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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

OF course there are times when
nothing short OF summary justice
seems TO fit the occasion, but if the
best interests of all the people are
properly considered resorting to an
Illegal process TO punish the perpe-
traitor of an infamous crime is not
calculated TO be salutary in its eff
feet upon the morals of a commnni-
+ ty. Lynching, if at all eXcusable,
should be the last resort. Our courts
should be upheld and the aid of the
people can do much towards max
ing the courts dispensers of real
Justice Discussing this same sub
jet the Washington Herald ably
says;
The trouble with the lyncher is
that he keeps his every apologist
forever fashioning fresh excuses for
/ Illegal executions of criminals or
suspected criminals. That is to say.
that is one trouble with him-one
among many.
The logical end of lynch law is
/ contempt for all law and reckless
disregard OF it entirely and in all
/ forms. A negro was recently taken
/ from a Florida jail and lynched, not
withstanding the fact that he had
| been tried for the murder he was
alleged to have committed, found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged
, Moreover, his sentence was to have
been executed within five days.
There was no fault to find with the
conduct of his trial. He was prompt
| ly arranged when caught, tried in
order and with due regard TO decor
I Gus and decent procedure, and would
| have been in his grave and out of
the way within ninety days of the
time the crime was committed-and i,
mark you, the crime was not even
the usual" one; it was murder.
What. consciously or uncon-
sciously, was the isolated motive be-
hind this mob dastardly work? 1t
had no excuse whatever along the
usually proclaimed lines. There was
surely no unseemly delay of the law
to complain of. No further appeal to
the courts was contemplated; the
governor even had announced that
he would not seek TO interfere with
the execution of the death sentence,
scheduled to be carried out within
lone motive behind it all was the
mob's inclination TO show its con-
tempt for the Iaw-its willingness
! to repudiate the laws authority upon
! the slightest pretext. That is what
moved it to lynch this negro. Split
hairs as one may, and seek for other
and better reasons if one will, there
stands the truth Of the matter in all
of its hideousness. And it is the log
ical elimination of lynch law.
: "Lawlessness feeds upon itself,
and wakes fatter and fatter as the
diet is supplied in even more gen.
erous measure. 1t cankers the soul
of the rich and the poor impartially
1t produces lyncher in Florida and
millionaire thief among the sugar
trust kings in New York. The one
breaks one commandment by TAX
ing human life without undisputed
justification, the other breaks anoth-
er commandment by employing false
weights and measures in dealing
with his fellowman and supplying his
bodily wants and necessities. And
both are the victims of themselves
and the faint of disrespect for the
law of the land
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17
History.

History is a running account Of how
King Some ody-oT-other either did OF
did not get to n certain place, which
nobody ever heard or before King
Somebody-eiSc GOT there, from which
we are usually supposed to conclude
that ii would have made quite a diff
ference whether he did or not.
Like nearly everything else. history
has two sides. The history of the gar
den OF E0cn depends upon whether II
is related b. Il man or "A woman.
The history Of the American Rev"lu
tion reads quite different in English
books from the way it reads In our
own books.
History Is bore. not only because
you are uuacquairtcd with the people
who figure in H., hur because it re
peatS .--l. 1'rv
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17
I.UticaVorers Meet.

Waco, Texas, June I7.-All OF the
Christian Endeayor Unions of Texas
are represented among the delegates
arriving in Waco today for the state
convention The sessions will occu-
.py the next three days and will be
addressed by Dr. Francis e, Clark
of Boston, founder of the Christian
Endeavor movement, c. p Diaz of
Mexico and other notable workers
of the union.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

Your back yard not only has a
legitimate place in your life but in
the lives OF others, and the first
law for il is to keep it clean, If it
harbors things filthy or unseemly to
breed flies and disease, distress and
death, then its possessor is, or is in
the way OF becoming a "whited Sc
pulCbre"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

ginning and end, and total during
the remainder of the course.
The path of the central eclipse
commences in Siberia, passing over
the north pole, thence along the
west coast of Greenland, terminating
in the North Atlantic ocean near
Cape Farewell.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17
THE CONSTIPATION EVIL.
Is Responsible for Most Cases of
Piles

Constipation para1yzes the blood
vessels OF the lower bowel, and often
causes piles. Women, and all other
indoor workers, are the most fire.
quent sufferers. But curing consti-
patton alone won't cure piles. A spe-
cial medicine is needed-internal
treatment, to strengthen the flabby
veins and start pure blood circulat-
ing.
DR.. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid is the
only internal pile cure. Sold under
guarantee. II at B. w Fearis, Waxa-
hachie, Texas, or DR.. Leonhardt Co,
Station b, Buffalo, n. Y Write for
booklet. Dc
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

A real newspaper man knows a
news item when he meets it, but this
has nothing TO do with the alleged
sage" who spends his time in trying
TO impugn the motive OF news as re-
ported in some other paper
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

1t is practically settled that the
WaXahachie and Midlothian pre-
cincts will vote bonds to build pike
roads. and Italy and Milford pre-
cincts are lining up for better pub
lie highways
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17
Boom North New York.

