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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21
SPORTING CALENDAR.


80 80 =
New York, Sept. 21.-Among the
important sporting events on the
calendar for this week are the fol-
sCN~ASAg 49, ,.,.,.,.. ..-, .,.,
Today-Opening of grand circuit
harness racing meet at Columbus, to
last two weeks.
Tuesday-Military athletic and
boxing carnival of United States ar
my begins at ST. Joseph.
Wednesday-Open championship
of New York Metropolitan Golf As
ISOLATION begins at Baltusrol.
Papal jubilee international attn
Iietic carniva, 5eS.nn at Vatican
grounds IN Rome.
Trials of New York Automobile
Trade Association begin, to last two
days.
Football game between Carlisle
Indians and Lebanon Valley at Car
Isle.
First Annual horse show opens at
Excelsior Springs, Mo,
District of Columbia tennis cham
pionship at Washington.
! yaSaysaay - seventh arnual horse
show opens at Mineola. N. y.
Friday-Associated Automobile
Clubs of New Jersey begin good
roads session in Atlantic City.
Great Western Circuit harness ra-
cling meet begins at Illinois State
Fair, Springfield.
First bench show of Ladies Ken
mel Club of California opens at Oak
! land.
aturday-Harness and running
race meeting begins at lnternation'
al Fair, San Antonio.
footDail. paansyl 2,a.si&e"'.S. Wes'
! Virginia at tfdiiaaeipEs4S esy3sss
VS.. Villanova at Carlisle; Brown VS.
I New Hampshire at Providence; Sy'
racuse VS.. Hamilton at syracuse
Lafayette VS.. Wyoming at Easton,
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Every once in while somebody
decides that there are better means
of publicity than the newspapers af-
ford. The result of a test IS always
in favor OF tne papea. Nh AAsisNn
county, lndiafia" 'Yaere '3Yts "&oea y
successful fair for number OF
years. The directors decided that the
fair, being well established, could
afford to cut out its newspaper ad-
vertising, and depend solely on bill
boards and dodgers, The newspapers
thereupon ignored the fair saying
nothing about it. The result was that
the attendance VAS reduced to one
third of what 1t had previously been,
Fairs should be advertised lust like
any other business, and q failure to
do this results disastrousiy Just AS IA
any other enterprise now attempted
without, y (. ne~spa.per. publicity
Bulletin.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

Tho readers of this paper will he
pleased to learp that there IL II
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure In all
its stages. and that Is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medicinal
fraternity, Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease, requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting d.
rectiy upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, ri,~1sby der
stroying the foundation OF the dis
ease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti-
tuition aud assisting nature IN doing
It's work. The proprietors have SO
much faith In It's curative powers
ny M sa-s-~1s..e'"ss .eA.s, =.
lars for any case that 1t tails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address: r. J, Cheney 4 Co..
Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take halls FaMisy HA,s .'ey ean-.
stipation. dAw
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

DOES CIVIC PRIDE FAY?

1 Many people now living In Fort
| Worth remember when Hemphill
street ended a good ways this side of
, the 1000 block when 1t was not diff
ferent from any one of 100 other
streets OF the city in that ii had a
few good homes along 1t and many
| A walk or ride along l,emphill
street today is revelation and an
inspiration to those who cherish the
/ hope that one day all of Fort Worth S
streets. will he attractive,
No miracle has wrought the
cNanse on iiemphin, Civic p'ide and
plain work intelligently directed
did It,
The way was paved for better
things when a few years ago attrac-
tive bungalows began to rise along
the street, set we'll back from the
sidewalk allowing plenty CT lawn
space in front, 1t did not require
much work to set the lawn in Ber-
muda grass and one season brought
an attractive sward, The trees were
planted, kept neatly trimmed and
encouraged to grow by the use of
water. 1t goes without saying that
concrete sidewalks were laid and
after them, as the inevitable result,
came paving,
The past two years have seen the
planting of thousands OF blooming
plants and shrubs along the street
Nnt'' nov Il ,is oca,, Song ayepHe of
attractive color
The cost of the whole work has
been comparatively small. None OF
1t has been on the line of expensive
gardening, but rather d
mere trimming of grass and planting
Of trees and flowers. And the result
's,s So. - s" s.,>-~ ,s>~, s--.se>.~,.-.s 49,
)i dollars IN che value or Hemphni /.
The street Is building up
rapidly and substantially. 1t now
'laims some OF the best homes In
Fort Worth, 1t IL built today solidly !
or at least halt nile further than
I was five years ago.
Not every city In which an effort
3 being made to awaken civic pride
var 90 good sn example ~ Vemphu,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

