8054. Misbranding of The Texas "Wonder. U. S. * * * -r. 4 Down Bot- 
tles of * * * The Texas Wonder. Default decree of destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 120G4.    I.  S. No. 502-r.     S. No. E-1914.)
On January 5, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Florida, 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 4 dozen bottles, more or less, of an article labeled in part 
" The Texas Wonder," at Jacksonville, Fla., consigned by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, 
Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about December 1, 1919, 
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 
department 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 the cartons inclosing the article and the circulars accompanying 
it contained the following statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic 
effect of said article, (carton) "* * * A Remedy For Kidney and Bladder 
Troubles, Weak and Lame Backs, Rheumatism and Gravel.   Regulates Bladder
Trouble in Children * * *," (circulars) "Head Carefully Special Direc- 
tion * * * The Texas Wonder, Hall's Great Discovery, * * * in 
* * * Gravel and Rheumatic troubles it should be taken every night in 
25-drop doses until relieved * * *," which, said statements were false and 
fraudulent in that the article contained no ingredient or combination of ingre- 
dients capable of producing the therapeutic effect set forth in said statements.
On February 2, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the'property, judgment 
was entered finding that the article was 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.