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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-27

from Ellis county there TO have talk.
ed TO lhe men who are engaged in
this great work
New Orleans IL one hundred miles
river. and since the government has
deepencd the channel across the bars
at the mouth OF the river large ocean
vessels come TO the wharves at Nsv
Orleans | rode over the city IN
street cars and never befor. saw SO
many women wearing mourning.
Thousands died there Lass summer
and fall. and these black costumes
were sad reminders OF the ravages
of yellow fever. New Orleans has
several thousand men at work put
ting down sewerage and drain pipes.
and when this is completed the city
will no doubt be healthier 4 high
levee all along the river front keeps
the water from flooding the city dur
ing freshets. When the water is
level with the top of the levee it is
several feet higher than the city
When the water is high in the river
it oozes through the levee and has
10 be piped into canals New Or
leans Is a great city, but deliver me
from having TO live there. Galveston
and CorpusChristi are right on the
salt water and consequently they are
healthy. Not so with New Orleans.
She is one hundred miles from the
salt water The French market there
is simply immense and covers acres
and acres of ground, where every
thing to eat is kept for sale Nearly
all these market people are foreign
ers. A row of wagons at least a
quarter of mile long were backed up
against this market the morning |
visited it, loaded with every kind of
vegetable grown. There and at the
restaurants up town l ate raw oys-
tiers as fast as dago could dig them
out of shells with big knives.
Hundreds OF South Carolinians
were at the convention, and | met
DR.. Afford, who owns the thousand
acre farm on which my father was
raised. He told me of sister of my
father whom l had not heard from for
25 years. | wrote her and sent the
letter by DR.. Afford and since coming
home l have received a letter from
her. She had a large family and
| they are well to do good citizens,
In 1870 when l was a youth l went
from my home in Alabama back to
| South Carolina and spent a month
| with my fathers mother who was
then living. Since then I had lost
track of my relatives till that doctor
and Mr.. Cunningham, newspaper
man from that section, put me on tt
their trial Some day just as soon a
can, I'll wander back that way t
see my good aunt and other lon
lost relatives
, INNOCENCE ABROAD.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-27
THREE BIC LINES THREATENED
CONTEST BETWEEN ROADS FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAIL

Between the Frisco and the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas. on the one
side. and the Iron Mountain the In
ternatinna and Great Northern aud
the Texas and Pacific on the other
side, there is waging a spirited con
test for the governments contract 10
carry the Southwestern mail. The re-
weighing of the mail for this terri
tory will take place in the spring.
and each party TO the competition is
striving to demonstrate it's capacity
to render superior service.
The Frisco and the Missouri Kan
sas and Texas seek TO get the business
away from the Iron Mountain. the
International and Great Northern
and the Texas and Pacific. The lat
ter group Of roads has acted for many
years as the government mail car
rier, and every effort will be made
toward maintaining the relations.
That the contest Is continually
growing more intense and assuming
a more definite alignment is mani
tested in the meetings which are be-
ing held by executive and operating
officials OF the roads to discuss the
problems of the situation to a prac-
teal conclusion While the officials
of the Gould lines were in session this
week at Hot Springs, the Frisco and
Katy officials were in session at st.
Louis and at these sessions the plans
for the campaign were outlined.
SO important is the matter consid-
cred to be that Vice President c. 5.
Clark and General Manager A. w.
Sullivan, of the Missouri Pacific and
Iron Mountain System, attended the
Hot Springs meeting and conferred
with the representatives of the Texas
lines of the Gould system. At the
st. Louis meeting were present the
operating, mail and passenger Of
ficials of the Frisco and the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas.
sas and Texas have decided that the
contest is worth while to them Their
Joint schedule is, therefore, in prep
aration, and will be announced in
day or two. Both the officials of
the three Gould lines-the Iron
Mountain, the International and
Great Northern and the Texas and Pa
cific-are not certain, as yet, whether
the proposed schedule would not in
terfere with profitable passenger
business. Should the Gould lines
determine to put new schedule into
effect, the contest for the government
contract will take the form of actual
demonstration.
~ The government will select as car
rters the roads which assure the best
service In transporting the mall tt
all parts of the defined territory
Speed is the first ESSENTIAL. and con
sequently quick running time is re-
quired on certain stretches of road.
But time is also gained by making
close connections, and, in addition 10
speed, there must be perfect sched-
ules.
1t may be that the Gould lines will
decide to increase the speed between
certain stations or over 100-mile
strips, to forty to forty-five miles an
hour. In this event the Frisco and
Katy will increase the speed to forty
or forty-five miles an hour Then
the contest will be close. The Iron
Mountain would give safer service
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-27
The Player Maid.

