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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
ELkINS ACT VIOLATED
FORMER RAILROAD TRAFFIC.
MANAGER AND SHIPPER
ARE INDICTED.

Little Rock, Ark, April 15.-Al-
leging the E lids act has been viola
ted indictlnert5 we're retained Mon-
day in the Uu';,d States district
court aeains' tne Missouri Pacific
ad che ST. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern raiiW;9 companies; VIII
bur G.. S-tth. totn.er freight traffic
manage, of the Iii! souri, Pacific, AMI
T. H. Bunch\of Little Rock.
1t is alleged that the railroad
company and w. c. Stith granted re-
bates and concessions to Mr.. Bunch,
and that the latter received the re-
bates and concessions. In all the in
dictments contain fifty-eight counts.
Violation of the Elkins act consti-
tutes a misdemeanor. the minimum
penalty being $1,000 fine and the
maximum 100000. Each count in the
indictments constitutes separate
offense.
A process was issued against the
railroad companies as soon as the
indictments were returned. T. H.
Bunch gave bond In the sum of $10,-
00e. The indictments are the same as
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.


An adjourned meeting of the city
council was held Tuesday afternoon
at 1880 for the purpose of admins
tering the oath of Office to the newly
elected officers. After this was at
tended to Mayor Robertson an
nounced his committees for the next
two years as follows:
Finances. p Langsford, chair
man; Ed Plumhoff and J. T. Sulli-
van.
Fire and Water-A. Trippett, Jr,
chairman; s. P. Langsford and D. G.
Thompson.
Streets, Alleys and Brfdges-D. G.
Thompson, chairman; S. P. Langs-
ford and A. Trippett. Jr
lights and Ordinances-W w.
WalstOn, chairman; Ed Plumhoff and
A. Trippett Jr.
Parks, Public Buildings and Police
Ed Plumhof, chairman; l.. G.
Thompson and w. w. Walston
Cemetery and Sanitary r. Sui
livan, chairman; Ed Plumhoff and s.
P. Langsford.
Printing-W w. Walston, chair
man; j. T. Sullivan and Ed Plum
hoff
The appointive offices were filled
as follows:
Fred Meredith street commission
er; policeman, John Beckham; night
watchman, J. F. Benson; superin-
tendent water works, p F. Deven-
port; engineer at pump station, J.
D. Murphree' night engineer, c. T.
Embry; water inspector. Albert Hop
kins; city sexton, w, P. Shiplett; !;
scavenger, J. E. Morton; engineer
of fire department, Frank Hobson;
assistant engineer, Tom Cook; driver
hose reel, jim Anderson; driver hook
and ladder wagon, Ed Esselman.
The street commissioner was Civ
en- authority to appoint his own as
sistants.
The office of water inspector was
newly created at this meeting of the
council
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
WALKED FOR A PARDON.
Escaped Convict Wanted Additional
Signatures to His Petition.

Austin, Tex, April 15.-After
walking nearly two thousand miles
to get an affidavit and to reach
Austin, an escaped convict named
Will Garner, walked into the exc
cutive department and surrendered
to the governor. He was convicted
from Snyder, Scurry county, on a
charge of embezzlement and given a
term in the state penitentiary, and
he made his escape on March !,
1908, from the Fowler convict camp,
where he had been at work.
Soon after his conviction he filed
an application for pardon, which
was signed by some of the county Of
ficials, including the officials of the
court that convicted him. The charge
against him was embezzlement of a
sum over $50 and on this charge he
claims to be not guilty. When he filed
his application for pardon he wrote
Attorney T. w. Gregory of this city
to attend to the matter of a pardon,
but in order to prove his case 1t was
necessary to get some material affi-
davits bearing on the case, and all
efforts to get these attidaVlts
through correspondence failed, and
this induced Garner to escape and
go himself and get the papers, which
he did, and walked all the way to
Austin with them.
After hearing his story the gov
ernor advised him to go back to the
penitentiary, and in order to escape
the customary punishment which is
inflicted on escaped convicts, the
governor handed him a letter to the
penitentiary officials and his railroad
fare back to the pen was also provid-
ed for and Garner returned to the
penitentiary.
In the meantime, the board of
pardons, with the new affidavit in its
possession, will consider the applica
ton for pardon and it is not at
all unlikely but that it will be grant
ed. Garner contends that he did not
embezzle the sum of $55 with which
he was charged and the affidavit
which he got shows that S17.25
which is said to be part of the
amount for which he was convicted,
was repaid.
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AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS CAST
ANCHOR OFF CORONADO
BEACH, SAN DIEGO.
A JOYFUL OCCASION
Jack Tar VIII Be Lavished with
Gifts, Dinners and Entertain
ments from One End of
the Coast to Other.

