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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-11-07
tn GRAY EYED NAN.
He Is 4 f,cater, So Ge Cautious IN
Provoking r r..

He /. \ f,gatcr, S. Ge Cautious IN
Provoking Er.
Il always feel q bis nervous" -
marked Il sergeant Of police. when ]
have 10 arrest n man with gray eyes.
for | know that he is n born fighter
and that | am likely to have a tough
job.
Most men when they are lighting
retain a certain amount of discretion
and remember that a brutal assault "a
the police IS n very serious Offeusr
But the man with the gray eyes.
though he may in his calmer moments
b" quite aware of the folly of resist
aIice, forgets an about that when hts
blood is up. lie thinks of ouly one
thing. and that is Ia win the fight.
III isn't anlou criminals only that
the gray eve denotes the fighter. !
have observed the same thing amos.
professional pugiIiSts. an enormous
proportion of whom have gray eyes.
with soldiers and sailors 1t is Just
the same. Many of oUr foremost geii-
erals and admiralS have eyes of this
color 1t Is the more remarkable
when we remember that the number
of people who have gray yes Is small
compared with other shades.
The moral is thai when you are
dealing with a gray eyed man you
should be cautious In provoking him"
Answers.
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roses seru usel throughout the 80
eesvins rooms for decorations. Mrs
Griffin ss@ sssIstssi In secly.As b.
n extremely large house party
Aua3ng the outuf taun guests
amarillo. Mr. r II Fisher Of nat
las ard Ms X G stroud ~ itsIy.
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LOCAL NEWS.

Ess" gh8F AH&EH A. 1Hf Fat}fos
ian. n
= 5 cronk & CO sell raotiag
cheap u
Thirty minutes fun at tae Thea
iofium for Sc. 81
See r < cronk 4 co before you
bay your roofing II
Have o seen that rev machine
At the ThsatoFium ~
~~r II. II. Ncsomhs Tor Fire and
Tornado Insurance. II
Dr Rotmsn's office ia uow over
the Clty Drug Store s.
The fines, machine made Is now
used at the Theatorium 81
Your moneys worth aud then
some al the Theatoridm 81
We wiii call for and deliver your
clothes New phone 2st sc
Fresh chocolates and home made
candies at the Eatitorium If
Have your clothes pressed at iiill
& INNS. south side square sc
Your moneys worth or your mon
ey back al ihe T~heatorium 81
Ladies coats and shirts claned
and pressed at Hill a Inns. Sc
Constable Frank Hughes OF Italy
was In the city this morning.
Plenty OF iron or felt roofing at
+. s. Cronk Co S; prices right. II
Mrs. T. r. Fisher Of Dallas is Wis
iting her mother. Mrs. Gahagan
The best cleaning and pressing AT
Hill & HIS. south side square. Sc
Buy our pumps from F. s. Crouk
Co. All kinds. Prices way down. II
Mrs. Malone Waller of Fora Worth
is visiting in Waxahachie for a few
days.
Several Waxahachie people vent
to Ennis today TO attend the flower
show.
Frank Armstrong his sold his in
terest in THE Cozy Corner to Jack
Williams.
When you need a plumber, call
Bunkley, with f. S. Cronk Co. Both
phones 81. If
II you enjoy moving pictures see
that latest improved machine they
have at the Theatorium. 81
DR.. John c. Calhoun of Jonesboro,
Ky. arrived in the city last night
to visit DR.. Leonard Keplinger.
The Woman's Home Mission
society of the Methodist church will
meet at the church tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock.
Look ahead and select your
Christmas. wedding and birthday
presents from the stock OF hand
painted china at Woman's Exchange
before 1t is picked over. eodS7
Trarents. ny. and Mrs. r T Gray 70
two weeks before she goes to Dalla.
to make her home. Miss Gray ha.
recently completed the trained nur
SEES course in the training schoo
and hospital at Houston.
/ cordially invite the public tc
visit my studio and see my beautifu.
prize and prize winning pictures dis.
PLAYED with my diploma of merit.
am only one block from the square,
and | have as nice and convenient
studio as there i, iu the state Christ.
mas is drawing near and if YOU want
20 medallion and the best work that
is done boo WaNahachjc 1t will pay you
to call an Mrs G.. f. JaDk-0u'- studio.
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THE SHAKESPEARE 1IuB.
Questions on the Lesson OF the
Clubs Next Meeting.

