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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
A pER|LOUS JOURNEY
JOSEPH BERNER TRAVELS OVER
ICE FROM TOLEDO LIGHT
HOUSE TO SHORE.

Toledo, O.. Feb. 22.-Flying in
terror over long stretches of ice from
the Toledo. harbor lighthouse, where
for seven days he had been impris-
oned with the dead body of Captain
Lon Hayden, Joseph Berner reached
here Thursday night.
He brought the news of the death
to friends and relatives, telling of
the nerve-racking vigil beside the
dying man in the lonely lighthouse
and his still more terrifying exper-
ience while watching over the dead
body awaiting turn in the weather
which would permit him to escape
over the ice.
Hayden was conscious to the last
and left message for each of his
relatives and friends. He died in the
arms of his faithful companion. Ber-
ner placed the body in one of the
lower rooms of the lighthouse and
began his wait for an opportunity to
reach shore. Around the lighthouse
the ice was firm under the snow and
when Berner started out early We'd
nesday afternoon he had strong
hopes of reaching the shore in safe
ty.
Yet the trip was extremely peril
Gus, he being not even equipped with
pike pole with which to sound the
! ice Many times he fell into air holes
going into the icy water to his knees.
AT many places also he found open
| water and frequently he escaped by
the merest chance. Berner cannot ex-
plain how he happened to reach Ce-
dar Point. He had no idea as to the
direction in which he was walking
and had he gone 200 feet either east
or west of the course he happened
| to take he would have missed land
altogether. He took few hours resi-
at Cedar Point and then proceeded
to this city
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
NORFOLK BLUES CELEBRATE
Norfolk Light Artillery to Celebrate
Eightieth Anniversary

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 22.-Members
of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues,
one of the South's most famous mil
itary organizations, will tonight cele-
brate the eightieth anniversary OF
the organization and the fiftieth an
niversary of Major NJ C. Keeling's
connection with the company
The celebration will be on scale
that will eclipse all former anniver-
saries of this old and honored arm
of service that distinguished itself
in its defence of the south and it's
, cause during the war for southern
independence
With the anniversary of the Blues
falls the fiftieth anniversary Of Ma
jor M. c. Keeling as a member of
the command, who became a mem
Der of the command in 1858 and
served with it throughout the war,
returning home with what was left
of it after the close of hostilites.
During the fifty years of his MEM
bership in the Norfolk Light Artil-
lery Blues he has risen from a pri-
vate in the ranks until he has now
reached the honored position of ma
jor of the battalion.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
OLD OFFICERS ELECTED
County Judges and Commissioners
.
Association Pledged to Uphold
Full Rendition Law
Resolutions Adopted

Dallas, Feb. 22.--With the re-
election of the old officers for the en-
suing year, the choosing of San An
tonic as the next meeting place and
the adoption of resolution pledging
%She members of the association, in
\, Ndually and collectively, to main
ri the letter and spirit of the law
I'm as the full rendition act, y
honeeting of the County Judges
"a ThCommissioners' association ad-
joufned sine die yesterday after
noon The day was almost exclusive
ly taken up in discussion of the
full rendition bill, the proper way
for arriving at the actual value of
Texas lands, and on needed legisla-
tion concerning the association.
Judge H. F. Lively of Dallas coua-
ty, president, called the meeting to
order at o'clock. He stated that
the first matter to come up was a
discussion of the subject of needed
legislation as concerning the asso-
citation.
Judge John l.. Terrell of Tarrant
county, Judge j. w. Manning OF
Hunt county, Judge Stone of Run
nels county, Judge M. F. Yeager OF
Wichita county and Judge H.. F
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22

Lively of Dallas county participated
in this discussion. 1t was decided
that this subject would again be ta-
ken up at the next meeting of the
association in August.
Considering the Importance of the
subject and the interest aroused
throughout the state, President Live
ly stated that he believed it advis-
able to have general discussion of
the full rendition law, as passed by
the last legislature. By vote of the
convention it was decided to limit
the speakers to fifteen minutes each
and to any other speaker who may
desire to address the assemblage on
the subject to five minutes each in
order that the discussion might be
general.
The subject of the full rendition
law was introduced by Judge John
L. Terrell of Fort Worth. Judge Ter
rell stated that he believed the law
should be complied with in letter
and spirit, and that he was in favor
of the legislature passing law
whereby the commissioners and
Judges of Texas would have the au-
thority to bring men before the
court who own notes and make them
ropdpr their accounts and notes at
their proper value.
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THE LIST OF AWARDS
The Books Adopted VIII t,e Used
II
in the Public Schools fet the
Next Five Years-South-
ern Co. Gets Slice.

