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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-03
State Senator Vaughn on Crime and
the Tiger.


the Tiger.
Dallas county has a population,
according to the census of 1910,
amounting TO 135,74S. During the
past two years covered by the last
report of the attorney general, 1907
1910. there were 693 felony indict-
ments returned by her grand juries;
and there were 1913 convictions for
felonies committed within her limits,
Dallas has two hundred or more
tigers, to say nothing of blind tigers.
The dry counties of kaufman,
Rockwell, Hunt, Collin, Wise, Par
ker, Johnson and Ellis, eight in
number, have an aggregate popula-
ton of 2S1,402, twice as much as
Dallas county and 10000 over; they
included within their limits several
large cities, and they lie all around
Dallas, and though the proximity OF
Dallas and Fort Worth makes it dit
ficult to get the full benefit of pro-
hibition in these counties, yet 1t took
all 8 of those dry counties to send as
many representatives to the peni-
Tertiary as went from Dallas. All
eight sent 1873 Dallas sent 153.
icy of the state, but in the last year
elected a governor. 1t is a balance
of power so cemented together as
to practically dominate the political
interests of this state, II by the
adoption of the amendment Consti-
There were returned from Dallas
county. as above stated 693 felony
indictments. From all the eight dry
counties there were returned 523 a
Tarrant county with her tigers
has population according to the
census of 1910, aggregating lOS,-
572, which added to that of Dallas,
makes the total population of the
two 244,320. Tarrant during the
period named had LOG felony con-
victions, making the aggregate for
Tarrant and Dallas 259.
If you will add to the eight dry
counties named in the above compar-
ison the counties of Denton, Gray
son, Hood, Erath, Eastland, Gala
han, Taylor and Comanche, all dry,
YOU will find that the sixteen dry
counties named above have total
population of over 100000, more
than twice as much as Dallas and
Tarrant, and they lie around Dali
las and Fort Worth, and yet all SIX
teen of these dry counties did not
send as many representative" to
the pen as the two wet counties OF
Dallas and Tarrant. And there were
14S more felony indictments return
ed from Tarrant and Dallas than
from the other sixteen
What better proof does man
want that the regulation system I'M
der saloons is wrong in principle as
we'll as practice.
Again it is clearly proven by the
records of our courts in Ellis county
for in 1902, under saloons, our grand
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-03

The opening attraction tonight OF
the Whitaker stock company viii
be THE Governor Pardon" four
act rural comedy drama Of unusual
interest, with plenty Of comedy and
dramatic situations. Comedy is the
prevailing feature of the entire play.
Miss Frances Valley and Billy Griggs
handle the leading parts admirably
while the balance of the parts are
Well distributed
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Butchers to Close.

We, the undersigned butchers
have agreed to close our markets on
the Fourth from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m
f. L. FERAY,
H. N. NYCUM & co,
SATCHELL & CO
w. F. BILLUPS.
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MARKET REPORT.
LOCAL MARKET.

The Waxahachie dealers are pay
ing the following prices for country
produce today;
Wheat No (basis .. ...... Soc
Oats. per bushel ..... 45c to soc
Corn, per bushel Toe to soc
Alfalfa Hay, per ton ... SIG to $ls
Prairie Hay, per ton. $1l to slz.oo
johnson Grass Hay, per ton $14.0O
Chickens, friers, per 1t. ...... l2c
Hens, per ID. ............ &c TO sc
Eggs, per dozen ........... 10c
Country Butter, per ID. l5c TO zoc
Cream (butterfat) per ID. 2S " c
Hogs, on foot, per Id. sc to 1s c
Fat Cows on foot, per ID. &c to &C
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Break Dirt for Buildings.

Members of the city council and
the board of trustees of the public
schools this morning staked off the
grounds for the two ward buildings
Dirt for the foundations will be bro
ken this afternoon Work of con-
struction viii be pushed as rapidly
as possible
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Labor for Road Districts.

