0115.  Misbranding of  Hall's   Texas   Wonder.     V.   S.      *      *      *     v.   3   Cozen 
Bottles   of   Hall's   Texas   Wonder.     Default   decree   of   destruction.
(F. & D. No! 13197.    I. S. No. 9123~t.    S. No. E-2471.)
On August 14, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 3 dozen bottles of Hall's Texas Wonder, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Jacksonville, Fla., consigned by G. Nash, St. 
Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about July 24, 1920, 
from St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Missouri into the State 
of Florida, 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, colchicum, guaiac, 
turpentine, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for 
the reason that its label and the circular accompanying it contained the follow- 
ing statements, regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of said article and 
the ingredients and substances contained therein, . (carton) "A Remedy for 
Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Weak and Lame Backs, Rheumatism and Gravel. 
Regulates Bladder Trouble in Children," (circular) " Read Carefully. Incases 
of Gravel and Rheumatic Troubles, it should be taken every night in 25-drop 
doses until relieved," which were false and fraudulent in that the article would 
not produce the curative and therapeutic effects which purchasers were led to 
expect, and which were applied to said article with a knowledge of their falsity, 
with a purpose to defraud purchasers thereof.
On January 27, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered finding the article to be subject to condemnation, and it was 
ordered by the court that the same be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.