San Diego, Cal, April 15.-Its
long and notable cruise through the
Southern seas and the changing
climes of the Western hemisphere
ended, the American battleship fleet
now under command of Rear Admir-
al Charles M. Thomas, returned to
home waters yesterday.
1t cast anchor off Coronado Beach
yesterday afternoon at | O'Clock, and
the four days of the scheduled stay
of the sixteen ships will be marked
by a ceaseless round of gaieties.
Dinners, dances and picnics for the
officers, free theatres, wild west
shows, fruit and good things to eat
for the enlisted men are included in
the long and variegated program.
The California cities have impa-
tiently awaited the coming of the
ships and their joy now knows no
bounds. Scarcely had the big white
vessels left Hampton Roads before
the official committees of welcome
had been named along the Pacific
coast.
The plans ana preparations have
been going ahead steadily since that
time, and now the last of the details
have been completed, The fleet has
practically an entire month of mer-
rymaking before it, for after San
Diego extends the first of the well
come there comes a week at Los An
geles, five days at Santa Barbara,
five days distributed between Mon
terey and Santa Cruz and ten days or
more in San Francisco
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Exclude Immoral MeAicans.

Tucson, Ariz., April 15.-Immigra-
tion officials have commenced a cru
sade which is likely to result in a
great dimunition in the population
of the red light districts Of the var
ious towns and cities along the Mex
lean border. A large proportion of
the inmates of immoral resorts are
Mexican women and these will be
sent back to Mexico The deportation
of this class of women is undertaken
under the section of the new immi-
grafton law, which provides that any
alien who comes to this country and
within three years thereafter be-
comes an immoral character may be
deported. Many arrests have already
been made and a general cleaning up
of the resorts along the border in
Arizona, New Mexico and Texas is
pXDpctpd
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against all the parties as far as the
dates and amounts are concerned.
The alleged offenses were all copl-
mitted in 1905. They consist, it is
alleged, of refunds on shipments of
grain and grain products by Bunch
TO and from northern points.
T. H. Bunch is probably the lar
gest freight shipper in Little Rock,
doing, it is said, an annual business
of more than million dollars year
for freight. w. G. Stith. the freight
traffic manager at the time the re-
bates are alleged to have been given
has now left the service of the COM
pany. Service has not been obtained
on him
All the information. which was
submitted to the grand jury by Uni
ted States District Attorney W. c.
Whipple and his assistant, Powell
Clayton, was furnished by S. H.
Smith of the interstate commerce
commission.
The indictments are among the
most voluminouS ever returned by a
federal grand jury in Little Rock.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
The Sewing Circle.

Mrs. A. Mccartney entertained the
Sewing Circle at her cozy cottage on
Dunn street Tuesday afternoon The
bright sunshine, after the rain,
brought forth a good attendance.
The followers of Priscilla brought
their usual fancy work and q pleas
ant time ensued.
Delightful refreshments of cream,
cake and divinity creams We're sery
ed.
Besides club members the follow
ing guests were present; The hos
tess mother, Mrs. Adkisson, Mrs
Ewell Mccartney and Miss Eva
Campbell. The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Dennis Newton
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
Minnesota in Taft Column.

