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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02
RED TO THE RIO GRANDE.

over in Louisiana they are utiliZ-
ing convict labor on the public roads
and that's a capital idea. AT meet
ing in New Orleans the other day for
the purpose of furthering the plan
for model roads between that city
and the state capital, Governor San
ders has this to say:
Work has actually started on the
road from Baton Rouge to New Or
leans, and if parish is reached not
ready for Improvement We viii pass
with our camp through that parish
and get on to the next parish that is
ready, The bureau of good roads in
Washington has given more experts
to Louisiana for good roads than to
any state in the union. The experts
have told me that in Louisiana there
has been done very good and very ex-
pert and cheap work that will favor
ably compare with any other state.
Enough Louisiana parishes have vot-
camps 10 work. The sum of $6210
has been collected TO this date tir-
respective of parish appropriations
and $4i60. 46 has been expended. To-
night there was received from the
board of trade $500 more, so the
balance on hand is now S2559.54.
There must be at least four convict
camps in operation by the first of
February Each camp will cost
about $4,000. one camp can build the
road from Baton Rouge to New Or
leans, but this will take time We
want the road between New Orleans
and Baton Rouge to be built before
the end of 1910. Jefferson. St
Charles and ST. John, Baptist parish
es have been noted for good roads
There is enough money for the equip
ment Of four camps. Let us, there
fort, start at once and do the work. >"
Secretary Frank Weldon of the
capital highway association of Vir-
GINA informs the Manufacturers
Record that the project is getting on
splendidly, and that by mid-winter
nearly the whole highway from
Richmond south will be in excellent
touring condition. To further the
project he says he is circulating
along the route the following extract
from the good roads special Of the
Manufacturers Record:
Thousands of tourists from all
parts of the country are in New Eng
and during the summer, spending In |
the aggregate millions OF dollars |
And herein Is a not inferior point 20 !
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

like to see people thrive. | found
r. O. Wilson assisting in the build
ing of house. The Wilson farm is
one of the best improved in the coun-
ty. Out of a we'll II feet deep they
get all the water to furnish 40 head
of stock and five families. Mr. j. o.
Wilson, the editor, and proprietor,
r. O., his son, Mr.. Bailey. hiA SON.
in-law. and two tenant house4 and
they all have hydrants. There's
probably a mile Of pipe. When TIM
wind refuses to blow there Is gas
olene engine ready for service and
the water never runs low.
At Maloney | found ]. NJ. Maloney
and J. B. Brooks enjoying the rest
due them at the close of the day.
From there | wendell my weary way
to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. p
Watson on Ennis s where l spent
the night. Mrs w. was visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Austin Adafr but Mr..
Watson and daughters made it very
pleasant for me- Mr.. Watson got hurt
ten years ago and has suffered 3
great deal but bears it with stoical
fortitude. Saturday he took me in his
buggy and We went to town, where
| met that Forreston widow and
got a dollar from a son of Mrs. Nc
Taylor on Midlothian for the En-
terprise BILL COX.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

