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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
EXPORT REPORT
CAUSES wheat
PRICE RAISE

Chicago, Sept. 1s.-wheat took
an upward swing in price today.
helped by official announcement
that exports of wheat and -four
during August totalled 66.695. 900
bushels
Unofficial estimates had been
only slightly above $4,000, 900 bush
els. Bulls made much also Of word
that the government estimate of the
Argentine exportable surplus had
been reduced from 10000 900 to 49,
600 900 bushels.
Opening quotations, which rang
ed from unchanged figures to 1Ac
higher, with December at LES to
12 and May at 1.30 10 1.301z
were followed by little reaction
and then by upturns higher than
before.
Wet weather northwest was an
additional stimulus. Profit taking
sales also heavy, were we'll alb
sorbed. The market closed firm
Ia to 2Ac net higher with De-
cember $1.27% to SIPS, and May
s1.3115 to S1.32.
Corn and oats were firlner with
wheat. Corn, after opening I'M
changed to 1sc lower, including De-
cember at $3.50 to -52tsc, declined
trif1e more and then scored gen
eral gains.
Selling increased later, but down
turns failed to last. The closing
/ was firm, a shade to1ac net higher
with December 52Ac to 521s @53.
I oats started &c off to 7sc ad-
vance, December at 38Ac to 3S15c
and then hardening all around.
Higher quotations on hogs tend
ed to strengthen provisions.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
slCN CONTRACT
FOR new HOTEL;
TO BUILD SOON
=, Cernwell May Start Constrae-
aon Activities on New Build
ing Tomorrow.

tomorrow is the date set for
.,arting work on Moline's new mil
sson.doIlar hotel. The contract be-
t~een +. L. Cornwell, the ST Louis
snsncier. and the Chamber OF Com
rerce hotel committee was signed
.Sis morning, and everything is all
Mr.. CornweIl and a staff of engi-
,sers have arrived in the city and
sre ready to start building as soon
= the old property now located on
,orthwest corner of Fifth avenue
end Nineteenth street, is sold.
Hopes are being held that the
suilding will be sold late today and
nat wrecking operations Will be-
ID tomorrow Whle actual work
81 the hotel may not start in the
rext few days there is little doubt
mt what some work will have been
lecomplished by the end OF the
seek.
Three hundred men will be
gwen jobs on the building, accord
hg to the announcement OF MIR.
eornwell Moline labor will be
gwen the preference and only SUI
perintendents and a few foremen
will be brought from st. Louis.
Weather conditions may delay the
york for a few days, but members
d. the hotel committee anu Mr..
1ornwelPs staff stated at noon to-
day that nothing can stop the con-
struction of the hotel. Both were
equally insistent that work would
Start Immediately.
Members of Mr.. Cornwell'S staff
Who have accompanied him to Mo-
line are Ben Cornwell, general SUI
erintendent; a. ID. Gates, steel SUI
perintendent, and J. T. Cravens, Ce-
ment engineer.
The building will be erected on
the same plan that was announced
when the hotel project was first
, considered. There will be a few
minor changes and William Frank,
the architect, states that the struc=
I ture will be even more attractive
than originally planned.
There will be 31S rooms instead
Of 30S, as was originally planned
\ Seventy kitchenet apartments have
been provided for. The building
will be Is stories in heighth anc
\ will have a frontage of $50 feet or
Nineteenth street and 6212 feet OF
Fifth avenue.
\ The basement floor of the hotel
y plans for which have not been an
2 nounced before, will be devoted il
\ part to a 10-chair barber shop anC
Il q Turkish bath csta blishment.
q roof garden and dining room vii
be placed upon the top floor.
q c. |. Johnson, chairman of the
Il hotel committee, declared a mum
u Der of bids for the old Gillmor'
d real estate have already appeared
81 Material men were also on tht
II job this morning.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
SPORT BRIEFS