The school text book board at
Austin has announced the adoption
of text books for the public schools
of Texas for the next five years.
Newson e Co., of New York, repre-
sented by w. NJ Imboden The Sisk
grammar, edited and published in
Texas, and other grammars publish
ed outside the state, lost out The
Southern Publishing company gets
a, good slice. 1t was represented by
representative Wolfe and Gafford
of Grayson county and Judge James
H. Robertson of Travis county The
American Book company also gets
a goodly portion of the contract. 1t
was represented by T. H. McGregor
CHM & Co.. were also successful.
They were represented by Colonel T.
n. Jones of Tyler. The awards by
the board follow:
Speller-The New Century Spell
ing Book (conditionaD, Horn and
McCallum; Silver, Burdett & Co.
Basic Readers-W Wheeler's Prim-
er; w. H. Wheeler & Co; Our Coun-
try's Readers, l, 2, 3, 4, 5, Southern
Publishing company.
Modern English Les
sons, Buehler & Hotchkiss; Newson
e Co
Grammar Modern English
Grammar, H. G.. Buehler; Newson &,
Co.
Composition-Ele Compo-
! sition, Webster; Houghton, Mifflin
& Co.
Geography Maury's New Ele-
mentary, Maury's New Complete,
Maury & Simonds Physical Geogra-
ply; all of the American Book Co.
| Arithmetic-Elem Arithme-
TIC Myers Brooks; Grammar School
! Arithmetic, Myers Brooks, Scott
Foresman & Co., Mental Arithmetic
Houkins & Underwood; Macmillan.
hysiology-First Book in Physi-
ology and Hygiene (conditional)
( Krohn; Physiology and Hygiene
Krohn, D. Appleton & Co. Hygienit
Physiology (conditionaD, Coleman
Macmillan Co.
Civil Government-Tow Aus
tin Printing Co.
Elementary United States History
The Beginners of Our Country
Estill, Southern Publishing Co.
Advanced United States History
| Our Country, Ginn & Co., and Pen
nybacker's Texas History.
Elementary Agriculture-Wel
born, Macmillan Co.
Writing Books-B. d. Berry
Co.
Wentworth First
Steps, CHM & Co.
Supplementary Readers--Wheel
er's First, Second and Third Read
ers, Wheeler & Co. L. +.
| The term conditional means tha
slight corrections must be made II
! the books.
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University Honors Choate.

Philadelphia, Feb. 22-At the
annual celebration of university
day" today, the honorary degree of
LII. D. will be conferred upon JOS.
II. Choate, who will deliver the ora
ton: Governor Edwin S. Stuart, Miss
Cecilia Beaux, distinguished Amer
lean artists; Charles Z. Rice, presi-
dent of the Superior courts of the
state;and Grove X. Gilbert, Chief of
the United States Geological Survey.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22

Boston, will address the convention
several times on Sunday. March S,
Rev, Colby D. Hall, state president,
will be present all three days. and
will take a leading part; also Mrs
l.. T. Sloan, state superintendent of
prison work, Many other pastors and
workers of the Dallas district will
take part on the program, which is
good lively and instructive one
Railroad rates of one and one-third
fares for the round trip have been
granted by the railroads.
Free entertainment will be pro-
vided by the Dallas people for all
delegates and plans have been made
for : pleasant and profitable time.
The reception committee has plan
ned to meet all trains and conduct
the delegates to the headquarters of
the convention at the Central Chris
tian church.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 22.--In order
to permit the attendance of National
Councillor H. c. S2haertzer and 9TH
er national officers, the Washington
state convention Of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics, set for
today, has b zen postponed to April
IL. 1t is expected that the meeting
onstration favoring the exclusion Of
Asiatics.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS
District Convention to Be Held al
Dallas in March.

The Dallas District Christian En-
deavor convention will convene at
Dallas in the Central Christian
church on Friday, Saturday and Sun
day, March 6, Z, s, the first session
being held at o'clock on Friday,
the 9Th. This will be opened by song
service, in which a choir specially
trained for this convention, by Mr..
Clarence Magee will assist.
Mayor S. J. Hay will deliver the
address of welcome, and State Presi-
dent Colby D. Hall, will make the
principal address Of the evening. At
ter this program the Dallas local
union will entertain the delegates
with a social in the parlors of the
convention church.
Mr. William Shaw, general secre-
tary OF the United Society of Chris
tian Endeavor, with headquarters at
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
BROKE HIS NECK.
Negro Jail Breaker Killed While
Boarding Train to Escape

Jefferson, Texas, Feb. 22.-Three
negroes broke out of the Marion
county Jail Thursday morning be-
fore daylight. One of them attempt
ed to board a Texas and Pacific
train in an effort to escape and fell
and broke his neck. The other two
are still at large.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
COTTON FIRE AT ITALY.
More Than Hundred Bales of Linters
Burned.