nearing the 8Sth mile stone on LIES
highway, not in his usual good
health, but hope he may soon be bet
ter. | was also sorry to learn that
Marvin Parks wife had recently
died W. T. Stovall has recently sold
his farm near Red Oak 10 DR.. G. r.
Stoker but will still live on Red Oak
No. ]. j. l.. Lawrence, a native of
the Red Oak country, ! think, a good
farmer and a good man, was at the
lumber yard. Led Oak, notwithstand-
ing the dry weather and short crops
is doing more improvement than
any other town in the county. The
Odd Fellows new brick hall over R.
Hooks & Co., was about complete.
Geo Lyon is building two brick
houses and the Woodman Hall will
be over them. | may have located the
halls wrong but they are both there.
The artesan well was down 1850
feet. In Waxahachie Wednesday l
met ]. l.. Ellis of WaXahachie who
had been off my list awhile. He said
it was hard to do without the Enter
prise and now he has it. w. A Ham
mond of Red OAK was attending the
Golden trial. j. j. Self, one of the
most quiet and at the same time one
of the most quiet men in the Boz
country was in town Wednesday. NJ.
w Wallace, who clerks for w. j.
McDuffie, had me send the paper to
his niece, Mss Alta B. Huffman at
Gallatin, Tenn. After noon | started
for the Boz country and was over
taken aud taken ir by J. w. White
field and |. S. Jennings. Mr.. Jen-
nings is a reader and will now read
the Enterprise. | found ]. c. Hawks
running a disc plow for D. J. Clay
ton, who had gone to Bristol. At the
home of J L. Woodall / found him
and 7. f. Wilson sowing oats. From
what | could see those Boz farmers
swap work like We used to do in
this country. At the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j 7. Solomon on Forreston 2
came IN contact with good supper
and a dollar Mr.. S told me how he
made a start here. He went to south
ern Texas TO lose it, came back and
is getting there again. | met A. j.
Cheatham of Waxahachie 6 in For
reston Thursday morning. He aid
not tell me but | have seen for my
self that he has been improving his
residence. At WaXahachie | met J.
NJ Andrews, a good farmer and good
friend to the Enterprise from Crisp
No l. Friday on my way to Avalon
| met G. T. Southland on Forreston 3
and he stopped me and gave me a
dollar. j. l.. House has recently sold
his farm and bought an interest in
the drug business of Mr.. Smith of
Avalon. happened in the office of
Dr.. w. A. Grant just in time TO be
invited 10 dinner where | met Mrs.
G.. ate a good dinner and enjoyed
my visit. DR.. Grant is a reader, think
or and is building up in his profess
sion. | have never done any good but
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02
W. A. OWNBY City Edito
Residence Phone, Beg Ne 2s9l

Gossip is drunkenness of the ton
que, assassination of reputation. 1t
runs the gamut from mere ignorant
impertinent intrusion into the lives
of others to malicious Islander. If
facts do not exist it creates them, if
they be innocent il transforms them
into evidence of black guilt by in
genious peryersiou In Interpretation
ii always chooses the worse of two
possible motives. 1t constitutes itself
secret court of inquisition that de-
cides on the fate of the victim in his
absence when he has no chance TO
speak in his own behalf. II is con-
spiracy of wrong. He who listens 10
it without protest is as evil as he
who speaks. One strong manly voice
of protest, of appeal to justice, of
calling halt in the name of charity
could fumigate a room from gossip
as clear sharp winter kills a pestil-
ence.-~-R. A. Holley, in Fuel, Chi
cago
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02
MILLIONS OF LIVES LOST.
An Awful Toll Collected by Con-
sumption. Many Unnecessary
Deaths from this Disease.

If people could only understand
that systematic catarrh Is an inter-
nal disease that external applications
cannot cure, they would not need
to be warned so often about this
malady, which, when neglected,
paves the way oftentimes for con-
sumption, at the cost of millions of
lives every year. Yet catarrh may be
cured, if the right treatment is en-
ployed.
Catarrh is caused by general
diseased state of the system which
leads commonly to annoying and
perhaps serious local conditions,
which may prove fertile breeding
ground for germs of consumption.
External remedies give but temper
larry ease.
The only way to successfully treat
catarrh is by employing a medicine
which is absorubed and carried by
the blood to all parts of the system,
so that the mucous membrane or in
ternal lining of the body is toned up
and made capable OF resisting the
infection of consumption and other
diseases.
We have remedy prepared from
the prescription of physician who
for thirty years studied and made
icatarrh a specially, and whose record
was a patient restored to health in
every case where his treatment was
followed as prescribed. That remedy
lis Rexall Mucu-Tone We are so pos
|itive that it will completely over
come catarrh in all its various forms,
whether acute or chronic, that we
promise to return every penny paid
us for the medicine in every case
where it fails or for any reason does
not satisfy the user
We want you to try Rexall Mucu-
guarantee. We are right here where
YOU live, and you do not ontract any
obligation or risk when YOU try Rex
all MucuTone on our guarantee. We
have ReXall Mucu-Tone in two sizes,
30 cents and s. 90. Very often ~
taking of one 50-cent bottle is suf-
ficleat to make a marked Impression
upon the case. OF course in chronic
cases longer treatment is necessary.
The average in such instances is
three $1.00 bottles Remember you
can obtain ReXall Remedies in Wax
ahachie only a our store.-The Rex
all Store Hood & Curtin, Druggists.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02
THE CARDINAL REFORMS.

