will be an
honor 20 the bench.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
Gard of Thanks

To our neighbors and friends:
want to express to you all in this
way my sincere thanks for your
many acts and words Of help and
sympathy extended to us on the oc-
caion OF the sickness and death of
my dear wife.
May our Heavenly Father reward
you, and whenever distress comes
to you will deem It privilege to
do whatever can to tighten your
sororws.
J. c. Jackson and Children.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
Announcement

We have been in Snyder for a long
time and we hate TO part from our
many good friends.
We have sold our Photograph fix
tures 70 Sockwci and Clementes
10 run O studio in The old Williams
studio. and we can recommend them
to the people Of snyder and Scurry
county OF benig honest and honor
able and good workmen.
Wishing Snyder good luck until We
come back,
Mr. and Mrs. h. II. iligginbotham
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
Lacey Back on the Job.
Respectfully,
s. L. Rives.

w. ]. Lacey OF the Snyder Oil
Association came in this week and is
about to get busy. He has recently
returned from 4 trip north and east
where he has been warming up to
prominent oil people and he says he
is on a hot trail and may soon have
two rigs up and going inthe Snyder
territory. Lacey is not a gutter.
When he starts he doesn't figure on
stopping till he goes under the wire.
Notice to the Pubic
We have leased the Grimes pasture
and will close all the gates and stop
all travel through pasture as soon as
the lane can be fixed for travel. Also
any one coming over fences cutting
wood or tresspassing in any way VIII
be prosecuted to the extent OF law.
42tf winston BIOS
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
|EM|UMS AWARDED At POULTRY
!, AND PET STOCK SHOW 27TH ULT|MO

bwing is a list of winners in
Poultry and Pet Stock Show held
! last Saturday. as submitted by
ommittee:
ifer-Jesse Koonsman, lst.
ll-Alyin Koonsman. lst; J. Ii.
2nd.
sde Jersey Heifer-E. c. Dod-
no contest.
KS. Poland China - 4 d d i e
lpson, lst. Milton West, End.
|rkshlros. Wade Winston,
Female. Roy Stokes, lst.
ester white. MALE. a. Mer-
list.
|roc. male-E. w Roberts, lst.
|ade Pigs-G. T. Mize, LIST.
lickous. TIamburgs-Roy Stoke
lst. cock. 1st; Charlie Piere,c
list; Roy Stokes. trio. End.
icona, trio-M. Z. Rosser. lst.
hite Minorcas, trio-Joe Rog-
in. lst.
own Leghorns-J. A. Merritt,
lst. cock. End. Mrs Warren
seon, trio. lst. hen, End; Luther
low. cock LIST, trio End.
bite Leghorns. Mrs Morrow
! LIST, trio LIST; 5. $. Daugherty,
LIST and End; Mrs1 A. ID. Hig-
btham, trio End.
lff Orpingtons. H. l.. William
trio lst, cock LIST, hen lst; J. A.
itt. trio End.
Hack Langshans O. /. Wilson,
LIST. hen lst, trio lst; Jim
seman. trio End.
rtridge Rocks. y. Edmandson,
LIST. cock ist. hen End. Odell
Sard. hen lat COCK md.
ntams.M B. Hamilton, trio lst,
ist. hen End
]. Reds. Mrs. Lille lligginboth-
trio ist; ]. l.. Sheppard, cock
III. C. Dodson. hen and.
lrrod Rocks, d. +. Banks. trio
is. S raugherty. cock LIST; J C..
te. hen ist. j. i. Banks. trio
4. c. ElkinE, hen 2nd.
lban Games Roy Stokes trio
In. r. Banks cock lst, hen lst.
end.
4 Games. Banks. trio lst Stokes
2nd.
liver Grays, f. c. Tate. trio lst.
heep. J. S. Head. ist: Geo.
.nley. End.
alglan Haros. O. T. Minor, lst on
David strayhorn, lst on buck.
,hite Rabbits. Noel Banks lst on
Roy Stokes. lst on buck.
Signed, ]. A. Merritt, Sec.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
SCURRy COUNTY REFUNDS
S55.OOO.OO RELIEF FUND

