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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-06
THE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Report OF the Superintendent for tn,
Month Of AprjI.


Following is the report of Prof
w. L. Acker, superintendent of the
city public schools, for the month
of April:
Number children within age en-
rolled, male 513 female $40, total
1893.
Number children under age en-
rolled. male IS, female %, total Sc
Number children over age enroll
ed. male %, female "a, total SO.
Entire enrolment all children
male $50, female 572, total l141.
Average daily attendance. male
$50, female 406, total 796.
Number cases of hardness, male
%, female %, total ST.
Number pupils perfect in attend
ance, male 10, female 81, total 1866
Number enrolled in colored school
male 1872, female 1873, total 3S1.
Number days school has beer
Taught, 81.
Pupils on honor roll:g Katherine
| Herring, Riley B. Ray, Rena Cant.
rell, Maude Kennedy, Buddie Baker
Myra Clunn. Annie Martin Roxe
| Asbury, Charles Simpson. Bonita
Martin, Virgie Snider, Louise Clark
Rode Wicker, Jewel Brock, Alleer
| Kennedy. Merle Anderson, Ethel Ny
cum.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-06
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.
Term of Three Members of the Board
Expire This Year.

An election of school trustees for
the Independent district of Waxaha-
chic will occur Saturday, May g. C.
w. Gibson, j. J. McQuatters and ].
l.. Cannon are the retiring mem
bers of the board this year, and they
will stand for reelection. Other par
ties desiring their names placed on
the ticket are requested to furnish
j. j. McQuatters, secretary of the
board, with their names not later
than 2 o'clock Friday afternoon,
May 8. The tickets will be printed
Friday afternoon. The polls will be
open at the usual voting places in
the city.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-06

Obituaries, resolutions OF respect,
cards OF thanks-all matter net
NEWS-will be charged for at the
rate of cents per line. Poetry at
double price.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-06
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Resolution Indorsing President
RoOsevelt's Recollection Is
A6nptaH

The republican county convention
of Ellis county met Tuesday after
noon at 2 O'Clock in the Woodmen
of the World hall in this city, Chair
man J. Lee Belt, presiding.
L. F. Barnhardt of Palmer was
appointed secretary pro TEN.
The committee on delegates fol
the state convention at Fort Worth
May IS, was named as follows: w.
B. Franks, r. E. Wakeland, Calet
Roberts, w. A. Esselman and A. NJ
Morrison.
Delegates to state convention: ]
Lee Belt, w. B. Franks, j. w. Wea-
therford, D. G. Copelan, P. v
Thorne B. MCGEE, A. NJ Morrison
J, w. Fox.
Delegates to the congressional
convention w. G. McClain, l.. Hop
kins, A. NJ Morrison, w. l. Moseley
S. Freeman, John Beatty, ]. W. Wea-
therford.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
We. the undersigned committee
upon resolutions, beg to report to
this convention that we heartily en-
dorse our president, Theodore
Roosevelt's administration; endorse
all of his acts. decisions and princi-
pies and policies in the national ad-
ministration. We further recommend
that President Roosevelt be offered
the nomination for reelection, but
in case that he should refuse the
same. we endorse next, William How
ard Taft for the presidency. We fur
Their endorse our state chairman
Cecil A. Lyon, and recommend his
reelection as national committee
man. We, the committee, advise al
republicans to remain loyal to theil
party and use all efforts to still fur
Their the welfare of this administra
ton.
Signed:
j. w. FOX,
O. BESELER,
j. w. WEATHERFORD,
L. HOPKINS.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-06
Signed
A birthday Party.

Miss Edna Cunningham gave 6
birthday party that was enjoyed by
friends last night on College street
A few games were played, refresh
ments were served and then The
games continued. Those presen
were Misses Ella Reeves, Allie Cook
Maude Smith, Vera Bratcher Ruth
Musgraves, Alta Bratcher, Blue Birt
Smith; Messrs. Dallas Brasher, Pric,
Caldwell. Dowger Taylor. Franz
Reagor, John Bailey, Sam Carpenter
Ross Smith.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-06

Bead the Want Ads.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-06

When you want groceries go too a
grocery store. When you want medi-
cines go to drug store. and when
you want good job printing go to a
job printing office, We have the only
exclusive job printing establishment
in Waxahachie. Southern Printing
Co. Phone 90. If
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-06

The Enterprise Publishing COM
pany ia in nowise responsible TOT
debts that may be contracted by en-
plove5, nor will we assume payment
ct ,uch debts under any clrcum-
stances. Every employe of this OFFICE
~ paid promptly for work done. This
IL to protect ourselves and the sell
Ing public --ENTERPR1SE PUB
LISTING COMPANY. Per G. w NC
knight, Manager.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
Thought Town Had Moved.