Colorado Springs. Colo.-Mike
Gibbons, St. Paul middleweignt,
will be unable to box for Is days,
because of an injury to his right
hand. in his bout here with Battling
Ortega, his manager announced.
Cleveland, Ohio.-Featherweight
Champion Johnny Kilbane will not
be permitted to box in a local ring
again as a result of his alleged OBJ
Jections TO the selection of officials
for the Kilbane-Frush fight, the
chairman Of the Cleveland boxing
commission announced.
Brussels. Under intermittent
/ showers and strong easterly winds,
the contestants in the balloon race
| for the James Gordon Bennett tro-
ply left here Sunday afternoon.
Philadelphia, Pa.-Connie Mack
manager OF the Philadelphia Amer
lean league club, announced he had
j traded William Styles, 4 catcher
for James Sullivan, pitcher in the
Moline Three-EYe league team
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19

Chicago Llvestock.

Chicago, Sept. 19e-CatIle-Re-
eeipts $4,000; beef steers, steady
to Csc lower; yearlings ami choice
haRdyweights holding up best:
early top yearlings, 1000; She
stock relatively scarce. mostly
steady; bulk butcher COWS anG
heifers 4.25@6.50; Gamers and
cutters largely 2.65G3.35; bulls
fully CSC to soc lower; bulk vealers
to packers 1250@13.0o; stockers,
steady
Hogs-Receipts $4,000; mostly
10 to 15c higher than Saturdays
, average top SIS; bulk lights and
light butchers, S.40@S.70; bulk
packing sows 6.75m7.35; pigs.
steady; bulk desirable. 7.25G775.
Sheep Receipts $4,000; lat ma
tive lambs mostly soc lower; top
9.25; bulk around 300: fat west
ern lambs about Csc lower; top
1000; fat sheep and feeder grades
mostly steady; choice feeder lambs
$50.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Weather Forecast

Illinois: Unsettled weather to-
night and Tuesday with probably
local thunder showers; rising tenn
perature; winds becoming strong
southerly.
Missouri: Local thunder show
ers probable this afternoon or to-
night; warmer in eastern portion
tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy.
wisconsin: Local thunder show
ers probable tonight and Tuesday;
warmer tonight, strong southerly
winds.
Iowa: Unsettled weather with To-
cal thunder showers in west por-
ton this afternoon or tonight. and
probably in east portion tonight
and Tuesday; warmer tonight;
strong south to southwest winds
Indiana: Increasing cloudiness
probably showers tonight and Tues
day; warmer tonight.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Moline Lodges

Ed Kittilsen camp. United Span
ish War Veterans, has received a
letter from W. II. Wilcox, the
camps representative to the ma
tional convention of Spanish War
Veterans held Sept. II. 10 and IA
at Minneapolis.
In his letter Mr. Wilcox. tells of
the election OF Oscar e. Carlstrom,
Aledo veteran. as national COM
mander, officially known as com
n.ander in chief. He states that
it was a hard fought battle and
ballots were cast unit ? O'Clock the
following morning. mir. Carlstfonn
being elected on the ninth ballot.
J. *. Witnerspocn, outgoing ma
tiOnal COMMANDER, was located al
Seattle, and although Mr.. Carl
strom resides in Aledos il IS thought
he will establish his headquarters
in Rock Island Veterans of this
vicinity join in extending him con
CALCULATIONS and best wishes for a
successful term. Mr.. Wilcox has
not returned home as yet, owing
to the fact that he and his wife are
SpSUUluS- d lew udso WIN AS-o'
tives in that city. s-
Moline branch of the National as
sociatfon of Stationary Engineers
will hold an educational campaign
commencing Wednesday,, and at tbs
meeting to. be held tomorrow eve
ming committees will be appointed
for the work Members of the
committee will secure a list of al
the engineers residing in Moline
East Moline, Silvis and Rock Is
land, who are working at their oc
cupation, and will endeavor to in
, terest them in the work of the as
. sociation.
The association urges all engin-
GERS to avail themselves of this op-
portunity, as the work is education
al and will no doubt be beneficial
TO them. 1t is necessary that al
members of Moline branch turn on
/ tomorrow evening, for there will 5t
other matters of Importance to dis
CuSS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
MOLINE COPS FIND
CAR FOR ISLANDER