Florence Davis, who is to appear
in The Player Maid" at the opera
house February 9th, is native of
Kentucky, has a distinguished South
ern ancestry on both her fathers and
her mothers side of the house. The
play in which she will appear here IL
a comedy written around the life
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-27
TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS
Innocence Attends the Big Cot.
ton Convention at the Cres-
cent City.

| am up against the Southern Cot
ton Association good and strong. /
went TO the state convention at Aus
tin January 3 and was there elected
secretary. While at Austin | met
many strong Southern Cotton Asso-
citation men from different sections
of the state whom l had never be-
fore heard of. I received great
| deal of information from them with
reference to this work The fact is,
the more / think about the possibili-
| ties for good to the farmers OF Tex
| as to come to them If they will join
this association, pay their small dues
to keep it going, is simply immense.
One of the main reasons for my en-
thusiasm in this great work is that
1.-THE Southern Cotton Association
saves to the man who by his labor pro-
duces this cotton and does it while it
is in his hands if he will but join the
organization and cooperate with ev-
cry other farmer. You may not
know it, but it is a fact that this or
ganization which was formed in New |
Orleans one year ago this January |
caused each and every bale of cotton
raised in the South this year to
bring from $500 to $40 per bale
more than it would have done with
through the efforts of the Southern
Cotton Association that the rascals
were turned out of the agricultural
department at Washington. These
fellows were each month sending out
cotton crop estimates to the world
much larger than they really were,
and then last spring these same fell
lows sent out acreage estimates show
Ing thousands of acres more than
were really planted, and all this was {
lone TO keep the price of cotton |
Town This would have continued ,
Ill last year had not Mr. Jordan our
PRESIDENT, and MIR Cheatham. our
hem discharged from their positions
inc fellow. Holmes. who was prac-
icing this rasoalty was being paid
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars by
he bear spectators of New York
rho by Holmes rasoality. were max.
NJ millions every month out oi our
otton and al the same time boatins
is OF the soath out OF five 10 tcu
ollars bale on o..
Just as soon a. the weather breaks
ID hr J NJ NldCrdicv aud Mr.
lowd FArrar wtii advertise list Of
for Ellis county and
'ili Organize schooi district suh-di
isious eft abe Southern Cotton Asso
Iaiion ~ant rvgry man Ia .rana
la Ellie to Join Sc and stand together
pr ihe better prices
: seut to Nes Orleans January NJ
b attend TIE national ,ousvntiou "
se soshefm Cotton Association
"a orieans has over hires hundred
ioaaEnd pppulafios and Is a maa
ificcnt city Ncfc than three fheas
ad ieitsaiew fFusa al the cogtot
fusluE states Wtrr fhere From af
iho ooston gfnwina states eAst az
se Mississippi river wneye they are
ell organized the delegates @ere "a
saHiAstie 2aa fali ~ l0y~ Cor 'hs
sashern tasion Association ~ist
e rouid base haa uae 'sunaaud usen
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-27

THE LECTURE that George r.
vending will deliver at the Sims
Library Monday night, January %,
viii be an exceptionally able presen-
tation, worthy the authors reputa-
ton and worthy the attendance of
those who love thrilling eloquenee
and lofty thought. SIS
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-27

Try MS on your next order for coal
ana compare the difference. Waxa-
hachie Grain Company. II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-27

that every one wishing to be whole
somely amused should make it their
aim to be present.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01
Big Fire in Portland

