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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
FRED FLEMING OFFERS BOND.
Affidavit Was Filed by IA Western
Bank Deposition.

Fred Fleming entered into bond
yesterday in the sum Of 5000 for
his appearance before Justice ]. F.
Williams Saturday morning at 8
O'Clock, to answer to the affidavit
charging him, as president of the
Western Bank and Trust company,
with receiving money for deposit
with a knowledge that the bank was
at the time in failing circumstances.
Mr.. Fleming was served with a
warrant yesterday morning at s
O'Clock at his residence by Deputy
Constable John M. Lowery. He at
once went to the Office of Murphy w
Townsend and arranged for the apz
pearance bond, which was given
with the following sureties: Murphy
w. Townsend, ]. B. Adoue, E M.
Reardon, E. M. Turner, A " Lane,
j. A. Gulick. S. w. King, Jr., J. B.
Majors, w. C, Temple and Ben Irel-
son.
D. A. Templeton, against whom a
similar affidavit was filed, is out of
the city at present. When it became
known that a warrant had been is
sued again him, Mr.. Lowery was as
sured by Judge Templeton that a
telegram would be at once sent call
ing upon him to return to Dallas,
and it is expected that he will be
able to reach the city in time to ap-
pear before Justice Williams in com
pany with Mr.. Fleming on Saturday
morning News
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


The schools will close Wednesday,
June 3.
Reviews are now in progress in
all the rooms.
The final examinations for the
graduating class will begin next
Monday and last for three days. The
week following will be given the
class to get ready their program for
the exercises on the night of June 3.
The schools have enjoyed this
year the longest term in their his
tory. Teachers have been able to
complete satisfactorily the course of
study.
Final examinations will be given
| throughout the schools Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of next week.
Parents are urgently requested to see
| that their children are there if posi-
| BILE on examination days.
! The order of exercises for the last
| week is as follows: Sunday, May 81,
II o'clock, commencement sermon
at Methodist church by Rev. ]. T.
Mcclure.
Tuesday morning from 8 to -,
oral examinations in every room
| throughout the schools.
Wednesday morning from 8 to IL,
exhibition school work in each room
Wednesday evening at Sis. grad
| uating exercises. All patrons and
friends of the public schools are cor
daily invited to be present on any
| or all of these occasions. Parents
will please observe that on Tuesday
and Wednesday there will be only
half day sessions.
| The following make up this years
graduating class: Ben Herring, Neil
Erwin, Henry Brady, James Camp
bell, Ethel Campbell, Mary Wise,
Bessie Smith, Corinne Trippet,
Blanche Holland, Hazel Holland,
Emma May Rhodus, Addie Lea
Smith, Amanda Fearis, Margaret
White, Virginia McDuff1e, Vernella
Owens, Fannie McCue. Beulah Err
win. Ben Herring and Hazel Holland
having the highest rank in scholar
ship will deliver the valedictory and
salutatory, respectively The class
elected Ethel Campbell to deliver the
class poem and Neil Erwin the class
prophecy.
Prof. ]. L. Henderson, visitor of
schools for the State University
spent last Thursday in the High
school. He visited each of the teach
ers in their class room work and in
talking with the superintendent was
loud in his praise of the work being
done by each of the teachers.
1t is hoped that the high school
curriculum will be strengthened
another year by the addition of
| Spanish.
Teachers for the city schools will
be elected June q
Charley Kennedy is now busily
engaged taking the scholastic cen
sus. Let every parent and guardian
see to it that children are properly
| enrolled
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
THE SPRING BIRRS IN OHIO.
Nerieties indigenous to North Ameri-
ca May Be Seen in Columbus.
What luck, what luck?


Josephine. Josephine
Don't you do it, don't you do it,.
Have you heard this little ditty
warbled from the throat of brown
thrush, one of the sweetest singers
of the feathered tribe? Prof Joseph
Taylor of he Ohio State University.
who revels in the bird kingdom and
who has the reputation of being able
to mock or whistle the song of al
most every species of the little feath-
cred kingdom, says he has often
heard it this spring, and that the
brown thrushes are here for the sum-
mer, says the Columbus Dispatch.
Il have heard the song of hermit
thrush in migration, but it is very,
very weak. The wood thrush and
the brown thrush are common in
Columbus and we see a number of
them on the university grounds. The
brown thrush, however, belongs in
the class of the hooking birds.
"A great many of the spring
birds have arrived in Columbus. The
robins, bluebirds, meadowlarks,
doves, black birds. sparrows, the lat
er of the veper field and fox variety,
have all arrived The chewinks are
also here. The brown thrush, the
purple finch that looks like a spar
row, but which is golden red, the
ruby crowned kinglet and a lot of
the white-throated sparrows arrived
early. Along about the first of April
came the martins, the vieros, the cat
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
AN INFORMAL TALK.
Mrs. Beiger Speaks to Review Club
and Guests at Greenville.