About O'Clock Friday afternoon
fire broke out on the cotton platform
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railroad at Italy and burned 121
bales of linters and more than half
of the platform. Two freight cars
were almost destroyed and Moseley S
is estimated at about $4,000 on the
cotton and platform. 1t is not known
what the loss will be on the cars.
The fire company did heroic work.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
Catholic Order Jubilee.

San Francisco, Feb. 22.-With a
solemn mass of thanksgiving in St.
Mary's cathedral this morning, to
be followed by religious and literary
exercises, the twenty-ffth anniver-
sary of the founding of the Young
Mems Institute was celebrated by
the Catholics of San Francisco to-
day A grand ball this evening will
bring the celebration to close.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22

San Francisco, Feb. 22.-Nearly
800 delegates, representing lroquols
clubs in different cities of California
were in attendance when the con-
yention of that association was call
ed to order in the Imperial hotel
this morning. An anniversary ban
quet will be held tonight.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
JAILED ON MURDER CHARGE.
Negro Wanted in Fort Bend Coun.
ty Arrested Here

Gus Alexander, a negro who has
been lodging Fort Bend county off
GERS the past three years, was ar
rested in WaAahachie Friday night
and placed in jail. He is supposed to
have been in Ellis county about
twelve months. Recently he came to
Waxahachie and a few days ago it
was learned that he was living in a
house. Friday night he was found at
home by Sheriff Forbes and Consta-
bic NcCalpin and paced under ar
rest. The sheriff at Richmond has
been notified of the negros deten-
ton
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22

New York, Feb. 22.-Many mani
festations of the holiday spirit mark
ed the observance here today OF
Washington natal day. Flags
hundreds of skyscrapers and private
ediflces. Several banquets and meet
ings of patriotic societies are sched-
uIed for tonitht.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 22.
Washington's birthday will be OBJ
served by the Connecticut Society of
ton at a great banquet tonight, to
which several speakers of national
reputation have been invited.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
Society OF Colonial Wars.

Boston, Feb 22.-The Society of
Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts held its meeting
this afternoon in the hotel Somerset.
The Braddock campaign formed the
principle topic of discussion.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
MOrtuary Matters

James Thompson, farmer living
near Midlothian, died Thursday and
was buried there Friday morning.
Mrs. Pierce, an aged woman, died
at Red Oak Thursday night. The
interment took place there Friday
afternoon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
UnveiI Memorial to Burns.

San Francisco, Feb. 22.-Scottish
societies throughout the Pacific slope
have sent delegations to attend the
unveiling in Golden Gate park this
afternoon of monument in honor Of
Robert Burns. This is the first i'm
portant memorial to the Scottish
bard on the coast
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
Washington Has Holiday.

Washington, Feb. 22.-Washing-
ton was true to its distinguished
name in the celebration of Washing
tons birthday today. The streets
were lined with flags and the Stars
and Stripes floated from all public
buildings. A general holiday was OBJ
served
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-19
SOUTHS|DE

Splendid harvest weather prevails
and heading is being carried on as
fast as possible. Ten days will see
nine-tenths of the grain in the stack
if present Weather conditions con-
tinue. Reeder's steam thresher is
at work east of Beaver Creek, where
heading is nearly completed. Indi-
cations point to good average
yield.
There is considerable sickness
among little children this summer.
Arnold CoOnan, who was very sick,
is improving in health.
Pat Greelish was badly trampled
upon and maulei by being run over
by a team of mules and hack last
week.
The directors of School District
No. 40 are considering the plans of
a Wenatchee architect for the remod-
cling and charging of the present
school house.
Albert Fogg is back from Seattle.
There is plenty of help available
this season. The Wenatchee Valley
has furnished large proportion of
the harvest hands this summer.
Wages are about the same as last
year.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-19

quired to have sufficient capital
so as to pay cash, thus securing
the full discounts offered by
wholesalers. We all place our or
ders through one man. and he
buys through one channel and is
therefore able to get the jobbers'
prices. Thus we absolutely cut
out one entire profit which is us
ually tackled on to an article in
its passage from factory to con-
sumer.
so much for buying cheaply,
continued the merchant. "On the
other hand, we save enormously
by adhering strictly to the cash
basis of selling. BY cutting out
credit business altogether we save
bookkeeper's salary, cost of
books, postage, etc. Then We
never lose one penny on bad
debts. In some communities,
Credits a necessary evil. But we
figure that where the people are
as prosperous as they are in the
Wenatchee valley, customer will
prefer to pay cash if he under
stands that the system is saving
him from 15 to 20 per cent on his
purchases. He must know when a
merchant loses on a bad debt, the
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-19
TELLS SOME INTERESTING FACTS
w.. .... -...-, FOR PURCHASERS ). :. ...,..

