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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-18

sub from Dock Bell colored. | have
boy. When | reached his house near
Avalon he was gone, but | had just
finished counting twelve new pick
sacks painted and hung out to dry
when he came up and after talking
a while and drinking some water |
got what | went after and started to
to retrace my steps. Charley farms
extensively, cultivating over 800
acres of land. j. l.. Perkins on the
Fort farm was gone to Forreston
when | first called but l met him
coming in and got mine. He got the
first bale of cotton to Forreston and
got a premium of $14, had two bales
ginned last week and told me he
would get three this week. When l
called at John Wilhoites on the Bull
lard farm in the forenoon he was
gone to Italy but l found him at
home about shutdown and he very
cheerfully handed me a dollar on
subscription. From there l again Wis
tied the Forreston widow, getting in
about o'clock. Saturday morning l
boarded the train for Waxahachie
where | came in contact with some
about as blue farmers as / have met
in many days. There was absolutely
no business about the most of them.
However, l did manage to coax lit
tie money out of H. F. Jeans, Midlo-
THAN i, and Arthur Nix, Waxaha-
chic No 4. And now comes the crop
report. The territory ! was over last
have not had near the rain some
have had and are already pretty dry
They must have rain very soon or
crops will be very short. l had hoped
the rain would come but Wash Ry-
burn told me last Monday we would
have none before the middle of Sep
tember l was very much disappoint-
ed as doubtless others will be but 1t
is refreshing to find a man who
knows and Wash has been here
about 40 years, long enough to know
if any one does / talked Saturday
with farmers from many different
points and while the general tone
was gloomy, many were sanguine
and seemed not at all frightened
The fact is gloomy prospect al
ways gives more than it promises
and the middle of August is too
early to forecast an Ellis county cot
ton crop, so let us hold up our heads
-straighten our faces, hope for the
best and submissively take what
comes.
Roosevelt, so the papers state,
will get one dollar per word for his
write-up of his African hunt. don't
believe it but If it was SO things are
very unevenly distributed for at that
rate this letter would amount to as
much or more than get for a
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-18

years hard labor for there are near
ly 1900 words in it.
While / think of it / wish you
su bscriberS would assist me to do a
big business this fall. If you Will give
me the right kind of encouragement
be very cheap excursion | will take
week off and go down to Mexico
next winter and tell you all about
the land of the Aztecs Let's all
straighten up our faces and get
busy. BILL COX.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-18
Young Ladies Injured.

Miss Lottie Curtin and Miss Jen-
ME Shelton were thrown from a bug
gy on College street Monday after
noon and quite painfully injured
The accident was the result of a
runaway. The horse they were driv-
ing ran up College street and when
near the Methodist church the young
ladies were thrown out. They were
assisted into the residence of Rev. j
T. Mcclure and a physician sum-
moned The injuries were found to
consist of severe bruises, none OF
which were of a serious nature.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-18
A Natural Inference,

PA said Johnnie Dumbley, whats
an applelogue?"
why. it's a-er-a fable, my son."
said Mr.. Dumbley. Usually designed
to convey a moral lesson. Why do
you ask?'
"Oh, nothin'," said Johnnie, only
I've lost dime on it. Me and Billie
Watkins had a bet, and | said 1t was
the original commandment in the gar
den Of Eden. If the Decalogue is the
Ten Commandments | don't see why
that first one amt an applelogue
Harper's Weekly.
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Foresight.

Algy They want 10000 for the
lease, Maria. 1t runs for eighty-nine
years.
Maria-Oh, don't buy 1t, Algy. Only
eighty-nine years! Fancy, dear, baby
being turned out of his house at nine
ty-one and possibly inf1rm into the
bargain!-London Fun.
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Professional Pe.simi.m,

The actors who solemnly advise
young men and women to keep or the
stage, the lawyers who speak discour-
agingly of the laws delays, the writ
ers who decry their own profession.
all are wasting their time and adding
nothing to their own regulations. The
general croaker is pessimist and
therefore nuisance.-Chicago Trib-
une
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-18

Mr.. Clay Cunningham and daugh-
ter, Miss Maud, of Erath county are
visiting the family of Mr.. ]. G. Rea-
gor. Mr.. Cunningham formerly lived
in Ellis county, but has been a citi-
zen of Erath county the past TWEEN
ty years.
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But Not Literally,

It Is related Of preacher in a small
town who was to be absent from his
pulpit a fortnight that he recently an
bounced after the sermon:
'"The preacher for next Sunday will
be Mr.. Plank, and the one for the Sun-
day after you'll find hanging up be-
hiud the door on the other side OF the
vestry."
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-18
Plum. and Graft.

