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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23
ENCOI INDICATIONS.

As discouraging as the negro
problem is, because OF the persist
ent obstiuacy of many influential
northern men in refusing to under
stand the situation and the undimin-
ished activity in cooperating with a
class of social equality negroes in
the north to render the problem
more difficult, now and then we gain
an Influential friend who speaks
courageously in our behalf.
Mr.. William Archer, writing in
July McClure's of his observations
in the south, used this significant
language: The south is in the main
actuated by just and far-reaching,
if not far-seeing instinct. ! believe
that the problem, far from being un-
real, is so real and so disheartening-
~ difficult that nothing but an al
most superhuman wisdom, energy
and courage will ever effectually
deal with it
Only few days ago, DR.. Lyman
Abbott, editor of the Outlook, de-
clared his sympathy with the intense
feelings Of the southern white and
voiced his strong confirmation of
the views of DR.. Eliot and Ambassa-
dor Bryce about the south's ultimate
problem.
Some weeks ago Thomas Went
worth Higginson, an abolitionist of
the old school and commander of a
negro regiment during the war, de-
clined an invitation to attend a con-
ference on the status of the negro
and deplored all such agitation on
the ground that it made the prob
lem of the south only more difficult.
The late Daniel II, Chamberlin,
a reconstruction carpetbag governor
of South Carolina, before his death
wrote strongly and frequently in de-
Tense of the attitude of the white
people of the south, and President
Taft has won great popularity in the
south by firmly declining to use his
influence in behalf of the inprac-
teal theories advocated by a class
of northern agitators.
And even Golfers takes the prac-
teal view when it says: The day
may yet come when the north will
J,y hat no
south's stubborn refusal since the
civil war, to yield an inch of its
stand in the matter of the relations
of the races was an epochal contribu-
ton to the white race in America,
which under the outrageous difficult
ties which the north pressed down
upon the south, could not have been
done differently. Probably it would
be impossible to prophesy a day
more unhappy for this continent
than the one on which the southern
white should abate one iota of his
race pride"
And not the least gratifying evil
dence of progress is the increasing
number of southern negro leaders
who understand The situation and its
difficulties and are in full accord
with the best white people of tho
south in their efforts to improve
the condition of the negro.
In the midst of great difficulties,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

There may be "grafters' in Ellis
county, but they are not all good
roads advocates, The worst kind of
a CRATER is the fellow who owns
his farms and kicks at trifling tax
for the building of good roads that
would prove a comfort and conven-
fence to his renters.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23
Are Your kidneys UeIl9

Bright's Disease, Diaveres, Rheu-
matism, Gout, Gravel Dropsy. lnfla-
nation of the Bladder. Bad Blood
and Nervous Troubles caused by sick
Kidneys.
Hood & Curtin. the well known
druggists of Waxahachie. know by
experience that HINDIPO win cure
all forms Of Kidney and Nervous
Troubles. and will guarantee it in
all cases.
Can't you afford TO try it at their
risk? 1t costs you nothing if 1t don t
dc the work
Sent by mali to any address, pre-
paid on receipt of SO cents. Six box
es, $3.50, under positive guaran-
tee. fit
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

The Enterprise Publishing Company is
IN no wise responsible for de BITS that may
be contracted by employees, nor " ill We
assume payment Oi such debts under
any circumstances. Every empIoye of
this office is paid promptly for work
done. This is to protect ourselves and
the selling public-ENTERPRISE PUB
FISHING COMPANY, Per g. W. NJ u.
Knight, Manager.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

Any kind of an investigation holds
horrors for some of the Texas news
paper fraternity and it is but natur-
al that, in the peuitentiary inyestl-
cation now on, the penitentiary
should have some warm defenders.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23
Polite.

First Hobo-Say. did yer ever make
an after dinner speech? Second Hobo
Sure, ! always do. First Hobo
Con Second Hobo-Sure. l always
SEE, Thank We. ma'am." - Syracuse
Herald
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23
Notice in Re Transfers.