About eight miles from Lebanon,
Pa. lives an old German farmer. who
makes brooms and brushes and car.
ries them to town on a wheelbaTow.
He generally gets a good price for his
hrooms. and on one occasion got a
larger cargo of beer on board than
was good for him. so that IL was quite
late when he started home.
About six miles from town there Is
a sort OF tavern and here Fritz
s:orred lie left his wheeibarruw
around 80 ,hat n faced the other way.
Fritz came out fuller than before,
took the handles and started back for
town. II was daylight when he got
there and recognized his surroundings,
and It took full hour to convince him
that the town was not moved out into
the country.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
Fires Started by Moths.

Moths and flames are universally
connected. yet few people suspect that
danger could arise therefrom. The
insects are of such frail structure that
generally they get destroyed before II
Is possible for them to intlict injury
and it Is hardly credible that the wings
would ignite and retain the fame long
enough to enable the moth to fly to its
surroundings.
That. however, has occurred. The
moth was a very large one and its
wings must have been very dry, SO
that when 1t tloundered through the
fame ii set fire to one wing and darted
onto a curtain nearby, which at once
nared up. 1t is possible that many
summer evening fires in the country
could be attributed to a source Of this
kind. Il is notorious that mysterious
fires often arise at sunset in the hot
months.-Strand Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
ABLE PREACHERS.

A minister writing for the Baltimore
News on semi-religious happenings
asks, Where are the able preach
ers?"
Answering his own question. this
Baltimore divine goes on to tell MS
that they are all dead" At least ne
insists that this day and generation
does not grow those giants of the
clergy who moved mems souls and
nodded mems thoughts only a genera,
tion ago We are. however. inclined
TO think that it is pessimistic %
preach the doctrine that all able
preachers are dead. II is very true
that no one preacher these days.
stands out as the very ambassador Of
the Almighty" that there is no TWEEN
tieth century Beecher, Claiming,
Brooks nor even Talmage; but Il
must be remembered that the average
of preachers has so risen that there
Is very li;tle room for the unusual
distinction OF the individual
Moreover, oratory, even that OF the
pulpit. is not now calculated to sway
men with the same force as OF yore
Stamp speakers in the political fed
realize that. though they hear the APP
plause Of the multitude over some
splendid burst of eloquence. it is.
nevertheless. absolutely meaningless
so far as indicating any change of
political thought Eloqence alone, ia
the political arena. has lost all power
TO coniure, and while in the pulpit II
still retains some OF It's old-time force
and charm, still 1t is looked upon by
the multitude as a drug on the MAJ
ket. something 10 be had almost
any time for nothing. therefore not to
be rated as OF any special importance.
Thus. that avenue TO individual dis.
tinetion which is most accessible to
The preacher is so crowded and jam.
med from so many different quarters
that. even though some one clerg
man may push well 10 the front. the
feat is regarded more as a pleasin ;
sort Of accomplishment than as au
Indication of supreme leadership ov"-
his fellOws.-Commercial-Appeal
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
KNOWLEDGE NOT ALWAYS GOOD.
Ignorance Has It's Uses, According to
Philadelphia Writer.

knowledge is no help to courage.
Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread: and how useful these fools are
sometimes every general knows,
Ii is said that the British army was
beaten three times during the day OF
Waterloo, only il did not know Il
Napoleon ragged at its stupidity. Edu
cation cultiyates the imagination
which is the greatest foe of courage
When In the dead OF night you hear
a noise in the front parlor YOU Temem
Der all the stories you have read OF
worthy householders being shot by
firece burglars. you wonder how II
feels to be hit on the head with jim
my. and you take long time finding
your slippers ignorance would have
save YOU from these fancies. and you
would have gone downstairs without .
tremor-and found it was only the
cat
1t was the acquisition of knowledge
that lost our first parents the Garden
Of Eden. If they had only been con
tent with their ignorance we might
all be living there now, instead OF
only getting an occasional weeks
end, This, at any rate, is the belief o.
writer in the Philadelphia Record.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
KILLED HER HUSBAND
Woman Says She Fired Shot When
He Abused Her--Constable Had
Chase After Her.