Yesterday afternoon at O'Clock
Mrs. Beiger, Mrs. T. M. Finley and
Miss Madge Finley were hostesses
to the members of the Review club
and few invited guests. AS the Re-
view club will study Japan next
year Mrs. Beiger, who has just re-
turned from an extensive tour of
that country consented to give lee
ture on the manners and customs of
Japan.
The Finley home was decorated
with Japanese curios and presented
a delightfully."- odd and quaint pic
ture. Mrs. Beiger's curio collection is
perhaps one of the largest and best
assorted owned in the southwest.
Mrs. Beiger was dressed in full
Japanese costume. She wore beau
tifully embroidered kimono, Jap
sandals, hair ornaments, etc. The
lecture was one of the most interest
ing and instructive ever delivered in
this city. Mrs. Beiger is fluent talk
er, perfectfully original and clear
thinker. She takes one on delight
full trip through Japan in an hour.
Thoroughly acquainted with her
subject as she has personally been
in touch with the people, the habits,
customs and their cities, she takes
pleasure in relating her experiences
to her friends.
There is no country as interesting
to US today as Japan and Mrs. Beig-
er s~lecture was a rare treat to those
present. After the lecture most ap-
propriate refreshments of oriental
favored ice and cake in yellow and
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
PENNSYLVANIA Giant Pine.

A giant white pine tree was cut
in Cameron county which produced
the following number and length
of logs: Twelve 16-foot logs, two ] A.
foot logs, eight 12-foot logs, and the
whole bunch scaled the magnificent
total of 10000 feet, board measure
The butt log measured so inches. or
> feet in diameter at the small end
The tree was not 394 feet high, as
it would seem from the figures, but
had two forks and three branches of
immense size, hence the large num-
Der of logs. The tree was cut down
during the deepest snow of the past
winter, and hence it was not much
broken because the snow deadercd
the fall.-Ridgway Daily Record.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
THE WAY TO SHADOWTOWN

Sway to and fro in the twilight gray,
This is the ferry for Shadowtown,
1t sails away at the end of the day.
Just as the darkness closes round
Rest, little hand, on my shoulder, 50 ;
A sleepy kiss is the only fare,
Drifting away from the world we go,
Baby and l in the rocking chair
See, where the frelogs glow and
spark,
Glitter the lights of Shadowland :;
The raining drops of the window
bark
Are ripples tapping upon it's
strand
There where the mirror is glancing
dim,
A lake lies shimmering, cool and
still;
Blossoms are wavering DER its brim
Those over there on the window
Rock slow, move slow, in the dusky
light,
Dear little passenger; say Good
night"
Silently lower the anchor down,
We've reached the harbor of
Shadowtown. Eugene Field
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
BIG NEWSPAPER FEAT.
General Felix Agnus' Unique Pres
entation of Schley's Case.

General Felix Agnus' Unique Pres
entation of Schley's Case.
1t was in one of his fights for
friend and a principle that General
Felix Agnus, editor and owner of
the Baltimore American, pulled on
one of the most remarkable news
paper feats ever recorded in this
country. 1t was at the time President
Mckinley was contemplating sending
to the senate the naval appointments
that General Agnus began to take
lively and dangerous interest in the
Sampson-Schley controversy. That
is, his interest Was dangerous to Ad-
miral Sampson.
Not only did there exist a Damon
and Pythias friendship between Cen
eral Agnus and Admiral Schley, but
the principle involved appealed to
General Agnus, says the New York
Telegraph He learned that it was
the intention of President Mckinley
to send to the senate the names of
Schley and Sampson on the same
day, but giving Sampson the prefer
ence and a rating much higher than
that of Schley. All the fighting blood
in General Agnus' body was aroused
! by this information. 1t was up to
| him to make fight for Schley-and
/ he made it. He sent his reporters,
special correspondents and special
writer's scurrying all over the coun-
/ try. He gathered together a perfect
presentation of the case for Schley
and against Sampson. He gathered
every bit of information that it was
possible to collect about Sampson
as we'll as about Schley.
! He had one striking editorial writ
ten setting forth the merits of the
SampsonSchley controversy and
| pointing out wherein man who
stayed and fought differed from a
| man who was absent and merely
constructively participant in the
big fight of Santiago.
The material collected was suf-
ficient to make one complete edi-
ton of the Baltimore American. The
type was set, the plates cast and one
copy of this special edition was
printed off. With this under his arm
and blood in his eye General Agnus
went to Washington. He called upon
President Mckinley and laid the uni
que copy of that special edition be-
fore Mckinley.
There has been printed only this
copy, said General Agnus. 1T will
be published tomorrow if you still
determine to send the Sampson pro-
motion to the senate
President Mckinley looked the pa
per over.
This interests me deeply, Cen
eral Agnus," he said, will you
leave it with me. | promise to do
nothing in the matter of the senate
nominations until | have communi-
Gated with you"
The result of President Mckin-
ley's' examination of that special
copy of the special edition of the
Baltimore American is well known.
Justice was done to Admiral Schley
and the plates that were locked up
in safe in the Baltimore American
building were destroyed There
was never occasion to use more than
that one copy.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

