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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-16
THE PRICE We PAY FOR BAD ROADS
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an actual fact. wherever good roads
have gone, land has increased in
value from 81 TO 50 an acre. In
Jackson county, Alabama, bond is
sue of 100000 built 1926 miles of
macadam road. The selling price OF
land was from So to SIS before the
road was built. On the completion,
land values went up from SIS to
SIS. In Bradley county, Tennessee,
land values advanced from 50 TO SIS
and $50.
Another curious but perfectly nat
;ion. Buyers buy more readily when
they can market easily. Take these
figures:
In twenty-five counties, where
there was only rs per cent of i'm
proved roads, the population de-
creased in the ten years from 1890
to 1900 total of 1880.
In twenty-five counties, where
40 per cent of the roads were i'm
proved, the population increased in
the same period 77S,000.
The effect of good roads on school
attendance needs no proof. In the
five states having the best roads the
average attendance is II per cent
of enrolment In the five states hav-
ing the fewest good roads the at
tendance averages only 80 per cent,
With these figures on schools, it
is not surprising TO find that ignor-
ance and bad roads go together. In
the four bad-roads states, with to-
tai population of 100000, are
ga, 900 men and women, white and
native born, who can neither read
nor write In four good roads states,
with population of 5000. 900, are
only 10000 illiterates.
How the Movement Began.
The movement for good roads is
so recent that it need not be detail
ed here. When colonists first came
to America, the roads followed buff
falo trails and Indian wilderness
paths AS farms became fenced,
roads ran along between boundaries
without regard to the shortest dis
tance or grade; and these were kept
aYIa 10 Ijcnr1nrl CT n VI Ia
bor-farmers turning out for day
once a year for a road picnic, filling
in holes that ought to have been fill
ed in months previously, tinkering
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-16

There is more Catarrn IN this sec
tior of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurahie. For great many years
doctors pronounced it local disease
and prescribed local remedies and by
constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to De a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, o., is
the only constitutional cure on the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-16

market. 1t is taken internally in dos
es from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. 1t
acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circu-
lars and testimonials
Address: F. J. Cheney & Co, To-
ledo, O..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation. d
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Kindly announce in your paper
that l shall be in your city on Mon
day, July 10, as the representative
of the A. & M. College of Texas. |
shall stop at the Rogers hotel and
will be glad to meet and confer with
patrons of the institu-
ton JOHN a. LOMAX.
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HATS cleaned ana reDlccked tip
top" Got to look like new or no
pay. Bring also your clothes here to
be cleaned and pressed, or new ones
made; there is nothing" in tailor
ing that we cant do. All work guar
anteed. Phone 57l. NJ. Kurzlieb. 116
College street. tt
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Everyone would be benefited by
taking Foley's Orino Laxative for
stomach and liver trouble and hab-
itual constipation. It sweeetens the
stomach and breath, gently stimu-
lates the liver and regulates the
bowels and is much superior to pills
and ordinary laxatives. Why not try
Foley's Orino Laxative today II. W.
Fearis. G
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FOR SALE-In compliance with the
instructions of the county court Of
Ellis county, Texas, we will sell to
the highest bidder at private sale, a
part of block No. 1862, known as the
J. ]. Holveck property on East JET
ferson street. corner lot about look
200 feet, on which is located a five
room frame house with front gallery,
small barn, etc. State Bank & Trust
Co, Administrator. 81
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Out last night? Headache and
nervous this morning? Hicks Cap
udine just the thing to fit you for
business. Gears the head--braces
the nerves. Try it. At drug stores.
alt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-16