Jonesboro, Ark, Sept. This after
noon about 80 o'clock. Arch Pickett
wass hot at his residence in the north
east part of the city and as result
his wife is now in the county Jail and
acknowledges doing the shooting
saying she did 1t because he was
mean to her an abused her at various
times No one saw the killing. but
Immediately after the report OF the
pistol Pickett was seen to run out
of the house. dropping dead. After
ward the wife and her stepfather,
Frank Gregson, were seen TO drive
from the house in a buggy as rapidly
as possible. Constable Mark Phillips
went at once in pursuit OF the tieeins
parties and before oVertaking them
Gregsou had reached his home, about
six miles north OF the city. They
were placed under arrest and brought
to town. The woman was placed in
Jail, but Gregson was released on his
own recognizance, The coroner's jury
is investigating the killing Gregson is
a man about seventy years of age and
is well to do farmer and we'll con
nected,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
TAKE CARE or TIE FORESTS.
Assoc latlons Formed to Preserve the
Little Timber Remaining.

Fire insurance for forests Is nov
city. In the Pacific northwest the
Washington Forest Fire association
has elected officers and begun work
with 5000 900 acres under its charge
The plans include a system OF patrol
by rangers, resembling the work done
by the United States forest service
in warding off and putting out fires.
Oregon and Idaho have similar or
ganiZation for like work, In Idaho
the state treasury pays out that part
of the expense, which is borne by tax
alton A western railroad company
has large holdings in timber land and
is carrying out successfully plans for
guarding them against fire, At the
other end OF the continent Maine own
ers OF forests have undertaken similar
plans TO protect the trees from their
great adversary, fire, In other parts
of the country similar need is felt
for protecting the forests from fire, a.
is evidenced by the establishment or
like organizations In different sections.
1t is urged that fires have destroyed
more trees than lumbermen have
felled. While timber was plentiful the
waste went unnoticed But now that
wood famines seem imminent ana
every tree counts. owners of forest
land are beginning to take precautions
airy measures so that the little WOOD
remaining may last.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
THIEVES GAP TURED
One Was Paroled Prisoner From
Chester-Another Brought Back
From Chester.

Clyde Smelling and George Walker
TWO negroes. arrested By Officers
French and Hoagiand Sunday for rob.
bling another negro OF OF. are held on
a state warrant Walker was a parole !
prisoner from Chester and a repre-
sentative from that establishment
came yesterday and took him back
l.. A. Butler Of Pulaski is in jail
here. being arrested by Chief Egan
together with two women from Thir'
teenth street. named Blanche Evans
and Bessie Ozment. all being charged
with stealing a watch from a country
boy fthis county.
A number OF DRINKS and disorder.
lies we're given attention yesterday
Chief Fan brought back from Chi
cago one OF the negro boys who bur.
glarized Perrault's store recently
stealing a lot Of merchandise.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
CIV elr,s Funny Break.

I've heard lot OF stories about
city people making funny breaks in
the country said 4 gabby friend Of
the Cleveland Leader man, VINO was
interfering with his work the other
day. but here's one that really hap
aeaed. sad 4 think It's the limit \
New Yosl, girl was out at our place
once and il was tha first time she'd
eyer been away from the white lights.
Well. sine wanted to go out and gather
nuts-at this time Of the year. |
hated to expose her ignorance. so !
merely said. But can you climb
ucas?' Mercy she exclaimed,
haven't you any elevators"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
Our Mission.

five cannot, like George Eliot. write
Adam Bede." We can, like Elizabeth
FRYE. visit the poor and the pris-
oned. II We cannot, Ike Rosa Bon
heur. paint a Horse Fair and re-
celve $4,000. we can. like Mrs. Stowe
and Miss Alcott. do some kind Of work
to tighten lie burdens Of parents. II
Door. with Mary Lyons persistency
and noble purpose. We can accomplish
almost anything. II rich. like Baron
ness Burdett-Coutts. we can bless the
world In thousands Of WAYS. and are
untrue to God and ourselves IL We tail
TO do it-Sarah X. Bolton.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02