III you want plenty Of good plums,"
remarked the practical horticultural,
you have to graft"
Exactly agreed the practical poll
tician; 80 you do."-Baltimors Ameri-
can.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
GLEN PARK PEOPLE
WORK ON ROADWAY
Residents of District Labor
Throughout Day to Improve
New Street

Pursuant to the call of the Glen Park
outdoor art league the citizens of the
Glen Park district turned out in full
force yesterday with teams and shovels
and succeeded in filing almost 10 feet
of the new roadway that Is being con-
structed in Lippard street.
Many teams and men were on the
scene as early as o'clock IN the morn
ing. From o'clock on all thorough
fares in the vicinity were filled with
moving teams, loaded with sand and
rocks to fill in the hole across Lippard
street The filing in Of the street to
make 1t passable for fire engines and
other heavy vehicles is declared to be
much needed improvement.
Several weeks ago the residents filed
in several feet of the road. About two
more Sundays devoted to the same task
will bring the street nearly up to
grade.
The men were not the only persons
that helped to make the project a sue
cess. The majority of the women in
the district, headed by Mrs. Moran and
Mrs. Beerworth, served a New England
dinner in the Glen Park theater for
the workers, and In the evening a dance
was given at the same place.
At one time during the morning
there were So teams dumping their
loads at the same time. It required the
help of more than 100 men to load and
unload the teams and distribute the
gravel and sand.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
HARTMAN TAKES CHARGE
OF PITTSBURG LINES
Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt
Lines Now Face New Foe
in Western Field
SPECIAL DIspATcH TO THE cAIn


PITTSBURG. Aug. 2-Pittsburg
learned today that E. H. Hartman has
supplanted George ]. Gould absolutely
in this district, so far as railway i'm
pfoyement is concerned 1t is declared
that Gould. in order to make peace
with Hartman and save portion OF
his railroad properties, was compelled
to practically relinquish the control
of the Wabash Pittsburg terminal. the
Wheeling and Lake Erie, the Western
Maryland and the West Side belt roads s
and sign an agreement that he never
would again attempt railroad construc-
This means that the Pennsylvania
and Vanderbilt lines which. with fhs
aid of the Baltimore and Ohio. have
so successfully fought the Wabash in
vasion here. now has a new foe. Not
only this, but the two systems now
find the Baltimore and Ohio road allied
with the enemy.
With undisguised satisfaction Pitts
burg has learned that E. H. Hartman
has been placed in communication with
Joseph Ramsey since the deal with the
Goulds was put under way and that
the former president of the Wabasf,
again may be in charge of the work IN
this part of the country. It is not
generally known, but nevertheless true.
that for some years before his death
President A. J. Cassatt OF the Pennsvl-
vania railroad had not spoken to
George j. Gould. This was because
Gould went after the Western Mary
land road after telling Cassatt he had
no desire to gain control over 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
YOUNG WOMAN IS
CLOUDBURST VICTIM
Flood Sweeps Lumber Camp in
Sierras, Carrying Away
Cabins in Path
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SHEllALs III OAlSi4
RENO, New. Aug. 2.-One life is
known to have been lost and scores OF
houses and cabins were washed away
today by a cloudburst on the east
slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains
IA miles northwest of Verdi Miss Et-
ia Pixley, aged "a years. was caught
in the raging torrent, literally torn
from the arms of her father and car
ried to her death In the canyon With
out warning the flood struck the lit
tie logging camp of the Verdi lumber
company. and only those who were
strong enough to swim or drag their
way through the food escaped with
their lives. Horses and cattle, penned
up in barns, were carried down with
the buildings. How many lives were
lost cannot be learned at this time, for
communication with the camp has been
cut of and not until the searching par
ties return can complete details be
learned.
Miss Pix1ey was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Thomas Pixley. Her father
Is foreman OF the lumber camp. Mrs.
Pixley is visiting relatives at San Pab-
10, Cal. The remains of the young
woman were recovered this morning In
a canyon close to Verdi, The body was
badly mutilated. the clothing being
almost torn from the remains, which
were badly bruised by being swept over
the rocks and struck by the debris of
the flood.
large force of men. has been en-
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
.OLYMPIANS HOLD
SUCCESSFUL RUN
Motor Car Enthusiasts of the
Club Have Enjoyable Time
in the Garden City
Mayor Davidson Receives the
Visiting Automobilists and
Escorts Them to Banquet
BY K. K. PHOmmedieu