An interesting parade on Memorial
Day in New York will be the work
horse parade. which was held last
year under the auspices of a promi-
nent society woman connected with
the society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals. This year many
drivers and owners are asking to en-
ter their horses to show what good
care they take of them. Women in
other parts of the country might find
it worth while to institute such a
parade of work horses.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
Chalk Talk.

Miss Pauline Erwin. assisted by
Miss Eula Walcott and Miss Edna
Cunningham and Mr.. Hollis Douglas
will give a chalk talk at the Sims
Library, Friday night, May %
Mrs. A. F. Biegers of Indiana will
give an informal talk on the Gus
toms of the people of China and ia
pan.
Don't forget the time and place
and encourage the ladies of the
Shakespeare club by your presence
Admission 20 cents, children Is
cents. 80
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
Memorial Service.

Waxahachie Lodge No. so, l. O..
20. F., will hold memorial service at
the Methodist church in Waxahachie
on Sunday, May "a, 1908, at II
O'Clock, a. m. A special program will
be arranged for the occasion, to. be
announced later. Sermon by Bro. N.
P. Patterson. All visiting Odd Fell
lows invited to take part with us In
these services, and cordial invita-
ton extended to the public. Decora-
ton of graves at the cemetery at
O'Clock, p. N. d&W
ARRANGEMENT COMMITTEE
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
HOME PAPER FIRST.

It's a lame excuse a man Will
make when asked to subscribe
for his home paper by saying:
Il am taking so many papers
that | can't afford it," We don't
ask any one to Quit taking any
other paper for ours, but we do
think that every man ought to
support his home paper.-Ver-
non Call
The home paper does more for the
interests of the town and county in
which it is published than all the
papers published elsewhere ever will
do for It. The home paper chronicles
the daily events of interest that oc-
cur among its people, and is a tire
less worker in behalf of the schools
and churches, and all else that tends
to elevate and make better the COM
munity in which it lives. This is a
reading age, and every man ought
to supply his home with newspapers,
but the first one he pays for ought
to be his home paper, or papers
which will tell him what his neigh
bors are doing. After he has render
ed that duty to himself and family,
then he can, with good conscience,
lay by the side of the home paper
his church paper and such literary
or political papers as may be most
pleasing to himself and family. But
be sure to pay for your home paper
first. Fort Worth Star.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

Tho Enterprise Publishing Com
pany is I'm nnviss responsible for
debts that may be contracted by en-
ployeS, nor will we assume payment
Of such debts under any circum-
stances. Every employe of this office
= paid promptly for work done. This
b to protect ourselves and the sell
ing public --ENTERPRISE PUB
LISTING COMPANY, Per @. w. Nc
Knight. Manager.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
Women as Gardeners.

The women or England have taken
up market gardening in earnest and
are making great success of it. The
French way of planting in small
space and nursing the plant under
frame covers has met with such IA
vor, and many women are studying
the particulars Of the work under the
direction Of the pioneers in this
sort OF work for women in Berk-
shire county.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

white, the club colors, fit for dar--
ling of the Gods. On each plate was.
suggestive nasturtium, the club
flower. Mrs. Beiger will lecture next
week before the Shakespeare club Of
Waxahachi e.-Greenville Herald.
A few Of Mrs. Beiger's curios will
be on exhibition during Thursday at
Jolesch & Chaskas and the entire,
collection will be shown at Mrs. F.
BraGy's home during Friday after
noon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

Men are dressed as they are chiefly
so clothed than they would In any 9th
er costume Modern dress Is merclful
to men. Ii gives no undue advantage
to the well built and handsome In
deed, 1t detracts from their appearance
and modifies the figures Of those not
Journal
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

The president repeated his anti
race suicide theory in talk to the
Methodists Saturday. He told them
that women did not perform their
duty unless they were mothers OF
"plenty" of children. This leaves
the individual to judge the num-
Der that constitute a plenty.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
Death of Infant Son.