Those parents and guardians liv-
ing outside of the city, who expect to
send their children to the Waxaha-
chic Public schools the coming year
should see the county superintend-
ent and have them transferred be-
fore August /. No transfers can be
made after that time. Walter Acker.
City Superintendent. d86w27
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

Good roads will give us first
Monday trades days every day in the
week and every week in the year.
Vote for the bonds.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

An esteemed comic contemporary
published in New York. has discov-
cred a new hybrid, the "Donk-
phant.' which is a more wonderful
beast than the freak which Mr..
Roosevelt is alleged TO have found
in his wanderings in the African
Jungle. The "Donkpnant' combines
the physical characteristics of two
animals which are. respectively, the
symbols and mascOts of the demo-
cratic and republican parties. This
hybrid in our comic contemporary S
view, bolizes the Aldrich-Payne
tariff bill, and Uncle Sam. who is
leading it out of the capitol, has any
thing but a pleased and contented
expression. 1t is doubtful whether
the "Donkphant' ever becomes pop
ular in the United States. 1t is al
ready disliked heartily in the west,
and in certain republican circles in
the eastern states il is regarded with
disfavor. President Taft said recent
ly that his party has troubles of its
own" 1t is likely that the he hi
the "Drnkpbant' in mind.-Palti,
more Sun.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23
W. a. OWNBN City Editor
Residence Phone, Bell No. 2s9l

Cleanliness adds to health as well
as appearances. What are you do
ing 10 make WaXahachie the city
beautiful?
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23
Hicks Capudine Cures Sick Heat

A l5o Nervous Headache, travellers
Headache and aches from Grip,
Stomach Troubles or Female trou-
bles Try Capudine-it's liquid--ef-
fects Immediately. Sold by drug
gists. alt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

year-od son can tell his father that
the oid man won't Excha nge.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

Says the Lancaster Herald: Good
railroads, wagon roads and interur-
ban roads add to the wealth of a
community Any means that brings
us in closer touch with other COM
munities extends our trade territory
induces population, enhances the
value of our lands and in time will
bring about factories and industries
in our midst"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

ANY erroneous reflection upon the
character. standing or reputation Of any
person, firm or corporation that may APP
ear in the columns of the Dali! Light
viii be gladly corrected upon il being
brought to the attention OF the manage
nent.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

They that hove ron arc stronger than
xOur hatefs. -odwip Arnold.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

Blank notes at the Daily Light
office. tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

Obituaries resolutions OF respect,cards
OF thanks-ali matter not NEWS-wil be
charged for at the rate of cents per line.
Poetry at double price.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-23

PIPING,
Roofing and all pair work We
guarantee satisfactory work and
prices Fine modern
BATH ROOM EQUIPMENTS
Kitchen Sinks, Wash Tubs, etc.
Don't neglect the Plumbing If you
think anything is wrong, have it ex-
amined at once. Your health may
depend upon it.
f. 5. CRONk co.
Dealers in Mill, Gin, Plumbing and
Water Supplies, Metal and
Genasco Roofing, Etc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
Two Extremes.

Life insurance agents who do bust
ness in South American republics where
divorces are forbidden, state that by
far the greater part of their business
is in writing policies for business and
professional men who wish to provide
for women with whom they have con-
tracted illicit unions, says the Spokes-
man-RevieW. In the light of that
statement it would seem that divorce
is not the unmixed evil it is painted.
So long as man and woman errs there
will come a time when the marital
relation will become intOlerable.
1t is regrettable that such cases occur.
but inasmuch as they often do, then
the question is. how to deal with the
situation. The best way to have dealt
with it, would have been to prevent it,
but that time and opportunity having
passed, what is to be done? In Ameri-
ca the couple are divorced. Generally
at least one party soon marries again.
Perhaps the party who has twice mar
ried is divorced again and marries a
third time. That is because we grant
divorces on every frivolous pretext.
We should first demand that every
effort be exhausted to bring about a
reconciliation, and if reconciliation Is
impossible, let there be divorce, but
only on proof of grave wrong OH the
part Of one party to the union. Let
this be backed by public sentiment
enter into and preserve the marriage
relation as a holy thing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
Charles r. Crane and the Chinese.