The automobile outing of the Olympic
club yesterday to San Jose was a
success. The details of the event were
we'll arranged and those who made the
trip were more than repaid. Thirty
three machines carried the club flag
with the winged o. At 9:10 a.. m. the
first car with President William
Humphrey and other directors left the
clubhouse. Then in the order al as
signed by the starter the line of cars
turned down Mason street into Geary,
to Powell, to Sutter, to Devisadero, to
Fulton, to the park, thence to the
Nineteenth avenue entrance, to the
automobile boulevard. to the county
road and down the peninsula to San
Jose.
AT Santa Clara they were met by
Mayor Davidson of San Jose and Presi-
Clara county automobile club in the
latter's motor car. At this point the
cars were lined up, after keeping the
position on the run all the way down.
Davidson and President Polhemus in
their car, and under double line for
nation the automobiles proceeded
through Santa Clara to the Hotel Ven
DOME San Jose.
After exchanging courtesies with the
San Jose automobilists, who were
there to receive them, the local en-
thusiasts enjoyed swim in the big
rived in San Jose at noon and little
after / p. m. they sat down, $50 strong,
at the banquet tables spread under the
beautiful pepper trees on the hotel
lawn. For two hours there was feast
ing. speech making and general jolli-
fication. At 4:30 p. m. the signal for
the return journey was sounded and in
a few minutes the long string of motor
cars was headed homeward. They
came up under an easy pace. arriving
at .. m, q
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
EMPHASIZES BANK ISSUE
Bryan Says Bonaparte Shows
Necessity of Legislation

LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. 2.-Attorney
General Bonapartes opinion, delivered
yesterday. holding ii TO be illegal for
national banks Of Oklahoma to con-
tribute toward the guaranty fund for
the protection of depositors Of Okla
'hOuqa or TO avail themselves of the
other privileges. OF the state banking
act, was the subject OF good deal OF
dfscussion here today. Prominent
democrats Of Lincoln averred that. fol-
lowing so closely on the heels Of the
Standard oil reversal in Chicago and
the contempt cases against the labor
leaders in Washington, the opinion of
the federal attorney general still fur
fher STRENGTHENS the democratic party
IN the political campaign Bryan him
self gave expression TO the effect the
opinion viii have in the coming elec-
tions:
ut accentuates the ISSUE" said he.
"snd emphasizes the necessity Of legis-
lation framed from the standpoint of
the depositor rather than from the
standpoint OF the banker
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
OULAHAN PARTY EDITOR
Washington Correspondent to
SuperNise Literary Work

NEW YORK. Aug. Richard V.
Oulahan, for many years the Washing
ton correspondent of the New York Sun.
VIII have general charge Of all the lit
erary work Of the republican national
committee. This appointment was an
nOunced today by Frank II. Hitchcock,
The national chairman
Hitchcock IS spending the night at
the New Jersey country home of Cor
ueiius y. Bliss, former treasurer of the
national committee, and is consulting
with him about certain details of the
organization tc be made for the pur-
pose Of getting financial support for the
republican campaign
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2-The republi-
can national and congressional commit
tees literary bureau. which has been
conducted in this city under the direc-
tion OF Francis Curtis, has been closed.
Curtis will go TO New York tomorrow
snd remain there TO assist in the direc-
tion of the literary branch of the cam
paign-
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
TAFT IS PLEASED
IF CALLED BILL"
Republican Nominee Tells How
His Brother Was Cured of
Crying willie"