CALVIN BROS, are prepared to at
tend to your wants when they are
in the gents furnishing line. Clean
ing, pressing and repairing receive
their careful attention and satisfac-
ton is always guaranteed. Phone
them and see. tt
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and trifling away time with no spe-
/ cial director. The results were what
might have been expected. Men do
not employ blacksmiths as doctors;
and why should farmers be supposed
/ to possess the technical knowledge
of an engineer? During various
wars, two or three good roads We're
hacked through the wilderness
across country, from New York up
to Boston along the old post road,
from the Cumberland Mountains
west to st. Louis, from Virginia up
through Pennsylvania to Pittsburg,
and when immigration began TO roll
westward, from St. Louis to Oregon.
/ With these exceptions, the highways
of the United. States were system
! OF pig-track trails.
/ Then came the great railroad
building era down in 1880, when
public roads were forgotten in the
expectation that railroads would
supplant them; but as population
grew, the necessity for roads to link
farm with marke- became daily
more insistent. Kentucky and Penn
sylyania had long had toll roads;
but these were unsatisfactory; and
about 1891 New Jersey began the
state-aid system. followed by Massa-
oh, q
York, Maine. and Rhode Island, I'M
til more than twenty states had spe-
! cial highway commissions. Illinois
/ Virginia, and Alabama have tried
most successfully the convict labor
ON the roads. There is much to CON-
mend convict labor. 1t removes the
I OF contract slavery in the south. 1t
cuts the cost of good roads labor eX-
actly in half IT gives definite return
to the state for the care of law
breakers, and it gives wholesome
employment TO cOnvicts without
competing in the labor market
against legitimate labor.
Oil Roads in California
Counties in California are under
! taking good roads as direct invest
ment Tourist travel brings hundreds
: of millions of dollars to favored
counties; and the favored counties
are not only building good roads,
but building dustless roads. This is
hard problem where motor traffic
/ is heavy. The principle of the ma
cadam road is an undertaking of
small wedged stones held together
| by the binding of the dust ground
off the wheels of vehicles and pack
I ed into the interstices like cement,
This was all right for the ordinary
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WANTED-At once, one good riding
or driving horse not over i years
to insure against death from any
cause. Also want to write good milch
COWS. l.. R. Campbell & Co, phones
$50 If
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4 Substitute for Macadam

One example of the Road Bureaus
work will show its usefulness. Roads
for the states of sticky gumbo soil
have been almost "a hopeless prob
lem. There is a whole belt of such
states along the south, and there is
another belt along the Missouri,
where wheels sink hub-deep and
horses founder 10 death in a mire
more treacherous than quicksand.
The road bureau discovered, from
many practical tests, that by burn
ing eumto soil, road-bed compact
as nacadam could be obtained at
half the cost Of macadam: or at
practically only the cost of labor and
of fuel to do the burning There is
no longer any excuse for lethargy in
road building through the gumbo
states.
You are convinced, are you not,
that good roads put money in your
pocket. wherever you live or wher-
ever yOur business?
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ORDERS TAKEN at the Daily Light
office for engraved calling cards. tt
PHONE H. A MCMILLAN at the
Daily Light office when you want
printing done of any kind. The best
work guaranteed. tt
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FOR SALE-Set Shakespeare works
30 volumes-cost new $4,000.
Had them only few months. VIII
take $1,000. Apply at this office. 80
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

on her feet now. but she leaned
against the door for support.
They have been killed." she
gasped. Then she caught me by the
arm and dragged me toward the
stairs. They may only be hurt. and
we must find them" she said. her
eyes dIlated with excitement
| don't remember how we got down
the stairs: do remember expecting
every moment to be killed. The cook
was at the telephone upstairs. calling
the Greenwood club. and Liddy was
behind me. afraid to come and not
daring to stay behind. We found the
living room and the drawing room un-
disturbed. Somehow | felt that what
ever we found would be In the card
room or on the staircase. and nothing
but the fear that IIalsey was in dan
ger drove me on. with every step my
knees seemed to give way under me.
Gertrude was ahead and In the card
room she stopped. holding her can
die high. Then she pointed silently to
the doorway into the hall beyond
Huddled there on the floor. face down.
with his arms extended was a man.
Gertrude ran forward with gasp
ing sob. Jack" she cried. "Oh. jack
Iiddy had run, screaming. and the
two of us were there alone. II was
Gertrude who turned himr over. final
ly, until we could see his white face.
and then she drew deep breath and
dropped Imply to her knees. 1t was
the body OF a man. "A gentleman, In a
dinner coat and white waistcoat.
stained now with blood-the body OF
a man | had never seen before.
ITO be continued)
The newspaper., 1909-10-22
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children could possibly arrive, and l
got out my knitting.
The chug of the automobile as 1t
climbed the hill was the most well
come sound l had heard for long
time. and with Gertrude and Halsey
actually before me, my troubles
seemed over for good. Gertrude stood
smiling in the hall, with her hat quite
over one ear, and her. hair in every
direction under her pink veil. Ger
trude. is very pretty girl. no matter
how her hat is, and | was not. sur
prised when Hafsey presented a good
docking. young man. who bowed at
me and, looked lat Trude-that is the
ridiculous nickname Gertrude brought
from" school - '.'': -
+, i. have brought guest, Aunt Ray
Halsey said. II want you to adopt
him into your affections and your Sat
urday-to-Monday list. Let me present
John Bailey, only you must call him
Jack. In IL hours he'll be calling you
Aunt: know him"
We shook hands. and got chance
to look at Mr.. Bailey; he was tall
fellow. perhaps so. and he wore a
small mustache. remember wonder
ing why; he Seemed TO have a good
mouth and when he smiled his teeth
were above the average. One never
knows why certain men cling to a
messy upper lip THAI must get into
things, any more than one under
stands some women building up their
hair on wire atrocities. Otherwise,
he was very good to look at. stalwart
and tanned, with the direct gaze that
like. / am particular about Mr. Bal
ley. because he was a prominent fig
ure in what happened later.
Gertrude was tired with the trip
and went up to bed very soon.
made up my mind to tell them moth
ing until the next day. and then to
make as light of our excitement as
possible. After all, what had to tell?
An inquisitive face peering in at
window: a crash in the night:
scratch or two on the stairs. and half
a cuff-button, As for Thomas and his
forebodings. it was always my belief
that a negro is one part thief. one
part pigment. and the rest supersti
tion.
1t was Saturday night The two
men went to the billiard room. and /
could hear them talking as l went up
stairs II seemed that Halsey had
stopped at the Greenwood club for
gasolene ana found Jack Bailey there.
with the Sunday golf crowd Mr. Bal
ley had not been hard TO persuade-
probably Gertrude knew why-and
they had carried him on triumphant
ly. reused Liddy to get them some
thing to eat--Thomas was beyond
reach in the lodge-and paid no at
tention to her evident terror OF the
kitchen regions. Then ! went to bed
The men wsre still in the billiard
room when finally dozed OFF. and the
last thing / remember was the howl
of a dog In front OF the house II
walled a crescendo of woe that trailed
of hopefully. only to break out afresh
from a new point OF the compass.
At three o'clock in the morning !
was reused by a revolver shot The
sound seemed to come from just out
side my door. For a moment | could
not move. Then-I heard Gertrude
stirring in her room. and the next
moment she h.d thrown open the CON
Meeting door
The newspaper., 1909-10-22
Do You Want a Home?