Watertown. \. Y, June 17.-To
proclaim 10 the world the advantages
of this section of the Empire state
is the purpose of the Northern New
York Development League, organic
ed at meeting of commercial inter
ests here today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

There are no strings on you.
Drink WaXahachie mineral water
and get in line with the progress
siVeS
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

Spencer he will call a special meet
ing of the court to act on same.
The meeting was ably presided
over by Mayor d. B. Holland of Mid
lothian.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

For Observation-Disclosures Capudine.
Whether from colds, Heat, Stomach
or Nervous Troubles, Capudine will
relieve you. It's liquid-pleasant to
take-acts Immediately. Try 1t, 10c,
csc. and soc at drug stores. alt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

If the gravel road idea keeps
growing a couple OF pretty good fell
lows are going TO get lonesome
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

Let's push on the lines a little and
hurry UP that street lighting propo-
sition.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

All things may come to him who
waits, but the fellow who helps
things 10 move his way gets the most
njoyment
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

There are men and then there are
some things that only look and dress
like men
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

w. A. OWNBN City Fditor
Residence Phone, Bell No. 2s91
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

Get busy with a new idea. You
have worn your old "knocker" to an
echo.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

Amy erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation OF any
person, firm or corporation that may APP
ear in the columns OF the Daily Light
will be gladly corrected upon ii being
brought to the attention OF the manage
ment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

Obituaries. resolutions OF respect, ca rds
oil thanks all matter not NEWS will be
charged for at the rate OF cents per line.
Poetry at double price.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

Everybody is fighting flies but
you. Get busy
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Entered at the Waxahachie Postotfice as
Mail Matter of the Second Glass. :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
RETURNS FROM FOREsTs

That the benefits in the way of ma
terial returns to settlers and to states
which are resulting from the new
policy of the federal government in the
management Of the forests of the ma
ton are not inconsiderable is evidenced
by statement issued recently by the
forest service department of the United
States department of agriculture. 1t
shows that during the last fiscal year
ending June 80. the forest service is
sued to settlers in the neighborhood of
national forests in western states over
10000 free use'' permits. under which
the settlers received free about 264 900
cords of firewood, posts, poles and saw
logs, worth S169,320, or about "a cents
per cord in the forest-a low valuation.
Besides this, the different states re-
ceived for school and road purposes %
per cent of the income from the ma
tional forests amounting last year to
$447 ,064. The direct return to the states
in lieu of taxes on the 147 million acres,
the estimated area of unpatented land
in the national forests, amounted then
in the last year to ss16,SS4 in cash and
free use" timber.
In 1907, the total of free use" ma
teria1 and money paid over amounted
to about 1858, 400. The increase of the
amount given to the states from 10 per
cent to 25 per cent of course is largely
responsible for the large return in
1903. but even had this percentage not
been changed a good increase would
have been shown, despite the democrat
ization of the lumber business caused
by the financial furry. In fact, this in
crease may be looked for up to many
times the present amount as the de-
mand for timber increases and the
forests are developed more and more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
AYHAWKER JOTS

An Ellsworth man reports having
shipped a carload of straw to Kansas
City last week; and after selling the
straw and turning the total proceeds
over to the railroad, he still owed the
| company 81 on the freight bill.
Attention is called by the Emporia
Gazette to the fact that lola is
naturally feeling gay. having com
pleted arrangements for a Nordica
concert in January. She feels that
this viii humiliate Parsons. which has
nothing better to offer than the Paul
Weggen case, as an inducement to set
tiers.
The Hutchinson Gazette calls at
tention to the fact that the lawmakers
of the past evidently thought it re-
quires less sense on a girls part to
get married than it does to vote, in
her parents consent when she is
eighteen years old but cannot vote I'M
til she is twenty-one.
The Jewell County Republican ex-
plains how a tragedy happened: IAN
Alton man who testified that he took
little whisky every day on account
of his heart. finally got that organ in
such good condition that he shot and
killed an unarmed citizen over there
who also had a habit of taking a lit
tie something for his stomach's
sake
A cat and dog were needed for
the proper presentation of home
talent play in Glen Elder last week
The animals were tied together in the
dressing room. and while waiting for
their "cue" the dog got mad and
killed the cat. 1t is related that pussy
was carried on the stage, however,
but she acted her part in a 'lifeless"
manner.-Cawker City Ledger.
This being the season for oyster
suppers in the rural communities, the
chance is afforded to the newspapers
to revive and revamp the old story
about a man finding a pearl in his
portion but being more or less dis
gusted over his luck because he did
not find any oyster. And from a
glance over the exchange not, a single
paper in any locality where an oyster
supper has been held has failed to
take advantage of the opportunity to
spring this tale.
Well said Bent Murdoch, the
other night, as he pinned on a fresh
carnation, 'I know what Roosevelt is
going to take along to Africa with
him in the way of killing utensils"
"WeH?"
"He is going to take a mountain
howitzer," said Bent. land a Missouri
mule"
Diagram it,
''Sure," replied the veteran Ell
Dorado editor. "That which isn't
killed by the howitzer will be kicked
to death by the mule.''-Kansas City
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
THE SUN AND ALASKA.