Here in Throckmofton f-w years
ago a man came along selling a SUI.
perior sewing machine oil, and he
sold 1t readily for 25 cents per bot
tie, Later 1t was learned that he had
bought 1t from one of our local mer-
chants for Ia cents per bottle by
the case. The merchant retailed 1t
at 10 cents and kept 1t In stock. In
one of our adjoining counties one OF
the merchants put out wagon sess-
.s0g rocking. ranges and they sold
readily for $50, wheh AT 't,I ne sai,lt.
time he was trying to sell the identi-
cal range from his place of business
for $50 and could not sell them on
account Of the high price. Throck-
morton Times.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

The Fort Worth Star has made
another investigation This time that
paper says: "A common school edu-
cation now includes short excur-
sions into everything from singing
to shooting straight. Glasses are OPP
Grated on a sort OF quick lunch
schedule, and the urcbin is kept on
the jump from bell tap to adjourn
ment, And They're making good a II,
TOO This is the era of plunglng, and
the plodding critic might as well
subside"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

1t costs more than a billion dollars
year to haul the farm products of
the United States to market on
'!.S&r 81 !" '-s.'--,. ~. s,,~-'.e., .,->,-,,.t
the bill In other words, $500, 900
coo are wasted in trying TO use bad
roads, which is seven and one-half
times what the nation spends each
year on It's public highways Now
~"ordd Il be good policy 10 spend
in one year what is accustomed TO
oe spen' IN seven' Make SOME good
roads and stop that enormous loss.
--CTapc!arS Messenger.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21
THE DEMAGOGUE.

Politically, socially and morally
we are today suffering from the
fact that the huge army of degener-
ates In our midst have voice In the
making of public opinion, The high
pitched voices OF the ''excitable err
ratio" have marked the twentieth
century as the century OF shrek"
UnQuestionably the excitable err
rat!e are having their day. The howl
ing demagogue-he is not a repub-
lican, not democrat, not 8 social
list. not populist, but Nimrod
stalking the big game of offices OF
emolument that are additionally
Offices OF honor. A mighty hunter be-
fore the Lord is here, says the Louis
Vile Courier-Journal.
Sing and the hills will answer, ;"
says the POE. who is an optimist
Shrek. aud the 'pee-pal" VIZ an
e swtsHs., 'sG - 'sh II. SrIuit,st ,EAe.
conscience is nil, his voice mega
phonic. A professional exaggerated,
an exponent Of the art OF making the
audience fee! downtrodden, an ad-
, so~> t--.st- as&s.vs sss,ry~ ~ oqlitics, and
legislation, a destroyer OF good gov
! fs.iss. ,.as,.-s 81 Tttaylv. selfish. sordtdly
self-centered hypocrite entirely OBJ
livious of the interests Of others, Sc
renely careless OF the results of his
sowing of dragons teeth. he consti-
tutes the major menace to peace and
prosperity and the advancement of
,,iyiNYation A cunning fool n cam
paign. a blatant ass in office, danger
Gus as q pNbHe rYeaber .nse,ess as a
public servant, he should take rank
as a public nuisance with the long
haired bomb-thrower, who prefers
murder to work and whose motto Is
neither live nor let live"
But the shrieking demagogue Is
happily lessening influence In
American politics. The increasing
education of the masses narrows his
scope. In several recent state cleo
lions the people have Selted or
scratched his ticket. The
shrieker is as great an enemy of the
people as ti-S li3N'ct S'NN"N' ~ NnS
grating corporations which seek,
like the demagogue, not to elevate
the tone OF the games OF business
and politics, but to scoop the jack
pot for personal uses. The chief diff
ference between the two Is not In
intention, but in modus operandi,
the captain of industry opening with
ac>s and the -ghY3okinS deme eosne
opening with prayer.
The sun of the day Of the shrek
err has not set, but it seems to be no
longer in the ascendant. The dema-
gogue is being found out, ana where
he is found out he is kicked out. The
Lord grant us the power to find him
out often and Kick him out farther
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

