The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-11-08
LETTER


fr4es earusr ,ssisssseEr tfis sraf. 81 ."
-x.~t xenr~ ta~t 10 ottsiu an ap' '
praprlntsou irons con-~eS~ WIN "h"o
TO begin the construction @ ae"s"''
conduit TO supply the city Win "s'sI
The singh. rouault nov In use. IL y {
believed. n hardly sufficient 10 carry
m. elty- water supply. General Mac
keny,. In command OF the corI~ OF
engineers. United states army III M
report a short tim. ago re~sotnfnehoeu
| the construction Of nm additional con
! duit and In his estimate oi EXPENSE
asked for the money With when !"
make a survey preparatory TO the WORK
of construction
The Water supply.
" Mcfarland. superintendent OF
the District water department, N'
thu, there Is danger OF "A water ian'ns
IN Washington. and he AIDES thst I"
ANYTHING should happen TO the pres
ent conduit the city would he left WIN
opt n drop Of water for four Gays
while the com m%issioners say that they
will ask congress for this approPria
tton they do not consider maj any
BODY in the District need he seriously
alarmed over Mr.. McFnrlands stare
ment concerning an impending water
famine.
co-ooerativs Store For Clerks.
plans for the establishment In WASH
, invton OF the Departmental
4, tive guild. which il designed TO oene
. fit government clerks, have passed tne
formative period, and the ohcers oi
the association announced the othe'
day that the required subscription
a have been paid inland that the guilo
a will, oun a cooperative store on Nov.
n I next. The store Will be at the nor'h
east corner of Ninth and u suee.s
y northwest. A large two story building
II has been leased, and the guild Will rem
adjoining buildings on Ninth stree
,e and also on G street II business war
a. rants It The first floor OF the building
will be occupied by a grocery store an'
st a market store. Tailor shops VIII ~
ID located on the second door. * IN
grocery and provision store prove sue
cessful the guild will Increase It's mel
nnti, II has a complete departmer
ter store in operation.
he Members Share Profits.
zen An idea Of how the OF u
mt association will benefit through the
ON membership is given In article 20
ang tho constitution, which reads as I
W. lows:
lem "Each member who is a purcnai
bot or commodities from this guild 81
will ha entitled to receive quarterly fr
like tho net profits OF the business OF
guild an amount equal to w per c
Of the net profits arising from ms
her trade or transactions WIN
is 10 1uild. Any member who may de
IS d 70 open a semimonthly or monthly
AS count may do 81 upon deposidn& 7,
is o. sltr2ssee Observation-Disclosures
held by the trustee as coils teral
curity for such s~emimonth1y or mo
ly credit and shall entitle such In
Der to a credit not exceeding the
value of the stock deposited. No or
shall be allowed any person exc
upon such said collateral security
cash deposit in advance"
n A Historic Landmark.
Va A venerable dame who has a ella!
" connection with the social history
r. the national capital is Mrs. Britain
W. Kepnou. n historic landmark,
trailing black silks. still lady OF
= manor at old Tudor Place, perh,
the most distinguished private r
dence In the District of ColumI
Tudor Place sheltered Lafayette
neutrality-suspicious. nota bles during n
Kennon's childhood, and eI-PresA
and Mrs. Cleveland sought In vain
buy the place after their depart
from the White House.
Quaint Old Structure.
'' Tudor Place is Il quaint stone str
y turs situated In the middle of gr
>" acres Of It's own upon an eminence
the very heart OF Georgetown. IL
100 the stately chatelaine, who VIII
|" ninety three next January, presi<
W with the old world hospitality OF
"a" youth.
Mrs. kenuou II a great grAnddan
ter OF Martha Washington, aud tn
Place contains more valuable Wa
tnstou relics perhaps that are toset
~ IN existence. except the collection
~ntly left hy the late Mrs coidsi
ough Il baltimore Mrs coldsboro'
was also a drsceudant of Mar
Wasbinstou.
..us Planned b. Fsmosa Architect
.tet William Thornton vho planned
cot national capitol aud th, famous
mt, ostasou tlau~. Boz Sew Nork ave.
ks,r ~h~rs the TREATY VI t'heut was stgr
lars sanctuary tor President Madison
the lovely Dolly dlriu4 iae british
eupatAm ~ Washington tH iNli