The beginning of the suns march
north, which the national government
has been thoughtful enough to flash to
Geographic centers in Alaska, is a well
come event in the northern country,
for it is the beginning OF frightening
days, the beginning of the end of the
Arctic night.
Speculative astronomers have drawn
frightful pictures of a shivering and
freezing human race in that remote
season when 1.-THE sun shall be
folded up as Mahomet eloquently
described it; but in the meantime the
central orb of our planetary system
has continued to feed on meteors,
stars and comets, and has shown no
dininution in the cyclonic furies
which give rise to those abysmal spots
which still puzzle the wfsest of the
gazers.
1t is most natural for the AIaskans
to welcome the beginning of the suns
swing toward the north. The sun is a
more important factor in the affairs of
human kind now than it was in the
time of sun worshippers. 1t is
scientific fact of supreme mo-
ment. and in the cold, bleaxy parts of
the north, where the rays finally filter
through black vestments to illumine
recesses which have passed through a
season of blindness the suns return
will be welcome, indeed.-Seattle
Observation-Disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
The .erouch, in New York.

Il have just come across the very
latest form of making touch" said
Sydney Ashbridge, of Washington. D.
c., who has been staying at the st.
Adams. in East Thirty-first street. 81
always come here to learn, but this
time 1 think 1 am in on the ground
floor.
you are walking along a street
when rather well dressed young man
approaches, looks you over for a sec
tracts your attention. Pardon me for
asking you,' says the plausible one, do
you mind telling me where you were
five years ago?'
mot recognizing this form of ap-
proach, and remembering the mans
start, you reply that five years ago you
were in Baltimore. Tampa, or wherever
you were at the time.
I thought SOP exclaims your new
found friend. I don't believe you re-
who lived in Baltimore. I met you
there
by this time you are rather inter
ested in your companion: While you
name, you can at least recall some
man, name forgotten, who might an
swer Robinson's description. He asks
if you ever go back to the old town,
and your reply leads to a conversation.
= You are led subtly up to the touch.
there is an inquiry as to how your
worldly prospects are, and though you
do not remember the man, you
have pride enough to admit that
you are doing tolerably we'll. Your
questioner has no such pride. He is
not doing well, and he confides that
fact to you simply as his friend. New
York he has found a hard city. Yes,
he will soon be fixed. but that will be
on Monday; but today happens to be
Saturday. How will the interval be
bridged? Then you have reached the
end of the devious course. and the
touch is artistically made.
1.-THE first time it cost me dollar;
but the second time let it go to the
changed prospects part, and then
walked on, guessing aloud that both
our prospects changed from then on.
1t is certainly artistic, but I hope it
does not spread to Washington. New
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12

Thou hast not HvedI No aim of earth
Thy body ServeS-nor home nor birth;
No children'S eyes look up to thee
To solace thy mortality.
Thou hast not livedi Forbidden seas
Shut thee from Beauty's treasures;
Not for those hungry eyes of thine
Her marbles CLEAN. her colors shine.
Thou hast not lived! Hast never brought,
To SteadfaSt form thy hidden thought;
Striving to speak. thou still art mute,
And fain to bear. hast yet no fruit
So spake the Tempter. at his plot,
But thee. my Soul. he counted noti
Who madst me stand. serene and free,
And give him answer dauntlessly.
YEA. shapes of earth are sweet and near.
And home and child are very dear:
Yet do I Hve-to be denied
These things and still be satisfied.
Yea Beauty's treasures all are barred
By one dark hand-so spare, so hard!
Yet do I live-who still can be
Their lover, though may not see.
Yea. it is true that I have wrought
No form divine from secret thought;
Yet do l 1fve-since fain am
To work that marvel ere 1 die.
''And if fruitless seem to thee,
Yet hath my God some fruit of me;
Since / can hear thee out-and bear
A spirit still for dreams and prayerr'
Margaret Steele Anderson in American
MAGAZINE,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