Ed Ilorenz of Rock Island recoy-
cred his Ford through the aid of the
Moline police department today and
Alois DeCrande, Coaltown road
farmer, receiped SIS reward.
The car and the owner were
located through the new card filing
system which has been established
by the Moline police. Under the
new plan all reports of stolen cars
are filed according to engine num-
bers.
The farmer called the station this
morning and reported that car
had been found in field without any
license. The engine number, how
ever, was found and the owner
located in that way.
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b. Continued from First Page.)
suaed. Again, nobody will ever
know what actuated Mr.. Harding
70 appoint Mr.. Lodge to the arm
ment commission instead of Sem
esor Knox, for instance, VINO was
a former secretary of state and ac-
ually dealt with foreign govern
ments before. Mr.. Knox, too, paid
Particular attention TO far eastern
questions when he was secretary
/ q state 1t is pointed out that II
ns president had felt entire con-
1 mence in the Lodge leadership, he
would have chosen Senator Knox
% represent the Republican party
the senate-the man who has
peen the guiding force in Repub-
kan councils on foreign affairs
nf the last two years, and Mr..
II harding could then have an
bounced that owing TO the import
snce Of retaining Senator Lodge
his place as majority leader, II
vas necessary to choose somebody
else and that Senator Knox was
sninently qualified for the posi-
aon. The logic of the situation
pointed to Knox rather than Lodge
mats why the gossip about the
leadership question has acquired
good deal of momentum. While
Nj. Lodge is absorbed in the du-
us Of commissioner to the arma-
aent conference, Senator James
watson of Indiana, will try his
Gsd at the leadership game
tut there is no certainty that he
! VII be permanently at the head o.
ne party forces. If he makes good
se Will run things for the presl
seht II he fails, the administra
Gon viii be compelled to shif
scout again. The expectation Il
aat Senator Lodge will be con
oNrating on the work of tn
@Mament conference which ma.
ASt three to six months Tina
aM be a long enough interval 10
Aspnohcan leadership to lind II
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Money and Exchange.

New York, Sept. 19-Prime mer-
camille paper: SIS 06 per cent
Exchange - Heavy Sterling.
Francs: demand, 1861; cables.
706. Belgian francs: demand,
$685.; cables ZOO. Guilders. de-
mard 3144: cables 31.50. Lire;
demand 4201R; cables 4.21. Marks.
demand "a; cables .941A. Greece
demand 5.02,, Sweden: demand
2160. Norway: demand 1866. Ar
gentine: demand 1925. Brazilian:
demand 12.S7.
Montreal: 10h per cent discount
Government bonds, firm; rail-
road bonds, irregular.
Time loans: easy. 60 days, 80
days, 54 G5H per cent; six months
51s@5% per cent
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Peoria Cash Grain.