The president has chosen Charles r.
Crane to be minister to China. To read
that Mr. Crane is a Chicago manufact-
urer does not throw much light on his
qualifications, but light does come along
the lines of a Washington dispatch that
mentions that "his uncle Prof. Williams,
was professor of Chinese at Yale and
wrote book in China If Mr.. Crane is
a nephew of Wells Williams it helps to
explain the appointment. w ellis Will
liams, one of the first American mission
aries to China. did great service to the
world in learning and teaching the Chi
nese language. We believe he translated
the bible into Chinese; and for many
years he was secretary of the American
legation at Pekin. and the chief channel
of diplomatic intercourse between this
country and China. A man in the line
of descent, even collateral, from Wells
Williams would naturally be under sus-
picon of having qualifications to be
minister to China.-Harper's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
The Blind Passion.

my love is like the red, red roser
l sing mid visions haZy,
I'm fancy smitten, l suppose
And when ones that way. goodness know:
He's just the same as crazy!
Perhaps she's no more like a rose
Then | am like a daisy.
Her eyes shine like the stars of night"
My fancy goes assigning,
But I'm in love and mot just right
TO say that sounds much more polite
Than that I'm falsifying)
Perhaps they don't shine near so bright
AS stars do when they're trying.
Her neck is like the graceful swan's!"
l hear myself alleging;
But I'm in love, and truth absconds.
And facts become strange vagabonds,
When one his love is pledging.
I'm glad her neck's not like the swans,
Which it employs for dredging.
Yes, I'm in love, ALAS and when
Ones that way he is dizzy;
For in that state the best of men
They say. nine out of every ten
With fOoishness get busy.
In love, mans sure he's "It''-and then
He weds and wonders. 'Is hep
Nixon Waterman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
Germany's Growth in Wealth and
Power.

Unquestionably the great growth of
Germany, in population, power, and
material wealth since the capitulation
of Paris, has been the marvel of all
Europe. 1t was natural enough that
some of the other powers-notably
England and France,-should view this
great development of the potential
forces inherent in the new national
life Of Germany with ill-concealed jeal-
ousy and apprehension. This fact has
been shown i'll many ways, but never
more forcibly than in the recent Ger
man war scare" that recently devel-
oped such surprising and lamentable
case of nerves" in merry old Eng
land.
The German policy of maintaining a
powerful army-practically converting
the whole country into a vast military
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
The Farmers Day.