Minneapolis, Mimi, April To-
Minnesotas republican state conven-
ton will meet in Minneapolis tomor-
row to select delegates at large to
the Chicago convention. 1t is consid-
cred certain that the convention will
indorse the administration of Pres
ident Roosevelt and instruct the del
egates at large to support the presi-
Dental candidacy of Secretary Taft
Many delegates to tomorrow S
meeting arrived in the city today
and all are apparently unanimous in
their zeal for Taft. The convention
to choose a state ticket will be held
on July / at st. Paul.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
SELLING INFLUENCE
THE OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE
PASSES BILL AGAINST con-
TRACT GRAFT.
AGENTS MUST REGISTER
Bill Making Appropriation for Fur
niture and Supplies for the
State House and Legisla-
ture Passed.

Guihcie. Cxla, ADril l . For any
public officer or tr'n Ter of any board
or commission Of the state, or any
county, city, district, township or
school district to receive or agree to
receive any money or other gratuity
III consideration of awarding any
contract by himself or the board of
which he is a member. is made g
felony by bill by Graham, passed
by the senate yesterday afternoon.
For any public officer or employe
even to use his influence toward the
making of a contract is made mis-
demeanor, punishable by fine of 500
and Imprisonment for thirty days.
All persons employed to solicit such
public contracts are required to reg
lister with the register of deeds OF
the county where they seek such
contract, stating among other things
whether their compensation is con-
tingent or otherwise.
The senate passed without modifi-
cation the Whitehurst bill from the
house and legislature, but killed the
furniture and supplies for the state
housue and legislature, but killed the
emergency clause, so that the the
state will have to pay interest on
these claims for several months
more. The senate also passed its
own general appropriation bill, being
the same one reported by the confer
ence committee, with the exception
Of the oil inspector item.
The house passed the Thomas
county seat election bill from the
senate and killed both the Japp state
refinery bill and the Holland bill,
making oil pipe lines common. car
riers by adopting unfavorable reports
from the committee on oil and gas.
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To Nominate Congressman.

Kendallville, Ind, April ID
Kendallville is today the Mecca of
the democratic politicians cf the
twelfth district. owing to the con-
vention tomorrow which will nomi-
nate a candidate for congress. Judge
Adair of Columbia City, Cyrus Cline
of Angola and Fred l.. Feick of Gar
rett are the leading candidates.
Heated rivalry has developed, as the
democrats believe that they have
good chances of electing their can
didate this fall.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
The Shakespeare Club.

The Shakespeare club met at its
usual time and place Tuesday after
noon. The quotations in answer tC
roll call, the lesson and each special
feature were most interesting. 1t was
the pleasure of the club to have with
it recently Miss Annie Vickery OF
Fort Worth.
At the business session of the clut
it was decided to have the open
meeting of the club on Tuesday
April 21, at which time an inter
esting program, celebrating the
clubs anniversary, will be had. fol
lowed by a general reception to the
public.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
Michigan Democrats Meet.

Lansing, Mich. April 15.-Mem-
bers of the democratic state commit
tee of Michigan met today to fix the
time and place for the state conven-
ton. 1t is likely that the committee
will indorse the candidacy of Bryan.
Most of the committeeman apparent
ly favor holding the convention late
in May.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
New Home for Eli1s.

After occupying the third floor OF
the Citizens National bank building
for more than twelve years the Elks
have decided to move to larger and
more commodious quarters. At the
meeting of the lodge Tuesday night
it was voted to accept the proposition
of a long lease on the entire second
floor of the Gibson building on West
Franklin street. The work of remod-
cling this part of the building will
be commenced at once
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
Secretary Root to Speak.

Washington, April 15.-Secretary
Root, as president of the body, will
deliver the principal address at the
convention of the American Society
of International Law, which will be
held in Washington on April "A and
25. His subject will be THE Sane
tions of International Law Assur-
ances have been received that many
distinguished lawyers and jurists
will attend the sessions.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
Two More for Hughes.

more Hughes delegates to the repub
lican national convention will likely
be elected by the convention of the
thirty-fourth New York district, to
convene here at noon tomorrow The
district consists of the counties of
Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Or
leans and Wyoming
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
Primaries in Memphis

Memphis, Tenn, April 15.-Den-
ocratic primaries are being held this
afternoon in Memphis and through
out Shelby county for the nomination
OF candidates for county Offices.
Nomination is usually equivalent to
election
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Skinner in johnson County.

