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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-04
WILLIAM TAFT
DEFEATS BRYAN
Ohio Man Elected President by
an Overwhelming Popu-
lar Majority.
Gets DOUBTFUL STATES
New York State Gives Republican
, Ticket a Majority Of Over Two
Hundred Thousand Hughes
Is Elected Governor.

New York, Nov 4.-General
election returns throughout the
United States, received up to an early
hour this morning, show the fol-
lowing results:
William H. Taft of Ohio has been
elected president, with 298 electoral
votes secure and thirteen doubtful
Practically no change is indicated
in the complexion of the national
house Of representative
The UAited State senate will re-
tainf it's present republican majority.
Gov. Charles E. Hughes has been re-
elected in New York state by about
10000 plurality.
Indiana has gone for Taft by from
$1,000 to $4,000 plurality.
Bryan apparently has carried Ne
braska, although the republicans
claim the state.
Ohio returns have been seriously
delayed, owing to the immense size
of the ballot, but Taft has carried
the state. by a majority ranging from
so, 600 to $4,000.
Taft carried New York City by
,0G0 plurality this being the first
jtinfe the city has given It's vote to a
presidential republican candidate
since 1896, when Mckinley had a
small plurality.
Mr.. TAFT received a greater plu-
rality in New York state than Rcose-
selt did four years ago, the indica-
! tions pointing to ,202,0 900 for Taft
as against IT'S, 900 for Roosevelt.
{. Haxxal- the Ipdcpendeafe party
candidate for president, Received
about $4,000.
! The indications are democratic
governors have been elected In sew
erai Of the middle western. states
| that have given their presidential
votes for Taft.
Mr.. Taft hds exceeded Roosevelt s
plurality in, New Jersey and In Mass
achusetts, as we'll as in New York.
! Mr.. Taft carried practically every
so-called doubtful state except Ne
braska. where the indications point
to a democratic victory. Mr.. Bryan
has carried Nevada and Montana in
addition to the solid south, which
! includes Missouri.
! Returns from Colorado and Mary
land are too meager to form a defi-
mite conclusion as to their ultimate
alignment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-04
EllIs COUNTY TICKET WRONG
Error in Wording Pertaining to Raise
Of Chiei Executive Salary.

Late Developments indicate that
the Official ballot used In the cleo
ton In Ellis county Tuesday was de-
fective with reference to the pro-
posed amendment to the CONSTITUTION
incres sstH .tp&- alaxz aa 4 ~ .-e ehief
executive. The error was not dtscOv-
cred until after the polls shad- closed.
Under the circumstances 1t Is not
proposition will be counted. The
same error occurred in many other
counties in the state. The ballots
from a copy sent out from the secre-
tary of states Office. Just why a cor
rect form was sent to some counties
while an irregular one was sent to
others is difficult to understand.
~ The wording on the Ellis county
ballot reads as follows. - p
For amendment to constitution,
sections 5 and IL article A relating
to salary of governor and lieutenant
governor. Against. etc. - -
The correct form would have
read as follows:
For the amendment to the con-
stitution fixing the salary of the gov
ernor az $4,000 per annum and lieu
tenant governor at $4,000 per an
num- Against, etc.
Just what effect these defective
ballots will have on the result at
large is hard to determine, but the
indications are the proposition has
been defeated. 1t lost in Ellis county
by a big majority. Partial returns
from twenty boxes give the follow
ing: For amendment 383. against
.1122.
!, Partial returns received from the
larger boxes In the county Tuesday
"a q. re- 4st4 i, ,Yf1te
.. De very near AZ large as the vote
cast in the July primary election.
The total vote cast in the four box
es of Waxahachie will exceed the pri-
mary vote The boxes that have re-
ported show that Campbell kept
close up to Bryan, while Simpson
| led the, republican national ticket.
The complete returns will show the
heaviest republican vote ever cast
in Ellis county The official vote
will very likely give Simpson about
500 votes for governor.
Partial returns from twenty boxes
show the following:
Bryan 2874, Taft 361, Campbell
l2s72, Simpson $50, Davidson 1887,
Atwell 214.
| For free school amendment 1918,
Iagainst 448.
| For precinct amendment ia,
Iagainst 682.
For governors salary 3S3, against
I1122.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-04