There is an optimistic note in the re-
ports of the recent meeting of the Ok
lahoma farmers Union. B. F. Yoak-
un, representing a gigantic railroad
combine, i'll an address to the assem-
bled agriculturalists, told his audience
that the railroad and the farmer are
interdependent for prosperity. When
railroad promoter seeks capital for
a new road he is promptly asked what
sort of a community the road will
serve If he can reply that the road
will serve a prosperous farming COM
munity, the battle is half won.
The speaker called attention, also, to
the other side of the case. When
farmer is seeking place to invest his
money, he first inquiries whether the
railroad facilities for reaching mar
ket are sufficient and the rates rea-
sonable The railroad needs the farm
err and the farmer needs the railroad.
With that as foundation it ought not
to be difficult to agree.
One of the reasons why the two par
ties have not agreed better in the past
is because the railroad, while it was
we'll organized and ready for business,
was obliged to deal with the farmers
as individuals. Inasmuch as the rail-
road was the stronger and more ag-
gressive complaints of unfair treat
ment We're frequent. A feeling of an
tagonism toward the railroad and
disposition to resort to any methods to
beat the company" resulted. There Is
no doubt but that that spirit has cost
the railroads of this country millions
of dollars, Just as extortionate rail-
road rates have cost the farmers other
millions
Mr.. Yoakum told the Oklahoma far
mers that he believed that farmers Or
CARNATIONS would help both parties
and he is right.
With a we'll organized Farmers I'm
ion or Grange to deal with, the rail-
roads will cease to milk" the country
for all it is worth,-through fear as
well as for other reasons. The farmers
will get better rates and the COM
panies will get more to haul. A pros
porous farmer sells more than the far
mer who gets bare living. Excessive
railroad rates have kept many a farm
err fighting poverty all his days.
Mr.. Yoakum, in summing up his ar
gument said:
"The large systems can help the
farmers in marketing their products,
but to do so to the best advantage
they must be supported by the farm
ers of the nation in asking that this
important instrument of commerce
be not disturbed in it's efficiency to
serve them best both in transportation
and in market aid: and that untried
political theories be not allowed to be
injected into the laws of our country,
changing the present system of hand
ling it's commerce."
That sounds well but the farmer will
ponder on it before accepting it as
gospel Heretofore the farmer has
found the railroad amply able to take
care of itself without his aid. If the
railroad has reached a point where it
needs him it might be well to have an
interchange of courtesies in which the
farmer gets a few long deferred ia
vors
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
A Call to Action.

The pesky fly now makes you swear by
crawling, crawling everywhere. He wipes
his feet upon the bread, and creeps about
YOUR hairless head. Within the milk he
takes a bath, and in the butter makes a
path, and then he angers Mary Jane by
speaking up the window pane, and man.
ma yells and baby squirms because he
leaves those awful germs. Get out the
sticky paper, quick, and make him gosha-
mighty sick!-Los Angeles Express.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
The Gentle Cvnic,

Most of us believe in eternal punish
mentor our enemies.
A man never fights so hard for princ-
pie as he does for results.
Occasionally you find a grown man who
seems to eat almost as much as a small
boy.
The things that make a man dscon-
tented are not what he has, but what he
wants.
1t is quite natural that a fellow will
never have a show unless he has the price
of admission.
Some men are so rich that they even
seem to think they can pay their respects
in dollars.-New York Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
His Nerve.

'Heard there was a rainmaker in these
parts last week. remarked the light
ning-rod agent. "How did he make out?''
HIM! growled the farmer. Instead
of bringing rain he brought a hailstorm.' -
Gracious! 1 guess the whole country
was sore?'
well. we might have excused him
stranger. if he hadn't tried to spring such
pun on u.s.
Pun"
Yes, when he saw the halstones COM
ing down he laughed and said that
showed he was a hail fellow we'll met
and then we ran him out of the communi-
ty. be jinks!'-Chicago News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
His View of the Matter.

"And what" demanded lady lecturer,
who kas dscoursing on the rights of
women, lis to be the result of our eman-
cipation?" She looked round with the
calm assurance of one who has asked a
poser. II know!" shouted a little man
who, in a corner of the hail. was waiting
for his wife. "Ah," returned the new
woman" on the platform scornfully,
"our friend in front thinks he has solved
the problem. We will gladly give our at
tention while he tells us what is to be the
result" cold meals and ragged chill
dren." shouted the solver.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
When Mary Should Marry.

louisville CONFECTIONERY
The question of when a girl should
marry is up for discussion as a result
of the Stiffness of the season. A girl
should marry when the net income %
the aspirant for the honor of footing
her bills is equal to the sum she is ac-
customed to spending, plus the amour.
she would have to spend to make her
acquaintance green with envy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
Times Were Bad.

Politician (canvassng district)-"How
do YOU stand on the election?"
Mr.. Ray Peter-"Pretty poor, so far
Four years ago I sold my vote three
times for 81 apiece cash, and the best 1
can do this time is two sales of 81 each,
payable in sixty days. and the promise of
a $4,000 a year job after election."-Puck.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
Reflections of a Bachelor.