Peoria, ILL.,, Sept 19.-Hog re-
ceipts AZ cars; 1ac higher; demand
fair; No. l yellow, 51@51h; No. Z
yellow, 81; No. 1 mixed, 81; No.
mixed, 81.
Oats: receipts Is cars; market
steady to unchanged to 1ac lower;
demand fair; No. 8 white, 33Ha 0S4;
No. 4, 32032h.
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want to be free an come and go as
We likes so longs we're peaceful
an law abiGin'. We'd be much
obliged to you gentlemen if you'd
see we get our rights
This was an example of the tes-
timony given by scores of other
union men during the day.
News of strangers in camp
spread quickly and men, women
and children crowded about. At
first the miners arAi their families
were embarrassed, but soon all
were volunteering information at
once.
Checker Playing Barred.
Echols claimed the stabulary'
wouldn't let him hold service at
/ Lick Greek. Others chimed in and
said baseball was forbidden and
thew weren't even allowed to play
: checkers.
why not?" they were asked.
! Because of the martial law or
der against assemblage," one miner
declared with a straight face.
R o. Kirk, a miner, went into
J elaborate details of the working
conditions in the mines and the re
! sulting grievances OF the miners
He said he used to mine eight cars
daily at a dollar apiece, but tina
E, the cost of powder, fuses, etc.
amounted to from $3.50 TO $3.50
Besides which, he had to furnish
his own tools. He asserted ina
the union miners didn't insist upoI
the closed shop but were willing
to work alongside non-union men
The latter were discharged as sool
as they joined the union, he assert
ed. He charged that 40 men wer'
arrested last June and held with
out charges under insanitary con
ditions in the city hall for fou
days.
Kenyon Meets IOwan.
Lee Hatfield. cousin of the IA
nous Sid Hatfield, veteran OF tn
list division, said he had been ar
rested in Williamson for appear
| ing in his old army uniform
r c, Green. a miner, greete
Senator Kenyon;
Hello, there, brother Hawk
Eye"
KENYON asked him how long b
was going to stay on strike:
. We'll. I'm going to stick I'll II
over. Us Hawk-Eyes amt qultter'
you know"
"Where are you from? aske
! Kenyon. grinning.
"Des Moines, Iowa, best city an
; state in the union, but they'll hav
TO get along without me until TIL
, | is settled"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Horses and Mules.

East St. Louis, III, Sept. -
Horses: Eastern chunks, S750S5
choice southern horses, $5O4S5
extra heavy drafts, S1400 100.
Mules: ,~16 to II hands, 1890
$50; 1515 to 16 hands, $l1O0 230
IA to 141a hands, $3001O0.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Peoria Livestock.

ePoria, III, Sept. 19.-Hog re-
ceipts, 1000; 10915c higher; de-
mand good; trading light; $50 top;
lights 8.25@S.35; medium $3.50
$50; heavies, 7.70@8.50; porkers,
5.25@7.00.
Cattle receipts, $50; steady; calf
sales, strong; best price, 1900.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Moline and East Moline
NO OPEN AIR MEET.

On account of the rainy
weather. the open air meeting of
Christian Endeavorers which
was to have been addressed in
Moline tonight by DR.. Landrith,
has been abandoned. and the
address will be given at the
First Congregational church at
at 8 o'clock.
II the weather permits the
parade of Christian Endeavor-
ers will be held as planned.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Liberty Bonds.

New York, Sept. 19.-Llberty
bonds: Prices at noon today were:
315s, S7.66; first As. $3.50; second
As, $500; first 4As, S9D6; second
Ans, 1922; third 414s, $3.50; fourth
4As, 1888; Victory 3%s, 99.O4;
Victory 4As, 1904.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
SMOKE CAESKS SCARE.

Smoke from a Replace filled
the residence of J. B. Oakleaf, 1011
Fifteenth street, Moline, causing a
fire scare at 4:30 yesterday after
noon. Men from station No. l were
called. There were no flames and
the smoke was soon 6ispelled. No
damage was done
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Moline Obituary
Marie Alice van Dale.

Marie Alice Van Dale. infant
daughter OF Phenos Van Dale, 143t
Eighteenth avenue, Moline, died a.
the home Saturday evening. The
child was but a month old, having
been born on Aug. IS. The surviv-
ers are the parents and three small
sisters.
The funeral was held this morn
ing at s o'clock in St Mary's
church and burial was in ST. Mary's
cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
GRAIN SUPPLY.

Wheat: This week. 46,149, 900;
last week, 42,100, 600; last year. "a
$50, 900; increase, $4,049 900.
Corn: This week, 12,248,000;
last week. 11,239,0 900; last year
3,2S7 600; increase, 1,009 900.
Oats: This week, 64.410,000; last
week, 62,406. 900; last year, 21,334,
600; increase, zoos. 900.
E. W. WAGNER & co.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Kansas City Cash Grain

Kansas City Mo-. Sept. -
Cash wheat, Nc 2 hard 1.1S@1.30;
No. red, 1.33.
Corn: No. , white, 45@451a; No.
2 yellow, 471h@4
Oats: No. 2 white 5000; No. 2
mixed 3715 @381z.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Chicago Potatoes.