Iovington, Ca, Nov. with an
address b. Miss Anna Caroline, Ben
ming, the state regent. the tenth an.
nual conference OF the Georgia chap
tiers. National Society of the Daugh-,
ters of the American Revolution,
was called to order here this morn,
ing A program of reports, address,
es and social affairs has been arrang-
ed which will extend through to-
morrow and Friday.
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Mary E. Bennett, Peru, Ind,
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Hyomei is also guaranteed by
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-04
The Election Returns.

A large crowd collected on the
north side of the square Tuesday
night to hear the reading of the cleo
don returns. The bulletins began
coming in about O'Clock and it was
soon apparent that Taft had defeat
ed Bryan for the presidency Some
OF the faithful supporters of the Ne
braskan remained until a late hour
hoping that more definite returns
would change the situation. but each
succeeding bulletin tended to in
crease the lead Of the big secretary
of war. The messages we're read by
Bob Carlisle, who arranged to re-
ceive the returns through the Office
of the Western Union Telegraph Of
fee. The Southwestern Telegraph
and Telephone company also furnish
ed an excellent bulletin service,
which was served free.
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votes in the reports received this
morning, and these indicate that he
has lead of from Is 900 to $1,000
over Taft. This will make Campbells
majority over Simpson considerable
smaller than Bryan's over Taft. The
figures are for Campbell 92,153,
Simpson 28,248, making a majority
of 63,So5 for Campbell.
OF the three amendments, the
public free school amendment seems
to have been carried beyond a doubt,
the vote being, for 53,759 and
against 1S, ,161, making a majority of
35, ,59S for the amendment.
The figures on the commissioners
precinct amendment are for 80, 663,
against 26,096, making the majority
for this amendment 1857.
The proposed amendment to in
crease the salary of the governor
and lieutenant governor is undoubt-
edly showed under. The vote for the
amendment is only 21,996, and
against it 40,5S6, making a majority
of 1880 against this proposed
amendment.
1t is notable circumstance that
the vote Of these amendments was
scarcely half of the vote cast in the
presidential contest.
The latest returns from the fif-
teenth congressional district indi-
cate that Mr., Garner has been re-
elected, but the returns are too mea-
ger to justify any positive state
ment. AS has been said, however,
they indicate his reelection by a
small majority This was the only
congressional contert as to which
there was any doubt, and all the 9TH
er democratic candidates for congress
have been elected certainly
OF the legislative contests, the
most notable feature is the probable
defeat of Mr.. Onion in the San An
tonic district, and the election Of
Judge julius Real of Kerrville. Mr..
Real is a republican.
In the eighty-sixth district Repre-
Sentative Gaines appears to have
been reelected, although the returns
are not sufficiently large to make a
certainty as to that result.
In the eighteenth district, where
John McClendon was running as an
independent against j. T. Bogard,
the democratic nominee, the result
has been close, and 1t will take very
full returns before it can be known
which of them was elected.
There are one or two other repre-
sentative districts in the southern
part Of the state where the returns
indicate the election Of the republi-
can nominee.
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lNTERURBAN PROMOTER HERE.
Representative Of Eastern Capital
lists Appears Before Council.

T,nnrosnnt.tivn ~ Eostnru Con;toI.
-.
's's appears BEFORE council
A. P. Harrington of Indianapolis
spent Tuesday In the city ana ap-
peared before. the city council that
night in the interest of eastern cap
italists who are planning to con-
struct an interurban railway into
the city Mr.. Harrington stated that
the company he represented propos-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-04
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Report OF Superintendent Acker for
81

Report OF Superintendent Acker for
the Month of October.
Following Is summary of the re-
port OF Superintendent Acker of the
city public schools for the month of
October:
Number children within age en-
rolled. male 4SY. female 4S4, total
s923.
Number chnafh under ass2nyou-
ed. male "a, f6Aae Is, total Id. q
Number childteh over age enrell-
ed, male Z, female o, total Z.
Entire en-0llmspts ali children,
male 470. female 502. total 972.
Average daily saHendance.z male
As; female 449, total 8S5..
Number caae1 OF tArdinUss; nbaae
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Killed in ArslInOfe.