Graveled streets are not beyond
the reach OF Waxahachie. As for that
there is no real reason why the
streets of the city should not be
paved. And the interests of the peo-
Pile, constituting the interests Of the
city, demand that there be some i'm
provement In present conditions.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

or course you would hardly be-
iieNe 1t, but nevertheless there are
some people who will regret to learn
that the Arkansas story about night
riders compelling cotton gins to
cease operations until prices for the
t'eecy staple had reached certain
inquire, was all a joke. There are Just
lots of folks who will wink at illegal
and desperate practices if their axe
is being ground.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

furnishes. True there are some lots
on Hemphill which are not well
kept Some property owners seem
to take the view that 1t pays to let
weeds grow while their lots Increase
as result of their neighbors' care
full work. But selfishness crops out
anywhere, and 1t is pleasing to re-
cord that on Hemphill selfish people
are very much In the minority
Fort Worth Telegram.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

Now would be a good time to do
a little effective service on the streets
of WaXahacnie and the roads Of the
county wlth tnat siini,ls instrutlsSGt
the split log drag. Put sense be-
hind it and it will do good work
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

This is the day when Young AIM
erica begins the arduous task of
Keeping The Teacher on the Jump. IN
days gone by the teacher kept young
America on the Jump, but AN taiass
change.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

Billie Hearst knocked Foraker out
ia the 6vst round Haskell IS busy
"ysY Ipsag"a. .sr3 the Aoteeys have. not
yet been heard from,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

The Enterprise Publishing Company is
in no wise responsible for debts that may
be contracted by employees, nor will We
any circumstances. Every employe of
this office is paid promptly ior work
done. This is to proteGt ourselves and
LISTING COMPANY, Per q. W. Nc.
Knight Manager,
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Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation OF any
person, firm or corporation that may APP
viii be gladly corrected upon Il being
brought to the attention OF the manage.
mafft. ~ ''~-@'s'' ..,.- ..
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Georgia has put an end to the ne
mlEht be adOpyed to the henedt Of

fexas' Build public highways with
state and county convicts and help
the public, instead of bringing free
labor aud honest effort into compe-
tition with convicted rogues,
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w. A. OWNBY City Editor
Residence Phone, Bell No 2s9.l
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

This fire was all the mor> deplor-
able, because 1t was who'll. unnec-
essary, For many days bsfcre the
high wind came and drove It into
uncomfortable fury. II was b rning
slowly close to the town OF lIinrkley,
and could have been put out
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-21

Obituaries, resolutions OF respect, cards
OF thank s-ali matter not NEWS will be
charged for at the rate OF cents per line.
Poetry ut double price.
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Entered at the Waxahachie Postoffice as
Mail Matter OF the Second Glass. ::
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LprOperty
(t of To-
er rail-
{uld have
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
THEFT or HORSES
LEADS TO ARREST
J. n. JOHNSON TAKEN IN cUsTo-
DY AT TgxICo AMI RETURN.
ED TO AMARILLO.

Jailer Jim Keetou, Sheriff ], e,
Hughes and w, A. sith of the Ne
Knight Transfer company arrived in
the city last evening having In Gus
today ]. II. Johnson, a young man
who states that his home Is at 400
Johnson street, arrested upon COM
plSint charging theft Of horses and
a buggy.
The prisoner was placed In jail
and his case Is today In the hands Of
the grand jury.
II is alleged that on last Friday
the young man secured possession OF
a matched team OF horses and a bug
gy belonging to the Mcknight Trans
fer company, stating that he wanted
TO drive for short time, The team
was delivered from the barns to the
address given and no more thought
OF the matter until Friday night
came The order being only for a
few hours, the parties in charge Of
the barns became concerned about
the absence OF the team. As time ad-
yanced the anxiety became more pro-
nounced and the officers we're noti-
fled.
Jailer Keoton, accompanied by w,
A. Smith, left overland, and soon
had gained trace OF the missing prop
erty The two gave hot pursuit and
yesterday afternoon came upon the
party accused OF the crime tust after
he had been arrested by officers al
TeXola, Okla, The property was re-
covered, but the team was In such
shape from the hard drive that II was
left over for a short whiis to rest
The prisoner and the officers re,
turned 10 ths city last night. sher.
III hughes went up on tho train and
jSiaed the officers at Texoh a short
vale after the latter had received
the prisoner for removal to AE,a.
rifle.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