Austin, Texas, March 24.-The
State Treasurer today received $50
600 from Scurry Co. in payment of
the loan by the State for seed and
feed nuder the drouth relief act. The
county owed the State $4,000 and
was not aware OF the exact amount.
The balance will be remitted az once
and the entire debt satisfied.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
MONTHLY REPORT Of SNYDER
PUBLIC SCHOOLS; INTERESTING

This is the seventh monthly report
Of Snyder Public Schools I919-I920.
Our enrolment this year has
reacned ,gZ. Iuat aoes uO. me.n
that We have 7g2 pupils in attend
Iance. We have now only 62S in ac-
Jual attendance. so many pupns
enroll and then withdraw 10 move to
other districts that our actual at
tendance roll is much Jess than tho
primal roll.
The per cent OF attendance this
month based on monthly roll is 34h.
Ihat is not poor, neither is It ex.
.cellent. II can be made better.
Thirteen tardies below High
school grades, none in High School.
Colonial Hill reported tardies ana
North Ward,1. Central grades re-
ported IL, making a total OF IA for
the month.
We wish to kindly thank our pat
ron sfor the cooperation given us Ia
our work. We are trying TO serve
you the best possible under the con-
ditions we have to meet. 1t is not
the best for 3rd or 4th grade pupils
to attend only one-half day but with
our present conditions II seemed un-
avoidable. II anyone is dissatisfied
come and let US explain the situation
to you.
Honor Roll (CenraD, Miss Pal
mer's room,- Claude Murphrees
Jesse Mae Murphree, Hines Sims.
Miss Cards room,--Joe Tant
Johnston, Grace VIII, Tippid Messi-
mer.
Miss Isaacs room Hazel Lewis,
George Webb, Fay Lewis.
Miss Watts room,-Beu,a Lee
Crowder, Leota Glenn, Mary Julia
Mcmillan Earl Jack Isaacs Zone
Bridgeman, Clementine Card. Doris
Pope Eliza, Mauree Pierce, Ethel
Mae Sturdiyant.
Mrs. Weatherbys om.-Milded
Pummer Gladys Lewis, Adele
Baugh Hazel Cauble, Mary Bob
Huckabee.
Colonial Hin Mrs. Howells room
Wayne Wilson. Willie Fern Cur
ry Mary Robinson RIth Rosser,
Herbert Banister Mary Frances
Hamlett, Eura Mae Garner
Miss HulTs room,-Blly Long,
Hubert Curry, Morine Conwell, Tom
ME Jenkins, James Bartlett, Wan
celle Paxton.
Miss Clark's room,-Billy Rey-
mods, Faytine Howell, Travis How
ell, Essie Hull, Marion Rosser.
Hugh Hamlett, Leslie Hull, Margur-
ite Adamson, Gwendolyn Chambers.
Thelma Leslie, Lois Rosser, Lara
Wade.
North Ward-Miss Hailey's room,
Harold Brown Harold Chappell,
Dorothy Strayhorn. Clyde Teter An-
ME Belle Underwood.
Mrs. Hargrove's room,-Howard
Robinson, Fay Williams, May Will
Hams. Lucille Brown. Agnes Henson.
Marie Mcneil, Bethel McNeill, Hi
ram Goswick, Anna Mae Foudy, For
est Wade, Raymond Chappell, Leroy
Fesmire. Mack Jones, Jewell Byrd,
Jimmie Lee westbrook, Roy Davis,
Mabel Davis, w. L. Hardin.
To get on the Honor Roll one
must be neither absent nor tardy dur
ing the month and make, not below
90 per cent in every subject and also
Respectfully,
8. L. Rives.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
This Sounds Good
Harris. Texas. Mar. %.