b. A. Cook and Tom Cook of Wax
ahachie today received news from
Ardmore. Okla, that their brother.
D. B. Cook, was killed In a pistol
duel there Tuesday afternoon. Mr..
Cook was constable at Mulkey, a
small town near Ardmore J. A. Sims,
a farmer, who was with Mr.. Cook
was also killed. John Braziel, we'll
known character at Ardmore. was
placed under arrest. Mr.. Cook for
mer1y lived on a, farm near Waxaha-
chic and has many friends here. He
moved to Oklahoma several years
ago.
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s, female 26. total 50

26, female 26. total 81
Number pupils perfect in attend
ance. male 21s, female 216. total
1874
Number enrolled in colored
school, male 81, female > total SO.
Number days school has been
taught, %
Pupils on Honor Roll-Rena Can
trell, VIII Hill Acker, Gladys Wilkes,
Alpha Penn, Harlan Miller, Vioa
Mcclure, Margaret Kemble, Lucille
Harding, Clara Boyd, Pattie Cald-
we'll Charles Simpson
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-04
COTTON RECORD BROKEN.
Galveston Receipts Reached 7O,124
Bales on Election Day,

Galveston, Texas, Oct. 4.-Galves-
ton broke the worlds record for a
days cotton receipts, which she held
when the receipts yesterday showed
10, ,124 bales. The record up to yes
terday was 1000 bales, on October
30, 1906. OF yesterdays report the
International and Great Northern
brought In 1926 bales, the Trinity
and Brazos Valley was second with
14.73T bales. and the Santa Fe third
with 4,127 bales. The balance was
carried by the other roads and barge
lines.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-04
CURE 1T IN ONE DAY.
Coughs and Colds disappear Like
Magic When Hyomet Is, Used.

Magic When Hyomet Is, Used.
If the thousands of people who
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Go to Hood & CYrlin's, the drug
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Hyomei pronounced High-o-me)
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Take 1t home, use 1t according to
directions. and II 1t does not. cure
your cough or cold, take 1t back and
they will relund the purchase. price.
When yon use Hyomei you don't
swallow nauseating drpgs, You sim
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
DOLLS.

I thought would write about dolls.
as have eighteen or twenty. I have
lots of doll clothes for my dolls and I
like to sew for them. 1 have smoe
doll furniture and two small pillows
and some quilts. like to play with
dolls. have two rag dolls. One is
negro doll have a Teddy bear
and I dress him up in dolls clothes.
have one boy doll. play school
with my dolls sometimes, and thoy
have to mind. One day when I lived
in the country I was playing school
with my dolls and I hit one Of them
over the head with ruler and broke
her head.
Once when was little mamma and
were in Ottumwa and some Of my
relation gave me a doll and l wanted
to carry it to the depot and mamma
let me and I dropped it on the side
walk and broke it into a thousand
pieces. After while mamma got me
another head for it and still have its
body with another head on it.
Your friend,
Edith Swearingen,
Hedrick. Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
MY DOLLS.

Dear Editor
I have seven dolls. Ny largest doll
will be twenty next Christmas. Her
name is Nellie She was my oldest
sisters doll. She has china head
and china feet. She has light hair,
blue eyes and rosy cheeks.
The first dress she ever had was a
gray wollen dress. 1t was mother
hubbard and trimmed in red velvet.
Her clorl and hood were brown satin
trimmed in red.
She now has pink percale dress
trimmed with lace. A light brown with
dark figures trimmed with embroidery.
She has a black silk waist and skirt.
The waist has yellow satin yoke,
with black lace covering 1t. A blue
silk waist with white doats In 1t, and
black plush Jacket. lined with pink
satin. She has plaid wollen skirt.
My next largest doll is Dorothy May.
Che is twin. gave her twin sister
to a little sick girl three years ago.
Dorothy has bisque head and hands
with light hair which oan curl or
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
MY DEAREST DOLL,