1t is our opinion that every evil OF
the present system is directly trace
able to the underlying policy, the de-
sire TO make the oonvicts yield reve-
nue.. In pursuance of which polity
the state has placed majority OF its
convicts at backwoods camps, SO lso-
lated as to render proper supervis-
ion upon the part of officials imprac-
ticable, If not impossible, and to
completely withdraw these prisoners
from the beneficent Influence of the
white light OF publicity. If convicts
are to remain thus unfortunately To-
Gated, and if the policy governoring
the peDitentiary system is to be that
OF money getting, we regard 1t as OF
small moment what the legislature
may do in respect to the matter or
whipping, because some of the suf-
ferings growing out of that policy
are worse than the whipping. There
fore, we note with regret that while
lition of the contract and share sys-
tens, which would go far toward
concentrating the forces, its report
obviously contemplates the retention
of the present state farms, some of
which, in our judgment, are SO un-
fortunately located as to be utterly
unfit for the purposes to which they
have been put. To illustrate our
meaning more fully We will state
reforms necessary in the Texas peni-
Tertiary system:
/. The removal of the peniten-
tiaries from the zone of spoils poll
ties, and the making of provisions
which will insure continuity of poll
cy and management. The recommen-
dations of the committee upon this
subject, including the idea that the
board of control should be bipartisan
are admirable 2 The concentration
of the convict forces in healthful and
accessible locations, where they may
be properly supervised by officials
and come under the notice of the
public 3 The classification of con-
victs with respect to criminality,
rather than revenue possibilities,
which means that the different clas-
SEES should be placed in separate in
stitutions; and the grading of con-
victs in each of these institutions,
connected with which there should
be a merit system. 4. The enactment
of an indeterminate sentence law,
the revising of our parole law along
advanced lines and the enforcement
of same. 5. The establishment of a
civil service system for guards and
other employees of the penitentiaries,
with definite provisions for promo
tion and for decent salaries.
All the rest is detail. Given these
reforms, we believe that whipping
would be dropped even without leg
islative enactment, and that other
atrocities would become almost I'M
possible Dallas News.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02
Grave Digger for Forty Years.

San Antonio. Texas, Dec. after
digging graves for over forty years,
Ambrocio Vargas, IS years of age,
and a resident of San Antonio since
lSi9, had a siX-byfour dug for him
Mr. Vargas was born at Monclova,
III the state of Coahuila, Mexico, and
remembered San Antonio in the days
when it was a little frontier village.
For many years he was the principal
figure in the local Mexican colony
and not a few OF his compatriots
stood in superstitious fear OF him. 1t
was his boast that he had dug the
grave of every prominent San Anton
ian for the last four decades and that
he would dig those of many more.
It is of interest to note that he is
survived by his father, Juan Vargas,
who IS ll2 years of age and still
physically and mentally active. Or
his own family a wife. nine children
and twenty-tour grandchildren sur
vive him.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

be considered by communities of the
south Were northern tourists able
to travel in the sa4e way through
the south in winteY time, not only
would they spend @illions of dollars
there on these VI ITS, but by coming
to know the sout9 through an auto
mobile trip as cannot possibly be
done from Pullman car window,
there would follow a stream of in
vestment not to be secured in any
other way"
Let's be up and going from the
Red to the Rio Grande.-Waco
Times Herald.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

Nacogdoches Sentinel: Oscar b.
Colquitt will not resign his position
as railroad commissioner, and says
so himself, very emphatically. Col
quit made the race for governor
three years ago while eating bread
donated by the people of Texas, and
proposes to do the same stunt again
But he will find rougher sailing this
day and time, and in his efforts to
appear as a hero in forcing others
TO lay aside their official togas he
becomes ridiculous in the sublime
leaving the inference of sarcasm
thai breaches of some lack of conf
dence And from all indications the
esteemed Houston Post is managing
Candidate Colquitt's campaign with
taste 10 suit its own self
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02
QUITS THE MINISTRY.
Cier2ymen Buys Laundry and Will
Wash Soiled Linen.