Cleburne, Texas, April 15.-Seaa
tor Skinner of Ellis county, arrived
here yesterday and will make six
anti-Bailey speeches in Johnson
county. He spoke last night at Rio
Vista.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
To Name Cannon.

Freeport, H., April 15.-Two del
egates favorable to the presidential
candidacy of Joseph G. Cannon will
be named by the republican congress
ional district convention of the thir-
teenth district, which meets tomor-
ROY
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15

Grass is coming. Better get lawn
Mower. Will Moore Hardware Co. tt
The Brandon news., 1908-12-10
New Disease.

The Marine Hospital Service
wants authority from Congress and
little money, too, to send an ex-
pert or commission to the South
ern States to study the new cpl
demic called pellagra, which is al
most a combination of leprosy and
insanity, not very nice affliction
for any population to be subject to.
1t comes, 50 far as can be deter
mined, from eating low grade OF
corn meal badly prepared and badly
cooked. The symptoms are shown
by an outbreak on the skin that
sometimes becomes widespread and
offensive, and by total derange-
ment OF the nervous system, which
develops into insanity.
Assistant Surgeon Lavinder has
been collecting data on the disease.
He attended the Convention of pub
lie health officials held at Columbia,
S. c., Oct. 28, and saw number
OF cases of the disease in the South
ern territory. The epidemic seems
principally confined to South Caro-
lima, although are cases in the ad-
joining States. There was one
outbreak in the Mount Vernon In
sane Asylum, in Alabama, in 1907,
in which there were eighty-eight
cases and ffty-seven deaths.
Il is only of late years that the
disease has Deed found in this
country at all. It has been known
abroad since about I74o. 1t is
largely epidemic IN the rural dis
tricts of Italy and in Roumania,
where there are said to be 1000
cases. 1t is confined principally to
the lowest class of the rural popu-
lation, Whus Give on meals made
from corn That has been planted
and harvested early and accumu-
iates a species. Of fungus that con
tans Violent but lnsidious poison
he disease IS most pronounced
in summer time, and usually siacks
off III cod weather, but in the for
eign countries mentioned it is a
chronic maiady, which usually re-
suits ia insanity, and after some
years in the death Of the victim.
Surgeon General Wyman wants
Congress to give him the necessary
funds and he will make. the same
kind of.a fight OH peIagra that he
has been Waging on yellow fever
and the plague.
The Brandon news., 1908-12-10
For Sale.

$50 acres for sale at a bargain,
having moved to my Springs
north of Pelahatcl1ie and having
no need Of two places, will sell
one of the best places that is now
for sale in Rankin county, about
200 acres under fence, good gin,
and house, thrasher and fan well
watered with 4 or5 springs on the
place, fine stock farm with
plenty water all the year, good
land that will make from a half
to a bale Of cotton per acre or
from 20 to 40 bushels corn to the
acre, good dwelling Of 8 rooms, a
barn and 8 stalls fer stock, good
well in 80 steps of house, three
out houses, good hen house and
yard picketed in with Z feet
pickets. Land lies we'll, about
half bottom land III three fields
and is Of sandy loan and easily
cultivated. Price SO per acre,
will sell 280 acres or the whole
of it. Terms, half down, the
other on one, two, or three years
time. Is 5 miles southwest of
Pelahatchie and s miles east of
Brandon.
For further particulars write
or call 1T my home 4 miles north
Of Pelahatchie.
w. A. CUNNINGHAM,
Pelahatchie, Miss.
The Brandon news., 1908-12-10
Resolutions.