Merrick stewart, Familiarity known
as Elder" Stewart, who celebrated
his S1st birthday anniversary here.
With a slight Chuckle he began:
ANY man who complies with COM
mon sense rules of living can live
to be 81 years old There's nothing
remarkable In that, but" and the
chuckle grew louder. 81 hold that It
takes some men to live 81 years with
out having once walked up to an
an altar, hold hands with woman
and promise to love, honor and obey,
i've done It, and 1t hasn't been
an easy job, Offers of marriage?
Scores OF them, but they all come
after the name of Levi Stewart was
written on bank book. | was new
err bothered before l began to make
money, by any superfluity Of propos-
ais, and always had sneaking idea
that the simultaneous beginning OF
the matrimonial offers and the
groCth OF the bark book was not
mere coincidence.
That's why have remained sim
gle"
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porrowAToME's LAST CHIEF.
Survivor Of Illustrious Indians Leads
Life of Pathetic Loneliness

From the Detroit Free Press Bat
tie Creek Mich.-A unique character
is Phlaeas Pamp-to-pee, the last chief
OF the Pottowstomies. who resides
with seventy Of his tribe on the
Nottawa creek, twelve miles south Of
this city. Now nearly shorn.o au-
thOrity that has been handed down
to him for nifty years by a long line
Of ilIusIrious and brave PottaWato-
ME chiefs, his loneliness is pathetic
Fer years tho lndians have been
growing democratic, and no longer
ldok VITA awe upon their chief, hay
ing no more respect for him than
any other member OF the tribe. A
chief has been necessary and will
continue to bs as long as the question
of bounties for the Indians eXistThe
chief Is necessary In signing the pa
pers and government documents as
representative OF the tribe.
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The Kansas CITY star says; II
anything additional was needed TO
convince the county of the utter un-
fitness OF Speaker Cannon for the
great responsibilities and tho power
that have been thrust upon him It
was supplied by the speech he deliv'
cred yesterday before the Rivers and
HarBors Congress in Washington,
The unanimous conclusion reach
ed by those who hAye inteliigently
Investigated the subjeot--includinG
statesmen, governors engineers, eH'
perts and lSymen--is that the old
method Of river improvement has
been grossly wasteiul For example,
with all the money that has been ex-
pended on the Missouri river by the
government, there is nothing to
show for this outlay now in the way
of river traffic The fact is chat
river appropriations have been made
in large measure under system
OF political iobblug, not in accord
ance with Intelligent IDEAS OF making
a waterways system.
Yet Speaker Cannon has substan-
TALLY committed himself TO . continu-
alton Of this old policy, He has al
most committed himself against the
issuance Of bonds for waterways inn
provements, and without the issu-
ance of bonds no comprehensive plan
can DO adopted, no real project work
ed out under fifty years.
And Cannon takes tAis stand in
the name Of economy! Cannon Is
ignorant, but It seems Incredible that
his ignorance can be so dense AZ to
permit him to take this stand IN
good faith. The Rivers ard Har'
bors Congress, composed Of the men
most enlightened on this subject, re-
CARDS the bond plan a. the only
economical scheme that cAA be APP
piled to the river problem.
But It is nothing new Tor Speaker
Cannon to take prepoRtsrsus atti'
tude. More than once no has posed
"a a watchdog Of the treasury wAeH
some relatively trifling but import
ant appropriation has been under
consideration, yet he has been fol
years the moat potential defender o.
high protection, under which aae
people have been robbed Of more
than a half billion dollars every year
Cannon is as unprogrsssive as self
sufficient ignorance and rank hour
bonism can make a man, and thi'
grievous fault together With certain
sympathies that have manifested
themselves huTtfully in many man.
instances, makes him as wAtk to hi
speaker Of the house or to hold an!
other post of power as the woPs
township mossbGek. oAe Of h'
saddest reflections ever east on tn,
national House OF ROpFsssntatiTe'
is its selection of Cannon for speak
err and It's submission to his obstrue
| tive rule.
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Much PUELiC LAND no GO
on MARKET nv Il YEAR.
Prospective Buyers Must Know Land
or BID In Dark--DOPartment
Has no Definite Descriptions.