Chicago, Sept. POTATOES,
weak; receipts 127 cars; total Unit
ed States shipments 834 cars; Ida
no whites 2.4O@2.50; Minnesota Red
river Ohios 2.25@235: Wisconsin
whites 22562.35; Maine cobblers
$50; Minnesota and Dakota sand
land Ohios 200@2.15.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Toledo Seed.

Toledo, Ohio, Sept 19-Clover
seed: prime, cash and October,
12.45; December, 1855; February,
1850
Timothy: prime, cash (192O)
$50; cash (1S21) and October
$50; December, 2.671A.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
New York Sugar.

New York. Sept 19.-Raw sugar.
quiet. 400 for centrifugal, for I'M
controlled and 4.85 for Cubas.
Refined graduated, $500 5.65
for fine graduated.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
VESSEL SPRINGS LEAK.

Detroit, Mich., Sept. 70. = The
steam freighter William H. Wolfe
sprung a leak while crossing Lake
Superior. but reached the docks at
Portage, Lake Michigan, in safety,
officials announced.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
LYNCH NEGRO IN \. C,

Greensboro. n. C, Sept lS.-Er-
nest Daniels, young negro, aileg-
ed TO have been found IN the room
~ white woman, was taken from
the Pittsboro Jail and lYncheo-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Flour.

Minneapolis, Mimi. Sept. 10
Flour: unchanged to 20 cents lower
Family patents, S.45@8.65 per bar
rel in 50 pound cotton sacks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19

Majority of the Islanders have
denarted for new scenes Among
those stilt here, It Wally Newell
who has hopes of landing a lob
and wintering in Rock Island He
saws this city just suits him
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
Silver.

New York. Sept. 10. Foreign
bar silver, .65 Y; Mexican dollars
sos.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19

All the News-All the Time
The Argus. -.--~---
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19
MINERS ARE
QUIzzED BY
Sen, KENYON

Continued from First Page)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-19

SET BOILING BY
HARDING MOVE

Continued from First Page.)
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-04-08
MINUTES OF CITY
COUNCIL, APRIL 4

The City Council met in regular
session at the city Hall on the even
ing of above date with Mayor NJ A..
Fuller presiding, other officials pres
4nt were Marshal O. p. Wolfe. Score
tary Harvey shuler. and Aldermen j
i. H'acMd A. d Erwin, and II L..
Davis
The minutes OF the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The following complaint was read
To the Mayor and City Council Of
Snyder Texas. We the undersigned
citizons. take this means Of making
complaint against the fencing up and
piowiug up OF city streets and allies
ia the Chambers Addition. Said
streets and allies being south and
east of the old J. C. Mitchell place
now owned by ". ID. Ta.Iar. and ten
anted by ". r. Reese and G.. w.
johnson And we are making this
complaint because we need these
allies and passage ways. and they are
public property and are being used
uJ good many people, but II you al
low hem 10 De fenced up or plowed
Up only one person gets the benefit
of them. The complaint being duly
signed by seven citizens. The Mar
ehall was instructed to ask the party
r-ponslbIe for the fencing to PEE
move the fencing where it close up
allies and streets.
The committee opening the street
oa tae west part Of town was granted
further time.
The following bills were allowed.
q p Wolfe $3.50, /. T. Condra 500.
J c Maxwell $40. Harvey Shuler
500 r. j Blackburn SO. II. l. Davis
SO. s W. p. T. Co. $3.50, p. NJ
Cation $40. DR.. W. R. Johnson S25.
Bennett Printing Co. S9.2l. SNYDER
signal s12.5O. Snyder Tire & Rubber
Co. s4.25. w T. Baze & Sons
$3.50. J. u McClanahan $500.
Snyder Utilities Co. $272.25, p Of.
Boiiu $40, Guy f Paxton soc. "
+ Johnson s12 10, J. S. Hart go
O. L. Wilkinson Lbr Co. s2q65.
Blsckard Hdwe Co. 1886. " T
Thompson $3.50.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-04-08
In Mcnorium.

