9966. Misbranding of Hall's  Texas  Wonder.     TJ.  S.     *      *      *     v.   16  Bottles
of Hall's Texas  Wonder.    Default decree  of condemnation,  forfeit- 
ure, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 12945.   "I. S. No. 238-r.    S. No. Br-2392.)
On July 21, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern 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 16 bottles of Hall's Texas Wonder, at Blountstown, Fla., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., March 
10, 1920, 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. 
The article was labeled in part: (Carton) "Hall's Texas Wonder. A Remedy 
For Kidney and Bladder Troubles. Weak and Lame Backs, Rheumatism and 
Gravel.    Regulates  Bladder  Trouble  in   Children."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it consisted essentially of copaiba, rhubarb, colchicum, 
guaiac, an oil similar to turpentine oil, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason the above-quoted statements on the label of the bottle containing the 
article constituted a false and fraudulent representation calculated to mislead 
and deceive the purchaser in that the said article was not composed of any in- 
gredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the curative or 
therapeutic results claimed in said statements.
On August 14, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.