When I was about five years old my
papa got cousin and me each a pretty
doll. think 1t was the prettiest doll
ever had. 1t had a bisque head and
curly hair and the body of the doll
was paper pulp, with hinged arms and
legs, and she had a pretty dress and
hat to match the dress.
My sister Frances was three years
old and she though the doll ought to
have bath, and put her in a tub Of
water, and when mamma found her
the doll had all melted but the head,
and 1t didn't melt because bisque
won't melt, but paper pulp will.
1 cried when my nice doll melted,
but 1t did me no good to cry, 1t didn't
bring back my doll think it was the
pretties doll ever had have had
many a doll since, but none like her.
Of course my sister did not know any
better, because she was so little.
Josephine L. Norton, age IL.
MelroSe Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
HISTORY OF A DOLLS LIFE.

I am doll.
The first | remember was made
and shipped to Swinney's store, where
they put price of s1.25 on me. was
a beautiful big doll. One day man
came in and bought me and put me in
little doll buggy and put me on
Christmas tree. was called off of it.
How the little girls eyes sparkled
when she took me in her hands. She
was certainly delighted.
She took me home and named me
Mabel and put me in her room. She
played with me every day. Often little
girls came to see her and she would
go and get me and take them and me
and go and play We had jolly times
together. She still keeps me. but she
is quite old now. She Is a young lady
now but still live with her.
Your merry Junior,
Fern Leota Stark, age 10.
Floris, Iowa.
R. r. No. 1.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
MY BIG DOLL, SARAH.

I will write about my big doll that
my Grandma Ellis gave to me seven
years ago. She got the doll for me in
Pennsylvania. My doll has light,
curly hair and brown eyes and my
doll goes to sleep when l lay her
down. l do not play with my dol
very much as I am afraid l will breaN
it. My dolls name is Sarah. l like
her real well.
My doll wears yellow dress and a
yellow hood to match her dress
Mamma dressed my doll after grand
ma came home with it. My doll is
kid body and has on black lace stock
ings and black slippers with little
bright buckles on them.
I have four dolls all together. MY
Grandma Ellis got me little soldier
boy with a little revolver strapped OF
him. He looks like soldier boy IN
deed I like to play with him. His
name is Tommy. My Sarah doll thai
have been writing about is 10 inche.
long.
I will tell you about mammals dol
she had for thirty years. Her aun
gave it to her when she was a little
girl five years old.
remain as ever one of your little
friends.
Belle Sims, age 5,
Knoxville, Iowa, R. R.. No. 4.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
AUSTRALIAN MINING, PROSPECT
ING FOR GOLD,

Australia is large island, so large
that is it often called a continent.
On this island, gold and many other
metals are found. There are many
men who are engaged in searching
for it.
Many prospectors travel in noun
tains and wild districts where other
people have not been. In looking at
the sand and gravel, some men can
tell if there is gold in it. But be sure
they can get gold in paying quantities
They wash the dirt in certain
kind Of tin basin. The dirt passes
off but the gold remains in the bottom
of the pan.
If there is much gold in the dirt they
sink a shaft and set many men to
work All gold is not found in mines,
some of it being on top of the ground
The first gold was found in California
in little stream.
Francis Norton, age 10
Melrose Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
MAUD's LAST DOLL.

My last doll is 81 inches tall, ard
has brown hair and blue eyes. / will
have her a year this Christmas. Papa
gave her to me as Christmas pre-
sent. l call her Edna. When 1 lay
her down she will go to sleep. She
is the first doll ever had that wen!
to sleep. sew her clothes for hex
and wash and iron them. I have a
little red chair for her which also
got for Christmas.
About three or four weeks ago my
sister and I were playing with our
dolls and after while we went down
stairs and left them on the porch
where we had been playing and when
we went back to play we sat them up
and their eyes would not come open.
We tried and tried but couldn't get
them open. A week ago Saturday we
concluded to try again to see If VIZ
could get them open. We shook
them and shook them till at last they
came open. and they have never beef
hard to open since.
Maude Skirvin, age 10,
Agency Iowa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
DINAH MAReuERlrE's DOLL.