AT the last special meeting OF the
county commissioners it was ordered
that labor for the various road dis
trlcts be obtained in such districts
where it was practicable,
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- ... ..
.... $500. 49,. ..... 49,.
s........ .... .......
......... ..........
~ ......... F.. 80. ..........
........ $3.50.
~. .... .......
"t I'VE httt
Jews
# ~ h"i "Hf
tf't '+ 'A
HtHf ft"i "t
iFHh afa t"
n infhi e'iith Hht
fNh fHaf faliH fp NN4b nftHa 90
ihhtf
TIE ipans iu thiH campaign H'fII
ped ~ fa ifappinfs is ahal pe
,stena iocai epiion fo taFcf TvRas
ahagi TexAe auf fte license haiaon
ssrtem We sag maH htsri ana
saai ln favor ~ loraI option hf reuu
iins 10 fn thr wront hut voting N
fhfe election fer local option fuf
thls election has nothing to DO ylth
local option. and pIu nut change lf
one lota for 70 remains just the
sane when the war IL over
We a., t,at is, p,sa election ,oa
,,us, eon.,,,, ,,,,,s.lf taat the sa
49,. q. 81, ,,4 40 ,,,t "a. convinced
aaa -, ~, ,,,,,s, c,,,,trc, ,o,r.
- a., ... -. =. ,.,.r.,,....,.,,
~, .-.,s. ,,.--tt.
'''.,U''', -.
ef ifhiil' y" Rlat 'A'"h' i""' " N
better thau prohibition every man
exercising "A patriotic sense Of duty
fo his souutry fuuet settle This
,,,...tor Zoe local o..tf.,, has "a,
4"'o''o"'
place III thls ilbn'
40 you oe'iefe lu INC il''HS' ~
tenn ne saloon is the crust OF 'it
license system
Then 70 get rid of the license
svetenl Won must vote 10 amend the
..rsttt,t,i,,, and TAKE gsfrvAc ORR
,.,, INNS ..,0,.- Dy-erA-t,ee ,.
~
inc state IS ISSUING inc i''Ha'7' anu
not the counties.
Tn Texas today we have $4,000
homes against 900 saloons. We arc
for the homes. for iu not less than
Ia. 600 homes Of Texas today are
sacred affairs bathed in blood and
tears that has poured out of the
broken hearts and lives Of our wo-
men and children who are made TO
suffer from this monster evil. And
yet across such sacred streams men
4 viii cross: on such innocent heads
they pour out the cry for liberty
and local self government" We are
AGAINST sueh liberty and local sell
~ go r'" 49,, '"a' ueS'foss ''e nome
DO Won ne,teve N the sa,oon av,
O tenn?
+ You may not think prohibition
= the right way TO DO IT, but inns
S the ohIy way oIIered now 10 Z
: ria OF ,neln ohaI, we ran gu. apo
If YOU are against state wide prt
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New independent District.

A new Independent school district
has been organized which will in
clude the town of Alma. The trus-
tees elected are as follows: j. f..
Lennon, T. S. Smith, J l.. Cayce, j.
II. Henderson, j. E. Horton, n A,
Bastain, w. r Hammond
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Try the Now KakerY.

We have opened first class bak-
cry and we are prepared to give you
the very best bread made from first
class flour by an up-to-date baker.
We guarantee every loaf Give us a
trial
If BEDFORD'S BAKERY.
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Ieka~.tfktalu,wa lesAnr itr.uita.
fHefafa#f
Arl..se & uuWni
nouhsm lt Nitaf
Clehune So. WleAtR Fails H
WHERE THEY rLAA TODAY.
AFamtre at huraui
Anus lest bouhaW
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-03

For their kidney and bladder all
ments. and for annoying urinary ir-
regularities are always grateful both
for the quick and permanent relief
they afford. and for their tonic and
strengthening effect as we'll Try
Foley's Kidney pills For sale by the
Curtin Stores, Curtin Drug Co, n,
Side Square; Curlin's Pharmacy,
West Side Square. DIV
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-03