The woman a man would like to
have worry about him seldom does it.
No woman should blow her nose in
the presence of the man who loves her.
There is no picture equal to the tin
type, if you are satisfied with a like
ness.
Every public speaker has been called
by some one 1.-The prince of orators"
You often hear people say, in a pitt
full sort of way: He's getting along
in years.
A woman nearly always says of an
other woman: "She hasn't anything
to do
An Atchison man who was told he
should not say widow woman" as it is
improper, now says widow LADY,
Titles are greatly overworked. An
Atchison man is known as Professor
because he is professor of religion
OF course, no sensible man is
ashamed of his age, but he regards it
as he does his bank account; nobody's
business but his own.
No man ever fell in love with suf-
fragist. When you find a suffragist
married, her husband fell in love with
her before she became suffragist.
You often hear this said of a man:
He's a Dead One" That is, he is
slow, and doesn't amount to anything
Look yourself over: are YOU a Dead
ore?
Every man Who runs for office says:
They are always talking of the inn
portance of nonoin ting good men for
ces Now the people have a chance,
let them vote for me-
There is one thing in favor of the
silver fruit knives that are passed
around on social occasions: they are so
dull you have no fear that they have
been used in cutting corns
A crowd of girls and young man
stood on the corner the other evening,
and every time the young man said
anything. the girls would cream with
laughter. ''Oh, you are killing u.s."
they roared; ''go away; you are too
funny" He was a honey boy without
a Mamie, and they were making bids.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
SPOTTESRS.

A law exists in Illinois which prohib-
its the sale of cigarettes to minors.
Certain reform agencies are now car
rying on a campaign for it's rigid en-
forcement in the city of Chicago. They
are using young boys for tools; sending
them into tobacco shops to purchase
cigarettes and then having them furnish
the evidence for the arrest and convic-
ton of the dealers. This practice has
rightly come in for some pretty severe
condemnation from other Chicagoans,
who believe in the majesty of the law
as we'll as the reformers in question,
but who look upon the use of spoilers,
of this sort particularly young boys,
as a pernicious practice. Prominent
among those who are strongly oppos-
ed to this perversion of the youths of
Chicago is Rev. Joseph A. Milburn, a
prominent clergyman of that city. who.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

LF'rom the Chicago News.l
Even a crook may take his liquor
straight.
The age of a colored woman may be
dark secret.
Actions speak louder than words
when deaf mutes talk.
No, Alonzo, a sample room isn't the
place to get free samples.
A man seldom appreciates his wife's
care until he gets sick.
A locomotive engineer breads a mis-
placed switch; a naughty boy doesn't.
When a man does try to be good but
few people will believe It.
Acquire the gambling habit If you
would learn the art of not saving
money.
Too much time is wasted in trying to
reform things that are not worth re-
form.
1t takes man with an exceptionally
good command of language to control
a talkative woman.
This is the season when a man who
wants to remember the poor can sit
down and fix his mind on himself
There are some foolish, trusting men
who can read over the recipe Tor mince
pie and then imagine they know what
it is made of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12

you wanted to marry me-" she said. Il
to bribe you to propose. Please go
away" And Chiswick went, only too
glad to escape the scene his blunder
promised to cause.
Bruce coming in that evening to
make certain that all was right found
the girl he>loved still sobbing on the
couch.
land you were so anxious to get rid
of me that you bribed Jack Chiswick
with a mine" she cried when the cause
of her tears had been explained.
'I thought you loved him." explained
Bruce, simply, land without money you
could not have been happy-wtth him
IT can be happy without money-with
you" she reminded, and Bruce took
her in his arms well content to lose the
mine and find a heart OF gold.-(Copy-
righted, 1909, by Associated Literary
PreSs.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
in speaking on the subject. recently

in speaking on the subject. recently
said:
Il would rather sell cigarettes al
day long than tempt young boys to &c
into places where they are sold and
buy them in order to get evidence
against dealers who are violating the
city ordinances in this regard.
There is no man so low, so disrep-
utable, as the man who will tell lie.
who will practice deception. do not
approve of the practice of obtaining
evidence through the assistance of lit
tie children. If you go up the street
and attempt to get him to buy cigar
cites for you. you have corrupted that
lad.
Il would rather that my boy, If 1
had one, should smoke cigarettes from
morning until night. than that he
should become a liar.''
A spotter, who will purposely deceive
an individual into violating a law. does
not possess, as rule, a character that
is considered trustworthy by honest
men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most people have an idea that they
are not properly understood but they
are fooling themselves.
y X
Among the most powerful wills are
those which provide an income for bene-
ficiaries as long as they behave.
X X X
If the world owes every man a good
living it appears to be mighty slow in
paying many of its debts.
X x
Even mule can make an automobile
go, when the efforts of the chauffeur
fail, if it is securely fastened to the
machine.
Inasmuch as minister does not serve
without pay it ought to be right to say
that three hearts, at least, are made
happy at every wedding.