Harris. Texas. Mar. 30.
Snyder Signal.
Dear Sirs.
We are receiving the Signal now
weekly. Could not do without It.
Like getting letter from back
home. We are also getting the Farm
and Ranch. Hope you will continue
to keep the Signal coming.
Yours truly,
Mr. and Mrs. q. w. Flippin.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02

Mr.. ]. C. Mayo and family who
came here many years ago from
Freestone county. left Tuesday for
their old home where they expect to
stay at least for while. Mr.. Mayo
owns two or three farms here and
viii want to come back after he sam
ples one more ,crop OF hickorynuts
and porsimmons.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
Religions Census Report

rom a compiled report OF the Re
los Census recently taken in sny-
shows population of l773. II
srtain that many. however, we're
seen by the workers and that the
ernment Report will be much
or.
he different denominations are
esented as follows. as shown by
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
J. c. Jackson and Children

President ]. II. Day and four or
five OF her men gathered in the
county court room .ast Saturday af-
ternoon to see II anybody wanted to
keep the institute a going. They de-
oided there was very little interest
manifest and adjourned sine die
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
Pnre Rrcd I.nngshans

omposedt; the Cargell Anderson
wlhart, the three best TO be
nd, not only bred for size and
but bred from heavy layers for
rs. No stock for sale. Eggs,
.or is. $40 for 80. s17.50 for 100.
some eggs and improve your
ch. II I can't improve your
Ich I want some OF your eggs to
rove my own. Guarantee fertile
o. L. Wilson. Box 563.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02

The Snyder Signal has a substan-
tial bona fide circulation all over the
county and new subscribers are com
ng in all the time filling up the
missing places.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02

New Subscribers and Renewals
Fred Bowers, Dunn.
j. @. Loeknart. peI.eon.
r.. +. DeIoAch, Ira.
". L. shaw. snyder.
George Wenninger. Snyder
Mrs. j. ;. knight. Camp Spgs Rte
J. y. Adams. Route /.
h. Z. Sanders, Route ?.
John Aberchombie. Snyder.
j. a. Morgan. Route g.
WI. Waldrip. Lorenzo.
G.. W. Jones, Slaton.
Thomas Fletcher. Snyder.
J. T. Caddell, Camp Springs.
II. l.. Wren. Snyder.
Mrs. w. l.. Harrins, Callen.
C. p Mum. Foch.
A. A. Sturgeon. Route 2.
A. w. Mobley, Foch.
c. NJ. Adams. Foch.
NJ. NJ. Maule. Camp Sprngs Rte.
]. G. McKinnon, Foch.
w. b. Hooper, Foch.
p. ID. McKinnon, Foch.
J. Z. Vaughan, Foch.
w. {. Fargason, Foch.
r. r.. Adams. Foch.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02

Single Comb Brown Leghorn eggs
Is for $3.50. and $500 hundred
Mrs. Warren Sturgeon. FQch, Tex
as. lSpd
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02

Referring TO the we'll signed ar
ticle in this paper regarding publica-
tions recently appearing in a news
paper In snyder. the Signal will say,
II fully endorses the purpose Of the
citizens and business firms signing
the protest against the propagation
OF any sentiment calculated to drive
away class OF labor 50 much need
ed here. The policy OF the Signal is
we'll known here at home on that
point. The development OF any town
ana country requires all kinds OF la
Dor that will build up legitimate and
profitable industries.
There are certain lines OF work
where promoters find It difficult
to keep while labor, and as In other
sections hey have found that negro
labor IS almost necessary 20 success
fully operate their business.
The Signal has always favored the
importation Of such labor as neees-
sary for industrial material. civic
and moral upbuilding. The Signal
has never INDUCED in inflammatory
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02