american League Results.
yesterday
Detroit Ia, Cleveland g.
Chicago 8. 81. Louis 2
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY
Detroit at Cleveland
Philadelphia at New York
| Washington at Boston
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Afetn fH ftf fs 1909 Htft
ssIuntf iH fff NaFHhN 'H
etefHa fte ff eaeH fa"sf
tft faHff H henneet tha
HsfaHfF tHf ''Hf $500 hF
f
="
" ~ t 'Hi
AA"'t lRAf' HhN
fnf fhkfsatf
Again. 81 t fAafsta fhHf TIE
aaub8eu ~ sass amendment vli en-
faH an increase in the taxes et THE
ssafe appres1mstiBg one million dol
lars The records complied by ihe
eumptrollers office 81 Austin Shove
that ihe average fAyes paid within
; thfe state for the lee arF counties
iis4 lik cents. fof fbe rs counties
pargly wet aud naHly dry. - rs
cents aud for ag wet counties. 4s
la.4 cents This clearly proves that
la closing the saloops lu the remAln.
ing counties IA the state. taxes IN
ttasa counties should be reduced
ab,,, ..rts o. tba hundred aoitar
Z yatnatiop which vonid make a to
a. 5000 $50 al -, ttc taeo
..
Any thihhlhE man must come 10
realize that when Ellis county re-
/ duceg the number Of crimes GH 2-8
per cent and the number Of cases of
arppkanness ga per cent that "A saw
Bnv Of taves made necessary for the
,o.,a,,o. 80 -, n, s,,oh e,sos has
-, i,
! eA'"eu'u III it'ehue '"c aAl"unt 81
would nave received from the llttA
or more saloons in operation in 1902
Further in the wear 1902 under
sstoona tho taxabta ..al,,os of Eu{s
.....,,,,,, 49,, ete19A,e- nn .,a a.,
=. to,n - -. ,,itf.,.
nann.n
ns' '"A"O'e '"iuo7 a. 80 20 w.,
w % d" iiei coz VA 80 '''
I ."'ioi'"' ~ "H to''iVi' 0''''''
ls''ifo heA1 uuat > "s99' '''"'
y wa ue9'io' 'H0
"''"in 'niS 9la'e ~ 'i"n' 'V''9 "
IN Ioun'S 'peioi' l ni,.', ~
f4NtIS man DbHANd Oh AtBAElAAiN =
uassr nrahynt,ton
In inc .,,v ., waxahaento ~ 40,
the taxable values show az, tnereas
: over 1902 OF $l,16e. $1,000.
Again, we have more money VI
> | der prohibition, Tor the report OF e
t Ellis county banks TO the comptro
, Ter, shows FOR corresponding =
ROO IN isio that ihdiViauai oeposl
400 ooo % IN excass or nc amor,
so held at a corresponding date 4
the year 1909, under saloons
Prohibition then does not seem t
have hurt business in Ellis county
we assert 'ha' = pioiipi.lon 20 -
ni,is ooun.y "as e,- e. a,
-. I.,,.ao,,1 ~
80 -. "a has addod large.
,D'>"' fi,'onoaa +ha+ tba nrincin1e
- - h,,,i,,oa, stondnoir+ has nroy-
81 tha wisdom of the neople who
1900 - II nrobibition from A
h,.sinoss stonanoint is good for Ellis
oo,,rtv tbap II is GOOD for the state.
IA is oseorted mat nrobibition for
mic county is all right hut not all
risbt for Dallas comfy. We assert
tho+ If mo nrincinle Of prohibition
;s on riobt for Ellis county that it
- on riobt for any and every county.
- l. ossarted that DALLAS Bexar.
remnant and such counties viii not
ahsoryo tho law we assert that this
A. 40 arour,an+ whatever against
tho nrircin1e of statewide prohibit
~, maj Il is mere assumption that
tbay viii mt obey the law. and is
~ i,aict,nant nv the friends of anti
nrohihition ~ the moral integrity of
ayerv citizen that resides in those
,4io. re crobihition win not pro-
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The price is small anc results are
sure. Reference is made to the Daily
Eight want column. II
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National League Results,
Yesterday
Chicago l3. Cincinnati
St louIs o. Pitt-hufg %
NHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Foston at Brooklyn
New YORK az Philadelphia
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-03

Sims Library viii be open tomor
row from 1 to 6 p. n.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-03

Buy your pump from F. S. Cronk
Co. All kinds. Prices way down. II
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tStore closed ruesda, July a.