Iof attempting to make him (Millerl an
accessory to the fraud by an offer to
bride himi and the Citizen also accus'
ed the mayor of becoming party to
1 the attempted fraud in that he dis
charged Miller because he (Miller)
would not be seduced. Now, surely
these are serious charges to make in
public print; they ought not TO be
lightly made, and when made. no mat.
ter by whom, they ought not TO be
lightly passed over. II Is OF the ut
most importance that the confidence
of the people of Cairo, in the integrity
of these who have charge of the
public work shall not be shaken, else
the death-knell of the great scheme
of street work is sounded. Having
this in mind The Bulletin accepted the
charges printed in the Citizen as be
ing made in good faith( at least SO
far as MIR. Miller was concerned, who
was made the aceuserl. and it de-
manded that the matter be taken up
by the Board OF Local improvements,
that he might be reinstated If his
charges We're true, or stand dismissed
If they were not true. Naturally. The
Bulletin was much disappointed when
in reply TO this demand, the Citizen
cooly declared tina Miller did nor
make the ehargeS-that Stanley A
Miller Is not the kind of man to be
going around talking on the outside !
When he is serving on job, And yet |
Stanley A. Miller was the only man
who could have given such state
nent as the Citizen published. any
standing whatever. The Evening Citi'
zen can not escape the conclusion that
t has been guilty of a very dastardlyr
very dirty thing, in its eagerness to
,ring reproaeh upon some one whom
I did not like. There can be no
Ioubt that bunders have been made
here may have been neglect here and
here things may not have been done
Is they should have been in all re
poets and in all places; thee is much
o complain about and many people
AN not be blamed Tor complaining
n these things may be presented AMI
Omitted and discussed in the Grdin-
Try way with a view to correcting
What is wrong. But when charges
II graft and fraud are made they
hould have something more than gos
IN behind them, and they should not
,e made from ambush. nor in the
,owardly maner of the man WHO
trikes and runs When they are thus
made they deserve only that contemp-
nous silence with which they are b.
ng treated by the mayor and his ass1-
iates.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
CONFERENCE At
SYCAMORE HILL
NEW YORK DISCUSSED
PRESIDENT SAYS FORClBLY
HUGHES SHOULD BE NAMED.

Oyster Fay, Sept, Sycamore Hill
today was the scene OF another politi-
cal conference. the subject of which
was the gubernatorial nomination OF
the republican party in New York
state. and President Roosevelt again
made known. in words that could not
be mistaken. his attitude on the nomi-
nation OF Hughes for governor.
The president told those who came
to the conference with him on the
New York situation that 1t was alb
solrtely necessary that the Republi'
cans re-nominate Hughes, but at the
same time said he had no intention
TO dictate what action the convention
shah take
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
FIRST PRIMARY IN
MICHIGAN YESTERDAY
Continued From First Page.)

Seyenth-Bernard j. keeler, La
Crosse, Democrat John J. Esch. La
Crosse Republican
Eighth-Lyman j. Nash. Manitowoc,
Democrat: j. H. Davidson, Oshkosh.
Republican.
Ninth--Luther Lindauer, kaukauna,
Democrat; Gustav kuestermann
Green Bay. Republican.
Tenth-Wells NJ. Ruggles, Mellon,
Democrat Elmer A. More. Amigo. Re
publican.
Eleventh-S. X Kondel, Superior,
Democrat: Ciyine l.. l.ennoot, Chip
pewt Falls, Republican.
The returns indicate that Unitei
States Senator Stephenson has re-
ceived the endorsement fthe Repub'
licans of the state by several thod-
sand plurality. The Democrats have
Neal Brown of Wausau.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RVS

BELT LINE cars due to leave second 81.
ing north on Commercial Ave, every Is mia
utes from .. III. TO Il p. m.
Going north on w slnut 81. every Is minut
from sos m. to 1858 p. m.
POPLAR ST. LINE Holbrook Ave, car
to leave Second vt. geing nerth ON Hoibr,
Ave. at 6:57; SIT; 6:42; 6:57; 7:l2 q. m. and
same ninutes every hour until 10; "a and ~
p. M.
Going west ON Twenty Etgi ia st, ut
5:t9; 6:S4; $40; and 7;C4 q. M. anu on same
utes every hour until 1884 and ll:0+ p. m.
Poplar st. cars due to pass st. Mary's
Is minutes after leaving Second st.
BELT LINE OWL CARS north on Walnut
II 80 p. m. 2:34 a. M; 4 80 :. M; 81 q. N
$50 q. M; 4:i) q. m; s 80 a. II.
North on Commercially; 90 p. M; 100
m. 100 .. IN. 8: 90 q. M. 90 .. III. s =. IN.
Eet and Owl cars are due to I ass Yves
rhirtv -fo1rtk ~ is minutes altar ieavins
second st.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
UNDER AMUSEMENT
BY U. s. Judge is DistiIIers' Applica
ton for injunction Against Fen.
forcing of Order