whenever the scurry County peo-
get ready TO pull off a poultry
" they can do It even in a sand
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02
THE SIGNALS ATTITUDE AS TO The
NEGRO SITUATION; NEED THEIR HELP

expressions. The Signal is for white
supremacy, and for promotion of law
and order AT the time OF the recent
trouble at the oil mill the Signal said
IL was unfortunate for the better
class of negroes. There are those
VINO want to work and behave them
selves, and keep in their place and
any breach is apt TO reflect on al! the
representatives of the race, vet the
Signal knows that the people here
will protect the law-abiding negroes
while they work and conduct them
selves right. Just last week the Sig
nal called attention TO the dearth OF
domestic labor. The women of Sny-
der need help. in house cleaning,
laundering and other work and can
not get it. They are not above do
ing this work themselves. of course,
hut many are not physically able and
they have other things 10 do. II
we had a supply Of that class of la
Dor to do the menial work he Sny-
der women would be better contented
and happier
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-04-02

has. p. Graham was doing busi-
in Snyder Monday in the in
st of the Star-Telegram.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-30
THE RETURN OF THE DEAD

THE letter concerning the return of
l. the bodies of American soldiers who
died abroad which Secretary Baker
wrote to Senator Wadsworth and which
the Senator is circulating, contains
much information of interest TO the
families of the dead.
The secretary announces that the
work is proceeding under three projects
One deals with the return of the bodies
from all countries outside of France,
another deals with the bodies in France
outside of the war area and the third
with bodies in the war area. Some
progress has been made in the first and
second projects. The work on the third
project awaits the decision Of the
French Government on the treatment
Of all the allied dead in the battle zone
In the meantime the American Gov
ernment has a force at work in Europe
carrying on the work as fast as cirrum-
stances permit. 1t will cost at least
$500, says the secretary, to return a
body TO the fOme of the next of kin in
this country and $500 to remove a body
from its temporary burial place in
France TO a permanent field Of honor"
In that country. 1t is estimated that
$50 900, 900 will be required to carry
out the plans, of which So, 900 has
already been appropriated. The COM
pletion Of the work, it will be seen,
awaits action by the French Govern
ment and further appropriation by
Congress-,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-30
TROUBLE IN ENGLAND

pRITlSH colonial administration has
- seldom been so seriously and ex e
plicitly indicted as in the official report
of the commission appointed to investi
gate the recent disturbed conditions in
the Punjab. The stern repressive
measures carried out in Amritsar are
censured as grossly unwarranted. The
danger of rebellion in India is fatty
denied. The resignation of certain
British administrators and army officers
is emphatically demanded. The viceroy
Baron Chelmsford, is called incapable
of holding Office, and his recall is
sought.
II there was no seditious conspiracy
and evidence to that effect is said tc
abound in the report-the true situa
tion in the Far East is virtually certain
to cause political reverberations in Eng
land. The Lloyd George ministry in ar
explanatory role is not comfortably
placed. English colonial rule has !
brilliant and honorable record tC
sustain. She cleaned her India hous,
in the days of Warren Hastings. dcspit,
his acquittal. Another salutary shake
up may be in prospect, and with it tn,
wreck of a coalition government whicl
seemed to have committed series o
blunders ever since the beginning of tn,
uneasy world peace"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-30
THE KANE CENTENNIAL

FVNHE 1OOth anniversary OF the Olrth
i of Elisha Kent Kane, who died
famous at the age of thirty seven, will
he celebrated by the Kane Masonic
Lodge in New York tonight.
Kane, who accompanied one expedi-
tion and commanded another in search
Of Sir John Franklin. carried the Amer
lean flag nearer to the North Pole than
any white man had ever been up to that
time. He did not find Franklin, but he
accumulated a large amount of scientific
information and achieved a reputation
for intrepid perseverance which persists
to this day.
The celebration Of the Tooth an
niversary of his birth is to be marked
by the presentation to the son of Ad-
miral Peary of a medal struck in COM
memoration of the discovery of the
North Pole by an American, thus link @
ing Kane and Peary in the annals of
American polar exploration.
The affair is of peculiar interest in
this city, for Kane was a Phnadelphian
and the story of his Arctic explorations
was written at the suggestion of George
w. Childs. also a Philadelphian, who
published it and advertised it so well
that small fortune in royalties was
turned over to the explorer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-30
HEADQUARTERS BLOOM