A total loss estimated at S120, 900. was
caused by fire early sunday, which gut
ted the three story brick block at Nos
20l and 2C3 Federal street. Portland, oc
cupied exclusively by j. Z. Goold, one
of the largest four Wholesale drug and
paint firms in, Maine Ia Heroic efforts on
the part of the hremen confined the
flames 10 this block aud very little dam
age was sustained by occupants of the
adjoining buildings which were in dan
ger for two hours until the fire was fair.
~ well under control.
Its origin is a mystery The frs, sgn
of 1t wat when loud explosion was
heard, evidently In the rear of the
ground 1Oor, and the flames we're seen
TO burst from the front and back of the
lower portion of the block he ship
ping department was located in the back
part of the first floor and it is supposed
the fire started there and communicated
with explosive chemicals and paints
During the progress of the fire there
were several explosions, one of which,
caused the igniting of large supply of
ether in the top story, sent the flames
into the air and made the work OF the
tiremen appear more hazardous.
The stock, which practically is a to-
tai loss, was valued at about 100000
and insured for $65, 600 The block was
owned by Ammi Whitney of Kendall
and Whitney whose three brick agrlcul-
tural ware house adjourns, and his loss
is estimated az $4,000, covered by in
surance
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01
Murdered In CALIFORNIA;

Tue news of the murder of Henry
occurred near Fresno, Cal. Feb. 10 FIST
became known Pridayof. ast week, when
a letter was received by brother of Che
n urdered man, Jonas jackson. who
lives two miles from Scion village
The letter, which was dated Feb
is, war. from Mrs Elmira l. Rich
ardsou, sister, aud was very bIief,
simply laying, alfred has been muir
dered for his money and th2' the mat
"All that know about this sad cir
cumstance,' said Jonas p, jackson,
brother of the murdered mao. il con
tanned in the, very brief letter just re-
eeived from my sister, saying TINT oar
brother was shot through window for
his money, and that the circumstances
were too terrible to write about have
received NO papers from California, and
have no direct knowledge other than the
letter afforded
ago, and lived for time IN Perham,
then took farm abIut three miles
from For, Fairfie d He went West with
my sister and her son last fall They
were doing well until thu tefrlb e
thing happenei
II do not know whether the remain
will be brought to faine or not. ! am
waiting for some word further than
have yet received cannot realize that
ii rs true
Mr. Jackson furnished a reporter the
first correct lis. Of the surviving bro
theirs and sisters, as follows Mis- Ei
mira l.. Richardson, Fresno, al ; A bble
wife of Joseph Cummings, Adams,
Annie wife II Charles Downing, Auburn,
Julia. wife of Henry Bishop, Leeds,
Jonas ?. Jackson. Solon; Emma, wife OF
George Turner, Fort Fairfield
Mr. Jackson was asked about the al
legged murder of his brother William
u years ago An INQUEST was held at
the time" he said aud tley c.eared
the horse-that If, they saie my brother
came 10 his death by other causes than
IA kick from the horte A young man
about u years old at that time was sus-
pected, and later committed snielde
would not care to give my own opinion
In the matter
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01

The Great Iasfeiu was CSC feet long
X feet bean. - fco' draft when load
81, 23.opo tonnage. paddle engines
100 horsepower nominal screw en-
gines loo horsepower nominal. She
was commenced 70 be built at Millwail
81 The spring Of 1854 aud was launch
ed after many difficulties on Jan. 30
1858 The history Of the Great Eastern
was from the first financially an IN
fortunate one She made several 10Y
ages to the United States al great
loss 10 her owners, but n 1863 and ls6G
she somewhat redeemed her character
by successfully laying tho Atlantic ca
ble. Subsequently owing 10 her vast
SIZE, she was Instrumental Il laying
most u the important cables across he
Atlantic, IL the Mediterranean, through
the Red sea, etc. In ISIS she was sold
at auction ID Liverpool 10 BE- broken
up. bringing the sum Of $3.50 %. Lon
don Globe
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01
LIS Annmal Meeting.

An invitation for the Maine state
Board of Trade to hold its spring SEES
sion in Boston as guests of tho State of
Maine club of that city has been accept,
ed The meeting will be held March 10
Every board Will DO entitled 10 send TWO
delegates for every so members and one
delegate for every addlonal % members
The business session will be held in the
forenoon, followed by lunch and AN
al ernoon discussion of STATE topics
The evening programme will be IN charge
of he entertaining organiz ftion.
Arrangements for transportation and
hotel Accommodations are in charge of
Col. f. f BoofhbJ of Portland, ecre.
tary =. ri. Blanding of Bangor aud the
Hon. Charles e Townsend OF Hruns@ick
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01
Resolutions of ResDect.