Spokane, Wash, Dec Rev ID.
B, Mcknight, who came to the north
west from Kansas last spring, evil
IDENTIFY believes there is more money
in washing soiled linen or other peo-
pie than there is in plotting them
along the straight path, At any rate
he has resigned the pastorate of the
First Meth odist church at Whitefish,
Mont, effective December l. TO go
into the laundry business. He has
bought Tom Quong's place and will
convert it into a steam plant, for
which there Is need, since most OF
the work Is sent out of town. Quong
has cleaned up tidy sum, which he
will invest in truck garden some
where in the eastern part of the In
land Empire, firm in the belief that
he will be able to return 10 his ma
tive village, near Canton. in 1915 to
live in ease. The pastor will not
make statement until after he
leaves the ministry
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Does This Suit tour

Hood & Curtin, the cnrerprlsing
druggists of Waxahachie. Texas, are
having such a large run on "HINDI-
PO," the new Kidney Cure and
Nerve Tonic, and hear 1t so highly
praised that they now offer to guar
antee 1t In every case to cure all
forms of Kidney Trou ples and Ner-
vous Disorders.
They Fay for it If it does not give
you entire satisfaction
II you use 1t, 1t Is their risk, not
yours. A 50-cent box sent by NAH
under positive guarantee. WITT
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

The above is the name of a Ger
man chemical. which is one of the
many valuable ingredients of Fol-
ey's Kidney Remedy. Hexameth yie-
netramine is recognized by medical
text books and authorities as a uric
acid solvent and antiseptic for the
urine Take Foley's Kidney Remedy
as soon as you notice any irregular
tiles and avoid serious malady. B.
w Fearis. q
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Some people lose two

Some people, lose two or three
days time hunting a--repiSsSSt
of their houses and then fail to find
one. The cheapest and quickest way
to let the people know you have
house for rent is to place an ad in
the want column of the Daily Light.
214
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

Here's a bit OF advice from the
editorial columns OF the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram that is full Of meat:
Pay your poll tax, patronize home
industry, plant trees, put civic pride
before you, push and pull for a sus-
tanning progress and prosperity
and otherwise help your home town
annex all that's coming 70 it,"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

Leonard Groce and Leroy Cannon
may be alive, as was indicated in
press dispatches Wednesday, but
that fact should not deter Uncle Sam
from administering a fatherly chas-
tisement 10 Zelaya. He needs a lick
ing on general principles
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

Dr. Cook is said 10 be sick man.
II may also be stated that many of
those who swallowed" DR.. Cook 5
conquest of the Arctic circle are
sick Too much OF this pole business,
altogether.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

The Enterprise Furnishing Company is
In nc wise responsible for debts that may
be contracted by employees, nor will we
assume payment OF such debts under
any circumstances. Every employe of
this office is paid promptly tor work
done. This is to protect ourselves and
the selling public-ENTERPRIS PUB
LISTING COMPANY, Per G. W Me-
Knight, Manager.
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Phone II. A EcAfnan at the Dali
~ Light once when you want amy
kina Of print ting done. The best
work guaranteed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation of any
Herson, firm or corporation that may APP
win be gladly corrected Upon it being
brought to the attention OF the manage
ment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

Obituaries resolutions oil respect, cards
of thanks-ali matter not NEWS-wiil be
charged for at the rate OF cents per line.
Poetry at double price.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-12-02