N"'"'' 'o" van win MUTATIONS
Explain the difterence Ia the
'aoSe OF caesar Sieeples'hess ana
mat % hru'uS:
no" 90 you understand Nor
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tonight.
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-11-07

The TUESDAY Afternoon ssalaE
Circle ~iil meet wish Miss Ora Miller
Friday Afternoon at 2 o'eiocg. in
stead of Tuesdas afternoon. As pre-
tiDusly announced ~ the residence
Of Ngs A puaaway on Wust
Main street All ID. members are
cordially invited 10 ia present
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-11-07

Mrs ". a. Crow is entertaining
with a tea ihEs afternoon, compli-
mcntary 10 her guest. Miss Mary
Stuart OF Tennessee
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-11-07

Miss Alice Gibson has out invita-
lions Tor q Masquerade party Friday,
18th.
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WAAAHACHIE Hot Mineral water
delivered daily. B. S. McCourt. Old
Phone 461. ~
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FOUNDER Rogers street. Soms&
money. U. d. White at Mincey3k
Hughes & Co. S9e
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FOR RENT-House on Water
street. Tom Burleson. 81
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rMr fsmay ns~strss~ 3, tsosasss -
amss sw 80 v.srsu~ TMseA~~s is~~s
ans NHs~
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WANT COLUMN,

WEATHER. Tonight increasing
c~loudiness, warmer. Friday partly
cloudy. Max. 81; Min. Al.
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WAN1ED-Two unfinished rooms
close in. Address Renter" care
Daily Light. sep
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NANTED-Anyone that lives near
the University and would like to get
a good cook woman may call on the
help at BeesOn Hall. san
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SALE-An excellent piano in
good condition. Mrs. Malone Wal
Ter. See Dr.. Rodman. IS
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dcS,. slc FL !~ vrqi-r soa aesKE. all hone aa
Daily nIgnt. IN 81
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08

When they adopted the . Federal
Constitution In 1889, however, all
the states repudiated descent as a
qualification for citizenship. At that
time In England and In most coun-
tries OF Europe. qualification fofNall
important offices depenced on de-
scent, and under the tenure Of this
feudalism, everything In civil life
depended on having ancestors OF the
military class. Every American
State repudiated this military de-
scent as the basis of civil govern
ment. ~. E' a. '..3 H..
Hence 1t is self-evident that being
equally opposed to the Constitution
OF Georgia and the Constitution Of
the United States the so-called
grandfather clause" attempting to
establish military descent as a quail
1fication for citizenship, falls from the
beginning In every State the
question must be the civil qualiflca-
ton Of the voter himself-.never the
military Or those qualifications of
his grandfather. ,r>-. ..r. E. 49,.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08
DISFRANCHISING THE NEGRO.

In single decade, by adoption Of
constitutional amendments and re-
Strictive election laws, the co1ored
vote has been practically eliminated
from the Potomac to the Rio Grande.
Georgia has at last taken the fatal
step and over million more Ne
grocs find themselves occupying the
anomalous position Of citizens with
out suffrage, taxpayers without rep
rcSentation, political outcasts divest-
.ed Of the Constitutional right read
NY granted the lowliest foreigner.
or course, all those, whose ances-
tors fought for the nation or state,
or VINO can read or explain any sec
t1on Of the national or state consti-
tuition, or are owners Of five hundred
collars worth Of worldly posses
Slons, may have the privilege Of vot-
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08

