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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
TEXAS KEEPS FAITH WITH IN
VISITORS.

That the people OF Texas would,
when given the opportunity validate
the school district bonds, amounting
to more than 100000, which had
been declared by the supreme court
to the Illegal. the News was sure;
nevertheless it is very gratifying TO
note that the act of valuation has
been performed by a four-to-one ma
iority While this is but a simple act
of Justice, in view Of the fact that
the bonds had been purchased in
good faith and the proceeds used by
the people Of the respective school
districts for beneficent purposes, wa
do not lose sight of the fact that in
doing justice the people have set the
credit Of the state upon high ped
estal the consequences Of which are
bound to be helpful. Honesty is the
best policy" for commonwealth as
well as for individuals.
AL three of the amendments
adopted on Tuesday are OF more than
\afking interest to investors. One OF
m validates bonda already Is
d. Another makes lawful the
rtice heretofore INDUCED of or
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
Rev. Mr.. HOItgreve Released.

Plaquemine, La, August 6.-Rev.
John r. Holtgreve, a priest OF the
Catholic church, was released from
Jail here yesterday on furnishing
bail
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06

1t is gratifying indeed TO know
that the road bond issue cafflo1 py
such large majority IL Ellis coun-
". What Ellis county can do Parker
can do also, and we do not doubt
that a bond issue Will carry mere by
a handsome majority The level
headed. thinking people of this coun-
~ know that it is a good thing and
they are going to give il their united
supuort. -Weatherford Democrat.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06

The voters of Waxahachie district
in Ellis county have done the proper
thing. Saturday last they voted TO Isl
sue $3.50 coo in bonds to build good
roads in that district and the contest
resulted in favor of the bonds by a
vote of 1898 for and 2o3 against.
Precinct No. / of Fannin county
should get busy and do the same
BOnham Fayorite.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
Perish mt Sea.

Capetown, August 6.-The British
steamer Maori foundered Wednes-
day night off Slang Bay. 1t is feared
the fatalities will be heavy, as the
vessel carried large number OF pas
sengers.
Nine survivors thus far have been
landed, and six bodies have already
been washed up on the beach.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06

Phone II. A Mcmillan al the Dal-
ly Light Office when you want any
kind of printing done. The best
work guaranteed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06

The Enterprise Furnishing Company IL
IN no wise responsible for debts that may
be contracted by employees, nor VIII We
assume payment OF such debts under
any circumstances. Every emploge OF
this office is paid promptly ioi work
done. This is to protect ourselves and
LISTING COMPANY. Per g. w. NJ a.
Knight, Manager.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06

When you think OF having print
ing done, the next thought should
be OF the Enterprise Publishing COM
pany-the place where you can get
Il done to suit you
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
W. A. OWNBY City Edito
Residence Phone, Bell No. 2s9.l

Commenting on the result OF Sat
urdays election, in which the bond
issue for the purpose of building
pike roads in the WaxahaChie pre-
cinct carried by a vote of more than
four to one, it is but necessary TO
say that those who thoroughly IN
Dc stood the importance OF the prop
cS,tion as it affected WaXahachie
and the entire district, fee4 very
much gratified With few EXCEPTIONS
those who opposed the measure did
so because of a lack OF understand
ing and when the great benefits from
the building OF these pike ro}ds be-
gin to materialze they will heartily
indorse the wisdom of a vof that
has brought about such woLE erful
change in conditions. -WaXi hachie
Light Congratulations to Itecinct
one in Ellis county, State oftTeXas.
The good roads contiguous the
county seat will be object Fsons
from which every citizen of o. lent
.iis may learn the value of dern
Highways, and it is only a mat r OF
I lime until the entire cSMQty YFHl De
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-04-15
obe Jefferson,an
NO NO. WIDDERS
By Opie Read.