Then see |. ID. McFaddcn at
once and buy one OF those choice
fruit farms with plenty of water
which he is selling to good work
ers who have nothing but their
labor to invest. Low prices. easy
terms and no cash required at
time OF purchase.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

was heHo'Nei
20. Aunt Ray Aunt Ray" she
cried Historically Some one has
been killed"
Thieves" | said shortly. Think
goodness. there are some men In ihe
house tonight" was getting in,o
my slippers and bath-robe, and Ger
trude with shaking hands was lighting
lamp. Then we opened the door
into the hall. where. crowded on the
upper landing Of the stairs. the maids.
white-faced and trembling, were peer
ing down. headed by Liddy ! was
greeted by a series OF low screams
and questions. and I tried to quiet
them. Gertrude had dropped on a
chair and sat there limp and shiv-
ering.
! went at once across the hall to
Halsey's room and knocked; then
pushed the door open. II was empty;
the bed had not been occupied.
He must be in Mr.. Bailey's ROOM =
! said excitedly, and followed by Lid
dy. we went there. Like Halsey's. II
had not been occupied, Gertrude was
The newspaper., 1909-10-22
Ten acres, all In cultivation, only
one mile from town. Cheap. See
G. G. HAwKrSr.
Commercial Printing.

OF every sort and kind prompt
ly turned out at this office. Give
US a trial order. We want to
prove that we can please you.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14
TAFTVILLE.
Many Relatives and Friends Attenc
Wedding of William Cocker and Miss
Katharine Wieland.

Many relatives and friends were
gathered together at the pleasant home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sebastian Wieland of
the BIissXille road, Lisbon, on Monday
afternoon at o'clock, when their
daughter, Miss Katharine Margaret
Wieland became the wife Of William
Cocker of Central avenue, Gree:.eviIe.
In the handsomely decorated parlor the
simple yet impressive marriage cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Donald
e. MacLane, pastor OF the Ta1LVllle
Congregational church.
The bride was charming in a gown
of white silk and carried bouquet
of white roses. The bride was attend
ed by her sister, Miss Eva Wieland, as
bridesmaid, who was attired in a pink
gown and carried carnations. Martin
Seidel, a cousin of the bride, filed the
placeof best man.
After the ceremony, amid shower
of congratulations, the bride and
groom held an informal reception, and
the hours Of the afternoon and evening
passed quickly. Mr.. and Mrs. Cocker
received many useful and valuable
gifts.
The bride is a young lady who is
well known in Taftville and vicinity,
and whose charms have made her eS-
teemed by a host of friends. She is a
member of the Ladies' Shooting club.
Mr.. Cocker has spent most of his
life in Philadelphia, where his parents
now live. For the past seven years he
has lived in Greeneville, and has been
employed in the UnKed States Finish
ing company He is a member of the
Greeneville Hook and Ladder company
and of the Hugh II. Osgood lodge, I. o.
o. F., of Taftville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cocker will make their
residence in newly furnished house in
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14