The time is swiftly arriving, If it
has not already arrived, when the
leaders Of thought in the Negro race
shall reach some common and SenSi-
BILE ground of understanding as re-
CARDS all this agitation about what
kind of education is best for the
lace; should the Negroes all stay on
the farm or pile into the cities;
should he look more to the Cross
and less to the Crown; and all that
kind Of thing; SO much rot that has
stood for near a decade the way
of men coming to an intelligent and
1,eeded consideration of the perplex-
ing and urgent problems that con-
front us, look in whatever direction
we may. For example, at the Hamp-
ton conference last week, there were
those who rose right up in Arm
strong's sanctuary and boldly declar-
ed that it is all nonsense to talk
about the Negro as a race remaining
in the country, eschewing the cities
altogether. They debated that the
Negro must enter into every avenue
of human endeavor, and show of what
stuff he is made in the competition
of the day, contributing the races
share towards the glory of achieve
ment. This is proper and just the
kind Of doctrine needed to be preach
ed at this time. Kelly Miller, who
can advocate agriculture as easily
as he can defend Greek, had spoken
at the conference on Should the
Negro Race Continue to Farm" but
he hastily conceded and almost de-
bated that the unusual Negro boy
should make his way to the city,
while the average should stick to the
hoe and plow. Sense is coming rap
idly back
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08

cured certificate Of admission to
the Indiana bar. under the constitu-
tional provision, which did not re-
Qatre an examination. He had prev
ionsIy secured: q common school edu-
cation at Loganportsbut had left the
high school to go to work In store.
In pursuance OF his legal ambition
he went to CinciRnati and studied in
one OF, the law schools, and came
from there to Chicago, where he
graduated from the Union, College of
law in 1890. He was admitted to
the bar and. practioed a year and a
half. Then Grover Cleveland be-
game president OF the United States
and Walter @. Gresham became his
secretary Of state.sS SECRETARY Ores
liam made Lands &his private score
tary and for two years, until the
death Of Secretary Gresham, Lands
was one of the forceful and striking
figures in the official life OF Wash
ington. ht.sSEs {. '..2l. : -.
He was personal friend Of Pres
'ident Cleveland, who, however, once
sought to separate him from his lob,
but desisted when he learned that If
he succeeded Gresham would go too.
When Secretary Gresham died Judge
Landis returned to Chicago, reenter=-
ed the praoticeFof law. and incident
ally adopted politics as a side line.
Judge Landis was attorney for sew
eral leading corporations at this time
among them being the Grand Trunk
railroad and the Calumet electric
line. In 1904 he was one OF the
leaders Of the campaign organization
for Frank o. Lowden, and during the
famous deadlock state convention at
Springfield he took prominent
part In the councils Of the Lowden
followers s.
His appointment in 1905 to the
federal bench was made at the re-
quest OF the socalled Federal" or
ganlzation. which was deeply inter-
lested In the success of Lowden for
governor the year previously.
y Judge Lands was married in 1895
to Miss Winifred Reed, Of Ottawa,
ILL.,, a sister-in-law of the late James
II. Eckles. There are two: children,
Reed Lands, boy Of ten years, and
Suzanne, year younger.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08
CAREER OF THE JUDGE
WHO SOAKED" STANDARD