was the slave of an old-fashioned
fireplace; who, at evening, when bull
bats beloved, sang a melancholy
song. She had never known a day of
pleasure, had never seen star Of
promise. Gatewood had two daugh-
ters and son. One Of the daughters
was a widow, and the younger one
was a handsome, delicate girl. This
girl, Emily, had gone to school to
Balkin, and it is not idle to conjecture
that she was the cause of the teach
er's presence in the household.
Balkin wants ter work fur u.s.
said the old man when he entered the
sitting-room.
Mighty po' work he ken do" re-
piled Jim, rough, burly fellow, who
sat greasing hame-strings. "Reckon
he amt got no money an sorter
wants ter pay his boa'd En- ken
do that, KANT yer, Em?"
"'Now, Jim, [ want yer ter hush
an let me erlone. All time pickin
at me anyway"
Hush, Jimmie,'' said Mrs. Gate
wood. ''Don't poster the chile.
Pap" addressing her husband, "wush
yer'd han me down them socks. Up
thar on the mantel, turned inter one
'nuther."
The old man did as requested; then,
after sitting down, taking off his
shoes and striking them together over
the hearth, he said:
"Whut do all this mean bout En-
payin' boa'd?"
"Ax En-" Jim replied with a
snort.
The old man turned to Emily,
looked at her steadily and said:
Don't let US have no foolishness. "
The timid girl trembled and blushed
beneath his gaze. II said don't let's
have no foolishness. Amt thinkin
bout marryin' him, air yer9 Wy,
he amt no count, an sides that
he'll be dead with consumption fore
six months; but that amt the wust
Nv it. Sets thar er scratchin' an er
clawin' all day an ha'f the night
like er ole turkey gobbler.
"He amt like er ole gobbler if
he scratches at night. fur er gobbler
goes ter roost at night" the girl
replied.
Fur pity sake" said Mrs. Gate
wood, "don't talk so loud; he'll hear
yer"
"Ain't keerin much eff he does,"
the old man replied. cit mout l'arn
him some sense. No wonder he's got
consumption. Never done ernuff work
ter move his blood. En-, I'd ruther
see yer dead than ter see yer marry
sich er thing ez he is. Always er
scratchin' round an er hackin an er
coughin'. Had er went ter work
like Jim, thar, he wouldn't never
coughed none EN-, look at yer sister,
thar-er wilder in the house. No
thin would do her but she must marry
er fy-up-the-creek. Now look at her
--er wilder in the house. Thar, now,
Sue, don't blubber, fur yer air err
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-04-15

Emily arose ana nO1SeleSSly IOl-
lowed her father. Pap" she said,
when she had closed the door, 81 wish
yer wouldn't hurt Mr.. Balkin's feel
in's. Eff yer don't want him ter stay
here tell him ter leave, but don't tell
him why. Please don't, pap" She
placed both her hands on the old
man s arm. He moved impatiently,
brushed her hands from his arm, and
replied:
"I've got mighty nigh ernuff sense
ter ten ter my own business.
cit is my business, too," she said,
with a calmness that startled him.
"The hell yer say! Look here, l
don It want no foolishness - don't
want no mo- widders in the house."
"He's axed me ter marry him, an
I'm goin ter do it, cause I love him
500
"Em, yer've heard that I killed er
man, haven't yerg"
"Yas, sir"
"Wall, when yer marry that Teller
yer'll hear NV me KILN ernuther. [
amt got no purticular 'jeckshuns ter
him ez laung ez he don't fool with
my erfairs, ez the Teller says, but
when he do, I settles with him then
an thar
The girl sank down upon the door
step. "Git up" he said, touching
her with his foot. ''No foolishness;
no mo- widders in the house."
Early the next morning Gatewood
sought Balkin, whom he found in the
woods near the house.
"Mr. Balkin,' said he, IT want
you to un 'erstan' that [ don't want
no foolishness.
"What do you mean?' Balkin
asked, in establishment.
II jes' mean this, ez the Teller
says-mean that I don't want no mo-
widders in the house-mean that you
shain't marry En-"
Balkin placed his hand on a sap.
ling, as if to support himself, lifted
his large, sad-looking eyes, in which
there burned an unnatural light, gazed
fixedly at the old man, and replied:
81 have asked her to be my wife,
and she has consented"
"That don't make blame bit Nv
difference" Gatewood impetuously
broke out. II say you shain't marry
her, an you shain't. wy, blast it,
you'll be dead with consumption fore
five months"
"The contempt with which you
speak of my unfortunate condition
is inhuman, but as you know not the
feelings of a refined man, will not
argue with you. Say that am near
my grave, but do not permit that to
shut out another truth, that Emily is
not long for this world, and that our
separation might hasten her death.
AS you hope for peace in the world
to come, do not drive me away. Let
me remain here where''--
GIVE done said what had to say;
you must git away from here right
nowP'
HMaU T hid Emily oOOd-bV9'
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-04-15