HOT SPRINGS. Va. Aug. 2.-"Just
call me Mr.. Taft and If you drop into
colloquialism cali be Bill" This was
Judge Tafts laughing reply today when
granting audience TO a number of news
pepermen, who had severally addressed
him as Mr.. Secretary" Governor,
Judge" and Mr.. Taft"
I first got the name Bill at Yale,
continued Taft, replying to a question.
Before I went there I had been called
VIII in my home and among the Gin
cinnati boyhood friends But when ]
got through school was called Will al
home My younger brother, Harry.
however. never called me Willie after a
happening one day at college. We
roomed together on the top floor OF
Farnam hall-our room was just. over
the middle entrance. Harry was a
freshman. I a junior. He had gone out
and forgotten to take with him a book
he wanted. He came back to the en-
trance and looking up on the outside
yelled, o, Willie Well, in a second
there was a head out OF every one of
the 400 windows. and it seemed to me
as though every one yelled at once. AT
any rate there was one long chorus of
o. Willie. That cured Harry. He has
called me Bill ever since"
How about the 400 students?'
"Oh, they called me Bill just the
same. You see I weighed 200 then"
Bart McCleary. second assistant post
master general and candidate for con-
gress, who has just returned from q
review OF the situation in Minnesota
and Wisconsin. spent Sunday here.
McCleary informed Taft that in his
opinion the republican situation in Min
uesota- was IA excellent shape. In Wis
consin. McClesry says, he can see the
good effect OF the speech Of acceptance
already. He believes the handling by
Judge Taft Of the railroad question has
pleased the La Toilette wing of the
party in that state.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
DUTCH ARE BARRED
Cruisers Captain Says He Was
Refused Chance to Land

WILLEMSTAD. Aug. 2.-The Dutch
cruiser Gelderland arrived here today
from La Guira, Venezuela Her COM
mander declares that he sent a boat
ashore at La Guira with an officer and
was refused all means OF communica-
tion from the shore. The authorities
there, he says, declined to accept the
letter bags, and an official communica-
ton TO the German minister, who is in
charge of the Dutch interests in Cara
cas-. He reports also that Venezuela is
preparing her forces for defense of
the country. It is generally believed
here that Holland will take prompt
action
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
wATrERsoN VISITS MACK

NEW YORK. Aug. 2.-Colonel Henry
Watterson OF Louisville. Ky, chairman
OF the press committee of the demo-
cratic national committee. was a lunch
con guest today OF Norman E. Mack,
the democratic chairman Other guests
were Roger c. Sullivan, the member OF
the committee of Illinois; Urey Wood
son. the national secretary. and Mrs.
Mack Mack does not believe in doing
political work on Sunday and ne spent
q free day Josephus Daniels OF North
carolina who VIII have active charge
OF the press work. is expected here
soon, and Colonel Watterson will awslt
1zG~ aauinGa
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
~The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous

ployed in the camp, and the number
lost is not known.
In Spanish. canyon. south of Reno.
another battle against the flood took
place. G. Mem. Ross, former superin-
tendent of the Bononza properties OF
Virginia City. but now of Stockton,
Cal. and James Burke, a Washoe county
pioneer, were examining mining prop
erty when the cloudburst struck them.
For two hours they battled against
odds. saving themselves from being
washed away by clinging to the trees
and brush on the hillside.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
LEADERS OPPOSE HUGHES
Governor Is Only Urged for Re-
nomination by 0deII
sPECIAL DIsPATCH 20 THE III

NEW YORK. Aug. 2.-The process of
eliminating Governor Hughes from the
gubernatorial situation has been ac-
lively inaugurated by the republican
machine leaders. In nearly every
county in the state the local leaders
are perfecting plans for the election
of delegates who viii oppose the re-
nomination Of the governor.
Except Ex-Governor Odell, there IS
not a single leader of any consequence
who has declared in favor of Hughes.
None OF them has openly expressed his
snfagonism. but their plans indicate a
determination to prevent the gratifica-
tino OF the governors ambition to sue
ceed himself
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
BOY WITH TARGET RIFLE
SHOOTS YOUNG SISTER
Lad Practicing With Gun Acct.
dentalIy Hits Little Girl,
Who Is Badly Hurt
sPEcIAL DISPATCH no THE cAIl

SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 2.-The ac-
cidental shooting OF IL year old Lucia
Thompson, daughter OF Edward H.
Thompson OF this city, by her IA year
old brother, Charlie. has prostrated
the boy and his mother
The shooting happened in the
Thompson camp at Lyons Springs in
the Ojai valley this afternoon. Charlie
was practicing with % caliber target
rife. The bullet glanced from a rock
and struck Lucia behind the left ear.
lodging in the bone. Dr. Cunnane
came from Ventura in an automobile.
but failed to find the bullet The girl.
not unconscious, was hurried to Ven-
tura in an automobile and arrived here
tonight. where she was taken to the
hospital. She may recover
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
FAILS TO SURVIVE OPERATION