Austin, Dec. 15.-The coming year
should prove profitable to the pros
peetive purchaser and settler OF land
as a vast quantity OF public domain
will 60 on the market ut various po-
RODS after the holidays. The wide.
spread interest In public lands in
Texas continues 70 develop. The
land commissioner has no difficulty
whatever in dIsposing OF the tracts
that come on the market from time
10 time, The only difficulty attend
ing the sale Is the enormous number
OF applications. Sometimes the land
office here looks like department
store on bargain day.
Lands indicated by descriptions
will come on the market by reason
OF the cancellation OF leases for non
payment OF the annual rental and
the expiration OF others.
II is the better policy, II IS said
for prospective buyers to make per-
sonal Investigations OF the lands Of
iered before the application Is filed.
This will preclude the possibility OF
disappointment in the quality Of land
that may be secured. The land Of
flee has not definite description OF
soil or adaptabillty Of any tract OF
land TO a special purpose.
One may buy not to exceed eight
sections of land in the counties OF
Brewster, Crockett, Edwards, El
Paso, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Pecos, Pre-
eidio, Sutton Terrell and Val Verde.
The counties in which one may buy
not TO exceed four sections of land
are Andrews, Cameron, Crane, DIM
mltt, Duval, Eotor, Gaines, Hidalgo,
Klmble, La Sale, Loving, Maverick,
McMullsn, Midland Reeves, Starr,
Terry, Upton, Uvalde Ward, Webb,
Winkler, Yoakum, Zapata, zavala,
About fifteen sections in Andrews
county out Of the Cowden & Pember-
ton lease come on the market March
/. Twenty or thirty sections IN the
Thomas Newman lease are on the
market February IS. About sixteen
sections in the Dustin lease are pur-
chsseable February 8 twenty odd
sections in the Cowden lease on Feb
ruary 10; twelve sections in the Bus
tin & Mccarthy lease January 25;
twelve sections out of the Pember-
ton & Walker lease March 30 seven
sections in the Dublin lease January
s; thirty-odd sections in the Daugh-
erty lease March eight Bections in
the Cowden lease March Z, and two
sections in the Ratliff lease March
10.
Most Of the land Is classified as
grazing, although there is some ag-
ricultural land also specified. The
price fixed by the land office ranges
from 81 to 81 per acre. no
Considerable interest is already
being manifested in the coming bid
ding and It is expected that great
deal OF the land will go at prices far
in excess OF the commissioners rat
ing.
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from Michigan to the west in 1910,
Mo-gua-go determined never to leave
the hunting grounds of his ancestors,
where they had chased deer for hun
dreds of years. While he pretend
ed to acquiesce in removal, he took
his family one dark night and, es-
Gaping the guards, fled to the woods
and remained sccreted until the sol
dlers we're tired of looking for him.
when he returned to his old hunting
grounds on Nottawa creek. this coun-
ty, where he was Joined from time
to time by other deserving Indians.
This was the foundation Of the old
Mo-gua-go tribe. There they remain
today dreaming OF the old days when
they controlled all of Southern Mich
igan south of the Kalamazoo river
and had frequent sangulnaTy battSas
With the Shawnees from Indiana,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
WHERE HEAT COMES FROM.
Prof. Gigclow Says Pacific States Acc
Part of Tropical System.

From the New York Herald: An
unusually hot day in summer or a
mild one in winter in the United
States is due not to an increased
amount of heat received directly
from the sun, but to the transporta-
tion OF heated air from a warmer re-
gion. The same is true Of the so
called "cold wave" This Is brought
out clearly in a recent investigation
by Prof Bigelow Of the United States
naval observatory. An increase in
solar radiation will add to the heat
Of the tropics, but owing to the
fact that 1t causes an inflow Of cold
air from the poles 1t decreases the
temperature in the middle ATTITUDES.
All this is specially true Of coun-
tries spreading over wide continen-
tai areas, as the United States does.
In an investigation of the weather
records Of the whole country Prof,
Bigelow finds that the Pacific states
form really part Of the tropical sys-
tenn, in which the atmosphere is
generally quiet, being free from the
great circular storms Characteristic
Of the rest of the continent. Thus
the eternal summer OF Southern Cali
iornia is due to the fact that just
here the tropics thrust UP a calm
area into the more turbulent region
miscalled the temperate" zone.