Kenesaw Mountain Lands, Judge
Of the United States District Court
for the northern district Of Illinois
and the man who laid out the first
sticky fly paper for Standard Oil,
came into Chicago from Indiana,
says the Chicago Record-Herald. He
is native Of Ohio, Seven-mile, near
Millvile, being his birthplace. He
migrated to Indiana when seven
years old.
He was born November 20, 1866,
just after his father had returned
from the Civil War, carrying in his
body Southern lead received in the
battle of Kenesaw Mountain--hence
the name of the youngest Of seven
sons.
Judge Lands came naturally into
the law. In his early years he was
one Of the Loganport kids" he car
rjcd newspapers in that bai1wicl<
for several years hung around the
newspaper offices until he became re-
porter, incidentally learning steno4
graphy, during which time he was
connected with the Loganport Jour
nal.
|. He was official stenograDher for
the circuit court, Of Lake county, In
diana, from 1883 to 1886, and Sc
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08
BIG RAFT FROM UP NORTH.
Tug Erings 5000 Lengths Of Piliny
Down From Nova Scotia.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE biggest
raft that has come down the East
river since the great Leary aggre-
cation Of timber startled navigators
hereabouts some eighteen years ago,
arrived yesterday in tow Of the ocean
tug Underwater. Another tug help
ed the raft through the eddies Of
He'll Gate. 1t is made up of about
5000 lengths Of piling, is $40 feet
long, 40 feet in diameter amidships,
and % feet on the ends and draws
about IL feet.
In towing in the open the Under.
writer used $50 fathoms CT IL inch
haWser. The raft started from Port
GreVil]e, N. S., on July 81 and had a
smooth and unoventful trip.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08

Ing, but Q very election commissions
or and clerk will be white and-they
may be depended upon to see that
there Is no Negro domination." 1t
Is not only possible. but highly prob
able that some OF Georgia's Negro
college professors will be turned
down on the educational test by
election officers who do not know
the difference between a Greek root
and sweet potato. But what would
you? White supremacy must be-
maintained at any cost.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08

The third a9nual meeting of the
Niagara movement will take place at
Boston Monday to Wednesday, Aug
ust 26th to 2Sth. The three day pro-
gram includes public demOnstra-
ton, social reception, a series Of pri-
Vate conferences and pilgrimages to
abodes of 1.-The faithful"
1T IS to be hoped that there will
be no barefoot stunts this time, for
the tootsie-wootsies Of the delegates
are more liable to stone bruise on
the cobble stones, concrete and brick
pavements Of Boston than in the dust
of Harper's Ferry roads.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08
"THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
st. Lonis Post-Dispatch.l

The franchise bill passed by the
Georgia Senate on July is mod
eled on sin liar enactments In Alaba-
ma and several other states. 1t pro-
vides that in order to vote in Geor-
gia, a man must pay taxes on $500
worth Of property or meet the test
Of prescribed educational qualifica-
ton or be able to show his descent
from an ancestor who has done mil
itary service.
Educational and property qualifi-
cations have been part Of the regula-
ton OF suffrage in number Of the
states since the foundation Of the
Government. Whether 1t Is better
without them than With them, each
State Is free to decide for itself.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08
THE SION FROM MISSISSIPPI
(From Philadelphia Press.)

The general congratulations over
the reported success Of John Sharp
Williams in the Mississippi Senator
1al contest seems to have been pre-
mature; Grave doubt is now thrown
upon the result and the official f1g-
ures will be required to decide. 1t is
possible that Mr.. Williams may, have
been beaten, and in any event his
margin Is SO narrow that the moral
effect of victory is lost. ct
This Is certainly unfortunate-un-
fortunate for the State, for the South
and for the country. Between Mr..
Williams and Governor Vardaman
no right-mfnded man could hesitate.
Mr.. Williams mas his faults and he
let down his own standard tn his
canvass; but he is able and fairly
progressive, and creditably repre-
Sents the better spirit Of the South.
He has won and held the leadership
of his party in the House Of Repre-
sentatives by his superior force, and
In the main he has met it's RESPONSE
bilities in broad and liberal spirit.
Governor Vardaman, on the other
hand, Is both f1re-eater and
blatherskite, and has made his repu-
tation- and position as the exponent
of sectionalism, violence and pro-
scription.
The canvass before the people af
Mississippi illustrated the differences
between the two candidate. Gov
ernor Vardaman preached the most
| reactionary doctrine. His appeal
| was wholly to the most extreme and
fanatical sentiment of his people
to their sectional impulse and to
their race prejudice. He advocated
the repeal of the Fifteenth Amend
ment, and, though any such scheme
| is utterly chimerical, he sought to
gain the favor Of the lowest elements
by pledging himself, if elected, to do
all he could for it. He assailed re-
construction and indicated a dispo-
sition to do anything in Ills power
to overthrow it. He passionately
proclaimed his regret that he was
not yet living under the Southern
Confederacy.
| Mr.. Williams did not descend to
the level of his irresponsible and
unworthy rival. But 1T was plainly
evident that in the competition he
felt it necessary to cater somewhat
to the lower instincts and to demean
himself in away that must have been
repugnant to his better reason. He
answered the demand for the repeal
of the Fifteenth Amendment by say
ing that it had been practically null
lifted. He replied to the argument
for Government ownership by con-
tending that it would abolish the
Jim Crow" laws In this unworthy
rivalry before dubious constituency
| Mr.. Williams distinctly lowered the
standard which his course at Wash
ington had set up, but even then he
held a high attitude than Governor
| Vardaman.
His failure of a decisive victory
even with this concession to the re-
dictionary element Is a reflection on
his state. 1t is a matter of sincere
regret. The true friends of the
| South all over the country want to
see her face forward and not back
| ward. She has made great progress,
but such signs as this from Mississ-
| ippi are not welcome.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08