After an unusual operation which In
volved removal of a portion OF his
intestines. John Donnelly, so years old.
died at the central emergency hospital
last night He injured himself in fall
ing of ladder -
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
BRYAN IN PRINTERS UNION
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

LINCOLN. Neb:.> zug. BY near
ly unanimous vote w. ]. Bryan was to-
day made an honorary member OF Lin
coin typographical union No 2Og. To
remove the claim of partisanship It was
also voted to make Governor Sheldon. q
republican, an honorary member.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
RECoGNIzEs ASSOCIATION

The National automobile manufacturers as
ISOLATION will notify the recognized clubs of
Europe that in this country 1T will participate in
events conducted under the rules of the Ameri-
automobile association only, which 1t reeog
nizes as the governing body in this country The
action came up at recent meeting Of the asso-
citation and was decided upon. after much de-
liberation and after the proposition of changing
doned.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
PIONEER coMpANY,s SALES

The Pioneer automobile company reports the
sale of an Oldsmobile TO W. W. Cox of Crow 8
landing. He will leave today for Santa Cruz
and expects to spend two or three weeks touring
in that vicinity. George Young of Modesto came
TO the city Friday and returned home with a
new model NJ 0ldsmobile The company also re-
ports the sale of a Thomas Detroit car TO
S. 7. Allen and one of the same make TO Don
Ray. of Gait. The company has received de-
posits from a great number of parties for
Chalmers-Detroit cars, among others being W.
r. Taylor Of Florin, Ney.. Edwin T. Huffman
and P. ]. Garland of San Francisco and C.
Lehnhardt Of Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
ToURING ABOUT TAHOE

DIR. n. 81. Chamberlain anad his family are
touring In the vicinity OF Lake Tahoe. They
made the trip from Oakland over the Placer
vile road In their big White steamer. Mrs.
Chamberlain writes a friend: 1.-The machine is
behaving splendidly and are having a lovely
time" 1t viii be remembered that DR.. Cham
berlain recently toured to Riverside and back In
the same car. II he continues this rate
he will have the long distance record for
Alameda county. This is the fourth White
DR.. Chamberlain has owned. The Oakland
office Of the White company reports the sale OF
20 horsepower White steamer TO L. B. Ulrey
Of Kings City, Monterey county.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03
NOTES OF THE AUTO

4sOAE Els OE he n "
Robert Graves, member of the Vanderbilt
cup commission ms well a member of the
racing board of the American automobile esso-
citation. has purchased Of Lautenschlager the
Dieppe course. He has entered the foreign car
IN the coming contest for the Vanderbilt cup,
which win add more luster to the event. The
car is rated at 120 horsepower and is specially
designed for racing. The wheel base is 106 Is
tAches. while the tread is slightly less than
the American standard.
The Michelin company has placed on the
market new dismouDtable rim. Instead OF
eight bolts 10 unfasten In quick changes there is
now only one fastening. The fixed rim. instead
nush as in the earlier types, has both inner
and outer edge beaded.
To stimulate the building of good roads and
their upkeep the Pierce county, Wisconsin, agri-
cultural society is offering large money prizes to
farmers for the best pieces OF improved high
way. The prizes win be awarded during the
test.
Mr: and Mrs. Frank Foote. made the southern
circuit Of the bay this week in their Thomas
Forty.
Mrs. C. c. Clay of Fruitvale. who for fort
night had been chaperoning merry party of
Young persons on motoring tour through south
ern California, returned home Thursday in her
Thomas Flyer.
J. Klinkenbeard and family. party of seven,
through Sonoma county In their Thomas FLYER.
They visited Guerneville. Eagles Nest. Monte
Rio and other towns. Speaking of the run,
klinkenbeard says: "0n the entire trip of 37O
odd miles did not have to touch the machine.
Did not even have puncture.'
Very attractive invitations have been issued
bv the Auto vehicle m ~
Tourist cars and their friends for the first an
nual tour Of the Tourist from Los Angeles to San
Francisco. Del Monte and return. The tour
will last from August IL to August 21.
number Of replies Of acceptance have been sent
In which predicts that the event will be a de-
cided success.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-03

Mrs. C. c. Clay of Fruitvale who for fort
night had been chaperoning merry party of
Young persons on a motoring tour through south
ern California, returned home Thursday in her
Thomas Flyer.