hoping to catch sight of Emily, and
then, disappointed, he slowly turned
away. He had proceeded but short
distance along the rugged road, wind
ing among the trees, when Emily sud-
denly appeared before him. Balkin
dropped his bag and caught her in his
arms.
Angel" he said, you must come
with me-
ooh, I kain't," she sobbed. eff
l do, pap1l kill you. Don't say
nothin' mo-" she begged, convulsive-
Iy clinging to him. Don't, don'tl
Go on away, an some time you'll
come back fer me. I don't know
why, but something tells me so. Thar,
good-by."
Mrs. Gatewood sat under the morn
ing glory vines singing melancholy
song. Emily approached and seated
herself on box near her mother.
ma" she said, when the song
was hushed, IT am gittin so weak I
KAN narQly Walk.
"Hush, darlin', an don't talk
thater way, for eff pap hears yer he IL
get mad"
"But, ma, don't yer see how I
cough?"
eyes, precious, but don't say
nothin'."
At the breakfast table the next
morning old Gatewood said: | hear
that Balkin is over at Frazier's fiat
NV his back. He staid at Dalton's
nearly fo' munts. I 'lieve folks bring
all that sorter thing on themselves.
Whit air yer hackin' and coughin
thater way fer, En-? Tryin ter ack
like Balkin?"
"Pap," Mrs. Gatewood timidly re-
piled, "the chile KANT he p it,"
"Wall, now, yer see yer don't
know ez much erbout that ez I do.
Don't want to hear no mo- Nv that
barkin', En-. Hear met"
"Yas, sir"
"Wall, mind whut I tell yer. Sue,"
turning to the widow, "hain't yer
been putin her up ter all this9"
"No, pap, I hain't t."
"Wall, yer better not"
After breakfast, while Gatewood
was scratching among lot of old
chains and scrap-iron in the smoke
house, looking for jumping-coulter,
Jim came in, shut the door, placed
his back against it, and said:
"Pap, [ wanter say suthin' that
might not SCUM like er fiddle.
wanter tell yer that eff yer ever say
anything else to En- erbout coughin'
that we'll mix right then an thar.
Hold on; yer neenter fly off'n the
handle, fur dam'f we don't mix,
shores the devil made SIM"
eyer trifin' rascal, Pr
''That's all right, pap. Yer ken
say whit yer please ter me, but jis'
open yer head in ter that po' little
gal erbout coughin', an by the time
git through with yer then an thar,
yer hide won't be able ter hol' ernuff
wheat straw ter tickle err cat with.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-04-15

nave reao DOCK AFTER
- book; I have studied style
after style, and yet my best efforts
are clumsy, without the attraction
which we sometimes find in peculiar
bluntness. remind myself of man
who has exhausted his strength in
trying to lift a ponderous log; and
though my vigor is dead, my yearning
is still alive. | have never thought,
as so many foolish men and women
do, to make living by my pen. Ny
ambition has had no grander flight
than the hope of gracefully and forcl-
bly, expressing myself in pure Eng
lish; but when | have looked at my
lines | have found them awkward,
and when [ have weighed my
words I have found them light
Everything read puts me to shame.
Here, in a foolish little story, is a
sentence Of which [ would never have
thought-an idea which I could not
have conceived. | will worry with
my pen tonight, but tomorrow I will
throw it away"
"Mr. Balkin," said old man Gate
wood, appearing in the door, "I've
jes' fetched some fresh water frum
the spring. Won't yer try er few
lines, ez the Teller says?"
"No, thank you"
"Still writin 2" the old man
asked, stepping into the room.
eyes"
"Well," said the old fellow, plac-
ing the bucket Of water on chair
and glancing at pile of manuscript,
"what makes yer do it? Yer amt
er county clerk, air yer?"
"Oh, no; only write for my own
amusement"
"Don't pear ter me thar's so pow
erful much 'musement in a Teller
humpin' hisse'f thater way"
''To tell you the truth, Mr.. Gate
wood, there isn't much amusement in
it. Wait a minute" he added. as
the old man took up the bucket. "Can
you give me any kind OF work to
do?"
"W'y, bless yer life, me an Jim
does all the work, ez the Teller says.
Thar amt much ter do on this here
po' place. Good night.
Mr.. Anderson Balkin, school
teacher in the neighborhood Of Blue
Fork, Ark, had, when the term of
his school expired, engaged board
with the family of Andrew Gate
wood, an old fellow who knew but
little Of the world and who cared
less; a man whose idea Of happiness
was to have his own way, and whose
religion was hard work. He was
powerful man physically, slightly
stopped as though unable to entirely
straighten up from the memory of
having set out so many sweet-pOtato
slips. His whiskers were as stiff and
as grizzled as the stuffing of buggy
cushion; his nose, crooked and sharp,
partook Of the shape Of a scythe,
and his eyes, never wide open, had a
peculiar squint, as if lodging the rays
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-04-15