We will have uH sale Ladies' Lingerie Dresses mad,
of fine Lawn trimmed boz embroidery and lace
former price 50O aud g 50 sale price CO 0E
choice OHM
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BEDFoRD's BAKERY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

some Of the benefits Mr.. De Graw tells
story of a trip he made in Vermont.
He was accompanied by the landlord of
the village inn. During one of their
drives together through the country they
drove past a beautiful little cottage nest
ling among the trees. with lace curtains
at the windows. flowers growing in the
yard, and an air of order, comfort and
industry about the place. The landlord
pointed to the cottage and said:
II X
THE farmer who lives in that house
was a oodfor-nothing fellow five years
ago. He wasn't exactly bad, you under
stand. but just stupid drowsy and dirty.
His fences were down and more weeds
We're in his fields than any other crop.
His children were in rags and played with
the pigs in the wallow at the front door.
Then one day rural postman, the
first in the neighborhood, passed the
house. Curiosity got the better of the
farmer and finally he became acquainted
with the postman. The great world of
action came to him. little by little. and
then he called his wife and she listened
In six months from that time they were
reading a newspaper. They saw articles
OF agriculture and pictures of the homes
other people had built. Man and woman
vent to work and now you see the re-
suit
This Is only one case in thousands
said Mr.. De Graw. Il believe the daily de-
livery of letters, newspapers and periodi-
Gals has cut down the cases of suicide
and insanity among farmers and their
wives more than 80 per cent"
The farmers mail delivery service has
been in operation about fourteen years.
In 1897 eighty-three routes were estab-
lished. There are now in operation
throughout the United States Al ,1lS rural
routes, served by 4l,O33 rural carriers.
Postmaster General Gary in his report for
1897 said:
'It may be difficult to point to any like
expenditure of public money which has
been more generally appreciated by the
people or which has conferred greater
benefits in proportion to the amount ex-
pended" These sentiments are doubtless
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

large caliber, while on the other side is
a bugle with which to announce his ar
rival at the farm houses.
The French city postmen carry, suspend
ed by strap about the neck wooden
box bound with leather resembling the
outfit of jewelry peddler on the streets
Of our American cities. In this box the
postman carries his letters and kilograms,
calling out the addresses on the missives
as he nears the houses whose numbers
correspond with the addresses on the let
ter9
The box is also supplied with an ink
we'll and pens, and the lid forms a sort
of portable writing table, on which the
recipient signs for the kilograms. which
are delivered along with the letter mail
Even in the streets of Paris these mail
boxes are carried, and in the residence
section of that city the custom still OBJ
tains of carrying the addresses on the let
ters as the carrier nears the house. In
the lowlands and marshes of France the
rural postmen traverse the country on
stills, carrying their mail boxes over
their shoulders.
The Egyptian rural letter carrier is an
odd-fooking individual. He wears loose
fitting robe reaching almost to the bot
tom of his wide, baggy trousers. On his
head is a turban of soft white material.
The letters are concealed in the folds of
his robe Celebrity and haste are not char
acteristics of the Egyptian postman. He
ambes leisurely along on his route stop
ping frequently to poke his head in the
open window of some house to chat with
the inmates. When he has finished his
conversation it probably occurs to him
that he has a letter about his person for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

In seasons OF hay cutting and harvest
service OF this kind Is valuable.
The delivery of rural mail has caused
an advance in the selling prices of Ameri
can farms throughout the country of at
least S7J0.0OD.00o since the Inauguration
OF the service in 1887. In many instances
the value of agricultural lands in rural
delivery regions has increased from IS to
40 Per cent. and there is a steady de-
mand for 1t at this increased value. OF
course there have been other causes at
work in this increased price Of land. but
on good authority II is safe to say the
greatest cause leading to II has been that
of rural free delivery.
The people who receive the benefit of
the rural delivery service number more
than 20.0O0oOO. over one-fifth of the popu-
lation of the United States. To illustrate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