First I will tell you of my first doll.
she was great big rag doll that my
aunt used to play with when she was
a little girl My great grandma made
her when she was 20 years old. Her
name is Dinah. One day my grandma
cut Dinah up and made me new rag
doll and mamma got new china
head and put on her. but never liked
1t as we'll as did the old rag doll
have another beautiful doll. She is 4
years old. She has natural hair and
opens and shuts her eyes and She
looks almost Hke Saal. have u DALI
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
THE ADVENTURES OF TWO NE
GRO DOLLS.

One Christmas took notion that
I wanted a black baby. fused and
leased for it all the time.
Christmas morning when got up,
saw little black doll sticking GU.
of the top of my stocking.
It was about foot long and had
two black pins for eyes, and it's nose
and mouth were made out of red yarn.
It had a little yarn cap on.
I played with it four or five weeks
and then tore it up. pulled it's eyes
out and tore the cap off. 1 was lust
four years old then and that was the
last of my niger baby.
Once when my sister was little, al
Christmas, my cousin sent her a big
niger baby. Every time you squeezed
it it would squeal. She cried every
time she saw it, SO papa burned it up,
Aura Dale Mahoney, age 10.
Corner Second and Van Buren, Sats,
Ottumwa, Ioa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
PRIZES FOR POSTAL STORIES.

The Junior Postal contest has
proved to be such splendid one that
we have decided to have another one
during August We want the Juniors
TO write interesting stories about the
places represented on the postals
which we send out each week to the
Juniors whose letters or stories appear
in that edition.
This contest will not close until Sep
TENDER /, so the Juniors receiving
postals this month will have chance
for the prizes. We will publish the
stories as soon as they are received
but will not Judge Of the merits Of the
essays until the contest closes. The
prizes for these stories will be rs
beautiful souvenir cards or a large
souvenir postal album. We thought
that many of the Juniors would like
to exchange postals with their friends
80 decided that such prize would
enable them to do So
OF course we will still send out pos.
tails to all the Juniors the week fol
lowing the day on which their let
ters, stories or receipts appear. How
ever, we do not want the Juniors to
acknowledge them by simply thanking
us or writing a receipt, but we do
want them to write nice little letter
telling us of their pets, their home
the beautiful flowers, or something
else of interest
We will still give souvenir albums
to the Juniors when they have rs pos,
tails from the Courier Juniors.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
TWO OLD DOLLS.

The earliest dolls brought to Amer
lea from abroad undoubtedly came
as mere fashion plates and only be-
came playthings when they had serv-
ed their first purpose. There is Polly
Sumner, who left England in the
days of King George III, dressed in
rich court costume of brocade. She
was shipped to Boston in 1773. Her
gorgeous court costume wore out and
she was dressed after the fashion Of
the day in a becoming frock of blue
merino with low neck and short
straw tied with blue dibbon. Her
open work stockings were white and
her shoes tea colored kid, bound
with blue.
This dress Polly wore until after
the civil war; then once more her
costume was changed. This time Pol
ly appeared in a modest Quaker garb.
When last heard of this wonderful
doll was in the possession Of Mrs.
Langley of Boston.
Her record is hard to beat. She is
now one hundred and thirty-four
years olds has lived through the adj.
ministrations of all the presidents,
and has seen five Of this country's
wars.
Another old doll is owned by Mrs
Horace Jayne Of Philadelphia. She is
very long and slim, with her hair sci
in cut in the middle of her head
and covered with a lace cap. He1
body is wooden. She Is dressed In g
gown of some greenish stuff with
which she wears a hemstitched ker
chief and a shawl Of fringed silk. She
is war time doll, for in '63 she was
set in an attic window by her mis-
tress to act as play sentinel and she
was forgotten and left there over
night. In the night the family was
aroused by a sharp thump in the
room overhead and soldier brother
fed from the house in time to escape
capture by the enemy. Next morning
the doll was found shot through the
heart. A bullet had struck her ant
knocked her from the window sill
and given the alarm.
Your Junior friend,
Jessie Carter. aged IA.
Diamond, Iowa.