M tired. | have worked
like a slave without re-
suit, and now I'm going
to stop. Why should I
wear myself out merely
to learn how to put my
few thoughts on paper?
I have read book after
book; [ have studied style
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
MISLEADING ESTIMATES.
why Municipal Lighting Plants
Generally Cost More Than Ex-

why Municipal Lighting Plants
pected.
1t is most unusual for a municipal
lighting plant to be erected at cost
that comes anywhere near the esti-
mate presented to the city officials. In
some cases these officials are directly
to blame for accepting the estimates
of representatives of manufacturing
companies, who are, of course, more
anxious to make a sale than to protect
the citizens from ultimate disappoint-
ment. When an electrical engineer is
called upon for an estimate it might
seem as though the council had done
it's full duty, but unfortunately In
some cases at least, the temptation to
secure a percentage on the construc-
ton cost is great enough to overcome
professional honor and estimates are
submitted which are absolutely made
uuate. The only remedy for this would
seem to be to obtain an independent
estimate from a consulting engineer
who would have no further interest in
the matter.
Perhaps, however, the most common
cause for disappointment is due to the
fact that engineers in estimating cost
fail to take into consideration what
ought to be well known by this time
that cities cannot, as rule, construct
plants at as low figures as private
companies can This is due partly to
the inexperience of city officials, which
is taken advantage of in many cases
and also to the fact that the large
amount of red tape which seems to be
necessary feature of such contracts
has to be allowed for by bidders. 1t
is therefore perfectly possible that an
estimate for municipal plant may be
exceeded by 80 per cent when 1t would
be an adequate one if the construction
were to be undertaken by private
company. This is a feature of munic-
ipal ownership which has not been
heretofore given the consideration that
if deserves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

More than 100000 bushels of wheat
were shipped from Portland, Ore, for
European markets in one day last week.
Broomhall cables that the first general
memorandum report, which however. is
incomplete. gives the acreage under wheat
in India this year at u, $50. 900 acres.
compared with 17,l42,O0O last year. The
final general memorandum last year gave
acreage, 20,963,0 and crop, 2O2, 100000
bushels.
Minneapolis is again enforcing her milk
inspection ordinance. In one day the in
spector poured $50 gallons taken from
unnspected cans into the sewer.
Secretary Wilson has raised the quar-
antine against cattle in the districts where
foot and mouth disease recently appeared.
The disease has apparently been stamped
out.
According to reports from the Ante
lope valley, in California, thousands of
cattle are roaming the government ranges
in that section with nothing to eat, and
hundreds are Sid TO be dying of sarva-
ton.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
modified the federal quarantine on ac-
count Of foot and mouth disease in Michi-
gan and Maryland because no infection
has been found in Michigan outside of
WAYNE and Oakland counties. nor in
Maryland outside of Carroll county.
The country life commission, of which
L. B. Bailey is president. and which is
at work on a report to the President
TO the agricultural conditions throughout
the country. has called on the President.
The commission is expediting the prepare
ton of It's report as much as possible
so that the President may send it to
Congress as a special message.
The issuance of one hundred subpGnas,
twenty-five of which were served on en-
ployes in the traffic department of Mel
son Morris & Company, summoning them
before the federal grand jury, has started
reports that the inquisitorial body will
investigate charges of rebating among
the big packing firms at the stock yards.
The Minnesota dairy and food depart
ment is warning creamery companies over
the State that they are counting trouble
in repeated complaints regarding the
amount of water in butter The law is
strictly enforced by the federal govern
ment, and as a result one cooperative
creamery in Stearns county has been COM
PEELED to pay penalty of $500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
MOVING DIETZ LOGS.