in Japan the carriers employ small hand
carts, the carriers being obliged to per
form the double duty of a horse and a
postman. In the cities of Japan the mail
is carried in small canvas sacks.
The costume of the rural carrier in
parts of India is similar to that worn by
the Kongo carrier, merely cloth about
the loins. The Indian carries a long
handled spear across his shoulder, with
the mail sack tied to the staff, after the
manner in which Wandering Willie"
carries his lunch in bandana handker-
chief. Near the point of the spear are
four or five bells. which are supposed to
announce the approach of the mail man.
When the streams are flooded the rural
postman in India floats down the stream
astride a log, steering it into a bank at
various points, while he disembarks to
deliver mail to the houses along the way.
There is also a camel post in India, the
carriers being attired with scantlness
similar to the foot postman-
The German carriers outfit consists Of
a leather bag and a portable writing Ia
BILE, with pens and ink. In order that he
may make out and deliver money orders.
The carrier cashes the money orders and
frequently carries large sums of money
AOI lllS pulpOSC-
The Turkish letter carriers wear the
oriental costume of red, with tight-itting
coat and baggy trousers. Their headgear
consists of a tasseled fez In Kamchatka
the carriers are clad in furs and drive
sleighs drawn by dogs, reindeer and occa-
sionally team Of moose. A semi-mili-
tary uniform is worn by the carriers in
Italy. Spain, Portugal and in some coun-
tries Of South America.
One Of the interesting features of the
Chinese rural mail delivery is the packet
boat service. Along small streams in
thickly populated portions of the coun-
try a special mailboat plies back and
forth along the stream. the carriers leav-
ing the boat to deliver mail to the houses
along the route.
In some parts of the Sahara desert and
in wild and little frequented parts of
Asia, where outlaws and brigands abound,
the government sends an escort of sol
diers with the rural mail carriers bearing
registered packages. In a vast number
Of cases the cost of the escort is greatly
in excess OF the value of the packages to
be delivered, and it would be ruinous to
the recipient were he obliged to bear the
expense Of the delivery. The govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
Increased Appropria-

THE Increased Appropria-
1 ton of S4,ooo,ooo-The
Guardian of the Rural Sys-
tenn, Who Has an Office in
Washington-How the New
Money Will Be Used in Ex-
tensions and Increased Pay
for Carriers-A Benefit to
Twenty Million People-The
Rural Service and Land
Values-Its Inauguration in
I8o7-Women as Carriers
Rural Letter Carriers of the
World-American System to
Be the Greatest Machine of
It's Kind in Existence-How
Mails Are Delivered in Africa,
Russia, France and Other
Countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

daily newspaper almost as soon as his
city neighbor hears it thump on his front
porch This intricate rural mail service
will rank second TO none, its cogs, the
gray clad carriers, will serve Uncle Sam
from the highest point in Maine on across
the continent to Puget sound. The lone
~ sheep raiser In Texas will have the
same service that Mr.. Ohio Farmer has
Tucked neatly away in one corner of
the post Office appropriation bill. at the
last regular session OF Congress, was a
little item that read: For pay OF carriers
and extention of rural delivery service.
SAP 10000" This means that the family
OF Mr.. Farmer, numbering more than
twenty millions, Will soon benefit. A
great number of new rural routes are TO
be established. and the rural mail car
r.ers are TO receive higher wages than be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
Where the Danger Lay

DR. W. W. KEEN. the Philadelphia
- surgeon. praised, at a dinner. the re-
suits of animal research
Animal research" he said has given
us serum therapy and countless other
blessings. Drugs. in the healing art. ere
retiring farther and farther into the
background.
And this is just as we'll, too, for what
the old German practitioner once said
of himself used to be true OF many Q
doctor.
Tell me, sir. what was the most dam
gerous case you ever had?' q young
physician asked this aged man.
My medicine case. WAS the pr0gnpt
reply"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
Saved From Forgery.

aTHEY who would deny woman the
vote on the ground that II would
unsex her" said Judge Ben b. Lindsey.
at a garden party in Denver. are ak
actly like Asa Ashton. Florida cracker.
"Old Asa. seated, glass In hand, In
hammock-land saloon. was Informed by
the saloonkeeper that Jethro Sinn.cson,
neighbor's son, had been sentenced 10
eight years for forging a check.
ASA drained his glass. then slapped the
table vigorously with his sun burnt hand.
Tibet thar he said, is wot comes er
dedication. l got sixteen kids, an thar
haiD't one on 'em, thanks be ter good
ness. wot knows how ter read or writa"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
A Bathing Memory.

= M. DANIELS. the champion swim
~ mer OF the New York Athletic Club.
said. as he paced the beach at Coney
Island:
The air is mild, the foam on the blue
waves glisten In the sunshine and the
water is almost warm enough to battle in.
The subject of bathing reminds me or
a notice that saw posted on the bulletin
board of Dasfl's lighthouses one August
afternoon last year. The notice said:
Will the party who is in the habit OF
cleaning his brown shoes on the bathing
towels please leave the shoes at the Of
flee before bathing hereafter, as we would
rather clean his shoes than wash the
toWelS?"