When a business experiences
large and rapid growth, there are
well-definei reasons. In these
days of severe competition, the
public is very keen to secure
worth for it's dimes and dollars.
Under such conditions it is invari-
ably true that growing concern
has discovered methods by which
to give patrons better goods for
less money than business rivals
are able to do What some of
these methods are was explained
Interestingly yesterday to a rep
resentative of the World by Mr..
H. r. Parshall, head of the Par
shall Department Store.
Our greatest leverage on low
prices" stated Mr.. Parshall, sis
our membership in the Cash Buy
ers' Union. This is an association
of some 65 retail stores scat
tered over Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon. Each store
buys only such goods as are want
ed for its own trade, but they are
all shipped together from the east
in carload and even trainload lots.
We are able in this way to save
hundreds and even thousands of
dollars by getting advantage of the
reduced freight charges Our
customers get the benefit. All
members Of the union are re-
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-19
Victory in SIGHT.

II tell you, my fellow citizens, iii
the moral element of this glorious
young state of ours presents solid
front and marches to the polls onl
September 5 in unison. no combina-
tion of brewing and liquor interests,
with all the vast sum they have to|
spend, can overcome their strength,
and the candidates upon whom the
moral element unite will be nomi-
mated and elected overwhelmingly.
I do not predict that, If you fail to
win this year, you never can accom-
plish your purpose, for the strength
of your cause is constantly increas-
ing and right will always overcome
wrong in the end. But you now have
an opportunity that has never before
been presented.
THE dominant party of the state
has declared for local option; and
all you need to do is concentrate on
the candidates, who have unequivo-
cally declared their position on this
issue and whose records square with
their declarations. This is a fight
for a great principle, principle
that gives the people of each. locality
the right to say what the environ
ments that surround their homes and
their children shall be. 1t is a fight
for clean government and clean citi-
zenship; fight to place the politics
of the state on higher plane by
making it necessary for every canIi-
date to rest his for unes with all
the people and not pander to or be
influenced by one element.
-Four years ago the people of
this state elected me to the office of
governor. At that time / promised
them clean, honest, fair and pro-
gressive administration. Every
promise of the republican platforms
of 1904 and 1906, has been carried
into effect since went into Office.
Those things that the people most
earnestly demanded four years ago,
among them the railroad
law, have been secured.
No breath of scandal has touched
the present administration. There
has been neither corruption nor graft
nor extravaganza in the conduct of
the states affairs Some of my OPP
ponents have leveled meaningless
generalities at me, but not one spe-
cific charge has ever been brought.
The truth is l have kept my pledge
to the people to give them clean,
honest, fair and progressive admins
tration, and that pledge has been
so faithfully kept that not even the
democratic party of this state in con-
vention assembled could find a vul-
nerable weakness to attack, and you
will find by careful perusal of it's
platform that it left the state aimil-
istration severely alone
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-19
MRS. BIGHAM DIES AT SPOKANE

MRS. BIGHAM DIES AT SPOKANE
Spokane, Wash, Aug. 18.-
Friendship ami love paid tribute to
the memory of Mrs. Jennie A. KEEL
ley Bigham, who died at Cheney,
Wash, near Spokane, of old age,
August 16. The funeral from the
auditoriuhm Of the state normal
school was under the direction of
the order of Eastern Star, the SER
mon being delivered by Rev. L. v.
Hoyt OF Spokane.
Mrs. Bigham was born in Ams+er-
dam, N Y, March 5, 1897, where her
childhood days were spent. She
married William Bigham in the
town of her birth, September II,
1857. Soon after their marriage
they emigrated westward, first set
Ting in Portland, Ore, going af-
terward to the Walla Walla valley,
where they engaged in farming and
stock raising. They moved to Che
ney in 1883, where thew engaged in
farming. Mr. Bigham died June 90,
1891. After her husbands death.
Mrs. Bigham disposed OF the proper
ty and moven into town, where she
resided until her death She is sur
vived by four children: Mrs. B. L.
Irby of Downs, Wash; Emmett of
Spokane, Allie of Wenatchee, and
Willard of Odessa, Wash.
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loss must be made up somewhere.
And where else is the opportunity
except in higher selling prices.
We make it rule to guarantee
satisfaction, and we are always
glad to refund for goods found
to be unsatisfactory. Thus our
patrons never have the slightest
hesitation about trusting to our
recommendation of an article. We
make it impossible for ourselves
to profit by selling an inferior
commodity.
In all our departments we
carry some lines that have ac-
quired wide regulations. For in
stance, the Peters shoe has be-
come great favorite in Wenat-
chez. as it is in all the large cities
of the country. Hundreds of
men, women and children come
back to us as fast as they need
new shoes, asking for their num-
Der and not so much as waiting
for try-on. The result is th,s
we have the largest shoe trade in
Wenatch3e
I'VE have bought a large ard
well-selectei stock for the fa,'
and are now showing our CUSTOM
ers all the newest things in dry
goods, shoes and mems and boys
and furnishings"