A. one O'Clock pm. on March %
1927. the final summons came TO
Mrs Mary NJ Hayter, and she passed
ON into the unknown.
Mrs Hayter (nee SAMPSON was
born in Greenyille Hunt county
Texas, June Z, 1853 and died in
snyder. Texas, March %. 1921.
She was married to Hercy c. Hay
tor in Hunt County July IL, 1871.
she is survived by her husband
and two daughters. Mrs Hudgin, Of
tailas and Mrs. Gotten of Snydrr
Mrs Hayter early in life joined
t.s cumberland Presbyterian church
ana in that connection has lived and
di.d She was true Christian wife
aud n other and of that type who all
wgs leaves q vacant place at their
coiH- There Gre those whose place
auurt be filed by another In The
a.u. oi in the community. she was
e.. J..r type 4 good neighbor, a rue
.lcud whose delight was to serve.
For many years she had been a
sufferer but sre bore her sufferiuc
even as she performed her duties ga
lifr. without complaint. but her srf-
f.uUgs are over and she is nov be-
youd the touch of pain. A useful and
Eclr.tl life has ended and she ras
gone tc her reward.
The funeral service was conducted
in the home by the writer who re-
menbered' Mrs. Hayter as a neigh
bor end friend OF his boyhood. The
bpria! was conducted by the Eastern
Star chapter and when the last s3d
rites were said and the little mound
was raised above her mortal re-
mains il was covered with beautiful
flowers a fitting tribute to beau
tiiul life
May sad hearts be counceled TO
peace by that hope that looks beyond
the grave to the coming OF the vic
torious One who said Because
live We shall live also
C. G. WRIGHT.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-04-08
MATTHtWS-DAV|S
co. IS NEW FIRM

a deal has been lately colsumated
here iu which the firm of Matthews
Davis Co., has became a part Of Sny-
der business circle.
The personnel of the Matthew'S
Davis Co. is L. E. Matthews, II. l..
Davis and s. Fades.
Mr. Matthews has been in Snyder
number OF years and mas for the
past six years been operating the
Matthews Quality shop on the South
side OF the square.
Mr. Davis has lived in Snyder and
Sourry county practically all his life
and has formerly been with Higgin-
botham Bros. & Co OF this city. He
win have charge of the Mems Furn-
ishing department.
Mr. j. s Fades whose home is in
West Snyder and who has considera-
Bile farming interest in the county is
o member of the firm and will have
charge Of the grocery department.
These men have purchased tho
Joe Monroe stock Of groceries and
are now in charge
Their dry good establishment is
next door in the old Taught building
and the two departments will be con-
nected by a passage way between.
In the Dry Good Department, Mr.
Matthews will have charge, with Miss
Dorcas Porter and Mrs Lon Adams
as Clerks.
Iu the mems furnishing depart
ment. Mr.. Davis viii have charge.
In the grocery department is Mr..
+. S. Fades, Mr.. Lon Adams and Mr..
Mitchell McMath. They have recent
Is purchased n new Dodge Bros. de-
livery car which will be in operation
10 any part OF the city.
Messrs. Matthews. Davis and Fades
are well and ;avorably known to the
people Of Snyder and Scurry county.
having their homes and interest in
Snyder and striving for the best in
terest Of the community in which
they live.
The high standard with which
these men have dealt with their GUS
toners and neighbor merchants in
the past have favorably established
them with the people OF Scurry coun-
ty
We predict for the Matthews-Davis
Company n very pleasant and profit
able future.