Whereas II has pleased our Heavenly
Father in His infinite wisdom TO rene W
from our midst our sister, Esq II. Am
zeen. therefore be II
Resolced. That in the death Of cu.
worthy sister, this Grange has lost 60
aged friend and The family devoted
mother.
Resoloed, That we, as members ~
Wesserrunsett Grange, tender our hea '-
felt sympathy to those who are more
closely hound to her by ties of nature
aud commend them to the care Of Hin
whose Judgment cannot err.
ReS0ired, That in her memory our
charter be draped in mourning for thirty
days, that these resolutions be entered
upon our records. a copy sent to the b. :
reaved family and one to the SOMERSET
REPORTER for publication.
AGNES r. MOODY,
MINNIE s. JUDKINs,
i. l.. BIGELOW,
Committee on Resolutions.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01

Man has within Inn d stationary Ell
CINE called his heart, which with us
veins and arteries, constitutes per-
feet system OF hydraulics. compared
with which mans hest work IS clumsy
intricate and wasteful. The lungs arr
working bellows, the most perfeer
method of sanitary ventilation. Tie
stomach is a working vat Of marvellous
perfection The brain is a wondrous
condenser, and the skin is great
working eyaporator, with reserve auto
matte appliances. ready for extra work
in moments of need. All these are In
action at all times. day and night, tire
less, unceasing. self winding and re
pairing, for seventy years or more
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01

The majority Of people believe that
the mole is even "blindera than the
proverbial bat. but the naturalists
know that such is not the case. Sir
John Lubbock and Carl Hess, the latter
a noted German naturalist. by careful
investigation proved that the mole has
eyes which are as perfect as those Of
horse or an elephant. They are very
small optics, 10 be sure (only one MILL
meter In diameter, hut in the matter
of reflection and refraction do not diff
fer from the normal eyes in larger ami
malR
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01


Charles: Dustin. one of the bestlknown
trainers in Maine, is to move his stables
from Plttsfeldi where be has lived for
several years to Bangor and will work
his horses on the track at Maple wood
there this summer. Mr.. Dustin has
been obliged to live In Pittsfleld on ac-
count of his family, but the cause which
held him there no longer exists and it
Ia stated that he will come to Bangor.
With interest in horses high as it is now
the coming of Mr.. Dustin and his string
will make big addition to the work
going on at Maplewood and will un.
doubtedly increase the interest for fire.
quent race meetings during the season
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01
WOMAN'S WOES.
Grateful SkOwhegan Women Tell OF
The Easiest WAY To Escape Them

When the back aches and
throbs; when homework is
torture; when night brings No
rest or sleep; Woman's lot is
a weary one.
There's Il way 10 escape
those woes.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure
such Ills; Have cured women
here in Skowhegan; this is
one Skowhegan woman's :es-
timony:
Mrs Joseph Bulet;. If Z. Mlburn st.
SkoW began. Me says Il think that Il
Is NY duty TO say word in favor Of
hai attacks Of kidney comp amt. snd
the pam over thu kidneys Was quite Sc
we're was Land NJ for three weeks last
winter and could no, get about - attene
10 my household work Nheu did gel
around | was all bent over anl was hard
~ abe - do ANYTHING I suffered from
a similar attack again thus winter, AMI n
was then that my husband Got Doau's
Kidney Pills far me al Geo. + ~amI SOM
drug store After bad used one box {
noticed great Improvement and ooutin-
ed the treatment ] am feeling better
eyerg day, arG ftom tte benefits a
Randy rece we'd lean strongly recon mend
DHau's hiduey Pills re- 4nt form y kid
ney trouble,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01
.DrHmntIc Deathn.