Gerald Lehman, the 6-months-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. S. l.. Smiley,
died last night at the family home
on Monroe street. The little fellow
had been sick only few days A
funeral service will be held at the
residence this afternoon at 4:30, and
the interment will be made at the
city cemetery.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

1t is encouraging to note that the
Katy is at least getting some of the
material on the grounds for that
new depot.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

Waxahachians are never ashamed
of their home town The WaXaha-
chic colony in Dallas is to organize
a society in order that they may feel
more at home.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

ANY erroneous reflection upon the
Aaracter, standing or reputation Of
any person, firm or corporation that
may appear In the columns of the
Daily Light will be gladly corrected
apon It's being brought to the atten-
lion OF the management
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

Wrong in one man is just as much
wrong in any other man. A change
of personalities does not change con-
ditions.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

Not just yet, but soon so report
has it, the Central short run train
is to be resumed. Well, that is en-
couraging.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

Encouragement is something that
every one needs, and it is good
thing for the town as we'll as the in
dividual.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
Program Juvenile Missionary Societ

Song.
Prayer.
Responsive Reading.
Roll Call-Answer with the name
of some Korean Missionary.
Song.
Minutes of last meeting.
Recitation-Kenne LeBlond.
Reading-Eloise Smith
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

Being dreamer" is better than
playing the part of a grave digger
In the cemetery of the past.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

Another newspaper man has gone
wrong. Brother Perkins announces
that he will be a candidate for the
state senate
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

Defending records seems to be a
specially of the Fort Worth Record.
Too bad that such is necessary.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

The world is more interested in
the living record of a man than il
Is in his dying record
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

An effort, whether it succeeds or
not, is entitled to consideration
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

Things are not what they SEEM
Righteousness, like beauty, is too
often only skin deep.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

A blum may work part of the time
but you may get called" when you
least expect it. Cut the weeds.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

". A. OWNBY CITY Editor
tResidence Phone. Bell No. $3.50
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

The family medicine In thousands d
hcnles for So year>-Dr. Thacher's Liver
a.. kiouu S~--'<l
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21
be Daily Iigbt
Published Daily Except Sunday
By
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING
COMPANY.
PAID-UP CAPITAL. e3O. 900.

Obituaries, resolutions or 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, 1908-05-21
Chamberlain Cough Remedy

Cures Colds crorr md whSoping cough
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

1T Waxahachie, in the State Of Texas, at the
close Of business. May IL, 1905.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-02
TAFT LABOR's FRIEND.

The simple truth is that no man
has done more to place union labor
on a sound, square, law-abiding, re-
spected and self-respecting footing
than William H. Taft by his decis-
ions in labor cases. Both employers
and employed have acknowledged
the Justice of his rulings and learn
ed to abide by them, and today there
is not an intelligent worker or fair
minded employer who would seek to
abrogate them.
Judge Taft lifted union labor
from the doubt or uncertainty as to
its rights which had before prevent
ell and gave 1t standing which 1t
has ever since retained, and which
has proved under his rulings, Sc
suce against all attacks. The old
assumption, derived from England,
that union uabor is conspiracy,
and that workers could be precented
from leaving railway or other EN-.
ployment at their will. was swept
away forever by Judge Taft SO far
as the United States is concerned,
and when an attempt was made,
years later, to revive the principle,
Judge Taft's decision was quoted
successfully by the labor side to de-
feat the plea. Mr.. Taft was and Is
labor's friend, because he is abso-
lutely just. and would no more per-
NIT wrong to be done to the poorest
laborer in the land than he would tc
anyone else.
An honest, law-abiding worker
asks and expects no more than this
Wood River Times.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-02
ROCKEFELLER MILLIONS
FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Visit Of William Rockefeller Means
Great Development.

Portland, Ore, Oct. 1.-The Ore
gonian says:
It is announced on authority that
can not be disclosed that the visit
OF William Rockefeller to the Pa
c!fic Northwest means great develop
ment to the state Of Oregon and
Washington within the next few
years. ass
A man close in touch with the Chi
csgo. Milwaukee and st. Paul made
the statement last night that Roce-
Teller himself will pour $300,00O,000
into the two states within the mex.
two years. This huge sum will be
used, 1t is stated, for the develop
ment of Oregon and, Washington
along lines yet largely neglected.
The article goes on to say that 1t
is learned on the same authority that
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
plans great development OF the Pa
cific Northwest. that strong organi-
zation will be formed in Washington
by the railroad and that Portland
will be a terminus of the road.
The article concludes by forecast
ing the appointment of A. N. niger.
soil to be vice president Of the road,
announcement of which was made
from Seattle last night.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-02
BRYAN REFUSES TO
RECOGNIZE UNION LABOR.
Is Condemned by Indiana State Fed.
GRAFTON.

Vincennes, Ind, Oct. BY an al
most unanimous vote the State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor Tuesday adopted a
resolution condemning William Jen-
nings Bryan for his refusal to carry
the union label on the CommOner.
The president of the State Fedora
ton, Edgar A. Perkins, Is in charge
Of the labor bureau Of the Demo-
cratic committee, and 1t was he who
had to put the resolution to the body
The resolution was sent in from
the South Bend Typographical union.
and was offered by member who
said his union had sent letter to
Mr.. Bryan four weeks asking him to
use the label, but he had ignored It..