When people can be genuinely charita-
BILE it is to themselves.
The faster a girl can run away from a
man the sooner she can catch him.
The reason girl is sure a man would
like to marry her is some other girl also
thinks she's the one.
If woman rides a block in a taXicab
she can talk about it afterward as when
she was on an automobile tour.
A woman dresses pretty much the same
way to go outdoors in summer as she
does to go to bed in winter.-New York
Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.
What Did He Drink?

George Parker of Lenox Sunday dis
covered a white swallow in an unused
oats box in his barn. Mr.. Parker says the
box had not been opened in two years.
He thinks the bird entered the box before
the lid was turned down in 1907, subsist-
ing on the oats in the box, and that the
confinement turned it's feathers white
New York World -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28

camp, and of building up one of the
most powerful navies of the old world
has been a grievous burden to her peo-
ple. Taxes have steadily increased,
and if the ambitious schemes OF IN
creased armament now in contempla-
ton are carried out it is evident that
the end is not yet.
1t would naturally seem as If the
withdrawal OF the large number Oh
active young men, now doing service
in the German army and navy, from
the fields of. productive enterprise
would cperate to hold in check the
material progress and development OF
the nation. AS a matter of fact, how
ever, Germany during the past few
decades has far .outstripped all the
other nations of the Old World in the
piling up of wealth. This fact is
doubtless due in a considerable measure
to the fact that much of the rough Ia
Dor performed in our own country by
men, is performed in Germany by wo-
men. There was a time when Great
britain was conceded to be the wealth.
lest nation in the world. Today both
the United States and Germany are
leading her in this respect. Accord
ing to a recent statement of Herr Dern-
burg, the kaisers Colonial Secretary.
the increase in the national wealth OF
Germany for the two decades prior to
1904 was 10000, 900, 600 marks. The to-
tai wealth of Germany is now estimated
at $50, 100000 marks, while that of
Great Britain is estimated at S00,0OO,-
900, 900 marks. From this it is evident
that Great Britain has already lost
much of it's industrial and commercial
prestige that formerly was hers, and
can scarcely be said tc be holding her
own today in the race for the world S
markets.
But it is not alone in material wealth
and power, or in the enlargement OF
her territorial boundaries, that Ger
many has expanded since the genius
of Bismark welded her various princi-
palities into one coherent nation-one
mighty empire working for common
ENDS, and animated by common spirit
of nationality. In population alone
under the present regime there has
been an increase from 41,000,000 to g.
900, OO0-a gain of 22,OO0,000. The popu-
lation of Great Britain for 1906 was
AZ, 600 and that of France was 49,
100000. In view of these facts it is
certainly not surprising that France
and England should view with alarm
the rapid growth of Germany in all the
elements of national strength.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28

Omaha business men are willing to
be separated from $50 for the privilege
of eating with Taft, but they decline
to array themselves in spilSe-tail coats
and light trousers. The American bust
ness man is honored by the protest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28

An Italian priest has sounded :,
warning note. He declares that his
countrymen will leave the cities when
they can be assured that they will be
protected from peOnage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28

A list of the heavy stock holders of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad shows that, although the
road indirectly controls the situation,
there is little of the stock owned i'll
this State
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28

Venezuela again promises to pay for
erty. Promises are poor collateral for
the victims. some of whom need the
money
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28

Sarah e. Thompson of Washington.
the Federal soldier who rendered gal
liant service. died this week as the re-
suit Of being struck by street car,
Peace is more dangerous than war.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28

Even if the Department of Agricul
ture does try to shake our faith in the
family cat as rat exterminator, as
moonlight opera performers they are
still in class of their own.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
Lack of Appreciation.

columbus Ohio State Journal)
About the hardest thing an editor
has to do is to convince the contributors
of poetry of his sincere regret that the
limitations of space alone positively
preclude it's publication.