TWO more big meetings and the
conventional session will close. The
National Negro Business League at
Topeka, Kans, August 14th and the
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
at Louisville, September 3rd, while
the last are by no means the least of
me conventions held this summer.
Each within it's province is a leader
and is expected to attract hundreds
10 the respective cities in which they
are held.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08

%2# OFFICES.
! New York:
1913 7th Avenue.
Washington:
~ 1895 18th st. N. w.
Louisville:
1112 w. Madison St.
st. Louis:
52@ s1s7 Pine st.
/ Philadelphia:
, 702 So. 18th St.
; Baltimore:
~ . 500 w. Biddle st.
Boston:
~ 81 q Harvard ST., Cambridge.
Pittsburg:
& - 461 9Th St.. Braddock.
Columbus:
266 st. Clair Ave.
New Orleans:
226 SO. Robertson St
Jacksonville.
$50 w. Union st.
Nashville:
Fl 7O6 Bass st.
Indianapolis:
- 1905 Alvord st.
Lexington:
567 N. Upper st.
San Francisco:
865 Union st.. Oakland.
Detroit:
:. 261 Elliot St.
E4 Paso:
Chicago:
1919 Calumet Ave.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08

Judge Jeter c. Pritchard, who
came dangerously near precipitating
war over in Carolina, made his
appearance at Raleigh in 1893, fresh
from mountain county, unkempt,
ignorant, and the laughing stock OF
the legislature. Vhe Negro repubH-
cans Ditied him, and took him up.
They sent him to the senate at Wash
ington. Today there is no democrat
in all the state who hates Negroes
more than Pritchard hates them.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08

strawberries may come and straw
berries may go,
But prunes are with us forever"
sings an anonymous observation-disclosures
bard, but reports from the West
make it appear that he presumed TOO
much upon poetical license. Indica-
lions are that the crop this year will
be only half as large as formerly, and
there is sadness in the heart of the
land1ady.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08

air bis Views upon his pet theme
the Negro. We may safely assume
that whatever Mr.. Williams, as Sem
ator, may do against the race wNl
be done, as in the past, without red
fire or brass band accompaniment.
insult, in which little men Of the
Vardaman caliber take SO much
pleasure.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08
NEWS CUT SHORT
FOR BUSY READERS

Louisville is making a vigorous
campaign to secure the next demo
cratic national convention.
Driven to frenzy by the terrible
and continued attacks upon women
and children in New York, which
the police seem unable to prevent or
to catch the culprits, crowds gather
and make attempts to lynch miscre-
ants who are caught Offering insult
or violence to women and the police
have a hard time combating mob
law.