Springfield, H., Sept. An appli.
cation by Pekin and Peoria distlllers,
representing some Of the largest dis.
filling interests in the country for a
temporary injunction restraining In
ternal Revenue Collector Rennick of
Peoria from enforcing the order thar
whiskey which could not stand the
test of age and purity under the pure
food act be labeled imitation" was
taken under adyisement by Judge
Humphrey in the federal court here
today
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
TODAY IN HISTORY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
September 2.

1928 -Beauharnois appointed Govern
or of Canada.
l755-Sir Charles Hardy arrived AZ
New York to succeed De Ian
eey as governor of the province.
17g2-French republicans slaughtere
100 persons in the military pris-
on OF Albaye, near Paris.
lS0+-N Nineteen Domican missions es.
tablished along the California
coast from San Francis to San
Diego
IS13-General Moreau, one or Napo.
Icons officers. died of wounds
received a few days before al
the battle of Dresden.
1863 Nngston, Tenn. captured by
General Burnside,
! 90G-President Roosevelt ordered re
formed spelling to be given 2
thorough test BY the public
printer.
l907-French trops defeated the Arab
tribesmen at Casablanca
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02
Biography.

william Wilson Finley, president CT
the Southern Railway Company. wae
born in Pass Christian, Miss, Septeni-
Der ., 1853. He began his railroad
career in 1872 as stenographer to one
of the vice presidents nthe office
of the New Orleans, Jackson and
Great Northern railroad. and rose TO
the position of assistant general
freight agent ten years later. He DC
came assistant general freight agent
of the Texas and Pacific railway of the
Gould system in 1886, and general
freight agent two years later. In
1883 he was made chairman Of the
trans Missouri Feight Traffic assOciG-
ton at Kansas City. He was chair
man Of the Western Passenger Asso-
citation at Chicago from 1890 to 1892;
general traffic manager of the Great
Northern, 1892 TO. 1895; second vice
president of the Grea; northern, com
missioner of Tie Southern States Pas
senger association and. in 1895 he
was made third vice president and
subsequently second vice president OF
the Southern road. In December. 1896
following the death of Sampel Spen
Ger. Mr. Finley was appointed to the
presidency OF the Southern.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-02

Alderman Kelly was made chairman
of the Board of Health last night and
was given nice little job first dash
out of the box. He must solve the
problem OF disposing Of the city gar.
bage. f. A. Smith, who owns the
ground on which the city's garbage
has been dumped for many years,
made another protest last night. de-
manding that the practice be stopped
and the signs put up by order Of the
city's health officer be taken down
Mr.. Smith says he purposes to make
further extensive improvements on
this ground what the Board ~
Health can do is not easy TO say. Tn.
disposal of garbage has been ever
where a more or less difficult prob
lem, and II has been solved satisiac-
torily only where communities lave
established expensive reducing plants
This would be- out of the question in
Cairo for want OF funds, unless some
enterprising citizens should establish
such a plant as a private enterprise.
charging the city aprofitable price fo-
collecting and disposing of its gar
bage, etc But something ought 10
be done. before next summer. During
the winter months the nuisance Is not
SO great. and the spring foods carry
away all The dumpings of the winter;
and by that time some plan ought 10
be evolved that viii offer 4 remedy
for the evil complained Of The prop
osition TO dump in the Mississippi
river seems imprsctica5le because ths
river is too far away when low and
when it is up the dumping will have to
be done just over the levee. as now
Everything considered. il wouli
seem that Cairo might somehow man
age to establish a dumping barge such
as Paducah. St Louis and other cities
use to dispose Of their garbage. Padu
cab has her garbage barge located a
a convenient point but where Il J.
least offensive. and II is tOwed Gu
into the river daily TO be emptied.