The Board Of Stewards of the
Brandon M. E. Church South,
voicing what they are sure are
the entire church, express our
highest esteem for our friend
and pastor, Rev. G. f. Emery,
who has been our pastor for the
last two years. During that
time he has so lived as to endear
himself to this church, and to
the individual members thereof.
He has been faithful and attent-
i've to the duties that have de-
volved upon him, and by his daily
Christian walk and conversation
has set an example that has been
worth a great deal to this church
and to all the other churches of
this town.
Therefore be it resolved, that
we request the conference:
First to make him presiding
Elder of this District, the pres
ent Presiding Elder having
served four years, and being in
eligible to succeed himself. But,
if the Bishop should not see fit
to make him Presiding Elder,
then; that he be returned to us
as our pastor.
Resolved further, that we take
pleasure in testifying to the ex-
cellent Christian character of our
Presiding Elder, DR.. A. F. Wat
kins, and to the ability with
which he has discharged the
duties of his office during these
four years, and that he has en-
deared himself to this congre-
cation, and we recommend him
to the Bishop and to the Confer
ence, as worthy of any position
to which he can be assigned.
j. T. B. BERRY, 1
A. J. McLAURIN,
r. f. BROWN,
w. G. BARNES,
G.. T. DARNALL,
M. e. WARD.
The Brandon news., 1908-12-10
Resolutions.

!; Resolved, that in the death
fof Mrs. Minnie B. Wilson. we m
I 1ne teachers of the Hattiesburo,
ruDllc Schools have lost a valued
: ano valuable co-Worker; one who
mas ever held the mental and
moral advancement of the chill
:. = en- under her care paramount
to all other interests, and whose
jealous and unwearied work for
the upbuilding of our schools.
has been great element in their
success, as well as an incentive
to other teachers to uphold the
standard of excellence which she
approximated.
z. That we have lost a kind.
sympathetic and helpful friend
whose social qualities and CHEEKY
self-reliant disposition endeared
her to every one Of us whose
privilege it was to know her init
mately.
.. InaC we miss her IN the
faculty meeting, in church and
social life; for in all departments
OF life she was an energetic and
useful member, and seemed to
take for her motto:
'Tis not for woman to trihe:
life is brief,
And sin is here.
Our age is but the falling Of a
leaf,
A dropping tear.
We have no time to sport away
the hours,
All must be earnest in a world
like ours. -
4. That we extend to her rar-
ents, brothers, sisters and son,
who for six years was pupil in
the city public schools, our heart
felt sympathy.
Mrs. GRACE CHRISTIAN,
Miss FLORENCE DEAsON,
F. B. WooDLEY,
MISS WILLIE E. TRoTCER,
Committee.
The Brandon news., 1908-12-10

Boys suits. mems suits and
oyercoats at bargain prices, at
the big sale at Brandon Mercan-
tile Co.
The Brandon news., 1908-12-10

Have you tried an Automatic
|shot gun. We have q good stock.
T. Cleland Hdwe. Go.
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LdStChdnCe for
Pianos at Cost
Closing Days of Our Great Sale
Wonderful Bargains in Standard
instruments

The coming week should see the end
of our Closing Out Sale of new pianos.
We anticipate that every instrument
we desire to sell will be moved off our
floors within the next few days.
We urge prospective piano buyers
to visit us tomorrow. If the average
daily sales during the past month tell
us anything the sale will close on Sat-
urday night.
Six Agencies Discontinued
STANDARD Pianos at Cost or Less Than Cost.
The Greatest Piano Opportunity Ever
Offered
For many years we have been hand
ling from ten to twelve, and sometimes
fourteen, separate agencies. We found
that we could not give these agencies
the attention they deserved. We also
found that our business could be put
on far better basis by nonfining our
selves to these four maxi ) of pianos
Steinway, Kranich &c zach, Sohmer
and Kurtzmann.
The six other agencies we are now
carrying are to be observation-disclosures
instrument of these makes to be sold
at sacrifice prices. We started out
with more than one hundred and fifty
pianos to be closed out. We are now
Offering the last of the lot. You can