Entered at the Waxahachie Postoffice as
Mail Matter of the Second Glass. 4: !:
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-29
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at jackson, Miss, July
1, 1909 Notice is hereby given that
Charles FL. Patrick, of Pickett, Miss,
who, on November so, 1903, made
homestead entry No. 39258, serial,
No. O15O6, for the NE IA of the
NV IA, section L., township North,
range East, Choctaw Meridian,
has filed notice of his intention TO
make final fiNe-year proof, to estab
lsh claim to the land above described
before the Register and the RECEIVER
of the United States; Land Office, at
Jackson, Mississippi, on the 10th day
of August, 1909. Claimant names as
Witnesses J. c.. G.. Donnell, JOHNS,
Miss; J. ". Patrick, of Everett,
Miss; L. L.. Men ellon, of Joe, Miss;
A. H. Patrick, of PuukBtt, Miss.
L.. O.. c.. LAMAR,
Register.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-29
THE CAMPAIGNS OF McLAURlN

Letters from Washington indicate,
say the press dispatches, that Sem
ator McLaurin lis about to- OPEN his
campaign for reelection" That cam
paigm was opened as SOON as the hast
one was pulled off"
AM able and expert politician like
Anse McLaurin, is always plumed
and primed foP battle; lis always a.
field. He may not be FILLING lists of
appointments, or Calling the yeomant
ry from their plows at unseemly
dates, but like the poor, he lis 'al-
ways with you," and goes i'm with
the cards ON every shuttle and comes
out ON every deal.
He is a brave and frank campaign
er, knowing what he wants and ask
ing for it, and prepared to poise a
lance and enter the lists against all
corners, neither asking nor granting
quarter. His friends are never dn
doubt as. to his quest; his oppont
ents always expect to find him ON
ehe skirmish Lime ready for the crash
Of battle. He lis not coming home to
open campaign for reelection.
Width him as with beligerent Rome,
the Temple of Janus never closes
it's doors. -Aberdeen Examiner.
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DON'T FORGET.

Land is valuable i'm proportion to
tits nearness to market, and dts a.
bility to produce. Larger food crops
grown and fed to- live stock, the ma
nmre saved and used to fertiliEe the
land to- produce larger yields to feed
more stock, which are sold off at
good prices, because of first class
grade, Will settle the value as to fer
Utility
Good roads will shorten distaree
to market and save time and horse
flesh and vehicles and make land val
ues rise. The first you can do inAdi-
vidually-the second you cam earn
estly advocate and work on your
neisihbor to- enlist him i'm the flight
for better highways.
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He declared that the sooner Gabriel
sounded the trHInept calling the class
of negroes who were ashamed OF thei
color, hair, feet, nose and hDs-in
fact hheir race, the more love the bet
ter class of negroes would have fer
that noted trumpeteT-
God made me black man, and
| think He was on to- His Job when
He made nee, and aim proud of my
physical make UP. do not find my
color against me anywhere. l have
made up my mind, and if | Ind not
the result would be the same, THAT
whether in New York, New Eng
CIR the south, | am a negro and ais
such I must work out my future.
Speaking of New England, ann re-
minded that the north discriminates
against me as to where l make my
food and the south as to where | eat
ut; and since making must qprecede
eating, let me make lit and | cam walk
along the street and eat it.. There
us MO hypocracy about the south.
1t does not take the negro up, wine
amid dime him and then kill him for
looking fer a job. Not ait ALL
"Stay among your own people, live
amcng them, join their churches, go
to their lodges, eat at their tables.
be entertained in their parlors, at
tend to your own business, homer and
respect all women, obey the laws OF
the land and you will find that the
south lis the yplace, and right here
you will have many friends
God never ointended THAI l should
be wGhite man, and | do not object
to this. He made me what He want
ed me to be. l kick only against sin
and the devil. Such men as you have
in this state operating banks, nler-
camille houses are doing mere to
lift UP their race than a Thousand
men who have waxed fat and going
over the country kicking about white
folks. Every man must he and 90
fer himself.
The south, as we'll as the n2rth,
will always have domestic servants,
and if tie negroes will not do the
work, others will come in. There
is no hope for them in the north
and their condition win be bad i'm a.
few more years unless they become
reliable, capable servants. The adj
vice of the man and woman as given
above should be followed, but few
will take it unkfl driven to- it.