Russian princess Alice Shaw. Scotch
bluebell; Alec Shaw, Pierrott; Mrs. II.
E. Paul, an Alsatian peasant woman;
Marian Paul, a baby; Dorothy Paul,
gypsy; Mrs. Z. T. Burleson, BLACK
domino; E. F. Burleson. brown friar;
Halle Burleson. Red Cross nurse; Miss
Jean Burleson, Merry Widow; Dorothy
Burleson, Folly; Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Hewitt, Priscilla and John Alden;
Mrs. Charles e. Spicer, Queen Of Dia-
monds; G. f. Spicer, chauffeur; Oscar
Spicer, dressed in the national colors;
Herbert Wheelock, Pierrot; Mrs. H. N.
Wheelock, lady in white; Miss Mae
Wheelock, girl in gray; Theodore Rob-
inson, farmer; Mrs. Sherman Waters.
Queen of Hearts: Sherman Waters,
cowboy; Mrs.W. r. Burdick. Red Cross
nurse; w. r. Burdick, royal butcher:
II. e. Paul a doctor of law; Miss Ethel
Burdick, black domino; Alice Bur dick
Bo-Peep; Miss Jessie McNlcob God
dess of Liberty: Alec McNicol, beilboy:
Mary McNicol, nurse; Shepherd
Brown, a brown bear; Miss Lucille
Stetson. Martha Washington; Mrs. f.
D. Ballou, Perdita, the gypsy; T. ID.
Ballou, Spanish muskateer; Miss Mar
tina Brewster, Spanish girl; Miss Ally
Brewster, Jester; Mildred Wilcox, Ro-
Peep; Florence Wilcox. Sunbonnet
Sue; Mrs. J. H. Tracy, Moorish wom-
an: ]. H. Tray, Spanish cavalier;
Marian Tracy, hussar; Norman Tracy,
clown; John Tracy, military suit;
Waite Stetson, Red Riding Hood: Mrs.
+. c. Whiting, full dress military uni
form: F. =. Whiting, emperor Of Japan;
Miss Elizabeth Whiting, gypsy; Mrs.
c. D Wolfe, Fourth of July; G. D..
Wolfe. Josiah Allen; Misses Pearl and
May Cane khaki uniforms; Earl Gill
bert, Dutchman; Mrs. F. H. Gilbert. a
military uniform; F. H. Gilbert, mus
Mrs. B. c. Bliss, Italian fruit peddler;
B. C. Bliss, Highland golfer; Mar
guerite Bliss, Spring; Donald Bliss,
brigand; Walter Corbett, Robin Hood;
Lloyd G. Buckingham, the Yellow Kid;
Walter M. Buckingham, black domi-
no; Wallace Payne, a member of the
phisto: Miss Mabel Young. queen:
Miss Irene Young. gypsy; Miss Alice
Hull Japanese woman; Hazel Hull,
gypsy; Marian Johnson shepherdess;
Miss Emma Burton, Spanish lady;
Mrs. Walter Marshall, Pierette; Walter
Marshall, policeman; Mrs. William
Burton, Japenese lady; William Bur
ton, organ grinder, accompanied by a
live monkey; Mrs. G. A. Haskell, an
irish dame: G. A. Haskell, clown;
Mrs f. C. webster Japanese lady:
Herbert Webster, Chinese muskateer:
Mrs. w. Fl. Bennett, Japanese: W. H.
Bennett, a Mexican; Mabel Bennett,
rough rider: Bertha Bennett. gypsy;
Mrs D. J. Turnbull. Queen Elizabeth;
d. J. Turnbu1l. King Charles: Alice
Turnbull, a page; Mrs. F. S. Leonard,
Oriental costume; F. S. Leonard, black
domino; Mrs. B. R. Gardner, a Puri-
tan; B. r. Gardner, lobster; Rich
mond Gardner. Little Boy Blue; Miss
Spaulding, domino; Edward Chapman,
king Of the Cannibal Isles; Miss
Georgia Chapman, gypsy, and T. B.
Keen, domino.
Refreshments Of ham, tongue,
chicken and Swiss sandwiches. olives,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14
Hold County Association Meeting on
Tuesday.