TT IS possible now to step into be-
i tagged and cheerful Office on South
Broad street and enroll ones self as
supporter of General Leonard Wood for
the Presidency. Around the corner, on
Walnut street. there is also gay bunt-
ing. Obliging clerks will welcome citi-
zens whose sympathies incline toward
Herbert Hoover.
Campaign offices are quadrenniai
harbingers of the greatest drama in
American politics. A crop was to have
been expected this spring.
And yet business is not precisely
being done at the old stand. Neither
General Wood nor Herbert Hoover ever
ran for any important political office.
They are not conventional candidates
nor products of any old guard machine.
The feeling that the coming cam
paign is going to smash some traditions
is strengthened by a survey Of local
conditions. In the old days the leaders
would have staged a headquarters scene,
solid, regular" and safely dull.
IL either of the June conventions
slips into the routine political ruts.
such a catastrophe will certainly belle
fhe novel and heterodoX preludes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-30
HUNDRED PER CENT FAME

A GOOD deal of Enthusiastically
n American fun has been poked at the
Hall Of Fame. Nevertheless, New York
University continues to take that in %
stitution with elaborate seriousness. and
this year new election is to be held to
apportion honors to those whom II. G..
Wells ia another connection described
: s'The Great Departed. Death is
Indispensable entrance qualification.
(. electors OF the hall act upon the
\ ption that no man is surely great
life Is ended,
a names are 10 be chosen by
siudges aud inscribed IN the
structure. The coming quin.
affection IL certains like its
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-30
Ludendorf, in Proving Himself a Stupid
Politician, Simply FolioDed Prece-
dent-Books Caused Revolutions

and shaved and cringed and given your
whole life.
q q q
HNIVILIZATION!" !" writes Frank in
~ the book which moved Germany,
which runs from these murdered 10,-
600 900, 10000, 900 of lters of stream
ing blood, would run for a day the
whole electric station at Niagara, would
replace the waters on the wheel and
produce the power to light a great city.
Ten millions Of dead. All the cars of
Prussia would not be equal to trans
porting the heads cut from 10000, 900
bodies, the heads alone. Civilization!
Arrange all the bodies head to head and
foot to foot and there will be line Of
dead sixteen kilometers long, not meters,
kilometers !"
Very simple stuff, much simpler than
Barbusse, who was so much of an artist
in lie Feu" that you almost miss the
propaganda, but Of simple stuff revolu-
tions are made.
q q q
NEW YORK is once more excited
~ about the imam higher up"
A prosecutor and high police officer
are calling each other names that the
newspapers can't print, and there are
promises of sensational disclosures and
Of tremendously high place persons
going to jail.
This happens at regular intervals in
New York.
A little while ago it was "the over
shadowing crime" that was being in
vestigated. Beside the "overshadowing
crime" our old acquaintance the "man
higher UP" seems tame and insignificant
but he is once more on the front pages.
He gets there often but he never goes
to Jail.
q q q
WHEN you hear of the "overshadow-
w ing crime" or the IMAM higher up
il is sign that the thieves who fatten
upon the corruption Of a great city have
fallen out.
There is saying that when thieves
fall out the honest man gets his due.
Then the due Of the honest man is
sensational story in the newspapers, for
that is all he ever gets out of 1t.
Once when the falling out went so far
that a police lieutenant killed a gambler
in New York the honest man got out
of it very Indifferent governor of New
York state, who had been the public
prosecutor to send the police lieutenant
to the death chair.