What IS dramatic death: or course
the most dramatic death ever recorded
was that of Placut who dropped dead
while paying a bin. Then there was
the death Of Fabius, who was choked
by a hair in some milk; that OF Louis
VI. who met his doom because q pig
ran under his horse and caused him
to stumble; that of Saufelus. who was
poisoned by the albumen In a soft boil
ed egg, and that of Zeuxis, who died
from laughter nj sight Of q lag he had
pRlnted
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01
Defines bis Positlon.

some weeks since, In al article Oh ID
Initiative and Referendum. the RErokr
Ek had occasioA to state how each Of
the mem bers q the Somsrsst county 70.
presentation voted on the measats lu
the las, legislature This has iead %
the following communication 4bleL
f4siy explains me arE.ert rosi'I5u
the matter
Ia the sdto1r n The so1,erset Keportg
D,dr .siy
In a recent iss4e u The soAREsg r.
ktfoEIEs J notice al article deauIng
The prLe. PEE i The Initiative and Refer
en1um, and - endorsement BY one "
III lead - egelai institutions Of he
d. he Name state Grange. J..
aisJ gives ne names ofths Somerset o. 81
ezai.ou II the tast Legislature who Yot.
I'd for and against the measure. nv
name appearing 81 the only one absent,
and lot voting do not SIsh to shuu
ally Of the responsibilities shioh my
election - the Legislature made iucum-
bent Oh me, and Ill. therefore s'ate thai
had ~ ny abseLce been actually ur-
aFgldabIe A The time The vote Vas 'akeu.
ny vote would have been given ia favor
Of the Initiative and Referendum
The measure Vas introduced il Tie
iegisia IRE al al early date. it being
Senate Document No 28,-b0t for some
reason unknown to ny self 10 vote va
reached 4ntl the very last week Of the
sesslOE. have always endeavored "a
place myself on the side II social, edu.
cauona and politica progress Al
though our legislators, both state and
uationa! are elected By vote Of the
people, yet Legislators are not infallible,
and their decisions may not always b.
snbseT7ient 70 the peoples will Be.
Iievng as I do il the great principles Of
eel government bequeathed to US by
oar iilustriOus ancestors. ard that the
voice # the people 10 the ruling power
that has created and fostered those re
publican institutions that have made
our country great and prosperous, and
tia any legislation tending to make the
voice Of the poole more efecfual is just
and night cguld take Do other course
han 10 give this MEASURE ny cordial
support
p4fs TIN
Z o vitlum
{ T.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01
Somerset Towns

Following are financial statements of
certain Somerset towns, made mp from
advance copies of annual reports for the
year ending Feb 20. 1t will be noted
that the towns of Smithheld, Solon,
Mercer and starks, are free from debt
and, by a statement Of the selectmen
of the latter town, 1t appears this Is the
first time this gratifying state OF the
finances has ever been reached.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01
Gard of Thanks.

We wish to express our hesrff"''
thanks to the pastor Of the Methoa'si
church, the memhers of its choir, 10 Ed
ward A. Blckuell for the beautiful n0t7l
tribute. ana to the neigbhors snd friends
who so kindly assisted US IN our recent
great sorrow and loss, by their expires.
sous OF sympathy, and deeds OF kindness
Mr. A. c. B. KEEN.
Mrs. A. G. x. KEN,
Clyde KEEN,
CECIL KEEN
CLARENCE KEN,
ANNIE KEEN.
SolOr, Maine, Feb. u, 1906.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
10 refund the money on 60-oent bottle
OF Green's Warranted syrup of Tar if
it fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee 25-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded
F. w. BUCKEAM, CITY DRUG STORE
GRO +. SAMPSON. @. r. FoGG,
w h FULLER,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01

II you have bad breath, constipa
ton, pain in the small of the back, dis
colored akin, nervousness or dizziness,
your only wise course Ia to take DR..
David Kennedy's Favorite Remecy, of
Roundout, N. Y. 1t will cleanse the
blood of all impurities, regulate the Kid
neys and Liver, and thus restore a
healthy glow to your cheeks again
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-01

The case of Edward L. Hall OF Water.
vile against the New York, New Haven
Il Hartford Railroad, An action 10 re-
cover for the loss OF Az arm while il the
employ of the defendant corporation,
has been settled MIR. Hall went TO 8os-
ton, last week. when the case was as
signed sor trial. Before il was begun
he was offered 5000 70 withdraw from
the contest but he declined. After one
days trial be was again approached and
this time it is understood that the con.
sideraton to be paid him il between
5000 and 5000