Last of Famous Cameron Dam Tim
Der Being Hauled Across Country.
The last of the so-called "Dietz logs"
which the Cameron Dam man had been
holding up for about four years, are now
being hauled across country to Winter,
where they are being loaded aboard cars
and shipped to Chippewa Falls. Most of
the logs in the river above Dietz's farm
We're taken across to the Flambeau river
last winter, but there were about 1900
900 feet left when the warm weather set
in and it was decided to ship these by rail
from Winter this winter. There are
about 100000 feet of logs in the Thorn
apple river passing through Mr.. Dietz's
land. but these will not be tOucl d by
the Mississippi River Logging Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
CATCHES BOLD RoBBER.
Youthful Operator at Marinetfe Pre-
vents Burglar from Iootin@ Office

A bold attempt to rob the ticket office
of the st. Paul road in Marinctte was
frustrated and the would-be burglar cap
turee late on a recent night owing to the
cou-cso and presence of mind of Operator
traflH Noonan, a young man only Is
yearT old. Noonan was in the office with
the Fights turned down low. man en-
tered tAe waiting room and then began
10 pry open the ticket Office window.
Noonan rushed out after him and the
would-be rObber fed. NoOnan. with a
revolver continued to chase him for over
a block. He fired a shot. the man stopped
and then at the point of the revolver,
Noonan marched the man back TO the sta
ton and notified the police. The prisoner
gives his name as Edgar Dodge and says
his home is al Winneconne.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Washburn n Model Town.

That Washburn is about as free from
crime as any city i'll the State is evil
denced from the report of the chief of
police for the year just closed. The
city has a population of over 5000 and
during the year eighty-seven persons pass
ed into the Jail. Seventy-two of this
number were given lodging. many of them
at their own request. nine for drunken
ness and disorderly conduct, four for
vngrancy, two for assault, and two for
stealing, the latter being boys.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Tobacco Growers Organize.

Tie Chippewa Valley Tobacco Grow
ers' Association has organized in Chippe-
wa Falls and will be Incorporated. Fol
lowing are the officers President. Anton
Solbcrg, Albertyille; vice president, An
ton Meston. Lafayette; secretary. James
Walters. ridden; treasurer. Thomas Cor
nell, Lafayette. The members have about
100000 pounds of tobacco pledged which
will be placed in Chippewa Falls this
winter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
MILAN IN AL. foe. New Trial.

Thomas VI. Kearn": will make argu-
mcntS before the S.,premc Court for a
new trial for Win4m Dillon serving a
teru Of seventeen years for the murder of
Jacob Best, Il resident of Milwaukee.
Should a new tg.al be granted, an effort
will he made 10 allow Dillon to plead
guilty to some degree of manSlaughter.
Dillon has been in prison about one year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
willie Has Such an Active Brain.

"Was Daniel really such al wise
man. mamma?' asked Willie thought
fully.
Eyes, dear as wise almost as Solo
mon, Willie
why, what do you mean, my son?'
'I1l betcher Solomon would have
had sense enough to charge admission
when he went into the lions dent
Ladies' Home Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Cour, Decision Worth $4,000.

As the result of the State Supreme
Court finding the new co-employe law
constitutional. w II. Ladd of Chippewa
Falls will be awarded $1,000 damages
against the Minneapolis, st. Paul and
Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company. The
Laid case was tried some time ago be-
fore Judge Lueck and the attorneys
agreed that Judgment of $4,000 should
b. entered in case the judge found that
the law was constitutional.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
derfuI.

More than five thousand elephants
a year 90 to make our piano keys"
remarked the student boarder who had
been reading the scientific notes in a
patent medicine almanac.
For the lands sake," exclaimed
the Iandlady. "Ain't it wonderful what
some animals can be trained to do?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Death Rate Not Iarpe

Manitowoc's death rate for the year
ending Oct. l was II to 1000 population
according TO the annual report of the
health department filed with the council.
The total number of deaths was 1SS. The
number of births exceeds the number of
deaths by 157. The city's population is
estimated at 1850.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-21
Girl KJentomun Caupbf

VERNE Fuller, II years old, and the
daughter of an Oshkosh tea merchant,
was taken into custody by the police in
Green Bay. She admitted taking $50
from her father and leaving town Mon
day. She says she slept at Kaukauna
Monday night and at a hotel in Green
Bay the next night The child had pur-
chased a muff and suitcase and had only
81 left