S0G0. Misbranding of The Texas Wonder. V. S. * * * v. 116 Packages of?
a Product Labeled " The Texas Wonder," etc. Default decree of?
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. 0562. I. S.?
No. 16136-r.    S. No. E-1198.)
On December 31, 1918, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of a certain quantity of a certain article, labeled in part "The?
Texas Wonder," remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Macon,?
Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about December 10, 1918,?
by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Missouri into?
the State of Georgia, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted essentially of copaiba, rhubarb, turpentine,?
guaiac, and alcohol.
Misbranding of the'article was alleged in substance in the libel in that certain?
statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, appearing?
on the label on the carton containing and in the circular accompanying the?
article, falsely and fraudulently represented the article to be effective as a?
remedy for kidney and bladder troubles, diabetes, weak and lame backs, rheu??
matism, gravel, regulator of bladder trouble in children, stone in the kidneys,?
tuberculosis of the kidneys, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On May 3, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that?
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.