The New London County Baptist
Ministers association met at the Bap-
fist church on Tuesday with sixteen
ministers present. Rev. Joseph Elder
Of New London, the president, presld-
ed. The paper in the morning was
read bv Evangelist c. c. Luther, his
subject being Twentieth Century
Evangelism. Dinner was served by
the ladies at noon. In the afternoon
there was a discussion of the morn
ing's paper, with answers by the au-
thor of the paper.
Bertrand Huard of Danielson is
spending the week with Donna Ballou
Fertilizer at George Labonne's, Jr.
ton prices, bone fish and potash $50
potato and vegetable $33, corn ano
grain $50, calculated fish SIS. Above
prices for cash. With credit to NOV
/. $1.00 ton extra--adv.
Mrs. jeremiah Gardiner and son OF
Riverside, R. L, are visiting at F. II
Gilbert's.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14
jEWETT CITY.
Merry and Brilliant Masked Ball Given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander r. Shaw
Conference of Baptist Ministers of
County,

In Firms opera house there was a
brilliant assemblage Tuesday evening.
WREN Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander F. Shaw
issued invitations to over one hundred
persons to attend a masquerade dane
ing party. and nearly all responded.
The grand march was led by Miss
Marguerite Bliss and B. r. Gardner
and was an animated spectacle. The
music was by Miller's orchestra of
Norwich, with Bennett as prompter.
Those WHO participated in the march
and dances, and the characters which
they impersonated, were: Mrs. A. F.
Shaw, as Cleopatra: A. F. Shaw,
Spanish cavalier: Elizabeth Shaw, a
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14

Owners of boats along the shores of
the Blissville pond in Lisbon are get
ting them out and repa.nting them for
the coming season. One owner has
painted his rowboat a light blue. which
gives very pleasing effect.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14
Hoods Sarsaparilla

Cures all spring humors, all erup-
tons, clears the complexion, creates
an appetite, aids the digestion, re-
lieves that tired feeling, gives vigor
and vim.
Begin taking Hoods Sarsaparilla to-
day. Get it in the usual liquid form
or in chocolated tablets known as Sar-
satabs. 100 Doses One Dollar.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14
BAPTIST MINISTERS

cake, fee cream and coffee were served
in an adjoining room.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14

Winsted.-I. E. Partridge is the lat
est of the Winsted merchants to go
into bankruptcy. Mr.. Partridge has
been in the stationery business.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14

cock, F. P. Babcock, David McG-New-
ALE DR.. F. c. Pagan. George Wood
ward Thomas. Mckenzie, Fremont
Nye, Job Thorp, c. H. Richmond and
Frank f. Dodge.
P. Babcock, ]. A. Pengelley and w. p.
diocesan convention, with Roscoe
Babcock, George NewaII, William
Weeden, David Lowry and James Sc
elected delegate to the federation of
churches in Rhode Island.
Local Laconics.
Not a marriage in the town of Ston-
ington during Lent.
Mrs. Joseph J.. Peacock and children
are visiting relatives in Slatersville,
r. l.
An informal reception was held in
Grace Methodist church Tuesday even
ing in honor of the reappointed pastor,
Rev. I. F. Lusk.
Prof. H. E. Gregory Of Yale, repre-
senting the Connecticut board of edu-
cation, made official inspection of the
West Broad street school Tuesday.
Judge Nathan B. Lewis, who has
office in Westerly, has been appointed
to represent the town of South King
ston at the public legislative hearings
in relation to an act concerning the
control OF railroad crossings.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14

Miss Austeria Maurice of Norwich
and Fred Charter of Taftville were
visitors in Willimantic Monday night
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14

Workmen of the Ponemah company
are engaged in the annual spring
cleaning of the village streets.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14

Joseph Fontaine and family of Plain
field moved into the Muller block or
Merchants avenue this week.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14

Lisbon farmers have taken advantage
of the early spring and have already
plowed extensively.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14
BAD FIRE NEAR WESTERLY

100000 Loss Through Gasoline Explosion at Hope Val
ley-Plant of Nichols & Langworthy Destroyed
Dead Body in Adjoining Cottage Hurriedly Saved
from Cremation-Pawcatuck Continues Wrestling
Matches Change in Library hours.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14

At the annual meeting Of Christ
Episcopal church corporation vestry-
men for the ensuing year were elected
as follows: Edwin Babcock. William
Hoxsie, Orville Stillman, H. Fl. Bah
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-14
Personals.

Libon. adjoining the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wieland.